Ascendance of a Bookworm

Several horsemen fly from the castle to the temple. I hear children cheering from my Lesser Bus.

Today is a tour of the temple. I am supposed to show Melchior my room and ask him to choose the side service of the temple. At last, the children in the children's room are also to be accompanied and given a look at the life of the temple, before being asked to choose between living in a castle or a temple.

"Good day. This is the temple. Everyone, please step down."

I stopped the Lesser Bus in front of the main entrance of the temple and looked back at the back seat. Eudit and Leonore line up, behind them Melchior and the escort knight, and further behind, the children in the children's room feel watched by Brother Cornelius and Darmuel. I have confirmed that there is no hostility with the shield of Szczeria before I leave, but still, I did not give in to "have to watch", so I am letting it be.

There are four children in the children's room, two boys and two girls in total. There's one girl whose parents have already been executed, children whose parents, other than her, are pretty heavily sinned and won't be back for a few years. Nicolaus is also included here. It was a light punishment. I hear the parents have already picked you up. Considering the pick-up rate of the children in the orphanage, it seems quite different.

... I knew the children before baptism were light handled.

"Rosemaine, the riding beast on my sister is amazing. I've never seen a riding beast this big. It's cool, so I want to be this riding beast too"

I'm glad you're aligned, and when Melchior and I are talking, Melchior's proximity opens his mouth like it's hard to say with a very troubled face.

"Dear Merhior, that, Grune..."

"Son of Aub, let us be a lion's rider, not a Grune."

Civilians and sidelines who didn't take the Lesser Bus around are cleaning up their riding beasts. In the meantime, everyone comes out of the Lesser Bus. As I looked sideways at the children looking up at the temple, I headed to Haltmut, dressed in blue cleric clothes, and to the side servants of the temple, who were picking me up.

"Haltmoot, thank you for giving me the instructions. Thanks for your help."

Hartmoot laughed with joy as he returned to the temple first to work on Hartmoot, who was preparing us to welcome everyone.

"I'm more than happy to help Master Rosemaine. After discussing the safety aspects of the escort with these people, we were led to the Clerical Office, not the Temple Chief's Office. I'll take care of your guide, so Lady Rosemayne needs to clear the beast and call for a new one."

While I thanked Haltmoot for taking on the guidance, I cleaned up the horseman by confirming that everyone had come down. Then we head to the temple chief's office with Fran, Zahm and Monica, who were picking us up. Darmuel and Leonore accompany us to the temple chief's office as escorts, and the other proximities are helping us guide the Merhioles and take care of the children. Eudit and Philine are good at dealing with the kids because they have a brother.

"I'm back now. Long time no see, but is it any different?

Speak to the Frans and they will return the serene grin they always have. I was horrified by my accustomed facial rash and found my body to lose its strength. In the castle, the muscles on his face, which had been consolidated because of the many laughs he had made, loosen naturally.

"Nothing has changed in the Temple Chief's Office. The orphanage seemed a lot different with so many more children."

Listening to Fran snort, Monica tells me how he's doing in the orphanage with a smile on his face.

"Vilma is now ready to welcome you in the orphanage. With Haltmut's instructions, Nicolas was making treats to welcome you."

"It must have been tough today because it was a tour and neither Hugo nor Ella is back"

"They say it's an easy paru cake for one. This is a paru given by the orphanage children and Gunter. He said it would hurt if you didn't eat fast, so it would be just fine."

He took the trouble to keep it because I look forward to it. I'm looking forward to that. Paru cake would be delighted because Darmuel was looking forward to the winter as well.

"Gill and Fritz have been cleaning up the workshop they were working in the morning and giving instructions to everyone in the orphanage to clean up. By the time you arrive at the orphanage, the gray clerics will be in the orphanage."

"Thank you, Thurm"

I will let Monica change quickly in the temple chief's office. It's been a while since I put my sleeve through the temple chief's costume.

"Monica, can you summon me to the Commercial Guild and the Plantan Chamber of Commerce and the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce in three days? I need to talk to you in a hurry."

"Yes, I did. Looks like you should also ask the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce to fix your costume. Shorter hem than I expected."

That's what Monica said while wearing it. If you look closely, he did have a slightly shorter hem. It fits the length of the tibia, but it is beneath the knee.

... Ooh, wow! I'm getting pretty big!

Until now, there have been few visible changes, so it is touching. Is this still due to the complete unraveling of a chunk of magic in Yurevé? Or would it be an effect with less magic compression? Whatever, I'm glad.

I changed into the temple chief's clothes, and I take Frans to the clergyman's office. A Melchior escort knight stood in front of the door for some reason and let us in.

"Why are the Melchior escort knights guarding outside the door?

"Because I said I would protect you inside."

I'm doing a good job, it's Angelica standing in front of the inner door, as she claims. I'm sure Angelica said she would protect the inside of the door as usual, so the Melchior escort knight would have to stand in front of the door too. Normally it would be better if Angelica stood outside and Merhior's escort knights, confused by unfamiliar places, stood inside, but if you're convinced, let's do it.

"Welcome back, Master Rosemaine. Today's treat is Paru Cake."

I was in the middle of preparing tea in the clergy's office. Where Nicolas and Rotal bring in the Paru cake, the sweet smell is drifting with flutter, and I admire the nostalgic smell. Soothed by Nico and the delightful smile of Nicola, I sat in a chair prepared by the side of Haltmut. Soon Fran and Monica will also begin to brew tea with the side servants of Haltmut.

Unlike the children who turn their anticipation to the sweet-smelling Paru cake that is placed in front of them, Melchior's proximity was still watching the temple's side-services behave. At first I laughed small, remembering that Brunhilde also looked so worthy of this one and the other.

"You're well educated, aren't you? Master Ferdinand was educated both in my service here and in the service of Haltmoot. My proximity to the gray clergy at first turned a skeptical eye to how much I could do."

I loosen my expression slightly when the proximity of Melchior looks up like a hack, "I'm certainly surprised," he said. Apparently, Frans got a passing score for the first time he worked.

Haltmoot also smiles furiously and says, "At first I was surprised, too," looking around at his side of the service.

"Master Ferdinand educates me so well that I was able to help with my affairs without much confusion. In order to remind the clerk of Master Merhior as well, one plans to put the side service of the Clerical Office on Master Merhior. Rotal, please."

"Yes, I did. My name is Rotal."

Rotar, named Haltmoot, moves forward a step. He's the calmest man in the sideline that served Ferdinand. I think it would be perfect to deal with Melchior.

"You will be looking for a non-rotal side service in an orphanage. Choosing an ex-side service that served the Blue Cleric has completed some education."

Listening to Haltmoot's words like any other HR, I say to the children whose eyes are nailed to the sweets, "If you are going to live in the temple too, you will choose your side of the service".

"Isn't side-servicing a watchman in the temple? Are you sure we can make our own choices?

I nodded to Nicolaus blinking my eyes as I was surprised.

"I'll get a report on what kind of life we all have and if we're not sick, but anyone on the end of the day would be upset if they didn't choose for themselves, wouldn't they?

The side service we have together for a long time is hard if the wavelengths don't match. It lives surrounded by flanks, which I know well. I looked up to the word that the kids were only a little interested in being able to choose their own side of the service.

When I first met him in the children's room, everyone tended to lean over, so much so that I was concerned about his lack of energy. I lost my parents and my future as a nobleman. The other kids don't come to themselves when their parents pick them up. Though I had the eyes of such an abandoned child, I am horrified that my face turned up only slightly.

"Master Rosemayne, come in."

"Thank you, Fran. Nice smell.... this is a winter treat you can't eat outside the temple when it comes to paru cake. It's made of Paru, picked for me by the children of the orphanage and the people of Lower Town who are benevolent."

Drink the tea that Fran has brewed me, and I will take a bite of Paru cake before recommending it to everyone. Even so, most of you in this room are near me and Merhior, so I'm waiting to be lowered. I, Haltmut, Merhior, and the children in the children's room are the only ones taking their seats.

... Ugh, it's been a long time since I've had a Paru cake.

I didn't go back to the service ceremony, so it would taste like a one-off. I'll keep it until next year. It tastes like Lower Town to me more than anything else.

... How's your father and mother?

"Sister Rosemaine, this is delicious"

"Isn't that right? It's only sweet to eat in the winter. When it warms up, it hurts quickly, so the side servants kept it in the ice room so I could eat it when I came back."

The other children slowly began to reach out when they saw that the most stately of the guests, Merhior, smiled and took it. Once I had a bite, I graced the rest. Everyone eats gracefully like a nobleman, but eats pretty fast.

"Nicolas, tell everyone nearby to take turns eating today because we don't have time. Darmuel likes Paru cake, so a little more."

As I said that to Nicolas, Haltmut raised his brow lightly.

"Dear Rosemayne, Darmuel and Cornelius ate during the service ceremony, so no special treatment is required"

"You enjoyed it before me. Okay, just like everyone else."

I thought it would be pathetic if you could only eat once, but if you had enjoyed Paru Cake before me, you wouldn't need any special consideration. When I revoked my instructions to Nicolas, Darmuel glanced at Hartmoot with a shocked face.

"Hartmoot, I thought you said that was a reward for cooperating in the service ceremony"

"Don't you think it's still thick to get special treatment from Master Rosemaine, even though he's already been rewarded by me?

Haltmut and Dermuel told their neighbors to leave them alone and take turns eating, and I drink tea slowly. Fran brewed me my favorite tea, Ferdinand, and it smells high.

... When Master Ferdinand was chief cleric, it may not have been that this room was so busy.

"Dear Rosemaine..."

"What is it, Nicolaus?

As if ready to be pissed off, Nicolaus opened his mouth with a tight fist in his lap.

"... Master Rosemayne is also my sister, isn't he?

"Nicolaus is my half-brother, so you will be."

The moment I answered that, "Master Rosemaine" and Brother Cornelius called me in a low voice. But it is true that I am the half-sister of Nicolaus.

"Because I am the adopted daughter of Aub, I am forbidden to treat both my half-brother, Brother Cornelius and Brother Lamprecht, as brothers and sisters in public. So you can't do anything that Nicholas would do to his half-brother. Brother Cornelius will piss you off."

Brother Cornelius and Nicolaus both gave a relieved look to my words.

"You seem to understand a little bit more than anything."

"Are you thinking of me as a half-brother"

He thought it was completely rejected because his mother, Tordelide, and his mother were not very close or could not even properly greet him for the first time.

"I was wondering if you didn't like being talked to, but I was relieved you didn't seem to hate me"

That's what I said and laughed like Nicolaus lit up. I'm a little glad you miss me this way, though my brother is taller than me. As I laughed back, I bumped into Brother Cornelius' sharp gaze.

...... ahhh! "Just because you're younger, don't look sweet," my eyes say.

Even though we confirm before we leave that there is no hostility with the shield of Szczeria, it still seems to be on alert for Brother Cornelius.

"Dear Rosemaine, I plan on doing this later, but I think you should check your room before heading to the orphanage. Because that's probably where I'm most concerned about Mr. Merhior's side service."

To the voice of Hartmoot, I divert my gaze from Brother Cornelius. There are a lot of things you wouldn't know if you didn't actually take a look at the room to get the furniture in. Confirmation of the room would be best for the side servants who have to hurry and prepare the furniture.

"Well, after seeing the room, it's an orphanage."

"Then, Fritak has a purpose to come back to, so keep his side service secure"

"Well done, Haltmoot. It's wonderful."

He succeeded in taking back Fritark in a compromise with his adoptive father. This will make the clerkship a little easier. There are few blue clerics who go around prayer ceremonies, and it's tough.

As soon as I finished eating, I started guiding the room. Walk down the hallway and wander all the way to where the blue cleric's room is lined up.

"This neighborhood is a room for blue clerics. If Nicolaus and the others were to live in the temple, they would be using the rooms around here. The girl's room is upstairs up those stairs. Different floors for men and women are the same as the castles and the dormitories of the House of Lords."

In fact, the temple, like the castles and the dormitories of the House of Lords, is divided into floors used by gender. I moved from the Orphan Dean's Office to the Temple Dean's Office, so this was the first time I had entered the Blue Witch's Room, but I would not speak of that. It's a hundred million robberies going up the stairs for nothing, and I'll guide you without even letting you out every yawn that you've never even been up there.

"Donations from my parents make a difference in the size of the room. Everyone's a kid who hasn't even been in the House of Lords yet, so I think that's enough room around here."

Zahm opened it for me in a room where the furniture left behind by the blue cleric remained intact. In this room, you can have two or three side servings at the orphanage and hire a cook to use them immediately.

A girl who was looking around the room asked, "Can I put in the furniture I was using at home?," he asked. Since the blue clergy was gone, the furniture that hasn't been much taken care of looks a little damaged, since it was already a room quite a few years old. Though I do not care much, I seem to care for the children who have lived as senior and intermediate aristocrats ever since birth.

"If you have someone to carry you in, you can include the furniture you were using at home. … Although Aub's permission is required for the house of the person being taken into Aub by Solemn Qing, I can ask you"

I guess everyone dropped their gaze because they don't know if they can put furniture in for themselves.

"When you start living in the temple as blue, you will wake up in this private room, eat, and then be asked to study in an orphanage. In the lower grades of the House of Lords, there are reference books, so the gray clerics can teach, and my musicians will practice fesh peel."

The children's faces turned up slightly when they were taught that the pre-baptism children gathered in the orphanage were also practicing hard to be baptized as nobles. Children who have not yet been baptized as nobles are, to be honest, in a more precarious position than they are treated as nobles.

"I'll go to the orphanage later. You may have your siblings."

With that said, I went to the room which was to be the room of Melchior.

"We plan to make this one our room in Merhior. It would really be better to vacate the clergy's office, but in order to be a large number of people, you have trouble unless you have a large room. Once the deacon's succession is complete, Merhior will be asked to go to the Temple Chief's Office and use the Cleric Chief's Office in the vicinity where he is likely to hold the position of Clerical Chief. Until then, please stay in this room."

"Yes."

This room was chosen on the grounds that it was large following the temple chief's office, the clergy chief's office, and that the proximity was easy to use for sleeping because there were several empty rooms around. The side servants, convinced by the reason for the room selection, immediately begin to measure the size of the room in detail. Next to adults discussing, for example, the placement of bedrooms and office desks, the children look around uncommonly in rooms that have not been prepared as before.

"Let's go to the orphanage. If you look at the children before baptism, you'll see how they live in the temple. Besides, Merhior must choose to serve the temple."

He wants to think about furniture placement. Ask Zahm to watch the two side servants, and we move to the orphanage.

"Dear Rosemayne, may I choose to serve you too? If you can study, I'd rather live here than in a castle. My brother told me that we all study in the House of Lords, get excellent grades, and get compliments from teachers and new treat recipes. I was looking forward to the House of Lords."

When one girl cut out like that in a nasty way, the other children said they wanted to live in the temple. Nicolaus wants to live in the temple in the same way.

"Hopefully I'll have some time to work out..."

"While I am staying, I will also be able to train with the escort knight..."

The gray clerics don't train to become knight apprentices, so I think it's just hard to put workouts into the daily menu. Brother Cornelius shrugged his shoulder as he thought about how to put in a menu of workouts because he basically wouldn't move his body.

"Nicolaus, I hate Tordelide more for living in the temple. And come back to complain to your mother."

I said that with a face that seemed sincerely unpleasant. In his troubled face, Nicolaus turns his gaze to me like he asks me for help: "It is the same thing that is bothering my mother," he said.

"Brother Cornelius, it's Nicholas who chooses whether to live in a castle or a temple than your father is too busy to take Nicholas. With the shield of Szczeria, the first suspicion would have cleared up, wouldn't it?

That's right, but Brother Cornelius turns that way with a face that doesn't seem funny. I want Nicolaus to respect his will even now, when he says that his surroundings are dangerous even if he has no hostility towards himself, but is unable to come into contact with them.

"I'm not saying anything about sidestepping Nicolaus. Let him choose where he lives. Though it may be difficult for a nobleman for his parents to spend irrelevance, he wishes he could look at him and go out with him, not his parents, even if only for a period of time in the temple"

If you are going to complain about living in the temple, "it would be the sinful princess who made Nicolaus live like that, you just have to shut him up," I said, and Nicolaus loosened his expression as relieved. But Brother Cornelius lays down his temples.

"Your thoughts are splendid, but in the case of Master Rosemaine, about the temple, if you allow contact, it's only for the duration of your stay in the House of Lords, and I don't like it when you seem to flank it for a limited time, like Theodore"

... I can't believe I had those hands.

"Brother Cornelius is smart. I didn't think of that at all."

Shit, Brother Cornelius held his mouth and slapped Brother Cornelius on the shoulder so Leonore could comfort him.