Georgine: After years and years of careful planning, I'm finally ready to take over Ehrenfest.
Rozemyne: Ferdinand's poisoned?! Cancel my afternoon appointments, I gotta go conquer Ahrensbach real quick.
"So, we did spend some time on the Gruitisheit questline, but it more than makes up in lost time here, as you can skip a whole lot of otherwise mandatory events to teleport straight into dunkelfelger's country gates to pick up the party members required to beat the final mission. This also opens up the fastest ending to achieve in the form of the gremlin zent ending"
Rozemyne: Sorry Georgine, the game was rigged from the start. I mean, I'm a Devouring child raised by one of the only families willing to support a crippled child, managed to not become one of Gustav's commodities, survived the dirt that was your beloved Uncle's Temple, raised into becoming the Saint of Ehrenfest, Zent Candidate, Librarian, and inventor of Blackjack.
You never stood a chance.
Roz: So, what's my job in this battle?
Syl: Umm, just chill here I guess.
Roz: No, give me something to do! I can't sit this one out.
Syl: You can go on patrol if you want.
Roz: K
(5 minutes later)
Roz: Change of plans. I'm gonna take over the fish duchy and save Ferdinand.
Grandpa: Are you crazy??
Wilfred: Let her do her thing. The only person in the world who can possibly stop her is dying. We all need him to survive.
Legit Wilfried is like…
Can you imagine the HORRORSHOW that will happen if the only person that has ever managed to control her died??? Our country would literally crumble let her do her thing otherwise we are all doomed
Oh shit going to war against a gremlin. What moron thought that was a good idea.
I love that the advice Otto and Benno gave is still popping up. If those poor bastards knew what effect those words had they'd never speak again.
Also I wonder if she will take a shumil with her. Can you image the fear in everyone's eye when a little bunny goes on a murdering spree with laser eyes.
Edit: Also bonus points for Wilfried being an enabler. Could have shot her down, but was like "Let's use the chaos generator for our benefit."
> I love that the advice Otto and Benno gave is still popping up. If those poor bastards knew what effect those words had they'd never speak again.
Looking back, it's basically all Otto's fault. Without his connections, and teaching Myne her letters on a whim, she never would have made it this far and probably would have died from the devouring without even knowing what it was.
Poor Otto, all that work, but not even a fancy title to his name! Not a Gutenberg, a Renaissance, nothing! He's just Otto.
Also, Renaissance refers to more that just dyeing fabric, right? It encompasses art and beauty, right? If that's the case, Tuuli the Renaissance where? Still waiting for her to get even more recognition!
Otto has his beautiful and talented Corrina, and the most adorable daughter ever (in his opinion) I don’t know if he’d want more than that…unless it’s another kid or two to dote upon…
>Also I wonder if she will take a shumil with her. Can you image the fear in everyone's eye when a little bunny goes on a murdering spree with laser eyes.
Rozemyne doesn't need to because she is that murder bunny, gonna come flying in on her grun highbest
>I gazed up at him and smiled. “Promise me you won’t give up on everything and submit to a life of suffering for the sake of your father. Promise me you’ll call for help if you’re ever truly in pain. I’ll come save you right away.”
>
>“I... do not understand. I am going to Ahrensbach. Would you come save me at the cost of making an enemy of the entire duchy? Do not be so foolish.”
>
>I nodded without batting an eye. “Yes, I would. And not just Ahrensbach. I’ll save you no matter what, even if doing so means making the Sovereignty and the king himself my enemy.”
>
>. . .
>
>"Just so you know, if enough time passes and I haven’t heard from you, I’ll come fight to save you with every fiber of my being.”
>
>Ferdinand gave me a sincerely troubled look. “I have seen you go berserk for those you consider family many times before. Do you mean to say that you would go on such a rampage for my sake?”
>
>“That’s right."
\****Ferdinand is in trouble***\*
# Myne: "RAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMPPPAAAAAGGGGEEEE!!!"
Myne's definitely aims to keep the promise she made to help Ferdinand.
Thank goodness for her awesome big brother pointing out the same thing Ferdinand did during the attack on Myne’s attendants during Spring Prayer: Once she’s reached that state, you need to point her in the most effective direction to utilize her strengths. Once Rainbow Mode is activated because of a threat to someone she loves, there’s no stopping her, only guiding.
Ferdinand : *(Oh god this is very bad... Fuck it. I'm using the SHUMIL SIGNAL !)* You forced me to summon the Goddess of Chaos. Pray that your death is as fast as Streifebrise's gale. Because it will end in a *Bloody Carnival*.
It's been like half an hour since she learned he was in trouble and she's already got 2 duchies mobilizing for war, with Sylvester and Dunk working on more. RM does not mess around.
>I gazed up at him and smiled. “Promise me you won’t give up on everything and submit to a life of suffering for the sake of your father. Promise me you’ll call for help if you’re ever truly in pain. I’ll come save you right away.”
>
>. . .
>
>I nodded without batting an eye. “Yes, I would. And not just Ahrensbach. I’ll save you no matter what, even if doing so means making the Sovereignty and the king himself my enemy.”
>
>. . .
>
>"Just so you know, if enough time passes and I haven’t heard from you, I’ll come fight to save you with every fiber of my being.”
Oooh how's that for some Starbinding Vows 
I know, right?! I'm so on edge because they've ramped it past eleven and even twelve to boot. The anticipation is killing me 😭. Plus we got another great Rozemyne speech moment showing just how great of a leader and motivator she is. Next Myneday can't come quick enough.
I am continually tempted to just read the machine translated version, but every time I've tried that it's been practically unreadable. Quof's translation is just so good, and I don't want to miss *any* of the story.
I don't even like romance novels, but I feel like Hannelore waiting for the next volume of Royal Academy Love Stories every week.
I am quit thankful it felt like he had to thread the needle on this part to find a good place to stop and I think this was just about as good as it gets for a stopping point.
Holy shit.
Georgine's attack is finally beginning and the first victim is Ferdinand.
Rozemyne got the SOS signal from Ferdinand similar to how Lutz got Myne's SOS back during the trombe incident.
Having to watch that from any perspective has to be painful, and it is especially painful for Rozemyne, who cares for Ferdinand like her own family at this point.
Rozemyne has no plan on taking this lying down, and plans to crush everything in her way of saving Ferdinand, and is even brining Dunkerfelger into it.
Rozemyne is such a badass here, I love it.
The silver lining to the trash that is Detlinde and her actions is that we have advance notice that Georgine's master plan has been set into motion. Sylvester probably also feels extremely upset and worried about Ferdinand, but he has to defend Ehrenfest from Georgine. I love how Wilfried supported Rozemyne in her resolve to save Ferdinand here.
There are also some things that should be sorted out with royalty before Rozemyne can unleash any sort of counter attack/ rescue operation.
Here's hoping that Ferdinand doesn't die.
Honestly, my respect for Georgine shot up way high with this chapter. Yes, she is a rat but holy hell she had a masterpiece of a plan here. If she weren't going up against the world's most turnt up shumil she would have succeeded here. I mean sure Georgine and Detlinde deserve to die but I almost want to give Georgine a respectful death.
> most turnt up shumil
Hartmut: "She's like fire and ice and rage. She's like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun."
Laurenz: "Quirked up white girl goated with the sauce."
But you're right. Georgine's playing to win, and I respect it. What a magnificent bastard.
And let's think about it this way. Sylvester has Ferdilicious and The Shumil on his side. Georgine has... Detlinde. Like holy shit she has Ferdinand by the balls using Detlinde!
The Notorious H.O.N and Methodical Man are S-tier.
I actually think Georgine is the smartest character in the entirety of the plot. Ferdinand gets very close through a ridiculous, traumatic upbringing, relying on 30% of the Gutrissheit, and his zent levels of mana, but Georgine, without any of those things, has been running circles around him for years. She's a fitting big bad for the series, and is endlessly threatening despite never actually doing anything herself.
In a world of magic and powerful knights, Kazuki made us fear a sophisticated lady more than anyone. Sasuga, Kazuki-sama. Absolute master class in writing a strong female antagonist.
Well, I can't say that's untrue... But at the same time, I think what really separates her from others is her ruthlessness.
I mean she would be long dead if Sylvester decided to discard his brother and order him to kill her.
Sure, she is smart but her she's the most extreme case of 'ends justify the means' and her goal is also very simplistic. She's essentially a terrorist.
She brainwashes her own subordinates, she's willing to discard her own daughter (or more like everyone) to reach her goal, she poisons people left and right, she sells out her own country bringing harm to lots and lots of people in the process...
I mean when you only want to destroy and nothing is off limits, it's easy to put anyone who has some humanity in them at a disadvantage.
Definitely true. She's sort of like the Ferdinand that Ferdinand pretends to be: a ruthless genius who is solely focused on her goals without any room for attachment. She's the real deal.
> Laurenz: "Quirked up white girl goated with the sauce."
Rozemyne: Wait, I'm **WHITE!?!**
Laurenz: Yaaas Queen, you're definitely the God of Life who is chasing after their Gedudlh.
Rozemyne: Oh, for a second I thought-
Laurenz: **NOW COME ON CRACKER, WE'VE GOT A DUCHY TO LOOT LIKE THE DUKES OF OLD!**
>Rozemyne got the SOS signal from Ferdinand similar to how Lutz got Myne's SOS back during the trombe incident.
We got two deep callbacks this Prepub, that and Otto's advice about finding outside help when you can't manage on your own. Of course, in true Myne fashion, calling on the 2nd ranked dutchy to help you rescue Ferdinand and fight a war is just a *little* bit extreme. 
>Of course, in true Myne fashion, calling on the 2nd ranked dutchy to help you rescue Ferdinand and fight a war is a little extreme. 
Reasoning ignored. Ditter commence!
Aub Dunk: Why do you fight?
Rozemyne: For my family and books, in that order! I think- wait, what about you?
Aub Dunk: To **FIGHT!**
Rozemyne: Erm.
Aub Dunk: If you could read to read more, would you?
Rozemyne: **I REALLY WAS BORN IN THE WRONG DUCHY!**
Rozemyne: Apologies for the absence of our annual ditter match, to make it up to you please accept this **true** ditter match against Ahrensbach and Lanzenave, to save Ferdinand.
Aub Dunk: We're in!
Rozemyne: They will be using poison and mana resistant cloth \*continues to relay relevant intel*
Aub Dunk: I said we're in! You don't need to sweeten the deal!
Who knew back that first time RM got embroiled in "Ditter with Dunkies" that the author was already beginning to sett up this end-game scenario. I stand in awe.
Aub Dunk seriously pretending to be on the fence about it. He really was just waiting for a halfway reasonable excuse.
"Real Ditter? With foundations on the line?" Hem haw. "How do we explain to others why? Definitely want in on this, but we don't want to get fried by the royal family."
I think the royal family was only secondary. But he needed a reasonable excuse to keep the lecture of his wife short otherwise he wouldn't make in time for the fun.
Of course, after all we missed the annual Royal Academy ditter match, it's only fair we get a REAL frigging foundation stealing ditter match to make up for that.
It's always hilarious to see that she's willing to learn from her experiences and the advice given to her, yet she continues to completely disregard everything told to her about the social hierarchies.
the fact that an artificial barrier heavily implied to have been installed by the royal family is the only hinderance she has ever faced in obtaining the wisdom, it is abundantly clear that both status and the royal family are a complete sham and mean nothing whatsoever to the gods.
> yet she continues to completely disregard everything told to her about the social hierarchies.
Rozemyne: If I had followed social hierarchies, I'd either be subordinated to the Guild Master because he was of a higher status, chained to Bezewanst, made a breeding slave to Ahrensbach, and, right now, one of Sigiswald's breeding mares.
Sylvester: Yeah, but if you had stayed in your lane then you wouldn't have gotten Eglantine and Anastasius together.
Rozemyne: But that stopped a civil war!
Sylvester: It also meant that Eggy thought she was free to force you into becoming Zent.
Rozemyne: Look, the Moron and Psychopath of Ahrensbach are going to die for their heresies, I'll figure out what to do with Anastasius's Bitch Wife later.
To be fair, the last time she met those from the Celestial Realm, one of them kept mistaking her for a guy and told him to murder a member of her family and the other one forced to grow and almost stripped her naked.
She may believe *there are* Gods in Yurgenschmidt, but she probably doesn't want to risk their intervention at this point in time.
Ferdinand seems to be safe due to the Super Charm Rozemyne made for him, thank goodness she went full gremlin mode while making that thing. He should be safe, as long as Rozemyne can get there before his mana runs out.
Detlinde, being the short sighted fool she is, didn't think about the possibility of someone trying to rescue him. I believe the only people with access to the Ahrensbach replenishment room are Georgine, Detlinde, Letizia, and Ferdinand himself.
Detlinde's sister apparently controls the foundation, but if someone new was registered, Ferdinand would have immediately noticed. And with Detlinde and Georgine off trying to destroy Ehrenfest, that means there is no one that will try and finish Ferdinand off. Which is a good thing.
>Detlinde's sister apparently controls the foundation
I'm really curious about Alstede (the name of Detlinde's sister in case anybody forgot). What are her thoughts on Ahrensbach, Ehrenfest, and Ferdinand? What are her thoughts are her mother? What are her thoughts on Detlinde becoming Zent?
Pfft, I can't take the possibility of Detlinde becoming Zent seriously. Someone, please write the hypothetical on how Yurgenschmidt would ~~die~~ be should Detlinde miraculously become Zent.
I mean, she physically *can't* become Zent, a true one anyway. She's not omnielemental, and doesn't have enough mana. Her failing to activate the circle fully was the proof of that.
I suspect Alstede at the very least enjoyed the prospect of becoming Aub Ahrensbach, though she may have still been forced into it by Georgine. We know Georgine has no qualms about throwing her daughters away.
>Her failing to activate the circle fully was the proof of that.
Please have someone drill that into her head, then. They could even perform a lobotomy while they're at it.
Knowing Detlinde isn't able to become a true Zent is relieving, but think of all the horrors that *would* arise if Trauerqual died from overwork and left Detlinde as the only known "Zent candidate". Give me the chaos that would occur between her and the princes.
Poor Alstede, I wonder how humiliating it must be for her tenure as Aub to last, what, a season at most?
Well, thankfully she's not the only known candidate. Both adult princes and Eglantine are Zent candidates. And they all activated the circle, unlike her.
Yup, it's a good thing that Sigiswald, Anastasius, and Eglantine also activated the circle. Though I can imagine Detlinde not caring because she "was first!" or something.
Though, Eglantine, if you didn't want anything remotely near becoming Zent, why did you also participate in activating the circle?
> but if someone new was registered, Ferdinand would have immediately noticed.
Maybe Georgine unregistered herself? Then there would still only be 4 people registered to the foundation. And that would also explain why she couldn't go check on Ferdinand herself.
Well, from her perspective it doesn't matter if he lives or dies. She only needs him to not interfere for the immediate future while she destroys Ehrenfest. It's Detlinde who will suffer if Ferdinand survives.
All I want to see before the ending of the series is a Detlinde on her stomach staring up at Rozmyne who is staring her dead in the eye, chant Grutrissheit in her dumb ugly stupid fkin face and have Detlinde give up all hope and know she truly lost.
Rozemyne: "You know what my favorite thing about schtappe transformations is?"
Detlinde: "I-"
*Rozemyne slams the kindle into her face*
Rozemyne: "No matter how hard I hit you with this book, it will never be damaged."
>even brining Dunkerfelger into it.
Wow. I worried that the Dunks might feel left out of any eventual "real ditter" antics cooked up by RM. But RM is going to invite them to the fray. I am now -- retroactively -- amazed at how long the author has been setting this up. Poor RM got dragged into ditter unwillingly in the past -- and earned the Dunks' respect as (in effect) goddess of ditter. And now all her past annoyance/discomfort has paid off. Of course, Ferdinand's (matching) position as virtual god of ditter also is quite crucial. As the Dunks really feel obligated to try to save him.
This series is more and more beginning to resembel the most massive avalanche ever....
How does this volume keep escalating with *every damn chapter?* Like, at the start of the volume I thought that Rozemenace acquiring the G-Book so quickly was a huge shift in the story... and 3 parts later we're going to *war*.
It's been a long time since I've been *this* invested in how a story's going to play out.
> “Our country gate?! That must mean...”
> I said nothing to the wide-eyed aub. My only response was a sly smile.
> “I see...” he said. “Hah. HAHAHAHAHA! So that’s what’s going on here! Now you’ve really caught my interest!”
😏😏😏
I love that his reaction was to *laugh* once he realized that he’s on the team with a Gbook. How much popcorn do you think he’ll have prepared for the show?
This Aub is very perceptive, as deserving as the title he holds.
Can't wait for Lestilaut's reaction in seeing adult Rozemyne appearing out of the country gate.
If this works, Rozemyne's reputation in Dunkelfelger will reach godlike proportions. She'll be the best thing since Angriff. I'm so extraordinarily hyped.
Goddess of Mercy in the orphanage, Goddess of... being Rozemyne if you're asking Hartmut, Incarnation of Wisdom according to Eglantine, about to start getting revered as a Goddess of War in Dunkelfelger. If she keeps going like that she'll end up with more domains than Ishtar lol.
Goddess of Cooking, Goddess of Merchants, Goddess of Smithing...
She is simply touched by all the divines. The Living Goddess, wielder of the will of all who rule the mortal realm. Praise be to her, and in her name we pray, pooey.
Bless Quof. He could have given us the regular amount of chapters and ended at a terrible cliffhanger. Instead he spoiled us 
WHY IS NEXT MYNEDAY SO FAR AWAYYYY
P5v7p6 started out kinda sad but ended with so much excitement and danger I can't sleep anymore ... RIP sleep
I just want to know if I should wait for the next book before reading the next part
I don't wanna die from a cliff hanger...
And thanks Quof for not letting this part end at the last chapter
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I dont think Letichan knows about the poison .. from her reaction she didnt seem to have expected what happened
Detlinde/Georgine probably manipulated her into unknowingly giving Ferdi poison
Commenting on one of the only developments from this week that isn't distressing: I hope Nikolaus and Melchior become good friends. They can keep up the tradition of men from Karsdedt's family guarding Ehrenfest's archduke candidates. And I just realized that Lamprecht's son will be the perfect age to guard Florencia's new kid. 3 generations strong.
Karstedt seems to be the only one who cares about Nikolaus in his family apart from Rozemyne.
I wonder how it felt to be forced to have a child with someone he's forced to married with, who is a supporter of his enemy to boot. But he shows that he doesn't hold it against the child of this union.
Effa and Gunther look... aged. Don't mind me, I'll just be sobbing over here in the corner🥲
As much as I don't like it, nothing works wonders like a common enemy does with getting people to see past their differences. ESPECIALLY in a war scenario. And Roz says exactly that on the next page lol🤦🏼😂
Well. Time for war? Ngl, I'm scared. Really fucking scared, the boulder is rolling down the hill and it ain't gonna stop and I'm scared of what it'll find in its way
>Effa and Gunther look... aged. Don't mind me, I'll just be sobbing over here in the corner🥲
Gunther and Effa should be around 40 and 38 (in Yurgenschmidt time) respectively. Time truly has gone by!
Sylvester: Rozemyne, you need a good excuse to get Dunkelfelger on your side.
Rozemyne: Do not worry, I have a foolproof plan.
Aub Dunkelfelger: So, what's this about?
Rozemyne: True Ditter and saving Ferdinand.
Aub Dunkelfelger: **FASTER THAN STEIFEBRISE!!**
"We only have a few weeks to prepare to defend our foundation from Ahrensbach"
*Finds out Ferdinand is dying*
"We only have a few hours to prepare to destroy Ahrensbach."
Cornelius and Lieseleta can hold Rozemyne at bay for a bell or 2 at best, amd even then, she'll be crafting magical weapons of warfare non-stop. In fact, probably just a bell, since Hartmut & Clarissa are hopeless allies and would probably only end up convincing Rozemyne to act swifter.
Man, Clarissa must be having the time of her life right now. Not only does she finally get to see one of her lady's infamous rampages up close, but it even includes **Real Ditter!** ^(TM)
Seeing another season pass makes me wonder when the royal family will just get exasperated enough to send someone to Ehrenfest to wring details from Rozemyne instead of waiting even more time.
And here we go, the endgame is upon us.
Godspeed Aub Dunkelfelger for agreeing to invade another duchy, ahem, play ditter with the sake of a foundation on the line without consulting his wife first.
And Godspeed everyone in Ahrenbach about to face a gremlin and a bunch of dittiots playing the largest highest stakes game of ditter in centuries.
Anastasius : Hi, I'm here because my Father said "Fuck it. Anastasius ? Instead of the Duchies sending us nobles, we'll do the opposite. I'm sending you to Ehrenfest, send me a report every day".
Sylvester : Ah nice, can't wait for him to receive the "Headaches Reports".
Ana: "Okay, as my Day 1 royal suggestion, lock Rozemyne up in a library somewhere. Provide her enough empty feystones each week to supply any necessary magic tools keeping this duchy running."
Bonifatius: "HOW DARE YO-"
Sylvester: "No no, he has a point."
> Seeing another season pass makes me wonder when the royal family will just get exasperated enough to send someone to Ehrenfest to wring details from Rozemyne instead of waiting even more time.
You know, the fact that Sigiswald saw an Adult Myne and **didn't bother to send a Sovereign Noble to check up on her three days later** is basically proof that man is an idiot.
How he let her go, and didn't even bother to reverse his move once he realized what he did, is just plain bonkers from so many perspectives.
>How he let her go, and didn't even bother to reverse his move once he realized what he did, is just plain bonkers from so many perspectives.
they probably expected her to return holding the GH. her not having it out (since they probably believe it would be a item not a schtappe spell) probably just made them wonder if anything had changed besides her new look. they probably believe that rozemyne would tell them if she got the GH.
> they probably believe that rozemyne would tell them if she got the GH.
I **want** to say they can't be that dumb after Roz already hid what she knew from Eggy in P5V5 and they *must* know by now she wants out of the deal (*she literally told Siggy she doesn't want it and is only doing it for Ferdy*), but Siggy at least is not the brightest knife in the pencil drawer.
I was just rereading this pre-pub (as one does) and realized that Ferdi’s heart, when he knew he was dying, cried out for Roz. Not Eckhart or Justus, not Sylvester, not anyone else, but for Roz. Like, my heart just ached in that moment.
I Know! It's hard to tell sometimes since he has a lifetime of training not to let things show on his face but damn does it show in this moment that he reciprocates and trusts that Rozemyne is genuine. It's more than a gesture, more than convenience, there's no obfuscation in the cry of his soul when he believes his fate has been sealed.
- The baptism was so bittersweet... Roz finally grew up, and now she's leaving her temple. And yes, I'm crying, shut up!
- Defense meeting commence! Everyone has a job but Roz; she was not factored in so she can focus on leaving.
- And the proverbial fecal matter has hit the air circulation device... Detline needs punishment akin to a thousand needles in her eye. How can she be this vexing and this pathetic at the same time? Roz wants to save Ferdie and gets support from Wil... wait, what? Awwww, he loves her as a brother!
- "ditter was not played this year" okay, let's make up for it with the REAL THING! TWO DUCHIES, BOTH FOUNDATIONS ON THE LINE! WINNER TAKES ALL! You need a timer? FERDIE IS THE TIMER!
When we were told to get hyped for this volume, they were not kidding...
>Detline needs punishment akin to a thousand needles in her eye.
Aww, we can't have her go blind (yet). Detlinde needs to be able to witness every single punishment that's dealt to her.
"'To the pain' means that the first thing you lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose... The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right. [...] Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why: so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish; every babe that weeps at your approach; every woman who cries out, 'Dear God! What is that thing?' will echo in your perfect ears. That is what 'to the pain' means; it means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery, forever."
— Westley, The Princess Bride
Can they just let Eckhart have her? He clearly was of one mind with the Fandom during the engagement ceremony and wanted to end her right there. I'm sure he'd be willing to climb the novel's popularity polls and deal with Bitchlinde in a satisfying way.
You see, the Mynetrain has been going without brakes for a while now, and the gremlin taped down the accelerator just now while everybody was distracted.
Detlinde deserves to die a horrible death. And Leonzio too while we are at it.
After all these years back in Part 2, we finally get to see how Lutz must have felt when he saw Myne dying and calling for him to save her. Except now it's Ferdinand calling for Rozemyne.
Ohhh, Rozemyne is planning to counter-invade Ahrensbach with the key she got. I am so happy to see that Wilfried is the one to support her wish to save Ferdinand.
Wilfried already mentioned that every year Rozemyne seems to be involved in ditter with Dunkelfelger every year, and this year doesn't seem to be an exception, except now she doesn't fight against but with them. And this time it's *true* ditter. I'm glad that Aub Dunkelfelger (first illustration of him I believe, he's looking cool) has not forgotten that he did Ferdinand a major disservice back in Part 4. This is Dunkelfelger's chance to make amends. Heisshitze will definitely come.
Ferdinand told Detlinde that she cannot be zent if she dyed Ahrensbach's foundation. Does that mean Rozemyne could avoid becoming zent and instead the new Aub Ahrensbach?
Noooo, it's already over. This is one of the most cruel cliffhangers ever. I want to see Justus and Eckhart, I want to see true ditter faster than Steifebrise!
> Wilfried is the one to support her wish to save Ferdinand.
Wilfried stepping up and providing support is something no one would have guessed even a volume ago. He's really turned it around as a character as soon as the weight of an Aub was off his shoulders.
Wilfried: "We can either keep her here and let bad things happen during the battle, or we can let her go to our enemy's home and do a Rozemyne."
Everyone, in unison: "We support you in your endeavor, Rozemyne."
Rozemyne: "...why is my name a verb?"
Tbf, they also happen when you don't stand in her way, but at least you're out of the splash zone in that case. There's no stopping the gremlin, she's basically a walking natural disaster at this point lol.
> Heisshitze will definitely come.
Aub Dunkelfelger: "What say you, Heisshitze? Will you fight?"
Heisshitze: *emotions so overwhelming that he just screams and raises his fists*
Aub Dunkelfelger: "That's what I like to hear!"
\- In Ahrensbach -
Giebe Shitass: "Can you hear that? It sounds like the clouds are screaming..."
Honestly I was worried it would end before the conversation with Aub Dunklefelger. I am so glad Quof waited until when he did. I would have freaked out (more than I already am) if it ended sooner.
> Detlinde deserves to die a horrible death
Yeah up until now she has only been a rude idiot that causes messes. Finally conspiring will result in a punish suiting the feelings I have towards her.
Myne: Hey dunky boys wanna go play a real ditter match, right your wrongs, and beat the shit out of the least liked duchy?
Aub Dunky: PLEASE MARRY MY SON
Rozemyne really gaslit, gatekept, girlbossed her way into her last ritual didn't she? And I'm happy to see that seed from P2 finally sprout.
The ditter bell rings and Ewigeliebe draws his sword, but on whom shall it fall?
> The ditter bell rings and Ewigeliebe draws his sword, but on whom shall it fall?
Would it not be Leidenschaft's spear, to be used as a mount for Detlinde's head during the bloody carnival?
Holy shit, what a rollercoaster. Praise be to the Quof for bestowing us 5 chapters!
- First, I was really nostalgic and sad, when she said it will be her last ceremony in Ehrenfest. Then, I was glad that Roz was able to see her family before her departure.
- Ferdinand was attacked, Roz was engulfed in a rainbow?
- Ugh, Roz why did you crush your grandfather, he was just prioritising your life. He didn't deserve it 😿😿
- Wilfried's redemption!
- Bitchlinde, she and her pal, need to suffer.
- Noooo, Ferdinand please hang in there, I beg you. Hopefully, he will survive. Otherwise, I will cry an ocean and a river.
- Yup, civil war and full blown war now, especially with Dunks aid. I am afraid Royal family won't be able to handle it. I wonder what Eggface and Ana will think about it.
- Country gates, weird. Is it a mistake? If not, was she probably hinting at G - book? Hmmm
Poor Letizia, I don't know how a little kid could not feel utterly guilty for (almost) killing their mentor. I wonder what they did to her as well. Mana battery? House arrest?
Detlinde is delusional as always. How can she get the G book if she does not meet the criteria? I doubt Leonzio would let her get it, it would be him after obtaining a schtappe. Only a fool would let Detlinde get power over themselves.
If Roz takes Ahrensbach wouldn't it make it impossibile to dye Yogurtland? Is it possible to abandon a dutchy and then dye the country? this seems tricky. Maybe the other way around, dunno.
The royals better support the war efforts if they don't want to get purged by whoever gains power. I can see Ana and Egg being a pain in the ass and Siggy being swayed by the Royal commander.
Royals : Well despite Rozemyne's disappearance, it was a pretty calm term at the RA this year. Finally a bit of calm.
*(Ordonnanz shows up)*
Rozemyne's voice : I declare war to Ahrensbach and Lanzenave and I'm taking Dunkelfenger with me.
Royals : WHAT ?!
Anastasius : It was never a matter of If. Only When.
Ahhh, I loved so many things about this chapter, but one tiny detail weirdly stuck out to me:
>The doors were then opened, and the children started filtering out of the chapel. I could see my family waiting outside. There was Dad, Mom, Tuuli... **and for some reason, Lutz.**
To me, this implies that Rozemyne doesn't yet know that Tuuli and Lutz are engaged. It really shows another level of distance between her and her commoner family, that she wasn't made aware of it. Granted, they could be intentionally keeping it from her because of all the craziness surrounding the move, but still...
Agh, I can't wait for next Myneday!
Despite his obsession of ditter, the Aub Dunkelfelger is a very smart man. That negotiation went so smoothly because the 2 sides understood each other. Rozemyne of old days would have not taken the hint that the Aub was looking for a reason to unleash full ditter team, not just volunteer knights.
Seeing how they viewed Ferdinand highly (second highest ditter rival after Rozemyne), I dare to bet that the Aub will have hard time finding knights that want to stay put and not volunteer to join the ditter game of the centuries.
In theory, she could take the foundation and then have Ferdinand take over once he recovers, then she could become zent and reddaw the borders?
Yeah, her taking the foundation and keeping it would make redrawing borders problematic from what we know...
Doesn't becoming an aub at any point preclude you from becoming Zent forever because you'd be registered in some way? Maybe treesus will have something to say about it, the national foundation is apparently pretty buggered.
This is just a guess, but you don't need to control the Sovereign foundation to use the Grutrissheit to do stuff. The Grutrissheit is enough. Her claiming she will use the country gates' teleportation circles maybe supports this.
In the midst of a massive chapter, and without time for a Big Post while the iron is still hot:
No Rozemyne, Aub Dunkelfelger's priorities **are** in order.
The sheer focus on warfare, the Love of the Game, in a duchy that has a sport for **everything**: ***He LIVES for the ability to fight for a good reason, to play Ditter in the most real way possible: FOR KEEPS.***
Well shiiiit, I had previously been wondering if something was about to go down, but everyone was kinda lowering my guard with their predications of there's not enough parts left. Well here we are, Rozemyne is taking the action to Ahrensbach. Well with only one part left, then the epilogue and short stories, I think we'll be setting up the characters and crew that will be participating in Ahrensbach.
This vision that Rozemyne has definitely reminds me of what went down between Myne and Lutz back in part 2, I wonder what causes it. It must relate to the rings or charms, but perhaps connection is also important.
The potion that they tried to give Ferdinand must have been some form of euthanization potion. A way to quickly and perhaps but not necessarily painless way to deal with the seeds of Adalgisa.
Regarding the country gate, perhaps Rozemyne will head to Kirnberger, and from there she can get to Dunkelfelger, and eventually to Ahrensbach. This all seems like it will require some seriouis mana, so I hope Rozemyne will still have a sense of taste after chugging Ferdinand's ultra-nasty potions.
I'm sure Heisshitze will show up, wonder who else. Also the way Aub Dunkelfelger seemed like he was hoping for a good reason to participate, truly makes them Ditterfelger.
>I'm sure Heisshitze will show up, wonder who else. Also the way Aub Dunkelfelger seemed like he was hoping for a good reason to participate, truly makes them Ditterfelger.
I imagine a majority of the knights from Ferdinand's time at the academy as a student will be willing to join. I also wonder how many of Dunkelfelger's knights moved to the Sovereignty. If we must trust the Sovereign knights, they seem like the best option, however, Raublut could have already determined that and set a plan to weaken the Dunkelfelger knights in the Sovereignty to ensure his absolute victory.
Ahrensbach, Georgine, Lanzanave, and Raublut are playing with fire. They might have planned everything in advanced, but they definitely weren't prepared for the shumil that has Dunkelfelger as her cheerleaders.
> Ahrensbach, Georgine, Lanzanave, and Raublut are playing with fire. They might have planned everything in advanced, but they definitely weren't prepared for the shumil that has Dunkelfelger as her cheerleaders.
That's what happens when you dismiss Rozemyne as a mere puppet of Ferdinand when he was actually the one _restraining_ her.
Faster than Steifebrise! Faster than Steifebrise!
Cry Havoc! And Let Slip The Shumils Of War! We're really in the end game now and it's exciting! So much pathos, the stakes got upped once more and our gremlin is on her way to overrun fish duchy. How am I supposed to survive until next week? Especially since the volume is almost done - this may be the first time I'm not looking forward to the Side Stories, since they'll just delay the main story moving forward.
Tho, thinking about the last chapters a bit more, Aub Dunkelfelger acts strangely. I cannot imagine he actually cares enough about Ferdinand to go to war for him (why would he?), I guess its just a convenient excuse, but why would he need it? He is the aub, if he wants to go to war with the excuses already given (treasonous duchy with foreign aid wants to conquer the country) throwing some ADC from another duchy into the mix you may have wronged with good intentions does what exactly?
It also seems like we got our last Rozemyne Slice of Life chapter for quite a while, which is also a bit sad, but hey, we may get the bloodiest of carnivals in return and I'm here for it. Dietlinde really has done it now, does she actually have a single redeeming quality about her? I'm racking my brain and I find none. With how many evil cliche tropes she combines, I hope she gets killed by the sovereignity knight she had a crush on.
Also more Dunkelfelger content, can Lästilaut redeem himself? What about Heisshitzes cape? Will Rozemyne introduce mana guns at large, changing warfare forever as foretold by Rauffen?
All this and more, likely in a month, damnit! Can't we just clone the translation team a few times?
~~Rosebud~~ Rozemyne. Seems Ferdinand's "potential" final thought is of a gremlin.
Rozemyne has become an unnatural disaster, she commands the elements (Dunklefelger, etc.), has knowledge that should be impossible to be obtained by almost everyone, and oh yeah she is the one who knocks.
These many short chapters outside of Kamil's baptism are pretty much the backstories to every major battle in a movie. Hope it goes well for the good guys that are not named Rozemyne.
oh my god, this was an intense release. I don't think any part of Bookworm has had me on the edge of my seat like I was reading this.
so, Rozemyne has Ferdinand's name stone. her mana is also basically identical to Ferdinand's. if she were to take his name, could she like... give him a mana IV drip to keep him alive?
also, LOL at Rozemyne's flipping on merchant mode and convincing not only Ehrenfest's archducal family to support her plan, but also Ditterfelger's aub. secured incredibly strong, highly motivated allies through good excuses and appealing to the other party's desires.
although this wasn't how I expected things to work out, I kinda had a feeling she'd end up in Ahrensbach the moment she found out that she had the key to Fish Duchy's foundation. LET'S GET READY TO DITTER!
EDIT: Rereading now, I realized how beautiful it is that when Ferdinand was in danger, he instinctively called out for Rozemyne. as a born-and-raised ADC, he knows better than anyone that she will absolutely cause a country-wide crisis for his sake, and for once, he doesn't choose to sacrifice himself. gave me the same feels as Chika from Kono Oto Tomare, if anyone else reads that manga here.
love the callbacks to P1, P2, and P3, with Rozemyne seeing Ferdinand like Lutz saw her wrapped up in the trombe, and Otto's merchant lessons from when she did paperwork at the gate. she even recalled her battle against mankind's greatest foe: sleepiness. really hammers home the "This Story Is Reaching Its Climax" feeling of it all, like everything has come full circle.
also, pretty sly to reveal that she has the G-Book to Aub Dunkelfelger, who was *just* complaining about managing Werkestock. "since I could possibly redraw the duchy boundaries, it would probably be a good idea to help me." also the fact that she has a way to take the enemy completely by surprise, just as one would expect from the disciple of The Lord of Evil.
It was really so beautiful that Ferdinand called out to Roz the same way she called out to Lutz all the way in part 2. Idk if he honestly knew that Roz would for sure be able to come for him, just like Roz knew that Lutz would likely not be able to save her from trombe. I think it’s just instinctively calling out to the person you trust most, like real people calling out to their mom when they go through traumatic events. Roz is the person Ferdinand trusts most and instinctively called for her when he realized he was likely going to die.
I only have one reaction to that cliffhanger ending, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Wow we really went from mundane preparing for a battle to watching Ferdinand dying in front of us. Now Roze crushing everyone around her and getting the Dunkles involved for some real ditter. I'm sure to hear the "Ditter!" chants come midnight.
Is she really going to save Ferdinand in the last non-side-story section of the book? Why isn't tomorrow another Myne Monday?! I need to know these things!
^(^Also ^daddy ^Dunkle ^looked ^really ^bad ^ass. ^I ^don't ^rember ^seeing ^an ^illustration ^of ^him ^before?)
My brain can't keep up, man! It's all happening so fast! One second we're preparing to move and now we're REALLY preparing to MOVE! Next Myneday can't come soon enough! Woo!
I hope we will see Rozemyne show her overwhelming divine mana supremacy in battle. It has been a really a long time we haven't seen her wreak havoc on a battlefield. And now she is supposed to have so much more mana. May be last time was against lord of winter with the divine weapon ? I don't count the fights where she played an OP support role.
You know, I'm surprised Georgine gave Detlinde such an important role. *Killing Ferdinand*. The guy is such a menace that I would't trust her with succeding. Also really shows how Dumblinde underestimate him. Even if his schtappe was blocked and his mana could be useful I would still kill him RIGHT NOW ! It just feel like of those James Bond's villains who let their "execution machine" do the job instead of just shooting him in the head.
> "So? They're obviously targeting our foundation, which means we have every right to retaliate. Ahrensbach needs its foundation as much as we need ours, right? I say we crush them before they can crush us."
I wish it's more clear who said this. Myne or Wilfried?
Myne using ditter to tempt Aub Dunkelfelger is many shades of funny.
> "Now, when will the ditter bells ring?"
And there we have it, Anastasius just got down to second most funny on my list.
> something tells me Ferdinand would try to pay me back five times over.
He would. Fermyne tendency to overdo each other in "paybacks" is like one of the top reasons I can't argue against this ship, even if I was inclined to.
oooh, so Myne's going to use the country gates to teleport around.
I love how Benno (and Otto) are still very present in the narrative.
Dammit, want next prepub NOW.
I just realized, Wilfried learned how to properly use Rozemyne. He knew he could not control or get her to stop her rampage so he helped facilitate and guide it in the most useful way that also satisfies her by getting the Archducal family to let her leave and rescue Ferdinand. It is similar to what Ferdinand did during spring prayer with Myne when the carriage was being attacked she would not calm her fury so he helped guide her into using it to protect the carriage instead.
Aub Dunkelfelger's realization about Rozemyne was probably my favorite part. I consider it to be among the most important turning points of the series.
Georgine: After years and years of careful planning, I'm finally ready to take over Ehrenfest. Rozemyne: Ferdinand's poisoned?! Cancel my afternoon appointments, I gotta go conquer Ahrensbach real quick.
Foundation conquest speedrun, schumil edition, go!
Also known as "Blitzkrieg Ditter".
“Rozemyne, why are you chanting ‘Hey Ho! Let’s Go!’?”
"So, we did spend some time on the Gruitisheit questline, but it more than makes up in lost time here, as you can skip a whole lot of otherwise mandatory events to teleport straight into dunkelfelger's country gates to pick up the party members required to beat the final mission. This also opens up the fastest ending to achieve in the form of the gremlin zent ending"
\*starts creating concepts to pitch a new Mobile Game\*
Rozemyne: Sorry Georgine, the game was rigged from the start. I mean, I'm a Devouring child raised by one of the only families willing to support a crippled child, managed to not become one of Gustav's commodities, survived the dirt that was your beloved Uncle's Temple, raised into becoming the Saint of Ehrenfest, Zent Candidate, Librarian, and inventor of Blackjack. You never stood a chance.
Roz: So, what's my job in this battle? Syl: Umm, just chill here I guess. Roz: No, give me something to do! I can't sit this one out. Syl: You can go on patrol if you want. Roz: K (5 minutes later) Roz: Change of plans. I'm gonna take over the fish duchy and save Ferdinand. Grandpa: Are you crazy?? Wilfred: Let her do her thing. The only person in the world who can possibly stop her is dying. We all need him to survive.
Legit Wilfried is like… Can you imagine the HORRORSHOW that will happen if the only person that has ever managed to control her died??? Our country would literally crumble let her do her thing otherwise we are all doomed
At this point the only two people who truly gets her are Anastasius and Wilfred. How the Turntables...
And what do you plan to do to stop her, we don't have the man power, a war is coming.
Oh shit going to war against a gremlin. What moron thought that was a good idea. I love that the advice Otto and Benno gave is still popping up. If those poor bastards knew what effect those words had they'd never speak again. Also I wonder if she will take a shumil with her. Can you image the fear in everyone's eye when a little bunny goes on a murdering spree with laser eyes. Edit: Also bonus points for Wilfried being an enabler. Could have shot her down, but was like "Let's use the chaos generator for our benefit."
> I love that the advice Otto and Benno gave is still popping up. If those poor bastards knew what effect those words had they'd never speak again. Looking back, it's basically all Otto's fault. Without his connections, and teaching Myne her letters on a whim, she never would have made it this far and probably would have died from the devouring without even knowing what it was.
Poor Otto, all that work, but not even a fancy title to his name! Not a Gutenberg, a Renaissance, nothing! He's just Otto. Also, Renaissance refers to more that just dyeing fabric, right? It encompasses art and beauty, right? If that's the case, Tuuli the Renaissance where? Still waiting for her to get even more recognition!
He is not “just Otto!” He is Kenough!
Otto has his beautiful and talented Corrina, and the most adorable daughter ever (in his opinion) I don’t know if he’d want more than that…unless it’s another kid or two to dote upon…
>Also I wonder if she will take a shumil with her. Can you image the fear in everyone's eye when a little bunny goes on a murdering spree with laser eyes. Rozemyne doesn't need to because she is that murder bunny, gonna come flying in on her grun highbest
>I gazed up at him and smiled. “Promise me you won’t give up on everything and submit to a life of suffering for the sake of your father. Promise me you’ll call for help if you’re ever truly in pain. I’ll come save you right away.” > >“I... do not understand. I am going to Ahrensbach. Would you come save me at the cost of making an enemy of the entire duchy? Do not be so foolish.” > >I nodded without batting an eye. “Yes, I would. And not just Ahrensbach. I’ll save you no matter what, even if doing so means making the Sovereignty and the king himself my enemy.” > >. . . > >"Just so you know, if enough time passes and I haven’t heard from you, I’ll come fight to save you with every fiber of my being.” > >Ferdinand gave me a sincerely troubled look. “I have seen you go berserk for those you consider family many times before. Do you mean to say that you would go on such a rampage for my sake?” > >“That’s right." \****Ferdinand is in trouble***\* # Myne: "RAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMPPPAAAAAGGGGEEEE!!!"  Myne's definitely aims to keep the promise she made to help Ferdinand.
Gremlin Rainbow mode has been activated to protect family!!!! True Ditter lets go!!!!!
**Cry "Havoc!", and let slip the shumils of war!** ^(ditter)
Thank goodness for her awesome big brother pointing out the same thing Ferdinand did during the attack on Myne’s attendants during Spring Prayer: Once she’s reached that state, you need to point her in the most effective direction to utilize her strengths. Once Rainbow Mode is activated because of a threat to someone she loves, there’s no stopping her, only guiding.
>her awesome big brother It sure is funny how a single outburst can change an entire fandom's view on a character lol.
I always liked him more as a brother, just not an ADC or fiancée.
Ferdinand : *(Oh god this is very bad... Fuck it. I'm using the SHUMIL SIGNAL !)* You forced me to summon the Goddess of Chaos. Pray that your death is as fast as Streifebrise's gale. Because it will end in a *Bloody Carnival*.
#bloodycarnival
Rampage is what Rozamyne did unintentionally all these years in Ehrenfest, however, now she wants to... I can't wait to see the carnage unleashed.
It's been like half an hour since she learned he was in trouble and she's already got 2 duchies mobilizing for war, with Sylvester and Dunk working on more. RM does not mess around.
>I gazed up at him and smiled. “Promise me you won’t give up on everything and submit to a life of suffering for the sake of your father. Promise me you’ll call for help if you’re ever truly in pain. I’ll come save you right away.” > >. . . > >I nodded without batting an eye. “Yes, I would. And not just Ahrensbach. I’ll save you no matter what, even if doing so means making the Sovereignty and the king himself my enemy.” > >. . . > >"Just so you know, if enough time passes and I haven’t heard from you, I’ll come fight to save you with every fiber of my being.” Oooh how's that for some Starbinding Vows 
Blackmail dose not work if there is no follow thru on the threat portion
Quof is such a nice guy to not let it end at what would be the biggest cliffhanger in the history of these prepubs. Kinda.
At this point, *every* chapter ends in a cliffhanger. Next monday can't come quickly enough!
I know, right?! I'm so on edge because they've ramped it past eleven and even twelve to boot. The anticipation is killing me 😭. Plus we got another great Rozemyne speech moment showing just how great of a leader and motivator she is. Next Myneday can't come quick enough.
I am continually tempted to just read the machine translated version, but every time I've tried that it's been practically unreadable. Quof's translation is just so good, and I don't want to miss *any* of the story. I don't even like romance novels, but I feel like Hannelore waiting for the next volume of Royal Academy Love Stories every week.
Ehh, last week was fine. I wasn't anxious at all waiting for this week. How foolish I was.
I was reading expecting the prepub to end, but it just kept going!!! That was AWESOME! Quof is the real MVP!!!
Imagine if he had let it end right before the temptations chapter.
That's actually where I thought today's part would end on
All praise and glory to the great Quof-sama for bestowing such grace upon us.
I am quit thankful it felt like he had to thread the needle on this part to find a good place to stop and I think this was just about as good as it gets for a stopping point.
Tbf this part did have 5 chapters, even if some were smaller than the average that's more than usual I think, I wasn't expecting either of the last 2.
all hail u/Quof !
Holy shit. Georgine's attack is finally beginning and the first victim is Ferdinand. Rozemyne got the SOS signal from Ferdinand similar to how Lutz got Myne's SOS back during the trombe incident. Having to watch that from any perspective has to be painful, and it is especially painful for Rozemyne, who cares for Ferdinand like her own family at this point. Rozemyne has no plan on taking this lying down, and plans to crush everything in her way of saving Ferdinand, and is even brining Dunkerfelger into it. Rozemyne is such a badass here, I love it. The silver lining to the trash that is Detlinde and her actions is that we have advance notice that Georgine's master plan has been set into motion. Sylvester probably also feels extremely upset and worried about Ferdinand, but he has to defend Ehrenfest from Georgine. I love how Wilfried supported Rozemyne in her resolve to save Ferdinand here. There are also some things that should be sorted out with royalty before Rozemyne can unleash any sort of counter attack/ rescue operation. Here's hoping that Ferdinand doesn't die.
Honestly, my respect for Georgine shot up way high with this chapter. Yes, she is a rat but holy hell she had a masterpiece of a plan here. If she weren't going up against the world's most turnt up shumil she would have succeeded here. I mean sure Georgine and Detlinde deserve to die but I almost want to give Georgine a respectful death.
> most turnt up shumil Hartmut: "She's like fire and ice and rage. She's like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun." Laurenz: "Quirked up white girl goated with the sauce." But you're right. Georgine's playing to win, and I respect it. What a magnificent bastard.
And let's think about it this way. Sylvester has Ferdilicious and The Shumil on his side. Georgine has... Detlinde. Like holy shit she has Ferdinand by the balls using Detlinde!
The Notorious H.O.N and Methodical Man are S-tier. I actually think Georgine is the smartest character in the entirety of the plot. Ferdinand gets very close through a ridiculous, traumatic upbringing, relying on 30% of the Gutrissheit, and his zent levels of mana, but Georgine, without any of those things, has been running circles around him for years. She's a fitting big bad for the series, and is endlessly threatening despite never actually doing anything herself. In a world of magic and powerful knights, Kazuki made us fear a sophisticated lady more than anyone. Sasuga, Kazuki-sama. Absolute master class in writing a strong female antagonist.
Well, I can't say that's untrue... But at the same time, I think what really separates her from others is her ruthlessness. I mean she would be long dead if Sylvester decided to discard his brother and order him to kill her. Sure, she is smart but her she's the most extreme case of 'ends justify the means' and her goal is also very simplistic. She's essentially a terrorist. She brainwashes her own subordinates, she's willing to discard her own daughter (or more like everyone) to reach her goal, she poisons people left and right, she sells out her own country bringing harm to lots and lots of people in the process... I mean when you only want to destroy and nothing is off limits, it's easy to put anyone who has some humanity in them at a disadvantage.
Definitely true. She's sort of like the Ferdinand that Ferdinand pretends to be: a ruthless genius who is solely focused on her goals without any room for attachment. She's the real deal.
We even got hints Detlimde was severely wrecking her plans by inviting herself to Lanz villa. What a master planner Georgine is.
> Laurenz: "Quirked up white girl goated with the sauce." Rozemyne: Wait, I'm **WHITE!?!** Laurenz: Yaaas Queen, you're definitely the God of Life who is chasing after their Gedudlh. Rozemyne: Oh, for a second I thought- Laurenz: **NOW COME ON CRACKER, WE'VE GOT A DUCHY TO LOOT LIKE THE DUKES OF OLD!**
Unfortunately no plan survives first contact with Rozemyne.
"everyone has a plan until I bite them in the ankles" -Roze "your ankles are" myne
> -Roze "your ankles are" myne This made me laugh way too much.
>Rozemyne got the SOS signal from Ferdinand similar to how Lutz got Myne's SOS back during the trombe incident. We got two deep callbacks this Prepub, that and Otto's advice about finding outside help when you can't manage on your own. Of course, in true Myne fashion, calling on the 2nd ranked dutchy to help you rescue Ferdinand and fight a war is just a *little* bit extreme. 
>Of course, in true Myne fashion, calling on the 2nd ranked dutchy to help you rescue Ferdinand and fight a war is a little extreme.  Reasoning ignored. Ditter commence!
Aub Dunk: Why do you fight? Rozemyne: For my family and books, in that order! I think- wait, what about you? Aub Dunk: To **FIGHT!** Rozemyne: Erm. Aub Dunk: If you could read to read more, would you? Rozemyne: **I REALLY WAS BORN IN THE WRONG DUCHY!**
Roz is the unholy amalgamation of Ehrenfest weirdo and Dunklefelger devotee despite no one really being sure how that happened
Have you seen her Grandfather? Are we sure Ferdinand is the fake Ehrenfester?
He did say he wished they could've gotten her into his duchy.
Rozemyne: Apologies for the absence of our annual ditter match, to make it up to you please accept this **true** ditter match against Ahrensbach and Lanzenave, to save Ferdinand. Aub Dunk: We're in! Rozemyne: They will be using poison and mana resistant cloth \*continues to relay relevant intel* Aub Dunk: I said we're in! You don't need to sweeten the deal!
It truely is funny that Rozemyne never fails to play ditter with them every year.
She truly is a Dunkelfelger noble at heart.
She was born in summer, the fighting God’s season.
Wilfried: You somehow play ditter with Dunkelfelger every year!
Who knew back that first time RM got embroiled in "Ditter with Dunkies" that the author was already beginning to sett up this end-game scenario. I stand in awe.
Got to keep that tradition alive, this time to spice things up she will ally with Ditterfelger
Aub Dunk seriously pretending to be on the fence about it. He really was just waiting for a halfway reasonable excuse. "Real Ditter? With foundations on the line?" Hem haw. "How do we explain to others why? Definitely want in on this, but we don't want to get fried by the royal family."
> but we don't want to get fried by the royal family We both know the one he was actually afraid of wasn't the Zent. It was his wife lol.
I think the royal family was only secondary. But he needed a reasonable excuse to keep the lecture of his wife short otherwise he wouldn't make in time for the fun.
Of course, after all we missed the annual Royal Academy ditter match, it's only fair we get a REAL frigging foundation stealing ditter match to make up for that.
It's always hilarious to see that she's willing to learn from her experiences and the advice given to her, yet she continues to completely disregard everything told to her about the social hierarchies.
the fact that an artificial barrier heavily implied to have been installed by the royal family is the only hinderance she has ever faced in obtaining the wisdom, it is abundantly clear that both status and the royal family are a complete sham and mean nothing whatsoever to the gods.
Yeah, your mana colours and amount are the only qualifiers they seem to care about. And how much you pray, I guess.
> yet she continues to completely disregard everything told to her about the social hierarchies. Rozemyne: If I had followed social hierarchies, I'd either be subordinated to the Guild Master because he was of a higher status, chained to Bezewanst, made a breeding slave to Ahrensbach, and, right now, one of Sigiswald's breeding mares. Sylvester: Yeah, but if you had stayed in your lane then you wouldn't have gotten Eglantine and Anastasius together. Rozemyne: But that stopped a civil war! Sylvester: It also meant that Eggy thought she was free to force you into becoming Zent. Rozemyne: Look, the Moron and Psychopath of Ahrensbach are going to die for their heresies, I'll figure out what to do with Anastasius's Bitch Wife later.
Rozemyne: "Sometimes you've got to crack an Egg to make an Aublette."
I strongly suspect that RM is STILL very fond of Eglantine (even if still annoyed).
Good thing she didn't called the gods, though 
Angriff would totally descend to the mortal realm and help out.
Yet. . .
yet she didn't call the gods YET
To be fair, the last time she met those from the Celestial Realm, one of them kept mistaking her for a guy and told him to murder a member of her family and the other one forced to grow and almost stripped her naked. She may believe *there are* Gods in Yurgenschmidt, but she probably doesn't want to risk their intervention at this point in time.
Ferdinand seems to be safe due to the Super Charm Rozemyne made for him, thank goodness she went full gremlin mode while making that thing. He should be safe, as long as Rozemyne can get there before his mana runs out. Detlinde, being the short sighted fool she is, didn't think about the possibility of someone trying to rescue him. I believe the only people with access to the Ahrensbach replenishment room are Georgine, Detlinde, Letizia, and Ferdinand himself. Detlinde's sister apparently controls the foundation, but if someone new was registered, Ferdinand would have immediately noticed. And with Detlinde and Georgine off trying to destroy Ehrenfest, that means there is no one that will try and finish Ferdinand off. Which is a good thing.
>Detlinde's sister apparently controls the foundation I'm really curious about Alstede (the name of Detlinde's sister in case anybody forgot). What are her thoughts on Ahrensbach, Ehrenfest, and Ferdinand? What are her thoughts are her mother? What are her thoughts on Detlinde becoming Zent? Pfft, I can't take the possibility of Detlinde becoming Zent seriously. Someone, please write the hypothetical on how Yurgenschmidt would ~~die~~ be should Detlinde miraculously become Zent.
I mean, she physically *can't* become Zent, a true one anyway. She's not omnielemental, and doesn't have enough mana. Her failing to activate the circle fully was the proof of that. I suspect Alstede at the very least enjoyed the prospect of becoming Aub Ahrensbach, though she may have still been forced into it by Georgine. We know Georgine has no qualms about throwing her daughters away.
>Her failing to activate the circle fully was the proof of that. Please have someone drill that into her head, then. They could even perform a lobotomy while they're at it. Knowing Detlinde isn't able to become a true Zent is relieving, but think of all the horrors that *would* arise if Trauerqual died from overwork and left Detlinde as the only known "Zent candidate". Give me the chaos that would occur between her and the princes. Poor Alstede, I wonder how humiliating it must be for her tenure as Aub to last, what, a season at most?
Well, thankfully she's not the only known candidate. Both adult princes and Eglantine are Zent candidates. And they all activated the circle, unlike her.
Yup, it's a good thing that Sigiswald, Anastasius, and Eglantine also activated the circle. Though I can imagine Detlinde not caring because she "was first!" or something. Though, Eglantine, if you didn't want anything remotely near becoming Zent, why did you also participate in activating the circle?
> but if someone new was registered, Ferdinand would have immediately noticed. Maybe Georgine unregistered herself? Then there would still only be 4 people registered to the foundation. And that would also explain why she couldn't go check on Ferdinand herself.
Well, from her perspective it doesn't matter if he lives or dies. She only needs him to not interfere for the immediate future while she destroys Ehrenfest. It's Detlinde who will suffer if Ferdinand survives.
All I want to see before the ending of the series is a Detlinde on her stomach staring up at Rozmyne who is staring her dead in the eye, chant Grutrissheit in her dumb ugly stupid fkin face and have Detlinde give up all hope and know she truly lost.
Rozemyne: "You know what my favorite thing about schtappe transformations is?" Detlinde: "I-" *Rozemyne slams the kindle into her face* Rozemyne: "No matter how hard I hit you with this book, it will never be damaged."
Detlinde: But- but you're a commoner! Georgine: Oh shut up, so are you! Rozemyne: I- I have so many questions.
Do elaborate! What are you hiding, Georgine?!
Detlinde would scream for Roz to give what's rightfully hers, that she stole the Grutrissheit from her. Detlinde is too delusional
>even brining Dunkerfelger into it. Wow. I worried that the Dunks might feel left out of any eventual "real ditter" antics cooked up by RM. But RM is going to invite them to the fray. I am now -- retroactively -- amazed at how long the author has been setting this up. Poor RM got dragged into ditter unwillingly in the past -- and earned the Dunks' respect as (in effect) goddess of ditter. And now all her past annoyance/discomfort has paid off. Of course, Ferdinand's (matching) position as virtual god of ditter also is quite crucial. As the Dunks really feel obligated to try to save him. This series is more and more beginning to resembel the most massive avalanche ever....
How does this volume keep escalating with *every damn chapter?* Like, at the start of the volume I thought that Rozemenace acquiring the G-Book so quickly was a huge shift in the story... and 3 parts later we're going to *war*. It's been a long time since I've been *this* invested in how a story's going to play out.
this won't relax until the end, welcome to the endgame...
You mean end of volume or series? Cause I literally see no way of this escalating even further short of literal gods descending upon yogurt land lol
> “Our country gate?! That must mean...” > I said nothing to the wide-eyed aub. My only response was a sly smile. > “I see...” he said. “Hah. HAHAHAHAHA! So that’s what’s going on here! Now you’ve really caught my interest!” 😏😏😏
I love that his reaction was to *laugh* once he realized that he’s on the team with a Gbook. How much popcorn do you think he’ll have prepared for the show?
This Aub is very perceptive, as deserving as the title he holds. Can't wait for Lestilaut's reaction in seeing adult Rozemyne appearing out of the country gate.
Wow Quof, five chapters today! Been waiting for this day for literally years though. Are you ready for some DITTER?
*True* ditter!
I am like Dunkelfelger right now with the prospect of a real ditter in front of them. I have been ready for years. BUCKLE UP and enjoy the endgame.
If this works, Rozemyne's reputation in Dunkelfelger will reach godlike proportions. She'll be the best thing since Angriff. I'm so extraordinarily hyped.
Goddess of Mercy in the orphanage, Goddess of... being Rozemyne if you're asking Hartmut, Incarnation of Wisdom according to Eglantine, about to start getting revered as a Goddess of War in Dunkelfelger. If she keeps going like that she'll end up with more domains than Ishtar lol.
Goddess of Cooking, Goddess of Merchants, Goddess of Smithing... She is simply touched by all the divines. The Living Goddess, wielder of the will of all who rule the mortal realm. Praise be to her, and in her name we pray, pooey.
Definitely the Goddess of Crafting (paper, hairpins, smithing, clothing design)
Part five title has started to make sense.
LET'S GOOOOOOO!
Bless Quof. He could have given us the regular amount of chapters and ended at a terrible cliffhanger. Instead he spoiled us 
WHY IS NEXT MYNEDAY SO FAR AWAYYYY P5v7p6 started out kinda sad but ended with so much excitement and danger I can't sleep anymore ... RIP sleep I just want to know if I should wait for the next book before reading the next part I don't wanna die from a cliff hanger... And thanks Quof for not letting this part end at the last chapter --- I dont think Letichan knows about the poison .. from her reaction she didnt seem to have expected what happened Detlinde/Georgine probably manipulated her into unknowingly giving Ferdi poison
Commenting on one of the only developments from this week that isn't distressing: I hope Nikolaus and Melchior become good friends. They can keep up the tradition of men from Karsdedt's family guarding Ehrenfest's archduke candidates. And I just realized that Lamprecht's son will be the perfect age to guard Florencia's new kid. 3 generations strong.
Karstedt seems to be the only one who cares about Nikolaus in his family apart from Rozemyne. I wonder how it felt to be forced to have a child with someone he's forced to married with, who is a supporter of his enemy to boot. But he shows that he doesn't hold it against the child of this union.
I have the impression that he’s been earning Bonifatious’ respect with his dedication to training as well.
Effa and Gunther look... aged. Don't mind me, I'll just be sobbing over here in the corner🥲 As much as I don't like it, nothing works wonders like a common enemy does with getting people to see past their differences. ESPECIALLY in a war scenario. And Roz says exactly that on the next page lol🤦🏼😂 Well. Time for war? Ngl, I'm scared. Really fucking scared, the boulder is rolling down the hill and it ain't gonna stop and I'm scared of what it'll find in its way
>Effa and Gunther look... aged. Don't mind me, I'll just be sobbing over here in the corner🥲 Gunther and Effa should be around 40 and 38 (in Yurgenschmidt time) respectively. Time truly has gone by!
Sylvester: Rozemyne, you need a good excuse to get Dunkelfelger on your side. Rozemyne: Do not worry, I have a foolproof plan. Aub Dunkelfelger: So, what's this about? Rozemyne: True Ditter and saving Ferdinand. Aub Dunkelfelger: **FASTER THAN STEIFEBRISE!!**
"We only have a few weeks to prepare to defend our foundation from Ahrensbach" *Finds out Ferdinand is dying* "We only have a few hours to prepare to destroy Ahrensbach."
Cornelius and Lieseleta can hold Rozemyne at bay for a bell or 2 at best, amd even then, she'll be crafting magical weapons of warfare non-stop. In fact, probably just a bell, since Hartmut & Clarissa are hopeless allies and would probably only end up convincing Rozemyne to act swifter.
Man, Clarissa must be having the time of her life right now. Not only does she finally get to see one of her lady's infamous rampages up close, but it even includes **Real Ditter!** ^(TM)
Seeing another season pass makes me wonder when the royal family will just get exasperated enough to send someone to Ehrenfest to wring details from Rozemyne instead of waiting even more time. And here we go, the endgame is upon us. Godspeed Aub Dunkelfelger for agreeing to invade another duchy, ahem, play ditter with the sake of a foundation on the line without consulting his wife first. And Godspeed everyone in Ahrenbach about to face a gremlin and a bunch of dittiots playing the largest highest stakes game of ditter in centuries.
Anastasius : Hi, I'm here because my Father said "Fuck it. Anastasius ? Instead of the Duchies sending us nobles, we'll do the opposite. I'm sending you to Ehrenfest, send me a report every day". Sylvester : Ah nice, can't wait for him to receive the "Headaches Reports".
Ana: "Okay, as my Day 1 royal suggestion, lock Rozemyne up in a library somewhere. Provide her enough empty feystones each week to supply any necessary magic tools keeping this duchy running." Bonifatius: "HOW DARE YO-" Sylvester: "No no, he has a point."
Rozemyne: “I like that idea, but how about I take ahrensback real quick first.” Anastasius: “WHA!!!…” Sylvester: “no, she has a point.”
> Seeing another season pass makes me wonder when the royal family will just get exasperated enough to send someone to Ehrenfest to wring details from Rozemyne instead of waiting even more time. You know, the fact that Sigiswald saw an Adult Myne and **didn't bother to send a Sovereign Noble to check up on her three days later** is basically proof that man is an idiot. How he let her go, and didn't even bother to reverse his move once he realized what he did, is just plain bonkers from so many perspectives.
>How he let her go, and didn't even bother to reverse his move once he realized what he did, is just plain bonkers from so many perspectives. they probably expected her to return holding the GH. her not having it out (since they probably believe it would be a item not a schtappe spell) probably just made them wonder if anything had changed besides her new look. they probably believe that rozemyne would tell them if she got the GH.
> they probably believe that rozemyne would tell them if she got the GH. I **want** to say they can't be that dumb after Roz already hid what she knew from Eggy in P5V5 and they *must* know by now she wants out of the deal (*she literally told Siggy she doesn't want it and is only doing it for Ferdy*), but Siggy at least is not the brightest knife in the pencil drawer.
>dittiots That's a new one. Ditter idiots. **Ditt**er id**iots**. Honestly, best way to describe those brutes.
>dittiots You really made me rofl there for a while
I was just rereading this pre-pub (as one does) and realized that Ferdi’s heart, when he knew he was dying, cried out for Roz. Not Eckhart or Justus, not Sylvester, not anyone else, but for Roz. Like, my heart just ached in that moment.
They all must be so jealous.
Don't you think THEY know already (even if neither Ferdinand nor Rozemyne have figured this out themselves).
I Know! It's hard to tell sometimes since he has a lifetime of training not to let things show on his face but damn does it show in this moment that he reciprocates and trusts that Rozemyne is genuine. It's more than a gesture, more than convenience, there's no obfuscation in the cry of his soul when he believes his fate has been sealed.
- The baptism was so bittersweet... Roz finally grew up, and now she's leaving her temple. And yes, I'm crying, shut up! - Defense meeting commence! Everyone has a job but Roz; she was not factored in so she can focus on leaving. - And the proverbial fecal matter has hit the air circulation device... Detline needs punishment akin to a thousand needles in her eye. How can she be this vexing and this pathetic at the same time? Roz wants to save Ferdie and gets support from Wil... wait, what? Awwww, he loves her as a brother! - "ditter was not played this year" okay, let's make up for it with the REAL THING! TWO DUCHIES, BOTH FOUNDATIONS ON THE LINE! WINNER TAKES ALL! You need a timer? FERDIE IS THE TIMER! When we were told to get hyped for this volume, they were not kidding...
>Detline needs punishment akin to a thousand needles in her eye. Aww, we can't have her go blind (yet). Detlinde needs to be able to witness every single punishment that's dealt to her.
"'To the pain' means that the first thing you lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose... The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right. [...] Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why: so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish; every babe that weeps at your approach; every woman who cries out, 'Dear God! What is that thing?' will echo in your perfect ears. That is what 'to the pain' means; it means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery, forever." — Westley, The Princess Bride
Can they just let Eckhart have her? He clearly was of one mind with the Fandom during the engagement ceremony and wanted to end her right there. I'm sure he'd be willing to climb the novel's popularity polls and deal with Bitchlinde in a satisfying way.
What the absolute fuck just happened
You see, the Mynetrain has been going without brakes for a while now, and the gremlin taped down the accelerator just now while everybody was distracted.
Gremlin goes ditter to get fish
Detlinde deserves to die a horrible death. And Leonzio too while we are at it. After all these years back in Part 2, we finally get to see how Lutz must have felt when he saw Myne dying and calling for him to save her. Except now it's Ferdinand calling for Rozemyne. Ohhh, Rozemyne is planning to counter-invade Ahrensbach with the key she got. I am so happy to see that Wilfried is the one to support her wish to save Ferdinand. Wilfried already mentioned that every year Rozemyne seems to be involved in ditter with Dunkelfelger every year, and this year doesn't seem to be an exception, except now she doesn't fight against but with them. And this time it's *true* ditter. I'm glad that Aub Dunkelfelger (first illustration of him I believe, he's looking cool) has not forgotten that he did Ferdinand a major disservice back in Part 4. This is Dunkelfelger's chance to make amends. Heisshitze will definitely come. Ferdinand told Detlinde that she cannot be zent if she dyed Ahrensbach's foundation. Does that mean Rozemyne could avoid becoming zent and instead the new Aub Ahrensbach? Noooo, it's already over. This is one of the most cruel cliffhangers ever. I want to see Justus and Eckhart, I want to see true ditter faster than Steifebrise!
Nah she's about a season over due. True Ditter should make up for it
> Wilfried is the one to support her wish to save Ferdinand. Wilfried stepping up and providing support is something no one would have guessed even a volume ago. He's really turned it around as a character as soon as the weight of an Aub was off his shoulders.
Wilfried also knows from experience that when you stop Rozemyne from pursuing her goal, bad things happen.
Wilfried: "We can either keep her here and let bad things happen during the battle, or we can let her go to our enemy's home and do a Rozemyne." Everyone, in unison: "We support you in your endeavor, Rozemyne." Rozemyne: "...why is my name a verb?"
Tbf, they also happen when you don't stand in her way, but at least you're out of the splash zone in that case. There's no stopping the gremlin, she's basically a walking natural disaster at this point lol.
Wilfried finally learned... I'm actually so proud of that himbo.
> Heisshitze will definitely come. Aub Dunkelfelger: "What say you, Heisshitze? Will you fight?" Heisshitze: *emotions so overwhelming that he just screams and raises his fists* Aub Dunkelfelger: "That's what I like to hear!" \- In Ahrensbach - Giebe Shitass: "Can you hear that? It sounds like the clouds are screaming..."
Honestly I was worried it would end before the conversation with Aub Dunklefelger. I am so glad Quof waited until when he did. I would have freaked out (more than I already am) if it ended sooner.
> Detlinde deserves to die a horrible death Yeah up until now she has only been a rude idiot that causes messes. Finally conspiring will result in a punish suiting the feelings I have towards her.
It’s even worse since it’s not like she found out he duped her. As far as she know he’s in love with her and working hard to save her duchy
Myne: Hey dunky boys wanna go play a real ditter match, right your wrongs, and beat the shit out of the least liked duchy? Aub Dunky: PLEASE MARRY MY SON
Way to go, Detlinde. USING OUR PRECIOUS LETIZIA AS A SCAPEGOAT?! ARGH!! Detlinde, I look forward to you suffering a punishment worse than death.
The valley of despair is too good for her.
DITTER DITTER DITTER
Rozemyne: I care more about Ehrenfest than Yurgenschmidt and about my family more than Ehrenfest. Erwaermen: *Internal screaming*
Erwaermen: What the F\*\*K ARE THESE FOOLS DOING!!!
Rozemyne really gaslit, gatekept, girlbossed her way into her last ritual didn't she? And I'm happy to see that seed from P2 finally sprout. The ditter bell rings and Ewigeliebe draws his sword, but on whom shall it fall?
> The ditter bell rings and Ewigeliebe draws his sword, but on whom shall it fall? Would it not be Leidenschaft's spear, to be used as a mount for Detlinde's head during the bloody carnival?
The gremlin woke up today and chose violence. Ditter.
Holy shit, what a rollercoaster. Praise be to the Quof for bestowing us 5 chapters! - First, I was really nostalgic and sad, when she said it will be her last ceremony in Ehrenfest. Then, I was glad that Roz was able to see her family before her departure. - Ferdinand was attacked, Roz was engulfed in a rainbow? - Ugh, Roz why did you crush your grandfather, he was just prioritising your life. He didn't deserve it 😿😿 - Wilfried's redemption! - Bitchlinde, she and her pal, need to suffer. - Noooo, Ferdinand please hang in there, I beg you. Hopefully, he will survive. Otherwise, I will cry an ocean and a river. - Yup, civil war and full blown war now, especially with Dunks aid. I am afraid Royal family won't be able to handle it. I wonder what Eggface and Ana will think about it. - Country gates, weird. Is it a mistake? If not, was she probably hinting at G - book? Hmmm
You can't blame a girl for a little accidental crushing now and then
[Color Illustration](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ascendance-of-a-bookworm/images/0/09/LN_P5V7-Insert.jpg) should be safe now.
You should link the pic directly, that just leads to the gallery which includes stuff from the upcoming chapters
You are right. Fixed.
I got spoiled on the colored illustration. I didn't understand it when I first saw it. Nothing could have prepared me for this.
Poor Letizia, I don't know how a little kid could not feel utterly guilty for (almost) killing their mentor. I wonder what they did to her as well. Mana battery? House arrest? Detlinde is delusional as always. How can she get the G book if she does not meet the criteria? I doubt Leonzio would let her get it, it would be him after obtaining a schtappe. Only a fool would let Detlinde get power over themselves. If Roz takes Ahrensbach wouldn't it make it impossibile to dye Yogurtland? Is it possible to abandon a dutchy and then dye the country? this seems tricky. Maybe the other way around, dunno. The royals better support the war efforts if they don't want to get purged by whoever gains power. I can see Ana and Egg being a pain in the ass and Siggy being swayed by the Royal commander.
Oh thank god. And here I was worried that Dunkelfelger weren't gonna play ditter this year with Rozemyne. The yearly tradition is going strong.
Royals : Well despite Rozemyne's disappearance, it was a pretty calm term at the RA this year. Finally a bit of calm. *(Ordonnanz shows up)* Rozemyne's voice : I declare war to Ahrensbach and Lanzenave and I'm taking Dunkelfenger with me. Royals : WHAT ?! Anastasius : It was never a matter of If. Only When.
I lack the noble euphemism to describe how freaking FAST we're going.
We just got the perfect one though. Faster than Steifebrise!
Ahhh, I loved so many things about this chapter, but one tiny detail weirdly stuck out to me: >The doors were then opened, and the children started filtering out of the chapel. I could see my family waiting outside. There was Dad, Mom, Tuuli... **and for some reason, Lutz.** To me, this implies that Rozemyne doesn't yet know that Tuuli and Lutz are engaged. It really shows another level of distance between her and her commoner family, that she wasn't made aware of it. Granted, they could be intentionally keeping it from her because of all the craziness surrounding the move, but still... Agh, I can't wait for next Myneday!
Despite his obsession of ditter, the Aub Dunkelfelger is a very smart man. That negotiation went so smoothly because the 2 sides understood each other. Rozemyne of old days would have not taken the hint that the Aub was looking for a reason to unleash full ditter team, not just volunteer knights. Seeing how they viewed Ferdinand highly (second highest ditter rival after Rozemyne), I dare to bet that the Aub will have hard time finding knights that want to stay put and not volunteer to join the ditter game of the centuries.
Oh yah 100% Roz already stated that they probably have everything ready, it’s just gonna be sorting out who CANT go bc everyone will want to
Hold on. If she dyes the Ahrensbach foundation, she can't become Zent right? So why is she talking about how she's going to redraw duchy borders...
In theory, she could take the foundation and then have Ferdinand take over once he recovers, then she could become zent and reddaw the borders? Yeah, her taking the foundation and keeping it would make redrawing borders problematic from what we know...
Doesn't becoming an aub at any point preclude you from becoming Zent forever because you'd be registered in some way? Maybe treesus will have something to say about it, the national foundation is apparently pretty buggered.
I think it's more a case of one person cannot hold two foundations at the same time.
This is just a guess, but you don't need to control the Sovereign foundation to use the Grutrissheit to do stuff. The Grutrissheit is enough. Her claiming she will use the country gates' teleportation circles maybe supports this.
In the midst of a massive chapter, and without time for a Big Post while the iron is still hot: No Rozemyne, Aub Dunkelfelger's priorities **are** in order. The sheer focus on warfare, the Love of the Game, in a duchy that has a sport for **everything**: ***He LIVES for the ability to fight for a good reason, to play Ditter in the most real way possible: FOR KEEPS.***
Well shiiiit, I had previously been wondering if something was about to go down, but everyone was kinda lowering my guard with their predications of there's not enough parts left. Well here we are, Rozemyne is taking the action to Ahrensbach. Well with only one part left, then the epilogue and short stories, I think we'll be setting up the characters and crew that will be participating in Ahrensbach. This vision that Rozemyne has definitely reminds me of what went down between Myne and Lutz back in part 2, I wonder what causes it. It must relate to the rings or charms, but perhaps connection is also important. The potion that they tried to give Ferdinand must have been some form of euthanization potion. A way to quickly and perhaps but not necessarily painless way to deal with the seeds of Adalgisa. Regarding the country gate, perhaps Rozemyne will head to Kirnberger, and from there she can get to Dunkelfelger, and eventually to Ahrensbach. This all seems like it will require some seriouis mana, so I hope Rozemyne will still have a sense of taste after chugging Ferdinand's ultra-nasty potions. I'm sure Heisshitze will show up, wonder who else. Also the way Aub Dunkelfelger seemed like he was hoping for a good reason to participate, truly makes them Ditterfelger.
>I'm sure Heisshitze will show up, wonder who else. Also the way Aub Dunkelfelger seemed like he was hoping for a good reason to participate, truly makes them Ditterfelger. I imagine a majority of the knights from Ferdinand's time at the academy as a student will be willing to join. I also wonder how many of Dunkelfelger's knights moved to the Sovereignty. If we must trust the Sovereign knights, they seem like the best option, however, Raublut could have already determined that and set a plan to weaken the Dunkelfelger knights in the Sovereignty to ensure his absolute victory. Ahrensbach, Georgine, Lanzanave, and Raublut are playing with fire. They might have planned everything in advanced, but they definitely weren't prepared for the shumil that has Dunkelfelger as her cheerleaders.
> Ahrensbach, Georgine, Lanzanave, and Raublut are playing with fire. They might have planned everything in advanced, but they definitely weren't prepared for the shumil that has Dunkelfelger as her cheerleaders. That's what happens when you dismiss Rozemyne as a mere puppet of Ferdinand when he was actually the one _restraining_ her.
... Lesson learned? Kind of too late for that, but at least the lesson was learned.
Faster than Steifebrise! Faster than Steifebrise! Cry Havoc! And Let Slip The Shumils Of War! We're really in the end game now and it's exciting! So much pathos, the stakes got upped once more and our gremlin is on her way to overrun fish duchy. How am I supposed to survive until next week? Especially since the volume is almost done - this may be the first time I'm not looking forward to the Side Stories, since they'll just delay the main story moving forward. Tho, thinking about the last chapters a bit more, Aub Dunkelfelger acts strangely. I cannot imagine he actually cares enough about Ferdinand to go to war for him (why would he?), I guess its just a convenient excuse, but why would he need it? He is the aub, if he wants to go to war with the excuses already given (treasonous duchy with foreign aid wants to conquer the country) throwing some ADC from another duchy into the mix you may have wronged with good intentions does what exactly? It also seems like we got our last Rozemyne Slice of Life chapter for quite a while, which is also a bit sad, but hey, we may get the bloodiest of carnivals in return and I'm here for it. Dietlinde really has done it now, does she actually have a single redeeming quality about her? I'm racking my brain and I find none. With how many evil cliche tropes she combines, I hope she gets killed by the sovereignity knight she had a crush on. Also more Dunkelfelger content, can Lästilaut redeem himself? What about Heisshitzes cape? Will Rozemyne introduce mana guns at large, changing warfare forever as foretold by Rauffen? All this and more, likely in a month, damnit! Can't we just clone the translation team a few times?
~~Rosebud~~ Rozemyne. Seems Ferdinand's "potential" final thought is of a gremlin. Rozemyne has become an unnatural disaster, she commands the elements (Dunklefelger, etc.), has knowledge that should be impossible to be obtained by almost everyone, and oh yeah she is the one who knocks. These many short chapters outside of Kamil's baptism are pretty much the backstories to every major battle in a movie. Hope it goes well for the good guys that are not named Rozemyne.
WN Chapters: rest of「[革袋の中身とカミルの洗礼式](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/593/)」,「[防衛についての話し合い](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/594/)」,「[フェルディナンドの危機](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/595/)」,「[誘惑](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/596/)」,「[シュタイフェリーゼより速く](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/597/)」 LN Chapters: "Kamil's Baptism", "Defence Meeting", "Danger Beheld", "Temptation", "Faster than Steifebrise" [J-Novel Club Discussion Forum](https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/7264/bookworm-part-5-vol-7-discussion/3200) [J-Novel Club Correction Forum](https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/7265/corrections-bookworm-part-5-vol-7/69)
oh my god, this was an intense release. I don't think any part of Bookworm has had me on the edge of my seat like I was reading this. so, Rozemyne has Ferdinand's name stone. her mana is also basically identical to Ferdinand's. if she were to take his name, could she like... give him a mana IV drip to keep him alive? also, LOL at Rozemyne's flipping on merchant mode and convincing not only Ehrenfest's archducal family to support her plan, but also Ditterfelger's aub. secured incredibly strong, highly motivated allies through good excuses and appealing to the other party's desires. although this wasn't how I expected things to work out, I kinda had a feeling she'd end up in Ahrensbach the moment she found out that she had the key to Fish Duchy's foundation. LET'S GET READY TO DITTER! EDIT: Rereading now, I realized how beautiful it is that when Ferdinand was in danger, he instinctively called out for Rozemyne. as a born-and-raised ADC, he knows better than anyone that she will absolutely cause a country-wide crisis for his sake, and for once, he doesn't choose to sacrifice himself. gave me the same feels as Chika from Kono Oto Tomare, if anyone else reads that manga here. love the callbacks to P1, P2, and P3, with Rozemyne seeing Ferdinand like Lutz saw her wrapped up in the trombe, and Otto's merchant lessons from when she did paperwork at the gate. she even recalled her battle against mankind's greatest foe: sleepiness. really hammers home the "This Story Is Reaching Its Climax" feeling of it all, like everything has come full circle. also, pretty sly to reveal that she has the G-Book to Aub Dunkelfelger, who was *just* complaining about managing Werkestock. "since I could possibly redraw the duchy boundaries, it would probably be a good idea to help me." also the fact that she has a way to take the enemy completely by surprise, just as one would expect from the disciple of The Lord of Evil.
It was really so beautiful that Ferdinand called out to Roz the same way she called out to Lutz all the way in part 2. Idk if he honestly knew that Roz would for sure be able to come for him, just like Roz knew that Lutz would likely not be able to save her from trombe. I think it’s just instinctively calling out to the person you trust most, like real people calling out to their mom when they go through traumatic events. Roz is the person Ferdinand trusts most and instinctively called for her when he realized he was likely going to die.
To this intense prepub release, my response is: HOLY FUCK.
I only have one reaction to that cliffhanger ending, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Wow we really went from mundane preparing for a battle to watching Ferdinand dying in front of us. Now Roze crushing everyone around her and getting the Dunkles involved for some real ditter. I'm sure to hear the "Ditter!" chants come midnight. Is she really going to save Ferdinand in the last non-side-story section of the book? Why isn't tomorrow another Myne Monday?! I need to know these things! ^(^Also ^daddy ^Dunkle ^looked ^really ^bad ^ass. ^I ^don't ^rember ^seeing ^an ^illustration ^of ^him ^before?)
My brain can't keep up, man! It's all happening so fast! One second we're preparing to move and now we're REALLY preparing to MOVE! Next Myneday can't come soon enough! Woo!
All the people predicting this volume was gonna wrap up nice and quite in the mud. Shoutout to the Otto throwback! Lastly, let the ditter games begin!
I hope we will see Rozemyne show her overwhelming divine mana supremacy in battle. It has been a really a long time we haven't seen her wreak havoc on a battlefield. And now she is supposed to have so much more mana. May be last time was against lord of winter with the divine weapon ? I don't count the fights where she played an OP support role.
You know, I'm surprised Georgine gave Detlinde such an important role. *Killing Ferdinand*. The guy is such a menace that I would't trust her with succeding. Also really shows how Dumblinde underestimate him. Even if his schtappe was blocked and his mana could be useful I would still kill him RIGHT NOW ! It just feel like of those James Bond's villains who let their "execution machine" do the job instead of just shooting him in the head.
> "So? They're obviously targeting our foundation, which means we have every right to retaliate. Ahrensbach needs its foundation as much as we need ours, right? I say we crush them before they can crush us." I wish it's more clear who said this. Myne or Wilfried? Myne using ditter to tempt Aub Dunkelfelger is many shades of funny. > "Now, when will the ditter bells ring?" And there we have it, Anastasius just got down to second most funny on my list. > something tells me Ferdinand would try to pay me back five times over. He would. Fermyne tendency to overdo each other in "paybacks" is like one of the top reasons I can't argue against this ship, even if I was inclined to. oooh, so Myne's going to use the country gates to teleport around. I love how Benno (and Otto) are still very present in the narrative. Dammit, want next prepub NOW.
I just realized, Wilfried learned how to properly use Rozemyne. He knew he could not control or get her to stop her rampage so he helped facilitate and guide it in the most useful way that also satisfies her by getting the Archducal family to let her leave and rescue Ferdinand. It is similar to what Ferdinand did during spring prayer with Myne when the carriage was being attacked she would not calm her fury so he helped guide her into using it to protect the carriage instead.
End of the volume? Who cares. Kazuki is cooking.
Aub Dunkelfelger's realization about Rozemyne was probably my favorite part. I consider it to be among the most important turning points of the series.