Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 7]
Miya Kazukidays before the start of winter socializing.
Back when Ferdinand had first moved to Ahrensbach, his luggage
had needed to be delivered to the office, opened in the presence of
several knights and scholars, then thoroughly checked for anything
dangerous. Now, however, it was taken straight to his chambers as a
matter of course and checked only by his retainers. He attributed that to
a tension-draining letter from Rozemyne.
“Here we have meals made with the seasonings Lady Letizia sent to
Lady Rozemyne,” Justus said as he started checking the food in the
time-stopper for poison. “We also have some sweets for Lady Letizia,
and replies to the letters.”
Ferdinand sighed. “Gifts to thank us for our thank-you gifts... There
is no end to this.” Were he to send Rozemyne something else in
response, she would merely return the favor once again. The whole
experience was still new to him, so he had no idea how to escape the
loop.
Was she not going to ease up on these interactions now that she was
getting older?
“May I entrust Strahl with the letter and sweets for Lady Letizia?”
Sergius asked as the attendants began checking the letters. “This seems
like a good opportunity for him to gain some experience. Strahl, given
how many retainers Lord Gieselfried used to have as the archduke, can I
assume you were rarely tasked with checking deliveries?”
Strahl was Ahrensbach’s former knight commander. During his
extended service, he had earned the unfaltering trust of the late
Gieselfried, the previous Aub Ahrensbach, but that meant nothing to
Detlinde. After her father’s death, she had dismissed Strahl from her
service for being “too critical and irritating.” He had chastised her for
visiting the Lanzenave Estate on such a regular basis.