Ascendance of a Bookworm

"Father, what are you talking about!?

The occasion is deliberately deliberate and attention is drawn to Ferdinand. The royal family compares the kneeling Traokvar to Ferdinand, and Dunkelferger's Aub and his wife keep an eye on Ferdinand.

"Dear Mr. Traokvar, Are you sure the words are interpreted in such a way that even if all royalty were to enter the White Tower?

Instead of answering Traokvar's question, it was Anastasius who stood up with a bloody face at Ferdinand's appearance asking him quietly.

"Father, please stop! You are Zent. Nothing kneels but the incarnation of the goddess."

"Zent to rule Jurgenschmitt must be one with gluthrithheit, Anastasius"

"That gluthris height is given by Rosemaine, who became the incarnation of Mestionora, Father. I asked them to get my father a gluthris height and become a true zent. My father, who has guided the country's whereabouts more than anyone, thinks he deserves it most."

Traokvar shakes his neck sideways against Anastasius, who tries to make him stand. Seeing that serious exchange, I looked up at Ferdinand standing next to me in an admirable breath.

... Oh, you're totally what Master Ferdinand expected.

I'm in the mood to even watch a muscular play about what it is because of the anticipated reactions and questions. It's bad for Traokvar and Anastasius, who are seriously talking to each other, but they don't expose Ferdinand to being serious about Traokvar.

"Dear Mr. Traokvar, I know it's very rude, but there is a big mistake in your assumptions. It is only those who have the protection of all the great gods, and not those who have the glutrisheit, who can go up to the altar."

"Right," Eglantine agreed to Ferdinand's words. No one seemed to think Eglantine would open her mouth, and everyone's gaze would go that way.

"I also went up to the altar when I performed the ritual of obtaining the patronage of the gods with the practical skill of the House of Lords. It led me to a place like a white square where I got a stamp, but there was nothing else in particular. But I'm not getting gluttris heights"

"It's important to be all the attributes that have your protection from all the great gods."

Eglantine told me the line I was supposed to say, so I'll just keep it to add a little bit.

Traokvar, pointed out to Eglantine, the royal family, opens his eyes wide. I think it was more effective than I said. Being able to ascend the altar does not prove possession of the book of Mestionora.

"But still, he..."

"Yep. Given the clues to Gluthris Heights that you have shown us, I think that Ferdinand may have already taken them or reached very close."

Eglantine turns her gaze to Ferdinand as she says so. Traokvar also saw Ferdinand. They both have faces asking, "Are you getting gluthris heights or not?" However, there was a difference in the expression between Eglantine staring at Ferdinand and Traockvar staring at him.

"Lady Traokvar is really Prince Gigisvalt's father, isn't he? You're very similar."

Ferdinand, overlooking Traokvar on his knees, had a very cold face. No one will find it a compliment that "stupid and ugly" is very similar to Gigisvalt tied up by his real father. Those who were there changed their complexion at the same time. Magdalena compares Gigisvalt to Traochvar and stares gently at Ferdinand with red eyes.

"Which part of Lady Traokvar do you say resembles Prince Gigisvalt?

"Hmm. I can't help but think that Prince Gigisvalt's sexual roots, which are inconvenient to you and impose his will on others by wearing a position of royalty, are a paternal concession, but it seems that Magdalena's eyes bear the curse of the goddess of chaos"

Saying his eyes were cloudy and truncated Magdalena's words, Ferdinand put his arms together as he looked down at Traokvar with a light golden eye caged in contempt.

"Master Traokvar seems to have completely forgotten, so let me repeat. I do not consider usurpation or treason, nor do I wish to take up the status of Zent. Didn't I obey you then who ordered me to enter Arlensbach to show it inside and out? I hope a year and a half spent in Arlensbach on death row wasn't in vain."

I squeezed my adoptive father's fist out on the table tightly into Ferdinand's words. Maybe now, my adoptive father is so angry that he wants to beat up Traokvar.

"That's when I decided it was best."

It was not Ferdinand who opened his mouth to the words of Traokvar, but his adoptive father.

"At that time it was best to do it to Arlensbach with royal fate, this time only assuming that Ferdinand was getting a gluthris height, without even being sure, that it was best to become a Zent and do the royal aftermath so far...? Isn't it too early for a visit to Schlertraum for as much or as little as anything?

Sleep words mean say it after bed, but I smudge that my adoptive father, who can smile directly at it to Traokvar, is really Ferdinand's brother.

... Nevertheless, was Lady Traokvar a convenient person to forget what she said?

My adoptive father, who is not willing to let me use Ferdinand any more at the convenience of Traokvar, stares at Traokvar, who wants to take the best way for Jurgenschmitt. A soft voice cracked into the sparkling atmosphere.

"So is it okay that Master Ferdinand doesn't get a gluthris height, he doesn't intend to get a Zent? You're not gonna take Lady Traokvar's offer, are you?

Eglantine tilts her neck with her hands on her cheeks. Its bright orange eyes are serious themselves, though they look like the usual laid-back smile.

"Will the royal family respond to the demands of the gods instead of entering the White Tower, or will Aub Dunkelferger reign as Zent given the gluthrithheit... there are two options shown from Mestionora's incarnation. I never had the option to be Zent from the beginning. There's no way there's more choices where Lady Traokvar wanted them."

"Answer, thank you. I know. I understand what Ferdinand thinks."

Ferdinand trumps Traokvar's question itself, saying the royalty was only given a choice. Eglantine nodded as convinced, but Traokvar did not seem convinced. He opens his eyes wide and complains, "Zent should be the one who got Gluthris Height on his own". But the word was completely silenced by Ferdinand.

"Um, Lady Traokvar"

I stood on my knees and spoke to Traokvar, who appealed to Ferdinand.

"I don't think you're wrong to want Zent to be the one who got Gluthris Height on his own. We intend to spread the word about how to acquire the book of Mestionora and choose it that way from the next generation. But I want the present royal family to take on Zent."

I look around Adolphine and Eglantine and Magdalena. I don't think they are guilty enough to spend the rest of their lives in a white tower, having been married to a royal family for a few years or less likely to be in a social setting as a third lady.

"It can also mean avoiding royal help and alliances, but suddenly I think it's easier to accept having a prep period than someone other than the royal being Zent. The bigger the change, the bigger the rebellion from the surroundings..."

"With Gluthris Heights, there are no aristocrats to speak of such dissatisfaction"

They kept telling me he was a fake king. I just think so because he's a traockvar. I slowly shook my neck to the side.

"Lady Traokvar looks too sacred to Gluthris Height. Whether you have a gluthris heit or a zent who gets the book of Mestionora stands, people are going to say dissatisfaction. There is no limit to people's dissatisfaction. I think it would be nice to have as little clamor and fewer disputes as possible, but it won't be completely gone. It's proven by history."

Feeling a strong gaze as I speak, I slowly shift my gaze. I got eyes on Eglantine staring at this one.

"Master Eglantine? Can I help you?

When I called, Eglantine, once lowered her gaze, slowly raised her face and looked straight at Traokvar. Strong light resides in bright orange eyes.

"For Jürgenschmidt we need Gluthrithheit is essential. If Lady Rosemayne were to obtain the Gluthrithheit, I thought it would be absolutely necessary to adopt her with the King and marry her next Zent, Prince Gigisvalt, in order to bring it to the royal family without disturbance."

For Eglantine, she couldn't have been married to Anastasius, who had left the next Zent on the occasion of her marriage to herself, or Hildebrandt, who was seeing a dispute happen again.

"But in this commotion, Master Rosemayne showed me the option to give the royal family a gluthris height as the incarnation of the goddess. If so, you do not need to marry or adopt Prince Gigisvalt. Even if you wanted Gluthris Heights, a situation that would never bother anyone, does Lady Traokvar not want Gluthris Heights?

Eglantine stares at me, at Traockvar as Anastasius would expect. My wives are also looking at Traokvar. But Traokvar shook his head sideways.

"The new Zent deserves someone who got Gluthris Height on his own. I can't change that thought. I'm not the one who should be the new Zent."

"Really? I understand your thoughts, Mr. Traokvar."

Eglantine looked at me after urging Traokvar to sit back in his chair. Orange eyes are filled with strong determination.

"Dear Rosemayne, I will obtain the gluthrithheit from the incarnation of the goddess and become Zent. I offer my name to Lord Rosemayne and I swear by the gods, so please give me the gluthris height."

"Eglantine, who..."

Anastasius stares at Eglantine with a stunned face. "I don't like disturbing the country," Eglantine smiled with a smile.

"Prince Gigisvalt, well known to all the nobles, was the next Zent to get the Gluthrithheit from the incarnation of the Goddess. If Prince Gigisvalt could have gotten the Gluthris Height, he would have slowly changed it over the longest period of time."

From the incarnation of the goddess, Gigisvalt gains the gluthrithheit and strives to give up Zent to the next generation who practiced the ancient way of acquiring it, while the other royalty devotes itself to the country as an aub of abandoned territory. He said that was the best thing for Eglantine. However, it was determined to be ineligible.

"I'm a little anxious that the reign won't last long compared to Prince Gigisvalt, but if Lady Traokvall wants Gluthrithheit, I thought he'd be happy to reward you for the hard work you've done.

I've been struggling without the Gluthris Heights. Eglantine says he supported Traokvar if he would get the Gluthrithheit and devote himself to the country as the right Zent and change the way the country is at the request of the gods. But Traokvar didn't want it.

"Dear Anastasius and Prince Hildebrandt have not received the protection of all the Great Gods, so they cannot go up to the altar with the incarnation of the Goddess. Not eligible for this Zent from the beginning."

Anastasius and Hildebrandt distort their faces in regret. Surely it is deadly not to be able to go up to the altar.

"Mr. Anastasius has helped Prince Gigisvalt to gain protection so that he can never pull out."

Eglantine turned her gaze to Ferdinand smiling to comfort Anastasius.

"And if Master Ferdinand wanted Zent with or without Gluthrithheit, I would not have. I'm not reckless enough to argue with those who are spoiled by the incarnation of the goddess, and I don't like to argue."

... Huh? Sweetie? Someone's mistaken again.

I glanced at Ferdinand, worried if I should argue with Eglantine, who laughed teasingly with Couscous. He frowned between his eyebrows and frowned. This is a face that I really hate, although it looks like the same Buddha top surface as usual. Looks like we should argue here.

"Dear Eglantine, My thoughts on Master Ferdinand are toward family alike, not affection between men and women, and even if Master Ferdinand can tolerate family love or even political marriage, I come with a heartfelt reluctance to receive such a connotation of affection. Don't get me wrong there."

As soon as that happened, everyone on the spot turned into a poker face. Everyone's gaze eloquently says, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"... Huh?

It's like I'm the only one who doesn't know what we all know. I reached out unexpectedly and grabbed Ferdinand's sleeve.

"What I am saying, you are not wrong, Master Ferdinand!? Let's face it together."

Pulling his sleeve several times made Ferdinand look terribly nasty. It should have been Ferdinand who taught me that silence would be misconstrued as affirmative if I hadn't disputed any troublesome and unpleasant things.

"Ho, Rosemayne's not saying it wrong, Ferdinand?

"Why are you hitchhiking, Aub Aerenfest?

"As their brother, as Rosemaine's adoptive father, don't you think it's something you need to know?

"I don't think so at all"

Ferdinand stares at his niggling adoptive father with a sparkling smile whose eyes are not laughing at all. I think it's as clever as ever to smile and stare.

"I'm sorry. Me, I seem to have picked the wrong word. I just wanted to state that if Master Ferdinand wanted Zent, he didn't intend to..."

"You're too derailed, Rosemaine, as Master Eglantine said."

Ferdinand gave instructions to Eglantine to continue and waved gently to sit back on me. It was certainly not something that I would bother to argue with in an important discussion setting that shaped Jürgenschmidt. Maybe the Efficiency Focused Ferdinand wanted to make the mistake the way it's always been. Failed.

"I'm sorry I blocked the story. Please continue."

"If no one wants Zent, I will. As Aub Aerenfest said, we should not push the aftermath of royalty to anyone other than the royalty. Besides, I am also a mother with children. If I could, I'd like to have a place to spend time with my daughter instead of going into a white tower where I can divide the rooms for myself."

... to? Daughter!? When!?

I opened my eyes wide. I don't know when she got pregnant and gave birth, but even considering when she got married, Eglantine's daughter must be pretty young.

... Dear Eglantine, were you a mother?

Then I think it would be better if we could live together in Zent or Aub rather than parents being put into a white tower and parents and kids falling apart.

"If you are the daughter of all attributes, Master Eglantine, you are also considered highly qualified as the next generation of Zent. If you're prepared to support Prince Anastasius with Lord Eglantine, wouldn't it be a problem to give him the Gluthris Height?

As Anastasius warns in my words, "What readiness are you?" I ask. You don't have to look so worried, it's just like being the successor to a female Aub.

"It will be imperative that Prince Anastasius be able to take his place during the period of Eglantine's pregnancy and childbirth. So much so that Prince Anastasius will not be able to hope for a second son until he has received protection from all the great gods by prayer and the replacement of Master Eglantine has been served. Just take a bunch of healing pills and go around the temple."

When I encouraged him to "work hard for Master Eglantine, who was determined to support his country," Anastasius let him draw his cheeks all the way. But I would do anything for my dear daughter-in-law and pretty daughter. That's what Anastasius is like. I trust Anastasius, in the sense that Eglantine's wishes are absolutely fulfilled.

"If Master Eglantine is going to be a new Zent, the royal sin will move in the direction of concealment as much as possible. Can't Prince Hildebrandt just hide what he got Starp too and stay put?

Turned this way as Magdalena was surprised by my words.

"Can't you modify the shackles to look like magic equipment bracelets and keep them sealed up to the age at which your classmates get a stamp...?

"You can let him near you, but you're still too sweet for the young"

Ferdinand glances at me, and I turn away a little. But isn't it pathetic for Hildebrandt to have an even harsher punishment from royalty to a clan of lords, even though other royalties have decided to hide their sins and live as harsh but nobles?

"But there's only a little room for circumstance on Prince Hildebrand this time. I would have been isolated from the information because of my childhood, and the adults around me had no idea that I should be wary of Raoblute. Because I don't think it's fair for every young man to bear a visible and great sin when the adults around him now live in hidden sins."

I saw Magdalena, Ferdinand's mother in Hildebrandt, saying whether it was good because she couldn't escape the invisible punishment of others.

"Dear Magdalena, If you didn't stop busily to the surrounding sides believing the word that permission was out of Zent, there seems to be no choice but to have a young child abetted. But if you had just told us the nature of the Staarp and the reasons for the increased age of acquisition, you would have jumped on Laobrut's suggestion and prevented the folly that would have forced the Lanzenave people to take Staarp. Weren't you a little neglected in your education when you said you were royal though the Third Lady's child?

Hildebrandt turns bright blue and Magdalena lays her eyes down, "It was my lack of education, as Master Ferdinand said". I blinked several times and leaned my neck.

... Is that it? I think I talked to Prince Hildebrandt in the basement about curriculum changes?

But when I said something extra, Ferdinand said, "You had an explanation, and you did that kind of foolishness? I'm going to say tougher things to Hildebrandt like," or, "It doesn't look like I need to spoil you," so I'm going to keep the extra on my chest and forgive Ferdinand.

"It's okay, Master Ferdinand. If Lady Eglantine is going to be Zent, Lady Traokvar will be Aub. Prince Hildebrandt will no longer be royal, and as for the education of the Lords clan, if you refer to Dunkelferger, you will surely be a good Lords candidate like Master Hannelore"

Dunkelferger's Lordship candidates are both excellent at Restylaut and Hannelore. Magdalena from Dunkelferger would be as easy as raising Hildebrandt to be a good lord candidate.

"Um, Rosemaine, do you... do you support me to be the next Zent?

Hildebrandt asked anxiously. Realistically, it is almost impossible for Hildebrandt to get the book of Mestionora, but as long as he supports it, he can do it for me. "Of course I will support you," Ferdinand glanced at me the moment I tried to open my mouth.

"Are you willing to make a cheap contract in a public place like this, the incarnation of a goddess? Even toddlers will have to know the reality."

I haven't said anything yet, but I was preached by Ferdinand.

"I know what you're saying, but you wouldn't have to imitate a child's dream completely truncated in a public place like this, would you?

"Wouldn't it be more cruel to know the impossible later"

"What do you mean impossible!?

Ferdinand tells the brutal reality to Hildebrandt, who opens his eyes.

"The Starp that Prince Hildebrandt gets will be of the same quality as the old generation. From now on, the importance of prayer is well known, and it's quite crude compared to the one you get in three years with your classmates who have made an effort to increase magic compression and attributes by the time you get a starter."

Ferdinand told Hildebrandt that too much prayer and magic compression would make it impossible to control magic beyond the capacity of Sturp.

"Rosemaine originally put it in a large temple because it was all attributes, but Prince Hildebrandt's Starp lacks attributes and cannot enter a large temple. If we are not also mindful of growth, bearing in mind that we cannot increase our capacity, we will have a fatal flaw as aristocrats. That kind of struggle is the punishment Prince Hildebrandt will carry for the rest of his life, invisible to others."

Hildebrandt looked like he was about to cry over Ferdinand's words.

"I mean, can't I be the next Zent?

"You should study ancient letters and read the materials in the underground library next time. At the time, when I was an adult, I was at the age of obtaining a Stalp, but I could not be a Zent without praying to get a Stalp and obtaining your protection from all the Great Gods. It's impossible for Prince Hildebrandt, who's already got a stamp."

Ferdinand stabbed him to a stop and Hildebrandt turned into a face full of despair, gaggling.