Ascendance of a Bookworm

"Himesa, Etsunatsu, go"

"Oh, my God."

It is the two rabbits who guide me. Schwartz and Weiss, saying so, try to get to the back of Solange's office. Solange called the two to a painful laugh as a row of Aerenfest looked at each other to see if it was good to keep going back.

"Schwartz, Weiss. This is not the door that will guide you."

Apparently, behind this office is a door that leads directly to the library's working space.

Noting that Schwartz and Weiss were routinely used doors, but not entrances and exits to guide guests, Schwartz and Weiss walked back to the door where we came in. And it opens the door wide.

"I'm going this way"

"Himesama is a pussy"

Is it because Schwartz and Weiss are magic equipment made on the assumption of working, or because the clothes they are wearing are short sleeve pieces of puff sleeve. The black rabbit Schwartz has a white tone and the white rabbit Weiss is a different color garment with a black tone.

And on top of the piece, he was dressed in a vest that was intricately embroidered in various colors. The glittering stones used for the buttons look like demonic stones. If a decorative button is a demon stone, clothing alone seems pretty worthwhile. Besides, I have never seen magic equipment working in this way before in the House of Lords. Perhaps existence itself is not precious?

"Dr. Solange, aren't Schwartz and Weiss suddenly exposed or stripped of their body? I'm very worried."

"Schwartz and Weiss are magic equipment made to work in the library. You may not operate outside the library unless you act with the Lord (or). Besides, I am not familiar with it, but it seems that the Lord of history, with similar sorrows, attaches all sorts of protections not to be brought up. As long as you're in the library, you don't have to worry."

I hope so, but I left Solange's office with a little relief, prompted by Schwartz and Weiss.

"Himesama, over here"

The two cross the corridor at the beginning of a line. She looks so cute walking cheeky, shaking her head and ears. I don't know who the hell made it, but my taste in cuteness seems to fit.

With that in mind, I heard a sigh of admiration that I could see creeping from behind me.

"Ha, how cute"

When I looked back, I could see that the leaselator, calm for the year, sparkled rare and dark green eyes, staring at Schwartz and Weiss.

The moment his gaze is on, the reseller tightens his expression like a hack. Still, he seemed very concerned about how the two were doing, and I could see his gaze looking at the two.

"When Schwartz and Weiss are praised by the Lieselator, I too am glad of the Lord"

"Really? … I, I have a Schmir at home, and this is the first time I've seen Schmir's magic equipment so big and chatty that it seems to have gone up a little bit"

A leaselator smiled in relief slowly pointed his gaze at Schwartz and Weiss. That gaze eloquently tells the story that Schwartz and Weiss are adorable and have no choice. The lukewarm leaselator is cute, but there were more words I cared about than that.

"... Schmir, is it?

I've heard that somewhere. Where did you hear that? and exploring my memory, I saw Schwartz and Weiss. While I can't remember right away, Lieselator is happy to teach me about Schmir.

"The true Schmir is about as small as my knees, and is a warcraft that is kept among the aristocracy as a loving game. Of course, unlike magic dolls, they don't speak words, they just sound puffy. Haven't you seen Master Rosemaine? I love Lutrabe, and he's so adorable eating hard."

... puhippy ringing?

I finally remembered with that word. The memory of my first meeting with my less pleasant adoptive father came back, and I flashed my face.

"… I can't say in detail who I am, but I was once told that I resemble Schmir"

"Well, if you ask me, gold eyes are similar, and Schmir, whom I know, has lustrous blue fur and reminds me of the color of Rosemaine's hair. Perhaps a compliment to Lady Rosemaine for being so adorable."

... No, I don't think that's a compliment, because it was "Puhi-kun" the first time I met him.

At the same time, I also remembered that when I first made the Lesser Bus, the Cleric Chief told me to "make it Schmir anyway". If I had known then that Schmir was a rabbit, I might have made him a rabbit.

Although I will continue to use the Lesser Bus because it is difficult to change to the Schmir type now that the image of the horseman has already solidified.

"Himesama. Here, Etsunatsu"

While Schwartz and Weiss say so, they open the thick doors of the viewing room that are open for viewing.

From the open entrance, a wooden bookshelf was seen arranged at equal intervals in the centre, a short distance from the wall. Large, thick columns between the walls are lined with long longitudinal windows at equal intervals, and wooden planks as decorative as waist walls stretch around the interior of the browsing room until they are about my shoulder height.

... Ooh! Lots of books! There's really plenty of them! I'm so happy! I'm so happy! I'm gonna cry!

More than an Aerenfest bookshelf. There were a number of shelves about a town library not so big in the Reino period or a branch of a large civic library.

My heart rises fluffy in a library the first size I see in this world. If they hadn't just told me to look, I would have gone straight to the bookshelf and read and fished from the edge.

"I'm too happy, I'm going to cry"

"Since before I came in!?

Wilfried's surprised voice rose and Brother Cornelius slapped me on the shoulder saying, "Blessings are forbidden". Finally, Richarda said, "It's just a tour. Don't read it," he stabs the nail once again.

Schwartz and Weiss were looking up with decent gold eyes at such interactions that took place in front of the open door.

"Himesama. Yes."

"Yes, excuse me"

Thrilled to go inside and look around, there was a picture on the right with no windows, and the desk that would do the counter work caught my eye. Even without the windows, there are doors, so I think there's probably a connection between that door and Solange's office.

And on the left, there was a wide staircase, and I could see the library leading upstairs as well.

... There's also a library upstairs! Oh, too sometimes, my chest hurts!

It's not just on the ground floor, it's upstairs. It is likely that we can count on the number of books held. I want to read it from one end.

Where is the easiest to read to read, what is brighter in this library where electricity is not widespread, and what is closer to the bookshelf? I look around the browsing room looking for a reading space.

The walls and columns of the library are white, as the House of Lords is built with the same materials as Aerenfest dormitories and castles. For the purpose of better lighting, lots of elongated windows seem to be on, and when the light plugs in through the window, it looks surprisingly bright in the library, either because of the bright white building.

The columns and walls are also carved and decorative, and do not feel simple for the sake of white.

... maybe a little like the temple.

"Himesa, what are you looking for?

"Shizumon?

Schwartz and Weiss spoke to me, realizing that I was at a loss.

"Where do I read this book? Do you have a place to read a book?

"There is. Over here."

Schwartz and Weiss walk out the door straight through the library towards the back. Continuing after the two, I turned my gaze to the book in my bookshelf.

Lined on the bookshelf was not a book wrapped in a beautiful leather cover like that found in the castle, but an easy made one that was pinched on a thin wooden plate and spelled with strings. It feels more like a data set than a book.

It's about a library in the House of Lords, so I thought there might be a lot more luxurious and extravagant books lined up, but it doesn't seem like it.

"Unlike what I imagined, that's a much simpler cover. Do these books line the shelves to the Lord here?

"All the books that are now arranged on the bookshelves on the ground floor are references written by students."

It was Solange who answered my question. Every year for the relief of the poor aristocrats, the library apparently buys reference books for those with good grades and beautiful letters. They have a lot of numbers, a lot of damage and replacements, and they can't put leather covers on everything very well.

I see, nodding, I look around the bookshelf. Wouldn't there be any particular problem with arranging the books I made?

I even came to the back wall to guide me through the two of them. Between the walls are columns of square thick enough for me to spread my hands and finally reach both ends, and long windows alternate lengthwise about the same width.

Is it to study with the light that plugs through that window, with a simple wooden desk and chair placed between the columns and columns? When I saw the back from the entrance, the only plate I could see was the waist wall, which actually acted like a door, not the waist wall. It is locked so that the door does not open for once.

... Wow! There's a proper carrel!

Gun and my tension rise when I see that approximately one meter of square space, sandwiched between columns and columns, becomes a self-study space, or browsing space, like a small private room.

Apparently, Carrell here is used almost like a private room. Even though the user is not in the carrel, the book is packed on the desk and stacked with ink and wooden plaques.

"Here, Carrell. Give me the key to the one I want."

"Ben, I'll do it. Good. Good for you. Well done."

... Sure, after lunch, if a warm light was plugged in with you through the window, you'd be sleepy.

I wondered if anyone was taking a nap, and I looked around, but there was little sign of people in the browsing room. A few people are just using carrels, and I don't see anyone walking in the library.

"This library has a lot fewer users."

There were so many books, and Schwartz and Weiss shook their heads when they murmured thinking it was a waste even though it was a library like there was even Carrell.

"No, Himesama"

"Not much, just now"

Solange adds that there are still fewer upperclassmates passing the seating exams at this time of year, and more freshmen passing the first day exams have not completed their registration, so there are fewer library users.

"From about the middle of winter, there will be enough students in and out to run out of carrels. That's the most before the final exam every year."

According to Solange, senior aristocrats often pay a bond and bring books back to their rooms rather than study in narrow carrels. It seems that junior and intermediate aristocrats who cannot pay a bond have to read in the library and as a result, Carrell becomes a place of study for junior and intermediate aristocrats. For this reason, they say that students who sew between lectures and frequent them to the library will be occupied with carrels almost like their own rooms.

"I'm also an intermediate nobleman, and I had a hard time studying, so I know exactly how they feel, but you have a little trouble keeping the book on the carrel all the time"

You want to make sure until you're done copying it, but with a laugh, Solange said so.

The sunny southern carrel that leads out across the window is popular, and the carrel on the door side of the entrance, which has little light on the aisle side even if there are western carrels and windows that are plagued by the western sun, seems unpopular.

This carrel take also seems to involve rank and identity, and he says it is common for lower nobles in small territories to be pushed into doorside and western carrels.

... I want Carrell, too.

It's really great to have a nearby bookshelf and an environment where you can sit back and read. At dawn when I pass everything, I want to get my own carrel, too.

Schwartz and Weiss walk to the desk where they do the counter work as they walk in front of Carrell.

Only a few users noticed signs of a row of Aerenfest walking around, looked up and looked back, looked at Schwartz and Weiss, and found themselves keeping a slight eye out.

Before the coup d 'état, Schwartz and Weiss usually helped with libraries, so if you're someone as old as the chief cleric, I think you know. I wonder, however, if moving magic tools themselves are rare to observe from this surprise.

"Dr. Solange, I haven't seen it yet, but do magic equipment like Schwartz and Weiss move a lot in the House of Lords?

"No, it's a rare thing. I have heard from my predecessor's secretary that the method itself is lost because it is common to keep the results of research secret. They said it was the old royalty who made it. So for Schwartz and Weiss, the Lord is all, Princess."

Solange said he also called his lord's scribe "Himesama". Imagine the face of a male clerk called "Himesama" in the library, and a small laugh leaks from a row of Aerenfest.

"Dr. Solange, what's going on with the book placement on the library bookshelf? Tell us how to classify it"

"The placement of the book is in order to obtain it. Because everyone likes new things."

Naturally, the books on the ground floor are all reference books for lectures, so they prefer new objects to old ones. For this reason, it seems that the first day of a lecture opened by the library, there will be a takeover of the reference book among the upper classmates.

Besides, it seems like sometimes a few books that can be done but good each year are taken out of the library by lord candidates and senior aristocrats loaded with security deposits and never come back as they are, making it difficult to manage them, he said.

"Can't you return the book? Why don't you send out a reminder in Ordnants and call it in?

"Once upon a time, when a senior nobleman's scribe was present, he contacted me and came back, but now he often gets overheard for making complaints."

Solange, an intermediate aristocrat, seems to have little effect on senior aristocrats and lord candidates who can pile up on bonds and take them out. They're going to be completely overheard. Then there will be an obstacle to library work. This is not good.

"How is it that the senior aristocratic scribe is gone?

"Because the coup d 'état has assigned me to another job. My predecessors entrusted me with Schwartz and Weiss, but I couldn't move them with my magic."

He said management of lending, returning, and carrels was Schwartz's and Weiss's job. The two that were in motion also stopped moving in about a year because their predecessors' magic remained for a while.

Solange said he was working, arranging the two behind the office, holding in his chest the grief of a colleague he worked with who stopped moving.

"Here we go."

"Back here"

When they arrived in the work space, they climbed to the chair to compete ahead.

Rather than a counter, it's an executive desk, but they're going to do the procedure there. Schwartz and Weiss slapped me on the desk and told me.

There were numerous shelves around the desk, packed with materials and tools needed for work. Just looking at them makes my mind jump.

"Speaking of which, I don't see any other clerks, not just students who use them."

"... yeah"

Solange clouded his expression and nodded. He said that there are fewer and fewer people now, and that it would be nice to be able to register and delete students, and that one Solange is entrusted with the management of the library.

"If you're a clerk, what the hell are you doing when you have more work to do than that?

"Basically, after the House of Lords... we do other work from spring to autumn, when there will be few students"

What a big deal. My head creaked. Isn't this my turn? I want to work in order to facilitate library work. I can't be a clerk in a student, so I just have to be a librarian here.

"I, Dr. Solange, help you..."

As soon as I was about to say, "I will be a librarian to help," the light of various colors poured through the stained glass in the library.

I look up, surprised that red or blue light has come down, even though there is not a stained glass in the window. It just seems like a colorful light is shining on white ceilings and walls, nothing in particular.

In just a few seconds it disappeared.

At the same time, I can see a few users closing the book and getting up.

"What the hell is this light?

"It's a light that will encourage you to leave the room for your afternoon lecture. Students who immerse themselves in books beyond the sound of a bell or ear seem to notice just when the color of the book at hand changes, and the library has this kind of light news before the bell rings"

When I read the book, I knew I couldn't hear the surrounding noise, and as I nodded deeply, I heard Richarda squeaking behind my back, "I heard good things".

"Dr. Solange, give me the keys..."

"Yes, sir. In the afternoon, that's practical, isn't it? Good luck with that."

While the students are concerned about Schwartz and Weiss' presence, they give Solange the keys to Carrell and rush out of the browsing room.

As he saw how it was, Richarda laughed and indicated by the door.

"Come on, princess. We had an exit signal, so let's move on to our afternoon moves."

"I let you in the browsing room, so you'd be satisfied, wouldn't you? After you pass everything."

"I'll be late for my afternoon practical moves"

To everyone's words I looked up upstairs, which I could not go this time, and sighed lightly. I haven't even been upstairs, and I haven't read a single book, which is a great shame, but I'm going to have to give it up for today.

... Now we must hurry and pass all the exams so that we can definitely be caged in the library all day. Come on, let's go!

I hold my resolve in my fist, and I go out of the browsing room with everyone. Schwartz and Weiss, who were following me to drop him off, just left the browsing room and gently pulled my sleeve.

"I did."

"Himesa, praise me"

Schwartz and Weiss line up before me and close their eyes gently. Solange laughed when I looked up at Solange, not knowing what he was asking for.

"Please stroke the demon stone on your forehead and pour a little magic into it. And again, these kids are doing well."

"Okay."

I pour a little more magic as I stroke the demonic stones on Schwartz and Weiss' foreheads. You must work hard until I pass all the exams.

"Schwartz, Weiss. Thank you for showing me around. After that, I'll listen to Dr. Solange and help you."

"Okay. Solange's Obsession"

"So, Himesama. [incomprehensible fudge]"

I tilted my neck again to Weiss' demands, which were too short to be sure. Solange narrows his eyes as he explores distant memories, pounding his hands.

"When the Lord changed, Schwartz and Weiss were giving new clothes. Rosemayne would like to give you some new clothes."

"... I haven't accompanied the House of Lords with needles, and I'm not ready for cloth, so I'm sure it will be next year, okay?

When it comes to tailoring for two, it's going to take a while. I can't do it during the very winter months. To my words Schwartz and Weiss nodded loudly.

"Takafuku, Jikanka"

"I am."

If you'll wait, I think I can tailor some pretty clothes. That's what I thought, I was hazy.

"... Dr. Solange, do Schwartz and Weiss have a gender?

"Well, Master Rosemaine. There is no gender in magic equipment. It's important that whatever clothes you give me from the Lord."

They don't have gender in Schwartz and Weiss, the magic equipment that imitates Schmir's appearance. In some times they made me dress as a girl, they made me dress as a boy, they seemed to vary.

... What kind of clothes should I put on? Whatever clothes you put on, you need the librarian's armband, right?

If I give Schwartz and Weiss an armband, I want my armband aligned too. When we get back to Aerenfest, let's ask Touri.

"I, then, will finish my lecture as soon as possible and come to the library. If Schwartz and Weiss run out of magic, please contact us immediately."

I told Solange so, and when I waved to Schwartz and Weiss, I followed the library.