Ascendance of a Bookworm

"Nothing yet...... The service ceremony is basically done by the royal family to gather magic and other realms to deepen their understanding of divinity, which will only buy Aerenfest time to take over and prepare. It's not in Aerenfest's interest."

"... despite what Rosemaine asked for, does it not lead to profit? Why did you ask me to stay out of the way?

Gigisvalt asked with a slight vigilance in his eyes. But why do you think a one-year preparation period would be profitable? I exhale softly.

"Prince Gigisvalt is urgent, so please move immediately to the other realms and live there, can you travel when told? I don't think your royal job is as easy as needing to take over or anything, but can you consider the prep period for moving to be profitable?

"I am an adult, and you are a minor. No matter how much you're doing, there's a big difference between what you're responsible for and how much you're doing."

In what I was told, I realized that my perceptions of the work that I described as needing to take over were very different. Apparently the royal family recognizes my work as a minor as helping Aub.

... Ah. So I'm thinking as soon as the royal family is ready.

"Prince Gigisvalt, my succession takes time because I am in charge. It's not about printing, it's about the temple, it's about helping my adoptive father, it's about training for the future, and I'm working as head of the business right now."

"Rosemaine, aren't you a minor? There will be adult parents, no matter how much, right?

That's what Gigisvalt said gently with a pulled grin. I look back with a chilled grin.

"Didn't Master Ferdinand go to Arlensbach? What are you saying while keeping my guardian under royal command? Now there is no guardian of mine in the temple. The temple director and the orphan director are me, and the clergyman is near me. The proximity will follow my journey, so I have to raise my successor, the temple director, the orphan director and the clergyman in just one year."

It's not like an adult didn't take over. Traveling with me is just going to be a big problem. Whatever you think, there's no way Haltmoot stays in Aerenfest. If I move to the center, I will take over whatever impotence surrounds me and he will follow me. That's all I can be sure of.

... I don't want to be so sure, but Clarissa is definitely with me!

"You have to remember all the divine celebrations in a year to keep track of the progress and preparation of the divine. Divinity leads directly to the harvest of the territory, and if you can't read the old letters, you can't read the temple chief's scripture. Don't you see it's not that easy to take over?

Looking at and smiling at the royal family, who could not yet remember the old words, though it would be due in part to the heavy workload, Gigisvalt looked at me for a while as he blinked to explore the sincerity of the words, whining with a squeezing voice.

"What is Aub Aerenfest thinking? There can't be any such thing as making such a young child the real person responsible."

"My proximity to taking over the Cleric Chief from Lord Ferdinand is adulthood, so I assumed that neither my adoptive father nor Master Ferdinand would have a problem. I should have raised a successor while I was growing up. It's just as difficult to think of it as it is in the middle of having talented people from all over the world."

Aerenfest said he was understaffed, right? and pressing caution, Gigisvalt lay his eyes slightly down. He now seems to realise that there is a huge difference in the perception he receives from words.

"Even a normal daughter-in-law would take about a year or two to get rid of things around her, get ready for what she needs for her new life, and break up with those around her, right? If you're moving territory, don't you think a year or so of preparation period is given and deserved and never something you can call profit?

While I darkly blame the royalty for not trying to give it its natural time, I turn my thoughts to my plans ahead. Given the printing industry and the negotiations with the Gutenbergs who wouldn't be back from Kilnberga if it weren't for the fall, the truth is I just need some time for two to three years.

"A year's prep period alone will not fill any of Aerenfest's losses without me. I cut my reading time and take over temple directorship, orphan directorship, and printing during the course of the year. It is only natural for you to make up for the loss of Aerenfest by becoming the king's adopted daughter, and we cannot deal with it without putting a profit on top of it."

The takeover express is expensive, and if you look at Gigisvalt thinking, now that you realize the plethora of each territory, you can see how frightened the royalty is to be taken.

"I understand the temple director and the orphan director, but what is the printing service? Are you in charge here, too?

"The printing operations within Aerenfest have left my hands quite a bit, so taking over the work itself is not that difficult. But can you bring printing into the center, how can you move my exclusivity, can you let me have a shop where I brought my exclusivity, can you build a workshop? There are many things that need to be coordinated with the center, such as the number of craftsmen and newly hired craftsmen who can be moved, the duration of their education, how they relate to the central merchants and how they interact with the shops."

It's going to be a lot of work I don't want to think about, and when I asked for my consent, Gigisvalt smiled and said, "Rosemaine, that's not a Lordship candidate, it's a civilian or sideline job," after being true for a few seconds.

"Of course I'll try to leave it to you eventually, but you'll have to check with your own eyes once, won't you? You can't leave everything to people. It's often not actually the same as in writing, and there will be a difference between Aerenfest and the center in how you do it. Civilians don't always report everything accurately."

I recall that even in a state full of problems, a civilian who did not want to be considered incompetent was making an appropriate report. There's a lot I don't know if I'm going to the crime scene once.

"I see. You're really in charge, Rosemaine."

"Yep. So a year's prep isn't enough at all."

Smiling with the thought of extending the prep period, Gigisvalt also smiled and shook his neck sideways.

"I understand the situation, and it depends on the amount of magic you get at the dedication ceremony, but this one can't wait more than a year, so make sure you finish getting ready in a year. And ask how Aerenfest wants to make up for the loss. You should ask Magdalena to join us."

I try to call Magdalena with deep green eyes easily understandable and nervous about what the hell kind of negotiations they are going to have.

"Um, Prince Gigisvalt. I will talk about the terms from Aerenfest, but I will only express my opinion so that no mistakes can easily be made, and it is Zent and Aub Aerenfest who ultimately decide. I don't think we need to bother calling Master Magdalena..."

Important decisions on territory are made by Aub. Whatever I say here, it is my adoptive father who holds the final decision, and that decision will be made in a meeting with the Zenths.

"We understood each other that there was a difference in common sense and interests, so it would be nice if Prince Gigisvalt would pass on to Zent the candid demands of me and Aerenfest. It is not for me and Prince Gigisvalt to decide which conditions we will eventually accept and agree on."

I emphasize on top of the other that the words here are not determinations. It was last year that Ferdinand decided to go to Arlensbach as royalty, and his adoptive father couldn't even pinch his mouth. It is important to keep the same thing from happening this year.

It is an important precaution not to be scolded for having decided over Aub's head or for having done something unsolicited, and to escape from saying, "The decision is in Aub" when I am taken from the royal family something fried and legged.

By the way, as for the service ceremony, I just made a suggestion, and Gigisvalt finally decided to do it, so I didn't do it on my own.

... I just suggested it and stirred it up a bit. Safe, safe because you are royal in organizing and responsible.

"Oh, right. We certainly don't have a decision to make."

"Now let me hear the terms for being adopted," Gigisvalt smiled furiously, urging. Apparently, it made me feel quite comfortable recognizing that I had no right to make decisions.

... feels kind of bad about it? Let's go.

"You'll have a request from your adoptive father, but I'll mention it first. If you can have a preparation period of more than a year and swallow these terms, follow the royal fate. It just doesn't fit the criteria, and this one doesn't want to make things rough without the will to rebel."

Neither I nor Aerenfest intend to commit treason, nor do they think that it is okay for Jürgenschmidt to perish. Speaking of which, Gigisvalt, who had his proposal rejected by his adoptive fathers, was clearly relieved to say, "Really?" Stab a cococon and nail there.

"But the circumstances of Jürgenschmitt and the royalty are paramount, and they are incompatible with the royalty you say Aerenfest doesn't care what happens. My Gedurleich is Aerenfest, and I grow up in a temple. And if you will adopt me, understand not there."

If you are adopted or married and move to another realm, it would be natural to place the other realm first. But as soon as I finish adopting, there's no way I can take an attitude like, "Aerenfest is another territory." I know a hundred things I won't be proud of, but I still can't think of it as something that has left neither Lower Town nor Ferdinand and has become irrelevant. It's important to me, and I'm confident I'll be furious if I'm in danger.

"As Anastasius said, I understood that it was better not to assume that aristocratic common sense would naturally prevail on Rosemaine. So, what kind of compensation would you like for Aerenfest?

Encouraged by the gentle grin of Gigisvalt, I opened my mouth.

"I also asked Prince Anastasius to dissolve the King's life's engagement and return Master Ferdinand to Aerenfest. With Master Ferdinand, most of Aerenfest's problems will be solved."

If Ferdinand had a year to come back, he wouldn't have to worry about the lack of magic, holding down Risegang, nurturing his successor, the future of the temple, and Ferdinand's health. For the two years I had been marinated in Jurevé, my collaboration with the merchants in the lower town had also been taken through Justkus.

"I think Anastasius replied the same way, but we can't bring Ferdinand back to Aerenfest, we can't crush Aerensbach right now"

The best proposal for Aerenfest was rejected by Gigisvalt before it was communicated to Zent.

"It may be possible if we can bring in a single Lordship candidate who can rule Arlensbach instead of Ferdinand, but we don't have any idea. If you have any idea of Aerenfest, bring them in within a year after convincing them to do so."

Answers similar to Anastasius returned. It seems the royalty is unwilling to let Ferdinand out of Arlensbach no matter what. It's a little muggy, but we're within our assumptions so far. I know, though I don't want to know that Ferdinand, who has gotten deep into the core of Arlensbach, can't be so easily released.

... then we'll win just the safety and the living environment.

Ferdinand was the one who went to the other realm, his adoptive father said. So, you would honestly be happy if you dissolved the King's engagement and returned it to Aerenfest, but there shouldn't be any improvement in Ferdinand's treatment of my adoptive daughter's conditions going up from her adoptive father. If you want to do something, I have no choice but to act.

... Prince Anastasius said to do something about it himself.

Once I tightened my expression, I smiled nicely. Gigisvalt's smile only caught on for a moment, but he quickly returns to his original smile.

"Prince Anastasius has told us that it is difficult at this time to dissolve Master Ferdinand's engagement. At the same time, with Gluthris Heights, we can take a different approach…"

Asking if Anastasius' words were correct in a common perception for the royalty, Gigisvalt nodded slowly.

"Right. Surely if we can get the gluthris height, it will be possible to solve it."

"Then let me not postpone Master Ferdinand's marriage until I have the Gluthris Haight, or until I know that it is absolutely impossible to have the Gluthris Haight. You wouldn't be in a syndicate if you didn't even marry Master Dietrinde, would you?

... If you can't dissolve your engagement until you get Gluthris Height, you just have to stay engaged all the time.

First of all, in an attempt to win the covenant of avoidance, when I asked him to postpone his marriage, Gigisvalt put his arms around him and thought a little.

"We cannot postpone the ritual of star knots any longer. Given the way Retizia shakes herself when she enters the House of Lords, if Dietrinde becomes Aub, those two marriages will really be necessary."

Dyed the foundations and when Dietrinde is approved as Aub at the Lords' Conference, Letitzia is dropped to senior aristocracy by Aalensbach's decision. To prevent that, they need to finish the adoption between the star knot ritual on the first day of the Lords' Conference and Aub approval. It is certainly very different whether you will enter the House of Lords as a candidate for Lordship or as a senior nobleman.

"So when the next Aub decides, isn't it okay if Arlensbach's unusual decision, royalty, to drop other Lordship candidates into senior nobility?

"... Aub is the only one who can abolish the territorial determination. I made a suggestion, but there's nothing we can do about it more than the late Aub Ahrensbach didn't abolish it."

Unless it is contrary to the Book of Laws, it seems, the royal family cannot do anything to have the minor rules of their respective territories abolished on their own. Dunkelferger has Dunkelferger's, and Arlensbach has Arlensbach's circumstances, so they often have trouble losing decisions that seem futile from other realms.

... Speaking of which, Dunkelferger also has a lot of weird decisions because of his long history.

"If Ferdinand's purpose is to avoid a coalition, I think we can handle it if we take the form of a slightly quicker adoption with the King"

On the first day of the Lords' Conference the ritual of star knot takes place. They would make it possible to dissolve Ferdinand's engagement if I could adopt him with the king a little earlier than that and get Gluthrithheit. And if it's established that he can't get Gluthris Height, Ferdinand will marry Dietrinde as he is. That doesn't seem to affect Retizia.

"In that case, however, the preparation period presented by Rosemaine will be slightly shorter than that of one year. Are you sure?

I let my gaze wander a little. It was Ferdinand who gave instructions to create a preparatory period of more than a year. I don't know if it can be slightly shorter than a year, or if I definitely have to go over a year, unless I ask Ferdinand what he's after.

"... I can't answer you right away. I will reconsider the timing of my adoption so that Master Ferdinand can safely dissolve the engagement. But without being able to dissolve the marriage or the engagement, Master Ferdinand will be staying in Arlensbach, so we ask for better treatment. Do not order Aalensbach from Zent to give you a hidden room"

I smiled after Gigisvalt, who was losing his shoulder strength by giving up Ferdinand's dissolution of his engagement, turned true for a moment.

"It is the custom of the aristocracy to be given a room and not a hidden room until your fiancée marries. I find it difficult to order Arlensbach to impose such an imposition"

I suppose you thought it was a part of noble common sense that didn't make sense because I grew up in a temple. Gigisvalt explains it politely. But I know that. "I can't give you a hidden room in my fiancée's shoes," both my uncle and adoptive mother said.

"I also gave up until now because after marriage I knew I could move my room and get a hidden room. But it's been postponed. You know there are other practices, right?

At a time when the ritual of star knots was postponed because Dietrinde had not been able to dye the foundations at this meeting of the Lords, there was a hole in the convention that Gigisvalt had spoken of. I smiled at Nicole. If you're told you can't do it in light of convention, you can demand this one as usual.

"Until Dear Dietrinde finished dyeing the foundation, marriage became impossible, so it's possible for Master Ferdinand to pull it up to Aerenfest once, isn't it? If marriage is inherently impossible, you should also be able to offer to dissolve the engagement. You're forced by your royal fate to continue your engagement, so once you get back to Aerenfest, you don't mind enough to re-compartmentalize, do you? If we don't dissolve the engagement, it's not against the king's life, it's the way it is."

If you find yourself unable to marry while inviting your fiancée from another realm, you cannot be forced to keep your fiancée. The fact that there was a deficiency also allowed the fiancée to offer relief.

"Engagement is a royal fate in Ferdinand's case, and we can't even go back from the point of view of leaking information because we've already started our executive duties. If you're a Lordship candidate, you know that, don't you?

"I understand that it is not customarily impossible to return temporarily to my homeland, with the endurance of Ahrensbach and the royal family, in itself, that I am made to do so without being omitted from my fiancée's position"

Ferdinand himself took the royal life and went, and he said something about wanting to keep his distance in order not to bother Aerenfest, so he might not want to go home temporarily.

... but it doesn't matter. It's important to secure a hidden room.

"If you say custom is important to the royal family, let us return Master Ferdinand to Aerenfest once we have finished dyeing the foundations and Aub has been finalised before heading again to Aerensbach for marriage, as is customary. If you cannot do as usual, you will break the custom, but give Master Ferdinand a hidden room and make sure the royal family and Aub make sure that the order is executed properly at the funeral in Arlensbach, which will take place in the summer. I can't give up any better treatment than I can't cancel my engagement."

When I pressed for a choice, Gigisvalt deepened his grin and exhaled small.

"... you cannot allow me to make a decision on this occasion right now. It will be your father's choice. May I?

Ferdinand is most happy to be back, but with Ferdinand in charge of Arlensbach's affairs, and Lettiezia's educator as well, he thinks there's no way he can go back, even if it's said to be customary.

... That's why I need to get a hidden room or so!

In the meantime, I nodded thinking that Zent could choose which one, and I noticed Gigisvalt staring at me with a smile on his face and a deep green eye.

"... Rosemaine is a lot more into Ferdinand"

"Yep. While I was raised in the temple, Lord Ferdinand made me various medicines and gave me all my hand to live, to educate me so that I could live in a noble society. It is also Ferdinand's guidance that I will be the best in the House of Lords. I'm just more thankful, and I haven't been able to give it back. He's my mentor, and he's important to my family."

Smile with Nicole and I will stare at Gigisvalt. I want as much as to confirm avoidance of the syndicate as this. I deepened my grin.

"So, if my dear family, who liked to cage in a workshop at the temple and do research, were sent by my son-in-law on a royal fate to another realm where I was not close to him, and I lived every day carrying out my duties so drugged that I smelled the same as Zent before I married him, and in a situation where the ritual of star knot was postponed but I was not allowed to go home temporarily, and I could not even give him a hidden room, I would definitely ask the royal family to imagine how worried the hell they would be and what emotions they would have towards the person they ordered"

Gigisvalt solidified with a smile. I can see the blood drawing from that face. I lay my hands on my cheeks and exhale in small pieces, overlapping words even more.

"Is that the end of Master Ferdinand's time in Arlensbach with all the hard feelings, Mr. Dietrinde's conclave? No matter how much noble common sense tells me not to worry about those who have gone to other territories, I cannot remain very calm. I used to be bad at suppressing emotions, and I used to storm magic."

I wonder what would happen if we let him run off now? and staring at Gigisvalt with his neck tilted and threatening, I seriously doubt it.

... No, really, what happens? I don't know how far you can keep it down, or where you're going to storm from.

It has more magic than it used to be. Now that Starp has grown, I can't imagine for myself what it would be like to run wild, although I can control it.

While I was thinking, Gigisvalt seemed to be thinking as well. After a period of silence, when my eyes met, Gigisvalt laughed with Nicoli.

"I'll talk to Father a lot about Ferdinand's inability to evade the coalition so Rosemayne doesn't have to worry that much. I'll do my best so you can figure it out."

"Well, I'm glad. You're counting on me, Prince Gigisvalt."

... All right! I think I can handle avoiding the syndicate. I did it, Master Ferdinand! Isn't this a big deal?

When I grip my fist on my knees and make a gutsy pose, I move on to the next condition in an upbeat mood. By completing the minimum conditions in me, I was in the mood to sing even a nose song, but I'm not done discussing it yet. Tighten my expression and I turn back to Gigisvalt.

"I want to take talent into Aerenfest to compensate for the magic that Master Ferdinand and I lose. Please do not give Zent's approval that marriages with Aerenfest people will be limited to son-in-law and dowry for about five years, that is, to those who will be admitted to Aerenfest. You can't even get one of us out of here."

This is the condition proposed by the adoptive mother. There are many territories that want to connect with Aerenfest due to soaring rankings and a host of new fashions. In fact, the students of the House of Lords have heard that the number of people from other realms is increasing.

Every year there are more than ten sets of star knot rituals, about half of which are marriages to other territories. If it is possible to do it all in the form of entering Aerenfest, we can quickly increase the number of adult aristocrats. Children born between that couple will naturally be Aerenfest books, so they will also be quite effective in increasing the number of aristocrats.

Gigisvalt nodded gently to me, "It will be approved," as the permission for marriage, where the Lords clan is not involved, is given by Aub to each other.

"Then I'd like you to have about thirty to forty magic implements that you can give your child at birth. We want to raise them as noblemen because we have children who cannot be noblemen because they have no magic equipment."

"Thirty to forty magic implements to give to children, is it? Isn't that a lot more numerous?

Guess it's because it's hard and expensive to create, Gigisvalt's grin darkened.

"Oh? Although this is the result of a much modest calculation, since we will be conditioning marriage for the next five years. Me and Master Ferdinand's amount of magic and clerical work is worth enough for thirty to forty intermediate aristocrats. Do not be aware that the royalty is causing so much loss to Aerenfest"

If this is all I get in addition to a year's respite, the problem of Aerenfest's magic should work out even if I move to the center.

"And then why don't you order the aristocrats from Aerenfest, who are out in the center, to return home once?

This is a request from my adoptive father. In the current situation, no central or other information comes in at all. Yustox seems to have gotten it from somewhere up until now, but now he's in a situation where it's really hard to get information. With Clarissa being counted on, I want you to guess how bad it is.

... I want to meet you once before I go to the center, and it's just fine.

Even though he refused, the request made by the royal family to his adoptive father was to "send Aerenfest personnel so that I can move easily in the center". I guess it's normal to sidestep people from your territory to build your own faction.

When I thought about it, I said, "Is that it? I thought." Veronica only knows Aerenfest at its peak, and I wonder if the recognition will fit with the Aerenfest nobility who went to the center and me who baptized after Veronica's leg loss. Whatever you think, I don't think it makes sense to talk. They can even pick sides if they don't keep enough to face each other first.

This request delighted both Gigisvalt and "that's what I wanted this one to do," and he agreed with pleasure. They didn't want to go home, and the royal family was in trouble. They're ordering me to go back to my hometown in the winter because I've got pre construction.

"Finally, there are some personal conditions from me, not Aerenfest. There are various circumstances, and I, I have received my name from a minor's side. Accept all the proximity you take, regardless of age or class"

"Shouldn't that be after adulthood? Minors need parental permission to do anything, and I think you should stay in Aerenfest if you think you belong in the House of Lords..."

Gigisvalt leans his neck wonderfully. I ask Zent to tell me, "Some children have no parents".

"Beyond receiving my name and keeping my life, I am more entitled than their parents. They need my permission to do anything, and there's a reason why they can't leave anyone in Aerenfest who gives their name to another realm."

Ask your adoptive father why, flush and breathe once. What we're going to demand is that we absolutely have to win. And when I had corrected my posture, so did Zigisvalt. In a gentle smile, but with a slight posture. I looked to Gigisvalt in temper.

"This is also the most important and non-transferable condition for me. And if you wish to marry me, I think it will be an important condition for Prince Gigisvalt."

"What is it?

"All libraries and libraries in the centre, also for the purpose of collecting information outside the underground library, shall have free access and demand the right to read all literature. Apart from that, do not prepare the library in my outhouse"

Gigisvalt silences my demands with power for about three seconds and smiles too little.

"... Is it a library in the outhouse? Apart from the Royal Palace Library, is it?

"In fact, my condition for becoming the First Lady of Aerenfest was to set the Aerenfest library and the Temple library free. My marriage requires a library. If you were to be my husband, Prince Gigisvalt would not make a library in the outhouse which I would be given. I've prepared all these libraries and books for you, and it's my dream to be proposed."

Prince Gigisvalt wants to marry me, doesn't he? And smiling, Gigisvalt said with a pulled smile, "I'm glad you seem to think positively about marrying me".

... your face, it's stuck, right?

"By the way, what the hell size is that library...?

"I'd really like to say that it's over the size of Aerenfest's library... but I don't mind if you cross Master Ferdinand's library"

"Is this Ferdinand's library?

To Gigisvalt I nodded heavily.

"Yep. My guardian, Ferdinand, made me inherit the books that you and I had in our possession as we headed to Arlensbach. Because of this, I can have a royal husband. Wanting more than a parent won't punish you, will it? As long as you cross the personal belongings of the Lord's Candidate in Aerenfest, it would be easy for the royalty, wouldn't it? Ugh."

As I delighted to explain the breadth and the number of books that were first lined up on the bookshelf, my smile gradually disappears from Gigisvalt.

... Is that it? Could it be royal but difficult?

"Oh, you know, if it's really hard to get a library ready for the outhouse, you can make the Royal Palace Library my outhouse. Living in a library was also a dream, so you're welcome. You're looking forward to seeing what kind of library Prince Gigisvalt will give you, wanting my position as husband."

Nicholy laughing with the meaning of your treat, Prince Gigisvalt said with a half-hearted face, "Am I going to be your husband?," he muttered.

...... hmm? That's what Prince Gigisvalt said, isn't it? Was I mishearing something?

As I lean my neck, I try to get confirmation from Gigisvalt. If I hear wrong, isn't it embarrassing?

"As a royal, that's the best thing, so Prince Gigisvalt said earlier that you want to marry me, right?... Could it have been my mistake?

"It's not a mistake to ask. Shall I say it was a little different from the assumption...... Best...... Right. It should have been the best. But is Rosemaine really good with that?

Now you seem to be interested in hearing my opinion. If it weren't for this occasion anyway, it would be harder to convey my frank feelings. I have decided to tell the truth.

"I have no desire to marry the bridegroom of a couple whom I have blessed, but if it is my duty as the king's adoptive daughter, I intend to accept it because I have no choice. That's why prepare as much as a library that can keep my mind at peace"

Same as when I got engaged to Wilfried. I just have to accept it if my parents want it. I understand that this is not my environment.

"... about the library, is it?"

Prince Gigisvalt became a distant eye for some reason. I don't look like the face I'm glad my hopes were fulfilled that I was talking so fervently. Why? I can't solve it.

Though I do not know, I have conveyed my demands.

"For one thing, that's all the frank opinions and conditions from Aerenfest and me. Let Zent and his adoptive father take care of what choices you make. Discuss well that I may be happy to be the king's adopted daughter, and make friends with the royal family forever."