Ascendance of a Bookworm

Unfortunately, the outcome of my negotiations did not seem very pleasing. "One book......" a small voice, bewildered, rose more than one from outside the royalty. Obviously they don't think it helps.

... I don't usually read books, so the royal family couldn't go on studying ancient languages! Humph!

"Um, Master Rosemaine. May I ask you a question?

Eglantine stares at me and Ferdinand with her hands on her cheeks perfectly.

"When I spoke with you two before, I remember that you gave me your opinion that if Candidate Zent came out one after the other from the Lordship candidates everywhere, he would be a source of disturbance.... but you said that the two of you now choose the next generation of Zent from outside the royalty. What do you think about being a source of chaos? May I tell you something?

It's an Eglantine-like question that I want to repel above all that there will be a commotion. Since this was among the questions envisaged, I return the answers as per my meeting with Ferdinand.

"If anyone in the royal family can be Zent, I still believe that it would be best. Because we don't need extra noise seeds or anything. Nearly a year has passed since I figured out the means to get to Gluthris Height, but could the royalty have gotten Gluthris Height?

When I stopped speaking there, Ferdinand looked at me lightly.

... but "the closest thing to Gluthris Height was Master Eglantine, all the attributes of birth, right?" What a disgusting thing to say. I'm not mistaken.

"No, that's... But it was decided that Rosemayne's adoption would bring Gluthris Height to the royal family..."

"Dear Eglantine, that is not what royalty gets the Gluthris Height. At the time, I didn't lie, I thought the royal family should get the gluthris height, but I didn't think there was any shortage of qualities, effort or perseverance to become a Zent to the royal family so far."

"Ferdinand!?

My rampage opened my eyes as my adoptive father, who had seen it in the distance, hacked, trying to stop Ferdinand. But Ferdinand smiles and recieves.

I thought the answers prepared, as I say, were pretty belligerent too, but Ferdinand was more provocative. I blink my eyes, not expecting Ferdinand to treat the royal family so directly as incompetent, who had so clearly bequeathed his superficial courtesy to the royal family.

"Dear Eglantine, at that time I told you the clue to the Gluthris Heights so that the royal family could get the Gluthris Heights without causing any disturbance. And I was accepting the engagement of the royal life to show that I never disagreed with Master Traokvar or anything. But..."

Ferdinand cuts words there and deepens his grin.

"The royalty who got the clue didn't get Gluthris Height himself, but tried to make Rosemaine take it. I was told that Rosemayne, who promised to defend Aerenfest on my behalf on her way to Arlensbach, would become the king's adopted daughter to obtain the Gluthrithheit, forcing her to marry the worst as if she were a nightmare. Do you see my mood then, Master Traokvar? I know you said you left to protect Aerenfest, but I want you to imagine a little bit of what I thought when I was scratched around Aerenfest by royalty."

Instead of Eglantine, who asked the question, Ferdinand was looking straight at Traockvar. Traokvar is pulling his lips together and dropping.

"Any disrespect is too much, Master Ferdinand"

"Magdalena, the Third Lady, who doesn't really go out on social occasions, just doesn't know better, and that's all I forced him to do"

To stop Traokvar, Magdalena said, "Looks like it was an exit. I'm sorry," he shuts his mouth.

"Dear Traokvar, can you tell me what you have forced Ferdinand to do? I know that as his brother, as Aub Aerenfest, I have a right to know."

When it comes to Ferdinand's son-in-law, his adoptive father, who was driven out of a mosquito net, looks to Traokvar. Traokvar glanced at Ferdinand and slowly shook his neck sideways.

"I'm not willing to rebel from me because the condition from him that forced me was never to speak out. No more imitations like buying the wrath of a Ferdinand or a goddess incarnation."

Ferdinand nodded one as if he was a little relieved by Traokvar's decision.

"Dear Eglantine, the answer to the question is that, despite knowing how to get a gluthris height, I believe it would be more desirable for a country filled with magic to survive even in the event of a commotion than to face another crisis in which the country will collapse with a royal family that has not yet been put in hand in generations of zents"

"Really..."

"...... but if you want to make it look like royalty is reigning over Jürgenschmidt as Zent as before, it's not like there's no way at all. All you have to do is drain from generation to generation those who get the most from the appointed Son of Zent the Book of Mestionora."

Eglantine leans her neck loosely to think of something in Ferdinand's push that we should continue to Zent with our own efforts.

"We intend to publish the history that the royal family has distorted the way Jürgenschmitt is and how to obtain the book of Mestionora so that everyone can obtain it, but we know that you will continue to strive to produce a historical Zent"

"History that has distorted the way Jürgenschmitt is......?

I was urged by Ferdinand to talk about how the way to qualify for Zent changed slightly by historical Zent. The material in the central Royal Palace Library seems to have been much different from the history learned so far, as it only has minutes after the royal family moved to the center.

Gigisvalt, who shook his head aside to shake off the shock, looks at me.

"The incarnation of the goddess. I understand that the gods are craving a new Zent to break the previous framework of royalty. I want to be the new Zent and incorporate the old way as much as I can."

Ferdinand raised a slight frown on Gigisvalt's declaration. Anastasius looks anxiously at Gigisvalt.

"Brother, that's..."

"I think that I most deserve to take up the position of Zent for the first time, which is well known as the next Zent. Would Anastasius agree?

To the gentle smile of Gigisvalt, directed to Anastasius, who raised his voice to protest, Anastasius lowered his gaze softly with a face like he had lost sight of the words to be called. Have you received it as acknowledgement, Gigisvalt turns his gaze to me with a deeper grin?

"I will incorporate the old ways, but the sin of attracting this outbreak lies in Arlensbach. I'm not convinced that royalty carries all its sins."

"Brother!

Anastasius tried to control it, but Gigisvalt continued.

"We were in danger, but Jürgenschmidt was protected by Dunkelferger, Aerenfest. Aren't those of Arlensbach the ones who need to be punished before the royalty?

Gigisvalt's gaze, smiling gently, was directed at Ferdinand. The thought is clear that this would not have happened if Ferdinand had held Dietrinde down and prevented the intrusion of the Lanzenave people. I was used to ordering others, and I knew very well that I didn't even think about a single strand of hair, such as being overshadowed by my own words, which are royal. I guess that's the way you grew up in that position.

... I don't seem to understand anything at all, but I'm supposed to be incarnating a goddess because I'm a royal candidate for Zent. Is this okay with me?

I'm not sure how royalty thinks or standards. Is it better to blame Gigisvalt on this occasion? When I sent my gaze to Ferdinand, Ferdinand had a sparkling smiley face.

"Yes, I did. Arlensbach sinners are in a state where they can be extradited at any time. Hand it over to the centre as soon as Prince Gigisvalt wishes."

... Wow, aren't you willing to respond? Prince Gigisvalt, you're sad.

If you want to punish me first, do it now. I thought I heard a sub audio saying that it wasn't the center that wasn't ready for acceptance. I don't want to be anything other than a book, to be afraid to face a Ferdinand in this state. But Gigisvalt was apparently quite a courageous young man.

Even if he could not understand the sparkling smile Ferdinand as grumpy, the deputy audio seemed to have been heard accurately, and Gigisvalt smiled nicely, stuck in words for a moment.

"We're not just talking about the executor, we're talking about you in Arlensbach as your fiancée to support the next Aub. Are you aware of your sins?

I'm getting cocky at that word. I cannot hear from Gigisvalt, who has not fulfilled his royal duty, to Ferdinand, who was on the errand in a land unfamiliar to him by trying to cut his body and mind in accordance with his royal life's duty.

"Me, I don't quite understand Prince Gigisvalt's words, but would you like to say that Master Ferdinand is failing in his duty?

Gigisvalt opens his eyes to my mouth, not Ferdinand, and Anastasius holds his head "on his brother". If you wanted to keep it down, I think you should have kept it down faster.

"Because of his duty by the royal fate, Master Ferdinand stood on the battlefield, saying he had been poisoned but could not afford to heal him busily. You're saying that despite leading the battle between the knights of Arlensbach and Dunkelferger's will, there's still not enough duty, is there?

"Mm-hmm. As Lady Rosemayne said, Lady Ferdinand swept up the Lanzenave soldiers in Arlensbach, followed the Arlensbach nobles who invaded Aerenfest, and captured the Lanzenave men in the center trying to get the book of Mestionora. Given our position that we were still fiancées, not husbands, we can assure you that Dunkelferger, who fought with us, was sincere enough to cross the line"

Aub Dunkelferger admits that it was a forcible force that left little room for real rest, etc. Gigisvalt smiles, "Really?" but his eyes didn't look at all convinced.

"Prince Gigisvalt, I would also like to ask you, what the hell was the royal family doing when the crisis was informed by Dunkelferger and Aerenfest while Lord Ferdinand was performing his duties by royal decree?

It shouldn't be just me or Ferdinand who has the duty to fulfill it. I say that I am not convinced that the royal family is guilty, but what the hell was the royal family doing? When I glanced, I breathed like Gigisvalt was pressured.

"Without even realizing the Knights' betrayal or the spread of the Trook in the center, please tell me what you were doing besides riding the Knights' thoughts and letting the Lanzenave take their stapes, renouncing to defend their foundations and going right and left on the Knights' betrayal. I haven't seen Prince Gigisvalt in the battle in the auditorium, but what have you done?

"I instruct the central nobles as royalty in my own detachment..."

I smile and control Nikoli, Gigisvalt, who breathlessly spits out his words. At a time when I'm pulling into my own outhouse, I'm not at all a guardian of Jürgenschmitt.

"Was that a necessary instruction for the fulfilment of the royal duty of preserving the country and the foundations, not our own? Are you aware that you have just realized already that we are disqualified as royalty at a time when we are defending the center where we live, not the House of Lords where Jürgenschmitt is based?

"Rosemaine, it's time to stop. Other royals are losing their complexion to the rebellion from the incarnation of the goddess"

Ferdinand gently pulls my sleeve. If you look around, it's definitely just people who look pale.

"Sounds like it. But when you execute them after the coup d 'état, instead of looking at the royal hapless coalition and the rare disputed bullets, they say there are a lot of people who lost their lives, but they're only guaranteed their lives. So much so that the royals lose their complexion by being stuck in their own lapses, right?

When I tilt my neck with Coteri, Ferdinand rises up and grabs my arm. Its complexion was so bad that the rush was visible to everyone's eyes.

... Is that it? Master Ferdinand's weird, isn't he?

"Rosemaine, are you aware that your eyes are changing color? I'm in a mild state of intimidation with more power from the unconsciously leaking goddess, you know?

I felt angry about Gigisvalt, but I had no awareness that he was in a mild state of intimidation. It was Traokvar who raised his hand slowly, blinking at me. If you see him breathing, you can see that he is under my unconscious intimidation.

"Please forgive my remarks, Master Rosemaine"

It will look like Gigisvalt received Fairdrenna's thunder in his appearance, who politely asks permission to speak. Everyone's attention was drawn to Traokvar.

"I forgive you."

"I apologize for being a foolish son who can't defend his position to be acquitted. But there's no need for Master Rosemaine to shake your heart to the words of foolishness. Until we finish the star knot, Ferdinand is firmly convinced that he will not be in the league of Dietrinde. Rest assured."

To the words of Traokvar, I stroke down my breasts. I was kind of fading from my memory, but I did have that promise. Whoever says anything has no effect on Ferdinand. As soon as Ho and I exhaled, everyone around me exhaled to ease.

Ferdinand peeks into my face with a serious look and groans, "Looks like the color of your eyes is back," he said. Though the colour of my eyes seems to have returned, the haste in Ferdinand's face has not been completely dispelled.

"Rosemaine, the power of the goddess seems harder to control than its own magic. Your emotional response seems to be accompanied by an increase in the power of the goddess. With more power from the goddess like this, it is possible that you will no longer be you. Please, keep your emotions as low as possible.

My spine relaxed at the word that you would cease to be you. Does that mean that there are other possibilities for the disappearance of important memories in addition to those already lost? Does that mean something more horrible will happen? That is how Ferdinand points out that I may no longer be me already.

... What, I'm scared!

It was only for a moment that fear swelled up in me.

"Rosemaine!"