💧 🌕 Week 2 (chapters 6-12) | ティアムーン帝国物語 vol 1

Welcome to week 2 of ティアムーン帝国物語 vol 1 book club!

Week 1 | Week 2 (here) | Week 3

Week Date Chapters ~Pages Read ~Pages Read (Junior) Audible Timestamp
2 May 11 6–12 30 31 00:44:55-01:34:16

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I edited the Audiobook Timestamp as it didn’t have the stop time, just the start time, making it a bit confusing.

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I finished this week, but most of that time was in the car so I definitely missed… quite a bit. Waiting for everyone else to fill me in on what all I missed :sweat_smile::sweat_smile:

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Reading while driving is not recommended :rofl:

/s I know you probably meant audiobook or being a passenger

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Finished this week’s portion.

Chapter 7 would have been rather difficult to follow without the audiobook, I get the feeling. I’d have been confused with the adult Mia and young Mia portions, which with the audio you could tell them apart.

Chapter 11’s character introduction background was rather difficult to follow for me.

Chapter 12, Mia worrying about the sick kid and going to his aid (without having immediately in mind the execution) makes me think she’s not completely lost in not being the despot that made her end up in the guillotine.

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This week’s chapters were more difficult than last week’s imo. There was plenty I didn’t understand fully.

I don’t remember what happened in what chapter specifically so this is about chapter 6 through 12 in random order:

Thoughts

Ludwig is a nice fellow. He seems to have a gotten a high opinion of Mia quite quickly after so little which says a lot about how badly the empire is run. Assuming he’ll stay close to Mia he’s probably one of the first to figure out she knows more than ordinarily possible.

If I understood it correctly the diary she keeps from her previous playthrough changes when she writes in the current version of that diary? I’m glad they address the butterfly effect through this.

I wonder if Mia gets sick from touching the sick boy. I guess we’re going to learn some things about the state of medicine in the following chapters. We haven’t really gotten an introduction from her dad, the emperor yet. I Imagine he might have an opinion about what she’s been doing. Going for a stroll with minimal guards into the slums might be frowned upon.

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What I understood from this part is that two diaries exist at the same time. And that the current writings on the new one match with the old one.

We didn’t get Emperor much in the anime, so anything that happens will be new to me. But judging how Mia turned out to be in the previous life, she probably used to get her way and no scoldings/reprimands

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Week two audiobook-only was, like other readers reported, a bit more rough-going than week 1. I’m still following the general plot, I believe, but fine details/proper names may be escaping me.

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I switched midway to sort-of summarizing things after seeing what @shitsurei wrote.

Week 2: 6-12

Mia: I don’t know what to do to fix the economy and books are of no help, where is that nagging what’s his name, four-eyes. He seemed to know his shit

/Somehow finds that guy, who is right on the verge of being sent to countryside for pushing his boss too much on the subject of this country’s future/
Ludwig: Do you even know how much your meals cost? /s
Mia at top smugness: my one meal is your monthly salary! (Ha! I knew it! I was thinking about that since you asked me that in my last life, I was ready before I met you!!!)
Ludwig: o__o
Mia: *proceeds to quote the points his future self made* (I have no idea what that all means but boy was he annoying, I can’t forget that humiliation)
Ludwig: so wise :pleading_face:

I like how she tries and fails at thinking. And reading. And analyzing.
MCs often desperately try to come up with an answer / solution / explanation but they manage to do it and seems like with Mia we can see the sad reality of a (lovingly) pathetic girl (lol).
I like it sooo muchhhh. Failing towards success is fun.

Her magical diary from the future is updated with the new futures when she writes into the current-timeline version of this diary. Nice. I wish she could also write → check → erase → try a different thing.

Obviously even with Ludwig and financial fixes, this country is still doomed.

Chapter 10
Mia: ok, to fix the upcoming epidemic, I should ask Ludwig for advice. Thinking is an effort and like, idk anyway.
Maid: YOU NEED TO DRESS BETTER IF YOU GO TO SEE A MAN (that you have a crush on, as she assumes)
Mia: uh, ok?
Proceeds to reflect for a second how many dresses she has and sometimes grows out of them without wearing them even once. Thinks nothing of it, moves on to give us some intrigue about a hairpin she has but can’t be happy about.

A good example of her personality and a prove that she has 0 comprehension on money wasting in one chapter.

Chapter 11
Ludwig’s misunderstanding deepens. He assumes Mia is informed of his actions (to use her authority to shut his boss up) and approves them. He assumes she’s a great leader that provides a general vision and trusts the specialists to make specific decisions. He’s glorifying her so much, he’s actually considering if she is some sort of Goddess of wisdom.

I think she is not checking up on what he’s doing at all, because surely no-one is actually informing her of what he’s doing. Lol.
I wish it blew in her face, but also it’s funny and smooth so ok :joy:

The Actual Royal Princes: Ludwig, take me to the slums please.
Maid: Please don’t do it!
No-one: your parents said no, go back to your place.

Chapter 12
So it’s only 4 (and not 14+) knights because it was such a short notice
And there it is. Informing father (the king) of your dangerous actions? Nah, I’ll tell him later, it’s whatever

Mia really shouldn’t have said the slums (Honzuki levels of) horrible smells don’t bother her much.

Ok people, what do we think about giving sweets to a starving child?

Anyhow, Mia asks Ludwig how to avoid a future epidemic here and Ludwig finally understands why he was brought here

I am ignoring the places and titles. If they are important they’ll tell me again.

Everything is Moon/Luna/Getsu anyway

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Re dairy: you are right

The diary got updated all the way to the future. Finances became better, but the epidemics screwed things up and it ends, again, in execution

Re: boy

According to Ludwig, he is not sick, just starving “like many people here”.

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:folded_hands::folded_hands::folded_hands:

I definitely got the main points of that but not a lot of the details. I’m gonna keep plugging along audio only because I’m enjoying it well enough. I’ll probably watch the anime episodes that correspond to the book once we’re done before the next book.

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Ludwig being impressed by Mia reciting back everything he scolded her about in the original timeline:joy:

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What does everyone think about the names in general? Tbh I don’t really like the author’s naming sense, especially for places. They just all sound really juvenile to me sorry :sob:

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Just finished the reading! I want to know what happens next!

thoughts

The way that Mia is simultaneously failing yet also haphazardly succeeding is just so entertaining. I like the narrator continuously pointing out all her failings, especially in contrast with Ludwig erroneously perceiving her as nearly a Goddess of Wisdom.

I actually really liked this, it makes sense based on her having experienced worse smells for 3 years, and without knowing that fact it makes her seem like a Goddess of Compassion Wise Beyond Her Years … I’m getting really invested in Mia’s public image :joy: And I don’t see what harm it does for her to say it …

I was thinking about that too, but it might actually not be the worst thing when you’re starving? Something easy to digest and packed with calories … I have no actual knowledge about this though. Obviously he definitely needs a real meal as soon as possible.

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Thoughts while reading

Chapter 6

「あたり、ですわ。図書館にこもった甲斐がありましたわ!」
図書館で得られた知識はまったくもって関係ないわけだが……。

:laughing:

それでも少なくともミーアが幸運に恵まれていることは確かなようだった。

I mean, considering how her previous attempt at life ended at, it’s about time her luck is showing up :sweat_smile:

Chapter 7

あの、なんでしょうか? 俺……いえ、私は仕事があるのですが……」
先ほどまでは、どこか呆気にとられた様子のルードヴィッヒだったが、冷静さを取り戻したのか、今は白けた様子だった。
「少しお話したいんですの」
「あの、俺、忙しいって言ったんですけど……」
「ちょっと教えてきただきたいことがあるんですの」
「……お構いなしですか。聞きしに勝るわがままっぷりですね」

Damn. He’s an excellent match for Mia. Absolutely no hesitation saying what he thinks.

(Almost a little bit too much to be honest… seems like he doesn’t have a shred of self-preservation. On the other hand, he was sent to the provinces for exactly that behaviour, so I guess yeah, that’s just him.)

「そうですわね、一食あたり、あなたのお給金の一か月分ぐらい、三日月金貨一枚と言ったところじゃないかしら?」
最上のドヤ顔で答えるミーアだった。

Oh my god, Mia :laughing:

Chapter 8

それはここ数日間、大図書館にこもってミーアが考え出したもの……ではない。もちろんない。

I love the narrator.

おわかりのこととは思うが……。
それは、未来世界においてルードヴィッヒが語ったものである。

Of course it was.

確かに、ミーアが口にしたのはルードヴィッヒの言葉である。けれどそれは、彼が地方を回り、外国の事情を調べた上でのもの。
いわば未来のルードヴィッヒが苦労の末にたどり着いた結論なのである。

Sounds like showing off in front of him was actually pretty useful then - after all, he’s not getting sent to the provinces and it would take him a lot of time to find out by himself, right? Well done, Mia! So smart!

Chapter 9

Woah. The whole diary changes, including the future entries? That seems like an incredibly useful tool.

I was wondering a bit if it actually reacts on what Mia writes, but that doesn’t actually make much sense; it’s a diary, so each day should always contain what past or future Mia has written for that day. Weird that it changes right after Mia writes something into though, that doesn’t fit in with that theory.

──まっ、まずいですわ。ルードヴィッヒに褒められたなんて、調子に乗っている場合ではございませんわ!
頭から冷や水をぶっかけられた心持ちで、がばっと立ち上ったミーアは、
「アンヌさん!」
自らの専属メイドに向かって高々と言い放った。
「頭の働きを良くするために、甘いものを所望しますわ!」
……割としょーもないことを。

だよねー

I almost thought “Oh! She’s unexpectedly resilient; right back into action mode!”, and then she just asks for sweets. I guess that’s also a kind of resilience :laughing:

Chapter 11

恐らく彼女は、帝国に対する自分の考えを伝えれば、ルードヴィッヒが自発的に動くと考えているのだろう。

That’s… actually exactly what she thinks. No misunderstandings for once?!

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Not sure I’d call that “after so little”. She recited to him a detailed account of what exactly is wrong with the political-economic situation, something he himself would’ve only gotten to know after years of travelling, experience and research… and she’s only 12.

Yeah, haha. The narrator is so good :laughing:

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Is not as ridiculous as GATE and it’s Piña Colada, Befeater, Leleilalelena, Shandy and such, so it doesn’t scream to me too much :sweat_smile:

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