TEARMOON EMPIRE LIGHT NOVEL SC (2025)

Surrounded by the hate-filled gazes of her people, the selfish princess of the fallen Tearmoon Empire, Mia, takes one last look at the bleeding sun before the guillotine blade falls... Only to wake back up as a twelve-year-old! With time rewound and a second chance at life dropped into her lap, she sets out to right the countless wrongs that plague the ailing Empire. Corrupt governance? Check. Border troubles? Check. Natural calamities and economic strife? Check. She seeks out the aid of others, starting with her loyal maid, Anne, and the brilliant minister, Ludwig. Little by little, their tireless efforts begin to change the course of history, pushing the whole of the continent toward a new future. And why did the selfish princess have a change of heart, you ask? Simple-she didn't. She's just terrified of the guillotine. They hurt like hell, and Mia hates pain more than work.

Ever since the spoiled princess of Tearmoon leapt through time and restarted life as a twelve-year-old, everything has been going Mia's way. Leveraging her memory of future events and the delusions of those around her, she secures a source of wheat for the coming famine and prevents civil war from breaking out. She even manages to avert her own grisly death by guillotine. But once again that dreaded word - revolution - reaches her ears; a popular uprising in Remno is threatening that kingdom's stability. Freed from the curse of the guillotine and faced with an uncertain future, what path will Mia choose?

"Half a year has passed since the Remno revolution ended. Spring has rolled around again, bringing with it what Mia considers to be one of the most important occasions of the year - spring break. Freed from the duties of school and station, she's ready to seize the day! By which she means, of course, do absolutely nothing productive and lounge around in bed all day. Her indolent plans are cut short, however, when her own granddaughter, Bel, is whisked backwards through time and deposited in front of her. Just when she thought she was finally done with worrying about the guillotine, she learns of the grisly future awaiting her, in which a war of succession rends the empire in two. Mia herself has been killed by poison, and Bel narrowly avoided execution by leaping through time. As if that wasn't enough, she discovers that this terrible chain of events can be traced back to Rafina's tragic transformation into a dictator. Altering the course of history will, of all things, require her to defeat Rafina in the upcoming election for student council president! Underprepared, polling abysmally, and trailed by a granddaughter who inherited all her, erm, Mia-est bits, she once again finds herself at a historical turning point... without the faintest clue of what she's supposed to do! A rough reset!! What would you do to avoid public execution at the hands of a revolution? As the series begins, Princess Mia is lazy, spoiled, and lacking in any sort of empathy for her subjects. Needless to say, things don't end well. However, someone must have been smiling upon her that day, because after being beheaded, she wakes up to find time has been reversed and she's twelve years old again. Armed with her knowledge of what's to come, can Mia improve conditions - and her own behavior - enough to avoid her grisly fate?"

Mia just can't get a break! She ran for student president, won the election, and bent the arc of history away from the calamitous developments Bel foretold. You'd think saving the future would be enough to earn her some rest, but all she got for her troubles was an urgent letter from Ludwig requesting her immediate return to the empire. She sets out for Tearmoon, only to learn upon arriving that the academy city, which she was counting on to develop that new strain of wheat, is now falling apart before their very eyes. The headmaster? Bailed on them. The teachers? Fleeing by the boatload. The project itself? At risk of grinding to a halt. Ludwig offers a solution: they need a new headmaster with enough clout to stop the exodus of teachers, and his former master fits the bill. Sounds great! The only problem is... the man's a stubborn old badger who hates nobles with a burning passion!

Princess Mia just wanted to go on a fun summer cruise with all her friends, but somehow she's gotten stranded on a deserted island without a boat or supplies! Mia and her friends have to figure out how to survive, but wait! Esmeralda's gone missing?! When the group splits up to look for her, Mia pairs up with Abel and thinks that getting stuck on an island might not be so bad after all. Little does she know, however, a dark secret lost to time lies deep within the island. Uncovering it will reveal the hidden truth of the Tearmoon Empire and how everything links to her morbid destiny!

You'd think surviving an assassination attempt would entitle Mia Luna Tearmoon to some rest and recreation-but in comes her old friend the great famine! Forkroad and Co.'s business has completely collapsed, and with it, the logistics Mia needed for her famine-prevention plan. Mia's investigation reveals the culprit is a man she knows all too well: Shalloak Cornrogue, the Merchant King. In the previous timeline, Mia had suffered indignity at his hands. Now that he's meddling in this timeline as well, it's the perfect excuse for payback! Her road of revenge takes Mia all the way to Perujin. There, the Sage of the Empire finds herself embroiled in a whirlwind of trouble, culminating in a showdown that will forevermore change the fate of Perujin...

Mia reclines and flips open the Princess Chronicles, wondering what new developments it has in store, when her eyes leap to a certain line: "Sion Sol Sunkland perished in his youth." Needless to say, she does not remain recumbent for long. How could this possibly be?! Though he may be infuriating at times, Sion is an ally, a classmate, and most importantly... a friend. She needs to warn him; if she can't save him personally-which, let's face it, is unlikely given her limited faculties-then he can at least save himself.

Crown Prince Sion is prophesied to be fatally poisoned by his younger brother, Echard. Donning a precious keepsake dress made by her mother, ex-selfish-princess Mia throws open the doors to the ballroom, prepared to confront this swirling conspiracy. After considerable (by Mia standards) thought, she devises a brilliant (again, by Mia standards) scheme. Time to keep Sion dancing so he doesn't have a chance to drink anything! Unsurprisingly, her plan falls flat almost immediately, as the myriad of players in this game of power won't just sit idly by...

Just how many lives has Mia saved in Sunkland? Well, there's Sion, King Abram, and even Echard... In other words, practically the entire royal family. Go Mia! But now her adventures in Sol Saliente have brought her face-to-face with an opponent she can't ignore-the glorious taste of Equestri butter!

The fate of the Fire Clan resting on her shoulders, Mia heads off on the Matching of Steeds-a two-day race that will push her horsemanship skills to their limits. Her plan? To lose, of course! There's no way she could best an Equestri in a horse race. That would be absurd. Except...the absolute faith of her comrades throws a wrench in that plan. While they all expect her to win, Mia's faith in herself pales in comparison to theirs. She thus spends the race scheming to create the most favorable defeat! But will her splash-fights, horse-shaped bread, and friendly attitude be enough to win over her opponent?

After saving the King of Sunkland, reuniting the thirteen clans of the Equestrian Kingdom, and defeating the High Priestess of the Chaos Serpents, Mia has finally returned to Saint-Noel for some much-needed respite...until her break gets interrupted by two girls magically appearing before her. Not only is Bel somehow back, Mia must now also care for the mysterious Patricia. Neither Bel nor Mia have any idea where she came from, and the only clue they have is her last name: Clausius.

It's been two months since the introduction of the SEEC program at Saint-Noel Academy, and now that summer break is here, Mia's on her way back home! But she's not going alone this time; she's joined by Patty, Bel, Yanna, Kiryl, and last but certainly not least, her beloved Abel. Unfortunately, there's no break in Mia's summer! Her time isn't taken up by the rapidly approaching famine, oh no! It's Ruby's impending engagement to Mia's horse-loving cousin, Hildebrandt. But since Ruby's heart already belongs to Vanos-and because Mia's a sucker for high-stakes romance-it's up to Mia to break off this engagement and match Ruby with her one true love.

Ruby is to be engaged to Mia's simpleminded cousin Hildebrandt, but her heart is set on the common-born Vanos, the captain of the Princess Guard. Luckily for Ruby, Mia wants to see them together as well! What's the best way the break that engagement?