Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 6 [Complete] by Miya Kazuki

Author:Miya Kazuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Leisegang Elders

Despite enthusiastically bursting out of Charlotte’s room, I couldn’t keep up with Wilfried on foot. I got into my highbeast, and together we headed to the main building.

“Come on, Rozemyne,” he said from ahead of me.

As I was trying to match his pace, I suddenly noticed something strange—his retainers weren’t in their usual positions. Lamprecht had always stayed right beside his lord, but now he was nearer the back of the group. Meanwhile, Barthold was fairly close to Wilfried. Had the name-swearing earned him that much trust?

I contemplated the odd sight as we headed to the castle’s parlor; according to Hartmut, that was where we were going to find the Leisegangs. Upon our arrival, I saw that one of Florencia’s guard knights was stationed outside the room. I confirmed that the rumors of a disturbance were true, then asked that we be allowed inside. The knight responded with a look of concern—a gaggle of archduke candidates and their retainers requesting access to a private meeting was far from ideal—but went inside to check nonetheless.

“Everyone, what are you doing here?” Leberecht asked as he came out to meet us. He was Hartmut’s father, and was apparently attending the meeting as Florencia’s scholar.

Wilfried stepped forward without a moment’s hesitation. “The Leisegangs are here, aren’t they? Let us inside. We can’t have Mother negotiate on her own.”

“Please, Leberecht,” I added. “Their discussion is about me, is it not?”

He gave us a reluctant look, then returned to the meeting room to obtain his lady’s permission. We were allowed inside a mere moment later, whereupon we found Florencia, her retainers, and several Leisegang elders sitting down together. I’d encountered the elders during feasts and the like, but this was my first time seeing them in a private setting.

“Ooh, Lady Rozemyne?!” they exclaimed.

“Everyone, what are you doing here?” I asked.

“We are discussing a matter of the utmost importance to the future of our duchy. You are the shining hope of the Leisegangs, Lady Rozemyne; the very idea that you might be reduced to serving as the Sovereign High Bishop is preposterous! Just what is Aub Ehrenfest thinking?!”

The elders were being so flagrantly arrogant that their decision to suddenly force their way into the castle no longer surprised me.

Florencia sighed. “As I said to you, any matters concerning the future of our duchy must be discussed with Aub Ehrenfest. Please await his return so that you can speak with him directly.”

In other words: leave already.

The elders shook their heads. “We must ensure that you understand our position as well, Lady Florencia. Only the first wife can save an aub whose sight has been blinded by Verbergen—or are you also a slave to your love for your own children?” They sighed. “That side of him resembles Lady Veronica all too well.”

They were outright declaring that Sylvester was letting his judgment be clouded and that he needed to be set back on the right path. Of course, it was all just a veiled attempt to make me the next aub so that I wouldn’t be taken as the Sovereign High Bishop.

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