The Apothecary Diaries 1 (Hero Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] A great country located in the center of the continent. The daughter of the emperor was at his knee. Mao Mao, a cat cat, used to work as an apothecary in the flower district, but is now working as a servant in the imperial palace. The girl, who was not a beauty, was waiting for her age to pass without incident. She was confident that the emperor would not make her his "handmaiden," even if she was mistaken. Then she learned that all of the emperor's sons were short-lived. Nekoneko hears that the two surviving sons are also seriously ill, and begins to investigate the cause. The highly acclaimed and painful mystery is now available in a long-awaited paperback edition. Set in the Middle Ages in the Orient, a young girl (who plays the role of a poisoner) solves a series of difficult cases that occur in the court.

大陸の中央に位置するとある大国。その皇帝のおひざ元にその娘はいた。猫猫(マオマオ)、花街で薬師をやっていたが、現在後宮で下働き中である。けして美人とはいえぬその娘は、分相応に何事もなく年季があけるのを待っていた。まかり間違っても帝が自分を“御手付き”にしない自信があった。そんな中、帝の御子たちが皆短命であることを知る。存命の二人の御子も重い病と聞いた猫猫は、その原因を調べ始める―。大絶賛されたあの痛快ミステリーが待望の文庫化。中世の東洋を舞台に「毒味役」の少女が宮中で起こる難事件を次々に解決する。