The Mentor in a Frontier City
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English title: The Mentor in a Frontier City
Japanese title: 辺境都市の育成者 (Henkyō Toshi no Ikuseisha)Author: Riku Nanano (Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter)
Illustrator: FukukitsunePublisher: Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (Fujimi Shobo)
Books released: 6 volumes (completed)
Manga adaptation?: YesSynopsis (from @AQuin1904's blog)
Thirteen-year-old Rebecca Alvern is desperate to escape an arranged marriage, but her father, a power-hungry earl, hasn’t seen her as anything but a political tool since the day he learned she hasn’t inherited his aptitude for lightning magic, and none of her siblings are willing to take her side. So with nowhere left to turn in her home kingdom of Rennant, she runs away from home.
Two years later, Rebecca is an up-and-coming adventurer on the fringes of the neighboring Lothringen Empire. But while she may have carved out a niche for herself, she can’t relax just yet—who knows when her family will come to drag her home, kicking and screaming? Rebecca is making a name for herself as a swordswoman, but she’s still no match for her father in a fight. Lately, she seems to have hit a wall. And to make matters worse, a disgraced nobleman turned unscrupulous adventurer has her in his sights. Frustration, paranoia, and mistrust have pushed her almost to the breaking point when a minor errand introduces her to Haru—an enigmatic man living in a ruined church. The self-proclaimed “mentor” is clearly more than the reclusive young scholar he appears to be, and his inexplicable talents could show her the way out of her dilemma—if she can bring herself to accept his help.
Why do I want this series?
This series comes from the author of Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter. The translator in fact wrote a very nice review of the series. Private Tutor happens to be one of my favourite series here in JNC, so I'd happy to get some of the author's other works licensed into English as well!
The series is completed at 6 volumes, although with a somewhat rushed ending from what I can tell from comments.
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Author: 七野りく | Nanano, Riku | Kakuyomu | MAL
Illustrator: 福きつね | Fuku, Kitsune [Per MAL] | Fukukitsune [Per Japanese cover]; given the translation being "Lucky Fox" or something along those lines I don't see it being broken into two parts the way MAL has it.| Pixiv | Twitter
Wikipedia | JP
Publisher Special Series Page
I've enjoyed Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter, despite its increasingly inaccurate title, and wouldn't mind seeing what the author's other works are like.
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It was mentioned in Private Tutor's Volume 9 Afterword that this is a prequel to the series and is set in the same world.
Please license this next!