Ascendance of a Bookworm

When the children became familiar with the children's classroom timetable, the adults' collection of information also seemed to have come to a paragraph, and now they move on to socializing to expand their friendship.

This year, especially with the closure and retreat of the lord's mother, the map of forces in the realm changed dramatically. For that reason, everyone and he are running for new connections, strengthening factions, and preservation.

"You are requesting an interview today"

Looking through the letter of the request for an interview that Richarda brings to me has joined my routine in the last few days. I look through the letter of the request, but only the lord and those authorized by the head servants can meet with me and Wilfried.

I can nevertheless show you the letter, while looking at it, in order for Richarda to teach me who is connected to whom and which faction needs attention.

So far, the person I have to pay the most attention to seems to be Rosemary's relative, who is supposed to be his biological mother. "Rosemaine is my own niece," she says around to everyone in winter socializing.

They keep declining requests for visits, so the surrounding eyes seem skeptical, but they don't know what means of contact they're going to get.

"Does anyone want to see the princess?

"I want you to accept your mother's invitation to a tea party. I make a promise when I make an accounting report for the Fesspiel concert."

If it's your mother's faction's tea party, there's Florencia, who's also your foster mother, so permits should come down easily.

"Yes, I did. Report it to Master Zilvester. Has anyone else asked to see you today and would like to see you?

"... right. I'd like to see Henrik."

I take up a letter of request for a visit that concerns me a little.

"Henrik must be Dermuel's brother, right? My apologies and thanks to you..."

From the mouthpiece at Trombe's exorcism last year to taking it up with the escort knight, I am writing an apology and a thank you, but it was a story of wanting to meet him in person and thank him if possible.

"Later, yeah. I'd also like to see Brigitte's brother. Irkner says forestry is a thriving place. Perhaps we can talk about something useful for the paper industry."

There may also be some differences in tree types around Aerenfest and in Irkner. I think it would be nice to have new paper material.

Speaking as I groaned, Richarda took a single letter out of several letters.

"Princess, then, you will also need to see Angelica's relatives. This is because only Angelica's relatives, relatives of the escort knight, did not see each other."

Mother, Henrik and Brigitte's brother have their own reasons to see each other, but if you look around, they're just relatives of the escort knight. Richarda pointed out that if only one Angelica didn't see him, it could lead to an assessment that he had bought an unhappiness or not gained trust.

"... shall I also meet Angelica's relatives? However, I know less about Angelica than anyone else, so I'm going to turn it around later."

Unless we get a little information, we can't even have a conversation. To my words, Richarda nodded, "Yes, I did."

"Hey, Richarda. Isn't it necessary to meet not only escort knights, but also side relatives? What do you think of Richarda?

"I don't need it because it would be Justkus who would happily raise his name as my kin. He's a weirdo who really wants to gather all the good things."

Yustokus, who burns his passion for collecting information and materials, looks like a troubled child from his mother, Richarda.

Since it was Richarda's decision that there was no particular need or reason to meet with relatives of other sides of the service, it was only to meet with relatives of the escort knight.

Naturally, the first time permission was granted was at your mother's tea party. However, although permits were quick to come down, the date is quite a bit ahead, as your mother's tea party is invited to the largest tea party to gather all the factions.

A few days later, all the visits with relatives of the escort knight were granted. While adjusting the schedule, the first person I could see was Henrik, Darmuel's brother.

I will take Richarda and the escort knights Darmuel and Brigitte to the main building by Lesser Bus.

From the day the meeting was decided, Darmuel said something like a student who had preceded the tripartite interview: "It is spiritually hard for me to be present at the meeting between Master Rosemayne and my brother," but I cannot remove Darmuel from the escort. Now that Brother Cornelius and Angelica are going to the House of Lords, there are few escort knights.

"Thank you for waiting"

When I entered the room, Henrik knelt and waited.

"Dear Rosemayne, allow me to pray for blessings upon the strict sorting and rare encounter of Avelibe, God of Life"

"I forgive you."

Finish your greeting and Henrik looks up. As I heard he was a civilian, he was an honorable man with an honest and quiet atmosphere. Hair and eye shades are just a little darker than Dermuel's and look very similar.

Though I thought it might be an upcoming visit aimed at forming a friendship (goodwill), that's not the case, even though Henrik apologized for Dermuel's lapse in last year's trombe crusade and thanked him for his mouthfeel regarding the disposition.

Given his identity, he seemed to have a better chance of Darmuel getting the same disposition as Sikikoza, and if that happened, Henrik, a lower nobleman, was sure to be exhausted as well.

"Despite all the inconvenience caused to Lady Rosemayne, I am deeply grateful to you for taking my fool brother as your escort knight"

Although I cannot strip the rettel of having been disposed of once, I, the victim, can reinforce the impression that I was caught in Sikikoza by taking it up.

Above all, they say that being taken up by the Guardian Knights of the Lords' clan is an unthinkable birth in Darmuel from lower nobility.

I wanted to tell him how much I appreciated him as my brother, and Henrik said, as a relief, to say hello to my brother in the future, and the interview with Henrik was just over.

"You're my brother's brother."

When I spoke so, Darmuel turned to the subject of his family with a face as embarrassing as that of a boy who had been sent out to school.

Two days after the meeting with Henrik, a meeting was to take place with Viscount Ilkner, Brigitte's brother.

When I enter the room to meet, and finish my long greeting, I get to the point as I have been waiting.

"I wanted to ask Geebe Ilkner about the trees."

The lord who has the right to rule the land from the greatest king in the country is called Aub, and the nobility who is given the land by the lord is given the name Geebe.

In public, the Lord of Aerenfest is called Aub Aerenfest, and the Lord who is ruling Ilkner in Aerenfest is called Geebe Ilkner.

If it applies to the aristocratic relationship I read in the book during Reino, will the direct minister be Aub and the jury be Geebe? I take the liberty of interpreting the prefectural governor given land by the emperor as Aub and the mayor of the city to be appointed governor as Geebe. Though it's an assault, not an election.

Viscount Ilkner has green eyes on his redhead and a face similar to Brigitte's. It makes Brigitte feel a little more frivolous. He lives as a land-held nobleman, so I guess he also has a proper aristocratic side, but he also seemed to have a rustic atmosphere in the countryside.

"Brigitte told me that forestry has thrived, but what kind of trees do you grow in Irkner? Is there a different type of tree around here?

"Is Master Rosemaine interested in trees?

After Viscount Ilkner blinks lightly, he breaks his expression with a little joy. It's a face I'm proud of the land I rule, that Brigitte was showing me when she told me about her hometown.

"Yeah, in the business I started, I make paper out of trees. We always want to try it on a variety of trees to make better paper. If you have a rare demon tree, I'd love to try it."

"Ho, they make paper out of trees? That's... interesting. Sure, it's a little different from the trees in these woods. I don't know if it helps, but there are some special demon trees."

Viscount Ilkner names a few trees, but few names I had ever heard. They're just sturdy, hard trees used as furniture and building materials. Apparently, forestry around Irkner is cut in a flourishing land and the river is used to transport it to Aerenfest.

"It's just a tree I don't know. I guess the type of tree is different from this one. I'd like to visit Ilkner once and see all the trees with these eyes."

"Princess, do not speak lightly of your thoughts"

Richarda frowned, blocking my words. The meeting is a public place. What you say here is taken as a matter of decision.

"... yeah, I'll be careful what Richarda says, but this time it's not mild. Not right away, but to see the trees, we were going to take a trip to the land of forestry once."

"Be sure to go to Ilkner for that fold. Hey. I welcome you with all my heart."

Viscount Ilkner smiled happily.

I'm busy for a while, so the interview ends with a promise to visit Viscount Irkner territory for paper improvements, although it may be a few years from now.

"Thank you for your time today."

"I really enjoy talking to Geebe Ilkner too..."

"Oh, isn't it Master Rosemaine!

When I left the room after the interview, there was a strange nobleman in the hallway. They happen to want to come through, but they see us coming at the same time.

"I heard you were weak, but you seem to be feeling perfectly well. Then there are aristocrats who should have a friendship before dating such a country aristocrat"

I don't know who it is, but it looks more like an upper nobleman than Viscount Irkner. Not to disturb the story, and seeing Viscount Irkner take a few steps back, he decides so.

"Oh, from the moment I saw it from afar, I thought, Master Rosemayne looks very much like my sister, Rosemary"

... Oh, a troublesome relative of a biological mother in the setting.

I strayed from my gaze from the nobility, who neither greeted nor named me. And I'm in trouble, and I put my hand on my cheek, and I sigh lightly.

Richarda narrowed her eyes and stepped forward.

"Stand back, impudent"

"Bu, I've been called disrespectful, but I'm Lord Rosemayne's uncle. Dear Rosemaine, can I have a word with you?

I have trouble being seen with a glitzy eye full of ambition and expectations. Even if they say a word, there is nothing else in my head that comes to mind but "disturbance".

Besides, the clergyman tells me not to speak directly with strange nobles who have not been introduced.

"Thank you, Geebe Ilkner, for a great time today. I look forward to seeing you again."

Ignoring a strange nobleman, when I spoke to Viscount Ilkner, who was withholding him from his place, I turned back my heels twirling.

Viscount Ilkner will not be able to move out of this place unless a well-known man leaves. Although the farewell greeting had been absent, now Viscount Irkner should also be able to retreat from this occasion.

"Dear Rosemaine!

Compared to Viscount Ilkner, who is leaving, and me, who took out and boarded the Lesser Bus, he speaks like a hurry, but he must not become involved.

Parents tell me that Rosemary's relatives are uncles of the lord's adopted daughters, and that they are the type to cause trouble like the former temple chief. "I've never heard of my biological mother, so I don't know. My mother is like Elvira".

Although it is an issue before that because there is no introduction or greeting this time.

"... Richarda, I, you must not speak directly with a nobleman you do not know, right?

"Yeah, princess. You remember very well."

Richarda repels the nobility with a silent smile, and I return to my room. I decided to ask Otilier to report it because it would be better to report it to the troika of parents as well.

As a result, the word "good if not involved" returned to the Trinity. Neither the baptism ceremony nor the revelation, he hasn't published his mother's name, so he just needs to be careful not to affirm or deny it and not to have a relationship.

I wondered if it would really be okay with such a procedure, but only the letter of the request for a visit would arrive every day and there would be no further contact, so the troublesome relatives decided to leave it alone.

And it was the day to meet Angelica's relatives. You will arrive in the room where you will meet, and I will enter.

Could it be Angelica's parents, men and women kneeling and waiting? That was normal. As I reached my seat, Angelica's parents opened their mouths.

"This time, I'm so sorry!

"... Huh?

He bowed himself before greeting me and apologized, and I blinked. I don't know what that means.

When I am stunned, Richarda advances all the way in and suddenly asks me why I started apologizing.

"What is it all of a sudden?

"... didn't that girl make an irrevocable mistake? Other than that, I can't think of any reason why Rosemayne would call me."

Oh, my God, for this one, it's not a good idea not to greet only one relative with an escort knight, so it was just meant to be face-to-face for the first time, but for Angelica's parents, they thought the call, after her daughter had failed, would result in a disposition involving the clan.

"I was also surprised when Angelica said before entering the House of Lords that she would become a knight, but when she was promoted as an escort knight for her lord's adopted daughter, it was darkened in front of her. There's no way I can give that girl a noble princess escort or anything. You must buy an upset, I thought. After this call, I still thought,"

Even though Angelica was born into a lineage that produced many side services, she seemed to be a completely unsuitable child for side service, hating to study, doing what she was told, but not moving from herself and not caring.

Ever since I became my escort knight, my parents seem to have spent every day wondering when and what to do.

"I don't like to study, Angelica herself also told me that I do not violate orders and that I want to be a good obedient"

I left it to think, like I was told, but I wouldn't have to tell my parents I was too distracted and neat.

Your job is working hard, I told him, and the interview ended early.

From Angelica's interview with her parents, a few more days came when she would attend a tea party where her mother's faction would gather and report on the accounting for the Feshpeel concert.

Women's tea parties are forbidden for men. Today we give the escort knight Dermuel a day off, with Brigitte attached. Side servants are Richarda and Otilier.

Otilier holds a crate with a printed accounting report.

"Good day, everyone"

For this day I printed a print of the accounting report. It's an accounting report that the clergyman has repeatedly dismissed. Have Richarda and Otilier distribute this to the members who are coming to the tea party.

To print an accounting report, it cost a little money, but not that much because it's just for distributing to your mother's faction, and less than half the size of a regular piece of paper. It is a small investment because I would like you to continue to help me sell donations and printed materials.

"Now let me give you all an accounting report. Take a look at the paper you handed out. The amount of the donation gathered at Ferdinand's Fesspiel concert, and its use, are noted. Thanks to your help, the orphanage kids are ready to work and ready to go through the winter."

As far as the report is concerned, you did not seem very interested. Though I was surprised by the sales, I seemed to report less politely on the use of the donations I collected, and it was a reaction like, "Oh, that's a lot finer".

Since the ladies attending the tea party are not accounting reports and everyone gathers, it seemed that the expectation was greater that there would be a resale of the illustrations. Some ladies were openly dismayed to see numbers and letters lined up in the distributed accounting reports. By the way, the most disappointing thing is your mother.

Only your mother knows that I was scolded by the chief cleric.

The other ladies don't know that, so when the accounting report was over and the chatter began over a cup of tea, they began to complain verbally that they wanted a beautiful illustration of Burma.

"Dear Rosemayne, the Ferdinand figure painting that was sold at the concert was really nice. What I see every day."

"Me, I'm going to buy it this time. When will it be sold?

"Don't you have a plan to hold a concert again?

Everyone's eyes are glitching. Do you want so much illustration? With all this heat, it's going to make a great deal of money.

If I can, I wish I had a few more opportunities to make a lot of money. But no matter what you think, there won't be a second time.

"Unfortunately, the figure painting was in Aub Aerenfest's hands, and it was found by Master Ferdinand, who made me promise never to sell the figure painting again."

"Oh, my God..."

Your ladies breathe and mourn the fact that the illustrations will not be resold. Especially saddened was the young lady who was a little short of money and gave up buying crying illustrations.

"I was actually going to put a smaller picture in this accounting report, but it was this accounting report that I thought, thought, and finished, which was also opposed."

"... Rosemaine, what have you planted?

My adoptive mother looks at me all the time as she says so in a voice that includes laughter. With her eyes filled with anticipation, her mother also turned to me.

"Lady Rosemaine would have done something for me."

Everyone paid attention to me in unison. I cough up with Cohon and hold the paper of the accounting report.

"I thought it would be a waste of paper if the report alone was done for business... Because paper and ink are never cheap."

Laughing huffily, I turned the paper upside down in paralysis. There's a lot of lines there, at first glance, like ink stains.

I've only shown the sheriff a table, and as you can't tell from being looked behind, it has a lot of extra lines on it, and this is just dirt.

"Richarda, give me the knife"

When I receive a paper knife from Richarda, I look at the line and cut it in half.

And as he drew attention, he made the origami of the backsword. If you can fold it beautifully, you'll be able to complete a painting of the clergyman with a different expression on both sides.

"Well!

When I saw the back sword I had made, my mother raised her glorious voice. I sighed, ho, in return for twirling the back surface.

"How can I!?

"Tell me!

Suddenly, the Tea Party became an origami class.

I look around at everyone as I teach them how to fold.

"This is just for those attending this tea party, so please keep it a secret. Because if you find out again, now you won't really forgive the printing itself."

"Yeah, I'll never divulge a secret."

"If this leaks, we know you were at this gathering, so it's easy to identify the killer."

The tea party was over when this backsword showed such brilliant binding that the treatment of the killer became more worrying after it passed to the clergyman.