Chapter 280
When I gave Lutz a letter to my family, I was told “What should I do?”
“What?”
“No, I have lived in Printemps since last summer, and Turi has lived in Gilberta”
“Ah, oh, that’s because Turi is also a doubler …”
When Turi was just 10 years old, the Printemps and Gilberta firms were just separated, and the store was moving and Benno and Marc moved, so the inside of the shop was fluttering. It seems that it was not moved to.
It seems that Benno and Marc moved to the second floor of the Printemps Chamber of Commerce, and Corinna and Otto, who lived on the third floor, moved to the second floor, so a room for Turi was prepared.
“Since both of us will return on Saturday, it would be better for Lutz to take them directly to the house at that time. Please keep the letters for you.”
“I understand, my husband”
Supplied me to give me a letter to my family, telling me that I couldn’t meet because I went to the aristocracy in winter, and I was told to talk to my mother and Gibe Haldenzell, The discussion with Printemps Shokai is over.
“Gill, crouched. Because he worked so hard, I’ll boil it.”
Well, when I reached out, Gyl was astonished.
“Rosemine, I’m not that old anymore …”
“Yeah? Ah, yeah, yeah, that’s right”
Refused by Gil with a very troubled face, I retract my extended hand. I thought that the contents did not change much, but I remembered that Gill was adolescent at the age of 14 before adulthood. It’s not a year to be pleased to be stroked in front of everyone.
…… Gills who are happy to be struck by a head are gone. It might be a little lonely.
It’s natural, but when I thought that not only the appearance but also the contents had changed, Gill hit me in front of me and dropped my head.
“Oh, I just remembered that I wanted to be boiled. Please”
It seems that I was a little depressed, and I can see that Gil took care of me.
It was bad to waste the cares, so I reached out to Gill ’s head. Stroke his head, thinking that this is the last time he will praise him.
“Gill worked very hard for two years. I was very happy to have five books when I woke up. Thank you. I’ll continue to do this.”
“… Yes”
And it was the day to head for the castle.
I prepare a lesser and put Rosina, Ella, and Fugo on their own. After that, the minister’s side served a wooden box full of work sets. He also stays at the castle for a while and oversees my short-term intensive course.
“Go back to the fall and winter baptisms. Be prepared!”
“I’m smart”
Seeing the priest asking for side service, I also leave my side service.
“Those who stayed away for two years had no problem. I believe it’s okay to stay away during the winter. I’ll ask you later.”
“We look forward to your early return”
Riding into the Reservus, chasing Dermuel’s beast running forward and rushing into the sky. I head to the castle in the form of being protected by the chief priest.
When I arrived at the castle, Norbert greeted me, and Angelica and Cornelius were waiting for me.
“Come back, Rosemine”
“I just returned, Norbert”
“Norbert, take this baggage to my office”
“Sad, Ferdinand-sama”
When Norbert shakes the bell that he took out from somewhere, his lower work comes out and carries the wooden box inside the Lesser.
There was no eye for the movement, and the priest called me.
“Rose Mine gives me reading materials and books, so be sure to come to my office after changing clothes”
“I’m smart. I will change clothes in a hurry.”
“No, you don’t have to hurry. Act with the grace that is appropriate for 10-year-olds going to the aristocracy.”
… I don’t understand why. What is the grace appropriate for 10 years old?
Talking with Angelica and Cornelius brother, I wasn’t sure what to do.
The older brother Cornelius is 14 years old. My muscles seemed not too tight, but I was as tall as my brother Lamprecht. The appearance that looked like mother was more masculinity, and I feel a little like father.
“I’m happy to see you cheerful, Rosemine”
“Is Cornelius picked up the magic stone I dropped? I wanted to thank you properly”
“No, I can’t protect the Lord and I don’t need to give thanks to an unbearable knight who has been able to sleep for two years”
“Oh? Cornelius helped Charlotte, who I wanted to help. It’s just happened the other day for me. Please let me say thank you. Thank you, Cornelius”
“It’s a wasteful word”
greets Cornelius, who raised his face, and smiled a little.
“I was looking forward to Rosemine’s return”
Angelica said that, at the end of this winter, she is 15 years old, who will have an adult ceremony. The light blue hair on the ponytail flows smoothly as the face rises. The blue eyes that looked like a deep sea saw me. I feel like a beautiful girl is being polished. I heard from Darmell that he was trained to be a grandfather, but it doesn’t look that much.
…… But the appearance fraud has always been.
“I was very worried when I heard that it was already two years old, but are you able to advance properly?”
“Yes, please rest assured. I have learned from Stir, Luke and Cornelius, and I am studying with Stin Luke, so I haven’t missed it.”
“… just barely … It seems to be working hard like Angelica, and above all”
Both of them were close to adults. With these two people and Dermuel, I set out to go to my room.
“Rose Mine, use the cavalry”
“Mr. Ferdinand? I can walk from here to my room?”
“Your body is not yet true. It’s just difficult to move up with magical tools, and it’s difficult to get up. The castle is vast, no matter where you walk in the temple. Use a beast. “
“I understand”
I got out of a single-seat beast and boarded and headed to my room. On the way, it stops for a moment in front of the corridor where the attack occurred.
“Could you please, Rosemine?”
It seems that I was the only person who was revived by the fear of being attacked. I just rounded my eyes to see if there were three escort knights.
“… I’m sorry. Remember that there was an attack”
“I understand. For a while, Villefried and Charlotte were walking with a tense face, and the escort knights also sharpened their nerves.”
My brother Cornelius told me that I wasn’t alone, and I went to the room with a little relief. In your room, Richarda and Otelier greet you. With tears, “I’m glad to see you cheerful”, and I knew that I was also very worried.
“Villefleet and Charlotte are studying hours. Today we heard that Princess Rosemine was back, and both of us were intimidating.”
“Everyone was looking forward to Rosemine’s return. Elvira has received new Linshan and household goods, and Bonifatius was so excited that the date was set yesterday. I made a mistake and dropped my shoulder. “
…… I haven’t had much contact so far, but my grandfather seems to be a lot of tea.
When I finished changing clothes, I headed to the office of the priest with Richard and the escort knight. Along the way, he told me that Richard decided to go to the Aristocracy.
“The side service of the princess who accompanies the aristocracy was decided by me.”
“Well, if Richarda is together, it’s encouraging.”
I was chosen because I also managed Villefried’s study and would be in charge of the overall management of the Ehrenfest dormitory, as it was my first job.
¡When I said so, Richard laughed, “Hohoho”.
“I was chosen by Ferdinand-sama, who was chosen to be able to take out the princess who would not come out when I hit the library.”
“Oh, I don’t like it. When it is closed, I can’t help returning to my room. Hohohoho …”
In the Reno period, I didn’t notice the closing airing and had read books in the corners of the bookshelf, so I was trapped in the library, but I basically went out during the closing time. become. You don’t have to worry, but it doesn’t seem to be around you.
“I’m sorry.”
When entering the office of the chief, the chief showed two wooden boxes to Richarda.
“Richarda, could you bring this to Rosemain’s room? There is a lot of good material that Rosemine should look through before heading to the Aristocracy.”
“I’m smart, Ferdinand Bochama”
“Rosemine, you must have given you a list. Read along with that table in order of priority. In addition to the writings and memorandums of my Aristocratic period, It ’s packed with the latest ones, and here is the timetable for going to the Aristocratic House. Look through it now. ”
“Yes”
I look through the schedule as I hear from the back that Richard began giving instructions to the subordinate. I have a lot of study plans, but if I think most of them are reading, it’s not a painful time.
“Read and remember here today until dinner”
“… what is this?”
Something is written on the wooden bills. I sat down in the chair indicated by the chief and tilted my head.
“Names of territories in the country and their approximate rankings”
“I don’t know the geography when I’m in the country, even within Ehrenfest,”
“Oh, is that so”
When the chief stood up and opened the locked bookcase, he took out two maps and spread them on the office desk. Looking at the handwritten map with a handwritten map, it looks like a map made by the priest.
“This is an old map, this is a new map”
Both are spread side by side and the priest teaches. The 25 territories were originally consolidated by a major political change in the center.
Now it is divided into 21 territories, 4 major territories, 9 middle territories, 7 smaller territories. When I looked at the map, Ehrenfest was a middle territory on the frontier in the northeast. It seems that it is a middle territory that is as close as possible to a small territory.
…… Isn’t Frazier Turk from West of Florentia? South is Georgine-like Ahrensbach.
I noticed that it was hard to look at the map while holding down a familiar place name with a finger. There is a sea on the south side of Ahrensbach. In fact, Ahrensbach may be a region where the seafood is delicious.
… There may be kelp or seaweed! ? Sashimi may be eaten!
I shined my eyes when I discovered the possibility of getting a Japanese food that I had completely given up. If you make a friend of Ahrensbach at the Aristocratic House, you might get seafood.
The chest that swelled in expectation, was reminded of the reality the next moment, and sunk.
…… In the current situation, you can’t just talk about getting angry. Chee.
“The influence of Ehrenfest is in the middle”
The priest pointed me at the wooden bill I had.
The influence of Ehrenfest, which has no special products on the frontier, seemed to be close to the lowest line. Thanks to not being involved in the political change that occurred in the center, it surfaced a little below the middle, but it seems that it was not the ability of Ehrenfest, just because the surroundings sank.
However, the priest said, the last few years are different.
“It will go up a little more next year”
“Why is it?”
“Because the aristocracy is getting better every year”
“Huh?”
“Those who graduated from the Aristocracy will either work in the center or start working in their own territory. The results of the aristocracy rise year by year, that means that excellent people gather. It ’s often influential in a few years. ”
“Is that so? I’m looking forward to that”
Is it good that Ehrenfest goes up?
When I was wondering, the priest told me the current situation of the aristocracy.
“Angelica, Cornelius, and Ernesta, who learned your magic compression, improved the knight course results, and the generations you learned using your teaching materials began to line up in the Aristocracy. The current situation seems to have been explored from the surrounding territories “
“…… Nevertheless, Ferdinand-sama knows the information of the aristocracy.”
As expected, I thought that Justus wouldn’t be able to enter the Aristocracy, but where did the information source come from?
When I tilted my head, the priest held the temple and exhaled.
“Why are you giving instructions to the students to collect information at the Aristocratic House? What are you saying now?” Dermuel organized the collected information so I read it. I just did it. “
It seems that the source of information was me. Speaking of which, I feel like I was giving such a command.
However, I do not intend to ask students for intelligence activities. I wanted to find out what kind of books are in the library and what other territories are talking about. It seems that there was not enough explanation, and I feel that it is in a slightly different state.
In the meantime, the chief priest said, “Dermuel has paid a certain amount of money for the time being, so he should pay an additional fee for those who have provided valuable information.” However, there is a big gap between the information that I feel worthwhile and the information that the Priestess feels worth. It seems necessary to discuss the value of information with the chief priest once.
“Thanks to you now, Ehrenfest has become a special product. Ehrenfest will continue to increase its power. And in the days when the lord candidates were in the aristocracy, students It ’s easy for you, Charlotte, Melchior and the lord candidates to continue for a while, so I hope you get the best out of everyone and improve your overall performance. Is it good to guess from the situation in the children’s room? “
Talking to the chief priest, I tilted my head. Apart from that, I don’t remember telling me that I’m good at that, and I don’t think it’s very good.
“No, I don’t think I’m really good at it. I just read the books and the number of people reading books increases and the number of people who are familiar with reading books increases. I just thought that some people would write. “
I thought it would be better to write more books, but I thought that a reading population would be necessary to make a library at public expense, but let’s improve the performance of the whole territory and increase its influence in Japan I never thought of it.
“… It seems that I was still sweetly looking at the passion for your book. With that enthusiasm, look for a way that everyone would like to read difficult books, not just picture books. I look forward to my best. “
“Please leave it to me”
Today’s lecture ended with a reading spread campaign for everyone.
Dinner time is near, so you must change clothes. I was directed by the priest to the materials to be read by tomorrow and tried to leave the room.
“Rose Mine”
Suddenly the priest stopped me as if I remembered something.
“What is it?”
“Today’s dinner is a celebration of your pleasure. The Karsted family and Bonifatius-san are here. Even though it was a little dangerous, Bonifatius couldn’t get it in time without finding you. Be sure to say thank you. ”
In me, it was shaken upside down, swung around and flew by high-speed horizontal rotation, honestly, there was a strong impression of being killed, but surely the grandfather did not come to help, It was dangerous. If you were told that you were worried, including putting a stop at risk, it would be better to say thank you.
“I understand. I will write a thank you note before dinner”
“If you write a thank you note, please also add thanks for training the escort knight. Focus on the escort knights of the lords’ family so that you don’t get in danger. Because he struggled to raise the strength of all the Knights. ”
Grandfather seems to have been instrumental in raising the strength of Ehrenfest for two years.
“By the way, when you give a thank you note, it’s a good idea to ask for tips on strengthening your body. Bonifatius uses body strengthening easily to breathe. You should have taught your escort knight.” [19459002 ]
…… Grandfather and Angelica? Somehow the brain muscles seem to feel very good.
I returned to my room, thinking that it was a delicate line, whether it was horrible or smiling.
After sending me to the front of the room, Brother Cornelius nodded in front of me.
“Rosemine, I have to be prepared to attend dinner, so today ’s escort mission is
“Yes, Cornelius. I look forward to having a meal together later.”
Since the lord and wife were invited to dinner, they were not able to participate in a knightly appearance. To put it simply, you have to change into a noble sleeve.
Dermuel refrained from outside the door and I entered the room with Angelica.
“… I am lonely without Brigitte”
It’s a little lonely that there was no familiar Brigitte as much as it was guarding the temple. There is no way to think about the appropriate age, and the marriage itself is pleasing, but it makes me feel lonely that no one is familiar with me. There was only Dermuel who was supposed to break up with Brigitte in the temple, so he was hesitant to spill such a fool.
“Because Brigitte is a relative of Gibe Irkner”
An otelier who picked up my whisper taught me with a gentle smile. Ilkner took the place of replacement several years ago and was harassed by his former fiancée after Brigitte’s engagement broke down. It seems that the lower nobility who served Ilkuner was pulled out, and there are few nobles who support Irkuner now.
It seems that family members are working together to protect Irkuner.
“Brigite is trying to support the changing Irkner with Rosemine’s backing”
“Because Elvira-sama has been searching for good relationships so that the connection with the princess will remain in the future, it will not be bad.”
In Richarda’s words, I remembered that my mother was looking for someone else. If you like romance and are socially different from me, you must have been looking for a good relationship for Irkner.
“If I’m on the path Brigitte wants, I’ll do that …. Isn’t a new escort knight yet decided?”
“The last time I was an escort knight of a lord of a lord who I had never seen before, and there were few people who wanted to go to the temple, but now I want a princess escort knight. Because there are many knights, please choose the person you think the princess will be able to leave your life with. “
Richarda said that some sort of selection has been made.
“One female knight apprentice who can act together at the Aristocratic House is necessary. Angelica is graduating this year.”
“Isn’t it better to include senior or middle class nobles?” The only knight guardian princess who has grown up is the knight of Briguete who is now a junior knight. 19459002]
Richard isn’t wrong, but I don’t want to change so much because I feel comfortable now. Darmell is certainly a low-ranking knight, but he is said to be a civilian, and is good at teaching study to two apprentices and adjusting their opinions.
The senior aristocratic and intermediate aristocratic brothers Cornelius and Angelica admit the good points of Dermuel and leave the work together, so our escort knights are getting along well. Someone who can get along with everyone is good.
“I’ll consult with the escort knights and decide how to break this state that works well together. I don’t want to be my escort knight, no matter how strong and noble they are.
…… I don’t like the atmosphere around me too much. I want an environment where I can read books without worrying about the surroundings.
When I finished changing my clothes, I wrote a thank-you letter to my grandfather.
Paper with leafless leaf clover like red clover is my own notepaper because my mother negotiated with Benno.
Depending on the memory of the Reino period, I cut the stationery into squares and wrote a thank-you note in the same way as when I was a student.
…… Yeah, I remembered it properly. The heart shape is also cute, similar to the shape of leafless leaves.
After completing the thank-you note folded in a heart shape by writing “To Grandpa”, I headed to the large canteen where the dinner party was held. Today, not only lord families but also fathers and mothers eat together.
“Looks happy, Princess”
“Yeah, Richard. When I had dinner at the castle, fathers and brothers who were escorting knights were in the same cafeteria, but wouldn’t they have a meal together? I will participate as an escort knight at the time of dinner and banquets, and I am looking forward to having a meal together. ”
Especially today, it will serve a new Fugo dish and a new Ella dessert. It’s fun and can’t be helped.
“Rosemine was here”
The door of the cafeteria was opened, and in addition to the lords and lords, the family of the knights, the grandfather and the priest were in line.
“Rose Mine!”
“Your sister!”
The fleet of Villefleet who grew up was growing up and looked quite mature compared to the mischievous atmosphere in my memory. Naturally, I’m growing tall in two years.
以前はわたしが7歳を留年したこともあって、やや大きめと小さめだと思えば、ギリギリ同学年に見えた。けれど、今は平均的な小学校の四、五年生と一年生が並ぶくらいの身長差がある。
……どう見ても、同じ年には見えないよ。
「む？ ローゼマインはこれほど小さかったか？」
「わ、わたくしだって、すぐに大きくなりますっ！」
魔力の固まりは7～8割方解けたし、これからは運動してもいきなり倒れたりしない体になった。普通の成長ができるはずなのだ。
「今度は私が其方を守れるように、と思って、私は二年間頑張ったのだ。かなりローゼマインに追いついたと思うぞ」
ヴィルフリートがフッと得意そうな笑みを浮かべた。まだまだ負けません、と言いたいところだが、ヴィルフリートがどの程度成長しているのか確認しなければ、大きなことは言えない。わたしはまだ貴族院への準備が足りていない状態なのだ。
「大きくならなくても、お姉様はそのままでも十分お可愛らしいですよ？」
予想はしていたが、シャルロッテに身長を抜かれていた。美幼女が美少女になりつつある。並んだら、絶対にわたしが妹に見られるに違いない。お姉様の威厳が全くない事態にわたしは泣きたくなった。
「わたくしも今度はお姉様を守れるようになりたくて、お兄様に負けないように努力したのですから」
「ダメですっ！ わたくしがシャルロッテを守るのです。わたくしはお姉様なのですから」
妹に守られるのではなく、わたしが妹を守るのだ、と宣言すると、シャルロッテは「まぁ！」と華やいだ声を上げて、キラキラに光る藍色の瞳でわたしを見下ろした。
なんて可愛い、って目で見られているのがわかった。小さい子が頑張ってる、って目でシャルロッテに見られている。
……ショックだ。わたしがお姉様なのに。
しょぼーんと肩を落としていると、神官長がポンとわたしの肩に手を置いた。
「ローゼマイン、二人の意気込みだけは受け取っておいてやれ。まだこの二人がローゼマインを越えるのは無理だ。貴族院に行くまでの短期間で姉の威厳を見せつけてやると良い」
器が違うところを見せてやれ、と神官長に言われて、わたしはハッと顔を上げた。
……そうだ、貴族院に行くまでに一生懸命にお勉強して、お姉様としての威厳を見せつけるんだ。子供達の二年分の知識くらい、すぐに覚えて、またシャルロッテに尊敬してもらえばいい。
グッと拳を握って決意するわたしの視界の端に、コホン！ と何度か咳払いしているおじい様が映った。