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Liebeskhilfe (リーベスクヒルフェ, Riibesukuhirufe) is the Goddess of Binding[1] and a subordinate of the Goddess of Light.[2] She is associated with marriage and romance in general.[3]. Her Divine Instrument is a pair of hair ornaments, which she can use to pluck people's threads from the tapestry of history, to either manipulate herself, or pass on to Sterrat for a proper starbinding.[4]
Appearance
Liebeskhilfe exudes the aura of a prankster. Her formal attire consists of a cloak, the colour of her lady, the Goddess of Light, trimmed in gold and additional hair ornaments, two of which are her divine instrument.[4]
Personality
As her appearance and stories about her in the Grutrissheit hint at, Liebeskhilfe is a prankster, who loves toying with the threads on Wentuchte's loom, to the point that other gods have to physically restrain her, to stop her mischief, when she's in the same room as Wentuchte.[4]
Story
Hannelore's Fifth Year at the Royal Academy
After Yurgenschmidt is saved and a new Zent, with access to the country's foundation chosen, albeit not a true one, Wentuchte and Dregarnuhr discover that a single thread in the tapestry of history has been severed and if left alone, this would eventually result in the history of the last two decades being erased. The thread belongs to Ferdinand. Thankfully Rozemyne's thread is close enough in colour, that, given he obtains the consent of the two mortals, Sterrat is able to weave the two threads together, which will repair Ferdinand's, albeit with Rozemyne losing a number of years off her life expectancy. Unfortunately Rozemyne is protected by barriers, which make it impossible for Dregarnuhr to reach her.
While the goddesses ponder how to overcome this obstacle, Hannelore accidentally puts mana into a prayer to Dregarnuhr, due to being so upset, she isn't in full control of her mana, which allows the Goddess of Time to summon the girl to her. Hannelore agrees to briefly lend the goddess her body, to contact Rozemyne and shortly after, Hannelore's friend arrives in the void, into which Hannelore was called.
There the goddesses explain the problem and Rozemyne quickly agrees to the deities' proposal. Despite expressing that she does not understand why Wentuchte and Dregarnuhr would bother over a mere 20 years and saying she'd only do anything if it was at least two centuries, Liebeskhilfe still goes along with the other deities and plucks the threads of Ferdinand and Rozemyne from history, for Sterrat to weave together.
That by itself however is not enough to repair Ferdinand's thread, so Dregarnuhr and Wentuchte send Rozemyne back into the past, to the moment, when Ferdinand's thread was severed. As a reward for lending Dregarnuhr her body, Hannelore is granted a wish and she uses it to have her consciousness sent back one year into the past, to get another chance to convey her feelings to Wilfried. Dregarnuhr appears to have some reservations, but Liebeskhilfe pushes Hannelore into Wentuchte's tapestry, before the other goddess can react.[4]
Trivia
- Liebeskhilfe is sometimes called the Goddes of Binding and sometimes the Goddess of Marriage. It isn't clear whether this is the case in-universe or an inconsistency in the official English translation[3].
Etymology
Name | Japanese | Romaji | Assumed Etymology |
Assumed Translation |
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Liebeskhilfe | リーベスクヒルフェ | Riibesukuhirufe |
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References
- ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel. Part 3 Volume 5. The Laynoble Guard Knight
- ↑ Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel. Part 5 Volume 4. Chapter 11: Reobtaining Divine Protections
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel. Part 5 Volume 1. Chapter 11: Researching Rituals and an Update on the Purge
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ascendance of a Bookworm. Hannelore's Fifth Year at the Royal Academy. Chapter 13: Dregarnuhr Weaving Threads
Additional References
LN Characters