Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 11 [Parts 1 to 4] by Miya Kazuki

Author:Miya Kazuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Adolphine’s Push

I was gleefully considering the name of my library city when Adolphine raised a hand. “Now that everyone’s rewards have been decided, I request permission to speak.”

“Granted, of course,” I said.

Adolphine looked at Trauerqual and Sigiswald. “This would ordinarily be kept within the royal family... but it must be said that I married Prince Sigiswald to connect Drewanchel to the next Zent. By losing his claim to the throne, he might have breached our contract.”

“He breached it...?” I asked.

“Indeed. If the prince becomes an aub, neither my duchy nor I will gain anything from our union, thereby violating the contract we made at the time of our engagement. He is not entirely to blame, but a breach is a breach. I wish to borrow Mestionora’s wisdom so that no one is punished by the Goddess of Light.”

I cocked my head at her, unsure what she hoped to gain from this. Ferdinand must have detected my confusion because he gave his temple a few taps and translated.

“So you want a guarantee that Drewanchel will receive the benefits of marrying a Zent even though Prince Sigiswald is becoming an aub.”

“Indeed,” she said with a smile. “Or I would ask Lady Rozemyne to recognize our divorce as the one who performed our Starbinding.” The look in her eyes reminded me of Gundolf when he was advancing his research.

“You may discuss the matter in our absence. Rozemyne is under no obligation to make promises about a contract between your husband and you.”

“I am aware,” Adolphine replied, still smiling. “But her involvement cannot be overlooked. Following the civil war, Klassenberg and Dunkelfelger were given land to reward their involvement. This was not an option for Drewanchel, so we were given a chance to increase our authority by sending archnobles to the Sovereignty.”

Klassenberg and Dunkelfelger had endured many hardships trying to manage territories outside their borders, while Drewanchel had struggled to fill the void made by sending so many archnobles to the Sovereignty.

Adolphine continued, “Redrawing the borders will allow Klassenberg and Dunkelfelger to properly absorb the territories they manage. In turn, the Sovereignty is going to shrink. What will happen to the nobles there when the Sovereign temple moves to the Royal Academy?” Klassenberg and Dunkelfelger were keeping their rewards from the civil war, and she wanted to make sure the same was true for Drewanchel.

Ferdinand drew his eyebrows together in a frown. “We plan to temporarily return all Sovereign nobles not in the royal family’s service to their duchies during the move to the Academy and the assignment of new aubs. Once everything is done, the duchies will send nobles as before, but Lady Eglantine and Prince Anastasius will decide which ones are accepted. From that point on, Sovereign nobles will stay in the dormitories of their respective duchies.”

Adolphine nodded, having anticipated that answer. “I thought the Sovereign nobles would be sent back, considering that the blue priests are due to be returned. I do not disagree with any of these changes—it makes sense

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