And thus was Shijima given his greatest challenge yet, figuring out how to decline being Akira's business liaison.

Also regarding Hikaru's situation: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I wonder how much she's getting paid.

Northern King to Ellie:
I would be honored to have you marry my daughter.

Ellie:
Sorry, but I'm a woman.

Northern King:
Oh, I see. How about marrying my son then?

Ellie:
I'm gay.

@zeji13 said in The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman Vol 5 Part 2 Discussion:

Probably also tying up all the loose ends, such as the emperor guard captain being missing.

At this point I imagine Reinald is taking steps so that he can choose Karen as his (first?) wife and she's just oblivious which is why it hasn't been commented on in the narration.

Promoting her to be part of the Mages Guild is likely to bolster her qualifications to help arguing down everyone who is going to freak out about the choice.

...meanwhile I'm suspecting His Majesty will treat Aoi like a monster who dared to say his precious little genius angel baby boy could be anything other than a perfect precious genius angel. You know, the stereotype of parents who side with their rotten brat against the teacher who's exasperated at the kid's conduct.

Of all the things I wouldn't have expected, I would not have expected HGH to be an upstanding business man. That was very unexpected.

Sumire + Eri + Eugene Why am I anticipating total chaos this time?

A coup? I suppose that's possible, first he shaves down the forces that could oppose him via the unnatural swarms, then the naive princess can be used as a scapegoat. Too bad neither of those worked out because of Liliana.
Now what are they going to drug her brother for? Obviously nothing good, but other than that we have little clues other than the "old memory". Maybe the duke did something to the dead child and/or to Liliana which is why her mom hates her so much.

@Kurzaa I am confused by your rejection of the idea. That story literally says its a Cerebus for its description.

Damn. Forgot it was an off week for this series.

The mention of an arranged marriage for prince Alphonse in the prologue made me chuckle. Northern European royals are known for exercising their right to marry whoever they want, especially the spares 😂

This arc saw the reveal taking a backseat to Erio abd Phinea's story, but it was still fun to read, and in the end we got the satisfaction of seeing Santor meeting his fate.
Speaking of fate, Erio is on track to get an harem of yandere centaur girls, only time will tell if he's lucky or not.
It's fun that even after we got the fairy maids names author still has to refer to them with their traits.

Smartina v6 was announced to be coming out in Japan in December.

v6 was announced to be coming out in Japan in December.

v15 was announced to be coming out in Japan in December.

@Ingraman I prefer the weekly dose of comfort. To each his/her own I guess.

I enjoyed this one until it betrayed the premise it was kind of giving where he is supposed to be seasoned and experienced but unlucky, but then he goes and makes an extremely rookie mistake that makes me wonder if he is even that experienced...but then maybe it didn't betray the real premise of him being skilled but also prone to severe errors in judgement...where he'll ignore every sign that something is seriously wrong because that's what his ideal of a hero would do....idk...smh

Guys, the mechanism seems fairly simple. (Though I don't have proof yet)

It's probably based on her intentions. When she wanted to help her sister it gave her power. But she stoped wanting that when she left early. She gave up on being the one to help her sister when her sister claimed the trio would/could replace her In the previous timeline she didn't abandon her sister till the very end so she never failed or underperformed even when alone.

I imagine distance probably requires a focus like the ribbon she gave her sister.

The new saint is nice, and she just had a nice conversation with her. So now she is getting the boost because our MC is "on her side." The power of the sun witch was one that empowered her followers. But I think it's the opposite mechanism. Their belief in the sun witch isn't nearly as relevant as the sun witch's feelings towards the caster.