Ascendance of a Bookworm

"Dear Rosemayne, can't you still get a blessing this year? There may also be interference from Dr. Fraurelm this year"

On behalf of the knight apprentices who will be doing ditters in the afternoon, Leonore said so one step forward. I can think of everyone who was struggling with Hundelt Tyren last year, and at the same time, I can see the knight apprentices looking at themselves as if they were frightened with anxious eyes. But I'm not going to bless you anymore. I shook my head to the side.

"Even in a training mock fight with no blessings, it was sixth, wasn't it? No problem with strength, and relying too much on me is not for everyone's growth."

Yes, I did, and Leonore pulled back slightly. Unlike Leonore, who just said it for once, Brother Cornelius asked, "Why don't you bless me this year?" and lean his neck.

"If Dunkelferger gets the blessing, this one seems better too. It's a lot different without Lady Rosemaine's blessing."

"At Dunkelferger, we can all work together and get our own blessings. It seems that Aerenfest alone will always be counting on my blessings."

... Besides, it looks like Aerenfest has become a policy not to rank higher.

That's what I was told in the use of anti-bugging magic equipment, and I don't put it in my mouth because it involves everyone's morale, and I add it only in my heart.

"At the end of today's ditter, there will be a demonstration by the adult knights of Dunkelferger, won't there? If you look at that, you imitate it in other realms. We want Aerenfest to do the same because we're going in the direction of trying to make sure that everyone gets it on their own. Otherwise, Aerenfest's knight apprenticeship, which has been studied to gain protection, may turn out to be the least protected."

After the graduation ceremony, the king told the hopeful to redo the ritual of protection, and if we return to Aerenfest, we can redo the ritual. But it doesn't make sense if you don't have enough prayers and service where you've redone how much.

"We also have information that magic devotion is the key to success. Let us not be blessed ourselves."

"Ha!"

Angelica, who watched the knight apprentices snort powerfully, said, "Dear Rosemaine, can I be strong too if I perform that ritual?," he muttered. He was intrigued by the fact that everyone would be blessed and strong on their own.

"If you get blessings, you'll be stronger then. Because in Dunkelferger rituals we get blessings from multiple gods. And it's easier to get the protection of the gods if you take the ritual seriously more than once. But you have to remember the names of the gods to get your protection, Angelica."

"I remember...... I'd like you to replace Steinluke."

I wonder how much I hated studying in the temple. Angelica strokes the demonic stone of Shtinluke, lowered to her waist as she exhales depressingly. Still a short sheath like a dagger. I don't know if this is a long sword at first glance.

"With a lot of protection, you'll consume less magic, and Stynrook will grow more."

Angelica, who deals with Steinluke, is the one who should be able to fight in favor of as many gods as possible.

"Huh!? Do you consume less magic?

Angelica looked at me with a face like she'd never heard before. Apparently, the remembrance of the names of the gods was part of the study and I had no idea what the benefits were for me.

"Didn't Darmuel explain, Angelica!

"Maybe you were listening. I know that I will do everything I can to remember the names of the gods."

"I'm glad Angelica's motivated."

"... I think Dermuel's struggle would have been halved if he'd been motivated a little faster, Angelica"

Brother Cornelius leaks a word of sympathy to Dermuel "pitifully". Apparently Darmuel, who was teaching an unwilling Angelica, was very difficult.

I went to the venue of the territorial rivalry, listening to Darmuel's hard work from Brother Cornelius and Hartmoot.

The upper territories basically move in the morning to greet the friendly territories and those that want to deepen their relationship, but Aerenfest hasn't been able to travel at all in the morning. Now if I'm still waiting for you this afternoon, I won't be able to look around the other rear.

"Does Aerenfest not have to turn to say hello?

Asking his adoptive father as he looked around to prepare for the afternoon in each territory, his adoptive father glanced at me.

"Are we going to be greeting around in the afternoon just like the lower territories when Aerenfest is being asked to behave as the upper territories? And you want to have another business meeting with the top territories this afternoon, is that right?

Hurry and sift and shake your head to deny it. I don't want to do business with you. I just wanted to take a peek at some of the research on other areas and what the social arena looks like.

"You should rest while watching Ditter. We can't afford to miss an award ceremony this year if you already know the king."

"But the lower realm is coming to say hello, right? Will it be a break?

Isn't it a repetition of the same thing as in the morning? I can't seem to afford to have a very good break in the social arena.

"... I'd like to think we can afford to see a little bit of Ditter based on what happened last year, but I guess it depends on how the ritual influences of collaborative research are."

"Ugh..."

The joint study lists the names of the ritual participants as collaborators, but it seems that there has never been any large-scale study with names listed alongside the royal family, which has been quite echoive. Especially since there are no Lordship candidates, and they treat it as an honor that even Lordship candidates did not get in a territory where senior civilian apprenticeships took part on their behalf.

"Conversely, we are also likely to be buying a lot of anger and resentment in the territory inhibited by the shield of Szeria. I don't expect anything to happen in just this alarmed place..."

My adoptive father mutters as he watches the Central Knights on guard here and there. If we bother to make noise in front of the Knights, who are wary of assault, we will be punished more severely than last year's Inmeldink.

... If there's been a commotion for two years in a row, they'll think you're incompetent from the king, and the Central Knights are desperate, right?

"We will now resume the second half of Ditter's battle! I tried to get a little taste in the second half of the fight. Enjoy yourselves, everyone!

The beginning of the afternoon section was declared by the voice of Rufen.

Apparently, the second half of the game was based on Aerenfest's stumbling on Hundelt Tyren last year, and his taste was set on enemies. Because it's also important to know how to deal with rare demons when you encounter them, so be it.

"This is pretty favorable for Aerenfest, isn't it? We've all been studying quite a bit, assuming there was some harassment of Dr. Fraurelm, following last year's Hundelt Tylene."

"Is there a territory where we voluntarily study demons that we might even get to ourselves?

I lean my neck slightly to the words of my brother Cornelius. Dunkelferger wouldn't be surprised if he did, but they should have been desperate to increase the success rate of rituals that set up pillars of light.

"Arlensbach!"

The first to be fought in the second half of the war was Arlensbach, which seems to be Hirschühl's role in summoning the Warcraft. I can't help but wonder what the hell kind of demon Hillsur will put out.

"My adoptive father, may I come and see you in front?

"... I don't mind. I'll call you back when important guests arrive, so watch with the Cavalier Apprentices."

With my permission I moved with my own escort knights to a position that was easy for Ditter to see. Richarda prepares the table the same way she did last year. When I went up to that, I knew very well that my vision was higher than last year.

... Ooh, I'm growing up!

Looking down at the arena, which I could see better than last year, a vine-colored cloak was waiting for me in the starting position, and I saw Hirschühl let out a stamp and pour magic into the magic formation. The magic formation glowed, and there appeared a tall crochet like a hill.

"Tall crochet!?

"Do you know Master Rosemaine?

To Angelica's inquiry I nod vaguely, "Yeah, well..." It's a big frog I've encountered in Yurevé's material collection. I can't go into the details because it's a secret that I was collecting material, but I remember it well because I fought Tallcroche. They split when they attack, too. I have goosebumps all over my body, remembering the scene where I was about to be swallowed up with Brigitte or when Bottombots and a small frog came down.

"It has similar characteristics to last year's Hundelt Tylene."

I found Arlensbach's knight apprentices bewildered against enemies I had never seen. But this is a ditter competing for speed. Time keeps passing even when it's clumpy.

It adds an attack of appearance, as the knights have decided, but if it's not more than a certain attack, it seems to bounce back with Boyon, and it doesn't look like much of an attack is working.

"Let's go!

"Ooh!

I suppose you realized that it wasn't revealing. Two knight apprentices build up much more magic and start glowing their swords into rainbows. I guess it beats the great magic. Two knight apprentices magic, while the others begin to prepare their shields for impact. If the two of them waved through their swords, an attack of complex shades like rainbow popped up.

Two magic glowing in rainbow, hitting the tall crochet as it twisted, Don! and a tremendous noise, scattering shocks all around him and blasting away.

"Yay!

"... not yet! The magic formation is glowing!

The light of the Magic Formation, which should disappear if we defeat the enemy completely, has not yet disappeared. The minute one knight apprentice cautioned that it didn't end with that, the smaller tall crochet poured down inside the arena.

"Ugh!

"Knock one down!

The knight apprentices start knocking them down as they head right and left into the small tall crochet that comes down. It's getting smaller so you can take it down quickly, but it's also hard to discover where it is because it's small and widespread.

"That's exactly the same situation as last year's Aerenfest.... Is it payback for being Dr. Hillsur?

"Unlike Hundelt Tylene, you don't just touch it and merge it again, and you don't have to be fine to take it down, so I think it's pretty easy."

Eudit also nods at Leonore's words.

"If you were going to retaliate anyway, I wish you would have returned the Hundelt Tylene as it were. That was a real hassle."

"Hundelt Tylen lives in Arlensbach, so they must have produced a warcraft that they didn't know while having similar properties"

Everyone looks down at the arena convinced by Matthias' words. It's still going to take some time to defeat all the tall crochet. That's what I thought, and here comes the leaselator.

"Dear Rosemayne, Aub Aerenfest is here for you. Mr. and Mrs. Aub from Flavel Turk are here. Please return to the social arena."

I tried to take my own escort knights back to their seats. So I wandered around and noticed no Haltmoot appearance.

"Oh? You don't see Haltmoot."

"I went to say hello to Clarissa's parents"

As I watched Ditter, he turned to Dunkelferger. Will I be able to convince Clarissa's parents safely?

"Don't worry. In the morning Ditter was banned by Prince Anastasius and the First Lady of Dunkelferger, and he said the focus of the discussion would be on what Clarissa would do if she pushed herself to Aerenfest."

They're going to decide with Clarissa in mind how to contact them, how to send them back, and what treatment they need if they don't allow the marriage to happen, even if they come to pick them up.

"I think your parents will have difficulty dealing with it at a time when you're putting it in Lady Rosemaine, not Haltmoot."

What will happen, I said, and headed to the table, where Mr. and Mrs. Aub of Flaberturk were waiting with my adoptive father.

Rosemayne, Aub Flaberturk and Constanze.

... This is Master Constanze.

Constanze, the adoptive father's second sister, is a rare person to meet but know her personality, as she is active in taking adoptive father's love in the Love Story of the House of Lords. Your face looks more like your adoptive father than Georgine or Dietrinde. Perhaps it resembles the previous Aub? The color of the hair is blonde and the eyes are like water colors, so the atmosphere looks completely different from that of my adoptive father. But I remembered my first meeting with my adoptive father where my gaze at me seemed a little pleasant with interest.

And Aub Flaberturk was a face that would surely look like a parent and child once he was alongside Charlotte. He looks nice to see. I kneel before the two of them and greet them first hand.

"Allow me to pray for blessings to the tough sorted and rare encounter of AVILLIBE, God of Life"

"I forgive you."

When they finish greeting and take their seats, they look at me and laugh small.

"Every year, I come to territorial rivalries, but this is the first time you've exchanged words like this"

"Rüdiger had little contact either, he regretted. He wanted to talk a lot about temples and divinity."

He didn't have a bad impression of Lüdiger that I was also speaking to him so that he could join his cousin's club, or go to the temple and increase his harvest. If I hadn't returned to Aerenfest at the service ceremony, I would surely have talked to Rüdiger more than Dietrinde at the cousin's club.

"You don't seem to see Master Florencia, but are you not feeling well?

With Constanze attentive to his surroundings, he asks in a small voice. Aub Flaberturk is my adoptive mother's brother, so if I don't see my sister in a social setting, I'll be worried too.

"It's not something I can publish yet...... you might want to let your brother-in-law and sister know. Actually, there were signs of pregnancy, so I'm letting you take care of it. We'll see how it goes and we'll have them join us tomorrow..."

"What!?

When I opened my eyes to new information that I had never thought of, my adoptive father glanced "quietly". Nobles rarely tell the birth of their children until the end of the baptism ceremony. I guess I'm not supposed to say it in a social setting like this. I'm happy to have a new brother or sister, but I can't raise my voice of joy on this occasion either. I hold my mouth so that I don't say anything extra as I pull my butt back a bit.

... brother or sister! This is again. I have to make a black and white picture book for my baby! We have to!

Unlike me, whose baby Fever began in his brain, Constanze looked at his adoptive father as if he had been frightened.

"I can't believe you're pregnant at this time of year... Are you really not going to marry anyone other than Master Florencia? It wouldn't be the year or rank you could say that anymore, would it? Look around for a little while, although it's fine to be on your way to Florence."

You will always belong to a sister whose brother Constanze's words will teach. The adoptive father, who received a whisper, objected as if he were obstinate.

"I didn't mean it differently, but that turned out to be the case. Perhaps this is also the gift of Reevesk Hilfe's protection that the Second Lady does not have to marry."

"Things are going so well again..."

When Constanze held her forehead, Aub Flaberturk grinned bitterly.

"I'm relieved to find that you care about Florence even when Aerenfest ranks higher."

With more and more differences in Aerenfest and Flavelturk rankings, he was worried that his adoptive mother was being treated poorly, and that it would be difficult if he were to welcome a second or third lady.

"How about a flavel turk? I've heard that Master Ludiger has begun to take part in the divinity."

This year's flavel turk appears to have matched Ditter with Dunkelferger and has not participated in the service ceremony. However, it seems that nobility is taking part in the divinity of self-government one by one.

"The visible increase in yields since Rüdiger carried out the temple's divinity has led him to accompany other Lordship candidates and proximities, or to Guibe actively filling the Little Holy Grail in order to fatten his land a little"

"That's great, but weren't there many oppositions to Lordship candidates entering and leaving the temple and joining the Divine? By performing this ritual, I learned that the temple has been much repelled"

Constanze smiled at my words, "It was the same with flavel turk".

"It was a situation where I had to try anything worth a little while."

"It was Constanze who first accepted Lüdiger's words," smiled Aub Flaberturk.

"Those who entrust the Lord's Candidate to the Temple Chief or the Clerical Chief, or invite my son to participate in the temple's divine affairs, or draw Aerenfest's blood, sometimes make surprising decisions. I think Rosemayne, who's going to do something new from now on, is a candidate for Lord of Aerenfest."

Now, he says, Flavelturk is rapidly revamping the temple so that nobles can come and go, and make it a little easier for everyone in the territory.

"This year, the royalty did the divinity that was present, so the aversion to divinity would have diminished a bit. On this occasion, I thought it might be better to teach the territories defeated by the coup to attend prayer ceremonies and harvest festivals."

Until now, no matter what Flavelturk has said, it has never been heard, but now that everyone has taken an interest in divinity, there will be some territory that will listen a little, Constanze says.

"Would you like to conduct a joint study with Flaberturk next year on the changes in yields that have occurred as Lords candidates travel around the direct jurisdiction to attend prayer ceremonies and harvest festivals? It's been increasing for two years in a row, so I think it's a study worth informing widely. What do you say, Zilvester?

Now there is only data on Flavel Turk and Aerenfest with Lordship candidates circling the direct jurisdiction. In Constanze's words, his adoptive father smiles bitterly: "It is the students who carry out the research, sister".

"How about it, Master Rosemaine?

The watery eyes are full of expectations. If there are examples of lord candidates getting more harvest by going around the direct jurisdiction and doing divine things, I don't mind doing joint research with Flavel Turk, as there may be more territories embarking on the reform of the temple. But I'd rather devote some time to the magic equipment in the library.

"Me, I'm only going to be in the House of Lords this year. So it would be better for Brother Wilfried and the civilian of Charlotte to take the lead in the study than for me, the temple chief. I will cooperate as much as I can."

"Now you're going to talk to Dear Wilfried and Charlotte. Dear Rosemayne, thank you very much."

Mr. and Mrs. Aub of Flavel Turk head to the table at Vilfleet and Charlotte. Seeing its back, I groaned to my adoptive father.

"Until now, you didn't divulge to any other realm that Master Rüdiger was in and out of the temple, but you're a former superior realm, even if you're out of rank, around the royalty reviewing the temple rituals and bringing in research that only we can do."

"Aub Flaberturk was excellent, even if he was out of rank in the coup. If the harvest is stable and the number of aristocrats increases, they will soon rise in rank"

My adoptive father groaned that noble consciousness reform was needed to avoid losing rank this way.

"Aub, Aerenfest is next!

If you don't get ready to watch the game early, the knight apprentices came to call. We take our seats and head forward to see the battle of the Cavalier Apprentices. If I went up to the stepping stone, I could see the cloak of koshi tea rushing around. Guillesenmeyer is fighting.

"What is that?

My adoptive father looked down at the arena and said so. Five yellow, pointy circles jump bitches inside the arena.

"Taunadel...... right"

With a fish-shaped warcraft like a yellow onion or harrison bong with a tail on it, it looks useless in the arena no matter what you think.

"Wouldn't that be an easy win?

"It's not so. It's very dangerous if you don't know how to deal with it, because it attacks by flying a long, thin poison needle all around you."

The surrounding knight apprentices, who were watching Ditter in my words, nodded loudly.

"The knight apprentices falling around there were probably hit by the first attack. They live in the sea, so you can wind them far and wait until they die, or you can surround them with wind shields and let the poison needles spit out completely, but both take time"

The faces of the knight apprentices go under tension as they watch Guillessenmeyer struggle with Taunadel.

"What happens when we do? I never thought I'd be more nervous at Ditter against the Territory."

We'll have a lot of trouble if there's a warcraft we don't know about. Leonore, who is in charge of the knowledge part, stares at the arena with a strong face.

"Guillesenmeyer, over! Aerenfest next!