Ascendance of a Bookworm

At the end of the meeting of the Lords' clan, only Merhior took his seat with a bright face. Other than that, I get up in the face like everyone is swallowing something that's hard to get out of their mouths.

"Rosemaine, isn't it the work of the Lords' clan in the castle that you need for them, not the work of the temple? If you wish to leave the temple against Aub's will, I will help you."

Everyone in the conference room bothered with your uncle's words. The expression of the adoptive father, adoptive mother, and Wilfried is simultaneously strong. What the hell is the meaning of your uncle's words? I don't know.

Until my uncle spoke to me, what I was thinking was that I would be able to raise a civilian who could interact with the merchants in the remaining three years I could be in the temple, and that I would also have to figure out how to shake the sides of the temple, so it was the truth that I had not taken it out of my mouth at all.

"If you will help me, help me so that I may stay in the temple forever, uncle"

My adoptive father, adoptive mother, and vilfried in my words became a slightly soothing expression, and now my uncle stunned and stretched his face. But I don't know why my uncle is so surprised. When I leaned my neck, my uncle left the room with a slightly unfortunate face.

"Sister Rosemaine, what should I do in the temple?

As soon as I left the conference room, Merhior, who I know very well is excited about his new role, has asked me questions with his blue eyes shining. We decide to talk about the temple until we return to the northern detachment, soothing in the tense Merhior.

"Make sure you base your life in the castle on working from three bells to five bells for a while. It's quick and convenient to get around on a nearby rider. Your role is to remember the words of prayer or to serve your magic in the Clerical Office of the Temple, right? Merhior hasn't practiced handling magic yet, so practice so you can join the divine from the Fall Harvest Festival, although you won't be able to attend the prayer ceremony"

"Yes!"

Originally, Merhior was to practice magic supply with his uncle during the Spring Lords' Conference, and in the fall he was to participate in the Harvest Festival, so the task of remembering the words of prayer just changes whether they are done in the castle or in the temple.

"It's much the same thing we've planned to do outside of our magical service, but it's important that Merhior come to the temple."

I teach that there is a difference in the patronage of the gods obtained in the House of Lords due to the number of prayers offered and the amount of magic offered, in order to have the proximity of the seniors send them to the temple with pleasure. It is naturally known in the House of Lords, but we do not know how much the nobles of the Territory know.

"A joint study with Dunkelferger revealed that prayer and the amount of magic you serve make a difference in your protection. Drevanhel seems to have begun his research to gain your protection efficiently, and the next House of Lords will be conducting a study of divinity and yield in collaboration with Flaberturk. The royal family also participated in the service ceremony we held in the House of Lords to interest us in divinity. The Temple and the Divine have become a very prominent matter. I hope Aerenfest, who spearheaded the research, will learn the most about temples and divinity."

"... ho"

The proximity of the senile song attached to the Merhior changed his expression slightly. Apparently there is not much information flowing to the proximity of Merhior, who was caged in the northern detachment in relation to Solemn Qing. It would also be due to the concentration of the proximity currently in the House of Lords in the lower grades so as to be able to serve Merhior, who was admitted to the House of Lords.

To let the side of Melchior know that entering and leaving the temple is by no means negative, I appeal diligently to the interests of the temple. If you find it profitable, you'll be cooperative in your temple work, and your attitude towards the gray priests in the temple won't be terrible. At least it should be easier to pay attention.

"Does Melhior know that Brother Wilfried, who was attending prayer ceremonies and harvest festivals unlike other lord candidates in the realm, granted protection from the twelve pillar gods?

"Yes. I heard it from your mother, who read the House of Lords report at the dinner table. Your father told me that Sister Rosemaine had received a lot more protection. I was told to do my best to get as much protection as my sister Rosemayne did."

... Is that it? Like me?

From what Melchior says, it sounds like the Aubs are also happy that I have gained a lot of protection. Contrary to what I said at the earlier meeting, I felt a little hooked.

"If I also participate in divinity, like my brother and sister, will I gain the protection of the gods?

"I work in the temple, so I get a lot of protection. I intend to study whether I can perform rituals to regain your protection in the Temple of Aerenfest."

Other Lordship Candidate escort knights, who pray for reacquisition but do not know it, looked back at it at the same time as Ba.

"Dear Rosemaine, can you regain the protection of the gods!?

"I hear that only graduates who participated in the joint research can perform the ritual again..."

I seemed to hear stories about some graduates who were able to increase their protection, like Leonore and Lieselator.

"I don't know the results because I haven't experimented once yet, but at first I plan to study them in my adult proximity. Even at the end of the growing season, if you get a lot of protection, it will reduce your magic consumption, so you should be able to do more with the same amount of magic."

Adult neighbors are better off eating about regaining your protection than Merhior, who will learn to compress magic and start growing. They are a generation older than Brother Cornelius, and when Rosemaine-style magic compression spread, it ended its growth phase, so magic compression makes a difference to the younger ones. In addition to magic compression, I guess I was anxious to be able to make a further difference with the discovery of how to obtain protection. I shine my eyes on the ritual of reacquisition.

"It depends on prayer and devotion whether you get your blessing or not. No matter how many times you perform rituals, you will not receive your protection unless you have prayed or given your service, so it may be difficult for others to gain your protection from my side who enter and leave the temple and pray."

"Dear Merhior, please take me to the temple"

"No, no, I..."

It is good that the proximity of Merhior was willing to enter and leave the temple. I can see that Charlotte and Vilfleet's proximity are also making their ears clear with interest. While I moaned with satisfaction at the changes around me, I told the proximity of Melchior to organize a rotation to come to the temple. No matter how much you want to go to the temple, you must also participate in Knights training. Guardian knights should be accompanied in turn.

"How is Master Rosemaine's proximity?

Haltmoot laughed small as he began to get busy on his way home with the voice of a knight asking Brother Cornelius how my proximity was rotating.

"Dear Rosemayne, Unlike me, who lowered Ferdinand's room just like you, you need to be prepared to enter the temple of Lord Merhior. The advantages of entering and leaving the temple are also important, but if you don't tell us about it, Merhior will be in trouble."

"What kind of preparation do we need?

Merhior's side service reacted best. Melchior also turns an interesting gaze. Sure, I didn't think of it either because I had the orphan dean's office conceded as it was, or prepared while I was baptizing in the aristocratic district, but it's hard to get one room ready.

"If you're a blue cleric from an intermediate or lower aristocracy, you can arrange a room so that you can live right away with the lowering of the furniture left in the temple. But just as I had to furnish my lord's adopted daughter from scratch, there's no way the lord's family, Merhior, could use someone's back."

"If we finish the feast of life in the spring, will Master Merhior soon head to the temple as well?

Melchior's side service became a troubled face in my words. By the feast of springtime, there are few days.

"Princess, even if you can't take everything from scratch, you can use furniture that isn't used now, which is managed in the castle. Why don't you have everything you need fixed up right there?

Melchior's side of the service nodded in dismay at Richarda's advice and immediately asks him what he needs. I thought of the furniture in my room.

"It is imperative that you have a kitchen ready and hire a cook, as you will have lunch at the temple. You also need tables, chairs, dishes, etc immediately. I also need a crate to put my costume down or a closet right away. Then a crate or bookcase to keep the paperwork. After that, I think we should get the bathroom and washroom ready so we can get more help. For a while, your study will be done in an orphanage or in the clergy's office, so the executive desk will be fine in pursuit."

The side serving face is serious. Even if it is easy to say by mouth that we will help with the work of the temple, it is not easy to create an environment for it. You have to sort out what Merhior can use from the furniture in the castle.

"Can you have lunch at the temple with my sister Rosemaine?

"You don't taste like eating alone. Let's eat together. However, you will hire your own cook."

Side proximity is a subject to be lowered, so we can't eat it together. I'm honestly glad I can have dinner with Merhior, which makes me eligible for being a clan of lords. However, cooks are in trouble if they don't hire them to deal with them when they have visitors, to clarify how the budget is divided, and to increase God's grace in delivering them to orphanages.

"Negotiate with your adoptive father to have one castle cook, turn to the temple. The assistant may serve a gray witch who is good at cooking, or may be introduced from a dining place I know. Lowering meals to the orphanage is also an important part of the Blue Cleric, so we need a cook who can cook meals even in the absence of the Lord."

I think one can feel safer taking a familiar cook, but I need someone else who can reside in the temple, so I need to hire a temple cook, not a court cook.

"You'll need a ritual costume by the fall harvest festival, and by winter you should have a bedroom ready. It is very difficult to return to the castle during the service ceremony when the blizzard is severe."

It's also hard to keep out the cold to board a nearby riding beast, and the carriage stops moving. Stay is mandatory to attend the service ceremony. At the very least, the consolation is to the extent that it is easier to set up a nearby room if the furniture left behind by the former clergyman or blue cleric is used.

"That's a lot of money."

"Yep. I must also contact my adoptive father so that he can budget for the temple. It would have been nice if we had discussed it at the earlier meeting."

"It's just fine," smiled Haltmoot, thinking you had failed.

"Aub must be consulted again about the further reduction in the number of blue clerics as a result of Solemn Qing. I know that due to my parents' circumstances, there is no choice but to have the Blue Cleric brought back, if possible."

I had heard of the decrease in the number of blue clerics, but I did not think it would be enough to allow them to be entrusted to the operation of the temple. With fewer blue clerics, fewer magic is served, fewer cooks and fewer orphanage meals. However, the amount of work per remaining blue cleric and the number of grey clerics and gray witches being returned to the orphanage increases.

"To be honest, too few people have the magic to support Aerenfest at all. Because I don't think it's a very good idea to rely on Rosemayne's magic when you think about Aerenfest in the future."

Hartmoot groans that relying too much on my magic will be a big deal when I leave the temple chief. Haltmoot, who sees the temple with the consciousness of relaying it until I become an adult, always thinks of the time when I quit my temple chief position.

Even if I retreat and replace the temple chief with Merhior, the magic of the Lords' clan is the magic to support the magic of the foundations. Although it is important to serve the Temple, it is the end of the line when the Lords' clan neglects to provide magic to the underlying magic.

"I expect the nobles to take to the temple for the purpose of reacquiring your protection and give their magic, but I don't know what will happen depending on the results of the research..."

Haltmoot said so, glimpsing the proximity he was willing to take to the temple. If you don't think it works well, you can't really count on those who flip their palms easily.

"... Hey, Haltmoot. How about we treat the kids in the children's room as blue cleric apprentices? If we were to use the money we received from our parents to live in an aristocratic area, not an orphanage, we would be treated as aristocratic children, right?

Haltmut put his hand on his jaw with an orange eye blinking at my suggestion. Hartmoot, who dismissed the previous admission to the orphanage, does not speak out the dismissal, so I go on.

"He's a child of his age who's not in the House of Lords, so there won't be so much magic he can devote, given that he also builds up magic for use in the House of Lords. Still, it's better than not, and I think it's big enough to hide a little from the nobles' harsh gaze."

Haltmoot just got a little serious looking and thought about it. The castle's children's room also operates on Aub's budget and the money they receive from their parents' house. I don't think the amount will change much.

"As Lady Rosemayne said, nobility, and the blue clergy are in the same position as I am, so you will draw a line with the pre-baptism children in the orphanage. Most importantly, I think it would be wonderful if we educated well now that we would be able to get into and out of the temple in a stable manner and have the magic to serve us."

Haltmoot seems to be thinking about making up for the lack of magic, but if he can serve cooks and side services to accompany them, it would also be very helpful as an orphanage, and if he made sure to educate them in an orphanage, the orphanage children would also be able to target and stick around.

"If you're a blue apprentice, I think you can also make a facial connection with Merhior visiting the temple. If you knew, it would be easier for Melchior to shelter them from unreasonable contempt after they enrolled in the next children's room or the House of Lords, right?

I can try my best not to be irrationally discriminated against while I am in the House of Lords, but when I graduate I will have trouble by then.

"If the children in the orphanage could not be baptized as noblemen, I think it would be good in the sense of making a path. And I want to make sure that if possible, the blue cleric can live on without the assistance of her parents"

If we think of ways and jobs that would allow blue clerics to become self-reliant, the path may be paved for dilk and Konrat to live as blue clerics, and more children like Konrat may be deposited in the temple.

As I spoke as I could think of, Haltmut narrowed his orange eyes pleasantly.

"Seems like a lot of things have come to mind, but inconspicuously, how is Master Rosemaine going to convince Mr. and Mrs. Aub that I was told earlier?

"Huh? We pull into the temple, so it's not noticeable in the aristocratic society of Aerenfest today. Accepting the children in the children's room in the temple would surely be acceptable if we suggested in the direction of reducing the work of the adoptive mother by one..."

It should be easy for you to accept depending on how you put it, and when I held my fist, until then Charlotte, who had tended to lean down, looked up. The face looks kind of like it's about to cry now.

"Sister. As I said at the meeting, I don't think we need to do any more work."

I smile small as I thank you for your concern, Charlotte.

"But replenishing the diminished blue clergy, increasing the amount of magic available in the temple, and showing the children of the orphanage their goals and future, is my job as temple chief. Besides, if you could reduce your adoptive mother's work by one, Charlotte, who assists you, would be a little helpful, wouldn't she?

"I'd rather help your sister..."

To Charlotte, who says something cute, "If you're going to help me, take me to the temple. I'm sure there will be more patronage in the House of Lords next year," Charlotte grins a little.

"I intend to pull into the temple with all my might, but I am raising a future Aerenfest nobleman, don't you think, a little bit like the First Lady of the future?

When I said so and laughed, Charlotte leaned down with a sad frown.

"How can your sister laugh like that when she says a heartless word like that? How can you possibly want to reduce your mother's work?

... because I intend to pull into the temple and the library with all my might.

Though I had so decided, Charlotte seemed completely uncomfortable with the content of the meeting, frowning and staring at the vilfried with a difficult face.

"Your brother seemed to be welcoming to your father's opinion, but you don't think anything about lowering Aerenfest's ranking?

It seems I wasn't the only one who was uncomfortable with Wilfried, who was supposed to be hearing the same words but didn't seem to feel anything, saying things that would kick everyone's efforts in the House of Lords.

Charlotte stares back at Charlotte with her kicking, strong eyes. Then Me and Melchior were also bewitched.

"There's no way I wouldn't have guessed! My father and I..."

When he says something and swallows it up, he says, "But there are things that have to take precedence over it," and Vilfleet returns to his room early enough. Charlotte, staring at that back for a while, shook her head with a nasty sigh.

"... I have no idea what your father or brother is hiding, but I, the general thrust of Risegang, am not convinced at all. What can I say to everyone who wants to work hard in the House of Lords?"

The decision to pull him into a temple or a library may have made him somewhat calm. I learned a small hook in the words of Charlotte.

... Is that it? The general thrust of Risegang?

"Isn't it too different from what your father said when you came to the dorm and encouraged all the students and were talking to royalty and dunkelferger in a territorial rivalry? I don't know what to believe in your father."

... Yes, it's completely different.

The discomfort I also felt when talking about obtaining the protection I heard from Melchior returns. My adoptive father's words and behavior are very confusing. Maybe something happened back from the House of Lords in the short time leading up to the meeting.

"Charlotte, it may be too soon to be disappointed"

"Sister?

"Something… seems to be missing important information"

Let's improve our ranking. Get the attitude you deserve for ranking. Let's put Aerenfest together in one piece by releasing dangerous figures in Solemn Qing. Doesn't the adoptive father who said so and the adoptive father at the earlier meeting look like someone else?

Besides, it should have been Wilfried who was most effective in inspiring and putting the students together in the House of Lords. I don't think a smile that was happy to be at the head of everyone and strive to achieve results is a lie.

"The general thrust of Risegang...... I think that's where the key is."

Charlotte's eyes have turned to my words. I don't want to believe that the heartless words that kick our efforts have come out of our own family, and those blue eyes speak eloquently.

"Let's listen carefully in your room. From Risegang."

"Unfortunately, we cannot invite Geebe Risegang to the northern detachment, sister"

"You don't have to invite Geebe Risegang. Isn't there a Risegang nobleman here too"

I look up to Brother Hartmoot and Cornelius, who were present as civil servants at the meetings of the Lords' clan. He was an adult and didn't go to the House of Lords. It shouldn't mean I was packing it in the temple at the service ceremony but haven't been socializing in the winter at all.

"Gather the sides of the Risegang system and listen. I'd like to know what they think of those words that Aub said were more general about Risegang. Are the students of the House of Lords aware of that? Did the adult neighbors know ahead of time?

"Now let's get back to your room," smiled Hartmoot, who received my gaze. I waited, but I'm sure there was some kind of back on Haltmoot's face.

"Risegang is waiting to see what kind of choice Lady Rosemaine will make"