Delia/Story

# Part 2

## Part 2 Volume 1

When Myne joins the temple, the High Bishop decided to assign Delia as one of her retainers to spy on her. With both of them being young girls, the High Bishop believed that she would be able to get close to Myne. Delia botched this plan almost immediately by being rude and bluntly stating to Myne that she was the High Bishop's spy.

## Part 2 Volume 4

A young baby was found by the temple, who Delia names Dirk. Myne suggests she can become the big sister of Dirk to learn how having a family is like, resulting in her becoming the main caregiver of Dirk. Dirk comes down with a sickness, and Delia is very worried, but Myne suspects that Dirk has the Devouring. At Myne's request, the High Priest takes a look at him and confirms that Dirk is indeed a Devouring child with a mana capacity slightly higher than the average mednoble. Since the measuring tool also drained mana from the baby, he is out of danger for a while. Myne made sure not to tell Delia about the cause of Dirk's "sickness," only that the issue is taken care of for now.

Despite Myne and her other attendents efforts to conceal this from her, Delia still learns that the High Priest was unsuccessful in finding a noble to adopt Dirk and throws a fit believing that the High Priest wants to rip her and her foster brother apart. Myne's explanation calms her down, but she still reports to the High Bishop about the adoption plans. While Delia herself remained oblivious to the reason for Dirk's symptoms and the adoption, Bezewanst was able to deduct the truth and coopted it into his schemes to bring down Myne, promising Delia that he would personally find a great noble to adopt Dirk and allow her to accompany the child as his caretaker once that is accomplished. She then takes the baby out of the orphanage. Despite her reluctance due to knowing very well that Delia had been deceived by the High Bishop, Myne still has no other choice than to dismiss the girl from her service. From then on, Delia keeps living in the High Bishop's chambers with his other attendants.

It is only upon seeing the High Bishop drain Dirk of all his mana, use him as a living shield, and toss him aside like a broken tool that Delia finally realizes Bezewanst's true nature. When the clash of mana between Ferdinand and Count Bindewald threatens to kill anyone unprotected, she begs Myne to save Dirk, not thinking at all about her own safety, but is still saved along with the baby by Myne allowing her to take shelter behind her wind shield.

After the end of the battle, Sylvester starts to give out punishments to those who remained, fulfilling his duty. Bezewanst and by extension all his surviving attendants are sentenced to death. Since Myne had dismissed Delia and she had been living in the High Bishop's chambers since then, she is counted as one of Bezewanst's attendants and humbly accepts her fate, only begging Myne to take good care of Dirk, but Myne manages to convince the archduke to spare her life. As a test to his newly adopted daughter, Sylvester decides to let Myne decide on Delia's punishments, but warns her that he will not accept it if he deems her choice too lenient.

Myne decrees that Delia's punishment is to not be allowed to leave the temple orphanage for the rest of her life and can never be sold to nobles or be chosen as an attendant. Upon seeing the blood drain from Delia's face at having to remain at the center of her trauma for the rest of her life, Sylvester accepts this punishment as sufficiently severe and allows it.

Delia becomes Dirk's primary caretaker in the orphanage, while becoming increasingly adjusted to the orphanage over time. She wouldn't let others help her with Dirk at first, but soon realizes that she is unable to take care of Dirk all by herself.

# Part 4

## Part 4 Volume 2

Over time, Delia becomes the primary caretaker of not just Dirk, but all small children in the orphanage, together with Lily and Wilma. When talking with Rozemyne after she returns from her first visit of the Royal Academy, Delia complains about how Dirk has become rebellious and started to disobey her from time to time. Upon hearing this, Dirk remarks that he is a good boy who always listens, causing Delia to shout at him, still with a smile on her face, making Rozemyne think that they act like true siblings and being glad that Delia seems to have found her place.

## Part 4 Volume 9

When Hartmut comes by the orphanage to extoll the virtues of Rozemyne, Delia has a tendency to join in in the heat of the moment. Though if called out on it later, she grows rather embarrassed and feels the need to come up with excuses.

In the winter of Rozemyne's third Royal Academy term, a purge of the former Veronica faction is enacted. Rather than executing the young children with the parents as was done since times before memory, Rozemyne is able to convince Aub Ehrenfest to spare then and have the temple take them in, similar to what was done with Konrad.

On account of being one of only two grey shrine maidens with any experience in raising children, Delia, alongside Lily, takes up a big part in caring for the new arrivals.

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# References

1. ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm. Part 4 Volume 9. The New Children