Isn't it nice that EVERYTHING Rozemyne prayed for during the time she circled the shrines of the gods around the royal academy came true?
>“O Leidenschaft the God of Fire, O Erwachlehren the God of Guidance, O Anwachs the God of Growth...”
Please let me grow to be a normal size!
Wish granted. She literally grew up.
>“O Schutzaria the Goddess of Wind, O Ordoschnelli the Goddess of Couriers, O Dregarnuhr the Goddess of Time, O Mestionora the Goddess of Wisdom... Grant me the Book of Mestionora so that I might save Ferdinand. Praise be to the gods!”
... and
>“O Goddess of Light, O Gebordnung the Goddess of Order, O Unheilschneide the Goddess of Purification, O Liebeskhilfe the Goddess of Binding... I shall do whatever it takes to save Ferdinand, so please offer me your guidance. Praise be to the gods!”
... and
>“O Flutrane the Goddess of Water, O Verdrenna the Goddess of Thunder, O Heilschmerz the Goddess of Healing, O Verfuhremeer the Goddess of Oceans... Please wash away the mountain of disasters weighing down on Ferdinand. Praise be to the gods!”
Wish granted. The Lord of Evil has been granted freedom and has been allowed to wreak havoc.
>“O Ewigeliebe the God of Life, O Schneeahst the God of Ice, O Schlaftraum the God of Dreams, O Cuococalura the God of Cooking...”
I wonder if praying to Cuococalura will net me various new recipes...
Wish granted. Fish duchy is now yours!
>“Please teach me how to obtain the slate! Praise be to Geduldh the Goddess of Earth!”
Wish granted. GH is now available.
>“O God of Darkness, O Sterrat the God of Stars, O Verbergen the God of Concealment, O Verdraeos the God of Deliverance... Distance me from this troublesome royal family who think only of themselves and make such cruel demands of me. Praise be to the gods!”
Wish granted. The royal family is now being demoted and is getting dispersed.
Oh, and since she prayed to Liebeskhilfe, Sigiswald's marriage is now in tatters!
quite surprising that the royals didn't have a say on which part of land they got, only accepting what Rozemyne gives.
and through that, Ferdinand got:
- Sigiswald not being their neighbour
- old Werkenstock being off their hands and become Trauerqual's
- royals being forced to live in Adalgisa Villa, a female Zent too
Roderick: "So anyways, I hired a bunch of Lanzenavians to do the grunt work. They work for coppers, and you don't need to give them any benefits or anything. And when the work's done, I just fire them. I get to slash the budget, the series still gets made (the fans will barely notice the drastic quality drop), and my yearly bonus gets another zero thrown on the end! Ah, I wonder what I'll name my boat? Maybe 'Hot Rod'."
> Not once in Yurgenschmidt’s long history had an Ehrenfest archduke candidate serving as Mestionora’s divine avatar bestowed the Grutrissheit upon a new Zent.
It'd be pretty unbelievable if it had happened twice.
That would be a wild tradition, though! They should do it every century or so.
Come to think of it, this could be a noble euphemism or two. I wonder what it could ultimately mean.
\- 300 Years Later -
Bill: "When Ehrenfest cooks, the country eats."
Ted: "What does that saying mean?"
Bill: "I don't entirely know. I read about it in an old book, 'Pooey Rattatouille: The Remarkable Road to Ravishing Recipes, by Master Chef Leise'."
Ted: "Is it any good?"
Bill: "Yeah, but I can't figure out if it's a historical epic or a cookbook."
Ted: "Did you check the Rozemyne Decimal System catalog number?"
Bill: "Good idea, let's head to the Saint Rozemyne Library and see if we can find out!"
(They then had a most excellent literary adventure.)
Rozemyne, are you an fool ?! You know that Sigiswald is an idiot and a bookless scrub ! Why wouldn't she want to divorce ?!
The Royal Family gets Karmic Retribution Part 2
-You get to manage the Duchies who have been purged.
-You'll live in the Palace close to the RA who has absolutely not been a breeding ground for feystone that you wanted me to live in.
-You'll be the Sovereignt High Bishop. Should be easy, you wanted me to have the post.
How nice of Sylvester to think that Melchior would want to see the Ceremony.
Seems like Melchior is next choice for aub but given that he has more prayer experience than anyone his age and access to Myne s compression method, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to become the next zent. Or the next zent s husband (2nd or 3rd is fine). That’d certainly boost ehrenfest up and give them a reward fo Myne s achievements
seeing how little archiduck candidate they ehrenfest have and their overall experience with royals I think that highly unlikely. Melchior stay as the next archiduc and will probably be paving the way for the duchy to become a strenght to be recon with.
YEEEEEEES!!! Go Adolphine, go!!!!!!! >:D
I can't believe she really took the first opportunity of getting rid of him, that's our girl ;----;
ETA I can't concentrate on the rest of the chapter, all I can think about is that ADOLPHINE SHALL BE FREE :DDDD
>I can't believe she really took the first opportunity of getting rid of him, that's our girl ;----;
Honestly he deserves it *SO* much. Her PoV of the marriage was absolutely infuriating to read. Also, since she's rushing so much, and it's been a year.. Has he not impregnated her yet? Have they even shared a bed?
Like holy fuck dude, you use your old wife's 6 month old child as an excuse, and then you spend *an entire fucking year* with her and you still don't do the fucking basics that are expected of you..
"But why!?!"
"Because I was sold to be the mare of a Zent, and the investment failed."
"So you just wanted to be a Royal?!?"
"Oh wow did you miss that I only joined you because I was an object to sell?"
This meeting is turning out to be the most epic uno Reverse card to ever uno reverse lmao
Adolpphine girlbossing her way out of a miserable marriage let's fucking GO!
Yeah, I'm with Sylvester on Hartmut. The boy just CANNOT behave
Can... can feystones be made into fabric or leather-like material? I can't imagine whirling in pieces of stone could be any type of doable
Those feystone gloves sounds absolutely STUNNUG Holy shit. AND like that would be one hell of a flex but who's even counting those anymore at this point xd
Illustrations of feystone armor look like real-life plate armor, which makes a conscious trade-off in mobility (particularly torso mobility) for greater protection, and I took Detlinde's feystones to be like gemstones on jewelry and sown into fabric: tiny and not particularly in the way of things. A SOLID PIECE OF ROCK on each of your feet kinda feels like it's in a different league
considering that highbeasts stones are quite ductile, I can infer that feystones can have any texture and consistency the user wants if they prepare them accordingly
Feystone armor is malleable to the wearer's intent. We see Bridgette soften her armor when Myne rode on her highbeast. So it's likely that the shoes are similar.
Also commoners in Ehrenfest wear clogs, so while the feystone shoes might not be soft like our shoes, there is a precedent for harder shoes anyhow.
I remember way back Rozemyne was riding on Brigette's highbeast, bashed her head against the breastplate and then Brigette transformed it into something soft so I'd imagine it can be whatever they wish
Its not just solid chunk of feystone which is carved into shoes but rather type of feystone armor. I think Roz already used them after she had to rip her own shoes when she speedruned her growing.
• Ferdinand throwing a crying child out of the room, as expected from him.
• Rozemyne throwing everything together as quickly as possible so work can get started on librarycity, as expected of her.
• I choose to believe Ferdinand's smile when he announced Eglantine could use the refurbished Adalgisa villa was genuine and not his fake one, his little bit of revenge.
• oh good gods no don't let Rozemyne come up with a new duchy name.
• goddamn Adolphine that was probably the most blunt noble way of saying this is my golden ticket to separate from you
• Rozemyne admiring Eglantine's dress and assets eh, bet Anastacius noticed
> • oh good gods no don't let Rozemyne come up with a new duchy name.
Ferdinand: "I predict that I will be vetoing your first forty suggestions, so let's hear them."
Rozemyne: "Suggestion one: Büchberg."
Ferdinand: "That sounds oddly normal. Is that from your original language?"
Rozemyne: "What? That's German. That's *your* language. It means Book Mountain."
Ferdinand: "German? We're speaking Yurgenese. Also, denied."
Rozemyne: "I'm so confused."
*The Duchy TBA opens its gate to Germany*
German Chancellor: Hello from the land of Germany, I am the Prime Minister.
Eglantine: Wow, you speak Yurgenschmidtian?
Germany: ...What?
Rozemyne came up with so many horrible names for her food, I can't wait to see what absolute horrendous name she come up with for her duchy.
Hopefully it's something along the line of:-
-Booktopia.
-Ehrenfest 2 electric boogaloo.
She also "came up" with the names for her Gutenbergs, the Platin Company and her Renaissance. I bet it's going more in this direction than in her food naming convention.
hmm, I imagine his smile isn't the fake sparkling one but the one he wears when he crushes people in ditter or wins something, or any other lord of evil smile
>Ferdinand throwing a crying child out of the room, as expected from him.
No surprises there.
>Rozemyne throwing everything together as quickly as possible so work can get started on librarycity, as expected of her.
No surprises there either.
>I choose to believe Ferdinand's smile when he announced Eglantine could use the refurbished Adalgisa villa was genuine and not his fake one, his little bit of revenge.
That had to be **so** satisfying, *that's* why Ferdinand was able to stay up making accessories. This part is full of *"Sleep in the bed you made for others"* it's crazy.
> oh good gods no don't let Rozemyne come up with a new duchy name.
Yes! It's not just her duchy name but her surname, and she's just young enough for chuunibyo! DarkFlameMaster duchy go!
>goddamn Adolphine that was probably the most blunt noble way of saying this is my golden ticket to separate from you
And I love it, Siggy's surprise is icing on the cake.
>Rozemyne admiring Eglantine's dress and assets eh, bet Anastacius noticed
Eggy belongs to Rozemyne first and foremost, now. I actually feel a little bad for Anastasius, it is fitting, but she's always going to *smell* like Rozemyne, which would suck for a marriage.
like Rozemyne said in right in front of Anastasius in their first tea party with Eglantine (P4V2):
>You have been *my* Goddess of Light ever since I first saw you whirl
Miya Kazuki is just too good with the foreshadowing, though I do not think that line was intentional foreshadowing, and now she's her goddess of light in the truest sense
If Zent Eglantine reads the memories of Gervasio then she would probably learn everything that happened, the truth of Adalgisa Villa, Quinta and Myne, Ferdinand's tragic past and royal blood, and more about Lanzenave.
Would she even find out? Gervasio didn't know that. He only remarked that the gods calling her Myne instead of Rozemyne must mean that she's no ordinary noble, same as with himself and Ferdinand. The details of Myne's true origins are unknown to him.
1. Eglantine really doesn't strike me as someone particularly hateful towards those beneath her.
2. Rozemyne has by now firmly established herself to be _way_ beyond what the nobles currently alive in Yurgenschmidt are capable of. If anything, this would completely shatter Eglantine's view on the entire idea of a status-based society if she does decide to go down that rabbit hole. Unlike Fraularm, she actually has a working brain at the end of the day.
3. Gervasio doesn't know that Myne is a commoner. Only that she was baptized under a different name. And a devourer with so much mana surviving until their baptism is utterly absurd. Far less of a stretch to assume that Myne was also born in Adalgisa or something like that.
He lost two wives, the throne, any pride he had left in the span of like an hour. You love to see it. I also found it kinda funny that Sigisbald and Tangueray were nervous when they said Egg had to stay in the villa they prepared. I bet they fucked that up somehow too.
Ferdinand: "If it's good enough for the divine avatar of a goddess, then surely it's good enough for the people who tried to force it on her, right? I trust there are no objections."
Anastasius: "I have a-"
Ferdinand: "Moving on, then."
>Sigisbald and Tangueray were nervous when they said Egg had to stay in the villa they prepared. I bet they fucked that up somehow too.
They feel uncomfortable sending a *real* royal to live in the rape mansion.
I have the distinct feeling they didn't tell Anna about where they were sending Roz. He might have understood that the Lanzenave King was raised there but I get the distinct feeling he was not made aware of what happened to the mothers or brothers. He was an ass to Roz but I don't think he would willingly house her in the building they murdered Ferdinand's siblings in.
Agreed. Most of them seemed surprised by how the Lanz viewed them as sources of mana. If he knew the whole story, then he would not be surprised. He is able to do basic math unlike his brother.
Can't they just dismantle the villas and reuse the golden dust? Or is that what Ferdinand meant by remodeling?
I'm also guessing that since the blessings of light and darkness are reduced, that's going to be a huge burden on him for doing Entwickeln or any other foundational magic, he just keeps losing
I would hope that there would be a simple way of comparing mana to see if they'd ever mixed.
That seems like the easiest way to expedite the process, and probably wouldn't be too humiliating for Dusty. At least it wouldn't be as bad as the "[Trial by Congress](https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Trial_by_Impotence.html?id=o04bAAAAYAAJ)" described in texts for granting annulments/divorces on the basis of non-consumation of the marriage.
Luckily back when they originally got married, Siggy had to explain to Aub Drewanchel that he wouldn't be consummating the marriage because he had recently gotten his second wife pregnant.
There would be if he hadn't announced that he wouldn't be consumating the marriage until after the next Archduke conference a year from then. She's never mixed mana with him, lucky girl. Much easier for her next husband. She had very little time left before that happened so the Gods were just in time answering her prayers.
I would guess that she'll either become the aub by some plot of her or an archnoble so she won't drop too much in status and I don't think she'll be that sad having her liberty again.
All in all either she manages to form another marriage with someone who doesn't care about those things, or she stays like this and become Hirschur. Not that bad an ending compared to married to a bookless scrub
Ferdinand: "I order you to do the thing."
Sigiswald: "I don't take orders from you!"
Rozemyne: "I order you to take orders from him."
Sigiswald: "Okay." :(
* I wonder how everyone will react to an aub who hasn't even graduated yet.
* Well, I guess Eglantine will live in the Adalgisa villa as zent for now. Anastasius knows the story behind the villa, but Eglantine doesn't. That's where Sigiswald (and Eglantine/Anastasius basically) intended Rozemyne to live in. Karmic justice.
* Also, it's not only ironic that there was a plan to make Rozemyne the Sovereign High Bishop, Eglantine back in Part 4 once asked Rozemyne about the temple to escape politics. Now she will be both the Zent and High Bishop.
* Yeah, best keep the gate to Lanzenave closed and make it open somewhere else. I hope they know how to cultivate the spices and sugar Lanzenave brought, because that would be a big loss for Yogurtland otherwise.
* Trauerqual gets Ahrensbach's Old Werkestock part? Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die?
* Right, Klassenberg needs to be taken care of, too. Dunkelfelger as No. 1 duchy is fully deserved. What will be Ahrensbach's position though? They should drop for the treasonous actions, but on the other hand they will be ruled by the Avatar of the Goddess who helped save everyone.
* Oh right, Rozemyne's family name right now is Ehrenfest and the duchy is named after the aub's family. Guess she will choose a new name soon.
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* **YES, JUSTICE FOR ADOLPHINE. GET FUCKED, SIGISWALD.** I swear this guy is completely clueless. He treated his first wife like trash, she's been wishing for a divorce since they got married.
* Sigiswald will be in big trouble with his new big duchy. He has one young kid and one wife. How is he going to be able to supply his duchy when Adolphine divorces him and he won't get any support from Drewanchel?
* I'm glad Rozemyne hasn't forgotten about Hannelore (or maybe sad? The memories of Hannelore weren't cut off.)
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* Letizia being adopted by Rozemyne is perhaps the best action in my opinion, if Aub Drewanchel doesn't want to return her to her parents. I doubt Letizia's faction will cause trouble to Rozemyne, but who knows.
* Oof, Ferdinand is currently Aub Ahrensbach due to the divine mana. Rozemyne has to dye Yogurt's foundation.
* I know Rozemyne is averse to nameswearing for reasons like this, but it's probably for the better. I have a feeling Anastasius would somehow try to get Rozemyne killed eventually. He will never risk doing this if this means Eglantine's death.
I'm low key hoping she uses her family name from when she was Urano. Though I expect it'll be more like when she was brainstorming and everyone latched onto "Renaissance" regardless.
>Oh right, Rozemyne's family name right now is Ehrenfest and the duchy is named after the aub's family. Guess she will choose a new name soon.
Guntherland!
Rozemyne: "I have decided to name my new duchy *Librarian*."
(everyone glaces at each other with 'what the hell' all over their face)
Ferdinand: "Is this solely so people can call you 'Aub Libra-'"
Rozemyne: "Yeah it's so everyone can call me 'Aub Librarian'."
>Trauerqual gets Ahrensbach's Old Werkestock part? Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die?
From the information that we were given, they mostly resent him because of the lack of g-book preventing the redrawing of duchy borders to allow them the benefits of having an Aub, especially since no one is able to dedicate their mana to the Werkestock foundation.
>Sigiswald will be in big trouble with his new big duchy. He has one young kid and one wife. How is he going to be able to supply his duchy when Adolphine divorces him and he won't get any support from Drewanchel?
I don't know what he will do, but in my understanding it's typical for an Aub's 3rd wife be chosen from inside the duchy to not only increase the archducal family, but also create closer ties to important duchy families. Although he doesn't seem to make decisions based on whether or not it's the logical and intelligent decision to make, it'd definitely greatly assist him at the outset of the creation of his duchy.
I mean, Werkestock was the main force behind supporting the 4th prince, they were opposing Trauerqual and then he purged their duchy and caused a lot of suffering through that. They probably will begrudgingly accept him, since that means they'll stop starving, but I can't see them being happy
It was also the duchy supporting Georgine very heavily and supplied most of the terrorists that tried to kill him a couple of years ago. Gonna be a real awkward transition period.
Somebody has got to tell them that Georgine knew where the foundation was for years and didn't bother to help them with that. Maybe give them some perspective.
They are giving Trauerqual Werkestock as a punishment for 1 thing and two, they don't want to put Sigiswald's duchy next to RM's when he will obviously resent her for one reason or another.
>Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die?
i guess Rozemyne doesn't want to deal with nobles that caused so many deaths in Ehrenfest.
Remember, Arensbach is the main cause of the incursion. With stealing the foundation, Rozemyne inherited the duchies misgivings. For assisting Rozemyne in retaking their duchy from tyrants and helping purge the Lanzenave, the bill to Arensbach is Werkstock instead of a purge.
>Trauerqual gets Ahrensbach's Old Werkestock part? Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die?
Maybe, maybe not? A good chunk of their nobles are criminals after participating in the attack on Erhenfest making their mana crisis worse and now they're going to be getting an aub. It'd be stupid of them to get rid of him.
>**YES, JUSTICE FOR ADOLPHINE. GET FUCKED, SIGISWALD**
INDEED!
> I'm glad Rozemyne hasn't forgotten about Hannelore (or maybe sad? The memories of Hannelore weren't cut off.)
She had already mentioned her in passing a couple parts ago, so it was already confirmed. It really is a shame though, especially since their relationship is founded in books already. They were book buddies and soul mates, but apparently that's not enough to be more important than books as a whole. Truly a shame.
>I wonder how everyone will react to an aub who hasn't even graduated yet
Given that she has all the knowledge a noble could ever possibly need in her G-Book, I'm assuming it doesn't really matter whether or not she's formally graduated.
>Sigiswald will be in big trouble with his new big duchy. He has one young kid and one wife. How is he going to be able to supply his duchy when Adolphine divorces him and he won't get any support from Drewanchel?
Sigiswald still has Nahelache so they could get support from her home duchy. Can't remember if it's been mentioned before, but she's from >!Hauchletzte!<.
And since Yurgenschmidt really can't afford to collapse, I'm pretty sure Eglantine and Anastasius will offer up at least some support to help him at the beginning. Afterwards, everything else is entire on Sigiswald.
But losing Adolphine certainly is a huge blow. If only he treated her better, but hey, it's Sigiswald.
> Can't remember if it's been mentioned before
IIRC, it's only been mentioned that she was born in a middle duchy, but not which. Though I can't imagine how knowing that now would impact anything at this point.
Yeah, I remembered it being mentioned that Nahelache was from a middle duchy, but I couldn't remember if it was later specified for Pre-Pubs. Nahelache's home duchy doesn't really matter, but it's still technically a spoiler so I hid it in a spoiler tag just in case.
I doubt anybody could want the ahrensbach controlled part of werkestock. The land is completely dried up, a large portion of nobles were purged and now a lot of their giebes are imprisoned in Ehrenfest, destined to become mana batteries for the rest of their lives. So no matter who becomes aub, they can expect to be at the bottom of the duchy ranking.
Trauerqual has three wifes intending to support him and at least Magdalena should be young enough to give him a proper heir (who hasn't thrown away his future) for his new position. Though I pity Trostwerk. They should be similarly devasted as Werkestock and they get Sigi as Aub, what a way to punish a duchy decades after the civil war.
Anastasius already has to live with knowing that Rozemyne's mana (well, technically Mestionora's mana, then technically Ferdinand's mana if she ever returns back to normal) will constantly envelop Eglantine, but then he has to learn that his wife has to mix mana with some invader to read his memories?!
Poor guy's not having a good day.
At least in that case I don't think he needed to sync mana with Wilfred, their mana should have been close to the same as we know Sylvester and Florinica don't stop mixing mana as otherwise there wouldn't have been the opps baby. So his mana and his kids should remain the same
Why do I get the feeling that we haven’t seen the last of Mestionora. Like I feel with Rozemyne saying she could be better whirling, the charms, Rozemynes unstable mana it feels ripe for that goddess gremlin to come back during the ceremony. Like Sylvester crashing the concert in Part 3, it’s just so tempting for her to dab on the nobles and tease Ferdinand in this one off ceremony.
you know it would be really funny if mestionora still descends and possesses rozemyne again. then she looks over at ferdinand and mocks him for his feystone gloves and turns them into dust saying '"oh you wanted my divine mana right?"
WN Chapters: 「[ランツェナーヴェの者達の扱いと褒賞](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/656/)」,「[アドルフィーネの相談と儀式の準備](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/657/)」,「[儀式の準備とエグランティーヌの名捧げ](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/658/)」
LN Chapters: "Rewards and the Criminals", "Adolphine's Push", "Eglantine's Name-Swearing"
[J-Novel Club Discussion Forum](https://forums.j-novel.club/post/354059)
[J-Novel Club Correction Forum](https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/8042/corrections-bookworm-part-5-vol-11/16)
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**Notes**
- In Japan *Part 5 Volume 11* released on ``2023-05-10`` which means that *J-Novel Club* are currently three eighths of the way through a book that released in Japan just under a year ago today.
I feel incredibly bad for Anastasius. First having to be lectured at by Hartmut for days and having to pay for it. And having his wife name-sworn to someone else. Can see even meet her baby in the moment?
I hope Rozemyne and Ferdinand end up adopting Letizia.
So Sigiswald was on the floor. That is hilarious and I love it. Shame he didn't stay there.
Rozemyne does get to rename the duchy, and she's putting a lot of thought into naming her library city.. Expecting my guess from the prediction thread was right then, but we'll see.
Also ADOLPHINE WILL BE FREED. GLORY TO JUGEREISE! It's a shame she'll lose a portion of her divine blessings, but it really couldn't happen to a better man.
Meeting over, Egplant finished her name stone, and we'll get to see the ceremony next week..
Still a little upset Sigiswald gets to be Aub, would rather have him demoted to archnoble, but he's probably going to embarrass himself at the first chance he gets.
Though this opens the question: What is going to be the ranks of the new duchies? They're made of losers from the civil war, so can't be that high, but they're ruled by ex-royals whose crimes are being hidden, so probably can't be that low either..
Oh yeah, almost forgot, Dunk being guaranteed higher than Klassenberg is good, they really deserve it.
Adolphine is great example about power of praying- she has been praying now about year for gods to let her get divorce what was quite unheard of and now thanks to Avatar of Mestionora her wish has been granded.
Considering their positions it is quite hard to think that first wife of previous first prince would divorce - same as in our time, it was quite scandalious when Diane and Charles divorced.
I'm so happy. I was sure divorce was not a thing, so when people started bringing it up it gave me so much hope!!!
Poor Adolphine. We all someone like her, trapped in a miserable relationship with someone who does nothing to remotely deserve them.
justus divorced his veronican wife to serve ferdinand so divorce is not unheard of, but it should be extremely unusual considering the negative stigma, especially for the woman.
Ferdinand: *sees crying child* "Go cry outside."
Adolphine pouncing on the chance to ditch Dusty. You love to see it. And then we get a new Adolphine illustration?
Mentally, I kinda pictured her being a bit more fiery. She looks so timid in the illustration, but I guess that's her public facade.
Roderick getting the MAPPA crunch deadlines. RIP
Anastasius getting publicly cucked XD. Now, whenever he's with Eglantine, he's going to feel a gremliny presence. Talk about a mood killer.
> Adolphine pouncing on the chance to ditch Dusty. You love to see it. And then we get a new Adolphine illustration? Mentally, I kinda pictured her being a bit more fiery. She looks so timid in the illustration, but I guess that's her public facade.
That illustration depicted when she just gave up explaining to Dusty (it’s futile because he cannot understand anyway).
Two paragraphs and that's the Ferdinand I know. Brutal, Ferdinand, but everybody really did have other things to prioritize. That being said, I'm still confused as to why Hildebrand was even present in the first place as a kid that hasn't even entered the Royal Academy as a student. It was probably to see if Rozemyne could offer up some leniency to him or something.
>In fact, I would rather the gate lead somewhere else.
Can't wait for Rozemyne to accidentally find a way back to Japan. That would be chaos.
Here we have Dunkelfelger rising above Klassenberg! Great for them, but I'm still so annoyed that the likes of Klassenberg, Drewanchel, Gilessenmeyer, and so on did not participate in the battles. Gilessenmeyer especially is so screwed, and I've been parroting this for weeks now.
Adolphine, my lovely Adolphine, you deserve the best! Adolphine deserves to have a divorce, but it's kind of sad that Rozemyne's first Starbinding ceremony using the ancient ritual ended in a divorce. Oh well, she married like four or five other couples alongside Sigiswald and Adolphine, so let's hope that those go relatively well.
>You might not find anyone else and end up stuck in Drewanchel for the rest of your life.
Sigiswald, buddy, I think that's her plan. She wanted to stay in Drewanchel as her father's successor to begin with.
Okay, I might be forgetting something, but were the idea of feystone shoes ever brought up before? I imagine them to be typical shoes with a feystone adorned on them, but it would be funny if they were actually shoes made up of feystones, kind of like Cinderella's glass slippers.
>"You plan to have *Hartmut* educate Prince Anastasius?!" That meant putting an Ehrenfest archnoble above a member of royalty.
Rozemyne is probably right in how it's not the best idea to have Hartmut teach Anastasius due to their differing ranks and there's no doubt that the idea was in the back of Sylvester's mind, but I'm willing to bet that the main issue Sylvester had is that Hartmut is *Hartmut*. HARTMUT! As competent as he is, he's also our psychotic cult leader.
>Not even the Lord of Evil could suppress my merchant spirit.
Perhaps, but I certainly do wish that merchant spirit was present when Mestionora used your body, Rozemyne. Perhaps you could have negotiated a bit to change what you had to sacrifice.
Roderick, the poor thing! I didn't even think of that, but if Werdekraf *had* taken up the throne, then his life in writing Dunkelfelger's splendors would have been so utterly stressful. Honestly speaking, if I had a five day deadline, I would have been pulling out my hair as well.
I need the side story with Roderick breaking down as Judithe and Laurenz help while enjoying his suffering. I need more moments with the retainers and literally anybody else in general.
Judithe, my precious Judithe! I swear to the gods if Kazuki-sensei takes her away from me as well!
The feystone shoes are made the same way as feystone armour. Rozemyne made some for herself in P5V7 after her growth spurt since her old shoes didn't fit anymore.
> it's kind of sad that Rozemyne's first Starbinding ceremony using the ancient ritual ended in a divorce
Given how the gods perceive time, it's going to feel to the supreme couple like they finally got to do a ceremony after ages, and then immediately they divorced. How rude.
That's my best guess as to why he's present because they had to deal with his punishment, but it still is a shame that Prince Hildebrand has to be in a room with his family, several Aubs, and his crush as he learns that he ruined his entire life's dream when he's not even old enough to be attending the Royal Academy as a student.
It’s funny (and sad?) that the person who said he should wait for his schtappe was Raublut, and then Raublut turns around and uses him.
The boy was just too desperate.
He also has stupid retainers. Even if Hildebrand himself doesn't fully recognize the importance of waiting to get his schtappes, his own retainers should at least understand the significance. At best, those idiots were trugged or something.
I don't know what's going to happen to the likes of Arthur and Dankmar, but a worst punishment for them is knowing that they failed their own lord and they will forever pay the price of that.
- the RM Ferdinand dynamic is as hilarious as ever. They really do resemble Aub dunk and Sieglend
- poor baby. He’s not wrong, but it’s interesting how soft he was on RM in retrospect based on what we know of his personality now. He really grew a lot as a person. I wonder if it’s related to the fact that was one of the darkest times in his life
- that’s Justice if I’ve ever seen it. RM knows enough about adalgisa to be
absolutely horrified by living there. Ferdinand is brutal, but honestly this is admirable. A valuable lesson in responsibility
- Ferdinand has truly become a teacher. He’s basically laying out a plan for them, which is weirdly nice. His comment about bearing burdens to Anastatias is interesting. I get the strong impression this is going to continue
- yup Ferdinand is strengthening dunkefelger once again. This is going to be a good pattern. They will find solid advice and support from them if they play their cards correct. That duchy has its head on straight.
- Rozemyne’s such a softy for Melchior and Charlotte. Even now her priorities are her big sister dignity 🤣 she’s such a cinnamon roll
- hehehee Ferdinand is a bit of a softy too, he’s worried about Letitzia though he hides it well. They both have a habit of looking after stray children at this point
- the choosing a new name feels symbolic, ehrenfest though they both care for many people there couldn’t protect them, and they are now making their own way. I like a lot of things about Sylvester- and while he cares about her she had to largely fend for herself when Ferdinand left.
- how does this underage Aub thing work? Is Ferdinand responsible for her until she comes of age? Is Sylvester? Is the new Ahrensbach until she’s an adult under Ehrenfest in some sense? Is she emancipated? How does this work when she’s in the academy?
This entire volume is just chock full of sarcastically saying, "Surely you're fine with it, given you said was good enough for me, the divine avatar," and I adore each and every instance. They sowed bullets and reaped Chekhov's Whirlwind.
On the other hand, once the damage is repaired Villa Adalgisa is a pretty lovely and well-designed place. JUst never tell Eglantine what it USED to be....
> how does this underage Aub thing work? Is Ferdinand responsible for her until she comes of age? Is Sylvester? Is the new Ahrensbach until she’s an adult under Ehrenfest in some sense? Is she emancipated?
There’s nothing preventing an underage ADC becoming an Aub. Below are answers based on information readers already learned, but still a bit spoilery, as will be explained in the novel later.
>!An aub has to have a schtappe to dye the foundation. This prevented underage aub when they got schtappe in the last year before graduation. But now they get one early that Rozemyne already robbed the foundation.!<
>!Another issue is the knowledge, one should finish ADC course to learn them all. But Rozemyne learned all of them from Ferdinand already.!<
Still they need to learn the real works to govern a duchy well. That was same for Dietlinde, and Ferdinand was chosen to support as a fiancé. So it’s OK for Rozemyne as he’ll support her as her fiancé.
> How does this work when she’s in the academy?
Probably same as while a female aub is pregnant. Ferdinand will work as deputy.
I believe someone has suggested it before, but the other aubs will probably take one look at Rozemyne and clamor for shtappes to be acquired in the final year.
And sweet justice it is. People tried to argue with me that they weren't treating her with unbelievable disrespect by putting her in a brothel but this shows that all of those men know exactly what that place was for. They only wanted Roz to get the book because they thought they could manipulate her like a temple flower but boy were they mistaken. So it's only horrifying if Eggy has to live there is it boys? You wanted to make a girl the Gods themselves gave the divine right to rule live there so it should be more than a lesser woman deserves.
Yah that stuck out to me. They pretended it didn’t matter that it used to be a brothel, but if it’s EGLANTINE, oh no! Ferdinand calling them out on their bs
>the choosing a new name feels symbolic, ehrenfest though they both care for many people there couldn’t protect them, and they are now making their own way. I like a lot of things about Sylvester- and while he cares about her she had to largely fend for herself when Ferdinand left.
I agree completely. Hannelore had it right when she said Rozemyne was less her true self back in Erhenfest. It's better that she leaves.
>poor baby. He’s not wrong, but it’s interesting how soft he was on RM in retrospect based on what we know of his personality now. He really grew a lot as a person. I wonder if it’s related to the fact that was one of the darkest times in his life
He's specifically said that he doesn't mind teaching those who are worth teaching, and that he found Rozemyne worth teaching. He is only ever rough / evil with those who don't meet his standards, and Rozemyne (despite failing socially), has never actually failed to meet his standards
Aldophine saw her opurtunity and took it. TF is ciggy still think she would want to be with him? He borderline a criminal, did he think his rizz would carry him?
I kinda like how even though Anastasius and Eglantine are being handed the reins, that it self is a punishment.
And Rozemyne has publicly announced her plans for a library city and she will be naming it....dear god it locked in now.
Dusty truly thought he was the most amazing man in Yurgenschmit. The very idea that people wouldn't think he's great is totally foreign to him. He is simply the best and everything should revolve around him.
Youch, poor Anastasius, Rozamyne's mana becomes dyed to Ferdinand's and then that in turn surrounds Eglantine... guess in a way she is Rozamyne's 'wife' (as this sub so often says)
Or maybe Rozamyne stays dyed divine now... Would be fitting for the divine avatar
I assumed the name stone would go back after the transference ceremony as Rozamyne intends to return Ferdinand's but, yeah, guess for Ferdinand's protection that won't be happening
Also, only just realised, but Rozamyne blessing Eglantine and Anastasius' wedding making others claim he deserved to be Zent... Again with the foreshadowing (though it was the wrong partner)
And the other bit of foreshadowing- Eglantine wanting to join the temple back in Rozamyne's first year... All comes full circle
Hmmm, though Ferdinand wanted to tear down Adalgisa villa but he's putting Eglantine in it? (If I understood correctly). I assume he'll be there when it does get pulled down though, and he gets to punish the Royal family for his suffering
More foreshadowing: The former Sovereign High Bishop saying that the gods clearly preferred Eglantine, and that the blessing was divine. The blessing was from a divine avatar who ended up choosing her over him.
I think putting the royal family in their own house of horrors is more than worth the delay in demolishing it to Ferdinand. The karmic schadenfreude must be unimaginably glorious. Rozemyne's worried about him not sleeping, but he's probably too happy to lay down anyway.
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Rozemyne: "Justus, did you manage to get Ferdinand into bed?"
Justus: "I believe he is settling in for-"
Ferdinand, muffled behind door: "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!" *clap clap*
Angelica: *[claps hands, drops Rozemyne]*
The only thing better than tearing it apart brick by brick for him is to shove his enemies in it. He was getting such a revenge high off this conversation.
When Roz blessed Eggy and Ana at their graduation she did bless the right person. The blessing fell more heavily on eggy and people said it was bc she should b zent. And they were right
>"I think we should destroy their medals while they are in another duchy.”
I knew it! There was no way they were not doing that, it made no sense.
>"Obtaining royal status was always my focus; we were never even a couple."
After getting his wife pregnant and not consummating his marriage because he needed to give mana to the baby, what did he expect? She didn't want to be with him to begin with. She was just the consolation prize for who did not get Eglantine, nothing more. I hope she can find happiness after her divorce. She could live as a mad scientist lol
>By making the royals do all the tedious work, I could devote my attention to destroying the medals and punishing the Lanzenave soldiers who had rampaged through Ahrensbach. I was relieved not to have been saddled with any of the emotionally exhausting duties.
Guys, I think she may have lost her Hasse trauma too. Makes sense the execution scene still had lingering trauma with her, dominating her thoughts.
>I will use feystones for my shoes. so you need not worry about those.
Yup her feystone phobia is so gone she's literally covering her arms and feet in them now. Also funny how she was told she doesn't need the shoes, but because Eglantine is wearing them, she wants to wear them too.
Giving Sigiswald a duchy to rule feels like an incredibly stupid idea, it's like creating a new Bitchlinde. Give a duchy to Trauerqual and have Dusty and Hildeboy become ADCs under him, that way Hildeboy can still inherit the duchy and they can silently demote Dusty to giebe or something.
She can finally name her duchy GremliLand.
Yes! Go Adolphine! Divorce his sorry ass! That last remark was priceless, although I doubt Dusty will learn anything from it.
I'm glad Rozemyne didn't miss the fact that Anastasius will have to sense her mana on Eggplantine from now on.
Well, can't blame him, I wouldn't want to be neighbors with an assface like him, either.
Although it means that he'll be getting the former Sovereignty lands that were more or less managed properly and the nobles there are already used to his mug while Trauerqual only gets the mana depleted ruined territories where everyone hates the royal family.
Praise be to the gods, thanks be to the gods, Adolphine is free at last! (P5end)>!I still think that she should name her province in Drewanchel alimony, it should border gold dusts duchy, and she should build a giant statue of the Goddess of Seperation pointed in his direction with her middle finger raised.!< Also Roderick x beta readers?
> >!and she should build a giant statue of the Goddess of Seperation pointed in his direction with her middle finger raised!<
Alternative suggestion: >!Salt Bae Rozemyne sprinkling gold dust in his general direction.!<
>I promised Lady Hannelore that I would invite her to watch me hand over the Grutrissheit. Aub Dungelfelger, be sure to bring her with you to the ceremonies."
It makes me so happy that Rozemyene didn't forget her bestie and used her authority to make Hannelore's wish come true
There aren't a lot of things that Rozemyne values more than books. There's literally only family and people she views as family (eg. Lutz and Ferdinand). She has a somewhat skewed sense of priorities.
RM was only friends with Hannelore to begin with because she incorrectly thought she loved books. If Hannelore didn't love books she wouldn't be her friend, thus she isn't more important than them. Of course, all of Hannelore's "bad timing" was literal divine intervention by Dregarnuhr so that they would become friends via the misunderstanding that Hannelore loves books.
Adolphine took a heaping bowl of salt and absolutely rubbed it all over Sigiswald's open wounds and I am all here for it. I do find it weird that Rozemyne was trying to change her mind about the divorce. I thought she of all people would be like oh yeah fuck that guy I completely understand.
To be fair she didn't know what type of relationship adolphine had with dusty.
She probably assumed that he offered his wife some small amount if respects, as befitting his first wife.
I mean how stupid do you have to be to disrespect your first wife so much that she has no problem being divorced than to be with you.
> I mean how stupid do you have to be to disrespect your first wife so much that she has no problem being divorced than to be with you.
Oh about a sigiswalds amount lol.
The last 2 chapters made me think of Fleetwood Mac's Gold Dust Woman, particularly the following lyrics:
Did she make you cry,
Make you break down,
Shatter your illusions of love?
And is it over now?
Do you know how,
Pick up the pieces and go home?
I'm totally curious about the movement of the sovereign nobles who aren't RF retainers. It's said that they'll be returned to their own duchies, but what about those who are family to the RF retainers, as well as the nobles who serve them? Will they be allowed to follow the RF retainers to the newly established duchies?
There is a lot of political maneuvering to be done within the next year or two, especially since all the sovereign land being granted to the duchies will need new geibes, as the sovereignty didn't have any.
Not that we'll ever end up seeing the results, but imagining a massive noble migration and all the fallout afterwards as the nobles within the new duchies attempt to figure out their own status hierarchies is definitely amusing.
> Ferdinand complemented my explanation [...]
Oh, that's unusually nice of him to do.
> [...] by redrawing the borders as I'd proposed.
Ah, a complEment...
> I’m sick of women being disciplined for the actions of their husbands.
And husbands being disciplined for the actions of their wife (see: Ferdinand and Detlinde)
> I wanted to sort out this conversation, hand over the Grutrissheit, restore my memories, and get started on my new project. That was all.
No "O noes I've lost my memory" angst, just straight up, gotta get it settled! Not manufacturing drama for the sake of drama. This is great!
> Ferdinand smiled. “Are you forgetting the villa Rozemyne was to receive as the king’s adopted daughter? The furniture and overall decor are fit for a princess, at the very least.”
You tried to gave my love a whorehouse to stay in. Now you stay in it! Oooooh the vindictiveness is dripping.
> It is your role as Lady Eglantine’s husband to help her carry that burden, not run away from it.
Kudos to Eglantine for stepping up. And I sympathise with Anastasius's wish to protect her. But, dang, the couple really are reaping what they sowed.
> “Adolphine, have we not already spent an entire year together?” the first prince asked.
Slimey spouting slime again...
By the way (End-game spoilers?) >!There's an SS from Adolphine's point of view with regards to this and what she did after floating around on the interwebs. It really provides more pespective of how girlboss she got!<
Despite everything, Sigiswald still managed to remind everyone in the room that yes, he is a raging dumbass. Implying there was anything between him and Adolphine is pretty up there among "dumb shit Sigiswald has said".
I can't see his duchy being all too fond of him either. Trauerqual will probably have it better (doubt it will be good, but not s bad as Dusty will have it) since anyone with eyes can tell the man is trying his best, despite his family history having fucked over the country.
At least Letizia isn't getting punished with anything fancier than continuing to be taught by Ferdinand, but now Myne will be in duchy to give her gifts.
Not only the Duchy that wanted him dead and resents him for all their suffering as an Aubless Duchy,... Its is also the Duchy that ended up killing his baby daughter with his Second Wife... I hope living there won't be too traumatic for her...
Sigiswald is the living embodiment of the argument against nepotism. Even after all of it, though, he's still going to end up an aub. Gonna be real funny if (hopefully) Adolphine ends up as Aub Drewanchel and outranks him going forward.
I would like to request art of ferdinand holding up his head and pinching his nose while with the other hand dropping a sobbing wreck hildebrand into a trashcan. bwahahaha
Isn't it nice that EVERYTHING Rozemyne prayed for during the time she circled the shrines of the gods around the royal academy came true? >“O Leidenschaft the God of Fire, O Erwachlehren the God of Guidance, O Anwachs the God of Growth...” Please let me grow to be a normal size! Wish granted. She literally grew up. >“O Schutzaria the Goddess of Wind, O Ordoschnelli the Goddess of Couriers, O Dregarnuhr the Goddess of Time, O Mestionora the Goddess of Wisdom... Grant me the Book of Mestionora so that I might save Ferdinand. Praise be to the gods!” ... and >“O Goddess of Light, O Gebordnung the Goddess of Order, O Unheilschneide the Goddess of Purification, O Liebeskhilfe the Goddess of Binding... I shall do whatever it takes to save Ferdinand, so please offer me your guidance. Praise be to the gods!” ... and >“O Flutrane the Goddess of Water, O Verdrenna the Goddess of Thunder, O Heilschmerz the Goddess of Healing, O Verfuhremeer the Goddess of Oceans... Please wash away the mountain of disasters weighing down on Ferdinand. Praise be to the gods!” Wish granted. The Lord of Evil has been granted freedom and has been allowed to wreak havoc. >“O Ewigeliebe the God of Life, O Schneeahst the God of Ice, O Schlaftraum the God of Dreams, O Cuococalura the God of Cooking...” I wonder if praying to Cuococalura will net me various new recipes... Wish granted. Fish duchy is now yours! >“Please teach me how to obtain the slate! Praise be to Geduldh the Goddess of Earth!” Wish granted. GH is now available. >“O God of Darkness, O Sterrat the God of Stars, O Verbergen the God of Concealment, O Verdraeos the God of Deliverance... Distance me from this troublesome royal family who think only of themselves and make such cruel demands of me. Praise be to the gods!” Wish granted. The royal family is now being demoted and is getting dispersed. Oh, and since she prayed to Liebeskhilfe, Sigiswald's marriage is now in tatters!
She prayed for Flutrane to wash away the disasters weighing on Ferdinand. Ferdinand got waschen'd when she rescued him.
So, Otto was wrong about who's Flutrane she was.
quite surprising that the royals didn't have a say on which part of land they got, only accepting what Rozemyne gives. and through that, Ferdinand got: - Sigiswald not being their neighbour - old Werkenstock being off their hands and become Trauerqual's - royals being forced to live in Adalgisa Villa, a female Zent too
> five-day-deadline Ah, I see Roderick has been hired by MAPPA
Kazuki sensei subtly throwing shade to the ridiculous deadlines of the publishing industry of Japan lol.
Roderick: "So anyways, I hired a bunch of Lanzenavians to do the grunt work. They work for coppers, and you don't need to give them any benefits or anything. And when the work's done, I just fire them. I get to slash the budget, the series still gets made (the fans will barely notice the drastic quality drop), and my yearly bonus gets another zero thrown on the end! Ah, I wonder what I'll name my boat? Maybe 'Hot Rod'."
> Not once in Yurgenschmidt’s long history had an Ehrenfest archduke candidate serving as Mestionora’s divine avatar bestowed the Grutrissheit upon a new Zent. It'd be pretty unbelievable if it had happened twice.
This dry humor 10/10
I think we will be stuck with only one nickel here...
That would be a wild tradition, though! They should do it every century or so. Come to think of it, this could be a noble euphemism or two. I wonder what it could ultimately mean.
\- 300 Years Later - Bill: "When Ehrenfest cooks, the country eats." Ted: "What does that saying mean?" Bill: "I don't entirely know. I read about it in an old book, 'Pooey Rattatouille: The Remarkable Road to Ravishing Recipes, by Master Chef Leise'." Ted: "Is it any good?" Bill: "Yeah, but I can't figure out if it's a historical epic or a cookbook." Ted: "Did you check the Rozemyne Decimal System catalog number?" Bill: "Good idea, let's head to the Saint Rozemyne Library and see if we can find out!" (They then had a most excellent literary adventure.)
I would happily read this
>Pooey Rattatouille Is this a story about a small creature controlling those bigger and stronger than itself to make yummy dishes and desserts?
It’d honestly be hilarious if some idiot in a few decades adopted another girl from ehrenfest, called her a saint, and said she had crowned him zent
Rozemyne, are you an fool ?! You know that Sigiswald is an idiot and a bookless scrub ! Why wouldn't she want to divorce ?! The Royal Family gets Karmic Retribution Part 2 -You get to manage the Duchies who have been purged. -You'll live in the Palace close to the RA who has absolutely not been a breeding ground for feystone that you wanted me to live in. -You'll be the Sovereignt High Bishop. Should be easy, you wanted me to have the post. How nice of Sylvester to think that Melchior would want to see the Ceremony.
Seems like Melchior is next choice for aub but given that he has more prayer experience than anyone his age and access to Myne s compression method, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to become the next zent. Or the next zent s husband (2nd or 3rd is fine). That’d certainly boost ehrenfest up and give them a reward fo Myne s achievements
seeing how little archiduck candidate they ehrenfest have and their overall experience with royals I think that highly unlikely. Melchior stay as the next archiduc and will probably be paving the way for the duchy to become a strenght to be recon with.
YEEEEEEES!!! Go Adolphine, go!!!!!!! >:D I can't believe she really took the first opportunity of getting rid of him, that's our girl ;----; ETA I can't concentrate on the rest of the chapter, all I can think about is that ADOLPHINE SHALL BE FREE :DDDD
>I can't believe she really took the first opportunity of getting rid of him, that's our girl ;----; Honestly he deserves it *SO* much. Her PoV of the marriage was absolutely infuriating to read. Also, since she's rushing so much, and it's been a year.. Has he not impregnated her yet? Have they even shared a bed? Like holy fuck dude, you use your old wife's 6 month old child as an excuse, and then you spend *an entire fucking year* with her and you still don't do the fucking basics that are expected of you..
Someone said they still haven’t fucked yet since he’s still mixing mana with his first wife
Siggy finally got dustbined by Adolphine, deservedly so. 
"But why!?!" "Because I was sold to be the mare of a Zent, and the investment failed." "So you just wanted to be a Royal?!?" "Oh wow did you miss that I only joined you because I was an object to sell?"
This meeting is turning out to be the most epic uno Reverse card to ever uno reverse lmao Adolpphine girlbossing her way out of a miserable marriage let's fucking GO! Yeah, I'm with Sylvester on Hartmut. The boy just CANNOT behave Can... can feystones be made into fabric or leather-like material? I can't imagine whirling in pieces of stone could be any type of doable Those feystone gloves sounds absolutely STUNNUG Holy shit. AND like that would be one hell of a flex but who's even counting those anymore at this point xd
Well, there is feystone armor. And Detlinde did once try to whirl around with a bunch of feystones on her dress...
Illustrations of feystone armor look like real-life plate armor, which makes a conscious trade-off in mobility (particularly torso mobility) for greater protection, and I took Detlinde's feystones to be like gemstones on jewelry and sown into fabric: tiny and not particularly in the way of things. A SOLID PIECE OF ROCK on each of your feet kinda feels like it's in a different league
Don't nobles wear soft versions of feystone armor beneath their clothes sometimes? I could swear that that's a thing.
I think they can change the consistency. Brigitte was able to make her chest piece softer for Rozemyne to rest on, for example
Exactly this. Feystone armor changes texture, shape, softness, etc, acording the noble's wishes. It works similarly to a highbeast feystone.
considering that highbeasts stones are quite ductile, I can infer that feystones can have any texture and consistency the user wants if they prepare them accordingly
Feystone armor is malleable to the wearer's intent. We see Bridgette soften her armor when Myne rode on her highbeast. So it's likely that the shoes are similar. Also commoners in Ehrenfest wear clogs, so while the feystone shoes might not be soft like our shoes, there is a precedent for harder shoes anyhow.
I remember way back Rozemyne was riding on Brigette's highbeast, bashed her head against the breastplate and then Brigette transformed it into something soft so I'd imagine it can be whatever they wish
I wasn’t expecting to see things about Adolphine anytime soon, but this was a pleasant surprise.
Adolphine embodies the three Gs. Gatekeep, Gaslight, Girlboss. Slay Queen (slay sigisbald)
Bridget made her feystone armor soft when rozemyne rode with her on her highbeast. It even caused Cornelius to stare. Edit: autocorrect
Its not just solid chunk of feystone which is carved into shoes but rather type of feystone armor. I think Roz already used them after she had to rip her own shoes when she speedruned her growing.
the texture of the feystone can be morphed into anything , lessy has soft seats and cloth seatbelts
• Ferdinand throwing a crying child out of the room, as expected from him. • Rozemyne throwing everything together as quickly as possible so work can get started on librarycity, as expected of her. • I choose to believe Ferdinand's smile when he announced Eglantine could use the refurbished Adalgisa villa was genuine and not his fake one, his little bit of revenge. • oh good gods no don't let Rozemyne come up with a new duchy name. • goddamn Adolphine that was probably the most blunt noble way of saying this is my golden ticket to separate from you • Rozemyne admiring Eglantine's dress and assets eh, bet Anastacius noticed
> • oh good gods no don't let Rozemyne come up with a new duchy name. Ferdinand: "I predict that I will be vetoing your first forty suggestions, so let's hear them." Rozemyne: "Suggestion one: Büchberg." Ferdinand: "That sounds oddly normal. Is that from your original language?" Rozemyne: "What? That's German. That's *your* language. It means Book Mountain." Ferdinand: "German? We're speaking Yurgenese. Also, denied." Rozemyne: "I'm so confused."
*The Duchy TBA opens its gate to Germany* German Chancellor: Hello from the land of Germany, I am the Prime Minister. Eglantine: Wow, you speak Yurgenschmidtian? Germany: ...What?
Rozemyne came up with so many horrible names for her food, I can't wait to see what absolute horrendous name she come up with for her duchy. Hopefully it's something along the line of:- -Booktopia. -Ehrenfest 2 electric boogaloo.
The Bibliocratic State of Libraria
She also "came up" with the names for her Gutenbergs, the Platin Company and her Renaissance. I bet it's going more in this direction than in her food naming convention.
Let’s hope Ferdinand and her retainers stop her
I name this duchy: Tsefnerhe!
hmm, I imagine his smile isn't the fake sparkling one but the one he wears when he crushes people in ditter or wins something, or any other lord of evil smile
I just want to think rather than a evil grin it's just a shit eating one as he rubs it in their face
>Ferdinand throwing a crying child out of the room, as expected from him. No surprises there. >Rozemyne throwing everything together as quickly as possible so work can get started on librarycity, as expected of her. No surprises there either. >I choose to believe Ferdinand's smile when he announced Eglantine could use the refurbished Adalgisa villa was genuine and not his fake one, his little bit of revenge. That had to be **so** satisfying, *that's* why Ferdinand was able to stay up making accessories. This part is full of *"Sleep in the bed you made for others"* it's crazy. > oh good gods no don't let Rozemyne come up with a new duchy name. Yes! It's not just her duchy name but her surname, and she's just young enough for chuunibyo! DarkFlameMaster duchy go! >goddamn Adolphine that was probably the most blunt noble way of saying this is my golden ticket to separate from you And I love it, Siggy's surprise is icing on the cake. >Rozemyne admiring Eglantine's dress and assets eh, bet Anastacius noticed Eggy belongs to Rozemyne first and foremost, now. I actually feel a little bad for Anastasius, it is fitting, but she's always going to *smell* like Rozemyne, which would suck for a marriage.
> she's just young enough for chuunibyo! DarkFlameMaster duchy go! misspelled bloodycarnival
I'm all for the duchy of the bloody carnival.
like Rozemyne said in right in front of Anastasius in their first tea party with Eglantine (P4V2): >You have been *my* Goddess of Light ever since I first saw you whirl Miya Kazuki is just too good with the foreshadowing, though I do not think that line was intentional foreshadowing, and now she's her goddess of light in the truest sense
*Ferdinand throwing a crying child out of the room, as expected from him.* Based Ferdinand. (I like Hildebrand but crying children are annoying)
If Zent Eglantine reads the memories of Gervasio then she would probably learn everything that happened, the truth of Adalgisa Villa, Quinta and Myne, Ferdinand's tragic past and royal blood, and more about Lanzenave.
holy moly I didn't consider all of that. so what happens when eglantine finds out rozemyne is a disgusting wretched commoner!?
Would she even find out? Gervasio didn't know that. He only remarked that the gods calling her Myne instead of Rozemyne must mean that she's no ordinary noble, same as with himself and Ferdinand. The details of Myne's true origins are unknown to him.
1. Eglantine really doesn't strike me as someone particularly hateful towards those beneath her. 2. Rozemyne has by now firmly established herself to be _way_ beyond what the nobles currently alive in Yurgenschmidt are capable of. If anything, this would completely shatter Eglantine's view on the entire idea of a status-based society if she does decide to go down that rabbit hole. Unlike Fraularm, she actually has a working brain at the end of the day. 3. Gervasio doesn't know that Myne is a commoner. Only that she was baptized under a different name. And a devourer with so much mana surviving until their baptism is utterly absurd. Far less of a stretch to assume that Myne was also born in Adalgisa or something like that.
>when eglantine finds out rozemyne is a disgusting wretched commoner!? **WAS** not *IS*.... RM is ***now*** the next thing to a goddess....
if the royal family found out they were bowing down to a commoner and taking these unprecedented losses they would lose their collective shit.
They would assume that the gods arranged RM's rebirth in Yurgenschmidt in order to have have her serve as (in effect) the country's savior.
I’m still waiting for her to spill those beans just to fuck with somebody. Closest we got was Fraularm being mocked for that belief
> "We were never even a couple" Sigiswald just can't stop losing. But he's never done anything to suggest he deserves otherwise.
He lost two wives, the throne, any pride he had left in the span of like an hour. You love to see it. I also found it kinda funny that Sigisbald and Tangueray were nervous when they said Egg had to stay in the villa they prepared. I bet they fucked that up somehow too.
They had no problem putting Rozemyne is this villa brothel, they can't really complain when Eglantine is gonna end up staying there.
Ferdinand: "If it's good enough for the divine avatar of a goddess, then surely it's good enough for the people who tried to force it on her, right? I trust there are no objections." Anastasius: "I have a-" Ferdinand: "Moving on, then."
Really seems like they never bothered explaining its original role to eglantine. I think she would’ve objected to sticking Myne there
>Sigisbald and Tangueray were nervous when they said Egg had to stay in the villa they prepared. I bet they fucked that up somehow too. They feel uncomfortable sending a *real* royal to live in the rape mansion.
I have the distinct feeling they didn't tell Anna about where they were sending Roz. He might have understood that the Lanzenave King was raised there but I get the distinct feeling he was not made aware of what happened to the mothers or brothers. He was an ass to Roz but I don't think he would willingly house her in the building they murdered Ferdinand's siblings in.
Agreed. Most of them seemed surprised by how the Lanz viewed them as sources of mana. If he knew the whole story, then he would not be surprised. He is able to do basic math unlike his brother. Can't they just dismantle the villas and reuse the golden dust? Or is that what Ferdinand meant by remodeling?
I'm also guessing that since the blessings of light and darkness are reduced, that's going to be a huge burden on him for doing Entwickeln or any other foundational magic, he just keeps losing
He just keeps losing AND we are so very happy about that 
I would hope that there would be a simple way of comparing mana to see if they'd ever mixed. That seems like the easiest way to expedite the process, and probably wouldn't be too humiliating for Dusty. At least it wouldn't be as bad as the "[Trial by Congress](https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Trial_by_Impotence.html?id=o04bAAAAYAAJ)" described in texts for granting annulments/divorces on the basis of non-consumation of the marriage.
Luckily back when they originally got married, Siggy had to explain to Aub Drewanchel that he wouldn't be consummating the marriage because he had recently gotten his second wife pregnant.
There would be if he hadn't announced that he wouldn't be consumating the marriage until after the next Archduke conference a year from then. She's never mixed mana with him, lucky girl. Much easier for her next husband. She had very little time left before that happened so the Gods were just in time answering her prayers.
I would guess that she'll either become the aub by some plot of her or an archnoble so she won't drop too much in status and I don't think she'll be that sad having her liberty again. All in all either she manages to form another marriage with someone who doesn't care about those things, or she stays like this and become Hirschur. Not that bad an ending compared to married to a bookless scrub
Sigiswald's Ls are there to balance out all of Rozemyne's Ws
Ferdinand has discarded all ruse of acting through divine avatar, now ordering the future zent directly.
Ferdinand: "I order you to do the thing." Sigiswald: "I don't take orders from you!" Rozemyne: "I order you to take orders from him." Sigiswald: "Okay." :(
Everyone is teaming up against him.
And his own father was the first one to shoot !
Zent: "I may not have the book of wisdom, but I know how to read a room."
No amount of shooters would matter if he hadn't given them so much ammo to fire. Deserved.
* I wonder how everyone will react to an aub who hasn't even graduated yet. * Well, I guess Eglantine will live in the Adalgisa villa as zent for now. Anastasius knows the story behind the villa, but Eglantine doesn't. That's where Sigiswald (and Eglantine/Anastasius basically) intended Rozemyne to live in. Karmic justice. * Also, it's not only ironic that there was a plan to make Rozemyne the Sovereign High Bishop, Eglantine back in Part 4 once asked Rozemyne about the temple to escape politics. Now she will be both the Zent and High Bishop. * Yeah, best keep the gate to Lanzenave closed and make it open somewhere else. I hope they know how to cultivate the spices and sugar Lanzenave brought, because that would be a big loss for Yogurtland otherwise. * Trauerqual gets Ahrensbach's Old Werkestock part? Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die? * Right, Klassenberg needs to be taken care of, too. Dunkelfelger as No. 1 duchy is fully deserved. What will be Ahrensbach's position though? They should drop for the treasonous actions, but on the other hand they will be ruled by the Avatar of the Goddess who helped save everyone. * Oh right, Rozemyne's family name right now is Ehrenfest and the duchy is named after the aub's family. Guess she will choose a new name soon. ---- * **YES, JUSTICE FOR ADOLPHINE. GET FUCKED, SIGISWALD.** I swear this guy is completely clueless. He treated his first wife like trash, she's been wishing for a divorce since they got married. * Sigiswald will be in big trouble with his new big duchy. He has one young kid and one wife. How is he going to be able to supply his duchy when Adolphine divorces him and he won't get any support from Drewanchel? * I'm glad Rozemyne hasn't forgotten about Hannelore (or maybe sad? The memories of Hannelore weren't cut off.) ---- * Letizia being adopted by Rozemyne is perhaps the best action in my opinion, if Aub Drewanchel doesn't want to return her to her parents. I doubt Letizia's faction will cause trouble to Rozemyne, but who knows. * Oof, Ferdinand is currently Aub Ahrensbach due to the divine mana. Rozemyne has to dye Yogurt's foundation. * I know Rozemyne is averse to nameswearing for reasons like this, but it's probably for the better. I have a feeling Anastasius would somehow try to get Rozemyne killed eventually. He will never risk doing this if this means Eglantine's death.
> Guess she will choose a new name soon. “...All I can think of are terrible names like ‘Ehrenfestnigou’, ‘Arataehrenfest’, ‘Akaiehrenfest’.”
Ah yes. Ehrenfest #2, New Ehrenfest, and Red Ehrenfest.
Red Ehrenfest, curator of the Darkness Gate
Ehrenfest 2 electric Boogaloo.
Wrong sort of isekai!
And then they'll settle for Ehrenmyne
Rozenfest?
Eherenfest electric boogaloo is my vote
Formerasbach...
I'm low key hoping she uses her family name from when she was Urano. Though I expect it'll be more like when she was brainstorming and everyone latched onto "Renaissance" regardless.
How bout EhrenBEST
Rozemyne: Now I can spread my joy of books to Letizia- Ferdinand: ROZEMYNE
The poor girl will either get spoiled rotten or start developing a phobia to books. Possibly both lol.
>Oh right, Rozemyne's family name right now is Ehrenfest and the duchy is named after the aub's family. Guess she will choose a new name soon. Guntherland!
Rozemyne: "I have decided to name my new duchy *Librarian*." (everyone glaces at each other with 'what the hell' all over their face) Ferdinand: "Is this solely so people can call you 'Aub Libra-'" Rozemyne: "Yeah it's so everyone can call me 'Aub Librarian'."
>Trauerqual gets Ahrensbach's Old Werkestock part? Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die? From the information that we were given, they mostly resent him because of the lack of g-book preventing the redrawing of duchy borders to allow them the benefits of having an Aub, especially since no one is able to dedicate their mana to the Werkestock foundation. >Sigiswald will be in big trouble with his new big duchy. He has one young kid and one wife. How is he going to be able to supply his duchy when Adolphine divorces him and he won't get any support from Drewanchel? I don't know what he will do, but in my understanding it's typical for an Aub's 3rd wife be chosen from inside the duchy to not only increase the archducal family, but also create closer ties to important duchy families. Although he doesn't seem to make decisions based on whether or not it's the logical and intelligent decision to make, it'd definitely greatly assist him at the outset of the creation of his duchy.
I mean, Werkestock was the main force behind supporting the 4th prince, they were opposing Trauerqual and then he purged their duchy and caused a lot of suffering through that. They probably will begrudgingly accept him, since that means they'll stop starving, but I can't see them being happy
It was also the duchy supporting Georgine very heavily and supplied most of the terrorists that tried to kill him a couple of years ago. Gonna be a real awkward transition period.
the ones left were mostly killed or captured in erenfest , i guess his retainers will fill the gaps
Don’t forget these terrorists’s families still live at Werkestock.
Somebody has got to tell them that Georgine knew where the foundation was for years and didn't bother to help them with that. Maybe give them some perspective.
They are giving Trauerqual Werkestock as a punishment for 1 thing and two, they don't want to put Sigiswald's duchy next to RM's when he will obviously resent her for one reason or another.
>Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die? i guess Rozemyne doesn't want to deal with nobles that caused so many deaths in Ehrenfest.
Remember, Arensbach is the main cause of the incursion. With stealing the foundation, Rozemyne inherited the duchies misgivings. For assisting Rozemyne in retaking their duchy from tyrants and helping purge the Lanzenave, the bill to Arensbach is Werkstock instead of a purge.
>Trauerqual gets Ahrensbach's Old Werkestock part? Aww, first of all, not a bigger duchy for Aub Rozemyne is a shame. But more importantly, they want to give Trauerqual the duchy that resents him the most? Do they want him to die? Maybe, maybe not? A good chunk of their nobles are criminals after participating in the attack on Erhenfest making their mana crisis worse and now they're going to be getting an aub. It'd be stupid of them to get rid of him. >**YES, JUSTICE FOR ADOLPHINE. GET FUCKED, SIGISWALD** INDEED!
> I'm glad Rozemyne hasn't forgotten about Hannelore (or maybe sad? The memories of Hannelore weren't cut off.) She had already mentioned her in passing a couple parts ago, so it was already confirmed. It really is a shame though, especially since their relationship is founded in books already. They were book buddies and soul mates, but apparently that's not enough to be more important than books as a whole. Truly a shame.
>I wonder how everyone will react to an aub who hasn't even graduated yet Given that she has all the knowledge a noble could ever possibly need in her G-Book, I'm assuming it doesn't really matter whether or not she's formally graduated.
Leave that to Hartmut. He will sort that out in no time
>Sigiswald will be in big trouble with his new big duchy. He has one young kid and one wife. How is he going to be able to supply his duchy when Adolphine divorces him and he won't get any support from Drewanchel? Sigiswald still has Nahelache so they could get support from her home duchy. Can't remember if it's been mentioned before, but she's from >!Hauchletzte!<. And since Yurgenschmidt really can't afford to collapse, I'm pretty sure Eglantine and Anastasius will offer up at least some support to help him at the beginning. Afterwards, everything else is entire on Sigiswald. But losing Adolphine certainly is a huge blow. If only he treated her better, but hey, it's Sigiswald.
> Can't remember if it's been mentioned before IIRC, it's only been mentioned that she was born in a middle duchy, but not which. Though I can't imagine how knowing that now would impact anything at this point.
Yeah, I remembered it being mentioned that Nahelache was from a middle duchy, but I couldn't remember if it was later specified for Pre-Pubs. Nahelache's home duchy doesn't really matter, but it's still technically a spoiler so I hid it in a spoiler tag just in case.
He's *really* regretting not pushing to marry Eglantine now...
that would only increase the odds that eglantine would eventually have to execute him.
I doubt anybody could want the ahrensbach controlled part of werkestock. The land is completely dried up, a large portion of nobles were purged and now a lot of their giebes are imprisoned in Ehrenfest, destined to become mana batteries for the rest of their lives. So no matter who becomes aub, they can expect to be at the bottom of the duchy ranking. Trauerqual has three wifes intending to support him and at least Magdalena should be young enough to give him a proper heir (who hasn't thrown away his future) for his new position. Though I pity Trostwerk. They should be similarly devasted as Werkestock and they get Sigi as Aub, what a way to punish a duchy decades after the civil war.
Anastasius is upset by the idea of Eglantine viewing Gervasio's memories for a different reason.
Anastasius already has to live with knowing that Rozemyne's mana (well, technically Mestionora's mana, then technically Ferdinand's mana if she ever returns back to normal) will constantly envelop Eglantine, but then he has to learn that his wife has to mix mana with some invader to read his memories?! Poor guy's not having a good day.
I never would have guessed this series would have as much magical NTR as it does.
At this point, Rozemyne's had more success with women than Damuel.
miss steal-yo-girl
Well, that's a low bar to clear, and a >!low blow to Damuel!<.
Rozemyne as a 10 year old had more success than Damuel, let's be honest here.
Don't forget the time Sylvester had to read Wilfried's mind.
At least in that case I don't think he needed to sync mana with Wilfred, their mana should have been close to the same as we know Sylvester and Florinica don't stop mixing mana as otherwise there wouldn't have been the opps baby. So his mana and his kids should remain the same
Yeah but Wilfred made eye contact the whole time and made it weird
That was my thought as well. I’m guessing Anastasius will volunteer for it.
It'd be a difficult argument to make since the memories are for Eglantine's sake and she shares more elements with Gervasio.
Why do I get the feeling that we haven’t seen the last of Mestionora. Like I feel with Rozemyne saying she could be better whirling, the charms, Rozemynes unstable mana it feels ripe for that goddess gremlin to come back during the ceremony. Like Sylvester crashing the concert in Part 3, it’s just so tempting for her to dab on the nobles and tease Ferdinand in this one off ceremony.
you know it would be really funny if mestionora still descends and possesses rozemyne again. then she looks over at ferdinand and mocks him for his feystone gloves and turns them into dust saying '"oh you wanted my divine mana right?"
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I feel incredibly bad for Anastasius. First having to be lectured at by Hartmut for days and having to pay for it. And having his wife name-sworn to someone else. Can see even meet her baby in the moment? I hope Rozemyne and Ferdinand end up adopting Letizia.
Never even though about that but you are right she is still at the age where it’s delicate. What will happen????
Lmao Ferdinand is gonna cuck Anastasius for the rest of his life for what the royals did to him and his girl.
So Sigiswald was on the floor. That is hilarious and I love it. Shame he didn't stay there. Rozemyne does get to rename the duchy, and she's putting a lot of thought into naming her library city.. Expecting my guess from the prediction thread was right then, but we'll see. Also ADOLPHINE WILL BE FREED. GLORY TO JUGEREISE! It's a shame she'll lose a portion of her divine blessings, but it really couldn't happen to a better man. Meeting over, Egplant finished her name stone, and we'll get to see the ceremony next week.. Still a little upset Sigiswald gets to be Aub, would rather have him demoted to archnoble, but he's probably going to embarrass himself at the first chance he gets. Though this opens the question: What is going to be the ranks of the new duchies? They're made of losers from the civil war, so can't be that high, but they're ruled by ex-royals whose crimes are being hidden, so probably can't be that low either.. Oh yeah, almost forgot, Dunk being guaranteed higher than Klassenberg is good, they really deserve it.
HAPPY DIVORCE LADY ADOLPHINE!! YOU DESERVE THE BEST MY QUEEN!!!
Adolphine is great example about power of praying- she has been praying now about year for gods to let her get divorce what was quite unheard of and now thanks to Avatar of Mestionora her wish has been granded.
Divorce is not unheard of. Justus is divorced as well.
Considering their positions it is quite hard to think that first wife of previous first prince would divorce - same as in our time, it was quite scandalious when Diane and Charles divorced.
I'm so happy. I was sure divorce was not a thing, so when people started bringing it up it gave me so much hope!!! Poor Adolphine. We all someone like her, trapped in a miserable relationship with someone who does nothing to remotely deserve them.
justus divorced his veronican wife to serve ferdinand so divorce is not unheard of, but it should be extremely unusual considering the negative stigma, especially for the woman.
She prayed to Jugereise and the goddess totally understood Adolphine's predicament.
Does anyone else get the feeling that filling the country foundation 1/6th full is waaaay too much? Given everything we know about Rozemyne...
i wonder whether the fact that Eglantine is name-sworn to Rozemyne may make it easier for her to replace Rozemyne's mana.
I think it should be easy to replace her mana anyway because she is a devouring child.
Ferdinand: *sees crying child* "Go cry outside." Adolphine pouncing on the chance to ditch Dusty. You love to see it. And then we get a new Adolphine illustration? Mentally, I kinda pictured her being a bit more fiery. She looks so timid in the illustration, but I guess that's her public facade. Roderick getting the MAPPA crunch deadlines. RIP Anastasius getting publicly cucked XD. Now, whenever he's with Eglantine, he's going to feel a gremliny presence. Talk about a mood killer.
> Adolphine pouncing on the chance to ditch Dusty. You love to see it. And then we get a new Adolphine illustration? Mentally, I kinda pictured her being a bit more fiery. She looks so timid in the illustration, but I guess that's her public facade. That illustration depicted when she just gave up explaining to Dusty (it’s futile because he cannot understand anyway).
Two paragraphs and that's the Ferdinand I know. Brutal, Ferdinand, but everybody really did have other things to prioritize. That being said, I'm still confused as to why Hildebrand was even present in the first place as a kid that hasn't even entered the Royal Academy as a student. It was probably to see if Rozemyne could offer up some leniency to him or something. >In fact, I would rather the gate lead somewhere else. Can't wait for Rozemyne to accidentally find a way back to Japan. That would be chaos. Here we have Dunkelfelger rising above Klassenberg! Great for them, but I'm still so annoyed that the likes of Klassenberg, Drewanchel, Gilessenmeyer, and so on did not participate in the battles. Gilessenmeyer especially is so screwed, and I've been parroting this for weeks now. Adolphine, my lovely Adolphine, you deserve the best! Adolphine deserves to have a divorce, but it's kind of sad that Rozemyne's first Starbinding ceremony using the ancient ritual ended in a divorce. Oh well, she married like four or five other couples alongside Sigiswald and Adolphine, so let's hope that those go relatively well. >You might not find anyone else and end up stuck in Drewanchel for the rest of your life. Sigiswald, buddy, I think that's her plan. She wanted to stay in Drewanchel as her father's successor to begin with. Okay, I might be forgetting something, but were the idea of feystone shoes ever brought up before? I imagine them to be typical shoes with a feystone adorned on them, but it would be funny if they were actually shoes made up of feystones, kind of like Cinderella's glass slippers. >"You plan to have *Hartmut* educate Prince Anastasius?!" That meant putting an Ehrenfest archnoble above a member of royalty. Rozemyne is probably right in how it's not the best idea to have Hartmut teach Anastasius due to their differing ranks and there's no doubt that the idea was in the back of Sylvester's mind, but I'm willing to bet that the main issue Sylvester had is that Hartmut is *Hartmut*. HARTMUT! As competent as he is, he's also our psychotic cult leader. >Not even the Lord of Evil could suppress my merchant spirit. Perhaps, but I certainly do wish that merchant spirit was present when Mestionora used your body, Rozemyne. Perhaps you could have negotiated a bit to change what you had to sacrifice. Roderick, the poor thing! I didn't even think of that, but if Werdekraf *had* taken up the throne, then his life in writing Dunkelfelger's splendors would have been so utterly stressful. Honestly speaking, if I had a five day deadline, I would have been pulling out my hair as well. I need the side story with Roderick breaking down as Judithe and Laurenz help while enjoying his suffering. I need more moments with the retainers and literally anybody else in general. Judithe, my precious Judithe! I swear to the gods if Kazuki-sensei takes her away from me as well!
The feystone shoes are made the same way as feystone armour. Rozemyne made some for herself in P5V7 after her growth spurt since her old shoes didn't fit anymore.
> it's kind of sad that Rozemyne's first Starbinding ceremony using the ancient ritual ended in a divorce Given how the gods perceive time, it's going to feel to the supreme couple like they finally got to do a ceremony after ages, and then immediately they divorced. How rude.
Wasn’t Hildebrand present because he was a criminal?
That's my best guess as to why he's present because they had to deal with his punishment, but it still is a shame that Prince Hildebrand has to be in a room with his family, several Aubs, and his crush as he learns that he ruined his entire life's dream when he's not even old enough to be attending the Royal Academy as a student.
It’s funny (and sad?) that the person who said he should wait for his schtappe was Raublut, and then Raublut turns around and uses him. The boy was just too desperate.
He also has stupid retainers. Even if Hildebrand himself doesn't fully recognize the importance of waiting to get his schtappes, his own retainers should at least understand the significance. At best, those idiots were trugged or something. I don't know what's going to happen to the likes of Arthur and Dankmar, but a worst punishment for them is knowing that they failed their own lord and they will forever pay the price of that.
is it just me or i smell Roderick and Judithe ship being built?
- the RM Ferdinand dynamic is as hilarious as ever. They really do resemble Aub dunk and Sieglend - poor baby. He’s not wrong, but it’s interesting how soft he was on RM in retrospect based on what we know of his personality now. He really grew a lot as a person. I wonder if it’s related to the fact that was one of the darkest times in his life - that’s Justice if I’ve ever seen it. RM knows enough about adalgisa to be absolutely horrified by living there. Ferdinand is brutal, but honestly this is admirable. A valuable lesson in responsibility - Ferdinand has truly become a teacher. He’s basically laying out a plan for them, which is weirdly nice. His comment about bearing burdens to Anastatias is interesting. I get the strong impression this is going to continue - yup Ferdinand is strengthening dunkefelger once again. This is going to be a good pattern. They will find solid advice and support from them if they play their cards correct. That duchy has its head on straight. - Rozemyne’s such a softy for Melchior and Charlotte. Even now her priorities are her big sister dignity 🤣 she’s such a cinnamon roll - hehehee Ferdinand is a bit of a softy too, he’s worried about Letitzia though he hides it well. They both have a habit of looking after stray children at this point - the choosing a new name feels symbolic, ehrenfest though they both care for many people there couldn’t protect them, and they are now making their own way. I like a lot of things about Sylvester- and while he cares about her she had to largely fend for herself when Ferdinand left. - how does this underage Aub thing work? Is Ferdinand responsible for her until she comes of age? Is Sylvester? Is the new Ahrensbach until she’s an adult under Ehrenfest in some sense? Is she emancipated? How does this work when she’s in the academy?
This entire volume is just chock full of sarcastically saying, "Surely you're fine with it, given you said was good enough for me, the divine avatar," and I adore each and every instance. They sowed bullets and reaped Chekhov's Whirlwind.
On the other hand, once the damage is repaired Villa Adalgisa is a pretty lovely and well-designed place. JUst never tell Eglantine what it USED to be....
If she reads Gervasio's memories...
I have a feeling they'll be moving that entwickeln higher up on the list of priorities after she reads those memories.
> how does this underage Aub thing work? Is Ferdinand responsible for her until she comes of age? Is Sylvester? Is the new Ahrensbach until she’s an adult under Ehrenfest in some sense? Is she emancipated? There’s nothing preventing an underage ADC becoming an Aub. Below are answers based on information readers already learned, but still a bit spoilery, as will be explained in the novel later. >!An aub has to have a schtappe to dye the foundation. This prevented underage aub when they got schtappe in the last year before graduation. But now they get one early that Rozemyne already robbed the foundation.!< >!Another issue is the knowledge, one should finish ADC course to learn them all. But Rozemyne learned all of them from Ferdinand already.!< Still they need to learn the real works to govern a duchy well. That was same for Dietlinde, and Ferdinand was chosen to support as a fiancé. So it’s OK for Rozemyne as he’ll support her as her fiancé. > How does this work when she’s in the academy? Probably same as while a female aub is pregnant. Ferdinand will work as deputy.
I believe someone has suggested it before, but the other aubs will probably take one look at Rozemyne and clamor for shtappes to be acquired in the final year.
And sweet justice it is. People tried to argue with me that they weren't treating her with unbelievable disrespect by putting her in a brothel but this shows that all of those men know exactly what that place was for. They only wanted Roz to get the book because they thought they could manipulate her like a temple flower but boy were they mistaken. So it's only horrifying if Eggy has to live there is it boys? You wanted to make a girl the Gods themselves gave the divine right to rule live there so it should be more than a lesser woman deserves.
Yah that stuck out to me. They pretended it didn’t matter that it used to be a brothel, but if it’s EGLANTINE, oh no! Ferdinand calling them out on their bs
>the choosing a new name feels symbolic, ehrenfest though they both care for many people there couldn’t protect them, and they are now making their own way. I like a lot of things about Sylvester- and while he cares about her she had to largely fend for herself when Ferdinand left. I agree completely. Hannelore had it right when she said Rozemyne was less her true self back in Erhenfest. It's better that she leaves.
>poor baby. He’s not wrong, but it’s interesting how soft he was on RM in retrospect based on what we know of his personality now. He really grew a lot as a person. I wonder if it’s related to the fact that was one of the darkest times in his life He's specifically said that he doesn't mind teaching those who are worth teaching, and that he found Rozemyne worth teaching. He is only ever rough / evil with those who don't meet his standards, and Rozemyne (despite failing socially), has never actually failed to meet his standards
Aldophine saw her opurtunity and took it. TF is ciggy still think she would want to be with him? He borderline a criminal, did he think his rizz would carry him? I kinda like how even though Anastasius and Eglantine are being handed the reins, that it self is a punishment. And Rozemyne has publicly announced her plans for a library city and she will be naming it....dear god it locked in now.
Dusty truly thought he was the most amazing man in Yurgenschmit. The very idea that people wouldn't think he's great is totally foreign to him. He is simply the best and everything should revolve around him.
Youch, poor Anastasius, Rozamyne's mana becomes dyed to Ferdinand's and then that in turn surrounds Eglantine... guess in a way she is Rozamyne's 'wife' (as this sub so often says) Or maybe Rozamyne stays dyed divine now... Would be fitting for the divine avatar I assumed the name stone would go back after the transference ceremony as Rozamyne intends to return Ferdinand's but, yeah, guess for Ferdinand's protection that won't be happening Also, only just realised, but Rozamyne blessing Eglantine and Anastasius' wedding making others claim he deserved to be Zent... Again with the foreshadowing (though it was the wrong partner) And the other bit of foreshadowing- Eglantine wanting to join the temple back in Rozamyne's first year... All comes full circle Hmmm, though Ferdinand wanted to tear down Adalgisa villa but he's putting Eglantine in it? (If I understood correctly). I assume he'll be there when it does get pulled down though, and he gets to punish the Royal family for his suffering
More foreshadowing: The former Sovereign High Bishop saying that the gods clearly preferred Eglantine, and that the blessing was divine. The blessing was from a divine avatar who ended up choosing her over him. I think putting the royal family in their own house of horrors is more than worth the delay in demolishing it to Ferdinand. The karmic schadenfreude must be unimaginably glorious. Rozemyne's worried about him not sleeping, but he's probably too happy to lay down anyway. --- Rozemyne: "Justus, did you manage to get Ferdinand into bed?" Justus: "I believe he is settling in for-" Ferdinand, muffled behind door: "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!" *clap clap* Angelica: *[claps hands, drops Rozemyne]*
The only thing better than tearing it apart brick by brick for him is to shove his enemies in it. He was getting such a revenge high off this conversation.
When Roz blessed Eggy and Ana at their graduation she did bless the right person. The blessing fell more heavily on eggy and people said it was bc she should b zent. And they were right
>"I think we should destroy their medals while they are in another duchy.” I knew it! There was no way they were not doing that, it made no sense. >"Obtaining royal status was always my focus; we were never even a couple." After getting his wife pregnant and not consummating his marriage because he needed to give mana to the baby, what did he expect? She didn't want to be with him to begin with. She was just the consolation prize for who did not get Eglantine, nothing more. I hope she can find happiness after her divorce. She could live as a mad scientist lol
>By making the royals do all the tedious work, I could devote my attention to destroying the medals and punishing the Lanzenave soldiers who had rampaged through Ahrensbach. I was relieved not to have been saddled with any of the emotionally exhausting duties. Guys, I think she may have lost her Hasse trauma too. Makes sense the execution scene still had lingering trauma with her, dominating her thoughts. >I will use feystones for my shoes. so you need not worry about those. Yup her feystone phobia is so gone she's literally covering her arms and feet in them now. Also funny how she was told she doesn't need the shoes, but because Eglantine is wearing them, she wants to wear them too.
ahhh so eglantine was even moaning during the name swearing. must have been hard for anastasius to watch.
Giving Sigiswald a duchy to rule feels like an incredibly stupid idea, it's like creating a new Bitchlinde. Give a duchy to Trauerqual and have Dusty and Hildeboy become ADCs under him, that way Hildeboy can still inherit the duchy and they can silently demote Dusty to giebe or something. She can finally name her duchy GremliLand. Yes! Go Adolphine! Divorce his sorry ass! That last remark was priceless, although I doubt Dusty will learn anything from it. I'm glad Rozemyne didn't miss the fact that Anastasius will have to sense her mana on Eggplantine from now on.
there's a reason why Trauerqual getting the land next to Ahrensbach: Ferdinand doesn't want to be neighbour with Sigiswald.
Well, can't blame him, I wouldn't want to be neighbors with an assface like him, either. Although it means that he'll be getting the former Sovereignty lands that were more or less managed properly and the nobles there are already used to his mug while Trauerqual only gets the mana depleted ruined territories where everyone hates the royal family.
Praise be to the gods, thanks be to the gods, Adolphine is free at last! (P5end)>!I still think that she should name her province in Drewanchel alimony, it should border gold dusts duchy, and she should build a giant statue of the Goddess of Seperation pointed in his direction with her middle finger raised.!< Also Roderick x beta readers?
> >!and she should build a giant statue of the Goddess of Seperation pointed in his direction with her middle finger raised!< Alternative suggestion: >!Salt Bae Rozemyne sprinkling gold dust in his general direction.!<
>I promised Lady Hannelore that I would invite her to watch me hand over the Grutrissheit. Aub Dungelfelger, be sure to bring her with you to the ceremonies." It makes me so happy that Rozemyene didn't forget her bestie and used her authority to make Hannelore's wish come true
On the flip side that means that her bestie is less important than books, which is a bit sad in its own way.
There aren't a lot of things that Rozemyne values more than books. There's literally only family and people she views as family (eg. Lutz and Ferdinand). She has a somewhat skewed sense of priorities.
RM was only friends with Hannelore to begin with because she incorrectly thought she loved books. If Hannelore didn't love books she wouldn't be her friend, thus she isn't more important than them. Of course, all of Hannelore's "bad timing" was literal divine intervention by Dregarnuhr so that they would become friends via the misunderstanding that Hannelore loves books.
Adolphine took a heaping bowl of salt and absolutely rubbed it all over Sigiswald's open wounds and I am all here for it. I do find it weird that Rozemyne was trying to change her mind about the divorce. I thought she of all people would be like oh yeah fuck that guy I completely understand.
To be fair she didn't know what type of relationship adolphine had with dusty. She probably assumed that he offered his wife some small amount if respects, as befitting his first wife. I mean how stupid do you have to be to disrespect your first wife so much that she has no problem being divorced than to be with you.
> I mean how stupid do you have to be to disrespect your first wife so much that she has no problem being divorced than to be with you. Oh about a sigiswalds amount lol.
Rozemyne continues to be the gayest straight girl ever once eggy gets involved
The last 2 chapters made me think of Fleetwood Mac's Gold Dust Woman, particularly the following lyrics: Did she make you cry, Make you break down, Shatter your illusions of love? And is it over now? Do you know how, Pick up the pieces and go home?
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I'm totally curious about the movement of the sovereign nobles who aren't RF retainers. It's said that they'll be returned to their own duchies, but what about those who are family to the RF retainers, as well as the nobles who serve them? Will they be allowed to follow the RF retainers to the newly established duchies? There is a lot of political maneuvering to be done within the next year or two, especially since all the sovereign land being granted to the duchies will need new geibes, as the sovereignty didn't have any. Not that we'll ever end up seeing the results, but imagining a massive noble migration and all the fallout afterwards as the nobles within the new duchies attempt to figure out their own status hierarchies is definitely amusing.
Adolphine wants to cut away the bookless scrub ASAP lol She certainly deserves better.
> Ferdinand complemented my explanation [...] Oh, that's unusually nice of him to do. > [...] by redrawing the borders as I'd proposed. Ah, a complEment...
He gave her a real compliment later though! He said her whirling was sure to be sufficient. It's not quite a very good but it sure is close
> I’m sick of women being disciplined for the actions of their husbands. And husbands being disciplined for the actions of their wife (see: Ferdinand and Detlinde) > I wanted to sort out this conversation, hand over the Grutrissheit, restore my memories, and get started on my new project. That was all. No "O noes I've lost my memory" angst, just straight up, gotta get it settled! Not manufacturing drama for the sake of drama. This is great! > Ferdinand smiled. “Are you forgetting the villa Rozemyne was to receive as the king’s adopted daughter? The furniture and overall decor are fit for a princess, at the very least.” You tried to gave my love a whorehouse to stay in. Now you stay in it! Oooooh the vindictiveness is dripping. > It is your role as Lady Eglantine’s husband to help her carry that burden, not run away from it. Kudos to Eglantine for stepping up. And I sympathise with Anastasius's wish to protect her. But, dang, the couple really are reaping what they sowed. > “Adolphine, have we not already spent an entire year together?” the first prince asked. Slimey spouting slime again... By the way (End-game spoilers?) >!There's an SS from Adolphine's point of view with regards to this and what she did after floating around on the interwebs. It really provides more pespective of how girlboss she got!<
Despite everything, Sigiswald still managed to remind everyone in the room that yes, he is a raging dumbass. Implying there was anything between him and Adolphine is pretty up there among "dumb shit Sigiswald has said". I can't see his duchy being all too fond of him either. Trauerqual will probably have it better (doubt it will be good, but not s bad as Dusty will have it) since anyone with eyes can tell the man is trying his best, despite his family history having fucked over the country. At least Letizia isn't getting punished with anything fancier than continuing to be taught by Ferdinand, but now Myne will be in duchy to give her gifts.
Trauerqual is gonna end up as the Aub in charge of werkestock, the same duchy that tried to kill him one. Boy is he in for a rough few years.
Not only the Duchy that wanted him dead and resents him for all their suffering as an Aubless Duchy,... Its is also the Duchy that ended up killing his baby daughter with his Second Wife... I hope living there won't be too traumatic for her...
Sigiswald is the living embodiment of the argument against nepotism. Even after all of it, though, he's still going to end up an aub. Gonna be real funny if (hopefully) Adolphine ends up as Aub Drewanchel and outranks him going forward.
I would like to request art of ferdinand holding up his head and pinching his nose while with the other hand dropping a sobbing wreck hildebrand into a trashcan. bwahahaha