Ascendance of a Bookworm

"This will require Dear Dietrinde's approval."

Dietrinde signs with a pen of magic equipment that inks his magic as he stares fed up with the pile of paperwork brought to him by the clerk in the office. Dietrinde seriously thought that he would get Gluthris Height early and that he would be annoyed by such a chore that he should be the next ZENT.

I went to the House of Lords' Lords' meeting on my own, which I could hardly get to the center, so I could have had more harvest, but Dietrinde's investigation was all interrupted by the royal family. Mouthless.

... If you could check that underground library, you'd have figured it out a little.

I beg your pardon, the Third Lady of the Extremely King, "Why don't you start by studying ancient languages?" Dietrinde became uncomfortable remembering being mocked. It makes me even more uncomfortable remembering the traockvar who ordered the potato spreading ceremony to "give Ferdinand a hidden room".

… "When I visit at the funeral, I see if my royal life is being executed"?

Traokvar, who gives insane orders to Ferdinand to stay as his fiancée, etc. seems insane enough to be anxious to keep him on the throne. If Dietrinde gets Gluthrithheit as soon as possible and it doesn't become a legitimate Zent, Jürgenschmidt must perish because of the incompetent king who became Zent without even having Gluthrithheit.

... what would that really mean already? I can't believe the future of Jürgenschmidt rests on my shoulders.

Remembering the words of those in the Central Temple, Dietrinde leaks "trouble" and sigh. I don't even realize that my hand stops signing paperwork because I'm thinking, and a civilian waiting beside me for the signing to end thinks, "Here's the trouble."

"... Huh?

Suddenly I got goosebumps deliberately on Dietrinde's arm and my spine snapped. Chills are the most similar when you get sick from a cold, but Dietrinde isn't feeling sick, nor was it cold now that summer is approaching.

However, with that chill and at the same time the word boundary gate flashed behind my brain, I figured out what happened to Dietrinde. There are people trying to break into the border gates without Aub's permission. It was something felt only by the clan of lords who were supplying magic to the underlying magic.

After the death of Aub Ahrensbach, the boundary gate cannot be closed from the side of Ahrensbach. And there is only one gate in Arlensbach that can be broken in without any communication from the knight guarding the gate. It's a border gate connected to the border gate above the sea.

"I'll be right back in my room. Martina, get ready for the beast clothes and vale, please. Looks like we need to see what's going on at the boundary gate. I need you to gather the sides."

Put the cotri and pen down, Dietrinde stood up. I glance at a civilian who is surprised by the sudden renunciation of his signature, "You, stay out of the way".

"Did you not hear my words? You have to see what's going on at the boundary gate. Probably Lanzenave's messenger."

Reacting to the term Lanzenave's messenger, the civilian leaves the room hastily with documents that have been processed and divided quickly into unprocessed pieces. Probably report to Ferdinand. Civilians are fully engaged in consulting with Ferdinand on executive matters. That's what I do, so no one can turn down a weird order from the royal family.

With his unfamiliar service on the shelf, Dietrinde went back to his room, cursing the incompetence of the civilians in his heart, Martina and the others hurriedly changed into the riding beast clothes he had brought, put on a veil to avoid the sun, and immediately went out to the balcony.

There is a blue glowing sea level in sight. Dietrinde makes the horseman run toward a black object that is about to enter the boundary gate, visible only small in the naked eye.

Already at sea were Ferdinand and the Knights aboard the Knight Beast. Ferdinand hasn't been able to detect intruders because he hasn't provided magic to the underlying magic yet. Yet we are arriving before Dietrinde because of the time it took to change into riding beast clothes.

"Dear Dear Dietrinde, is there no doubt that the ship coming in through that gate belongs to Lanzenave? It's a shape I haven't seen much of..."

"Yep. The shape of Lanzenave's ship has changed that way since last year. It's an unfamiliar shape, but it's starting to move a lot faster."

Dietrinde looks down at the unusual shape of the ship under his eyes as he answers Ferdinand. It looks like a skinny fish that is completely different in size but black and long. Last year's messenger said at a welcome feast that it was the result of considering the length so that we could load as much baggage as possible, at a size that we could go through the boundary gate.

"Look, take a look. Through the gates, you make strange changes."

Almost at the same time Dietrinde pointed out his fingers, a ship was stopped once at sea as it was going through the gate completely and towards the harbour. And then the ship starts to turn silver as the patties and small tiles show a spinning motion.

"What the hell are you doing that for?

"I don't know what effect it will have, but he says it's a necessary procedure for the Lanzenave envoy to stay. I want it to remain black because it reflects the sun's rays and makes me dazzle."

Dietrinde taught Ferdinand what he knew he would never have seen a Lanzenave ship before. It was a little pleasant to gather the support of the civilian population and to know something about Ferdinand, who is on the job as if he were an Aub in Ahrensbach.

"The ship arrives at the harbor, then comes to the castle and offers to see, and a welcome feast is given with permission. Something that still takes days. We found out the intruder at the gate was Lanzenave, so let's go back to the castle."

"Dear Dietrinde, please return first. I didn't think it was a situation where there were no knights at the border gates and people from other countries would be allowed to break in easily. I will order the Knights to hand out knights to the border gates to monitor them, too."

Dietrinde blinked at Ferdinand's words. I don't know what he's talking about, what it means. Only the Lanzenave come through this gate. And the Lanzenave envoy has already arrived. Yet do we need to distribute knights over a sea of nothing?

"It's on a sea of nothing, and the messengers have already arrived, haven't they? There's no point in alerting Lanzenave, who doesn't have much magic."

"Aren't we going to need surveillance because one ship after another is going to be transferred for trade? … Commander of the Knights, immediately hand over the Knights to the Frontier Gate"

"Ha! How many do you need?

Ferdinand ignores Dietrinde's words and speaks to the Knights Commander, who begins to decide between the two of us to implement the order immediately. Dietrinde couldn't help but think that two people who ignore themselves seem angry.

"Me, I'm going back!

"Dear Dear Dietrinde, if you can predict when the welcome feast will be from your usual progression, please arrange for that."

Ferdinand says so with his back to Dietrinde and begins to run the horseman to the boundary gate with the Knights Commander and his own proximity.

When Dietrinde returned to his chambers with the proximities, angry at the attitude he was taking himself too lightly, he began to move to arrange a welcome feast according to Ferdinand's words until the proximities.

"Wait. Whose orders are you following? Who is your lord?

"Dear Dietrinde, we are not moving by order of Master Ferdinand. It's moving for Master Dietrinde. If the banquet to welcome Lanzenave's messenger is not ready, it will be taken by those in other countries that the next Aub, Lady Dietrinde, has been improper."

Dietrinde was moving for Dietrinde even without Ferdinand's orders, to the side servants who said. You're absolutely right. Side servants can't get dirty on Dietrinde.

"Fine. Please go."

As Dietrinde gently waved to prepare to welcome Lanzenave's envoy, each of the proximity began to move. In the meantime, Martina brought a letter.

"Dear Dietrinde, it seems that Mr. Georgine would like to speak to you."

"From your mother?... I guess that story again. I don't like it."

Even though others have told me that it's the next Aub or the next Zent, Dietrinde, who has yet to establish himself in either position, can't get out above his mother, Georgine. I don't like it, but I can't refuse to see Georgine.

When I had no choice but to give permission, it seemed that I was already ready and Georgine came without so much time. And as soon as I exchange greetings, I give you an anti-bugging magic device.

As soon as Dietrinde took the magic tools, the content jumped out of Georgine's red lips as expected.

"Dietrinde, have you yet given Master Ferdinand a hidden room? If we don't get it ready by the funeral, you and Earlensbach will be reprimanded."

"But like giving you a hidden room during your engagement, I can't believe it is... Don't you think your mother's too bad?

If you want to give Ferdinand a hidden room than you can create a hidden room in the guest room, you will be allowed into your husband's room. It's impossible to give a husband's room to a man who's not even officially married. Whenever a man who is not his husband enters Dietrinde's bedroom. It's like inviting a man into your company before a ceremony.

Ferdinand is the fiancée who intends to dissolve the engagement if he gets the gluthris height for Dietrinde and becomes Zent. Besides, he's the kind of man who used to be in the temple. Very untrustworthy. When what is common in the temple happens to Dietrinde, it is Dietrinde who has given him the room that he is told to speak out of his surroundings. I am never the king I commanded.

"But if we don't give him a hidden room, we'll have to get Master Ferdinand back to Aerenfest once and for all. We can't do that in the current Arlensbach situation."

There is no emotion in Georgine's deep-green eyes when he says that a lord candidate, like his real daughter, was in the temple of the lower realm, would be addressed by royal fate and relayed aub. I was hoping that for a little while you might worry about Dietrinde's chastity or be angry with the overly irrational insane royal life together, but my little hope was just crushed again. Dietrinde shifts his gaze only slightly from Georgine, resenting our self who expects even if he knows it's as vain as he expects it to be.

... but if you become a Zent...

That way, you might see yourself in the mother's eyes for a bit. When Dietrinde became the next Zent candidate, he asked, "Are you going for Zent? Do what you can," because Georgine pushed me back for the first time.

"Give it as soon as you can. Lanzenave's messenger arrived, so we don't have that much time until the summer funeral."

"I wish King Traokvar would silence the lower Aerenfest with his royal life instead of giving an insane royal life to Aerensbach..."

Why should Arlensbach, the superior, receive a more insane royal fate? It should be Aerenfest if it makes you patient.

"I wonder what Aerenfest took the only means to push the insane king through his life. No matter how insane, royal life is royal life. If you haven't given them a hidden room, Arlensbach will be reprimanded as the Aubs of the other realm gather."

Dietrinde pushes silence on Georgine's words. If you can just be reprimanded and not be given a room, wouldn't that be better? At least, our safety is guaranteed. As I saw through Dietrinde's thoughts like that, Georgine turned into a frightened face.

"Dietrinde, all the king has been commanded to do is give him a hidden room. Wouldn't it be nice to give Master Ferdinand a room away from the west"

The west detachment is where there is room to be given to the Second and Third Ladies. Dietrinde had no idea, such as giving Ferdinand, who came as the spouse of Aub the woman, a room away from the west. If we leave the west, it is our treatment as one of our spouses, we can hear the royal life, and we can protect Dietrinde's chastity. Dietrinde was happy that he was thinking a little bit about himself.

"If you had a nice idea to give your room away to the west, you should have told me sooner..."

As Dietrinde let it sweeten and swell, Georgine slowly hoisted his red lips and smiled, "Now was just the best time for me," he said. Again, there was no sign of Dietrinde in those deep green eyes.

While giving up on the usual, Dietrinde told Ferdinand at dinner that he would give him a room west away. "In addition to preparing for the funeral, are you moving your room away from the main building to the west during busy hours when you refrain from seeing the Lanzenave envoy?" And it was Aerenfest who saw his Lord as his side was troubled, but wanted a hidden room, and it was the king who commanded him. Dietrinde himself does not want to give Ferdinand a hidden room.

"If you don't have to, give your opinion to King Traokvar yourself. I only obeyed the king's life."

"I'll be moving by the summer funeral. Thank you for your extraordinary consideration."

Ferdinand says so with a gentle smile as usual. Dietrinde finished his meal thinking that this would have been a little closer to the year and would have been still nice without the stain of being born and raised and being in the temple.

Then, the announcement was received that the envoy of Lanzenave had entered the hall where he would stay, and a letter of request for an interview was received, making the atmosphere busy in the castle in preparation for a welcome feast or sight.

Preparations must begin in the afternoon on the day when the welcome feast takes place. Take a snack, take a bath, and get dressed. Dietrinde has a high collar to get out of the official setting and wears a thin white costume that completely hides his entire body except his face, weaving a blue jacket with a luxurious embroidery on it. White costumes are embroidered with magic formations to reduce the heat, which can soothe the heat a little. Without it, I can't wear a thick blue jacket or anything.

"It's a shame adults have to raise their hair. Dietrinde's blonde hair is very luxurious and beautiful."

Side servants tie their hair up as they say so. Additionally, a thin lace veil is applied to hide the face. Although Vale's fabric can be chosen as a personal favorite, Vale cannot be removed because it is something that an Arlensbach woman attaches to when she leaves the official setting.

Once ready, Dietrinde, along with his proximity, heads to the small hall in a mood that could be described as nervous or exhilarating. Until last year, I was a minor, so if I just said hello, I would have been forced to leave. This is the first time I've attended a welcome feast to the end.

Every year, the welcome feast takes place on a relatively small scale. And once again, a feast is to be celebrated for Lanzenave's messengers and Geebe to interact with each other when the Geebes in the territory are gathered for the ritual of star knots that take place in the summer platter.

"Dear Dietrinde is here"

Inside were already the heavy towns of Arlensbach and Ferdinand and their sides. Beside Ferdinand is also the figure of the young Retizia and its sides. I was forced to leave last year with Retizia, but I can stay until the end of the year. With a slight sense of superiority, Dietrinde saw Retizia.

Whoever is in the small hall has all the women wearing a veil and the man makes sure to wrap a thin, large piece of cloth around his body on the top and bottom of a white with a high collar. Arlensbach's summer outfit, but while everyone was putting together the precious colors of summer, only Ferdinand was putting together the colors of Aerenfest's territory. Its colour, which is supposed to indicate that it is a man of another realm, makes Ferdinand look as if he were the ruler of the place.

"Oh, Master Ferdinand is not the precious color of summer."

"I could have put together the precious colors of summer, but by putting together the colors of Aerenfest in this way, I thought it would be better to see at a glance that I had no right to make decisions, even if I had a lot of opinions,"

That's what they say with a gentle smile, and Dietrinde nods as she remembers where the hook is. Normally, they would want to put together the same color as everyone else in Arlensbach, not the lower Aerenfest. I decided to think it was the manifestation of Ferdinand's humble attitude that dared to put Aerenfest's colors together.

"Lanzenave, Admission"

A side service at the door raised his voice. Lanzenave's messenger comes in line through a wide open door. The Lanzenave envoy also puts together an Arlensbach costume. I've heard that Lanzenave has a different climate than Arlensbach, so it's hard to spend time here in that costume over there.

However, they did not put together the blue, which is the precious color of summer either. Is it to show that you are a Lanzenave messenger, or put together a rare silver cloth?

It was twelve messengers who came into the small hall. Even though about half of them have the same atmosphere as ourselves, the other half have different facial and skin colors. I see it every year, but I can't help but wonder why it looks so different to Dietrinde.

It was a man two or three years older than Dietrinde who advanced one step forward from among the messengers and knelt with his arms crossed. Dietrinde was caught in the eye by the appearance of a young and beautiful messenger. You don't remember, so you weren't supposed to be here last year.

About the middle between gold and chestnut, the hair is put together behind it and fastened with a hair clasp. It's the hairstyle of a man who was fashionable in Arlensbach when he was about a generation old as Dietrinde's grandmother. Dietrinde was relatively familiar, as some men still had their hair tied with their backs.

"I'll be the first to see you, Arlensbach people. My name is Leonzio, grandson of King Chiafrade of Lanzenave. Allow me to pray for blessings before introducing others to a good encounter guided by the sober stream of the water goddess Fruitrène"

"... I forgive you"

I had no idea I could greet Lanzenave's envoy as a nobleman. Dietrinde, surprised, gives forgiveness.

Leonzio has a ring with demonic stones on his middle finger on his left hand, just like the nobility of Jürgenschmitt. The rings fitted with demonic stones of all attributes indicated his position as royalty.

Fluffy and blessed, Leonzio looks up by saying, "I'll get to know you later".

... Oh?

The moment Leonzio looked up, he stared at Ferdinand and gave him a surprising look only for a moment. He looked like he saw the incredible, though he immediately hid beneath his smile. Take a good look at Ferdinand. Ferdinand looks like nothing in particular.

Leonzio smiled as if there had been no such thing as a flash of surprise, and made an introduction to the messenger. More than half of them came last year. Apparently only Leonzio and his side visited Arlensbach for the first time.

At the end of the introduction of the Lanzenave messenger, the family of Arlensbach will be introduced next. After the death of the previous Aub is told and Ferdinand, who came from Aerenfest as Dietrinde and his fiancée in the position of the next Aub, is introduced, Georgine and Retizia.

Once the introduction is complete, it will be time for a welcoming conversation. It's time for the minors to leave. Retizia left with her closest friends and it was adult time. Civilians in charge of trade and those wishing to purchase political information will approach Lanzenave's messenger with a glass of alcohol in one hand and talk instead. It's an outpost for a later meeting.

"Is Master Ferdinand not here to talk to you?

"There are not so many opportunities to be next to Dear Dietrinde. The clerk is too busy to take time, so about now..."

Dietrinde nods softly to Ferdinand, who smiles and says he wants to be on his side. I haven't seen him much lately, and although I felt somewhat light-hearted, that seemed to be because of his busy schedule.

Not knowing dew that Ferdinand was next door to monitor Lanzenave's messenger not to say anything extra, Dietrinde put his mouth on the drink Martina had brought him in a good mood.

"I would like to ask Dear Dietrinde, the next Aub"

Leonzio comes and asks when the acceptance of the princess of Lanzenave came.

"You should ask at the time of the meeting, but you have to let Lanzenave know as soon as possible."

They're letting ships that come and go for trade have letters. Sure, you should let them know a little sooner. Even though Jürgenschmidt is unwilling to accept it, it would be hard if we were getting ready in Lanzenave. Leonzio's amber eyes looked up and Dietrinde smiled nicely.

"The princess of Lanzenave is unacceptable. Please, let Lanzenave know as soon as possible. It's hard to waste your prep."

"... Huh? Please, wait. Why can't you accept the princess?

"Why, no matter what they say... That is the decision of King Traokvar."

Dietrinde communicates the flow at the Lords' Conference in memory. By supplementing it, Ferdinand, who stood next to her, apparently told her that the princess's refusal to accept was neither a lie nor a joke.

Leonzio, who was dazed, shook his head gently and reached for Dietrinde. Ferdinand slapped it down with Basili.

"Master Leonzio, please calm down. If you seem too excited, you have to leave it to the escort knight"

The intimidating atmosphere in the quiet voice also seemed to pass on to Leonzio, who suppresses his emotions at once. With a gentle smile, Leonzio confronted Ferdinand.

"Is the king of Jürgenschmitt going to destroy Lanzenave? If you don't intend to, I'd like you to accept the princess."

Unable to understand that not accepting the princess would lead to Lanzenave's doom, Dietrinde tilted his neck. Ferdinand cuts the story off with a cold smile sooner than he asks what it means.

"Unfortunately, we can't help you because it's Zent's decision."

Dietrinde made Leonzio pathetic for Ferdinand's attitude, which he cuts too badly, without even trying to ask about Lanzenave's circumstances.

"Dear Ferdinand, you won't have to say that. If you ask King Traokvar again about the Lanzenave situation, he may return a different answer."

To Dietrinde's words Leonzio pulled out his shoulder strength as if he were a little relieved. But Ferdinand doesn't seem to be amused by it, staring at Leonzio with a cold face.

"Zent will not withdraw the foreword.... Isn't it reasonable to ask a new Zent after Zent replaces him?

Never show an intimate attitude to Lanzenave, and Dietrinde finds himself frustrated by the truncating Ferdinand argument. Since we are important traders, shouldn't we do the bridge between Zent and Lanzenave a little more personally? Lanzenave is the only trade partner for Jürgenschmidt, beyond the only opening of the border gates in Arlensbach.

Dietrinde smiled as gently as possible at Leonzio as he missed his face against Ferdinand. Although I may not be able to work from Arlensbach to change Zent's point of view, he may accept it if we tell him the circumstances and ask sincerely. Because Traokvar is a king out of common sense.

"Dear Leonzio, Fortunately, the royal family will visit Arlensbach this summer for Aub's funeral. Why don't you ask me again at that time?

"Dear Dietrinde,"

Ferdinand asked, "What are you going to say?" and he looked stunned. Dietrinde doesn't know why I'm surprised that way.

"For security reasons, we can't keep such a person close to the royal family. We cannot allow the funeral fold of Aub to bring the Lanzenave closer to the royal family."

"It is not Lord Ferdinand who decides that, but the royal family, and I am not in a position to ask your permission. Even Arlensbach must avoid the demise of Lanzenave, an important trading partner. I, Lady Leonzio, would like to speak to you."

"No need to ask"

Dietrinde dismissed his opinions one after the other and was now completely angry with Ferdinand, who didn't even try to accept this one. Ferdinand must be reminded of the exact difference of position.

"I say I listen. Master Ferdinand should not be disturbed. Don't worry, I'll stick around. No matter how much you think of me like Gedurleich, I'm not jealous like Averibe."

As Dietrinde glanced, Ferdinand stopped the movement by opening his thin golden eyes to his surprise. Apparently, "jealousy like Avery Be" had a star on it.

... that Master Ferdinand had trouble forgetting me because of his jealousy.

Dietrinde refuses to be present at Ferdinand's, "I don't want to be present at AVILLIBE," and leads his proximity to a private room to talk to Leonzio. Dietrinde granted permission with generous heart, as one side of Ferdinand wished to be present "to report that there was no mistake whatsoever".