Chapter 282
You must be ready to go to the Aristocratic House in the meantime, reading books every day, practicing votive dancing, and discussing and practicing efficient physical strengthening with your grandfather.
The most important thing was a request to create clothes. A lot of cloths were prepared so that I could make clothes anytime, but I didn’t know when I would wake up, so it wasn’t made yet. I decided to start mobilizing my mother’s exclusive apprentice, my foster mother’s exclusive apprentice, and my exclusive Gilberta Company. Therefore, both mothers and adoptive mothers are in my room today.
“It’s Rosemine for gathering information about the fashion trends at the Aristocracy.”
Included in the information brought from the aristocratic house, which Dermuel arranged, was information about what costumes the lord candidates were wearing. A senior aristocratic daughter named Brünnhilde wrote in detail, and it seems that I and Charlotte who are going to enter the aristocracy in the future want me to refer to them when making costumes.
I didn’t intend to collect this information separately, but my foster mother praised me as a foresight. Any kind of information feels useful to someone somewhere, and it would be helpful for everyone to collect the information as it is.
By the way, I didn’t receive any information about the stories I wanted. Originally I didn’t plan to use Jureve in winter, and I was going to explain it properly in my mouth, so I wrote only “I ask for information gathering at the aristocratic house”. When he was drooling, Cornelius laughed hard at his memorandum of information gathering that he would not be able to collect stories.
“Princess, the first thing you need to make is a costume to wear in this winter social circle”
“Winter social circles should wear the costumes I wore before? Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not growing up.”
I had a discussion with Richard about the order of the costumes I made earlier. Richard says that he will make it in the order he wears, but I want to give priority to the clothes he brings to the outside.
Sadly, I haven’t grown at all in the two years I slept. Even two-year-old costumes can be worn without problems.
“That’s how we put on a sleeve-through outfit again, two years or three years ago …”
“But Richardda. The first thing that has to be made now is the costume to be brought to the aristocratic house? Isn’t it possible to bring a costume that already exists?”
My mother, who was listening to me and Richardda, sighed lightly.
“Rose Mine understands Ferdinand’s words that your senses have stopped two years ago”
“Mom?”
“Rosemine, when you go to the Aristocracy, you are 10 years old.”
“Yes”
“Because the skirt length is different from the previous one, you can’t wear the previous costume even if you don’t grow up.”
…… Oh, it was. The skirt length changes.
At 10 years old, girls change from knee length to shin length. Originally, I should be happy to bite my own growth, but the contents have not changed, and I have not celebrated my 10-year-old, so there is no fragmentation and there is no sense of incongruity.
“Is there no choice but to make a new outfit to attend the social feast?”
“… Let’s change the costume for attending the first banquet by the length of the skirt. If so, will it not take much time?”
I ask Korinna to call from a needle that is always on the side.
“Corinna, I want you to fix this skirt. From this part on the back side, attach my shin-length skirt, pick the skirt so far, and decorate it with flowers. Please put it on. “
I like to fix the costume of Turi at the baptism ceremony at the time of the downtown area, so that the present skirt part is picked like a balloon to make it a decoration, and a skirt with a shin length is attached below I decided to get over the banquet costume with a simple fix.
Corinna, who had received explanations from my mother about my simple repair, immediately swallowed what I requested, and when I took out the needle and thread, I picked it up easily with a thread and made it into a balloon. Hey.
“How about this length? As Rosemine says, if you make a new sewed knee-length, this will be the case, but is it OK?”
Corinna brings a cloth to another needle to show mothers and foster mothers how to fix them.
“Oh, isn’t it cute? The shape is fine, but the cloth for the skirt part to be newly added should use the trendy color cloth of this year.”
“I’m smart”
“If you want to decorate the picked parts with flowers, shouldn’t it be the same on this chest?”
“Ms. Lord, I think that the ornament on the chest is a small flower and it looks cute in this way.”
“Well, nice”
Corinna writes orders for mother and foster mother on a wooden bill. Then, from the trendy colored fabrics prepared by the Gilberta firm, we selected the ones that match the materials and measured the dimensions.
After that, you have to decide what costumes to bring to the aristocracy. There is no uniform uniform in the Aristocratic House, but the rule is that the costume is based on black. He shows respect for the dark god who absorbs everything and shows his greed to absorb the teachings of the aristocracy.
However, the only thing that is decided is black, so it seems quite free. According to information gathered from the Aristocratic House, there are some people who are wearing colorful embroidery on black-based clothes, and the sleeves feel like a bolero from the clothes that fit the sleeves. Some people seem to wear fluttering jackets and adjust the length of the sleeves according to the lecture content.
“I want a costume with adjustable sleeve length like this rather than embroidery.”
Long sleeves are honest and inconvenient. However, since there seems to be some practical skills related to court manners, the sleeve length may be required. If it can be adjusted by attaching and detaching the bolero, it will be easy and very efficient.
My foster mother, mother, and Richarda all wielded their heads to my claim.
“The lord candidate must not wear such a sleeved outfit”
“… Eh? But will the lord candidates receive lectures as well as practical skills? Isn’t the sleeve in the way?”
“You must be a lord candidate if you do it gracefully, Rosemine”
laughing to foster mother and changing sleeve length has been rejected.
There is no help for it. Make sure you have only the straps you need so that you can adjust the sleeves yourself.
Regarding the costumes, my opinion was rarely passed except for repairs, and it was decided by the three people what kind of costumes to make. It’s better to leave it to three people than to wear extraordinary costumes. I have no choice but to look at it steadily, thinking “I want to read a book”.
Thanks to the mobilization of a large number of needles, my costume was successfully completed by the start of the winter social circle.
“Rose Mine, his exclusive chef and his exclusive musician … can I send them to the Aristocrat?”
I was cut out by my adoptive father at the dinner table one day. In the Aristocratic House, students will live in dormitories for each territory. The musicians dispatched there are selected from five students from the top, and the chefs are selected from the castle chefs, including subordinates, and dispatched.
Virfleet and I, who are lord candidates, are positioned at the top, so the exclusive musicians automatically join the members. However, Ella and Fugo travel back and forth between the temple and the castle with me, and it is difficult to say that they are castle chefs. Therefore, it seems that he wants to dispatch to the aristocracy with permission.
“Will they return two people to the temple while they were absent? Then, good cooks would use them as effectively as possible”
“I don’t care because the taste I’m used to is the best, but I don’t want new recipes to flow to the chefs who go with me.”
My original recipe that Ella and Fugo thought for two years is fine, but my recipe is not allowed to flow except for the money I paid.
“… there is no help for that”
Exceptional father who seemed to expect a little new recipe, but gave up.
“If possible, I would like to see the recipes I bought from them at gatherings of lord candidates and tea parties”
“Do you want to keep the adopted father hidden?”
The teaching materials, picture books, and new recipes should have been strict to the nobles, not to let them go outside. Will it be lifted?
“Everything he makes is very influential. I thought it was safe to hide until he was a lord candidate.” From now on, he and Villefried will be enrolled as Charlotte’s lord candidate next year.I would like to increase the influence of Ehrenfest as much as possible in this opportunity. ”
The face of the adopted father is the face of the lord. I don’t know what kind of future I’m looking for, but even if I think about the relationship with Ahrensbach, it’s better to increase my influence as much as possible.
“… As far as I asked Ferdinand-sama, should I improve my performance at the Aristocratic House?”
“Oh, yes”
“How much does the budget cost?”
“Yeah?”
“If you want to improve your overall territory’s performance, there are a number of strategies. However, it’s too expensive for me and students alone. How much is the budget from the territory for educational expenses? And what we can do will change. ”
All you need to do is money. Then time. If I got up a year earlier, I could do more.
“Because there is almost nothing we can do in the period until we go to the aristocratic house, we will start full-scale preparation from the spring. Compare the information you have and the reality … I will try to understand the current situation, and then I will give you some ideas to improve the performance of the entire territory, so please adopt the budget for the adoptive father. “[19459002 ]
“… I understand. I ask him and Villefried to do things at the House of Lords. Work as lord candidates.”
Villefried asked the foster father’s words, “I was clever” with a severe face.
While the preparations are progressing steadily, special training in the magic of strengthening the body with the grandfather is also going well. I was able to put out a beast while applying body-enhancing magic to the right arm with the magic tool removed.
Angelica who saw it widened his eyes, staggered and depressed.
“Why Rosemine is so easy to use physical enhancement magic. I have lost my confidence as an escort knight”
Over the course of a year and a half, Angelica finally seems to be able to bring out a beast using the magic of body strengthening.
“Fooh ha ha ha, because Rosemine has so much magical power. Even if the whole body is strengthened, there is enough magical power to do other things. That’s it. Has been trained to increase the magical power and use the magical powers of the body with less magical power, not to compare, but to accept the magical powers desired by the lord’s adoptive woman. Increase it and refine your skills as much as possible and reduce the amount of magic needed. ”
Grandfather said, laughing and saying, “Look at Dermuel for saving magic power.” Darmell, a low-ranking knight who has little magical power, always keeps in mind how to fight with little magical power, and he seems to be very enthusiastic about saving magic power. “We have a quiet and quiet battle, but there is very little waste.”
“As the master of the Lord said. The Lord’s Lord is not yet used to the magic of body strengthening, so there is a lot of wasted magic. The usage of the Lord is much more sophisticated. [No]
Angelica was recognized as a disciple by the grandfather, and became a knight who could use the magic of body strengthening, which is not so much a senior knight. And Stin Luke seems to be growing well, and the blade is longer than before.
“Stin Luke is also bigger. Have you learned a lot?”
“Oh, because it’s a bad lord, I struggle”
Talking in the voice and tone of the priest, it feels like I’m being beaten by saying, “You ’re really uneasy. Think about my hardships.”
Reminding me of the tasks to be done by the chief priest today, my grandfather came out with a dagger while coughing in front of me. If you see a large magic stone in the handle, is it a magic sword?
“Rose Mine, I’m raising a magic sword too. Can you pour that magic?”
“… I am forbidden by Ferdinand to pour magical power on other swords.”
“What !?”
It’s bad for a grandfather who was excited, but he can’t pour magical powers. In the past, it was banned by the priest.
“Mu, Mu .. Permit of Ferdinand”
The grandfather started talking with a very difficult face. Feeling the vigorous atmosphere of the chief priest, I rushed and stabbed the nail.
“Even with Ferdinand’s permission, I think it will be difficult unless I get used to handling my magic.”
I still can’t use my magical powers that I can use at the Ureve and have increased the amount I can use.
For example, it is said that water that has been poured in a jug until now can be poured in a bucket, and adjustment is difficult.
“And Angelica needed an assistant to teach and teach. It was a magical sword that made Ferdinand-speaking by pouring magical powers while thinking of someone who would strictly guide you. However, I don’t come up with the parts that aren’t enough for my grandfather, because he is already strong enough. “
“… Is that so”
While making such exchanges, preparations for heading to the Aristocracy are progressing. According to the instructions of Richarda, the preparation of the baggage begins, and the knowledge is packed by the priesthood’s short-term intensive course. Naturally, movements appropriate for the age of 10 were also required, and studies on court errands were conducted.
It was winter in no time. The beginning feast will take place today. There is a winter baptism ceremony, new children’s announcements, and awards ceremony.
This year, we will have to attend the award ceremony, so the baptismal ceremony and the show will be left to the priest. I didn’t attend as the temple chief, and I had my hair straightened in a relaxed mood, got dressed up, and made preparations.
“Your sister, would you like to go to the hall together?”
Charlotte finished the preparations and visited the room, just as I expected my preparations to be ready. I acknowledge immediately and leave the room.
“Your sister was doing a special class to go to the aristocracy, so she had time to meet only during votive dance and dinner, but she was a bit lonely.
…… Charlotte is as cute as ever.
The fact that Charlotte was bigger was shocking enough to crack my sister’s heart. However, thanks to the help I received and the apology that took the escort knight, the moment I was given a book by Charlotte, my fondness for Charlotte jumped up, and my shock was blown away. Oops.
…… My sister, seriously lovable and too cute.
I got out of the beast and boarded and went down the stairs while talking with Charlotte. There, Villefried was ready and ready.
“Did you still use the beast? Was Rosemine alive?”
Vilfleet rounded his eyes as I got down the stairs on the beast.
“I’ve been well with drugs, but I can’t really walk without magical tools.”
“What ?! You said you were training with Bonifatius in the Knights. Suicide !?”
For Ville Fleet, who seems to have been training on the side where the escort knight is stubborn, the training with the grandfather seems to be reflected in suicide. Actually, I thought “I may die”, so it may look like that to anyone’s eyes.
“Bonifatius has taught me about the magic of body strengthening, so I haven’t done much training yet.”
“I didn’t know that, because my sister was quick at improving her votive dance.”
I haven’t talked about using magical tools too much. Anyway, it ’s something that I ’ll remove.
“… If you can get back from the aristocracy and you can afford it, you will be told to remove the magical tools and gradually restore your physical strength and muscles.”
Villefried and Charlotte walk alongside me as a knight, and the escort knight solidifies. The three people have walked in this way since that attack, so I found out that the surroundings were a little nervous.
“I’m a little nervous, but the culprit has been caught …”
Saying so, Charlotte laughs small. The tension disappeared from the surroundings who laughed and laughed.
At the last turn towards the saloon, I must walk down from the beast. From here on, you cannot use cavalry. And you stand almost all day.
…… Is it okay?
I wondered if such anxiety was in my face, and just walking a little, Villefried drew my eyebrows worried and offered me a hand.
“… Rose Mine, can you hold me?”
“No, I’m slow to walk, so my Villefried brother gets tired. You can go first with Charlotte and I’ll speed up to my physical condition. I’ll walk. “
“It’s not. It’s said that today we are set together with three people.”
After all, everyone came along with me. We take the escort knights and we take the front row of the salon. The nobility who came to greet me and looked at me lightly, as I was hardly seen while I was surrounded by the escort knight, Villefried, and Charlotte.
“Rose Mine, you were awakened”
“What a great thing. Then I can join you with Rosemine and Aristocracy. I am very happy.”
“Thanks for your concern, Count Greschel, Brünnhilde. Your sister has already improved.”
Charlotte responds with a laughing smile in front of me.
I remember seeing Brünnhilde in my child’s room three years ago in winter. She has pale brown eyes on her crimson straight hair. I think she was a fashionable girl who likes chatting. Brünnhilde is a child who has gathered information on the costumes of the lord candidates at the Aristocratic House.
I stand next to Charlotte and laugh with a smile at Brünnhilde. It is better to say thank you properly.
“Brünhilde, the information about the costume you gave me was very helpful. Thank you”
“Well, it’s helpful and useful”
When Brünnhilde raised a gorgeous voice, other nobility began to gather for greetings.
I’ve been sleeping for two years and I am curious and interested.
“Please let me say hello to Rosemine”
“Oh, isn’t it Countess of Dardorf”
Villefried came out in front of me before I opened my mouth.
“That seems to be a disaster. I want to talk a little with Viscount Dardorf, but do you know where I am?”
“Oh, Mr. Villefleet … I’ll look for it. Good luck”
Since I was disliked by Sikikoza’s mother, Villefried quickly repelled me.
I thought so, but finally noticed that the nobleman’s greeting continued for a while.
…… I am protected by Villefried and Charlotte.
When a nobleman is called out, one of the two comes out. As long as I don’t move to speak, the greeting ends without saying a word.
Listening to them in the back, I was amazed that I was completely opposite to the two years ago when I was facing the nobility.
“Both have studied a lot,”
“I can’t help but be protected”
There was a considerable amount of correspondence with the nobility that I was struck by the chief priest. If I think that two young people have done it, I can only get a sigh of exclamation.
“There are a lot of things to remember. Wasn’t it hard?”
“… Yeah, it was hard, but it wasn’t much different from what my sister was two years ago. In addition to dealing with aristocrats, my sister’s baptismal ceremony I was going to get ready for the show? ”I thought I was going to be overwhelmed by seeing the wooden bills that the older sister remembered at that time.”
It seems that the two were faced by the chief priest studying the correspondence between wooden cards and aristocrats learned for the prayer ceremony. My underwater effort has become fully visible.
“They helped me out as my temple chief? I’m sorry for putting so much work on you.”
“My sister, I am the son of the lord. I have seen how hard and important it is to pour magical powers into my direct control over the past two years. I’m going to go. I can’t afford to burden my sister only. “
“That’s right. If you share it with everyone, it will end soon.”
…… What should I do? I am completely left in these two.
The lords and his wife entered the place where they had bitten the growth of two people, not just their physique. I went up to the stage, sat down, looked toward us and smiled lightly. We also smile.
The priest came into the baptismal ceremony. The chief priest who went up on the stage looks around the hall. As the voice of “greet the new child of Ehrenfest” reverberated, the doors opened wide and new aristocratic children entered the baptismal ceremony.
“Rose Mine”
“What is it, Cornelius?”
Listening to the children going up to the stage for the baptism ceremony, a voice came from Cornelius standing next to them.
“After this, Nicolaus will make an announcement …”
“Yes”
「父上の息子で、我々の異母弟です」
「……え？」
今年のお披露目では第二夫人トルデリーデの息子であるニコラウスがお披露目に出るらしい。
正妻であるエルヴィーラを母として洗礼式を行ったわたしと違い、カルステッドとトルデリーデの息子として洗礼式を終えたニコラウスは、公的にも異母弟という扱いになるそうだ。
「おそらく後でトルデリーデと共に挨拶に来ると存じます」
「何か注意することがございますか？」
「いいえ。ただ、冬の子供部屋であからさまな贔屓はせぬように、と父上からの伝言はありました。ローゼマイン様は自分より年下には殊の外甘いそうなので」
養女となってしまったわたしが一番に考えなければならない兄妹は、ヴィルフリートとシャルロッテで、その次が同母の兄弟であるエックハルト兄様とランプレヒト兄様とコルネリウス兄様になる。ニコラウスは優先順位がかなり下がるので、可愛がり方に気を付けるように、とのことだ。
……でも、弟妹って可愛いし、頼られたいじゃない？
上級貴族であるニコラウスがお披露目では最後にフェシュピールを弾いた。よく練習しているのがわかる音色だった。明るい栗色の髪に薄い青の瞳の男の子だ。母親に似ているのだろうか、顔立ちはあまりお父様と似ている感じがしなかった。ただ、体格は良い方なので、きっと並んだら、わたしが身長は負けていると思う。
お披露目の後は授与式だ。舞台を降りる神官長と入れ替わるように、文官が舞台へと上がっていく。豪奢な箱を持った8人の文官が並んだ。そして、準備ができたことを確認して、舞台の中央に養父様が歩いてきた。
「では、これより授与式を行う。貴族院へと向かう新入生は前へ！」
文官の声が響き、わたしはヴィルフリートにエスコートされる形で舞台の上へと上がっていく。三年前のお披露目で共に並んだ8人が並んだ。不意に目が合ったフィリーネがニコリと笑った。わたしも笑顔を返す。
視線を巡らせると、舞台の上に並んでいるのは見覚えのある顔ばかりだが、記憶にある姿より、皆が成長していた。自分の成長のなさが浮き彫りになり、心が沈んでいく。
「ローゼマイン」
養父様に呼ばれて、わたしはハッと顔を上げて、前に進み出た。一人の文官が進み出て、手に持っていた豪奢な箱を養父様の前に置いて、蓋を開ける。その中から、養父様はマントとブローチを取り出して、わたしに向かって差し出した。
「様々な経験を通して、よく学び、成長し、エーレンフェストに相応しき貴族となる事を望む」
「闇の神に敬意を表し、あらゆる経験を我が力と為せるように誠心誠意努力いたします」
わたしはマントとブローチを持って、数歩下がるとまた並ぶ。全員に授与が終わると、文官から貴族院への移動日の知らせがあった。例年通り、最上級生からの移動になるそうだ。新入生であるわたしとヴィルフリートは最終日の最後に移動する。
こうして、冬の生活が始まった。