Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 11 [Parts 1 to 3] by Miya Kazuki

Author:Miya Kazuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Finalizing the New Zent

“Though this burden might be too great for Prince Sigiswald to bear, someone from the royal family must become the Zent for you all to be spared the Ivory Tower,” Ferdinand said. “Knowing that, do you stand by this decision?”

Trauerqual paused in thought. He gazed down at the bound prince, at his wife and other children, and then slowly knelt. “Even now that my mind has been cleansed—in fact, now more than ever—I sincerely believe that only someone who has obtained the Grutrissheit under their own power deserves to be the Zent. You ascended the altar and disappeared with the Divine Avatar of Mestionora... Do you not have it, Lord Ferdinand?”

“Father, what are you saying?!”

The king’s use of a title, coupled with his kneeling before Ferdinand, stirred all those present. The royals looked between the pair, while Aub Dunkelfelger and his wife watched Ferdinand closely to gauge his reaction.

As expected, even Dunkelfelger suspects Ferdinand of having the Book of Mestionora.

“King Trauerqual, does that mean you would not mind the entire royal family being locked up?” Ferdinand asked calmly instead of answering the question.

Anastasius stood up with a clatter, his face pale as could be. “Please stop, Father! You are the Zent! You needn’t kneel before anyone but the divine avatar!”

“A true Zent must wield a Grutrissheit.”

“Rozemyne will give us one! I want you to have it and continue your reign—I already asked as much of them. You have done more to keep this country together than any other person alive, so how could anyone else be better suited to the role?”

Anastasius tried to pull Trauerqual to his feet, but the king merely shook his head. I watched their emotional exchange for a moment, then sighed and cast my eyes on Ferdinand.

Congratulations. It went exactly as you expected.

It was almost like watching a play I’d already read the script for. I couldn’t help feeling bad for Trauerqual, but Ferdinand didn’t intend to be honest with him.

“King Trauerqual...” he said. “If you will forgive my rudeness, there is a serious misunderstanding at play here. The requirement for ascending the altar is not having the Grutrissheit but having divine protections from all of the primary gods.”

“That is correct,” Eglantine announced, drawing all eyes to herself. Nobody had expected her to interject. “I, too, climbed the altar after performing the divine protections ritual in class. I was taken to the white plaza where I obtained my schtappe, but there was nothing of note there. And of course, I do not have the Grutrissheit.”

“The requirements are being omni-elemental and obtaining the divine protection of each primary god,” I added, since Eglantine had stolen my line of the script.

The king’s eyes widened. Being able to ascend the shrine wasn’t proof of having the Grutrissheit. Hearing it from Eglantine had done more to convince him than anything I might have said.

“But even so, Lord Ferdinand—”

“Indeed,” Eglantine said. “He pointed us toward the Grutrissheit in the first place, so he either has it or stopped just before obtaining it.

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