Adolphine you go girl!

It really is a shame that her and Rozemyne never hit it off, I really think they'd have gotten along extremely well had they had the chance to actually speak like human beings.

Seriously, Sigiswald, go take a long walk off of a short pier. That boy is the worst, is it just being oblivious? Or is there malice to his actions? He's too clueless to tell! He's like Wilfred without the excuse of having met him at 7 years old!

Sig really is the most unlikable person in this whole series and it's not even close.....actually I forgot Detlinde existed for a sec but he's a close 2nd

Is Hortensia in danger?

I feel like with the speed at which that information made its way back to Raublet that she has started asking questions that she's really not supposed to be asking about.

Raublet seems to be behind the knights attacking durring the ditter game, no? Hard to say with any amount of certainty yet, but that was the implication that I read. Raublet's been throwing up big ol' red flags for a while now so I suppose that should not be a surprise, but still...

Welp here we are, Siggy is an absolute douche. I'd rate him even worse than Wilfried, at least he gives a crap about other people despite all his flaws. Considering the, so far, 0 self-reflection displayed along with arrogance only rivaled by Zentlinde herself I give Siggy a husband score of -10, run while you still can.

Sympathies go out to Adolphine for being stuck with this idiot as a husband (until Rozemyne inevitably upsets that entire balance, I can't imagine Siggy becoming Zent will be a thing given Rozemyne's 100% track record of screwing over important plans)

Raublut being involved with Schlaftraum is not a surprise at this point, the only question I have is what he'll do to his wife and what his reason for acting so treacherous is. I mean seriously, I really don't get "tries to protect the Zent" vibes from this guy.

Sigiswald wants power and he was raised in an environment that enables him to behave like a douche. Drewanchel is catching up with Ferdinand's research in potion making. Adolphine is so unhappy with the marriage that she wishes for the divine intervention.

Hortesia isn't loyal to her husband nor to royal family. She became a neutral party that just does what is asked of her. She isn't distrusting of Raublut but she should have been.

PS. Raublut is "Investigating" Rozmynes future willa. He clearly won't bug all the rooms to eavesdrop on conversations, He doesn't have access to recording shumils. I am curious what will he do?

So Schlaftraum’s flowers are indeed a euphemism for trug. Raublut, directly after coming of age, was assigned to work at a villa where he worked for five years, but it is now closed and has no lady. The villa had a greenhouse in which they grew and were treasured, and can seemingly not be found anywhere else.

I’m thinking that the villa he was assigned is the one for seeds of Adalgisa, hence his extensive knowledge of them. Trug can’t be found elsewhere, it’s probably imported from Lanzenave, the country that also sends the seeds…

P5V5 really was really a volume.

Interesting that the one who invited Detlinde to the library was Anastasius of all people.

Sigiswald is going to be a wonderful husband. Much better than Wilfried.

Adolphine best royal

The Adolphine chapter really gave me mixed feelings. On one hand Sigiswald's behaviour and lack of consideration is rather infurating... but then again Adolphine of all people calling him out on selfish, arrogant behaviour born from priviledge is really hypocritical. She did the very same thing - albeit admittedly to a lesser degree - to her own brother Ortwin, without apparently noticing eihter.

I can't deny that her getting some of her own medicine was a little bit satisfying. A shame she has yet to realize that she's done the same to her own brother and tried, but never got the opportunity to do the same to Rozemyne.

I'm really confused about the statement that all royal villas are already occupied, despite Sigiswald only having two and Anastasius only one wife. Where did the princes and their wives live, back when there were five princes under Trauqual's father? oO

That being said, giving Rozemyne one of the librarian villas is such a good idea, that I'm sure it didn't come from Sigiswald. Probably Anastasius' idea. ^^

This was quite a volume, and quite a conclusion!

I really enjoyed how Sigiswald was just kind of lame and spoiled from Rozemyne's point of view... and then absolutely hammered by Adolphine's story. Rozemyne thinks some of the noble errors he's making (like not offering her a villa) are about them being in a rush and thus unusually frantic, but Adolphine's account makes it clear that Sigiswald and his retinue are that thoughtless as a matter of course.

No wonder Eglantine was willing to do just about anything to avoid marrying Sigiswald.

I hadn't realized that Adolphine was so against marrying into the Royal Family, and yikes the idea of what would happen to her if Detlinde became Zent after she married... and that she loathes it so much that the idea of the loathed Detlinde becoming Zent before becomes oddly attractive.

I loved the part where she reads between the lines to assume that Rozemyne crushed him in her negotiations, and cheers. I hope they get to talk soon, as allies. It's nice that Adolphine sees her as an avenue to pursue for their mutual benefit.

Keep praying to the Goddess of Separation, Adolphine!

This was definitely one of the more nasty volumes so far.

• Wilfried being moody and scheming.
• Ann/Egg taking advantage of Rozemyne.
• Detlinde.
• Immanuel being a creep.
• Harmut/Angelica being very serious about cutting off limbs.
• Sigiswald abusing authority.
• Adolphine spitting insults.

Come to think of it, being adopted by the royals and moving to the Sovereignty, might be a way for Rozemyne get back to her commoner family, in a limited way. The magic contract that forbids them from treating each other like family is a duchy-wide contract, if I'm not mistaken, so it won't work in the Sovereinty.

Between how well the royal family did in negotiations with Rozemyne so far, and that it would be of benefit to them, to have the Gutenbergs set up their base in the Sovereignty, I'm sure that Rozemyne would be allowed to take them with her, probably with some grace period, so the apprentices can take over in Ehrenfest, not leaving them hanging completely. Now they would only have to make Eva and Tuuli Gutenbergs as well. As a commoner, there is zero chance of Gunther being allowed to guard Princess Rozemyne, but I'm sure she could negotiate to have some commoner soldiers to guard her precious Gutenbergs, with Gunther naturally being the number 1 choice, not only because of nepotism :P but also because he is very well qualified (over-qualified in fact, considering he's a commander) and has escorted them before, albeit only to Hasse and back.

And should that not be allow, Gunther is good enough in woodworking (thanks to having learned it from his woodworker father, before he charged off to become a soldier) to be passed off one of the Gutenbergs too, if push came to shove.

Naturally they would need to keep things secret, but with the magic contract out of the way, I'm sure they could sneak in the occasional bit of family time, every now and then.