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PrePub - Ascendance of a Bookworm

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I'm surprised Ferdinand is so limited in thinking up workarounds for Rozemyne's feystone phobia, at least when it comes to discharging mana.

She only has problems when she sees the feystones, so one solution would be as simple as having her close her eyes, while her retainers hold the stones against her skin, or they could do so to the back of her neck or some other way, that keeps the stones out of Rozemyne's field of view.

He could also brew up a quick magic tools, that's just a mana conducting box with a door, into which the feystones could be put.

Hell, they could probably cut off a little piece of the Dedication Ritual carpet and wrap some feystones in that, since there's plenty of time to repair or replace the carpet until it's needed again the next winter

Or they could organize an out of season Dedication Ritual, arguing that the neglect by the Ahrensbach archduke lines for generations has made it a necessity to act before winter comes around again. With none of the blue priests having the necessary mana capacity to dedicate mana together with Ferdinand and Rozemyne, they'd be alone in there with maybe Hartmut, and nobody would know if Rozemyne were to kneel on the carpet facing away from the feystone-studded divine instruments. That wouldn't just use up excess mana, but even further her saint/divine avatar reputation and make her more respected by the locals.

He must be really exhausted and sleep deprived, if not a single one of those very straightforward solutions came to him in the moment.

[–] 15Redstones 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The feystones would only be needed in an emergency. For regular discharging, she should be using the replenishment room.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's a big feystone floating in the middle of the replenishment room though. I would not be surprised if she went directly to he foundation to recharge it for this reason, until she overcomes this trauma.

[–] 15Redstones 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The replenishment hall magic tool doesn't look like a big feystone. The foundation does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As practice, spend each day filling the foundation with small amounts of mana,” Sylvester said, walking directly beneath the feystone floating amid the spinning magic circles.

from P3V4 Staying Home During the Archduke Conference.