Ascendance of a Bookworm

"It was really hard for us not to see them when we realized they weren't there and we didn't know anything about them."

The adoptive fathers, who had received no contact whatsoever, turned bright blue in questioning attacks from the nobles of the other territories sitting around. "It's a royal request, please ask the royal family for details," he said, and it looks like we're all back in the dorm together.

And at the same time as my adoptive fathers returned to the dorm, I was summoned to be surrounded by everyone who came for the Lords' Conference right now in the multi-purpose hall. When you are surrounded because you are only an adult, it is very intimidating. Compared to students who are getting used to royalty-related calls and unusual things happening, I think the adults are extra intimidating because they are completely unfamiliar and have a strong face.

"If it's true, we'll explore each other for an afternoon meeting on that occasion, or schedule a tea party or a meeting, but it was very unlikely. Request an explanation"

My adoptive father shook his head when this lunch ended and the afternoon meeting began.

"They say that that ritual is the ritual of the old ways that were found in the old literature found in the central temple. The head of the temple in the central temple seemed unable to reproduce it without enough magic, and he offered me to reproduce it."

Explain also the angry response received so far, and emphasize that you have taken confirmation with Anastasius. It was Anastasius who made the decision, though I did not mind leaving the ritual to the head of the temple of the central temple.

"Prince Anastasius accepted the request of the Central Temple in this case and asked me, so I ask Prince Anastasius for any further dissatisfaction or questions. There were only ritual procedures in the literature, so I didn't know what ritual it would be until I did it."

"You didn't know that!?

My adoptive father and adoptive mother both looked surprised, but I nodded cocklessly.

"That was the royal request. So I will ask the royal family for more information about questions from other realms in the afternoon as well, I think you should answer that. Because it's a reproduction of an old ritual at the request of the royal family and the central temple."

There is no need for Aerenfest to work hard, either royally or as a central temple, because he can't give a big answer anyway. All you have to do is leave it up to the people you've asked for.

"In essence, it's the same ritual Dunkelferger set up the pillar of light in the territorial rivalry. It became so because it is an old-fashioned ritual, which performs magical devotion to the gods. That's all we're talking about."

I guess he remembered Dunkelferger's ritual, which took place like a demonstration in a territorial rivalry. My adoptive father gave me a slightly convincing look.

"... I am more concerned about the central temple that said I would rather get a true Zent by reviving the old ritual"

It was Haltmoot who came one step forward in my words.

"Be very careful with the central temple. Central Temple cleric Immanuel is not a man who listens to his surroundings. You will act without choosing the means to do what you want. You better think noble common sense doesn't work."

Haltmoot, who had been vigilant all along during the ceremony, said so with serious eyes. By holding the detour, we're even more alert.

"Immanuel is after Master Rosemaine, who has the magic to revive the old rituals that remain in the temple. It may be necessary to obtain a legitimate zent, but it is the work of royalty and central temples, not the work of the Lord's Candidate of Aerenfest"

If there is a time when we can afford it yet, it is not yet Aerenfest's job for Ferdinand to head to Aerensbach, where the aftermath of Solemn Qing is not over and there is no magic or manpower at all.

"If there is a pre-construction that can convince other territories, it can also deprive the central temple and royalty of Master Rosemaine. Consider Rosemaine's safety a top priority and refuse to help in the library."

Haltmoot offers that to his adoptive father. The adults around me said, "Can you turn down the royal offer!?" "Such disrespect..." my adoptive father thought for a while with his eyes closed.

"I know it's scary to turn down the royal help from here, but if I have to, I will bring up and protest that they took Ferdinand"

"I'm afraid so."

"It was wonderful, Master Rosemaine!

Lunch began with Clarissa's intoxicating story. Clarissa, who was in the auditorium as part of Aerenfest, said she was really thrilled to see the star knot ritual.

"It is also elegant and elegant to walk loosely around the surrounding area surrounded by blue, and only one of you is put together in a white costume, so nature and gaze are concentrated there..."

"Clarissa, calm down. With the blue around you, you could barely see Master Rosemaine when you entered."

That's what Otilier said to calm Clarissa down, but Clarissa won't stop.

"What are you talking about!? Didn't Master Otilier see Rosemaine's divine appearance and merciful expression?... Surprised."

... I'm surprised at Clarissa watching with her own mind's eyes to the look on her face.

"Haltmoot took Rosemayne's hand, and I felt comfortable with Eyfaznite messing up her hair and spreading her cape wide. Although, of course, that was until a loving, high and clear voice spoke to the supreme god, which I can only assume is bestowing the love of Cuntzier."

... Clarissa, I'm sorry. I know it sounds complimented, but I don't understand it very well. Is it important that Eyfaznite messes with your hair? Or did the Eifaznite cloak make sense to you?

If it is written as a sentence, it can be understood by ascertaining the forward and backward flow and the meaning one by one, but - when it is spoken with much more momentum, it cannot be understood by Da. And when I get pinched the expression of another god while I'm thinking, I'm even more confused.

... Otilier, help me.

I turned my gaze to Otilier, but Otilier seemed to have completely given up on calming Clarissa and restarting her meal. Haltmut, his fiancée, while hammering him, seems unwilling to stop Clarissa by talking about the scene he was watching from the altar. Rather, it is accelerating Clarissa's excitement.

"Oh, I know very well. It also seemed to me as if the Supreme God would return the answer to Lord Rosemaine's call as if it were an incarnation of Mestionora. Don't you think the cloak of darkness flickers up and the divinity when the night sky emerges is hard to exhaust to the brush tongue and beautiful enough to haunt Glamoratua"

"I wholeheartedly agree. of the Goddess of Light in a night sky with stars that remind me of the deep nostalgia of the Dark God..."

... I have no idea. It's two more worlds, so let it go.

As you can see from the excitement of just the two of us, they are really fitting fiancées to each other. Leaving aside Clarissa and Haltmut's narrative, I turned my gaze to the riserator who seemed to have come to the auditorium to see the ritual.

"You must have been watching the reseller, too, right? When you perform a ritual in the House of Lords, don't you think it's as flashy as ever?

Asking Rezelator, who was acting with him as a student in the House of Lords, for his consent, Rezelator smiled with a troubled face.

"... Dear Rosemaine, the expression flashy is a little... At the very least, I would like you to use expressions that are fantastic or mysterious. It was really beautiful."

"It's understandable that it's mysterious. Something that really felt like there was a supreme God."

Describing how I felt when I was praying, I was looking at me as Clarissa, who sparkled her blue eyes, was thrilled.

"That's Lady Rosemaine! You can talk to the gods."

"I didn't say that.... and then, Clarissa. Ritual thoughts should be with Haltmoot later. Now taste and eat the food. You're not sure what it's like to cook because you're so excited to talk, are you?

Today's lunch is sumptuous because it combines the sight of the start of the Lords' Conference with the tasting of the meal. Clarissa's chatter is starting to sound like noise from something smiling, and I beg her to "shut up for a second".

"It's okay. Whatever food you have while talking about Rosemaine will taste delicious."

"So let's just change the menu for one person?

"I'm sorry. I'll eat in silence."

I could see everyone around me exhaling in a ho about Clarissa stopping chatting. I was very curious to see how the hell Clarissa was handled in Dunkelferger.

In the afternoon meeting, questions from other realms seemed to succeed in recieving them in three ways: "The royal family asked me to reproduce the old ritual," "It's the same as Dunkelferger set up the pillar of light in the territorial rivalry," and "I ask the royal family for further details". They have more applications for meeting meals than in previous years, but they'll figure that out.

"Okay, Haltmoot, Clarissa. Do your job well as a civilian."

"Yes, sir."

I dropped off the adults going out to match the three bells, and for a while I was reading in my room. We have to anticipate enough time for everyone to travel to the library.

"Some Hannelores from Dunkelferger, so you're taking three volumes of the Fernestine story"

The escort knights meet while the resellers and Otilier prepare.

"Only senior knights get into the basement, so me and Leonore go underground. Darmuel and Angelica want you to keep an eye out for what's going on outside the library."

"I want you to let me know immediately if there was a suspicious person. At the very least, you can't escape or hide without going up to the storage library.... I don't know how Lady Rosemayne would run wild if she turned the library into a battlefield."

Darmuel and Angelica nodded at Brother Cornelius and Leonore's instructions.

"I'd rather be outside than in the library for a day"

Ordnants flew in from Solange when Angelica said that happily. I hear Hannelore's here.

"Well, let's go to the library"

I took four escort knights and two sidekicks to the library.

"Himesama, Kitata"

"Himesa, I want to stay"

"Schwartz and Weiss are looking good, too."

Welcomed by Schwartz and Weiss, I provide a magical supply as I stroke the demonic stone of my forehead. The reseller broke up with how Schwartz and the others were doing, and Otilier rounded his eyes. It seems strange that the magic apparatus of the library calls me "Himesa," even if I'm listening.

"Dear Rosemayne, welcome. Everyone will be waiting for you in the office. We have a very large number of people today, so please accompany up to three people to the office."

Solange picked me up and said so. If Hannelore had already arrived and some royalty, the office would certainly be full. Angelica and Dermuel go outside on the meeting street, and the leaselator smiles away, "You're starting to prepare tea," he said. I went to the office with my senior noblemen.

In the office were Anastasius, Eglantine, Hildebrandt, Hannelore and another, an unrecognized woman. His eyes, which tied up hair in shades very similar to Hildebrandt's and appeared even redder than Hannelore's, were a good representation of a winning and willing personality. I think the year is about mid twenties.

"Rosemaine, yesterday's ritual was unexpected, but with better results than I could have imagined"

... I don't know what that means.

I don't know, but I heard it because I seemed satisfied that it was a good result, and I wanted you to introduce me to the woman I met, and I complained with my eyes.

"If it helps, it's more than that."

"... Oh, isn't that your first time? This is your father's third wife, Hildebrandt's mother, your Magdalena. I'm from Dunkelferger and I know the old language, so you're supposed to do a modern translation with me."

To the introduction of Prince Anastasius I kneel before Magdalena and greet him.

"My name is Rosemaine, and I'm a Lord's Candidate at Aerenfest. Allow me to pray for blessings, guided by the sober flow of the goddess of water, Fruitrène, for a good encounter."

"I forgive you.... I've heard a lot from the princes. It's good to see you like this. Best wishes during the Lords' Meeting"

When the royals speak to the proximity that was waiting for them in the browsing room, they go through the closed library with guidance from Altancia and Solange and head underground. Altancia is in the lead, followed by Pippi, Schwartz and Weiss.

"I heard the story, but I didn't think there was a place like this in the library,"

For the first time in here, Brother Cornelius walks down the stairs looking around with a slightly more rugged look. "Leonore's right, you have no escape when you're attacked," I heard him whining.

When the three of us attach the key, a magic line runs on the wall that looks like metal, and after drawing a complex pattern across the board, a giggly noise is made and the wall begins to spin in three parts. The emergence of an underground library separated by a wall of transparency is a heartwarming sight to see at all times.

It is also a familiar sight to see Schwartz go inside and Weiss wait in front. I, the least of them, must go in first. When I receive and hold paper and ink from Ottilier, I pass through the wall of transparency.

"Himesama, I'm not going anywhere"

That's what Schwartz always tells me. I leave paper and ink on my desk as I reply, "You will continue to work hard".

"Hannelore, I don't give a shit. [incomprehensible]"

I guess it's because Hannelore has already heard it many times. I listened and started preparing my writing equipment.

"Oh, Prince Hildebrandt?

I was wondering who was coming next, and I could see Hildebrandt offering his hand against the wall of transparency with a tense face. At the time of the House of Lords, the hand that had been pushed back went straight through, and Hildebrandt entered the library.

"Hildebrandt, I don't give a shit. [incomprehensible]"

"... I let you in"

There's no way he's listening to Schwartz, and Hildebrandt stares into his own hand with a face full of surprise and joy and looks back at his mother, Magdalena, who comes in from behind.

"I'm in, Mother!

"Well done, Hildebrandt. It's the result of their efforts."

"Magdalena, I don't give a shit. [incomprehensible]"

How dare Hildebrandt ask the king to increase his magic so he could help at all, learn how to compress royal magic, and Magdalena taught him how to compress Dunkelferger's magic, and he was increasing his magic.

"I also learned a little old letters.... at least want to be able to write"

There are some people in the center who can read old letters, but they can't get in here. For this reason, they're supposed to copy the material here and have them translate it into modern language.

"In order to get in here, I was also asked by Lady Traokvar to study old letters for a long time"

As Kus and Magdalena smile and say, Eglantine and Anastasius come in.

"Eglantine, unwelcome"

"Anastasius, it's unwelcome"

"Hmm. You've changed your language. After all, the re-acquisition of your protection seems to have sufficient attributes. For this matter, my brother will change his words."

The royal family also appears to have made a reacquisition of the protection, with Anastasius and Eglantine appearing to be all attributes.

"Did Prince Anastasius get all the attributes in the retrieval?

"Oh, would they have taught us better if we spoke the words of prayer and magically supplied them? I made sure to pray to the gods when I used magic such as winter service, and I gave them four blessings."

Looks like we're going to have another retrieval ritual in a year. Apparently Eglantine got two protections.

"That's how Master Eglantine became all the attributes, too."

To Hannelore's words Eglantine gently put her hand on her cheek and shook her head slowly, "For I was originally of all attributes".

"Can I also increase my attributes with retrieval upon graduation?

"It seems important to do things that will catch the attention of the gods."

"It's also important to increase attributes and protection, but it's more important to copy or translate the material we have here. Me and Eglantine have tea party plans in the afternoon so we can only work in the morning. Let's hurry."

By the decree of Anastasius, we began to translate and copy white tablets. Magdalena, Hannelore, while I translate into modern language. Anastasius, Eglantine and Hildebrandt just started studying the old language and it takes too long to translate, so they write down the old letters as they are.

I worked silently to the four bells while taking a break at each time.

"Then we go back. I know it's tough, but thank you for coming this afternoon."

Two people, Anastasius and Eglantine, leave with their sides. Me and Hannelore are supposed to have lunch at the resting place in front of the library to avoid the minors being seen wandering around the House of Lords. Apparently the royalty's use of minors from other realms is not a very good thing to hear.

Seems Magdalena and Hildebrandt decided to have lunch with us here, too, when the sidekicks were ready.

"There is quite a distance to the House of Lords, and it is not a very praiseworthy act for me to be seen walking around the House of Lords during the Third Lady's meeting, so let me have lunch with you"

Magdalena took Cutlery while saying so. It could also be taken to give the impression that the Third Lady is in the dark and to give information to Dunkelferger, who doesn't know what rumors it will develop into.

"Picnics will feel good outside this season, but it'll be hard. Enemies without shapes, like gossip, are truly troublesome. Please be careful, Rosemaine or Hannelore."

Thank you for your advice.

Then, we talked about yesterday's ritual, and the three of us said, "I wanted to see it myself," too. The Third Lady Magdalena, underage Hildebrandt and Hannelore, couldn't go to the auditorium, and they just listened to it from everyone.

"I wanted to see it, too. Father told me that the sight of the night floating in the room and the pillars of light standing was very mysterious."

Hannelore laughs furiously at Hildebrandt's words.

"I shall wait for your brother to complete the painting. It's a beautiful sight, and I can't help drawing it anymore. My mother scolded me after the Lords' Meeting."

"With the blessing of Lady Rosemayne, only for a few seconds on the stage where Prince Gigisvalt and Lady Adolphine are standing, but the magic formation just floated. Right? It is raised that Prince Gigisvalt was recognized by the gods as the next Zent"

I stared at Magdalena, surprised and unaware that the bite-sized chicken I was about to carry into my mouth had fallen.

"Has a magic formation surfaced on stage?

"Oh? I heard that from all the Dunkelfergers who were watching the ritual too, but didn't Master Rosemayne see the magic formation? You were performing a ritual at the altar, weren't you?

That's what Hannelore told me to keep an eye on me. I think back to what I did.

"I was looking up to pray to the Supreme God, so I didn't see it on stage at all"

"Didn't the magic team talk about it at all at Aerenfest?

Said Magdalena with a surprised face, I recall yesterday's dormitory. At least I haven't heard.

"That, just before we decided to perform the old ritual, was completely unknown to the Aerenfest side. So at the lunch table it was full of topics about measures to address what I did and how to answer the questions of the nobles of the surrounding territories. And Clarissa and Haltmut..."

"You don't have to say anything to understand. You only talk about Master Rosemaine, don't you?

As Hannelore said, the two topics revolve around my deeds, and the same praise refrains, so before dinner, I said, "How long have you been talking about the same thing?" So much so that Labelecht had scolded me.

"There were so many applications from the afternoon at the dinner table that we had to discuss how to handle them, and the ritual thing didn't come up for discussion anymore. This is the first time I've ever known the magic team glow."

... I was there, but I didn't know he was the one who performed the ritual.

If a magic formation emerged to sort out the next Zent candidate, I'm convinced that the central temple, which wants a legitimate Zent, will be desperate to revive the old ritual, and I know what Prince Anastasius meant when he said, "It was unexpected as expected, but it yielded better results than I imagined".

"I'll even listen to my adoptive fathers at dinner today. I didn't know. I'm sorry."

And at the end of lunch, it's still work this afternoon. I will at least translate it into modern language. It is so much fun to read new literature in this way.

"... Dear Rosemaine!

Shaking my shoulders hard by Magdalena, I lifted my face hah.

"Ordnants are arriving near your side. Let's leave the library."

When I leave the library, Brother Cornelius gives thanks to Magdalena and tells me what Ordonanz delivered from Darmuel.

"Dear Dietrinde of Arlensbach has come to the library."

"Master Dietrinde should have glowed his magic formation during the mitzvah to become the next Zent candidate. Maybe you're going to come here to get the knowledge you need to be a Zent."

Magdalena blinked at Leonore's words: "Few of you should know this place," he said.

"No. You recognized that Master Ferdinand was a place for anyone who was a royal or lord candidate to enter. If it used to be normal for royalty and lord candidates to get in and out of here, it's not strange who has the information"

In my words Magdalena groans with an unconvincing look, "Really..." and then raises the edge of her lips with a nickel as she came up with something.

"I was hoping to talk to Dear Dietrinde once and for all about naming the next Zent candidate. Leave the response to me, Hildebrandt, Hannelore and Rosemayne do not continue to work in the library"