@zwabbit said in Trade, and Trade relations - from A-Z:

@DaveHowe While the gate would be a bottleneck, we're given no indication they are by any means "small," especially after the visit to Kirnberger.

There is a picture of the Kirnberger Gate in the recently released V4. While the perspective could be deceptive, we know that it is
taller than it is wide (looks to me to about twice as high), but from the text, that height is approximately that of a four-story building. Assuming that's 4x14ft, say 28 feet wide?

that said; it could be part of a larger structure at sea; the gate itself doesn't have to reach all the way to the sea bed, and there could be some sort of harbour-like structure at either side of it, allowing you to guide a boat though it like a lock gate, rather than having to tack into it on wind power?

I think that by the time Sylvester finds out what's happening, Rozemyne will already have the Grutrissheit. Trying to argue "yes, she has the Grutrissheit, but she's still an Ehrenfest archduke candidate and we'd like to keep her at home" isn't a case he can make.

He might back Rozemyne up if she publicly opposes the royal family, but I don't expect any independent action from him. In this situation, I wouldn't expect independent action even from a better archduke.

@Almond-Magnum said in How much of the year 1 mess is actually Rozemyne's fault:

While I can't deny the favoritism for Wilfried... There wasn't really another way to both have one of Florencia's children inherit and keep Rozemyne in Ehrenfest. Melchior is too young and Charlotte is a girl. Even "Rozemyne marries Wilfried who will not be Aub" just wouldn't fly.

It will fly just fine. Not that it would work of course (well, not according to the new update) but there would be no difference between an Ehrefest where Wilfried was expected to be aub and has married Roz and one where Syl has decided Melchior will be aub, but Wilfried has already married Roz so she can hardly be taken to another duchy.

We are really looking at this from a Y3+ perspective though; Wilfried has demonstrated he has no desire to learn how to be aub, and in his defense, his example is Syl (who had to be forced to learn, and only does aub work now because he is unable to shift the burden onto someone else. He probably resents Bonni for having successfully dodged the job once before)

In our Y3+ perspective, Melchior is a better candidate, once Roz has been "locked down" by marrying Wilfried. She is still stuck married to an idiot, but it's still better than her being forced to marry (say) Lesti.

But there is a limit to how relevant all that is to a discussion of Y1 Roz's mistakes.

@Daniel-Perez-Apreza-fymrbja because part 2 is still ongoing in Japan. They have different artists working on them (also another artist again on p4), and since it only releases 2 volumes a year there, in the gap between those volumes, JNC can work on the part 3 manga.

@marcus_atticus said in What parts of the narrative do you think remains unresolved?:

@Shiny said in What parts of the narrative do you think remains unresolved?:

What's the significance of Bonifatius having damaged that shrine at the Royal Academy many years ago? I hope it wasn't just mentioned as a gag.

I wonder if the shrine ever got fixed? Is this one of the reasons Bonifatius have less divine protection than Sylvester?

That could be why. When it was raised in P4V8 Bonifatius said it should be fixed by now then admitted he has never actually confirmed that but that it isn't visible in winter and Rozemyne said she'd check on it when she went to the Archduke Conference. Which is now.

The passage:

spoiler

Whispers And then the sequel...

@15Redstones said in [P5V3] How Laurenz Sees Rozemyne's Female Retainers - Author Blog Post:

@5eniorsohn it mentions Bertilde as a retainer, that hasn't happened yet, but is more or less expected to happen.

The release today mentioned Bertilde as a retainer. I don't recall if it's been brought up before now but it was treated as something that should be expected so I wouldn't really consider it much of a spoiler, if at all.

P5V4P8

[85%] Lady Clarissa had a distinct sparkle in her eye as she took in all this new information about Myne. -> Lady Clarissa had a distinct sparkle in her eyes as she took in all this new information about Myne.

@zwabbit now only a continuation is missing where Siglinde stares him into submission.

@Alexander-Evans maybe I was too ambiguous but I meant that the Dr. Stone anime season three currently is being released.

@zwabbit I guess I know what happens then.

I only read the published volumes (when the ebook is published) but it wasn't the hardest thing to predict that something would need to happen to Oswald + Wilifrieds other retainers.

I guess I can still look forward to seeing which drop makes the water spill 8-)

@15Redstones Poor, yes. But I'm pretty sure being "rude" had nothing to do with it. Per the text, Bezewanst had already made up his mind before Myne's parents spoke a single word.

If Myne had walked in there with somebody like Gustav as her father, the negotiations likely would have gone smoothly. But that wasn't really an option. Even Benno couldn't really get involved. Well, he could have made Myne let him adopt her and come himself, but Benno wasn't that interested in risking his own skin on a hail mary. Also, Myne would have refused that option. All this is more complicated because Myne only had less than two days to prepare, and she was laid up in bed on the day prior. Also, her parents were at work. In the end, there really wasn't any way to train her parents for the negotiations, and through circumstance and her own choices Myne couldn't come with substitute parents. And while it would have been hilarious to watch Bezewanst slowly realize that the two well-dressed adults in front of him were basically country hicks, putting them in clothes above their status wouldn't have helped for more than 30 seconds after opening their mouths. Thats why I don't think that Myne's parents are at fault, there was no way they could perform what they hoped to do with Bezewanst, who changed his mind the second he laid eyes on them. Benno's carefully laid plan was already useless before they could even speak.

Saw ditter stadium in the latest part 4 manga which made me double check the translation of its description.

Treasure-Stealing Ditter:

We were standing in a circular stadium about as big as a baseball field, designed for highbeasts to be flown around inside.

騎獣に乗って飛び交うことを前提にした楕円形の訓練場で、麗乃時代の野球場くらいの広さはありそうだった。

This should be "an oval".

@Leona-Nakimuli-j781ere Welcome to the bookverse! Are you new to j novel as a whole, or just to this forum? Take care and look forward to thoughts and insights.

@NekoInu
I'm trying to remember when I read Hiroshima; probably in Junior High?
It might have even been in grade school.
The Bantam Books paperback edition, the cover with the towering mushroom cloud.
Fifty+ years ago either way.
It would be worth rereading.
I'd get more out of it this time, one would think.
I didn't really have a context to place it within, although the Vietnam War was still going on at the time, but that's a drastically different situation.

@Pete I think you're in the wrong topic

@DMC-Tornado said in Wilfred. What is he good for?:

@strangeattractor said in Wilfred. What is he good for?:

@Yolech

Seeing as he's so "chivalrous" to ladies, perhaps Wilfried could work at a host club.

"Hi, my name is Wilfried. I'll be your host tonight. How may I serve you? May I hold your hand?"

“Oh my Zent my son is a prostitute.”

“What, no I’m just a Host, and we are just holding hands-“

“WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!”

Scandalous! 😄

To add to what I said before here, upon a re-read of P3V5’s POV chapters I can confirm that Charlotte’s narration strongly implies that emulating Myne is overwhelmingly the reason for her general approach to solving conflict and dealing with others. She especially is struck by how Myne cared for Hasse and how much her retainers and the temple orphans adore her, inferring that this must be what people meant when they told her she must use her subordinates well, and from only then she resolves to be respected and loved like Rozemyne, but we all know that is absolutely not what said teachers would have meant. It is also during the same spring prayer trip that she begins to revere Myne like a goddess:

No longer did I feel any surprise, shock, awe, or envy toward Rozemyne. Those feelings had vanished, and all that remained was the urge to worship her.

Charlotte’s rule expressed in this chapter and others may as well as be WWRD: What Would Rozemyne Do?

Florencia may be a kinder soul than most, but she is still a top-tier noble with the common sense Ferdinand and co. has expressed, and only a mother Charlotte loves, not the object of worship. (Florencia of course already having fallen into similar feelings towards Rozemyne a year earlier following her saving of Wilfried the first time.)

@mufloon said in Oswald's 'resignation':

Sylvester discovered that he was dragging Wilfried in a plot aimed at demoting Rozemyne

I dont think, that could be detectable easily. So other reasons you gave fits much better but this one, i dont think its in the list.