PrePub - Ascendance of a Bookworm

I feel like Gervasio would make a poor performance in a competition of words. He wants to convince Ferdinand to stop resisting by saying he wants to abolish a system, that has been gone for more than a decade... In Tony Stark's words: "Not a good plan." sip drink

Too bad the "let's get schtappes and put those commoners in their place" faction is there. If not for them, Gervasio's faction would have had a good shot at negotiating their way into Yurgenschmidt. With the current mana shortage, the additional nobles would be a blessing to Yurgenschmidt, even if they are foreigners. And with Gervasio already having been a member of a "royal branch family," they could have gotten his plentyful mana to help them out in the sovereignty, at least until a true Zent comes along. I know, with all the political manouvering, backstabbing and jostling for position, it's far from guaranteed that Trauerqual would agree, or more precisely be in a position allowing him to agree, but it'd have been worth a shot for sure.

So all life is important.... that's why we'll immediately go to dye the country gates, rather than taking the 15 or so minutes to stop the bloodshed that's most likely still happening in the auditorum, before starting the race... sigh They just heard it and already don't heed it. At least Rozemyne has the excuse that her mind is partially scrambled from the divine possession, but the other two deserve a smack over the head.