Bakumatsu Mahoushi -Mage Revolution-

is the first volume of the Bakumatsu Mahoushi light novel series, written by Soji Tanabe and Illustrated by Kaya Kuramoto. It was released under the Dengeki Bunko Imprint in February 2010.

Synopsis
The time is the end of the Edo period. A turbulent era in which the Joi and Enlightenments compete. Iori Kuze, a young Dutch scholar and magician who studied at Osaka Ogata Koan, went to the Matsue Domain in Izumo Province to translate a esoteric spellbook at the behest of his head, Koan Ogata. Iori wanted to finish the translation as soon as possible and return to Osaka, but what was handed over at the invited mansion was the technology and magic metal Mithril silver lost due to the ancient "great collapse" that caused the loss of his late father. It was a book that describes the smelting furnace of. The spirited away that occurs in the village around Iori who started the translation, the assassination of the magician Kanamori Tobune, the sword of the swordsman who suddenly attacks. In front of Iori, who pursues the mystery, and Touma, a red-eyed scholar, the unfortunate darkness hidden in Mithril training spreads! Bakumatsu fantasy played by the magical melody!

(source: Bookwalker JP - Translated)