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I loved how Sigiswald walked into that discussion with a "here I am your handsome prince" aura and at the end was just sort of begging to get out of there, he was so overwhelmed.
Benno is such a good teacher.
So many laugh out loud moments, including the part where he remarks, "Now I understand Eherenfest's sudden rise..."
The dude just got completely blindsided, not even Anastasius has seen this side of Rozemyne to warn him beforehand. Even then he probably would have dismissed any comments about her as exageration, no way a little girl could be so ruthless.
"I'm going to be the king of this country and I just got bested by a little girl, that can't be right. Obviously that must not have happened."
But it's interesting that he thinks, "Wait, do I really want to marry this girl?" instead of "Holy crap, I need this girl bound to me in the royal family working this magic for me!"
I love how Rozemyne just traumatized Siggy, no way this man expected such a smack down in the pre-negotiation round lol. His reaction to the library does remind me though that outside of Ehrenfest books are expensive because they can't simply be mass produced.
It looks like from perspective of prince Roz trades freely with mana that he considers super valuable to have and inflates it's value due to tradition but for Roz books are more valuable than mana and also cheap due to printing revolution.
So we have a conflict
| Rozmyne | Sigiswald | |
|---|---|---|
| Books | Desirable but cheap | Very expensive |
| Mana | Abundant | Reliant but expensive |
I am so interested to see the absolute whiplash the royals will feel once they realise that Ferdinand wasn't inventing squat when it comes to these revolutionary ideas. All Rozemyne herself and now she has even fewer brakes to slow her down.
Myne just wiped the floor with Sigi. Understandable since she learned from the best.
Honestly the thing I am anticipating the most rn is how and what Winfried fucked up. Since I am pretty sure he did something bad while they're at the AC but I don't know what and how bad it will be.
Can't wait for the next part!
Watching our gremlin steamroll the woefully unprepared prince was a treat for sure. I audibly gasped when I realized what was only part one of the negotiations.
Poor Sigi didn't know what he was going up against...
So we're going to be doing a Dedication Ritual at the Royal Academy. Where there is currently a magic circle in the sky. Yes, I'm sure that will go as planned.
If Roz ends up getting the Gesundheit in front of all the aubs, will the Royal Family think they tricked her? 😨
This whole volume has really thrown me for a loop with how much it is mixing things up! It was so cool to see Rozemyne negotiating for everything she can wring out of the royal family and how much Sigiswald was thrown off guard by her.
A lot of people theorized last week about whether the passageway she was denied entry to for not being a royal was somehow not the original method for obtaining the Grutrissheit and was added later. It would make sense that since the shrines at the RA surround the central building that she would have to do something on the stage and I wonder if that’s what will end up happening at the Dedication Ritual.
My wife is about one volume behind right now and I keep telling her to catch up because the story is getting so good! It takes all my willpower to avoid going the MTL route.
I succumbed to the MTL last week. It costs some Braincells (fewer if you get CyberGlitterhoof's version) but imo does not detract from the enjoyment of Pre-Pub (thank you quof). It will make it even harder to not spoiler your wife though
oh no. we won't get the u/quof comments here. Theirs explanations of translation choices here and there were nice.
I'll see what I can do within reddit's new API restrictions to get potential quof comments and mirror them here.