It is a world in which order is maintained through three great factions: the Church, which bears the greatest authority; the Order of Clausius, possessing influence on par with the Church, claimant of immense assets and military might, and; the Guild of Commerce, an association of merchants and artisans alike.
In this world is the alchemist Kusla, who has been captured and imprisoned for the crime of burning a saint's bones.
There's been a spin-off novel announced with release on 10th January 2015 - Shoujo wa Shoka no Umi de Nemuru (少女は書架の海で眠る - A Girl Sleeps in the Ocean of Magdala).
That's why I said, half baked romance is much worse to read. It's better in harem because you don't even expect anything from FMCs. Authors gotta do the fan service so I don't really expect good romance now. In harem novels, most of FMCs have their arc and done. I read it more like solo MC novels and ignore romance parts. Better written FMCs are rare and honestly novels increase their tier by a notch if the author can pull it off.