Astrid Zexis is a retired self-insert protagonist whose author got everything she wanted and kinda ran out of ideas for. She dated (and broke up with) the handsome knight captain, ran her own successful alchemy workshop, and became the most powerful alchemist in the region (if not world).
You do not play Astrid.
No, you play Astrid's apprentice, Rorona! A kind-hearted, klutz of a girl who is as clumsy and oblivious as she is charming; a classic young female lead.
How did Rorona and Astrid meet? Well, when Rorona's mother fell ill and needed an expensive medicine, Rorona became Astrid's apprentice to pay the debt (it has been years; how expensive WAS that medicine??). The hook of the game is that the powers-that-be want to tear down the alchemy workshop and build townhouses where it currently stands. As often happens to apprentices, Rorona is saddled with all the legwork.
While not the main character, Astrid is a prominent figure in the game. She's just as burnt out as you'd expect and still has a dozen or three loose ends of her own that she never tied up, which Rorona promptly gets tangled in. Astrid is also the token lech of the game, and seems to relish making people uncomfortable, or just getting big emotional reactions out of them, and gives some self-aware self-insert Shakespearean-fool vibes, as time goes on.
Overall, while it isn't revolutionary, I had a good time with this title and I look forward to the next playthrough (gotta get that Perfect Ending!!).
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