Short Story Collection 1

This is the first volume of the short story collection.

Six years have passed since Urano began her new life as Myne, and so much has happened. She went from being a simple commoner to an apprentice shrine maiden, then she was thrown into the world of nobles as Rozemyne, the adopted daughter of an archduke! “But I’m not the only person with a lot going on! You can say the same for everyone else! Though, uh... I guess that’s mainly because of me.” This first volume of Bookworm’s new Short Story Collection is packed with previously unpublished chapters spanning Parts 1 to 4. Experience the lower city, the orphanage, the temple, the Royal Academy, and many other familiar locations through new eyes in twenty-one stories told from a plethora of unique perspectives. What do those in Myne’s (or Rozemyne’s) circle think about her actions, and what happens in the places she can’t see? Includes behind-the-scenes notes from author Miya Kazuki and more four-panel manga by You Shiina.


 * Chapter 1: Tuuli — My Little Sister’s Gotten Weird
 * Description: A previously unpublished chapter that appeared in the web novel around the time of Part 1 Volume 1. Tuuli muses that her younger sister has been acting strangely ever since recovering from her most recent fever. How did things seem from her perspective when Myne started making hair sticks, shampoo, and the like?
 * Author’s Note: Myne’s desperate for a bath but has to make do with being wiped down. Meanwhile, Tuuli struggles to understand why her little sister suddenly wants to wash every day. Please enjoy seeing the vast gap between their versions of common sense.
 * Chapter 2: Lutz — My Savior
 * Description: A previously unpublished chapter that appeared in the web novel around the time of Part 1 Volume 1. Lutz works with his brothers to gather parues, a very valuable winter fruit. These events didn’t appear in any of the light novels, since Myne wasn’t there to witness them, but they show how parues are actually collected.
 * Author’s Note: It wasn’t until this chapter that I properly fleshed out Sieg and Zasha; before then, they were just Big Bros 1 and 2. This was also the first chapter to show off the magical nature of the Bookworm world.
 * Chapter 3: Gunther — My Daughter’s About to Be a Criminal?!
 * Description: A previously unpublished chapter that appeared in the web novel around the time of Part 1 Volume 1. Gunther has to cope with Myne going to the forest for the first time after building up her stamina. He impatiently awaits her return, unaware of all the trouble surrounding her clay tablets.
 * Author’s Note: I wanted to describe Myne’s eyes changing colors from someone else’s perspective and ended up choosing Gunther to narrate. It was fun writing as him.
 * Chapter 4: Wilma — Servants of Sister Christine
 * Description: A previously unpublished chapter that appeared in the web novel around the time of Part 2 Volume 1. It focuses on how Wilma spends her days in the orphanage after becoming an attendant and provides an insight into how she sees Myne and the orphans. Also included is her conversation with Rosina about the latter’s future in the temple.
 * Author’s Note: Rosina started out as a troublemaker in Myne’s eyes, but that was because their views of the world around them were so contradictory. I wanted to write a chapter exploring Rosina’s perspective in a little more detail and ended up choosing Wilma to be the narrator, as readers were more familiar with the character and seemed to understand her better.
 * Chapter 5: Gunther POV
 * Chapter 6: Tuuli POV
 * Chapter 7: Rihyarda POV
 * Chapter 8: Hartmut POV
 * Chapter 9: Christel POV
 * Chapter 10: Lamprecht POV
 * Chapter 11: Eckhart POV
 * Chapter 12: Wilfried POV
 * Chapter 13: Cornelius POV
 * Chapter 14: Cornelius POV
 * Chapter 15: Hirschur POV
 * Chapter 16: Roderick POV
 * Chapter 17: Philine POV
 * Chapter 18: Philine POV
 * Chapter 19: Charlotte POV
 * Chapter 20: Charlotte POV
 * Chapter 21: Philine POV
 * Bonus Manga

Characters are listed in order of appearance.

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