Ascendance of a Bookworm - Chapter 408

After the dedication ceremony, I decided to return to the castle in the blizzard with the chief priest. The snowstorm is getting stronger. It will be a little more until the winter Lord is observed this year.

"Is it okay to return to the House of Lords as soon as I return to the castle? I would like to have a tea party with Mr. Hannerole. I would like to discuss the impressions of the book."

My complaint made the chief priest look terribly disgusting.

"It's not that I don't understand your feelings, but I feel that no matter how many magic stones you have, it's not enough."

"It's just right because we made a lot of empty magic stones at the dedication ceremony."

"... You're totally wrong. Think about the hardships around you."

After a deep sigh, the chief priest said, "In any case, there are a number of things we have to discuss before returning to the House of Lords. It is impossible to return to the House of Lords immediately." Even so, I had a lot of talks with the chief priest at lunch at the temple, so I can't think of anything that I would have to talk about again.

...... I talked about Turnis Bephalen, and I was talking about the material research sent from Hartmut by myself, and what happened?

"What are you talking about?"

I was stared at by the chief priest. Seeing the power of the water gun, talking about the information on Roederich collected by Justox and the stage of the prayer ceremony that his adoptive father was investigating, there seems to be confirmation that can only be done at the castle.

In the blizzard, when I returned to the castle under the leadership of the chief priests, I saw Norbert and Richarda opening the door. There is also the appearance of Cornelius and Leonore.

After listening to the story, when I see the two people side by side, it looks like a lover, so it's strange. I'm sure they finished the lecture at the House of Lords and greeted Leonore's family.

"Welcome back, Rosemine-sama"

"I'm back now .... Cornelius's opponent was Leonore. Didn't you just know me?"

"I don't think it's just Rosemine."

The answer and the expression of Mr. Cornelius were confident that most people must know. Leonore is one step back and he's just smiling quietly.

"So, did you finish greeting Leonore's family? Did you disagree?"

"Everything is not crazy"

I was able to answer quickly. Am I the only one who feels a little irritated by this man who can do it? He's probably the only one out of the group. When I thought so, Damuel's smile was a little drawn. Seeing that, my frustrated heart calms down in an instant.

It's hard to find a partner for Damuel, so it would be a delicate feeling if a colleague's lover who was considerably younger than Cornelius had a balance of status and magic. Recognize. I know.

"Then, change the escort knight."

In response to Norbert's voice, the escort knight changes. Angelica and Damuel, who have been escorting at the temple for a long time, are to take a few days off to prepare for the winter lord. The escort at the castle is left to the brother Cornelius and Leonore.

After seeing Angelica and Damuel return to the knight's dormitory, I turned to Leonore with Brother Cornelius. The moment the eyes meet, you can see that Mr. Cornelius was slightly ready.

...... I don't make fun of or bully you even if you don't have that much posture.

"Can you tell me the story of the House of Lords? I was in the temple, so I read the questionnaire that needed to be answered, but I don't know anything else."

"Understood"

On my way back to my room, I heard reports from them at the House of Lords. Unlike last year, tea parties have been held several times around Charlotte, and it seems that the reading of the love story of the House of Peers has begun to become quite popular among female students in higher territories.

"I want to go back to the House of Lords and talk with him right away."

"Please stop because it will fall again. I would like you to consider the hardships of your aides."

He was stopped after being told the same thing as the chief priest. I read the book, looking sideways at the luggage brought back from the temple being brought into the room and cleaned up by Richard and Otillier.

The dinner that day was with the lord and his wife and the chief priest. The baptismal meeting of Melchior is the main topic today. The baptismal ceremony of Melchior is best held before the aristocrats return to each territory, so it is said that it will be held together with the feast of spring.

"The baptismal ceremony itself is the same as in winter, just because there is no announcement to dedicate the performance of Fespiel."

"That's right"

"Adoptive father. By the way, did you find the materials for the stage?"

The adoptive father must have been fishing for a library that only the lord could enter for the Gibes who wanted to recreate the stage for the prayer ceremony, similar to Haldenzel. According to his adoptive father, only the description of the magic circle was found. However, it seems that no material about the stage has been found yet.

"There are too many materials. It's too hard to find by yourself. If you know the official name of the stage, or at least when it was made, it's pretty easy to find ..."

There are too many things related to rituals and too many things related to magic circles, so it seems that you do not know which is the essential material. To my adoptive father, who was tired of what he was looking for every day, I found an opportunity to enter the library and raised my hand.

"Adoptive father. I will help you!"

"No. Only the lord can get in there."

I offered to help with a smile, but my adoptive father immediately shook my head and rejected me. It's too regrettable.

"I just want to help, but isn't it?"

"Ahh"

"Can't you get help from your foster mother?"

"Ahh"

...... A reference room that I can't enter. A reference room that can not be entered by the lord's wife, if it is a lord. If only the lord can enter ...

"Rosemine, wouldn't you say that if you can only enter the lord, you should become the lord?"

Words that seemed to trace my thoughts came out of the chief priest's mouth, and I was sick! I shook my body.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Ferdinand? No way ... Hohohohoho"

Although I laughed and tried to deceive him, the eyes of the chief priest are still steep.

... I know I can't be a lord without glaring like that. I'm not going to be killed by the chief priest.

After dinner with the chief priest staring at me, I saw Melchior coming to bed and greeted everyone and returned to my room. The chief priest stopped me as I was about to leave the dining room.

"Rosemine, go to the Knights' training ground tomorrow after the 3 bells ring. I want to see the power of the new weapons you made before returning to the House of Lords."

"got it"

As the chief priest told me, the bell of 3 rang, so I went to the knight's training ground. First is radio calisthenics. As I was building my strength, the chief priest came. Curious grandfathers and fathers are with us, and there are also new adoptive fathers. Since the aides are together, it is a tremendous family.

"Now, show me Rosemine's new weapon."

"Yes, Grandpa"

In response to the grandfather's urge, I put out a starp and changed it by chanting "water gun".

"It's a spell I've never heard, a weapon I've never seen."

While the adoptive father said so, he turned his gaze to the chief priest asking for his opinion. The chief priest shook his head slowly with his arms folded. Then, I stare at the water gun I'm holding.

"I haven't heard or seen it. Did you say Mizudeppo? How do you use this?"

"Maybe it's magical power that's in it."

I shake a translucent water gun to shake the liquid inside. The chief priest carved a wrinkle between his eyebrows and brought his face closer.

"If you don't think about using this as a weapon, it won't be a weapon."

"What does it mean?"

"Originally it's a toy. Thus, if you just shoot, it's not a weapon."

I shoot the water gun with a pish pish. The chief priest nodded, "Fumu," when he saw the liquid pouring onto the nearby ground with a rattling noise and disappearing. The adoptive father, who saw the toy water gun, shined his eyes and pointed to something like a humanoid for practice.

"Use it as a weapon, Rosemine. I want to see it. Can it be used like a Ferdinand bow?"

I nodded one and decided to shoot an arrow from the water gun as requested by my adoptive father. Hold the water gun towards the humanoid, which is a little far away. I closed my eyes lightly once, imagined the arrow of the chief priest, and pulled the trigger.

The liquid that pops out suddenly splits into several pieces, taking the shape of an arrow, making a noise and piercing the humanoid.

"Oh!"

"You look amazing!"

The father and grandfather screamed in admiration, and the adoptive father rounded his dark green eyes and muttered, "It's a big difference." Each one has a surprised face, but only the chief priest approaches with a straight face, takes my hand, and begins to stare at the water gun. It seems that he has entered the research subject rather than being surprised.

"I see. Is this part moving and shooting magical power?"

The chief priest is glaring at the structure inside, twisting my wrists and elbows as he wants to see them. He's probably completely unaware that he's twisting my arm.

...... Hit!

"Don't twist your wrists or arms, Mr. Ferdinand. It hurts."

"Oh, I'm sorry. If the amount of liquid here makes a difference in the magical power that can be shot, isn't it possible to increase the power by making it larger?"

...... I haven't heard! I haven't heard at all, this person!

My arm hurts because of "that", and I started to talk about how to increase its power as a weapon and how much magical power I need. I know that I have been acquainted with research discussions at the temple lunch. When this happens, the chief priest can hardly see the surroundings. He stays that way until he comes to some conclusions within himself.

"Ryuken!"

I immediately end the water gun change. As the subject of research disappeared from my eyes, the chief priest looked up as if he was surprised, and glared at me dissatisfied, saying, "I haven't finished looking at it yet." I also stare back without losing.

"... You're saying that your arm hurts. Please listen to these words for a moment. If you apologize, it's okay to keep twisting."

Beyond our glares, the old man suddenly put out a starp and shouted, "Me's Dippo!" Surprised by the sudden loud voice, I stopped glaring at the chief priest and turned to my grandfather. Apparently, he decided to try a new weapon immediately. However, Staap did not change. The old man tilted his head while looking at his starp.

"Mu? Don't change"

"I think the pronunciation is different. It's a'water gun'."

"Mizudipo?"

"It's a little different. It's a'water gun'."

Is it difficult to pronounce Japanese? As I and my grandfather were practicing pronunciation, the chief priest muttered my pronunciation "water gun" with his arms crossed and rhythmic with his fingertips. After that, take out the Starp.

"Water gun"

A translucent, cheesy water gun appeared in the hands of the chief priest. It doesn't look great. The heartwarming feeling of the water gun does not suit the expressionless priest chief so much that he wants to blame himself for creating the water gun. It's like a hard-boiled movie where the main character comes out with a water gun. It's too surreal.

"Should I shoot the same as when shooting an arrow?"

However, the chief priest fired a cheesy water gun at the humanoid, without mentioning it in appearance. The mass of magical power that jumped out of the chief priest's water gun was bigger than me, the number of split arrows was larger than me, and the speed was incomparable.

"Hmm, this is pretty easy to use."

The chief priest, who brilliantly shattered the human figure, stared at the water gun he was holding and began to think about something. Is he going to make it his favorite weapon? Certainly it is easy to shoot with one hand, so it is suitable for shooting from the top of the knight.

Since it requires a large amount of magical power, I just gave up on Udit, and there is no obstacle to the chief priest who has abundant magical power. The only and biggest obstacle is that it doesn't look cool. I shook his head involuntarily, imagining the chief priest using a water gun.

"Don't use Ferdinand because it doesn't look good on a water gun."

"What do you mean?"

"It's not cool. I don't like it unless it's a cooler weapon than a child's toy like this. The bow was much nicer."

...... I wish I had the power to reproduce a cool gun! That wouldn't have happened.

The chief priest sighed lightly, even though I was holding my head.

"Rosemine, effectiveness and usability are more important than appearance."

"The appearance is important! At least, as you said earlier, make it bigger, or make it all black so that you can't see the contents. Otherwise, I don't like it."

My grandfather asked me if my weapon was cool, saying, "Well, should Rosemine be cool?"

…… At this time, anything is cool if it is not a water gun, Grandpa.

After the announcement of the power of the water gun, it was decided to discuss in his adoptive father's office how to make a water gun that would not feel strange even if the chief priest had it. "Because coolness is important," says the adoptive father. Apparently, my adoptive father also wants to use it.

When I was sighed and sighed when I faced the three guardians, the chief priest suddenly looked serious.

"Where did you remember Rosemine, the water gun? You said many times that it was a children's toy, but I've never seen or heard of such a toy. Isn't it a toy here?"

"Yes"

I will explain once again how I made the water gun. At the same time, he also reported that he had tried various things.

"That's how I muttered almost unconsciously at first. When I muttered in Japanese, which is not the word here, it became a" water gun. "But printing machines," copiers, "and" scissors. " Did not change. "

"Copy key? Scissors?"

The chief priest asks back with a suspicious face. Copiers are hard to explain, but scissors are used here as well, so it's easy.

"Well, the" copy machine "isn't here, but the" scissors "are scissors. Isn't it normal? It didn't seem to be a spell ..."

"Scheele"

The chief priest said so and turned Staap into scissors, and showed me. Apparently there is already a spell that turns it into scissors. Because of that, it may not have changed in Japanese.

"If it's scissors, it's called Scheele. If the copyki doesn't exist here, your imagination may be sweet. If you don't think exactly what the structure and function are, you can reproduce it with Starp. No. As I saw the structure of the water gun earlier. "

The chief priest insisted that it could only be reproduced if it could be clearly thought of. In other words, you can't make a simple copier or printing press with Starp.

...... Oh! It is impossible to imagine a copy machine exactly. I thought it would be very convenient, but I'm disappointed!

Finding that Starp wasn't that convenient, leaving me depressed, the guardians were struggling to change the look of the water gun. Looking at this, I think that my adoptive father and Wilfried are really parents and children.

Eventually, the chief priest was able to make a slightly larger, black, gun-like water gun. But unfortunately I couldn't change from the translucent water gun because the shape of the water gun seemed to be fixed in my brain.

...... The chief priest, not me, has become hard-boiled.

Since then, life in the castle has continued. We basically refuse to request visits related to Haldenzel, and we will do our best to make as many printing studios as possible by showing up with mothers and Henrik as much as possible for visit requests related to the paper industry and printing.

In the morning, it is customary to look around the children's room and do radio calisthenics at the Knights' training ground. Therefore, I look for a child who seems to be a good match for becoming an aide. Occasionally, I see Nikolaus, but Nikolaus doesn't talk to me, and I can see that Mr. Cornelius is wary, so I don't speak to him either.

He also talked about receiving the name of Roederich. According to information gathered by Justox, Roederich has had a bad relationship with his parents since the white tower that was the stain on Wilfried.

"If Roederich himself wants, please keep him away from his parents, Princess."

Justox quietly said so. I was told that it was better to stay away from my family, and I blinked a few times.

"why?"

"To elaborate, Ferdinand has stopped the princess from being upset."

I was told that I shouldn't be sweet to those who have put them in my family, and strict to those who are against them.

"If you think it's absolutely necessary information, it's a good idea to have your civilian look it up. It's easy for the princess to ask for it after she's given her name."

"... I don't want to do that."

When I sharpened my lips, Justox laughed a little and said, "I thought that would be the case for a princess."

"Princess, at the time of giving our name, we are determined to prioritize the Lord over our parents. It is unbearable for our family to be at a disadvantage to the Lord. If you want to get the feeling of Roederich, keep a distance and watch the situation. "

"I understand. Thank you for taking the trouble, Justokus. It was saved."

After discussing with his adoptive father, it was decided to give Roederich a room in the knight's dormitory after being given her name. A girl could have been given a room for servants in the north, just like Filine, but Roederich is a boy. He cannot enter the side-serving room. Since there is no dormitory for civilians and it is already to be used jointly with the knight's dormitory, Roederich's residence will be the knight's dormitory.

The day before I was supposed to return to the House of Lords, the Lord of Winter appeared and I had to stay in the north. Give the Knights the blessing of Angleaf, the god of heroism, and stay in the room. I'm the only one in the north, so I miss my meal time.

Otillier, who serves me, looks down anxiously, so I somehow asked Hartmut's partner.

"Are you the partner of Hartmut? I don't know."

Otillier said so as if he was in trouble.

"Eh? But this year is the graduation ceremony, and you need someone to escort, right?"

"I've heard that you're going out with people from other territories to gather a lot of information. However, there are several names of girls mentioned before leaving for the House of Lords this year, and at the House of Lords. I said that I would decide, so I'm still not sure who I will be in the end ... "

"Does Hartmut deal with multiple women !?"

...... Please, give me about one person to Damuel!

While screaming in my heart, when I was solidified, Otillier denies it as if he was in a hurry, "No, Rosemine-sama," and adds an explanation.

"It seems that we hadn't reached the point of dating at the time of last year. Hartmut was originally a child who wasn't interested in anything, and now he's all interested in Rosemine, so to gather information. Isn't it trying to have a shallow and wide relationship? "

...... Maybe the girl was going to be dating, but the Hartmut didn't mean that! ?? It ’s terrible, of which Hartmut is stabbed!

"I'm afraid that kind of thing is similar to my father, but I'm not so worried because I'll find a child whose advantages are intertwined with each other. I'm looking forward to being introduced in the territorial battle. It is. "

Otillier said with a laugh. She was looking forward to her child's introduction, she couldn't tell her laughing mom, "Don't worry! You might be injured at the House of Lords!" .. I had better return to the House of Lords as soon as possible so that it wouldn't happen. You must keep an eye on Hartmut so that it is not in danger.

While praying that Hartmut wasn't involved in the blade wounds, he seemed to have finished subduing the Lord in winter while he was devoting himself to reading, and a sunny day would come back. After spending a few days reading a book, I was already tired of returning to the House of Lords.

Prepared to return to the House of Lords in a hurry by Richarda, put on a bright ocher cloak and brooch, and move to the transfer room. Reflecting my mood, the movement of Lesser Bus is slow.

"Hurry up, Rosemine. Cornelius and Leonore are back."

In front of the transfer team's room, the chief priest is standing and waiting.

"Can I stay in the castle until the battle against the territory? I want to read a little more."

"What are you talking about, stupid !? There will be many plans such as a cross-examination meeting for Turnis Befalen and a tea party for Drevanchel."

"Isn't Drevanchel's tea party after the arrival of Gilberta's hair ornaments? I don't think I have to go back yet."

As I return to the House of Lords early this year, Gilberta Shokai's hair ornaments will be delivered to the castle and transferred by the transfer team as soon as possible. Therefore, the tea party with Drevanchel will be held after the hair ornaments are made.

"Don't you want to go to the House of Lords library?"

"But at this time of year, the library is full of carrels, and it's only an obstacle for me to come and go after the lecture, did Ferdinand say?"

I can't go to the library, the tea party with Hannerole is banned because it will definitely collapse, and I have no fun returning to the House of Lords. I think it's more fun to stay in the castle and read a book.

... I don't want to go to a tea party with Turnis Befaren's cross-examination and Drevanchel, who is sure to have a connection with the royal family. Anyway, the result will be angry again.

He sighed and dropped his shoulder, and was picked up by the chief priest and placed on the transfer team. The chief priest with deep wrinkles in his eyebrows glares at me.

"The period when the royal family is wandering around is over. Quickly go back to the House of Lords and gain social experience. You have little social experience. You should have enjoyed reading enough this year. I'm afraid I have a bad life. "

Scolded by the chief priest, I nodded.

"……See you"