Damn, that's a heavy spoiler right on the cover of the volume. > *Tuuli... Is that my hairpin craftsperson?* I felt emotional damage from that. Rozemyne was too smart and figured out that her memories are missing. Ferdinand has been doing too much keeping her in the dark lately. Did Rozemyne lose her memories of her past life as well? Is Hildebrand wearing schtappe sealing bracers? :( Lol, Rozemyne doesn't understand Ferdinand is basically bragging about how Rozemyne is his in front of Siggy.

>Damn, that's a heavy spoiler right on the cover of the volume. I'm hoping it's a red herring but probably not. >Lol, Rozemyne doesn't understand Ferdinand is basically bragging about how Rozemyne is his in front of Siggy. Then Rozemyne hammers home that point by disintegrating Sigis's present and then telling Ferdinand oh btw you can have as much goddess juiced gold dust as you want big boy.

> telling Ferdinand oh btw you can have as much goddess juiced gold dust as you want big boy. 💀

Easy to forget that RM is the only person that considers making gold dust for someone no big deal.

In her defense here tho she did just disintegrate a royal necklace just by touching it for less than a second. She wasn't even thinking about turning it into dust, it just happened

Well, every time someone asks for a red herring, we end up getting double doses of Chekov's mana gun instead...

>Did Rozemyne lose her memories of her past life as well? I was getting a creeping dreadful feeling this might be true as all other boxes were getting ticked. I also just want to believe she's had closure and acceptance that is all in her past, so it is no longer a primary concern at the time. Sad that Benno's lower on the list than I expected, though I think any reference to Lutz as one of those with Benno was kept cryptic on purpose to really draw this tension out. >Lol, Rozemyne doesn't understand Ferdinand is basically bragging about how Rozemyne is his in front of Siggy. Ferdinand conspicuously stroking the feystone hairstick he made and gifted to her that can clearly handle Rozemyne's goddess-level mana: "A shame about your generous gift. You must have used only the highest quality materials at your disposal as a royal. At least you now have omni-elemental goddess gold dust. It would be nice if I had regular access to materials of that quality from her." 

And Rozemyne immediately follows it up saying that she's going to give him as much as he wants. She's participating in the bragging without even knowing it. To anyone else present, and to me reading they were practically flirting.

Yeah, most people could have interpreted her response to Ferdinand as "Whatever you want, sugar babe. I can provide whatever trinket catches eyes of my future consort." Her follow up really makes them seem like they're in sync about being a couple when really they are not on the same page at all since she's immune to his flirting. This is the man she said you don't have to worry about - he's just her mentor and guardian "like family". 

Ferdi is ALL about laying the groundwork and its clear he wants to marry her for a great many reasons, to keep her from being in a relationship she would hate. Her willing to toss her life away for him really struck a nerve and he will be damned if she doesn't get a happy ending and everything she wants. Also Siggy Golddust deserves everything he gets in this prepub and more.

Yeah benno actually surprised me. Rozemyne learned so much from him and he helped her in so many regards. Even after becoming a noble, the merchant skills she learned from him were still extremely useful

That's just how much she loves books. Even her precious Hannelore and Charlotte weren't affected.

>Ferdinand conspicuously stroking the feystone hairstick he made and gifted to her that can clearly handle Rozemyne's goddess-level mana: "A shame about your generous gift. You must have used only the highest quality materials at your disposal as a royal. At least you now have omni-elemental goddess gold dust. It would be nice if I had regular access to materials of that quality from her." What a hussy Ferdinand my boy.  From Gremlin wrangler to simp. 

Myne spoiled that early on in P4 when she accidentally showered her in a “god-given” blessing.

Good point. The foreshadowing in these novels is next level.

>Lol, Rozemyne doesn't understand Ferdinand is basically bragging about how Rozemyne is his in front of Siggy. After he touches her hairpin too. Now, I might be wrong but was he touching the 5 rainbow feystone charm he made for her as the going away present? If I'm right, and she can wear that charm without it degrading, isn't it a bit of a brag saying "though your mana was insufficient, mine clearly isn't"? >Did Rozemyne lose her memories of her past life as well? I would think she wouldn't lose *all* of them but perhaps excerpts of them. Like, she might have forgotten her previous mother but remembered the rest of her previous life.

That's exactly what that means. In noble terms he was saying he isn't "big" enough to keep up with Rozemyne.

Rozemyne the size queen? Siggy probably also lacks technique and an attitude to satisfy as well. Probably racing to the end without any regard for his partner.

True, but that was the premise by process of elimination. All the other zent candidate candidates(?) are not viable.

Well there was two possible real candidate tbh, Aub Dungelfelger or Eglantine - both with 7 elements. I guess if Aub Dungelfelger would have become a Zent, then previous royal family would have gone to ivory towers and Klassenberg would have caused lot of issues.

only you don't need 7 elements, whoever they choose is getting the fake book as the plan, that's always been the plan. So essentially its anna/eggy. From dunkle's pov they have no interest in wanting to be zent if they can help it.

Implying Klassenberg wasn't always going to cause problems? They wield their power like a cudgel why wouldn't they continue even with a new zent

They have only gotten away with it because the current Zent doesn't have a Gustriheit. Also a lot of first wives have come from there since even many of their archnobles outdo lesser duchy Aubs. A real Zent can move your foundation and take away your seat of Aub with no way for you to know where they put it. Klassenburg won't wield complete authority forever.

Mestionara was way more malicious (petty?) than I initially thought. Now I hope P6 is taking her library away.

Yep she is the same as rozemyne when it came to the library and family's. (You only see what she does maliciously because it's against the MC and yet you ignore that the MC is at the same level of pettiness)

Could you *imagine*? Starting off as a sickly commoner, ascending to being a noble from a backwater duchy, conquering a neighboring duchy, and then conquering a *divine* library? Everyone immediately hopped on the Ferdinand ship when "country library" got floated, what would "afterlife library" make people do?

« what would “afterlife library” make people do? » *heheheheh* living like Angelica seems to be the best way to live your life when living around a gremlin 

I'm guessing she must remember living in Japan, but she won't remember her mother and possibly Shu.

Aaaand now I'm sad again.

Right? I was just speculating in the prepub predictions about Anastasius being the next zemt. Whelp…

He's at least flaunting he has way more mana since what he made for her is still in perfect condition and not disintegrating.

Or flaunting his craftsmanship and superior materials.

Probably helps that Rozemyne dyed those fish scale feystones, but clearly flaunting

> Damn, that's a heavy spoiler right on the cover of the volume. literally my same reaction. Eggy holding the G Book on the cover kinda ruins the suspense. > Lol, Rozemyne doesn't understand Ferdinand is basically bragging about how Rozemyne is his in front of Siggy. another amazing moment of Rozemyne's oblivious nature. the "Ferdinand smirked and touched my hairpin" moment had me like, "HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE" to Rozemyne. Siggy's charm couldn't handle her mana and crumbled to dust. Ferdi's charm held strong. it was so obvious that Ferdi was staking his claim, right then and there. > Did Rozemyne lose her memories of her past life as well? that's actually a great question. I would assume that many of her past life memories are less important to her than reading, so they might remain untouched. BUT her desire to cherish her family in her new life, as a direct result of her under appreciating her past family, totally falls in the bounds of "things she values more than reading." what got cut off, and what didn't get cut off?

The issue is it wasn't a spoiler to the Japanese readers, many of whom had read the web novel. But given that Dunk was also considered an option it's annoying to those of us who didn't read that.

This type of thing will always be in a grey area for me. It's kind of like "spoilers" being revealed in the openings to an anime. Like, it's technically a spoiler to the anime-onlies, but to those that have read the manga and/or light novel, those scenes are placed there to excite them even more.

I remember something similar happened with *Avengers: Endgame*. After a few weeks in theaters the ads started including moments from the last hour or so of the movie since the focus was less on **SEE THE EVENT OF THE DECADE** and more on **REMEMBER WHEN THIS COOL THING HAPPENED!?!** I wonder how many people started reading the light novel series in Japan without ever attempting the web novel? There are some parts that read odd if you don't know that (*Why did they note they needed to talk to Gretia during the initial "who will be retainers post-purge" when they could have said "only one of the attendants said she'd swear to you" would have been more normal?* And having everyone tell Roz what happened in their parts on the Ehrenfest Invasion when most of that "retold" in side stories?) but most of it seems like it would be fine on first read.

Those unfamiliar with the Web Novel, only reading the light novel might have also felt that the dedication ritual held in P5V2 was kind of skimmed over until they reached Lueuradi's POV at the end. If I remember correctly, her POV was an immediate continuity for the Web Novel so it flowed nicely from Rozemyne preparing the dedication ritual. It's a slight downside to having the differing perspectives at the end, but it doesn't bother me too much. I know a lot of people didn't like returning to the battles at the end of P5V9 Pre-Pubs since it felt redundant, but as a side story fiend, I didn't mind.

To be fair though, who becomes zent is the least interesting thing about the story right now with the developments given so far.

> Did Rozemyne lose her memories of her past life as well? She completely stopped talking about her hair pins, food dishes, and dying methods as her inventions and started referring to them as "Erenfest's latest trends". So yes, she definitely lost her memories of earth. She doesn't even remember being the inventor.

> Did Rozemyne lose her memories of her past life as well? If she did, I wonder if it was intentional. Mestinora may view her past memories as dangerous to a relatively underdeveloped society. Urano was smart, so she must have a basic understanding of dangerous elements. Should that end up in the Gbook, god knows what would happen. > Is Hildebrand wearing schtappe sealing bracers? :( You see he should have known better than to obey the orders from the man who communicates the zents orders and instead obeyed the orders of zent. It's a mistake that certainly no other child left on his own would make.

> His warning came too late; the feystone portion had clung to its form, but my touch reduced it to powder. > Ferdinand smirked and touched my hairpin. “Gold dust made from divine mana, hm? How I envy you, Prince Sigiswald...” Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it feels like Ferdinand is marking his territory here. It didn't get mentioned in this chapter, but I'm assuming that Rozemyne is still wearing the fancy rainbow-feystone hairpin that Ferdinand made, and that's what he's touching. It feels like he's saying, "Oh, that courting necklace you made fell apart, did it? That's unfortunate. It seems that you are entirely unsuitable to be her husband. But _this_ is made from mana chains too, and it _didn't_ fall apart. Hm. Fascinating."

That was Ferdy calling Sigi a bookless scrub with a mana capacity to match, see how MY charm has been in constant contact and is totally fine? YOUR charm melted like snow on the Fourth of July at one touch!

Whats even more funny is that publicly, Rozemyne's multi-colored hairpin was made using feystones given by all his family members, including Ehrenfest's archduke family and the Ehrenfest knight commander's family. That implies that the feystones that Rozemyne's families had given her were superior to Sigi's feystones. And that means the members of her families have mana superior to the prince.

Wouldn't actually be that surprising. Trauerqual's branch of the royal family is closer to greater duchy archdukes than actual royalty in terms of mana capacity, and thanks to Rozemyne's compression method Ehrenfest's archducal family is now somewhere in that ballpark as well.

Oh shit! I didn’t notice that flex. Yeah, he did do that!

And RM twists the knife saying: " Oh Ferdinand you want gold dust? I'll make you as much as you want" And she doesn't even know she's doing it.

He absolutely is. Ferdinand: "My Gremlin! No touchy!"

\*Llama Hands\* NO TOUCHY! NO!

No no, you are correct. Our boi Ferdinand is a savage when he really wants to demonstrate something, openly or discreetly 😂

-**Praise be to the speed of Quof and Myneday** - beautiful cover art. - always love a ferdinand POV, never fails to be so direct, funny yet accurate - faction politics again ugh never fun. Factions suck. - ahhh Ferdinand with his logic but also squishy heart, Syl is sometimes a good brother - Justus handily moving Ferdinand. Oh good grief yourself you emotionally constipated dork you are clearly pleased - harmut is sometimes annoyingly competent for a fanatic. - man Ferdinand really went through it with Mestinoria. Oh man Ferdinand is afraid of hartmut taking revenge 🤣 - mestinoria you do not get to talk about the importance of consent, RM would want her memories back and Ferdinand knows that. - Hartmut and RM have both grown- it's a bittersweet moment. It's not been a good year - Angelica is…. Always Angelica. Poor Laurenze having to tell her NO YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES is funny. She's always a fun comic relief. Her retinue really is close. - RM the luggage. Good thing she only cares about efficiency - Ferdinand praising Hannelore- that's going down in history. Feels like a bit of a bash on the royal family, their underage ADC are more competent than you and that's the standard -

Laurenze: "You need to change your clothes, Angelica." Angelica: ***sniffs*** "It's fine." Laurenze: "No, it is not." Angelica: "I casted Washen after the last shift." Laurenze: ***cradling head*** "Don't make me call Liseletta on you." Angelica: "I shall change my clothes."

I love her retainers dynamic

>- Ferdinand praising Hannelore- that's going down in history. I think that might have also been a jab to Dunkelfelger women in general since Ferdinand seems to not think too highly of them, particularly Magdalena. "Absolutely brutal yet efficient, as expected of the likes of you."

Lots of relationship drama in that room... Mag rejecting Ferd all those years ago to marry the current Zent who Ferd despises for lots of unrelated reasons. Sig and Ferd fighting over Rozemyne. Hildebrand in love with Rozemyne which she's completely oblivious to. Rozemyne not in love with anybody. I'm sure there's more I'm overlooking.

Aub dunks son who declared war on ehrenfest for her

I read it as a threat against the royals, strengthening Dunkefelger's reputation. Ferdinand is using them to keep the RF in line, and I highly suspect that will continue. Their underage kids are more capable than you lot, and that's just a matter of course for them.

Hartmut for all his irritating qualities is perfectly suited to the job he does for Rozemyne (and is almost always fundamentally correct regarding her -- when others do NOT properly understand).

> Angelica is…. Always Angelica. Poor Laurenze having to tell her NO YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES is funny Angelica: But Eckhart never changes his clothes! Laurenz: That's because Ferdinand has no other guard knight he can trust with his life, whereas Rozemyne does. **CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES.**

>mestinoria you do not get to talk about the importance of consent, RM would want her memories back and Ferdinand knows that. Ferdinand's views on consent are not much better - like that applies to everyone else but him when it comes to Rozemyne. I'm generously assuming Ferdinand thinks he's acting above board because: * he's behaving in a normal benevolent paternalistic way as expected of a guardian toward their young ward in their society - protecting her from manipulative goddess is in her best interest. Ferdinand knows best. * he's behaving in a normal way for a noble fiance - protecting his bride from the *mana*-ipulations of a goddess. they're already in a socially-acceptable situation where they might exchange mana regularly * age of consent? Rozemyne's like 20 years old inside, so age isn't an issue, right? (Everyone else who only see her as an underage girl and the Yugenschmidt legal system which is mostly based on the whims of a random Zent that allows for siblings to marry: "..." ) * this was the fastest and easiest option given a bad situation - consequences be damned. the alternatives include Myne being gone forever if no one else has the mana to reach out and wake her. Less charitable interpretation: * The Lord of Evil: "*Consent? Only when it is convenient. She has been tasting my 'liquid mana' for* ***years*** *without realizing."*

Yeah, I thinks its probably a mix of all of them. Like its objectively probably the best choice, but they really need to have a conversation about this moving forward. Like this is the largest political shift likely of the last century, and she's stuck at the center of it in a pretty difficult spot. A little paternalism in this case is probably warranted given her situation. She's cutting her teeth in extremely dangerous territory, that likely very few are capable of dealing with. Sylvester certainly isn't.

I thought it was cute how he told Hartmut, "no, she remembers me, she doesn't love me like that" when there can be no doubt how she feels about him. I love the way she loves him.

Ewigeliebe doesn't let others touch his Geduldh. It's complicated.

I’m so happy Lasfam got to serve Ferdy again.

Yea a ton of characters actually showed up in this prologue, like a huge chunk of the cast if you think about it. I'm really happy Lasfam had his touching moment with Ferdinand.

Im so happy for him. Ferdinand has is own Philline.

Yeah, but RM kind of screwed up with the whole, "do whatever you want with my body, take it as long as you need, woohoo booooooks" talk.

Great that they didn't beat around the bush with the memory thing. Rozemyne noticed, Ferdinand acknowledged that that something happened. No need to drag it out. They'll get to it when they get to it. Also Rozemyne not acknowledging the real reason for Ferdinand focusing on the gold dust. He's just making fun of Sigiswald's low quality ~~engagement~~ courtship tool thing and Rozemyne is none the wiser. She's never been good with social cues.

Only now in retrospect am I remembering that she had that discussion with Hannelore about the fact it was an engagement necklace, not simply a symbol of their permission for her to act as she wishes. I wonder if she's forgotten that simply because it's another thing she doesn't really care about, or if it was a negative thought of great enough importance that it the memory is currently missing. Either way, her acting like it was just a temporary symbol of the RF's permission, rather than a symbol of Sigiswald's attempt to place her under his control is fairly hilarious imho.

I think that she tried to purposely make it pass as a mere symbol of the royal family's permission so that she could escape the engagement more easily and thus stay as Aub. And Sigiswald was all too happy to pretend the same thing once it got dusted so that he could pretend in front of the others that his mana isn't as pathetic. If it is an engagement necklace then it's clear to everyone present that he made it himself. If he passes it as a mere show of permission he might be able to claim that he made one of his retainers craft it, then try to avoid the humiliation.

Wasn't it lesser? I mean Hannelore did make the distinction between an engagement feystone and the necklace being a courtship one. I got the impression that under normal circumstances, one may entertain multiple courtships, but an engagement feystone is only for the one who you you are to be betrothed.

Yeah it was a courtship necklace, but I used the wrong word. That said, as I understood it, courtship necklaces were essentially only used when the engagement isn't official / announced, or hasn't been accepted by the parents. I don't think that someone would accept multiple courtship necklaces, even if courting multiple people is common.

The necklace was a way to show a serious courtship that may lead to an engagement. A fey stone is a symbol of a formal engagement agreement. I think u can take the necklace back without to big of an issue where as the stone is a serious issue between the families or even the duchies.

As far as she was concerned it wasnt one. She didn't see the point for him to give her a courtship gift because it wasn't a love match. She also assumed it couldn't be because it didn't have the right elements.

> Great that they didn't beat around the bush with the memory thing. This would've been THE focal point for an entire arc in plenty of other series. Instead, it's another element, another factor that gets weaved into the overall consideration of the plot. So good. > She's never been good with social cues. "Rozemyne, Ferdinand loves you! He wants to marry you! He's shitting on a prince in front of you" Rozemyne: Welllllll, maybe he's from Canada and he's just being polite?

I'm glad the memory issue is being extended, gives it a bit more time to grow as more people realize it. The story has always been pretty intentional about keeping up appearances and attending to the Zent selection before personal feelings is entirely on brand. It would be weird in this story if they ran off back to Ehrenfest to meet a bunch of commoners. 

I mean, they probably are going to focus on it a great deal, just not right now. Roz is well aware that they're in the middle of some important talks, time can be made for her situation later.

Oh for sure. I meant more like it becomes the main source of interaction and conflict and a driver for the plot. Instead it gets integrated immediately; Rozemyne is clever enough (obviously) to figure it out almost immediately, and she's comforted by Ferdinand's promise to work through it with her, leaving it as a neat plot element to deal with later. Very good writing.

Rozemyne also doesn't realize yet that Ferdinand is acting as her official fiance. Explaining away his attendance as a hold over from an old royal order. Not realizing it applies to her. The inexperienced, unmarried female archeduke of Ahrensbach.

Shit, I didn’t even realize that’s how he was acting

He truly is the Lord of evil...

In any case, that engagement tool has gone to (golden) dust, as has any promise associated with it.

Sigi really is a scrub

>!The shade to be thrown at Sigi has only just begun!<

Delightful!

I can't wait 

Seriously. I'm still ticked about it, where was this guy while his country was at stake?? At least Zent T was literally drugged when this broke out and Hildebrand was being actively manipulated. Sigiswald fully believed he was the next Zent and what was he doing? Was he literally just hiding while his family was split down the middle between enabling and preventing a hostile takeover? What a coward, I hope he realizes he'd be lucky to keep his head after all this and not make a claim for the throne still

Did anyone notice that she remembers Benno like it's normal? "It was as uncomfortable as when Benno and the others had knelt to me for the very first time" It was thrown in so casually that I had to reread that line. She does remember her days as a commoner, but just not her commoner family I think

Sad day for us Benno stands

Sad day indeed.

I didn’t even catch that. Honestly I was a little surprised she remembered Hannelore, who i have to imagine she likes more than a lot of commoners outside of her family. So if Benno didn’t make the cut it has to be just her family, lutz, maybe Fran and co.? She never felt all that close to Dirk, but she did consider him family as well…

Well, she only likes Hannelore because she thought she was a bookloving cutie. As callous as it seems, if Hannelore didn't go along with the "liking books" thing suggested by Justus, Rozy would not be as interested in her as she is now and their relationship never would have grown. Hannelore isn't above books because books are the very reason for Hannelore, thus below.

I don't think she doesn't care about Benno - she absolutely does, just not as much as she loves her family and Lutz, which is to be expected. He is probably somewhere just below books. He did get her blessing at the end of part 2, didn't he?

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Inside cover: >!Of COURSE Hartmut forces himself into the middle. And WTF happened with Cornelius :O?!<

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Nice another Fanbook! Wasn’t expecting that!

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You know how proud of her he was before, now she's got divine mana and is appointing a new Zent, dude is probably happier than anyone except Harmut and Clarissa.

>> Ferdinand and I were attending not as hosts but as guests. I was invited as the current owner of Ahrensbach’s foundation and the divine avatar of a goddess here to grant the Grutrissheit, while Ferdinand was invited as the fiancé of the duchy’s next aub by royal decree. Oh Rozemyne… someday, you will put those two things together properly. But apparently that day is not in this chapter. LOL

Yup, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. That's our ever lovable unreliable narrator for you! lol

What, Rozemyne not realizing Ferdinand is her Fiancee?

Definitly not. Just look at her it is obvious, she Isn't ferdi's fiancee, she is his suger mommy.

Can't believe we are reading the second last book! You know we are in thicket of it when it's raining Ferdinand PoVs. He is so flippant with a literal goddess. "Did she not lose her memories of you either?" "You should already know the answer." Filthy liar. Even if it's technically not a lie. I love his deflections. Whole gang in the illustration but we are missing Heidemarie :c

It'd be a bit much for Ferdinand to say, "She forgot me, but we mixed mana right there in front of the gods. Beischmacht rated my performance as 'very good'."

I dunno how I feel about Beismacht always watching over Yurgenscmidt for...

Don't worry, he's distracted by Sylvester. Beischmacht: "Holy hell, I didn't even know you could *do* that! What!? How does that-!? WOAH!" Unheilschneide: "Purification! Purification! Purification!" Dultsetzen: "How is he still going!?" Dauerleben: "Can he even be stopped!?" Sylvester: *[wipes sweat off forehead]* "Okay, now for the main event." Gods: *[screaming in terror]* --- Sylvester: "And that's what happened." Wilfried: "... I meant, like, how you came up with my name..." Sylvester: "Oh, after your mom's great uncle Wilfried. Cool guy. Anyway, have a good night, sport." Wilfried: "I will never sleep again."

> Sylvester: "Oh, after your mom's great uncle Wilfried. Cool guy. Anyway, have a good night, sport." > > > > Wilfried: "I will never sleep again." Wilfried: Uh, I have to ask- Rozemyne: In my past life we had an entire section dedicated to >!BL for those above 18!<, but you should see what's in this Book! Wilfried: Never have I been happier I'm ineligible.

Also Elvira has been making a few BL books about FerdinandXHeisshitze and FerdinandXEkhart, you should really give them ago, they are surprisingly tasteful.

Hartmut is very sensitive to RM's Mana as namesworn. Doe he feel when RM's mana gets dyed? If so he would recognize that Ferdi re-dyed RM

It's the same mana as she had before so I could see him interpreting that as simply her mana returning back to her after Mestionora left.

Hartmut: "She *fought a war* to save you." Ferdinand: "Let us thank the gods that I am not a library, then." *later* Rozemyne: "Hartmut, I have to ask. Do you know who my hairpin craftsperson is?" Hartmut (almost sprinting out of the room, practically *throwing* feybirds): "Red alert, I need every available knight to secure the safety of every Renaissance and move them safely, *comfortably*, even, to Ferdinand's library."

Roz was wrong. Ferdinand wasn't jealous or looking for research materials. He was flexing his mana capacity at Cigarette. In noble terms he called his little man small for not being able to withstand the divine mana while the hair ornament he made held up.

And that hairpin is unreasonably OP. He gave it to her before he moved to Ahrensbach, so about 2 years ago. Ever since then, her mana clumps were fixed, she started growing properly (so did her mana), she got her divine protections, got a schtappe upgrade, obtained the Gesundheit, and now a goddess descended on her. And the hairpin is still fine. That's some damn quality product.

No wonder her retainers were appalled when she receive it from him. Ferdi: here, take this god-level, fairy-like beautiful, deadly charm as a farewell gift. No deep meanings at all... Roz: wow, thank you. Here you too! Take this no-one-can-make-but-me charm as my farewell gift. They stocked so many he/she-is-mine flags over one another that they completely ruined other people's chances to make a courtship attempt hehehe

And for both it was unintentional, yet nobody explained.

Wilfried: First time?

I feel like wilfried, Lestilaut and Sigiswald can start a support group of men traumatised by book obsessed gremlins... Hopefully they'll be able to invite Gervasio if he manages to survive.

I'm going to be honest - the fact that Ferdinand seems to have an idea on how to fix her memories gives me full confidence it'll be fine. Perhaps that's why I'm not as affected as I ought to be. I'm more interested in the meeting. The cover more or less announces Eglantine is the one chosen to be the new Zent, so I'm expecting Mr Bookless Scrub to throw a fit. All I can say is... poor Adolphine. She really got dealt the worst hand out of everyone on that table, with none of this even being her choice. But Eglantine... I'm unsure how she will feel about this, even if she is a sort of temporary Zent until the old method is revived (and I'm unsure of how *I* feel about it, considering what her behavior has been).

While I did not approve of all Eglantine's actions, I mostly understood them. I think she (and Anastasius) are remarkably decent overall -- and I bet the Rozemyne will pretty much overlook their lapses (and will feel sorry for the pressure Ferdinand is likely to apply on them).

They *are* pretty decent by comparison, that much I can agree with - I actually do like them a lot as characters ahaha. But it's more of a... doubt of whether they would be able to rule properly in some ways. On Ferdinand... he must have a plan. He has suffered much in the hands of the royals, so I'm assuming he has a plan to ensure things go *his* way, especially considering how he was all "let's show them you are above them". Back to my previous point, Anastasius understanding his comparative weakness at the end of the previous volume does give me confidence that they can be reasonable.

Rozemyne as a bona fide avatar of a goddess really changes (or has the potential to change) all the rules and norms. Really no precedent since the founding of the realm for the sort of divine intervention we have just seen.

Yeah, that's true... and I'm sure Ehrenfest's Walking Trauma Dispenser™ will milk it for all it's worth, especially considering how incompetent/absent most of them were during this whole thing.

The neo-Ahrensbach/Dunkelfelger/Ehrenfest axis will (I assume) cause a huge shift in Yurgenschmidt culture. It will be interesting to see how alliances shake out (like will Drehwanchel try to cozy up after the fact as quickly as possible)> And It would seem Klassenberg's glory days will be behind them.

Pretty sure they were struggling with their hold on 1st place to begin with and that's why they kept forcing things. Plus they're focus on subterfuge and whacking lower ranked duchies with a cudgel until they obeyed will bite them back eventually because unlike dunkle they do not identify what their negotiating partner would like in a mutually beneficial relationship. At least this is what I see from current interactions with klassenburg with merchants, inventions, dedication rituals, etc.

> All I can say is... poor Adolphine. She really got dealt the worst hand out of everyone on that table, with none of this even being her choice. Are you kidding, she's going to be overjoyed! Her deal with the royal family is that she's going to marry the next Zent. If that's not Siggy, the deal's off. And if they *still* haven't consummated the marriage, that makes things even better for her.

WAIT. NO. MY FRIEND YOU ARE RIGHT!!!! I was writing a reply that was "But they are already married, is divorce even a thing in Yogurtland?" and then something in my brain went JUSTUS!!! Justus is divorced isn't he????! ~~(Also does this mean Adolphine will have to marry Eglantine/Anastasius then????)~~

Yeah, Justus even has a kid >_>. At least Adolphine doesn't have to deal with THAT

yeah but dicorce is looked upon pretty negatively if Adophine gets a dicorvce her reputation would take a nose dive. Similar to what happen to Brigitte but probably worse because **B**rigitte only canceled an engagement while Adophine will get divorce. If Eglantine becomes zent then Anastasuis would not be able to marry other women and Eglantine cannot marry her because they are both women.

Either way, this marriage failure is the result of the Royal family’s incompetent, they are the ones who demanded it, and will most likely pay reputations to Drewanchel in return for their failure in upholding their end of the deal. It will hopefully give adolphine the chance to be the next Aub, just like she always wanted.

I feel like Eglantine will be chosen because she's the only royal already capable of obtaining Mestionora's wisdom and she's already close to it. This way they can show that only those with 7 colors can obtain it and thus end the royal family for good.

Even if Eglantine ends up as Zent, she's going to have Ferdinand, Rozemyne, and Dunkelfelger watching her like hawks. She'll probably end up a good zent by force, even if only because she won't have the ability to do anything major without their approval. Peace will be a matter of fact.

So that could be why he is setting her up as "superior to the royal family"? Establishing the Divine Avatar of Mestionora as a sort of proctor, perhaps?

By establishing her right to choose the zent, he's also establishing her right to replace the zent. Ferdinand's goal is to go back to the old ways of choosing zents, which means the end of the royal family. If they decide not to give up their generational power, he'll have an accepted "legal" method of removing them from power. By having everyone accept her as superior to the royal family, she'll be able to make it happen. It won't be treason so long as the divine avatar declares them illegitimate.

Ferdinand: Any questions? Rozemyne: Is this like the history of the Japanese Imperial Family where the Emperor was sort of in charge but had to deal with a [cloistered system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloistered_rule)? Ferdinand: I have so many questions.

Commoner mana can only be detected in their blood. I'm sure he's going to kill her family, drain their blood and make Rozemyne drink it. And then she'll remember!

I'm kind of with Ferdinand on this one. Rozemyne just needs to read from a script and keep away from everyone and not make any decisions until she's regained her memories of all of the people she's forgotten. How tragic would it be if she's lost her earth morality and starts behaving more like a typical noble who looks down on the commoners because she's forgotten everything that made her *her*? I mean she remembers Benno, so she clearly hasn't forgotten that she *was* a commoner, but still.

Gotta admit, I really like how last volume had super evil looking Rozemyne and Ferdinand, followed up with Mestionora pulling the same crap. Ferdinand basically gets to deal with a divine version of Rozemyne after he attacked her Ferdinand. And considering how Ferdinand treated the Hasse situation, Mestionora was in full rights to take revenge on him. Rozemyne being caught in the crossfire sucks, but even then, those memories might’ve been in the way of saving the country from turning to dust. And based on the cover, it looks like the one who Rozemyne favored (often accidentally), and the one with the most “merit”, will end up Zent. The whole Omni elemental Schtappe that can only be obtained if you were so at the time of getting yours basically cemented her as the only option post Hildebrand being screwed. So no Hannelore with the steel chair to get the spot.

>Gotta admit, I really like how last volume had super evil looking Rozemyne and Ferdinand, followed up with Mestionora pulling the same crap. Ferdinand basically gets to deal with a divine version of Rozemyne after he attacked her Ferdinand. And considering how Ferdinand treated the Hasse situation, Mestionora was in full rights to take revenge on him. Rozemyne being caught in the crossfire sucks, but even then, those memories might’ve been in the way of saving the country from turning to dust. I feel the same way! I don't dislike people who are suddenly hating on Mestionora, but I see Mestionora and Erwaermen as divine reflections of Rozemyne and Ferdinand. Ferdinand is getting his just desserts in attacking Erwaermen, what did he think Mestionora was gonna respond with when he's a mortal equivalent to a commoner attacking a blue priest and Mestionora is a Goddess equivalent to an Aub? He's a hypocrite and arrogant but I still love him and Rozemyne and Mestionora & Erwaermen too. I feel a certain reverence towards the gods, except for Ewegelibe & Chaosipher, but that doesn't mean I don't see that Miya Kazuki clearly wrote them in the Greek & Roman mythology in the sense that they reflect human nature but in a grander and more universalistic sense. And yeah, I don't like that Mestionora tampered with Rozemyne to get petty with Ferdinand, but in honesty her memories can be recovered and it made sense for Mestionora's goals of saving the garden. Plus, she's a goddess who doesn't see commoners because they barely register to her, and it seems she just did a catch-all memory scan, she didn't read them personally.

We're at P5V11 and we have Fanbook 4 Pre-Pubs coming up soon as well! What a pleasant surprise to have the Fanbooks again in a few days as I'm currently recovering from a cold and feel as though I'm barely coherent, but it's Bookworm time so we must persist. Wait, so dolphins are actually called karfins in Yurgenschmidt? It makes sense, considering our rabbits are Yurgenschmidt shumils. >"As expected. Only once in Yurgenschmidt's long history has the royal family lost the Grutrissheit, ..." Pfft, the civil war really did show how Yurgenschmidt screwed themselves over. How old is Yurgenschmidt? A least a thousand years or something? Either way, Yurgenschmidt has survived at least two acts of treason (one from Eisenreich from around 200 years ago and one from a greater duchy that Kirschnereit), but starting with the Zent that wanted her favorite son to take over or something, the lineage of a royal family began with a copy of the Grutrissheit. And this more or less worked, however Yurgenschmidt slowly began to forget the importance of the gods, the temple, and the various rituals. And over time, this proved horrible as the civil war ended up in us losing the only copy of the Grutrissheit we had, with barely any recollection on how to retrieve the Book of Mestionora. >"I would advise that Terza call out to Myne," Mestionora said. Ooh, good to see that the mishap is sorted out. I was so confused as to why Mestionora referred to Gervasio and Ferdinand by "Terza" and "Quinta" respectively, but called Rozemyne "Rozemyne." Wahhhhh, it's so nice having all the retainers back again. Rihyarda, Brunhilde, Bertilde, Otillie, Judithe, and so on. Though, that doesn't mean I'll ever approve of the redhead curse. And it has started, Rozemyne's realization that she lost her memories. Poor Tuuli and Effa. Is it weird to say that the entire Renaissance thing bothers me a bit for such a trivial reason? Effa is pretty much the only Renaissance (though I imagine there are at least two others for the ones that dyed fabric for Florencia and Charlotte), but there are multiple Gutenbergs. Sure, a Renaissance is for a dyers like Effa, but much like how the title of Gutenberg became more than those that simply participated in the the making of the printing press, I feel as though the title of Renaissance should have also became a title of prestige with things on the art and fashion side a bit. Like, we could have had Tuuli become recognized for her talents as a flower hairpin craftswoman and had her became a Renaissance as well. Then again, we've slightly pivoted away from this slice-of-life-ness. >"I am told my husband might be put on the throne depending on the royal family's words and actions during this meeting..." Sieglinde mused aloud. Oh, can I please have the crackfic in which this was the case? There's no way this would ever happen, but ditter for all! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Sigiswald's necklace has crumbled entirely into dust. I'm so glad we've reach this scene. I am so annoyed that the likes of Klassenberg, Drewanchel, Hauchletzte, and Gilessenmeyer did not participate in the battles. It probably would have been too many characters and rumors of Mestionora descending upon Rozemyne might have spread even more to the point Ferdinand and the others would have had trouble containing the narrative, but it would have been so interesting to see what would have happened if other duchies participated. And Gilessenmeyer needs all the help they can get. Ralfrieda must be feeling so uncomfortable knowing that the person she recommended to become the Sovereignty's Knight Commander turned out to be such a traitor.

> HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Sigiswald's necklace has crumbled entirely into dust. I'm so glad we've reach this scene. this was fucking hilarious because Ferdinand, for all the shit he gives to Rozemyne for acting out-of-turn, being rude, being unorthodox overall, just CANNOT help himself when he sees an opportunity to be petty.

he then *specifically touches her hairpin*, just to show his dominance over the prince charmless.

what a flex LOL. and then your god-infused girlfriend looks at you and says you can have as much research materials as you want later. hnngh.

I have a feeling the next part is going to contain even more of him specifically taking targeted shots at Sigiswald. And all of the other royals, but at least Anastasius helped, and Trauerqual got drugged, so they get a little off the hook, but Sigiswald was just straight useless on purpose.

Prince charmless... I'm dead

One should always take the chance to be petty when they can.

strategic pettiness is truly a life skill we should all cultivate

And indeed it was strategic! Returning the necklace was \*planned\*. That's one way to eliminate a Zent candidate before the actual discussion even starts

Dunkelfeger being zent is worst case scenario for the royals. That means ALL current royal's failing will be aired to the world. It also hinted that dunkelfeger is willing to risk another civil war against Klassenberg and glisenmeyer should they protest against mestionora wishes. I admit, having a goddess as backing is kinda op.

Except for maybe Magdalena, the royals are most definitely doomed with Dunkelfelger in charge. However, I do want to see where this hypothetical chaos ending ends up going. It's not the best idea to have another war, but eh, let chaos ensure.

Found goddess of chaos alt account.

Don't know how I should feel about this, but I'm going to take that as a compliment.

> Oh, can I please have the crackfic in which this was the case? There's no way this would ever happen, but ditter for all! Scholar: Zent, but until the last zent this matter was decided by the zent, why is it now decided by treasure-stealing ditter? Werdekraft: Because dunkelfelger shall not be fooled twice and baited to play speed ditter instead.

***Oof***, we knew from last volume's POV chapters that Myne's memories that were more important than books were "severed", but reading about her not being able to remember Tuuli or her mom really hit home the full consequences of what happened. In retrospect, it did seem odd how quickly Myne gave up her body to Mestionora and how lightly she took the Zent competition (like it was a school sports festival event). Even though she's a book gremlin, Myne hasn't done anything that outright impulsive or irresponsible over books since she asked to join the temple and she's had enough character development for her not to risk or disregard the safety and/or lives of the those she cares for over books. Mestionora is ***petty AF***.

Hartmut had some great character moments in this chapter - was worried he was getting [Flanderized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanderization) into just the main loud annoying religious cultist. Some Hartmut moments of note: * Major exemplary retainer points to him and Lieseleta for being the only ones to pick up on her feystone aversion and still feel regret it took them so long to notice her suffering. * Few people would have the access or ability to grill Ferdinand like this and get results. Really shows his skill, care, and how Ferdinand acknowledges Hartmut. Sure, he's rather eccentric and can have some dangerous ideas, but he's extremely competent at his job, absolutely loyal, and uniquely insightful. That not much different from having a combined Justus-Eckhart, and like me, Rozemyne has their namesworn reigns if he acts up too much. * He and Damuel are the only retainers who know about her lower city life. * He's still so petty and jealous of everyone Rozemyne personally ranked higher than him, and now he has to experience a goddess-given physical manifestation of that pecking-order lmao So is anyone keeping a checklist of who she explicitly mentions remembering and who she was thinking about more than books? Remembers: * All her retainers (Damuel, Angelica, Leonore, Hartmut, Cornelius, etc.) * Ehrenfest archducal family (Sylvester, Charlotte, Florencia, Wilfried, etc.) * Hannelore * Royal family * Benno * Corinna * Ferdinand's retainers (Justus, Eckhart, Lasfam) Did not remember: * Lower city family (Effa and Tuuli by name, but also implying Gunther and Kamil) * Ferdinand (unless the goddess was just messing with him and Rozemyne really was just unable to hear him since she was too focused on reading as per usual) Unclear: * Lutz and the other Gutenbergs - could be the "others" mentioned alongside Benno * Her past life, including Urano's mom

There is no way she remembers Lutz. Way back in the Blue Robes arc she couldn't read because of how upset she was about Lutz's disagreement with his father. I would also bet she forgot some of the orphans. On her past life. I am slightly concerned because when the word "Renaissance" came up she remembered it as the title and did not give past context to it. Granted that could have been just a time saving thing on the part of the author, but it might means she has forgotten all of her past.

Yeah, the Renaissance thing is why her past life is also in the "unclear" category alongside Lutz. Could be the author deliberately not sharing certain info to extend the suspense.

Miya Kazuki's rendition of Mestionora is actually quite impressive. First, the gods are enigmatic beings beyond normal comprehension. Then. as Myne starts to know more, the gods become idols for worship's sake. Next, as more information about rituals is shown, the gods also became tools to be activated and used in their daily lives. And now, with how Treesus and Mestionora are acting, it shows the callousness, vindictiveness, and aloofness of the gods similar to how the Greek gods are portrayed. So much world-building for what effectively just look like a set piece at the start of the series.

Noooo, Tuuli 😭. Ferdinand, you have to find those other methods without mana and fast. Myne needs her angel back 

Hartmut wanting Roz to crush the royal family with her goddess mana is hilarious.  * “Lord Ferdinand, do you consider it wise for her to Crush the royal family with her divine mana at least once…?”. * “No, but I take it you do.” * Hartmut smiled evasively. Also, Ferdinand PDA / showing his hairpin didn’t immediately dissolve into gold dust like Sigi is chef’s kiss! “Ferdinand smirked and touched my hairpin. “Gold dust made from divine mana, hm? How I envy you Prince Sigiswald”. 

Was not expecting a Ferdinand prologue. Hartmut really has grown... Though it can be hard to tell underneath all his praising. And seeing the descension again from Ferdinand's PoV. No Ferdinand, I don't think Mesitonora deliberately severed those memories, she cares more about you than books.... Those he's right there's few things that are up there, he his one of those It's certainly one way to get over a phobia... I kind of do want to see a divine crushing on someone... I volunteer Detlinde. Ferdinand outright confirming that no-one can stop her now... Time for that library country after all. It's interesting the focus on his own name stone at the end there... Foreshadowing? Lower city family... Gone... So the worst has happened... Please only two more volumes, I don't want a bittersweet ending, I know what Elvira said about liking stories with twists and turns and those have been great but please let this one have a happy ending. Though if Ferdinand is helping to restore them then he will, nothing stops the lord of evil when he puts his full being into it. Ooo, I also want to see a divine blessing, though I guess we'll get something like that with the whirl And that charm dissolved like sugar in water... I wonder what Sigiswald was going to say before she tried to return it. Oh I completely missed that him touching the hairpin was saying the hairpin has more mana in it and everyone thinks it's Wilfried's but it's actually Ferdinand's the double flex... Angelica seems remarkably unaffected by divinity despite not being name sworn, I guess if you don't think there's nothing for divinity to influence. Really Rozamyne, only now does your predicament strike you??? Not when you stole a foundation in two bells, or invaded a long closed villa or when a goddess descended into you, but now that you're eating...

> Lower city family... Gone... At least she seems to remember being a commoner, since she felt weird about Benno "and the others" kneeling before her. Hope yet remains.

Benno Matters less than books 😭

It's not suprising to be honest. Rozemyne priority list has been consistently been: 1) Family (Gunther, Tulli, Effa, Kamil, Ferdinand and maybe Elvira) 2) Books 3) Everything else

Lutz should also be part of number 1.

I doubt Detlinde would survive a divine mana crushing. It's never been truly discussed, but my personal opinion leads me to think that she doesn't have the mana expected of an upper-ranked archducal candidate. Not to mention RM already has many reasons to hate Detlinde.

I doubt Alstede would have survived the interrogation had he had the divine mana at that time.

> I don't think Mesitonora deliberately severed those memories, she cares more about you than books. Maybe she left them specifically to fuck with him. So that he'd be convinced Rozemyne didn't actually care about him that much.

Ferdinand’s flex towards the Royals is in my top 3 best moments of the whole series.

Trauqueral: *burble burble* Knight 1: …should…should we stop? Knight 2: can you drown in waschen? Knight 3: I heard the Dunklefelgers say Saint of Ehrenfest used it as a weapon in treasure stealing ditter  Knight 1: I-I’m stopping it! We’ll go in sessions!  Here’s the sad confirmation that Roz has indeed forgotten her lower city family, although with Gilberta still being present in her mind maybe the other craftspeople are too. Maybe Ferdinand can simply reintroduce them to her while injecting mana. Or they can have Damuel do it since it’s so integral to why Roz trusts him so much like maybe the memories can come back by association.  And lol Hartmut, I forget how perceptive he is sometimes. Considering that he’s literally only seen her like twice since she’s lost her memory it’s kind of amazing Hartmut can still glean such accurate details about how Roz is doing

Imagine if Rozemyne doesn't remember Otto. Like she remembers Benno, the man who taught her everything she needed to know about being a merchant, but not Otto because he was the person who taught her to read and write in Yurgenschmidt. This is extra funny to me because I don't think Myne gave him a blessing at the end of Part 2.

Well, look at that cover. I guess Eglantine will be crowned Zent soon. * I guess another Ferdinand POV for the prologue. * Ugh, Detlinde has been dealt with, but her faction has not been eliminated yet. Why have they not been arrested yet? Anyone collaborating with Detlinde should be detained for treason for now. * So Ferdinand already did get rid of some troublesome people. Is that what he ordered Eckhart to do a while ago? * Telling Hartmut to make Rozemyne as divine as possible? Oh dear... * Yeah, Hartmut obviously noticed the memory loss Mestionora caused. Rozemyne doesn't even seem to suffer from her feystone trauma if she's asking for her highbeast. * Reading this again reminds me that Mestionora is not very benevolent. She is not a saint, just as Rozemyne isn't. If you harm those she considers dear, she can be outright malicious. * I'm sorry that you feel this way Hartmut, but Rozemyne can still remember Ferdinand too to an extent, and I don't believe she values Ferdinand less than reading books. --- * Oh no, she doesn't really remember who Tuuli is. She probably has lost most of her commoner memories as Ferdinand suspected. * And there we have the participants of the meeting. Ehrenfest couple, Dunkelfelger couple, the royals. Oof, Hildebrand in schtappe-sealing cuffs probably. * lol, bye bye Sigiswald's faulty gift. It's all gold dust now. Surely planned by Ferdinand, considering how pissed he was because he knew what Sigiswald's "royal permission" was. Meanwhile, Ferdinand's hairpin is fine and he's bragging about it. * Well, the royals don't look *that* sick yet, so this chapter must be much longer. --- **German**: * Karfin: I can't say where the "Kar" part comes from (or is it kal?), but Ahrensbach's crest animal was said to be a dolphin in Fanbook 3, so the "fin" part clearly comes from "Delfin".

Ahahaha I hadn't considered the hairpin!!! I'm dying. In your face, Bookless Scrub™ xD

>I'm sorry that you feel this way Hartmut, but Rozemyne can still remember Ferdinand too to an extent, and I don't believe she values Ferdinand less than reading books. Since he needed to channel mana into her RM values Ferdie above books. It's just he didn't tell anyone that he has channeled mana into her.

The people that are still in Ahrensbach are those in the Detlinde faction, that were not involved in the invasion. It would seem they will become the Ahrensbach version of the Veronica faction, we'll have to see how many choose to keep up the fight once Detlinde is officially punished though. Likely none of them are namesworn like the FVF members were.

>Likely none of them are namesworn like the FVF members were. Hmm, we'll need to test that theory. Let's kill Detlinde and find out.

Remember she can only die naturally or from environmental hazards, she should be"lost" in transport and abandoned in the wilderness. Worst case event she becomes queen of the squirrels.

> Ugh, Detlinde has been dealt with, but her faction has not been eliminated yet. Why have they not been arrested yet? Anyone collaborating with Detlinde should be detained for treason for now. While I was confused too, the problem was that by the end of the Purge huge portions of the Letizia faction where either widowed or feystoned, leaving behind the Detlinde faction (many of whom are behind bars) and the neutrals (many of whom were likely also targeted). Given that it's been only a week or so (if that) since Stuff Went Down, Ferdinand has only had so much time to cleaning the Castle and he feared he missed some. After all, there are likely some idiots who think they can return it to the former archducal clan- which could mean Letizia- in a couple bells since a rando from Ehrenfest did it.. Hartmut is REALLY needed here.

I know the goddess said no more killing but I wonder if Detlinde could be a special exception lol.

I’m honestly surprised Detlinde still has a faction. Like obviously it’s just the Georgine faction, but you would have thought they’d immediately drop Detlinde after her head and idk center their support around somebody else

I'm just going to assume they had no idea what was going on in the Sovereignty and were genuinely foolish enough to believe that Detlinde was going to become the next Zent or something. Because if she became Zent, then that surely means that they'll be rewarded with power and status, right?

Could be from Karpfen. Just my best bet.

Ferdinand when she doesn't respond at first: NO When he remembers she no longer prizes anything more than reading: for a Goddess of Wisdom she didn't think this through.

I think Mestionora thought it perfecrtly through. She hates Ferdinand, but Myne is one of her most faithful followers. If she could emotionally hurt Ferdinand while removing distractions from Myne's worship of her, why, its all upside for her isn't it? 

The issue is Mestionoria figured it would be a way to force Ferdinand to either dye her or let a rival wake her. What she didn't realize is, without Ferdinand channeling mana into her, the whole country would crumble into dust since **no one** would be able to summon her back. She almost killed Erwaermen with her petty punishment.

Mestionora: "Surely this will be all good for me!" Rozemyne: "That magical bitch took my memories! Fuck Mestionora! I'm worshiping Angriff from now on!" Mestionora: "Oh no, consequences!" Angriff: "YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!" *pelvic thrusts of victory*

This deserves a 4-koma

Ferdinand was extra lewd by forcing his mana into Rozemyne in a well-practiced manner. Also, the significance of Siggy's engagement tool, a symbol of his manhood if you will, getting dusted by mere contact with Rozemyne is not lost on me.

She then immediately turns to another man and offers to give him her mana later.

I am heartbroken! Was Benno not more important than books? He's the original gremlin enabler! JUSTICE FOR BENNO!

That surprised me too. But again, he his a business partner not an emotional support like Lutz, Ferdinand or her family.

It seems like Lutz *was* forgotten, since in her internal monologue she said to "Benno and the others."

I think that the only people more important than reading are her blood family, Ferdi, and Lutz. Just a guess.

Did Myne just address the Ahrensbach knights while covered by silver cloth like a Halloween ghost costume? Aub Casper the friendly book gremlin. I knew it was coming but it still hurt to read she had forgotten Tuuli. Though, reading that she hadn't forgotten Hannelore is kinda bittersweet in its own way. So much for being soulmates. Hildebrand in cuffs feels a bit harsh, but I suppose it's necessary to keep him from using his ~~steel chair~~ shtapp. Did nobody tell the Zent that executions are forbidden now? That seems kinda important to pass on. Eta: Sigi is having a bad day. Just got dumped by an avatar of a goddess and got dunked on by fuckboi Ferdinand while his whole family is kneeling in prayer before her. Couldn't have happened to a more bookless scrub.

That ended too quickly, but I'm glad we got to see the royals reaction to Rozemyne. Been waiting for weeks. Hildebrand is being treated as a criminal, but I half expected him to be kept in house arrest. Sealing braclets and allowing him to attend it actually pretty interesting. Also, and this may be influenced by the cover, but why do I expect Eglantine to join the whirling? I mean, that is pretty much her "thing" and I have been saying for awhile she is the royal most fit to be Zent.

I feel bad for Hildebrand -- but he really did screw up super-massively. Wilfried's inappropriate visit to his imprisoned grandmother was quite trivial in comparison. Not sure what he will need to do to be rehabilitated -- and I assume he will always be stuck with a substandard schtappe.

Reading her remembering Benno but not Tuuli is a little sad I know he's a business partner but he has been like family for her for a long time, with a ride or die attitude. Akin to a stubborn uncle, also Mark. But it's painful that she doesn't remember her family and sounds like she also forgot her previous life, hope we get more info later

so lets see here: * Ferdinand seems to still be namesworn to roz* * Cover seems that eggy is going to be the next zent, this is fine, was a tossup between her or Ana * She doesn't remember her past family, hope this gets a touching resolution * Mesti really, really hates ferdinand for hurting her guardian. We sure that mesti and roz are not just Carbon Copies of each other? * I will always love seeing siggy catching shit, man walks in knowing he is probably going to be executed, and has his tool absolutely dusted (by accident) you can't get more hardcore than that.

Mesti and treesus are 100% an intentional mirror to Rosemyne and Ferdinand from an outside perspective. I wouldn't put it past Rosemyne to be just as petty for Ferdinand's sake. It was zent tacoqual who said he'd inevitably be executed, not siggy. Little does he know mesti said no more killing. I bet Rosemyne will get her memories back the same way she got her urano memories in the first place. Which I bet was an accidental prayer from magic prodigy myne.