Ascendance of a Bookworm

The ritual of star knots in the aristocratic city ended with nothing notable.

To insist, Brother Eckhardt had a fiancée named Angelica, so much so that unmarried men and women didn't have to go to a gathering place, Angelica and I were both in a good mood to serve as escorts, and Darmuel couldn't find a cute lover this year, to that extent.

And the day after the ritual of the star knot, Brother Lamprecht sent me a request to see him. "I want to talk about the bride." Richarda, who had deposited the letter of request, sighed lightly.

"The princess is busy too, but if you have a chance to discuss it, you should talk to her.... now I'm just saying Princess of Arlensbach, because everyone around me is pointing my attention. I hope you will never play the two dances of Master Gabriele."

Apparently, the princess who used to marry me and wield Aerenfest all sorts of things is called Gabriele.

Richarda, who had become a side-service apprentice for his relatives' senior aristocracy and had received guidance, asked the then Lordship Lady to become a side-service with Gabriele, he said.

"Master Gabriele was a pathetic man. The princess of the Great Territories was respected as the First Lady, but your husband loved his wife, who became the Second Lady, so it was a very obligatory relationship."

He persuaded his own father that he should be taken care of because he was a lord's candidate in the Great Territories, and although he had been forced to marry him to Aerenfest, his pivotal husband did not welcome him.

Issuing an epidemic that had not been in Aerenfest until then, and while drawing attention, Gabriele tried to create his faction by marrying his side brought from Aerensbach to the nobility of Aerenfest.

But it's not easy to find the person to marry either. Where is Aerenfest's senior aristocrat connected with blood? In other words, nobody and he have anything to do with Risegang. That is no exception to Richarda.

Aggressively taking in intermediate aristocrats with increased magic and anti-zegging, Gabriele built his forces. Because of this, they took in the faction created by their mother as it were and became the Lady of the Lords, so the Veronicans have many intermediate nobles.

"Once he was so proud of his power that he suppressed senior aristocrats, starting with Risegang. The old Veronicans will approach Lamprecht's bride in an attempt to regain power in the same way. If the bride also finds out that the forces trying to surround herself are the ones who draw Arlensbach's blood, she may feel familiar"

"You can't stop missing your home far away."

Even within Aerenfest, there are differences in colour and climate depending on the land. If you come to marry me from another realm, you will feel a difference in your little habits and meals, and you will have the desire to go home.

"So please discuss this often with Lamprecht and his family. It's very important for Aerenfest to see if we can get into the Florentines successfully."

Since my fiancée is Vilfleet and his proximity, Brother Lamprecht, is my brother, the bride's trend is heavily related to me.

"For one thing, I will ask Brother Lamprecht what the bride looks like. Your mother will have a lot to think about."

"I would also like to know what your mother thinks," replied Brother Lamprecht, and the story about the bride was to be held as a family meeting. It is my first return home since I was adopted because I was told to assemble at your father's house.

Neither side service nor civilian will be accompanied this time for the return home for the purpose of the family meeting. Brother Eckhardt and Brother Lamprecht will be home with us, so if the escort knight thought Brother Cornelius was the only good one, Angelica would be ready to accompany him.

"... oh? Will Angelica accompany you?

"That's right. I'm Eckhardt's fiancée, so I asked her to escort me to the family meeting."

"Angelica is my fiancée. Once in the family frame. If possible, Rosemaine should be accompanied by a female knight. Would Angelica be fit?

To Brother Eckhardt's words, Angelica softly puts her hands on her cheeks, with a chunky understated grin.

"I will not give you anything to discuss with your family. I will obey you if you command me how to do it."

"... I don't think Angelica is your uncle's apprentice. It's the kind of quiet nature that I used to do that rigorous training."

Brother Lamprecht, who has the shortest time dealing with Angelica, seems completely deceived, but Angelica is right to say, "Just tell me the results" just because she doesn't want the faction to think of anything.

Brother Eckhardt and Brother Cornelius, who knew the reality of Angelica, looked at each other and clasped their shoulders.

"Well, let's go"

I ride the mounted beast and chase the mounted beast of the leading brother Lamprecht. I'm used to going back to the temple, but since I went up to the castle as an adopted daughter, I've never made a comeback, so I don't know where my parents are.

... I only traveled by carriage, and from above, there's just a line of similar white buildings with a large garden, which I can't tell.

There was only a short period of time until my own baptism, so I didn't feel so nostalgic when I saw the building. But the strange and nostalgic mood spreads when I see the side servants who were taking care of me at the time, starting with the mother who picked me up, smiling and happy to go home.

"Welcome back, Master Rosemaine"

"I'm back now"

I also took a bath beforehand because I was supposed to pay for it after dinner and have a family meeting. Until this makes you sleepy, you can join the discussion. If I go back to my room, I can sleep right away.

And "the chef was strained," the side servants told me during the bath, and then the dinner I was looking forward to began.

Not just Ilse, but the chef here also seems to have a lot of creativity based on the recipe Hugo taught him. Combinations of ingredients I haven't eaten much or dressings of flavors I've never eaten come up.

"It's very tasty. You can see signs of effort everywhere."

"Let's tell the chef. It bothered my mind if I could not create a new menu."

"Rosemaine, don't you have a new recipe?

Your father looked at you with anticipation, but replied with a smile, "Please refer to the next collection of recipes you will serve".

Nicolas is working hard to put it together. I would love for you to contribute to sales. When I said that, my father promised me to buy a new collection of recipes, shaking my shoulders with cookies and laughing.

"Rosemaine is still a good businessman"

At the end of a delicious meal with a soothing atmosphere, it is a family meeting, paying people. Speaking of which, I don't see your father's Second Lady and his half-brother, Nicolaus, in the dining room or in the family council. No matter how much we usually live apart, today's story is important.

And I looked round about, and leaned my neck.

"Will Tordelide or Nicolaus not be present?

"She's an old Veronican, so I can't go into today's story"

Tordelide, by Veronica, apparently was the second lady pressed in half. It makes sense to interact less, and after Nicolaus's christening ceremony, be careful how you go out with him.

... is faction involved not only in the territory, but also in the home? You're a pain in the ass, nobleman.

"So, Lamprecht, may I speak to you? I wonder what the hell kind of bride you have at home? Of course, I'm grabbing some information. But I want to hear it from you."

When her mother smiled in a relaxed manner, Brother Lamprecht corrected his posture once and opened his mouth. And he talks about the bride as he looks around at everyone.

They say the bride is named Aurelia and is the daughter of Aub Ahrensbach's brother. Since she is the daughter of the Third Lady, even when it came to her niece, she had little direct knowledge with Aub Ahrensbach and was not treated well among the children who consider her father the same. She's still the youngest child and more loving, driven, and adored.

Aurelia's mother, the Third Lady, is a senior nobleman from Flaberturk, and she became even narrower in her shoulders after the coup d 'état.

"How the hell did you get to know each other and how did you get in the mood?

Mother holds a pen and asks many layered vegetable papers in front, with her eyes narrowed and serious face. But is it the illusion of my eyes? I just seem to be devouring the next romantic novel story.

Mother nodded contentedly as she listened to the root digging leaf digging from the beginning to the mood when she had to part due to changing circumstances.

"You still don't know the details unless you're the one. Sometimes it's different from the information I gather."

"I don't know what information your mother was getting, but Aurelia tends to be misunderstood because her eyes are tight and she looks seemingly tight. Never a bad daughter."

Seems to misunderstand temperament well on the outside, Brother Lamprecht adds an explanation as he panicked about Aurelia and asks his mother to follow up with him, "I want Aurelia to somehow be included in the Florentines".

"I'm the bride who stays at home. Whatever the circumstances, I welcome you, and I invite you to the Tea Party. But after that, it will depend on Aurelia."

The old Veronicans undoubtedly approach Aurelia. How do you gauge it, and how do you determine where you stand within Aerenfest? We must give Aurelia information that she can pass on, and information that she must not pass on, while sorting, and lead her into the Florentines.

"It is up to Lamprecht, my husband, to prepare his surroundings so that Aurelia can be comfortable."

"Mother!?

"Even though things have changed, it's the daughter you chose and wanted to marry, isn't it? What if I can't show you the temper to protect my wife under any circumstances? Can't even protect my own wife, and the knight serves?

Looking at Brother Lamprecht, who was breathtaking, at the edge of his sight, he found that his father, who had apparently learned since I became a daughter, had softly strayed from his sight to the last word, that he had placed considerable strain on his mother in the dispute between the Second and Third Ladies.

"Dear Aurelia, we need to tell you about the situation within Aerenfest as soon as possible. What Lady Gabriele and Lady Veronica did, their steadfastness with Risegang, the fact that the faction that was finally coming together was breaking apart again by this marriage. They're all past events that Aurelia can't help, but that's the information that determines the future."

Although Aurelia individual is not bad, her feelings for Arlensbach are too complicated.

"Which circumstances do you communicate and which do you lay low? Who will you keep close and who will you keep away from? How will you protect your wife, who will marry you from other lands? I will also show you your extraction, Lamprecht."

Mother's pitch-black eyes gleaming as she stared at Brother Lamprecht.

Even though I wasn't being told, I found Brother Cornelius and Angelica breathtaking.

"I will raise my hands and welcome the old Veronicans if Aurelia shows me her arms enough to join this faction."

... they're giving us a hell of a challenge, Dear Aurelia!

Aurelia wouldn't expect to have a girl like this either. Brother Lamprecht and his mother don't look alike.

"It's your new home, but we're preparing to leave. In order to know the entry and exit of other nobles, you should have them on the premises. It must be cramped, but be patient."

"Mother, what happened to the furniture?

"I'm letting you carry what I'm not using right now. We'll have a preference, so we better fix it ourselves later."

I wonder if it's because it's just my family, or my mother looks slightly throwy. It's always unusual for a neat mother.

... Are you tired?

"Is Brother Lamprecht ready for marriage, too? Instead of leaving everything to your mother, you should choose and prepare a variety of things with your own eyes."

"That's right, but would women know better about each other?

"No way. I think the best person you know about Aurelia's taste is Brother Lamprecht. Your mother won't even know what color you like.... No way, you said Brother Lamprecht didn't know either, did you?

In an attempt to know the preferences inferred from his possessions, when I asked him a few questions, Brother Lamprecht returned a proper answer to most questions. That means Brother Lamprecht was watching her closely. The situation is the situation, but I want you to be happy because you can marry the person you like.

"Lamprecht, what kind of jewellery does Master Aurelia prefer? What kind of magic stone did you prepare? If you had a preferred motif, you'd let them live to choose furniture, wouldn't you?

Mother also takes notes and overlaps questions. Is it because I'm in the mood for coverage that it looks a little fun? I honestly marvel at a mother who, no matter what tiredness, never forgets her heart to enjoy her hobby.

Phew, with a full grin, Mother said, "If Lamprecht is right, I'd be happy to," and put the pen down. And he turns his gaze to me.

"Rosemaine should never come into contact with Aurelia until her standing position is clear. In Aerenfest, you have a lot of inadvertent things to say and do, even though you have the most secrets."

I nod in an extraordinary manner to words that do not make a sound, and I promise not to come into contact until I have the permission of my parents.

"Cornelius, Angelica. As both Rosemaine's escort knights, keep an eye on them."

"I'll take care of it, Master Elvira. I won't let you in touch until I give you permission."

Angelica, whose work she could do, came around, undertook with a crisp face.

Please, move your gaze and lean your neck to compare Angelica to Brother Eckhardt, whose nodding mother sat quietly.

"Speaking of which, when do you marry Eckhardt and Angelica? Unlike Lamprecht, it's not in a hurry, so it's good next year, but you better get ready for your new home early. Angelica would also be anxious to have a long engagement period, wouldn't she?

Brother Eckhardt apparently has a separate home where he lived with the deceased First Lady. Even if we let Angelica live there, we have to clean up and put in new household goods.

Brother Eckhardt looked slightly at her mother's words, and Angelica smiled and shook her neck to the side.

"... I am in no real hurry because I leave the time of marriage to Master Eckhardt and I would like to make it a priority for you to acknowledge that you are still immature and stronger from your master. Even after Rosemayne has grown up."

When Angelica put her chest up and said so, Brother Eckhardt grinned bitterly, "It will be too late for anything," and her mother held her head.

"Then I don't see your parents. I can't believe there's a woman more unwilling to marry than Eckhardt."

... Mother, you can't expect Angelica to fall in love.

The conversation settled so that Angelica wouldn't point her back finger at you and get married by the time she was twenty, and today's family meeting ended.

"Come on, Rosemaine, rest now."

Let's end the story, the side of the mother who said looked very tired.

"... you know, your mother is very busy putting together factions and getting ready to welcome brides in addition to her printing civilian duties, right? It may not help much, but I just want to dedicate a little healing. May I?

"I'm not hurt or anything."

"It's just feelings. May your mother have the blessing of Lungshmer, goddess of healing."

If you put a prayer in the ring, the fluttering green light will fly away. At the very least, I think it would be nice to be healed just a little bit. Did the thought make sense, and her mother smiled softly.

"Thank you, Rosemaine. I feel like I'm tired. Let's have tea at my house for a long time tomorrow. The chef started making all kinds of treats."

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it."

"You're tired," Brother Cornelius turned his shoulder wide on the way back to his room.

"I heard you have a lot of trouble marrying other territories, but I didn't think so much"

"Right. I was surprised, too, though I knew that marriage between nobles couldn't be helped by feelings alone. Does bothering you like that mean that if you are in the mind of Brother Cornelius, you are in the other realm?

"No, I'm not..."

Brother Cornelius, who denied as a matter of course in the course of the conversation, held down his bah and mouth and looked down upon me. Shit, I instantly took care of the look on my face, but I can see it all in a flash of agitation.

Hmph, laughing, I look up to Brother Cornelius.

"So if Brother Cornelius is in the mood to sign up for an escort, you're from Aerenfest, right? Have you signed up yet? If you don't sign up soon, the lovely ones will sign up from other lords and it will be too late, won't it?

"... oh, it's like having two mothers. Look, we're in the room. It's time for Rosemaine to go to bed. You must be tired. You must be tired. Take a quick rest so that a good night's sleep can come along with the blessings of Schlartraum"

Without answering one of my questions, Brother Cornelius quickly pushed me into the room.

The next day's tea party is also about Brother Lamprecht's marriage. Since the ceremony will take place at the border of the territory, they will have lunch in the summer hall of Count Risegang before heading to the gate of the boundary.

"Will the lodging also be in Count Risegang's Hall?

"Yeah, probably. I haven't made a complete decision yet, because there are a lot of old Veronicans around there. Few places can welcome a clan of lords."

I remember Count Risegang being attacked at an old prayer ceremony as well. It was a detachment for a cleric to spend then, and I slept, so I don't know the details, but I hope the same thing doesn't happen this time.

"You don't have to worry about the raid. We'll take the Knights."

Join Couscous and his laughing mother to discuss the dinner feast on ceremony day and the unveiling ceremony to be held to welcome Aurelia.

When I talked about marriage, I remembered.

"Speaking of which, you didn't even find Darmuel's partner, did you?"

"... yeah. Unfortunately, this is a particularly bad time, so it's going to be difficult until things settle down a little."

She says it's very difficult to be Darmuel's daughter-in-law for a mother who sighed like she was in trouble.

First of all, magic doesn't match, so we can't look for it from the lower nobility, which is the same class. Next, as Brigitte also showed a difficult color, it will take so much preparation to daughter-in-law to a junior knight who is neither a heir nor has a home, until the daughter of an intermediate aristocrat has lost her identity.

And when I welcome Darmuel, my sidekick, to my son-in-law, the house is in trouble for the intermediate nobility who wants to move towards the better of the flag color because the faction is completely fixed. Now that it has been announced in particular to Brother Lamprecht that a bride is coming from Arlensbach, it seems that the intermediate, lower nobility is in a state of distraction and watching the trends of the faction.

Besides, even though Darmuel is near my side, he doesn't know when he will be cut off from the position of the escort knight because he was originally a junior knight. Even if I do not intend to, there is no absolute guarantee from the side. And since the majority see that it will be replaced like my uncle said, it is going to be a major anxiety material.

As soon as I returned to the castle, I preached my mother's words to Darmuel.

"... that's why it's so difficult to marry Darmuel right away"

"Lady Elvira cut me off, which means I can't get married like this, can I?

I lean my neck only slightly to the darmuel that drips with the gakun.

"It's not entirely unlikely. Though things seem to settle down and we'll have to wait until the faction of mothers and adoptive mothers fully grasps Aerenfest or some junior nobleman grows up whose magic catches up with magic compression."

Darmuel dropped "It's the same as impossible," but I can't help it all. I don't have a lot of handouts from nobles, and it's not an area where I can help.

After that, I went back to the temple. Get ready to perform a star knot ritual where there is no prayer room, and spend your days discussing how to make armor out of demonic stones to the clergyman and how to consolidate the defenses of gray clerics.

The chief clergyman used to teach me spells to tie my hands to a wrap around a band of light, spells to catch multiple enemies at once in a reticle, and spells to put out a simplified version of the goddess' shield, to prepare me for raids. If I'm ready, I won't suffer.

According to information from civilian apprenticeships and escort knight apprenticeships travelling to and from the castle, discussions have taken place in the castle about the protection of the Knights, the arrangement of accommodations, the preparation of feasts, etc., and the extraction has been wavered.

The news was delivered by letter that merchants from other realms had come, and the bustle of the Lower Town began to be conveyed when they immediately headed to inspect orphanages and workshops.

At the end of the summer, when there was a whole different vibrancy in the lower town, we set out towards the boundaries of the territory.