Part 5, Volume 2, Part 3, 86%

As well as Hannelore and her retainers, our two dormitory supervisors had been called as well.

As well as Hannelore and her retainers, our two dormitory supervisors had been called. as well.

Part 5, Volume 2, Part 5, 52%

Oh, be still be my beating heart!

Oh, be still be my beating heart!

@kuali said in Bookworm Part 5 Vol. 3 Discussion!:

It will cost me mana or political capital to get out of this is about as binding as most things get in-universe.

That's a fair assessment. It's a difference in degree, not in kind.

Refusing to oblige Wilfried's commitments would cost less political capital than going back on his own commitments- but either one costs more than Sylvester has, because Sylvester has none to spare.

@kuali said in Bookworm Part 5 Vol. 3 Discussion!:

By the looks of it, Veronica actually does not have that reputation, even though she was far more guilty of it than Sylvester is. Very few people seem to be recognising who Fernestine is...

Very few people, meaning exactly zero outside of Ehrenfest, I think. I'm pretty sure even Ferdinand himself doesn't know (because he hasn't read it yet).

Veronica's reputation seems to have survived intact, yes. Sylvester is getting the bad reputation that Veronica deserves.

Those who were pushing for Ferdinand to marry out of Ehrenfest did know that he was forced into the temple, but not necessarily all knew it was by Veronica (and not by Sylvester's father). They also failed to realize that Sylvester inviting Ferdinand come with him to the archduke conference implied that Sylvester wasn't continuing Veronica's policies. I think that was some motivated reasoning on the part of Ahrensbach, combined with Sylvester not having anyone willing to listen to his side of the story (no political capital; Sylvester is a bad politician; yadda-yadda).

@arghc said in Bookworm Fanbook 3 Discussion!:

For no particular reason was thinking about Bookverse currency today. We know that at the Academy they still talk about things costing golds and whatnot. One presumes that currency between duchies interoperate fairly seamlessly. But, IIRC the lowest denomination in Ehr is a Lion, otherwise known as the "state" animal. Does Ahrensbach have Copper Dolphins? Does Glissenmeyer have Copper Cows? 8-) A question for a fanbook if the anglophone fans ever get to ask. 8-)

So does that mean that when Rozemyne accidentally conquers Yurgenschmidt, they're going to switch to copper/silver/gold gruns red pandas in the Sovereignty?

@homura1650 magic circle in Blau suddenly activates

I personally think Raublut's message to Hildebrand was an attempt to use the young prince more as an intelligence gathering asset and less of a play to elevate Hildebrand himself.

Seems my bookmark was just broken, all fine, waiting for vol 3

@GeorgeMTO all good lol the relatively small feedback (3rd? 4th? time I'm linking Eisenreich & temple fall... think 2nd on this thread) got me wondering if it's "dumb thing's that'll never happen" or along the lines of spoiler territory. Maybe no one else is pursuing this possibility? With the recent info on royal lack of knowledge being more ...juicy?

Tuuli took the thinnest twig from the firewood pile and poked it into a parue.

トゥーリが薪用の中から一番細い枯れ枝に暖炉の火を点けて、パルゥにツンと押しつけた。

This is missing one critical part of the sentence.
It should be something like:

... from the firewood pile, lit a fire on its tip from the fireplace and poked ...

So to be able to poke through a parue, you need to use a fire lit twig, and not just a twig.

If you take into account Georgine actions and what she and her minions said. Pair it with history of Yurgendschmidt and you can figure out where Ehrenfest foundation is. I will refrain from saying where it is because, if I am correct, it would be mayor spoiler.

Author has dropped so many subtle hints over books that are easy to miss. No wander AoB is so popular. It is rare to see such good writing.

@LightningLeaf said in Who will be the true Zent? (P5V2 edition):

@Libri-Liberorum
I suggest a link to the previous poll or polls for comparisons sake.

Edited to add this link. I had intended this, but then forgot.

In my opinion, the most likely scenario is that Rozemyne unwillingly becomes Zent, publicly reveals the path to Zentdom (or at least enough to get a good start) and encourages candidates, with the goal of abdicating in favour of the next person of good character to qualify.

@Ultimate-Idiot I understand what you are saying, but we are discussing the MDC, not YogurtDC. Rozemyne will not put any class/status considerations into her classifications. Another noble creating a system probably would as you suggested.

I do love that a constant part of this discussion has been wondering how the gremlin will take things in a completely unexpected direction.

@rsog412 Any assignment that doesn't see Bonifatius assigned to Myne's immediate proximity (and therefore make your D = 0) pretty much takes him completely out of the equation as far as the initial contact goes. If Myne's guard is strong enough to survive the initial contact long enough for reinforcements to arrive, Bonifatius' presence in those reinforcements is mostly moot, since even Bonifatius isn't going to be able to outweigh the entirety of the response that the Knight's Order can muster if one of their archducal candidates gets attacked. If on the other hand Myne's guard can't last long enough, Bonifatius' presence in the rapid response force also makes no difference, since by the time he arrives, Myne would already be dead. The only way for him to make a meaningful difference with respect to Myne's personal safety is if he's there to tilt the balance in the initial point of contact.

It is for the above reason that the balance of whether Bonifatius would be a good guard knight for Myne is solely down to whether your C > A. I'm of the position that A is something that is controllable from the Ehrenfest side, whereas they have zero control over what C can be since they cannot know with certainty what assets their enemies are prepared to commit in going after Myne, so better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

As to whether Bonifatius guarding Myne is the best use of his skills, that I argue is tangential to whether he would be a good guard knight for her. The latter being true does not require the former to also be true.

@IppieLok said in Bezewanst's Mana Embezzlement:

The mana poured into the library's foundation was directly from Rozemyne's schtappe in the form of a chalice so it probably counts as her mana. Remember that the divine tools all have their own mana affinities and it does not matter what type is added, it will come out as the right type.

I think it was, in actuality, mostly her mana.

After the ceremony (and after the royal feystones had already been dumped in) Roz dumped a whole bunch of her excess mana into the tool. Assuming that it was nearly empty by the time she did that, her newly added mana would be by far the largest fraction.

@15-Redstones-776rtbk said in Bezewanst's Mana Embezzlement:

@IppieLok so the chalice might have an additional functionality of being a tool to quickly dye a foundation. According to the recent Justus chapter, Detlinde is expected to take several months to do that the normal way. Rozemyne using a full chalice might be able to do it in 10 seconds, and she doesn't even need to be there herself, she can send her knights to do the pouring.

Nobody but the Aub is allowed in there (assuming they can't use the replenishment hall) but that's a minor thing - we know the liquid mana can be portioned out into other containers, so they could literally just find out how big (or small) a bucket roz can carry with her enhancement magic running, and repeatedly refill it for her until the chalice was empty.

@kurosov Difference in impact doesn't make them unimpacted. The trade that flows through brings in cash, but that cash would only be concentrated to a select percentage of the population that helps facilitate that trade. That's going to be a very small percentage relative to the population as a whole based on what we know about Yurgenschmidt's level of economic development. The rest of it, which would likely be 90%+ that are reliant on agrarian-related work, would be seeing their own incomes dropping precipitously. Ahrensbach's government might be able to subsidize food imports with the trade income to keep people from outright starving, but that's not really sustainable in the long run, since if that big a chunk of the populace are reliant on subsidized food to not starve, they're not engaging in any other economic activity aside from survival, which craters the entire domestic economy of Ahrensbach as a whole.

Ehrenfest "growing rapidly" doesn't automatically put them in the favor of the king. If he has reason to suspect Ehrenfest's loyalty, arresting Ehrenfest's rise in the course of assisting Ahrensbach is a benefit, not a cost.

I mean, what indication do we have that Ahrensbach didn't support direct military aid? Or that Drewanchel did?

@LegitPancake said in Ascendance of a Bookworm Vol. 2 Discussion!:

Pointed out by @mirkosp on Discord, but is Frobetag in Corinna's Married Life supposed to be Frenbeltag?

@Anti-i25 said in Ascendance of a Bookworm Vol. 2 Discussion!:

@LegitPancake
It uses the same katakana (フレーベルターク) so I'd assume it is.

Verified in the latest JNC Premium edition. [Release version: 1.0.5 November 2022]
I've done appropriate screenshots and emailed JNC Support, as that's where corrections to published works need to go.

Good eyes!

Rereading the story was great fun.
Especially Corinna's initial reaction to the visible signs of Otto's instant obsession being that he was a strange man, and then being slightly creeped out.
A reasonable reaction, to be sure.

He won her over in the end...but he's still creepy, OK?
Right up there with Gunther and his family.

@Elisabeth I have not experienced such a personal situation myself.

Maybe this viewpoint is something very unique to your line of work and eveybody else has to go the long way so to speak. But definetly a story worth considering if one wants to think about "right" pronounciation, thank you.

Thinking about it, it feels weird if lets say your neighbour pronounces something "wrong", but if a tourist does the same it isn´t weird at all as they try to speak a different language in the first place and you can´t expect them to be perfect.

Yeah, but now you'll get grease spots on depictions of Myne. Hartmut would be pissed. ... Well, that's what waschen's for.

@zwabbit Agreed that Ferdinand is most likely.

The chapter starts right after the meeting in Liesegang where several retainers including Brunhilde, Hartmut, and Cornelius were traveling with her. Wilfried and Charlotte (and their retainers) were also there. And this is also after the two ACs forcing their way into the meeting with Benno prior to the book sale at the end of winter - so I imagine they would have at least wanted to be there. Also, the very next paragraph mentions Hartmut's decision...

“These are terms that Ehrenfest must not compromise on when forming our agreement with Dunkelfelger, and these are terms that Hartmut says we can be more flexible with,” I explained.

So although I'm not really trying to make a case that anyone other than Ferdinand attended, if we later learn as much it would not be inconsistent with the text. Particularly considering how deliberately she is working to enmesh her siblings and retainers in the print industry.

I was just wondering if the ambiguity was intentional and accurately reflects the Japanese. It strikes me as pointlessly obscure (e.g. How hard would it have been to say "Ferdinand and I attended"?).

@Lisast Oh that's a good point! Thank you.

I've gone past all reasonable limits now. Myneday is still 5 days away though...
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