@anthony-gray None of the usual sniping. And if Harihito got a visual memory from his past, could that mean all of his memories are recoverable? (Not good for Leslie.)

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@renofury

Hello,

No official date as of now, please refer to the future volume release topic for general information on how new volume starts are handled.

Thank you

@kilocron I know but have to wait until the next volume come out is so annoying and the nature of Wortenia as a very short light novel only make things worse and we already have the cliffhanger about Rhoadseria Civil War and the possible destruction of the country, so why the author didn't tell about Bergstone plan to make the epilogue more interesting, extend the page count of the volumes and maybe include a hint or foreshadowing of Ryoma's plan for the next volume. I really enjoy Ruby and Meltina pov, seeing this bitch get strangle by the pressure and her bad decisions is always fun and give us inside into her character and mindset to boot but if the author want it to go in the route I think that he could do a bettee job.

If he want to emphasize Ruby despair stick with Meltina and Ruby parts but instead of focusing on Bergstone plan cut directly to the announcement of the rebellion and show us the asshole trio reaction let me see the panic and regrets on their stupid faces and I would really like if Ruby start to regret her decision of saving Mikhail and backstabing Ryoma, because the queen was characterize as a good hearted but ultimately stupid ruler and for Rubia finally start to learn and grow from her mistakes but still have to face the fact that it is to late for her to change anything would make her downfall even more bittersweet.

And if he wanted to focus more on the scheming and political side of the scene he could have cut Meltina pov and put in her place Bergstone and his brother in law talking about the plan that he would use in the meeting and explain to the audience what his intentions are, keep Ruby's part because she is much more relevant to the plot and for the last part he could introduce some intrigue to the scene by foreshadowing some kind of twist for the next volume. One of my favorite ideias would be that the author would hint the ideia that Bergstone is working with someone to make this revolution happen and this would be vague for let the audience speculate if he is working with the nobles, the organization or even Ryoma.

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@jason-maranto
Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me.

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@db0ssman That sounds about right. And remember that she is basically a princess of the Demon Realm, so she would have the means to support...multiple fights to the death. Even the Holy Kingdom supports group based activities like that.

I guess you would have to wonder about their culture though. If a person had...a secret fight to the death behind someone else's back, would the left out person be jealous? Would they hold back their urge to fight the other person to the death to punish them? Or would they fight them all the harder for revenge?

It spawns a lot of questions.

Give up, Sorawo. You've lost that particular battle and you're on the ship. (I think she knows it.)

@terabyte Yeah, to my knowledge, Mariko is a girl's name. Still, there's enough inconsistencies to make me seriously wonder about her.

@pcj I think the maid cafe is going to serve as a catalyst.

After the interview-earning selfie, two parts, two saves.

@georgemto I feel the same. After that ending, I can't wait to know the next Ensho's plot and the reactions around Aoi and Kiyo

at the beginning of Volume 5 in the manga, which is the end of the Aligot war when Aligot, Rueda, and Brandicot are doing their peace talks, and Rueda summons Celestine, who then threatens to destroy Rueda for interfering with her, as Celestine is leaving, Kaoru foreshadows the events leading up to the time skip telling Celestine that since her sense of time is so wacked out, she needs to hurry up and get back to her before she gets old or has some sort of accident. To which Celestine replies "that'll never happen!". Big red flag. :-) Since we know it did, and it caught Celestine by surprise, too.

@lurkingmclurk thanks man😌🙏

@hnryirawan Volume 3 is published by Square Enix Books, with whom we have no established connections, so it's not as simple as just "restarting" the translation. That said, Sam has already commented on it in the other topic:

https://forums.j-novel.club/post/117557

Rahul might not be able to comment but I can. We have already approached square enix about the general question of licensing light novels from their new label, and I do not anticipate there will be significant difficulties making sure we can continue to publish any ongoing series. However they are a publisher we have not signed a contract with yet so the initial negotiations may take a while.

 

Thanks for your patience. Also keep in mind they just started this label in Japan. The editorial department is new and likely has more important stuff to deal with right now than foriegn licensing like making sure the books get printed and distributed in japan!

As Rahul mentioned, the e-book of Apothecary Diaries Volume 2 is now available! Get the premium version from J-Novel for a bonus essay looking at an aspect of the translation process for the book. (Just to be clear, this is the same thing Rahul is referring to as Translator's Notes.)

Thanks, and enjoy!

@vivian Me too. It's probably more hilarious than hot. We do get some clues on how it went down in vols 5 and 6, and I'd like to see Marielle completely flustered when she realised how wrong she's been. 😳 I hope it gets into the webnovel if it can't be in the books.

@vincent091 oooh nice!

Great volume , we're finally overtaking the manga adaptation!

@myskaros tyty!

@Zehd thx for the info since I didn’t know.

I've been rereading past volumes and thinking, and I think one of the big issues with Latreille is that his heretofore unwavering belief that he's most suited to rule and knows what's best for the country comes from him being the smartest and most composed of all his siblings. The problem is, as we've learned in these nine volumes, that's an incredibly low bar to clear.

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