Her Majesty's Swarm/Light Novel/Volume 1

Her Majesty's Swarm: Volume 1 is the first volume of the light novel of Her Majesty's Swarm. It was originally published in Japan on October 5, 2018 by Kodansha. The English translation was published in the United States by J-Novel Club on January 21, 2020.

The First War arc of the web novel was adapted for this volume.

Synopsis
After a college student finds herself in another world, she becomes the militant queen of a race of insects called the Arachnea.

Our protagonist is a college student who enjoys playing as the evil-aligned faction Arachnea in her favorite real-time strategy game. One day, she finds herself in a world similar to the one in the game; additionally, her body is now that of a fourteen-year-old girl. While things are a bit different from how they were in the game, one element has remained the same: she is the leader of the Arachnea. The insects under her control, collectively known as the Swarm, praise her and implore her to lead them to victory.

In order to survive, she raises her Swarm and forms friendly relations with the elves of the neighboring forest. But after a slaver traveling through the forest murders one of her Swarm and the nearby kingdom's knights burn down the elven village and massacre its people, she prepares to launch her counterattacks in the name of revenge.

However, revenge is merely a pretense for attacking the countries of this world. Her command is masterful and severe, as one who has played the game in real life...