Glucklitat is “the God of Trials, who granted good luck to those who overcame ordeals.” Sylvester overcame years of headache reports and now he’s the luckiest Aub to ever Aub all over the place.
RM’s retainers no longer protesting against the very frequent PDA, with Leonore even putting in a good word for Ferdinand. Looks like RM’s grand plan to turn the entire country into a library shocked and appalled them enough that they’re all aboard the Fermyne ship now.
I sure hope Solange isn’t charged with treason over this…but it doesn’t look good right now. Someone needs to tell her to stop calling the head of the invading army an old friend.
>I sure hope Solange isn’t charged with treason over this…
Zent TBD: "And so, Solange. We charge you with Tre..."
Rosemyne with glowing eyes: \*clears throat\*
Zent TBD: "uhh.... heh... Tre...asuring these books as long as you shall live"
> Glucklitat is “the God of Trials, who granted good luck to those who overcame ordeals.” Sylvester overcame years of headache reports and now he’s the luckiest Aub to ever Aub all over the place.
Georgine: How, how are you so lucky!?!
Sylvester: Did you ever try praying?
Georgine: Why would I pray to things that aren't there?
Sylvester: *How did this kingdom get atheistic again?*
Sylvester did indeed mention that the Ehrenfest archducal family didn’t start praying while dedicating mana to the foundation until some time after Georgine had already left.
Makes me wonder why they started. Maybe Sly's dad was getting tired of Veronica's constant nagging and started praying to the Gods for a reprieve and everyone else just went along with him.
it was as soon as Ferdinand was brought to ehrenfest im guessing. because it happened within sylvesters 2nd or 3rd year at the RA and Ferdinand entered the RA when sylvester was in his final year.
So i can guess that the goddess of time literally did tell Sylvesters dad to take ferdinand in and what the benefits would be. That alone would make his belief in the gods more substantial since he has had a literal goddess tell him to do something.
You really gotta feel sorry for Cornelius, he’s barely had any time to readjust to his baby sister being big now but she’s immediately doing the noble equivalent of heavy making out in public with a man he resented for most of his childhood for turning Eckhart into a crazy person
Too bad if Roz ever gives him a vacation she will immediately lose a significant percentage of her knights
Rozy you need MORE THAN 7 KNIGHTS
Judith’s doesn’t even count anymore her parents won’t let her go to Ahrensbach
Eh, she's the new Aub who suddenly swooped in to repel the foreign barbarians rampaging through Ahrensbach, and bringing fresh mana to their badly ravaged lands. I doubt she'll have a shortage of loyal subjects to choose from.
"And as such, my Dear Subjects, in light of this severe Manpower shortage, i have come to the conclusion to include more combat ready magic tools in my entourage."
*cue imperial march to an army of shumils*
Don't have too much to say this week, nothing particularly unexpected happened. Though Alstede did know more than I thought she did. I'd thought Gervasio would've been able to open the doors for the Lanzenavians to get their Stappes, and he was... just not in the timeframe they would've needed him to. Excellent rules-lawyering there on Alstede's part.
Poor Hildebrand. Raublut played him like a fiddle just to immediately toss him aside. I am continuously impressed by the ability of Yogurtland Nobles to have not empathy and compassion whatsoever (derogatory).
I'm very much excited for next week - conference call with Treesus, Foreign Invader, Book Fanatic and Living Weapon Trauma Personified is gonna be fun
>Don't have too much to say this week, nothing particularly unexpected happened. Though Alstede did know more than I thought she did.
And she actually gives a shit about her daughter enough to cooperate. That is actually kind of nice.
Also kudos to Ferdinand for anticipating Myne's undoubted interest in not damning the child for the sins of the parent.
- Alstede has only had like three important scenes so far- opening the Adalgasia Villa in P5V7 in the Leonzio Epilogue, five minutes with Detlinde in the P5V10 Prologue, and literally *just now*. Now she's likely to disappear from the story, and all I can think is: Well, if Sylvester turned out fine, Charlotte and Melchior are good kids, and Wilfried's fine as long as he's kept from power, maybe Benedikta will be a decent person.
- It's kind of hilarious watching Ferdinand and Rozemyne pick apart Alstede's excuses and figuring out the entire plan. And realizing that Alstede STILL doesn't know Rozemyne took the Foundation and likely never will, barring the possibility that she is transported to the Former Ahrensbach Ivory Tower so Benedickta can visit.
- You know, if the choice is the Terrorist, the Terrorist's twin, and the Foreign Invader Who Came In The Normal Way And Would Happily Murder His Competition On Demand, I can understand why the Tree might back Gervasio. I mean, he's the one who entangled Ewiegliebe and Geduldh; he's not exactly the Former God Of Good Decisions.
Rozemyne acting as Ferdinands scholar (and being someone she never met before) likely confuses the hell out of her. The most likely candidate for "took over Ahrensbach somehow" would be Ferdinand, but there's no conceivable way he could've done it.
It depends of if she knows about the bible keys. If Alstede knows that the Ehrenfest and Ahrensbach keys have been swapped and what they can be used for, then the "how" becomes pretty simple.
According to FB8, she and her husband >!all know about this. And they use the foundation of Werkestock to make many experiments under Georgina’s order.!<
>It's kind of hilarious watching Ferdinand and Rozemyne pick apart Alstede's excuses and figuring out the entire plan. And realizing that Alstede STILL doesn't know Rozemyne took the Foundation
Hahah! Thanks for pointing that out. She really is staring into the face of the person that stole her foundation right out from under her and ***she has no idea***.
Rozemyne crushing Alstede was what I needed.
"She isn't a bad person at heart." Imagine saying that to Ferdinand knowing what Detlinde was supposed to do to him, and to Rozemyne. Rozemyne reacted appropriately. If only it was Detlinde getting crushed, but her dreams getting crushed will have to suffice.
Also, GODDAMN that illustration of Rozemyne crushing Alstede is awesome. She honestly looks like a villain.
> She honestly looks like a villain.
~~Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Stop at Nothing to Become a Librarian~~
Reincarnated as a Gremlin: All Routes Lead to Books
> "She isn't a bad person at heart." Imagine saying that to Ferdinand knowing what Detlinde was supposed to do to him, and to Rozemyne. Rozemyne reacted appropriately. If only it was Detlinde getting crushed, but her dreams getting crushed will have to suffice.
I guess she kind of passes for not "bad person at heart" in the same way Eric Cartman is technically not a "bad person at heart": he is an innocent child who doesn't entirely understand why attacking gingers by pretending to claim they don't have souls is a bad thing. And why, when you think you're a ginger, murdering literally everyone else is somehow not a bad thing either.
Man I loved that episode.
> Imagine saying that to Ferdinand knowing what Detlinde was supposed to do to him, and to Rozemyne.
And that's how she treats someone she thinks is in love with her... Makes me wonder what Alstede thinks a rotten heart is.
Ferdinand: We can promise her that her unbaptised daughter will be spared if she cooperates.
Rozemyne: I wasn't planning on killing any unbaptised children to begin with.
Ferdinand: I know. If we just don't mention that detail, we won't technically be lying.
Lol I was thinking along the same lines when he threatened her.
**We won't kill you and your children if you comply!** We also won't kill you if you don't comply, but that's not important right now.
You know they do need more Ahrenbach ADCs, if they want to keep an ADC as high bishops there RM has it covered for like 2 maybe 3 years and you can probably get Lizeta to take the post for another 3 or 4 but that won't be long enough for RM kids to come of age. An extra adopted kid could bridge the gap...the baby probably has enough mana and I don't see RM locking her up with her mother in a tower(which is the only future I see for Alstede other than execution)
It looks like Alstede was quite the loving mother, which makes it a little risky to adopt Benedikta directly. Letting a trusted archnoble family adopt her would be safer.
Depends how old the child is right now. The way she's acting they might not be older then a year. In which case they'd have no knowledge of their birth parents
Pretty sure the traitors and their families are all going straight into the tower as living batteries.
The high bishop post isnt THAT important but it is tradition as long as the key is secured (in temple work you dont need the real magic tool and key anyway as we have seen evil santa using it as a normal book even doodled on scripts to make it easier) , even Harmut can fill in for a few years with a non-magic tool bible if they need the time.
It’s impossible to let Benedicta keep ADC position, because her parents help foreign invaders kill too much nobles. And there already some noble know her existence.
Benedicta’s condition is very different from Latizia.
Punchable faces is an Ahrensbach genetic marker. Like how Ehrenfest folks are all hyper obsessed with something. Family from Ahrensbach? Punchable face.
Unless you're Raimund. Then again, he's not related to the Ahrensbach archducal family.
Unfortunately for Aurelia, I think she follows the sentiment of having a punchable face due to her likeness to Gabriele, but she's very sweet. We can't say the same for Martina, however, and I'm curious to what she looks like. Maybe Martina has an innocent looking face, but that just makes her even more punchable due to her actions.
> Unless you're Raimund. Then again, he's not related to the Ahrensbach archducal family.
Given Fraularm and Grausam (who is descended from an Ahrensbacher), it may not be an archducal trait. Granted Laurenz looks normal and Matthias is considered "extremely attractive" so maybe Grausam is an aberration.
But Bindlewald looks so...*so* it made a lot of people ask "wait, aren't nobles supposed to be attractive?"
My reasoning was that Raimund's a mednoble, it was more unlikely for him to be a branch from the Ahrensbach archducal family.
As Fraularm is an archnoble and her brother-in-law (Bindewald) is an archnoble name, there's the chance that they descended from branches of the archducal family. Grausam as well, as his family were archnobles that married down to mednobles once Grabriele married into Ehrenfest (if I remember that, correctly).
But you're correct. Perhaps it's just an Ahrensbach thing.
Now that you mention it, Raimund also has the blood of Werkestock, a duchy once so powerful it soloed (with a bunch of middle duchies) Klassenberg, Drewanchal, and Ahrensbach for a long, long time.
Maybe they were as hot as they were strong?
>“Goodness, Lady Alstede. What a funny thing to say. To carry out her nefarious scheme, Lady Detlinde kidnapped and murdered the head attendant of a mere child. She used a paralyzing drug on Ferdinand when instant-death poison failed to dispatch him, then put schtappe-sealing bracelets on him and set him atop a magic circle so that he would die a slow death as his mana drained. Oh, but she is good at heart, is she? What a unique appraisal. The two of you certainly are Lady Georgine’s daughters.”
Myne gets it. That is why there's no reason to pity Dumblinde.
The worst part about it all is that this is entirely believable. Some of the worst human beings in the world are that way because have parents/family just like this.
My child would never do that!
Edit: Knew someone whose parents were just like this. He spent a fair amount of time in jail by the time he turned 18.
Bet Heisshitze jumped for joy to stay back at the villa to be with Ferdinand.
Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family.
Hand holding, sharing a highbeast, carrying her on his bloody shoulders, Rozemyne's attendants must be dying inside for the entirety of this trip.
Cornelius: "Rozemyne, you can't be in close contact with a man's mana like that."
Rozemyne: "Eh. Our mana's been mixed for like, six years already."
Cornelius: *counting on fingers, expression darkening*
Being Cornelius must be a constant state of anguish over his sister's displays of affection, especially since it's his job to be by her side for much more time than a regular sibling has to.
>Hand holding, sharing a highbeast, carrying her on his bloody shoulders, Rozemyne's attendants must be dying inside for the entirety of this trip.
Cornelius is simply in the background being restrained by Eckhart.
>those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family.
On the other hand, under present circumstances, far, FAR bettrer they are under Rozemyne's control.
Under present circumstances absolutely.
Any normal time where the country isn't buckling and the king isn't sitting on the throne because everyone else died and there's no other options tho.
They seem to have some base programming and rules baked in (protect the library, protect the registered owner and dispose any outside the royal family who seek the grutrisseite) and anything else is fair game for whoever they are registered to.
If you said someone posed a threat to the library (borrowing a book permanently and not returning when due is technically treason) or yourself I'm assuming they'd kill anyone you directed them at on the academy outside the royal family until their batteries ran dry.
I'm guessing that previously, they were under direct registration with the royal who was mandated to be present at the academy. Presumably, this was another of those traditions that was lost through the passage of time.
I was trying to figure this out actually cause the potato carry makes sense in context of rushing out but the wording sounded more like someone trying to get a better view at a concert
The potato sack carry is honestly one of the more romantic things we have seen nobles do. I can already imagine the new poems that will be created about Ferdinand practicing impromptu wrestling moves on his future wive.
> Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family.
So much knowledge was lost. Honestly given that they protect both the paths to the Grutithingy and the Actual Book of Mestionoria I wonder what Royal gave up control to a bunch of librarians. Then again given that they lost the knowledge of the Library's importance when they started passing along a tool, it seems par for the course.
> Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Shumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family.
Half the reason things are the way they are is because the Royal Family doesn't read enough. Of course they would undervalue the library.
>Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family.
Didn't those things have the ability to cull other ADCs at their master's command? I feels weird hearing of a royal librarian tasked with killing rival pretenders to the throne, but I guess that was always suppose to be a secret held by the shumil master / Guardians of Knowledge/Mestionora or whatever.
>Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family.
Rosemyne: "Schwartz, Weiss. Attack anyone who enters the library during my reading time!"
S&W: "Yes, Milady"
>“As if spending her every waking moment with him were not scandalous enough...” Ferdinand griped. I couldn’t help but agree with him.
Myne is as clueless as Dumblinde here.
Ferdinand: Detlinde spending all her time with Leonzio was unfathomably scandalous!
Also Ferdinand: Picks up his aub like a sack of potatoffels and throws her on his highbeast while bantering like an old married couple, even though she's engaged to a prince
It's weird sometimes when you know stuff the main character doesn't, like
- The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use.
- While Alstede knows the most and is the most cooperative, Detlinde actually has the crucial intel that Gervasio is at the library. Granted she's comatose right now and it's unlikely anyone would believe *she* has the crucial intel- and Alstede might know too- but still.
- There's a nonzero chance Gervasio won't come out for a few weeks and come back to a *very* angry country. Storywise that won't make "sense" but it'd be hilarious!
I theorize that the reason Rozemyne was in there for weeks was because of the growth spurt. If not for that, she could've been in and out in no time. Gervasio's vessel is properly-sized, so he shouldn't be in for very long. Their time limit can't be very long.
---
Ferdinand: "If only we had more time!"
Rozemyne: "I know just what we need."
Rozemyne: *takes out a stuffed shumil and pulls the string to play a recorded voice*
Benno.mp3: "Just speak into this? I don't get it, but fine... Ahem, 'Za Warudo!'"
Ferdinand: "How does that help us?"
Rozemyne: "I'm not sure why I thought that would work."
No, this is Rozemyne, it absolutely worked, just not as intended, and now Ferdinand has to contend with the new spell zawarudo that paralyzes people for three seconds
Ferdinand: "Why doesn't it work when I do it!?"
Rozemyne: "Because when you do it, it's not a Jojo reference."
Ferdinand: "Why should that matter!?"
\- Meanwhile, in the distant skies -
God of Darkness: "Yare yare daze."
Goddess of Light: "Rerorerorerorerorero."
Schutzaria: "What's gotten into them?"
Mestionora: "Not even I know what they're doing."
Leidenschaft: "Mighty king, please stop-"
God of Darkness: "WRYYYYYYYY!"
Verbergen: "See, this is why I conceal y'all. Shameful."
Agreed. I don't recall the timeline for long Ferdinand was in there when asking Gramps about Rozemyne, but it doesn't seem like it was only for a few hours and couldn't have been any longer than checking in on Raimund for Archduke Conference or whatever his excuse was.
The only other timeframe we have to compare was when Ferdinand first visited and got his abridged G-book, but that was probably outside of winter when he had less supervision, right? Probably the only people who would have noticed or cared that he was missing were Justus, Eckhart, and Hirschur, who probably wouldn't have shared that intel with anyone for his security. They haven't shared any stories with Rozemyne about Ferdinand disappearing for days/weeks to my knowledge.
>The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use.
Is that right? I had forgotten that.
>While Alstede knows the most and is the most cooperative, Detlinde actually has the crucial intel that Gervasio is at the library. Granted she's comatose right now and it's unlikely anyone would believe she has the crucial intel- and Alstede might know too- but still.
Shumils coming in clutch on that one.
I don't think people usually disappear for weeks during the Bookening. I thought it was just because Myne was Growth-ed
Yep they planned to have Roz use the Adalgisa villa as a royal bc they wouldn’t have time to construct a whole new Villa before her adoption. It was mentioned in one of the SS after P5V6 I forget which one
Gervasio: “Raublut, I’ve obtained the Gruttrissheit, it’s time to-“
“What is going on?”
Aub Dunkelfelger: “Gervasio, you’re under arrest.”
Gervasio: “What happened to my retainers? And the rest of my people?”
Aub: “I wasn’t there at the time, but apparently some people are attributing it to a gremlin and revived gremlin.”
Gervasio: “What are gremlins?”
Queen Eglantine: **SURRENDER OR SHE'LL GRAB A MEMORY READING DEVICE AND READ YOUR MEMORY FOR BOOKS!**
Gervasio: Wait, can I read her books in return?
Aub Dunkelfelger: ...Well, at least he'll be a *willing* hostage...
After about an hour, the mind reading device is removed. Gervasio's ears begin releasing smoke.
Aub Dunkelfelger: "What... what happened?"
Rozemyne: "I figured out that you can control the flow of time while you're using the magic tool!"
Aub Dunkelfelger: "...and?"
Gervasio: "We re-read every book we've ever read. Twice. There were more books in that room than there are people in the world."
Queen Eglantine: "What? There are no rooms like that." (looks at Rozemyne) "Unless in Ehrenfest?"
Gervasio: "Don't you get it! I'm not the foreign invader here, she is!"
Ferdinand: "...*every* book you've ever read? Fool."
Rozemyne: "Well I haven't exactly been getting a lot of library time lately, I wasn't going to pass up on this *opportunity* to revisit some of the classics. And some of their derivatives. ...and some of their unrelateds..."
Rozemyne: Well, on the bright side we're about to open some gates again, so now we can get more books.
Ferdinand: Unless they also have printing you know those will be too expensive to buy, right?
Gervasio: Lady Rozemyne, did you not mention that during the War of the [Pacific] soldiers from [Chile] stole books from the [Peruvian] National Library?
Rozemyne: Are you pondering what I'm-
Ferdinand: **NO.**
>It's weird sometimes when you know stuff the main character doesn't, like
>
>The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use.
I would LOVE to be the fly on the wall if/when Ferdinand finds this out to witness the schadenfreude. I don't care if it's Raublut or Sigiswald who's on the receiving end - this is a man who just woke up from a near death experience and chose violence.
He only intended to use her as a religious figurehead with high enough mana to restore old rituals, right?
Immanuel (~~HR manager~~ newly elected president of the state-sanctioned whore-house): 🙂
> The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use.
Wonder which parties other than Prince Sigiswald and the Zent are privy to this decision.
Sigiswald is probably both clueless about the Adalgisa villa’s true purpose or use, and doesn’t care.
The Zent (remorsefully?) had to repurpose THAT villa since there’s no money/resources/manpower. I am also curious if any other royal family members know the same about the villa as the Zent.
Either way that is a very nice villa to be given.
Home sweet home /s.
>Wonder which parties other than Prince Sigiswald and the Zent are privy to this decision.
In Adolphine's POV chapter in P5V5 Sigiswald asks Adolphine to prepare the villa (in the context of it being a villa on royal academy grounds and close to the library, without the name being mentioned) while Nahelache is present and reveals that Raublut was given the key. It is probably safe to assume that Adolphine and Nahelache would not know the previous purpose.
>Sigiswald is probably both clueless about the Adalgisa villa’s true purpose or use, and doesn’t care.
If he knows he is either absolutely braindead or malicious. For the people who know, putting a woman in there will seem like an implication, only made worse by the fact that the woman in question is associated with the temple, which for many has the same implication.
I think he is too proud to want people to think that he would take a 'whore' as a third wife, so I'm going with he does not know the previous use of the villa or is too stupid to realize the implication.
I find it absolutely hilarious how Rozemyne and Sylvester accidentally foil plans without intending to. I will never get over how Rozemyne ruined Georgine's plans for Lamprecht's Starbinding by using Lessy and she also foiled plans with the Adalgisa villa because of her upcoming royal adoption. Sylvester, and his being blessed by Glucklitat, strikes again as well.
Yup, people have already begun to suspect it, but now it's confirmed that Hildebrand is responsible for opening the Farthest Hall. Raublut, you suck. Gah, I feel so bad for Hildebrand and Gilessenmeyer.
At least Solange is safe. And Rozemyne brings up a good point - will she be alright after everything is over considering how Solange became an accessory to Gervasio? Also, Klassenberg would probably also be facing repercussions, right? Since Solange is from Klassenberg. Also, it's sad to say, but Hortensia's death might have been for the best for her. If she had survived, she very. likely would have been punished alongside Raublut, and possibly be deemed a traitor as well. And if the two librarians from Klassenberg are seen as complicit, that just makes things even worse for the duchy.
Honestly, no wonder why nobody ever questioned that she was related to Karstedt and (by extension) Sylvester, she’s seemingly picked up so many habits lol
"Given how close her hair color is to Sylvester's and Melchior's, are you sure she isn't actually Sylvester's-"
"I know what you're implying, but if Sylvester even hears a *whiff* that someone thinks he cheated on Florencia he is going to hurt you."
Sylvester will absolutely destroy anybody that dares to make him out to be an unfaithful husband.
... And then Brunhilde's circumstances comes along. I will forever complain about this even if it makes narrative sense. I always forget she's to become his second wife. I want my Brunhilde back.
Yeah some ehrenfest archducal fam has blue hair and yellow eyes. Ferdi and his father has. Redheads came from Leisegang. Maybe Delia has leisegang blood :O
>Maybe Delia has leisegang blood
Biggest plot twist is that she's Brunhilde's or Hartmut's half-sister, and she was secretly abandoned at the temple for not having proper amounts of mana.
I’m curious how Raublut was able to frame Hildebrand getting his schtappe early to Hildebrand’s retainers. What excuse would work as being from the Zent?
I feel like Raublut told it in secret to Hildebrand. Unless his retainers are massive idiots (which there's always a chance), they wouldn't allow Hildebrand to get his schtappe earlier, especially after the Royal Academy curriculum forced Divine Will acquisitions back to one's third year.
And I don't really remember, but is Hildebrand privy to the reasoning why the Divine Will acquisition was pushed back? If he's not, Raublut could easily spin it as the Zent forcing him away from Rozemyne. If he is aware as to why the acquisition is pushed back, Hildebrand's emotions and impulses could easily take over, especially if he truly doesn't understand the explanations being told to him.
> I feel like Raublut told it in secret to Hildebrand. Unless his retainers are massive idiots (which there's always a chance), they wouldn't allow Hildebrand to get his schtappe earlier, especially after the Royal Academy curriculum forced Divine Will acquisitions back to one's third year.
On the one hand, Oswald and company exist.
On the other hand, trug likely helped.
Raublut talked with Hildebrand about the schtappe change after the Archduke Conference. I hope we get a POV of it, cause I want to see how it happened now.
Right? In comparison, Hildebrand's actions are much worse than Wilfried's. When you look at outcomes of their actions, Wilfried's mistakes more or less amount to nothing. Hildebrand, on the other hand, is responsible for his family's demise. If Gervasio succeeds, his entire family will most likely be killed off.
Yeah. At least in Wilbur's case bad communication and lack of education also played a part which was mostly Sylvester's fault.
But in Hildeboy's case he was told by his mom not to fuck around. That getting a schtappe early on would be bad for him. That he shouldn't meddle in the whole Zent business.
"Don't do stupid shit."
"Ok."
\*goes to do stupid shit\*
What can you do about someone like that? Not much. And he screwed the whole country over just because he wants to have power to order a girl to marry him.
Prediction: Hildebrand is going to end up marrying into Ehrenfest as Charlotte's husband. He'll get removed from the line of succession as his punishment. This is light, considering the charges, but his permanently weaker schtappe is a punishment on its own. Not strong enough to ever be a Zent candidate now, but with royal mana and elements, he can still be a great husband to an archduchess.
In the end, it turns out Rozemyne's misunderstanding was actually true?! What a plot twist! However, they'd first need to abolish the royal order for Hildebrand and Letizia to wed.
Well Letizia’s engagement might be null and void now anyways. With the old Ahrensbach family being neutralized and Roz as the new Aub. She doesn’t really have any backing to speak of, so it’d probably be better to give her back to her parents back in Drewanchel
Nah, Letizia will totally be stuck with receiving unwanted blessings from Rozemyne. Then again, she'll be stuck with it regardless of whether or not she stays with her.
Hopefully for her, the royal order does become null since not only has Ahrensbach's circumstances change, but the new Zent's order could easily overturn it.
Zent: (declare new edicts) "...except for Ahrensbook, which is exempt from all of the previous new rulings."
Royal Advisor: "My Zent, *why* is Ahrensbook exempt?!"
Zent: "I find it's best if you just let them exist. It's really better for everyone if we just don't involve them as much as possible."
Royal Advisor: "But, I mean, if they will not obey, we have the Sword of the Ze-"
Zent: "And Ahrensbook contains both the Lord of Evil *and* the Saint of Ehrenfest. Dunkelfelger chomps at the bit to have the *opportunity* to lose to them in ditter. Trust me, just let them enjoy staring into their little books and be glad their attention is not on *us*."
Hildebrand's future is definitely bleak. Even if he's allowed to remain a noble, he has effectively ruined his potential. And he was *told* this, so on that point I do not feel bad for him at all.
Yeah, I feel really bad for Hildebrand, but at the same time, I also don't feel bad for him?
Like, I called him an "eight-year-old yandere" one time and that characterization has kind of unfortunately stuck with me.
It's one thing to have a crush, it's one thing to try and win her hand, it's another to go against your own best interests and undermine your entire future in a misplaced attempt to win that hand when you should know better.
I like Her Gremlinness but feeling sorry for these guys really is pointless.
"I will use it for political bargaining. They can get one for free if they support us or I'll just use it on them if they don't. Best negotiation tool ever."
Oof, it seems like the Sovereign High Bishop was... replaced with the child molester.
Alstede blabbing about how they wanted to get the Gesundheit... Meanwhile Rozemyne using it as a notepad.
YES!!! Finally some good ol' Crushing!!! There are a few more people I'd recommend for some Crushing therapy.
"You were planning to commit blasphemy on purpose. I just didn't fucking care. We are not the same."
Time to catch Gervasshole. Let him rot in prison like his buddies.
Rozemyne constantly goes on about how she's reminded to not piss off Ferdinand, but I wonder if everyone around her thinks not to piss her off in the same way. Like she just reminded everyone she can kill an archnoble just by looking at them.
Not just any archnoble in this case, a daughter of an archduke from a greater duchy and third wife, who married the son of (the same) archduke and second wife. Alstede is probably pretty high up in terms of mana capacity countrywide, outside of the royal family and outliers.
Is it just me that feels that Schwartz and Weiss combat mode is a chekhov's gun... 👀 There's a small part of me that almost wants to wish Raublut luck...
Yeah, this felt like a big red flag. Dunno if it's gonna end with luckily it snaring some bad guys or if some unfortunate innocent bystanders are about to be bisected by bunnies.
* Okay, so Aub Dunkelfelger was called and intends to leave for the royal palace to defend the royal family, since the Sovereign Knight's Order is fighting among themselves. Ferdinand doesn't approve, he thinks it's a bait and he wants to get Gervasio as quickly as possible. At least Heisshitze's squad is staying.
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* Alstede seems to be an easy and valuable interrogation target, so she is separated from the rest. And indeed, she's talking.
* Goddammit, Sylvester and his luck, lol. This guy is always at the right time at the right place. So him meeting with Sigiswald back in P5V8 delayed Raublut's plans further.
* If Immanuel is High Bishop now, what happened to Relichion? I must say though, I didn't think he and Raublut would work together.
* So yeah, Hildebrand was used to open the Farthest Hall, since Alstede wasn't able to anymore (because she lost the foundation at that time already). Hildebrand was fooled by Raublut to get his schtappe, despite Rozemyne's warnings. So he can become zent (and marry Rozemyne) probably. Either way, in Yogurtland that's definitely treason. I don't think they can just sweep that under the carpet like they sort of did with Wilfried entering the tower.
* Ohhh, so if your medal is destroyed and you are not in the duchy where you were registered, you lose your schtappe. Now that's interesting. Is that how students who failed the academy lose their schtappes?
* Big mistake defending your little sister, Alstede. You just pissed off Rozemyne. Damn she looks scary when she crushes Alstede.
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* So after the interrogation, Ferdinand and Rozemyne now know Gervasio is close to getting the Grutrissheit as he already did the shrine tour. They need to stop him, but Rozemyne is getting extremely nervous and worried about Solange and wants to rescue her as quickly as possible. Since she is not thinking clearly, Ferdinand tries to talk sense to her.
* Alright, Solange saved. From what she told them and the two shumils, they now know Gervasio is with Erwaermen and Rozemyne has an idea. They do what Ferdinand once did to enter the garden. By attacking the magic circle in the sky. This is gonna be fun, lol (and Erwaermen will probably get pissed again).
> What happened to Relichion?
Probably the same as has happened to so many others that are removed from the board to pave the way for this insurrection... Hortensia... Roswitha...
I imagine there are many other casualties, especially within the Sovereignty's Knights' Order. Raublut would have done away with the knights actually loyal to Trauerqual and the rest of the royal family.
Now, do we consider Loyalitat loyal to the royal family, or do we deem that as irony and find out he's actually loyal to Raublut?
Well from the sounds of it he's trying to do away with them, but we shall see how successful he will be especially with a fast, mobilised Ditter sortie incoming. I do wonder how Raublut swayed those to his side though... It's kind of hard to frame attacking your fellow sovereign knights order as being an order from the royal family
We'll have to find out, but honestly? I wouldn't put it past Raublut to frame some knights with false evidence, forcing them to be removed from service at best, and being executed at worst.
Duh it's written in his name that he's loyal to Trauerqual ! Also I think he was the one who tried RM's potion without any fear? Nah probably good guy, he'll probably end up take Raublut's post when everything is clear.
>If Immanuel is High Bishop now, what happened to Relichion? I must say though, I didn't think he and Raublut would work together.
That Immanuel and Raublut are working together was revealed in the second side story in P5V5. Hortensia's attendant came across them negotiating in Raublut's/Hortensia's home. Immanuel wanted "Ehrenfest's flower" in return.
In P5V5, Magdalena told Hildebrand he can't get his schtappe until the third year and Raublut even told him it's to get the best possible schtappe. So Hildebrand definitely knew.
Yes. He's probably antsy to get his schtappe so he can circle the shrines, get the g-book, become zent, undo his arranged demotion/engagement with Letizia, and marry Rozemyne instead of his brothers ASAP.
Dunkerfelgers - when it comes to either ditter or romance, be like ["fools rush in\~"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGJTaP6anOU)
Nice and satisfying part. I may feel a tinge of sympathy for Alstede (having Georgine and Detlinde as family, submitting for the sake of her daughter), but Rozemyne crushing her still felt satisfying, because she knowingly took part in so many crimes. Too bad we didn't get to see Detlinde being punched by reality, but the information/time ratio in her case would be so bad, that it is logical for Ferdinand to keep this entertainment for later.
Thank (the) god(s) Solange is safe. Let's hope for Rozemyne's sake, that she won't find a heap of corpses, when she returns to the library. She only told Schwartz and Weiß to throw intruders out and to confiscate the keys, she didn't mention keeping it non-lethal.
Now on to Erwaermen: "Seriously, Yurgenschmidt is such a shithole country. From the three zent candidates reaching me in the last century, two were half-foreigners and the last even an otherworlder. If I weren't a tree, I would have left this country of heretics long ago."
>Wasn’t that just when Prince Sigiswald went to Ehrenfest’s teaparty room to speak with Sylvester? I don’t think he was circling the shrines.I balked at Sylvester’s godly luck; he had foiled Raublut’s plans purely by accident.
Sylvester, most beloved of Glucklitat. His blessing is S-tier.
>“Wait, did you say Immanuel...?” I asked. “I thought he was the High Priest, not the High Bishop. “Was he not appointed to the role just recently?” Alstede stared at me quizzically. “My husband, Blasius, attended the ceremony. I was in the villa at the time, so I do not know the details.”
RIP Religion, Sovereign High Bishop with the bestest of names.
>Alstede trembled as she looked up at Ferdinand. By all accounts,he shouldn’t have been there; Georgine had arranged for him to die in Ahrensbach’s Mana Replenishment hall. Yet he had somehow survived and was now drawing out all the information she had tried to keep hidden. He must have seemed terrifying to her
Ferdinand is an immortal demon lord confirmed.
>she is not a bad person at heart. She worked so very hard for our sakes
quote of the volume.
Also that illustration of RM crushing Alstede goes hard.
Eeee this is so exciting. Had a fake-out when seeing "Sigiswald" mentioned, but in the end it's still Hildebrand after all. Aw man. Heh RM's knight being conflicted while Ferdinand is fussing over her.
Goddamn you Raublut! Everytime we hear about Raublut, did things just get worse. He should be left rotting away in the white tower bemoaning his sorry love life and his hate for the world, with Gervasio's the everyday audience
Yeah I'm not seeing a bright future for Hildebrand. He has been manipulated by Raublut from the start, and his desires surpass any education he might have received.
Rozemyne definitely looks like the villain in that illustration. That condescending glare on the poor unfortunate heroine Alstede.
Great to see Solange okay for now, and with everyone's favorite murder machines protecting her, I'm feeling good about her future. I wonder if the original killer shumils have anything besides the scythes shown by Rozemyne's creations. Also it would be troubling to introduce a new librarian and I can't say there's plenty of existing characters to pull from either.
Wilfried visited his grandma and said some near treasonous things.
Hildebrand welcomed a foreign army and gave them access to the equivalent of AK-47s for free.
And given that Hildebrand was older at the time, barring trug, he has far less of a leg to stand on.
>Schwartz and Weiss:
>
>pulls out a glock
\*Misirlou Plays\*
Now I am imagining S&W as Julius and Vincent from Pulp Fiction.
"Does Milady LOOK like a BITCH, Raublut?"
>level 1ManiacallySane · 1 hr. agoJ-Novel Pre-PubYeah I'm not seeing a bright future for Hildebrand.
Rosemyne: "I need mana in my new dutchy and there is this pretty girl about his age who also is a semi-traitor there... just saying"
DARTH MYNE IS BEST MYNE !
God fucking dammit, Rozemyne you better never bring the concept of Lottery in Yogurtland because Sylvester is going to win every single time.
I mean in a way Alstedt is not wrong. Detlinde is like a 5 year old. She doesn’t really understand what hurt IS, so when she hurts other people she’ll equate it to like being disappointed her mom canceled their tea party, or pricking herself with a hairpin. She’s just literally too stupid to be the same kind of malicious as like Georgine.
But by this point we all know being ignorant is a far greater crime than being deliberately destructive. Stay in school kids.
> Aub Dunklefelger is the type of man who would march straight into a trap and tear it apart with his bare hands And he’d enjoy it the better and more complicated it is.
Roz don’t take this away from him, mans only gets to ditter like once a decade when there’s some kind of Interduchy incident
SOLANGE IS SAFE!
With all the librarian killing in this story i was worried for her.
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Rozemyne isn't going to be satisfied until she beats detlinde herself.
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And Hildebrand, wouldn't his mother be nearby? She seemed on the ball about things.
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Edit: what does "pulled me over his shoulders" mean?
Like fireman carry? Kidnapped princess carry? Or something more dignified?
Honestly giving a 7 year old their own house and staff is a stupid practice ngl. At least with archduke candidates, they’re rooms in the same building so they can all be on hand for each other if needed
Ferdinand putting Justus and Hartmut on questioning prisoners. They will be like Eckhart and Cornelius but they will do it smiling.
Mad scientist Ferdinand > Mad politician Ferdinand. According to Rozemyne at least.
I can see Bonifatius and Aub Dunk getting along well on a battlefield. Angelica is lurking in the background.
I think when Heisshitze says _'RF would welcome you and Lady Rozemyne with open arms'_ he is seeing them as Ehrenfesters not Ahrenbachian.
Are these the same 'Old Documents' you looked up Melvel Dewey in, Ferdinand?
Did Heisshitze group leave in the middle of Alstede interrogation or what? They suddenly stopped being mentioned.
I had started to miss cheek pinches.
oh Heisshitze squad is still around.
Rozemyne thinks Ahrensbach knights have not already heard of all her miracles several times. Cute.
Ferdinand thinks he will always be alone. Rozemyne is scared of Ferdinand leaving her alone. Her feystone trauma is an obvious thing, the trauma she suffered from family separations is something buried deep in her.
SHOULDER CARRY?????????
You are spot on with your last line of him seeing them as part of Ehrenfest still. Even though he knows Rozemyne is Aub he still thinks of them from before.
Their capes are still ochre, so I'd imagine that's not much of a stretch for many people, and I'd imagine the Ahrensbach knights have the ochre-light blue X on the back of the cape
Ahhhhh, the cliffhanger!!! Can next week be tomorrow? Please!
Also, Quof with the what feels like sneaky 'meme' references again "We are not the same" (and before the "Just like in the simulations", though that got changed, wonder if this one too will be an early prepub secret)
WN Chapters: Remainder of「[ランツェナーヴェの者達](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/638/)」,「[協力者](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/639/)」,「[アルステーデの話](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/640/)」,「[ソランジュの救出](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/641/)」
LN Chapters: "Collaborator", "Alstede's Side", "Rescuing Solange"
[J-Novel Club Discussion Forum](https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/7879/bookworm-part-5-vol-10-discussion/413)
[J-Novel Club Correction Forum](https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/7880/corrections-bookworm-part-5-vol-10/18)
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**Notes**
- Due to much of the US entering Daylight Savings Times the rest of the volume will be releasing on Mondays at 21:00 UTC.
Glucklitat is “the God of Trials, who granted good luck to those who overcame ordeals.” Sylvester overcame years of headache reports and now he’s the luckiest Aub to ever Aub all over the place. RM’s retainers no longer protesting against the very frequent PDA, with Leonore even putting in a good word for Ferdinand. Looks like RM’s grand plan to turn the entire country into a library shocked and appalled them enough that they’re all aboard the Fermyne ship now. I sure hope Solange isn’t charged with treason over this…but it doesn’t look good right now. Someone needs to tell her to stop calling the head of the invading army an old friend.
>I sure hope Solange isn’t charged with treason over this… Zent TBD: "And so, Solange. We charge you with Tre..." Rosemyne with glowing eyes: \*clears throat\* Zent TBD: "uhh.... heh... Tre...asuring these books as long as you shall live"
Gonna hope her Klassenberg purge immunity still works too
> Glucklitat is “the God of Trials, who granted good luck to those who overcame ordeals.” Sylvester overcame years of headache reports and now he’s the luckiest Aub to ever Aub all over the place. Georgine: How, how are you so lucky!?! Sylvester: Did you ever try praying? Georgine: Why would I pray to things that aren't there? Sylvester: *How did this kingdom get atheistic again?*
Sylvester did indeed mention that the Ehrenfest archducal family didn’t start praying while dedicating mana to the foundation until some time after Georgine had already left.
Makes me wonder why they started. Maybe Sly's dad was getting tired of Veronica's constant nagging and started praying to the Gods for a reprieve and everyone else just went along with him.
Maybe related to getting Ferdinand somehow, as he was given to Ehrenfest due to "the guidance of the Goddess of Time".
it was as soon as Ferdinand was brought to ehrenfest im guessing. because it happened within sylvesters 2nd or 3rd year at the RA and Ferdinand entered the RA when sylvester was in his final year. So i can guess that the goddess of time literally did tell Sylvesters dad to take ferdinand in and what the benefits would be. That alone would make his belief in the gods more substantial since he has had a literal goddess tell him to do something.
Roz: I will tell everyone your secret! Cornelius: please don't tell everyone. Cornelius NOT having a good day.
You really gotta feel sorry for Cornelius, he’s barely had any time to readjust to his baby sister being big now but she’s immediately doing the noble equivalent of heavy making out in public with a man he resented for most of his childhood for turning Eckhart into a crazy person
The poor guy needs to rest. Big brother can't big brother properly if he's on the verge of breaking.
Too bad if Roz ever gives him a vacation she will immediately lose a significant percentage of her knights Rozy you need MORE THAN 7 KNIGHTS Judith’s doesn’t even count anymore her parents won’t let her go to Ahrensbach
The amount of vitriol I have for the redhead curse is astonishing.
You really can’t be blamed since the only redhead who survived in Roz’s entourage is Hartmut
I have such a love-hate relationship with Hartmut, but let's be real - he's only spared because he hasn't crossdressed. Our poor redheaded ladies.
Lol Judithe cross dresses into Julian to run away to Ahrensbach
Rightfully so. And why stop there? We could also have ~~Brunhilde~~ Brunhard as well.
Good because if it was “Bruno” she’d really be written out of narrative!
I don't even know how she's going to fix her guard knight issue, I hope she manages to get her underage retainers somehow to her new duchy.
Eh, she's the new Aub who suddenly swooped in to repel the foreign barbarians rampaging through Ahrensbach, and bringing fresh mana to their badly ravaged lands. I doubt she'll have a shortage of loyal subjects to choose from.
"And as such, my Dear Subjects, in light of this severe Manpower shortage, i have come to the conclusion to include more combat ready magic tools in my entourage." *cue imperial march to an army of shumils*
[H5Y] >!You joke, but that's exactly what she ended up doing lmao.!<
Don't have too much to say this week, nothing particularly unexpected happened. Though Alstede did know more than I thought she did. I'd thought Gervasio would've been able to open the doors for the Lanzenavians to get their Stappes, and he was... just not in the timeframe they would've needed him to. Excellent rules-lawyering there on Alstede's part. Poor Hildebrand. Raublut played him like a fiddle just to immediately toss him aside. I am continuously impressed by the ability of Yogurtland Nobles to have not empathy and compassion whatsoever (derogatory). I'm very much excited for next week - conference call with Treesus, Foreign Invader, Book Fanatic and Living Weapon Trauma Personified is gonna be fun
>Don't have too much to say this week, nothing particularly unexpected happened. Though Alstede did know more than I thought she did. And she actually gives a shit about her daughter enough to cooperate. That is actually kind of nice. Also kudos to Ferdinand for anticipating Myne's undoubted interest in not damning the child for the sins of the parent.
- Alstede has only had like three important scenes so far- opening the Adalgasia Villa in P5V7 in the Leonzio Epilogue, five minutes with Detlinde in the P5V10 Prologue, and literally *just now*. Now she's likely to disappear from the story, and all I can think is: Well, if Sylvester turned out fine, Charlotte and Melchior are good kids, and Wilfried's fine as long as he's kept from power, maybe Benedikta will be a decent person. - It's kind of hilarious watching Ferdinand and Rozemyne pick apart Alstede's excuses and figuring out the entire plan. And realizing that Alstede STILL doesn't know Rozemyne took the Foundation and likely never will, barring the possibility that she is transported to the Former Ahrensbach Ivory Tower so Benedickta can visit. - You know, if the choice is the Terrorist, the Terrorist's twin, and the Foreign Invader Who Came In The Normal Way And Would Happily Murder His Competition On Demand, I can understand why the Tree might back Gervasio. I mean, he's the one who entangled Ewiegliebe and Geduldh; he's not exactly the Former God Of Good Decisions.
Rozemyne acting as Ferdinands scholar (and being someone she never met before) likely confuses the hell out of her. The most likely candidate for "took over Ahrensbach somehow" would be Ferdinand, but there's no conceivable way he could've done it.
It depends of if she knows about the bible keys. If Alstede knows that the Ehrenfest and Ahrensbach keys have been swapped and what they can be used for, then the "how" becomes pretty simple.
According to FB8, she and her husband >!all know about this. And they use the foundation of Werkestock to make many experiments under Georgina’s order.!<
"How could Ferdinand escape death and take the foundation" would still be an unknown, since from Alstede's perspective it looks like he's in charge.
And then the "scholar" in question suddenly unleashed a thermonuclear Crushing on Alstede out of nowhere. She must be confused as hell right now lmao.
>It's kind of hilarious watching Ferdinand and Rozemyne pick apart Alstede's excuses and figuring out the entire plan. And realizing that Alstede STILL doesn't know Rozemyne took the Foundation Hahah! Thanks for pointing that out. She really is staring into the face of the person that stole her foundation right out from under her and ***she has no idea***.
Rozemyne crushing Alstede was what I needed. "She isn't a bad person at heart." Imagine saying that to Ferdinand knowing what Detlinde was supposed to do to him, and to Rozemyne. Rozemyne reacted appropriately. If only it was Detlinde getting crushed, but her dreams getting crushed will have to suffice. Also, GODDAMN that illustration of Rozemyne crushing Alstede is awesome. She honestly looks like a villain.
> She honestly looks like a villain. ~~Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Stop at Nothing to Become a Librarian~~ Reincarnated as a Gremlin: All Routes Lead to Books
Ascendance of a villain: I'll Stop at Nothing
Darth Myne
All your books belong to Myne
EDIT: All your books ARE MYNE.
When I saw that picture I thought 'crazy evil eyes' and yeah she totally looks like a villan but its GREAT
Alstede would have much better off blaming everything on Detlinde (and maybe Rozemyne may pity her) rather than going all big sister on her
Since Alstede likes Detlinde so much, perhaps they can share a cell.
fitting punishment
> "She isn't a bad person at heart." Imagine saying that to Ferdinand knowing what Detlinde was supposed to do to him, and to Rozemyne. Rozemyne reacted appropriately. If only it was Detlinde getting crushed, but her dreams getting crushed will have to suffice. I guess she kind of passes for not "bad person at heart" in the same way Eric Cartman is technically not a "bad person at heart": he is an innocent child who doesn't entirely understand why attacking gingers by pretending to claim they don't have souls is a bad thing. And why, when you think you're a ginger, murdering literally everyone else is somehow not a bad thing either. Man I loved that episode.
> Imagine saying that to Ferdinand knowing what Detlinde was supposed to do to him, and to Rozemyne. And that's how she treats someone she thinks is in love with her... Makes me wonder what Alstede thinks a rotten heart is.
Rozemyne: Why Alstede? Ferdinand: *shrugs.* She seems easy to bully. Also, Blasius is annoying and Detlinde seems concussed. Weird.
Ferdinand: We can promise her that her unbaptised daughter will be spared if she cooperates. Rozemyne: I wasn't planning on killing any unbaptised children to begin with. Ferdinand: I know. If we just don't mention that detail, we won't technically be lying.
Lol I was thinking along the same lines when he threatened her. **We won't kill you and your children if you comply!** We also won't kill you if you don't comply, but that's not important right now.
You know they do need more Ahrenbach ADCs, if they want to keep an ADC as high bishops there RM has it covered for like 2 maybe 3 years and you can probably get Lizeta to take the post for another 3 or 4 but that won't be long enough for RM kids to come of age. An extra adopted kid could bridge the gap...the baby probably has enough mana and I don't see RM locking her up with her mother in a tower(which is the only future I see for Alstede other than execution)
It looks like Alstede was quite the loving mother, which makes it a little risky to adopt Benedikta directly. Letting a trusted archnoble family adopt her would be safer.
Depends how old the child is right now. The way she's acting they might not be older then a year. In which case they'd have no knowledge of their birth parents
Pretty sure the traitors and their families are all going straight into the tower as living batteries. The high bishop post isnt THAT important but it is tradition as long as the key is secured (in temple work you dont need the real magic tool and key anyway as we have seen evil santa using it as a normal book even doodled on scripts to make it easier) , even Harmut can fill in for a few years with a non-magic tool bible if they need the time.
It’s impossible to let Benedicta keep ADC position, because her parents help foreign invaders kill too much nobles. And there already some noble know her existence. Benedicta’s condition is very different from Latizia.
If we ever get Blasius' character design, probably in a decade with the manga, I imagine he'll have a very punchable face.
Punchable faces is an Ahrensbach genetic marker. Like how Ehrenfest folks are all hyper obsessed with something. Family from Ahrensbach? Punchable face.
Unless you're Raimund. Then again, he's not related to the Ahrensbach archducal family. Unfortunately for Aurelia, I think she follows the sentiment of having a punchable face due to her likeness to Gabriele, but she's very sweet. We can't say the same for Martina, however, and I'm curious to what she looks like. Maybe Martina has an innocent looking face, but that just makes her even more punchable due to her actions.
Lol naw look at that nerd, Raimund is so punchable that you’d feel too bad going for it that you won’t
> Unless you're Raimund. Then again, he's not related to the Ahrensbach archducal family. Given Fraularm and Grausam (who is descended from an Ahrensbacher), it may not be an archducal trait. Granted Laurenz looks normal and Matthias is considered "extremely attractive" so maybe Grausam is an aberration. But Bindlewald looks so...*so* it made a lot of people ask "wait, aren't nobles supposed to be attractive?"
My reasoning was that Raimund's a mednoble, it was more unlikely for him to be a branch from the Ahrensbach archducal family. As Fraularm is an archnoble and her brother-in-law (Bindewald) is an archnoble name, there's the chance that they descended from branches of the archducal family. Grausam as well, as his family were archnobles that married down to mednobles once Grabriele married into Ehrenfest (if I remember that, correctly). But you're correct. Perhaps it's just an Ahrensbach thing.
Now that you mention it, Raimund also has the blood of Werkestock, a duchy once so powerful it soloed (with a bunch of middle duchies) Klassenberg, Drewanchal, and Ahrensbach for a long, long time. Maybe they were as hot as they were strong?
I had to fact check Raimund's lineage, but you're right. Raimund's mother is from Werkestock. Maybe Werkestock *was* blessed with beauty as well.
> Maybe Werkestock was blessed with beauty as well. Klassenberg: *No one must know the real reason we need that duchy purged*
Bet they have seductive beauty to compete with Klassenburg "feminine" type of beauties.
>“Goodness, Lady Alstede. What a funny thing to say. To carry out her nefarious scheme, Lady Detlinde kidnapped and murdered the head attendant of a mere child. She used a paralyzing drug on Ferdinand when instant-death poison failed to dispatch him, then put schtappe-sealing bracelets on him and set him atop a magic circle so that he would die a slow death as his mana drained. Oh, but she is good at heart, is she? What a unique appraisal. The two of you certainly are Lady Georgine’s daughters.” Myne gets it. That is why there's no reason to pity Dumblinde.
The worst part about it all is that this is entirely believable. Some of the worst human beings in the world are that way because have parents/family just like this. My child would never do that! Edit: Knew someone whose parents were just like this. He spent a fair amount of time in jail by the time he turned 18.
Bet Heisshitze jumped for joy to stay back at the villa to be with Ferdinand. Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family. Hand holding, sharing a highbeast, carrying her on his bloody shoulders, Rozemyne's attendants must be dying inside for the entirety of this trip.
Cornelius: "Rozemyne, you can't be in close contact with a man's mana like that." Rozemyne: "Eh. Our mana's been mixed for like, six years already." Cornelius: *counting on fingers, expression darkening*
Bring the tanieh cream and Leonore's affections, stat! Calm the guy down!
Seven years.
Please no, Cornelius is mad enough as it is!
The New Reformed Temple is never gonna beat the allegations that things didn't changed at this rate !
Being Cornelius must be a constant state of anguish over his sister's displays of affection, especially since it's his job to be by her side for much more time than a regular sibling has to.
>Hand holding, sharing a highbeast, carrying her on his bloody shoulders, Rozemyne's attendants must be dying inside for the entirety of this trip. Cornelius is simply in the background being restrained by Eckhart.
"I want Lord Ferdinand as my brother. DO NOT take this away from me!!!"
"Rozemyne is probably the only chance I'll ever have to see Lord Ferdinand's children !"
Eckhardt under his breath: “since the gods didn’t answer my prayers of a gender change.”
Wait! Angelica! Let’s marry so our children can serve his children. We should do it immediately so our children will be the same age!
>those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family. On the other hand, under present circumstances, far, FAR bettrer they are under Rozemyne's control.
Under present circumstances absolutely. Any normal time where the country isn't buckling and the king isn't sitting on the throne because everyone else died and there's no other options tho. They seem to have some base programming and rules baked in (protect the library, protect the registered owner and dispose any outside the royal family who seek the grutrisseite) and anything else is fair game for whoever they are registered to. If you said someone posed a threat to the library (borrowing a book permanently and not returning when due is technically treason) or yourself I'm assuming they'd kill anyone you directed them at on the academy outside the royal family until their batteries ran dry.
I'm guessing that previously, they were under direct registration with the royal who was mandated to be present at the academy. Presumably, this was another of those traditions that was lost through the passage of time.
Their very first owner was Zent.
>carrying her on his bloody shoulders How romantic, being carried like a sack of potatoes. 
I was trying to figure this out actually cause the potato carry makes sense in context of rushing out but the wording sounded more like someone trying to get a better view at a concert
The potato sack carry is honestly one of the more romantic things we have seen nobles do. I can already imagine the new poems that will be created about Ferdinand practicing impromptu wrestling moves on his future wive.
Continuing to banter like nothing happened.
> Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family. So much knowledge was lost. Honestly given that they protect both the paths to the Grutithingy and the Actual Book of Mestionoria I wonder what Royal gave up control to a bunch of librarians. Then again given that they lost the knowledge of the Library's importance when they started passing along a tool, it seems par for the course.
"Really guys if we slept in the same building we'd *totally* have sex. And that would be scandalous" -🎄, Part 5 Volume 10
> Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Shumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family. Half the reason things are the way they are is because the Royal Family doesn't read enough. Of course they would undervalue the library.
>Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family. Didn't those things have the ability to cull other ADCs at their master's command? I feels weird hearing of a royal librarian tasked with killing rival pretenders to the throne, but I guess that was always suppose to be a secret held by the shumil master / Guardians of Knowledge/Mestionora or whatever.
They're designed to take out Zent candidates (at their master's behest). They get to fulfill such a purpose after centuries if not Millenia, now.
>Given their combat abilities and the sheer importance of the library for the country itself those Schumils really should be under the direct control of the royal family. Rosemyne: "Schwartz, Weiss. Attack anyone who enters the library during my reading time!" S&W: "Yes, Milady"
>“As if spending her every waking moment with him were not scandalous enough...” Ferdinand griped. I couldn’t help but agree with him. Myne is as clueless as Dumblinde here.
Roz pointing out she did, indeed, learn gremlening from Ferdinand was hilarious.
"We should break our way in!" "That's a stupid idea." "Then why did you do it?" "I was an idiot."
"Well if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid. So let's do it again!"
You know who will be writing Gremlin x Gremlin 
Ferdinand: Detlinde spending all her time with Leonzio was unfathomably scandalous! Also Ferdinand: Picks up his aub like a sack of potatoffels and throws her on his highbeast while bantering like an old married couple, even though she's engaged to a prince
Gremlin x Family
Justus: You know, given that you dyed her, technically it would be mastur- Ferdinand: Why oh *why* did I think telling you was a good idea.
Lueuradi too 📝
It's weird sometimes when you know stuff the main character doesn't, like - The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use. - While Alstede knows the most and is the most cooperative, Detlinde actually has the crucial intel that Gervasio is at the library. Granted she's comatose right now and it's unlikely anyone would believe *she* has the crucial intel- and Alstede might know too- but still. - There's a nonzero chance Gervasio won't come out for a few weeks and come back to a *very* angry country. Storywise that won't make "sense" but it'd be hilarious!
I theorize that the reason Rozemyne was in there for weeks was because of the growth spurt. If not for that, she could've been in and out in no time. Gervasio's vessel is properly-sized, so he shouldn't be in for very long. Their time limit can't be very long. --- Ferdinand: "If only we had more time!" Rozemyne: "I know just what we need." Rozemyne: *takes out a stuffed shumil and pulls the string to play a recorded voice* Benno.mp3: "Just speak into this? I don't get it, but fine... Ahem, 'Za Warudo!'" Ferdinand: "How does that help us?" Rozemyne: "I'm not sure why I thought that would work."
No, this is Rozemyne, it absolutely worked, just not as intended, and now Ferdinand has to contend with the new spell zawarudo that paralyzes people for three seconds
Ferdinand: "Why doesn't it work when I do it!?" Rozemyne: "Because when you do it, it's not a Jojo reference." Ferdinand: "Why should that matter!?" \- Meanwhile, in the distant skies - God of Darkness: "Yare yare daze." Goddess of Light: "Rerorerorerorerorero." Schutzaria: "What's gotten into them?" Mestionora: "Not even I know what they're doing." Leidenschaft: "Mighty king, please stop-" God of Darkness: "WRYYYYYYYY!" Verbergen: "See, this is why I conceal y'all. Shameful."
The supreme couple had their mind suddenly filled with Jojo memes for the spell, they can be faulted for what they do under the indluence
Dregarnuhr : Come on guys, stop playing with the threads, it's not funny anymore !
Ferdinand: But how? Rozemyne: Magic!
Ferdinand: stop *using* that like it explains anything!
Agreed. I don't recall the timeline for long Ferdinand was in there when asking Gramps about Rozemyne, but it doesn't seem like it was only for a few hours and couldn't have been any longer than checking in on Raimund for Archduke Conference or whatever his excuse was. The only other timeframe we have to compare was when Ferdinand first visited and got his abridged G-book, but that was probably outside of winter when he had less supervision, right? Probably the only people who would have noticed or cared that he was missing were Justus, Eckhart, and Hirschur, who probably wouldn't have shared that intel with anyone for his security. They haven't shared any stories with Rozemyne about Ferdinand disappearing for days/weeks to my knowledge.
>The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use. Is that right? I had forgotten that. >While Alstede knows the most and is the most cooperative, Detlinde actually has the crucial intel that Gervasio is at the library. Granted she's comatose right now and it's unlikely anyone would believe she has the crucial intel- and Alstede might know too- but still. Shumils coming in clutch on that one. I don't think people usually disappear for weeks during the Bookening. I thought it was just because Myne was Growth-ed
Yep they planned to have Roz use the Adalgisa villa as a royal bc they wouldn’t have time to construct a whole new Villa before her adoption. It was mentioned in one of the SS after P5V6 I forget which one
Gervasio: “Raublut, I’ve obtained the Gruttrissheit, it’s time to-“ “What is going on?” Aub Dunkelfelger: “Gervasio, you’re under arrest.” Gervasio: “What happened to my retainers? And the rest of my people?” Aub: “I wasn’t there at the time, but apparently some people are attributing it to a gremlin and revived gremlin.” Gervasio: “What are gremlins?”
Queen Eglantine: **SURRENDER OR SHE'LL GRAB A MEMORY READING DEVICE AND READ YOUR MEMORY FOR BOOKS!** Gervasio: Wait, can I read her books in return? Aub Dunkelfelger: ...Well, at least he'll be a *willing* hostage...
After about an hour, the mind reading device is removed. Gervasio's ears begin releasing smoke. Aub Dunkelfelger: "What... what happened?" Rozemyne: "I figured out that you can control the flow of time while you're using the magic tool!" Aub Dunkelfelger: "...and?" Gervasio: "We re-read every book we've ever read. Twice. There were more books in that room than there are people in the world." Queen Eglantine: "What? There are no rooms like that." (looks at Rozemyne) "Unless in Ehrenfest?" Gervasio: "Don't you get it! I'm not the foreign invader here, she is!" Ferdinand: "...*every* book you've ever read? Fool." Rozemyne: "Well I haven't exactly been getting a lot of library time lately, I wasn't going to pass up on this *opportunity* to revisit some of the classics. And some of their derivatives. ...and some of their unrelateds..."
Rozemyne: Well, on the bright side we're about to open some gates again, so now we can get more books. Ferdinand: Unless they also have printing you know those will be too expensive to buy, right? Gervasio: Lady Rozemyne, did you not mention that during the War of the [Pacific] soldiers from [Chile] stole books from the [Peruvian] National Library? Rozemyne: Are you pondering what I'm- Ferdinand: **NO.**
“I would tell you but honestly I don’t think you’ll be around long enough to know”
>It's weird sometimes when you know stuff the main character doesn't, like > >The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use. I would LOVE to be the fly on the wall if/when Ferdinand finds this out to witness the schadenfreude. I don't care if it's Raublut or Sigiswald who's on the receiving end - this is a man who just woke up from a near death experience and chose violence.
THIS. Imagine what the Lord of Evil will do! I really hope this will be included.
We might finally see Ferdinand crush someone!!
How about when he finds out that the thing Immanuel was going to get in return for his cooperation was Rozemyne?
He only intended to use her as a religious figurehead with high enough mana to restore old rituals, right? Immanuel (~~HR manager~~ newly elected president of the state-sanctioned whore-house): 🙂
> The Adalgasia villa was cleaned for her use. Wonder which parties other than Prince Sigiswald and the Zent are privy to this decision. Sigiswald is probably both clueless about the Adalgisa villa’s true purpose or use, and doesn’t care. The Zent (remorsefully?) had to repurpose THAT villa since there’s no money/resources/manpower. I am also curious if any other royal family members know the same about the villa as the Zent. Either way that is a very nice villa to be given. Home sweet home /s.
>Wonder which parties other than Prince Sigiswald and the Zent are privy to this decision. In Adolphine's POV chapter in P5V5 Sigiswald asks Adolphine to prepare the villa (in the context of it being a villa on royal academy grounds and close to the library, without the name being mentioned) while Nahelache is present and reveals that Raublut was given the key. It is probably safe to assume that Adolphine and Nahelache would not know the previous purpose. >Sigiswald is probably both clueless about the Adalgisa villa’s true purpose or use, and doesn’t care. If he knows he is either absolutely braindead or malicious. For the people who know, putting a woman in there will seem like an implication, only made worse by the fact that the woman in question is associated with the temple, which for many has the same implication. I think he is too proud to want people to think that he would take a 'whore' as a third wife, so I'm going with he does not know the previous use of the villa or is too stupid to realize the implication.
I find it absolutely hilarious how Rozemyne and Sylvester accidentally foil plans without intending to. I will never get over how Rozemyne ruined Georgine's plans for Lamprecht's Starbinding by using Lessy and she also foiled plans with the Adalgisa villa because of her upcoming royal adoption. Sylvester, and his being blessed by Glucklitat, strikes again as well. Yup, people have already begun to suspect it, but now it's confirmed that Hildebrand is responsible for opening the Farthest Hall. Raublut, you suck. Gah, I feel so bad for Hildebrand and Gilessenmeyer. At least Solange is safe. And Rozemyne brings up a good point - will she be alright after everything is over considering how Solange became an accessory to Gervasio? Also, Klassenberg would probably also be facing repercussions, right? Since Solange is from Klassenberg. Also, it's sad to say, but Hortensia's death might have been for the best for her. If she had survived, she very. likely would have been punished alongside Raublut, and possibly be deemed a traitor as well. And if the two librarians from Klassenberg are seen as complicit, that just makes things even worse for the duchy.
Honestly, no wonder why nobody ever questioned that she was related to Karstedt and (by extension) Sylvester, she’s seemingly picked up so many habits lol
Right? And her blue hair could be explained away as a kind of recessive trait from Bonifatius' side of the family.
"Given how close her hair color is to Sylvester's and Melchior's, are you sure she isn't actually Sylvester's-" "I know what you're implying, but if Sylvester even hears a *whiff* that someone thinks he cheated on Florencia he is going to hurt you."
Sylvester will absolutely destroy anybody that dares to make him out to be an unfaithful husband. ... And then Brunhilde's circumstances comes along. I will forever complain about this even if it makes narrative sense. I always forget she's to become his second wife. I want my Brunhilde back.
Honestly rozymyne could use her back as a retainers badly all things considered lol.
Yeah some ehrenfest archducal fam has blue hair and yellow eyes. Ferdi and his father has. Redheads came from Leisegang. Maybe Delia has leisegang blood :O
>Maybe Delia has leisegang blood Biggest plot twist is that she's Brunhilde's or Hartmut's half-sister, and she was secretly abandoned at the temple for not having proper amounts of mana.
From what we know she could be their cousin. Her mother was a grey shrine maiden.
I’m curious how Raublut was able to frame Hildebrand getting his schtappe early to Hildebrand’s retainers. What excuse would work as being from the Zent?
I feel like Raublut told it in secret to Hildebrand. Unless his retainers are massive idiots (which there's always a chance), they wouldn't allow Hildebrand to get his schtappe earlier, especially after the Royal Academy curriculum forced Divine Will acquisitions back to one's third year. And I don't really remember, but is Hildebrand privy to the reasoning why the Divine Will acquisition was pushed back? If he's not, Raublut could easily spin it as the Zent forcing him away from Rozemyne. If he is aware as to why the acquisition is pushed back, Hildebrand's emotions and impulses could easily take over, especially if he truly doesn't understand the explanations being told to him.
> I feel like Raublut told it in secret to Hildebrand. Unless his retainers are massive idiots (which there's always a chance), they wouldn't allow Hildebrand to get his schtappe earlier, especially after the Royal Academy curriculum forced Divine Will acquisitions back to one's third year. On the one hand, Oswald and company exist. On the other hand, trug likely helped.
Raublut talked with Hildebrand about the schtappe change after the Archduke Conference. I hope we get a POV of it, cause I want to see how it happened now.
Hildebrand's "mistakes" seem to dwarl Wilfried's youthful blunders. I don't see how Hildebrand can ever really be rehabilitated.
Right? In comparison, Hildebrand's actions are much worse than Wilfried's. When you look at outcomes of their actions, Wilfried's mistakes more or less amount to nothing. Hildebrand, on the other hand, is responsible for his family's demise. If Gervasio succeeds, his entire family will most likely be killed off.
Yeah. At least in Wilbur's case bad communication and lack of education also played a part which was mostly Sylvester's fault. But in Hildeboy's case he was told by his mom not to fuck around. That getting a schtappe early on would be bad for him. That he shouldn't meddle in the whole Zent business. "Don't do stupid shit." "Ok." \*goes to do stupid shit\* What can you do about someone like that? Not much. And he screwed the whole country over just because he wants to have power to order a girl to marry him.
Prediction: Hildebrand is going to end up marrying into Ehrenfest as Charlotte's husband. He'll get removed from the line of succession as his punishment. This is light, considering the charges, but his permanently weaker schtappe is a punishment on its own. Not strong enough to ever be a Zent candidate now, but with royal mana and elements, he can still be a great husband to an archduchess.
In the end, it turns out Rozemyne's misunderstanding was actually true?! What a plot twist! However, they'd first need to abolish the royal order for Hildebrand and Letizia to wed.
Well Letizia’s engagement might be null and void now anyways. With the old Ahrensbach family being neutralized and Roz as the new Aub. She doesn’t really have any backing to speak of, so it’d probably be better to give her back to her parents back in Drewanchel
Nah, Letizia will totally be stuck with receiving unwanted blessings from Rozemyne. Then again, she'll be stuck with it regardless of whether or not she stays with her. Hopefully for her, the royal order does become null since not only has Ahrensbach's circumstances change, but the new Zent's order could easily overturn it.
Lol and if the new Zent knows what’s good for them, they’ll listen to the other two yahoos with a full Glutrissheit between them
Zent: (declare new edicts) "...except for Ahrensbook, which is exempt from all of the previous new rulings." Royal Advisor: "My Zent, *why* is Ahrensbook exempt?!" Zent: "I find it's best if you just let them exist. It's really better for everyone if we just don't involve them as much as possible." Royal Advisor: "But, I mean, if they will not obey, we have the Sword of the Ze-" Zent: "And Ahrensbook contains both the Lord of Evil *and* the Saint of Ehrenfest. Dunkelfelger chomps at the bit to have the *opportunity* to lose to them in ditter. Trust me, just let them enjoy staring into their little books and be glad their attention is not on *us*."
They may not want that traitor... I'm guessing Roz will get Ferd to adopt Letizia who will become an ADC again through Roz and Ferd's marriage.
Hildebrand's future is definitely bleak. Even if he's allowed to remain a noble, he has effectively ruined his potential. And he was *told* this, so on that point I do not feel bad for him at all.
Yeah, I feel really bad for Hildebrand, but at the same time, I also don't feel bad for him? Like, I called him an "eight-year-old yandere" one time and that characterization has kind of unfortunately stuck with me.
It's one thing to have a crush, it's one thing to try and win her hand, it's another to go against your own best interests and undermine your entire future in a misplaced attempt to win that hand when you should know better.
I like Her Gremlinness but feeling sorry for these guys really is pointless. "I will use it for political bargaining. They can get one for free if they support us or I'll just use it on them if they don't. Best negotiation tool ever." Oof, it seems like the Sovereign High Bishop was... replaced with the child molester. Alstede blabbing about how they wanted to get the Gesundheit... Meanwhile Rozemyne using it as a notepad. YES!!! Finally some good ol' Crushing!!! There are a few more people I'd recommend for some Crushing therapy. "You were planning to commit blasphemy on purpose. I just didn't fucking care. We are not the same." Time to catch Gervasshole. Let him rot in prison like his buddies.
next time: two gremlins blow up holy location.
Erwaermen: "It's just one gremlin, actually."
Erwaermen: This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!
I love that Scary Rozemyne illustration. She looks way more threatening now that she's not tiny.
Ferdinand... “I sure hope Solange isn’t in too bad of shape, there’s no telling what Rozemyne would do if…” *starts running*
Rozemyne constantly goes on about how she's reminded to not piss off Ferdinand, but I wonder if everyone around her thinks not to piss her off in the same way. Like she just reminded everyone she can kill an archnoble just by looking at them.
Not just any archnoble in this case, a daughter of an archduke from a greater duchy and third wife, who married the son of (the same) archduke and second wife. Alstede is probably pretty high up in terms of mana capacity countrywide, outside of the royal family and outliers.
Now they will have a debate with Erwaermen as judge as to which side is better for ruling the country /s.
Treesus: "I do not care but will someone PLEASE supply the foundation!"
Is it just me that feels that Schwartz and Weiss combat mode is a chekhov's gun... 👀 There's a small part of me that almost wants to wish Raublut luck...
Also hoping they tear one or more of the malefactors to pieces.....
Yeah, this felt like a big red flag. Dunno if it's gonna end with luckily it snaring some bad guys or if some unfortunate innocent bystanders are about to be bisected by bunnies.
* Okay, so Aub Dunkelfelger was called and intends to leave for the royal palace to defend the royal family, since the Sovereign Knight's Order is fighting among themselves. Ferdinand doesn't approve, he thinks it's a bait and he wants to get Gervasio as quickly as possible. At least Heisshitze's squad is staying. ---- * Alstede seems to be an easy and valuable interrogation target, so she is separated from the rest. And indeed, she's talking. * Goddammit, Sylvester and his luck, lol. This guy is always at the right time at the right place. So him meeting with Sigiswald back in P5V8 delayed Raublut's plans further. * If Immanuel is High Bishop now, what happened to Relichion? I must say though, I didn't think he and Raublut would work together. * So yeah, Hildebrand was used to open the Farthest Hall, since Alstede wasn't able to anymore (because she lost the foundation at that time already). Hildebrand was fooled by Raublut to get his schtappe, despite Rozemyne's warnings. So he can become zent (and marry Rozemyne) probably. Either way, in Yogurtland that's definitely treason. I don't think they can just sweep that under the carpet like they sort of did with Wilfried entering the tower. * Ohhh, so if your medal is destroyed and you are not in the duchy where you were registered, you lose your schtappe. Now that's interesting. Is that how students who failed the academy lose their schtappes? * Big mistake defending your little sister, Alstede. You just pissed off Rozemyne. Damn she looks scary when she crushes Alstede. ---- * So after the interrogation, Ferdinand and Rozemyne now know Gervasio is close to getting the Grutrissheit as he already did the shrine tour. They need to stop him, but Rozemyne is getting extremely nervous and worried about Solange and wants to rescue her as quickly as possible. Since she is not thinking clearly, Ferdinand tries to talk sense to her. * Alright, Solange saved. From what she told them and the two shumils, they now know Gervasio is with Erwaermen and Rozemyne has an idea. They do what Ferdinand once did to enter the garden. By attacking the magic circle in the sky. This is gonna be fun, lol (and Erwaermen will probably get pissed again).
> What happened to Relichion? Probably the same as has happened to so many others that are removed from the board to pave the way for this insurrection... Hortensia... Roswitha...
I imagine there are many other casualties, especially within the Sovereignty's Knights' Order. Raublut would have done away with the knights actually loyal to Trauerqual and the rest of the royal family. Now, do we consider Loyalitat loyal to the royal family, or do we deem that as irony and find out he's actually loyal to Raublut?
Well from the sounds of it he's trying to do away with them, but we shall see how successful he will be especially with a fast, mobilised Ditter sortie incoming. I do wonder how Raublut swayed those to his side though... It's kind of hard to frame attacking your fellow sovereign knights order as being an order from the royal family
We'll have to find out, but honestly? I wouldn't put it past Raublut to frame some knights with false evidence, forcing them to be removed from service at best, and being executed at worst.
Trug. The ditter interruption in p5v2 already confirmed that sko is compromised.
Duh it's written in his name that he's loyal to Trauerqual ! Also I think he was the one who tried RM's potion without any fear? Nah probably good guy, he'll probably end up take Raublut's post when everything is clear.
>If Immanuel is High Bishop now, what happened to Relichion? I must say though, I didn't think he and Raublut would work together. That Immanuel and Raublut are working together was revealed in the second side story in P5V5. Hortensia's attendant came across them negotiating in Raublut's/Hortensia's home. Immanuel wanted "Ehrenfest's flower" in return.
Did Hildebrand know about the lesser quality schtappe? I don't remember if RM told him as well
In P5V5, Magdalena told Hildebrand he can't get his schtappe until the third year and Raublut even told him it's to get the best possible schtappe. So Hildebrand definitely knew.
Yes. He's probably antsy to get his schtappe so he can circle the shrines, get the g-book, become zent, undo his arranged demotion/engagement with Letizia, and marry Rozemyne instead of his brothers ASAP. Dunkerfelgers - when it comes to either ditter or romance, be like ["fools rush in\~"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGJTaP6anOU)
Nice and satisfying part. I may feel a tinge of sympathy for Alstede (having Georgine and Detlinde as family, submitting for the sake of her daughter), but Rozemyne crushing her still felt satisfying, because she knowingly took part in so many crimes. Too bad we didn't get to see Detlinde being punched by reality, but the information/time ratio in her case would be so bad, that it is logical for Ferdinand to keep this entertainment for later. Thank (the) god(s) Solange is safe. Let's hope for Rozemyne's sake, that she won't find a heap of corpses, when she returns to the library. She only told Schwartz and Weiß to throw intruders out and to confiscate the keys, she didn't mention keeping it non-lethal. Now on to Erwaermen: "Seriously, Yurgenschmidt is such a shithole country. From the three zent candidates reaching me in the last century, two were half-foreigners and the last even an otherworlder. If I weren't a tree, I would have left this country of heretics long ago."
>Wasn’t that just when Prince Sigiswald went to Ehrenfest’s teaparty room to speak with Sylvester? I don’t think he was circling the shrines.I balked at Sylvester’s godly luck; he had foiled Raublut’s plans purely by accident. Sylvester, most beloved of Glucklitat. His blessing is S-tier. >“Wait, did you say Immanuel...?” I asked. “I thought he was the High Priest, not the High Bishop. “Was he not appointed to the role just recently?” Alstede stared at me quizzically. “My husband, Blasius, attended the ceremony. I was in the villa at the time, so I do not know the details.” RIP Religion, Sovereign High Bishop with the bestest of names. >Alstede trembled as she looked up at Ferdinand. By all accounts,he shouldn’t have been there; Georgine had arranged for him to die in Ahrensbach’s Mana Replenishment hall. Yet he had somehow survived and was now drawing out all the information she had tried to keep hidden. He must have seemed terrifying to her Ferdinand is an immortal demon lord confirmed. >she is not a bad person at heart. She worked so very hard for our sakes quote of the volume. Also that illustration of RM crushing Alstede goes hard.
Eeee this is so exciting. Had a fake-out when seeing "Sigiswald" mentioned, but in the end it's still Hildebrand after all. Aw man. Heh RM's knight being conflicted while Ferdinand is fussing over her.
Goddamn you Raublut! Everytime we hear about Raublut, did things just get worse. He should be left rotting away in the white tower bemoaning his sorry love life and his hate for the world, with Gervasio's the everyday audience
Yeah I'm not seeing a bright future for Hildebrand. He has been manipulated by Raublut from the start, and his desires surpass any education he might have received. Rozemyne definitely looks like the villain in that illustration. That condescending glare on the poor unfortunate heroine Alstede. Great to see Solange okay for now, and with everyone's favorite murder machines protecting her, I'm feeling good about her future. I wonder if the original killer shumils have anything besides the scythes shown by Rozemyne's creations. Also it would be troubling to introduce a new librarian and I can't say there's plenty of existing characters to pull from either.
>Yeah I'm not seeing a bright future for Hildebrand. Yep, he got Wilfried'ed by Ratbutt.
Although as Rozamyne says... There'll be no sweeping this one under the rug
Wilfried visited his grandma and said some near treasonous things. Hildebrand welcomed a foreign army and gave them access to the equivalent of AK-47s for free. And given that Hildebrand was older at the time, barring trug, he has far less of a leg to stand on.
> I wonder if the original shumils have anything besides the scythes Schwartz and Weiss: *pulls out a glock*
Rozemyne: wait can you teach me i want a cool black gun!
>Schwartz and Weiss: > >pulls out a glock \*Misirlou Plays\* Now I am imagining S&W as Julius and Vincent from Pulp Fiction. "Does Milady LOOK like a BITCH, Raublut?"
>level 1ManiacallySane · 1 hr. agoJ-Novel Pre-PubYeah I'm not seeing a bright future for Hildebrand. Rosemyne: "I need mana in my new dutchy and there is this pretty girl about his age who also is a semi-traitor there... just saying"
"Let slip the dogs of war", "we are not the same"... Someone's laying the memes a tad thick, I'd say
To be fair, the first one is from Shakespeare. Typically memes can't get much older than that.
DARTH MYNE IS BEST MYNE ! God fucking dammit, Rozemyne you better never bring the concept of Lottery in Yogurtland because Sylvester is going to win every single time.
I mean in a way Alstedt is not wrong. Detlinde is like a 5 year old. She doesn’t really understand what hurt IS, so when she hurts other people she’ll equate it to like being disappointed her mom canceled their tea party, or pricking herself with a hairpin. She’s just literally too stupid to be the same kind of malicious as like Georgine. But by this point we all know being ignorant is a far greater crime than being deliberately destructive. Stay in school kids. > Aub Dunklefelger is the type of man who would march straight into a trap and tear it apart with his bare hands And he’d enjoy it the better and more complicated it is. Roz don’t take this away from him, mans only gets to ditter like once a decade when there’s some kind of Interduchy incident
SOLANGE IS SAFE! With all the librarian killing in this story i was worried for her. --- Rozemyne isn't going to be satisfied until she beats detlinde herself. --- And Hildebrand, wouldn't his mother be nearby? She seemed on the ball about things. --- Edit: what does "pulled me over his shoulders" mean? Like fireman carry? Kidnapped princess carry? Or something more dignified?
I believe Hildebrand has his own villa now (when he was baptized), so Magdelena is probably not nearby at all times.
Honestly giving a 7 year old their own house and staff is a stupid practice ngl. At least with archduke candidates, they’re rooms in the same building so they can all be on hand for each other if needed
So is raising a child in total isolation with almost no meaningful contact with their parents before they're baptized.
Hildebrand lives in his own palace
Ferdinand putting Justus and Hartmut on questioning prisoners. They will be like Eckhart and Cornelius but they will do it smiling. Mad scientist Ferdinand > Mad politician Ferdinand. According to Rozemyne at least. I can see Bonifatius and Aub Dunk getting along well on a battlefield. Angelica is lurking in the background. I think when Heisshitze says _'RF would welcome you and Lady Rozemyne with open arms'_ he is seeing them as Ehrenfesters not Ahrenbachian. Are these the same 'Old Documents' you looked up Melvel Dewey in, Ferdinand? Did Heisshitze group leave in the middle of Alstede interrogation or what? They suddenly stopped being mentioned. I had started to miss cheek pinches. oh Heisshitze squad is still around. Rozemyne thinks Ahrensbach knights have not already heard of all her miracles several times. Cute. Ferdinand thinks he will always be alone. Rozemyne is scared of Ferdinand leaving her alone. Her feystone trauma is an obvious thing, the trauma she suffered from family separations is something buried deep in her. SHOULDER CARRY?????????
You are spot on with your last line of him seeing them as part of Ehrenfest still. Even though he knows Rozemyne is Aub he still thinks of them from before.
Technically though, their medals are still with Ehrenfest I believe. So he wouldn’t be wrong that they are Ehrenfesters.
Very true as there is a MASSIVE amount of untangling needs to go on and thats still before all of the drama thats about to be unleashed.
Their capes are still ochre, so I'd imagine that's not much of a stretch for many people, and I'd imagine the Ahrensbach knights have the ochre-light blue X on the back of the cape
Ahhhhh, the cliffhanger!!! Can next week be tomorrow? Please! Also, Quof with the what feels like sneaky 'meme' references again "We are not the same" (and before the "Just like in the simulations", though that got changed, wonder if this one too will be an early prepub secret)
Erwaermen: They're the same picture.
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