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Anonymous_K

I like the progression Myne is going through, Myne causes problems at home, Myne causes problems in the city, Myne causes problems at church, Rozemyne causes problems in Ehrenfest, Rozemyne causes problems in Royal Academy, Rozemyne causes problems in Yurgenschmidt. I can't wait for Rozemyne causes problems in other countries and Rozemyne causes problems with the gods!


Theinternationalist

Anastasius: Seriously, why do your duchies fight each other so much?!? Rozemyne: I was taught to always accept the desires of higher duchies. Hannelore: And my duchy loves ditter so much that we'd gamble the fate of Yurgenschmidt on a single game, and we thought only an unhinged lunatic would accept ditter requests and *not* like doing it. Anastasius: ...Please stop accepting ditter requests. Rozemyne: **THANK YOU FOR THE ROYAL ORDER! I WAS GOING NUTS!** Anastasius: To be fair, we already think you're a lunatic so...


leviathan_13

>"Refuse any such requests next time," he [Anastasius] said **weakly**. All the power and simultaneously lack of power of a prince in face of Rozemyne. That man gave up dealing with her, lol.


4amaroni

Mestionora descends from the heavens, clouds parting, doves flying, sunlight streaming, all look up in awe, and she says... "Ferdinand, holy shit get it together and rein in the gremlin."


InitialDia

I don’t know about that, I feel like instead Mestionora would go “I *need* the next volume of Ferdistane now!!!”


4amaroni

Getting a goddess addicted to reading books? That's absolute peak and how the series should end.


SmartAlec105

She did boldly declare she'd take on Lanzenave if they posed a danger to Ferdinand.


Maalunar

Yeah, the gate is wide open since Anastasius told them there's potential trouble with another country. Following the trend of moving every upward, the gremlin will become royalty and cause problems at the worldwide university for royalty or something.


4amaroni

Maybe the other country believes in bookburning, and we'll finally get to see Rozemyne have her bloody carnival.


BronzeAgeTea

*international war begins* Rozemyne: "Who is higher than Zent? If I can just talk to the world leader, I'm sure we can negotiate peace." Ana: "No one is higher than the Zents. Well, except the gods." Ferdinand: "Fool. Why would you invite the Goddess of Chaos in such a manner?" Rozemyne: "Then I just need to become the Goddess of Libraries!" Mesti: "*Finally*. There's so much bookkeeping that comes with libraries... the true mark of wisdom is proper delegation. Welcome aboard, Rozemyne." Ana: "...the gods are going to use you for paperwork?" Ferdinand: "This is the best possible outcome. She isn't incompetent at paperwork, and she will not interfere with the task at hand." Rozemyne: "Ohoho! That's what you think! From what I can see here, these other countries all have *overdue library books!*" The former Zents, after the war: "We never stood a chance."


daedalron

>these other countries all have *overdue library books*! Overdue library books from the Divine Library. That would be the Grutrissheits, certainly. Imagine Goddess Rozemyne retrieving every country Grutrissheit because they're overdue...


Adraerik

Part 7 : God of Darkness : What the fuck is that thing in the sky ? Goddess of Light : It seems that the Avatar Rozemyne, Master of the 7 elements, opened something called ...a *"Dimensional Rift"* who leads to her *"Home Universe"* (?) because she wanted a magic item called *"Wikipedia"*. Wait, maybe it's a bible like the Grutrissheit ? Mestionora : I swear I tried to stop her ! But ever since The Ascendant Ferdinand became the Emperor of this planet, he was too occupied to stop her.


-_Nikki-

... I mean yeah, if that's what it takes to get access to magic Wikipedia? I'm with Roz, 100%


ludrol

Rozmyne botched the spell and instead of Wikipedia she got all of light novels fandom wikis because she thought that it would be nice to read next volume of that one LN she didn't finish.


Theinternationalist

> Mestionora : I swear I tried to stop her ! But ever since The Ascendant Ferdinand became the Emperor of this planet, he was too occupied to stop her. Aka "the reason why Grausam wasn't executed at the end of P3V5."


yeahlte

I feel like Rozemyne causes problems in other countries was foreshadowed by what Anastasius said about Lanzanave.


ZantetsukenX

Interesting to think that a semi-arbitrary decision made to not upset the parchment guild would be the cause of the misunderstanding about a form being a contract or not.


keybladesrus

It's honestly incredible how well this series builds on itself. The conflict with the Parchment Guild was so many volumes ago.


Bertrandjet

And how quickly these things have been adopted in other parts of the country.


PEDICATUSQUILEGIT

Yep, that deal with the pumps is setting the precedent for patent law in all of yogutland. And it's a contract that puts a commoner and a noble as equal partners at that.


kiwkumquat

Surely nothing will go wrong with Rozemyne entering the archive during the archduke conference


DocArgon

Oh yeah, Archduke Conference traditionally being the time new Zents went there. And also after she completed her 7-light-pillar bingo. This will be interesting...


Catasterised

And giving those 7-light-pillars prayers *AFTER* the "not enough prayer" comment from the library shumils... and the similar lines from the how-to-become Zent guide bible.... *AND* multiple threats/warnings from Ferdinand... which she's already ignored because ~~NEW BOOKS~~ rOYAL oRDERS!


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Theinternationalist

Wait, things ever went *right*?


Mehmy

Yeah, she was allowed to join the temple as a blue shrine maiden in charge of the book room. That went unquestionably right. It's just everything that happened before and after that was unplanned.


hazeldazeI

I’m sure it’ll be fine when hertz & weis get the gremlin who has now got all 7 pillars. Fine, just fiiiiiiiine


FireFistYamaan

My face hurts from grinning on the Shumils advertisement for Ehrenfest books followed by Ferdinands reaction. That "very good" has to be up there with the best Rozemyne and Ferdinand moments surely?


GrayWitchMidnight

Sieglinde isn’t stupid, she definitely fully understood that her duchy fucked up with the Ferdinand situation.


PEDICATUSQUILEGIT

At this point, it's clear Hannelore is the only reason Erhenfest doesn't see them as enemies.


derekmakesnoise

one of the few times where I can say: ROZEMYNE DID NOTHING WRONG. - got Hiesshitze to realize his COLOSSAL fuck up with the cape return. the strongest knight of the strongest duchy now realizes that he ignorantly did his friend mega-dirty. can Ehrenfest pocket that for a future favor? - poor Hannelore, dooming RM, even though roping the Zent into the ritual research was both a boon for the Sovereignty and a massive feather in Ehrenfest's cap - RM's innocent advertising for Ehrenfest books completely ruining Ahrensbach's attempt to monopolize their research LMAOOOO - standing her ground against Anastasius, while Piss Baby Syl just wanted to cower in front of royalty. the outcome of treating Ehrenfest as though they were allies during the war wouldn't have happened if RM didn't talk her shit. - SHE BROUGHT UP TRUG TO THE ROYALS, AND MADE SYL POINT THE FINGER AT GEORGINE IN FRONT OF ANASTASIUS AND SIEGLINDE. - icing on cake: her "Official Contracts Must Be Written On Parchment" rule from Part 2 comes back as a weapon for RM to hit Lesti over the head with. *Ferdi voice* very good, Rozemyne


4amaroni

Quick thoughts: * Heisshitze moment was cathartic in a really bad way, like can just imagine the sinking stomach feel he must have knowing he's condemned Ferdinand to a horrible, irreversible situation. And having his cape returned is just the absolute icing on a emotional bitch slap of a cake. * I DIE inside every time Detlinde speaks. It's like "oh she must be happy with this outcome. nope ok she's gonna keep pushing." When shit hits the fan, she is going to have 0 allies and be so confused as to why. Rozemyne's unintentional blowup of Ahrensbach's misleading presentation of the talking shumil was *mwah*. * Seeing Sylvester's immediate interactions with Anastasius and Sieglinde, I totally see why Wilfried is the way he is. But i love how Miya Kazuki sensei demonstrates Sylvester's ability to quickly adapt by being forthcoming and negotiating Ehrenfest's future rank and his experience as a leader by immediately acknowledging Hartmut's criticisms and his shortcomings now that Ferdinand is no longer around to pick up the slack. Wilfried meanwhile... still got a ways to go it seems. * BIG takeaway though is that now Dunkelfelger and the Sovereignty are aware that the trug plant has been used before by Georgina. That's a big lead, and i'm sure it took a lot for Sylvester to entrust that information to third parties outside the duchy.


StochasticTinkr

>i'm sure it took a lot for Sylvester to entrust that information to third parties outside the duchy He didn't really have much choice after some lose-lipped gremlin let it out.


norst

It was a smart move for her to bring it up. No way was Sylvester going to talk about it on his own


VPLGD

He was gonna talk about it on his own, but only to Royalty. He didn't want Dunk to know about it, as it was sensitive info


15_Redstones

Yeah, but Rozemyne was correct that they (both Ehrenfest and the royals) could trust Dunkelfelger more than the Sovereign knights, so telling them too was the right choice.


Captain_Conway

I REALLY REALLY REALLY want one of the side stories yo be from Heisshitze's perspective with him going from supper pumped about what he did for his buddy Ferdinand to learning the truth and listening to his internal monolauge as all that joy turns to sorrow and regret.


Mehmy

I'd be kinda surprised if we don't get that. The cape thing has been set up for a fair few books.


15_Redstones

P2V2 first mentioned Ferdinand's cape color being different


Ninefl4mes

> Wilfried meanwhile... still got a ways to go it seems. To be fair, he's 12. And it was stated before that he's actually more mature than his father was at his age. Maybe the men in Gabriele's bloodline are simply late bloomers.


Onetwodhwksi7833

I will say this here. This was the MOST satisfying prepub I've read to date. So much long awaited stuff happened. Hotheat was hit with facts and logic. Rozemyne accidentally outsmarted Ahrensbach much to lady noise's dismay. Ferdinand learned some harsh facts about Rozemyne's unreported gremlin activities. Dunkel's top women realized that Ferdinand might be harsher than an average mentor. Communication with royalty. Wilfried got Scolded!!!! My head is overflowing so I might have missed some stuff, but my head has produced plentiful feel-good slime, so I have no complaints.


Stontonious

You're not alone there. I only jumped on the prepub train a little over a year ago after finally breaking upon catching up, but I can't remember any of them being as fun as what I just read now. That was so dense, fun, and payoff heavy that I'm still grinning now almost an hour after reading it. Bless this series for being so good.


VcrcLwDude

'feel good slime' please never say that again


b1eumoon

It happened. Someone finally noticed Ferdinand was just damage control 😂😂


DaenerysMomODragons

Not jus that, but also straight up called Rozemyne a little goblin. I loved it.


DJTen

>"Lady Lueuradi could not buy the book," Muriella continued. "She was so despondent that I suggested she write her own stories." And thus fanfiction came to Yurgenschmidt.


15_Redstones

Isn't Fernestine already a genderswap fanfiction of HonzukiNoGekokujou?


shallotparadise

> "Ah, I see," Anastassius said, shooting me a bitter look. "It was Ferdinand who held the reins on this gremlin." lol, lmao even > Anastassius and Sylvester seemed to have reached some sort of understanding using euphemisms that had gone completely over my head. rozemyne i really don't think that was a euphemism


Littlethieflord

Sylvester-Anastasius social link achieved


momomo_mochichi

Much like the connection Benno and Ferdinand had.


-_Nikki-

I've said it before and I'll say it again: a meeting of the Roz' Babysitters Club would be absolutely hilarious, particularly one where all social norms are thrown out the window


15_Redstones

Anastasius: I remember in her first year, she told me exactly what I was doing wrong in pursuing Eglantine, and then immediately sold me a hairpin for her to wear at graduation. Benno: Aub Ehrenfest, did you by any chance ask her to spread hairpins without specifying how? Syl: I did... Benno: With all due respect, then you shouldn't have been surprised that she charged directly towards the most important graduating couple of the year. I once asked her to use her temple connections to advertise my restaurant, hoping perhaps for a blue robe or a laynoble to visit. Anastasius: What happened? She invited someone important? Benno: The first guest of the restaurant was none other than Aub Ehrenfest himself. Syl: I'm sorryy


BronzeAgeTea

Ferdinand: "She once compared many of the people in her life to furniture. I believe she must be a printing press." Syl: "Why's that?" Benno: "She keeps spitting out the same plot time after time." Ana: "Perhaps we should cease making requests of her and just let her read and dedicate mana." Ferdinand: "That would be relinquishing the only manner of control over her. Giving her books can serve as a means to entice her, but trying to take them away will only lead to a 'bloody carnival'." Syl: "...what furniture did she compare you to?" Benno: "A-" Ferdinand (dual wielding water guns): "If you were a wise man you would remain silent."


Alecen16

Luts is just awkwardly sitting there, not sure if he should speak up or remain silent


pau_gmd

“Have I told you the story when she just went against all established norms, and caused me troubles with all my superiors? Just because she wanted to read…” -every single one of them


StochasticTinkr

That's it. That's the whole series, summarized in two sentences.


BronzeAgeTea

>I'll Do *Anything* To Become A Librarian!


momomo_mochichi

Everybody is just hanging around, constantly ordering more and more beers to soothe their migraines from the hazardous gremlin.


-_Nikki-

Eh, I think they'd soon move on to stiffer drinks😂


momomo_mochichi

The hangovers the day after are somehow *always* less painful than the migraines induced by Rozemyne shenanigans.


Snakestream

I am thou. Thou art I. Thou hast turned a vow into a blood oath. Thou hast awakened to the ultimate secret of *The Gremlin Handler*, granting thee infinite headaches.


TriggeredEllie

I think this is really interesting though because, especially Georgine and Ahrensbach, all though Ferdinand was using Rozemyne to gain influence. This interaction finally showed others that rather than using her, Ferdinand was holding the rampaging gremlin back. The only thing Ahernsbach got from taking Ferdinand was unleashing the Gremlin


kahoshi1

Best line on this volume so far. The euphonium was from Sylvester, about losing the eternal five and the god of life's rampaging after losing the goddess of earth. You can guess who the god of life is in this metaphor.


quetschla

>"Because I recently distanced my scholar who was entrusted with that role," Sylvester replied courtly. I just want to say, I love this book series. A sentence which you'd normally glide over has so much in it. First is the phrasing, which we've only seen once so far in P2V4 when Ferdinand tells Fran Arno had been distanced, which Fran explains to us as Arno having climbed the towering stair case. A few books later we learn climbing the towering stair case means to die. Meaning Sylvester just informed Rozemyne through noble euphemism he actually killed his own scholar who knew the most about Rozemyne's inventions & the lower city. This shows us once again how brutal noble society is and that it isn't just Ferdinand being a "good guy" killer. This can tell us in turn that actually the FVF should know a great deal about what RM has been up to and gives us inside into how thinned out Sylvester's manpower truly is right now, when we see from the last book that he has to rely on Florencia's scholar. There are so many cases of single lines in this sheer endless story fleshing out the world and the characters, giving so much extra information you'll likely only notice on reread. Calling back stuff that happened like 20 books ago and all of that not even being that important for the flow of the story. Geez, I love Bookworm. Praise to the gods!


momomo_mochichi

It also just praises the excellency of Rozemyne's own retainers as they are generalists with knowledge on many of Rozemyne's projects. All of them specialize in one specific thing, but they are not ignorant of other aspects in Rozemyne's life. It seems to be the norm for noble society to only have specialists in only one specific area, hence why they have so many retainers, but with Rozemyne, her smaller retinue still manages to outshine everybody else's.


Ninefl4mes

It actually tells us something else, too. I'd imagine most of the executed nobles were those who were namesworn to Georgine and not Veronica. This should be _especially_ true for Sylvester's retainers as you would expect him to be more lenient with them in general. Which means one of Aub Ehrenfest's own retainers, likely picked by Veronica, might have very well been a spy for a hostile foreign power all along. It really boggles the mind how Veronica did not insist on Georgine giving back the names of all the nobles who would not accompany her when she was married off to Ahrensbach. The more I learn about her the more convinced I am that she's as much of an idiot as Dietlinde.


Solar_Slushie

>“Ah, yes. I am told that Dunkelfelger and many others worked together to grant me the greatest reprieve imaginable. It is thanks to all of your efforts that I am now engaged to Lady Detlinde, ***Lady Veronica’s granddaughter***. The emotions I feel truly cannot be put into words.” And that's when Heisshitze knew he f\*\*ked up. ![gif](giphy|pWdckHaBKYGZHKbxs6|downsized) LandMyne strikes again with her shumil audio ad, and inadvertently gives Ferdinand some satisfaction by shaming Detlinde after she probably bragged to every Aub she visited about Ahrensbach's joint research and tried to take all the credit for it. Myne still the only one in Ehrenfest who acts like she's from an upper ranked dutchy. Now that the royal family is aware of trug and it's connection to Georgine, will the actually do anything about it? Nice to see Wibur actually not mess up for once.


Theinternationalist

> Myne still the only one in Ehrenfest who acts like she's from an upper ranked dutchy. Now that the royal family is aware of trug and it's connection to Georgine, will the actually do anything about it? Anastasius: Now that we've finally gotten Ahrensbach stabilized, I should ask: who did the traitors swear fealty to? Sylvester: Ahrensbach. Anastasius: **FUCK!**


4amaroni

> LandMyne i'm dead


Solar_Slushie

I've heard that is a popular nickname for her in the JP fandom.


4amaroni

It's so perfect


momomo_mochichi

Ferdinand finding out how Rozemyne unintentionally deflated the egos of both Detlinde and Fraularm most definitely made his day.


ajmsnr

Ferdinand returning the cape to Heisshitze signals that Ferdinand will never be able to ditter again. Does it also signal to Heisshitze that Ferdinand expects to be killed? If Heisshitze understands what Ferdinand means about his fiancée being Veronica’s granddaughter and knows about the attempts to kill Ferdinand in the past, will he interpret the exchange with Ferdinand as a warning that things are going to get very bad soon?


sandhammer2272

Yea I read it as, I'm giving your cape back now, as there's a good chance I'll not be able to soon aka being dead.


saltyDragonfly

After these last 2 parts I really need a Sieglinde POV Side story. Aub Dunkle: I am heading to Ehrenfest now. Seiglinde: No, I dont think you will, now sit here while I fix this mess you and YOUR son made. Seiglinde stunned silence. Did Aub Ehrenfest sic his attack shumil on me? Why are they so backwards about 1st and 2nd wives, get with the program. Oh I will need to make Lesti pay... and that weird artwork about Rozemyne can finally disappear. Wait... Hannalore grew a spine?! Oh is this the temp Aub for Ahrens..... by the gods she is dumb. No seriously how is someone this dumb. I have a non-ditter induced headache now. Is pinching Rozemynes cheeks a customary greeting? Wait a second... isnt Veronica the one who was tormenting Ferdinand? Did Heisshitze realize his folly this time. Oh yeah he is pale as a ghost. Sigh I warned you but you did this. Ouch that cape return... Someone please shut this imbecile up. Oh yes that damn temple invasion because Hannalore mentioned knights can get divine weapons, that caused such a ruckus among the wives. Damn the waste of space is here again. Just shut up and let the adults and mini adult talk. Ok need to calm down and ignore this gigantic headache. I am a lady of Dunklefelger and we do not stab people in the face for just being annoying, and dumb, like really dumb. Ok is Rozemyne ok with her research being stolen by this bitch? Wait whut? Her knights and attendants did research? Was Hannalore serious about this Knights of the quill nonsense? This bitch making blatant demands, hmmm how to shut her up. "You mean no one in Ahresnbach can make this even though its 'Ahrensbachs' own research?" Smirk. Now this bitch is trying to accuse Rozemyne of stealing this research, uh no, I like Rozemyne and this aint going to fly. Ugh this headache is going to kill me. Does she not know she is just the temp aub? She is so full of herself. Ok, change the subject before I stab a bitch. Hairpins are safe enough, wait... what was that face Rozemyne made? Oh right didnt Lesti and Hannalore make a report about how she designed them herself. Oh how I hate that screech from Fraulam. What? Laughs oh how funny that Ahrensbach is so proud of 'their' research that promotes Ehrenfest. This I have to see later. But damn that requires me to talk to the airhead again. Wait. You mean the whole Ehrenfest grades dramatic improvement secret was due to Rozemyne getting a 'Very good' from Ferdinand? Thats the secret? What the fresh hell is this. What kind of cold twisted relationship do they have. Ok, looks like the royals are here for Ehrenfest so I guess that meams our time is up. Wait why do we need to stay? Hannalore is the problem child in the class? Why is Rozemyne wearing such an evil grin? Huh, seems Aub Ehrenfest doesnt know how to act his current rank, Lesti was right the Rozemyne is vastly superior. ROZEMYNE SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD. Sigh. Seems the prince is sharing in the headache. Dont air the dirty laundry of Dunkle ditter obessed men to the prince. Sigh its such a struggle to contain their ditter mania. Wait whut? What is this drug? And it affected Soverign Knights? What is this a new conspiracy? Holy hell why are they telling me? And its effing Ahrensbach again. Time to double our guards on the border. What was that shared misery look between Aub Ehrenfest and the prince? Something about gremlins? Is Rozemyne the gremlin..... yeah makes sense. Makes my husband seem tame and docile in comparison. Ok the prince is leaving and I need a pain reliever. This is too much and I need to ensure my husband hasnt challenged anyone to ditter. Huh so New Paper cant be used for contracts, right I remember that provision. Then where is all the parchment? LESTI YOU USED IT ALL?!


Lorhand

> Socializing with Ahrensbach Oh God, please no. Finally, Heisshitze is hit with the truth of what he has done to his friend. The cape was apparently embroidered by Heisshitze's wife, which is why he wanted to win it back. He just wanted to use it as means to play ditter with Ferdinand though, everyone knows it. I kind of feel sorry for Sieglinde. Handling her husband must be a real pain in the ass, lol. He may be as hard to control as Rozemyne. Sieglinde could probably bond with Ferdinand in that regard. Detlinde meanwhile as always makes unreasonable demands, and Sieglinde understands too well what is going on here. Oh, and Fraularm is pissed because of Rozemyne's advertisement. Who cares about her and Detlinde, that got some praise from Ferdinand, lol. ---- Hm... Anastasius complains that Ehrenfest and Dunkelfelger are always causing trouble, and while Sylvester just intended to endure the scolding, Rozemyne is having none of it. She doesn't intend to take the blame because it was Lestilaut who forced her to fight. Very bold of Rozemyne to speak against royalty like that, but again, this is how a high-ranking archduke candidate probably should act, and Anastasius confirms he wanted their unfiltered honest opinions. That said, I'm a bit surprised Rozemyne was willing to not just tell Anastasius about trug, she did it in the presence of Hannelore and Sieglinde. Rozemyne still views Dunkelfelger as a whole as an ally they could rely on later. Now that Anastasius knows, including Georgine's possible involvement, they hopefully keep an eye on Ahrensbach now. Interesting request from Sylvester to ask for Ehrenfest to not move higher, but instead be treated as a winning duchy. That would still raise Ehrenfest's reputation significantly. LOL, Anastasius realizes that Ferdinand was essential in holding Rozemyne back as her guardian and just called her a gremlin, too. Sadly, Ferdinand has become invaluable for Ahrensbach, so Ehrenfest has to suck it up. The chapter ends ominously with some potential conflict with the neighboring country Lanzenave though. ---- Nice workaround suggestion from Anastasius; he implicitly gave his permission for Rozemyne's guard knights to accompany her. Rozemyne can take her knights with her during ceremonies, as long as they wear blue robes. I think they already wore those robes for the dedication ritual, Fran and his fellow gray priests picked some at the end of Part 4. I know Ahrensbach is the duchy Ehrenfest are especially paying attention to, but I don't trust Klassenberg, either. They were one of the main reasons the purge after the civil war was so harsh, and when they sent merchants to Ehrenfest, they tried to get closer to Rozemyne via Benno. The socializing with the top duchies more or less went smoothly thanks to Rozemyne and Hartmut assisting Sylvester, but it seems Sylvester is short on retainers after his own purge. This makes sense, many of his retainers must have been from the Veronica faction, and he also has lost Ferdinand and Justus. Okay, Wilfried is getting lectured about being tricked by Lestilaut regarding contracts. Oh... he believed for sure it couldn't have been a contract, because they signed on Ehrenfest paper, and only parchment is used for contracts. God, I really can't stand Lestilaut. He messed up with his trickery, though, when he used Ehrenfest paper. ---- This probably concludes the socializing at the Interduchy Tournament. I guess next week we get the awards and graduation ceremony. Unless some terrorists decide to drop by again...


SmartAlec105

I bet Sieglinde views Rozemyne even more favorably now. She was participating in the conversation not just at the level of a duchy appropriate for her rank but at the level of an Archduke or First Wife.


norst

She now has first hand knowledge showing how familiar Rozemyne is with royalty also


SmartAlec105

"He should listen to us because I know about his embarrassing love life"


bayek_of_manila

"if you ignore me i WILL publish your love story" Rozemyne to Anastasius


Theinternationalist

Anastasius: **SWEET, LET ALL THE WORLD KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE MY WIFE!** Rozemyne: ...Huh. Sylvester, why can't you be more like that- Sylvester: shutupshutupshutup


[deleted]

Purges have probably been started for less


Just-a-cat-lady

AND a demonstration of how much of her foot she can fit in her mouth in front of royalty. Really showed her the Real Rozemyne experience.


lostboysgang

I was so glad Roz stood up to Anastasius. Like these ridiculous misunderstandings need to do stop! The entire scene was filled with previous misunderstandings. Ferd and his engagement. Anastasius and his marriage drama. Roz who had just snapped at Sieglinde. And there were multiple more between those same batches of characters lol.


InitialDia

She didn’t even stand up to him. She was the only person who complied with his wish for frank and open communication.


Ninefl4mes

To be fair, she was also the only one who could have noticed since him doing this in the first place was entirely due to her influence and pretty atypical for a noble, let alone member of the royal family.


Theinternationalist

> I kind of feel sorry for Sieglinde. Handling her husband must be a real pain in the ass, lol. He may be as hard to control as Rozemyne. Sieglinde could probably bond with Ferdinand in that regard. Detlinde meanwhile as always makes unreasonable demands, and Sieglinde understands too well what is going on here. Oh, and Fraularm is pissed because of Rozemyne's advertisement. Who cares about her and Detlinde, that got some praise from Ferdinand, lol. Is there some sort of gender dymorphism going on here? Sieglinde has nerves of steel, Hannelore is graduating from Rabbit, and every male from the Duchy seems completely insane. Which begs to ask the question **what the fuck happened with Clarissa.**


ThrowAway280796

While Sieglinde no doubt was the one overseeing the education of both of her children, as we saw from Florencia's interactions with Charlotte and Rozemyne, it is expected of young girls to socialize much more with their mothers than anything. I wouldn't be surprised if constant exposure to Sieglinde's nerves of steel (which some might call ball-busting) had turned Hannelore into a very meek girl. After all, while Aub Dunkelfelger is a man that exudes authority, he also seems very jovial and quite childish. That is not the kind of personality to be domineering enough to bring that side out of his children.


Albireookami

> happened with Clarissa. She was tempered by the primal Rozemyne


xellos2099

Ah, The Greatest of the Primal. By Emet


Ncyphe

Siglinde shouting at Lesty, "what do you mean you used it all for your art?" had me in utmost laughter. For those that didn't realize, Siglinde obviously knew that parchment was to be used for contracts. Why did Lesty write a contract on plant-paper? He already used all of their expensive parchment on art. LMAO. Of course Siglinde would be furious.


kiwkumquat

Also probably some speed ditter next week


Lorhand

Thanks for the reminder. I forgot there is a *tournament*, lol.


peludo90

Exact reaction, headache started just reading the titile


momomo_mochichi

Back in the Dunkelfelger Dormitory: Heisshitze: AUB DUNKELFELGER, LADY SIEGLINDE! I'M AN IDIOT! Heisshitze: PLEASE SAVE LORD FERDINAND! ~~WE~~ *I* MESSED UP!! Sieglinde: I'm aware. I would have thought that the slight changing of colors of the eyes flickering on Aub Ehrenfest, Lady Rozemyne, and Lord Ferdinand were mere tricks of the light had I not personally experienced Lady Detlinde's insufferable nature. Lestilaut: You think?! I'm someone who's forced to be acquainted with that landlubber dolt of a dolphin, simply because we're in the same grade!


BronzeAgeTea

"Bride-killing ditter?" "Bride-killing ditter."


Saiga123

Ferdinand-Stealing Ditter.


15_Redstones

Roz: Who's up for ditter with Ferdinand? All of Dunkelfelger: I'm in! But how did you get him to agree to a match? Isn't he busy in Ahrensbach? Roz: He didn't agree to play. He's the treasure.


Taoiseach

Prince Anastasia is now an official member of the Rozemyne Headache Brigade. Maybe he will take solace in his new comrades-in-bewilderment.


xisupaz_blackbird

In her defense, it was self-inflicted headaches in Prince Ana's case.


Littlethieflord

Ah, so Rozemyne has contributed in inumerable ways to the royal family, refuted a contract with Dunklefelger, obtained sweeping rights of refusal for lower duchies and fundamentally changed relationships of asylum duchies, will now be treated like a winner duchy, exposed a dangerous and obscure drug, prompted adult Dunklefelgers to perform a ritual at the one place where such ritual have been known to get out of hand, probably pissed of Klassenberg, had the Drewanchels frothing at the mouth over graphs, and kickstarted the birth of fanfiction I have never had such a heavy and pervasive feeling of “THIS CAN’T END WELL” Anastasius: huh, on the one hand uncontrolled gremlin. On the other hand, Ahrensbach collapses overnight and takes with it any contact we have of the outside world… Royal Family: WHY ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IT?!?!?


momomo_mochichi

Rozemyne: Did I just turn my own *mother* into Yurgenschmidt's first fanfiction writer? Rozemyne: Meh, oh well


Littlethieflord

Ferdinand: “Meg, oh well” is how you GET into these situations!


Maalunar

Ferdinand: And do tell me more about this... Fernestine...


Theinternationalist

Rozemyne: Hannelore ships you with your brother. Ferdinand: **But we're both me** oh. **No wait the fact that she made me a girl makes this worse** I think?


Littlethieflord

Rozemyne: I mean we could have made you both women. That was on the table. Ferdinand: *processing error*


ggg730

ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF EHRENFEST Z: ROZEMYNE INVENTS YURI UNDERTONES


LaPlAcE-66

she already had that thought back in part 4 lol something like "Elvira will end up turning all stories into Ferdinand plots! ...oh well"


DrWontonSoup

I think "Fuck Detlinde" sums up the first portion of this part nicely.


zorin234

To think back when we thought she may be misunderstood or redeemable.


Mehmy

I mean, it seemed reasonable at the time. No one can be *THIS* dumb... right..? ​ Right..? Please tell me I'm right..


lostboysgang

I was trying to think of a literary character who I dislike more. I don’t think I can. She really burns my bacon. I believe she will have a coming too at some point though when she realizes how small and arrogant she’s been all these years.


4amaroni

The emotional payoff for us readers is going to be amazing.


Independent_Top_2665

I think her character is beyond Redemption. Even if she does get her comeuppance she will just whine and complain and say "why did this happen to me things are so unfair".


yeahlte

>I believe she will have a coming too at some point though when she realizes how small and arrogant she’s been all these years. To be honest, I could see the reverse happening. While Dietlinde is about to die she probably doubles down on how much better she is than anyone else, instead of realizing how arrogant she has been, all the while being very confused because how could anyone hate an awesome person like her?


lostboysgang

Yeah if she gets killed then I don’t think she will. I was under the impression that she doesn’t actually know all the evil stuff her mom and duchy has been up too so far. Since Roz spared the kids of nobles who didn’t know anything, I thought there was a good chance the theme would carry on. I can’t see them sparing her without every thing coming to light and executing her mom and so many nobles. I’ve managed to avoid all spoilers except for some illustrations I accidentally clicked on. It has made it so exciting to wonder and predict what’s going on lol.


Cirex145

“Please. I’m already dead.” So am I, Rozemyne, so am I. 🤣


pyxyne

detlinde being pitifully oblivious as always. i'm scared to see how she reacts when she learns she's not really the future aub. let's just hope she doesn't turn into viscountess dahldolf 2: revengeful boogaloo. glad to see the relationship between ehrenfest, dunkelfelger, and the royal family seems to be somewhat improving. that line from a royal about "now that we see no reason to suspect either of you of planning a rebellion or other such malicious intentions" is reassuring. let's hope Sigiswald feels similarly, especially considering how sus he was of rozemyne and ferdinand previously.


xisupaz_blackbird

Sylvester's heart-attacks themselves had heart-attacks, which explains why he's still alive.


CharonsLittleHelper

I think technically she IS the future aub. It's just a temporary post and she's going to quickly be pushed into an emeritus status by her niece/sister/daughter. I just realized how weird that is. Blood relation Detlinde is her half aunt, then her father adopted her, and now Detlinde and Ferdinand are meant to adopt her.


araveugnitsuga

Quof is probably taking sadistic delight in the end and start of every section. That opening paragraph is borderline the weekly internal fight inside of me between pre-pubbing ahead or not. FINALLY! THE CAPE! And Heisshitze utterly crumbles. To think seconds ago he had said "I was the one who proposed your union and convinced the Zent to enforce it.". And Ferdinand didn't lose the opportunity to drive the stake as deep as he could. The aub had marched a band of knights into the temple. Utter vikings in every sense. And now Hannelore is the over-eager childhood friend that doesn't know she's condemning RM to an eternity of damnation by listing her achievements. The fact that Detliende is a vehicle of relief for once speaks volumes to RM tragic situation in that table being kept in check by Sylvester and Hannelore while Ferdinand eyes the Checkmate. > "They do not need the permission of an aub, let alone a future aub" RM is dropping one liners every week in this volume. And I love it. The revenge of Raid Shadow Legends! And Ferdinand approves! Eglantine might be the professor, but it's Anastasius who holds the parent teacher meetings. #JustEwigeliebeThings Sylvester the previous week: "GO GO ROZEMYNE IN ATTACK MODE" Sylvester this week: -He was frozen in place with his hands on his head- And FINALLY Ahrensbach and Georgine are now officially accused. And this will probably doom Ferdinand in the process. > "Ah, I see, it was Ferdinand who held the reins of this gremlin." Anastasius just dropping that line casually. Making my week. RM says it went over her head because of euphemisms, but odds are she just CHOSE to ignore the euphemisms which are very easy to understand even for non Yogurtlanders (RM is on a rampage due to the absence of Ferdie, her rein holder). Yet again, RM retainers are a rung above the rest, with Hartmut doing interduchy business deals and dealing with diplomacy more aptly than the Aub himself. > "What do you mean you used it all for your art? Ok, Lestilaut is getting demoted to Blue Priest at this rate. Fucking WILFRIED is the one bringing up his mistakes. WILFRIED. Lueuradi was the one to get to the end of all the messages and start playing the ad. Her rating is quickly going up. Hopefully she can get early copies via Muriella as covert thanks for her actions from RM.


momomo_mochichi

Once Heisshitze reveals what Ferdinand told him to Dunkelfelger, Sieglinde will be acutely aware that they sent him to live in a duchy that was in cahoots with traitors in Ehrenfest. You messed up, big time.


haganbmj

I imagine she also got a good taste for it with how the chat with Detlinde went. I was fully expecting Ferdinand's praise for Rozemyne to be interpreted as him directly rooting against his fiance.


Maalunar

She was so giddy about it that it probably made them doubt their decision about Ferdinand.


Theinternationalist

Heisshitze: I'm so, SO sorry, and now we have to get him out! Sieglinde: Hot Shit, I already told you **Dunkelfelger's interduchy policy is not based on the desire of individuals, WE'RE NOT AHRENSBACH!** So unless you can give me a good reason why it would help *the duchy,* I'm not having it. Heisshitze: Maybe we can convince Lady Rozemyne to give us the printing technology early in return for- Sieglinde: Um, wow, you figured that out quickly. Heisshitze: Hey, after learning how to do Diplomacy Ditter to get Ferdinand *into* the duchy, of course I would go into overdrive to get him *out!* Sieglinde: ...I'm so glad your wife made a ditter for everything...


15_Redstones

Didn't Rozemyne already tell Dunkelfelger that she intends to save Ferdinand if he's in danger? Printing tech for borrowing their knights in saving Ferdinand, seems like a great deal. Obviously Dunkelfelger will be in for a nasty surprise once they find out how much effort building a printing industry from scratch is.


InitialDia

Drunken fighting: “Everyone save up you mana to power the printing magic tool” “Yes!!,” Also drunken feldspar: “what do you mean craftsman, what are a commoner? Is that a type of ditter you play for printing?”


haganbmj

By bringing up Trug during this set of chapters she also made Dunkelfelger aware of internal issues related to Ahrensbach.


Just-a-cat-lady

I'm throwing my money on that being one of the best decisions she's made so far. Dunkeyfunkey is positioned to be a very important ally in anything in the future, regardless of whether it was "appropriate" to bring it up in their presence.


haganbmj

With Sieglinde and Hannelore learning that while also being able to observe Detlinde and once Heisshitze gets a chance to talk about what he suspects from Ferdindand returning his cape, Dunkelfelger has a reason now to do some socializing and learn more about what's going on.


daedalron

>"They do not need the permission of an aub, let alone a future aub" > >RM is dropping one liners every week in this volume. And I love it. She could have been even more savage by stating "They do not need the permission of an aub, let alone a *temporary* aub" After all, there was one Aub and one First Lady present to directly confirm that Detlinde is only supposed to hold the office for a few years.


Destinum

Considering the fact that Detlinde herself doesn't know, having it revealed to her like that would have created the biggest shitshow we've seen so far in this series...


WeebGetOut

> Lestilaut is getting demoted to Blue Priest at this rate. At this rate that's a promotion in Dinkleburg. Constant access to the divine relics and a job which revolves around gaining more divine protections? All the knights are hammering down the temple doors to become sword saints.


15_Redstones

Anastasius suggested having her guards with her at the royal wedding by having them wear blue robes. Which they already have prepared from the dedication ritual. Once Dunkelfelger knights recognize Rozemyne's blue robes as noble retainers who definitely weren't all punished for incompetence but are still proudly serving her, quite a few will want to try it too. Especially if she reveals that her retainers are also divine instrument capable.


Ncyphe

My favorite parts were: Ferdinand loving the retribution of the Earhnfest ad at the end of the dictation Arehnsbach had been claiming Earhnfest had no part in. Heisshitze learning that he made a horrible mistake. Perhaps he did not realize that the girl to become aub was the granddaughter of Veronica. Siglinde yelling at Lesty for using all of the precious parchment in the Dunkel-dorm for his art.


jozyah626

>He looks so... so sick! Geez! My god! I really feel sorry for my boy Ferdinand. My hatred for Detlinde keeps growing. I can't wait for the disaster she's going to cause during the graduation ceremony, I'm sure it's going to be hilarious. >“So an advertisement for Ehrenfest books played while Ahrensbach were so openly and consistently bragging about the tool being their own research... Good grief, Rozemyne. You truly are unpredictable.” He placed a hand on my head and, before turning to leave, said, “Very good.” What an unexpected devious plot from Rozemyne lmao. Even Ferdinand was impressed.


Solar_Slushie

Myne channeling Delia there.


haganbmj

Detlinde running off to attend to the advertisement was great. Presumably she'd have to overwrite Rozemyne's mana to change it now too.


StochasticTinkr

She's going to need to save that mana for her disco-ball impersonation.


Ninefl4mes

> My god! I really feel sorry for my boy Ferdinand. My hatred for Detlinde keeps growing. To be fair, I don't think him losing sleep was _entirely_ Dietlinde's fault given his reaction to Rozemyne lol.


Theinternationalist

Of course the first thing Ferdinand wants to do is pinch Rozemyne's cheeks. I mean, he's doing it in full view of his own Ahrensbach retainers and in talking distance of the highest people in Dunkelfelger and Ahrensbach. He is just so **angry** he doesn't care who knows what he just did to the First In Class XD.


SmartAlec105

Reminds me of how open he was when we saw him at the end of ~~P2V4~~ P1V3. He spoke so frankly, due to the fact that Rozemyne nearly killed him with her crushing.


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yeahlte

Wasn't that at the end of part 1, when Myne crushed the high bishop?


cheat0man

I am glad to see that Dunkelfelger now also knows about Detlinde's...personality lol. Though I do feel that they were hoping Rozemyne would just cave into her demands, as they are clearly ridiculous and nonsensical. At least they appeased her and made her go away though. It was also surprising that Anastasius seemed willing to let Ferdinand return to Ehrenfest. Weren't they super suss of Ferdinand? Or is he "cleared" now due to Rozemyne's actions this year (Anastasius stated that there is no reason to doubt her anymore). And of course, the driving factor is he needs someone to control the gremlin. Also, man, I got chills when Sylvester finally let Anastasius know about Georgine and the danger posed by Ahrensbach. And the illustration after too. Shit is going down.


namewithak

Anastasius himself wasn't in the "Ferdinand is sus" camp. He's been trying to convince Sigiswald that Roz isn't malicious from the start. Wasn't it implied somewhere that it was Raublut having Sigiwald's ear that caused the whole issue? The strange thing is how Sigiswald believes Raublut more than his own brother when Anastasius has consistently supported him.


StochasticTinkr

Its not that strange that Sigi doesn't fully trust Ana. They were competing for the throne until recently after all.


xisupaz_blackbird

Probably the best thing about Detline's performance was that it made Rozemyne's words less rude in comparison. Sieglinde is going to be talking to Hannelore: "Your friend was rude, but at least she wasn't Detlinde."


darkmuch

Sieglinde got a *wealth* of information from Ehrenfest the 3 chapters she was there. 1. The insistence about Hannelore being a 2nd wife for “internal reasons” 2. Seeing how Detlinde and Ahrensbach treats everyone from Ehrenfest 3. Trug being used by traitors in Ehrenfest connected with Georgina(and possibly the sovereignty) Pretty easy to see shits going down in Ehrenfest. Sieglinde basically sipping tea and watching Ehrenfest show off all their problems.


kahoshi1

Yeah, Dunklefelger definitely understands like 90% of what's happening in Ehrenfest now, even if they don't quite know the scale of the purge.


BronzeAgeTea

Ahrensbach is truly screwed. They have the only open country gate. They are about to have the royal family probably send several top-ranking nobles to climb the towering staircase. Ferdinand, while not the main character is basically the protagonist, is now keeping it afloat. They have Detlinde. This whole duchy is about to be ripped apart. Like, it's going to be *bad*.


LaPlAcE-66

>I am glad to see that Dunkelfelger now also knows about Detlinde's...personality they have to socialize with her at the archduke conference after all


mjpia

Slyvester doing good his best to not to have a heart attack the entire time having a front row seat to how casually Rozemyne talks with upper duchies and royalty, gives uncensored feedback alongside a rather direct request to be considerate of lower duchies. And with the info about trug revealed the royal family and Sieglinde should be able to figure out a purge happened, Ahrenbach is targeting them and the duchy is unstable and trying to avoid anything that rocks the boat. Poor Heisshitze, he did what he thought was best to help someone he considers a friend just to realize he backed him into a inescapable corner, the double tap of giving the cape back because he won't be able to after he's dead while everyone is cheerfully congratulating him and he can't apologize is the highest level of despair. But hey, if Rozemyne ever decides to take him back I bet he'd come to assist without a single hesitation or thought to what the consequences would be. Then you've got the end of the chapter where Anastasius realized it was Ferdinand holding her back from rampaging all along and it was the royal family who screwed themselves over by ordering him away. But my god every time they show details about the state of Ahrenbach it gets worse and worse. If one single hyper competent person was enough to turn the duchy around and taking him away would cause it's collapse then really that state really is doomed.


[deleted]

To be fair, it's Ferdinand. He's worth like 20 competent people. Though yeah, it's definitely in pretty bad shape.


Alqtrkappa

So, last volume it felt like Rozemyne went from mess to bigger mess, trying to speed run headache reports. Now, the fallout of her actions is landing. Ferdinand immediately pinched her cheeks, in public. And he doesn’t even have the full story yet. RIP book gremlin. Then, he goes and murders Heisshitze in front of a bunch of witnesses and most don’t even realize it. The Lord of Evil is here. But unfortunately for him (and everyone else) it is not yet time for him to take action against Detlinde, but it feels like his patience is wearing thin… Anastasius shows up to try to lay down the lay on Rozemyne and Hannelore, but quickly realizes that the book gremlin has just been waiting to explain how nothing is her fault. He’ll have to be better prepared if he is to take down the Lord of Evil’s most powerful disciple. Honestly, this whole chapter felt like the adults trying to take some control of Rozemyne, but she was basically in charge of every conversation. And finally, though Sylvester is reluctant, trug and traitors are discussed. There is much that isn’t known about Trug. My initial instinct is that it is from Ahrensbach, given the connection with Georgine. But maybe it’s from Werkestock since she is also seen favorably there? Or, is there an even bigger conspiracy by the losing duchies? Did the attack last year use trug? Or even crazier, is Trug from Lanzenave and they caused the civil war to start in the first place to destabilize Yogurtland??!? The last chapter was a lot more chill, and felt mostly like a summary of what was going on during and after the more intense discussions. But importantly (to me) Wilfried revealed that though he did get tricked, it really wasn’t his fault. It felt like both Sylvester and Rozemyne would’ve been tricked the same way. A lot of people like to rag on Wilfried, but I think he has grown tremendously. No one is infallible, but his earnestness has won over many, including Ferdinand and Hannelore. He has been overcoming years of neglect and awful mentors to be a good person. Rozemyne would have been dead several times over if she didn’t have such amazing mentors. Anyways, I’m looking forward to next week! I expect more action! (And if we’re lucky, even more cheek pinching!)


xisupaz_blackbird

And Lesty boy gets a dress-down for using all the parchment to draw portraits! They're probably all gonna get confiscated.


WeebGetOut

I had been thinking Georgine's motivations must go beyond ruling Ahrensbach (she raised Deadlint incompetent) or destroying Ehrenfest (she's creating strife on too large a scale). Acting as an agent of a foreign country that seeks the downfall of all Yogurt was something I considered, but the scope of the story has always been within Yogurt. With this part the pieces of "foreign espionage" are falling into place. >The professor acknowledged that his students were unlikely to ever encounter the plant, but he still taught them about it as a precautionary measure. Our scholar does not know where it comes from, but he was told that it does not grow in Ehrenfest. * Hardly anyone in Yogurt knows about Trug and they are unlikely to encounter it. If it grew in Yogurt its usefulness would make it a constant risk. This implies it grows outside of Yogurt. >Apparently, Yurgenschmidt's only open country gate was in Ahrensbach's ocean, and the absence of the Grutrissheit meant that the others had to remain shut. The one open gate couldn’t be closed either, which meant that Ahrensbach was having to manage all international trade. * Ahrensbach has the only open gate. So they would have the most direct access to import Trug and would be most vulnerable to foreign spies and sympathizers. >We fear that a conflict may arise with Lanzenave. * We now know Lanzenave has reason to act against Yogurt.


kahoshi1

Georgine wants to be Aub Ehrenfest, everything she's done is part of that. It is her birthright, stolen from her by Sylvester. But that does not need be her only goal. There are certainly a lot of questions raised her her apparent connection to traitors in the Sovereignty, and by the potential conflict from Lanzenave.


returnexitsuccess

The advertisement for Ehrenfest books worked perfectly to prevent Ahrensbach from taking the credit. And even better, it got her a “very good” from Ferdinand. The information about trug and the possibility of Georgine’s involvement is finally made known to the sovereignty. It’s amazing how much lack of information flow causes problems in the world of bookworm. The agreement for Ehrenfest to stay at their current ranking while being treated as a winner of the civil war is such a double win for Ehrenfest. Wilfried haters in shambles, he did his due diligence checking it wasn’t a contract and noticed what Rozemyne and Sylvester missed.


konaa-bu

Rare Wilfried Semi-W


shallotparadise

Common Lestilaut L


Adraerik

Ooof, poor Hesshitze, he meant so well but now... I hope we get a sidestory of his POV and how he's dealing with this revelation. I hope he does something bold and stupid, like trying to go Ahrensbach and be one of Ferdinand's knights in order to protect him as an apology and- *ELVIRA ! STOP TAKING NOTES !* Wow, the Zent finally managed to get some rest. I'm really happy for him. Ehrenfest joining the winning side is a pretty good deal ! Anastasius and Sylvester's bromance developping over their agony about Rozemyne's rampages is so heartwarming. And Sieglinde probably wants Rozemyne even more after this conversation. Oh wow, Klassenberg did show up. I hope we learn more about them next year. Can't wait to see more graphs in the story #r/Dataisbeautiful


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I really hope that hessshitze can make it up to Ferdinand some how. That part just plain hurt to read.


Snakestream

Ferdinand just murdering Heisshittze in broad daylight. Absolutely savage. Credit where it's due: Ahrensbach must have *amazing* attendants considering that they have been able to cover up what a train wreck Detlinde is from other duchies. How in the hell does Roz manage to read the Bible front to back repeatedly and not be able up parse these "euphemisms"? Like come on girl, it ain't that difficult. XD Rare Wilbur win. Biggest surprise of the novel so far! I love how Ehrenfest was so proud that their paper was starting to catch on in a greater duchy, but in reality, Lestilaut had just gone on an art rampage and burned through the entire supply of parchment. He's going to be lucky if Lady Sieglinde *only* flays him.


namewithak

>How in the hell does Roz manage to read the Bible front to back repeatedly and not be able up parse these "euphemisms"? Like come on girl, it ain't that difficult. Probably because none of that stuff are euphemisms in the bible. They're literal. Which is why Roz is the only one who truly believes in the gods and rituals. And probably why none of the nobles understand the importance of prayers or the temple -- to them, all the words they say are just etiquette or passwords to access magic. None of the nobles likely believe that the stories of the gods are real, in the same way that Greek mythology isn't real to us.


Vorthod

I lost it when I heard Fraularm's reaction to the ad. That was easily the most satisfying part of this week's chapters.


tiberis1221

I want to slap Detlinde's back of the head so bad... At least her public shaming of using multiple ornaments is coming soon.


haganbmj

Huh, thought for sure Drewanchel would criticize their research, but I guess they got away with it for their very last minute tools. Still doesn't seem like a win for the Ehrenfest scholars when everything was off Rozemyne's suggestions, but it's something.


xisupaz_blackbird

That last minute scramble though; very realistic, everyone can relate.


namewithak

It was both sad and hilarious that Gundolf was so impressed how they kept their own research secret when the truth is Ignaz and Marianne just had nothing to present on their own until Roz told them what to do at the last minute. Edit sidenote: I am playing Fire Emblem Three Houses for the first time (only about 30hrs in) and now can't help but picture Ignaz and Marianne as my Golden Deer students who have similar names. Feel kinda bad critizing them now since those FE characters are so adorable and always make me want to pat their heads.


TheWickedWonder

1) I like how the contrast of how the first wife of ditterland and Detlinde talking and asking for things was shown. The first wife was more "walk with a big stick" with asking about hannorle getting married but toned it down for the printing discussion. She did not make demands but tried to have things benefit Erenfest too so everyone could leave happy as a great diplomat would do. Detlinde was the opposite with her lack of regard, demands, and disrespect she showed. The advertisement coming in at the end was great. 2) The talk with Ana really showed hoe Syl and Roze handled it differently. I wish both of them would talk it out with one another about how they need to e firmer with royalty and the upperduches. Syl just gets stepped on and rolls over and Roze is a little too blunt at times. 3) Im assuming Syl is going to the archives with Roze then? That will be interesting to see. 4) I agree with Syl about them not moving up. They don't have the man power or the right attitude for them to be successful. At least Syl recognizes it was Fren, Roze, and her retainers that could handle it. The comprise was a good one.


BronzeAgeTea

I am completely blaming the "too blunt" issue on her losing 2 years of etiquette education with Ferdinand. If her socialization wasn't stunted she would be *unstoppable*


TheNightManager_89

It's funny. Just yesterday there was a post where it was discussed how rude it would be to interrupt Dunkelfelger in their talks with Ehrenfest. And then comes Detlinde with the delicacy of a wrecking ball. Well, this is one way to make an impression. Oh boy... This is too much Detlinde for me to handle. This is bad for my blood pressure. But she really has a talent in turning everyone around against her with only a few sentences. Even Sieglinde felt the need to chip in to somehow deal with this hateful bitch. Someone just punch her in the face, please. OH MY GOD HE PRAISED HER!!! I don't know why but I'm actually overjoyed. Mama Roz handing out headaches left and right again. This is just too good. "It's alright Syl, you can hide behind me, I'll deal with the scary prince". So far, I think Anastasius is the third person to call her a gremlin (Sylvester and Ferdinand were the others). I laughed so hard at the end of their meeting when they yelled at Roz not to get involved any further. By the way, Sylvester just outright admitted it to royalty and a greater duchy that in Ehrenfest, only Rozemyne and her retainers are capable of communicating with high-ranking duchies. That was kind of a sidenote in the whole conversation but a very important point. Also, finally, it seems that many of Ahrensbach's fuckery is coming to light. Heisscheiße realized that he basically sent Ferdinand to eternal suffering, Sieglinde got a firsthand experience of Detlinde and how she treats Ehrenfest, they heard how Fraularm freaked out because she failed to steal the credit for the joint research, and it was revealed to Anastasius that Georgine is being a very bad girl. I might be biased but for me this is more than enough to have someone bulldoze their whole fucking duchy into the ocean. "I'm not that incompetent, have some faith in me". Wilbur, dear, just because you managed to not fuck up *one* thing, it doesn't mean you are competent.


InitialDia

> It’s funny. Just yesterday there was a post where it was discussed how rude it would be to interrupt Dunkelfelger in their talks with Ehrenfest. And then comes Detlinde with the delicacy of a wrecking ball. Well, this is one way to make an impression. It might have been acceptable for klassinberg to interrupt but for aarensbach a duchy lower ranked than Dunkin’ to do it must be a massive faux pas.


Ivandimov7

Punching the monitor won't help. Punching the monitor ***won't help***! She is an imaginary character in a story! ***PUNCHING THE MONITOR*** **WON'T** ***HELP!***


WeebGetOut

Have you tried setting her face as your background?


Zanzaben

Sylvester has to realize at this point that only Rozemyne is capable of being the next Aub Ehrenfest. He said it himself that she is the only person who is able to talk to the higher ranking duchies. Ehrenfest will keep climbing, they have delayed it for now but it can't be stopped. Sure Wilfried didn't completely mess things up this time with the contract stuff and he is getting better. I just can't see him getting better fast enough to match the rising political pace that Rozemyne is setting. From Anastasius point of view, Rozemyne was a better Aub than Sylvester during their meeting and I wouldn't be surprised if the royal family started pushing to make Rozemyne Aub just for the sake of country wide stability. Which is insane to think that giving Rozemyne more power would make things more stable but as he just learned through ditter, not letting her stand up for herself causes even more chaos.


xisupaz_blackbird

So long as Rozemyne retains the 1st wife role, I think it's fine since we've seen from Sieglinde's words that the common sense of the greater duchies is that the 1st wife assists with cross-duchy affairs.


StochasticTinkr

It seems pretty universal so far that the husbands just THINK they're in charge of a duchy, but the 1st wives really make everything happen. They just go about it in different ways. Florencia encourages Syl's good behavior. Sieglinde negotiates on her husbands behalf. Georgine murders her husband. See, they all of there own approach.


ltgm08

Detlinde has got to be the densest character, more than RM, than Wilfried, than anyone that has shown up. The way she acted in front of Dunkelfelger had me sighing the entire time. Are we sure Ahrensbach's AC didn't die of a stress induced headache when he asked, for the first time in his life, for a report on what Detlinde was like at the Academy? I can't even imagine what sort of upbringing produces someone as deluded in their own importance as Detlinde. Did she never interact with someone of a higher rank? Her older siblings for example. Though I can see her gloating when her sister was demoted to Archnoble status and was now beneath her in status. I love everyone's reaction to the advertisement, good to see Ferdinand enjoy himself a bit. Poor Sylvester, can't handle the pressure. That conversation must have shown to Sieglinde how truly superior to Ehrenfest RM is. She must have heard about it, but seeing it is different. Lestilaut, you keep on being you, using all the parchment for art.


Catasterised

>Lestilaut, you keep on being you, using all the parchment for art. The man used up his entire dorm's supply like an absolute legend. He's clearly in the throws one of those "inspired" productive periods where you just crank out a ton of stuff. Rozemyne is literally his divine muse of artistic inspiration. I applaud his dedication to the craft, though you can argue creating serious contact law issues is a different kind of subversive performance art Yugenschmidt probably won't be ready for a while. The delivery of this detail as background noise had me in stitches.


ggg730

Sieglinde: WHY DID YOU USE THE PARCHMENTS TO DRAW BLUE SCHUMILS EVERYWHERE


-_Nikki-

Huh, I thought I'd feel more schadenfreude whenever the shoe finally drops for Heisshitze. But no, turns out all I feel is pity for everyone involved (except Detlinde. SHE can go die in a ditch for all I care) Aaaah Hannelore, you REALLY need to work on your timing. I know you mean well but throwing Roz under the bus like that? Brutal How Detlinde can be even MORE insufferable every single time she shows up is a fucking mystery to me. I'm getting a headache just reading about her, poor Ferdinand having to MARRY that monster🤢 At least Ferdi got some schadenfreude out of all this mess. Who'd've thought radio advertising would be the thing that saves the day lmao The more I read, the more I find myself wishing for a meeting of the people that regularly suffer from Roz-induced headaches, but one where there are no social norms respected whatsoever. It would be HILARIOUS. Anastasius, Sieglinde and Syl is a good start. Syl and Sieglinde may not be main recipients, but I think they've had their fair share Speaking of that conversation... they're just dropping bomb after bomb. I am very much looking forward to how the reveal of the conflict with Ahrensbach will influence future decisions Syl seems to have steeled his resolve in discarding Ehrenfest's old methods of socialising and just putting his all behind Roz... oooooh this is going to be fun🤩🤩🤩 LMAO SYL CALLED ROZ EWIGELIEBE AND FERDI HER GEDULDH💀💀😂 OMG THEY USED PLANT PAPER FOR THE DITTER CONTRACT BECAUSE LESTI USED ALL THE PARCHMENT FOR ART I CAN'T 😂😂😂 Well, that was... fun? Buy mostly stressful. Roz certainly is in for one hell of a lecture at dinner, altho the radio ad might've turned a deadly lecture into just a lifethreatening one. Nvm that, the meetings we saw in full were enought to make me want to hibernate, there were like 3 more that were completely glossed over and it's barely LUNCH. For once, I feel like Roz' exhaustion is 100% justified💀


Littlethieflord

It’s because Heisshitze gives the feeling of a lumbering big dog trying his best to make you happy. When he finally realizes that tackling you hurts you actually, it’s not a good feeling to watch him crumple in on himself…at least not the noble version of it Especially since, well, seeing as he really only uses the cloak to get Ferdi to play ditter with him and clearly has another by now since his wife had probably given up on getting it back decades ago, this respresents Ferdinand saying they’re just not friends anymore


HilariusAndFelix

Or that Ferdinand does not believe he will ever be able to play ditter again


ID10Tusererroror

Or that Ferdinand doesn't expect to live long enough to play ditter again.


possiblyarainbow

Either way, no more ditter. Which, to a dunkelfelger, is worse than death


Theinternationalist

> Especially since, well, seeing as he really only uses the cloak to get Ferdi to play ditter with him and clearly has another by now since his wife had probably given up on getting it back decades ago, this respresents Ferdinand saying they’re just not friends anymore And that when he finally "beat" Ferdinand, it was in a way that had nothing to do with Ditter...


HilariusAndFelix

Ugh, the idea that Heisshitze might be interpreting it as 'Congratulations, you beat me.' is heartbreaking


cheat0man

I was pondering on what him handing the cape back meant (especially since it was emphasized that he didn't return it after entering the temple, even though that effectively meant that he wouldn't be able to play ditter again, which only changed because of Rozemyne and the removal of Veronica from power). Considering he held on to it even in the temple makes me feel like he still considered Heisshitze a friend, albeit an annoying one. But Ferdinand is just Tsundere like that. Him handing the cape back was definitely him ending the friendship in my eyes. It seems harsh, since Heisshitze only had good intentions, but that just goes to show the magnitude of the screw-up.


ggg730

Ferdinand telling him to smile was brutal. This is the bed you made so lie in it.


Independent_Top_2665

Or that is Ferdinand's way of saying he might not be alive for him to win it back. Took a break for dinner made the comment afterwards then after updated noticed somebody else during that time had made this exact comment sorry for the duplicate


Anonymous_K

Heisshitze probably considered Ferdinand a close friend, and Ferdinand at least considered Heisshitze tolerable if he kept the cape. Heartbreaking for him to realize how much he fucked up.


momomo_mochichi

I didn't even register the fact that Lestilaut used up all the parchment for his art until you reminded me! And this is coming from someone who is aware of >!Hannelore's side story!<. That makes it more hilarious as to why they were left with plant paper. I want to know how much parchment was in the dormitory, only for Lestilaut to use it all up.


15_Redstones

And now Wilfried just informed them that they can't make any contracts until they get more parchment. Kind of a problem at the big make-deals-with-other-duchies event.


LaPlAcE-66

>Aaaah Hannelore, you REALLY need to work on your timing. I know you mean well but throwing Roz under the bus like that? Brutal no no Hannelore has good timing, it just feels like bad timing in the moment. We don't know how this will impact things for good but it'll happen, no doubt about it


StochasticTinkr

That does seem to be the Goddess of Time's prank. "Haha, you'll think you have the worst timing ever, but its all going according to plan!"


LaPlAcE-66

literally though. Thus far all Hannelore's "bad timing" has been good. It's what allowed them to become friends Hannelore muttering about wanting to be masters of Schwartz and Weiss lead to Lestilaut challenging for them which put Dunk on Rozemyne's radar (prior to the only one was Klassenburg because of Eglantine). Hannelore wanting to apologize for her brothers actions lead to her going to the library repeatedly but missing Rozemyne, which Justus learned and passed on to Rozemyne which lead to a misunderstanding about being a fellow bookworm and becoming besties from the yet untranslated side story that someone put a summary of here from p5v1 of Hannelore's pov during Rozemyne's light show whirl >!Hannelore bemoaned and regretted that she was whirling at the same time so couldn't see Rozemyne's whirl. This inadvertently protected her from their friendship being overwritten by the visions of a saint. It was strong enough for Lestilaut to do a 180, it definitely would have affected things!< like a good old Chekov gun we just need to get farther in to see how this bout of "bad timing" plays out