History Foreshadowing / AscendanceOfABookworm

* During the prologue, Justus' internal narrative spells out that Eckhart survived the meal that poisoned his wife and unborn child because Ferdinand has his name. Not that much later, stealing Ferdinand's name turns out to be an avenue by which Rozemyne can allow keep Ferdinand alive long enough to get saved.

* During the library registration, Weiss says something that, several volumes later, comes across as an attempt at sharing crucial information: "[[spoiler:Hortensia gone]]".
* During the discussion about mana dyeing, getting a wound closed by Ferdinand all the way back during her apprentice shrine maiden days and an attempt at channeling her mana into a magic tool already filles with Hannelore are Rozemyne's only frames of reference for what mana resistance is supposed to feel like. She also comes to the conclusion that any dyeing from Ferdinand has faded a long time ago. However, according to the explanation provided, it's odd that she doesn't have ''more'' exeperience of mana resistance.
* Rozemyne notices something different about Eglantine she can't quite put her finger on, which she only manages to describe as her somehow seeming prettier. It later turns Eglantine had a child since last time Rozemyne saw her.

* During the volume, Ferdiand is both shown to be in a hurry when it comes to getting three hundred sheets of maximal quality feypaper and quite certain that the country is going to get a proper Zent relatively soon. The two later to be connected as [[spoiler:he was planning to make a book-shaped Grutrissheit-like magic tool and give it to the royals]].

* When Rozemyne demonstrates Schutzaria's shield to the royal family, a non-hostile knight that managed to enter gets blown out as soon as he draws a weapon. The sets up what happens when [[spoiler:a hostile party manages to get inside the same shield during the ditter game and someone already under the shield tries to attack them]].

* In her point of view chapter, an unfamiliar man get the attention of Martina's fellow retainer due to having an artificial arm despite looking like a scholar rather than a knight. This happens a few volumes after one of Georgine's Ehrenfest allies was declared dead after an ''arm'' was the only thing that survived their means of suicide. The character's survival gets spelled out as very real possibility, considering the information available to Rozemyne's allies, in the next volume.

* After realizing that she misspoke while inventing a spell, Rozemyne finds out the hard way that the magic system tends to stick to whatever something was called upon creation. The following volume firmly establishes that the magic system has some form of IKnowYourTrueName in that [[spoiler:neither Rozemyne nor Ferdinand's name changes truly stuck, to the point that Ferdinand has to use "Quinta" on his name stone]].

* After realizing that she misspoke while inventing a spell, Rozemyne finds out the hard way that the magic system tends to stick to whatever something was called upon creation. The following volume firmly establishes that the magic system has some form of TrueName in that [[spoiler:neither Rozemyne nor Ferdiand's name changes truly stuck, to the point that Ferdinand has to use "Quinta" on his name stone]].

* At Dirk's baptism, Rozemyne as usual wants to announce the color of his mana, but notices that the colors on the medal are faint, with only a tinge of yellow. [[spoiler:Dirk is near colorless because he has the Devouring. Similar to Myne, his color has a bit of yellow because Ehrenfest's patron deity is Schutzaria.]]

* On the night of Flutrane, the women of the party are brought into the Goddesses' Bath, while the men are being actively excluded. Rozemyne also gets to harvest rairein nectar after singing to Flutrane. [[spoiler:It later turns out that a Spring Prayer ritual, which is associated with Flutrane, absolutely needs to be performed by women to have its desired effect]].

[[folder:Volume 6]]

* In a book from Dunkelfelger, Rozemyne reads about a plant from the duchy that is strongly hinted to be a species she encountered in Ehrenfest under a different name. In the following volume, the possibility of either trug or one of its components becomes a plot point.
* On a few occasions, Hartmut is extremely accomodating towards Rozemyne's meetings with commoners. A one point, he admits to have tried waiting until after the end of one of her meetings to tell her about Clarissa's early move because he "knows how important they are to [her]." On another occasion, he suggests a way to allow Kamil to visit the temple despite not being baptized when ''Rozemyne'' knows it's an objectively bad idea. It later turns out that at that point in time, [[spoiler:Hartmut had figured out both that Rozemyne was commoner-born and who her true blood family was]].