Ascendance of a Bookworm

It was in the spring that Hildebrandt ended his revelations at the Lords' Conference even as he was nervous. The royal revelation will take place after the baptism ceremony in the auditorium of the House of Lords, lined up by the Aubs and their proximity from all over the place. After a long greeting sandwiched by my father and mother and standing up on the stage in front of everyone and made to remember, I make a musical service to the gods.

"Hildebrandt, Music Dedication"

"Yes, Father"

He exhales softly at the fact that Fesspiel played well, relieving the tension just a little bit. I had heard that everyone would do it if it was a noble child, but playing in front of a large crowd worthy of it was unexpectedly nervous.

"Now make a critical announcement here"

At the same time he was relieved, an engagement was announced to Arlensbach's lord candidate Letitia, whom he had never met or heard of. In advance, my mother had told me the story, but I had to push my heart to death in order to keep smiling at Aub and the others who looked at me in surprise.

... Aub's spouse means I will no longer be royal.

Hildebrandt understood that he was raised to be a subordinate. But he received his wife as royalty in the center and thought she would be useful as royalty, like her half-brother Anastasius. I never thought I'd be heading as Aub's spouse to a land I'd never even seen.

I can't imagine what it would be like to cease to be completely royal when you grow up and have a completely different environment surrounding you. I can feel more creepy and scary because I don't know.

"Congratulations on your engagement"

"Now Arlensbach is also cheap."

Aub and the others celebrate verbally, but Hildebrandt had no idea what to congratulate him on. It's just that they said you shouldn't break your smile on this occasion, so dissatisfaction just pushes you into your heart, laughs and receives congratulations.

... I also wanted to choose who to marry myself.

Now, in the center, Anastasius and Eglantine's fervent proposal is told with a song dedicated to the Goddess of Light. As I watched the two get along, as I heard the exclusive musicians of the royal family sing their love stories, it seemed very good to be tied to those who think of each other.

Listening to numerous new songs made from the love stories of Anastasius and Eglantine, Hildebrandt's mother also told me something funny about what she did to get the marriage she wanted. Listening to such a story, he couldn't help but think that instead of being able to unilaterally decide who he would spend the rest of his life with on his father's orders, if he had only a little choice.

... if I had a choice...

What floated behind Hildebrandt's brain when he thought about it was his long lashes, slowly moving white fingertips to turn the page, lying down to follow the letters to his hair in the night sky, which fell saggily. He was the lord of Schwartz and Weiss, the magic equipment of the library, and the lord candidate Rosemayne of Aerenfest, who loved books so much. But she already has a fiancée. It's Wilfried, the same Aerenfest lord candidate.

...... Rosemaine, whose parents decided to be their fiancée, must feel the same way.

Hildebrandt also knows that you can't defy him because he's a royal fate. I'm not educated to go against it. Still, there's nothing I can do to just sink in feelings.

If you reach your own room with a smile on your face and change from a luxurious costume to a regular outfit to get out to the social arena, you will be relieved of the tension first and foremost. Instead, the smile that was floating lurked the ringing and a dissatisfied face came up.

"You're a lot depressed, Prince Hildebrandt. But it's the king's life."

I didn't want to hear such a clear word. Hildebrandt stares at the side altour with disgruntled eyes. I've been told many times to behave like a royal, and I answered everyone's celebration with a smile, so now I want you to leave me alone.

"Artur, I'll be caged in the stash for a while"

"Yes, I did. We'll call you for dinner."

Then a few days later, a request for a visit came from the central Knights Commander, Raobrut. It was about having a message from the king, so Hildebrandt, who wasn't really in the mood to meet someone, can't refuse either.

"Congratulations on your engagement"

"I'm afraid, Raoblut"

"... you don't seem very happy with that face"

When Raoblut laughs bitterly, the wound on his cheek moves a little. I've known him since he was a young girl, and he's in his room, so he's in his face. Hildebrandt stretched his spine and tightened his expression. Smiling at him as he tried his best to be royal, Raoblut offered him a small box.

"Then give this one to the Prince of Depression. You'll be a little distracted."

A lot of the toys Raoblut brings pop up somehow when he opens the box, or if he doesn't move it according to the correct procedure, he doesn't open it. Hildebrandt smiled and looked back at Artur, who was holding back behind him. A side servant, he takes the box offered by Raobrut and gives it to Hildebrandt after checking it for anything dangerous.

"I'm afraid, Commander Knights"

"No, I don't really want to see the prince's clogged face."

Artur nodded small to agree with Laobrut laughing as he watched Hildebrandt.

"Bye, Prince. May I get down to business?

Raoblut begins to preach the word from the king.

That was what I wanted you to get information about Gluthris Height from Rosemaine in Aerenfest. They think there must be something in that library, even considering that Ferdinand of Aerenfest was in the library of the House of Lords, that the two of them were exploring the material of the old scribe, etc.

"Master Rosemayne is a Lordship candidate who took over the royal magic equipment, and it was Master Ferdinand who was moving around as a mastermind."

"Rosemayne just happened to be a magic tool keeper, and she's supplying the Schwartz and the others with magic in good faith, Raobrut"

Rosemayne likes books, is happier than anything to be in the library, and is very much liked by the Schwartz and others. He said if the library's magic equipment doesn't move, he's putting his magic into it because Solange will be in trouble and the library will have difficulty using it.

"... no one else supplies magic with good intentions alone. Even if Master Rosemaine is of good will, isn't it common for the thoughts of those behind him to be different? Master Ferdinand needs to be vigilant."

Hildebrandt nodded at Laobrut's words. Because he doesn't even know about those behind Rosemaine, even if he can claim his good intentions. Shallow children are often used. That is why royalty and lord candidates are always flanked.

"We also have a request from Arlensbach and have succeeded in stripping Master Ferdinand from Aerenfest. From now on, we can tell if Rosemaine's magic supply is truly good intentions."

"Really? That's good."

Hildebrandt knows that nothing but a book will appear in her eyes. When I was in the library, my gold eyes reflected only books, and I followed only letters all the time. It has no face up, and it's not even in the eyes of Hildebrandt, the royal family. If there is no longer someone to manipulate behind it, she will no longer be suspected.

"We are to send senior noble scribes this year. Lady Rosemaine's suspicions will be cleared if you give that person pleasant rights as an administrator. If you're a good collaborator, you shouldn't stick to the admin's position."

"It would be nice if that senior nobleman were a woman."

There is something about how he became a collaborator that he didn't like to be called "Himesama". It is a little pathetic that the "Himesama" call is confirmed by royal fate. I blinked my eyes as Raoblut was surprised at his whining like that.

"Prince Anastasius' strong request is to send a woman, but does Prince Hildebrandt also want a woman"

"I thought it was pathetic for a man to be called Hime by Schwartz and the others..."

Laoblut lurked his voice to tell Hildebrandt, who tilts his neck because he doesn't know why Anastasius wants a woman, to the secretary of the House of Lords.

"I just want to consolidate Master Eglantine's surroundings with women as much as possible. In fact, Master Eglantine is to be sent to the House of Lords as a lecturer in the Lords Candidate Course to assist you in gathering information from Master Rosemaine. Prince Hildebrandt would also be close to Lady Rosemayne, wouldn't he? Thank you for gathering information about the relationship between the royal family and the library and the unopened library."

"Rosemaine doesn't know any more than that, so you asked me a question, didn't you? Besides, I can only move through the House of Lords until the beginning of socializing my students, so I don't think I have much time to make contact."

This year Rosemaine also begins her professional lecture in third grade. It wasn't that long ago that Artur told me I couldn't do the same thing last year and drop my shoulder.

"You don't have to know last year, you may have known this year, and Prince Hildebrandt's period and range of activities has increased. 'Cause I've decided to get engaged."

The future has been decided, so they have no problem moving somewhat within the House of Lords. If asked why, Hildebrandt was not happy with anything where the period and range of freedom to move was extended.

... Isn't it just vain to be told you'll have more time to get along with Rosemaine now?

I put up with him wanting to exhale the sigh of disappointment. Laobruitt offered me one magic fixture as I stared at him.

"Prince Hildebrandt, please listen to this one alone after entering the stash room. They say it's a royal secret. It's a magic tool that can only be played once, and once you close the lid, you won't be able to hear it again. Don't miss it."

"Is this also from your father?

Raoblut laughs nicely, leaving his magic equipment behind and leaving the room.

Hildebrandt compared the magic toys that Raobrut had left behind and took the magic tools in his hand while suppressing the mind he wanted to reach for the toys.

"Okay, Artur. I hear it's a royal secret."

"Yes, I did. Please be careful not to leak out."

As Hildebrandt entered the concealed room and sat in the bench, he opened the lid of the magic appliance and touched the yellow demon stone part. The magic sucks and goes, and the voice begins to flow.

"This is advice to a prince who is disappointed in his engagement."

The voice heard from the sorcery belonged not to my father, the king, but to Raoblut. I was surprised at that and pulled my hand in once. My voice stops.

After a little thought as to whether he should keep asking, Hildebrandt reached for the Demon Stone again.

"If you're going down a road that doesn't have to go to Arlensbach, keep asking. If you accept the royal life quietly, close the lid."

Hildebrandt took his hand off the Demon Stone again and accidentally searched for the person to talk to. Naturally, there's no such thing as a person to talk to in a hidden room where there's only one person. Above all, there's no way we can talk about whether it's against the royal fate or not.

My heart started making noises with Bakubaku.

He asks himself again as he listens to his voice somewhere in his heart that it is better to keep the lid closed.

… do you accept the royal life and go to Arlensbach, or explore the path you don't have to take with the advice of Laobrut ahead?

"I... don't want to go"

Speaking out to himself to tell him, Hildebrandt touched the Demon Stone again.

"Only a royal life can quench a royal life, and if you become a king, you cannot be an Aub. You know that, don't you? So if you don't want to head to Arlensbach, Prince Hildebrandt himself will have to be king."

"I give the king...?

The low voice of Raoblut continues to speak, regardless of his groaning. "Be king," he continues whispering.

"We are searching for the Gluthrithheit, a testament to the True King, which the King does not have today. Whoever has it will be a rightful king that no one can blame. It also leads to saving a struggling king for lack of gluthrithheit."

His father's half-brother, the second prince, who was recognized as the next king and had given way to Gluthrithheit, had died suspiciously, and by the time the first and third princes were in contention, it would have already been lost, and if there had been a gluthrithheit, there would have been no such contention, the father said.

Hildebrandt knows that as long as he had Gluthrithheit, he was not educated to be king, and that he never would have been king without satisfactory fulfillment of his duties as king.

"... if I get the Gluthrithheit and become a true king, does my father save me and I don't have to go to Arlensbach?

"If Prince Hildebrandt becomes king, he will also be able to lay down his present royal life and be bound to the woman he wanted"

That was a very sweet temptation.

You can help a father who doesn't have a gluthris height, or you can quench the orders his father gave, so you can save Rosemaine from an engagement that doesn't go along with your intentions, not just yourself.

At the same time I wonder if it would please everyone, but also a voice that holds itself back in my heart. Wouldn't it have been too great for me to want the throne, being raised as a subordinate? Don't want, a voice admonishing yourself and a voice in Hildebrand that suggests that you give up even though you have a good chance of getting what you want.

"... can a third prince like me want the throne?

The magic equipment that finished serving the question answered nothing.

"You look a little pale, Hildebrandt. Something bothering you?

"Mother."

He had sunk in his long time dinner seat with his mother, who had not been able to face him much since he was given an out-of-house on the occasion of the baptismal ceremony. Will he be reprimanded for his unroyal attitude, Hildebrandt stiffened himself a little.

But usually a harsh mother loosened her expression a little. You must not be sweet after the christening ceremony, when the mother who said, gazes at herself and slowly strokes her head and cheeks.

"If there's anything bothering you, talk to this mother. This is how I worry about you the most, even though the place where I live has left me and I have less time to face each other."

I felt Hildebrandt was just as spoiled as he used to be when they just said that. He looked up at my mother. My forehead shakes slightly in the same shade as myself, and my red eyes quietly await my words.

... You don't have to be able to talk about everything, you might just want to talk to me a little bit.

My mother felt like she was going to push her back. Because she's the one who used all sorts of hands to break down the fringe that her family brought in to put her in the royal family and win the fringe that she wants.

...... you will know what it's like to decide who you want to marry yourself.

Hildebrandt opened his mouth as he looked up at his mother.

"... Mother, I have something I want right now. Because it's something I don't know if I can get, I know best myself that I'm the only one who can do it. Don't want those around you, you'll say. Still, can I want what I want?

When I heard his words, I rounded my red eyes. She laughed happily at Couscous.

"Oh, I thought Hildebrandt was thick in that guy's blood, but you're a Dunkelferger man, too."

She talks, letting Hildebrandt sit on her lap, slowly and gently combing her hair.

"It is Dunkelferger's man who builds strength and tries again and again to get what he wants"

"Prince Hildebrandt is not a dunkelferger man, he is royal"

Scratching away Artur's sighing objections with one smile, she continues to tell her son in a lullaby kind voice.

"Hildebrandt, putting your self through is not an easy thing"

"Yes."

"First of all, we must give great grace to our surroundings. If getting what you want is beneficial to your surroundings, they'll be happy to help you through."

My mother says I need a situation that benefits both me and my surroundings in order to seal the opposition around me. You have to use every hand to do that, he tells me.

"Think carefully about what you can do to keep your surroundings on your side. Learn well. And put on the strength you need to win. Change hands as many times as you want without giving up, change things, and keep trying. If you're a Dunkelferger man, you can do it."

My mother slapped him on both cheeks gently with bread to keep him in the mood. He nodded forcefully, too, at his mother with an invincible grin that held him back.

"I'll try my best."

...... get glutris height. And I dissolve the two engagements and propose to Rosemaine.

And with great determination, Hildebrandt came to the House of Lords.

It is the first reunion in a friendly society in roughly a year. A slightly taller rosemaine comes to greet Hildebrandt, who sits in the deepest part of the small hall, sandwiched by Wilfried and Charlotte.

... What is it, that sparkle?

Beautiful night sky hair as I remember it, shaking things I don't remember. Every time Rosemaine walked, it was a hair ornament with five rainbow demon stones that reflected light and claimed to exist and was shaking. Flower hair decorations, which began to fashion from Aerenfest, are accompanied by shaky rainbow demon stone hair decorations. I didn't wear it last year, so it shouldn't have been a gift to my parents.

... Could it be Wilfried gave that one away?

As soon as I thought about it, I felt disgusted that the back of my chest could be burned jizzily. If you want to propose to Rosemayne, then you must give her more than that demonic stone. Otherwise, Rosemaine wouldn't even look at herself.

Take Rosemaine's hand as a matter of course, and Wilfried, who finishes his greeting, leaves. One day, I'll stand in that position.

...... rainbow demon stone on gluthris height......

Looking to his high goals, Hildebrandt grabbed a tight fist under the table.