![]() Living in the temple isn't the only reason Bezewanst grew up to be a lazy and entitled old man.In other words, "climbing the towering stairway" is a Deadly Euphemism, similar to someone saying they will "meet their maker". Mid-way between the first use of the euphemism and the explanation, Cornelius' side chapter has him use it to talk about the deceased Rozemary. During Myne's funeral, it is mentioned that the deceased are guided by the king and queen gods to the land of the dead. When Myne is inaugurated as an apprentice blue shrine maiden, the guess is more or less confirmed, as the altar in the temple is made to look like a stairway with the Goddess of Light and the God of Darkness standing on the top. Upon being baptized, Myne notices the staircase in the back of the temple's chapel and wonders if it's supposed to lead to the heavens and gods. The explanation comes two volumes later, but the author has actually already given all hints needed for the reader to understand the meaning. At the end of Part 2, Fran mentions that Arno must have "climbed the towering stairway".He always won because he was Crazy-Prepared. Starting in Part 3, Ferdinand teaches Rozemyne something similar, like when he starts to pry Kantna for information by blackmailing him, and as she learns in Part 4, Ferdinand did the same when it comes to ditter matches. Meetings that Myne arranges with High Priest Ferdinand are thus mostly just a formality, she often conveys through Fran already what she plans to do. The outcome of a meeting will usually already be decided if one prepares enough. A recurring theme in the story is that preparation means everything.You're being cranky and rude! Control your emotions!" despite the fact that the cause of her emotional outbursts is having too much mana and to get back in control of her emotions she would have to control the mana inside herself as well. Basically, "Stop acting like a baby, calm down and have a nap. Because they didn't have any magical tools, Myne's parents have completely accidentally conditioned her to control her mana and push it down because they treated her mana outbursts (when her eyes turn rainbow colored and her mana gets out of her as an oppressive aura) as just a regular temper tantrum and emotional outburst. To prevent both spills and emotional outbursts, children of nobles use magic tools to extract the excess mana. And it works the other way around as well, because having too much mana sloshing inside you makes your emotions unstable. Have too strong emotions, not control them yourself and mana will spill out of you. Why are nobles taught to not show their emotions and be in control at all times? Because mana is tied to emotions.
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