Count Leisegang

## Giebe Leisegang

**Giebe Liesegang**, also called **Count Leisegang**, is the governing noble of the Ehrenfest province of Leisegang.

# Appearance

According to Rozemyne, Giebe Leisegang appears very "scholar-like" and a little older than Karstedt

# History

Following her baptism and reveal to noble society, Rozemyne's guardians made sure to keep Giebe Leisegang away from Rozemyne, most likely to prevent him from attempting to influence her. He is slightly older than his relative Karstedt.

While he shared his grandfather's pain and hatred over how his family was mistreated by Gabriele and Veronica, he was still willing to swallow his pride and proclaim his loyalty to Veronica for the good of his province, though not wanting to put his grandfather through such torment, he decided to wait until after his death. Thankfully, Veronica's fall from grace and the subsequent political upheaval that saw many members of the former Veronica faction ousted and replaced with Leisegang nobles, made such an unpleasant course of action unnecessary.

# Story

## Part 4 Volume 3

Rozemyne first meets the giebe when teaching  her mana compression method to an extended circle of nobles, including the allied Giebes and their spouses. Rozemyne notes that his eyes are brimming with ambition and suspects that this was the reason why her guardians kept them separated despite being related. Their meeting was somewhat overshadowed by the collapse of the Previous Count Leisegang and an incident with one of Rozemyne's retainers, which caused Rozemyne to excuse herself as soon as social norms allowed, preventing any interactions between Giebe Leisegang and her beyond greetings and the teaching of the compression.

## Part 4 Volume 8

In the spring following Rozemyne's second year at the Royal Academy, she and her adopted siblings visit Leisegang for Spring Prayer and establishing the printing industry. When drawing up the contracts, the merchant Benno of the Plantin Company voices concerns on whether the province will be able to recuperate their considerable investments, considering they intend to only do printing as winter handiwork, while concentrating their workforces on their main focus of agriculture during the rest of the year. Count Leisegang assured that such concerns are unnecessary, and he has no intention of canceling their contracts, regardless of the financial returns, since income is not the only concern for him in regards to printing.

Once the business talk is over and the merchants have been dismissed, the discussions turn toward the future of the duchy. Rozemyne and Wilfried manage to convince the Giebe that Rozemyne is absolutely unwilling to ever become Aub and that despite appearances Wilfried is actually better suited to be the next archduke than she would ever be. Count Leisegang accepts this and is heartened by Wilfried's assurances that he will not repeat his forebearer's mistakes, but is very concerned about how his grandfather will take this, when getting the information directly from Rozemyne herself, rather than through messengers.

# References

1. ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm. Part 5 Volume 4. Prologue
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ascendance of a Bookworm. Part 4 Volume 8. Chapter 9: Giebe Leisegang
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ascendance of a Bookworm. Part 4 Volume 3. Chapter 16: Philine's Family Circumstances