Ascendance of a Bookworm

"With the end of the engagement ceremony, attendees at the Lords' Conference were finalized. Aub will give the brooch to those heading to the House of Lords."

It's actually a brooch made by Ferdinand with Haltmoot and the others getting ready down there, but I'm the one to give it to. To me and to Ferdinand's neighbors first.

"Without everyone's help, neither I nor Master Ferdinand would have been here right now."

Ferdinand would not have been able to spend a year and a half in Arlensbach without Justkus and Brother Eckhardt. Without the proximity attached in Arlensbach, we wouldn't have been able to put the territory together in this short period of time.

I couldn't have helped Ferdinand if my proximity hadn't moved without hesitation. I will not be able to register the nobility of the land immediately, so I will labor the proximity who are working hard in the shortage of manpower.

"It will still be a busy day for a while, thank you"

At the end of the award to the flanks, it is the turn of the Knights sorted by Strahl for the Lords' Conference, the Civilians sorted by Ferdinand, and the flanks sorted by Zergius and Fairzele. The focus is on those who decided that Ferdinand could be trusted during the period of his stay in Arlensbach. My proximity in Alexandria is also told to choose from among them.

"Side servants have to get in and out of the dorm first, right? I'll leave it up to you to elect the people who work the lower jobs. This year's Lords' Conference will be tough due to so many changes in Aub, Territory names, colors, etc., but I look forward to your strength as a civilian in the Greater Territories. The strength and perseverance of the knights is something I know well that we have acted together in battle. Best regards during the Lords' Meeting"

When they gave me the brooch, it seemed to give me a sense of the imminent reality of the Lords' Council. Every face is serious in itself.

While I was handing the brooches to the nobles, I was briefed by Haltmut on the treatment of the orphans born of the disturbances in Lanzenave. Basically, it's just like the orphans born in Aerenfest's Solemnity.

That I, Aub, be the guardian of the orphans. A child who has already completed the baptismal ceremony shall spend time as a blue apprentice in the temple. Children before baptism shall enter an orphanage. That it is possible for a child who is magical and has his own magic equipment to be baptized as a nobleman. That children who do not have it may also be given magic equipment, depending on their motivation and abilities, and may also be taken from orphanages to nobility.

"Lady Retizia will also spend time in the temple with the other orphans as those who have lost their stopovers due to the disturbances in Lanzenave. I plan to adopt you after the star knot by the king's life, but that, I will celebrate the star knot ritual no matter how soon or two years later."

The nobles raise their voices deliberately. The voices "Do you want to leave Master Retizia as a Lordship candidate" and "such as putting the Lordship candidate into the Temple…" reach your ears.

"It is also necessary to increase your patronage that the young enter and leave the temple and pray to the gods. Living in a temple and praying on a daily basis will increase the power you can wield as an aristocrat in the future."

It is well known for its research presentations in territorial rivalries and for the service ceremonies held in the House of Lords. However, some Arlensbach nobles who are not busily attending the service ceremony due to Dietrinde's intentions do not know that the view of the temple and divinity is changing.

"I encourage the children of Alexandria to enter and leave the temple and participate in the divine affairs in order to grant them a little more protection from the gods. At the same time, we plan to open a temple classroom so that we can have an equal education regardless of our status. Because my goal is to make Alexandria's literacy rate 100%, including civilians!

What? I feel like I heard a voice, with no heart or nobles as a poker. Ferdinand coughed up Cohon with a slightly frightened face. He flew a little too far. When I also coughed up with Cohon and got back on my mind, I decided to explain the current situation in Alexandria.

"As you all know, Arlensbach has prevailed over the rest of the realm by his dealings with Lanzenave, but due to this disturbance he has decided to close the border gates. But since the new Zent got the Gluthris Height, the other border gates will open soon."

There will be no more advantages: the only territory with open border gates. Conversely, it is likely that it will be the only territory where border gates will not be opened. There can be no one in the Arlensbach nobility who has mocked Aerenfest for being in that position who doesn't know what that means.

"From the above, you will understand that we need a new industry to grow Alexandria as a large territory to be respected from other territories."

In my words the nobles showed a convincing face. If you take a good look at Ferdinand, you nod so small that you don't mind keeping going. I turned my gaze forward.

"The newly built laboratory on the castle grounds in Entovickern compiled all the research to cultivate the spices and sugar of Lanzenave that had been carried out by aspiring civilians on the land. Research is also planned to look for a sweetness alternative to sugar, and it is expected that research will proceed in the future. The advantages of Alexandria will increase if sugar can be grown. However, these studies are not readily available."

It will take quite some time before we can have a steady supply. What must Alexandria do in the meantime?

"Until now I have started a new industry in Aerenfest. I wanted to do them here as well, and Aub Aerenfest gave me permission to move my own exclusives. We're going to be doing paper and printing in Alexandria, and we're going to make a new dining room."

The nobles blurt and gaze at the adoptive fathers. It is clear that the nobles believe that it is not something that flows to other territories. My adoptive father nods cocklessly with a face that has not moved at all.

"We're not taking industry away from Aerenfest. We work together to flourish together. It is impossible to monopolize the paper industry on a single territory, given the procurement of raw materials, as it needs to be on the market more in order to lower prices"

There will be no more trees in the mountains. Though it is possible to grow with healing magic, every felling will require many nobles.

"The same goes for the printing industry. There are already multiple printing workshops within Aerenfest, but not all of them print the same book. Each workshop prints a different book. With more printing workshops in Alexandria, it's not like Aerenfest's printing industry will crumble"

This neighborhood is also to make Aub and his wife's sidekicks coming from Aerenfest listen. It is not the intention of the Aerenfest nobles to think that Alexandria has deprived them of all their industries.

"It's important to have more printing workshops and make lots of new books. If I could do printing in more than one territory, my library would be enriched by a payment system."

"Rosemaine, the truth is leaking"

... fail, fail. You've leaked a little.

I go on laughing and deluding, though I was slightly stared at by Ferdinand.

"Then, it's about the dining area, but you can't cook the exact same dish because the terroir is different in Aerenfest and Alexandria. It's the land, the food that fits the land that matters. In Alexandria, we're going to think about a new recipe that focuses on sea delights."

I look around at the nobles, claiming that they never completely collide with Aerenfest.

"It is the civilians who support those new industries. In Alexandria we will be fostering industry while working with the civilian population. We need to educate the civilian population in order to develop our territory."

He appealed to the importance of rising literacy rates and announced a general plan for the Temple classroom. There were nobles out there who showed difficulty learning with civilians, although tuition was cheap. Some express doubts that orphanage children will receive the same education free of charge. I am the back shield, so I guess some of them are the same as I bear, but not convinced.

"… I know you don't understand it yet, but it is very important that we interact with people who are in different positions. Of course, I'm not going to deny having them educated in each home the way they've been"

I'm not going to deprive the teachers of their work, and I can only educate them in the temple classroom as far as middle school in the House of Lords and as much as intermediate aristocracy. It is not enough to educate the Lords and senior nobles.

"Sometimes in lower aristocracy, we can't reach out to good teachers and we can't develop our children's abilities. I have seen it in Aerenfest's winter children's room. We naturally also want to invest in educating the nobility, because we will invest in educating the civilian population. I know that your recognition of the Temple will be renewed beyond prayer for an important education for the nobility."

If you have the noble pride that you can't lose to the civilian population, you may get into your studies, and if you interact with the civilian population from an early age in the temple classroom, it can be useful in the future. It is important for the child to go to the temple and just pray.

"And then, the orphanage kids, but it's never free. I am the back shield of the orphans, but I do not bear all the costs. I'm going to get them back when they start working."

Orphans have to live with subsidies given to blue clerics and blue witches who give their magic, in-kind payments for crops through participation in prayer ceremonies and harvest festivals, and money they earn for themselves. It's never an easy life.

"Just as I was doing at Aerenfest to support them at all, I intend to gather stories from all over Alexandria as well. Orphans also plan to make their own money by copying books in the library, writing down what they hear from civilians studying together in the temple classroom, and writing their own stories."

I'm rumored to be merciful, but not everyone else is merciful just to assume that on their own.

"It's not just from orphans. Those who photographed the old literature left in Geebe's Hall, the objects that summarized the stories left in the oral biography, including the civilians, copies of the House of Lords' books, the stories we wrote ourselves, the literature that summarized the research results…. Buy it for the price you deserve."

... you should bring more and more!

The nobles have once again turned their faces flat in my words, but to that extent it is difficult to be surprised. This neighborhood is the road we've already taken at Aerenfest. I also want the nobles of Alexandria to get there just now.

"Dear Ferdinand, are you sure?

Rezelator saw the nobles react and turned his gaze to Ferdinand to ask for help. Ferdinand glanced at me.

"Dear Ferdinand, Lieselator. It's the beginning of everything that counts. I need everyone to know my goal, which is Aub, and the way forward, and to get used to my ways."

"You're right, Master Rosemayne," Haltmoot smiled, but Ferdinand made me look disgusted. But I'm not willing to stop you.

"Didn't Master Ferdinand say it before? You can crush and develop Arlensbach if you like me. If you declare what territory you want to be in the first place, the nobles will surely give up soon."

I have a great ambition to put books in my library during Jürgenschmidt. Nor will I resign to using the title of incarnation of the goddess for this purpose. So much so that I have also promised Eglantine to ask her to photograph a collection of books that were kept in the Royal Palace Library. I'm not going to choose the means.

"I, as the incarnation of Mestionora, the goddess of wisdom, will do everything in my power to make Alexandria flourish as a library and to make my library the most voluminous and happiest place in Jurgenschmidt. Let's make Alexandria a great library city together."

And it came to pass, when I proclaimed with a high voice, that Haltmoot advanced.

"Okay, everybody. Let us hope for the development of Alexandria and offer our prayers and gratitude to the High God who presides over the high pavilion sky, the High God who presides over the wide and haughty earth, the Goddess of the Five Pillars of Great Water, the Goddess of Fruitrene, the Goddess of Fire, the Rydenshaft-style Goddess of Szeria, the Goddess of the Earth, the Goddess of Gedurleach, the Goddess of Life, Aveliebe, and the incarnation of the Goddess of Wisdom, Rosemaine."

"Pray to God!

More than half of the nobles offered a bissi prayer to match Haltmut. I prayed with you, too. A flashing love for the library is a blessing and spreads across the Great Hall.

The history of a territory called Alexandria came to an end as the Geebes, who had not had a chance to deal with the Hartmoots, turned to a stunner.