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Just thinking about the fact that Rozemyne being reincarnated and just randomly getting her past memories back implies that there could be more people reincarnated that just didn't get THEIR memories back like, idk Ferdinand could've been that annoying IT profesor and you wouldn't frightening knowww.

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How Many Square Miles is Yurgenschmit? And What is the Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow Highbeast?

For fic reasons, I decided to figure out how big Yurgenschmidt is. So without further ado, I welcome you to "Sal, Why Are You Doing Math For Fanfiction Again?" Episode number Seriouslywhyareyoustilldoingthis.

(Note: I messed up on the walking math for Tuuli and accidentally did everything in halves in the original version of this post, but the country numbers are still accurate in that version, if you see it floating around.)

Naturally, I am posting my findings for all to enjoy. I will happily do the math so that y'all don't have to.

(If you just want the rough square mileage, just jump to the big red text near the bottom.)

Now, first thing's first—what maps are we working with? Because canon has three available: Ehrenfest's capitol, Ehrenfest Duchy, and Yurgenschmidt.

Now, you might brush off the Ehrenfest Capitol map right off the bat, saying we're trying to figure out large dimensions, but it's actually valid for two reasons. First, it shows how close the forest for foraging is. It's almost immediately outside the gate. It is also, however, about the same distance from the gate that Myne's house is from the gate on the other side.

So here's the city with a grid.

It took about twenty minutes for a child like Tuuli to walk from home to the gate, so I appreciated the water. -Part 1, Volume 1

The average walking speed for an adult is about 4 miles per hour, and for a child about 7 years old it would be close to 2.8 mph, but Tuuli is on the larger side, and very active, so I'd put her at about 3mph. Considering the only perspective applied to the map of the capitol is the angle, and there's no size discrepancy between buildings, we can just apply a grid and not worry about perspective lines.

The line from Myne's house to the main road is 4.6 red blocks, and from there to the gate is 5.7 red blocks. (I did the triangle math so you don't have to.) That's about 10.3 blocks. So at an average speed, a child Tuuli's size can walk about 10 blocks of space (I'm being kind to my decimals) in twenty minutes. This puts Tuuli at about half a block a minute. Since an average adult's speed is 4mph, that means an adult can cover about 13-14 blocks of space in that time, or about .7 blocks a minute. So since 1 mile is 15 minutes at 4mph, and every minute is .7 blocks, which makes 1 mile approximately 10 blocks of space on this scale.

As the distance from South Gate to the temple gate is 24 red blocks, that means the length of the commoner district is 2.4 miles long.

Now, fun fact: Buggies or carts drawn by horses go about 6-8mph. Conveniently double the speed of a child or an adult, respectively. So let's treat them like they go 7MPH. (Yes, I know they'd go faster if the horse were running. They pretty much never do that in reality. Bookworm is shockingly well-grounded in realistic principals for a fantasy series with magic.)

Length of time it would take to get from South Gate to the Temple via main road:

Child (approx 7-9): 48 min.

Adult: 34 min.

Buggy/Carriage: 20 min.

We had arrived at the village. It was about fifteen minutes away from the town gate, and after passing through the entryway, I could hear lots of people talking. -Part 1, Volume 1

"Once we flew over the lower city and passed the outer walls, the griffon immediately began descending. We were heading to the winter mansion of the closest farming town to the south gate, the same town that my neighborhood went to on pig killing day." -Part 2, Volume 3

15 minutes in a cart or buggy at 7 mph is 1.75 miles.

As they are described as "immediately" descending, this implies that they can close two miles in a very short period of time. Since it was described as "immediately", then went straight into describing the town instead of anything about the travel, or even squinting, one can assume that they closed the distance in anywhere between 1-2 minutes. This would put them at a minimum of about 0.0145 miles per second, which is a solid 52 miles per hour. (She was riding with Damuel.) And, of note, at this point, despite "immediately descending" they are described as "high up in the sky". Do even then, they were still above everyone else.

"After that we traveled to the winter mansions of four different farming towns, completing the Spring Prayer at each of them. By the time we were done, the sun was setting and I was exhausted." -Part 2, Volume 3

After Myne falls asleep, she wakes up at Baron Blon's mansion.

As the carriages are already there and unpacked, and this was their first day of travel, this tells us that Baron Blon's residence is close enough for a carriage to reach in one day. This puts it at about 30 miles maximum from Ehrenfest. So, to account for the fact that we don't have a road map, and they were stopping in other towns on the way, let's assume that, as the crow flies, a straight line between the capitol and Blon is approx. 20 miles.

This would make every red block about 5 1/2 miles. And this, folks—this is what we needed.

If every block is 5 1/2 miles long, then we have a general idea of how big the country is. North to south, highest to lowest point, Ehrenfest is about 165 miles long. So without further ado...

Ehrenfest is about 5 1/2 blocks long. That means, strangely conveniently, each of these blocks is 30 miles.

So, at 20 blocks long and 20 blocks wide, being a perfect circle,

Yurgenschmidt is approximately 600 miles across, implying a total area of 282,743 square miles.

Bonus—Clarissa's route to Ehrenfest and the assumed top speed of a highbeast!

Clarissa goes from Dunkelfelger to Ehrenfest in one day by going at top speed on her highbeast, chugging mana potions the whole way. (An appropriate fiance for our very own Hartmut the Horrible.) Now, this is hard to really calculate because we don't know where in Dunkelfelger she's coming from. NOR do we know which gates are open, or where. However, they are described vaguely, and we do know the location of one specific gate that she uses—the Frenbeltag gate!

Now, she absolutely left at first bell, no doubt about it. (Around 4AM.) She is noted to have arrived in Ehrenfest after third bell (~9:45)am. More notably, Myne was wrapping up a meeting when she gets the message. This would put the time at around 10:30 or so, meaning Clarissa had flown for around six hours, considering the time she was briefly detained.

And since using Ahrensbach's gates is described as faster, this likely means the gates in Werkestock and Dunkelfelger are likely in less ideal places than a route through Ahrensbach. Thus I propose a route along these lines for our Favorite Future Mrs. Horrible.

So this is about 14 1/2 blocks. With 30 miles per block, that is roughly 435 miles covered in five hours, or 87 miles per hour.

So highbeasts basically go as fast as cars, the speed limit is 50, laynobles are driving the speed limit, and archnobles can afford the ticket.

As always, thanks for joining me in Hell. <3

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i think charlotte’s POV chapters are my favorite out of the many character options….. seeing aoab through her perspective is always so so interesting and i LOOOVVVEE seeing into her thoughts and feelings especially regarding stuff you just don’t see with her noble facade… her feelings of envy, jealousy, inadequacy, powerlessness….. they’re all so beautifully well done and make perfect sense but without those chapters looking into her heart she seems like a much more flat character. but then you DO get them and you’re like ohhhhhh……… this poor poor girl……. i love you forever charlotte

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Gosh I wanna make a webtoon about my friends so much like help

Guy1

Streetdancer who's amazing at latino dances, listens to Taylor Swift and is one of the smartest people I know. Gives off Mean girls vibe and always in for a gossip.

Girl1

Gyaru and the biggest manhater ever. My wife, who's damn hot, does professional gardening and works in a small castle. Loves my dirty jokes. Bl enjoyer. Very lesbian coded.

Girl2

Aspiring to be goth. Impulsive and a menace. Always gets my dirty jokes. Always gets insane gender envy around muscular guys like she doesn't have the body of a goddess. She's learning Japanese with my help. ADHD coded.

Guy2

Catholic, but somehow still a bitch. IT nerd who always flirts with girls (somethimes even guys), but they always turn out to be already taken. Has the best and most creative pickup lines ever.

Guy3

Football guy who acts narcissistic, but would actually help anyone. Not afraid to speak up against authority. Acts tough, but is a little spoon. Actually a whole ass babygirl. He's the biggest hater and likes to argue/debate a lot, that's how he got together with his gf, who was his biggest hater.

Girl3

Catholic, but still bisexal little flirt until she got with her bf. Something between lolita goth and gyaru. Will throw hands like she ain't 5'0 (150). Another impulsive menace.

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mmc: fuck u

fmc: fuck u twice

...

fmc: I fucking hate person A, fuck them and all their dead ancestors

mmc: *heart skips a beat*

Fuck hate to love. I literally need a haters to mutual haters to lovers. Gimme something where they go from shitting on each other to shitting on other people. Like this has to seriously be so funny if it's done well.

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Fuck hate to love. I literally need a haters to mutual haters to lovers. Gimme something where they go from shitting on each other to shitting on other people. Like this has to seriously be so funny if it's done well.

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Babies

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Yes please!!

Hold on! I want this with Ascendance of a bookworm. (please please please my beloved fandom)

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So it's time to upload my gift for @honzuki-exchange

@mokakeeki I hope you enjoy watching this animatic that I made featuring Roz and her multiple dads!!

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Hold on! I want this with Ascendance of a bookworm. (please please please my beloved fandom)

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Everyone: Wow Rozemyne really lucked out…does Ferdinand even want to marry her or was he forced to because no one else was good enough for the job…? Man that must be hard

Meanwhile Ferdinand:

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Spring Prayer gift for @aubdrewanchel as part of @honzuki-exchange

So uh I think I got too ambitious and burned all my time in posing & lineart 👉👈

And this was supposed to have battle shumils in the background too... But I like how I did the hair!! I hope you'll like this too <3<3

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Hi! First time I’m doing this! Had a lot of fun going back to the start. It always stuck with me when Lutz and Gill are going over what they missed doing with Myne. Plus the side characters in Aob are just so awesome!

This gift is for Olyollyoxenfree hope you like it!

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that. May I present to you Rozemyne in the Apothecary diaries universe, @gollygeenothanks

(I feel like she'd be friends with the empress dowager)

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I wasn't really active the past few months

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Ferdinand: Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo

(All the promises of my love will go away with you)

Ferdinand: Me olvidarás. Me olvidarás.

(You’ll forget me. You’ll forget me)

Rozemyne: Junto a la estación hoy lloraré igual que un niño

(Next to the station I’ll cry just like a child)

Rozemyne: Porque te vas

(Because you’re leaving)

Rozemyne: ¿Porque te vas?

(Why are you leaving?)

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Ferdinand: I am so absolutely in love with Rozemyne that I will wage war against the Gods on her behalf, shoulder every possible burden she might bear, and eliminate every possible threat to her safety and happiness. I will move Heaven and Earth so that the literal only person who can possibly stop me from marrying her is Rozemyne herself, and if she chooses not to, I will accept that and live with her decision, but otherwise I will be the absolute most married any person has ever been.

Rozemyne: Of course he's the perfect marriage partner, and I love him as family, but won't I be hurting him if I marry him even though I don't have romantic feelings for him?

Everyone who has ever seen the two of them ever: Wow, Rozemyne has been so in love with Ferdinand for years! I don't know how she managed to convince him to marry her, but I guess I'm happy for them. I just hope he isn't too put out when she's clearly over the moon for him and he might not even love her the same way.