Ascendance of a Bookworm

"I'm back now. Haven't you changed while you were away?

A couple of lords came back to the dorm after graduation. They say the graduates still remain in the auditorium because they spare their goodbyes or refer their opponents to their respective parents.

My father-in-law, weary face, stares at me.

I breathed unexpectedly. This must have definitely happened with my light of blessing. And my adoptive father finds out that I'm the killer.

"There was nothing, Aub Aerenfest"

That's what the Chief Cleric said. He stepped forward. I hide from the sight of my adoptive father about half of the time. For good, I move around and hide behind the chief cleric just a little bit.

"Nothing happened, such as something unusual. How was graduation? Anything interesting happen?

"... oh, let me ask you something. You should come to my room. And Rosemaine."

"I, a girl, am forbidden to enter the second floor where your room is lined up."

It's a shame, I tried to escape, but of course you can't forgive me. The adoptive father shook his eyebrows pickly, shouting low, "It's my order," and the adoptive mother next door grinned, "I'm with you, so you don't have to worry about me," he said. There was no way I could escape.

"... ha-hi"

My adoptive father flips a cloak with Basali and heads to his room. I have no choice but to stick around, dropping my shoulders. The proximity is forbidden to enter the room, only the lord and his wife, the clergyman and me in the room. On the outside of the door should stand your father, the Knights Commander, and Brother Eckhardt.

"What the hell happened?

"The name of Prince Anastasius and Lady Eglantine was called at the graduation ceremony, and the light of blessing flew from nowhere at the moment of admission"

No one saw where that blessing had flown from. An interesting look at the combination of the Prince and the Lords' Candidate of Classenburg entering, it seems the light fell over the heads of the two of them.

In the midst of a commotion as to what the hell was going on, what the temple chief had done, the temple chief of the central temple, treated as the culprit of the blessing, raised his hand greatly, so that he could rest.

I guess there are some words, everyone shut their mouths and where Sin and I were still, the temple chief declared, "It's a blessing from God". I'm celebrating my marriage with an Eglantine adult.

"Master Eglantine? Not the two of you, huh?

"Something that was visibly skewed by the amount of light in the blessing. You were under the impression that Prince Anastasius was blessed together because he was the chosen partner of Master Eglantine."

It is odd that only Eglantine should be blessed, because I wished them both happiness. Seeing me tilting my neck, my adoptive mother tilted her neck the same way.

"Then maybe I'm irrelevant. Because Master Eglantine is adored by the gods, it must have turned out that way,"

Let us continue to be the true blessing of God, and when it came to a conclusion in me, the chief priest held his temple and glanced at me.

"When you are unconscious, your blessings depend greatly on your emotions. It wouldn't be a surprise at all if they were biased in their blessings. How much do you think you practiced for Charlotte's christening?

"... ahhh"

It was pointed out that I practiced desperately so that there would be no difference in the amount of blessings with the other children, and I could not argue. If you say so, it may be natural to make a difference between Eglantine and Anastasius.

"In the meantime, it is supposed to be a blessing of the gods, so never speak out. Don't say anything extra. Do you have any other witnesses?

"Oh, I forbid students who were on the spot to speak out. If the head of the temple of the central temple admits it as a blessing of the gods, and after it spreads, he will only mock you for saying that it was a blessing of Rosemaine in later offerings, but that you need so much title of Virgin."

If we do not speak out until we all return to our territory, we will be anchored as a blessing from the gods the next winter, the chief cleric said.

"... Master Eglantine seems to be in God's favor. That's fine. But as for this one, we need to keep track of the situation. Tell me what's going on back and forth. Rosemaine, which god did you pray to this time?

Encouraged by the adoptive father of a tired voice, I caged my mouth. No matter which god you say you are bewitched, you have trouble. I'm not praying this time.

"I wish Prince Anastasius and Lady Eglantine would be happy. But I'm not praying to certain gods.... I haven't even spoken a word of prayer"

My adoptive father sees me in doubt and turns his gaze to the chief cleric.

"Definitely. If Rosemaine had normally prayed, I would have been stopped before the blessings popped up"

"Well. So what the hell was Rosemaine doing?

To the tender voice of my adoptive mother I told her that I was somewhat relieved to have watched the Eglantine service dance.

"With Ferdinand's magic equipment, Brother Eckhardt has photographed a sword dance and a service dance."

"... show it to me. I've never seen such magic equipment."

Zilvester, we're not done discussing this.

"No, there may be some secrets in that footage"

As the chief cleric murmured in his adoptive father's words, "The real thing is out there first," he opened the door and ordered Brother Eckhardt to bring his magic equipment. The magic equipment that was placed in the Cleric Chief's room is brought in to show the video of the service dance in question.

"This is amazing."

"You use magic like an idiot. It's not easy to use."

"This service dance was truly wonderful, so I am very happy to see it again in this way"

She also found this dedication dance, especially that of Eglantine, wonderful. And I looked up to my adoptive mother, rejoicing.

"Master Eglantine is really nice, isn't he? Especially here... Pray even to the gods of nature, and pray, these two..."

"Rosemaine, were you possibly singing like that earlier?

"Yes. There's no sound. So although the service dance I remember was making its own sound?

The clergyman held the temple in my reply.

"Well, that's what's causing it"

"Which is it?

"It's decided on the song of dedication dance. The song of devotional dance is originally dedicated to God. Rosemaine was blessed with a song dedicated to Ryden Shaft even at the time of the revelation. It is not particularly surprising that blessings occur based on the song of the service dance made as an offering to God in an even older language. Others have anomalies, but in your case it happens all the time."

I turn my adoptive father's indescribable gaze at the clergyman who has called this anomaly out to be my ordinary.

"How can we stop this?

"Don't ask me. There's no way Rosemaine can manage who she wants to bless until when."

"... when my teacher told me to dance with my heart caged, I thought, if I wasn't careful, I didn't think I'd be blessed with a song. I'm surprised myself."

Everyone held their heads in unison to my out-of-standard.

"Plus, I've noticed the fact that you're gonna have a headache. Rosemaine has already got God's will"

"... what's that?

"Zilvester, who, for what, takes God's will into himself and makes it a stamp, don't you remember?

"Easier to handle your magic, easier to deliver prayers to God, more protection... good enough. Okay."

Apparently I am much easier to reach God in prayer than I was before because I got a Starp.

"You can't even think of any more solutions or anything like that. Let's just say we give priority to what we have to think about as soon as possible."

"Do you have something to think about?

"Ah. A few inquiries have already been made about Rosemaine's opponent, rumored to be a widening fashion and gaining excellence in territorial rivalries and this graduation ceremony. I can easily get out of my current meeting because it still belongs to the lower realm, but I need to get Rosemaine engaged as soon as possible before I get an application from the upper realm"

... oh, me, hot!?

When I was only a little floating inside in the first situation of numerous engagement visits, the chief cleric smacked me in the head with a trick.

"Trouble but don't float, fool. So, what the hell did you say?

"Of course, I'm determined to have responded that I have an opponent within Aerenfest. I smelled Wilfried's decision in the spring. And I took a ride, and I said I'd make an engagement announcement at the Lords' Conference."

"It's a reasonable answer. You can't leave Rosemaine to spare. It's not just a matter of magic, I don't think I can live while working on it in other realms. It's a troublesome, emotionally unstable, demonic hazard."

"... Dangerous goods? I think the handling of things is terrible, Master Ferdinand!

The contents are largely correct, so I can't argue with them, but I protest resolutely about the handling of things.

Seeing me like that, my adoptive mother laughed and shook her head like she was in trouble.

"Rosemaine, please react to my engagement being decided first."

"But I was adopted to bring profit and magic to Aerenfest, and it was originally decided that we would get politically married, wasn't it? I am free to marry anyone, as long as the library is free."

"... you speak exactly like Angelica. He's a terribly similar obedient."

"Ah," he said with a low voice in the word of the chief cleric.

... Indeed.... Is that it? Could I be a shameful girl, too?

"Ferdinand is the most powerful considering the skill of Rosemaine's handling and the trade-off of magic..."

"Don't be silly, Zilvester"

And it came to pass in my mouth, saying, Do you dislike my engagement so much? And I swallowed the word in haste. The clergyman's face was terribly serious.

"There is no longer any chance that their child will be the next lord. You're gonna have to be kidding me."

"... what do you mean?

When I tilted my neck without knowing what it meant, the Chief Cleric exhaled lightly.

"Right now, there are five people in Aerenfest who are seen as the next Lordship candidates."

"Uh, Brother Wilfried and Charlotte and Merhior and me and Master Ferdinand, right?

"To be precise, Master Bonifatius is also a Lordship candidate, but since the year and the person have already declined, from the consciousness of the nobles, Master Bonifatius is excluded from the candidacy for succession"

... Speaking of which, your uncle was also a lord's child. I forgot.

"Being neglected by Vilfried, who has a stain for entering the White Tower, Charlotte, who has to welcome other lord candidates as son-in-law, Merhior, Veronica, who has not yet completed his baptism ceremony, has left me without a back shield, and Rosemaine, who has been recognized for her magical powers and adopted as the core of printing and various fashions. Objectively, it's obvious who's right for the next lord?

"But I..."

Because he was a former civilian, the clergyman continued blocking me from saying,

"From those who don't know the facts, unlike me, Rosemayne has parents named Calstead and Elvira, who have a back shield named Relatives."

Few people know the circumstances that I am a former civilian. In that case I will be the son of the Knights Commander and his righteous wife, who draw the blood of the lord as the grandson of Bonifatius. It also eliminates any problems with the blood muscles at all.

"Whether we consider the printing industry and the blood ties of our parents, which are going to spread around Rosemayne and Elvira, the Earls of Haldenzel, Irkner, Grechel, and, to the extent that Count Risegang can already be described as Rosemayne. The Count of Risegang, who has been dropping his daughter, who was the First Lady, to the status of Second Lady, to Veronica, and who has been kept drinking boiled water by the lineage of Arlensbach, will be a blood family and a hard push for Rosemaine unrelated to the lineage of Arlensbach"

My adoptive mother changed her complexion. Count Risegang is Bonifatius' wife's home and the leading man with the largest land in Aerenfest. By the way, your mother's aunt also seems to be from the Count Risegang family. From the other's point of view, I am entirely the edge of Count Risegang.

"It's obvious what would happen if such Rosemaine were to marry me. Surely I will be taken up as the next lord. I didn't have a back shield. My marriage to Rosemayne gives me a back shield. Even if marriage is after Rosemayne's adulthood, Freshly Adulted Vilfleet or Charlotte won't be my opponent."

It's not luxury or anything, it would be true. I don't think Freshly Adulted Vilfleet or Charlotte can beat a clergyman who gets more old than he does now.

"If you want to work out measures before Rosemaine is taken by any other collar, keep him engaged to Wilfried. That way, it's much more likely that Vilfleet will be the next lord, just the way they want him to be."

"I see.... so do you want to engage Ferdinand, Rosemayne, to Wilfried and then Charlotte?

My adoptive father looked up to the chief cleric, saying so in a tone that I could clearly tell was a joke. The chief cleric puts up a pissy blue muscle in an uninteresting joke.

"Don't be ridiculous."

"That's right! Isn't Charlotte pathetic for whatever it takes! By the time Charlotte grows up, Master Ferdinand will already be your uncle. I will not forgive you unless you are not as mean as Master Ferdinand, and younger and gentler and take care of Charlotte!

"Ho ho, say it again"

I agreed with the chief cleric, but he pulls me all the way through the cheeks by the chief cleric, who made me even more angry.

"Come on. No! Obena hiccup!

My adoptive mother exhales softly as she says, "Hung," she finally lets go of her cheek.

"Is Rosemayne no different from being engaged to Vilfleet?

"If you can make the library of the castle and the library of the temple my favorite, no problem at all"

"... will you support Vilfleet?

"I will try my best"

For a cheap library operation, the Lords have to be firm. You should be able to work hard enough to support it.

The chief cleric laughed with his nose at my determination like that.

"Dear Florencia, it is wrong to want that for Rosemaine. Rather, it's important to know if Vilfleet can hold Rosemaine's reins."

"Am I a rampage horse or something!?

"Given its impact on the surroundings, a rampage horse would be easier to handle"

My adoptive mother laughs when she sees our interactions with a terribly complicated look.

My adoptive father, who had been thinking about it for a while, looked up.

"If there is no difference, we will make an engagement announcement between Vilfleet and Rosemayne for the nobility in the Territory at a feast that will live in the spring and inform them for all the Territories at the Lords' Conference. Ready?"

"Okay. … please tell your brother Wilfried a proper story."

I was urged to leave the room, and when I returned to my room, I had received greetings from Eglantine and Anastasius.

It was written in Eglantine's letter that he wanted me to bless him at the graduation ceremony because my words prompted Anastasius to move out and end up being the best result for Eglantine.

... Could it be that you are being explored about blessings?

The hair decorations and the phosphorus were very popular, and my uncle and Aub Klassenburg were interested, and I had a great time talking to Aub Aerenfest in the territorial rivalry, it says.

... My adoptive father was sloppy, but if Aub and the others in the Great Territories were happy, it was worth the effort.

I was very sorry to see Eglantine dance, too, I wrote back.

Isn't it too frail from Anastasius to get sick at such an important ceremony? and reprimandental sympathy arrived.

In response, "I apologize for my infirmity. If I could, I wanted to be there. Looks like you all got your blessings at graduation. I will bless you both, too," I reply.

Only that blessing has nothing to do with me, it doesn't break my attitude.

After I wrote back to the two of them, I also wrote to Hannelore to apologize and thank her for coming to visit me in the territorial rivalry.

"Will you deliver this letter and book to Master Hannelore of Dunkelferger?

When I had finished processing my sympathy, I looked around at my room, which was being cleaned up little by little.

Now that the graduation ceremony is over, the return begins tomorrow.

"Tomorrow you have to go to the library and give the Schwartz and the others a magic supply. Besides, if I don't return the book I borrowed the other day..."

"Princess, I didn't talk to Ferdinand Fang first. You may be able to keep your magic with Dr. Solange until the next winter"

The next day, after consulting the Chief Cleric, he was to be able to lend me a demonic stone caged with my magic. However, since it is very expensive with a large demonic stone, the clergyman says he will take his feet and sign a direct loan agreement with Solange.

When I obtained permission from my adoptive father, I drew my brothers with the chief clergyman to the library.

"I don't think Dr. Solange does anything wrong..."

"This size of a demon stone is packed with your magic power. It's only natural to keep your hands on them first so they don't get abused or stolen. You are likely to lend anyone demonic stones and magic equipment without a sense of crisis, but move on with the assumption that what you lend will not return. Magic is usually not easy to lend."

If you say that's common sense, you just have to remember. I snorted. The Chief Cleric lends me the Demon Stone easily, and I feel I am lending magic too, but is the guardian frame not a problem?

"Himesama, Kitata"

"Himesa, hon.?

I am greeted by Schwartz and Weiss and I return the book I had for Lieselator. Seeing Schwartz and Weiss walk around with a chick, the clergyman exhaled a surprised, frightened breath.

"... you're really the main one"

"Yes, I am."

"Dear Rosemayne, besides, isn't it Ferdinand? I miss you. Looking good."

Solange apparently remembered the clergyman who used to go in and out of the library to collect Hirschühl's materials. The clergyman, voiced by Solange, also narrowed his eyes in nostalgia.

"It's been a while.... Rosemayne has told me that there are no more scribes I know. I was relieved that one of you remembered me."

Solange laughs softly when he notices the care of the clergyman, who flushed it away so as not to let Solange tell a hard story.

"Dr. Solange, I came here today to discuss the return of the book and the provision of magic. May I have your time, sir?

"Yes, thank you for your attention, I know."

Not popular with libraries because of the day after graduation. I gazed at the way the library bookshelves, which were gallant, were gallant. When I came before, it was before the final exam, and the bookshelves were empty because a lot of students had books in each of them. But what the hell does it mean that there are still a lot of gaps?

"Hasn't this many books come back yet? It's time to return to each territory..."

"It's getting worse year after year. It's because of my lack of power..."

Solange laid her eyes down sadly. Even those who have had proper lending procedures look down at Solange with intermediate nobility and say that there are those who do not return it. He says he can't even look into those who brought it into Carrell and took it out on his own.

"Can't you find out? That can't be right. What the hell do you have Schwartz and Weiss for? Weren't reminders sent before based on this Schwartz and Weiss record"

The clergyman hoisted his eyes like a change from the library when he was enrolled. But since Solange is not the Lord, he can't get that information from Schwartz and Weiss.

"I can't put any more strain on Master Rosemaine."

"No, it's not a burden. Because helping the library is the job of the librarian. If I can help you, I can help you."

I would be a solange nuisance if I helped on my own, so I was just refraining from any activity other than reading in the library, and if I could get you something to do, I would be willing to work hard as a librarian.

"I don't know what the librarian is, but Rosemaine has motivation and magic. Instead, if we leave such a like-minded library unattended, will the curse fall instead of a blessing on those who treated the book badly sooner or later?

"... don't say anything bad about being a curse. The wrath of the goddess of wisdom."

The clergyman murmured that it was better to deal with the murder before it occurred in the House of Lords, because the noisy words such as blood festivals pop up just because the material was scattered and vandalized.

"Rosemaine, it's your job, Lord of Schwartz and Weiss. Listen to those who have not returned the book, and those who have taken it out without permission, by territory. In the meantime, I'm going to talk to Dr. Solange about the loan of the Demon Stone."

"Yes, sir."

I called Schwartz and Weiss, as the chief cleric told me, to take out the book and begin to make a list by territory of those who have not returned it. The proximity with us is also fully operational.

"Schwartz, Weiss. Tell us by territory the names of those who have taken books out of the library without permission and those who have not yet returned them"

"Ribbon, Miheen, shuck..."

"Rice noodles, rice noodles..."

The squeaking Schwartz and Weiss eyes glow pale, and their names can be mentioned from their mouths. Me and my neighbors keep writing their names.

As a result of drawing up the list, it was not necessary to send reminders to the upper territories, who realised that they were poorer manners for library use.

"You're not in Aerenfest."

"We will not imitate you as foolish as to annoy you in a library where Master Rosemayne is so grumpy. Because it takes your future to defaulting on library books."

Brother Cornelius says so with his shoulders clasped, and those around him agree. And I went to the office of Solange with a list of things that I could do.

"Dear Ferdinand, Dr. Solange, I have finished writing down my name"

"Oh, this is also the end of my contract for the loan of Demon Stone. Let me see that."

When I showed the list, the chief cleric carved a deep wrinkle between his brows at the number of unauthorized liftings.

"Dr. Solange, I need an Ordnants for reminders."

"Master Ferdinand?

"I'll send you a reminder this time. If a reminder is delivered in the voice of an adult man you've never heard, the other person must take the liberty of misunderstanding that the center has moved"

Indeed, it is as it has always been in the voice of Solange, and it is possible that it will be even more so in the voice of my child. But the harsh voice of the chief cleric would tremble and return the book.

"Helpful, Master Ferdinand. I didn't expect Master Ferdinand to cooperate in running the library. I'm glad."

When I was thrilled and thankful, the chief clergyman raised the edge of his lips with Ni.

"Rosemaine, show me Schwartz and Weiss' tummy later. I want to see the real thing. Help run the library. That kind of reward would be forgiven, wouldn't it?

... that's what it's all about!? I was just wondering if it was strange for the Cleric Chief to come all the way to the library and cooperate!

I consider the advantages and disadvantages of having the clergyman work with me.

I just showed it to the clergyman who's already got the material from Hirschühl and I don't think there's a big problem. If this makes me cooperative in making costumes for Schwartz and Weiss, and books are properly returned to the library, it would be more beneficial to me.

"... if I leave it to Master Ferdinand, will the book definitely be returned?

"Oh, I'll send you a reminder that I'll never be able to help you return the book"

In the low voice of the temperament caged priest, "The library of the House of Lords was delegated to the royal family for control, and its collections are the property of the royal family. Those who do not return by the time they return shall be considered burglars and shall be notified to each lord in the name of the king. At the same time, an unprecedented reminder of fear that a personal name could be mentioned, Ordonanz, was flown to the dormitories of each territory after plenty of content containing the threat of exercising contract magic" by breaking his vows to Mestionora, the goddess of wisdom, when registering for the library.

... the day after graduation. There's still a lot of dormitories with lords, right? You'll be pissed.

The library that day had become a chaotic space for students who would change their blood phase and bring books in, Solange and Schwartz, who would be chased back to work, and for me, as a librarian, who would gladly help, to carefully observe Weiss' stomach in the clerk's office and write down the magic formations.

Having been satisfied with the librarian's work, I and the clergyman, who seemed to have come up with something after staring at Weiss' stomach, were in a good mood to return to Aerenfest.