Ascendance of a Bookworm

"I think my adoptive father knows that...? For me, Master Ferdinand is a guardian. I'm assuming you're my guardian, but is there anything else?

Not knowing what I was being questioned, I leaned my neck. Now I have trouble being asked about Ferdinand's relationship with me. What else should I answer?

I loosened my expression to my answer, as my adoptive father and his father, who had refrained as escort knight behind me, had desired the answer.

"This will be the case for them, and for Ferdinand, they will be the protected"

"Yep. Right. What the hell else would you say it is?

When I ask, the adoptive father slowly looks around, including his proximity, after his mouth cage seemed hard to say "hmm".

"By aristocratic standards, they seem to be stepping too far into each other."

"Ha, really?"

I try to snort, but I have no idea. The nobility standard. It seemed to make sense that I had no understanding at all, and my adoptive father and father looked at each other and opened their mouths as if they were hard to say.

"Actually, there are rumors that they are more in love with Ferdinand"

"That's my first ear, and I don't remember you"

"... Huh?

For some reason, my surroundings turned. To be honest, I don't see how you could react like that to the neighbors. I trust Ferdinand the most in the nobility, and I think it's as important as family. I can say, "I like Touri and Lutz as much as I do," but when they say love, I can only deny it while tilting my neck.

"How did they get to say that?

"Ah, that's... it's not so odd to inherit a hall in relation to a guardian and a ward, but it's rarely used without a servant or furniture being replaced. Most importantly, I have heard that you are keeping Ferdinand's room intact and managing valuables, or sending your luggage to Arlensbach to meet your requirements… well, I have to say that you are treading too far"

That's what your father said when he looked terribly bitter. They say it's the role of a woman's family to manage a museum, keep valuables and prepare for her needs, not what others do.

"Huh...? But both Justkus and Brother Eckhardt have left valuables at Aerenfest, and Richarda and her mother are sending them to meet their requirements, right? Master Ferdinand doesn't have a mother to manage and send to, so he's communicating his request to the side that manages the hall to prepare, and that's the problem?

Nothing. I'm not preparing Ferdinand's baggage. It is Rutherfam who is in charge, and I am only Ordnants to preach to Rutherfam. I have no idea why they suddenly start saying that. Two seasons have been about to pass since Ferdinand left, but he hasn't been told that before.

"In the case of Ferdinand, the baggage could not be prepared in time because it was called for urgency, and the season changed before we were to send it, but if we were to go to another territory, those who were going in marriage would take it with them without leaving their baggage"

Speaking of which, I thought you said Clarissa's baggage you received at the boundary gate between Aerenfest and Flavel Turk was loaded with everything you needed. Doesn't matter, costumes are less because they can be tailored to fashion, but underwear that doesn't have anything to do with fashion seems to be a lot to prepare for.

"They say it's not a good idea to leave your stuff at home because they want a divorce."

"Really!? So is Master Ferdinand's marriage okay? I sent the package in the spring, but I only sent the required amount, so I still have it in my room."

Exactly. I didn't say, "I'm also healthy waiting for Razafam to call me when the environment is ready..." but both my adoptive father and father opened their eyes to the declaration that my luggage was still there.

"I might as well manage Ferdinand's luggage...... I can't leave it to anyone else."

"Why not?

"The most problematic thing about managing it better is that Ferdinand headed to Arlensbach, leaving Ferdinand out of his guardianship as a surrounding perception. Time has already passed so much that the season has changed and the perceptions around us have changed. It is better to assume that they are no longer Ferdinand's guardians."

He has no problem until he inherits the hall left behind by his guardian, but he's also had problems with the relationship not changing since then. Our own perceptions had not changed, but our father said he noticed that the perceptions around him had changed.

"You may think it's too sudden for those of us who have been noticed by the advice around us. But their appearance is growing. She has grown a little taller and looks more visible around the age of admission to the House of Lords. Even if we know what's going on, our surrounding eyes are losing sight of young children admiring their parents."

I looked down upon my hands and feet. I woke up from Jurevé and the length of my hem changed without consciousness, and although I was told several times that "it was my year to the House of Lords," the treatment of my surroundings remained almost unchanged. That would be because I have been immersed in Jurevé for two years and my appearance remained around the christening ceremony.

Even now, there's still a difference between Wilfried and Charlotte, and although they only look more like children than they do, their surrounding eyes are changing. Though I was simply pleased with my growth, I did not understand that such a change would come.

"Ahhh, and then some voices say they're too worried about Ferdinand heading to Arlensbach. I was wondering if half of that worry wasn't directed at my fiancé."

"You're not wrong about that voice," I nodded, though it was the word of my adoptive father that seemed hard to say.

"If Ferdinand or Brother Wilfried were to be asked which is more worrying, Ferdinand would be more worried."

And it came to pass, when I answered, that thy father saw me as though he were stuck in words. And the adoptive father holds his head down "Mmm". Did I say something strange?

I stare at my adoptive father, who arms me to think of him as my father holding my forehead. My adoptive father looked at me with an indescribable look.

"... would you do me a favor and worry about my fiancée? I'm standing up to Risegang in a lonely struggle."

"I'm still somewhat worried about this. But there's nothing I can do about my brother Wilfried having a lower priority than Master Ferdinand."

"Why?

When my adoptive father asked me, I looked straight at my adoptive father.

"Although Brother Wilfried was my fiancé for once, Master Ferdinand was a guardian who had replaced me with much of his work, a master who had given me the common sense to live in books, knowledge and aristocratic society, and was the attending physician who was most worried about me."

What has been given so far is different. The time I've been dealing with you is different. I don't see why you compare Vilfleet to Ferdinand. You can't be in the same row.

"You say lonely struggle, but Brother Wilfried has parents who worry about him like this, and Charlotte and Merhior who can ask for help when something happens. As far as temple work is concerned, can I help you? Do you need to worry as much as Master Ferdinand does?

Ferdinand is in Arlensbach with no hidden room, no workshop, and only two trustworthy sides, spending time in a bureaucratic pickle nervously on everything around him. Besides, when you're busy, you neglect your diet, you shred your sleep, and you don't really want to get used to dishes that are poisonous and unfamiliar. He doesn't seem to like being able to crack it down with others because he's vigilant around him, and his fiancée is a Dietrinde who looks just like Veronica. I'm only worried.

"If Brother Wilfried is in a state where he renounces sleeping like Master Ferdinand and does most of Aerenfest's work while taking recovery pills, and he doesn't ask if he wants to rest, I worry just like Master Ferdinand. But Brother Wilfried is having a normal time, isn't he?

My adoptive father, as well as his proximity, ceased to speak in my words. "Are their worries prioritized by such criteria..." murmurs his father as he grips between his eyebrows.

"... is something wrong, Father?

"No, normally a relationship with yourself, or intimacy, that sort of thing would change priorities? Aren't you old enough to be more intimate with your fiancée than your parents?"

"I mean, when your father was getting intimate with your mother?

"Oh, no, no. Forget it."

I coughed up and turned that way, but apparently it was about my age that your father and mother became intimate. To be honest, I have trouble being asked to do the same. It's probably because I have memories of the Reino era that I lived until near college graduation. Wilfried looks younger even in the position of brother. You don't look like a paedophile because you don't feel the same age.

... I'd like it to be at least Reino's sharing year.

"Still, considering your relationship with Risegang and all that, isn't that what makes Vilfleet worried?

"So it's not like you're worried at all. I tried to share information near Brother Wilfried's side, and I made amulets. But we were refused information sharing, and there was no response from Brother Wilfried regarding the amulet."

Ordnants never flew in that they received it, nor did they report that they were happy through the vicinity. I don't know if he was happy or an unnecessary extra favor, so I don't feel like making the next one, and I don't even remember Wilfried less these days in my busy routine because I don't have any contact.

"That's bad for Wilfried, too."

"And then, yeah. I also thought of advising you that you wouldn't have to hurry if you had gotten it by the time you were Aub, such as the support of Risegang. But they said terrible things at the prayer ceremony, and Brother Wilfried stroked my nerves, and they stopped me."

When I said that as I looked at the neighbors, my adoptive father and father all sighed.

"It will also stop the proximity"

"Hmm. That decision is not wrong..."

Apparently, the verdicts of the proximity aren't wrong in themselves. Somehow I don't want everyone to know more about Wilfried. I feel the air that it is better to stay away, but is that really the right thing to do? I pass on the vague information I have obtained from my brothers Cornelius and ask my adoptive father.

"My adoptive father, Brother Wilfried, what is your state now? Should I stay away from Brother Wilfried, as my neighbors say?

My adoptive father had been thinking about it for a while. Both your father and his adoptive father have a difficult face.

"... now, yeah. There is a reality in Vilfleet that you don't have to swallow, no matter how unpleasant you are. At the same time, Rosemaine has a reality that needs to be swallowed. We'd better stay away from each other until we can both look at our current situation."

"The reality that I must swallow, is it?

Tilting his neck, his adoptive father stared at me with his deep green eyes.

"Ferdinand is no longer the guardian of the other side, but of the other realm. Aub Ahrensbach died and began dyeing the foundations with the support of Deatrinde, no longer the support of his side. Her fiancé is Vilfleet. I'm not saying it's a bad thing to worry about Ferdinand. I'm worried too. But the time has come to worry and bake care, so that it should not be frizzy and sweet. They have to be able to support each other with Vilfleet, who is going to live with them."

That was, as my adoptive father first said, a reality that I didn't want to swallow, but had to swallow. I wanted to be in a relationship where distance didn't change. If anything happened, I didn't want to write a letter of stupidity, sneak up on what I wanted to know, or break up a relationship that could be sweetened by Ferdinand.

"Rosemaine, would it have been comfortable for a period of time that was protected from overprotection from Ferdinand? Would it have been easier to walk because he had always shown me where to go? Have you ever stopped meshing with your surroundings as soon as you were gone, or changed your reaction around you even if you were going to do the same thing?

"Yes.... where I think Master Ferdinand would stop it, I have been confused that no one would stop it"

My adoptive father loosened his expression in my words.

"Same goes for me. With that one gone, I was so stuck with how I didn't think about it. Ferdinand, who made his way to Arlensbach in the marriage of a royal decree, will never return to Aerenfest. It's an unmaskable reality."

As a result of Solemn Qing, I know from asking Clarissa that her adoptive father is in a difficult state. "Aub Aerenfest seems like the outlook was too sweet," Clarissa said, "but there should have been Ferdinand when it was supposed to be Solemn Qing. Ferdinand, who had the secret of silencing Risegang, was supposed to finish until some late end before heading to Arlensbach.

The distortions that are happening with the absence of Ferdinand, who was adjusting things for me, have to be fixed on their own. That's a big challenge for me and my adoptive father, who relied on Ferdinand.

"Rosemaine, Wilfried is a chain that is more necessary to stay in Aerenfest. We have to face each other more. It's important that you stay close to your fiancée, Wilfried, to prevent interference from happening."

I nodded slowly, being told that I had to digest myself, even if it was difficult to swallow reality immediately.

"... but what can I do to get in closer contact with Brother Wilfried?

"In the meantime, it's good to shake at first. Start where you worry more about Wilfried than Ferdinand. I'm making Wilfried think that Ferdinand is more important than me, my fiancée, because of the improvement in the status quo."

I respond to the challenge from my adoptive father in a small way: "… yes". What can I do to pretend to worry? Should I skip the Ordnants so that I can finish my job when it's time to eat, pull them out of the hidden room, and check my sleep on the side serve?

... I'm going to want to say "try harder" if they reply "I'm not working at this hour or something" in Ordnants.

"So, what's their consultation?

I am questioned by my adoptive father to talk about the children in the orphanage. I would like to prepare magic equipment and restorative medicine for children who have lost their motivation due to lack of magic equipment, please. My adoptive father looked at me a little and said, "I don't need it."

"It is said that just saving the lives of children who have not even completed the Baptist ceremony of the old Veronicans and protecting them in orphanages is an excessive consideration. As much as I would give to an orphanage child, I would be determined to give to my faction child"

He says the same thing to my adoptive father as he said to me from Haltmoot, and I say it back the same way.

"I want to save an orphanage child in my jurisdiction. I think if we decide to save a child who goes into an orphanage, there will be a little fewer children without magic equipment who are brought to the orphanage and die where they don't know."

"I don't have the money I need to be a nobleman. I can't see through taking care of a child or anything. The cost to the children in the orphanage and children's room was better said that parents should use the money they were saving, and I admitted it. But the portion of a child who does not have magic equipment would not have been saved by his parents. Who gives you money to give that kid magic equipment?

The children whose parents were saving for education are given what they need as noblemen. You're right that parents have to be saving. But then you can't give magic equipment to a child without magic equipment.

"Uh, I think I can keep it as a loan and get it back to me when I get to work in the future..."

My adoptive father gave me the example of lending money to former Veronican students who had lost their parents until they graduated from the House of Lords.

"There would be a huge difference between working as an apprentice and borrowing a few years' worth of money while earning a dime in the House of Lords and carrying huge debts before being baptized as a nobleman. You must be from an orphanage and have no parents or relatives. How do you live as a nobleman with huge debts when it costs you even more to live as a nobleman?

"Er..."

My adoptive father clearly declared to me in the mouthcage, "I am not willing to give new to a child who does not possess magic equipment".

"I don't mind saving a child's life. If you have magic and can sustain your life as a blue cleric with the same subsidies and your own earnings as before, it would be good to live as a blue cleric in the temple. But I don't see any need to make an orphan noble without magic equipment."

"But..."

"Rosemaine, the belongings of the old Veronicans that were originally received are mine and are supposed to be distributed in various ways to the aristocrats on my side. The magic equipment that the children in the orphanage now have, if they were disposed of, would have been distributed to the nobles of the same faction. Don't want any more. I have already done more than enough for them."

I couldn't immediately come up with an objection when I was told by my uncle that when I started something new, I would think of various influences. It's not easy to save, even if you want to. I don't know where or what the impact is.

... I'd like to save everyone in the orphanage somehow, but I don't know how to get it right.

"Think about what you have to do before you think about starting something extra. Are you ready to perform a star knot ritual at the Lords' Conference?

"We have decided who will escort us as blue clerics and witches, and we have decided who will go to the library"

"Fine, then. The day before, as we were back in the castle."

Talking about the Lords' Conference, my uncle came back after the ritual. Big shoulders are falling off and you look mindless or soggy.

"Dear uncle, how was it?

When I asked, my uncle answered with regret, staring at his adoptive father, "… 17 blessings have been granted". Apparently, I regret being less than my adoptive father.

"When I started praying, it was the same period for me and my uncle, but I serve quite a bit of magic when dyeing the foundation as an Aub. There will be some difference. From what gods have you gained more protection than that?

My adoptive father, who obtained protection from an unusual family member, stares at my uncle with excitement. My uncle shrugged, "Mmm," as he held his hand or opened it.

"I've become an all attribute, too. I gave you protection from most of the family members of the battle system. We need to train, find out and see how strong we can be..."

"So, master. Let's make it quick!

Angelica let her face shine all the time and at the same time raised her voice like the scream of Brother Cornelius.

"What are you going to do with being stronger than that in that year, uncle!?