PrePub - Ascendance of a Bookworm

Ok first of all, RIP siggy being ranked lower than Wilfried.

It's kinda sad that Rozemyne has been proposed three times so far and the best one she's got was "Your duchy is shit. Books." from Lestilaut. (Not counting the ones that Sylvester said no to before they reached her.)

"I mean that was rude... but he's not wrong"

I just love how absolutely unapologetic Rozemyne is here, she knows what she did is considered out of line but she simply doesn't really care because she knows they have nothing over her, she has all the cards in this situation so she made full use of it.

Not sure what the stance of ai content on this sub is but had a kinda funny impression with Eleven labs

http://sndup.net/x832

(I usually use ai text to speach to listen to prepubs weekly)

I think her perspective on Ferdinand makes sense if all you know is what's public. The man doesn't really have a stellar track record in caring for others so assuming that he couldn't possibly have raised Rozemyne is understandable. (Admittedly, if it had been anyone but Rozemyne her statement probably would have been entirely true)

I get the impression that at least a part of the biblical fundamentalists do not really care what the bible says. They care about using what it says to give themselves more power. Pointing out Trauerqual's faults and claiming that they can appoint a new zent gives them more power. They want to be seen and heard, Trauerqual not having the Grutrissheit is just a means to that goal.

Yeah that one won't go as she thinks it will.

For the record she:

• participated in a highly mana draining ritual
• kinda forgor to quit soon enough for the blue priests (from this we can assume that the load on the Aubs was sizable as well)
• seems perfectly fine after
• just goes ahead and accidentally starts another ritual

Yeah sure that will totally blow over, no one is going to talk about this later at tea parties.

I swear if I didn't know from her perspective that she really doesn't want to be Zent/Saint I could be fooled to believe she's playing 4D chess

Puhee....?

"No Ternisbefallen attack, so no incident, right?"

Understandable really, to her not getting a library is a crime against humanity

For like 1150 words, or several pages in print

I do find the epilogue interesting especially the part where Hilda bread thought Roz requested a overpriced bookroom because she hated Siggy not because she wants more books (more misunderstanding yay).

Also yeah I think Raublut did encourage him to avoid Arins (I think in part 5 volume 4). I wonder what his hidden agenda is (considering app nobles have a hidden motive).

I'm not so sure about that. At first glance I also expected any chance Wilfried has to become archduke to die with his engagement... but when I thought more about it, I was less and less sure.

It really comes down to Brunhilde and whether she will be successful in forcing the generational shift... and whether the younger generation Leisegangs truly will be more concerned with the good of their duchy as a whole, than internal faction politics.

If so, it does look very grim for Wilfried, since with his crimes staining his record, as well as his frequent temper tantrums, I see no chance of him winning against his younger siblings when it comes to being seen as archduke material.

However if the old guard stays in power, or the new generation falls prey to the lure of internal power struggles, things are quite different....

The Leisegangs are going so hard after Wilfried, because they want to have Rozemyne as the Aub. But the event that will cancel Rozemyne's engagement with Wilfried, will also remove her from Ehrenfest entirely and thus any chance to make her Aub, meaning they have to decide between Wilfried, Charlotte and Melchior, all of whom are of Veronica's hated blood.

As far as I remember, an Archduchess is expected to marry three archduke candidates, which means the Leisegangs have 0 chance of getting one of their own to marry Charlotte, since their only archduke candidate right now is Bonifatius and that marriage is not going to happen. With a male archduke candidate, they have a good chance to get one of their own faction to become the next Aub's first or at least second wife and to be able to then have her child as the next Aub after Wilfried or Melchior.

Ironically enough, Wilfried's crimes might well be what could make the Leisegangs more inclined to want Wilfried as the archduke over Melchior, if their goal is to have a semi-puppet in the position, whom they can manipulate to their leasure. Right now the Leisegangs are the undisputedly strongest faction in Ehrenfest and the Veronica faction is virtually gone, meaning they don't have to worry too much about anyone else manipulating their puppet. The crimes that Wilfried committed and their "forgivenes" would give them great levers to keep Wilfried under their thumb, which would not be the case for Melchior.

If she can, that's a lot of books! I wonder how much it would cost to transport that much stuff! K either money or mana)

Considering that those still belong to Ferdinand and he's just indefinitely loaning them to her, under the asumption that he'll never be able to return to Ehrenfest, that would be something of a bad-faith move, especially now that Rozemyne is actively working toward having Ferdinand returned to Ehrenfest.

Rip bookroom. Also how many times more wealthier is Ferdi than royal family I wonder. Considering he has a whole personal library in his (prior) estate.

Be careful with those, the android app at least doesn't support them. Markdpwn spoilers are coming next update however, those should then work on all platforms

I think perhaps she's concerned that she won't actually have that access. Nor did Sigiswald really address her concern that way, as he might have with a grand gesture that exhibited his awareness of the importance to her.

Hilarious that other lower-ranked nobles would happily meet this for her and yet Sigiswald considers it beyond his power.