Pretty sure you’ll get your wish. The victory feast should happen the next chapter. Then I’m guessing a tour of Ehrenfest while Rozemyne checks up on the temple and her personnel. Hoping there will be some kind of update about the Sovereignty. Also curious if Bonifatius stayed in the south or if he made it back to Ehrenfest during Georgine’s invasion.

I’m not predicting this, but I think it would be funny if there’s a big showdown between Matthias and Grausam only for Grausam to suddenly fall over dead because Georgine had died.

They did made a point of gathering the cloth so it seems like the perfect opportunity to use it. Maybe they couldn’t use their highbeasts while holding it? It also seems like they could effectively use darkness based ranged attacks against Grausam. Or perhaps they could overwhelm Grausam’s absorbing magic tools with massive amounts of mana like was used to break Dunkelfelger’s shield or the darkness feystone Bezewanst used.

Thinking about it more I’d say there was probably a word omitted. I’m thinking it was supposed to be:

On countless occasions since Georgine had discovered that Ehrenfest’s foundation was hidden within its temple, Grausam and his accomplices had attempted to sneak inside—but by then Rozemyne had been adopted by the archduke and assigned to serve as the High Bishop.

Yeah that barrier doesn’t seem to block attacks, only people. I’ve been under the assumption the giebe estates are white stone buildings which wouldn’t burn down, but I’m not positive.

Not really a plot hole, but an inconsistency I noticed in the prologue: On countless occasions since Georgine had discovered that Ehrenfest’s foundation was hidden within its temple, Grausam and his accomplices had attempted to sneak inside—but then Rozemyne had been adopted by the archduke and assigned to serve as the High Bishop.

That seems to imply that Georgine discovered the temple foundation entrance before Rozemyne was adopted and made the High Bishop. Georgine didn’t visit Ehrenfest and obtain Bezewanst’s letters until almost a year after Rozemyne was adopted. That either means that Georgine knew about the temple entrance long before obtaining those letters or maybe it’s a mistranslation?

Have to admit that Grausam’s prosthetic arm is pretty cool. I feel bad for Rozemyne having to fly through severed arms, wounded knights, and feystones. That would be pretty traumatizing. A lot more nobles were killed than I expected too, but that shows that Grausam is a worthy opponent. Looking forward to see what Rozemyne and Matthias can do against him.

It was interesting to see Effa’s perspective on the noble’s quarter. She never really knew how much money Myne had even back in her commoner days either. Poor Gunther has a crappy job, but all to defend his home. Seems that Ferdinand was a lot angrier with Letizia than I suspected as well.

Anyway, really looking forward to continuing the main story next week!

I wouldn’t mind having an update of what’s going on in the Sovereignty. What’s going on with the royal family? Have they invited Dunkelfelger to help out? What’s Detlinde’s group up to? Have they figured out what’s been going on in Ahrensbach at all?

A lower city perspective would be nice too. What do the Gutenbergs think about staying in the noble’s quarter at Rozemyne’s library? How have the lower city guards dealt with the Georgine threat?

Maybe. I kind of got the impression that Damuel would be guarding not only Myne’s lower city family, but all the commoners Rozemyne gave a crested feystone which would make it less suspicious.

I don’t understand the purpose of the barrier magic tool in the Philine chapter. Wouldn’t silver cloth just negate it?

Most duchies students or aubs have witnessed dedication, starbinding, or gather spot renewing rituals performed by Rozemyne. Pretty sure they know she’s the real deal.

Rozemyne wanted the purified water for paper making which might mean that the pipe connects to the temple workshop too.

I find it ironic that Rozemyne wasn’t considered a bigger threat to Georgine’s plans than Ferdinand or Bonifatius. It’s possible that they believed Fraularm’s rants about her being dead or at least too ill to be of consequence. They must not have found out that Rozemyne was the responsible for ruining Viscountess Dahldolf’s plans either. Georgine is a cold calculator like Ferdinand and can guess what moves he’ll make, but she’ll never be able to foresee the actions of the chaos gremlin!

I’ve wondered about the sewer pipes as well. Perhaps these are actually the pipes that were placed for future water purification?

“Ferdinand, what do you think?” Sylvester asked. “Could we use water-purifying magic tools on the river?”

“In the long-term, it would use far too much mana; the magic tools would need to be redesigned to be usable. However, if the water will only be needed in the future, perhaps we could add only the pipes for now? Those alone would not be a significant burden.” - P4V4 (The Archduke Conference Approaches)

“Stay focused, Rozemyne,” Ferdinand said. “By stealing mana on such a large scale, Georgine has forced Ehrenfest to deploy knights here and in Illgner. Assuming her plan was to weaken the guard around the Noble’s Quarter, she must be close to the city of Ehrenfest or already within its walls.”

Couldn’t they use a similar technique that Bonifatius used when Rozemyne was in a coma and just spam ordonnanzes at Georgine to find her—perhaps taunting her all the while?

Guess we’re getting lots of side stories in this volume.

Rozemyne gets to see first hand how the inability to redraw duchy borders has made Werkestock’s giebes incredibly desperate. Their excuses aren’t likely to save them from prison though.

The epilogue was some interesting backstory for Georgine’s character. Can’t help but feel a bit of sympathy for what her parents made her endure and her motivation was just trying to earn their approval instead of actually serving the duchy. When Sylvester entered the picture and Georgine decided to adopt Veronica’s methods is when she really started going off the deep end. Veronica really is the cause of so many issues for so many people in this story. Also didn’t expect Georgine to use the sewers to bypass security.

I like Giebe Kirnberger. He seems like a guy that really thinks things through and has interesting insights. I imagine a lot more Ehrenfest nobles will soon share his concerns about the future of the duchy.

Matthias… I am your father! Come to the Georgine side!

We don’t have many members anymore. Or a duchy for that matter. Also I’m a wanted criminal now—not a giebe—and I lost my hand. Damn… Why did I pick her again? My parents just kind of made me swear to either Veronica or Georgine. Meh, this sucks. Learn from my stupid mistake—don’t name swear to anyone. What’s that? Oh… Well I guess we’re both screwed. Want to go get a drink instead? Hey does this smell like trug to you? Ehehehe, fool! You fell for the oldest trick in the book!

Yep I can totally see that happening.

I’m predicting Grausam has a cool robot hand that shoots silver needles or something. When Grausam finds out his son—which by all accounts should have been killed during the purge—is not only alive, but the retainer of his enemy we might see some rare noble emotions on display.

Honestly Rozemyne may be the first ever under age aub so there’s probably never been a precedent for needing to adopt as underaged. If she’s not allowed to adopt anyone then she’d have a very small archducal family until she comes of age. Her plus possibly Cornelius and Eckhart? Anyway, I still think the topic of adoption will come up.

I feel like the story has been nonstop adrenaline for a good number of chapters now and we might be getting a respite and planning session this week. Mana needs to recover and supplies restocked. Maybe a meal and a quick nap too. The Ahrensbach citizenry should probably be informed of the aub change and the circumstances behind it. Correspondence with Ehrenfest and the Sovereignty will be necessary to update everyone on the current situation.

I’m predicting that Rozemyne will discuss adopting Letizia. I think it makes sense for Letizia to become the aub when she’s able to fulfill the required duties. Then Rozemyne can retire and become a librarian after building her dream library.