@hiroto said in [CORRECTIONS] - Bookworm Part 5 Volume 3:

This is talking about Sylvester given a note to Karstedt (ahead of the meeting) to be passed along to Ferdinand (or verbally communicated to his retainers).

Gotcha. I thought that might be the intended meaning. In that case I'd suggest maybe "...Sylvester had given Karstedt..."

@TheGrimLich

Oh yeah! He would be the world first VA.

@thubar2000 What's more, I wouldn't be surprised if he leaked the details of the purge, giving the way he described said criminals to Wilfred and how surprise surprise the former Veronica faction just happened to be about to do something seemingly major before the purge if it weren't or Matthias's intervention.

@15Redstones generally an interesting thing to think about.

Cases of golden flames as punishment, what the reader would put into context with a magic contract, are limited right now.

The commoner in P4V9 comes to mind who presumably was forbidden to disclose secrets and got burned right before he tried to snitch.

But there is a problem. The punishment for speaking the god of darkness and lights names is that the observer burns and the speaker looses their blessing (I assume power that would be granted by the knowledge of the names).

Meaning there is precedent for punishment before and after commiting the violation of the contract.

As a result of that I think we can only judge contracts that clearly specify when and what punishment would be delivered.

Benno has violated in some way the contract with Myne in the past, but only if he had refused to pay after being reminded to pay would the punishment follow.

In that sense I would be inclined to believe, that the simpler the conditions are the more powerfull the punishment would be.

Tell no one of this -> burst into flames imidiately Tell no one our names (but well I can only try to whisper so much you know) -> Ok only the idiot who desperatly tries to eavesdrop burns, but you were too careless Pay me (well you didn´t specify a timelimit) -> burn if you refuse Don´t be my enemy (well you will be killed if I don´t interfere) -> ok only blatantly obvious actions get the axe

In general "a wizard did it" still applies to magic contracts I think. Whatever plays well with the story that Kazuki thinks up goes.

So a "Hey Wilfried remember the contract for the RMCM? Don´t become my enemy? Please for your own sake be carefull." would be hella funny and a loophole if a retainer of Wilfried has not signed the contract, because the thoughtless intention of opposing Rozemyne could bleed into that retainer without Wilfried actively instigating the murder so to speak.

@mufloon I was debating doing 'best boy' and 'best man' polls next week, and then going on to a general 'best person' poll made up of winners and runners up. If I do go through with that, Fraularm actually has a chance of qualifying as a runner up... Not something I would have predicted before the poll!

@15Redstones I'm sure she can use her own imagination well enough.... She knows what flower offerings are. Despite that, no bloody carnival.
I mean, sure, now that they're under her care for certain she'd enact bloody vengeance if something happened to them, but she doesn't care about what might have been, and she's already decided she doesn't care about other orphans outside of her care.
She's pragmatic and morally flexible. If it's outside of her power to prevent, or would compromise her survival or that of those she cares about, it's "out of sight and out of mind"

@83drew Well, you asked for it - and I had half an hour with nothing better to do - so here's the Year 3 Best Woman poll!

@15Redstones My thought would be the backup HB Bible system activates when there is no true Zent after x amount of time for whatever reason. This is where the occasional Zent from the dutchies comes from.

@Geezer-Weasalopes I can see what you are saying. There is a possibility. But it comes back to the not enough information yet.

Well, this poll looks more interesting than Hannelore's runaway lead in Part One! Lueuradi in first, and Clarissa, Charlotte, and Brunhilde all tied in second, just one vote between them...

Given that Charlotte took second place in Year 2 (a long way ahead of third place Leonore), it seems a little odd that she's behind a newcomer (and tied with someone that got 0 last time around), while our old bronze medallist hasn't attracted a single vote!

Still, I can kinda understand it. Charlotte and Leonore seemed to get hit by a lot of 'out of focus' this year. Meanwhile, Lueuradi got two POV chapters full of her love of romance books, Clarissa got several funny cameos, and Brunhilde took to the field for the annual ditter!

Nunca habia leido un Fic así, quizás al traducirlo de ingles a español algunas ideas son ambiguas, o se confunden, pero realmente sentí todo lo que escribiste y llore, llore mucho

Gracias por tu hermosa escritura

Finding Purpose and the Guardians of Knowledge

“The aub called for me and said that, once matters settled down, he would introduce me to the third prince.
He granted me permission to mourn Prince Waldifrid and spend my days quietly cleaning his villa while the first and third princes fought.”

「情勢が落ち着いたらワルディフリード様の同母弟である第三王子に紹介してくださる、とアウブが声をかけてくださったのです。

第一王子と第三王子が争う間、ワルディフリード様を弔い、離宮を片付けながら静かに過ごす許可をいただきました」

The highlighted part of the original text is missing from the translation, which adds critical information that "Prince Waldifrid and third prince are brothers from the same mother".

@Zeteni maybe alt text?

@Galois Do keep in mind that the majority of commoners are medal registered, such that the archducal family could, if they so desired, wipe out entire cities if they so desired.

In addition to which, the devouring soldiers are even more susceptible to remote controlled termination, since the holder of their enslavement contract can kill them, not just a member of the archducal family.

@Mionikoi said in The Memory Reading Tool:

@DaveHowe I think I recall hearing (Trash Tier Waifu) that dead nobles become feystones. Maybe it is at a certain point of time or during body decomposition. But I think this is also mentioned in the fanbook discussing the magic tool Felien(sp?) Bought back through Rozemyne as a heirloom. The feystone was from her mother.

FB3 -

The body disappears after the funeral, when the blue priests take the person’s feystone. Only their belongings and their feystone get buried—although the person’s feystone is sometimes used instead.