Something that desperately needs a more skilled fanfic writer, and more time:
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It was the last day of the Archduke Conference, and Sylvester was scared. Ferdinand had been disappearing in and out of meetings for the last week, and he refused to talk to Sylvester about their contents. Now his brother was finally in front of him alongside Eckhart and he was...smiling. Gulping, Sylvester cleared the room.
"With that sorted, we have to talk-"
"Where is my brother?"
The man across from him sighed. It seemed he had been expecting this reaction.
"Your brother is fine. We negotiated a tad and Justus will stay with him as he finds a new Sovereign Knight Commander; it seems the previous one was...compromised. He's naturally a very suspicious man, but he only had a couple choices, and we agreed this was preferable once I realized he had something I never can."
Last Day of the Conference
"And now, after a decade we finally found it. Grutrissheit"
Georgine couldn't believe her eyes. Raublat was clear in his plan: in return for helping her gain what was hers, he would bring Gervasio from beyond the Gate or something like that. Not that she really cared, but she had been assured the Royals had lost all the needed knowledge to get the Book- and now Raublat was gone. Which brought up something else; from what she recalled she couldn't sense Ferdinand during the attempted negotiations, but now he seemed to be just outside her ra-
Oh.
Oh.
It seemed blood did indeed flow thicker than water. Well, at least she enjoyed watching Sylvester panic...
Then again, the original idea was that Ferdinand couldn't have children with Detlinde, and this person just might, in theory at least. Granted, "Traerqual" had put a kibosh on forcing the wedding next year, but he didn't rule it out...
Which is just as well; losing Werkestock and its nobles will put a crimp on her plan; she might want to let Giselfried live for just a little longer...
When our friends return to Ehrenfest, there's a secret meeting
Traerqual: So while Raublat was insistent that Ferdinand was using Rozemyne to get the Book, what little information remains told us the following: only members of the Royal Family can get the Book. Assuming one can get the Book through blood as opposed to registration, the daughter of a third wife of a demoted archduke candidate who was two generations from the throne does not seem as strong as the literal son of the previous archduke, who would have had PLENTY of time to look around, especially as the rest of the country was very distracted.
Sylvester: Wait, and we don't know who his mother was-
Traerqual: We guessed something like that, not that I can go too far into it.
Rozemyne: Still, this is crazy! Don't you have tons of aides who would recognize you?
Traerqual: Yes, but my closest allies agreed with me that we need the Book, not one of the failed sons. Well, aside from Magdalena, but she understood.
Rozemyne: Still, hard to believe there's a real Prince and the [Pauper] storyline going on here...
Traerqual: I'm sorry what now?
Rozemyne: ...he's just the High Priest, right? He can't order me to-
Sylvester: WE ARE NOT DISRESPECTING THE KING`
Five minutes later
Traerqual: WHAT
Sylvester: On second thought treason would have made more sense.