Ascendance of a Bookworm

"My adoptive father told me, and I have to read your letter and write back early. But I sent the package with your letter to the library, so I'll go to the library tomorrow."

When I return to my room after dinner, I will inform my neighbours of my plans for tomorrow. Otilier said, "What do I do with this sorting?" and stared worryingly at the box filled with lots of cloth.

"Shall I choose the cloth of my adoptive mother, Charlotte, Mother and Aurelia after they have chosen the precious colors that suit me in each season?"

"We have to have a tea party to give you the cloth, but what do we do?

"Huh? Tea party, is it?

What a good idea it is to give it as individually as possible so that when handing it out like this it doesn't make you feel like it was better than others or that way.

... Ugh, it's a pain in the ass. I can't have many tea parties just to hand out souvenirs!

"Otilier, there's not enough time for me to choose and invite each of you to a tea party and give it to that person. Think of any other way."

The neighbors know best that I am too busy taking over to take time for many tea parties. The side servants thought, what shall we do?

"I can feel free to ask the big adoptive mother of my stomach, but after choosing my share, why don't you give it all to the adoptive mother and distribute it to everyone from there?

"That's not very good. It will be a gift from Florencia, not from Rosemaine"

Given factions and power relations, it is better not to break the form of a gift from me, Otilier said.

"... but I'm leaving in a year, so I think it's better to keep it with my adoptive mother for subsequent faction formation. Because it would be the adoptive mother who is most unstable right now."

Although I didn't realize it until I heard about it at the tea party with Haltmoot, the fact is, the most problematic thing about our engagement dissolution is our foster mother.

Wilfried wanted to dissolve my engagement. He said he didn't want to be the next Aub or anything. You'll be convinced because your hopes were fulfilled where your position became unstable after you dissolved your engagement. Charlotte and Merhior were also happy to have more options for their future, so no problem.

However, my adoptive mother had always stood by because I was going to be the First Lady of Wilfried with the rear shield of the Risegang. I had no problem welcoming Brunhilde into the Second Lady because I knew that my real son would be Aub and would be able to have a Risegang nobleman on his side through his adoptive daughter.

Me and Brunhilde's year is near, so even if Brunhilde had a child, it is visible which one Risegang would take precedence over if I and Wilfried had one. I could welcome you as my adoptive father's second wife.

But when my engagement with Wilfried is dissolved, all the assumptions are turned upside down. All Risegang aristocrats will fall on Brunhilde, and the chances that a child who draws the blood of his adoptive mother can be Aub are significantly reduced if a child is born there.

"... does Master Rosemayne not give priority to Brunhilde, who is a nobleman of Risegang and near you? If you are going to dissolve your engagement with Master Wilfried and your adoption with Aub, your parents will be the only remaining relationship in Aerenfest… i.e. you will be connected to Risegang"

Otilier asks, staring quietly at me. I could see with my gaze that my closest friends were waiting for my answer. I can see that my answers will greatly influence the movements of those who remain in Aerenfest.

"I want to strengthen the position of my adoptive mother and Charlotte."

I said clarity as I looked around at my proximity, which was more of a Risegang aristocracy. I do not want my adoptive mother's position to be unstable, nor Charlotte's choice to remain in Aerenfest as an adjuster to be in an unfair position.

"Brunhilde wanted the Second Lady to put Risegang together and stabilize Aerenfest. I didn't want to threaten my adoptive mother's position. I am not Brunhilde, I support the First Lady, my adoptive mother."

Mother also had a precarious position for the Second Lady's Tordelide, where there was a great push for power, which was haunting her head about generational change. You will not blame me for my choice.

"... Yes, I did. Place these cloths for Master Rosemaine for about half and leave the other half to Master Florencia"

"Do you install half of it?

It would have been better if I had divided the precious colors of each season. When they said half and blinked, Otilier laughed cuckoo and pranky.

"Oh, we don't have a lowering to the side?

That was completely out of my mind. Sure, you should work on the sides that have always worked hard for you before your adoptive mother. I tell my neighbors to take whatever cloth I want after they have chosen my share. And I decided to give all the rest of the cloth to my adoptive mother along with a letter of request to "hem this guy".

The next day, the side service took one Gretian, and the civilian and escort knights took all of them to the library. There are condiments and spices sorted, and to prepare lunch and dinner, the exclusive cooks of the Hoogos are with them. I kept in touch with him in Ordnants beforehand, so Razapham welcomed me.

"Welcome back, Master Rosemaine"

"I'm back now, Razapham. Sort the baggage that is arriving here. Has the material been transported to the workshop? Then I'd like to include a desk or stationery so that I can read your letter in the stash room or write a response, as I asked in Ordonanz..."

"I'm ready for both. If Lady Rosemaine opens the stash room, we'll be ready in no time."

The cooks showed me the way to the kitchen, and I led Razafam to the workshop. As instructed, luggage is being carried into the workshop.

"Please hand clean up the material in this box with the civilians. To follow Haltmoot's instructions. A male escort knight would also like help with this one. Because some things Clarissa or Filine may not be able to carry."

When all civilians are mobilized, Dermuel also sticks to the civilian count. Since Darmuel is pathetic when he speaks of it honestly, all the male escort knights are helping together. It's convenient to have a man because it can be stored in high places or heavy materials.

"I will read your letter in the hidden room and write back to you, so please classify and clean up the material. You know how to classify and store materials, right?

"Of course it is. Leave it to me."

Both the temple and the library, my workshop was set up by Ferdinand, so both are arranged the same. I know the workshop placement perfectly, and Haltmut and Clarissa are straining it, so if we leave it to the two of us, it won't be a problem.

I asked Gretia to take the letter out of the box containing what was sent from Lettizia, and I called out to Razapham to my private room, which was on the third floor.

"It's a sudden matter, so I plan to put this table and stationery in first, okay?

"Yep. No need to prepare new furniture"

I nodded to Razapham and opened the hidden room. There's magic equipment in the hidden room here with chairs and Ferdinand's "very good". I somehow hated being touched by others, and I walked out of the hidden room once with a bag of leather with magic equipment in my hand. And wait for the stash room to have tables and stationery ready.

When the table came in, I asked Greater to add the ink and paper I had brought from the castle and put your letter on the table. Disappearing ink is also ready.

... me, perfect.

"Okay, I'll read it. It would suffice if the escort knight would only leave Angelica. I'll call you if I have to, so help me sort my bags later."

When I entered the hidden room by myself, I quickly began to read from Letitia's letter. Because my adoptive father told me to write back as soon as possible. Nothing. Ferdinand's letter doesn't mean we put it behind us because there seems to be a line of sermons.

It says that I was very happy with the cute Schmir magic equipment with my parents' voices in it, at first I didn't know when and how to use it against Ferdinand, but what Yustokus demonstrated and taught me.

"Thanks to Justkus, you can now use Schmir's magic equipment well...... so surreal if you imagine"

When I think of the sight of a white schmill stuffed animal bissified out as Yustokus says "It's Now" or "Let's Use It At These Times" to Ferdinand, who is in education, a strange laugh creeps up.

My voice said "praise me not once in a while" from that Schmill, and I'm sure Ferdinand would say a compliment with a bitter face that he doesn't like. Seeing it nearby is going to give me a weird eight hits from Ferdinand, so I want to see it from a distance.

"Nevertheless, Master Retizia is hard without sweets... Dear Ferdinand, let me give you a little more relief."

At the end of the Spring Lords' Conference, it says that education has suddenly become more demanding. I don't know because it doesn't say why, but that seems to be really necessary for Arlensbach. It was written that Aerenfest treats and Schmir's magic equipment, which Ferdinand always rewards, are necessary to overcome a rigorous education, even though it is hard to know.

"... um, maybe this needs a new treat"

For Ferdinand's ease of handing it over, he might as well have prepared cookies and small sliced cattle curls in small pieces and bags, but also something that he can't carry unless it's magic equipment that stops time, like ice cream or tiramisu.

In the meantime, he wrote that Retizia was very grateful to me, and this time, when Ferdinand sent back his thank-you gift, he wanted to deliver it with me.

And when I was worried about what to send to thank him, he suggested that Justkus might have something wide for the dish, such as seasonings and spices. Sounds like we're getting along a lot with Justkus.

... No, it's definitely easier to hear than Dear Ferdinand or Brother Eckhardt.

"I may not know how to use things that aren't in Aerenfest, so I also enclose a recipe for Aerensbach's dishes that I heard from the head chef, as advised by Justkus...... Master Retizia, you're a real good boy!

I take a quick look at the recipe that was enclosed. It's just an ingredient I don't know, so I don't know what kind of flavor I can do without trying to make it first. Let's hope for the efforts of the Hoogos.

... so maybe I could make something out of the seasoning and spices I got and send it to you?

I write about sending a new treat to Retizia so that I can have some fun studying, about being happy with Schmir's magic equipment, about trying it out because I cook a new dish with the new condiments I was sent.

There seems to be a reason why Ferdinand's education has become more rigorous, and Retizia seems convinced. I cannot irresponsibly say to you to be more kind to Retizia from me. At the very least, it would be sophisticated to advise Ferdinand to lower the praise hurdle so that he gets a lot of praise.

... Lady Retizia may also need a recording magic tool with "very good" in it.

It's Ferdinand's turn to read all his letters when he's finished reading them. There are so many, I'm sure one of them has a novel in it, and one of them has a compliment in it.

"... from which do we read?

thrilled I will cut the seal. When I spread it out with the casserole, there was a small novel - it was all lined up.

First of all, there was a line of cursing words about being too worried about negotiating with the royalty to give her a hidden room against her fiancée, or about negotiating and winning a coven evasion directly.

It says why your fiancée can't give you a room and how it can be seen from around you when you give it. Apparently I'm supposed to have imitated like putting a man in Dietrinde's bedroom before marriage and forcing him to live with Dietrinde even though he's still married to Ferdinand.

Ferdinand said he held his head when he heard that he would give him a hidden room by royal fate, even though he wanted to distance himself from Dietrinde at all.

... ohhh! I didn't mean it!

They said that Dietrinde had reassured each other by preparing the room for his own safety away to the west. It just seemed like the room wasn't quite given until the funeral was nearby, and they had a really tough time moving the room out of the busiest.

The room Ferdinand was given was the one that Georgine used when she was the Third Lady, so she wielded a bunch of detection drugs to make Arlensbach's neighbors pull dons if two of her brothers, Justkus and Eckhardt, didn't detect poison.

... but I also understand your concern about Justkus and Brother Eckhardt. I have to make sure everything's okay.

They made sure there was no sign of poison, and they did the moving work after vaching the whole room. In the meantime, Ferdinand apparently had converted the hidden room into a workshop.

"Because we moved the room, we moved farther to the office room, farther away from Georgine's outhouse, making it harder for Justkus to get information, and we can live without a hidden room or something. But it's true that I wanted to get a workshop as soon as possible, so I don't ask about this one... so you've been writing scattered novels! Where is it unquestioned!?

Humph! and be angry at your letter for the first time. We need a rubbing match between Ferdinand and the meaning of the word "no questions".

"Besides, I can sleep better in a hidden room than in a bedroom, so now I want a bench. It was very comfortable to sleep to use when fighting against the territory...... that bench, the one you gave me!? You said you'd leave it on your own behalf or something, and if you have a place to put it, you mean come over!? Or that you should order a new one!?

In the meantime, I knew perfectly well that Ferdinand wanted to enrich his hidden room life. But seriously, I'm not going to be able to get out of the hidden room, so let's hear from Justkus and Brother Eckhardt when it comes to setting up the bench. Let's do that.

In addition to the letters written about the hidden rooms, there were also letters written about the situation in Arlensbach, which focused on the visit of Lanzenave. Written was supposedly just before the start of the funeral.

Once I communicated the king's decision to refuse to accept the princess of Lanzenave, he said that the envoy of Lanzenave had mentioned the circumstances over there that had conveniently been altered, and that Dietrinde was in great trouble sympathy with Lanzenave.

They messed up or messed up their trade relationship by trying to set up a place for talks between the royal family and Lanzenave during the funeral period, or giving away the demonic stones they were exporting to Lanzenave for free in this time of lack of magic. It was so terrible that if Ferdinand dropped the thunder, Dietrinde would instead reflect, "You don't really love me!" He objected without meaning and jumped out to the hall where Lanzenave's messenger was.

"I'm having trouble understanding what kind of psychology such words came out of without anyone on the spot. Do you have nowhere to go between the unusual?... and, yeah, yeah? There's no way I know that."

He said that everything was going so well that Dietrinde liked the king's grandson in Lanzenave and put him on his side, so that he could concentrate on his work and have a little mood room, but the workload increased to such an extent that it was still not comparable.

"Dear Dear Dietrinde, Whatever it takes, that's not a good idea..."

Apparently Georgine is struggling to conjure up or bring back Dietrinde, who frequently enters and exits the Apostolic Hall in Lanzenave. It appears that Georgine has witnessed many times the appearance of Dietrinde returning to the castle.

Dietrinde's behavior is so terrible that he has to make Letitzia's education tough, but he's coming together in one to make Letitzia his next Aub as soon as possible in the castle.

...... hmm, can I say thanks to Dear Dietrinde for this too?

And since my adoptive father arrived and the tools and materials for the formula arrived, the only letter I wrote was about the Devil's Paper.

That the demonic paper of the highest quality of the sample I sent is of unexpected quality. That I am using too much magic in my creation itinerary and it is a recipe that makes my head ache. Magic equipment that has been used so far makes it harder to thank you for what you deserve. After looking through the recipe, it says that there is too much waste and stunned and so on.

"For the above reasons, we created a hasty improvement recipe. Like sending me a demon paper that I conditioned on this street...... and I wondered what I was doing caged in the workshop all night, that I was improving the recipe!? You can do that after!? Master Ferdinand's idiot!

It makes a huge demand for 300 pieces of the highest quality Demon Paper, so while it says the most likely reason is that you should have as much time as possible to prepare it, it shouldn't be the reason you have to live a life that is likely to destroy your body during the funeral period.

I also sent the necessary ingredients for the new recipe, it says. Most of the material that was boxed seems to be for making new demon paper. It was nothing in return for me, a souvenir or anything.

"Ugh, Master Ferdinand. The demands on the royalty are insane, but the hidden room was delightful, and I wish I could be honest with you that I hadn't had the pleasure of conditioning for a long time and couldn't stop it!

Immersed in a long time of research, and apparently that was a lot of fun, can also be read from a letter that says that the preparation and material accumulation that has nothing to do with the recipe is hard. Proof of high tension.

The new Devil Paper recipe written on the back is written in disappearing ink. glowing with what I am touching, so I write it down on another piece of paper.

"... yeah?

The last word was not the recipe. I lay down my pen and stare at the word.

"I want you to tell me your Gedurlich...?

I didn't know what the intent was to say it.

Is Gedurlich used in the sense of home, or more in a different sense? How do I answer? What reaction will come back to which answer? The more I think about it, the less I know.

Maybe you know you're leaving Aerenfest in a year. Or maybe he's just predicting that he'll be the temple head of the central temple from the movement of other realms of the Lords' Conference. Thinking about that, I thought of Ferdinand's face in the back of my brain.

It was terribly quiet and a faceless expression that completely drained my emotions. One thin golden eye directed upright, and a bottom-cold voice like cold air drifting from your feet, said, "Do you wish to be king?" Ask me.

"I don't want that. All I want is to read a book."

That's what I answered then. But I can't answer that easily right now.

"If you want to help Master Ferdinand, you can get Gluthrithheit and be king."

Maybe this one feels stronger now. And I have moved into action without any consultation with Ferdinand. Already, I am a candidate for the next Zent, and I plan to become the king's adopted daughter before the next Lords' Conference to get Gluthrithheit.

... Dear Ferdinand, what do you think?

I was scared to think about what Ferdinand would think of my choices, and I couldn't give an answer about my Gedurleich. Leave the stash by writing back to your letter avoiding answers.

"Three hundred pieces of demon paper, just like Ferdinand recipes, have to be made"

If you become the next Zent, you can't formulate instead of Ferdinand, and if you're engaged to Gigisvalt, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to exchange letters. Maybe the creation of this demonic paper will be my last interaction with Ferdinand. The time I can move freely is diminishing by the minute. Now I'd rather spend my time fulfilling Ferdinand's request than thinking about it.

... I'll give you an answer when I have the Devil's Paper.

I put the problem ahead.