Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Gust. It is the third and last game of the Arland series and a direct sequel to Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland. The game features a turn-based combat system. The battles are based on the idea that the princess Meruru is the leader and her companions are called "escorts". Meruru can use items in combat and, depending on the conditions in battle, her companions can chain attacks and the items' power can be increased.
Story
Meruru is the princess of Arls, a small kingdom in the far north of the Republic of Arland. After her father and Gio, the leader of Arland, discussed merging the two countries, she met Totori, the now-graduated alchemist. Dazzled by the power of alchemy and with a desire to help her country prosper, she imposes herself on Totori as her first student. Her father disapproves of this decision at first, but agrees after a suggestion from Rufus. He instructs Meruru to use her alchemy for the betterment of the kingdom, with several intermediate goals that must be achieved within certain time periods in order to be allowed to continue her alchemy work. Later, Rorona joins them, but she has been turned into a child by Astrid after drinking an experimental potion of youth.