Ascendance of a Bookworm

The days began when I saw how the castle's children's room was going to slow down, but I couldn't afford that.

There are so many requests for visits that Richarda and Otilier, and the clergyman, his guardian, desperately have to be divided, all of which are requests from nobles who want to be involved in the printing and paper industries.

I leave the discernment of nobility to the priests, who may meet me, and I shall go out to the Tea Party with my adoptive mother and Charlotte, while my mother pulls me.

Even there he was asked about printing, about magic compression, the sale of husbands and clans came, and his eyes were about to turn.

And this is the first time I've learned that after the tea party, my mother and adoptive mother seemed to be having a reflection, and me and Charlotte were also to participate to study information-gathering.

Check out the topics and rumors that were flying around at the tea party and summarize what you want to know more about.

"Rosemaine, Charlotte, whose story did you care about?

"I was surprised how much your sister talked about. The atmosphere is a lot different from last year..."

Charlotte replied so, but I cannot answer immediately, even if my adoptive mother asks me. So much so that the names still don't match the faces of the aristocrats present.

"Your face and your name don't match, so I can't go into the details, but you're talking a lot about how to compress magic. There seems to be quite a few hopefuls, but have they been adjusted?

"Yeah, there are a bunch of people who are in good shape after that with Rosemaine's approval. How'd it go in the House of Lords for Wilfried and the neighbors?

My adoptive mother is still worried about Wilfried. I'll tell you what I've been struggling to put together in the dorm.

"As far as Brother Wilfried is concerned, I believe it will be a big divide to see what the tea party will be with Arlensbach and the candidate for Lord of Flavel Turk"

"I'm worried. Did I say Dietrinde? Am I right that the Lord's candidate in Arlensbach has green eyes on his blonde hair with a face very similar to that of Mr. Georgine? I mean, she looks a lot like Veronica, who loved her."

"Really?

I never knew Veronica because I had never met her, but she had green eyes on her blonde hair. When I think of the nostalgic look Wilfried gave me in my first meeting with Dietrinde, my anxiety grows, as my adoptive mother put it.

"I'm sure you'll be fine. We've discussed the topic, and it seems that Ferdinand has been able to write and exchange questions."

When I said that to comfort my adoptive mother, this time her mother exhaled a troubled sigh.

"What worries me is Lamprecht. You wouldn't have gotten permission to marry a senior aristocrat in Arlensbach, would you? Although I had no choice in the relationship between the territories, I hope Master Wilfried wasn't to blame for that."

Veronica was alive and well when Brother Lamprecht was attending the House of Lords, and he was recommended to interact with Arlensbach. It is not uncommon for the course of times to change, and the fact that permission from the lord was not granted seems to be the most convenient way to refuse in socializing across territories. Although it is imperative that you use all your sincerity in order to convince them that you have not changed your mind.

"Arlensbach is superior to Aerenfest, and I was surprised to hear that Arlensbach was eating down because her parents didn't feel comfortable dating Lamprecht. The next Lords' meeting is going to be rough."

"Your brothers in Flavel Turk will also be asking for help, so we have to work out measures now"

"There will also be discussions about transactions between territories, won't there? Rosemaine is in the upper realm of the royal family with interactions… too much information."

... I'm sorry. I didn't think Aerenfest had that much information, and they told me to spread the epidemic, so I just did.

"But is it because your sister woke up and found out that stories about magic compression and the printing industry are moving forward, that we feel that the faction has gained momentum at once more than last year"

"Charlotte is right. If you don't join this faction, you won't be able to learn about magic compression, so intermediate nobles and junior nobles are gathered to join the faction one after another."

I don't know last year, so I can't compare, but it seems that the forces of the faction are getting bigger.

"It's important to make your palate look good, Rosemaine."

That's what your mother says and laughs nicely.

Thus, while rubbing at the tea party of the woman who receives the invitation, she was taught how to gather information and organize it, and to give instructions to a civilian to gather more detailed information. Charlotte must do the same in the House of Lords next year, he says, listening in with a serious face. When I can't lose as a sister either, I get excited.

"Rosemaine, get as much information as you can at the House of Lords Tea Party and report it this way. I want as much information as possible by the Lords' Conference."

"... I hear that my return is on the verge of a territorial rivalry, but can I afford a tea party?

The chief cleric said I would not return him to the House of Lords until critical because of my low social skills. Territorial rivalry is at the end of the school year, so I don't think I can afford to have a tea party for a long time.

"Isn't Rosemaine better to go back early, even to prepare for a territorial rivalry?

"... Master Ferdinand has indicated a difficult color, but is it okay?

The mothers looked at each other and held their temples at the same time. I made a firm apology in my heart for the way you were worried about my treatment.

... I'm sorry I'm a kid with no aristocratic common sense. 'Cause we're gonna do great next time!

As soon as I held my fist, trying as my mother taught me, I thought I heard a cleric chief in the corner of my head saying, "When you strain out, there's nothing to be busy about".

And the Cleric Chief also begins to see the aristocrats with permission. I had heard that there were many aristocrats seeking permission to open a workshop in the paper industry, but the number that could actually be opened is limited. This is because there are not so many people who can be seconded as teachers.

"Rosemaine, how many workshops can you build between spring and fall?

I was summoned by the clergyman, who apparently completed to some extent the sorting of letters of requests for visits, and I was questioned to increase the number of workshops.

"As for the printing workshop, I don't think we can do it this year because after making all the printing press parts in Aerenfest, we have to move, install and provide technology for the Gutenbergs. We're going to Haldenzel in the spring, and we haven't asked Gutenberg to build a new printing press."

"Hmm."

As far as the printing workshop is concerned, there is nothing we can do unless we decide on the order in which we are going to make it and, like Haldenzel, have it discussed in advance on the land and ready for acceptance in the blacksmith and woodworking workshops and commercial guilds. All we can do this year is set the order we're headed.

"I don't know more about what I need to do in advance, unless I ask Geebe Haldenzel or the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, so the aristocrats who want to build a printing workshop want to meet later and with the aristocrats who want to build a paper mill first"

"You don't have a limited number there?

"Limited. In some cases, the number will vary."

In order to build a paper mill, one must definitely be seconded from the Plantan Chamber of Commerce in order to create an Aerenfest paper association on the land, as well as a teacher role to let them make the actual process. Not so many people can get it out of the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, and not many gray clerics can get it out as teachers. Having people out of Hasse and Irkner's workshops would be the only way to open a workshop in three territories a year.

"I just don't think I can get that much more if I just teach you how to make paper at a ratio I already have, instead of sitting back tight and making specialties over the course of the year like Ilkner did, given the Plantan Chamber of Commerce and the move of the teacher role"

If you want to make a new piece of paper out of the material on that land, it will take a lot of time, but it won't be that hard if you just teach me the ratio you have now and how to make it. However, I wonder if there are many aristocrats who want specialities for the sake of marginal differentiation.

"You can do your own research."

And I prayed my shoulders to the chief cleric, saying, Is it not more pleasant?

... Mad Scientists may not understand, but not everyone likes research, right?

"I understand your point. In order to increase the number of workshops as soon as possible, let's ask if Irkner can also give us a teacher role. This is your top priority."

In a word from the Chief Cleric, an interview with Geebe Ilkner was to be organized.

At the time of my appointment with Geebe Ilkner, I decided to speak with Dermuel. Borrow anti-bugging magic equipment to face Darmuel while there are sidelines and other escort knights around.

"Darmuel, if it's hard to meet Brigitte, you can take the day off from your escort job, right?

"... I'll do my job"

"Are you okay? Isn't there, like, untrained or something?

When I saw his face stretched strong against Brigitte's name, and I asked, Darmuel opened his eyes lightly.

"Dear Rosemaine, where the hell are those words!?... The women's tea party is scary. Ha."

I didn't find out at the tea party, but Darmuel is convinced, so that's good. As I waited for Darmuel's words, Darmuel opened his mouth with a troubled face.

"I have more regrets than untrained"

"Do you regret it?

"It was because I was so thoughtless that I embarrassed Brigitte. I regret that."

The words I hear from Darmuel's mouth sounded like there were completely different circumstances than the brief report I heard from the clergyman.

"Ferdinand told me that it was difficult for the two of us to get married because of our different identities, but I'm not sure yet. What's so hard about it?

"I wasn't sure until my brother scolded me either. I wasn't really aware that the way I looked at the top and the surrounding areas was different."

Darmuel only continued to be an escort knight and intended to live in the aristocratic district even after marrying Brigitte. He took it for granted that unless there was a dismissal from me, he would continue to serve, beyond being sheltered and pulled up by me.

But the surroundings don't necessarily think the same way.

From Dermuel's brother Henrik, it seems that the only thing that didn't go to Irkner was the foolish act of letting go ourselves of the divine good fortune that allowed us, the lower nobles, to stay connected with the intermediate nobility of the land.

"On my brother, were you going to marry Miss Brigitte? How reckless...... You thought life could be ready for Darmuel just to satisfy a land-held, intermediate aristocratic lady? I was told. If I go to my son-in-law in Ilkner, I will be an intermediate nobleman, but if Brigitte becomes my daughter-in-law, Brigitte becomes a lower nobleman."

Darmuel thought nothing in particular about Brigitte becoming a lower aristocrat because he was a lower aristocrat, but Henrik explained to me with one example, he said.

From intermediate aristocracy to lower aristocracy, not only the friends who have been on a reciprocal footing, but also the family and relatives, all those who have been connected until then, become aristocracy above them. Brigitte must remember to socialize as a lower aristocrat, and the children born are treated as lower aristocrats.

"... that's a huge burden on Brigitte"

I chewed on my lips, thinking of a situation where I could have a difference in identity between my family, which until then had been reciprocal. I remember that time when my family knelt before me and used polite words to say goodbye like they did to another person.

"Besides, Irkner said there was harassment from his ex-fiancé, starting with the dissolution of Brigitte's engagement, and there were few junior nobles at the time who could be deputies to support Irkner together. I heard that Geebe Ilkner was flying around the land himself, but I wasn't sure what the situation was."

Darmuel, who traveled back and forth between the temple and the cavalry dormitory and never even stopped at his parents' house, didn't have to know, a famous story well known to Henrik, a civilian, who seemed to take the opportunity of his marriage to take Brigitte back to Ilkner and take it for granted to try to support his brother.

"You think Miss Brigitte can live as a junior nobleman in a noble neighborhood in a state where it's not easy to talk to her family either? Would it be normal for Darmuel to quit his escort knight and join his son-in-law? And I realized I had no idea how Brigitte's life would change."

The Guardian Knight is a proud position, but it is also an excessive position for Darmuel, a junior knight. In fact, Darmuel has been taught about magic compression by me, and she's jealous that she's stretching her magic, and she has an opinion that it's better to replace it with an intermediate or advanced knight.

"I know Master Rosemaine from the temple days, so it's not the first time I'm removed from the escort knight, but only the truly limited know such circumstances. My brother, of course, didn't know Brigitte, so I think he took my son-in-law for granted when he proposed."

Darmuel dropped out saying that the nature for each one was too different.

"... Different identities are such a big deal. If we thought we liked each other, we'd figure it out."

"I'm ashamed, so am I. I thought if we even matched magic, what would it be? I regret that I did not think enough. I refused to go to Ilkner while I signed up for a marriage."

... Oh, my God! Was it Darmuel who shook it? I'm sorry. I just thought Brigitte was shaking me.

"Darmuel will have someone who looks good in it."

"Lady Rosemaine's magic compression stretches her magic enough to propose to Brigitte, and few women are junior aristocrats and likely to match her magic, but do you still say that?

Seen with a dazzling eye, I turn away softly.

"Huh?... uh, from now on, there should also be lower nobles with more magic with magic compression. Young, pretty girls make a scene. It's okay.... I'm sure"

"... they're too young. By the time Rosemaine's age is right, I'll be in the middle of twenty."

Darmuel, which can be an item with Kakun, but I have heard that it is not uncommon for a nobleman to have that difference in years. If you work hard, you'll be fine. Though it is Dermuel who works hard.

"By then, increase your magic, save your money, and do something with the charm of an adult man... do it. I support you with all my strength."

"Left behind!? Wouldn't you introduce someone to me, too, as you found good luck with Brigitte!?

I asked my mother if I could ask her, and Dermuel said, "I'd love to." Next time, let's ask your mother.

And on the day of my meeting with Geebe Ilkner, I entered the room for the meeting with the chief clergyman, the sidekick, and the escort knights, including Dermuel.

I found Mr. and Mrs. Geebe Ilkner and Mr. and Mrs. Brigitte together. Is it because we got married and became wives, Brigitte's atmosphere was much softer and feminine than before? The fluffy, floating grin makes me look happy and horny.

Brigitte's husband, the only first-person in this, entered and knelt before me.

"Dear Rosemayne, allow me to pray for blessings to the tough sorted and rare encounter of the god of life, Aveliebe"

"I forgive you."

"I'm Brigitte's husband, and my name is Victor. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Victoria had a calm waist and was an atmospheric man named Civilian to see. It would be a necessary person for Ilkner, who had a clear shortage of civilian personnel. Even alongside Geebe Ilkner and Brigitte, the atmosphere looks beautifully put together, so I think he's a good fit.

... You've found it well. That's your mother.

Ho ho, looking at Victor with admiration, I realized that it was Volk who was standing behind Geebe Ilkner with a book board. I didn't know I was going to meet Volk, a former gray cleric, at the castle, and I didn't even think about this, so I keep an eye out for surprises. To my gaze, Volk responded with a delightful grin that seemed nostalgic.

I can't even speak to Volk on this occasion, so I shifted my gaze to Brigitte.

"We're out of time, Master Rosemaine"

"I'm glad Brigitte looks well too"

"It was only with my heart that I could not wait for Lady Rosemaine to wake up."

As for Brigitte, she wanted to get engaged only, wait for my wake, get my blessing and get married, but she suggested to her mother that she get married as soon as possible and get the manpower she could use into Irkner.

They started the paper industry and asked me to make as much paper in Ilkner as possible by the time printing started in Haldenzel, better to open up and sell in as many sales channels as possible when no rivals were there.

"Though we only got married, it wasn't where we were newlyweds, but one product reminder after another came from Master Elvira and the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, and we were screaming happily in Irkner"

To Brigitte's words, Victor loosens his expression and nods.

"We are also investing in the development of new paper because when Master Rosemaine wakes up and can have workshops everywhere, he loses his advantage"

"Thanks to the patronage of Master Rosemaine and the paper mill, the lower nobility has also returned, making territorial management a lot easier. Thank you very much."

Mr. and Mrs. Geebe Ilkner said so and knelt before me.

"I know you want to deliver this one from Ilkner to Master Rosemayne. It's a new piece of paper. In Irkner it was made from a material that could be picked better than phosphorus, phosphorus. It could be the raw Lowe paper that the Plantan Chamber of Commerce was craving. Please use this portion for research."

Thin, thin paper overlays that appear clear over there are wrapped in a rugged, hard paper of Irkner specialty to keep them from snuffing. I opened it carefully, picked only one piece and lifted it.

While I'm asleep, my arms seem to be up too. On a thin paper finish I grin.

If we can get Rowe Original Paper now, we will be able to reduce the price of Rowe Original Paper, which we have previously had to use Trombe Paper. Naturally, the price of printing can be reduced.

... the book will be a little cheaper! Banzai!

"Thank you. I know. Let me see if I can use it as raw paper in the workshop quickly."

As I indulged in a new piece of paper as I rubbed my cheeks, Brigitte called out to me, "Master Rosemaine".

"This is information that I don't know if it helps, but the paper made from the demon tree, the nonsave, is like magic equipment."

"... When you make paper from demon trees, you may be taking over the nature of demon trees. Did you discover anything?

I asked Brigitte, clouding my words, because it was difficult to give an example that a trombe paper would be hard to burn.

According to Brigitte, the workshop breaks the failures, boils them down, and makes recycled paper. In the meantime, when the nanosave paper was torn in the same way, it seems that the fragmented nanosave paper moved unevenly and gathered at the biggest fragment.

"I'm not very familiar with magic equipment and materials, but I thought that if you were Rosemayne or Ferdinand, you might come up with something to use, so let me report it to you."

"Let's buy that paper. Do you have enough to bring here now?

Reacting to Brigitte's report was the chief cleric, whose research fever had not yet cooled. It is instant without asking the price.

"We bring about 10 for a sample, but when it comes to buying and selling, we are supposed to go through the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, so it will be spring ahead that we can give it to you"

"Right.... The Plantan Chamber of Commerce is to be called to Aub Aerenfest soon. Let's negotiate with the Plantan Chamber of Commerce then. I'll be in touch when the day is set."

"Yes, sir."

I thought you couldn't wait till spring, but Geebe Ilkner seems happy to find out that nansave paper sells.

The chief clergyman tightened his expression and stared at Geebe Ilkner. At the same time, Victor corrects his posture and Volk brings back the calligraphy board and the iron pen.

"Geebe Ilkner, Rosemaine is awake, so we're going to expand the paper industry to Aerenfest"

"I understand."

"That's why I want three or four technicians out of Ilkner to teach me how to make paper"

"It is… a very difficult request, Master Ferdinand"

It wasn't Geebe Ilkner who answered, it was Victoria. Explain that Irkner is in charge of papermaking and is understaffed with respect to the quantity requested, and show difficulty in purposefully working together to increase the number of competitors.

"Victor, Ilkner has gained knowledge and skill from Master Rosemayne, and there is now. If Master Rosemaine wishes to cooperate, we are prepared to take on as much as we can. Let me tell you more."

"Yep. You know there are more geebes out there who want to build paper mills, right? Paper will be needed in large quantities in order to expand the printing industry from now on. You have to increase the paper mill before you can increase the printing press. I plan to send a gray cleric from the Plantan Chamber of Commerce and my workshop, as I sent them to Irkner, but not enough."

Brigitte nodded, having seen Geebe Ilkner and Rosemaine Workshop. There are not enough people to be dispatched to many lands at once. And you also know how long it takes to teach the work.

"The only other land the teacher role lets out of Ilkner teaches is how to make paper made out of Follin. I'm going to have a few places around between spring and fall, but I'm not planning on staying in one place for long periods of time, and I don't need to teach you how to make other paper"

To my word the chief cleric adds:

"Looking ahead to doing business with the center, as far as we are concerned, the top priority is to increase the number of paper mills. If we're going to make new paper out of each piece of land material, we're going to have each think about it. Victor's concern about Irkner's superiority seems unwavering for a while"

Victor's expression softened to the word of the chief cleric.

"I know exactly how Ilkner was given preferential treatment for a year when a grey cleric was dispatched over Master Rosemayne. We'll do everything we can to help Aerenfest ahead."

Since it was necessary to be accompanied by a person from the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, details were to be discussed at the time of the purchase of the non-saving paper.

... Mr. Benno, are you okay?

With that in mind, Darmuel, who was escorting him at the door, walks up to Richarda with a stern expression. Looks like we got a message. After hearing Darmuel's words Richarda looked lightly at him, he walked toward the chief cleric.

"Excuse me during the meeting"

"I don't mind. The important story is over."

"The Knights seem to have contacted us that the Lord of Winter has appeared"

The clergyman rises up with a zazzling sound on Richarda's words, and tension runs on the guard knights other than Dermuel.

I thought back to the crusade of the Lord of Winter, which I know. Your father, your brothers, and your family go to battle with the Lord of Winter. If it makes things any easier, I want to bless you. I look up to the Chief Cleric.

"Dear Ferdinand, do you need my blessing?

"I don't have to have a problem, but having one helps"

"Geebe Ilkner, this meeting shall be more than"

"Yes. I'm not going to let you take any more time. Please excuse us."

Mr. and Mrs. Geebe Ilkner rise. Victor tapped Brigitte's shoulder lightly.

"... you look rugged, but Brigitte wouldn't be a knight anymore, would he?

"I seem to be under the illusion because I'm surrounded by familiar faces"

It seemed to haunt Victor's words pointing out in a bitter way, and Brigitte gave him a shy, and lonely grin.

"I beg your pardon not to disturb you. We wish you good luck."

On the back of Volk walking out with Geebe Ilkner and the others, I speak unexpectedly.

"Volk"

"What is it, Master Rosemaine?

He didn't seem to think he could speak up, and Volk looked back with a full look of surprise.

"Are you getting along with your wife? Did Volk make you happy in Ilkner? That was my concern."

For me, Volk is the first grey cleric to be bought into space. That, too, is expected not as a labor force, but as a marriage partner.

I can't help but wonder what happened to the path taken by the gray cleric who knows neither marriage nor family. Feeling the sight of the chief cleric to blame, Volk knelt before me as I inquired.

"Instead of biting Lord Rosemaine's words and putting up with him on everything, we work hard with Khaya so that we can discuss and make concessions often. While Master Rosemaine was in permanent sleep, she was blessed with a child as well, and I was the first to know of the existence of a family. Every time I feel a little happiness every day, I sincerely thank Rosemaine for showing me the way to happiness."

The face of Volk, who said so, was proud, not the face of a gray cleric who served the Lord, but the face of a father who supported his family.