While Charlotte patiently waited for news from Kreil Brittany, Anne arranged fifteen Fast-Handed Clerks for him. Charlotte recited five thousand words a day, then they were immediately replaced, keeping the clerks at peak speed at all times. They somehow managed to produce fifty or sixty thousand words every day.
These manuscripts were promptly sent to a publisher with ties to the Brittany Family. That very night, they were organized into finished drafts and paired with illustrations. Every sixty thousand words were edited into a volume, and in just seven days, the first volumes of both books appeared in major bookstores across Strasbourg.
Charlotte cared greatly about appearances and insisted that neither book bear his name. He gave the right of attribution to Anne instead. Once Anne confirmed that he truly did not want to be credited, she published both novels under the pen name Anne Mecklen.
Yes, the extra story about Duwei and Prince Chen being lovey-dovey was published under that pen name too.
Charlotte was terrified that Princess Mei might discover that the Duchy of Behemoth did not have these two books and dig something out of him. This Grand Princess had taken on two opponents alone, severely wounded a Saint Rank member of the Dolian Blood Kindred, and even dug out the enemy's Blood Core. That achievement had left far too deep an impression on Charlotte.
Even Senior Menilman was not that savage.
So, relying on his Transcendence, Charlotte worked around the clock every day, frantically reciting books.
Kreil Brittany and Abner Sumay had not come by these past few days. They were both busy, and the Purple Finch Knight Order's expedition was also an opportunity for them. Neither was from the direct line of their family, nor would either have the chance to inherit a title in