Ascendance of a Bookworm - Chapter 367

My name is Philine. It is a civilian apprentice who is an aide of Rosemine. It is nothing but luck that I, a low-ranking aristocrat, can be an aide to the lord candidate.

What's more, I had Rosemine save not only me but also his younger brother Konrad, and gave me a room in the north. I would like to give my life to serve Rosemine.

Ordinary civilian apprentices will go to the aristocratic district if they have a house. Most of the time, I will learn the work while helping my parents and relatives work, so during the apprenticeship, I will work under a local relative. Those who live in the aristocratic town are castles, and if they serve Gibe somewhere, they do apprenticeship there.

After graduating from the House of Lords, if the lord orders a person with excellent grades, he may enter the dormitory and work at the castle, but most of them return to their hometown. Most of the civilians in the aristocratic district work in the castle. There used to be a dormitory for civilians for people in distant places, but since there are few users, it seems that they are now using the knight's dormitory together.

Knight apprentices also come to the castle if they live in an aristocratic town, and those who serve Gibe spend their time locally trained by knights.

However, unlike civilians, knights are struck by group behavior for several years after they grow up, so everyone is supposed to live in a dormitory without asking questions. After that, they return to their parents' homes or are assigned somewhere.

The side-serving apprentice is a little different. At first, you will be a side servant of your relatives and will be taught how to work. If the relatives pass, those from the aristocratic district will come to the castle, and those who serve Gibe will do apprenticeship locally. There is also work to serve senior aristocrats in the aristocratic district.

Aides who serve the lord's clan will be given a room near the lord's room, and a room will be set up in a corner of the castle for those who live and work even if they are not aides.

In Rosemine's side service, Otillier, who has a house in the aristocratic district and has a family, basically goes there even if he has a room. Richarda, who has no husband and is taking the place of a generation of children, lives mostly in the castle, and she only returns home when she occasionally takes a day off.

She is an apprentice civilian, but she gave me a room near Rosemine's room, just like a side servant, not a knight's dormitory. The reason is to be an aide to Rosemine and to prevent her family's intervention.

Normally, they are the side servants who start moving in front of the bell of 2, but today they are going to accompany the star-knotting ritual held at the boundary gate, so they have started moving since the bell of 1 has finished ringing.

I also sensed everyone's movements and woke up. Brynhildr had just finished breakfast as he headed to the room where the northern servant had a meal.

"Oh, Filine doesn't accompany her, so she could have slept a little longer."

Brynhildr, dressed in knightly clothes and preparing for departure, looked at me and said so. Brynhildr is a senior aristocrat, but he is very kind. While saying, "If you can't do this much, the Lord Rosemine will be ashamed," he will teach you the rules of the aristocrats in detail and help you implicitly.

"I want to be able to help me, and I want to see him off."

The meals served by the people who live in the castle are prepared by the court cooks, so the number of items is a little smaller than that of the lord clan, but the taste is very delicious.

It seems that they plan to increase the number of court cooks and eventually serve similar meals to the knight's dormitory, but it seems that it is not easy to educate and increase the number of cooks. Udit, who lives in the knight's dormitory, was mourning.

"This outing is a good opportunity to get to know Princess Rosemine outside the castle, and she often keeps in mind that she is not familiar with the common sense of her aristocrats and does not fail at Count Reizegang. Please serve me. "

Nodding to Richarda's words, Otillier and Brynhildr, Hartmut and Leonore put out a knight and prepare for departure. Surrounded by a family of lords, their aides, two families of grooms, and a knight order to protect the party, a large number of people are preparing for each.

I was informed that the Ordonants of departure from the temple had arrived, so Rosemine will arrive soon.

"Oh, you came .... what?"

Rosemine-sama's knight was bigger than I had ever seen, and I opened my eyes while looking up at the sky.

Rosemine-sama's big, big beast came down, and when the doorway opened, Damuel came down with a big package. There are many gray priests inside, and you can see a lot of luggage loaded from the wide open doorway.

"If you think about how to move gray priests and gods to the boundary gate ... A knight is such a big thing, isn't it?"

Like me, Udit, who is seeing off everyone, is looking at Rosemine-sama's beast with a stunned face. I nodded to Udit's words.

"Then, let's start."

"Welcome"

"Ask for absence"

Contrary to the flock of knights that took off all at once, only Damuel is back. The lower knight, Damuel, is also an answering machine this time.

"Thank you for your hard work at the temple, Damuel. I think you can spend your time today."

"Filine can relax for the next few days. You don't have to go to the temple."

As a civilian apprentice, I visit the temple on days other than lectures and meetings. Fespiel lessons, Ferdinand's help, manuscripts, patrols of orphanages and workshops, meetings with downtown merchants, and being in the temple make you feel much busier than in the castle and are sure to be trained every day. It is. At the castle, we don't leave this much work to the first graders of the House of Lords.

... and there is also Damuel.

"I don't have much to do in the castle, so I'm uncomfortable."

"Relieve me. I've kept Dunkelfelder's book for Philine. I'll ask for more manuscripts."

According to Damuel, Rosemine has prepared my work well. The package that Damuel is holding is probably Dunkelfelder's book.

"If Rosemine returns, will Damuel immediately take on the escort mission of the temple? I also want to visit the temple ..."

"No, when I come back from the ritual, Rosemine will fall asleep, so it doesn't make sense to go to the temple until he feels calm."

…… Ah, I forgot about Rosemine's weakness.

You need a knight to escort, but you don't need a civilian. When the people around me are working, Rosemine tries to force me to start work, which is rather annoying.

When I dropped my shoulder, Damuel gave up his shoulder.

"When Rosemine recovers, he will fly the Ordonants, so it's better to stay in the castle until then."

"OK. Don't forget to send us the Ordonants."

Damuel laughed and undertook, "Filine is serious."

After that, Damuel deposits the important Dunkelfelder's book in Richarda and Rieselator, and he says that he will return to the knight's dormitory once, and sends out a knight and flies toward the knight's dormitory.

...... I have made a promise to send you the Ordonants. I'm looking forward to it.

I was happy to see Damuel's back, and Udit giggled and stabbed my cheek with her fingertips.

"Filine really likes Damuel, doesn't she?"

"... Did you see it on your face again?"

When I hold my cheeks, Udit laughs and nods "very". My feelings are already known to Udit, Brynhildr, and Lieserator.

"Because ... isn't it nice?"

"It's the hero who saved Philine. Even though he was a low-ranking knight, he was appointed as an aide, and when he was always allowed to accompany him to the temple, he was just struggling to be swayed by Rosemine. It's dull, but he doesn't seem to be a bad guy, so Filine should do his best. Elvira also said that he couldn't find a marriage partner right away. "

Udit taught me the conversation between Rosemine and Damuel. He was depressed by Elvira, who said, "I can't find it right away," and "Is it impossible to get married?" It's bad for Damuel who wants to get married right away, but I'm wondering if I'll wait until I grow up.

"If Philine asks Rosemine, she will surely be blessed by the Goddess of Time, Dreffan Goor."

"You can't be that brazen. If a kid like me is a candidate, Damuel would be disappointed."

...... At least, if I'm about to grow up, I have some hope.

When you walk happily, shaking your head to Udit, who instigates "Why don't you tell us your feelings?", And return to Rosemine's room, your usual life begins. Rosemine has been in the temple for a long time, so even if she is absent, she will live her usual life.

There was a send-off today, but after breakfast, the side servants usually sort out visit requests. Richarda and Rieselator are still looking at the visit request today.

"Richarda, don't you think the number of requests for visits to the former Veronica faction has suddenly increased over the past few days, even though it had been decreasing for a while?"

"... Maybe something happened. Let's collect information today."

I was manuscripting Dunkelfelder, listening to Rieselator and Richarda telling such a story. It's an old and difficult word and phrase, so it's hard to make progress. Rosemine, who can read this as fluent, is too amazing.

Damuel returned from the knight's dormitory by the time the visit requests were sorted.

"I will be guarding the door from now on."

"Ah, Damuel. Today, I'm going to an acquaintance to gather information. It's in the castle, so please let me know in Ordonants if there's anything. Today, there are many old Veronicas and few Florentians in the castle, so please escort me. "

Richarda said so and attached Damuel to me. When I hear Damuel approve, my heart comes to my mind.

……What to do now. I'm really looking forward to the lecture after the 3 bells.

After sorting the visit requests, the side servants will clean the room, so I will either study in my room or participate in the Knights training.

There is no training today as everyone is out, the number of knights is small, and almost all the knights remaining on guard are out. When I started cleaning up my pen to move for study, the Reeserator raised my hand lightly and stopped me.

"Filine, you don't have to move today. I'm going to embroider, so I'm planning to clean it after it's done. Embroidery will inevitably scatter fine threads."

As Richarda prepares to gather her information, Lieserator begins preparing to embroider the Schwartz costumes. She says that the Lieserator makes really fine embroidery beautifully.

Angelica is a very different person in appearance and content, while Lieserator is a person who is very different in work and other than that. She is quiet and unobtrusive at work, but when she's done, she quickly becomes a talkative girl. At first, I wondered if the Reeserator had become a different person because of her wonderful switching.

... because Angelica doesn't change.

"Let's leave the door guard to Damuel and let Udit embroider with him. Do you want to embroider the cloak someday?"

Invited by Rieselator, Udit compared Rieselator and Damuel several times. She wants her escort mission to be neat, but she wants the Reeserator to teach her embroidery.

"I don't think there will be any visitors today, so why not practice embroidery and give it to your future husband?"

"... I don't like it. I'm aiming for Angelica. I embroider for myself, but I don't remember for the lord."

Recently, Udit's attitude toward Damuel has softened, and he often exchanges lightly. Somehow, Udit and Damuel are on good terms, and I'm just a little jealous.

...... Isn't it just a matter of refraining, or unlike the intermediate aristocratic Udit, I can't feel free to talk to him ... I already know! I know that Udit doesn't have that feeling! However, since Damuel is a wonderful person, you may not know when your feelings will change!

Damuel extended his magical power to the extent that he could marry an intermediate aristocrat, Brigitte, by compressing the magical power of Rosemine. I wouldn't even be able to see it without extending my magical power to that extent. I'm trying my best to compress it, but I'm afraid of a low-ranking aristocrat with low magical power.

The bell of 3 rang. Clean up the tools used in the manuscript.

Today, there is a lecture where the civilian apprentices who have completed the first grade of the House of Peers are gathered to teach the basics of the castle work. I'm an aide to Rosemine, but the inside of the castle is unfamiliar, so I'm told to participate.

Today's schedule is to visit the places where civilians work, and Rosemine wanted to participate very much. Rosemine is a candidate for a lord, but he plans to take a lecture as a civilian apprentice.

...... I must be disqualified as an aide to Rosemine who is too good if I don't work harder.

"Filine, if you don't go early, you'll be late."

"I will go immediately"

I will leave the north away from Damuel and head for the main building. I walk with a little happiness in adjusting the walking speed. I'm happy to be with Damuel, but I'm a little nervous to go to the main building. We are close friends of Rosemine, but since we are low-ranking aristocrats, we are often hit in the back.

Adults are preferable to the temple, so Damuel always accompanies Rosemine. Instead, because the apprentices are responsible for escorting in the castle they are accustomed to, Damuel is often referred to as "a knight dedicated to the temple, who is left as an aide because senior knights cannot be taken to the temple." It is.

And I am said to be a "lower aristocrat who made good use of the mercy of the saint" who saved Konrad and gave me a room.

At first I felt like crying, but lately I'm getting used to it. Of course, it makes me feel uncomfortable, but thanks to Damuel, who gave up his shoulder lightly and taught me how to listen, saying, "Because Rosemine added Philine to his aides, I'm just being bitten."

...... Damuel is kind and nice, isn't it?

Only a few people gather in the lectures of civilian apprentices. I and Roederich are the only first-year civilian apprentices, and two second-year students who could not participate in the previous year will be added. Rosemine is a candidate for a lord, so even if he intends to be a civilian apprentice, he is not counted as a civilian apprentice.

Everyone is familiar with spending the winter together in the dormitory of the House of Peers, and I'm happy that they aren't too nervous.

"Roederich"

"Oh, Filine!"

Roederich is a civilian apprentice who is dedicated to making stories. While Rosemine was asleep, I was trying to compete and making a story, but only I was picked up by my aides, and I felt a little guilty. Perhaps if Roederich wasn't a former Veronica sect, then Roederich, an intermediate aristocrat, would be his aide, not me, a lower aristocrat.

"It was just right because no one else has come yet."

Roederich wandered around him, looking around him and pulling out the letter from his baggage.

"... This is to Filine. I want you to read it as soon as you return to your room!"

Suddenly I was handed a letter from Roederich with a tense face, and I instinctively compared the letter with Damuel. "No one has come," Roederich said, but isn't Damuel next door in his eyes?

Perhaps I was relieved to hand over the letter, and Roederich said, "I was in time," but I felt like holding my head and screaming.

...... Please stop handing it in front of Damuel!

While looking down at the letter, Damuel muttered, "Love letter? Is Roederich an intermediate aristocrat? It's a valuable opportunity to move up the class, so it's better not to let it go." ..

I also sigh, hiding the letter so that it is not visible to Damuel. In this way, it is the most painful to be able to face the reality that I am completely out of scope at the same time as I am not familiar with Brigitte.

Immediately, a second-year civilian apprentice came, and a civilian named Cantona began explaining the main building. While going around the main building in a depressed mood, I will not forget to write notes so that Rosemine can teach the lecture contents.

After finishing the lecture, when I returned to the north, Udit looked at me and looked worried.

"Filine, you're not looking good. Did you do anything to Damuel?"

"Wait, Udit! Why does my name come out suddenly !?"

"I can't think of anything else."

When Udit categorically says, Rieserator also begins to say, "What did Damuel do to Filine? What a terrible thing ...", and Damuel hurriedly shook her head to deny it.

"It's a misunderstanding. I got a love letter from Roederich, a first-year civilian apprentice, so that's probably the relationship. I'm irrelevant."

"... Isn't it related?"

"Darmuel, why didn't you stop Roederich there?"

"No, why should I stop? I don't know."

"Damuel doesn't know that, so he can't have a lover."

"Gut!"

I turned my back on the three people who seemed to be happy and happy, and when I returned to my room, I opened Roederich's letter. I thought it would be better to reply as soon as possible.

……Huh! ??

The moment I read the letter, I found that the blood was fading. Roederich's letter is not a love letter. He was informing him that he had a plan to attack.

The first is an unknown trace, which states that there are plans to assault the temple group, which departs from the starting lineup, in preparation for the star-knot ritual.

I've only heard a little, so there's no proof that it's true, and there was a saying, "If that person's permission is given," so I don't know if it will really be done. However, the content is that I want you to take measures.

The second piece is a trace of Roederich, which describes how Roederich decided to hand over the letter.

After the son of Viscount Gerlach, Matthias, learned of the plan, he requested Rosemine to visit him several times. However, he seems to have not accepted his request as a former Veronica sect.

As a result of discussing with some of the former Veronica children who could get closer to Rosemine, Roederich, who may meet me in a lecture of a civilian apprentice, was asked to hand over a letter.

He probably did what he said at the House of Lords that he wanted to help Rosemine in the former Veronica school.

I grabbed the letter and immediately rushed to Rosemine's room.

"Darmuel, Udit! Please protect Rosemine!"

When I opened the letter and showed it, everyone changed their complexion all at once. Damuel immediately sent Ordonants to Richarda, asking, "There is an assault plan. I would like to see Bonifatius as soon as possible." At the same time, because it is an emergency, I will skip the setup and skip the Ordonants to Bonifatius.

Bonifatius-sama's Ordonants are back before Richarda.

"Come now!"

With a brief permit, without hearing it three times, Damuel grabbed the letter from Roederich and asked Udit to leave the room.

...... Please be in time.

"Mr. Rosemine ..."

I prayed that Rosemine would never be in danger again, and I finished the lunch, which was delicious but had almost no taste.

Some time after lunch, Damuel and Richarda are back. Both of them are showing relief.

"Is Rosemine safe?"

"Oh, it seems that the attack could be prevented."

Bonifatius told Count Reizegang directly about this attack plan, using a magical tool to contact Gibe from the lord. It seems that I was contacted just after lunch, and it seems that Rosemine hadn't left yet.

Thanks to the informant Matthias, even if the attack came, I could guess from where, and as a result of the knight's alert, I was told that the plan was leaked, the permission of "that person" Perhaps they didn't go down, the temple group of Rosemine and others seemed to have safely reached the boundary gate.

"It was a credit, Bonifatius said. I realized that the unity at the House of Lords, where Rosemine was crushing, is certainly budding. The unity of the children will soon be budding. It will move adults. "

I was very happy that Richarda happily squinted her eyes and said so.

When Rosemine was pleased that the attack plan had been completed and Rosemine was safe, Damuel relaxed his shoulders as if the thread of tension had been released.

After that, I saw me and smiled with a smile.

"Anyway, Filine was disappointed."

"Huh?"

"Isn't it the love letter you expected?"

I felt the words of Damuel darkening in front of me.

I've been thinking about Rosemine's safety for a long time, but I wonder if Damuel thinks he's a child who thinks about love letters in such an emergency.

When I look up at Damuel with the desire to cry, I wave my hand as if Damuel was in a hurry.

"Well, don't you have to cry? That, with Philine, there are many good encounters. You can also get one or two love letters."

...... No!

Behind Damuel, you can see Udit and Reeserator sighing in dismay.

I'm sure he's worried because he doesn't know my feelings. Because he is a kind person. But the direction is completely different.

...... Is it okay to say that? I can say it without having to put up with it anymore, right?

Holding my fist tightly, I stared at Damuel with all my might. If you were a Udit, you wouldn't have expected me to stare at you, as always. You can see that Damuel is upset.

Watching Damuel's upset, I took a deep breath and opened my mouth.

"Darmuel shouldn't be able to have a lover or get married until I grow up!"

"Wait a minute. No matter how terrible it is, Filine!"

"It's my little desire. It's not terrible."

"It's a terrible desire!"

Udit and Rieselator giggled when they saw Damuel, who changed his complexion.

I'm half relieved and half lonely that Damuel doesn't make any sense, and I laugh with them.

...... Shall we ask Elvira for support next time?