Ascendance of a Bookworm

While I took over the temple and the printing business, I spent my days exposing myself to study in the House of Lords and watching the orphanage children study. My old child, who has magic equipment and will be baptized this winter, has an interview with his adoptive father in the fall. Aub will see if he deserves to be made a nobleman. Because of this, the kids are desperate to study a variety of things, and they are careful not to be told that they have problems with their attitude to life. The blue apprentices, who have to head to Merhior and the Harvest Festival so they can't lose the hard work of everyone in the orphanage, are also doing their best.

And Dirk, who got his own magic equipment, seems desperate to build up his magic while using the recovery pills I made Rhoderich and Filine. We still have more than three years before we get to the House of Lords, but we need to build up our magic as soon as possible.

Living those days, Ordonanz arrived from Otilier in the castle. Apparently, the adoptive fathers who were going to Arlensbach for the funeral are returning.

"They have a lot of souvenirs from Master Ferdinand. And then we came back to the castle so we could have dinner together."

I will return to the castle with Melchior and his companions in a groan. I can't help but look forward to the souvenirs. Will there be plenty of delicious fish in the magic equipment that stops time?

"Welcome back"

My adoptive father came out of the carriage. Your father, the escort knight, is with you. When the adoptive fathers get off, this time the lower worker starts unloading the luggage that was loaded in the carriage. There was a carriage of nearby people behind the carriage where the adoptive fathers were riding, and behind it was a series of carriages with lots of luggage on them. There was plenty of luggage when I went, but there was plenty of going home.

... I have more luggage than when I go. There's a lot of carriages.

"You have so much luggage. Isn't that the amount of luggage Ferdinand had when he went to his son-in-law?"

When he greeted his returning adoptive father and said so as he looked at the carriage that was running with him, his adoptive father looked down at me with a very unpleasant face.

"Whose fault do you think it is? Did they both mistake me for working undercover or something?

I never thought of my adoptive father as a luggage carrier, and I just had Ferdinand carry what he asked me to carry. I mean, there's only one killer.

"Oh, I see. Do you mean because of Master Ferdinand? If you have a rough brother, it's hard for your adoptive father."

I should have labored my adoptive father, but for some reason I ate chops hidden in my subtle long sleeve. I can't solve it.

"I hear you sent a hell of a lot of stuff. The material I was preparing wasn't enough, and I had my head on it."

"What are you talking about?

"Is that what I know? In the meantime, the luggage for the three carriages from behind belongs to them. The story in Arlensbach shall be at dinner. See what's in there by then and let them clean it up."

My adoptive father waves like, "Go that way" as I say so. I compared the carriage to my adoptive father by surprise at the words "three carriages". My adoptive fathers, except for the carriage that people were riding in, there are five carriages lined up with only loads of luggage. Three of them seem to be my baggage.

"Dear Rosemayne, let's hurry up and make sure. We can't make it to dinner."

Otilier calls a leaselator and a gratier to head to the carriage. I was supposed to check and sort my luggage, but I just looked at the first carriage's luggage and didn't like it. Too many.

"This is a finished dish or pan, isn't it? It's washed in Vashen, so go to the temple's kitchen...... oh, you had some things prepared for your mother during the territorial rivalry. Which dish could it have been?

I don't cook myself from time to time, so I don't know which pot it is unless I ask the exclusive cooks. There are a number of empty pans, so it's safe to make sure you're eating once, but it's hard to clean up after.

"What can I do?

"How about we first transport you to the temple's kitchen and let Hugo and Nicola sort you out and pack you with new dishes and treats when you give them back to Master Elvira?

"I will adopt the opinion of Filine"

I decided, as Filine said, to have the dishes carried to the temple's kitchen. Have them put on a carriage to get them to the temple.

"What is this one?... Arlensbach cloth?

Was Arlensbach hot or there was a box with a lot of much thin fabric? Greater tier with the cloth removed spreads slightly and tilts her neck.

"That's a lot thinner. Wouldn't it be unusable in Aerenfest other than midsummer?

"If you overlap thinly from the top, you can give the design a width, and if you give one to Aurelia, it's your home town cloth, so you might be happy"

Brunhilde said his preferences seemed similar from his choice when he was choosing a dyed cloth. It could also be used to tailor the summer clothes of my son, Siegrecht.

"The cloth you receive in this way is for distribution to a woman you know, so let us carry it all to Master Rosemaine's room. The cloth on the other side is rare, so you'll be delighted."

If Otilier doesn't think about which cloth to give to whom, I order him to carry it to the lower workers, saying it pleasantly. I decided to leave all the crates of cloth with Otilier and open the other boxes. There is still a box of magic equipment that stops time.

"How much magic equipment does Master Ferdinand have to stop time?

"Well, Master Rosemaine. Didn't Ferdinand deliver food several times, such as when he was heading to Arlensbach or when he delivered his costume? Master Ferdinand just gave me back what I had accumulated over there."

Rezelator laughed at Couscous and said so.

... right. You've been sending so much, me.

"I just sent it here, and I've never been back, so I guess there's a lot of boxes this time. But Master Ferdinand must have had a tough time packing his payback."

Rezelator's words made me a little crazy when I thought of Ferdinand worrying about what to give back in return for the dish. Immediately afterwards, I think I'm going to give up thinking and leave it to Justkus.

...... Justkus, fight!

When I opened the magic appliance that stops time with that in mind, there was a whole bunch of weird things that I'd never seen there that were packed in small pieces. Haltmut and Clarissa, watching together, raise their exclamation.

"Well! That's Arlensbach material. Maybe it's a very rare thing. Isn't this in return for the materials and ingredients Lady Rosemaine sent you?

"It also has a note on what's in it, so I think it's best to have it brought straight to the library workshop"

On instructions from the two of them, the material box was to be transported to the library workshop.

I open the next box. Pumpkin reached my nose with the smell of the sea mixed with a bit of raw odor. Immediately I opened the lid wide. Small spreshes are massively packed in one corner, and I can see the raigish. There are many other fish I don't know, and although some have already been filled with them, they had notes with their names and how to whisk them.

"Ahhh! It's a fish! It's packed."

"Dear Rosemaine, please close it immediately as the fish will move out!

I was banged shut by Darmuel, so that in an instant the figure of the fish disappeared from my sight, but my breasts were filled with joy thanks to the fish full of boxes.

... Dear Ferdinand, thank you! Me, I'm seriously happy right now!

I don't know how to get them to cook, but fish recipes start going around in my head. I'm afraid I can't boil it, but I'll definitely have the stuffing of the spresh made.

"Dear Rosemaine, where do you carry this fish?

"Let's make the other half a temple in the castle's cooking area. Happy hemming for everyone."

The other luggage contains rare condiments and spices that may be used for small Aalensbach items and dishes that are detailed as a thank you for treats from Retizia. There were also several letters in it.

"Let's sort the details around here together when we sort the materials in the library."

"Yes, sir."

Roughly divided, we decide to send the carriage to the library and the temple. In Ordnants to Razapham, Fran was informed that a large quantity of luggage would arrive in a flying letter.

"You look tired already, but after this you will still have fine sorting in your room, Dear Rosemaine"

That's what Rezelator told me, and I nodded cocklessly. It's also important to distribute cloths and accessories to who and in what order. I'm not comfortable with this kind of fine socialization, but I'm heading north to the secluded room.

Going north away are Wilfried, Charlotte and Merhior with us. All three have souvenirs from their adoptive fathers.

"My uncle's luggage was really just for him."

That's what Wilfried said with a frightened face. I point my lips in a muffled manner.

"Your brother will have a souvenir from his adoptive father, won't he? My share was not prepared in large quantities by Master Ferdinand."

"Is that all still not enough!?

"Except for Ferdinand's luggage and souvenirs from his adoptive father."

My adoptive father even told me that Ferdinand had to prepare the children's share suddenly because it was only my share, but I don't think it was my fault.

"Your sister is the only one who sent food and ingredients to your uncle. Isn't it natural that your sister is the only one who gets payback from your uncle?"

Charlotte is right, a souvenir from Ferdinand is a payback for what I sent, so my share alone is not strange, but really my share alone, there is no gift at all for the other brothers. Not a single thing as clear as it sounds. Ferdinand won't be rude socially. He only has the minimum he needs.

When Ferdinand went to Arlensbach as his son-in-law, I had not only prepared for Dietrinde, but also for Retizia, "Do you need something like that? I've been told." If you give it to Dietrinde, there will be a lowering from Dietrinde to Retizia, Ferdinand said.

"We know we have brothers and sisters, so it's not usually a little more considerate?

"You're a little lonely, aren't you?"

Seeing Wilfried and Merhior say so, I opened my mouth after a moment of worrying whether it was better to keep it in my chest without saying whether I should or should not.

"Brother Wilfried, Master Ferdinand has never been given that kind of normal attention by Master Veronica, so you're not aware that it's better to send it to other brothers and sisters when giving it to one person. For Ferdinand, a souvenir or gift is probably something that his adoptive father lowers."

I just guessed from a piece of Master Ferdinand's words, but when I said so with the addition that Wilfried blinked lightly as surprised. But Charlotte nods with a convincing look.

"I understand. I have never received anything from my aunt either. Your brother gave you your stuff."

"Really?

"Yep. I have never had anything from my aunt. My brother before baptism used to be jealous of my brother because he was taken care of by his aunt away from the east and his father and mother would be adorable if he went to play in the main building."

To Charlotte's words, Wilfried became a shocked face. Charlotte, however, does not touch on the subject of Veronica any further and sympathizes with the birth of Ferdinand.

"I had a gift from my mother, but my uncle doesn't have a mother, so maybe I can't help it."

"Yep. Master Ferdinand thinks it would be good if I handed it out to everyone. If you have no choice, we will split and hem the cloth and fish, so be patient about the lack of souvenirs from Ferdinand"

When I said so, Merhior honestly rejoiced, "I look forward to it".

It will be dinner time as soon as we sort the souvenirs in the room. I went to the dining room to enjoy the souvenir story of Ahrensbach.

"How was Arlensbach? Was Master Ferdinand given a hidden room? Were you having a proper meal?

"It was a western detachment, but we were getting a hidden room. I've been checking with Prince Gigisvalt, so I'm pretty sure."

"Now you can rest assured"

One less material of concern, and I exhale ho and relieve. But my adoptive father stared at me as Giroli.

"It was tough when the Lanzenave messenger came over and told me to move to a secluded room in the west when I was busy getting ready to die for the funeral in Arlensbach," he complained farther away from Ferdinand's side.

Ferdinand seems to have been pleased, although the side proximity said it was difficult to check and wash the room.

"Besides, I don't come out of the stash until morning when I give them the material I kept from them. Were you up all night during the funeral, or were you looking terrible? That one probably slept in the daytime. I was better in the evening than in the morning."

"Isn't anything too floating for you!?

"Didn't you predict that much and give him the stash room, the material and the recovery pills?

... I didn't ask you for a hidden room for that kind of life! Master Ferdinand's idiot!

"Well, in that sense, Ferdinand seemed fine, so let's get to the problem. It was Lanzenave and the Central Knights that bothered me at the funeral."

My adoptive father ended the subject of Ferdinand. Until then, my adoptive mother listened in silence and said, "... is there something you need?," he asks worried.

"Raids, rebellions, chaos... some of the Central Knights burst out of nowhere at the funeral home."

"Yes?"

According to my adoptive father, it was really sudden. Some of the Central Knights apparently began to rumble during the funeral. Soon after, Arlensbach's escort knights and central knighthood chiefs moved to seize the rampaging knights, he said.

"Five people were raped, and two of them died. The three men were tied up and immediately sent back to the centre. No one was injured and immediately suppressed"

There were those who began to ramble, and what, when everyone's attention turned to what, the knights around them were moving to seize it. Some would not have understood exactly what had happened. They said it was such a flash of noise. In fact, the funeral seemed to have gone on as if nothing had happened.

The next day, however, it had become a case of the central knights, who had received royal life, cutting to Ahrensbach's next Aub. Anything, "From the Central Knights, they pointed weapons at me from the royal family," Dietrinde made a big noise at dinner, which apparently impressed those not on the spot as if a big incident had happened.

"I have no idea who made the case for what. But I think a distrust of the Central Knights was planted in the chest of those present."

"What did Master Ferdinand say...?

"It's not about making a scene like that," he accused Lady Dietrinde of, on the contrary, why not protest the royalty with his own worries. "

My adoptive father sighed when he said that Ferdinand also seemed very difficult in discussions with the royal and central knights. On Dietrinde's side, he had the grandson of the king of Lanzenave, and he was definitely worried. He said he was more like a fiancée than Ferdinand.

"Dear Dietrinde, even a mistress..."

"Dear Gilvester,"

Nicole laughs and her adoptive mother blocks her adoptive father's words. My adoptive father mumbled when he was told with an intimidating silent smile that it was not about making the children listen.

... Speaking of which, were we talking about falling in love in a different capacity at a tea party in the House of Lords? I thought I heard something like we broke up, and it went on.

If I had a lover who would take care of me, Ferdinand's opponents would be tough. Ferdinand seems to smile and be gentle at first sight, but if he gets close, his treatment gets rough.

"Lanzenave is a non-Jürgenschmitt country, isn't it? Were you at Aub Ahrensbach's funeral, too?

Charlotte, who read the air, then changes the subject. My adoptive father, who was admired by my adoptive mother, soon got on the subject.

"Lanzenave and Arlensbach have interactions because of the border gates. At the end of spring, from the end of the Lords' Conference until the end of autumn, representatives of Lanzenave said they would stay in Arlensbach and ships for trade would come and go. I've never seen a ship come out of a border gate before, but that was pretty funny. It was also interesting to see more and more border gates above the blue, wide ocean."

Because of such exchanges, representatives of Lanzenave were also present at the funeral, he said. It seems that a silver cloth was used in the costume worn by the Lanzenave people at that time.

"I just saw it from afar, and it was a small slice that was in Aerenfest, so I don't know if it's the same material, but I'm really curious just because it's silver. Wouldn't it be surprising if Lanzenave had materials that had no magic power at all?

My uncle, who discovered a silver cloth in the summer hall in Gerlach, listens to his adoptive father as he becomes a difficult face.

"We need to be vigilant, but even if we can prevent magic attacks, we can't prevent other shocks, etc. The effect would be great if only to prevent the assassination or the first hand carried out by the first seer. But as a shield, cloth is useless."

Though it cannot be cut with a Starp sword, if it is a blunt instrument, the impact is transmitted intact, and the part not covered with cloth is normally magical. It doesn't help as a protective gear, my uncle said.

"My adoptive father, we're talking to Ferdinand in detail, aren't we?

"Oh, I talked to him when I went to check the stash room. He said he'd like to get it and study it if he could."

According to my adoptive father, the people of Lanzenave look completely different in the royalty and locals who draw the blood of Jürgenschmitt. I've heard a lot about it, and she looks a little different from her face with brown skin.

"You're a little surprised I've never seen it before. They said they would feel strange coming to Jürgenschmidt because the majority of Lanzenave are local people"

"What is Lanzenave like? I feel like I want to go once. Oh, but I'd like to go to another area first. The House of Lords also listens to my brother and sister, so I look forward to going."

I also nodded heavily at the words of Melchior.

"I feel the same way, Merhior. I wonder what kind of books there are in Lanzenave? I want to go to Lanzenave's library once. Of course, I'm interested in other libraries. There will be many lovely books in Dunkelferger and in the library in Classenburg with a long history."

... I just imagined it.

Charlotte laughed with a troubled face as she was delighted when she thought of the many books I sloppily lined up with.

"... I've conveyed enough of your sister's thoughts toward the library, but I don't think she feels the same way about Merhior"

I laugh and delude Charlotte's scratch like a scratch.

My adoptive father told me about Arlensbach, and dinner was over. He even tried to hear Ferdinand's story, but he was cut off with "Read the letter for more information".

"Rosemaine, would there have been a letter from Ferdinand in the luggage? They also have a letter from Master Retizia in there. to get back to you as soon as possible."

"Okay."