I predict that Rodrey will become a super soldier, like Gabak. Or possibly he'll start to become one, but then will die because Tory doesn't have permission to heal him.

When is Tory finding time to write her diary?

Gotta say, they've been teasing the exile so long and my expectations were exceeded like a bottle rocket reaching Mars. The Queen was in on it! There was a second hole! The gardener figured it out immediately and said "Oh hell yes I am ready for this."

It's interesting how it has resulted in a loss of symbolic authority for Nobility as a governmental system, and that it's hinted as a transition point into something else. It's not exactly the same Feudalism->Capitalism from our history. It's an unspecified "Media Empire." Which has some real world parallels to our current post-modern society, it just hasn't been described enough for us to know exactly what the author means.

With this transition from Feudalism to Somethingism, we get another reference with the Mecha Kingdom. Capitalism started in agrarian societies and then it persisted through the transition to Industrial societies. Mecha Kingdom sounds industrial as heck- Steampunk or Magipunk or something. Nia will get to experience something totally different from Magical Power Heirarchy, but still get to be the blood-soaked Princess.

All this is to say that I really enjoyed this mini arc, and I'm eager for the next arc. This series is not what I expected, it's way better. :)

"I...want you by my side"

And now that he's unwittingly proposed to her, Sonia's place is secured as first wife or concubine. Of course polygamy is legal in this world so Sophia and Noise will be joining her soon.

;-)

That's such a perfect way to end the volume. Yep, three dragons. Not a problem worth mentioning, come and join the celebration of all these fancy new dragon materials that walked into our laps. How'd things go on your end?

This is getting out of hand! Now, there is two of them!

@Kahoshi
Man, that's disappointing. I noticed the WN had very few releases last year, sucks. The entirety of last year, the author wrote ch 557-567, just 10 chapters. Nothing has been released this year so far.

I'm glad that's settled. Now let's jump headfirst into the real juicy drama, this entire business on whether people from unrelated families can marry without forming blood ties upon which several ships are depending on the outcome... >:D

Well the end there was a delightful reminder how horrifying scurvy really was...

@Jathuamin said in The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods Vol. 4 Discussion!:

@karasutengu oh yea. I was referring to the first knight who was poisoned by the wolf bite and Misha made an antidote for. In think the scurvy will be treated.

If it's rabies then he's already dead. His body just hasn't stopped moving yet.

The knight with the arrow wound should be fine at least, since he doesn't seem to have been infected.

@arghc said in Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! Vol. 3 Discussion!:

@b-scot-morgan said in Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! Vol. 3 Discussion!:

I may be misremembering, since it has been a while since I read Volume 1, but I thought that Lloyd wasn't a member of the guild when he was in the Hero's party. He joined the guild after being kicked out of the Hero's party. His quests prior to being an official adventurer can't contribute to his guild rank, and he was forced to start at the lowest rank like anyone else.

possibly true, but still nonsensical. 8-)

Contrived, for sure, but that's the nature of the trope. :-)

@Tacitus said in Proud to Be the Villainess Vol. 1 Discussion!:

@wanderer_1204

There doesn't seem to be a biological imperative here for matchmaking, even if strength is inheritable. The current royal family, then a margrave, was noted to be wholly lacking in magic before they married someone from the mage family.

Yeah I don't think the Bookworm rules of "magic is like blood type, if it's not compatible it won't work" apply here

@Travis-Butler @Makine If a problem does occur with all the sages wanting Nina as their employee, there's a simple solution...make duplicates of her and give one to each sage. With all their magic knowledge it should be simple.
Of course Tutledo would keep the original for himself.

All wells that ends well

Defi you should be careful saying you would have married Agnes if she wasn't already marrried. If Nazel heard your head would have rolled right then and there.

Now time to head home and continue the work on the school.

@TheGrimLich That line stuck with me too! It's so very applicable in everyday life haha

I think Sora's life is about to get complicated with this war between the forest and dark elves. Plus don't be surprised if the Cardinal doesn't make a special request to him and his team.

@Orokushi said in The Petty Villain Plays by the Rules Vol. 2 Discussion!:

I have read through the reasoning several times and the best I came up with is an attempt to change the narrative from "he was tormenting the prince" to "he was actually holding back a lot and would have absolutely fucked the prince up if he didn't".

Which is actually is a pretty accurate assessment of the situation, esp. when combined with "and the prince was acting as a sore loser and stubborn ass unwilling to concede defeat even when hopelessly outmatched". I suppose that a second match with a well-known swordsmanship genius where the MC stands his ground and does not bully anyone may be indirect evidence that he was behaving fairly in his previous duel.

This sounds more like the "Bunny Hop Line Dance" rather than a bunny hop relay race...

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Well the encounter between Laviange and her Mother in the official release is a bit more sensible to read. Though it does still have the wild perspective shifts. But it doesnt feel like Lavi's actions are completely unprompted and random now.

So it does appear that some of the confusion was from the first draft translation needing better work to express the point of views.

edit Then again as I read more and we go to the second half with Miranda's perspective, its still very fractured. I suspect that she is just so broken that her point of views are worse to understand then Lavianges are. Her perspectives are also still full of BL fantasies that annoyed a bunch of people.

Got a lot of questions answered, but plenty more to ask. The origins of the demon lord remain unanswered (probably one of the next few volumes), but the bigger question is why the Hero is always a girl, and why Amyu (and possibly previous heroes) look like his disciple? I wonder if she reincarnated earlier and wrote herself into the cycle.

Also I think we can be reasonably confident that Haruyoshi would not have lost if he was willing to kill his disciple, she may have had higher base stats and raw talent, but he had decades of experience and picked up so many uniquely lethal spells trying to bring back his wife.

@ca-lima Is it volume 12 or 13?

I liked the product placement bit where Mia went "Oh no Elise, what are you doi-, Oh wait, no this is me, this is definitely me". Mia would definitely get along with Rozemyne, in more ways than one.