TV-Series
Description
Originally Urano Motosu, a book-obsessed Japanese college student and aspiring librarian, Myne perished at twenty-two during an earthquake when her own collection crushed her. With her final breath, she yearned for a life surrounded by books. She reawakened in the frail five-year-old body of a commoner girl named Myne in Ehrenfest, a child plagued since birth by severe fevers and poor health that stunted her growth. Her appearance featured golden eyes, pale skin, and straight midnight blue hair often secured by a wooden hairpin holding the upper half in a bun. The fusion of Urano's memories and personality with the original Myne forged a new identity from that moment.
Myne was the second surviving child of soldier Gunther and dye worker Effa, with only her older sister Tuuli living beyond infancy out of six pregnancies. Before Urano's memories surfaced, Myne was an unhappy, self-centered child prone to jealous tantrums toward Tuuli, exacerbated by her physical limitations that prevented regular play with other children. After the merge, Myne retained fierce determination but directed it toward creating books and improving her family's life using past-life knowledge. She displayed exceptional aptitude in mathematics, linguistics, and problem-solving, swiftly mastering the local language and rewriting archaic temple scriptures into simpler forms. Yet, she frequently overlooked others' circumstances in pursuit of her goals, a trait her mother noted resembled Gunther's.
Her life-threatening fevers stemmed from the Devouring, an illness caused by immense latent mana exceeding even the archduke's by age seven. Without noble tools to release it, the accumulating mana endangered her life. Her early inventions included homemade shampoo that revitalized her hair, Earth-derived recipes like pancakes and novel cooking methods, and attempts at paper substitutes such as woven papyrus fibers and clay tablets. These endeavors aimed to facilitate book production but often failed due to material constraints or her frailty. With aid from childhood friend Lutz and merchant Benno, she eventually achieved paper production and developed printing, honoring key contributors with the "Gutenberg" title.
To access the temple library and manage her mana, Myne became an apprentice priestess, donning blue robes. She reorganized the temple library using the Nippon Decimal Classification system. During this time, she showed compassion to temple orphans, teaching them reading, writing, and arithmetic earlier than noble children typically learned, while shielding her attendants from exploitation and enhancing their worth through education. Her vast mana drew political scrutiny, leading to adoption by Archduke Sylvester and her transition into nobility as Rozemyne, a legal name change that maintained ties to her birth family.
As Rozemyne at the Royal Academy, she forged a close friendship with Dunkelfelger archduke candidate Hannelore over shared book passion. Her magical prowess expanded dramatically; she mastered blessings, wind-based defensive spells like Deflector Shields, and inventive combat techniques such as shaping her schtappe into weapons like Leidenschaft's Spear or unconventional Earth-style arms. She earned divine protections from all seven primary gods and over forty subordinate gods through dedicated prayer. Political influence grew when a royal order engaged her to Ferdinand, culminating in her rise as Aub Alexandria's co-ruler. During this phase, she temporarily lost memories of her commoner family and past traumas after the goddess Mestionora borrowed her body, though Ferdinand later restored them.
Rozemyne established Alexandria as a duchy centered around its library, enacting temple reforms mirroring Ehrenfest's and revitalizing mana-deprived lands. As Mestionora's avatar, she shielded former Ahrensbach territories from further retribution post-conflict. She adopted Letizia and championed accessible knowledge across class divides, reflecting her enduring mission for equitable book access. Her leadership blended compassion for retainers and commoners with active efforts to elevate their skills rather than dismiss shortcomings. Throughout her journey, she navigated complex social structures and duties while maintaining an unwavering devotion to books.
Myne was the second surviving child of soldier Gunther and dye worker Effa, with only her older sister Tuuli living beyond infancy out of six pregnancies. Before Urano's memories surfaced, Myne was an unhappy, self-centered child prone to jealous tantrums toward Tuuli, exacerbated by her physical limitations that prevented regular play with other children. After the merge, Myne retained fierce determination but directed it toward creating books and improving her family's life using past-life knowledge. She displayed exceptional aptitude in mathematics, linguistics, and problem-solving, swiftly mastering the local language and rewriting archaic temple scriptures into simpler forms. Yet, she frequently overlooked others' circumstances in pursuit of her goals, a trait her mother noted resembled Gunther's.
Her life-threatening fevers stemmed from the Devouring, an illness caused by immense latent mana exceeding even the archduke's by age seven. Without noble tools to release it, the accumulating mana endangered her life. Her early inventions included homemade shampoo that revitalized her hair, Earth-derived recipes like pancakes and novel cooking methods, and attempts at paper substitutes such as woven papyrus fibers and clay tablets. These endeavors aimed to facilitate book production but often failed due to material constraints or her frailty. With aid from childhood friend Lutz and merchant Benno, she eventually achieved paper production and developed printing, honoring key contributors with the "Gutenberg" title.
To access the temple library and manage her mana, Myne became an apprentice priestess, donning blue robes. She reorganized the temple library using the Nippon Decimal Classification system. During this time, she showed compassion to temple orphans, teaching them reading, writing, and arithmetic earlier than noble children typically learned, while shielding her attendants from exploitation and enhancing their worth through education. Her vast mana drew political scrutiny, leading to adoption by Archduke Sylvester and her transition into nobility as Rozemyne, a legal name change that maintained ties to her birth family.
As Rozemyne at the Royal Academy, she forged a close friendship with Dunkelfelger archduke candidate Hannelore over shared book passion. Her magical prowess expanded dramatically; she mastered blessings, wind-based defensive spells like Deflector Shields, and inventive combat techniques such as shaping her schtappe into weapons like Leidenschaft's Spear or unconventional Earth-style arms. She earned divine protections from all seven primary gods and over forty subordinate gods through dedicated prayer. Political influence grew when a royal order engaged her to Ferdinand, culminating in her rise as Aub Alexandria's co-ruler. During this phase, she temporarily lost memories of her commoner family and past traumas after the goddess Mestionora borrowed her body, though Ferdinand later restored them.
Rozemyne established Alexandria as a duchy centered around its library, enacting temple reforms mirroring Ehrenfest's and revitalizing mana-deprived lands. As Mestionora's avatar, she shielded former Ahrensbach territories from further retribution post-conflict. She adopted Letizia and championed accessible knowledge across class divides, reflecting her enduring mission for equitable book access. Her leadership blended compassion for retainers and commoners with active efforts to elevate their skills rather than dismiss shortcomings. Throughout her journey, she navigated complex social structures and duties while maintaining an unwavering devotion to books.