Part 5 Volume 2

This is the twenty-third volume of Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel.

As snow falls around Ahrensbach’s castle, Ferdinand, soon to be married to the duchy’s next archduchess, receives a concerning letter. Not only has Rozemyne been summoned by the royal family once again, but she is also being taken to the underground archive hidden beneath the Royal Academy’s library. Even as a third-year, she proves to be a source of constant headaches—and the chaos only continues when she manages to pull an unexpected figure into her joint research! The stakes are raised higher still when Lestilaut makes an astonishing suggestion, forcing her to participate in a game of bride-taking ditter with Leidenschaft’s spear in hand. Rozemyne’s hand in marriage hangs in the balance in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy. Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.

Characters are listed in order of appearance.


 * Prologue (Ferdinand POV)
 * Chapter 1: The Royal Family and the Library
 * Chapter 2: Dunkelfelger’s Ritual
 * Chapter 3: Talking and Tallying
 * Chapter 4: A Frustrating Tea Party
 * Chapter 5: Doing a Little Scheming
 * Chapter 6: Preparing for the Ritual
 * Chapter 7: The Royal Academy’s Dedication Ritual
 * Chapter 8: Using the Rest of the Mana
 * Chapter 9: Tea Parties and Negotiations
 * Chapter 10: Confrontation
 * Chapter 11: Preparing for Ditter
 * Chapter 12: Bride-Taking Ditter
 * Chapter 13: Intruders
 * Epilogue (Hannelore POV)
 * The Saint’s Ritual (Lueuradi POV)
 * Afterword

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