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I just caught up to this episode and there have been some major changes compared to the WN version of the story. The plot compelling Alicia's actions seems to be an anime original creation. At least, I don't remember it in the WN, and after some quick searching, I don't think it is in the LN either.
Trying to find out more info, I found that in the afterword of LN4, the author does write about how they weren't happy with the original incarnation of Alicia's character in the novels, and that is why they made changes to her in the manga adaptation of the story (which is yet to reach this point I think). So, it could be that the anime is adapting the updated story and this version of Alicia is new to the WN/LN readers.
Finally, I just realized that this whole season of anime is only adapting a single LN volume. It makes more sense now why the pacing has felt slow at times. I can't think of any other shows off the top of my head for which 1 cour = 1 volume. Eminence in Shadow came close at 20 episodes for 2 volumes, but that included two episodes of content not in LN1 or 2.
Weird. LN4 is the one that made me hate Alicia. Comparing that version of the character to the anime is just jarring.
Apothecary Diaries is doing one LN per cour so far, but that story has enough for each volume to carry a cour…