Where's the apology and the 10 billion though?

I see. So Lettie's a Card Carrying Villian and a Slave to PR. Which is why she commits evil, revels in it, and wants you to know it. The latter is also why when she's wrong/misses something she shuts up and goes along with a misunderstanding to avoid her apparent evil façade from cracking.

Many of the nobles there [in the capital] believe that coming into contact with monsters corrupts your soul.

Oh, I bet that's what happened to Lettie as a child. She originally was going to grow up a Wicked Lady in name and deed, but an encounter with monsters corrupted her soul inverting her sense of good and evil resulting in her growing up to be a Wicked Lady in name not deed. It'd also explain why she's quick to collect more bodyguards and security, can't have monsters reopening the trauma.

Who are you calling little girl?! I'm sixteen, and I'm the ruler of this domain!

To a middle-age man you're essentially a third his age. It doesn't help that you look like a 10-year-old and haven't grown out of your chuuni-emo phase.

Weiss (after Lettie compliments him): "Oh, it seems my usual strength went up approximately four times my usual. What's going on?"

Must be love.

...Unless you get the same strength boost from the royal guard complimenting you. In that case it just means you're easy.

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess Vol. 1 Discussion:

Definite cases of Mitiaitis.
With in some ways more justification, but still self-deception going on.

I only now realized just how close Mitia actually is to Mia, lol.

@Outinthegardener In this story, Japan doesn't turn fascist because the dungeons came during the end of WW1, so the army didnt managed to take control of the government during the interwar period and the nobility is the power controlling the government.
Emperor Taisho didn't die either so no Hirohito.
But the whole thing is nonsense, Japan during the interwar period was struggling with a lot of pressure for democracy and universal suffrage it doesn't make sense that it became the aristocratic mess that is in the game. But whatever it's fiction.

If you were saying their rush wouldn't have worked if Austin had a properly defended trench, that's correct. But that's also literally what the plan was exploiting. The fact that, due to how long the war had gone and how consistently they behaved, the Austin army had grown complacent, and an attack on an entire front of the war would overwhelm the leadership's ability to respond effectively to this sudden shift in offensive procedure. It's really a genius move that can only work a single time. Because the moment you break rhythm the enemy becomes aware of the possibility again and fixes their openings.

@holatuwol As a merchant from the capital he can still claim to know what the seal looks like.

Just finished reading volume 4, about to start vol 5!

I know that this will definitely not happen in canon, but I think Leah and Blanc would make a cute couple! It's the contrast of serious and silly! I wish there was fanfic of them together, but there's nothing on AO3

@AnimeJ well this is the latest volume in Japan, so it'll be hard to tell (over a year since it released there, which is an unusual gap for this series).

Huh… This book was obviously so engaging that its volume discussion thread is overwhelming in length.

I’ll go read Long Story Short v6 and have fun with the chickens before the volume expires in a few days. If I still have time before the 15th, I probably won’tmight come back and try this book… Giant chickens vs Claire…

@LightningLeaf And being understanding. It's all a little creepy.

$7.99 on Lera's vision explaining the source of overflows.

I'd also expect that the roots of House Duval and use of hereditary slave magic are interrelated to the overflows.

The portrait also seems like a familiar plot point involving Lera's father, but it's strange that the note was written in Japanese. Does that mean House Duval has a long history of reincarnators?

If Satie didnt engage in self sacrificial pity play in this chapter then I would be inclined to agree with you. But I get the feeling that her faulty personal life is central to the story not just background to a silly comedy.

I wrote that comment after reading part 3. Fully aware that she was OP physically.

But we will have to see in the coming few chapters. Least wise I do not think its going to abandon the nobles offer no love unless you are useful angle as shown by her parents behaviour in the ball. I doubt it would leave that line of thinking just to the midboss of the story.

Don't forget poor Wyn.
Once he hears there's a new sword instructor to the knights named Quill he'll come running!

There are resemblances to Country Bumpkin?
"Knights & Bandits" is military training of sorts.

Really not sure how I feel about this one.
His being the perfect infiltrator/assassin yet being unable to analyze others feelings toward him.

Just read the light novel. My thoughts:

The writing is good but clearly a begginers work. Plot is all over the place and not in an expert multiple view sense but an uncontrolled one. But the author has a clear strong vision in writing that keeps the interest.

There is good counter forces to the main character which suffers a bit of Isekai'itus, with complete do anything with the power of imagination magic skills. The life and political circumstances help keep her in check and allow other characters to have engaging personalities. That said no one else is fully developed, just lots of partially developed characters.

The mystery of things is likely the most engaging of the stories conceits. But it does feel like it keeps forgetting bits of its own mystery plots. And it risks devolving into kids super power battles with the dark super powered kid vs the light one.

Overall enjoyable but also messy. It feels a sight better then many simple stories we get each licensing season. I hope it evolves and not devolves.

Now to read everyones comments.

@unsynchedcheese He did? Goes to check Oh, he did! Well remembered.

To be fair, I was thinking more 'why didn't he hire her instead of sending her to everyone else', not 'why didn't he try hiring her afterwards'. I just didn't realise I needed to make that distinction :(

And yeah, she probably would have said 'no' anyway, but at least he would have tried the more sensible options first.

@LeavesCat said in Fearsome Witch Vol. 4 Discussion!:

@LightningLeaf Or he is the king, and they're calling him back so he can spar with Aoi (and the 4-day time limit they gave is just how long it takes for them to reach him).

Alternatively he's part of the mage corps and they realize they need all hands on deck to defend against Aoi, not realizing that she's his student.

@grevvvv Naturally; You've seen how smart the heroes are - how would they win if the villains weren't morons?

Anyway, combat meido good: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mUGdlLaCiPI

"Condition fulfilled"...

That sounds ominous, though it could just be an indication that Sora actually did kill the goddess.

Gonna be a long week.

@jpwong Considering that Eri could (and would) kill him without trying very hard and Sumire could incinerate him in a flash leaves only Sara (and possibly Airi) to steal, though I think both of them would make him regret that decision.