Ascendance of a Bookworm

"Hey, Fran. What is the ritual of star knot in the aristocratic city like?

Asked over lunch, Fran frowned as troubled.

"Regardless of the other blue clerics, in the case of the chief clergyman, there are also flanking mansions in the aristocratic district, so we have no particular work to do. I'm just leaving a message at the mansion. The meal is not as different as it usually is. You should take a break, the chief clergyman said, but he wasn't comfortable without a job, and in the end, we were all gathered together to talk about our work."

The clergyman's side of the service is apparently all seriously addicted to his job. I'm going to have a little soggy tears about the clergyman who's going to be giving me a little break and the uneasy side service I don't have a job and I'm too free.

"I'll settle down better staying in the temple.... because noble neighborhoods are not so cozy places for gray clerics"

I lay down my eyes softly in the last word, which was added small. I suppose there is a strong sense of discrimination in the aristocracy. Heading to the aristocratic neighborhood was a little bit of a hijacking.

Drinking tea after a meal all the time, I hear a few footsteps approaching me across the door. Beyond my room, there is only room to use for the winter service ceremony, so I'm sure you think someone is coming for me.

With a face like a numb cut, the clergyman came in irritated and absurd with his voice.

"Rosemaine, how long are you going to be eating? I told you to hurry!? You're the last!

"I'll be there in a minute!

When I hurry to pour in the cup of tea, I slip off the chair and leave the room with Rosina. To the chief priest's fury, two of the escort knights with their spines stretched out.

In this star knot ritual, I am told that although I am supposed to stay overnight in the lord's castle, your father and mother have already sent me clothes and accessories to get my room ready, and that there is nothing in particular I have to take. It would be nice to have a set of costumes for the temple chief's ritual.

Rosina boarded the same carriage as the lay men, and I boarded the chief priest's carriage with the escort knights. I feel that Darmuel and Brigitte are both smaller than usual because of their status differences or because they have been educated by the clergyman as knight apprentices.

Travel by carriage through a wide open aristocratic gate to the castle. And if you go through the large gates of the high walls behind the aristocratic city, you will arrive at the castle of the lord.

The lord's castle passed through the gate, a little behind. I guess the same materials are used as the aristocratic towns and temples, it was a white monochromatic building, with clean beauty. From the outside, it's three or four stories.

The castle itself doesn't look as big as I thought it would be in my eyes, living in a neatly packed city of six or seven floors in Lower Town. Maybe, because it's not high, it's less intimidating.

Just broad.

It's big enough that you can't travel without a carriage from the gate to the castle, and it's huge enough to divide the land for everyone in the lower town who lives in a cuckoo on narrow land. I guess this breadth is a testament to wealth.

Between the gate and the castle, there are several buildings dotted that do not know what the hell they are used for.

"There are gardeners' residences and forest keepers' residences, as well as farms and orchards. Besides, there are a few Knights training grounds and tea party gardens. In the distance of the castle there is the dormitory of the Knights, in the north where you will dwell, in the west where the Second and Third Ladies of the Lords will dwell."

He arrived at the north entrance of the castle by carriage looking sideways through the places where the knights would train and the beautifully appointed gardens. The front entrance on the south side is for work and is where nobles come and go who have clerical needs for civilians, knights and lords, and the lords' families and very private guests come and go through the north entrance, he said.

Sure, it's hard to say "right now" to a civilian working in a burly way.

As I looked out of the carriage, I saw Rosina exiting the side carriage and having the downstairs carry some luggage. Rosina is the only one who came out of the side-service carriage, and when she has finished carrying her luggage, a side-service carriage runs out towards the Cleric Chief's mansion.

When Rosina was ready, the door of the carriage in which we were riding was opened, and Darmuel and Brigitte left.

Then the chief cleric will come out, and he will reach out to me so that I may come down. Speaking of which, Darmuel also tried to escort me. With that in mind, as soon as I lowered my gaze to check my feet, I was reprimanded by the Chief Cleric for being so quiet that I could hear nothing else.

Don't lean down.

"I can't. We need to see where we can put our feet. We'll fall."

I also lowly disputed that the chief clergyman, once his eyes closed gently, held me up a little and lowered me to the ground.

"I'm afraid so."

I laughed and lovingly thanked him, but it was a sigh of sigh that returned from the chief cleric.

While I was getting out of the carriage, the door to the north entrance was opened and I saw a few of them greeting me. They usually have a lot more people, but they're all very busy today for the star knot ritual.

When the leading butler's grandfather knelt, those who were there knelt in unison.

"Welcome aboard, Master Ferdinand. And welcome back, Master Rosemaine. Allow me to pray for blessings on the glorious good day of the Rydenshaft, God of Fire, on the encounter guided by the Gods"

"I forgive you."

"Bless the new Lord, O Rydenshaft, God of Fire. … I'll be the first to see you. My name is Norberto, and I'm tying the sidelines. After that, I want you to know me."

Fluffy and a number of blue lights fly to me. Upon receiving it, Norberto, who was kneeling at the head, named him. If I thought he looked like a butler, he was really the one doing the butler's job.

"It's Rosemaine. Best regards,"

Norberto finishes his greeting and gets up.

"Now, change the escort knight."

"Alternate, is it?

For some reason, the replacement of the escort knight was to take place on the spot. All too suddenly, when I face and blink my eyes, the Chief Cleric explains.

"Darmuel and Brigitte are unmarried adults, so they must attend the feast of the night, which takes place after the ritual of star knot. It's time to get dressed in the cavalry and start getting ready."

"Really?"

Maybe, just like in Lower Town, the evening feast is a place to look for unmarried adults to marry. Today, a non-adult knight apprentice will be attached as an escort.

"Cornelius, Angelica"

There were two knight apprentices who stood up to Norberto's call and came forward. One was Brother Cornelius and the other was such a girl that she was not too different from Brother Cornelius. Deep blue eyes in pale watery hair. Unlike Brigitte, where the atmosphere of a female knight was clear, she doesn't look like a knight from anywhere, no matter what the side of the woman serves. She was a small, skinny girl.

"This is Cornelius and Angelica, who are going to be your escorts. Cornelius will know, so skip it. I want Angelica to consider herself an escort while she's in the aristocratic district. Because of this appearance, it is suitable for escorting you at tea parties and banquets."

I guess my arm will stand from the word of the chief cleric, but I couldn't help but think of Angelica as a lady knight looking like a poor beautiful girl.

Replace the escort knight and walk in the castle. That said, all you can see is a long, white hallway and stairs. A blue carpet is laid, tapestries are listed and colorful, but no one explains what's beyond the door on the way.

Going upstairs and walking down the hallway again, I saw the annex through the window. The chief cleric pointed to the building.

"Rosemaine, that building over there is north away."

The northern detachment connected to the main building from the second floor in the crossing corridor seems to be where I will live from now on. I thought we were headed for the crossing that followed that distance, but Norberto stopped in front of the door in front of him.

"This way, please. I'll introduce you to the side service."

The two escort knights stood in front of the door, and me and the chief cleric went inside with Norbert.

There are some long chairs and some chairs for one person, and in a room like a waiting room with a table, there stands a woman of the year who seems to be better off saying auntie than auntie.

The moment I saw the woman, the clergyman's face caught slight traction. I don't know, it's a rare reaction.

"Richarda, it's more Rosemaine's...?

"Yes, Master Zilvester asked me to."

Norberto introduces me to Richarda as I compare the chief cleric to Richarda.

"Dear Rosemaine, this woman is Richarda. It's the lead."

"Best regards"

Richarda broke up with me when I thanked her for what she had beaten me into.

"Oh well, that's a well educated Miss Calstead. You know how to be polite. My name is Richarda, Princess Rosemaine. Best regards,"

"... Princess, is it?

"Yeah, I became the adoptive daughter of a lord. It's natural to be called a princess, isn't it?

Naturally? It's not a pattern, or I don't feel like I can react more than they call me Temple Chief.

Tartare and cold sweat tell. Really, can we live here?

Before me, anxious, Richarda gives instructions.

"Is that the princess's dedicated musician? Master Zilvester tells me you have good arms. Norberto."

"Yes, Richarda"

"Please take the musician. Wouldn't be enough today, would it?

Norberto crosses his arms in front of his chest on Richarda's instructions.

"Okay, Richarda. Thank you for your time."

Norberto takes me and Rosina leaves the spot. They're taking you to a place where the musicians are meeting to play at the feast.

"We will now inform you of our plans for today"

To the words of Richarda I stretched out my spine.

"After this, first, it's a bath. We need to re-tie that hair to the current fashionable hair shape. After the hot bath, get dressed, it's a full meal. Then change into a costume for the ritual and attend the star knot ritual. As soon as the ritual is over, you will return to your room to take a bath in the water and go to bed. Do you have any questions?

I thought I'd just changed, but I was upset by the word "bathing in the water." I have to see if there's a phosphor. I won't forget that the soap made my hair gabi gabi.

"Um, Richarda. Me, I need a phosphor to wash my hair, but is your mother ready? Without a phosphor, your hair would be damaged. If my hair is damaged enough, I'd rather have it as it is now, even if my hair is slightly different from the fashion."

Richarda turns her eyes round to my words and laughs couscous, "That you are an old man".

"Oh, well... Okay, Richarda's favor. Would you check with Master Elvira, Ferdinand Boy?

Do you ask the Chief Cleric to use you, Aunt Richarda!? Plus, fuck you! Chief Cleric's gone! Doesn't look good!

As I was about to laugh, I gently turned away from the Chief Cleric. If I saw it, I would never stand it.

"... is no match for Richarda's favor. I'm coming, will you stop calling me Boy?

"At the dawn of your marriage,

Chief Cleric is totally losing! It's amazing, Aunt Richarda! I want to gobble down the floor right now and laugh while banging.

The chief priest sees into my heart, what a cold glance he takes at me, and goes out to the balcony. And when he turned the demon stone into a horseman, he jumped on a bah and ran through the sky.

"I'll be back soon, so why don't we wait for tea?"

That's what Richarda says, and she quickly makes tea arrangements.

"Um, Richarda. May I ask what kind of relationship you have with Ferdinand and your foster father?

"Yeah, sure. I was an educator for Master Calstead, and then I was a lord's nanny. You both really like to move your body, it's hard to sit still and it's a struggle. We've known Ferdinand since he was raised here."

Oh, my God, I didn't know there was a strong man who knew those three from childhood!

Richarda is the widow of a senior nobleman, and she already has a grandson. After finishing her job as Zilvester's nanny, she was serving as a sidekick. This time, I say that Zilvester, at his own request, has become my sideline.

... I hope the Runaway Lords stopper isn't gone.

After a while the chief cleric came back with a small pot in his hand. When you descend on the balcony and return the horseman to the demon stone, you come inside.

"Richarda"

"Boy, I'm afraid"

"So I tell you to stop... Ha, I'm going to Zilvester's office. Rosemaine, please."

"Yes, sir."

With an unpleasant face, I was to be led away, seeing a rare thing called a clergyman who would quickly disperse to flee.

The northern detachment, connected by a crossing corridor from the main building, is where the son of the lord after the christening ceremony lives, divided between a man on the second floor and a woman on the third floor. Now only Wilfried and I have this remote dweller.

As an adult, the men are set to leave the north, and the next lord will move the living room to the main building, otherwise they will stay outside the castle. The woman is allowed to stay until she goes to her daughter-in-law.

As soon as we entered the northern detachment there was a staircase. As I circle my gaze, a guard knight stands in front of the door a little behind me. Perhaps that's the Wilfried room.

As soon as I looked for Brother Lamprecht, I remembered that Brother Lamprecht was also an adult and unmarried nobleman. There's no way I'm here. I'm sure we're in the middle of getting ready.

I went up to the third floor, and the room right up there was my room. When I opened the door, I knew immediately that my mother had fixed it. The atmosphere was similar to that of that room and that of the Temple Chief, a room with lovely red and pink flowers.

"We make it the same atmosphere as your home room, so it wouldn't be so uncomfortable, would it?

That is what Richarda says, and when he does the bath support, he takes me to the bathroom. She was quickly stripped of her costume and washed her hair with a phosphor.

He wanted to drop the hair conditioning on his head for now. It is washed with a phosphor and flushed with hot water. If I open my mouth, it's going to be a big deal. And I stood still in the mood of vegetables, which were washed in many ways.

"Princess Rosemaine is quiet and easy to do. It's very different from those kids."

Apparently the extravagant way to wash it was because I was dealing with your father and Zilvester. You remember the old days, I'm narrowing my eyes to nostalgia. There was an unmistakable love floating around there, which made me a little happy.

"Oh well, your hair is really tight. Is this phosphor the effect of something called?

"Yeah, once I found out, I couldn't stop it."

I would also recommend Linshan to Richarda, who was wiping my hair.

"Call this in for lunch today"

A luxurious piece is chosen from the costumes prepared by the mother. They have a star knot ritual today, and they have to attend it with a decent costume because it's a full meal.

Once again, the hair is stuffed and trimmed with pomado, and a shovel is inserted. My mother ordered these from the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce.

"This is also unusual"

"It's a special order."

It must be fashionable if I, the daughter of the lord, were to wear it, even if I consider it from what Richarda sees as interesting. "I'm sorry, Mr. Benno. I'm just finally getting rid of my job, but I might get more," I apologize in my heart.

Having finished dressing, I was led to the dining room by Richarda. I see Zilvester and the Cleric Chief already in the seat, talking about something. I was led to the seat next to the chief cleric.

"Rosemaine, are you here?"

"It's been a long time, adoptive father. I have a few questions, would you mind?

"Ah."

So I asked questions about the day and time of the dinner party at the Italian restaurant. It may be decided in Zilvester, but we haven't heard from him.

"... there 'll be a ritual cleanup tomorrow, won't there? Dropping off the departure of the aristocracy, the day after tomorrow married. Next, then. Go to the temple on the 3 bells and move to the dining room on the 4 bells."

"Yes, I did. Do you have anything you want or can't eat about the menu?

Florencia came into the room questioning what Benno asked me to check.

"Good stuff I've never eaten before"

"... I don't know what Master Zilvester has been served before, though?

"Good stuff like I ate at a prayer ceremony"

I know that Zilvester likes new and rare things. There seemed to be no particular problem with the menu I had decided to make.

Wilfried comes in at the end of the conversation. And he looked at me, and loosened his expression as though he were a ho. After all, he seemed pretty sick.

When Wilfried got to his seat, Zilvester stood up.

"You're all set. Okay, let's get started."

With a lord-like crisp face, Zilvester began to greet the gods and talk about the star knot ritual of the day.

Those who serve in the meantime are not busy, but they walk around gracefully, carry large plates, and take them apart and go.

Zilvester said they're all here, but there's no sign of Wilfried's sister and brother on this occasion. Gilvester, Florence, Vilfried, me, then, as a guest, just the chief cleric.

"Dear Ferdinand, what about the other children?

"Those who have not finished the baptism ceremony cannot be present"

Oh, my God, they can't even eat pre-baptism aristocratic children with their families. Until I can remember my manners properly, I will not be allowed to be present with an adult.

... I don't like such a family, I guess because I liked the meals I take with my family. Something's so lonely.

But I seem to be the only one who feels lonely about it. All of us here are aristocrats who have been educated like that, and even Wilfried sits properly. They're going to teach you not to take a seat until you're done eating.

At my christening ceremony it was a rampage as soon as the meal was finished, which caused misery.

Only today can we start the main meal at an earlier time than the 6 bells ring. It's a fairly early dinner, but it's a full meal, and you take the time to do it. This meal is the last meal with the family for those who marry.

At the end of the meal, Charlotte and Merhior, who had just turned two, were brought here by the nanny.

"Good night, Father, Mother"

"Charlotte, Merhior, good night"

Give a light hug and a bedtime greeting. And leave immediately. It seems this time is almost the only contact. I have rounded my eyes to much simplicity.

"Good night, Father, Mother."

Wilfried gets up and greets him to bed. He's out here again, too. I, too, was to imitate, and greet him to bed, and return with Wilfried to the northern detachment.

Although Vilfleet cannot be taken out of the room as it is, I must soon change into the temple chief's costume and head to the great hall where the ritual of star knot takes place. With that in mind, during the breakup on the stairs, Vilfleet groaned pompously.

"... I'm glad Rosemaine looks fine. I'm sorry."

"There was a healing and medication for Master Ferdinand, so there is nothing more. Thank you for your concern."

Wilfried heads to his room with a neat face for apologizing. I will also go up the stairs and enter my room. Shortly after opening the door, Richarda held the costume and waited.

"Come on, princess, let's get dressed quickly. The bride and groom are arriving one after the other."