Ascendance of a Bookworm

"Pay people. Get out."

That's what my adoptive father said, waving pah. There was already a leak from the attitude of sitting in the chair and the sharp glance of the deep green that I was in a terrible mood. To the low voice of "hurry up," the neighbors scream and leave the room.

"Me and Master Ferdinand can talk later, so take your time..."

I was so scared of how my adoptive father was, I tried to leave the room with everyone, but Gasili and the clergyman held my shoulder. Making smiles that remain pasted come close. I'm scared of this one too.

"It's more efficient to discuss it together. I guess it's the same thing they ask me anyway."

... ooh! Escape failed!

Leaving me with my shoulder grabbed by the chief cleric, my proximity also leaves.

My adoptive father knocked on my desk with Don as I stared at the door that could be ruthlessly closed with Patali.

"Okay, talk. The king called me, and what did he say there? Why did you decide to marry me on your own without a word with me!?

"Huh!? Did you decide to marry Master Ferdinand without Aub?

Noble marriages in the territory have the permission of the lord. It cannot be that the marriage of the chief priest, who is a clan of lords, is decided without the adoptive father, who is a lord.

"Precisely because this fool was interviewed during the circumstances hearing and responded voluntarily to his consent, he was crushed for all the reasons he refused. My request for permission was an ex post facto consent."

Oh, my God, the chief cleric was summoned in the name of a story about the damage done to his surroundings in the crusade of Turnisbefalen at the awards ceremony, where he was told a marriage story, apparently.

"It is normal to hear the circumstances of such cases individually. Would Rosemayne have experienced it in the House of Lords, too? That is why I sent out Ferdinand without any particular doubt. If you knew your marriage story with Arlensbach would hold up, who would let you go? I don't want to make you feel any harder!

Though my breasts were heated by the words of my adoptive father worrying about the chief priest, the chief priest did not seem to be. I put my arms together and looked down at my adoptive father with cold gold eyes.

"That's what they said and even royal fate was going to complain about, so they took the form of ex-post consent. You know defying the king is a foolish act. And yet you're willing to risk the whole Aerenfest for me alone? Damn, it's still sweet in there. Haven't you learned anything from that one case where you were to plead guilty to your own mother?

The clergyman, who said so to his adoptive father in a flowing tone, lay down his eyes for the first time and exhaled slowly.

"I have no choice but to obey the king's orders. You know that, don't you, Zilvester?

"If they hadn't agreed to it on their own, there would have been plenty of reasons to just say no"

I'll line up the reasons for when my adoptive father said no to Arlensbach one after the other. The chief clergyman glanced lightly at his shoulder.

"It sounds good when it comes to neutrality, but the only way to get through the coup d 'état without giving it to the King is to drop Aerensbach, who is now rapidly ranking higher, and his two sons, who were the next Lords candidate, to senior nobility, whose magic is depleting and whose territory is beginning to be rough. From the side, isn't it obvious which territory you can afford, which the king prioritizes, etc., without thinking deeply"

Allegedly, Aerenfest has the leeway because he escaped difficulties in neutrality, which leads to an improvement in his current ranking. They are also jealous of the territories that are in distress given to those who lost in the coup d 'état, and of those that, although given to those who won, are suffering from a lack of magic by offering the nobility in the territory to fill the holes of nobility diminished by Solemnity. At the same time, they think of it as a dangerous area where loyalty to the center and the king is low, but only influence is increasing.

It is necessary to accept a request from the King and make it known that he does not intend to be hostile, the Chief Cleric said.

"If that's all it is, it's not more reason to take on marriages with Arlensbach than it is. If he is the son-in-law of the Great Territories, is there any number of territories far superior to Aerenfest? There must be other candidates who are better listeners and closer in age than those involved in the temple."

If you are a candidate for son-in-law of the great territory Arlensbach, you certainly deserve another territory. It was only a few years that Aerenfest grew in rank, and the voice is still louder that it's transient, even if it's been noted. The fact that the backshield behind the spouses of the Great Territories is Aerenfest would seem very unreliable from other perspectives.

"Looks like my involvement in the temple is a problem, too. They're hearing stories of Aerenfest treating me cold from here and there."

A clergyman who continues to take the best has been admitted to the temple almost at the same time as the death or graduation of his predecessors, even though I, who take the best in the same way, am the adoptive daughter of the lord, is admitted to the temple as the temple chief.

"Even though Aub Aerenfest doesn't involve his real son in the temple, he treats other lord candidates badly. That's all I'm good at, so I want you to free me from Aerenfest. They have words like that."

Wilfried and Charlotte also go to prayer ceremonies and harvest festivals, but that doesn't seem very well known. Besides, it is easier for me to stretch out to be in the temple than in the castle, and since the clergyman has been able to afford to immerse himself in the study of his hobbies, I and the clergyman would like to return to the temple one way or the other as soon as possible.

"I spend a little more time in the castle, and I'm shaking it off and back to the temple, but you don't know anywhere else, do you? Nevertheless, who says such a thing?

"You heard he's out of Dunkelferger and Drevanhell. They're starting to buzz around trying to bring me into the temple with the Great Territories and bring me up to the surface stage."

... I'm sure it's an action that's out of favorable feelings for the Chief Cleric, but annoying.

I know that the way I see the temple is completely different from the others, but I can't help but think of something extra. I think the arm on information manipulation that thus takes the opinions of the peripheral territories in my favor is still a missing part of Aerenfest.

"If the lord moves to stop the marriage, in total disregard of the opinions around him, Aub Aerenfest's reputation will be diminished. I don't care what you think. That wouldn't be good, would it?

My adoptive father exasperated at the word of the chief cleric.

"Are you willing to decide on the important thing of marriage involving a lifetime in my reputation!? By and large, I don't think it would be better taken on by such rumors. It is also possible to shake it off. After turning it down at our meeting with Arlensbach, what happened and you turned your opinion on it? There's still something out there, isn't there? Talk to me. It's a bad habit. Don't hold me in."

It seems to me that the chief cleric avoids the core of relaxation, and there is a sharp light in his adoptive father's eyes. The Chief Cleric exhaled one thing and slipped away from his face.

"It's not definitive information, so I don't want to talk about it."

"Just talk."

"I don't know if it's true or not, because I even collect information from Justkus that I don't know about rumors or where whoever was saying it."

After prejudging yes, the chief clergyman slowly looked around and lurked his voice.

"... Aub Ahrensbach isn't long anymore"

"Huh?"

"If Yustox's information is correct, it should probably go far into heights during the engagement period"

"What?

The engagement period between the clergyman and Dietrinde should be about a year. In the meantime, doesn't that really mean there's no time?

"I don't have the technique to find out if that's definitive information at the moment. But if that's correct, I can understand the circumstances of Aub Ahrensbach, who tried to move the king at all costs. There is a certain explanation for what you say and do when you insist on making me your son-in-law."

If a lord dies during the engagement period, the remaining lord clan in Arlensbach will be a minor lord candidate on graduation and a lord candidate who is not even enrolled in the House of Lords, and there will be one widow. It's hard to support a large territory with just that.

"Perhaps Aub should want to start taking over even soon. I guess Arlensbach needs an unmarried and adult candidate for a lord, who has just the administrative experience and the magic to act as a lord's deputy for the Great Territories soon enough."

And the only lord candidates who fall under that condition are about the chief clergyman, even looking within Jürgenschmidt. Normally we get married in a few years as adults, so there can't be an unmarried lord candidate or something with executive experience. Because there are so few aristocrats now, and lord candidates and senior aristocrats are recommended to marry early and have children early.

"If Aub can't afford enough to offer the king himself, he must not have delivered as much magic as he needs in the territory. Would you have seen the perimeter of the boundary gate during the star knot of Lamprecht? It seems likely that the whole of Arlensbach is in that situation, not just the land of Bindebalt"

I recall that the scenery was clearly divided between the boundaries of the territories of Aerenfest and Arlensbach. You must have been surprised how big the difference was.

"That's how self-government is. The former territory of Berkestok, transferred by the coup d 'état, has lagged behind and may have been abandoned"

If that is the hotbed for the terrorists who perpetrated the assault, I guess as a king we must strike our hands at it as soon as possible.

"If that's the case, shouldn't the old Berkeshtock part be managed by the center, not Arlensbach?

"You must be doing that if you can afford it. You must be short of a second prince and his wife."

My adoptive father said the number of royalties is down to gakun compared to before the coup d 'état, so it's a situation where you want to hit your hand and everything is missing. The lack of magic in Jürgenschmidt itself seems more serious than I ever thought.

"It's hard everywhere, but the magic situation in the center and Arlensbach, to be honest, doesn't matter to me"

That's what the chief cleric said, exhaling slowly.

"What matters is a little further. After Aub Ahrensbach headed much higher, do you know who would have the most power in a situation where there are only two underage Lordship candidates?

My adoptive father pressed me to shut up and look at the clergyman. It is up to the First Lady, Georgine, to have the most power in that situation.

"Can you predict what means she will go out by in Arlensbach, which falls into a further lack of magic after Aub Arlensbach rises to much higher heights? You think Aerenfest can take into account that my son-in-law went from other territories to Aerensbach? It would be more convenient for Aerenfest to have someone in Aerensbach who can get a little information and suppress Georgine's behavior"

"Are you going for that reason? To Earlensbach, who seemed so reluctant to refuse? To marry my daughter who said it was unpleasant just to see her face because of her resemblance to her mother?

My adoptive father seems to mourn the clergyman who speaks faintly.

"That's right. If you think you have to head to Arlensbach as your fiancée and master Arlensbach while taking over, the time left over here is too short. Above all, I am most appropriate. That's what I decided."

"If I didn't dislike it and I chose it because I found it more profitable, I won't say any more. As always, there's a lot of dissatisfaction with the secrecy that moves around on its own."

In his adoptive father's words, the chief cleric says, "Seems to understand and above all," and cuts the story off. My adoptive father may have convinced me, but I am not convinced at all. Is there any benefit for the clergyman himself, not for the benefit of Aerenfest? That's where the most important thing is.

"I understand that Master Ferdinand is fit. But is that what Master Ferdinand wants?

In my words the chief cleric will fold and count the profits for Aerenfest.

"Demonstrating loyalty to the King, selling favors to the Centre and Arlensbach, also upward appreciation for Aerenfest, and easier access to information to contain Georgine. To add, if I were to decide to be the son-in-law of the next lord of Arlensbach, nobles would come by from the old Veronicans to get new information. I'm not leaving Aerenfest with an anxiety element. We're going to get evidence and get rid of anything dangerous."

Two things and anger have engulfed the clergyman who remains a makeover laugh and says, "It will be the best choice for Aerenfest". As always, it's all about the surroundings and the interests for Aerenfest, and isn't the chief cleric completely left out about himself?

"Dear Ferdinand, I'm not asking if I'm the best for Aerenfest."

"What?"

The chief cleric tilted his neck when he said he didn't know what he was being asked.

"Dear Ferdinand, it's important to know if you want to marry yourself."

"I..."

As I stared up, the Chief Cleric deepened the smile of the making laughter. Oh, you're going to delude me, and you'll soon find out.

"If you say you want it, stop making that sticky laugh. If you think you can deceive me with that face, it's a big mistake."

When Bishi stuck my finger in imitation of Richarda, the chief cleric smiled away softly. The wrinkles between the unpleasant eyebrows resurrect, and the light golden eyes glimpse at me with discontent.

"I thought you wanted it, too."

"What,?

"You want Arlensbach?

The Chief Cleric smiled like a demon king, asking me to take what you wanted.

"That means I want fish, oh, I want books too... you know that's not what I mean! I don't care about me. Master Ferdinand's authenticity is important."

And when I was angry, the chief priest laughed with a small smile. And I exhaled quietly.

"... I want information and possession of Arlensbach, but I don't want marriage. But he thinks it's necessary to accomplish his goals. I'll go because I need it. I want you to understand that."

I am only a little satisfied with the words that are close to the true meaning that came out of the mouth of the clergyman who does not speak of his request. But just a little. I still feel like I'm hiding something from the laughter of making it come back to life as soon as I finish a little exchange.

"There are so many things to take over from me that both me and Rosemayne will be caged in the temple for a while. If you need anything, fly me the Ordnants."

"Okay."

Although the adoptive father seemed willing to cut the story off, the clergymaker's laughter did not completely disappear. As he stared up at the making laugh, he raised his eyebrows lightly as the chief cleric remembered something.

"Zilvester, Aerenfest is at a time when we need to create a relationship with some of the top territories in marriage and elsewhere, while looking at the influence of other territories. It is they who need a second or third lady, even if they do not want it. Think about it."

"Oh, okay. Think about it, get out already."

He was kicked out of the office by his adoptive father, who waved reluctantly with a patter. My escort knights waiting outside are Dermuel and Angelica, and I'm going to go get the other proximities where Angelica is just waiting somewhere. I will wait with Darmuel until the flanks are gathered.

Grabbing Brother Eckhardt and the priest's sleeve to take Justkus and just leave, I held the priest back.

"Rosemaine, you're behaving badly."

"Hey, Master Ferdinand. When you get back to the temple, give us some time to talk alone."

The clergyman's face became a little more rugged so as to be vigilant.

"It's not nice for two people with fiancées to talk to each other alone. Give it up."

Whatever they say, I am not willing to overturn my request.

"My adoptive father seems to have been convinced by earlier discussions, but I am not yet convinced. If you don't consult Master Ferdinand, even though so many questions are in your chest, I, the various people, will have to ask you questions. Ada, about some fruit... Can I talk to you for a second?

I laughed nicely and begged him, and the clergyman stared at me with a very nasty face. After all, what the King called me to discuss doesn't seem to be the only thing I've reported to my adoptive father. They still had something to hide.

"... after returning to the temple. Until then, don't ask anyone else questions."

"I understand."

I was just a little relieved when I realized that the makeover smile was disappearing from the face of the clergyman, who looked down at me without hiding a face that seemed suspicious.

I was going to go back to the temple soon, but it wasn't that easy. The Cleric Chief, whose engagement to Arlensbach has been decided, will receive a request to visit, and I will be summoned to my mothers' tea party to hear a foolishness filled with anger and remorse, and many letters of request have come from civilians who want to be involved in the printing industry for next year.

Mothers are encouraged to write, "That emotion should be sublimated by tapping into the manuscript," and to meet with the civilians who want to be involved in the printing industry.

Wilfried and Charlotte got a lot of work from their mother to see how they were giving it to the civilians, and the printing industry decided to leave it to the two civilians.

"I have a lot of other things to do."

There are many things that the Clerical Chief must be taught to take over the temple work, such as a preview of the House of Lords, and a course on restorative medicine.

I returned to the temple with the clergyman who quickly cleared up some of the interviews.