Ascendance of a Bookworm

Leaving the Yang Dynasty to Dunkelferger, we Aerenfest jumped over the temple gate and stepped down into the temple garden. The interior of the gate is quiet. There doesn't seem to be any gatekeepers because everything is a late night to sleep, and no one even speaks up when they say that a number of horsemen have stepped down.

"... Something's wrong"

I felt a little relieved as far as I was concerned that I didn't want to do too bad to the gray clerics because if I had a gatekeeper I would have had to capture them or force them to take turns for the Temple Chief or the Cleric Chief. But it's too quiet.

"Wouldn't you put a gatekeeper in the temple of Arlensbach?

"I just don't have any information about the inside of the temple. Since the priests brought the Holy Grail during the prayer ceremony, we have not entered the temple..."

"I'm sorry I can't live up to your expectations," Yustox shook his neck sideways. With Arlensbach's proximity hanging out all the time, there wouldn't have been room to travel as far as the temple to Justkus, who had gathered as much information as possible, to explore the information.

"The only way to find out about this temple is to ask the people of this temple. I will bring the knights of the Guardian, who gave me his name, to serve in the temple, so Justkus and Haltmut..."

"Wait, Master Rosemaine. This is not the temple of Aerenfest. You cannot enter the temple of another realm without checking what's inside."

Nicoli laughed and said so as Haltmoot in the back seat drew one of the crates in his luggage to his hand.

"Haltmoot, what are you going to say? I don't have time, and if I don't go..."

"We need cleansing in order for Master Rosemaine to enter the temple of other realms. I will do it, which was the chief cleric, so please wait in the horseman for a moment. Because it's easy to stop talking, I want Matthias and Laurenz, who gave their names to Master Rosemaine, to help me. I will leave Cornelius, Leonore and Angelica, who have not offered their names as escorts to Master Rosemaine. How about that?

Haltmoot said so with a smile that made him say no. I haven't said anything but my adoptive father about where the foundations are in the temple. But Haltmoot seems to be guessing. I'll cloud my words with surprise at the smile that seems to know everything.

"... Haltmoot knows where I intend to go to the temple, doesn't he?

"We decided to take the foundations of Arlensbach for Master Ferdinand, and we came to this temple. I know where to go in this temple from time to time, considering that Master Rosemayne disappeared. And you cared about Aerenfest's defense."

He's barely guessing, even though he hasn't said anything clear from me. As always, Haltmoot's observational eye is amazing.

"Dear Rosemaine, am I expecting this incorrectly?

It's a waste of time asking questions. If Haltmoot knows his destination and can't let him in without checking inside, I'll have to leave him to it. I take out a few pieces of demon paper that were folded from inside my leather bag and give them to Haltmut.

"... This is an entry permit. Ask for the signature of the temple chief or clergyman and look for the goddess on the bookshelf. There may be a trick to prevent intruders, as we thought. Please be careful."

"Yes, I did....... if possible, we want Justox's perspective and knowledge to anticipate or disarm the setup and trap. If you were close to Master Ferdinand, you wouldn't say anything extra, would you?

Justkus grinned bitterly at Haltmoot, who said so with an inclusive smile.

"I will cooperate with you as much as I can to help Master Ferdinand, Princess"

"What shall we do with Brother Eckhardt?

"Let me escort the princess. We cannot reduce the princess's escort knight any more in the present situation. Master Ferdinand will scold you."

Haltmut and Justkus, holding crates, descended the horseman, and Leonore came on instead. They say Angelica, Brother Cornelius and Brother Eckhardt protect the perimeter of the horseman.

"You must not enter the temple of another realm without confirmation, Hartmoot told me. I know Haltmoot is right, but it's hard to come here and wait."

"It will not take that long, because it is the cleansing of a temple without nobility. I'm more concerned about Dunkelferger's movements than that. The sound of the magic equipment seems to have stopped completely."

Normally, warning and response signals fly among the Knights of Arlensbach, or emergency assembly bells ring. But they don't make any particular noise except for Dunkelferger's magic equipment. That is what Leonore tells me, and I make myself climb out of the window to gaze upon the sky.

Ordnants flew in there. I offer my arm as I ride myself out the window. Ordnants opened his mouth as he moved his wings and stepped down into his arms.

"Dear Rosemayne, it's Clarissa. Despite Dunkelferger's use of magic equipment over the castle for agitation, the Knights do not come out. Something unexpected could be happening. What will you do? Do you want to keep the castle under control and look between the magic supplies where Master Ferdinand is?

I look at Leonore and Leonore in what is spoken in a whisper like a vigilant surrounding voice.

"Master Dietrinde said he wanted to get Gluthris Height by the time Master Ferdinand's magic ran out. Did you take the Knights to the center?

"I don't think you're just going to take all the knights.... Dear Rosemayne, having regard to the possibility of an ambush, ask Dunkelferger to explore the state of the castle. Anyway, we have to go between the magic supplies."

As Leonore said, I wanted Ordnants to blow my words in and fly, "with full vigilance, to explore the state of the castle".

"It's a white bird! There's a magician hiding in the back!

"Break the gate!

"Retreat! The Demon Stone is mine!

Multiple voices echoed from across the gate. I face Leonore. Shortly afterwards, he began to sound like he was hitting himself with a blunt instrument, like he was hitting a small entrance or exit where only the gatekeeper would pass.

"You don't seem aristocratic."

"Yes. We will not even knight such a loud and abusive statement. Besides, if you're a nobleman, you don't have to bother breaking the gate, you just have to jump over it with a horseback."

Leonore is right, there is no point in making a loud noise and deliberately breaking the gate. Unlike Aerenfest, it's a temple entirely within the aristocratic city, so there's not even a aristocratic gate that needs magic recognition.

"Dear Rosemayne, I will see how it goes."

Angelica pops out in a quick move. At the same time, Brother Cornelius and Brother Eckhardt turned their backs on the Lesser Bus as they looked over. Immediately Angelica returns and begins reporting.

"There are three men who seek to destroy the gate. I'm putting silver clothes together."

"A silver coat would be of Lanzenave. At least you're not an Arlensbach knight. But I don't see how Lanzenave can break out here."

Leaving Brother Eckhardt to think about, Angelica continues to report.

"I have a silver shield and a silver sword. I would also like to fight to see if a handheld weapon works for the enemy, or if it is possible to capture him in Stalp, etc. May I have your permission to attack?

"It would be good to try it in small numbers, Lord of the Lord"

I was freaked out by the sound of Ferdinand's voice from around Angelica's waist. I feel terribly nostalgic even though I know it's Steinluke's voice.

"It will be important to know the enemy's power of war. Allow attacks, but be careful, as enemies are likely to have a variety of poisons"

"Cornelius defend Rosemaine with Leonore. Let's go, Angelica. Keep your distance as soon as you open the gate. I'll jump over the gate and let my enemies in."

As soon as I gave my permission to attack, it was Brother Eckhardt who popped up. Quickly let the horseman out and cross the gate. Angelica immediately removed it when she jumped at the gate in response to Brother Eckhardt's order.

"Oops!?

"What!?

Due to the gate opening all at once, the men in a state where they were swinging their weapons to break the gate fall apart and roll in. I could see the silver colour in me reflecting the light of the moon.

"Come on in. I can't close it."

Brother Eckhardt jumping from the horseman probably strengthens his body, then kicks the men full of strength from behind. Although Angelica tried to capture the farthest flying, eye-turning man with a stamp, she still can't seem to capture him with magic.

"Ha ha... How much darkness did you ambush? That weapon won't work."

A man who was coughing up with a geese because of his thoughtful kick stood up laughing at Angelica, who could not be held captive in Staaap, putting up a silver sword. Angelica quickly pulls out the sword she was bringing, poking it at the man she missed capturing without any hesitation and pulling it out quickly.

"Seems to work?

I stare at the man cut in an instant with my eyes and mouth wide open so that the man who was mocking Angelica couldn't believe it. I put my hand on my wound with the kind of face that the cut man didn't even know what had happened. The jittery, stained red blood starts to flow with more and more momentum. I can also see the red color flowing through the white cobblestone in the dark.

... blood, blood... There's a lot of blood.

I'm scared and disgusted by the red that spreads to my sight. Even if I know that the escort knight will not serve if I do not cut my enemies without any hesitation, I do not like the rough things that are done in front of me and the back of my throat catches me.

"Angelica, use more physical strength than weapons. It's an unusual weapon and armor. I want to collect it."

Looks like the man who was rolling closest to Brother Eckhardt is no longer in a state of war. He's grabbing my neck and dragging me, but he's not responding. "Cornelius, disarm," Brother Eckhardt said, throwing the man in his hand at his disposal.

"Ha!"

"Hiccup!

Brother Cornelius rushed out holding the rope for captivity, but I scream unexpectedly that people will be thrown away like things. I'm the only one upset. The escort knight has a natural face even for a woman. From the fact that there were no shards of agitation at all, I knew the difference from a trained knight even though I didn't like it.

"Come on!"

A man throws a silver weapon like a knife at Angelica as he bleeds. When Angelica paid off at the back of her hand, Angelica's amulet, which apparently responded to the physical attack, reflected the attack. The man who threw the knife fell on the spot inevitably.

"Become!? What the hell is that... I didn't hear that."

You didn't know the attack would reflect, only one man left looking around for his side with a blue face, but only one left.

"We will collect your weapons with physical enhancement"

Angelica decided beautifully on the spinning kicking streak as she jumped at the man at such a speed that the remnants lingered with a smile.

"I thought it would be longer when I heard the silver weapons and reports on the silver cloth, but I was relieved it was easy to finish. It's because the opponent decided to ambush with a small number of people, but it's very significant that you were able to confirm that the weapons and amulets prepared by this one will work. I still can't use physical enhancement as well as Angelica, so I was relieved to find out that I could use a weapon."

"Right, right"

As I was bleeding to keep the falling man out of my sight as much as I could, I saw Brother Eckhardt pulling this way as he sloppy through the last man Angelica bogged down to me.

"... you know, Leonore. Was Brother Eckhardt a knight who fought in such a way that he left it to this physical strengthening?

"You're the one who fights closest to Master Bonifatius. Since you've seen it several times in training, no surprise to me, but is this your first time, Master Rosemayne?

Leonore said that with the face that there was nothing.

"This is the first time I've seen anything but a sword of Stalp fight. I was surprised that Brother Eckhardt and Angelica were too used to fleshshell fights."

... Your uncle's educational achievements are amazing.

Brother Eckhardt cautions Angelica as he ties up the men and disarms them with three men: Brother Eckhardt, Brother Cornelius and Angelica.

"The magic doesn't work on this silver cloth. Wouldn't it be difficult to use it later if it was stained with blood even though it could not be dropped in Vashen? If you can't afford a large number of opponents, think later when you're a small number of them, and choose how to attack them."

"Yes. I think I got it"

... you never know! You can't ask Angelica to think about it later!

Matthias and Laurenz returned as they were stripping silver products from their captives. He said Haltmoot told him to bring me in. I hold the key of the temple that is lowered from my neck once from the top of my clothes to confirm my presence and exit the Lesser Bus.

"Dear Rosemaine, I will accompany you as an escort."

"I'm sorry, Leonore. You can't take unnamed people ahead of you."

"No. Master Rosemaine has too few escort knights. At least take one more."

Brother Eckhardt stopped the hand of disarming and stood up to Brother Cornelius' words.

"If Justkus is allowed, I'll go. They will protect Rosemayne's horseman, while processing prisoners and verifying silver weapons and protective equipment, and share what they find out about silver weapons and protective equipment with Dunkelferger."

"Ha!"

Brother Eckhardt gives instructions to Brother Cornelius, Leonore and Angelica, urging me to start walking. Shortly after entering the temple, there was the figure of a grey cleric who was being wrapped around in a band of Starp light and bitten by monkeys.

"Haltmut and Justkus are waiting for their destination to examine the library interior with care"

"We've secured the temple chief's stature, and we've confirmed he can get in and out."

Listen to Matthias and Laurenz report as they walk. They're already ready. The moonlight that plugs through the window illuminates the hallway. Because Arlensbach is considerably warmer than Aerenfest, the windows are large and the hallways are bright. I didn't think of anything in particular while I was on the Lesser Bus, but when I got off, my riding clothes were hot and I couldn't help it.

"Princess, this way. This is how I got my permit."

The temple chief of Ahrensbach, who was stuck with a stamp by Justkus, looked at me as I let him draw his throat. I can see they're begging me to help.

"Thank you. I know, Temple Chief of Arlensbach. If you stay quiet, I'll be sure to let you go if I can help you, so please be patient for a while."

And I received my permit from the hand of Justkus, and went into the library. The floor is beautiful but smells dusty. Compared to the Temple Library in Aerenfest, there are more books to keep. I'm going to be accidentally attracted to you.

"Dear Rosemaine, there seems to be nothing particularly trapping here. If the head of the temple in Ahrensbach is right, it seems that many nobles who visit the temple have never visited the library."

"Are there many aristocrats who visit the temple? As it is, the Aerenfest nobility will soon be removed from the other realms by the number of patrons."

"There is a huge difference in the purpose of the nobility visiting the temple," Haltmoot said in a troubled face when he dropped his shoulder, even though he first discovered it was Aerenfest.

... for flower purposes?

I don't ask any more deeply, and I don't say Haltmoot. He leads me in front of a bookshelf with a smile on my face with Nicole.

"Dear Rosemaine, there is a mestionora on this bookshelf. Are you sure the goddess you are looking for is here?

"Thank you, I know, Haltmoot."

As I stood before Mestionora's bookshelf, I pulled the keys of the Bible out of my clothes. Touch your finger on the Scriptures, the Mestionora god's fixture engraved on the bookshelf. There was a sound of cachili and the scripture opened, and a keyhole appeared there.

I plugged a biblical key into the keyhole. The magic line runs and the bookshelf begins to move left and right. I began to see a space behind it that looked like a rainbow oil film. It's the same time we head between the magic supplies.

"Dear Rosemaine, here are some spares such as restorative drugs and empty demon stones. I'm holding back here, so let me know if you need me."

I nodded to Haltmoot, who said so while tapping lightly on the crate, and I went inside.