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@wanderer_1204 someone on the discord was there, nothing about it was mentioned. Hannelore being a new series understandably had more hype behind it, so they deviated from their normal behaviour a bit more than usual. I would expect SSC3 to start up relatively soon, but it might not.

One of the greatest achievements of Bookworm as a series is the way in which the plot advances as a consequence of the cumulative actions of the characters instead of being some fiat dictate of the author. If you examine each plot development, you can see how what the things various characters did, even minute ones, led up to that development. Case in point with Corinna, another thing she did was consent to Benno helping Myne when she entered the temple, because at the end of the day, the Gilberta Company is her store, not Benno's. She could have said that Myne wasn't worth the risk, but she believed enough in her brother, and cared enough for him and the memory of her own good friend Liz, to risk her store for Myne's sake.

This thread is quite old, but I noticed this on a re-read. At 49%:

“We need eyes on him at all times now that he has started to crawl. He tried crawling all the way over to me, so Lily had to hurriedly stop him. Has anything happened in the monastery?” I asked

It should probably be something like:

“We need eyes on him at all times now that he has started to crawl."
He tried crawling all the way over to me, so Lily had to hurriedly stop him.
"Has anything happened in the monastery?” I asked

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Did you hear about the scandal where the Zent abused the country gate to spy on Hauchletze's Zent Candidate?

@henshaw33 Cornelius and Lamprecht talk about it in Winter Debut and the Playroom:

“Eckhart is abnormal...? I had assumed that one would need feelings that strong to pick a master, so I’m glad you disagree. I’ll try thinking this over some more in an attempt to find my own reason to stay with Rozemyne,” Cornelius said as he turned, the unease having vanished from his expression.

In my eyes, Cornelius had made his decision the moment he started actively looking for reasons to continue serving Rozemyne. But I didn’t need to point that out to him.

Meanwhile, the Cornelius/Eckhart discussion I remember was from Royal Academy Stories, in the chapter As a Guard Knight and a Brother - in a scene set just before Cornelius teleported to the Academy in P4V1:

“This is just my own experience,” he said, “but the more loyally you try to serve your lord or lady in the Royal Academy, the more you’ll suffer. It also becomes much easier to slack, since you’re going to have classes and other excuses available to you. This will be a good opportunity to see just what kind of guard knight you wish to be. You can’t rely on your parents at the Academy, so your time there will force you to grow whether you want to or not.” He clenched one hand into a tight fist and extended it to me. “Good luck.”

I reached out and bumped my fist against his. Apparently, the Royal Academy was where guard knights sank or swam—and the intimidating light in Eckhart’s blue eyes very firmly urged me toward the latter.

“As her older brother, I will strive to be a worthy guard knight,” I declared, making a vow between knights.

J-Novel Club has downloadable DRM-free publications. This is the gold standard of e-publications, and you should always prefer this when possible. I ALWAYS check if J-novel club has a series before buying it elsewhere.

Ferdinand: What in the world happened?
Rozemyne: A lot.
Ferdinand: Start from the beginning.
Rozemyne: Hannelore got possessed by Dregarnuhr and I had to go to the divine realm to save her, Wendtuchte was there too, and then Liebeskhilfe took our threads and Sterrat bound them.
Ferdinand: What is that supposed to mean?
Rozemyne: It happened, literally. We're a married couple!
Ferdinand: I see. So I misunderstood your true feelings once again. Was that why you gave her that hairpin matching yours?
Rozemyne: What does Hannelore's hairpin have to do with our marriage?

I would say my main complaint about the ending of the series is how the interactions with the gods happened. Ferdinand did his plotting, the gods voiced their goals and opinions, while Rozemyne got partially mind wiped and shuffled off into a library and later a white void and had close to zero involvement. Rozemyne, the actual avatar of a goddess, had basically no agency or consent in any of it. Rozemyne may as well have just been a piece of furniture for Mestionora to sit on during all of those discussions and it was extremely frustrating.

Mestionora coming back and communicating with Rozemyne, apologizing for blocking off memories which seemed largely just to spite Ferdinand, and then promising to make Rozemyne a librarian to help with Mestionora's library (unlimited reading time included in base compensation) when Rozemyne eventually ascends the towering staircase would go a long way to improving that relationship.

Ferdinand even thought Mestionora was attempting to hide or obfuscate some other motive she had from him during the negotiations which was kind of a dropped plot hook. If "Save Yurgenschmidt by installing Myne as Zent, and eventually elevate her to the position of minor goddess of librarians." was the ultimate goal it would perhaps make more sense, but I still would have greatly preferred if Rozemyne had been present, conscious, and allowed to express her own will and opinions during the discussions with the gods.

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@Ingraman Actually I got it from another source, but why not.

@Trinh Actually, that's not what I meant.
The cape will stop absorbing automatically, but when it does the mana it's no longer absorbing will continue on to its target... which in the case of the attack was Ferdinand and Myne. So in the case of the attack, Myne was forced to compress her mana to avoid filling up and being hit with the rest of the attack, whereas the knowledge mana was harmless.

Basically, it's the difference between pouring cold water and hot coffee into a cup. If the former overflows onto my lap, it's (relatively) no big deal, if the latter does I'm looking at severe burns.

To be clear, Myne was working to compress her mana so she still had room for more mana, to avoid the automatic cut-off that would have let the attack hit her.

@Almond-Magnum thanks a ton!

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Prediction poll: Who will Hannelore be betrothed to?:

"Somebody Else" has edged out a Named Person by scant votes. Based upon the discussion topic most of those are the Rozemyne supporters.

I really should have thought to give Rozemyne as an option.

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Hi,

Are you trying to point out a correction, or are you asking for additional material in the book?

If the latter. We are not the original Japanese publisher. We license the book for translation and publication in English. Our releases must mimic the Japanese release. Other than being in English. So we can’t add anything extra that was not in there. Other than our premium release which just gets a higher quality illustration of an image already in the Japanese release.

@Libri-Liberorum said in Bookworm Short Story Collection Vol. 2 Discussion!:

#1: single panel half page. I don't understand what character motivations are behind any of the thought bubble/text boxes.

It's from the Lutz story "Tuuri's worries". He was looking at her, thinking to himself she'd become elegant and envying the fact that she could go to the castle when she came of age (which was still more than a year away for him). Otto interpreted it as Lutz finally getting interested in girls.

The song of Rozemyne's newly crafted retainers:
To the melody of Human (Neuro Version)

Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe I'm blind
Thinking I can see through this
And see what's behind
Got no way to prove it
So maybe I'm lying

But I'm just a shumil after all
I'm just a shumil after all
Don't put your blame on me
Don't put your blame on me

Take a look in the mirror
And what do you see?
Do you see it clearer
Or are you deceived
In what you believe?

'Cause I'm just a shumil after all
You're just a human after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put your blame on me

Some people got the real problems
Some people out of luck
Some people think I can solve them
Lord heavens above
I'm just a shumil after all
I'm just a shumil after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me

Don't ask my opinion
Don't ask me to lie
Then beg for forgiveness
For making you cry
Making you cry

'Cause I'm just a shumil after all
I'm just a shumil after all
Don't put your blame on me
Don't put the blame on me

Oh, some people got the real problems
Some people out of luck
Some people think I can solve them
Lord heavens above
I'm just a shumil after all
I'm just a shumil after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
I'm just a shumil, I make mistakes
I'm just a shumil, that's all it takes
To put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me

'Cause I'm no prophet or Messiah
You should go looking somewhere higher

I'm just a shumil after all
I'm just a shumil after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
I'm just a shumil, I do what I can
I'm just a shumil, I do what I can
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put your blame on me

@Kreeblah said in [CORRECTIONS] - Bookworm Part 5 Vol 7:

just desserts

To add on to what Geezer said, it's "deserts" as in "deserve" i.e. "just what you deserve" (which means that yes, it's pronounced like desserts)