Ascendance of a Bookworm

My name is Philine. I am a civilian apprentice near Master Rosemayne's side. It's nothing but luck that I, a junior aristocrat, can be near the Lordship Candidate.

In the meantime, I gave Rosemayne not only myself, but even his brother Konrat, and even his room to the detachment of the north. I want to serve Master Rosemaine with my life.

Ordinary civilian apprenticeships go by if they have a house in the aristocratic district. You will be working under a local relative during your apprenticeship because most of the time you will remember your job while helping your parents and relatives work. Those who live in the aristocratic city are castles, and if they serve some Geebe, in that land, they do apprenticeship work.

And after graduation from the House of Lords, if a good grader is commanded by his lord, he may enter the dormitory and work for the castle, but the majority will return to the locality. Working in the castle is mostly a civilian in the aristocratic district. They used to have dormitories for civilian use for those in distant lands, but because of the low number of users, they now start using knight dormitories together.

If a knight apprentice also lives in an aristocratic neighborhood, he or she comes to the castle by street, and those who serve Geebe spend time locally with the training of the knights.

However, unlike civil servants, knights are supposed to all live in dormitories without question because they are slapped into group behavior for several years after adulthood. Then you go home or you're assigned somewhere.

Side service apprenticeships are slightly different. At first it becomes a side service of your own kin and you are taught how to work. Once passed by relatives, those from aristocratic neighborhoods come to the castle, and those who serve Geebe do apprenticeship work locally. There are other jobs serving senior aristocrats in the aristocratic district.

The proximity that serves the Lords clan is given a room near the Lord's room, and for those who do their work in dwelling, even if not proximity, a room is prepared at the corner of the castle.

In Lady Rosemayne's side service, Otilier, who has a house in the aristocratic district and a family, is basically going through, even if he is giving a room. Richarda, who has no husband and replaces his children's generation, lives mostly in a castle and only goes home once in a while when he gets a rest.

I am a civilian apprentice, but I gave a room near Lord Rosemaine's room, just like I did in the side service, not in the cavalry. Being near Rosemaine's side, to prevent family intervention, is why.

They are usually the side servants who move out before the bells of 2, but today they are starting to move when the bells of 1 are finished to accompany the ritual of star knot that takes place at the boundary gate.

I also got up sensing everyone's movements. Brunhilde was just finishing his breakfast as he headed to a room where the side service of the northern detachment dined.

"Oh, Philine won't accompany me, so I could have slept a little longer."

Brunhilde, dressed in riding beast clothes and ready to leave, looked at me and said so. Brunhilde is a senior aristocrat, but a very sweet one. "In the vicinity where we cannot do this much, Lord Rosemayne shames us," he says, telling us in detail what the aristocracy dictates, or rather helping us.

"I want to do what I can to help, and I want to drop you off."

The side serving meals that live in the castle are made by court cooks, so they are a little smaller in number compared to the Lords' clan, but they taste very good.

They plan to increase the number of court cooks and all serve the same meal in the Cavalier dorm, but it doesn't seem easy to educate or increase cooks. Eudit, who lives in a knight's dorm, was moaning.

"This outing is a good opportunity to know Princess Rosemaine outside the castle. And keep in mind that the princess is neglectful of aristocratic common sense, so that she does not fail at the Count Risegang house"

Nodding to Richarda's words, Otilier and Brunhilde, Haltmut and Leonore will leave the horseman ready to leave. There are two or a row of knights around, with a family of lords and their proximity, and a family of grooms, and a large number of them prepare for each other.

The temple contacted me that the departing Ordonanz had arrived, so it was time for Lady Rosemaine to arrive.

"Oh, you're here.... Huh?

Master Rosemayne's riding beast was growing bigger than I had ever seen before, and I opened my eyes unexpectedly as I looked up into the sky.

Master Rosemayne's big, big horseman came down, and when the entrance and exit opened slowly, Darmuel came down with a big wrap from it. There are many gray clerics on board inside, loaded with lots of luggage, visible from the wide open entrance and exit.

"If you think about how you move gray clerics and artifacts to the boundary gates...... A horseback is something that gets so big."

Eudit, who, like me, is out to see everyone off, is also looking at Lord Rosemayne's horseman with a flashing face. I snorted cocklessly at Eudit's words.

"Okay, we're leaving."

"Welcome"

"Ask to be away"

Contrary to a flock of horsemen flying in unison, only Darmuel has returned. Darmuel, a junior knight, is also leaving a message this time.

"Good luck with your service at the temple, Darmuel. Looks like you can take your time today."

"Philine can take her time in the next few days, too. You don't have to go to the temple."

I have sunflowers in my temple on days other than lectures and meetings that I cannot take off as a civilian apprentice. The archaeology of the feche peel, the help of Master Ferdinand, the copies, the look around the orphanages and workshops, the meetings with the merchants of the lower towns and being in the temple make me feel much busier than being in the castle and working out for sure every day. I don't do anything in the castle that would leave this much work to the first-year students in the House of Lords.

... and there's Darmuel.

"Me, I don't have much to do in the castle, so I don't feel comfortable"

"You should be relieved. I've been keeping Dunkelferger books for Philine. I'd like a copy of the rest, please."

According to Dermuel, Master Rosemayne seems to have prepared my work well. I guess the wrap Darmuel is holding is a book by Dunkelferger.

"Once Master Rosemayne is back, will Dermuel take up his temple escort duties immediately? I also want to come to the temple..."

"No, when I get back from the ritual, Master Rosemayne will fall asleep, so it doesn't make sense to go to the temple until you're feeling better"

... Oh, I was losing sight of Master Rosemaine's weakness.

Even if you need a knight to escort you, you don't need a civilian. When the surroundings are working, it becomes annoying, rather, because Master Rosemaine tries to force him to start working.

When I dropped my shoulder, Darmuel clasped his shoulder.

"When Master Rosemaine recovers, I'll fly the Ordnants, so you'd better stay in the castle until then"

"Okay. Don't forget to send me Ordnants"

Darmuel laughed and undertook, "Philine is serious," he said.

Darmuel then sends out the cavalry beast and flies towards the cavalry dorm, saying that once he deposits his precious Dunkelferger book with Richarda and Rieserator, he returns to the cavalry dorm.

...... I could have promised to send you an Ordnants. I'm looking forward to it.

Glad to see Dermuel behind him, Eudit poked my cheek with his fingertips as he laughed couscous.

"Philine really likes Dermuel"

"... Also, was it on your face?

When I hold my cheek down, Eudit nods loudly, "Very" with a hoot of laughter. My feelings are already known to Eudit, to Brunhilde and to Lieselator.

"Because... isn't it nice"

"You're the hero who saved Filine. Even though I'm a junior knight, I was promoted to the side, and I always wondered if I was allowed to accompany you to the temple, and I was just having a hard time swinging by Master Rosemayne. Though dull, he doesn't seem like a bad guy, so Philine should try her best. Elvira also said that you won't be able to find someone to marry soon."

Eudit taught me the conversation between Lady Rosemaine and Dermuel. Lady Elvira said, "I won't find you anytime soon," and she was depressed, "Is it impossible to get married?" I want to marry you soon. It's bad for Darmuel, but he wonders if you'll wait until I'm grown up.

"If Filine asks Lady Rosemaine, there will surely be the patronage of Drefangua, goddess of time"

"You can't be so thick. Darmuel would be disappointed if a child like me were a candidate."

... At least, if it's an adult present, there's a little hope.

Looks fun. "Why don't you tell me what you think?" and walked back to Master Rosemayne's room, waving his head at the stirring Eudit, begins his usual life. Lady Rosemaine has been in the temple for a long time, so it is her usual life even in her absence.

There was a drop-off today, but usually after breakfast, the side servants sort out requests for meetings. Richarda and Lieselator are still watching the interview requests today.

"Richarda, even though it was temporarily decreasing, don't you think the past few days have seen a sudden increase in requests for visits from the old Veronicans?

"... maybe something happened. I will gather information today."

I was doing a copy of Dunkelferger when I heard Lieselator and Richarda talking like that. It's an old, difficult word or rhetoric, so it's hard to move on. Master Rosemaine, who can read this as a slur, is too awesome.

By the end of the sorting of requests for visits, Darmuel had returned from the knight's dorm.

"I'm going to stand guard the door."

"Oh, Darmuel. Today I come to an acquaintance to gather information. It's in the castle, so if you need anything, let me know at Ordonanz. Then, on the 3 bells, Filine heads to the Civilian Apprenticeship lecture. There are many old Veronicans in the castle today, and there are few Florencians, so please escort them."

That's what Richarda said, and he put Dermuel on me. My heart rises when I hear Darmuel acknowledge.

...... what shall we do. I am so excited about the lecture after the 3 bells.

At the end of the sorting of requests for visits, I will either study in my own room or participate in the training of the Knights, as the side service cleans the room.

We don't have any training because we're all out today, we have a small number of knights, and we have almost all the knights left on security. When I started clearing my pen to move to study, the reseller raised my hand lightly and stopped me.

"Philine, you don't have to travel today. Me, I'm going to do the embroidery, so I'm going to clean it after I'm done. Because embroidery really scatters fine yarn"

As Richarda prepared to head to gather information, Lieselator began preparing to embroider the Schwartz and the others' costumes. Rezelators really do fine embroidery beautifully.

Angelica is a lot different in appearance and contents, but Lieselator is a lot different at work and elsewhere. I'm quiet and modest at work, but after work, I'll be a chatty girl as soon as I can. To the brilliance of the switch, I initially wondered if the leaselator had become someone else.

... because Angelica remains the same.

"Leave the door security to Dermuel and Eudit will embroider with you. You want to embroider your cape someday, don't you?

Invited by the leaselator, Eudit compared the leaselator to Dermuel several times. I have that look on my face, wanting to get the escort assignment straight, but I want the reseller to teach me how to embroider.

"There won't be any visitors today, so why don't you do your best to practice embroidery and make him your future husband?

"... I don't like it. I am looking to Angelica. I embroider for myself, but I don't remember for you."

Recently, Eudit's attitude towards Dermuel has softened and he's had a lot of light exchanges. I'm kind of close to Eudit and Dermuel, and I envy them just a little bit.

...... do you really shy away or, unlike the Eudit of intermediate aristocracy, you can't talk to him easily...... I know! We know Eudit doesn't have that kind of emotion! But Darmuel is a nice guy, so don't you know when you'll change your mind!

Darmuel stretched her magic enough to marry the intermediate aristocrat, Master Brigitte, with Rosemaine's magic compression. I don't even have to stretch my magic until that's about it, I won't even be able to see. I work hard to compress, but I resent the self of a lower aristocrat with low magic.

3 bells rang. Clean up the tools you were using for your copy.

Today, a civilian apprenticeship who has finished his first year in the House of Lords has been gathered to teach him the basics of castle work. Though I am near Master Rosemayne, I am told to join me because I am not guided in the castle.

In today's appointment, the Civilians were supposed to tour and go around where they work, and Lady Rosemayne was very keen to participate. Lady Rosemayne is a Lordship candidate, but she also plans to take a lecture on civilian apprenticeships.

... Me, if I don't try harder, they must say I'm disqualified as too good a Rosemayne's sidekick.

"Philine, if you don't hurry up, you're gonna be late."

"I'll be right there"

I will leave Darmuel and the north, and I will go to the main building. Walk a little bit happy that you'll be walking at the same speed. I'm glad to be with Darmuel, but I'm a little nervous about going to the main building. We are close to Rosemayne, but since we are junior aristocrats, we are often slapped in the pussy.

Since the temple is more desirable for adults, Dermuel is always accompanied by Master Rosemaine. Instead, Darmuel is often told, "A senior knight cannot be taken to the temple, so a knight dedicated to the temple is left as a proximity", since he leaves the escort in the castle he is accustomed to leaving to the apprentices.

And you saved Konrat and gave me a room, and I am said to be a "junior nobleman who used the mercy of the Virgin successfully".

At first I was in the mood to cry, but lately I've gotten used to it a little bit. Of course, I feel disgusted, but thanks to Dermuel for gently clapping his shoulders and teaching me how to listen, "Master Rosemayne has added Filine to the side, so I'm just getting annoyed".

... Darmuel is sweet, isn't he nice?

Only a few people gather to lecture on civilian apprenticeships. Me and Roderich are the only first-year civilian apprentices to be joined by two sophomores who were unable to attend the previous year. Master Rosemaine is a Lordship candidate, so he doesn't really count as a Civilian Apprentice, even if he intends to be a Civilian Apprentice.

We're all familiar with each other spending the winter together in the dorms of the House of Lords, and I'm glad we're not too nervous.

"Rhoderich"

"Ah, Philine!

Rhoderich is a civilian apprentice who focuses on making stories. While Master Rosemaine was asleep, I was trying to compete and make up a story, but I was the only one nearby and I felt a little backwards. Perhaps if Rhoderich had not been the former Veronicans, Rhoderich, the intermediate aristocrat, would have sided with me, not the lower aristocrat.

"No one else has come yet, so it was just fine"

Rhoderich just glanced around, checking his surroundings, and took the letter out of his own luggage.

"... here, give this to Philine. I want you to read it as soon as you get back to your room!

I was suddenly given a letter by my nervous face Lauderich, and I accidentally compared the letter to Darmuel. "No one's coming," Rhoderich said, "but is the darmuel next door not in your eyes?

The handing over of the letter leaves me nervous that I was horrified or "in time" from Rhoderich, but I wanted to hold my head and scream.

... more than that, don't stop giving it to me in front of Darmuel!

Dermuel looked down at the letter and said, "Is that a love sentence? Rhoderich's an intermediate nobleman, isn't he? It's a valuable opportunity to move up the ranks, so you better not let them get away with it," he muttered, then exhaled a heavy sigh of regret.

I sigh, too, concealing the letter from Darmuel's eyes. In this way, it is most heartbreaking to be able to poke at the reality that you are not entirely eligible, at the same time as your untrained to Master Brigitte.

Soon a sophomore civilian apprenticeship also arrived, and a civilian named Cantona began explaining the main building. In a sinking mood, while touring the main building, I will not forget only to write notes so that Master Rosemaine can teach me the contents of the lecture.

When I finished my lecture and returned to the northern detachment, Eudit looked at me and looked worried.

"Philine, you don't look any better. Did Darmuel do something to you?

"Wait, Eudit! Why is my name suddenly coming up?

"Because I can't think of anything else."

Exactly when Eudit said it out, the leaselator also said, "Huh? What did Darmuel do to Filine? No way......" and Darmuel rushes to shake his head and deny it.

"It's a misunderstanding. I was getting love sentences earlier from a first-year civilian apprentice, Rhoderich, so that would be the relationship. I'm irrelevant."

"... I knew it had something to do with it"

"Darmuel, why didn't you stop Rhoderich there?

"No, why should I stop? I don't know why."

"Darmuel doesn't know that, so she can't have a girlfriend."

"Gu!"

Turning my back on the three lovely and entertaining people, when I returned to my room, I opened Lauderich's letter. I thought you should reply as soon as possible.

... Huh!?

The moment I laid eyes on the letter, I could see the blood pulling away all the time. Rhoderich's letter is not a love sentence. It was a reminder that there was a raid plan.

The first was an unknown handprint, which stated that there was a plan to assault the temple group leaving in the advance team in preparation for the ritual of star knot.

I just overheard it a little bit, so I don't even know if it would really run because there was no evidence of whether it was true or not, and there was the phrase "if I had that person's permission". But I want you to take measures.

The second one was in Rhoderich's handwriting, which described how Rhoderich was to give the letter.

He said that since Viscount Gerlach's son, Matthias, learned of the plan, he had made several requests to see Master Rosemayne. But he said he couldn't accept his request to be an old Veronican.

Among the children of the old Veronicans, after discussing with someone who would bring them a little closer to Master Rosemayne, he said that Roderich, who might meet me in a lecture on civilian apprenticeships, had put up a major role in handing over letters.

Even the old Veronicans wanted to help Master Rosemayne, they must have carried out what he said in the House of Lords.

I grabbed the letter and rushed straight to Lord Rosemayne's room.

"Dermuel, Eudit! Please protect Master Rosemaine!

When I spread the letter and showed it, everyone changed their complexion at once. Dermuel immediately sent Ordnants to Richarda, saying, "We have a plan to raid. As soon as possible, I would like to see Master Bonifatius". At the same time, it is an emergency, so I will soak up the steps and also fly the Ordnants to Master Bonifatius.

Mr. Bonifatius' Ordnants came back ahead of Richarda.

"Come at once!

Brief permission, but without asking three times about it, Dermuel grabbed a letter from Rhoderich and asked Eudit to be away and popped out of the room.

... Hope you make it.

"Dear Rosemaine..."

I prayed with Eudit, Lieselator and my three that Master Rosemaine would never be in danger again, finishing a lunch that tasted delicious but barely felt the flavor.

Some time after lunch, Dermuel and Richarda came back. We both have a relief look on our faces.

"Is Master Rosemaine safe?!?

"Oh, it looks like the raid could have been prevented before"

Master Bonifatius said he communicated his plans for this raid directly to Count Risegang using his magic equipment to put in contact with Geebe from his lord. Looks like we got in touch just by the time we finished lunch, and Master Rosemayne hasn't left yet.

Thanks to the fact that the informant was Matthias, even though the raid was coming, he could tell from which neighborhood, and that the Knight hit the guard, whether the plan had been communicated or the permission of the "that one" had not been granted, the Temple Group of the Lady Rosemaines safely reached the boundary gate.

"You handled it, Master Bonifatius said. I have realized that the unity in the House of Lords that Master Rosemaine seemed to be shattering my heart is indeed sprouting. Children's solidarity will move adults in time."

Richarda said that with her eyes narrowed with joy, which made me very happy, too.

If you are happy that the raid plan has been attempted and Master Rosemaine is safe, Dermuel will also pull out his shoulders like a thread of tension has been broken.

And then he looked at me and laughed nicely.

"Nevertheless, I'm sorry to hear about Filine"

"Huh?"

"Wouldn't that have been the love sentence you expected?

I felt darkening in front of Darmuel's words.

Am I supposed to be the kind of child who thinks about love texts in such an emergency, even though I have always been a guide to the safety of Lord Rosemayne?

If you look up at Dermuel with a desire to cry, Dermuel waves in a panicked manner.

"Hey, you don't have to cry, do you? Well, if it's Filine, there's as much good an encounter as there is. You'll get one or two more love sentences."

... No!

You can see Eudit and Lieselator sighing like they were frightened behind Darmuel.

You must be worried about me, being a derm el who doesn't know how I feel. Because he's a sweet man. But it's in a completely different direction.

... Can I say it already? Me, I can't stand it anymore, can I?

Grasping my fist, I glanced at Darmuel with all my strength. If you were Eudit, you wouldn't have thought I'd stare at you, even as usual. I can see Darmuel upset.

I breathed heavily once and opened my mouth, gazing firmly at Darmuel's agitation.

"Darmuel, until I grow up, my lover, my marriage, I wish I could not!

"Hey, give me a minute. Whatever it takes. That's terrible, Philine!

"It's my little desire. It's not terrible."

"It's a terrible wish!

When I saw Darmuel, who changed his complexion, Eudit and Lieselator laughed couscous.

Half relieved and half lonely that Darmuel makes no sense at all, I laugh with both of them.

... Maybe next time we should ask Master Elvira for backup?