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The Light Novel series is the source material for the adaptation of the Anime and Manga series. The information and terminology on the article will be based on the source material rather than the adaptions. |
explanation of the currency in the anime[1]
Lion is the standard currency scale in Ehrenfest. It is exchanged via seven-coin denominations or through the use of Merchant Guild Cards.
The currency is minted in the Sovereignty and is the same for all parts of Yurgenschmidt.[2]
Denomination Breakdown
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Single Lion coins also exist, but are rarely used for anything other than giving tips.[4] When situations require making change of less than 10 Lion, people usually prefer rounding the numbers or compensating with other items.
Price Examples
| Lion | Item | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Fruit on the market | WN Part 1, Chapter 4 / LN, Part 1 Volume 1. Chapter 3: Exploring the City |
| 100 | Price for selling a feystone gathered from a shumil | LN, Part 1 Volume 1. A Day without Myne |
| 500 | Commission for making one mass-produced hair ornament | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 16: Winter Handiwork |
| 1,000 | Price for 2 mugs of behelle and some sausages in Ebb's bar | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Epilogue |
| 2,000 | One stone slate with one slate pencil | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 12: The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament |
| 3,000 | Mass-produced hair ornament | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 16: Winter Handiwork |
| 6,000 | Used calculator | WN Part 1, Chapter 43 |
| 8,000 | Money Myne brought home after selling her first sheets of paper | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 12: The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament |
| 8,000 - 10,000 | Ralph's monthly salary (after starting his apprenticeship) | WN Part 1, Chapter 42 |
| 20,000 | Postcard-sized parchment / volrin paper | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 12: The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament |
| 40,000 | Postcard-sized trombe paper sample | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 12: The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament |
| 40,000 | A bottle of writing ink | LN, Part 2 Volume 2. Chapter 3: An Attendant’s Job |
| 50,000 | Registration cost for Myne's workshop | WN Part 1, Chapter 70 |
| 60,000 | Price Freida paid for her two hairpins (originally it was one hairpin for 40,000) | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 15: Delivering the Hair Ornaments |
| 100,000 | Apprentice uniform at the Gilberta Company | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Chapter 12: Vested Interests |
| 100,000 | Contract-sized parchment | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 12: The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament |
| 100,000 | Contract-sized volrin paper | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Chapter 12: Vested Interests |
| 100,000 per month | Math and writing tutor, 3 1-bell lessons per week | Fanbook 2. My Handful of a Little Sister |
| 100,000 | Gunther's monthly salary as Captain | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 12: The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament |
| 300,000 | Single colour poker (trump) set | LN, Part 3 Volume 3. Chapter 11: Selling the Materials |
| 300,000 | Commission charged by Benno for arranging Ingo to speak with Rozemyne directly | LN, Part 3 Volume 3. The High Bishop's Exclusive Business |
| 500,000 | Contract-sized trombe paper | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Chapter 12: Vested Interests |
| 500,000 | Ferdinand's printed portrait sold in the Harspiel concert | LN, Part 3 Volume 1. Chapter 20: The Harspiel Concert |
| 1,000,000 | Price of each of Rozemyne's recipe sold to Karstedt, Sylvester and Ferdinand | LN, Part 3 Volume 1. Chapter 12: Making a Monastery |
| 1,000,000 | Cost to purchase an apprentice grey priest for errands by former Giebe Illgner | LN, Part 3 Volume 5. Chapter 6: Illgner's Harvest Festival |
| 1,000,000 | Royal Academy Library registration fee | LN, Part 4 Volume 1. Chapter 15: Registering at the Library |
| 1,800,000 | Initial price of Children's bible First Volume on the Divine 7 | LN, Part 2 Volume 2. Chapter 15: A Book for Benno and First Fitting |
| 2,800,000 | Price for nearly-broken mana draining magic tool sold to commoners | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Prologue |
| 3,000,000 | Production methods to improve rinsham | LN, Part 1 Volume 2. Chapter 18: Why It Failed and How to Fix It |
| 3,000,000 | Used mana draining magic tool for children that has had its mana overwritten twice | LN, Part 4 Volume 3. Chapter 16: Philine's Family Circumstances |
| 5,000,000 | Commission for making a new mana draining tool for children, estimated by Ferdinand | LN, Part 4 Volume 3. Chapter 16: Philine's Family Circumstances |
| 5,000,000 | Price for pound cake's recipe with one year of exclusive rights | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Chapter 16: Contract with Freida |
| 6,000,000 | Production method for plant paper | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Chapter 14: Tools and Selecting a Workshop |
| 8,000,000 | Price for rumtopf's recipe | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Leise — Confectionary Recipe |
| 10,000,000 | Myne's initial donation to Ehrenfest temple | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Chapter 19: Gated Paradise |
| 17,000,000 | Production method and rights for Myne's hair ornament | LN, Part 1 Volume 3. Tuuli - Visiting Corinna |
| 2,000,000/ 8,000,000/ 20,000,000 | Price for learning Rozemyne Mana Compression Method (Lay/Med/Archnobles) | LN, Part 3 Volume 5. Chapter 10: The Jureve and Mana Compression |
| 22,000,000 | Cost to purchase gray priest Volk | LN, Part 3 Volume 5. Chapter 6: Illgner's Harvest Festival |
| 30,000,000 | Deposit for loaning one of the storybooks in the Royal Academy Library | LN, Part 4 Volume 2. Chapter 4: Preparing a Tea Party for Solange |
| 128,600,000 | Gross profit earned during Ferdinand's harspiel concert | LN, Part 3 Volume 1. Epilogue |
| 180,000,000 | Estimated cost of transcribing and rewriting Dunkelfelger's history book | LN, Part 4 Volume 7. Chapter 12: Interduchy Tournament (Second Year) |
The list is partially taken from the Japanese wiki. Many examples, especially from the later chapters, are still missing.
Trivia
- Effa informs Myne that an item in a stall at the market costs 23 lion in the anime.
- The visual design of the coins was created by Suzuka.[2]
- It's said that the value of Lion is similar to Japanese Yen.
- Sugar is traded in silvers of equal weight.
References
- ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm anime, Episode 9. 02:46
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ascendance of a Bookworm. Fanbook 2. Q&A with Miya Kazuki
- ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel, Part 1 Volume 2 Chapter 12 - The Guildmaster and the Hair Ornament
- ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm. Fanbook 1. Q&A with Miya Kazuki