A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World

Self-Published

Community Rating

Description

Alice is a girl who loves science and lives on Earth. Then, suddenly, she was punted into another dimension. A dimension where magic and monsters roam the land, and, for some reason, a System keeps dinging at her and telling her that her stats and levels are increasing. As someone who loves exploring mysteries, Alice is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery. After all, everything has to have a ‘cause,’ including the System, right?

(This story is also posted on Royalroad. If you see this story anywhere besides Royalroad, Scribblehub, KU, or Patreon it has been stolen).

What to expect: This story is going to be a LitRPG set in a fantasy world. However, unlike many LitRPG’s, the system has both a definite beginning and definite limits to what it is able to accomplish – rather than a singularly omnipotent, omniscient being that is tied to the laws of the world, the way systems are usually presented in LitRPG’s, the system is close to both, but has definite limits and rules which it operates by.

Note: the rest of volume 1 has been taken down, due to the requirements for the KU program. You can buy the e-book for volume 1 of Budding Scientist using the link below.

https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B0CFW34H98

Or an Audiobook version here.https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Small-Town-in-Southern-Illvaria-An-Isekai-LitRPG-Audiobook/B0CFRK9ZK7?qid=1692201343&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=JJ1BXHB9NTSPP5FPNYXF&pageLoadId=AsHXZmcAq15OGzRW&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c

Uploads 1 chapter a week

Join my Discord!

https://discord.gg/5f5EAtSzy7

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2021
Author: acaswell

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 6,089
Views: 1,556,814

What readers say about A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World

“I'd never considered the mechanics of a system being in a world and how one might investigate how it is constructed or how and why it interacts with the world (though I'm sure it has been done before). This book does it in a very interesting way. My only co…”
Mr BookRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“This story is an amazing woman vs wilderness story that then turns into an exciting woman vs core aspect of reality story. It is also very exciting in terms of worldbuilding. It made me feel like the entire system had been thought out from day -1. If you ar…”
PenguinsAreScaryRoyal Road5.0 / 5

Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!

Community Reviews(10)

Mr BookRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'd never considered the mechanics of a system being in a world and how one might investigate how it is constructed or how and why it interacts with the world (though I'm sure it has been done before). This book does it in a very interesting way. My only complaint is the occasional time where the supposed scientist jumps to unscientific conclusions. For example, 'the system breaks all known laws of physics.' Just off the top of my head I can think of several potential explanations that, while not currently a possibility, are quite possible within the frame of scientific knowledge as we know it (i.e. airborne nanobots, holograms, simulated reality, etc.). Luckily this rarely happens and she usually follows the scientific process with her experiments and conclusions fairly well.
PenguinsAreScaryRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is an amazing woman vs wilderness story that then turns into an exciting woman vs core aspect of reality story. It is also very exciting in terms of worldbuilding. It made me feel like the entire system had been thought out from day -1.
If you are visually impaired, be advised: Sometimes there was a tad too much emphasis on formatting, which text to speech software doesn't catch.
CardcaptorRLH85Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I just caught up with this series, I grabbed volume 1 from KU on release and finished it yesterday, and I'm loving where it's going! I found it on KU when I was searching for an isekai series where the MC uses science and logic to understand the system. I've only seen one other series like this (it's completed on RR but I can't remember the title) but, I'd really like to see more.
All in VaneRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So far there hasn’t been much of a story, but I really like the slice of life/wilderness survival of the first arc. But the best thing about it is the main character. Her reactions are far more realistic than those of other similar MCs and the way loneliness and her new environment get to her is very refreshing for this genre.
GoodGradesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have been reading a lot of gameLit story's that are all about the story and are fun to read. However I have really enjoyed budding scientist because it gives depth to the existence of the system and the world. I really have enjoyed reading this story. Keep up the good work! :)
Drew ArcheronRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
love the science and crafting mixed with decent adventure and saving the world. no murder hobo, and the MC isn't a world class healer from day one. however, she is a healer of sorts, but more the IT fix the broken computer in your brain type healer. thus it has been a fun tale so far. reviewed at chapter 218
DrundlsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Classic litrpg, survival story. I love this part, the limitations of knowledge, skill and Skill.
So far our protagonist has managed to not die quite a bit. Good tension.
I skim over some of her thinking sometimes though, cause I want to know what happens next. Other times what she thinks is very important. Maybe that's just me, well...
Keep up the good work.
EliareceRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've read a lot a LitRPG/Isekai stories, usually there are two problems I really hate :
- The main character is a horrible imperialist who genuinely believe in his world's superiory over the primitive natives.
- The combat are overdrawn, too common, and ultimately meaning less.
For a story about a scientist getting isekai, I would expect the author to heavily fall into these two traps, but not at all.
Alice realizes at one point in the story that her preconceptions are wrong, and she can't apply her knowledge from the old world to another reality with magic. The characters of the new world feel smart, and when they miss something obvious it's usually because of a difference in perspective and not because they're primitive savages that need to be educated by a highschool student
But what surprised me the most, is that the battles go so fucking hard. It's so much better than the most popular combat focused LitRPGs. I think the author missed their calling.
The story don't have many combats, but every damn time they feel extremely impactful. They always feel close. They always use the main character's research in a cleaver way. The opponents always feel like genuine threats with unique fighting strategies and not trash mobs. And they're quick and rare enough that I actually want to read them instead of getting bored halfway through.
The story's only flaw is in character relations. Alice doesn't form any strong bond with another character. She have friends and mentors, but the story don't really focus on them, or why Alice like to hang out with them. The themes of the story could have been reinforced a lot if Alice's research took a lot more time. She would have had more time to go to school, form bonds, learn the culture of this new world.
CeramicMugRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I admit, I had very low standards when I clicked this book.
The cover and the premise led me to believe it was going to be a magical girl psuedo science mary sue story. The kind written by 11year olds who hate science class.
But instead, its really very engaging! I don't like science a whole lot, but I find the logic and analysis of Alice endearing. Scientific methodology is lacking, but I think once paper is available there would ne more research and testing hypothesis- not much space to do science when the focus is on survival!
I'm thoroughly enjoying this story and eager for more. The setting seems rather interesting to learn more about, and I enjoy that it doesnt have the trope of lone human v all other humans implemented. There isn't random worship of the lone human either, I'm looking forward to how this will turn out now that multiple people are involved in the scenario. its more challenging to write group dynamics.
Good read!
QnesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
When I read the discription, I had high expectations.
And I must say that the scientific exploration of the System was mind blowing. But you should take that with a grain of salt, since obviously the story is there for entertainment and the explanation of the system is definitely incomplete and vague. Well for me it was very enjoyable. Other than that there is not much noteworthy.
But since focus of the story lies in science: five stars.