Ascendance of a Bookworm

When I asked Richarda to send my adoptive father a request to see me, I exchanged information with Charlotte, who was supposed to be listening to the neighbors in his room about the general nature of Risegang. For the large number of Risegang aristocrats near my side, there seemed to be a small number of Risegang aristocrats near Charlotte's side, and there did not seem to be much information on the general thrust of Risegang.

However, there was a wealth of information from the nearby blood clan brought by her adoptive mother from Flavel Turk, and she came in with information that "Vilfleet's life is being targeted by radical nobility". He said that it would be easier to put me in the next Aub without Vilfreet.

When I give the information that my adoptive father or Wilfried is doing a secret assignment from Risegang, Charlotte asks, "Is there any chance that Risegang is fooling me?" and he looked terribly worried.

... there's enough information that they're after your life, and it's obviously frigid, isn't it?

"Maybe there are conditions and pressures that make it impossible to say no. So I don't think it's everyone's intention to speak at a meeting."

"You feel itchy not to let us know what's going on."

They're feeling like they're out of company. Charlotte says, "Is it because you don't rely?," he murmurs.

"Charlotte is very reliable. Besides, isn't it because you're desperately trying to protect us in this precarious situation that information is hidden?

"Sister?

"Without me, who can be the flag that Risegang tries to take up, there's no need to be Risegang's sayings and downrank. I think I am now protected by my adoptive father."

So much so that information comes from the adoptive mothers' proximity that Wilfried is dangerous. My adoptive father must know. It's the quickest way to kill me, a former civilian, but it's taking on the Risegang challenge without doing it.

"So I'm going to do everything in my power to support my adoptive father. Charlotte, please help us."

I talked about my plans to create a new faction of my adoptive father and brother Wilfried, focusing on a young man who was motivated by Charlotte.

"I'm just suggesting, don't you think if I can take it in well, I can consolidate my adoptive father's feet?

"Though I think generational change is effective... it will take some time for the younger generations that have come together to move as a faction of your father, and I don't think it's enough to contain Risegang"

Charlotte makes the decision with a sober face: "It's a good measure to improve the current chaotic situation, but it's still weak".

"Besides, it's not just those of you who are old enough to be confused or remember rebellion by sudden changes. Wasn't there a backlash in your sister's suggestion that even in the dormitories of the House of Lords, we would treat ourselves the same as the children of the old Veronicas, or that senior nobles would make their own money?"

My words that if you want to know how to compress magic, you should have a hard time making your own money, although accepted by intermediate and lower nobles, seemed to have led to a rebellion of senior nobles who had never made money before, and Charlotte heard the story from his side.

"While the rebellion has been reduced with senior nobles near your sister taking the initiative to set an example, we need an example to cope with sudden changes, and I think it's important to reach out as much as possible to those who are confused"

Inspired by Charlotte's unique perspective of being good at adjusting opinions, I asked her what she thought could be done to make this change acceptable to everyone.

"Maybe it's best if your father marries the Second Lady from Risegang."

"Why not?

"Is that how Risegang has stabilized power so far? So if we welcome to the Second Lady a woman among the Risegang aristocrats who is flexible enough to cope with change, it will be possible to buy time by reassuring Risegang that she is the same as before, while moving forward with more and more generations. Wouldn't that be the most serene clump?"

Charlotte said so, dropping her gaze a little.

"Although the easiest means are no longer available because your mother has a baby"

My adoptive father can't marry a second wife for about a year after I'm about to give birth, given the magical effects on my baby, etc. Even though we need a second lady to improve the present situation, it is too late in two years to marry her.

"Unlike your sister, I can't think flexibly, tied to the common sense of the nobility I've been taught, so I can only come up with a conventional way to turn Aerenfest around today"

Charlotte looks up when she smiles at herself and says so. And I smiled at Nicole.

"I will work with you so your father and brother can get a new faction of their own."

I also talked to Melchior's side, but I only had information that I already knew. I seem to have the most information on the Risegang system. The primary interest for Melchior's side seems to be in the temple, where he is asked a lot of questions and told that he will meet with Aub to talk through the budget and the permission to use the furniture.

I barely talked to the vicinity of Wilfried. It was not an exchange of information, it was a stiff "Dear Wilfried is working hard on your own right now, so please don't cooperate with me as your fiancée". In the meantime, I told him that I would be his adoptive father with a proposal to build a faction as his fiancée, and I said, "Good luck with my adoptive father and I, because I cage in the temple".

And the next day Matthias and the others left with the Knights to check out Geebe's Summer Hall. If you want to come back by the spring feast, you really don't have a day.

Your father did not accompany you to escort your adoptive father, but, as he promised me, when he went to see you off, he said, "They are the side that gave their name to the Lords' clan. Be careful with your rough imitations," he pressed in case.

In haste, despite being told to be caged in the northern detachment, the day of the meeting with my adoptive father comes. The inability of me to leave the north, the decreasing number of knights, led my adoptive father to take me to this side of the border.

"Bonifatius wants to be present, too, okay?

I intended to have a secret discussion with my adoptive father, but my uncle was to come with me. Perhaps Risegang's surveillance is still ongoing?

... Your uncle is also a lord clan, so it's best to have one of our people join us.

Nothing. There's no need to be hostile to your uncle at all. My uncle seems to have taken Risegang's suggestion, but it must not have been a faction that was coming from the fear of saving me from the temple and making me the next Aub.

"For the lack of Ferdinand, we have to do our errands. I'll be there to discuss it with Rosemaine."

Wouldn't there be something to hide? When asked, I laughed and nodded, recommending a seat to my adoptive father and uncle.

"It's hard for your uncle to help your adoptive father in his place, Ferdinand. Of course you may be present. My uncle won't be bothered to talk to me, and I will use anti-bugging magic equipment when I talk to people who don't want to hear from me."

I see my adoptive father and uncle sitting in front of me. Your father stands behind your adoptive father as usual. It feels weird that Ferdinand isn't here and my uncle is replacing him.

... My uncle is more muscular and shoulder-width than Master Ferdinand, so he feels pressure. Somehow the chair looks tight.

After I took a bite of tea and sweets to see the poison, when I recommended them, my uncle began eating sweets, happily saying, "Hasn't it been about a year since I had tea like this with Rosemaine?" Reminds me that during my leave of absence from the Lords' Conference, I was helping with my errands and enjoying a break tea with them. The Tea Party is easier for me than walking hand in hand, because there is no physical danger.

"This year's Lords' Conference has royal help, so you can't spend it like you did last year.... If my uncle came to the temple, we could have tea together."

If you would come to the temple, you could have tea with me, and when I invited you, my uncle muttered, "... is it the temple" and made a difficult face. They have so much repellence in the temple.

"In addition to my side, my side of Melchior will come and go frequently. Maybe it's not the same old temple your uncle knew, so I'm not saying it's impossible, but give it a try. You're welcome with delicious treats and I'm sure Angelica will be delighted."

My uncle said, "Let's think about it," although it remains a difficult face. I think it would be nice to be able to reform consciousness and step aside one by one.

"My adoptive father, it's about entering the temple of Merhior first..."

I begin to speak best of the reasons for my request for a visit. I asked Merhior to explain the preparations he needed as he entered the temple so that he could put a budget on it.

"Permission to use furniture in the castle is required for furniture that will need to be rushed so that Merhior does not have trouble getting in and out of the temple. Then get one cook out of the castle. The assistant may serve the gray witch, or take on the cooking education of an Italian restaurant"

"... you educate cooks in Merhior's kitchen?

Naturally, he used an educated cook, and his uncle rounded his blue eyes when he didn't seem to have the concept of educating from scratch. However, my adoptive father nods gently and accepts, "So does Rosemaine's kitchen" with his natural face.

"Italian restaurants are a place for merchants visiting from other territories once. So if you're going to open an Italian restaurant even in Grechel after Entovickern, cook education won't make it unless you do it now"

Of course I'm going to take on cooking education in my kitchen. Ella said it was time to have kids, so she thinks it's just right to give them a rest.

"Then Charlotte told me that the children in the children's room seemed to have been left in the middle of the winter."

"That's not true. I was given a decent meal, I had a side service with a children's room, and if my parents came, I would have been able to see them."

The adoptive father immediately disputed, but I shook my head.

"I heard that with teachers heading north away where Merhior is, the children's room was largely abandoned, unlike usual years. I am very anxious to be educated even as I am after this, than I have no parents to hire tutors for each and every one of them."

Next to his uncle, who is making his eyes black and white, his adoptive father gently urges him ahead, "So."

"We want to keep them in the temple as blue clergy apprentices and blue witch apprentices"

"What?

"I wanted to move them to the temple to replenish their magic, to educate them, and to be able to protect them at all from the malice of the unspoken nobles. Of course, we'll get the cost out of their parents."

It's not free to take it as a blue cleric, but it shouldn't be a completely bad way for them either.

"Rosemayne, why do you break your heart so much to the sinners' children?

My uncle asks in the face of incomprehension.

"Uncle, they have not sinned themselves. I think it's strange to punish even the innocent. And Aerenfest just lacks nobility. You wouldn't have to bother crushing valuable people, would you? I need you to save, raise, and work for Aerenfest."

When it was easy to crush but hard to raise, my uncle turned out to be an indescribable strange face.

"Are you going to?

"Yeah, it's my intention as a clan of lords. Whatever your surroundings say, I, nothing. I'm not a Virgin or anything, so I don't think I can save you free and unlimited. I appealed for the abolition of the syndicate because I thought it would be in Aerenfest's interest, and to educate the children."

"Accepting the Blue Cleric Apprentices will reduce your adoptive mother's work by one, so a little Charlotte will also help. Can't you?

"I don't mind... what Risegang says"

My adoptive father saw my uncle with an extremely nasty face. My uncle seems to be the focal point for Risegang to my adoptive father. I don't know what you need to know, even though Risegang won't take it and take care of everyone.

"They're pinpointing various impossible challenges to gain Risegang's support and cooperation. Thank you for taking on all the trouble that happens because of me."

"Rosemaine, why did you do that?!?

My uncle overreacted more than my adoptive father. After seeing my adoptive father, I turn my gaze to your father. Even considering that your father waved like he was "different," he probably totally refused to contact me and my adoptive father, and he was also eyeing the trends of your father and mother.

"Until now and at that meeting, my adoptive father's words and actions were chipped, so I knew something had happened if I calmed down and thought about it a little bit. So we gathered information from the side of the Risegang system. I don't know the details, but both my adoptive father and my brother Wilfried are given some assignment, right?

My adoptive father said to me, "What?" and changed his complexion. He turned into a rugged face and stared at his uncle.

"If I had accepted the terms, it would have been a promise not to get my hands on the kids, Bonifatius!

"... something I don't know either"

My uncle also looked bitter. Apparently, we're in a situation where we don't have enough information, either over there or here.

"Looks like Risegang had a plan to crack into the Lords clan, so it must be part of it. Charlotte was worried that Brother Wilfried could really be a challenge to become the next Aub, but that it was also possible that Risegang was just using me to stand up for the next Aub."

"What do you mean?"

My adopted father's face turned bright blue. My uncle doesn't look well either. They say there's a difference between what we have on Risegang and what we have.

"Rosemaine, have you not told Vilfleet the dangers of the challenge?

"Perhaps among the challenges is having me behave as First Lady. I was only told to cooperate as a fiancée. I'm probably a potential enemy under Risegang's patronage."

I don't know what else to do, but my uncle said, "I didn't expect you to treat Rosemaine like an enemy while you're my fiancée!" and began to get angry. Seeing how it goes, I raise my eyebrows a little.

"Oh? But even for my uncle, who Risegang tells me to keep an eye on my adoptive father and my trends, we're like enemies, aren't we? Your uncle has looked scared ever since he returned from the House of Lords."

"Oh, that's not true! Are you scared? You're not scared, are you?

Hold your face down like your uncle panicked. When I saw how it was, my adoptive father laughed out as if the tension had resolved. The atmosphere loosened at once, and I too was followed and laughed.

"I'm not afraid anymore. My uncle was just worried about me, wasn't he?

"Naturally."

"Then don't look too scared because my adoptive father isn't bullying me either"

"Ugh, um"

After smiling at my uncle, who nodded with a divine face, I shifted my gaze to my adoptive father.

"I just heard it from Haltmoot, too, so I don't know if it's true. I was just told that it would be better not to do anything that was obnoxious at the meeting, and I thought it would be an extra favor..."

"It's not extra. Helpful. Now that Ferdinand's gone, there's an overwhelming lack of information."

My adoptive father shook his head as he tightened his smiling face. Until now, Ferdinand had scrutinized and delivered information on Justkus, and he had given some instructions to stand around. He's gone, and he seems to be in serious trouble.

"That's all Haltmoot ever got."

"Because I was a mentor to Justkus at the temple. We don't yet have the information to cover everything like Justkus, but we can accommodate the information on Risegang."

As I spoke to my adoptive father, he looked at me with seriousness.

"Rosemayne, how can you trust Zilvester so much? You don't think there's any chance that Zilvester might be fooling you?

"If you are truly terrible, you will kill me to avoid taking care of Risegang. Besides, my adoptive father is roaring with challenges to gain the support of Risegang, even though I will become a senior aristocrat and will never be seen as the next Aub."

Now that I'm out of the Lords clan without Ferdinand, there's an overwhelming lack of magic, so I don't think it's easy to kill or dissolve an adoption, but it's not like there's no way to get me off the Lords candidate.

"My adoptive father runs away for a variety of reasons, complains about how troublesome it seems, and although there are some detours that make my adoptive mother pregnant in difficult times, as Charlotte pointed out, I think they are properly protected where it matters. So we'll work together."

"... rosemaine"

"Rather, isn't Risegang more troubled to scatter discord over Aerenfest while saying my back shield"

With that said, I brought up the point of the day. It is a generational replacement proposal to kick the totality of Risegang.

"Naturally there are those who hate rapid change, but it is also Zent's instructions that Aerenfest acquire the words and deeds it deserves as a superior territory"

It's the same fate, isn't it? Speaking of which, my adoptive father chuckled and nodded, "Well, yeah," and urged me ahead.

"So how about a division of roles within the territory?

"You think it's a role sharing?

"Yes, my uncle. There is not so much change in Geebe's work governing the countryside, etc. So we leave the work of this solemn and vacant Geebe to the conservative. Geebe Gerlach and Geebe Viltre were the ones who confused Aerenfest by devoting their names to Master Georgine, but had no problems with the arm of governance. The harvest should have been good."

I am returning from the harvest festival and reporting to Aub that I also know about the harvests everywhere. They had no problems running their territory.

"So we ask the newly dispatched Geebe to follow their way exactly as they did. Make every effort to be able to work in the environment as it is so as not to confuse the peasants and those who work below. I think it's best if you go to someone who knows very well that you can't handle rapid change."

My adoptive father laughed to amuse my suggestion.

"I see. But failure in a new job is an accessory. Also, it would be tough if I wasn't fit for Geebe's job, so I'll see how it goes for about three years as the exam period leading up to becoming a formal Geebe. If the other Lords' candidates have heard from the peasants and the working people on their way to prayer ceremonies and harvest festivals and have been successfully ruled, they will be appointed as official geebes in three years' time."

If you make a period of appearance, your adoptive father whines that you will desperately work to be officially hired, and you will not impersonate those on the land.

"And make sure that those who are uplifted, those who can flexibly incorporate change, are placed in the castle's hierarchy, regardless of faction"

"Regardless of the faction!?

It is my uncle who is most surprised by my proposal. I didn't mean to be so weird, but I feel a difference in thinking from a normal nobleman has emerged. Perhaps Ferdinand and his adoptive father have changed if he was convinced to ask why.

"Do you solemnly think that the sinners have already been punished or turned away? Even though we are no longer equal to the old Veronicans and so on, we cannot afford not to let the competent and motivated do their job. Aerenfest doesn't have the extra talent."

In addition to the draft discussed so much with the neighbors in their own room, I will also explain what Charlotte pointed out.

"It's a good measure to improve the current chaotic situation, but it's still weak, huh? Charlotte's watching very closely."

"Yep. Others also said that welcoming the Second Lady from Risegang would be the most convenient and successful way to come together. There is something overlapping in Dunkelferger's words that you said you would entrust the First Lady with socializing with other territories and the Second Lady with putting together aristocracy in the territory."

My adoptive father's face sank a little in my words.

"Can you forgive me for speaking, Aub Aerenfest?

Brunhilde advanced a step forward from among the flanks who had quietly refrained. I had candy eyes that I decided to have in my nervous face. I stare at Brunhilde, who seems ready, and my adoptive father gives me permission to "forgive" him.

"I'm afraid so."

Brunhilde slowly walks to the front of his adoptive father. And he knelt, crossing his arms.

"My name is Brunhilde, daughter of Geebe Grechel. I just finished fifth grade in the House of Lords."

"You've taken the brilliant."

"It's a compliment and an honor," Brunhilde nodded when his adoptive father hammered him as he watched the territorial rivalry and the awards ceremony. And stare straight at my adoptive father.

"Would you put me in the position of Second Lady of Aub?