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Ascendance of a Bookworm
Honzuki no Gekokujou
『本好きの下剋上』

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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 9 Part 2 (j-novel.club)

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[–] Deemo 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do wonder how the doubles actually work.

Are they full copies of Grausum each independtly?
Are they just limited functional droid (similar to Shumils)?
Do they communicate with each other? Also can they use ordinances with each other? (Imagen hi Grausum #1 to Grausum #2 status report).

[–] No_Nick_Needed 4 points 1 year ago

I am absolutely certain that none of the doubles are living magic tools. Schwartz and Weiss are the pinacles of that technology and they very clearly aren't able to pass as Human, even if you give them a body that would pass visual inspection. There's also the issue of mana usage. Even the combat shumil, which have drastically reduced capabilities, still have immense mana concumption, to the point that without someone of royal family level of mana, they can only be run a couple of hours at a time. There is no way Grausam would be able to operate multiple of those at the same time.

Furthermore, how would he have been able to learn to make them? They were originally invented by an absolute genius in magic tool creation, with access to the full ressources of the Zent. It was only by chance that through Rozemyne's library blessing Hirschur got the chance to copy their magic circles, and even then it took her and Ferdinand's combined efforts to complete the circles and make their own version.

I really can't believe that Grausam could either just figure this technology out on his own, or gain access to Hirschur's blueprints. Not to mention that it would once again drop him back into the mana usage hole and that he already had those doubles, before Rozemyne became the master of Schwartz and Weiss the first time.

[–] neshura 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd guess independent people with perfect magical disguises. That would imply ordonanzes can be sent to the doubles if and only of you know who they actually are/were. Which also brings up the question of how ordonanzes to Grausam get handled. Do they all fly to the original? If so wouldn't that expose the doubles pretty quickly?

[–] No_Nick_Needed 2 points 1 year ago

Considering how Rozemyne and Ferdinand are able to receive their own Ordonnanzes, despite Erwärmen being unable to tell them apart, I think we can safely assume that each individual could get their own birds.

But I think that doesn't lower the risk of exposure via airmail by much. Anyone who doesn't know about there being doubles, would naturally sent the Ordonnanz to the real Grausam and would probably be quite surprised if the bird took off to fly outside the city, when you "know" that Grausam is just a couple of rooms away in the other direction.

Grausam was said to be exceptionally careful, so he probably used his doubles only sparingly and very strategically, to avoid exposing his little secret.