Ascendance of a Bookworm Side Story
本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません OVA
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Side Story One: Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown The head priest wants more information on Myne, and so he sends two of his aides, Eckhart and Justus, to investigate her. Side Story Two: Visiting Missus Corinna Effa and Tuuli find themselves having to accompany Myne to Corinna's residence, because she wants to take a look at the outfit Myne wore for her baptism. Note: This two-part OVA was bundled with Part 5 Volume 1 of the LN. The OVA consist of two side stories, the first adapts a chapter from Part 3 Volume 2 of the LN, and the second adapts a chapter from Part 1 Volume 3 of the LN. Both side stories chronologically happen at the end of Part 1 of the LN.
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