# Season 1
# E1 - A World Without Books
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY9V1N88R/a-world-without-books)
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**[00:22] Ferdinand**
Now, wear this.
**[00:26] Main**
What is this, Head Priest?
**[00:29] Ferdinand**
Can't you tell? It's a magical item.
**[00:36] Main**
I'm asking what we're using it for.
**[00:40] Main**
Please... tell... me...
**[00:50] Ferdinand**
* Main's the only one who uses*
* this to tie her hair.*
**[00:52] Ferdinand**
*And it's not just this hairpin.*
**[00:54] Ferdinand**
*She has brought us all sorts of creations.*
**[00:57] Ferdinand**
*But the most surprising thing of all*
**[01:00] Ferdinand**
*is her passion for books.*
**[01:04] Ferdinand**
* She treasures literature, and even wrote*
* some picture books for children.*
**[01:09] Ferdinand**
*Her obsession is clearly abnormal.*
**[01:12] Ferdinand**
*Just what goes through that head of yours?*
**[01:18] Ferdinand**
I shall take a look into your past, Main.
**[01:32] Main**
*Before I was Main,*
**[01:34] Main**
*I lived in a distant era as Motosu Urano.*
**[01:39] Main**
*Psychology.*
**[01:40] Main**
*Religion.*
**[01:41] Main**
*History.*
**[01:42] Main**
*Geography.*
**[01:43] Main**
*Education.*
**[01:44] Main**
*Folklore.*
**[01:45] Main**
*Mathematics.*
**[01:46] Main**
*Physics.*
**[01:47] Main**
*Geology.*
**[01:48] Main**
*Chemistry.*
**[01:49] Main**
*Biology.*
**[01:51] Main**
*Art.*
**[01:52] Main**
*Health.*
**[01:53] Main**
*Language.*
**[01:54] Main**
*Fiction...*
**[01:54] Main**
*Literature was my life.*
**[01:56] Main**
* I loved books—laden with mankind's knowledge*
* in all disciplines—with all my heart,*
**[02:01] Main**
* and felt unbridled joy at living*
* a life surrounded by them.*
**[02:05] Main**
*But then...*
**[02:10] Main**
* On the verge of death,*
* I uttered a silent prayer.*
**[02:14] Main**
* "O God, may I be able to read all kinds*
* of books in my next life, too."*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter One
A World Without Books
**[03:55] Main**
It's so hot... I can't breathe...
I can't take this anymore!
**[04:01] Motosu**
Yeah.
**[04:02] Main**
It's so hot... Help!
**[04:04] Motosu**
Yeah.
**[04:05] Main**
Someone help me!
**[04:07] Motosu**
Huh? The voice is fading.
**[04:09] Motosu**
Wait!
**[04:32] Main**
Where am I?
**[04:35] Main**
Are these really my hands?
**[04:40] Main**
Wait, I'm pretty sure I died.
**[04:43] Main**
Am I having some kind of weird, dying dream?
**[04:52] Main**
I'm not dreaming. What's going on?
**[04:55] Main**
What am I doing here?
**[05:00] Main**
*Who is that?*
**[05:02] Main**
*Her hair's green!*
**[05:06] Main**
*What? I don't understand what she's saying.*
**[05:12] Main**
* Someone's memories are*
* bursting into my mind!*
**[05:21] Eva**
Main?
**[05:23] Main**
*No! I'm not Main!*
**[05:25] Main**
*My name is Motosu Urano!*
**[05:28] Eva**
Main? Are you all right, Main?
**[05:32] Main**
*I can understand her now!*
**[05:35] Eva**
How are you feeling, Main?
**[05:38] Main**
Mom...
**[05:41] Narrator**
* In this moment, Motosu Urano*
* began her life as Main.*
**[05:45] Main**
*And that's when I realized...*
**[05:48] Main**
* My mother had been just as happy as me*
* when I landed my librarian job,*
**[05:53] Main**
*but now I would never see her again.*
**[05:58] Main**
Mom...
**[06:02] Main**
I'm so sorry.
**[06:07] Main**
If only I had a book to read...
**[06:09] Main**
Yeah, as long as I have books,
**[06:13] Main**
I can deal with things no matter where I am.
**[06:16] Main**
No. I *will* deal with it.
**[06:19] Main**
I just need my books.
**[06:22] Main**
I wonder where I can find one, though...
**[06:26] Tuuli**
Main? Are you okay to be up and about now?
**[06:30] Main**
*Tuuli, my older sister.*
**[06:32] Main**
*Oh, I know.*
**[06:33] Main**
Hey, Tuuli, bring me a book.
**[06:36] Tuuli**
A book?
**[06:38] Main**
Yeah. I wanna read.
**[06:41] Tuuli**
What's a book?
**[06:43] Main**
Huh?
**[06:44] Main**
*Does she not know what a book is?*
**[06:47] Main**
*Hang on a sec. How does that even happen?*
**[06:51] Main**
* Maybe there are no books*
* for kids in this house?*
**[06:55] Tuuli**
Are you okay, Main?
**[06:58] Eva**
Main, how's your fever?
**[07:01] Tuuli**
Mom, it looks like her head hurts.
**[07:06] Eva**
The fever is starting to go down, but
I guess you're still not feeling your best.
**[07:11] Eva**
Sleep tight until dinnertime, okay?
**[07:15] Eva**
Come help me, Tuuli.
**[07:16] Tuuli**
Sure!
**[07:22] Main**
Now's my chance to find some books.
**[07:30] Main**
Books are worth it.
**[07:39] Main**
Clothes, huh?
**[07:45] Main**
What even is this?
**[07:47] Main**
It would've been perfect if there
were books in this very room,
**[07:50] Main**
but I guess it's not gonna be that easy.
**[07:53] Main**
Time to check the next room over, then.
**[08:03] Main**
And we've already hit a snag.
**[08:20] Main**
Whatever. Books are worth it.
**[08:44] Main**
I made it!
**[08:52] Main**
Ow!
**[08:56] Main**
This pain will be my medal of honor!
**[09:00] Main**
It's open.
**[09:06] Main**
The kitchen, huh?
**[09:09] Main**
No books in here, I bet.
**[09:16] Main**
A storeroom, I think?
**[09:19] Main**
It's locked. I wonder if it leads outside.
**[09:24] Main**
I looked all over the house,
but I couldn't find any books.
**[09:28] Main**
Why?
**[09:31] Main**
Wait, are books really
expensive in this world?
**[09:36] Main**
*Even in the history of my world,*
**[09:38] Main**
* books were rare and pricey till the printing*
* press made them possible to mass-produce.*
**[09:44] Main**
* If you weren't upper class, you would*
* never get the chance to read one.*
**[09:49] Main**
Oh, well.
**[09:50] Main**
There must be *something* to read, though.
**[09:54] Main**
If not books, then newspapers or calendars.
**[09:58] Main**
Nothing.
**[10:00] Main**
Nothing.
**[10:02] Main**
Nothing.
**[10:03] Main**
Nothing.
**[10:05] Main**
Nothing! Why is there no writing
in any way, shape, or form?
**[10:09] Main**
How the heck am I supposed to live here?
**[10:18] Eva**
We're back.
**[10:20] Eva**
Main? Didn't I tell you to
stay in bed until dinnertime?
**[10:24] Eva**
And look at this mess you've made.
**[10:28] Main**
I can't find any books.
**[10:34] Eva**
What's wrong, Main?
**[10:36] Tuuli**
Does it hurt somewhere?
**[10:39] Main**
I can't find any books!
**[10:49] Main**
I want a book!
**[10:51] Main**
I want to read!
**[10:53] Main**
That's all I want!
**[10:56] Main**
Who can I talk to that'll understand me?
**[10:59] Main**
Someone please tell me!
**[11:13] Main**
*It's been three days since I woke up as Main.*
**[11:16] Main**
*These three days have been hell.*
**[11:20] Main**
Also, life here seriously sucks.
**[11:23] Main**
The "toilet" is a bedroom bedpan
which is then dumped outside,
**[11:27] Main**
and then "Dad," who I barely
even know, changes my clothes.
**[11:34] Main**
Good grief!
***SIGN*** Femininity
***SIGN*** Shame
**[11:38] Main**
I have to abandon these
things or I'll never last!
**[11:41] Main**
Now I've given up and even
get them to wipe me down.
**[11:45] Main**
Tuuli thought that was weird,
but it made me feel a lot better.
**[11:49] Main**
And then...
**(Flashback) [11:51] Tuuli**
What are you doing?
**(Flashback) [11:53] Main**
I'm trying to tie up my hair
'cause it's bothering me,
**(Flashback) [11:55] Main**
but it's not working out.
**(Flashback) [11:57] Tuuli**
Well, you do have really straight hair.
**(Flashback) [12:00] Main**
Yeah. If I use a ribbon, it falls right away.
**(Flashback) [12:03] Main**
Oh, right.
**(Flashback) [12:07] Main**
Can I break this?
**(Flashback) [12:09] Tuuli**
That's my doll!
**(Flashback) [12:11] Tuuli**
You know it's important to me! You meanie!
**(Flashback) [12:14] Main**
Uh, sorry.
**(Flashback) [12:16] Main**
I want a hairpin... I guess you
wouldn't know what I mean.
**(Flashback) [12:20] Main**
I need a thin wooden stick
like this doll's legs.
**(Flashback) [12:24] Tuuli**
In that case, I could make one for you.
**(Flashback) [12:31] Tuuli**
Will this do?
**(Flashback) [12:33] Main**
Yeah! Thanks, Tuuli!
**(Flashback) [12:38] Main**
How does that look?
**(Flashback) [12:40] Tuuli**
Main, no!
**(Flashback) [12:42] Tuuli**
Only grown-ups are allowed
to tie all their hair up.
**(Flashback) [12:45] Main**
Really?
**(Flashback) [12:49] Main**
Is this okay, then?
**(Flashback) [12:51] Tuuli**
Yeah, I think so.
**(Flashback) [12:53] Tuuli**
But from here it looks like you've
got a splinter stuck in your head.
**(Flashback) [12:57] Main**
Oh, that's fine.
**[12:59] Main**
Now what do I do about my hair?
It feels so sticky and gross.
**[13:04] Eva**
How are you feeling, Main?
**[13:07] Eva**
Your fever's gone. Do you feel tired?
**[13:11] Main**
Nope.
**[13:12] Eva**
Do you want to go shopping with Mom, then?
**[13:15] Main**
Shopping?
**[13:18] Main**
* I didn't find any books at home,*
* but there might be a bookstore out there.*
**[13:22] Main**
If there is one...
**[13:24] Main**
"I won't feel lonely if I have books.
**[13:26] Main**
I'll watch over the house all you want!"
**[13:29] Main**
That should get her to buy me some!
**[13:31] Main**
Yep! I wanna go!
**[13:34] Eva**
Oh? Where is all this energy coming from?
**[13:37] Main**
I know it'll be fun!
**[13:40] Eva**
Let's go shopping, then.
**[13:47] Main**
*Cold! Scary! Stinky!*
**[13:51] Eva**
Get on, Main.
**[13:55] Eva**
You can't walk all the way to
the market, right? Come on.
**[13:58] Main**
O-Okay...
**[14:03] Main**
*I see.*
**[14:04] Main**
* Main's body is pretty frail, so Mom's*
* always given her piggyback rides.*
**[14:08] Main**
* But I'm pretty sure I could*
* handle this easily.*
**[14:18] Main**
*Our building has five floors, huh?*
**[14:23] Main**
*Wow, this area's full of townhouses.*
**[14:29] Main**
*So that's where we get the water from.*
**[15:03] Main**
* Amazing! It's like a Medieval European town*
* straight out of all those photobooks!*
**[15:09] Main**
Mom, is that a castle?
**[15:11] Eva**
It's the cathedral.
**[15:12] Eva**
When you turn seven, you'll get
to go there for your baptism.
**[15:16] Main**
Huh...
**[15:21] Main**
That's an awfully big gate.
**[15:24] Eva**
That's the castle town gate.
**[15:25] Eva**
Beyond it lies the lord's castle
and the other nobility's mansions,
**[15:31] Eva**
but it's kind of a different world to us.
**[15:33] Main**
What about that wall?
**[15:35] Main**
The city wall. It keeps us safe inside.
**[15:38] Main**
Dad's a gatekeeper at
the south gate, remember?
**[15:46] Main**
*Oh, right.*
**[15:47] Main**
Gatekeeper, yeah...
**[15:50] Main**
* But if there's a lord's castle,*
* and it's surrounded by walls,*
**[15:55] Main**
* then that means this is*
* technically a big city.*
**[15:59] Main**
*And yet,*
**[16:00] Main**
* I don't see any writing*
* anywhere in town, either.*
**[16:05] Main**
*Do they not have a writing system at all?*
**[16:08] Main**
*The thought didn't even cross my mind!*
**[16:11] Eva**
We've reached the market, Main.
**[16:14] Woman**
Can I have three of these?
**[16:16] Man**
Sure thing!
**[16:17] Boy**
Hurry up!
**[16:17] Man**
Fresh seasonal vegetables.
Would you like to try any?
**[16:27] Main**
* I hadn't even considered that they*
* might not have a writing system.*
**[16:31] Main**
* If that's true, then they're*
* not gonna have any books!*
**[16:39] Main**
Mom! What's that on that plank?
**[16:42] Eva**
Oh, it shows the price, so you know
how much you can buy something for.
**[16:48] Main**
*Numbers! They do have a number system!*
**[16:51] Main**
What does it say, Mom?
**[16:53] Eva**
This is 20 lyon,
**[16:55] Eva**
and that's 23 lyon.
**[16:58] Main**
Is this 30 lyon, then?
**[17:00] Eva**
That's correct!
**[17:02] Eva**
I can't believe you picked it up so
quickly. You're very smart, Main.
**[17:08] Main**
What is this stench?
**[17:18] Eva**
Main? What's wrong?
**[17:20] Main**
Dead chicken!
**[17:31] Eva**
Main? Hang in there, Main!
**[17:37] Main**
Mom...
**[17:39] Eva**
You fainted all of a sudden.
I didn't know what to do.
**[17:42] Eva**
Are you okay now?
**[17:44] Main**
I'm... not okay.
**[17:47] Eva**
Oh...
**[17:48] Eva**
Oh, dear. I can't get any
shopping done like this.
**[17:52] Main**
No, go ahead. I'll wait here.
**[17:55] Eva**
But...
**[18:00] Main**
Ma'am.
**[18:02] Main**
Do you mind if I wait here for a while,
please? I'm not feeling very well.
**[18:06] Main**
I promise I won't be any trouble.
**[18:08] Woman**
Oh, my. Aren't you a polite young lady?
**[18:13] Woman**
No problem. Go get your shopping done.
**[18:16] Woman**
You don't want her fainting again, do you?
**[18:18] Man**
If you're worried, she can
wait inside the shop.
**[18:21] Man**
Nobody's going to kidnap her
if she's in the back.
**[18:25] Main**
I'll be a good girl and wait.
**[18:27] Eva**
Thank you so much. I'll be right back.
**[18:30] Eva**
Stay right here, okay?
**[18:32] Main**
'Kay.
**[18:32] Eva**
Please take care of her.
**[18:34] Main**
*It's all too much for me to take in.*
**[18:40] Main**
Thanks for having me.
**[18:53] Main**
*Wait, could that be...*
**[18:58] Main**
Mister! What... What is that?!
**[19:02] Man**
Oh, it's a book.
**[19:06] Main**
Yahoo!
**[19:08] Main**
I finally found one!
**[19:10] Main**
There *are* books here!
**[19:12] Man**
Is this your first time seeing one?
**[19:15] Main**
Yeah.
**[19:16] Main**
Hey, do you know a shop that
sells books? Where is it?
**[19:20] Man**
A shop? There isn't one.
**[19:24] Main**
Huh? There are books, but no bookstores?
**[19:27] Man**
Books have to be copied by hand, you see.
**[19:31] Man**
They cost so much money that
very few people can buy any.
**[19:36] Man**
Even this one was pawned off by
a noble who couldn't repay his debt.
**[19:40] Man**
I haven't put it on sale.
**[19:42] Man**
Only other nobles would even think
about buying something so expensive.
**[19:48] Main**
*Damn those lucky nobles!*
**[19:51] Main**
*In that case...*
**[19:53] Main**
Please let me hold that book!
***SIGN*** Kowtow
In Japan, this is the most dramatic
show of requesting or apologizing
**[19:57] Main**
I know I can't buy it, so I'll
make do with just holding it!
**[20:01] Main**
I'd like to at least enjoy
the sweet scent of ink!
**[20:03] Main**
I beg you!
**[20:08] Man**
I don't know why, but I get the feeling
that it'd be risky to let you touch it.
**[20:14] Main**
Please wait.
**[20:16] Main**
I'll just flip through it, I promise.
**[20:19] Man**
No.
**[20:22] Main**
I understand.
**[20:27] Eva**
Thank you for looking after my daughter.
**[20:30] Eva**
Okay, Main. Let's go home.
**[20:32] Main**
*I didn't even get to hold it.*
**[20:43] Eva**
I got some raffle fruit, your favorite.
**[20:46] Main**
Yeah...
**[20:48] Eva**
Are you still not feeling well?
**[20:49] Main**
Yeah...
**[20:51] Main**
*There are no bookstores in this town.*
**[20:56] Main**
* In fact, there might be not be*
* any anywhere in this world.*
**[21:11] Main**
* I'm not gonna get any books*
* if there are no bookstores.*
**[21:15] Main**
*What can I do, then?*
**[21:17] Main**
I'll just have to make them myself!
**[21:21] Tuuli**
Make?
**[21:23] Eva**
Main?
**[21:24] Gunther**
What are you going to make?
**[21:25] Main**
Nothing. Never mind.
**[21:29] Main**
*Forget it. I don't care what it takes.*
**[21:32] Main**
* I'm gonna get my books if*
* it's the last thing I do!*
**[21:35] Main**
*I won't let this world beat me!*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
Life Improvements and Slates
**[23:14] ---**
I see.
**[23:15] ---**
So your obsession for books
remained with you even after death.
**[23:21] ---**
This is making my head hurt.
**[23:23] ---**
Please don't say that with a straight face.
**[23:26] ---**
You don't even get to show up until—
**[23:29] ---**
No spoilers, fool!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Shiina You
# E2 - Life Improvements and Slates
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYMEJ3NV6/life-improvements-and-slates)
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
The girl who wished to read
lots of books, even after death,
**[00:05] Ferdinand**
began a new life in this world as Main,
the daughter of a struggling family.
**[00:10] Main**
If only I had a book to read...
**[00:13] Main**
Yeah, as long as I have books,
**[00:16] Main**
I can deal with things no matter where I am.
**[00:19] Ferdinand**
However, books are extremely
expensive in this world.
**[00:22] Main**
Hey, do you know a shop that
sells books? Where is it?
**[00:27] Man**
A shop? There isn't one.
**[00:30] Man**
Books have to be copied by hand, you see.
**[00:34] Man**
They cost so much money that
very few people can buy any.
**[00:38] Ferdinand**
And so, she came to a resolution...
**[00:40] Ferdinand**
If she couldn't get any books to read,
she'd just have to make them herself.
**[00:46] Main**
*I'm gonna make a book.*
**[00:48] Main**
*My very own book.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Two Life Improvements and Slates
**[02:36] Main**
Forget it. I don't care what it takes.
**[02:38] Main**
I'm gonna get my books,
if it's the last thing I do!
**[02:40] Main**
I won't let this world beat me!
**[02:43] Main**
But where do I buy paper?
**[02:46] Main**
Oh, maybe I can find out by
searching Main's memories.
**[02:50] Main**
Paper, paper, paper...
**[02:58] Main**
Nope! I don't have any memories
pertaining to paper!
**[03:02] Main**
And my hair feels like
sandpaper! It's so itchy!
**[03:06] Tuuli**
I'm home.
**[03:08] Eva**
Welcome back, Tuuli. Thank you.
**[03:11] Main**
* This world doesn't have*
* any books or schools.*
**[03:15] Main**
* Kids here either help out with*
* housework or go to work.*
**[03:18] Tuuli**
Mom.
**[03:20] Tuuli**
I got to pick a bunch of meryl fruit today.
**[03:23] Main**
Looks like an avocado.
**[03:24] Eva**
Let's extract the oil from
them while they're fresh.
**[03:27] Eva**
Get things ready, Tuuli.
**[03:29] Tuuli**
Okay.
**[03:30] Main**
Oil? You can extract oil from meryl fruit?
**[03:34] Tuuli**
Yeah, why?
**[03:37] Main**
I can make shampoo!
**[03:39] Main**
*Life improvement.*
**[03:41] Main**
Yahoo!
**[03:43] Main**
I can wash my hair for the
first time in a week!
**[03:48] Main**
When I was Urano, I made lots of homemade
soaps and shampoos with my mother,
**[03:53] Main**
so I know how to do it.
**[03:55] Main**
If I extract the oil from a fruit,
**[03:57] Main**
use some herbs for fragrance,
and add a pinch of salt...
**[04:01] Main**
I should have my very own shampoo!
**[04:04] Main**
Tuuli.
**[04:06] Main**
May I have some meryl fruit?
**[04:09] Main**
I'd like to extract oil for myself.
**[04:12] Tuuli**
You want to try it, too?
**[04:14] Tuuli**
Sure.
**[04:16] Tuuli**
Listen up.
**[04:17] Tuuli**
You have to wrap it in cloth
so it doesn't splatter...
**[04:24] Tuuli**
M-Main? What do you think you're doing?
**[04:28] Main**
I see. I should've wrapped it
in cloth so it didn't splatter.
**[04:33] Eva**
Main?
**[04:38] Eva**
No playing with food!
**[04:41] Main**
All done!
**[04:43] Tuuli**
Main, the water's all boiled now.
**[04:50] Tuuli**
That smells amazing.
**[04:53] Tuuli**
What are you doing?!
**[04:55] Main**
Washing my hair.
**[05:06] Tuuli**
Wh-What?
**[05:07] Tuuli**
Why does your hair look
like the night sky now?
**[05:11] Tuuli**
What did you just make?
**[05:14] Main**
Well, uh...
**[05:17] Main**
Simple All-In-One Shampoo, I guess?
**[05:25] Main**
*When Mom steps out for work,*
**[05:27] Main**
*Tuuli and I have to watch the house.*
**[05:30] Tuuli**
Hey, Dad forgot to take this!
**[05:33] Main**
Isn't that what he was rushing
Mom to make earlier?
**[05:37] Tuuli**
Yeah. She'll get real mad if she finds out.
**[05:40] Tuuli**
And he'll need it, too.
**[05:43] Tuuli**
We should go deliver it to him.
**[05:45] Tuuli**
Main, do you think you can walk to the gate?
**[05:52] Tuuli**
Are you okay?
**[05:56] Main**
* No wonder Mom insisted*
* on the piggyback ride.*
**[06:03] Tuuli**
Maybe we shouldn't do this.
**[06:05] Tuuli**
You can't handle it yet.
**[06:07] Main**
I'll be fine...
**[06:09] Main**
if we walk... nice and slowly...
**[06:12] Ralph**
Huh? Tuuli?
**[06:14] Tuuli**
Ralph? Lutz and Fey, too.
**[06:17] Main**
Wow, check out this rainbow hair squad.
**[06:19] Tuuli**
Are you going to the forest?
**[06:21] Ralph**
Yeah. What are you doing?
**[06:24] Tuuli**
We were thinking of heading to the gate
to deliver something Dad forgot to take.
**[06:29] Main**
Are they neighbors?
**[06:34] Main**
I knew it.
**[06:36] Main**
* Ralph, the redhead, is*
* the same age as Tuuli.*
**[06:38] Main**
*He's the third of four brothers.*
**[06:41] Main**
* Fey's the same age, too.*
* He's Ralph's cousin.*
**[06:45] Main**
*Lutz, the blond, is Ralph's little brother.*
**[06:48] Main**
*He's five like I am now, huh?*
**[06:58] Tuuli**
Main! Are you okay?
**[07:00] Main**
Yeah. I just got a little dizzy.
**[07:07] Main**
*I can't even get up after a fall.*
**[07:10] Main**
*This body really is frail.*
**[07:12] Lutz**
Main, you okay?
**[07:18] Lutz**
You're going to the gate, right?
I'll give you a ride.
**[07:21] Main**
Lutz.
**[07:23] Ralph**
You can't handle it yet.
**[07:25] Lutz**
I can, too.
**[07:27] Ralph**
I'll carry her.
**[07:29] Ralph**
Come on.
**[07:33] Tuuli**
Thanks for offering, Lutz.
**[07:35] Tuuli**
But Ralph's used to it,
so let him carry her.
**[07:40] Lutz**
Fine.
**[07:42] Main**
Lutz, it made me happy to see
you were so worried about me.
**[07:48] Main**
You're so nice. Thank you.
**[07:57] Tuuli**
Ralph, how are you holding up?
**[07:59] Ralph**
All good. Main's tiny and light.
**[08:02] Tuuli**
Thank you, really.
**[08:05] Ralph**
Sure.
**[08:06] Main**
* Oh? Ralphy, my dear boy, dost thou*
* have the hots for sister mine?*
**[08:17] Ralph**
Tuuli.
**[08:21] Tuuli**
What is it?
**[08:26] Ralph**
You smell really nice.
**[08:30] Tuuli**
Do I?
**[08:34] Main**
Squee!
**[08:35] Main**
Did you hear that, Mrs. Rubbernecker?
"You smell really nice," he says!
**[08:39] Main**
What is he, the hero in a shoujo manga?!
**[08:43] Main**
*Well, I did wash Tuuli's hair for her.*
**[08:46] Main**
*She looks prettier now, right?*
**(Flashback) [08:48] Tuuli**
Even my hair's all silky now!
**(Flashback) [08:51] Main**
Yeah, it smells great.
**(Flashback) [08:53] Main**
Okay, time to dump this.
**(Flashback) [08:55] Tuuli**
Yeah.
**(Flashback) [08:56] Eva**
Hold it!
**(Flashback) [08:59] Tuuli**
Mom?
**[09:01] Main**
* I didn't expect Mom to be so conscious*
* of her appearance, though.*
**[09:09] Lutz**
Your hair smells nice, too.
**[09:13] Lutz**
And you look prettier now that your hair's
tied up and doesn't cover your face.
**[09:23] Main**
What in the blue hell was that?!
**[09:26] Main**
I've never had anyone do that to me in all
my years, so I don't know how to respond!
**[09:33] Main**
I'm a modest and shy wallflower!
**[09:37] Main**
This world is gonna give me a heart attack!
**[09:48] Lutz**
Main.
**[09:50] Lutz**
Look, we've made it to the south gate.
**[09:53] Tuuli**
Dad.
**[09:56] Gunther**
Tuuli? What's the matter?
**[09:58] Tuuli**
You forgot this.
**[10:00] Gunther**
Oh, thank you!
**[10:03] Main**
* Lutz and the others split off*
* and continued to the forest,*
**[10:06] Main**
*while we went inside the gate.*
**[10:09] Man**
They brought you something you forgot?
Your daughters are very nice.
**[10:14] Gunther**
Aren't they?
**[10:15] Gunther**
That's my daughters, the cutest
and smartest girls in the world!
**[10:19] Man**
There goes the captain, bragging
about his girls again.
**[10:22] Gunther**
I love you two so much!
**[10:23] Main**
Stop that!
**[10:32] Tuuli**
Dad, did something happen?
**[10:35] Gunther**
A VIP must've showed up.
**[10:38] Main**
Like who?
**[10:40] Gunther**
Like a noble whose arrival we'd
have to inform the lord about,
**[10:44] Gunther**
or something like that.
**[10:46] Otto**
Captain.
**[10:47] Gunther**
Otto.
**[10:55] Main**
*Is that the salute here?*
**[10:58] Gunther**
Give me your report, Otto.
**[11:01] Otto**
Count Lowenhardt asks that
the gates be opened.
**[11:04] Gunther**
His seal?
**[11:06] Otto**
It checked out.
**[11:07] Gunther**
All right. Let him through.
**[11:10] Tuuli**
Dad's so cool when he's in work mode.
**[11:13] Main**
R-Right...
**[11:20] Main**
*That's paper!*
**[11:31] Main**
*Actual writing!*
**[11:33] ---**
Main, don't get in the way of work.
**[11:36] Main**
Dad, what's this?
**[11:39] Gunther**
Oh, it's parchment.
**[11:41] Gunther**
Paper made from goat and sheep skin.
**[11:43] Main**
Parchment...
**[11:47] Main**
I beg you, Dad.
**[11:50] Main**
Please buy some for me.
**[11:52] Gunther**
No.
**[11:53] Main**
I really need it!
**[11:56] Gunther**
It's not something for kids to play with.
**[11:58] Gunther**
Besides, you don't know
how to read or write.
**[12:00] Main**
Well, yeah...
**[12:06] Otto**
But, Captain, you aren't
great at writing yourself.
**[12:11] Main**
What? You can't write?
**[12:14] Gunther**
A soldier's job is to maintain
law and order in town!
**[12:17] Gunther**
As long as we know how to write
people's names, that's enough.
**[12:21] Main**
I'll learn.
**[12:24] Main**
Will you buy it for me then?
**[12:25] Tuuli**
Each one costs a whole month's salary.
I can't spend that much on a kid.
**[12:30] Main**
A whole month?!
**[12:31] Otto**
Also, they don't sell paper
in shops commoners frequent.
**[12:37] Main**
Down with poverty!
**[12:43] Otto**
If you want to learn how to read
and write, why not use a slate?
**[12:47] Otto**
If you don't mind using my
old one, you can have it.
***SIGN*** Slate
**[12:53] Main**
Are you sure?
**[12:54] Otto**
Yeah. I'll bring it with me sometime.
**[12:58] Main**
Thank you, Mister Otto!
**[13:00] Main**
Please teach me how to read and write!
**[13:03] Otto**
Sure thing, Main.
**[13:04] Main**
I'm counting on you!
**[13:07] Otto**
You got it.
**[13:09] Main**
I love you, Mister Otto!
**[13:13] Main**
Hooray!
**[13:13] Gunther**
Otto!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:26] Main**
*As fall nears its end,*
**[13:28] Main**
* people here start preparing*
* for the long winter ahead.*
**[13:32] Main**
* Inundated with winter prep work, I had*
* no time to spare for bookmaking.*
**[13:37] Main**
*And today is "Dona, Dona"—*
**[13:41] Main**
*I mean, pork stocking day.*
**[13:46] Tuuli**
It's like a festival. You'll have fun.
**[13:49] Tuuli**
We all butcher pigs together,
**[13:51] Tuuli**
then brine and smoke the meat,
or make pot roast and sausages.
**[13:54] Tuuli**
We won't last the winter otherwise.
**[13:56] Main**
Butchering pigs...
**[13:59] Eva**
I hope Main doesn't develop a
fever midway like last year.
**[14:03] Main**
*I wish I had developed a fever again.*
**[14:43] Main**
It's so different than being in town!
**[14:55] Main**
And the air is so fresh! I feel alive again!
**[14:58] Gunther**
Main, keep your mouth shut,
or you'll bite your tongue.
**[15:05] Main**
You need asphalt roads!
**[15:12] Woman**
We've only got sons, so...
**[15:16] Main**
* I was told to watch from afar since*
* they didn't want me bothering them.*
**[15:22] Main**
Not that I mind. This gives
me time to brainstorm.
**[15:27] Main**
Both books and paper are
too expensive to buy.
**[15:32] Main**
Then I'll have to start
by making my own paper!
**[15:36] Main**
But how am I supposed to?
**[15:40] Main**
There's no way I can chop down
trees with my own hands.
**[15:45] Man**
Hold it!
**[15:47] Main**
Ugh, how primitive.
**[15:50] Main**
Oh, yeah. What did they do before
all the machinery was invented?
**[15:54] Main**
Ancient civilizations... Ancient Egypt...
**[15:58] Main**
Papyrus!
**[16:00] Main**
Even if I can't make papyrus, I should be
able to weave something out of grass fiber!
**[16:05] Main**
Yeah, I'll make pseudo-papyrus
and make a book out of that!
**[16:16] Gunther**
Here I go.
**[16:47] Main**
Where am I?
**[16:51] Otto**
I'm so glad you came to.
**[16:53] Main**
Mister Otto?
**[16:54] Otto**
You remember me?
**[16:57] Main**
How could I forget?
**[17:08] Otto**
How do you feel? Better now?
**[17:12] Main**
Uh...
**[17:13] Main**
Why am I here?
**[17:17] Otto**
You fainted during pork stocking.
**[17:20] Otto**
The captain brought you here in a panic.
**[17:24] Otto**
He said they'll pick you
up once they're done.
**[17:26] Main**
Is that so?
**[17:31] Otto**
Are you lonely?
**[17:34] Main**
No. I was just wondering
how I should kill time.
**[17:39] Otto**
Right, he did say you were
older than you looked.
**[17:43] Otto**
Give me a minute.
**[17:49] Otto**
Will this help you pass the time?
**[17:53] Main**
A slate!
**[17:55] Otto**
I said I'd give you mine, didn't I?
**[18:02] Otto**
Here.
**[18:06] Otto**
That's your name.
**[18:09] Main**
So this is how my name's written.
**[18:13] Otto**
I'll have to get back to work, so
why don't you practice with that?
**[18:20] Main**
M... a... i... n...
**[18:35] Main**
I'm so excited!
**[18:48] Main**
Actual letters!
**[18:53] Main**
Fun!
***SIGN*** The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
**[18:58] Main**
This is so much fun!
***SIGN*** Motosu Urano
**[19:12] Main**
Motosu Urano, huh?
**[19:14] Main**
But that's not my name anymore.
***SIGN*** Effa, Mom
**[19:35] Main**
Effa, Mom.
***SIGN*** Gunther, Dad
**[19:38] Main**
Gunther, Dad.
***SIGN*** Tuuli
**[19:42] Main**
Tuuli.
**[19:44] Main**
Ralph.
***SIGN*** Ralph
**[19:47] Main**
Fey.
***SIGN*** Fey
***SIGN*** Mister Otto
**[19:49] Main**
Mister Otto.
***SIGN*** Lutz
**[19:52] Main**
Lutz.
***SIGN*** Main
**[19:55] Main**
Main.
***SIGN*** Effa, Mom Ralph
Gunther Fey
Dad Main Lutz
Tuuli Mister Otto
**[20:08] Otto**
Main, the captain's back for you.
***SIGN*** So hot
**[20:13] Otto**
B-Big trouble, Captain! It's Main!
**[20:20] Tuuli**
You have a fever again, huh?
**[20:23] Main**
Sorry. I know we haven't finished
preparing for winter yet.
**[20:27] Tuuli**
That's some of the sausage
we all made together.
**[20:41] Main**
This is good.
**[20:43] Main**
Tuuli, this sausage is really delicious!
**[20:46] Tuuli**
Yeah? Well, you better sleep
once you're done eating.
**[20:50] Main**
'Kay.
**[20:59] Main**
The soup does need improvement, though.
**[21:06] Main**
That was great.
**[21:14] Main**
Look at how happy I'm feeling
just by being able to write.
**[21:18] Main**
I'd probably be on cloud nine
if I could read an actual book.
**[21:28] Main**
Huh? Wait, didn't I hit upon a
great idea before I fainted?
**[21:35] Main**
What was it?
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
The Events of Winter
**[23:14] Main**
Papyrus, damn it! Papyrus!
**[23:17] Main**
I'm such a klutz!
**[23:18] Ferdinand**
That's nothing new.
**[23:20] Ferdinand**
That aside, I didn't expect the AIO Shampoo
to make an appearance this early.
**[23:25] Main**
Really?
**[23:26] Main**
But that's what leads to
meeting the mercha—
**[23:30] Ferdinand**
Spoilers again?
**[23:32] Ferdinand**
Will you ever learn?
***SIGN*** Illustration by Suzuka
# E3 - The Events of Winter
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
*"I want to read books."*
**[00:03] Ferdinand**
* For the girl who began a new life*
* as Main in another world—*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
* a world where books and paper*
* are prohibitively expensive—*
**[00:09] Ferdinand**
*that was her biggest wish.*
**[00:11] Ferdinand**
* If she couldn't get any, she'd*
* have to make them herself.*
**[00:14] Ferdinand**
*Having come to that resolution,*
**[00:16] Ferdinand**
* she took the first step toward*
* making her own paper...*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Three The Events of Winter
**[02:04] Main**
*Two months after I became Main,*
**[02:06] Main**
* Winter with a capital W took*
* over the town I live in.*
**[02:18] Main**
Why is it so dark in the middle of the day?
**[02:22] Tuuli**
What do you expect? There's a blizzard outside.
**[02:30] Main**
* As getting snowed in is very common,*
* people work at home over the winter.*
**[02:34] Main**
*Mainly handiwork.*
**[02:36] Main**
*Tuuli makes baskets,*
**[02:38] Main**
*while Mom stitches clothes.*
**[02:40] Eva**
Main, you should stop goofing
off and make some baskets, too.
**[02:44] Eva**
Show her how to do it, Tuuli.
**[02:47] Tuuli**
Sure.
**[02:51] Main**
Sorry, I already know what I'm making.
**[03:00] Main**
I'm gonna make pseudo-papyrus with this.
**[03:03] Main**
*Before it started snowing,*
**[03:05] Main**
* I had Tuuli and the other kids gather*
* a thick-stemmed plant for me.*
**[03:10] Main**
Ancient Egypt is dead!
Long live Ancient Egypt!
**[03:14] Main**
How do I extract the fiber, though?
**[03:22] Main**
Wow. Tuuli, how do you make this?
**[03:26] Tuuli**
You skin it, wash it in running
water, and then let it dry.
**[03:30] Main**
I see.
**[03:32] Main**
Thanks!
**[03:34] Main**
Okay!
**[03:45] Main**
Tuuli...
**[03:47] Tuuli**
Try peeling along the fiber now.
**[03:55] Main**
Tuuli...
**[03:57] Main**
All done!
**[04:01] Main**
What's wrong, Tuuli?
**[04:05] Main**
*And so, the table was set.*
**[04:11] Main**
Now if I just weave these together,
I should have my pseudo-papyrus!
***SIGN*** Day 1
***SIGN*** Day 2
***SIGN*** Day 3
**[04:22] Tuuli**
You've been at it for three days.
**[04:26] Tuuli**
What are you trying to make?
**[04:31] Tuuli**
Main?
**[04:33] Main**
Forget it!
**[04:35] Main**
I give up! You win this war, Ancient Egypt!
**[04:39] Eva**
Keep it down.
**[04:41] Eva**
And make some baskets instead
of playing with that grass.
**[04:44] Main**
'Kay...
**[04:46] Tuuli**
I'll teach you how to do it.
**[04:49] Main**
It's okay. I know how.
**[04:53] Main**
*Back when I was Urano,*
**[04:55] Main**
* my mom made me help make baskets*
* out of newspaper leaflets.*
**[05:04] Eva**
That's impressive, Main!
**[05:06] Tuuli**
Why are you so much better at it?
**[05:09] Tuuli**
I'm supposed to be the big sis...
**[05:13] Main**
N-No, this is, uh...
**[05:18] Tuuli**
You want to be an apprentice
seamstress, right?
**[05:22] Tuuli**
Then you'll need to learn how
to weave before your baptism.
**[05:26] Tuuli**
Come, I'll teach you.
**[05:30] Tuuli**
Yay!
**[05:35] Main**
*Nice save, Mom!*
**[05:38] Main**
*Tuuli turns seven in the summer.*
**[05:40] Main**
* In this world, once a kid*
* turns seven and is baptized,*
**[05:44] Main**
*they begin life as an apprentice.*
**[05:47] Main**
* To become an apprentice, you*
* need an adult's referral.*
**[05:50] Main**
* As such, most people end up in the*
* same line of work as their parents.*
**[05:55] Eva**
You should learn how to weave too, Main.
**[05:57] Main**
I'll pass.
**[05:59] Eva**
No, you won't.
**[06:01] Eva**
You need to know how to make attractive
yet practical clothes for your family.
**[06:05] Eva**
Or else, you won't be a refined lady.
**[06:08] Main**
"Refined"?
**[06:09] Eva**
Right. A refined lady must
know how to cook and sew.
**[06:13] Main**
It's not like I want to be a seamstress.
**[06:16] Tuuli**
Do you wanna be an apprentice craftsman?
**[06:19] Tuuli**
You do make a mean basket, after all.
**[06:21] Main**
No, no!
**[06:23] Tuuli**
What will you do, then?
**[06:26] Main**
Of course...
**[06:30] Main**
I'll make books!
**[06:32] Main**
Ancient Egypt didn't help.
**[06:35] Main**
Then, naturally,
**[06:37] Main**
I'll turn to Mesopotamia next!
**[06:42] Main**
Okay, I'm making clay tablets in the spring.
**[06:50] Main**
Morning.
**[06:52] Eva**
Good morning, Main.
**[06:55] Main**
Huh? Where are Dad and Tuuli?
**[06:58] Eva**
They went to pick parues.
**[07:00] Main**
Parues?
**[07:25] Gunther**
Tuuli, you okay?
**[07:28] Tuuli**
Yeah. I think I'm almost done.
**[07:33] Tuuli**
We're back!
**[07:36] Main**
So this is the parue fruit?
**[07:38] Tuuli**
Main, hold the bowl for me.
**[07:41] Main**
'Kay.
**[07:51] Main**
Wow, that's a sweet scent!
**[07:55] Tuuli**
Wanna drink some?
**[07:56] Main**
Yeah!
**[08:04] Main**
*It's like rich coconut milk!*
**[08:08] Main**
*Such a blissful taste!*
**[08:13] Main**
That was amazing.
**[08:17] Main**
Tuuli, why are your hands all red?
**[08:20] Tuuli**
It always happens when you pick parues.
**[08:25] Tuuli**
You can't do it unless you warm
up the branches with your hands.
**[08:29] Main**
With your bare hands? In this cold?
**[08:31] Tuuli**
You'd catch a cold right away.
**[08:34] Main**
Can't you do it in the afternoon?
**[08:37] Main**
Wouldn't that make them easier to thaw?
**[08:39] Tuuli**
Absolutely not.
**[08:41] Tuuli**
Parue fruits can only be
picked in the morning.
**[08:45] Tuuli**
When exposed to sunlight,
the tree grows rapidly,
**[08:47] Tuuli**
sends its fruit flying far
away, and disappears.
**[08:51] Main**
It disappears?
**[08:53] Main**
Sounds like one bizarre tree.
**[08:57] Main**
* Once Dad finished separating*
* the parues' flesh, oil, and pulp,*
**[09:02] Main**
*he left for his night shift at work.*
**[09:16] Main**
Looks like soy pulp.
**[09:22] Tuuli**
No, Main! That's bird feed!
**[09:30] Main**
This is actually pretty edible!
**[09:35] Ralph**
Good evening!
**[09:37] Ralph**
Could you spare us some parue
pulp in exchange for eggs?
**[09:40] Ralph**
We're running low on bird feed.
**[09:43] Tuuli**
Sure. Hang on.
**[09:49] Lutz**
There are a bunch of boys in my family,
so food is starting to be a problem.
**[09:54] Main**
If you're hungry, do you wanna try this?
**[09:57] Lutz**
Huh? Who'd eat bird feed?!
**[10:07] Lutz**
It's good.
**[10:08] Main**
There's a way to make it taste even better.
**[10:22] Main**
You flip it once bubbles
form on the surface.
**[10:33] Lutz**
Man, I can't watch. Let me do it.
**[10:39] Lutz**
One, two...
**[10:46] Main**
Ta-dah!
**[10:48] Main**
Your simple paruecake is ready to eat!
**[11:08] Lutz**
This is great.
**[11:09] Ralph**
Good! So good!
**[11:11] Eva**
This is fantastic, Main.
**[11:13] Tuuli**
Where did you learn to make this?
**[11:14] Main**
Well, you got your hands all
red to get these for us.
**[11:20] Main**
And this way, we can eat all of it.
**[11:26] Tuuli**
Yeah! Thanks, Main!
**[11:30] Lutz**
Damn, you're cool.
**[11:32] Main**
These are easy to make, and filling.
**[11:36] Lutz**
I'll be there for you next
time you need anything.
**[11:39] Lutz**
You're weak and frail, so let me help you,
**[11:44] Lutz**
as thanks for the paruecake.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:01] Gunther**
Wow, Main made these?
**[12:03] Eva**
They're paruecakes, apparently.
**[12:06] Gunther**
Let's have a bite.
**[12:10] Gunther**
Yummy!
**[12:11] Tuuli**
Hard to believe they're
made from the pulp, right?
**[12:16] Tuuli**
But first the Simple All-In-One
Shampoo, and now this...
**[12:20] Tuuli**
Where did she learn to make all this?
**[12:23] Eva**
She did make a really elaborate
basket all by herself, too.
**[12:27] Tuuli**
Hasn't she been really strange lately?
**[12:31] Gunther**
Who cares if she's acting strange?
**[12:33] Gunther**
She kept having fevers and
could've died anytime, you know?
**[12:38] Gunther**
I'm happy just seeing how active she is now.
**[12:45] Eva**
You're right.
**[12:46] Tuuli**
Yeah.
**[12:50] Main**
My slate pencil is gone!
**[12:53] Tuuli**
Oh, big deal.
**[12:55] Main**
It *is* a big deal!
**[12:57] Main**
Dad, take me to the gate!
**[13:00] Gunther**
Why the gate?
**[13:02] Main**
I need to get more slate
pencils from Mister Otto.
**[13:05] Main**
And I'll have him teach me some
more letters while I'm at it.
**[13:10] Gunther**
Do you like Otto that much?
**[13:14] Main**
Yeah! I love him!
**[13:21] Gunther**
Not until the spring.
**[13:26] Gunther**
Not until the spring!
**[13:29] Gunther**
You'll catch a fever if you go outside!
**[13:31] Gunther**
You're not taking one step out of
the house until the spring! Got that?!
**[13:35] Tuuli**
Dad...
**[13:37] Eva**
What am I going to do with him?
**[13:42] Main**
Stupid overbearing dad!
**[13:48] Main**
* However, the very next day had*
* perfect parue-picking weather,*
**[13:52] Main**
*so Mom and Tuuli headed out to the forest,*
**[13:55] Main**
*and Dad had to take me to the gate anyway.*
**[14:03] Main**
We're in *Snow Country*.
**[14:07] Gunther**
Main.
**[14:08] Main**
What is it, Dad?
**[14:12] Gunther**
Otto's a married man, okay?
**[14:16] Main**
*Urk.*
**[14:19] Main**
Uh... What about it?
**[14:23] Gunther**
That guy's mind is filled
with nothing but his wife.
**[14:28] Main**
So you're saying he's a
devoted, loving husband,
**[14:33] Main**
and an all-round great guy?
**[14:39] Gunther**
No.
**[14:47] Main**
*He's such a pain!*
**[14:50] Otto**
Main!
**[14:52] Otto**
It's been a while.
**[14:53] Main**
Long time no see, Mister Otto.
**[14:57] Gunther**
Eva will come pick her up once
she's done picking parues.
**[15:01] Gunther**
Take care of Main until then.
**[15:03] Otto**
But, uh, I...
**[15:05] Gunther**
You get it, don't you?
**[15:09] Gunther**
Don't you dare let her catch
a cold like last time.
**[15:17] Otto**
Welp.
**[15:18] Otto**
I was about to do the accounts
and draw up next term's budget.
**[15:23] Main**
He started sulking when
I spoke highly of you.
**[15:27] Otto**
Yikes.
**[15:30] Otto**
But still, I'm happy to see you again.
**[15:34] Main**
*After that, Otto gave me a fresh slate pencil*
**[15:38] Main**
*and taught me some more letters.*
**[15:41] Main**
I think I've learned a fair few now.
**[15:52] Main**
Mister Otto.
**[15:55] Main**
This part is incorrect.
**[15:57] Main**
So is this.
**[15:59] Otto**
You can do calculations?
**[16:02] Otto**
But you can't read, right?
**[16:04] Main**
I don't know the alphabet,
**[16:06] Main**
but Mom taught me the numbers before.
**(Flashback) [16:10] Main**
Mom! What's that on that plank?
**(Flashback) [16:13] Eva**
Oh, it shows the price, so you know
how much you can buy something for.
**[16:31] Otto**
Main, I'm going to swallow my pride and ask.
**[16:35] Otto**
Could you help me out here?
**[16:44] Main**
Sure thing!
**[16:45] Main**
I'll do it if you supply slate pencils for
me and teach me the alphabet.
**[16:50] Main**
I'm not the kind of girl who
works for no compensation.
**[16:58] Otto**
You're so amusing.
**[17:00] Otto**
Do you really only want
slate pencils, though?
**[17:04] Main**
It runs out in no time.
**[17:06] Otto**
I see. In that case,
**[17:10] Otto**
we have a deal.
**[17:19] Otto**
Can I ask you to get right to
working on these calculations?
**[17:24] Otto**
Here's your calculator.
**[17:26] Main**
I don't need it. I don't
know how to use it, anyway.
**[17:29] Otto**
How will you do it, then?
**[17:31] Main**
All I need is the slate.
**[17:41] Otto**
Wow.
**[17:43] Otto**
I can't believe you did such complicated
calculations without using a calculator.
**[17:48] Main**
*Crap. Did I do too much?*
**[17:51] Main**
I'm glad to be of help.
**[17:54] Otto**
You really were. Thank you.
**[17:58] Tuuli**
Main!
**[17:59] Eva**
Time to go home!
**[18:00] Main**
Oh, Tuuli! Mom!
**[18:04] Main**
*And then came one snowy day after another.*
**[18:08] Eva**
Okay, all done!
**[18:13] Eva**
That's what you'll wear to
your baptism. Isn't it pretty?
**[18:16] Tuuli**
Yeah!
**[18:18] Tuuli**
Thank you, Mom!
**[18:22] Main**
* Oh, so we use the free time over*
* the winter to prepare for summer.*
**[18:30] Main**
Tuuli, what about your hair?
**[18:33] Tuuli**
I'll pick some flowers and
use them as a hair ornament.
**[18:37] Main**
That's not enough!
**[18:40] Main**
I'll make you look way prettier than that!
**[18:43] Main**
If we don't have hair accessories,
I can just make some!
**[18:46] Main**
* I'll show off the lacework skills I got from*
* all those hours at mommy crafting classes!*
**[18:55] Main**
* Wait, this world doesn't*
* have the crochet hook yet!*
**[19:00] Main**
That means...
**[19:07] Main**
Dad.
**[19:11] Gunther**
What do you want?
**[19:12] Main**
*Yikes. He's still sulking.*
**[19:18] Main**
You see, I need a favor from you.
**[19:23] Gunther**
A favor?
**[19:25] Main**
Yeah.
**[19:26] Main**
Can you make me a needle with
a hook to stitch thread?
**[19:32] Main**
Pretty please?
**[19:33] Main**
Pretty please?
**[19:39] Gunther**
I'll give it a shot!
**[19:41] Main**
You're the best, Dad!
**[19:49] Gunther**
Will this do?
**[19:50] Main**
Can you make it thinner?
**[19:52] Gunther**
Of course. You got it.
**[19:53] Tuuli**
Dad's in a better mood now.
**[19:55] Eva**
Yeah. That's great.
**[19:58] Gunther**
How's this?
**[20:03] Main**
I love you, Dad!
**[20:09] Gunther**
Victory is mine, Otto.
**[20:11] Main**
Mom, can I have some waste thread?
**[20:14] Eva**
Sure, but what will you do with it?
**[20:28] Main**
There!
**[20:29] Tuuli**
Isn't it too small?
**[20:31] Main**
I'll make a bunch of these
and put them together.
**[20:38] Eva**
Let me try.
**[20:41] Main**
*Wow. A refined seamstress in action.*
**[20:44] Main**
*Then I had Dad make the hairpin part too,*
**[20:48] Main**
*and the hair ornament was complete!*
**[20:53] Main**
It's done.
**[20:57] Eva**
That looks great.
**[20:58] Main**
You're so pretty, Tuuli.
**[21:03] Tuuli**
I do?
**[21:07] Tuuli**
This really is great!
**[21:09] Main**
I wanted to repay you for helping
me extract the fiber from the grass.
**[21:14] Tuuli**
Thanks, Main.
**[21:17] Tuuli**
This makes me really happy.
**[21:19] Gunther**
Dad's really happy, too!
**[21:21] Gunther**
Main's a kind girl who cares for her sister.
**[21:24] Gunther**
And Tuuli's grown into a lovely big sis, too!
**[21:28] Gunther**
You girls are my pride and joy!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
Forests and Clay Tablets
**[23:11] Ferdinand**
You have a very nice and caring father.
**[23:14] Main**
Yeah, but he's way too clingy.
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
By the way, when are you
going to start making paper?
**[23:21] Ferdinand**
You haven't done anything you said you'd do.
**[23:23] Main**
Hey, I did make pseudo-papyrus.
**[23:26] Main**
Though it was a dead end.
**[23:28] Main**
I'm gonna make clay tablets for sure next!
**[23:31] Ferdinand**
Clay is hardly paper.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Namino Ryo
# E4 - Forests and Clay Tablets
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRZJE1JZ6/forests-and-clay-tablets)
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Main began crafting paper as the first*
* step in her book-making process,*
**[00:05] Ferdinand**
* but her attempt to make*
* pseudo-papyrus ended in failure.*
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
* "I'll go to the forest and make*
* clay tablets in the spring."*
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
*Main now had her sights set on a new goal.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Four Forests and Clay Tablets
**[01:57] Tuuli**
Wow, what a feast!
**[02:00] Gunther**
Did you cook all of this, Main?
**[02:02] Main**
Yeah, since it was my turn to cook today.
**[02:06] Main**
Well, eat up before the food goes cold.
**[02:10] Eva**
I don't know... I'd never
seen anyone cook like that.
**(Flashback) [02:13] Eva**
What are you doing with the water
we used to boil the veggies?
**(Flashback) [02:17] Main**
Don't worry about it.
**[02:18] Tuuli**
Let's eat.
**[02:25] Gunther**
Delicious!
**[02:27] Tuuli**
This pome soup is really great!
**[02:30] Main**
* "Pome" being the unholy lovechild*
* of paprika and tomato.*
**[02:34] Eva**
You're right. This *is* delicious.
**[02:36] Main**
* In this world, it's standard practice to*
* dump the water used to boil veggies.*
**[02:41] Main**
Isn't it? The veggie flavors
really pack a punch, right?
**[02:47] Gunther**
This wine-steamed chicken is great, too.
**[02:49] Tuuli**
You must have a talent for cooking.
The paruecake was just as good, too.
**[02:54] Gunther**
Maybe you could become a
chef when you grow up.
**[02:57] Eva**
We'll have to find a place
that'll take her as apprentice.
***SIGN*** Apprentice
Chef
***SIGN*** Making Books
**[03:01] Main**
Crap! I won't get to make my books!
**[03:05] Main**
I need to go to the forest and
make clay tablets already!
***SIGN*** Apprentice
Chef
**[03:08] Main**
B-But I already have a goal in mind!
**[03:13] Gunther**
And what is it, Main?
**[03:15] Main**
I want to go to the forest.
**[03:22] Tuuli**
"Go to the forest," she says!
**[03:24] Eva**
Main, we're talking about work right now.
**[03:28] Main**
I'm serious!
**[03:30] Main**
I wanna make clay tablets! That's
why I need to go to the forest!
**[03:34] Gunther**
Clay tablets?
**[03:35] Main**
Yep! I'll write on them and make a book!
**[03:39] Gunther**
Write...
**[03:40] Tuuli**
You, going to the forest? No way.
**[03:43] Main**
Yes way! I haven't fallen sick lately!
**[03:46] Tuuli**
But you can't walk as far or
as fast as the rest of us.
**[03:50] Main**
I'll be fine! I can go all the way to the
well without being out of breath now!
**[03:54] Tuuli**
And what if you're only able
to walk part of the way?
**[03:57] Tuuli**
You'll be a burden to everyone.
**[03:59] Main**
Well...
**[04:03] Eva**
Tuuli goes to the forest all
the time. She knows best.
**[04:06] Eva**
You should listen to her.
**[04:11] Main**
What can I do to get your permission?
**[04:17] Main**
Build up your stamina and
strength. No forest until then.
**[04:25] Main**
Got it.
**[04:29] Main**
*With no means of going to the forest,*
**[04:32] Main**
* my desire for books could*
* only simmer inside.*
**[04:35] Main**
*But then, one day...*
**[04:38] Main**
Mister Otto's assistant? Who, me?!
**[04:41] Gunther**
He wants your help with files
that need lots of calculations.
**[04:45] Tuuli**
Can she even handle that job?
**[04:48] Gunther**
Yeah. She has worked with him
once before, apparently.
**[04:53] Gunther**
He said she was a huge help.
**[04:55] Tuuli**
She did?
**[04:57] Gunther**
But it's against the law to
employ an unbaptized child,
**[05:01] Gunther**
so officially, you'll be going there
to learn how to read and write.
**[05:05] Main**
What? Really?
**[05:07] Gunther**
Yeah.
**[05:08] Gunther**
He has to teach the apprentice soldiers,
and he'll teach you with them.
**[05:13] Gunther**
You should learn everything
you can from him.
**[05:19] Gunther**
You're a frail girl, Main.
**[05:21] Gunther**
But Otto said you were really smart,
**[05:24] Gunther**
and that you could make a good scrivener.
**[05:26] Main**
Scrivener?
**[05:28] Gunther**
Someone who helps people with paperwork
to send to nobility or public officials.
**[05:32] Gunther**
The work pays well and isn't
too demanding physically.
**[05:36] Main**
Dad!
**[05:37] Gunther**
Otto was in the traveling trade
before he became a soldier,
**[05:41] Gunther**
and he still has connections with merchants.
**[05:43] Gunther**
The jobs your mother and I can
refer you to wouldn't suit you.
**[05:49] Gunther**
So try to maintain a good
relationship with Otto.
**[05:53] Main**
Thank you, Dad.
**[05:56] Gunther**
Oh, before I forget, these
are the terms of employment.
**[06:00] Gunther**
You'll be paid in slate pencils and be
allowed to take time off when sick.
**[06:04] Gunther**
Otto was stressing how favorable these
terms were for him, budget-wise.
**[06:09] Gunther**
How can he be so petty with a kid?
**[06:13] Main**
He'll reap all the benefits of an assistant
without burning a hole in the pocket.
**[06:17] Main**
Once a businessman, always a businessman.
**[06:19] Gunther**
Anyway, walk to the gate for a while,
**[06:21] Gunther**
and once you're able to keep up with the
other kids, you may go to the forest.
**[06:25] Gunther**
Does that sound good to you?
**[06:27] Main**
Yep! I'll do my best!
**[06:37] Gunther**
Don't force yourself, okay? Take your time.
**[06:39] Main**
Yeah, I know.
**[06:46] Main**
* Ultimately, Dad had to carry*
* me to the gate from midway.*
**[06:51] Otto**
Let me introduce your new classmate.
**[06:54] Otto**
This is Main, the chief's daughter.
**[06:56] Otto**
Don't you boys dare mess with her.
**[06:59] All**
Yes, sir!
**[07:00] Otto**
Okay, let's begin.
**[07:03] Otto**
The basic alphabet consists of 35 letters.
**[07:06] Otto**
Let's start with practicing
how to write them.
**[07:21] Otto**
You really do learn these letters quick.
**[07:24] Main**
I much prefer this to physical activities.
**[07:28] Main**
That aside, Mister Otto,
**[07:30] Main**
I think it's time to move
on from the alphabet.
**[07:34] Otto**
What? Already?
**[07:35] Main**
Look, they're starting to fidget.
**[07:38] Main**
It shows that they've lost focus.
**[07:41] Main**
You should switch to a different subject.
**[07:44] Otto**
Oh, but...
**[07:47] Main**
That does it for the alphabet.
**[07:49] Main**
Next up is numbers.
**[07:55] Main**
That's all for today.
**[07:57] Main**
Be sure to memorize all the letters and
numbers you've learned today by next time.
**[08:02] Main**
If you come unprepared, you won't be going
home until you get everything down pat.
**[08:05] All**
Okay!
**[08:10] Main**
They got out of here fast.
Boys will be boys, I guess.
**[08:14] Otto**
Main, they won't learn anything
if I make it easy for them.
**[08:19] Main**
Oh, it's not that easy.
**[08:21] Main**
If they don't do their homework,
they won't get to go home at all.
**[08:25] Otto**
Yeah, but...
**[08:26] Main**
Mister Otto, you shouldn't
compare them to me.
**[08:32] Otto**
That's right.
**[08:33] Otto**
Guess I'll do things your way for
a while and see how it goes.
**[08:38] Main**
Thank you.
**[08:41] Otto**
Now, it's your turn.
**[08:46] Otto**
You should learn how the
alphabet works in practice.
**[08:51] Main**
Yahoo! Letra!
**[08:54] Main**
So many new things to learn!
**[08:57] Main**
New words!
**[09:01] Main**
* I meet up with Tuuli and gang on the way back*
* from the forest and head home with them.*
**[09:06] Lutz**
What are you even doing at the gate?
**[09:08] Main**
Paperwo... I mean, learning
how to read and write.
**[09:12] Lutz**
What? You can write?!
**[09:15] Main**
Only my own name so far, but yeah.
**[09:19] Lutz**
You're awesome! You can write your own name!
**[09:22] Main**
You think?
**[09:24] Lutz**
There are so many letters, right?
**[09:25] Main**
* In this world, just knowing*
* how to write is a big deal.*
**[09:26] Lutz**
Must've been hard to figure
out how "Main" is spelled!
**[09:29] Main**
* Of course Otto would want*
* me for an assistant.*
**[09:30] Lutz**
Do you know how to write "Lutz," too?
**[09:41] Main**
You guys... walk too fast.
**[09:43] Lutz**
You can take your time.
**[09:46] Main**
But...
**[09:47] Lutz**
Your father and Tuuli asked
me to take care of you.
**[09:51] Lutz**
I'll walk you all the way
home, so don't worry.
**[09:53] Main**
Thanks.
**[10:00] Main**
Why am I so tired when
I've only come this far?
**[10:06] Lutz**
I'm here with you.
**[10:09] Main**
Lutz...
**[10:10] Lutz**
Hang in there.
**[10:13] Main**
'Kay.
**[10:18] Main**
* And so, my days of commuting*
* to the gate began.*
**[10:25] Main**
* At first, I would go one day and*
* spend the next three in bed,*
**[10:31] Main**
* but later, I could go three days*
* and only take one day off.*
**[10:38] Main**
*And finally...*
**[10:40] Main**
I went to the gate on five
straight days this week!
**[10:43] Main**
Dad, may I go to the forest now?
**[10:46] Gunther**
Yeah.
**[10:49] Main**
Yay!
**[10:51] Eva**
She's on cloud nine.
**[10:53] Tuuli**
Well, she deserves it for her efforts.
**[11:01] Fey**
Found some over here!
**[11:03] Kid**
Same here!
**[11:03] Kid**
What? Where?
**[11:04] Kid**
You're right!
**[11:05] Kid**
We found a lot!
**[11:10] Main**
I wanna go... to the forest...
**[11:13] Eva**
You won't get any better if you don't sleep.
**[11:16] Eva**
Let me tell you a bedtime story.
**[11:20] Eva**
A long, long time ago, there lived
some little stars in the sky.
**[11:26] Eva**
Those little stars...
**[11:28] Main**
*I remember this.*
**[11:30] Main**
* Mom told me this story soon*
* after I became Main.*
**[11:35] Eva**
They liked coming down to the earth.
**[11:39] Eva**
On land, they met all kinds of people.
**[11:44] Main**
* When I finally got to go the forest,*
* it was the end of the spring:*
**[11:48] Main**
* three months after I started*
* commuting to the gate.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:05] Main**
It's the forest!
**[12:06] Lutz**
We're gonna gather firewood.
You rest up here.
**[12:10] Main**
Got it.
**[12:14] Main**
I finally made it.
***SIGN*** Clay Tablets
**[12:17] Main**
I can finally make clay tablets now!
**[12:19] Main**
Yahoo!
**[12:23] Main**
As if I'd come all this way
to go home empty-handed.
**[12:26] Main**
Show yourself, clay soil!
**[12:30] Main**
Rock hard!
**[12:34] Main**
I'm not giving up!
**[12:43] Main**
I'm not finding anything.
**[12:45] Lutz**
What do you think you're doing, Main?!
**[12:51] Lutz**
Did you forget the promise
you made your father?
**(Flashback) [12:54] Gunther**
The only goal today is to make
it to the forest and back.
**(Flashback) [12:57] Gunther**
When you get there, rest up and
aim to come back with the others.
**(Flashback) [13:01] Gunther**
Got that?
**(Flashback) [13:02] Main**
Yeah!
**(Flashback) [13:03] Main**
My goal for today will be to go to
the forest, rest up, and come home.
**[13:09] Main**
I-I know, but uh...
**[13:12] Lutz**
Bringing that thing means you never had any
intention of keeping your word, did you?
**[13:17] Main**
You see, I finally got to the
come to the forest, so I just...
**[13:22] Lutz**
You just?
**[13:24] Main**
...planned this.
**[13:26] Lutz**
So you lied, then?
**[13:29] Lutz**
Mister Gunther said that out
of concern for your health!
**[13:33] Lutz**
But look at you.
**[13:35] Lutz**
I never knew you could be so untrustworthy.
**[13:39] Main**
Sorry...
**[13:43] Lutz**
So what were you trying to do, anyway?
**[13:48] Main**
*When I told Lutz I wanted clay soil,*
**[13:51] Main**
* he took me to a spot with very*
* little vegetation or drainage.*
**[13:59] Main**
Why are you helping me out?
**[14:03] Lutz**
You made me those paruecakes
when I was starving, remember?
**[14:08] Lutz**
I made up my mind to help you then.
**[14:12] Main**
That's it?
**[14:13] Lutz**
Yeah. I said I'd be there for you, didn't I?
**[14:17] Lutz**
But you need to tell me
what you're trying to do.
**[14:20] Lutz**
Just trust me.
**[14:22] Main**
Okay. Thanks.
**[14:26] Lutz**
Here. Is this what you wanted?
**[14:30] Main**
Yeah, this is it!
**[14:32] Main**
Amazing, Lutz. This would've taken me days.
**[14:37] Lutz**
No boy could ever be weaker than you.
**[14:40] Lutz**
So, what will you do with all this?
**[14:43] Main**
Make a book.
**[14:45] Lutz**
A book?
**[14:50] Main**
Watch this.
**[14:57] Lutz**
Are these letters?
**[14:59] Main**
That's right.
**[15:00] Main**
When you write things down,
**[15:02] Main**
you can turn moments—words, thoughts,
**[15:05] Main**
and events that you'd forget—
into permanent ones,
**[15:09] Main**
and read them over all you want.
**[15:12] Lutz**
Huh...
**[15:13] Lutz**
A book is something that's
full of writing like that.
**[15:17] Lutz**
Books, huh...
**[15:18] Main**
Yeah.
**[15:20] Main**
With books, you can learn what
people in the past were thinking,
**[15:26] Main**
and experience so much more than you
normally could in an average lifespan.
**[15:33] Main**
Aren't books amazing?
**[15:41] Lutz**
Well, I gotta get back to firewood.
**[15:43] Main**
Okay. Thank you so much, Lutz.
**[15:47] Lutz**
Sure!
**[15:54] Main**
I did it.
**[15:56] Main**
Long live Mesopotamia!
**[16:00] Main**
I made more than I thought.
Wonder if they've dried yet.
**[16:03] Kid**
Hurry up!
**[16:05] Fey**
Hold up!
**[16:08] Fey**
Whoa, what are these?
**[16:09] Main**
Oh, they're...
**[16:11] Fey**
Hup!
**[16:12] Kid**
Me, too!
**[16:16] Main**
No...
**[16:17] Main**
Stop!
**[16:21] Fey**
What's wrong, Main?
**[16:29] Main**
My clay tablets...
**[16:32] Main**
Fey and him ruined them.
**[16:33] Fey**
What? Those were important?
**[16:46] Kid**
Hey, something's up with her.
**[16:49] Main**
Do you have any idea what
it took me to get here?
**[16:53] Main**
I went to the gate so many times,
had Lutz and Tuuli help me...
**[16:58] Main**
And yet... How could you do this, Fey?!
**[17:01] Fey**
I'm sorry. I didn't know.
**[17:05] Main**
I'll never forgive you!
**[17:10] Lutz**
Calm down, Main.
**[17:12] Tuuli**
You know they didn't do it on purpose.
**[17:23] Lutz**
I can see why you're upset.
**[17:25] Lutz**
You worked so hard to get here.
**[17:32] Lutz**
Main...
**[17:40] Lutz**
Let's dig up the soil and make these again.
**[17:43] All**
O-Okay...
**[17:49] All**
Do the rest tomorrow and finish it off.
**[17:54] Main**
Yeah...
**[17:56] Main**
*However, I was bedridden with another fever,*
**[18:00] Main**
* and it continued to rain*
* for a few days straight.*
**[18:06] Fey**
Th-The rain did this, all right?
**[18:09] Main**
I know that.
**[18:14] Fey**
If you have the time to cry, you have
the time to give it another try.
**[18:18] Main**
Yeah.
**[18:25] Main**
*The rest of them went to gather firewood,*
**[18:28] Main**
* but Lutz stayed behind*
* to help the whole way.*
**[18:32] Lutz**
Say, Main, is this what you wanna do in life?
**[18:37] Main**
Well, what I *really* want is to
live a life surrounded by books.
**[18:41] Lutz**
Surrounded by this stuff?
**[18:44] Main**
Wrong.
**[18:45] Main**
Real books are too expensive to buy,
so I'm using these as a substitute.
**[18:50] Main**
What do you want to do in life, Lutz?
**[18:52] Lutz**
Me?
**[18:53] Main**
Yeah. I'm sure you have a goal in mind, too.
**[18:58] Lutz**
I...
**[19:02] Lutz**
I...
**[19:05] Lutz**
I want to travel to other cities.
**[19:08] Main**
Other cities?
**[19:10] Lutz**
I wanna become a traveling trader
and see the world for myself.
**[19:14] Main**
A journey sounds good.
**[19:16] Lutz**
What? Do you really think so?
**[19:19] Lutz**
It'd mean leaving the city, y'know?
**[19:21] Main**
Yeah. It sounds fun.
**[19:24] Main**
You see, my dream at one point was
to visit libraries across the world.
**[19:28] Lutz**
Libraries?
**[19:29] Main**
Yeah. Places with lots of books.
**[19:33] Main**
That dream can never come true now, though.
**[19:37] Lutz**
Whatever it is, I'm sure you'll
do what you want to.
**[19:42] Main**
You should just do that, too.
**[19:52] Main**
All done.
**[19:56] Main**
It's a book.
**[19:58] Main**
* At first, I thought I wasn't meant*
* to live in a world without books.*
**[20:05] Main**
* But... I've found things*
* I hold dear here, too.*
**[20:10] Main**
*Now if I have my books, I'll be fine.*
**[20:13] Main**
* I feel like I've finally found a path*
* of life for myself in this world.*
**[20:19] Tuuli**
Main, what did you write?
**[20:22] Tuuli**
It's the story about the little stars.
**[20:25] Tuuli**
The story Mom told me on the first night.
**[20:28] Tuuli**
The first night?
**[20:31] Main**
Yeah. The earliest story I can remember.
**[20:35] Main**
*Unable to accept that I was now Main,*
**[20:39] Main**
*I found Mom's affection all too oppressive.*
**[20:42] Main**
*Even then, when I decided to make a book,*
**[20:45] Main**
* this story was the first*
* thing to came to mind.*
**[20:49] Main**
I wanna turn all of Mom's stories
into books so I never forget.
**[20:56] Main**
That way, I'll be able to
read them whenever I want.
**[21:02] Main**
* I feel like this is the first time I've*
* been able to smile genuinely as Main.*
**[21:10] Main**
* Now if I bake and harden*
* them, they'll be done!*
***SIGN*** Clay Tablets Explosion
**[21:24] Eva**
Main?!
**[21:27] Main**
No!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
Baptisms and Strange Fevers
**[23:07] Main**
Clay tablets were a dead end, too, but
that's not enough to make me give up!
**[23:11] Tuuli**
What will you do next?
**[23:13] Main**
Next? Next...
**[23:17] Main**
O-Oh, right. Next up is your baptism.
**[23:21] Ferdinand**
If we're speaking of baptism,
it's my time to shine.
**[23:27] Main**
Sorry, Head Priest. No screen time for you.
**[23:31] Tuuli**
Main! You shouldn't talk to weird strangers!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Iida Seriko
# E5 - Baptisms and Strange Fevers
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:00] Ferdinand**
*To sate her desire to make books,*
**[00:03] Ferdinand**
*Main completed her clay tablets.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
* But her attempt to fire them*
* ended in another failure.*
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
*Then came summer...*
**[00:25] Ferdinand**
*And the day of Tuuli's baptism.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Five Baptisms and Strange Fevers
**[02:14] Karla**
My, Tuuli! You look adorable!
**[02:19] Woman**
Congratulations, Tuuli.
**[02:22] Tuuli**
Thank you.
**[02:26] Main**
* It is customary in this world to throw a*
* grand celebration for seven-year-olds.*
**[02:31] Main**
* The same day, they are*
* baptized at the cathedral.*
**[02:35] Karla**
Must be nice to have girls.
**[02:38] Eva**
You do only have boys, Karla.
Ralph, Lutz, Sascha and Sieg.
**[02:43] Karla**
What can I say?
**[02:46] Karla**
It's so tiresome.
**[02:49] Karla**
Wow...
**[02:50] Karla**
You even did your hair up so nicely.
**[02:53] Karla**
You look like a princess, Tuuli!
**[02:55] Tuuli**
Main did it for me.
**[02:57] Karla**
What? Main did?
**[02:59] Karla**
So she has more to her
than her unusual recipes.
**[03:06] Woman**
Hey, look. I've never seen a
hair ornament like this before.
**[03:09] Woman**
You're right. It's so pretty.
**[03:11] Woman**
How was it made?
**[03:13] Woman**
Wow! Amazing!
**[03:16] Main**
*The hair ornament I made is that unusual?*
**[03:21] Gunther**
No way!
**[03:23] Gunther**
I'm not going to a meeting
on such an important day!
**[03:26] Main**
Only the kids get to enter
the cathedral, right?
**[03:31] Gunther**
It's a father's duty to wait at the
cathedral's plaza during baptism.
**[03:35] Main**
Isn't it also a father's duty to go
to work and provide for the family?
**[03:42] Gunther**
I know, I know.
**[03:49] Gunther**
Let's go down Central Avenue!
**[03:58] Tuuli**
What?
**[04:01] Main**
Smile.
**[04:02] Main**
As long as you're smiling, you're
prettier than anybody else.
**[04:06] Tuuli**
Sheesh, Main. Don't lie to me.
**[04:09] Gunther**
Time to go!
**[04:27] Main**
Dad...
**[04:28] Main**
We need to go.
**[04:31] Gunther**
Tuuli...
**[04:33] Main**
You won't make it for the meeting!
**[04:37] Otto**
You're late, Captain!
**[04:40] Otto**
I told you about the
meeting today, didn't I?
**[04:40] Main**
*While Dad attended the meeting,*
**[04:42] Main**
*I was to practice writing.*
**[04:46] Gunther**
Otto.
**[04:47] Main**
Mister Otto's in a meeting right now.
**[04:50] Gunther**
Hey, Main.
**[04:52] Gunther**
I forgot about that.
**[04:54] Gunther**
What do I do now?
**[04:56] Main**
Shall I read it for you?
**[04:59] Gunther**
You can read?
**[05:01] Main**
I know how to read identification papers
and introductory letters from nobility.
**[05:05] Main**
Mister Otto taught me.
**[05:07] Gunther**
It's the latter.
**[05:09] Gunther**
Please.
**[05:14] Main**
He has a referral from Baron Blon,
**[05:17] Main**
and is going to visit Baron Glaz.
**[05:20] Main**
This needs the captain's stamp,
**[05:23] Main**
but he's in a meeting.
**[05:26] Main**
Show him to the waiting
room for lesser nobles.
**[05:30] Main**
A merchant with a noble's referral
**[05:33] Main**
should understand if we explain
the situation to him.
**[05:38] Gunther**
We're going home, Main.
**[05:39] Gunther**
We're leaving before Otto catches us.
**[05:42] Main**
Wait, Dad!
**[05:43] Main**
I need to report something to him!
**[05:47] Otto**
Main?
**[05:48] Main**
Oh, Mister Otto!
**[05:50] Main**
A merchant with a noble's referral is here!
**[05:53] Main**
I've had him shown to the waiting
room for lesser nobles,
**[05:57] Main**
so please see to him immediately!
**[06:01] Otto**
Well done! That's my assistant!
**[06:03] Gunther**
My daughter, you mean!
**[06:05] Main**
Dad...
**[06:10] Eva**
Is that so?
**[06:12] Tuuli**
Also, the cathedral was really
beautiful and spacious!
**[06:17] Gunther**
Really? Good for you.
**[06:19] Tuuli**
Yep!
**[06:20] Main**
Tuuli.
**[06:23] Main**
This is for you.
**[06:27] Tuuli**
What is this? So cute!
**[06:34] Tuuli**
And so yummy!
**[06:37] Eva**
Those are some interesting shapes.
**[06:39] Eva**
You may really have a
talent for cooking, Main.
**[06:42] Tuuli**
Thanks for making this.
**[06:45] Tuuli**
And the hair ornament, too.
**[06:48] Tuuli**
I was really happy today.
**[06:50] Main**
*Tuuli is such an angel!*
**[06:54] Gunther**
We have presents for you, Tuuli.
**[07:02] Eva**
They're work clothes and tools.
**[07:05] Eva**
Take good care of them.
**[07:06] Tuuli**
Thank you, Dad, Mom!
**[07:10] Main**
Good luck being an apprentice seamstress.
**[07:13] Tuuli**
Thanks!
**[07:15] Main**
Will she have to go to work every day?
**[07:18] Eva**
Only for half the week at first.
**[07:21] Tuuli**
For the other half, I'll go
to the forest like always.
**[07:25] Main**
I see. Thank goodness.
**[07:28] Eva**
Main's baptism is coming up next year, too.
**[07:31] Tuuli**
Have you decided what to
do for apprentice work?
**[07:34] Main**
Yeah. I wanna run a bookstore.
**[07:38] Tuuli**
A bookstore?
**[07:39] Main**
Uh... I'd be selling books,
so a merchant, I guess?
**[07:45] Gunther**
Well, I don't really understand,
**[07:47] Gunther**
but it's fine as long as you have a goal.
**[07:49] Gunther**
That aside, this is for you.
**[07:53] Main**
What is it?
**[07:55] Gunther**
You'll be helping with housework
in Tuuli's place from now on.
**[08:00] Gunther**
You'll need this to get firewood
and forage in the forest.
**[08:05] Main**
A knife!
**[08:08] Main**
Can't I use this to make wood tablets?
**[08:12] Main**
I'll chop wood into thin strips,
**[08:15] Main**
shave the surface to smooth them,
**[08:19] Main**
and write on them.
**[08:21] Main**
All done!
***SIGN*** ABCDE
**[08:27] Main**
If I make a lot, they'll be a
fine substitute for a book!
**[08:31] Main**
Thank you, Ancient China!
**[08:36] Main**
Yahoo!
**[08:42] Main**
This knife... is too heavy!
**[08:55] Main**
Lutz and Tuuli are amazing.
**[08:59] Main**
I should start with what I can do, too.
**[09:08] Main**
Well, that's how it goes at first.
**[09:39] Main**
This could work!
**[09:42] Lutz**
What are you making now to
replace the clay tablets?
**[09:46] Main**
Lutz.
**[09:48] Main**
How could you tell these were
a clay tablet replacement?
**[09:52] Lutz**
I mean,
**[09:53] Lutz**
you're having so much fun.
**[09:57] Lutz**
Looked like you were about to rub
your cheek against the wood.
**[10:00] Lutz**
You were also fascinated by
the clay tablets, remember?
**[10:06] Main**
*I had no idea! That's so embarrassing!*
**[10:09] Lutz**
So, what're you making?
**[10:12] Main**
Wood tablets.
**[10:14] Lutz**
Wood tablets?
**[10:15] Lutz**
You'll write on these this time?
**[10:17] Main**
Yeah. I need lots of these.
**[10:22] Lutz**
Okay, I get it. I'll help you.
**[10:25] Main**
Really?
**[10:25] Lutz**
Yeah! But in return...
**[10:31] Lutz**
Can you introduce me to this Otto person?
**[10:35] Main**
Mister Otto?
**[10:36] Lutz**
I wanna ask him about the traveling trade.
**[10:41] Main**
I'll ask when I go to the gate tomorrow.
**[10:44] Main**
But he's a busy man.
**[10:47] Main**
Sorry in advance if he refuses.
**[10:49] Lutz**
That's fine.
**[10:50] Lutz**
Thanks, Main!
**[11:01] Main**
Mister Otto.
**[11:02] Main**
How does one join the traveling trade?
**[11:05] Otto**
Huh? You want to be a traveling trader?
**[11:09] Otto**
Wait, is this my fault?
**[11:11] Otto**
The captain's gonna kill me!
**[11:14] Main**
Oh, no! My friend does, not me!
**[11:18] Otto**
Oh...
**[11:19] Otto**
Then you should tell them not to bother.
**[11:23] Main**
Ah, I knew it.
**[11:25] Otto**
You know what?
**[11:26] Main**
From the way he spoke, I figured
it wasn't a popular profession.
**[11:32] Otto**
Well, he'd probably catch
hell from his parents.
**[11:36] Main**
Also, I thought that a
life of constant travel
**[11:40] Main**
would be too hard on a city kid.
**[11:43] Otto**
If you know that much, why not
give him your own advice?
**[11:48] Main**
Rather than a city kid like me,
**[11:50] Main**
he'd probably listen if you
gave him a dose of reality.
**[11:55] Otto**
Hmm...
**[11:57] Main**
You have ties with merchants, don't you?
**[12:00] Main**
If he looks to become a merchant,
**[12:02] Main**
he can leave the town at
times to stock up on goods.
**[12:05] Otto**
If you're acting as a go-between,
**[12:07] Otto**
you must like that kid a lot.
**[12:10] Main**
Lutz has helped me loads.
**[12:12] Main**
I want to repay him when I can.
**[12:15] Otto**
I see. Hmm...
**[12:18] Otto**
The next day off should be fine.
**[12:20] Main**
Thank you, Mister Otto!
**[12:24] Main**
*Oh, right.*
**[12:25] Main**
*How do I write on the wood tablets?*
**[12:28] Main**
*Slate pencils won't work.*
**[12:32] Main**
Mister Otto, can I be paid in
ink instead of slate pencils?
**[12:38] Otto**
You'd have to work three
years for free. No advances.
**[12:41] Main**
What?!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:58] Main**
Mister Otto said he can see
you on his next day off.
**[13:02] Lutz**
Really?
**[13:03] Lutz**
Thanks, Main!
**[13:07] Main**
* I hope it proves to be*
* a good meeting for you.*
**[13:16] Main**
Now I just dry them.
**[13:19] Main**
Next up is...
**[13:21] Main**
Ink. Ink?
**[13:24] Main**
Should I go catch an octopus
or a squid or something?
**[13:30] Main**
Now I can write!
**[13:35] Main**
Not! Where's the sea even supposed to be?!
**[13:42] Main**
Ash?
**[13:44] Main**
Ash could work!
**[13:47] Main**
Mom!
**[13:49] Main**
Can I have that ash?
**[13:51] Eva**
No. It's used to make soap,
**[13:54] Eva**
thaw ice, and do all kinds of things.
**[13:57] Main**
I see.
**[13:59] Main**
How about soot, then?
**[14:02] Eva**
My! You'll clean the oven for me?!
**[14:05] Main**
Huh?
**[14:07] Eva**
Good luck, Main.
**[14:11] Main**
So yeah, I did my best.
**[14:14] Main**
I was bedridden after that, though.
**[14:16] Lutz**
Bedridden again?
**[14:18] Lutz**
Are you okay?
**[14:19] Main**
I'm fine now.
**[14:21] Main**
Anyway, let's try using this soot to write.
**[14:25] Main**
Guess I'll try mixing it in water first.
**[14:30] Main**
The soot and water will probably separate.
**[14:33] Lutz**
Why not try writing with it?
**[14:35] Main**
Okay.
**[14:41] Lutz**
It's getting fuzzy.
**[14:43] Main**
This won't work.
**[14:44] Lutz**
What next?
**[14:47] Main**
I think mixing it with oil
is the obvious choice, but...
**[14:51] Lutz**
No way you can get oil.
**[14:53] Main**
Mom won't let me have any.
**[14:56] Main**
What else?
**[14:57] Main**
It doesn't have to be a liquid. If I can
make something like a crayon or pencil...
**[15:09] Main**
That's it!
**[15:11] Main**
Let's try mixing it with clay.
**[15:15] Both**
All right!
**[15:31] Main**
Done!
**[15:35] Main**
How long should we let these dry?
**[15:38] Lutz**
Beats me.
**[15:40] Main**
Wanna try firing them?
**[15:42] Lutz**
Don't try anything stupid.
Do you want another explosion?
**[15:46] Main**
Urk.
**[15:49] Main**
* Anyway, I can write on*
* wood tablets with this.*
**[15:52] Main**
* I've taken a step toward*
* my book-making goal.*
**[15:59] Main**
I'll dry these in storage, too.
**[16:04] Main**
Huh? They're gone!
**[16:06] Main**
Why?
**[16:07] Eva**
What's wrong, Main?
**[16:09] Main**
Mom! Do you know where the
wood tablets here went?
**[16:13] Eva**
Wood tablets?
**[16:14] Main**
They were wood pieces
in all shapes and sizes,
**[16:17] Main**
but they all had their surface smoothed!
**[16:19] Eva**
Oh, the firewood you brought home?
**[16:23] Eva**
I used it, of course.
**[16:25] Main**
You used it?
**[16:27] Main**
Why?
**[16:30] Eva**
You can finally help with housework,
**[16:33] Eva**
and you tried so hard to
bring that firewood home.
**[16:36] Main**
I wanted to turn your
bedtime story into a book.
**[16:41] Main**
That's why I gathered those.
**[16:43] Eva**
Oh, if you just want me to
tell you bedtime stories,
**[16:46] Eva**
I'd be glad to.
**[16:48] Main**
That's not... the point...
**[16:53] Eva**
Main?
**[16:56] Main**
What's happening?
**[17:01] Eva**
Main?
**[17:02] Eva**
Main!
**[17:12] Main**
*I feel like the fever's eating away at me.*
**[17:15] Main**
*I'm slowly fading away.*
**[17:20] Lutz**
Main!
**[17:23] Main**
Lutz...
**[17:25] Lutz**
Are you okay, Main?
**[17:27] Lutz**
I heard you collapsed suddenly.
**[17:29] Main**
Sorry to have worried you.
**[17:33] Lutz**
I'll go get your mom.
**[17:41] Main**
It didn't work out again.
**[17:44] Main**
Mom burned... my wood tablets.
**[17:49] Lutz**
Ah... Well, they do look like pieces of wood.
**[17:54] Main**
I'm fated to never finish a book!
**[18:07] Lutz**
Don't beat yourself up.
**[18:09] Main**
Lutz?
**[18:11] Lutz**
You just need to pick a material
that doesn't burn, right?
**[18:16] Main**
You're so nice, Lutz.
**[18:19] Lutz**
I-I need you to introduce me to Mister Otto!
**[18:23] Lutz**
So you have to get better
no matter what. Got that?
**[18:28] Main**
Yeah. Thanks, Lutz.
**[18:32] Main**
* But even the bamboo strips*
* Lutz brought me...*
**[18:38] Main**
What was that noise?
**[18:42] Main**
Mom, what happened?
**[18:45] Eva**
I thought Lutz brought us bamnicht wood,
**[18:48] Eva**
but apparently not.
**[18:51] Main**
You burned it?
**[18:53] Eva**
You don't need to worry. Just rest up.
**[19:05] Main**
*The anger at something I made being burned,*
**[19:08] Main**
* the frustration of that*
* anger not being understood,*
**[19:13] Main**
* the reality that no matter how many things*
* I try, I can never have my books...*
**[19:18] Main**
I've had enough.
**[19:21] Main**
*If my efforts will never amount to anything,*
**[19:24] Main**
*then I might as well disappear, right?*
**(Flashback) [19:31] Lutz**
Main.
**(Flashback) [19:33] Lutz**
Main!
**(Flashback) [19:35] Lutz**
I'll help with whatever you want to do.
**(Flashback) [19:38] Lutz**
I need you to introduce me to Mister Otto!
**(Flashback) [19:41] Lutz**
So you have to get better
no matter what. Got that?
**[19:45] Main**
*That's right! I have to keep my promise!*
**[19:49] Main**
*I must get better and introduce him to Otto!*
**[19:55] Main**
It's gone down.
**[19:57] Main**
The fever in my body is smaller now?
**[20:01] Main**
*There's something wrong with this fever.*
**[20:03] Main**
*It attacks me from the inside*
**[20:06] Main**
*and keeps changing in size.*
**[20:09] Main**
What illness does this body have, anyway?
**[20:14] Otto**
Are you all right now?
**[20:17] Otto**
The captain told me that your fever
didn't go down for five days.
**[20:21] Main**
Yeah, but I'm fine.
**[20:23] Otto**
You look pale in the face.
**[20:29] Main**
I've been racking my brain over something.
**[20:32] Main**
I've tried all sorts of things
to make something I want,
**[20:35] Main**
but I just couldn't do it.
**[20:39] Main**
What would you do in my shoes?
**[20:44] Otto**
You can just hire someone to do it for you.
**[20:47] Main**
Hire someone myself?
**[20:50] Main**
That sounds like a great idea,
**[20:52] Main**
but what if I don't have any capital?
**[20:54] Otto**
Persuade someone who can do
it into doing it for you.
**[20:58] Otto**
If it goes well, you don't
hurt your bottom line at all.
**[21:02] Main**
Once a businessman, always a businessman.
**[21:06] Main**
But I'll keep that in mind.
**[21:08] Otto**
Oh, right.
**[21:10] Otto**
About that meeting we had to postpone...
**[21:13] Main**
* And so, we decided on a suitable*
* day for Lutz and Otto to meet.*
**[21:17] Main**
"Be at Central Plaza by the third bell."
**[21:22] Otto**
He's a boy you're referring,
**[21:25] Otto**
so I'm sure he'll be very amusing.
**[21:27] Otto**
I'm looking forward to a fun day off.
**[21:30] Main**
*Huh? What's that about?*
**[21:32] Main**
*Isn't it gonna be just a meeting?*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
Meeting
**[23:13] Main**
Head Priest, is there anything
special about the upcoming meeting?
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
Why would I know anything
about the affairs of commoners?
**[23:21] Main**
Even you don't know, huh?
**[23:25] Ferdinand**
Unlike you, I do have a good idea,
**[23:28] Ferdinand**
but I'm not going to jump to conclusions.
**[23:30] Main**
What? Tell me if you have an idea!
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# E6 - Meeting
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**[00:00] Benno**
**[00:00] Ferdinand**
* One failure after another throws*
* Main into despair and illness.*
**[00:06] Main**
The fever in my body is smaller now?
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
*While bewildered by her strange fevers,*
**[00:12] Ferdinand**
* she looks to walk down a*
* new path all the same.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Six Meeting
**[02:04] Main**
Lutz, you will do as I say.
I won't hear any objections.
**[02:08] Lutz**
Wh-What's gotten into you?
**[02:11] Lutz**
Stop! Don't do this!
**[02:15] Lutz**
You could've just said you
were gonna wash my hair.
**[02:17] Main**
If I had, you would've ran away.
**[02:20] Lutz**
Urk.
**[02:22] Lutz**
What brought this on, anyway?
**[02:24] Main**
First impressions are important.
**[02:27] Main**
So you'd better dress
your best tomorrow, too.
**[02:31] Lutz**
I don't think it'd change much, honestly.
**[02:34] Main**
You should still do everything you can.
**[02:37] Lutz**
Ah, that felt good.
**[02:44] Main**
Say...
**[02:45] Main**
What do you wanna achieve by
becoming a traveling trader?
**[02:50] Lutz**
Where did that come from?
**[02:52] Main**
Your parents can't get you a referral here,
so you should really think about it.
**[02:58] Main**
Unless you have a goal in mind,
you won't land an apprentice gig.
**[03:06] Lutz**
Do *you* have a goal in mind?
**[03:09] Lutz**
You wanna be a merchant yourself, don't you?
**[03:12] Main**
As my second option, but yes.
**[03:14] Main**
And I do know what I wanna do
as an apprentice merchant.
**[03:19] Lutz**
What's that?
**[03:20] Main**
I wanna sell paper.
**[03:22] Lutz**
Paper? Not books?
**[03:24] Main**
I don't think there's much
demand for books here.
**[03:28] Main**
But paper is a different story.
**[03:37] Lutz**
Hey...
**[03:38] Lutz**
He said the third bell, right?
Aren't we here too early?
**[03:41] Main**
Better too early than late.
**[03:50] Main**
Oh, there he is.
**[03:53] Main**
Remember your greetings.
**[03:55] Lutz**
Y-Yeah.
**[04:07] Main**
*He brought someone with him?*
**[04:12] Otto**
Heya, Main.
**[04:14] Main**
Good day, Mister Otto.
**[04:21] Main**
Thank you very much for taking
the time to meet with us today.
**[04:26] Main**
This is Lutz, my friend.
**[04:36] Lutz**
Hello, I'm Lutz!
**[04:38] Lutz**
It's a pleasure to meet you!
**[04:40] Otto**
This is Main. The captain's
daughter, and my assistant.
**[04:46] Benno**
An unbaptized child is your assistant?
**[04:49] Otto**
I'm grooming her for the role by
teaching her how to read and write.
**[04:53] Benno**
Huh...
**[04:58] Otto**
This is Benno, an old buddy of mine
from my days as a traveling trader.
**[05:02] Otto**
He may have a foul mouth, but
he's a nice guy deep down.
**[05:05] Main**
Hello. I'm Main.
**[05:08] Main**
It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
**[05:10] Benno**
Oh, how very polite of you.
**[05:13] Benno**
My name is Benno.
**[05:15] Benno**
The pleasure is all mine.
**[05:19] Benno**
If you don't mind me asking,
what is that on your head?
**[05:30] Main**
A hair stick. I use it to tie up my hair.
**[05:38] Benno**
Just a piece of wood, I see.
**[05:42] Main**
Indeed.
**[05:43] Main**
It is just a piece of shaved wood.
**[05:47] Benno**
Wow.
**[05:49] Benno**
Tell me, lass.
**[05:51] Benno**
What did you do to make your hair so shiny?
**[05:54] Main**
I made a mix of surprisingly common items.
**[05:57] Main**
The details are confidential.
**[06:01] Benno**
Your hair looks just as splendid, lad.
**[06:04] Lutz**
Main washed it for me.
**[06:06] Benno**
Tch. I see.
**[06:08] Main**
*Too bad!*
**[06:09] Main**
* I have no intention of putting my*
* golden goose into play just yet.*
**[06:15] Otto**
So...
**[06:17] Otto**
Lutz, you want to join the
traveling trade, I hear?
**[06:20] Lutz**
Oh, yes.
**[06:23] Lutz**
I...
**[06:24] Otto**
Forget about it.
**[06:26] Otto**
Only a fool would relinquish
his citizenship.
**[06:30] Main**
"Citizenship"?
**[06:32] Otto**
The right to reside in any given city.
**[06:35] Main**
Then if you don't have one...
**[06:37] Benno**
Without it, you'll have no proof of identity.
**[06:41] Benno**
You won't be able to get a job,
rent a home, get married,
**[06:45] Benno**
or anything else.
**[06:47] Otto**
You know how children get
baptized at age seven?
**[06:50] Both**
Yeah...
**[06:51] Otto**
That's when you get your citizenship.
**[06:54] Otto**
If an outsider wants to obtain one,
**[06:56] Otto**
he has to cough up an absurd sum of money.
**[06:58] Lutz**
But...
**[07:00] Otto**
Besides,
**[07:00] Otto**
the life of a nomad is
nothing like city life.
**[07:03] Otto**
For example, what do you
do when you need water?
**[07:07] Lutz**
Draw it from a well?
**[07:09] Otto**
Right. But you won't necessarily have
access to a well on your travels.
**[07:13] Otto**
You'll have to find a
watering hole yourself.
**[07:16] Lutz**
Couldn't I just go to the river?
**[07:18] Main**
And how would you know where it is?
**[07:21] Main**
You won't be traveling
along one the entire way.
**[07:24] Lutz**
Oh...
**[07:25] Otto**
Main's right.
**[07:27] Otto**
That's why a family's routes are passed
down through generations in this trade.
**[07:33] Otto**
Those routes are too valuable
to share with outsiders.
**[07:37] Otto**
And the most important issue
here is the finish line.
**[07:42] Otto**
Do you know what a traveling
trader's ultimate goal is?
**[07:49] Otto**
Citizenship.
**[07:51] Otto**
They save up money so they can
leave their rough travels behind
**[07:55] Otto**
and live in peace in the city one day.
**[07:57] Otto**
That's every traveling trader's dream.
**[08:02] Lutz**
But that's...
**[08:03] Otto**
Do you really think they'd accept you
after you cast your citizenship away?
**[08:11] Otto**
That is the reality. Give up on
joining the traveling trade.
**[08:21] Otto**
That said, Main did a propose an idea.
**[08:25] Otto**
Is becoming an apprentice
merchant not good enough?
**[08:29] Lutz**
Main?
**[08:30] Main**
I figured you should hear from
someone who has lived that life.
**[08:35] Main**
But now that I've heard all that, even
I think the traveling trade's a bad idea.
**[08:47] Lutz**
So you've been looking out for me, huh?
**[08:53] Main**
But hey, apparently apprentice merchants
get to go out of town to stock up.
**[08:58] Lutz**
Apprentice merchant, huh?
**[09:02] Benno**
Do you want to be a merchant?
**[09:11] Lutz**
Yes, sir!
**[09:12] Benno**
I see.
**[09:14] Benno**
And what can you sell?
**[09:16] Benno**
What do you *want* to sell
when you're a merchant?
**[09:25] Lutz**
Well...
**[09:31] Benno**
If you can't answer that, we're done here.
**[09:43] Main**
Do you want to make my paper for me?
**[09:56] Lutz**
I do have a goal, sir!
**[10:00] Lutz**
I'll bring all of Main's ideas to reality!
**[10:10] Benno**
So the lass will think of creations,
and you'll make and sell them?
**[10:14] Benno**
Do you want to be a merchant too, lass?
**[10:17] Main**
As my second option, but yes.
**[10:19] Otto**
Is handling paperwork
at the gate your first?
**[10:22] Main**
My first option is to be a book
seller, or a librarian, even.
**[10:26] Benno**
Say what? "Librarian"?
**[10:29] Main**
Uh... A caretaker of sorts for books.
**[10:33] Benno**
That's a job for nobility.
**[10:35] Main**
*Tch! Darn those lucky nobles!*
**[10:38] Benno**
So, do you have any ideas right now?
**[10:41] Main**
Yes.
**[10:43] Main**
I want to produce and sell paper
that's not made from animal skin.
**[10:47] Benno**
Paper that isn't made from animal skin?
**[10:50] Main**
That's right.
**[10:51] Main**
I'll produce paper using plants.
**[10:54] Benno**
Did you just say "plants"?
**[10:56] Main**
I did. It'll be cheaper to
produce than parchment,
**[11:00] Main**
so I'm sure it'll make for some
very profitable merchandise.
**[11:02] Benno**
I see.
**[11:04] Benno**
So, how exactly will you produce it?
**[11:06] Main**
The details are confidential!
**[11:10] Benno**
I'd like to see this paper. Do you have it?
**[11:13] Main**
Not yet.
**[11:15] Main**
We'll have a prototype by the
time of our baptism next summer.
**[11:20] Main**
You can decide whether
it's usable or not then.
**[11:30] Benno**
Very interesting. That's fine by me.
**[11:33] Lutz**
Yes!
**[11:34] Main**
We did it, Lutz!
**[11:40] Main**
Let's do our best!
**[11:41] ---**
Yeah!
**[11:44] Main**
Mister Otto, thank you very much for today.
**[11:47] Otto**
It certainly was a fun day off.
**[11:52] Benno**
Be it her conduct or her speech,
**[11:55] Benno**
nothing about her indicates an
unbaptized child of a soldier.
**[12:00] Otto**
Her family is perfectly ordinary.
**[12:02] Otto**
She's the odd one out.
**[12:04] Benno**
Plant-based paper, eh?
**[12:07] Benno**
If they succeed, it will turn
the market on its head.
**[12:10] Otto**
Wait just one moment! Are you thinking
of making her your apprentice?
**[12:13] Benno**
Of course I am.
**[12:14] Benno**
She's already thought of hair
sticks, a way to make hair shine,
**[12:17] Benno**
and plant-based paper.
**[12:19] Benno**
She's sure to have all kinds
of other ideas up her sleeve.
**[12:21] Benno**
I'm going to have both of them join me.
**[12:25] Otto**
Absolutely not! She's my assistant!
**[12:30] Lutz**
I know you're pleased,
**[12:32] Lutz**
but don't get too worked up or
you'll develop another fever.
**[12:35] Main**
But we're gonna make paper!
That's one step away from books!
**[12:39] Main**
Yahoo!
**[12:42] Lutz**
Okay, sure, but how are we gonna make it?
**[12:47] Main**
Uh-oh...
**[12:50] Main**
We don't have the tools.
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Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:02] Tuuli**
How'd Main's meeting go?
**[13:04] Eva**
Looks like she and Lutz have been
accepted as apprentice merchants.
**[13:08] Tuuli**
What? Really?
**[13:11] Tuuli**
I was sure she had no chance.
**[13:14] Eva**
It's conditional, though.
**[13:17] Main**
We need a steamer, a deckle, and...
**[13:23] Main**
Paper making happens in two steps:
extracting the fiber, and molding it.
**[13:28] Main**
First, you chop wood,
**[13:29] Main**
steam it,
**[13:31] Main**
and then skin it.
**[13:32] Main**
When that's done,
***SIGN*** When
***SIGN*** When that's
***SIGN*** When that's done
***SIGN*** When that's done!
**[13:34] Main**
once you've separated the useful
fiber from everything else,
**[13:37] Main**
you beat it down and unravel it.
**[13:39] Main**
And after that,
***SIGN*** And
***SIGN*** And after
***SIGN*** And after that
***SIGN*** And after that!
**[13:41] Main**
you screen a mix of the fiber,
water, and starch with the deckle.
**[13:45] Main**
You then couch the paper
and press the water out.
**[13:48] Main**
And once you dry it, you're done!
**[13:51] Main**
If we don't have the tools, we
just have to make those, too!
**[13:55] Main**
I'll ask Lutz tomorrow if we
can make all this equipment.
**[14:00] Gunther**
I'm home.
**[14:01] Tuuli**
Welcome back, Dad!
**[14:04] Gunther**
I'm home.
**[14:06] Main**
Oh, welcome back, Dad.
**[14:09] Gunther**
Don't feel too bad, Main.
**[14:12] Gunther**
You can find someone else to apprentice with.
**[14:17] Main**
Why did all three of you
just assume I had no chance?
**[14:23] Main**
I'll have you know I was accepted.
**[14:25] Tuuli**
It's conditional, though.
**[14:33] Lutz**
A tree that'll provide the raw material?
**[14:36] Main**
Yeah. I want you to find a soft, young-ish
tree with long and sturdy fibers.
**[14:41] Lutz**
Hmm...
**[14:44] Lutz**
I'll try asking someone who knows
a lot of about trees and wood.
**[14:46] Main**
Thanks.
**[14:47] Main**
Also...
**[14:49] Main**
Could you make these tools, Lutz?
**[14:54] Lutz**
Do you have nails?
**[14:57] Main**
Nails?
**[14:58] Lutz**
Yeah. I can't make anything without them.
**[15:02] Main**
So yeah, we don't have the equipment
to make the equipment we need.
**[15:08] Otto**
I guess you'll have to make the nails first.
**[15:10] Main**
It's no laughing matter!
**[15:13] Main**
By the way, what made you
want to become a soldier?
**[15:18] Main**
Didn't you say citizenship was expensive?
**[15:24] Otto**
I did it so I could marry Corinna.
**[15:27] Otto**
It was not long after I turned
fifteen and became an adult.
**[15:31] Otto**
I came to this town and met The One.
**[15:35] Otto**
I was shot through the heart
the moment I laid eyes on her.
**[15:38] Main**
*Long story short,*
**[15:39] Main**
* he fell for Corinna at first*
* sight, bought his citizenship,*
**[15:43] Main**
*and became a soldier.*
**[15:45] Otto**
Oh! Do you want to make a deal, Main?
**[15:49] Main**
A deal?
**[15:50] Otto**
Yeah. If you tell me how to make hair shiny,
**[15:55] Otto**
I'll pay for your nails.
**[15:57] Main**
Really?!
**[15:59] Main**
* But why would he care about the*
* Simple All-In-One Shampoo?*
**[16:04] Main**
*Who actually wants it?*
**[16:06] Main**
*The wife?*
**[16:08] Main**
*It's the wife, isn't it?*
**[16:11] Main**
I can't teach you how to make it, but
I don't mind trading some for nails.
**[16:16] Otto**
Bartering, eh?
**[16:19] Otto**
Very well.
**[16:20] Otto**
We have a deal!
**[16:24] Main**
* And so, I was invited to visit*
* Otto's home on the next day off.*
**[16:34] Main**
Wow.
**[16:35] Main**
This place hardly feels
like the same town anymore.
**[16:39] Otto**
Is this your first time
coming to the north side?
**[16:42] Main**
Yeah.
**[16:43] Main**
Soldiers aren't very rich, so most
of them live in the south, right?
**[16:48] Main**
How come you get to live here?
**[16:52] Otto**
My brother-in-law didn't want to
be separated from his dear sister,
**[16:55] Otto**
so he told us to live
upstairs in the family home.
**[16:57] Main**
Huh...
**[16:59] Otto**
Here we are.
**[17:01] Main**
What? *This* is your home?!
**[17:06] Otto**
We live on the third floor here.
**[17:08] Main**
* I'm amazed he got the green light*
* to marry such a rich girl.*
**[17:13] Corinna**
Welcome! I'm so happy you came!
**[17:16] Corinna**
I'm Corinna, Otto's wife.
**[17:20] Main**
Hello, Missus Corinna. I'm Main.
**[17:23] Main**
I've been looking forward to seeing you!
**[17:28] Corinna**
You really are a polite young lady.
**[17:33] Corinna**
Also...
**[17:35] Corinna**
Your hair is so pretty!
**[17:38] Corinna**
Forgive me.
**[17:40] Corinna**
Let me show you inside.
**[17:43] Main**
* Corinna may be young, but she's already*
* part of the top brass at the Seamstress Guild.*
**[17:48] Main**
* Tuuli was greener than her hair with envy*
* that I was getting to meet her idol.*
**[17:53] Corinna**
I'm ready, Main.
**[17:56] Main**
Okay.
**[18:03] Corinna**
My hair is so smooth now...
**[18:06] Main**
I hope you like it.
**[18:09] Corinna**
I very much do!
**[18:12] Corinna**
Thank you, Main.
**[18:18] Corinna**
Say, may I ask you something?
**[18:22] Main**
Yes?
**[18:24] Corinna**
How is Otto at work?
**[18:28] Corinna**
I'm worried because he had to give
up his merchant's life for me.
**[18:34] Main**
I don't think you have
anything to worry about.
**[18:37] Main**
He's still very much a merchant at work.
**[18:40] Main**
He always haggles with people
that come on deliveries,
**[18:43] Main**
with his merchant's spirit burning bright.
**[18:46] Corinna**
I see. His merchant's spirit...
**[18:53] Corinna**
I feel like a great weight has
been lifted off my shoulders.
**[19:01] Corinna**
How do I look, Otto?
**[19:06] Otto**
M-M-Main! Don't you have something to do?!
**[19:11] Main**
I might remember something
once I have my nails.
**[19:18] Main**
Score!
**[19:23] Main**
* We decided to use the nails*
* to make a deckle right away.*
**[19:37] Main**
Can you make them to exact measure to
avoid any gaps when they're stacked?
**[19:42] Lutz**
Exact measure?
**[19:43] Lutz**
I don't have the tools for that
unless I ask my dad or brothers.
**[19:47] Main**
Do you think they'll let you borrow them?
**[19:50] Lutz**
Hmm...
**[19:52] Lutz**
I dunno.
**(Flashback) [19:54] Deid**
Merchants are cold, heartless monsters
that only have money on their minds!
**(Flashback) [19:58] Karla**
Forget becoming an apprentice merchant
**(Flashback) [20:00] Karla**
and become a craftsman like
your father and brothers, Lutz.
**[20:08] Main**
Lutz, will you be all right?
**[20:11] Lutz**
Don't worry! I'll work things out!
**[20:13] Lutz**
Oh, I went around asking
lumberers about the tree.
**[20:17] Main**
Really?
**[20:18] Lutz**
Really. They told me about soft trees like...
**[20:22] Otto**
Main, Lutz.
**[20:24] Otto**
For you.
**[20:27] Otto**
An invitation for you two.
**[20:29] Lutz**
What's it say?
**[20:31] Main**
Mister Benno wants to see you and me.
**(Flashback) [20:37] Benno**
I'm going to have both of them join me.
**(Flashback) [20:40] Otto**
Absolutely not! She's my assistant!
**(Flashback) [20:43] Main**
Mister Otto.
**(Flashback) [20:45] Otto**
What's the matter, Main?
**(Flashback) [20:48] Main**
I wanted to ask you something.
**(Flashback) [20:51] Main**
Do you know of any illnesses where your
fever suddenly grows or shrinks?
**(Flashback) [20:58] Main**
It always feels like the
fever's eating into me.
**(Flashback) [21:01] Otto**
Never heard of anything like it, sorry.
**(Flashback) [21:05] Benno**
No idea.
**(Flashback) [21:06] Main**
I see.
**(Flashback) [21:08] Main**
Thank you.
**(Flashback) [21:13] Otto**
She's unbelievably frail.
**(Flashback) [21:17] Otto**
There's no way she can work for you.
**(Flashback) [21:20] Benno**
It may be the Devouring.
**(Flashback) [21:24] Benno**
If it is the Devouring,
**(Flashback) [21:26] Benno**
she'll die very soon.
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
Seeds of Suspicion
**[23:06] Ferdinand**
It seems you've taken a step closer
to making plant-based paper.
**[23:10] Ferdinand**
That's exactly right!
**[23:12] Main**
Anyway, Head Priest,
**[23:13] Main**
what did he mean, I'll die very
soon if it's the Devouring?
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
Exactly that, but what do you want to know?
**[23:21] Ferdinand**
How someone with the Devouring dies?
**[23:23] Ferdinand**
Terrifyingly, a person on the
brink of death due to it...
**[23:27] Main**
Eek! Not another word!
**[23:29] Main**
I can't stand pain or scary things!
**[23:32] Ferdinand**
As you wish.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Kitora Con
# E7 - Seeds of Suspicion
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:00] Ferdinand**
* Main lived a new life as part of a poor*
* soldier's family in a world without books.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
*Wanting to read,*
**[00:07] Ferdinand**
* she looked to make her own*
* books through trial and error.*
**[00:12] Ferdinand**
* But she had failed to account*
* for one huge problem...*
**[00:16] Benno**
If it is the Devouring,
**[00:18] Benno**
she'll die very soon.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Seven Seeds of Suspicion
**[02:03] Lutz**
Wow!
**[02:04] Main**
Yeah. Hard to believe it's part
of the same town, isn't it?
**[02:07] Lutz**
I bet lunch will be amazing, too.
**[02:12] Main**
*Yeah... That invitation we received*
**[02:14] Main**
*was one for lunch with Mister Benno.*
**(Flashback) [02:20] Main**
"See me at Gilberta Company
by the fourth bell."
**(Flashback) [02:23] Main**
Where's the Gilberta Company?
**(Flashback) [02:26] Otto**
It's on the first floor where I live.
**(Flashback) [02:28] Main**
Where you live?
**(Flashback) [02:30] Main**
So Mister Benno was the one who didn't want
**(Flashback) [02:33] Main**
to be separated from his dear sister?
**(Flashback) [02:36] Main**
Which means you and him
are... brothers-in-law?!
**(Flashback) [02:43] Otto**
Correct.
**[02:44] Main**
*They got us.*
**[02:46] Main**
Lutz, we have to be careful
not to be tricked today.
**[02:50] Lutz**
Huh? Aren't we just gonna have lunch?
**[02:54] Main**
This is the place.
**[02:56] Lutz**
Okay, I'm starting to get nervous.
**[02:59] Main**
Someone just went in.
**[03:02] Lutz**
I don't see many customers.
**[03:05] Lutz**
Not many goods, either.
**[03:07] Lutz**
Do they really make money?
**[03:09] Main**
I'm pretty sure they do.
**[03:12] Main**
The shop is squeaky clean,
**[03:14] Main**
the customer service is thorough,
and the employees are all classy.
**[03:18] Main**
Their clientele must be
nobility and the wealthy.
**[03:28] Benno**
I apologize for asking you to come on
such short notice. Now, let's eat.
**[03:33] Main**
Thank you.
**[03:36] Main**
*Ugh, they've thrown all the broth away.*
**[03:40] Main**
*The soup at home is way better than this.*
**[03:46] Main**
*Is Benno mad at something?*
**[03:48] Main**
*What did I do?*
**[03:52] Benno**
All right. It's time to talk.
**[03:58] Main**
*He's gonna yell at me!*
**[03:59] Benno**
Why did you turn to Otto?
**[04:02] Benno**
He told me that he provided nails for you.
**[04:05] Benno**
He also mentioned that it was a trade
for the liquid that makes hair shine.
**[04:09] Main**
You mean the Simple All-In-One Shampoo?
**[04:12] Main**
That's right. Is there a problem with that?
**[04:15] Benno**
Of course there is!
**[04:16] Benno**
You should've come to me first!
**[04:19] Main**
But we've only been conditionally accepted.
**[04:23] Main**
We're not your apprentices yet.
**[04:25] Lutz**
Yeah.
**[04:26] Benno**
That's not it!
**[04:27] Benno**
Listen. If the plant-based
paper you make has value,
**[04:33] Benno**
you two will be hired as
apprentices to this company.
**[04:36] Benno**
The paper will be Gilberta
Company's merchandise,
**[04:41] Benno**
so you should be talking to
me first about everything!
**[04:47] Main**
I'm sorry.
**[04:49] Main**
I failed to realize that it would
make you look bad as our employer.
**[04:54] Main**
It won't happen again.
**[04:56] Benno**
What are you doing?
**[04:59] Main**
* Crap! They don't bow their*
* heads in apology here!*
**[05:04] Main**
Nothing... I understand.
**[05:07] Benno**
As long as we're clear.
**[05:09] Benno**
Now, let's get down to business.
**[05:13] Benno**
I'll provide you with everything
you need to make your paper.
**[05:19] Main**
But isn't this our apprenticeship test?
**[05:23] Main**
Are you sure you want to help us with it?
**[05:25] Benno**
I can't assess your abilities fairly
without the right environment.
**[05:29] Benno**
Besides, you can't start a new
business without capital investment.
**[05:33] Main**
That's true, but still...
**[05:36] Benno**
Of course, I'm not doing it out
of the goodness of my heart.
**[05:40] Benno**
In return, I want the recipe for the liquid
that makes hair shine. How's that?
**[05:45] Main**
I see.
**[05:46] Main**
You want it instead of collateral, right?
**[05:51] Benno**
Where did you learn that word?
**[05:55] Lutz**
What's collateral?
**[05:56] Main**
When you lend money to someone, you take
something in exchange for security's sake.
**[05:59] Main**
You'd want to ensure you got
your money back, wouldn't you?
**[06:03] Benno**
But a recipe can't serve as a
collateral, so I'll buy it outright.
**[06:09] Main**
That certainly doesn't
sound like a bad deal.
**[06:14] Main**
When you say "everything we need,"
is that limited to tools and equipment?
**[06:17] Main**
Or can we ask for materials as well?
**[06:19] Benno**
That's fine by me.
**[06:20] Benno**
I've already heard that Lutz
has been talking to lumberers.
**[06:26] Benno**
You're looking for a tree
with soft wood, aren't you?
**[06:28] Main**
* So this is a merchant's*
* connections at work.*
**[06:32] Main**
How long will your backing last?
***SIGN*** Apprentice Age 7 Age 6
***SIGN*** Baptism
***SIGN*** Salary 10%
***SIGN*** Paper Gilberta Company
***SIGN*** Gilberta Company Sale Money
**[06:35] Benno**
Until your baptism.
**[06:37] Benno**
We'll buy all the paper
you've produced by then.
**[06:40] Benno**
Once we deduct the material costs and
commission, the rest of the money is yours.
**[06:44] Main**
And after our baptism?
**[06:46] Benno**
The paper will be sold through us.
**[06:49] Benno**
Ten percent of the profits will be
added to your pay as royalties.
**[06:53] Main**
Instead of those royalties,
**[06:55] Main**
I want to reserve the right
to produce the paper.
**[06:57] Main**
And Lutz will have exclusive
rights to sell it.
**[07:01] Benno**
What do you mean?
**[07:02] Main**
Royalties added to our pay will
mean nothing if we're fired.
**[07:07] Main**
I'd rather not be cast aside as soon
as you have the product in hand.
**[07:12] Benno**
You want job security rather
than short-term profits, huh?
**[07:17] Main**
That's right. Is that a problem?
**[07:20] Benno**
I'm impressed that you already have the
wherewithal to protect your interests.
**[07:26] Benno**
You've only mentioned the
rights to the paper.
**[07:29] Benno**
What about the liquid...
Simple All-In-One Shampoo, was it?
**[07:32] Benno**
Don't you want to reserve
the rights to that as well?
**[07:34] Main**
No, that's all right. I'm selling it to you.
**[07:39] Benno**
Very well.
**[07:41] Benno**
That's that, then.
**[07:43] Benno**
Go ahead and make your order forms.
**[07:45] Main**
Wait, how am I supposed to...
**[07:48] Mark**
Pardon me.
**[07:51] Mark**
I'm Mark.
**[07:52] Mark**
Rest assured, Master has
filled me in already.
**[07:56] Main**
* And so, I learned how to write*
* order forms from Mark,*
**[08:00] Main**
*while Lutz practiced how to write.*
**[08:04] Mark**
You can calculate without
using a calculator?
**[08:07] Mark**
How intriguing.
**[08:10] Main**
I just don't know how to use one, actually.
**[08:21] Main**
Lutz, are you okay?
**[08:23] Lutz**
Yeah.
**[08:28] Main**
I'm done writing out the order forms.
**[08:31] Benno**
Good.
**[08:32] Benno**
Mark, prepare the contract magic.
**[08:35] Mark**
At once.
**[08:36] Main**
Huh? Contract magic?
**[08:39] Main**
Did he just say "magic"?
**[08:42] Main**
Is this a fantasy world?
**[08:44] Main**
Will I get to use magic, too?!
**[08:49] Benno**
As I'm sure you know,
only nobles possess mana.
**[08:54] Main**
* First the books, and now mana?*
* Darn those lucky nobles!*
**[08:58] Benno**
Contract magic was created as a way
of curbing high-handed nobles.
**[09:04] Benno**
When signed, the magic ensures
that the terms are binding,
**[09:07] Benno**
and it can't be canceled without
the consent of all parties.
**[09:11] Benno**
This is the paper and special
ink used for contract magic:
**[09:16] Benno**
magical items only granted to
merchants that cater to nobles.
**[09:22] Main**
* That's a strange ink pot.*
* The ink is blue, too.*
**[09:27] Mark**
It's highly expensive,
**[09:28] Mark**
so it's only used for deals that
are considered very profitable.
**[09:32] Main**
*So wait, the Simple All-In-One Shampoo?*
**[09:38] Main**
*I let it go too easily!*
**[09:41] Main**
"Main reserves all rights to produce
the paper or decide who makes it.
**[09:46] Main**
Lutz retains exclusive
rights to sell the paper.
**[09:49] Main**
Neither shall retain any rights to
decide its pricing or the profits."
**[09:53] Benno**
Is that acceptable to you two?
**[09:56] Main**
Yes, it looks fine to me.
**[09:58] Lutz**
I'm okay with it, too.
**[10:00] Mark**
Then please sign here.
**[10:22] Benno**
Mark.
**[10:35] Main**
*The ink turned from blue to black!*
**[10:38] Benno**
It's your turn now.
**[10:41] Main**
*What? I can't!*
**[10:49] Lutz**
Main? Aren't you going to sign the contract?
**[10:57] Lutz**
Hold out your hand. I'll do it for you.
**[11:23] Benno**
With this, our contract is signed.
**[11:29] Main**
I didn't expect to spend so much time there.
**[11:32] Main**
I was surprised that you managed
to write your name perfectly.
**[11:36] Lutz**
I was taught how to write it before.
**[11:38] Main**
You did well not to forget.
**[11:43] Main**
Now all that's left is to make the paper.
**[11:46] Lutz**
Yeah.
**[11:48] Main**
What's the matter, Lutz?
**[11:55] Main**
Lutz!
**[11:56] Main**
Wait, Lutz!
**[12:02] Lutz**
Hey, uh...
**[12:07] Lutz**
You *are* Main, right?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:22] Lutz**
If you are, how were you able
to have that conversation?
**[12:26] Main**
What conversation?
**[12:28] Lutz**
All that stuff you were talking about
with the boss. I didn't get half of it.
**[12:36] Lutz**
Main talking to an adult about stuff I don't
know like an equal doesn't seem right.
**[12:43] Lutz**
Are you really Main?
**[12:48] Main**
Are you saying I seem
like someone else to you?
**[12:55] Lutz**
Uh, sorry. That was a weird thing to say.
**[13:00] Lutz**
I'm just a bit surprised by all the
complicated stuff you were saying.
**[13:12] Main**
*I messed up. I was too eager today.*
**[13:18] Main**
*But once we start making the paper,*
**[13:21] Main**
* Lutz will definitely*
* realize that I'm not Main.*
**[13:25] Main**
*What will he do when he finds out?*
**[13:35] Main**
Lutz...
**[13:47] Main**
I'm home!
**[13:49] Eva**
Welcome back. You were out late.
**[13:52] Main**
Yeah. I had to write out order
forms at Mister Benno's place.
**[13:56] Tuuli**
I have to prepare for tomorrow.
**[14:03] Gunther**
I know you only just got back,
**[14:05] Gunther**
but could you get some water for us?
**[14:08] Main**
Oh, sure.
**[14:12] Ralph**
Hey!
**[14:13] Ralph**
Who are you?
**[14:16] Lutz**
Where's Main? Give her back!
**[14:24] Main**
Help!
**[14:27] All**
Who are you?
**[14:28] All**
Who are you?
**[14:28] All**
Who are you?
**[14:29] All**
Who are you?
**[14:30] All**
Who are you?
**[14:30] All**
Who are you?
**[14:30] All**
Who are you?
**[14:31] All**
Who are you?
**[14:32] All**
Who are you?
**[14:33] All**
Who are you?
**[14:34] Main**
No!
**[14:37] Eva**
Main?
**[14:39] Eva**
Did you have a bad dream?
**[14:43] Main**
I'm fine now.
**[14:45] Eva**
Then go back to sleep, okay?
**[14:51] Main**
*If they find out that I'm not Main...*
**[15:03] Main**
* then I can just let the fever*
* consume me and disappear.*
**[15:10] Main**
* I don't wanna have any*
* regrets when that happens,*
**[15:13] Main**
* so I'll put my everything*
* into making that paper.*
**[15:23] Main**
* Facing Lutz is a little*
* awkward now, though...*
**[15:27] Lutz**
Morning.
**[15:28] Lutz**
I have to go to the forest today, so I can't
come with you to see Mister Benno.
**[15:34] Main**
Got it.
**[15:36] Main**
* I should finish all my dealings with*
* adults while Lutz isn't around.*
**[15:40] Main**
*That way, I'll avoid any more suspicion.*
**[15:43] Main**
*That's it!*
**[15:49] Mark**
Shall we go place our orders, then?
**[15:51] Main**
Yes, please.
**[15:54] Main**
Mister Mark, could we have a
workshop to put all our equipment?
**[15:59] Mark**
A workshop, is it?
I'll talk to Master about it.
**[16:04] Mark**
Do you have any requirements?
**[16:05] Main**
We'll be going to the forest a lot, so
something near the south gate would be nice.
**[16:10] Mark**
Understood. I'll take a
look around that area.
**[16:14] Mark**
Oh, we're nearly at the lumberer's.
**[16:17] Main**
Oh, is that it...
**[16:21] Mark**
Miss Main?!
**[16:31] Main**
Huh? Where am I?
**[16:33] Corinna**
You've come to, Main?
**[16:36] Benno**
Oh, you're up, lass!
**[16:38] Benno**
I lost years of my life when
I heard you'd collapsed!
**[16:42] Main**
I'm terribly sorry!
**[16:45] Benno**
Wh-What are you doing?
**[16:48] Main**
Kowtowing!
**[16:51] Main**
W-Well, uh, it's my way of showing
I mean it when I say I'm sorry.
**[16:57] Benno**
Otto did tell me you were frail,
**[17:00] Benno**
but I didn't expect it to be quite this bad.
**[17:03] Main**
I'm fine now!
**[17:07] Benno**
Your fever's gone down.
**[17:09] Main**
Yes, it has! It's gone!
**[17:12] Benno**
Go straight home today.
**[17:13] Main**
But there's so much to do!
**[17:16] Benno**
Why, you little!
I said to go straight home!
**[17:20] Main**
Ow!
**[17:21] Benno**
You're hereby banned from coming here alone!
**[17:24] Benno**
The lad should be with you every time!
**[17:26] Benno**
If you have any memory at all,
you'll never forget that!
**[17:29] Main**
Okay, okay! I won't!
**[17:31] Main**
Ouch!
**[17:33] Main**
*And so, I was forcibly brought home,*
**[17:38] Main**
*where I was given a real earful by Mom*
**[17:42] Main**
*and found myself bedridden again.*
**[17:46] Benno**
That lass...
**[17:48] Benno**
She really may have the Devouring.
**[17:51] Otto**
You brought that up last time.
What exactly is it?
**[17:55] Benno**
It manifests in commoners
who are born with mana.
**[17:58] Otto**
But don't only nobles possess mana?
**[18:01] Otto**
Besides, I've never even heard of this.
**[18:04] Benno**
It's not well known because most of these
kids don't live to see their baptism.
**[18:10] Otto**
What? Don't live to see their baptism?
**[18:13] Benno**
Yeah. As one grows, so does their mana.
**[18:16] Benno**
But if it grows too much,
it'll devour and kill them.
**[18:20] Benno**
And the more mana they
have, the sooner they die.
**[18:24] Otto**
Is there any way to survive it?
**[18:26] Benno**
Yes, but it needs magical items that can
extract the excess mana from their body.
**[18:32] Otto**
Then without them, Main will...
**[18:35] Benno**
We don't know that for sure yet.
**[18:37] Benno**
But if it really is the Devouring,
**[18:41] Benno**
she will die very soon.
**[18:44] Otto**
The captain will be inconsolable.
**[18:47] Gunther**
Listen up, Main!
**[18:49] Gunther**
Push yourself one more time, and I'm
not letting you out of the house!
**[18:51] Main**
I-I get it, Dad.
**[18:54] Gunther**
Lutz, take care of her.
**[18:56] Lutz**
Sure, Mister Gunther.
**[18:58] Gunther**
Also, you are to accompany her every
time she has to go to Gilberta.
**[19:04] Main**
They said I'm banned from
entering if you're not with me.
**[19:07] Lutz**
Banned?
**[19:15] Gunther**
I'm counting on you, Lutz.
**[19:23] Lutz**
I was just really upset, you know?
**[19:26] Lutz**
When I saw you doing calculations and
talking about all that complicated stuff,
**[19:31] Lutz**
I felt like you didn't need me at all.
**[19:35] Main**
Lutz...
**[19:36] Lutz**
That's why I lashed out.
**[19:39] Lutz**
Sorry.
**[19:41] Main**
Oh, that was you lashing out?
**[19:44] Main**
Thank goodness. I thought
you'd come to hate me.
**[19:53] Lutz**
I-I don't hate you!
**[19:55] Lutz**
Come on, let's go.
**[20:01] Benno**
Lad! Looking after the lass
is your number one priority!
**[20:06] Benno**
Know that it's a vital mission
that only you can handle, okay?
**[20:11] Lutz**
Only I can handle it?
**[20:13] Benno**
That's right.
**[20:14] Benno**
Do you think anyone other than you and her
family could babysit this reckless lass?
**[20:20] Lutz**
Nope.
**[20:21] Benno**
Do you think anyone here could do it?
**[20:25] Lutz**
Nope.
**[20:26] Benno**
Then let me ask you:
**[20:28] Benno**
do you think she can walk
to the south gate today?
**[20:34] Lutz**
Should be fine as long as
she doesn't walk too fast.
**[20:37] Benno**
Excellent.
**[20:38] Benno**
I'm letting you have a workshop
close to the south gate.
**[20:42] Benno**
Have Mark show you there.
**[20:45] Main**
Thank you!
**[20:47] Main**
We should move everything as soon as...
**[20:54] Benno**
Don't do anything stupid!
Just behave yourself!
**[20:57] Lutz**
I'll do the heavy lifting, so don't
do anything that'd leave you in bed.
**[21:01] Mark**
Please, just take care of your health.
**[21:07] Lutz**
From that look on your face, I bet all
that went in one ear and out the other.
**[21:11] Main**
Huh? How'd you know?!
**[21:21] Main**
Sheesh!
**[21:23] Main**
*At the time, I hadn't yet realized*
**[21:25] Main**
* that Lutz had completely stopped*
* calling me "Main" since that day.*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Lutz's Main
**[23:08] Main**
From this day onward, Lutz came to be
highly valued as the Main Supervisor.
**[23:13] Ferdinand**
Well, I can certainly see why.
**[23:16] Main**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[23:18] Ferdinand**
Can you imagine how shocking it
is to see you suddenly collapse?
**[23:22] Ferdinand**
I truly empathize with Benno and the others.
**[23:28] Main**
Oh, Head Priest! I'll actually
make plant-based paper next time,
**[23:33] Main**
so look forward to it!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Chima
# E8 - Lutz's Main
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6W4W7PJR/lutzs-main)
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**[00:00] Ferdinand**
*After tense negotiations,*
**[00:02] Ferdinand**
* Main secured the rights to*
* produce and sell her paper.*
**[00:05] Ferdinand**
*However,*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
*that made Lutz suspicious of her.*
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
* With his unspoken doubts*
* still up in the air,*
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
* the two were about to dive headlong*
* into the process of paper making.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Eight Lutz's Main
**[01:58] Mark**
This will be your workshop.
**[02:02] Mark**
It's already been given a quick cleanup.
**[02:04] Mark**
You can see your pot and ashes right there,
**[02:07] Mark**
and we'll have your materials brought here
as they're delivered to the company.
**[02:11] Main**
Thank you, Mister Mark.
**[02:13] Lutz**
Let's carry the stuff
we brought from home inside.
**[02:17] Main**
Okay.
**[02:20] Main**
*Lutz is interacting with me like usual.*
**[02:24] Main**
* I was worried that he'd figured out*
* that I wasn't really Main.*
**[02:28] Main**
*I'm glad we've made up.*
**[02:33] Mark**
I have to return to the store.
**[02:36] Mark**
Here is the key to this place.
**[02:38] Mark**
Be sure to lock up and
return the key every day.
**[02:42] Main**
Understood. Thank you for everything.
**[02:48] Lutz**
So, what are we doing today?
**[02:51] Main**
Hmm... Decide what size the steamer will be,
**[02:54] Main**
take another look at the order forms, and...
**[02:57] Main**
Oh, we also need to make bamboo sticks.
**[02:59] Lutz**
Bamboo sticks? For what?
***SIGN*** Drainer
**[03:02] Lutz**
We'll put a bunch of them
together to make a drainer.
**[03:06] Main**
It's part of the deckle,
used to screen the paper solution.
***SIGN*** Deckle
**[03:12] Lutz**
It broke again.
**[03:14] Main**
These are really difficult to make.
**[03:17] Main**
Maybe we should just decide on a length
and have someone else make it.
**[03:22] Lutz**
We're going to the lumberer's to order
the steamer and stuff tomorrow.
**[03:25] Lutz**
We can ask then.
**[03:27] Main**
Yeah...
**[03:29] Craftsman**
Huh?
**[03:30] Craftsman**
What kinda wood did ya say ya want?
**[03:32] Main**
U-Uh... To make a steamer...
**[03:37] Craftsman**
Yeah, so what kinda wood?!
**[03:39] Main**
E-Er... It should be hard and dry
so that the steam doesn't alter its shape.
**[03:47] Craftsman**
Okay, good. You do know your stuff.
**[03:52] Craftsman**
I'd say you want hedwan,
tworso, or peditree.
**[03:55] Craftsman**
Which will it be?
**[03:56] Main**
How am I supposed to decide?
**[03:59] Main**
Do you know, Lutz?
**[04:01] Lutz**
Hedwan is probably the easiest to use.
**[04:04] Craftsman**
Do ya have a size in mind?
**[04:06] Main**
Yes, it's on the order form.
**[04:09] Main**
We would also like a mallet to pound fibers.
**[04:13] Main**
Something Lutz can hold and swing.
**[04:16] Craftsman**
Pound fibers?
**[04:18] Craftsman**
What for?
**[04:20] Main**
Unfortunately, I can't tell you that.
**[04:24] Craftsman**
Striking the right balance between
hardness and weight will be key.
**[04:27] Craftsman**
What ya use as a base
will also change things.
**[04:30] Main**
A base?
**[04:32] Main**
I hadn't considered that.
**[04:35] Main**
Can we have the mallet and
the base made together?
**[04:38] Main**
I'll write another order form now.
**[04:40] Craftsman**
Sure, that's not a problem...
But *you're* gonna write the form?
**[04:45] Main**
Yes.
**[04:47] Main**
Will this do?
**[04:51] Craftsman**
Y-Yeah...
**[04:54] Craftsman**
Unbelievable. This looks good.
**[04:56] Main**
Oh, one last thing.
**[04:59] Main**
We want bamboo sticks like this one.
Can you make them?
**[05:03] Craftsman**
Hmm... Precision work
like this is beyond me.
**[05:08] Craftsman**
You should ask a craftsman.
**[05:09] Main**
Understood!
**[05:11] Main**
Thank you for all your help!
**[05:14] Craftsman**
Sure. Drop by anytime ya need anything.
**[05:18] Craftsman**
Bamboo sticks, eh?
**[05:19] Craftsman**
Does it have to be wavy?
**[05:22] Main**
I was trying to make it
nice and straight, actually.
**[05:26] Craftsman**
Then coming to me was the right decision.
**[05:29] Craftsman**
Is that all you need?
**[05:31] Main**
Can you also make a drainer for us?
**[05:35] Main**
It's a screen of sorts, with the bamboo
sticks tied up in a row like this.
**[05:39] Craftsman**
That seems like a pain,
but it's not impossible.
**[05:42] Craftsman**
However, I will need
really sturdy thread for it.
**[05:45] Main**
Sturdy thread?
**[05:47] Craftsman**
Like in spinne webs.
**[05:49] Craftsman**
I can pick something out for you
if we can go to a thread seller now.
**[05:53] Main**
Absolutely!
**[05:54] Lutz**
Hey, don't push yourself.
**[05:56] Lutz**
You'll go down first.
**[05:58] Main**
I'll be fine! I'm not exerting myself...
**[06:01] Mark**
Then I'll bring her there.
**[06:04] Mark**
It seems she's once again
in the mood to be carried.
**[06:12] Main**
Sorry to make you do this again and again.
**[06:14] Mark**
Oh, it's nothing. Please don't worry about it.
**[06:17] Main**
*A month and a half later,*
**[06:19] Main**
* we had everything in place*
* to start making our paper.*
**[06:23] Main**
Blue skies! White clouds!
**[06:26] Main**
'Tis the perfect day to make paper, Lutz!
**[06:33] Main**
Lutz?
**[06:34] Main**
Are you okay?
**[06:36] Main**
Do you want me to carry the steamer?
**[06:38] Lutz**
Nah, you can't handle it.
**[06:48] Main**
Maybe you should take a break, Lutz.
**[06:51] Lutz**
Nah.
**[06:52] Lutz**
Once we start steaming, we'll have to sit
around and wait for a bell's time, right?
**[06:56] Lutz**
That can be my break.
**[07:00] Lutz**
Okay.
**[07:01] Lutz**
I'm gonna go chop some wood.
**[07:02] Lutz**
You watch the pot and rest up.
**[07:06] Main**
But you need the rest more than I do.
**[07:09] Lutz**
I can't have you falling sick
before we finish the paper.
**[07:13] Lutz**
You can pick up twigs or whatever around here,
but don't try to do too much.
**[07:17] Lutz**
And yell if anything goes wrong, okay?
**[07:21] Main**
Got it.
**[07:28] Main**
We're out of twigs.
**[07:30] Main**
Guess I'll go pick up some more.
**[07:39] Main**
What is that?
**[07:46] Main**
That is one red fruit.
**[07:48] Main**
Is it edible?
**[07:55] Main**
Ow, hot!
**[08:10] Main**
H-Huh? What's with this sprouty thing?
**[08:15] Main**
Lutz... Lutz!
**[08:17] Lutz**
What's wrong?
**[08:18] Main**
What is this?
**[08:20] Lutz**
Trombe!
**[08:22] Main**
Trombe? What's that?
**[08:25] Lutz**
I'll explain later!
**[08:27] Ralph**
What's the matter, Lutz?
**[08:29] Lutz**
We have a trombe!
**[08:32] Lutz**
You run away!
**[08:33] Main**
Okay.
**[08:48] Ralph**
See any more sprouting?
**[08:50] Kid**
There shouldn't be.
**[08:54] Main**
What the... What a weird plant.
**[08:59] Lutz**
Are you okay?
**[09:01] Main**
Yeah... Lutz, what was that?
**[09:05] Lutz**
A trombe.
**[09:07] Lutz**
If it's not weeded out as soon
as it starts sprouting,
**[09:09] Lutz**
it'll suck up all the nutrients
in the soil and grow in a flash.
**[09:13] Main**
So that's why it sprouted so quickly.
**[09:16] Lutz**
Yeah. It becomes a real danger
if it gets too big,
**[09:19] Lutz**
and the knight order
would have to be called in.
**[09:21] Main**
* They have a knight order?*
* Sounds like a fantasy world, all right.*
**[09:25] Lutz**
But that's weird.
**[09:27] Lutz**
It's not trombe season yet,
and it was growing really fast.
**[09:31] Lutz**
But it hasn't affected the soil here much.
**[09:35] Main**
Huh...
**[09:37] Lutz**
What? Don't you find it strange?
**[09:42] Main**
Well, I've never seen one before.
**[09:46] Lutz**
Right.
**[09:48] Lutz**
You only started coming to
the forest this spring.
**[09:54] Main**
I have an idea!
**[09:55] Main**
Why don't we try make paper
out of that trombe?
**[09:58] Main**
There's a bunch lying around, and you
chopped it down right after it sprouted,
**[10:02] Main**
so the fibers should still be soft.
**[10:06] Main**
*And so we started making the paper with trombe.*
**[10:13] Lutz**
Will this do for the steaming part?
**[10:16] Main**
Probably.
**[10:18] Main**
Let me try peeling the bark off.
**[10:26] Main**
Oh, wow!
**[10:28] Main**
It came off!
**[10:29] Main**
This might be the perfect
material for paper!
**[10:33] Lutz**
I'm surprised you can tell.
**[10:36] Lutz**
So, what next?
**[10:39] Main**
We stretch it out and let it dry.
**[10:42] Main**
When it's fully dried,
we wash it in the stream again.
**[10:45] Lutz**
Hey...
**[10:47] Main**
What?
**[10:50] Lutz**
Never mind. We'll talk about it
when we finish the paper.
**[10:55] Lutz**
You can never predict
when trombe will grow.
**[10:58] Lutz**
We'll have to try other plants as well.
**[11:02] Main**
*Is Lutz still suspicious of me?*
**[11:11] Main**
* The paper making process*
* continued to go smoothly,*
**[11:14] Main**
*but I couldn't tell what was on Lutz's mind.*
**[11:20] Main**
Today, we boil the dried bark!
**[11:24] Lutz**
We just have to let it boil for a bell, right?
**[11:26] Main**
Yeah, but we also need to stir it...
**[11:31] Main**
Gah! I just remembered
another thing we're missing!
**[11:35] Lutz**
What is it?
**[11:36] Main**
Lutz, make me two long sticks
to stir the pot.
***SIGN*** Basically...
**[11:41] Main**
Bamboo would be nice.
***SIGN*** Chopsticks
**[11:46] Lutz**
Will this do?
**[11:47] Main**
Yeah! Thanks, Lutz!
**[11:55] Lutz**
It's impressive that you can
hold them like that to stir the pot.
**[11:58] Main**
U-Uh... Yeah, aren't I cool?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:17] Main**
*Today's work involves*
**[12:19] Main**
*me removing any knots and bruises in the fiber*
**[12:23] Main**
*and Lutz beating the fiber down.*
**[12:26] Main**
* Once the edile fruit mixed in water*
* produces a sticky starch,*
**[12:31] Main**
*we mix the fiber in it,*
**[12:33] Main**
*completing the paper solution.*
**[12:36] Main**
We finally got to a stage I'm familiar with!
**[12:40] Main**
* You see, I made paper out of milk cartons*
* back when I was Urano.*
**[12:44] Lutz**
Are you really familiar with it?
**[12:46] Main**
I've done this before. I got this.
**[12:48] Lutz**
When and where?
**[12:52] Main**
I, uh... I-I...
**[12:53] Main**
It's a girly secret! No prying!
**[13:05] Lutz**
Why are you shaking it like that?
**[13:08] Main**
It balances out the thickness of the paper.
**[13:13] Lutz**
Huh. And you know that
because you've done it before?
**[13:22] Main**
*Lutz...*
**[13:24] Main**
*Please don't glare at me like that.*
**[13:28] Main**
*A few more days passed...*
**[13:31] Main**
*Everything went smoothly,*
**[13:33] Main**
*and we finished our first pieces of paper.*
**[13:39] Main**
It's paper.
**[13:40] Main**
It's actually paper.
**[13:43] Main**
We really did it.
**[13:47] Main**
It'll be dry by sunset.
**[13:50] Main**
Once it's dried, we have to
peel it off carefully so it doesn't tear,
**[13:53] Main**
and we'll be all done.
**[13:55] Lutz**
So it's as good as finished, right?
**[13:59] Lutz**
I said we'd talk when
we finished the paper, remember?
**[14:05] Main**
Do you want to do it out here
or inside the workshop?
**[14:09] Lutz**
Here is fine.
**[14:12] Main**
So, what did you want to talk about?
**[14:17] Lutz**
Tell me...
**[14:19] Lutz**
Who are you?
**[14:23] Lutz**
You know how to make paper,
and even said you'd done it before.
**[14:28] Lutz**
There's no way you're Main.
**[14:33] Main**
You're right.
**[14:36] Lutz**
Then if you're not her...
**[14:42] Lutz**
Where is the real Main? Give her back!
**[14:52] Main**
Okay.
**[14:54] Main**
I don't mind giving her back,
**[14:56] Main**
but it'd be better if I did it back home.
**[15:01] Lutz**
Why?
**[15:03] Main**
Because I'm pretty sure
only a corpse will remain after I'm gone.
**[15:11] Lutz**
Y... Wha... Wh... What are you saying?!
**[15:14] Lutz**
You mean she's gone forever?
**[15:18] Lutz**
She's never coming back?!
**[15:22] Main**
I think so.
**[15:31] Lutz**
Answer me this:
**[15:33] Lutz**
did you devour Main with your fever?
**[15:37] Main**
That's half-right and half-wrong.
**[15:41] Main**
I believe that the real Main
was consumed by her fever, too.
**[15:45] Main**
But I am not the cause of the fever.
**[15:49] Main**
Hell, it's eating away at me, too.
**[15:55] Lutz**
What does that mean?!
**[15:57] Lutz**
Isn't this all your doing?!
**[15:58] Lutz**
Didn't Main disappear because of you?!
**[16:01] Lutz**
Tell me I'm right!
**[16:04] Main**
You know...
**[16:07] Main**
It's not like I wanted to be Main!
**[16:11] Main**
I lived and died in a different world,
**[16:15] Main**
but suddenly I found that
I'd become some child!
**[16:18] Main**
If I had the choice, I'd never have
picked such a sickly body!
**[16:24] Lutz**
You didn't want to take Main's place?
**[16:31] Main**
Would *you* want to?
**[16:34] Main**
Her body is so frail, just walking a little
leaves it bedridden the next day.
**[16:45] Main**
Is that fever gonna eat you alive,
just like Main?
**[16:50] Main**
Yeah, probably.
**[16:54] Main**
So if you want me gone, just say so.
**[16:58] Main**
I'll go away anytime.
**[17:01] Lutz**
Why are you telling me that?
**[17:03] Main**
Because I would've been long gone
already if it wasn't for you.
**[17:09] Main**
I fell sick after Mom used
my wood tablets as firewood, remember?
**[17:16] Main**
At the time, I didn't mind if
the fever swallowed me whole.
**[17:21] Main**
Try as I might, I was never getting
my books, so I didn't care anymore.
**[17:27] Main**
But then...
**[17:29] Main**
I saw your face,
**[17:32] Main**
remembered the promise I made to you,
and came back to myself.
**[17:37] Lutz**
What promise?
**[17:39] Main**
To introduce you to Otto.
**[17:43] Lutz**
Oh, but that was...
**[17:44] Main**
We met Otto and Benno,
so I fulfilled my promise.
**[17:48] Main**
I even managed to make paper.
**[17:50] Main**
I do still want to complete a book,
**[17:54] Main**
but if you want me gone, I'm okay with that.
**[17:59] Lutz**
That's just absurd!
**[18:02] Lutz**
Since when have you been Main?
**[18:06] Main**
What do you think?
**[18:08] Main**
When do you think I stopped
being the Main you knew?
**[18:13] Lutz**
Why, you...
**[18:22] Lutz**
Was it when you started wearing that thing?
**[18:27] Main**
Yeah, that's correct.
**[18:32] Lutz**
That's almost an entire year ago!
**[18:36] Lutz**
The family hasn't realized?
**[18:40] Main**
They have noticed that I'm weird,
**[18:43] Main**
but I don't think they've ever considered
that I might not be Main.
**[18:46] Main**
Besides, Dad was saying he was happy
just seeing how active I'd become.
**[18:55] Lutz**
I see.
**[19:03] Main**
Lutz?
**[19:05] Lutz**
I don't think it's my place to decide.
It should be Main's family.
**[19:11] Main**
Are you saying things
can stay like this for now?
**[19:14] Main**
And you're okay with that?
**[19:15] Lutz**
Again, it's not my place to decide!
**[19:21] Main**
Are you sure you don't want me gone?
**[19:24] Main**
I'm not the real Main, you know?
**[19:34] Lutz**
It's fine.
**[19:36] Lutz**
It's not like Main will come back
once you're gone.
**[19:40] Lutz**
Besides, if it's been you for an entire year,
**[19:44] Lutz**
most of my memories with "Main"
are actually of you.
**[19:58] Lutz**
So... You can still be Main to me.
**[20:06] Main**
* Lutz's words made everything*
* fall into place deep inside of me.*
**[20:12] Main**
*It may have only been a tiny piece,*
**[20:16] Main**
* but it was the final piece of the puzzle*
* that is my life here.*
**[20:24] Main**
*And as the river grew colder,*
**[20:26] Main**
*and paper-making became that much harder...*
**[20:29] Main**
Mister Benno, we've brought
prototypes of the paper.
**[20:33] Benno**
Oh?
**[20:34] Main**
We've made three samples of varying
thickness each from two plants.
**[20:39] Benno**
Let me see for myself how good it is.
**[20:47] Benno**
Wow, it works.
**[20:50] Benno**
It's easier to write on than parchment,
but it does blot the ink a little.
**[20:53] Benno**
It's not that big a problem, I suppose...
**[20:56] Main**
So, do we pass?
**[20:58] Main**
Can Lutz be your apprentice?
**[21:03] Benno**
You pass.
**[21:06] Main**
Yay!
**[21:08] Main**
We did it, Lutz!
**[21:10] Lutz**
Yeah!
**[21:11] Benno**
This one is higher quality.
**[21:14] Main**
We made those from trombe.
**[21:16] Benno**
What? Trombe?!
**[21:19] Main**
Hmm... It'd be nice if we could
mass-produce paper from it.
**[21:23] Lutz**
No way! Not with something that dangerous!
**[21:26] Benno**
Do you want to turn the forest
into a wasteland?!
**[21:29] Main**
Huh? We can't use it?
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Guild Master's Granddaughter
**[23:09] Main**
How do you like that, Head Priest?
**[23:11] Main**
I went and finished my paper!
**[23:14] Ferdinand**
Good. Now you can finally
start making books.
**[23:18] Main**
U-Uh, no. There's a lot left to do yet.
**[23:22] Main**
Apparently, you need some kind
of license to sell paper.
**[23:26] Main**
And the next step in the book-making
process will need even more capital...
**[23:31] Ferdinand**
I see you still have a long, long way to go.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Hachikawa Kyu
# E9 - The Guild Master's Granddaughter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6KE09E96/the-guild-masters-granddaughter)
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* The bond between Lutz and Main grew deeper*
* as he accepted her for who she was.*
**[00:07] Ferdinand**
*They went on to complete their paper*
**[00:09] Ferdinand**
*and received a passing grade from Benno.*
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
* Now, the two of them are faced*
* with new encounters...*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Nine The Guild Master's Granddaughter
**[01:59] Lutz**
Wow! I've never seen so much
money in one place before!
**[02:03] Main**
Uh, I've never bought anything myself,
**[02:07] Main**
so I can't tell what's worth how much.
**[02:10] Benno**
What? Are you kidding me?
**[02:12] Lutz**
She collapses at the drop of a hat,
so she's never sent on errands.
**[02:19] Benno**
Mark, teach her the various
denominations of currency.
**[02:23] Mark**
Certainly, Master.
**[02:26] Mark**
One small bronze coin is worth 10 lyon.
***SIGN*** Small Bronze Coin
***SIGN*** 10 lyon
**[02:28] Mark**
Ten small bronzes are 100 lyon,
equal to one medium bronze coin.
***SIGN*** Small Bronze Coin Medium Bronze Coin
***SIGN*** 10 lyon 100 lyon
**[02:33] Mark**
And ten medium bronzes are 1,000 lyon,
equal to one large bronze coin.
***SIGN*** Medium Bronze Coin Large Bronze Coin
***SIGN*** 100 lyon 1,000 lyon
**[02:37] Main**
I see.
**[02:39] Main**
Then ten large bronzes are
10,000 lyon, which is...
***SIGN*** Large Bronze Coin
***SIGN*** 1,000 lyon 10,000 lyon
**[02:43] Mark**
One small silver coin.
***SIGN*** Small Bronze Coin = 10 lyon Medium Bronze Coin = 100 lyon Large Bronze Coin = 1,000 lyon Small Silver Coin = 10,000 lyon Big Silver Coin = 100,000 lyon Small Gold Coin = 1,000,000 lyon Big Gold Coin = 10,000,000 lyon
**[02:45] Main**
Ten small silvers are 100,000 lyon,
equal to one large silver coin.
**[02:49] Main**
Ten large silvers are 1 million,
equal to one small gold coin.
**[02:53] Main**
Ten small golds are 10 million,
equal to one large gold coin.
**[02:57] Mark**
Correct. Very well done.
**[02:59] Benno**
Now, let's discuss the payment
for the paper prototype.
**[03:04] Benno**
Your share is one small silver
and eight large bronzes each.
**[03:11] Lutz**
This is money *we* earned, right?
**[03:14] Main**
It doesn't feel real, huh?
**[03:16] Benno**
When spring comes, we'll
mass-produce the paper.
**[03:19] Benno**
You'll be able to make a
small gold coin in no time.
**[03:23] Main**
Speaking of making money...
**[03:26] Main**
Would this make a decent product?
**[03:32] Benno**
You were involved in that as well?
**[03:35] Benno**
N-Nothing. Do you make these
all by yourself, lass?
**[03:44] Main**
* "I come up with creations,*
* and Lutz makes them," so...*
**[03:48] Main**
No. I make the decorations,
and Lutz makes the pin.
**[03:53] Main**
Right?
**[03:54] Lutz**
Huh? Y-Yeah...
**[03:56] Main**
We're planning on making
that our winter handiwork.
**[04:00] Benno**
Sounds good.
**[04:02] Benno**
Now, a question:
**[04:04] Benno**
Do you two have the time and
energy to go somewhere?
**[04:11] Benno**
This is the Merchant Guild.
**[04:14] Main**
Merchant Guild, you say?
**[04:16] Benno**
Anybody who does any kind of business
must register themselves with the Guild.
**[04:21] Benno**
Unless you do, you can't sell
paper or even scraps of it.
**[04:25] Benno**
If you do business without registering,
you'll be punished severely.
**[04:31] Benno**
The three of us are going upstairs.
**[04:33] Man**
Your card, please.
**[04:47] Main**
The gate vanished!
**[04:49] Main**
Is that a magical item, too?
**[04:52] Benno**
Yes. This place has links to nobility.
**[04:56] Benno**
I hope your registration goes smoothly...
**[05:03] Man**
A carpenter's son, and a soldier's daughter?
**[05:06] Man**
Please take a seat and wait.
**[05:11] Main**
A bookshelf!
**[05:13] Benno**
Bookshelf? That's a file cabinet.
**[05:15] Benno**
It only has scrolls and wooden plaques.
**[05:19] Main**
You don't call everything
with writing a book?
**[05:22] Main**
Even plaques and scrolls?
**[05:24] Benno**
Of course not!
**[05:25] Benno**
Books are smartly bound,
highly valuable items.
**[05:30] Main**
*Not that I care, as long as I can read!*
**[05:38] Benno**
I should've seen it coming!
**[05:39] Benno**
Knowing that old fart, he's going to
find something to complain about!
**[05:44] Main**
"Old fart"?
**[05:48] Main**
*Mercantile law, noble almanacs, and...*
**[05:51] Main**
*What's that?*
**[05:54] Main**
A map!
**[05:58] Benno**
This is Ehrenfest.
**[06:00] Main**
Ehrenfest?
**[06:02] Benno**
Yeah.
**[06:03] Benno**
Towns are named after their lords.
**[06:06] Main**
Where does the lord live?
**[06:09] Benno**
In the noble quarters to the north.
**[06:11] Benno**
To the east is the highway, and you'll
find a lot of travelers there.
**[06:15] Benno**
The south has farming villages,
the forest, and a small town.
**[06:19] Benno**
The river lies to the west.
**[06:20] Benno**
Cross it, and you'll reach
the neighboring domain.
**[06:23] Benno**
The two lords are friends,
so it's a busy route.
**[06:28] Benno**
You'll eventually go there
to stock up as well.
**[06:31] Lutz**
Really?
**[06:32] Benno**
Yes, if we can get you registered.
**[06:35] Main**
Is it that difficult to get registered?
**[06:39] Man**
Mister Benno, the guild master
would like to see you.
**[06:44] Benno**
Let's go.
**[06:46] Guild Master**
Thank you for coming.
**[06:48] Main**
*So that's the "old fart."*
**[06:51] Guild Master**
Let's get right down to business, Benno.
**[06:55] Guild Master**
Temporary registrations are for unbaptized
children to help their family business.
**[07:03] Guild Master**
I can't permit them for kids
who aren't related to you.
**[07:09] Benno**
There's a first time for everything.
**[07:11] Benno**
What if I say it's for a clear objective?
**[07:14] Guild Master**
What do you mean?
**[07:17] Benno**
You'll change your tune once you find out
what these two have up their sleeves.
**[07:22] Guild Master**
What could these kids have?
**[07:24] Benno**
You'll see. Main, show our
Guild Master the thing.
**[07:30] Main**
Here you are.
**[07:32] Guild Master**
I-Is that...
**[07:33] Guild Master**
Is that your product?!
**[07:35] Benno**
Weren't you looking for a hair
ornament a lot like this?
**[07:42] Main**
* Oh? I'm starting to see*
* the big picture here.*
**[07:45] Man**
Did you say that hair ornament?
**[07:47] Guild Master**
That's the next big thing!
Find out who made it!
**[07:50] Benno**
If this is indeed what you're looking for,
**[07:52] Benno**
they plan to make more as part
of their winter handiwork.
**[07:56] Benno**
But since they aren't being
allowed temporary registrations,
**[07:59] Benno**
they regrettably can't sell them,
even if they do make more.
**[08:03] Benno**
What a crying shame, truly!
**[08:09] Guild Master**
I approve their temporary registration.
**[08:14] Benno**
Thank you very much.
**[08:17] Main**
* And so, Lutz and I were*
* issued IDs—guild cards.*
**[08:39] Guild Master**
Let me introduce myself.
I'm Gustav, the guild master.
**[08:45] Guild Master**
My granddaughter Freida will
be baptized in the winter.
**[08:49] Guild Master**
I would like the ornament
before the ceremony.
**[08:52] Guild Master**
How does this sound?
**[08:54] Benno**
There's only a month left until
the winter baptism ceremony.
**[08:58] Benno**
We can prioritize your order,
but it will cost you.
**[09:04] Guild Master**
This is as high as I can go!
**[09:07] Benno**
Thank you for your business!
**[09:09] Guild Master**
Then we have a deal.
**[09:12] Guild Master**
Make another like the one you showed
me earlier before the ceremony.
**[09:16] Main**
Don't you want it styled to
her hair color or her outfit?
**[09:21] Guild Master**
I don't want her to find out about it.
**[09:24] Main**
* Oh boy. Not one of those*
* unpleasant surprises.*
**[09:27] Main**
Wouldn't your granddaughter be troubled if she'd
already planned to wear something different?
**[09:33] Main**
If you're giving her a gift,
**[09:36] Main**
you'd want to see her smile
rather than frown, right?
**[09:40] Main**
Besides, she'd wear it more lovingly if
it were made with her opinions in mind.
**[09:47] Guild Master**
Main, was it?
**[09:49] Guild Master**
Why don't you work for me?
**[09:52] Benno**
Rejected!
**[09:54] Guild Master**
My store is bigger than Benno's,
and you'll be paid better.
**[09:57] Main**
Mister Benno has helped me so much,
I could never fully repay him.
**[10:01] Guild Master**
I'll repay him for you.
**[10:03] Main**
U-Uh...
**[10:05] Benno**
Main! Tell him in no unclear
terms that you refuse!
**[10:09] Main**
I-I'm afraid I must refuse.
**[10:11] Guild Master**
I see.
**[10:13] Guild Master**
Of course you couldn't speak your
mind next to such a scary escort.
**[10:21] Main**
* After that, we made plans to meet with*
* the guild master's granddaughter,*
**[10:25] Main**
*and then returned to the store.*
**[10:28] Mark**
Welcome back.
**[10:30] Benno**
That old fart jumped on the hair ornament,
so I took his order for this much.
**[10:35] Main**
Oh, what was that all about?
**[10:38] Mark**
It means four small silvers.
**[10:40] Lutz & Main**
What? Four small silvers?!
**[10:43] Main**
That's daylight robbery!
**[10:45] Benno**
If you can make money, make as much of it
whenever, wherever, and however you can.
**[10:51] Main**
But...
**[10:52] Benno**
You should study up on the value of things.
**[10:54] Benno**
All of your creations are luxury items.
**[10:58] Benno**
If you don't understand how they're priced,
**[11:01] Benno**
you'll turn the market upside down.
**[11:06] Main**
* Before leaving, Lutz and I decided to take*
* a portion of the prototype money—*
**[11:10] Main**
* the small silver coin—and deposit*
* it with the Merchant Guild.*
**[11:13] Main**
* The Guild also functions*
* as a bank, apparently.*
**[11:18] Benno**
You go to war tomorrow.
**[11:21] Benno**
Stay on your toes.
**[11:22] Main**
We're just going to see a girl, you know?
**[11:24] Benno**
I've heard that Freida takes after the old
fart the most among his grandchildren.
**[11:29] Lutz**
If she tries to recruit Main like he
did today, prevent it at all costs.
**[11:33] Lutz**
Got that, Lutz?
**[11:34] Lutz**
Gotcha.
**[11:35] Main**
You don't have to be so wary.
**[11:39] Main**
See you tomorrow, then.
**[11:43] Main**
* As Urano, I always looked forward to*
* repaying my folks with my first salary.*
**[11:50] Tuuli**
What? How did you get this money, Main?
**[11:53] Main**
We finished our paper,
so we had Benno buy it.
**[11:57] Main**
We have to stock up for winter
soon, right? Use this money.
**[12:00] Eva**
This is amazing, Main.
**[12:02] Tuuli**
You must've worked so hard.
**[12:03] Main**
Lutz and I made it together.
**[12:06] Eva**
Come to think of it, you two
have been up to something.
**[12:09] Tuuli**
Attagirl, Main!
**[12:12] Gunther**
I'm not sure I follow, but I'm
proud of you anyway, Main!
**[12:15] Main**
That hurts, Dad.
**[12:17] Main**
Dad and Mom were over the moon.
**[12:21] Main**
How about your folks?
**[12:23] Lutz**
They were happy I made money,
**[12:26] Lutz**
but when I told my dad
I made paper and sold it,
**[12:30] Lutz**
he started ranting about how I
should be a paper craftsman.
**[12:33] Main**
Oh...
**[12:35] Lutz**
But I wanna work a job where I'll
get the chance to leave this town.
**[12:39] Lutz**
You wanna hurry up and
make a book too, right?
**[12:42] Main**
Yeah. When that's done,
the next goal is a bookstore.
**[12:46] Main**
That's a long ways away, though.
**[12:49] Lutz**
I don't mind selling books with you, Main.
**[12:53] Lutz**
It hit me while looking
at that map yesterday.
**[12:56] Lutz**
Booksellers can sell their wares
to nobility across the lands.
**[12:59] Lutz**
Doesn't that sound great?
**[13:03] Main**
It certainly doesn't sound bad.
**[13:04] Freida**
Would you be Main?
**[13:06] Main**
Oh, yes.
**[13:12] Freida**
I'm Freida.
**[13:15] Freida**
Pleasure to meet you.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:27] Freida**
I could tell immediately from your hairpin.
**[13:32] Freida**
It was the perfect identifier.
**[13:34] Lutz**
I-It's nice to see you.
**[13:37] Freida**
Allow me to show you to my home.
**[13:40] Main**
* This girl exudes "well-bred rich girl"*
* from every pore of her skin.*
**[13:45] Main**
* Looks like Benno's fears that she takes*
* after her grandfather were unfounded.*
**[13:50] Freida**
We're here.
**[13:54] Main**
The Ottmar Company?
**[13:56] Lutz**
So this is the guild master's store.
**[14:02] Main**
*He's gotta be really loaded.*
**[14:07] Freida**
Let us get right to it, then.
**[14:09] Main**
Sure.
**[14:11] Main**
Miss Freida, here's a sample of the
hair ornament the guild master ordered.
**[14:16] Freida**
Oh my! This is it!
**[14:20] Freida**
You see, I've always loved
watching the baptism day parade.
**[14:29] Freida**
And this summer,
**[14:31] Freida**
this hair ornament stood
out from everything else.
**[14:36] Freida**
So I begged Grandfather
to get me one for myself!
**[14:38] Freida**
I'll bring out the outfit right away.
**[14:41] Main**
*So then, we sat down*
**[14:43] Main**
* and picked out a color for the*
* ornament that'd suit the outfit.*
**[14:47] Main**
* She also gave me some of the*
* thread used in the outfit.*
**[14:52] Main**
*But we did run into a snag.*
**[14:55] Main**
If you're going to wear your hair like this
on the day, you'll need two ornaments.
**[14:59] Freida**
Oh, I suppose I'll have to double your pay.
**[15:03] Main**
No. You gave me thread to use as material,
**[15:06] Main**
so it's fine as is.
**[15:09] Freida**
That won't do. I'll pay for two.
**[15:13] Main**
Oh, you don't have to.
**[15:16] Freida**
But I will.
**[15:17] Main**
You really don't have to.
**[15:19] Freida**
No, let me!
**[15:21] Lutz**
Then why not make the second one half-price?
**[15:24] Lutz**
Main wants to give a discount
in return for the thread.
**[15:27] Lutz**
Freida wants to pay for the two ornaments.
**[15:30] Lutz**
Then let's split it down the middle
and make the second one half-price.
**[15:34] Main**
You're a genius, Lutz!
**[15:36] Main**
Is that acceptable, Miss Freida?
**[15:38] Freida**
I don't mind, but...
**[15:41] Freida**
If you can make money, make as much of it
whenever, wherever, and however you can.
**[15:47] Freida**
Isn't that what business is all about?
**[15:50] Main**
* Huh? Is she more than just*
* an innocent rich girl?*
**[16:00] Freida**
It's colde water.
**[16:02] Freida**
A drink made by mixing colde juice
with honey and diluting it with water.
**[16:06] Main**
*Oh, the fruit that looks like raspberries?*
**[16:12] Main**
So sweet!
**[16:13] Lutz**
Yeah! It's so sweet and nice!
**[16:16] Main**
Did you make this, Miss Freida?
**[16:18] Freida**
No, our cook did.
**[16:21] Main**
I guess you never need to cook, then.
**[16:24] Main**
How do you spend your time usually?
**[16:28] Freida**
My favorite pastime?
**[16:30] Freida**
Counting money, I guess?
**[16:34] Main**
Excuse me?
**[16:35] Freida**
Not just counting it, but piling it up, too!
**[16:38] Freida**
It gives me great joy to feel its
pleasant weight fill up a bag.
**[16:42] Freida**
And isn't the sound of coins scraping
together the most delightful thing?
**[16:45] Main**
M-My piggy bank growing heavier
used to make me happy, too.
**[16:51] Freida**
You understand my hobby?!
**[16:54] Freida**
Say, Main! Why don't you work for me?!
**[16:57] Lutz**
No!
**[16:58] Freida**
Our store is bigger than Mister
Benno's, and the pay will be better.
**[17:02] Main**
Mister Benno has helped me so much,
I could never fully repay him.
**[17:06] Freida**
I can repay him for you!
**[17:09] Lutz**
Main, turn her down in no unclear terms!
**[17:11] Main**
* I'm getting déjà vu... I had this*
* same conversation yesterday!*
**[17:16] Freida**
You haven't been baptized, meaning you're
not officially his apprentice yet.
**[17:21] Freida**
So join me. You love sweet things, don't you?
**[17:24] Main**
I do...
**[17:25] Main**
I-I must respectfully decline!
**[17:28] Freida**
That's too bad.
**[17:30] Freida**
But we'll see each other often at the Guild.
**[17:34] Freida**
I can hardly wait.
**[17:36] Main**
Right...
**[17:39] Benno**
What? You made the second one half-price?
**[17:42] Benno**
Are you stupid?!
**[17:44] Benno**
What if people now start demanding
the second one be free?!
**[17:49] Benno**
And I told you,
**[17:50] Main**
*When we got back to the store,*
**[17:50] Benno**
"If you can make money, make as much of it
whenever, wherever, and however you can!"
**[17:52] Main**
*Benno gave us a real earful.*
**[17:55] Benno**
Well, whatever. As long as you
charged for the second one.
**[17:59] Benno**
So, how was the old fart's granddaughter?
**[18:03] Main**
She's a cut above even the guild master.
**[18:06] Lutz**
I thought she was kinda like Main.
**[18:08] Main**
What? In what way?!
**[18:09] Lutz**
The way she looks when
she's talking about money
**[18:12] Lutz**
is just how you look when
you're talking about books.
**[18:16] Lutz**
And you two are the same in terms of
being cute but also total weirdos.
**[18:25] Main**
*One month later...*
**[18:28] Freida**
My, how wonderful!
**[18:30] Freida**
May I try them on?
**[18:32] Guild Master**
Of course.
**[18:34] Main**
Allow me.
**[18:36] Freida**
B-But...
**[18:41] Main**
All done.
**[18:44] Freida**
How do I look?
**[18:46] Guild Master**
Oh, very pretty, Freida.
**[18:49] Guild Master**
You look like a flower fairy right now.
**[18:51] Main**
It suits you very well, Miss Freida.
**[18:54] Freida**
Thank you, Main!
**[18:59] Main**
* The guild master and Benno left*
* the room to discuss business.*
**[19:04] Main**
*Miss Freida paid for the ornaments herself.*
**[19:08] Main**
Well, our job here is done.
**[19:10] Main**
Thank you very much, Miss Freida.
**[19:12] Freida**
Main! We're friends now, so call me Freida!
**[19:18] Main**
F-Friends?
**[19:21] Freida**
I have to say, you've come up
with a truly intriguing concept.
**[19:25] Main**
What do you mean?
**[19:28] Freida**
Well, we have cloth embroidered
with thread to give it depth,
**[19:32] Freida**
but nothing like these flowers—made out
of thread alone, yet jumping out at you.
**[19:36] Freida**
This could be revolutionary.
**[19:39] Main**
*So this is what Benno was talking about.*
**[19:42] Main**
*I may have just made a huge mistake.*
**[19:47] Lutz**
Main, we should leave.
**[19:50] Main**
Oh, I'm frail and fall ill often.
**[19:54] Main**
Lutz is monitoring my condition for me.
**[19:58] Freida**
Huh?
**[19:59] Freida**
Main, do you have the Devouring?
**[20:02] Main**
The what?
**[20:04] Freida**
The Devouring. It feels like you have a
fever inside that's eating away at you.
**[20:09] Main**
You know about my illness?
**[20:12] Freida**
I do, because I have it as well.
**[20:17] Freida**
See how tiny I am?
**[20:20] Freida**
I was thinking you were
pretty small yourself.
**[20:23] Main**
How can it be cured?
**[20:26] Freida**
The Devouring...
**[20:29] Freida**
can't be cured.
**[20:33] Freida**
Because it's not a disease, exactly.
**[20:36] Freida**
You can control the fever,
but it costs a lot of money.
**[20:42] Main**
Money...
**[20:44] Freida**
The Devouring won't do anything,
as long as you're motivated.
**[20:49] Freida**
But remember that it'll come back to bite
you if you're ever aimless or lose heart.
**[20:56] Main**
Is that so?
**[20:58] Main**
Thank you very much for that
information, Miss Freida.
**[21:02] Freida**
Main.
**[21:03] Freida**
You really should come work for me.
**[21:08] Freida**
We'll make lots of money while
figuring out interesting products.
**[21:12] Freida**
Doesn't it sound fun?
**[21:16] Main**
Oh, Miss Freida.
**[21:18] Freida**
That's Freida to you!
**[21:21] Main**
Freida.
**[21:21] Main**
***SIGN*** Next Chapter To the Second Winter
**[23:08] Ferdinand**
So you've finally learned
that you have the Devouring.
**[23:11] Main**
I have! And when I was told that I'd
be fine as long as I was motivated,
**[23:16] Main**
I felt like I'd become a
type of migratory fish.
**[23:20] Ferdinand**
Mygreatory fish? What does that mean?
**[23:22] Main**
A fish that dies if it doesn't keep swimming.
**[23:25] Ferdinand**
I've never heard of any such fish.
**[23:27] Ferdinand**
I would love to see one.
**[23:29] Main**
Forget about the fish and
worry about me, Head Priest!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Akira Rio
# E10 - To the Second Winter
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* A hair ornament sale expanded*
* Main's world some more.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
* Meanwhile, the Devouring was*
* threatening to ravage her body.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Ten To the Second Winter
**[01:53] Main**
* A year has passed since*
* I came to this world.*
**[01:56] Main**
*It's pork stocking day again.*
**[01:59] Main**
*Soon, my second winter here will arrive.*
**[02:04] Main**
Three days, huh?
**[02:06] Main**
I haven't been bedridden
for this long in a while.
**[02:10] Main**
I thought I'd been getting better
lately, but here we are.
**[02:18] Main**
*Stay away, Devouring Fever!*
**[02:21] Main**
Stuff it in a box, shut the lid on it,
**[02:26] Main**
and we're good!
**[02:29] Main**
It's so strange.
**[02:30] Main**
A little anxiety was all
it took for it to return.
**(Flashback) [02:33] Ferdinand**
The Devouring won't do anything,
as long as you're motivated.
**[02:39] Main**
That's right. I should distract
myself with fun things.
**[02:44] Main**
Benno told me to go through
this. I wonder what it's about.
**[02:50] All**
We're home!
**[02:52] Tuuli**
Look, Main!
**[02:54] Main**
Oh, bacon!
**[02:56] Tuuli**
I'll make you some soup right away.
**[02:58] Main**
Thanks, Tuuli.
**[03:00] Lutz**
Hey, Main.
**[03:01] Main**
Lutz?
**[03:03] Lutz**
Tuuli told me your fever's gone down,
so I stopped by to see how you're doing.
**[03:07] Lutz**
You missed out on pork stocking again, huh?
**[03:12] Main**
*Actually, I'm rather glad I did.*
**[03:15] Lutz**
I got worried cause your fever
lasted so long this time.
**[03:17] Main**
It's gone now, so relax.
**[03:21] Lutz**
I don't know anything about this
"devouring" thing Freida mentioned,
**[03:25] Lutz**
so I'm not sure I did a good job
monitoring your condition.
**[03:29] Main**
Nah, you were perfect.
**[03:32] Main**
It's thanks to you that I've
stopped collapsing in public.
**[03:35] Lutz**
Glad to hear it.
**[03:37] Main**
I can go to the store tomorrow.
**[03:39] Main**
By the way, take a look.
**[03:44] Benno**
One...
***SIGN*** One: Smarten up your appearance and learn how to greet people
**[03:46] Benno**
Smarten up your appearance and
learn how to greet people.
**[03:49] Benno**
Two...
**[03:50] Benno**
Learn how to read and write all
the basic words and numbers.
***SIGN*** Two: Learn how to read and write all the basic words and numbers
**[03:53] Benno**
Three...
***SIGN*** Three: Learn how to use a calculator
**[03:54] Benno**
Learn how to use a calculator.
**[03:57] Main**
It's the training process
for new apprentices.
**[04:00] Benno**
Listen up! Get this done over the winter!
**[04:03] Lutz**
All of this over the winter?
**[04:06] Lutz**
No way!
**[04:08] Main**
The biggest issue is the appearance part.
**[04:14] Benno**
Is your fever gone?
**[04:16] Main**
Yes. Sorry I caused you trouble.
**[04:21] Main**
Thank you for giving me this.
**[04:23] Main**
It says to smarten up our appearance,
but what exactly are you looking for?
**[04:27] Benno**
For starters, you'll need
work clothes and shoes.
**[04:32] Benno**
Ten small silvers should get
you to passable levels.
**[04:35] Lutz**
Ten small silvers? I don't
have that kind of money!
**[04:39] Main**
Remember those silvers we
deposited with the Guild?
**[04:43] Main**
We can just use those.
**[04:45] Lutz**
Oh, we did that for times like these?
**[04:48] Main**
And as capital for when we
start making something new.
**[04:52] Main**
Remember when we were stuck needing nails?
**[04:54] Benno**
Basically, you need money for
anything and everything.
**[04:58] Lutz**
I see.
**[04:59] Lutz**
I always thought you should
take all your earnings home,
**[05:03] Lutz**
so I felt guilty toward my folks.
**[05:05] Main**
It's not a bad thing to save up
money you made for yourself.
**[05:12] Lutz**
Man, I feel better now.
**[05:14] Lutz**
Thanks, Main.
**[05:16] Benno**
That takes care of the appearance issue.
**[05:19] Benno**
Next... Lutz, you need
to learn some manners.
**[05:22] Benno**
You can't serve customers
talking like you do now.
**[05:26] Main**
For starters,
**[05:27] Main**
it'd be nice if you could add "please"
and "thank you" to your sentences.
**[05:32] Main**
If you could, please.
**[05:35] Lutz**
Oh, uh, I guess I can do that...
**[05:37] Lutz**
Please!
**[05:42] Main**
Come on, Mister Benno...
**[05:44] Benno**
I don't know how much you can
improve over the winter,
**[05:47] Benno**
but give it your best shot.
**[05:49] Benno**
By the way, we've run into a problem
with the Simple All-In-One Shampoo.
**[05:54] Main**
What happened?
**[05:55] Benno**
I'm having a workshop make it for me,
**[05:58] Benno**
but they're not getting the same results
despite following your instructions.
**[06:02] Benno**
Would you have any idea why?
**[06:04] Main**
I mean, it's as simple as crushing
the fruit and extracting the oil.
**[06:08] Benno**
I can't sell it like this.
**[06:10] Benno**
And that would violate the contract magic.
**[06:14] Main**
What happens when the
contract magic is violated?
**[06:18] Benno**
In the worst case, it could
threaten our very lives.
**[06:22] Main**
Why didn't you tell me that?!
**[06:25] Main**
* And so we made our way to*
* the workshop at once.*
**[06:43] Main**
Oh, I get it now.
**[06:45] Benno**
What was it?
**[06:46] Man**
What was the problem?
**[06:48] Main**
The cloth you're using to wring the oil out.
**[06:50] Benno**
The cloth?
**[06:52] Main**
You're using a nice smooth cloth
here, which has tiny pores by nature.
***SIGN*** Smooth
***SIGN*** Rough
**[06:57] Main**
But the cheap rough cloth
back home is way more porous.
**[07:01] Main**
Wringing the fruit with it leaves fruit
fiber and seed pieces in the oil.
**[07:07] Main**
Those play a crucial role in removing
the impurities in your hair.
**[07:11] Man**
I see. We need rougher cloth, huh?
**[07:14] Man**
That means we can't use everything
we extracted so far.
**[07:18] Main**
Of course we can. Not using
them would be a huge waste.
**[07:22] Main**
You just need to make them scrubs...
I mean, put in abrasives.
**[07:27] Main**
If you select the ingredients carefully,
you'll be able to make high quality stuff.
**[07:31] Man**
Wow, missy. You know a lot.
**[07:39] Benno**
And she probably knows a lot
more than she's letting on.
**[07:42] Main**
* Crap! If this keeps up, it'll be the*
* Lutz situation all over again!*
**[07:47] Benno**
Main.
**[07:48] Main**
*I absolutely can't say any more!*
**[07:52] Main**
Any more information will cost you.
**[07:54] Main**
I'm not giving it out for free.
**[07:56] Benno**
Very well.
**[07:58] Benno**
Mind if we borrow your meeting room?
**[08:00] Man**
S-Sure, go ahead.
**[08:02] Main**
Huh? Wai...
**[08:05] Lutz**
Main!
**[08:06] Main**
Hey!
**[08:06] Benno**
We're just going to talk.
**[08:07] Benno**
Everyone stay away.
**[08:12] Benno**
Two small golds.
**[08:14] Main**
Excuse me?
**[08:17] Benno**
I'll pay you two small golds.
**[08:19] Benno**
Give me information: any improvements,
substitute ingredients,
**[08:22] Benno**
and everything else you can think of.
**[08:25] Main**
Two small golds?
**[08:27] Main**
Three small golds.
**[08:29] Benno**
Three small golds?
**[08:31] Main**
"If you can make money, make as much of it
whenever, wherever, and however you can."
**[08:36] Main**
Isn't that right?
**[08:39] Benno**
Three small golds, was it?
That's as high as I can go.
**[08:43] Main**
W-Wait a minute!
**[08:45] Benno**
Just take it and save it.
**[08:47] Benno**
Money is the only thing that can
stave off your Devouring.
**[08:52] Main**
How did you know?
**[08:54] Benno**
I always considered the possibility,
**[08:57] Benno**
but the old fart confirmed it the other day.
**[08:59] Benno**
He said Freida told him
you had the Devouring.
**[09:04] Benno**
She's survived because she's rich
and has ties with nobility.
**[09:08] Benno**
All I can do for you is
pay for your information.
**[09:13] Main**
Mister Benno...
**[09:16] Benno**
Sit down.
**[09:20] Benno**
Even if you have to sell everything
you know, do it and save up money
**[09:23] Benno**
for when the time comes.
**[09:25] Main**
What do you mean?
**[09:29] Benno**
When your fever can't be suppressed anymore.
**[09:35] Main**
* I thought the fever had*
* grown more active lately.*
**[09:39] Main**
*So I wasn't just imagining it.*
**[09:44] Main**
*It took so much to get this far...*
**[09:48] Main**
*I don't wanna die yet.*
**[09:51] Main**
*I want to...*
**[09:54] Main**
*No, I will survive!*
**[09:56] Main**
I understand. I'll take
the three small golds.
**[10:04] Main**
* I sold the methods to improve the*
* Simple All-In-One Shampoo to Benno,*
**[10:08] Main**
*including how salt can act as an abrasive,*
**[10:11] Main**
* and how citrus makes it easier*
* to remove impurities.*
**[10:17] Benno**
Hmm... Did you try all of this out?
**[10:20] Main**
No, I couldn't. The ingredients
are too valuable for my family.
**[10:26] Benno**
You couldn't try them,
and yet you know they work?
**[10:32] Benno**
Just who are you?
**[10:43] Main**
That's a secret.
**[10:45] Main**
No amount of small golds
will get me to talk.
**[10:50] Main**
I was ready for this when I decided
to give you all that information.
**[10:54] Main**
But...
**[10:57] Main**
Will you give me the boot because
you find a child like me creepy?
**[11:11] Benno**
Nah. Since you're so profitable,
**[11:13] Benno**
I'll try even harder to ensure nobody
else gets their hands on you.
**[11:18] Benno**
I'm a businessman, after all.
**[11:21] Main**
Mister Benno...
**[11:31] Benno**
Oh, also, Simple All-In-One Shampoo
is too long and complicated.
**[11:36] Benno**
Can we call it AIO Shampoo instead?
**[11:38] Main**
Sure, but is that really
the best you've got?
**[11:44] Benno**
How about SimSham, then?
**[11:48] Main**
AIO Shampoo is fine.
**[11:50] Benno**
We're going to make and sell loads
of AIO Shampoo and hair ornaments!
**[11:56] Main**
You've got it!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:09] Tuuli**
What? More hair ornaments to make?
**[12:11] Main**
Yeah.
**[12:13] Main**
People heard about Freida's and
ordered some for themselves.
**[12:17] Tuuli**
So you're asking us to move
our winter handiwork up?
**[12:22] Eva**
This is such a busy time, too.
**[12:25] Main**
That's why I got us an advance!
**[12:28] Main**
Two medium bronzes for
each flowery decoration.
**[12:32] Both**
Two medium bronzes each?!
**[12:39] Main**
I used Rush! It was super effective!
**[12:44] Gunther**
Do I make the hairpin part?
**[12:46] Main**
That's Lutz's job.
**[12:49] Gunther**
Lutz again?
**[12:51] Main**
Dad, I want to visit the gate
tomorrow. Can we go together?
**[12:55] Gunther**
What? Of course!
**[12:58] Otto**
I heard you fell sick again, Main.
**[13:01] Main**
Yeah, but I'm fine now.
**[13:03] Otto**
I see.
**[13:04] Man**
We have a trombe!
**[13:11] Main**
They were saying trombe's dangerous...
**[13:27] Main**
It's been happening a lot lately.
**[13:33] Lutz**
We got a bunch of trombe branches.
**[13:36] Lutz**
I didn't expect us to be
making paper again so soon.
**[13:39] Main**
Benno'd yell at us if we let
this trombe go to waste.
**[13:48] Lutz**
Brr! So cold!
**[13:52] Main**
Makes me want some piping
hot buttered potatoes.
**[13:55] Main**
We'll need butter for that.
**[13:57] Lutz**
You want me to enter the river in this cold?
**[14:00] Main**
Let's work with well water tomorrow.
**[14:02] Lutz**
Can we? Thank goodness!
**[14:04] Main**
Yeah. Just don't forget the butter.
**[14:06] Lutz**
Butter? What for?
**[14:08] Main**
Huh? Did I not say?
**[14:11] Lutz**
By the way, did the handiwork go well?
**[14:13] Main**
Yep. Dad wanted to join in,
and I didn't know how to refuse.
**[14:17] Main**
How about your place?
**[14:19] Lutz**
No good.
**[14:21] Lutz**
I asked Ralph and the other guys
for help, but they didn't care.
**[14:26] Main**
You just need to cast the Rush spell on them.
**[14:30] Lutz**
The Rush spell?
**[14:35] Main**
Here you go, Lutz.
**[14:36] Main**
That's five medium bronzes for five hairpins.
**[14:39] Ralph**
Five medium bronzes?
**[14:41] Sieg**
For those sticks Lutz was making?
**[14:44] Sascha**
Each one of those is
worth one medium bronze?!
**[14:47] Ralph**
It doesn't have to be
Lutz, right? Can we help?
**[14:55] Karla**
Merchants are all con men! Why
would anyone ever want to be one?
**[14:59] Karla**
I don't know what to do with Lutz.
**[15:02] Eva**
Well, their boss doesn't
seem to be a bad guy.
**[15:04] Eva**
He is paying for our handiwork.
**[15:06] Karla**
I can't help but worry, though.
**[15:08] Karla**
Why take such an unstable job?
**[15:12] Both**
We're off!
**[15:14] Eva**
See you.
**[15:15] Karla**
Take care out there.
**[15:17] Main**
I'm so grateful to Lutz.
**[15:20] Main**
He's always taking care of Main.
**[15:22] Karla**
Really? Main seems to be
doing okay lately, too.
**[15:26] Eva**
Much better compared to before, yes.
**[15:29] Eva**
I just hope she grows up healthy.
**[15:42] Lutz**
Ugh, karffel?
**[15:44] Main**
Don't you want it?
**[15:46] Lutz**
I'll eat it.
**[15:51] Lutz**
It's so good! What the heck?
**[15:53] Main**
They don't steam their food here, after all.
**[15:56] Main**
Of course you wouldn't know how yummy
steamed potatoes with butter are.
***SIGN*** Bark Peeling
**[16:05] Main**
*We then got to work on the trombe bark.*
***SIGN*** Bark Drying
**[16:10] Main**
Now that that's done, we can
do the rest in the spring.
**[16:14] Lutz**
I'm done putting the tools away.
**[16:17] Main**
We'll have more trombe paper—
**[16:25] Main**
* Why? I wasn't anxious,*
* let alone losing heart!*
**[16:30] Lutz**
Main? What's wrong?
**[16:33] Lutz**
You're burning up!
**[16:34] Lutz**
Your fever came out of nowhere?
**[16:37] Lutz**
Main, you okay?
**[16:47] Lutz**
The fever's... gone...
**[16:50] Lutz**
What the heck was that?
**[16:51] Main**
The Devouring.
**[16:53] Lutz**
What? But there weren't any signs
of your condition worsening!
**[16:57] Lutz**
And you said you were all right the other day!
**[17:00] Main**
It flares up suddenly these days.
**[17:02] Main**
Before, it only used to
happen when I got worked up.
**[17:07] Lutz**
Main...
**[17:09] Main**
Man, that scared me.
**[17:12] Lutz**
Can't we do anything?
**[17:18] Main**
Remember what Freida said?
It costs a lot of money.
**[17:22] Main**
Benno said the same thing.
**[17:33] Lutz**
I'll give you a ride.
**[17:35] Lutz**
That's about all I can do for you.
**[17:38] Main**
"That's all"? But you're
doing so much for me!
**[17:42] Lutz**
Just hurry up and get on.
**[17:46] Main**
Okay...
**[17:55] Main**
*Welp.*
**[17:57] Main**
*Even with all the books I've read,*
**[18:00] Main**
* I can't find the right words*
* to say to him right now.*
**[18:05] Main**
*Lutz is just too damn nice.*
**[18:09] Main**
*He stands by me even when I'm such a burden,*
**[18:13] Main**
* and he accepted me even after*
* finding out I wasn't Main.*
**[18:19] Main**
Hey, Lutz?
**[18:20] Main**
Even if I do collapse, you don't
have to feel responsible, okay?
**[18:25] Main**
Also, I'm not gonna give in.
**[18:29] Main**
I haven't finished any books yet.
**[18:44] Benno**
Main, you stay here.
Lutz, come with me.
**[18:49] Lutz**
Save Main, Master Benno.
**[18:53] Lutz**
I can't do it. I can't do anything.
**[18:57] Lutz**
I would gladly do anything I could, but...
**[19:00] Benno**
Then don't make Main look out for you.
**[19:04] Benno**
That lass is way more mature than she seems.
**[19:07] Benno**
Even if she's in pain, she has
the wherewithal to smile for you.
**[19:13] Benno**
If you're a man, make sure Main
doesn't have to worry about you!
**[19:17] Benno**
You had the gall to say you'd
make everything Main thought of,
**[19:21] Benno**
so make and sell one thing after another!
**[19:24] Benno**
Make as much money as you can!
**[19:35] Benno**
Now that's a good look in your eyes.
**[19:39] Main**
* The next time I saw him, Lutz*
* had gone back to his usual self.*
**[19:44] Main**
I was thinking we'd be lucky to make ten,
**[19:47] Main**
but we've gone and doubled that!
**[19:50] Lutz**
Selling this many should help a little.
**[19:53] Lutz**
You need money to deal
with the Devouring, right?
**[19:57] Main**
Lutz...
**[19:58] Lutz**
Do you have any other product ideas?
**[20:01] Lutz**
I'll make anything and
everything you can think of!
**[20:07] Main**
Thank you.
**[20:09] Benno**
That completes the delivery
of the hair ornaments.
**[20:12] Main**
Sure does.
**[20:13] Benno**
Okay, here's your pay.
**[20:15] Lutz**
Do you think we could sell these as well?
**[20:18] Lutz**
I made one during winter handiwork last year.
**[20:23] Benno**
It was you again?
**[20:25] Benno**
Did every bizarre product I've encountered
in the last six months come from you?
**[20:31] Main**
Uh... Sorry about that.
**[20:34] Benno**
Do you have anything that'd generate
more revenue than baskets?
**[20:38] Benno**
Something consumable, like the AIO Shampoo.
**[20:40] Main**
Well... How about colored and
scented soaps or candles?
**[20:46] Benno**
Do you know how to make those?
**[20:48] Main**
I do, though it'll need some trial and error.
**[20:51] Benno**
All right. Experiment all
you want come spring.
**[20:54] Main**
I will.
**[20:55] Main**
We have to make more paper, too.
**[20:57] Main**
If we add candles to that,
things will get busy.
**[21:08] Benno**
Main!
**[21:09] Lutz**
Main?!
**[21:10] Lutz**
You okay?!
**[21:11] Benno**
This is bad! Mark, ready the carriage!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
**[23:02] Lutz**
Do something, Master Benno!
**[23:05] Lutz**
The guild master will know what to do, right?
**[23:07] Benno**
I've already negotiated with him.
**[23:09] Lutz**
All hail Master Benno!
**[23:11] Benno**
Apparently, he still has some of the
magical items he bought for Freida.
**[23:15] Benno**
A one-use magical item,
for just two small golds.
**[23:19] Lutz**
G-Golds?!
**[23:20] Benno**
Consider it an investment in you.
**[23:22] Lutz**
Investment? You're such a...
**[23:25] Benno**
You don't have to be so grateful.
**[23:28] Benno**
I'm doing this out of the
goodness of my heart!
**[23:32] Main**
Give me back my preview time.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Waon
# E11 - Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
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**[00:00] Ferdinand**
* Having learned that treating the*
* Devouring requires a lot of money,*
**[00:04] Ferdinand**
* Main sells some of her knowledge*
* from her old world to Benno.*
**[00:08] Ferdinand**
*But while discussing business with him,*
**[00:11] Ferdinand**
* she suddenly collapses*
* and falls unconscious.*
**[00:15] Mark**
Master, I got in touch with the guild master.
**[00:18] Benno**
Let's go, Lutz!
**[00:20] Lutz**
Yeah!
**[00:24] Ferdinand**
* Main's social circle comes*
* together in a bid to save her.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Eleven Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
**[02:14] Main**
*Not again.*
**[02:16] Main**
*Stupid fever.*
**[02:19] Main**
*Stay away!*
**[02:21] Main**
*I haven't finished any books yet!*
**[02:33] Main**
*Huh? What's that ball?*
**[02:38] Main**
*It's sucking up the fever.*
**[02:43] Main**
*Whatever! Take it all away!*
**[03:00] Main**
Huh?
**[03:02] Main**
Where am I?
**[03:06] Main**
Such a nice bed...
**[03:10] Main**
What's this thing?
**[03:14] Freida**
Have you come to?
**[03:16] Main**
Freida!
**[03:18] Main**
Is this your place, then?
**[03:21] Freida**
Yes. How do you feel?
**[03:24] Main**
The fever's gone, and I feel
a lot better than usual.
**[03:28] Freida**
Figures.
**[03:30] Freida**
It's broken, after all.
**[03:32] Freida**
You must've overloaded it with your fever.
**[03:38] Main**
Freida, what is this?
**[03:40] Freida**
A magical item.
**[03:42] Main**
A what?
**[03:43] Freida**
It absorbed your fever for you.
**[03:48] Main**
This bracelet did?
**[03:52] Freida**
It was barely holding together,
**[03:54] Freida**
and absorbing the fever
must've made it fall apart.
**[03:57] Main**
Did I only survive because of this thing?
**[04:01] Freida**
That's right.
**[04:03] Freida**
Remember what I said last time we met?
**[04:05] Freida**
The Devouring can't be cured,
but it can be controlled.
**[04:10] Main**
Oh, this is what you meant.
**[04:12] Main**
I'm really gonna be okay now, huh?
**[04:16] Freida**
Listen carefully, Main.
**[04:19] Freida**
All this magical item did
**[04:21] Freida**
was take away some water from a
cup that was about to overflow.
**[04:26] Freida**
The cup's not exactly empty yet,
**[04:29] Freida**
and it'll only fill faster as you grow.
**[04:32] Main**
What? You mean...
**[04:34] Freida**
It'll start overflowing again soon enough.
**[04:40] Main**
How soon is "soon enough"?
**[04:45] Main**
Answer me, Freida.
**[04:49] Freida**
A year, at most.
**[04:54] Main**
Only a year?
**[04:57] Main**
Where can I get these magical items?
**[05:02] Main**
How'd you get this bracelet, then?
**[05:07] Freida**
Magical items are the exclusive
property of nobility.
**[05:10] Freida**
The only ones we can get our hands on are
the ones considered faulty or useless.
**[05:16] Freida**
And Grandfather already went
around buying those up for me.
**[05:19] Freida**
You won't find any, no matter where you look.
**[05:22] Main**
What?
**[05:23] Freida**
Even if you do find one, it won't
be long before you'll need another.
**[05:28] Freida**
Those of us with the Devouring
can't live without these items.
**[05:36] Freida**
There's only one way to survive.
**[05:40] Freida**
Entering into an agreement with a noble.
**[05:43] Main**
An agreement?
**[05:46] Freida**
Yes. In return for having
them buy you magical items,
**[05:50] Freida**
you will agree to work
exclusively for them...
**[05:54] Freida**
Just as I have.
**[06:03] Freida**
I've agreed to become a noble's concubine
after my coming-of-age ceremony.
**[06:09] Main**
C-C-Concubine?
**[06:11] Main**
You mean, like, you'll be his m-mistress?
**[06:16] Freida**
Yes.
**[06:17] Freida**
Grandfather does frequent business
with nobles as the guild master.
**[06:22] Freida**
Many offered to take me to form a
bond with him or gain his backing,
**[06:26] Freida**
and he made a deal with the
person who made the best offer.
**[06:30] Main**
I'm amazed you could accept that.
**[06:34] Freida**
It's the only way for a commoner
with the Devouring to survive.
**[06:41] Main**
What if I want no part of that?
**[06:43] Freida**
That means choosing to die.
**[06:47] Freida**
So, Main, think long and
hard before you decide.
**[06:52] Freida**
Will you live life chained to a noble
**[06:54] Freida**
or perish by your family's side?
**[07:14] Main**
Thank you so much for giving up one of
your precious magical items for my sake.
**[07:19] Guild Master**
Excuse me?
**[07:20] Guild Master**
Benno told me that you would pay for it.
**[07:26] Guild Master**
He asked me to lend a magical
item if it came down to it.
**[07:32] Main**
Is that so?
**[07:34] Main**
I understand. I'll pay.
**[07:38] Guild Master**
It'll be three small gold coins.
**[07:40] Main**
Three small golds?!
**[07:43] Guild Master**
You can't afford it?
**[07:44] Main**
No, I can. I was just surprised by the price.
**[07:48] Freida**
You can pay up, Main?!
**[07:50] Main**
Is it a problem if I can?
**[07:53] Guild Master**
A huge one.
**[07:55] Guild Master**
The agreement was that I could register
you as my apprentice if you couldn't.
**[08:01] Main**
What?
**[08:03] Freida**
Looks like we missed out.
**[08:08] Main**
Thank god my past self sold the AIO Shampoo
improvements for three small golds!
**[08:12] Main**
Good job, me!
**[08:14] All**
Main!
**[08:15] Main**
Dad, Mom, Tuuli!
**[08:18] Main**
* A while later, my family and*
* Lutz came to check up on me.*
**[08:23] Main**
*It seems Freida had let them know.*
**[08:26] Tuuli**
I'm so glad you woke up!
**[08:28] Lutz**
How do you feel?
**[08:29] Eva**
I felt my heart stop when
Lutz said you'd collapsed.
**[08:35] Main**
Sorry I worried you.
**[08:37] Main**
But I'm fine now.
**[08:39] Gunther**
That's good. Can you come home, then?
**[08:43] Freida**
We'll watch over her tonight.
**[08:46] Freida**
She's not completely stable yet.
**[08:49] Gunther**
But...
**[08:50] Freida**
I can tell because I have the same illness.
**[08:56] Eva**
We're sorry for the trouble,
but please take care of her.
**[09:02] Lutz**
I'll go let Master Benno know.
**[09:05] Eva**
Sure. Thanks for everything, Lutz.
**[09:12] Eva**
We can rest easy if she's
in that young lady's care.
**[09:15] Tuuli**
Freida had the Devouring too, huh?
**[09:17] Gunther**
Devouring?
**[09:18] Tuuli**
Yep. That's what Main's illness is called.
**[09:21] Tuuli**
She told me about it recently.
**[09:23] Eva**
I've never even heard of it.
**[09:26] Gunther**
Who cares what it's called?
**[09:28] Gunther**
I'm just glad she's cured.
**[09:40] Main**
Just one more year...
**[09:45] Main**
*After they left,*
**[09:48] Main**
* Freida and I decided to indulge*
* in some girly playtime.*
**[09:53] Freida**
This is Liese, our cook.
**[09:55] Liese**
So, what are we making?
**[09:57] Main**
Er...
**[09:59] Main**
Do you have sugar?
**[10:01] Liese**
We do. And also flour, eggs, and butter.
**[10:06] Main**
Then we can make pound cake.
**[10:09] Both**
Pound cake?
**[10:11] Main**
It's as easy as making a mix of even
quantities of the ingredients and baking it.
**[10:16] Main**
Whipping the eggs and sugar
is the most important part.
**[10:20] Freida**
I'd like to try.
**[10:22] Main**
Next, you mix in the sifted flour.
**[10:27] Freida**
Main, switch.
**[10:30] Freida**
Making sweets is harder than I thought.
**[10:33] Main**
After that, you put in the melted butter...
**[10:35] Main**
and beat it all together...
**[10:38] Main**
Please switch, Miss Liese.
**[10:42] Liese**
You two are too frail.
**[10:49] Main**
Perfect. It's baked all the way through.
**[10:54] Main**
This is bliss!
**[10:59] Freida**
Main!
**[11:01] Main**
Uh?
**[11:03] Main**
* I somehow shook off Freida*
* and Liese's passionate gazes,*
**[11:06] Main**
*and girly playtime moved on to Part II.*
**[11:10] Main**
Amazing!
**[11:11] Freida**
Grandfather copied the bath
he'd seen in a noble's mansion.
**[11:16] Freida**
He said I should get used to it
before entering high society.
**[11:21] Main**
He sure dotes on you.
**[11:25] Freida**
It's just an investment for the future.
**[11:29] Main**
Deep down, you don't want to
leave your family, do you?
**[11:32] Freida**
When I'm a concubine, I'll get to run
my own store in the nobles' district.
**[11:38] Freida**
I'll get to run a business after I'd
given up on it due to the Devouring.
**[11:42] Freida**
I can't wait!
**[11:46] Main**
Freida, you're strong.
**[11:50] Main**
* And then I washed Freida's hair with the*
* AIO Shampoo I'd asked Tuuli to bring.*
**[11:56] Freida**
You're good at this, Main.
**[11:58] Main**
Tuuli... My sister and I wash
each other's hair often.
**[12:06] Freida**
Incredible! My hair feels so silky!
**[12:09] Main**
Consider it thanks for the magical item.
**[12:12] Main**
* We were supposed to have a*
* nice, long chat while in bed,*
**[12:16] Main**
*but thanks to the bath,*
**[12:19] Main**
*the two of us fell asleep immediately.*
**[12:23] Main**
*Freida gets baptized tomorrow.*
**[12:28] Guild Master**
How marvelous!
**[12:30] Guild Master**
You look like an angelic messenger,
**[12:32] Guild Master**
or perhaps the Goddess of Sprouts,
bringing spring with her!
**[12:51] Main**
Huh? Why?
**[12:54] Jutte**
Miss Main, do you feel sick?
**[12:56] Main**
Oh, no.
**[12:58] Main**
It's just, looking at Freida suddenly
made me want to see my family.
**[13:06] Gunther**
Main, I'm sure you missed me.
**[13:08] Gunther**
I sure missed you!
**[13:11] Eva**
You're going to put her off.
**[13:16] Main**
I missed you a little.
**[13:20] Gunther**
I see. You missed me, huh?
**[13:25] Freida**
Since you're here, Grandfather would like
to invite you to join us for dinner.
**[13:32] Main**
I wanna eat your cooking, Mom.
It's been a few days.
**[13:39] Tuuli**
Man, I wanted to eat some rich people food!
**[13:42] Main**
Sorry, Tuuli.
**[13:43] Gunther**
Well, Eva's cooking is the best in the world!
**[13:46] Tuuli**
There he goes.
**[13:47] Both**
Dad's singing Mom's praises again!
**[13:56] Main**
*That's when it hit me.*
**[14:02] Main**
*At some point, this had become my home.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[14:20] Lutz**
Master Benno was really worried while you
were over at the guild master's place.
**[14:27] Lutz**
He thought they might try to steal you.
**[14:30] Main**
I fought them off, but...
**[14:33] Lutz**
But?
**[14:35] Main**
Not saying, because I'll get yelled at.
**[14:37] Lutz**
You can tell me!
**[14:39] Main**
No. Never.
**[14:42] Lutz**
Wait, Main.
**[14:47] Lutz**
Wh-What?
**[14:49] Main**
I was just thinking how
grateful I am to have you.
**[14:56] Lutz**
Is that so?
**[15:03] Main**
*My second winter in this world had arrived.*
**[15:08] Benno**
Three small golds?!
**[15:11] Benno**
That old fart! He told me it was two!
**[15:15] Main**
So that's why.
**[15:17] Main**
They were shocked when I paid up.
**[15:20] Benno**
Really? As long as you
pulled one over on them.
**[15:25] Main**
Thank you for everything.
**[15:28] Main**
By the way, Mister Benno...
**[15:31] Main**
I have a question.
**[15:34] Benno**
You made a snack using sugar?!
**[15:37] Main**
Is sugar that rare?
**[15:40] Benno**
It's only recently that we
started getting imports of it.
**[15:43] Benno**
It's considerably popular among the nobles.
**[15:47] Benno**
So they got their hands on the whole recipe.
**[15:50] Benno**
You gave away a product
nobles would love for free.
**[15:54] Benno**
Those people are hyenas!
**[15:56] Benno**
Why would you poke your head out of hiding?!
**[16:00] Main**
I'm sorry...
**[16:04] Mark**
I'm glad you're better now.
**[16:06] Main**
I'm sorry I made you worry.
**[16:11] Benno**
Just one more year, huh?
**[16:14] Lutz**
I refuse to believe it.
**[16:16] Lutz**
Main's always made the impossible possible.
**[16:20] Lutz**
I know she'll find a way again.
**[16:28] Main**
Business is thriving, huh, Mister Benno?
**[16:31] Benno**
Winter is the busiest time for us.
**[16:33] Benno**
You'd be surprised at how willing
people are to splurge on things
**[16:38] Benno**
that'll keep them occupied
while they're snowed in.
**[16:41] Main**
Thinking of quick, casual games,
**[16:44] Main**
there's card games, karuta,
shogi, and reversi, I guess?
**[16:48] Main**
*Can I make them by next winter?*
**(Flashback) [16:52] Freida**
A year, at most.
**(Flashback) [17:03] Freida**
Will you live life chained to a noble
**(Flashback) [17:06] Freida**
or perish by your family's side?
**[17:15] Main**
* Time passed mercilessly by as I couldn't*
* bring myself to tell my family the truth.*
**[17:20] Main**
* Before long, my outfit for the*
* baptism ceremony was finished.*
**[17:23] Gunther**
I'm home.
**[17:24] Main**
Welcome back, Dad!
**[17:26] Main**
How do I look? Ready to
take my baptism by storm?
**[17:30] Gunther**
Wow, Main!
**[17:33] Gunther**
I bet people will mistake
you for a high-class girl!
**[17:36] Main**
We reworked Tuuli's ceremony outfit.
**[17:43] Eva**
I just did what Main said.
**[17:46] Eva**
Now she looks like some kind of rich girl.
**[17:49] Main**
Why? Because I'm that damn cute?
**[17:51] Eva**
Please. It's because I'm that damn good.
**[18:00] Gunther**
Main's baptism, eh?
**[18:03] Gunther**
It was unthinkable back when she
was tiny and feverish all the time.
**[18:11] Gunther**
How you've grown, my little girl.
**[18:14] Main**
Dad...
**[18:16] Eva**
Seriously.
**[18:18] Tuuli**
And her illness is cured, too.
**[18:24] Gunther**
What's wrong, Main?
**[18:28] Main**
Dad, Mom, Tuuli.
**[18:31] Main**
We need to talk.
**[18:33] Main**
It's about my illness.
**[18:38] Gunther**
What are you talking about?
Wasn't your illness cured?
**[18:43] Main**
The Devouring is incurable.
**[18:46] Main**
I just borrowed a magical item from Freida
and suppressed its fever temporarily.
**[18:53] Gunther**
Magical... item?
**[18:55] Main**
Yeah.
**[18:56] Main**
Apparently, you have to keep using magical
items to control the Devouring's fever.
**[19:02] Tuuli**
Main did say before that treating
it takes a lot of money.
**[19:06] Gunther**
Is that true?
**[19:07] Eva**
How much was it, Main?
**[19:10] Main**
Don't worry about it. I already paid.
**[19:12] Eva**
No keeping anything from us. Spit it out.
**[19:17] Main**
Three small golds.
**[19:19] Eva**
Three small gold coins?!
**[19:21] Eva**
How'd you have so much money?!
**[19:23] Main**
I sold my paper and the formula for
the AIO Shampoo to Mister Benno.
**[19:28] Gunther**
What's done is done. Forget that.
**[19:30] Gunther**
I want to know what's in store for us.
**[19:34] Gunther**
You said you only suppressed
the fever temporarily.
**[19:37] Gunther**
Does that mean it'll come back for sure?
**[19:42] Gunther**
That's why you didn't bring it up, right?
You were trying to avoid the question.
**[19:49] Main**
How could you tell?
**[19:52] Gunther**
Of course I can. I'm your father.
**[20:02] Main**
I'll only last another year at most.
**[20:07] Tuuli**
No, Main! You can't die!
**[20:12] Tuuli**
Never!
**[20:13] Main**
Tuuli... I don't wanna die, either.
**[20:18] Main**
I don't wanna die!
**[20:20] Gunther**
Is there anything we can do other
than using those magical items?
**[20:24] Main**
There is, but I'd have to go
off to the nobles' district.
**[20:29] Eva**
But then, you wouldn't...
**[20:34] Main**
I probably wouldn't ever see you again.
**[20:37] Tuuli**
No! You can't go!
**[20:40] Main**
Yeah, I don't wanna live
a life without you all.
**[20:45] Main**
I'd sooner die.
**[20:48] Main**
Dad.
**[20:50] Main**
Mom.
**[20:52] Main**
Tuuli.
**[20:54] Main**
Can I stay right here with my family?
**[21:00] Tuuli**
You'll always be with us.
**[21:08] Gunther**
Of course.
**[21:10] Main**
Thank you!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Baptisms and Divine Paradises
**[23:14] Benno**
What about your apprenticeship with me?
**[23:16] Main**
Gah! I'd forgotten all about that!
**[23:18] Main**
I'm sorry!
**[23:19] Benno**
Good grief.
**[23:20] Benno**
Just how thoughtless can... one... lass... be!
**[23:24] Main**
Ow!
**[23:25] Main**
That hurts, Mister Benno!
**[23:26] Benno**
You'd better come up with
a solution by next episode!
**[23:29] Main**
I get it, so let me go already!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Kikuyaro
# E12 - Baptism and Divine Paradises
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYG5Q4W5Y/baptisms-and-divine-paradises)
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Main managed to survive,*
* thanks to one of Freida's magical items.*
**[00:04] Ferdinand**
*However...*
**(Flashback) [00:06] Freida**
A year, at most.
**[00:09] Ferdinand**
* Having been told that her only way to live*
* was to make an agreement with a noble,*
**[00:14] Ferdinand**
*she holds a family meeting.*
**(Flashback) [00:16] Main**
Can I stay right here with my family?
**[00:20] Ferdinand**
*She chooses to die with her family,*
**[00:23] Ferdinand**
* and vows to make the most of*
* the year she has remaining.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twelve Baptisms and Divine Paradises
**[02:12] Lutz**
Oh, so you decided not to
work for Master Benno.
**[02:18] Main**
Yeah. When I spoke to Otto, he said...
**(Flashback) [02:22] Otto**
Since you'll bring massive
profits to the store,
**(Flashback) [02:25] Otto**
you may be paid more than people who've
worked there for more than a dozen years.
**(Flashback) [02:29] Otto**
It'll cause all sorts of issues, I'm sure.
**[02:33] Main**
And I can only go to work
when I'm feeling good, too.
**[02:37] Main**
He said that'd cause a lot of friction.
**[02:41] Lutz**
That's true, yeah.
**[02:45] Main**
Sorry I can't work with you, Lutz.
**[02:50] Lutz**
I think it's better that way.
**[02:52] Karla**
If Main isn't joining, that means
you don't have to either, Lutz.
**[02:57] Karla**
It's not too late to find a craftsman—
**[02:59] Lutz**
Stop it, Mom!
**[03:01] Lutz**
I *want* to be a merchant!
**[03:04] Lutz**
And I'm gonna be one, with or without Main!
**[03:10] Karla**
Lutz, you...
**[03:13] Karla**
Do you really think you can do it when
your father and I are against it?
**[03:19] Lutz**
I'm ready to be a live-in apprentice,
if it comes down to it.
**[03:25] Main**
* You have to live in an attic,*
* in atrocious conditions,*
**[03:29] Main**
* and you'll practically work for*
* free until you become a pro.*
**[03:33] Main**
*That's how live-in apprenticeships work.*
**[03:37] Karla**
There's no way you're capable of that!
**[03:40] Lutz**
I am! And I've already started
preparing for it, too!
**[03:46] Karla**
Why do you hate the idea of
becoming a craftsman so much?
**[03:50] Lutz**
I mean, things will stay the
same forever, if I do that.
**[03:54] Karla**
What do you mean?
**[03:56] Lutz**
My brothers will take everything,
**[04:00] Lutz**
leaving me nothing to call my own.
**[04:04] Lutz**
But if I become a merchant,
**[04:06] Lutz**
I'll be able to savor the
fruits of my hard work.
**[04:11] Lutz**
I wanna see what I'm capable of!
**[04:17] Karla**
If you've given it that much thought,
go on and give it your best shot.
**[04:23] Lutz**
Really?
**[04:26] Lutz**
Thanks, Mom!
**[04:33] Main**
*And so, by the time spring rolled in,*
**[04:35] Main**
*Lutz and I had our plans set in stone.*
**[04:42] Mark**
Blessed be the melting of the snow.
**[04:44] Mark**
May the Goddess of Spring’s boundless
magnanimity grace you both.
**[04:50] Main**
Uh, what was that?
**[04:52] Mark**
A celebratory spring
greeting among merchants.
**[04:56] Both**
Blessed be the melting of the snow.
**[04:58] Main**
May the Goddess of Spring’s
boundless... what?
**[05:02] Lutz**
May the Goddess of Spring’s
boundless magnanimity grace you.
**[05:06] Benno**
For your first attempt, that was perfect.
**[05:09] Main**
Thank you.
**[05:10] Benno**
I mean Lutz.
**[05:13] Main**
*It was time to break the news to Benno.*
**[05:20] Benno**
Very well. I'll cancel
your apprenticeship, Main.
**[05:24] Main**
I'm sorry.
**[05:28] Main**
What do we do about this?
**[05:33] Benno**
Keep it.
**[05:35] Benno**
Sign an exclusive contract with us,
**[05:37] Benno**
and you can conduct your
business the same as before.
**[05:41] Main**
* That marked the beginning*
* of some very hectic days.*
**[05:44] Main**
* The workshop we'd been using*
* officially became the Main Studio,*
**[05:49] Main**
*I sold the paper-making process to Benno,*
**[05:53] Main**
* and the Parchment Guild*
* butted in on our business.*
***SIGN*** Vested Interest
**[05:57] Lutz**
Our paper's made from trees,
so does that really apply?
**[06:00] Main**
If our plant-based paper
took all the customers,
**[06:03] Main**
the parchment business would
plummet, and they can't have that.
**[06:06] Benno**
I applied to start a guild for plant-based
paper to prevent any complaints,
**[06:11] Benno**
but that old fart's just not approving it.
**[06:14] Main**
If we say official contracts
have to be signed on parchment,
**[06:18] Main**
they won't complain since it'll
secure their revenue some, right?
***SIGN*** Compromise
**[06:24] Main**
Good thing the guild master
gave his approval, huh?
**[06:28] Benno**
Yeah. Now we can build a new factory.
**[06:31] Main**
Oh, Dad.
**[06:40] Benno**
I'm Benno, from the Gilberta Company.
**[06:42] Gunther**
Oh, so it's you!
**[06:45] Gunther**
Thank you for helping my daughter out.
**[06:47] Main**
Mister Otto?
**[06:49] Otto**
Benno looks like such a
dad with you two in tow!
**[06:53] Benno**
I'm single!
**[06:55] Gunther**
Main's my daughter!
**[06:59] Benno**
Let's go.
**[07:01] Main**
I didn't know you were a bachelor.
**[07:04] Benno**
Is that a problem?
**[07:06] Main**
Well, it's just, you run a big business,
**[07:09] Main**
so I was thinking you must be
under a lot of pressure to marry.
**[07:15] Benno**
Back when I wanted to marry, I had my
hands full taking care of Corinna.
**[07:21] Benno**
And by the time she got
married and I was a free man,
**[07:24] Benno**
the woman I wanted to
marry was dead and gone.
**[07:33] Benno**
I'm not getting married because
I haven't found a woman better than her.
**[07:37] Benno**
That's it, really.
**[07:47] Benno**
What are you doing?
**[07:50] Main**
Just felt like it.
**[07:58] Main**
*And while I taught Benno how to make paper,*
**[08:01] Main**
*got the Main Studio up and running,*
**[08:04] Main**
* and made preparations for*
* Lutz's apprenticeship,*
**[08:07] Main**
*the seasons warmed up to summer.*
**[08:12] Liese**
Welcome, Main.
**[08:14] Liese**
I baked some pound cake for you.
**[08:17] Main**
Thank you, Miss Liese.
**[08:19] Liese**
Let me know what you think.
**[08:22] Main**
* The pound cake was already way*
* more delicious than before,*
**[08:25] Main**
* but I traded information on how to*
* improve it for a bag of sugar anyway.*
**[08:31] Liese**
Felsine peel, right?
**[08:33] Liese**
Gotcha. I'll try it out.
**[08:38] Freida**
With that out of the way...
**[08:40] Freida**
Long time no see, Main.
**[08:42] Main**
I was so surprised when I saw you
working at the Merchant Guild.
**[08:46] Freida**
I'll be on my own when I open my
store in the nobles' quarter,
**[08:50] Freida**
so I've been apprenticing there
to learn how everything works.
**[08:55] Main**
It's amazing how you think so long term.
**[09:00] Freida**
You need to be thinking long term, too.
**[09:03] Freida**
Common sense dictates that you should
forget about Benno and join us.
**[09:09] Main**
Otto... Someone I know said the same thing,
**[09:12] Main**
that I should work for the guild master
if I want to forge ties with nobility.
**[09:20] Freida**
Then why aren't you?
**[09:22] Freida**
I've been waiting for you!
**[09:27] Freida**
Summer is almost here!
**[09:30] Freida**
What are you planning to do?
**[09:45] Main**
You see, Freida...
**[09:52] Main**
I've chosen to perish by my family's side.
**[10:04] Freida**
I don't believe it.
**[10:06] Freida**
Why?
**[10:08] Main**
Because I can't make magical items, I guess?
**[10:15] Main**
"If I need it, I'll just make it."
**[10:17] Main**
That's how I've always
gotten anything I wanted.
**[10:20] Main**
But I can't make magical items, right?
**[10:23] Freida**
Right. That's why you need an agreement...
**[10:25] Main**
But I don't want to make
an agreement with a noble.
**[10:30] Freida**
Aren't you scared of dying?
**[10:33] Main**
I didn't choose to die.
**[10:36] Main**
I just chose to be with my family.
**[10:41] Main**
I've made them worry so much for so long.
**[10:44] Main**
So I want to make and leave
them lots of money before I go.
**[10:51] Freida**
Then I'll buy the recipe
for pound cake from you.
**[10:56] Freida**
You will let me do that for you, won't you?
**[11:01] Main**
Thank you, Freida.
**[11:04] Main**
* I sold the exclusive rights to sell*
* pound cake for a year to Freida.*
**[11:09] Freida**
A year, correct?
**[11:11] Main**
Yep. Once that year is passed,
I'll make the recipe public.
**[11:15] Main**
That'll make a delicious
sweet available everywhere.
**[11:19] Main**
Oh, I guess I'll have to
still be alive then, huh?
**[11:23] Main**
If I'm not,
**[11:24] Main**
I'll leave the decision to you.
**[11:27] Freida**
If you don't want me monopolizing it,
**[11:30] Freida**
you'd best make it public yourself in a year.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:50] Eva**
You really do look like a rich girl.
**[11:54] Eva**
And it seems you've grown a little.
**[11:56] Eva**
The skirt is looking the perfect length now.
**[11:58] Main**
People keep calling me tiny, but
I guess I have been growing.
**[12:03] Tuuli**
Your swaying hair ornament
is really pretty, too.
**[12:06] Main**
Thanks for helping me make it, Tuuli.
**[12:09] Gunther**
Main will be the prettiest
girl at today's ceremonies!
**[12:12] Main**
Dad, you said the same
thing for Tuuli's baptism.
**[12:16] Gunther**
Of course!
**[12:17] Gunther**
My daughters are the cutest in the world!
**[12:22] Main**
Lutz.
**[12:26] Main**
What's wrong?
**[12:28] Lutz**
No, uh...
**[12:31] Karla**
My! You look like you belong
to a wealthy family, Main.
**[12:35] Main**
Thank you, Missus Karla.
**[12:37] Gunther**
Okay, time to go.
**[12:50] Otto**
Main! Lutz!
**[12:52] Otto**
Congratulations!
**[12:58] Benno**
A new hair ornament?!
**[13:17] Gunther**
Parents aren't allowed past this point.
**[13:18] Gunther**
Take care of Main for me, Lutz.
**[13:21] Lutz**
Sure, you got it.
**[13:25] Lutz**
Hey, Main.
**[13:27] Lutz**
That outfit and the hair ornament
look really good on you.
**[13:31] Lutz**
You're so cute, it left me speechless.
**[13:33] Main**
Wh-Where did that come from?!
**[13:39] Lutz**
Let's go.
**[13:43] Woman**
How cute.
**[13:44] Woman**
It's like we're watching a little wedding.
**[13:48] Gunther**
No, Main!
**[14:10] Lutz**
Oh, they're doing the thing you hate.
**[14:14] Lutz**
Everyone's signing with their blood.
**[14:16] Main**
Ugh, you're right.
**[14:18] Lutz**
Looks like we're being
registered for something.
**[14:21] Main**
Oh, citizenship!
**[14:22] Freida**
Next.
**[14:24] Freida**
Come this way.
**[14:26] Freida**
Hold out your hand with
your palm facing upward.
**[14:29] Main**
O-Okay.
**[14:37] Freida**
Press your fingertip on that medallion.
**[14:43] Freida**
You're all set.
**[14:44] Lutz**
Main!
**[14:46] Lutz**
Over here!
**[14:47] Main**
Yeah.
**[14:48] Main**
Coming.
**[15:02] Gunther**
The High Priest is here.
**[15:12] Main**
Lutz, a book!
**[15:13] Main**
I see a book!
**[15:15] Benno**
That's a book?
**[15:17] Benno**
It looks nothing like what you were making.
**[15:20] Benno**
It seems really expensive.
**[15:23] Main**
It's a book...
**[15:27] High Priest**
Let me tell you about the
gods that created this world.
**[15:32] High Priest**
The lonesome God of Darkness
met the Goddess of Light...
**[15:37] Narrator**
* The lonesome God of Darkness*
* met the Goddess of Light,*
**[15:41] Narrator**
* and the two gave birth*
* to the Goddess of Water,*
**[15:44] Narrator**
*the God of Fire,*
**[15:46] Narrator**
*the Goddess of Wind,*
**[15:47] Narrator**
*and the Goddess of Earth,*
**[15:49] Narrator**
*thus creating our world.*
**[15:52] Narrator**
* Later, the God of Life fell in love at*
* first sight with the Goddess of Earth,*
**[15:57] Narrator**
*and the two of them married.*
**[15:59] Narrator**
* However, he stole her power and*
* sealed her in ice and snow,*
**[16:06] Narrator**
*thus bringing winter.*
**[16:08] Narrator**
*The Goddess of Light thawed the ice,*
**[16:11] Narrator**
* and the Goddess of Water swept the ice*
* and snow away along with the God of Life,*
**[16:15] Narrator**
*thus allowing offspring to bud in the spring.*
**[16:20] Narrator**
* The God of Fire helps the budding*
* lives flourish in the summer.*
**[16:25] Narrator**
* While the Goddess of Wind*
* keeps the God of Life at bay,*
**[16:29] Narrator**
*harvests are completed in the fall.*
**[16:33] Narrator**
* And then returns winter, the*
* season of the God of Life.*
**[16:40] High Priest**
And then returns winter, the
season of the God of Life.
**[16:48] High Priest**
The God of Fire rules over summer,
**[16:50] High Priest**
and bestows his divine protection
through development and guidance.
**[16:56] Main**
*I so wanna read this myself!*
**[17:00] High Priest**
We shall now demonstrate
the right way to worship.
**[17:03] High Priest**
Watch carefully.
**[17:10] High Priest**
We offer the Gods our prayers!
**[17:12] Main**
* It's the Glico running*
* man pose! Why that pose?*
**[17:15] Main**
*Into a kowtow?!*
**[17:17] Main**
*Oh god, that's hilarious.*
**[17:20] High Priest**
Now, stand up and join us.
**[17:24] High Priest**
We offer the Gods our prayers!
**[17:26] All**
We offer the Gods our prayers!
**[17:28] Main**
*No way! I can't!*
**[17:32] Lutz**
Main? Why didn't you say
you weren't feeling good?
**[17:35] Lutz**
Are you okay?
**[17:36] Main**
It's not that.
**[17:37] Main**
I-I'm fine.
**[17:39] Gunther**
What's the matter?
**[17:40] Lutz**
She seems to be feeling unwell.
She suddenly collapsed.
**[17:44] Gunther**
We'll have her rest at once.
**[17:51] Main**
*This is clearly a room meant for rich folk.*
**[17:58] Main**
*I bet my outfit is the cause.*
**[18:03] Main**
I can't stay here forever.
**[18:06] Main**
I'll miss the ceremony.
**[18:19] Main**
Huh? I don't remember seeing
this place before...
**[18:23] Main**
No, this isn't the right way.
**[18:29] Main**
Excuse me. I seem to be lost.
**[18:37] Woman**
I see.
**[18:39] Woman**
Please wait here. I'll take
you to the prayer hall.
**[18:44] Main**
I will. Thank you very much.
**[18:57] Main**
So many books...
**[19:00] Main**
Part of it's like a chained library, too.
**[19:05] Main**
It's an actual library.
**[19:07] Main**
I offer the Gods my prayers!
**[19:09] Main**
I offer the Gods my thanks!
**[19:12] Main**
Now, then.
**[19:13] Main**
Pardon me...
**[19:14] Main**
Ugh!
**[19:17] Main**
Ow!
**[19:20] Main**
What is this?
**[19:22] Main**
An invisible wall?
**[19:25] Main**
But the books are right there...
**[19:29] Main**
No!
**[19:31] Main**
Hey, let me in!
**[19:33] Main**
I want in!
**[19:35] Woman**
I can't.
**[19:37] Main**
I wanna read, but I can't get in!
**[19:40] Woman**
Only cathedral staff have
permission to enter.
**[19:44] Main**
You mean I can read these
if I become cathedral staff?
**[19:47] Main**
I'll do it! I want to!
**[19:49] Main**
How do I join?!
**[19:55] High Priest**
Could you tell me why you want
to be an apprentice priestess?
**[19:59] Main**
Because this place has a library!
**[20:02] High Priest**
A library?
**[20:03] High Priest**
You seem to be misunderstanding something.
**[20:07] High Priest**
The cathedral is a place of worship,
**[20:09] High Priest**
and priests and priestesses
are servants of the Gods.
**[20:13] High Priest**
Besides,
**[20:14] High Priest**
if a child from a family like
yours wishes to work here,
**[20:19] High Priest**
a sizable donation would be a
good indicator of your passion.
**[20:23] Main**
A donation?
**[20:26] Main**
*I guess they think I'm rich.*
**[20:34] Main**
One large gold is the most I can offer.
**[20:36] Woman**
L...
**[20:37] High Priest**
A large gold coin?
**[20:41] Main**
Is that too much?
**[20:42] Main**
It's how much I'm free to spend.
**[20:51] High Priest**
Uh... Have your parents
agreed to your working here?
**[20:57] Main**
I'll have to talk to them now.
**[21:01] High Priest**
If they object, come see me at once.
**[21:05] High Priest**
I'll help you out.
**[21:06] Main**
Thank you.
**[21:08] High Priest**
Also, you can read the
scriptures stored here,
**[21:13] High Priest**
so feel free to drop by anytime.
**[21:15] Main**
Really? Yay!
**[21:18] Main**
I offer the Gods my prayers!
**[21:26] Main**
I got too worked up...
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Choice to be an Apprentice Priestess
**[23:08] Main**
You finally got screen time!
**[23:11] Ferdinand**
My screen time doesn't matter.
**[23:13] Ferdinand**
I can't believe you charged headfirst
into the cathedral's library.
**[23:18] Ferdinand**
Can't you be a bit more rational?
**[23:20] Main**
Impossible! I mean, it's a library!
**[23:23] Main**
A god-given paradise on earth!
**[23:26] Main**
How could I not get excited?!
**[23:28] Ferdinand**
Settle down. It's not certain
that you'll be able to join yet.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Kuramoto Kaya
# E13 - The Choice to Be an Apprentice Priestess
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
*Main went to the cathedral for her baptism,*
**[00:04] Ferdinand**
* where she got lost and*
* stumbled upon a library.*
**(Flashback) [00:08] Main**
So many books...
**(Flashback) [00:10] Main**
Part of it's like a chained library, too.
**[00:14] Ferdinand**
* With her heart set on*
* reading all those books,*
**[00:16] Ferdinand**
*she met the high priest*
**[00:18] Ferdinand**
* and asked to join the church*
* as an apprentice priestess.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirteen The Choice to Be an Apprentice Priestess
**[02:03] Lutz**
What did you do, Main?
**[02:05] Main**
Uh... I got lost looking
for water and collapsed.
**[02:12] Lutz**
There's more, isn't there?
**[02:14] Main**
I found a library and got too excited.
**[02:18] Lutz**
Huh? A library?
**[02:21] Main**
Yes, a library! A god-given
paradise on earth!
**[02:26] Main**
A room with lots of books!
**[02:29] Lutz**
Okay, never mind. I get it now.
**[02:32] Woman**
You left out the most important part.
**[02:35] Woman**
She said she wanted to become an
apprentice priestess to read the books.
**[02:40] Woman**
She collapsed while talking
to the high priest about it.
**[02:43] Lutz**
What's wrong with you, you moron?!
**[02:46] Main**
Sorry...
**[02:47] Lutz**
We're leaving before you get
up to any more stupidity!
**[02:50] Main**
Okay...
**[02:53] Main**
*Even I know I should've been more rational.*
**[02:58] Main**
*But now I know how to become a priestess,*
**[03:00] Main**
* and they said they'd let*
* me read the scriptures,*
**[03:03] Main**
*so all's well that ends well, right?*
**[03:09] Tuuli**
You really stood out during the march today.
**[03:12] Gunther**
Of course she did! She's so cute!
**[03:17] Main**
Hey, Dad.
**[03:19] Gunther**
What is it?
**[03:20] Main**
I'm thinking of becoming an apprentice
priestess at the cathedral.
**[03:32] Gunther**
What? I dare you to say that one more time!
**[03:38] Main**
I wanna be an apprentice priestess...
**[03:42] Gunther**
Screw that! I'm not letting my
daughter go to the church!
**[03:46] Main**
Wh-Why are you getting so mad, Dad?
**[03:51] Gunther**
Priest and priestess apprenticeships
**[03:53] Gunther**
are the last resort for orphans
who have nowhere else to turn!
**[03:57] Gunther**
They're not fit for you!
**[03:59] Main**
The last resort for orphans? Really?
**[04:02] Gunther**
Really! Now never bring it up again!
**[04:06] Eva**
Gunther, Main didn't know.
Go easy on her.
**[04:11] Gunther**
You're right. Sorry.
**[04:14] Eva**
Why do you suddenly want to
become an apprentice priestess?
**[04:19] Main**
The cathedral had a lot of books.
**[04:23] Gunther**
That's what gave you the idea, huh?
**[04:27] Gunther**
But you'll have to forget about those books.
**[04:29] Gunther**
Stick to what you've been
doing and make your own.
**[04:34] Gunther**
Would you rather cut ties with us and
live with orphans to read those books
**[04:40] Gunther**
or live with us like you always have?
**[04:43] Main**
Huh? Cut ties with you?
**[04:47] Main**
Why?
**[04:48] Gunther**
Apprentice priestesses live at the
cathedral and are worked to the bone.
**[04:53] Gunther**
You're not cut out for it when you
can't even stay on top of your health.
**[04:59] Gunther**
Besides, books are very valuable.
**[05:01] Gunther**
Do you really think becoming an apprentice
will guarantee that you'll get to read them?
**[05:06] Tuuli**
Do you wanna be a priestess that badly?
**[05:09] Tuuli**
Didn't you promise to stay with us?
**[05:12] Main**
Nah.
**[05:14] Main**
I just wanted to find a
way to read those books.
**[05:18] Main**
I don't wanna be a priestess,
if it means parting with you.
**[05:23] Tuuli**
Thank goodness!
**[05:24] Tuuli**
So you'll stay with us, right?
**[05:27] Main**
Yeah! I'll go turn the high
priest down when I feel better.
**[05:35] Gunther**
I'm so glad you understand.
**[05:38] Gunther**
You're my little girl. I'm not
letting the church have you.
**[05:47] Gunther**
She's starting to develop a fever!
**[05:50] Eva**
She must've relaxed too much,
since the discussion's over and all.
**[05:54] Eva**
Go to bed, Main.
**[05:57] Main**
Okay...
**[06:03] Main**
* In my Urano days, books took*
* priority over everything.*
**[06:08] Main**
* I guess I love my family*
* too much for that now.*
**[06:12] Main**
*But...*
**[06:15] Main**
*I finally found some books.*
**[06:18] Main**
*I wanna read them!*
**[06:21] Main**
* It wasn't until two days later that*
* the fever got back under control.*
**[06:26] Lutz**
The master said he wants to talk to you.
**[06:30] Lutz**
But you still look pale.
**[06:32] Main**
I'll visit the cathedral
tomorrow and then go see Benno.
**[06:36] Main**
Will you come with me?
**[06:38] Lutz**
Sure, but why the cathedral?
**[06:40] Main**
To read the scriptures.
**[06:44] Main**
And while I'm there, I'll worm my way out
of the whole apprentice priestess thing.
**[06:48] Lutz**
I see.
**[06:49] Lutz**
I mean, you're clearly not
cut out for life there.
**[06:54] Main**
Yeah.
**[06:59] Main**
*The next day...*
**[07:01] Lutz**
Later. I'll come pick you
up at the fifth bell.
**[07:05] Main**
Thanks, Lutz.
**[07:06] Lutz**
Don't you dare wander off.
**[07:09] Main**
Gotcha!
**[07:13] Main**
Pardon me.
**[07:23] Ferdinand**
Would you be Main?
**[07:24] Main**
Yes.
**[07:25] Ferdinand**
I'm the head priest here.
**[07:28] Ferdinand**
The high priest has told me about you.
**[07:31] Ferdinand**
Take a seat.
**[07:33] Main**
Thank you very much.
**[07:37] Ferdinand**
I've been asked to read the
scriptures to you until he returns.
**[07:43] Ferdinand**
Sit there and listen.
**[07:46] Main**
U-Uh, Head Priest...
**[07:51] Main**
I...
**[07:54] Ferdinand**
If you have something to say, spit it out.
**[07:58] Main**
I don't want to listen!
I want to read it myself!
**[08:06] Ferdinand**
And why is that?
**[08:08] Ferdinand**
Do you not want to learn more about the gods?
**[08:12] Main**
I do, but I also want to
learn all these new words.
**[08:18] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[08:20] Ferdinand**
But these are the holy scriptures.
**[08:22] Ferdinand**
Do you promise not to lay a hand on them?
**[08:26] Main**
I promise!
**[08:39] Main**
Thank you so much!
**[08:41] Ferdinand**
I'll start reading now.
**[08:43] Ferdinand**
The God of Darkness spent an unbelievably
long spell of time all by himself,
**[08:45] Main**
*I finally get to read a book myself!*
**[08:52] Ferdinand**
but one day, he...
**[08:55] Main**
Head Priest, does this
say "Goddess of Light"?
**[08:59] Ferdinand**
That's right.
**[09:01] Main**
Is this "God of Darkness," then?
**[09:04] Ferdinand**
Correct.
**[09:06] Ferdinand**
That was quick.
**[09:09] Ferdinand**
If you're such a fast learner,
teaching you will be worth my time.
**[09:13] High Priest**
Oh, did I make you wait long?
**[09:17] Main**
The head priest read the scriptures
with me, so I had a lot of fun.
**[09:23] Main**
I truly appreciate it.
**[09:25] High Priest**
That's good to hear.
**[09:28] Main**
Thank you, Head Priest.
**[09:34] High Priest**
So, what did your parents say?
**[09:37] Main**
They yelled at me, saying becoming
a priestess is for orphans.
**[09:44] Ferdinand**
It's not only orphans. There are nobles, too.
**[09:47] Ferdinand**
Of course, orphans are the majority,
**[09:49] Ferdinand**
but that's because they have nobody to take
care of them or refer them to other jobs.
**[09:56] Ferdinand**
I want you to understand that it doesn't
take an orphan to be a priestess.
**[10:01] Main**
But I'm frail and sickly, too.
**[10:04] Main**
A live-in apprenticeship
is impossible for me.
**[10:09] High Priest**
So you didn't collapse the other
day because you were unwell,
**[10:13] High Priest**
but because you're sickly by nature?
**[10:15] Main**
That's right. I have the Devouring...
**[10:19] Ferdinand**
The Devouring?
**[10:22] Main**
Yes, what about it?
**[10:25] High Priest**
Bring it here!
**[10:27] Ferdinand**
I know.
**[10:29] Main**
*Huh? Wh-What's going on?*
**[10:34] High Priest**
I offer the gods my prayers!
**[10:35] Main**
*Wh-What's happening?!*
**[10:42] Ferdinand**
Try touching this grail.
**[10:44] Main**
Huh? May I really?
**[10:47] High Priest**
Yes. Hurry up.
**[11:00] Main**
Whoa! What's going on?!
**[11:04] Ferdinand**
Main, we would like to speak to your parents.
**[11:08] Main**
*I'm sorry, Dad, Mom.*
**[11:11] Main**
* Looks like this has become*
* some kind of big deal!*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:26] Main**
Lutz!
**[11:32] Lutz**
What's the matter?
**[11:35] Lutz**
Did you mess up again?
**[11:38] Main**
I'm not sure what I did,
**[11:41] Main**
but I feel like I did mess up, yeah.
**[11:44] Lutz**
Urk. Not again.
**[11:47] Lutz**
Anyway, Master's waiting.
**[11:49] Lutz**
He told me to drag you there
by the collar if I had to.
**[11:53] Main**
N-No!
**[11:58] Benno**
It's been a while, Main!
**[12:00] Main**
Y-Yes.
**[12:02] Benno**
Now, you will come clean.
**[12:05] Benno**
Tell me everything that happened after
you collapsed during the baptism.
**[12:08] Benno**
Depending on that, I may have to
rethink our business relationship.
**[12:17] Main**
So I met the high priest and asked to become
an apprentice to gain library access.
**[12:25] Benno**
Use your brain a little,
you thoughtless nitwit!
**[12:28] Main**
O-Ow!
**[12:30] Benno**
And? Did you get permission?
**[12:32] Main**
When I went home and spoke to my parents,
**[12:35] Main**
they yelled at me, saying becoming
a priestess was for orphans.
**[12:39] Main**
The head priest was saying
there were nobles, though.
**[12:43] Benno**
Didn't you notice the two different
church uniforms, blue and gray robes?
**[12:48] Benno**
The blue is for nobility,
and the gray for orphans.
**[12:51] Benno**
The orphans get ordered around by
the nobles and work for no pay.
**[12:55] Benno**
Since you're not a noble, you'll be
a gray-robed apprentice priestess.
**[13:00] Benno**
Of course your parents wouldn't allow it.
**[13:03] Main**
*Oh, so that's why Dad got so angry.*
**[13:07] Benno**
So? Were you able to worm out of it?
**[13:11] Main**
Well, when I told them about my Devouring,
**[13:16] Main**
they gave me a formal invite for my parents.
**[13:21] Benno**
They're totally out to reel you in.
**[13:24] Benno**
The silver lining is that you can
still negotiate with the high priest.
**[13:29] Benno**
You're in luck.
**[13:31] Main**
What do you mean?
**[13:34] Main**
* And then Benno filled me in on the*
* current situation with the church.*
**[13:41] Benno**
A few years ago, there was a coup
and political purge in the capital.
**[13:45] Benno**
The number of nobles went down drastically.
**[13:48] Benno**
That reduction in the political class
meant a downturn in the nation's power.
**[13:52] Benno**
That's where the blue-robed
priests in the church came in.
***SIGN*** Noble Society
**[13:56] Benno**
They had fallen out of favor with their
parents and been dumped in the church,
**[14:02] Benno**
but now they returned to noble society.
**[14:04] Benno**
That meant the church lost the
blue robes' obligatory donations.
**[14:08] Benno**
They were also the ones
employing the orphans,
**[14:11] Benno**
who were now out of work and
having a hard time surviving.
**[14:15] Main**
That sounds like a disaster!
**[14:17] Benno**
There's an even bigger disaster.
**[14:19] Benno**
The grail you touched is
actually a magical item.
**[14:24] Main**
A magical item?!
**[14:25] Benno**
That's right.
**[14:27] Benno**
Normally, the blue robes
stored their mana within it,
**[14:31] Benno**
but a lack of supply could
mean smaller harvests.
**[14:34] Main**
What? Mana even affects
the size of harvests?!
**[14:38] Benno**
Yeah. That's why, with
fewer nobles around now,
**[14:41] Benno**
the church is in dire need
of people with the Devouring.
**[14:45] Main**
Uh, what does mana have
to do with the Devouring?
**[14:50] Benno**
Wha... You didn't know?!
**[14:53] Main**
Most commoners have next to no mana,
**[14:56] Main**
but the few who are born with a lot
of it suffer from the Devouring.
**[14:59] Main**
Ah! That raging fever is actually mana?!
**[15:04] Benno**
Before the coup,
**[15:05] Benno**
nobles despised those with the Devouring
for possessing mana as commoners.
**[15:12] Benno**
But things have changed.
**[15:14] Main**
The church needs my mana?
**[15:18] Benno**
Correct. If you join the church,
you'll be able to live on.
**[15:25] Benno**
But at the same time, it's risky.
**[15:27] Benno**
As you possess both mana and money,
nobles will see you as fine prey.
**[15:32] Benno**
So, Main, how about you sign
a new contract with magic?
**[15:37] Main**
A contract for what?
**[15:39] Benno**
One that states Lutz will
sell everything you make.
**[15:45] Benno**
Even if a noble tries to steal you away,
**[15:48] Benno**
this contract will guarantee
that you can contact us.
**[15:53] Benno**
Forge an unbreakable pact with
Lutz while you still can.
**[15:56] Main**
An unbreakable pact with Lutz...
**[15:59] Main**
But what if that puts Lutz
in danger or hurts him?
**[16:04] Lutz**
Your survival is more important.
**[16:08] Lutz**
Besides, if I sent you off alone,
I'd have a constant headache
**[16:13] Lutz**
worrying about what you might do.
**[16:16] ---**
Jeez.
**[16:18] Benno**
Listen up. If you already
have your invitation,
**[16:22] Benno**
that leaves you very little time.
**[16:24] Benno**
First, officially register the
Main Studio with the Guild,
**[16:27] Benno**
and secure an outlet for your goods.
**[16:29] Main**
Got it.
**[16:30] Benno**
If money can buy you better treatment,
**[16:32] Benno**
have a revenue stream ready before
you negotiate with the church.
**[16:36] Benno**
Prepare all the means you can
think of to survive in that world.
**[16:39] Benno**
Rather than getting exploited after you join,
**[16:42] Benno**
find someone there to have a
give-and-take relationship with.
**[16:46] Benno**
Consider each and every
aspect of your situation.
**[16:48] Benno**
Fight with all you have to live on!
**[16:51] Main**
Uh...
**[16:53] Main**
Why are you getting so worked up for me?
**[16:57] Benno**
The longer you live, the
more products you'll create,
**[17:00] Benno**
and the more profits for us.
**[17:02] Mark**
Master's worried about you, since
you're always walking a tightrope.
**[17:08] Benno**
Shut up, Mark!
**[17:10] Mark**
I won't go as far as saying he
sees you like his own daughter,
**[17:13] Mark**
but he is genuinely concerned for you.
**[17:17] Mark**
Of course, so am I.
**[17:20] Main**
Thank you, Mister Mark.
**[17:24] Benno**
Just him?
**[17:27] Main**
Of course I'm grateful
to you too, Mister Benno.
**[17:33] Main**
Please help me with the contract
magic and registering with the Guild.
**[17:40] Freida**
Oh! You want to register Main Studio?
**[17:44] Freida**
And here I thought you would be an
apprentice merchant at the Gilberta Company.
**[17:49] Main**
I gave up because merchant work
would be too physically demanding.
**[17:54] Freida**
In that case, would you divert Main
Studio's products to our company?
**[17:58] Main**
Hey, I gave you the pound cake, remember?
**[18:01] Freida**
You did. And Liese's obsessively
trying out different flavors for it.
**[18:05] Freida**
You should come taste them.
**[18:07] Freida**
Not with Lutz, but your older sister.
**[18:12] Main**
If you want to estimate
the demand for a product,
**[18:14] Main**
you should canvas opinions
from a wide range of people.
**[18:19] Freida**
A wide range of people, you say?
**[18:21] Main**
I know! How about throwing a sampling party?
**[18:24] Main**
You prepare bite-sized portions
of various pound cake flavors
**[18:28] Main**
and ask the guests which
ones they liked best.
**[18:32] Freida**
That sounds like the perfect idea!
**[18:34] Freida**
Things are about to get busy!
**[18:37] Freida**
I'll send word as soon as we set a date!
**[18:40] Freida**
Toodles!
**[18:44] Lutz**
See? Isn't she just like you?
**[18:48] Benno**
She sure is.
**[19:02] Main**
What's up, Lutz?
**[19:06] Lutz**
Are you really gonna join the church?
**[19:11] Main**
Yeah, probably.
**[19:16] Lutz**
Oh...
**[19:20] Main**
Look, Lutz. If you wanna
say something, out with it.
**[19:27] Lutz**
I don't wanna. It'll make me sound lame.
**[19:31] Main**
I see.
**[19:36] Lutz**
You liar.
**[19:39] Lutz**
You said we'd make and sell books together.
**[19:44] Main**
I'm sorry, Lutz.
**[19:47] Lutz**
You don't have to apologize.
**[19:49] Lutz**
I know I can't do anything for you.
**[19:54] Lutz**
But...
**[19:55] Lutz**
It still hurts.
**[19:57] Lutz**
You said you'd run a bookstore with me...
**[20:01] Lutz**
I really wanted to make books with you.
**[20:06] Main**
I know...
**[20:08] Main**
But I won't give up on making books
even if I join the church.
**[20:14] Main**
I'm not giving up on my ambition so easily!
**[20:18] Lutz**
What, to live a life surrounded by books?
**[20:21] Main**
Exactly. Let's both do our best
to make our dreams come true.
**[20:28] Lutz**
I... I was only able to give my
all because you were with me.
**[20:32] Lutz**
And I wanted to keep it up
at Master's store with you.
**[20:37] Lutz**
I wanted to do so much more with you!
**[20:45] Main**
Don't worry.
**[20:47] Main**
Nothing will change if I join the church.
**[20:49] Main**
Whenever I wanna make something, you'll
be the first person I ask for help.
**[20:58] Lutz**
But people already know your
creations are valuable.
**[21:02] Lutz**
They'll be lining up to help you.
**[21:05] Main**
Even if I do work with someone else,
I get the feeling it won't go so smoothly,
**[21:10] Main**
and that I'll end up calling on you anyway.
**[21:14] Main**
Will you help me?
**[21:16] Main**
You're gonna bring all my
ideas to reality, right?
**[21:24] Lutz**
Yeah! I'll make anything and
everything you think up!
**[21:24] Lutz**
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Conclusions
**[23:11] Main**
Take that! And that!
**[23:13] Main**
Next up, we answer the summons
from the church!
**[23:16] Main**
Take that! And that!
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
What are you doing?
**[23:19] Main**
I need to fight to secure
the best treatment for myself!
**[23:23] Ferdinand**
Leave that to your parents.
You can't handle it.
**[23:26] Main**
No, but I need to fight for myself...
**[23:31] Ferdinand**
I warned you.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Tamaki Nozomu
# E14 - Conclusions
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* The staff at the cathedral learn*
* that Main has the Devouring.*
**(Flashback) [00:05] Ferdinand**
Main, we would like to
speak to your parents.
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
* Benno suggests using contract magic*
* to protect her from the nobles,*
**[00:15] Ferdinand**
* and Main makes up her mind*
* to join the church.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Fourteen Conclusions
**[02:01] Main**
I'm home.
**[02:02] Gunther**
Main!
**[02:04] Gunther**
So, what happened at the cathedral?
**[02:07] Main**
Well, I asked the high priest to
forget about my apprenticeship,
**[02:12] Main**
but once they found out I had the Devouring,
**[02:15] Main**
they said they wanted to talk to you
**[02:18] Main**
and gave me this invitation for you.
**[02:23] Main**
They want to meet at the third
bell two days from now.
**[02:25] Gunther**
What the hell did you do, Main?
**[02:28] Main**
They made me touch a grail.
**[02:31] Main**
And when it shone,
they asked to see you.
**[02:34] Main**
After that, I went to see Benno,
**[02:37] Main**
and he told me a bunch of things
about nobles and the Devouring.
**[02:40] Main**
Apparently, the Devouring's
fever is actually just mana.
**[02:43] Gunther**
Mana?
**[02:45] Main**
He said that since the shining grail
proved that I possessed mana,
**[02:49] Main**
I can no longer run from the
church or the nobility.
**[02:54] Eva**
No!
**[02:56] Main**
But the church has magical items,
so I can live on if I join.
**[03:04] Gunther**
Is that true?
**[03:05] Tuuli**
But you won't be able to
see us if you join, right?
**[03:10] Main**
If things stay the same, yes.
**[03:13] Gunther**
I don't want to give you up to the church.
**[03:16] Gunther**
If I sent you there alone...
**[03:21] Main**
Hey, Dad. Do you know what's
been going on in the capital?
**[03:26] Main**
Have you heard that there was a purge that
drastically changed the situation with nobles?
**[03:31] Gunther**
What does that have to do with anything?
**[03:34] Main**
Actually, since the nobles
have dwindled in number,
**[03:37] Main**
it seems the church is in
desperate need of mana.
**[03:40] Main**
That's why they want me.
**[03:43] Gunther**
From what I've seen and heard at the gate,
**[03:46] Gunther**
the nobles certainly are
scattering in all directions.
**[03:50] Main**
What Benno said was true.
**[03:53] Main**
Then this may work out.
**[03:56] Eva**
What do you mean, Main?
**[03:58] Main**
He said I was in luck.
**[04:01] Main**
That with careful negotiating,
**[04:03] Main**
I could secure treatment
close to that of a noble.
**[04:08] Gunther**
Tell me more.
**(Flashback) [04:11] Benno**
First, envision the ideal
result for yourself.
**(Flashback) [04:15] Benno**
What concessions do you need
from them to achieve it?
**(Flashback) [04:19] Benno**
What can you offer them?
**(Flashback) [04:22] Benno**
What do they want?
**(Flashback) [04:24] Benno**
Figure all that out.
**(Flashback) [04:26] Main**
What I want...
**(Flashback) [04:29] Main**
is permission to enter the library
and read the books there.
**(Flashback) [04:35] Benno**
It's almost impressive that you
can be so single-minded now.
**(Flashback) [04:38] Main**
I-It's just the ideal result!
**(Flashback) [04:41] Main**
If I'm being greedy, you know?
**(Flashback) [04:47] Main**
What I can offer them is mana and money.
**(Flashback) [04:50] Benno**
That's right.
**(Flashback) [04:52] Benno**
As long as you don't sell those short,
you can secure better conditions.
**(Flashback) [04:56] Benno**
If things go well, you could get accepted
as a blue-robed apprentice priestess.
**(Flashback) [05:01] Benno**
To ensure this, register the Main Studio
and secure a revenue stream.
**(Flashback) [05:08] Main**
By the way,
**(Flashback) [05:09] Main**
I've heard that you can't join the church
if you're registered with the Guild.
**(Flashback) [05:15] Main**
Can I actually register
myself as studio head?
**(Flashback) [05:18] Main**
The high priest said he'd negotiate
with the guild master...
**(Flashback) [05:27] Benno**
Don't leave your fate in
someone else's hands!
**(Flashback) [05:30] Benno**
If you can't get them to accept
that you're already registered,
**(Flashback) [05:33] Benno**
throw some money around and get them
to allow your studio business!
**(Flashback) [05:36] Benno**
You will be the only one in the
church who can deal with the Guild!
**(Flashback) [05:42] Main**
Right!
**(Flashback) [05:43] Benno**
If needed, say you want to use the Main
Studio to provide work for the orphans,
**(Flashback) [05:48] Benno**
provide them a better environment,
or some bull crap like that,
**(Flashback) [05:52] Benno**
and get them to accept your ownership!
**(Flashback) [05:54] Benno**
Also, sell the fact that
you're physically frail,
**(Flashback) [05:57] Benno**
and try to secure the
best treatment possible.
**(Flashback) [06:00] Benno**
Don't care about how it looks!
Fight to live!
**(Flashback) [06:03] Main**
I understand. I'll try.
**[06:07] Main**
There you have it.
**[06:09] Gunther**
So there's room to negotiate.
**[06:12] Main**
I think so.
**[06:14] Main**
That's why Benno told me to fight to live.
**[06:18] Gunther**
"Fight to live," huh?
**[06:21] Gunther**
You could say there's hope for us, right?
**[06:26] Main**
Right.
**[06:27] Main**
What we can offer is mana and money.
**[06:30] Main**
And then we have to emphasize my frailty
**[06:33] Main**
and get me treated almost like a noble.
**[06:36] Main**
We also have to get them to
allow me to run my studio,
**[06:39] Main**
and continue to live at home.
**[06:44] Main**
If they agree to these three demands,
I think it's safe to say we have won.
**[06:49] Gunther**
I'll give it a shot.
**[06:53] Gunther**
I became a soldier to protect my family!
**[07:14] Eva**
What's wrong, Tuuli? Can't sleep?
**[07:22] Eva**
What's the matter?
**[07:25] Tuuli**
Can you really negotiate with nobility?
**[07:30] Tuuli**
Don't they kill people just
for talking back to them?
**[07:34] Tuuli**
If anything happened to you, I'd...
**[07:41] Eva**
Tuuli!
**[07:45] Tuuli**
Mom!
**[07:47] Tuuli**
Please come back home with Dad!
**[07:57] Main**
* Two days later, it was time for the*
* negotiations at the cathedral.*
**[08:12] Main**
Dad, fight for me, okay?
**[08:15] Gunther**
You got it.
**[08:22] High Priest**
This must be the will of the gods.
**[08:25] Gunther**
Main and her parents are here.
**[08:29] Main**
Hello, High Priest.
**[08:32] High Priest**
Oh, Main. Welcome.
**[08:40] High Priest**
Who are these two, Main?
**[08:42] Main**
My parents.
**[08:45] High Priest**
What? Your parents?
**[08:48] High Priest**
What work do they do?
**[08:51] Main**
My father's a soldier, and my
mother's at a textile workshop.
**[08:56] High Priest**
A soldier?
**[09:02] High Priest**
Ah... I never thought they'd be poor.
**[09:06] High Priest**
What a waste of time.
**[09:09] Gunther**
Please take your seats.
**[09:10] High Priest**
No need! They can stand!
**[09:14] Main**
*What's with his sudden change in attitude?*
**[09:19] High Priest**
Let's just get this over with.
**[09:24] High Priest**
I believe you're aware that Main
wants to be an apprentice priestess,
**[09:28] High Priest**
and that you're against it?
**[09:30] Gunther**
That's right.
**[09:31] Gunther**
I don't feel like giving my daughter
up to live like an orphan.
**[09:36] High Priest**
But she has the Devouring.
**[09:39] High Priest**
She can't live on without
access to magical items.
**[09:42] High Priest**
The church is graciously taking
her in to save her life.
**[09:46] Gunther**
Main's body is too frail to survive if
she's forced to live like an orphan.
**[09:50] Gunther**
I would like you not to put her to
work as a gray-robed priestess.
**[09:55] Eva**
That's right!
**[09:56] Eva**
She's a very frail girl even
without the Devouring!
**[09:59] Eva**
She can't survive at the cathedral!
**[10:01] Eva**
Please... Please let her live at home.
**[10:06] High Priest**
Insolent knaves!
**[10:07] High Priest**
You dare complain about
our compassionate offer?!
**[10:11] High Priest**
Shut up and hand over your daughter!
**[10:14] Main**
*What?* This *is a noble?*
**[10:18] Gunther**
I must refuse.
**[10:20] Gunther**
I will never throw my
child into an orphanage.
**[10:26] Eva**
That's right! Please, have a heart!
**[10:33] High Priest**
How dare you!
**[10:34] High Priest**
Hold these insolent parents
down and lock Main up!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[10:56] High Priest**
Hold these insolent parents
down and lock Main up!
**[11:01] Gunther**
Stand back.
**[11:03] High Priest**
Oh? You want to resist?
**[11:06] High Priest**
If you dare raise a hand against a priest,
**[11:08] High Priest**
I'll have you executed in the name of the gods!
**[11:11] Gunther**
I was ready to die the moment
I decided to fight for Main!
**[11:16] High Priest**
Curses! Get Main!
**[11:19] Gunther**
Let's hold the man down first.
**[11:38] High Priest**
Why, you!
**[11:45] High Priest**
You could take down a couple,
**[11:47] High Priest**
but how long will you last against so many?
**[11:52] High Priest**
A mere commoner thinks
he can defy the church?
**[11:56] High Priest**
To the guillotine with you!
**[12:00] High Priest**
You will die a dog's death.
**[12:04] High Priest**
Get him!
**[12:20] Main**
Enough.
**[12:23] Eva**
Main?
**[12:28] Main**
Don't you dare lay a hand on my mom and dad.
**[12:40] Main**
You invited us here to have a discussion.
**[12:44] Main**
Is this what you call a discussion?
**[12:47] High Priest**
H-Help!
**[12:50] Ferdinand**
Main! Your mana's leaking out!
**[12:53] Ferdinand**
Control your emotions!
**[13:00] Main**
How am I supposed to?
**[13:03] Ferdinand**
Like... I'm sure... you always do.
**[13:07] Main**
How am I supposed to quell my rage toward
a man who wants to execute my father?
**[13:20] High Priest**
S-Stay away!
**[13:22] Ferdinand**
Hold it! If you keep going,
you'll crush his heart!
**[13:26] Main**
He was ready to kill a person.
**[13:30] Main**
I'm sure he was ready to
risk his own life, too.
**[13:48] Ferdinand**
Main!
**[13:50] Main**
Move.
**[13:52] Ferdinand**
Calm down! Let's talk things out!
**[13:55] Main**
"Talk things out"?
**[13:57] Main**
Using force? Or...
**[14:01] Main**
Using mana?
**[14:11] Ferdinand**
You mustn't kill him.
**[14:15] Ferdinand**
If you kill the high priest,
**[14:18] Ferdinand**
your parents will be accessories
to the murder of a noble.
**[14:23] Ferdinand**
I know you wouldn't want that.
**[14:27] Main**
Even my family will get hurt because of me?
**[14:39] Ferdinand**
I see you've returned to your senses.
**[14:42] Ferdinand**
Let's have the exact
discussion you came to have.
**[14:47] Main**
You mean you'll accept all our demands?
**[14:51] Ferdinand**
Yes.
**[14:53] Ferdinand**
But before that, you must get
your raging mana under control.
**[14:58] Ferdinand**
Can you do that?
**[15:03] Main**
*I have to trap it inside, like I always do.*
**[15:15] Eva**
Main!
**[15:17] Gunther**
Are you okay?
**[15:25] Main**
I'm fine.
**[15:26] Main**
I'm used to it, and I'm
in control of myself now.
**[15:31] Gunther**
You're used to it?
You mean it's happened before?
**[15:34] Main**
Not to that extent, no,
**[15:37] Main**
but it used to happen pretty often.
**[15:40] Gunther**
I didn't know.
**[15:42] Main**
Um, are you okay, Head Priest?
**[15:48] Ferdinand**
This is my punishment.
**[15:52] Ferdinand**
I had this coming for not stopping the
high priest from antagonizing you.
**[15:59] Ferdinand**
I didn't expect your commoner
parents to defy a noble's orders.
**[16:04] Gunther**
Main's my daughter.
I've said so countless times.
**[16:16] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[16:17] Ferdinand**
I envy you for having such loving parents.
**[16:23] Ferdinand**
Be they orphans or nobles,
**[16:27] Ferdinand**
everyone in the church was
cast aside by their parents.
**[16:34] Main**
* After that, we moved to the head*
* priest's room to talk things out.*
**[16:40] Gunther**
What was that thing Main did earlier?
**[16:44] Ferdinand**
Do you mean the Crushing?
**[16:46] Gunther**
It's called the Crushing?
**[16:49] Gunther**
Main's eyes turned rainbowy,
**[16:51] Gunther**
and her body was emanating some kind of aura.
**[16:57] Main**
What the heck? I didn't know I'd
turned into some kind of oddity!
**[17:01] Ferdinand**
It happens when one with the Devouring
lets their emotions go out of control.
**[17:06] Ferdinand**
Their mana activates,
courses through their body,
**[17:09] Ferdinand**
and "crushes" their enemy.
**[17:12] Ferdinand**
It happens often to kids since
they can't control their emotions.
**[17:16] Ferdinand**
Haven't you seen it before?
**[17:18] Eva**
I did notice her eye color
change a bunch of times.
**[17:22] Eva**
It always happened during
tantrums, but it'd go away soon.
**[17:26] Gunther**
Oh yeah, now that you mention it...
**[17:28] Main**
Really?!
**[17:30] Main**
* I'm amazed they raised such a*
* bizarre girl with so much love.*
**[17:42] Ferdinand**
I'd heard that those with the
Devouring have lots of mana,
**[17:45] Ferdinand**
but I never foresaw that you could push
the high priest to the brink of death.
**[17:50] Ferdinand**
This might be a strange question,
**[17:52] Ferdinand**
but how are you even still alive?
**[17:56] Ferdinand**
The stronger your mana, the stronger
your will needs to be to control it.
**[18:01] Ferdinand**
It makes no sense that you're still
alive given how much mana you possess.
**[18:06] Main**
I should already be dead, actually.
**[18:09] Main**
But some kind people let me
use a dying magical item.
**[18:15] Ferdinand**
Didn't you try to form an agreement
with a noble through them?
**[18:20] Main**
Living life chained to a
noble would be pointless.
**[18:27] Main**
I wanted to stay with my family.
**[18:31] Main**
I wanted to make my books.
**[18:33] Main**
If I can't live my life the way I want,
then there's no point to living.
**[18:48] Ferdinand**
I fail to comprehend that mindset.
**[18:54] Ferdinand**
Main, I want you to join the church.
**[18:57] Ferdinand**
This is a request, not an order.
**[19:01] Ferdinand**
I'm the one in charge of the
daily affairs around here.
**[19:04] Ferdinand**
I'll provide you the best
environment possible.
**[19:06] Ferdinand**
Of course, the events of today
will be forgotten as well.
**[19:13] Main**
* The head priest kept his word and*
* accepted all of our demands,*
**[19:19] Main**
* and I was to become a blue-robed*
* apprentice priestess.*
**[19:30] Gunther**
It's over.
**[19:32] Main**
Yeah.
**[19:33] Main**
Dad, Mom. Thanks for fighting for me.
**[19:37] Gunther**
Hey, you're the one who saved our
lives with that Crushing thing.
**[19:42] Main**
My fever just went out of
control because I was so angry.
**[19:44] Main**
Honestly, I don't remember
much of what happened.
**[19:51] Gunther**
But the real battle has yet to come.
**[19:54] Main**
Yeah.
**[19:56] Eva**
Still, I'm a little relieved now.
**[20:00] Eva**
So long as the head priest is there,
I think you'll be just fine at the cathedral.
**[20:04] Main**
The head priest? Why?
**[20:06] Eva**
I mean, he stopped you, remember?
**[20:09] Eva**
It's important that you have someone to
stop and scold you when you lose control.
**[20:13] Main**
Yikes! I get the feeling
he'll be scolding me a lot!
**[20:31] Lutz**
Main will definitely be fine.
**[20:34] Lutz**
She's got your dad and mom with her.
**[20:36] Tuuli**
Yeah...
**[20:40] Main**
Tuuli!
**[20:45] Main**
Tuuli!
**[20:50] Tuuli**
You guys!
**[20:53] Lutz**
Main!
**[21:06] Tuuli**
Main... Welcome back.
**[21:11] Main**
I'm home...
**[21:14] Main**
Tuuli!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Apprentice Priestess
**[22:58] Main**
Woohoo!
***SIGN*** Part One Complete
**[23:00] Main**
We've hit the grand finale of Part One!
**[23:03] Main**
The negotiations were a great success,
and I can keep living with my family!
**[23:06] Main**
Head Priest, you'll be seeing me
at the cathedral soon!
**[23:10] Main**
I can finally read some books! Yahoo!
**[23:14] Main**
The way you're celebrating
only makes me worry.
**[23:18] Ferdinand**
You seem to be thinking of nothing but books.
***SIGN*** Nag Nag
**[23:20] Ferdinand**
Do you realize you're joining the church
as an apprentice priestess?
**[23:23] Ferdinand**
You'll have so much to do and learn.
***SIGN*** Poke Poke
**[23:27] Ferdinand**
Also, you've been made a blue robe
despitebeingacommoner...
**[23:30] Main**
No! It's too soon for all this!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Tobe Sunaho
# E14.5P1 - Side Story One: Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown
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**[00:01] Main**
* I am now an apprentice*
* priestess at the cathedral!*
**[00:05] Main**
Yahoo! I can finally read my books!
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
*With her joining the church set in stone,*
**[00:12] Ferdinand**
* Main celebrates her*
* newfound access to books.*
**[00:15] Ferdinand**
*Meanwhile...*
**[00:17] Ferdinand**
Eckhart, Eustachius.
**[00:20] Ferdinand**
I want information on a girl named Main.
She lives downtown and has the Devouring.
**[00:25] Ferdinand**
She'll be joining the church as a
blue-robed apprentice priestess.
**[00:29] Eustachius**
Why give a girl like that blue robes?
**[00:32] Ferdinand**
She runs a studio that
produces plant-based paper,
**[00:35] Ferdinand**
has a great desire to read books,
**[00:37] Ferdinand**
and offered to pay a large gold coin
if we let her join and read here.
**[00:41] Ferdinand**
She's a strange kid, that's for sure.
**[00:43] Eckhart**
Strange, huh?
**[00:45] Ferdinand**
Yes. I'll take any information
you can find on her.
**[00:49] Both**
Sir!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Side Story One Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown
**[02:34] Eustachius**
*My name is Eustachius.*
**[02:37] Eustachius**
*We, Head Priest Ferdinand's aides,*
**[02:39] Eustachius**
*infiltrated the downtown area on his orders.*
**[02:41] Eustachius**
*It was around the beginning of summer.*
**[02:44] Eckhart**
So this is downtown...
**[02:50] Eckhart**
You're handling this
surprisingly well, Eustachius.
**[02:53] Eckhart**
How can you breathe here?
**[02:55] Eustachius**
We'll just have to get used to it.
**[02:57] Eustachius**
That aside, we should probably look
for a shop that sells old clothes.
**[03:01] Crowd**
Who are they? Nobles?
**[03:02] Eustachius**
It appears we picked the wrong
kind of outfits to wear.
**[03:03] Crowd**
Probably merchants.
**[03:04] Crowd**
Damn showoffs.
**[03:07] Woman**
Thank you very much.
**[03:09] Eustachius**
Oh, do you know where the Main Studio is?
They make plant-based paper.
**[03:13] Woman**
"Main Studio"?
**[03:16] Woman**
I'm afraid we don't know, sorry.
**[03:20] Eustachius**
Is that so?
**[03:26] Eckhart**
These clothes reek!
**[03:28] Eckhart**
I would never wear these if I weren't
using a cleansing spell on myself!
**[03:31] Eustachius**
Quit whining.
**[03:33] Eustachius**
We need to hurry with our investigation.
**[03:35] Eustachius**
You saw how those women reacted.
**[03:36] Eustachius**
They were wary of us, because
we're unfamiliar faces.
**[03:39] Eustachius**
The people living downtown are guarded
and have strong ties with one another.
**[03:43] Eckhart**
The stench is starting to make my head hurt.
**[03:45] Eckhart**
This mission is worse than camping
outdoors to collect materials.
**[03:55] Eustachius**
I won't get anything done with you.
**[03:58] Eustachius**
*I took my sick colleague to an inn*
**[04:02] Eustachius**
* and headed off by myself to*
* investigate the Gilberta Company.*
**[04:05] Benno**
Take Main home, Mark.
**[04:08] Main**
No need for that.
**[04:09] Main**
I'm meeting my mother at the central plaza.
**[04:12] Main**
She'll take me home after some shopping.
**[04:21] Eustachius**
*Is this the place?*
**[04:23] Eustachius**
* I'd heard that Main Studio does*
* most of its business with them.*
**[04:26] Eustachius**
*This looks like a fashion boutique.*
**[04:29] Eustachius**
* Why would they partner up*
* with a paper workshop?*
**[04:33] Eustachius**
*Oh? Those are some unusual hairpins.*
**[04:40] Main**
If I may ask, can we help
you with something?
**[04:45] Eustachius**
Oh, no. Some unusual hairpins
caught my eye, is all.
**[04:50] Eustachius**
I don't need anything, thanks.
**[04:56] Eckhart**
And so you came back empty-handed?
**[04:59] Eustachius**
Yeah.
**[05:00] Eustachius**
I can't approach that place anymore
after drawing attention like that.
**[05:05] Eustachius**
But I have a better idea.
**[05:07] Eustachius**
The file said Main lives
near the South Gate.
**[05:11] Eustachius**
I think I'm going to find her home
and gather information around there.
**[05:15] Eckhart**
Your disguises always amaze me.
**[05:18] Eckhart**
You totally look like a farmer.
**[05:21] Eckhart**
I'm sorry I can't be of much help.
**[05:23] Eustachius**
I'll be off, then.
**[05:25] Eustachius**
I hope ye get used to this by tonight.
**[05:35] Eustachius**
* I observed the people around and tried*
* my best to blend in as a peasant.*
**[05:44] Eustachius**
Whoa!
**[05:44] Eustachius**
Sorry! You okay there?
**[05:47] Karla**
Y-Yeah.
**[05:51] Karla**
But what brings a farmer to this area?
**[05:55] Karla**
You won't find a market down here.
**[05:57] Eustachius**
Oh, don't be so suspicious.
I just have something to do here.
**[06:02] Eustachius**
Do you know a girl called Main?
**[06:04] Karla**
Main?!
**[06:05] Eustachius**
Yeah, she helped me kindly this one time.
**[06:08] Eustachius**
I'm looking for her to repay the favor.
**[06:11] Karla**
Can't say I've heard of her.
**[06:13] Eustachius**
I heard she's making plant-based
paper at the Main Studio.
**[06:18] Karla**
I'm telling you, I don't know!
**[06:20] Karla**
If you stick around too long,
**[06:21] Karla**
you'd best be prepared to
be mistaken for a thief!
**[06:24] Karla**
Run along, then!
**[06:27] Karla**
If I ever see you again,
you'll have hell to pay!
**[06:31] Eustachius**
Good heavens.
**[06:34] Eustachius**
I guess I'll ask around here.
**[06:45] Ralph**
We sure got a lot today.
**[06:48] Eustachius**
Kids around the same age as Main.
**[06:50] Eustachius**
Perfect!
**[06:53] Eustachius**
Heya, kids.
**[06:54] Ralph**
But hey...
**[06:56] Eustachius**
Do you know a girl named Main?
**[06:58] Fey**
Main?!
**[07:00] Fey**
I-I want nothing to do with her!
**[07:04] Ralph**
Fey, you still scared of Main?
**[07:07] Eustachius**
"Scared"?
**[07:08] Ralph**
Yeah. She got really mad when he broke
something of hers this one time.
**[07:13] Ralph**
Right?
**[07:15] Eustachius**
Really? But she was so nice to me.
**[07:19] Ralph**
That must've been Tuuli, not Main.
**[07:23] Fey**
Yeah. There's no way Main
would ever be nice to anyone.
**[07:26] Eustachius**
Tuuli?
**[07:27] Ralph**
Main's older sister.
**[07:29] Ralph**
Hey, Tuuli!
**[07:32] Tuuli**
What?
**[07:33] Ralph**
This man's looking for Main.
**[07:36] Tuuli**
For Main?
**[07:38] Eustachius**
Yeah. I want to repay
her for helping me out.
**[07:41] Eustachius**
I've brought vegetables from my farm.
**[07:44] Tuuli**
Main helped you out?
Are you sure about that?
**[07:47] Eustachius**
She definitely introduced herself as Main.
**[07:50] Tuuli**
Was there anyone with her?
**[07:52] Eustachius**
Hmm? No, it was just her.
**[07:56] Tuuli**
Then you've definitely got the wrong person.
**[07:58] Tuuli**
Main can't go out by herself like that.
**[08:00] Eustachius**
What do you mean,
"can't go out by herself"?
**[08:02] Tuuli**
Yeah.
**[08:03] Tuuli**
She collapses all the time,
so someone needs to go with her.
**[08:07] Eustachius**
That so? Did I have the wrong person?
**[08:10] Eustachius**
Have y'all heard of Main Studio, then?
**[08:13] Ralph**
Nope.
**[08:14] Fey**
No idea.
**[08:16] Eustachius**
N-Never mind, then.
**[08:19] Eustachius**
Sorry for keeping you.
**[08:21] Eustachius**
Forgive me with this.
**[08:25] Eustachius**
See ya!
**[08:30] Eustachius**
*Sheesh. Nothing's going right this time.*
**[08:43] Eckhart**
She's so frail that she
needs a chaperon, eh?
**[08:46] Eustachius**
I didn't expect to learn next to nothing
about her in her own neighborhood.
**[08:51] Eckhart**
What now?
**[08:52] Eustachius**
I'm going to break into the
Merchant Guild at night.
**[08:56] Eustachius**
We're not getting anywhere by asking around.
**[08:59] Eustachius**
Also, Main's father is a soldier
working at the South Gate.
**[09:01] Eustachius**
We're going to tail him.
**[09:05] Both**
Our thanks to Wentoll!
**[09:12] Gunther**
Wow, you're going to be a father, huh?
**[09:15] Otto**
How did you name your kids?
**[09:18] Gunther**
Why?
**[09:20] Otto**
Oh, Corinna and I've been
discussing it every night,
**[09:23] Otto**
but we just can't decide on one.
**[09:25] Gunther**
Come on! The kid's only
coming in winter, right?
**[09:29] Gunther**
You're being too hasty.
**[09:36] Eustachius**
Feeling less nauseous?
**[09:41] Eckhart**
I'd rather be outside than in this hole.
**[09:43] Eckhart**
Can we move up our plans?
**[09:46] Eustachius**
Fine. Let's leave.
**[10:02] Eustachius**
*The next day,*
**[10:04] Eustachius**
* we went to talk to people the Gilberta*
* Company did business with.*
**[10:08] Lumberjack**
Main?
**[10:10] Lumberjack**
Oh, that lass?
**[10:12] Lumberjack**
She's a special one, that's for sure.
She can write order forms by herself.
**[10:16] Craftsman**
Yeah, I know her.
**[10:17] Craftsman**
Her shopping nous can put adults to shame.
**[10:20] Craftsman**
She's prompt with payment, too.
**[10:22] Eustachius**
*Everyone keeps calling her a "strange kid,"*
**[10:25] Eustachius**
* but from what I've heard, I'd lean*
* more toward "too good at everything."*
**[10:30] Eustachius**
* Either way, it seems she handles*
* her responsibilities well,*
**[10:33] Eustachius**
* so it shouldn't be a problem to let her join*
* as a blue-robed apprentice priestess.*
**[10:37] Eustachius**
"We'll give you a detailed
report once we're back.
**[10:40] Eustachius**
That is all."
**[10:43] Eustachius**
Since we're already here, why don't
we go check out the marketplace?
**[10:47] Eckhart**
Our work here is done. Can't we leave...
**[10:50] Eustachius**
Just a peek.
**[11:01] Eustachius**
Hey, pops, where'd you get
your hands on this book?
**[11:04] Otto**
Huh? Oh, it's collateral from a noble.
**[11:08] Eustachius**
A noble?
**[11:09] Eustachius**
Do you mind if I take a look?
**[11:12] Otto**
Of course not! Look all you want!
**[11:15] Otto**
Man...
**[11:16] Otto**
Nobody's taken an interest in this book.
**[11:18] Otto**
Just you and that strange kid.
**[11:22] Eustachius**
"Strange kid"?
**[11:23] Otto**
Yeah.
**[11:24] Otto**
She suddenly threw herself
to the ground and went...
**(Flashback) [11:27] Main**
I know I can't buy it, so I'll
make do with just holding it!
**(Flashback) [11:31] Main**
I'd like to at least enjoy
the sweet scent of ink!
**(Flashback) [11:33] Main**
I beg you!
**[11:36] Eustachius**
I see.
**[11:39] Eustachius**
Let me buy it off you.
**[11:46] Eustachius**
* She showed an interest in this book,*
* and even wanted to smell its ink?*
**[11:50] Eustachius**
*"Strange kid" is right.*
**[11:53] Eustachius**
* I'm starting to want to see for myself*
* just what she's really like.*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Visiting Missus Corinna
**[12:05] Eustachius**
Master Ferdinand.
**[12:06] Eustachius**
Blah, blah, blah. And there you have it.
**[12:09] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[12:10] Ferdinand**
That reminds me of the first time I met her.
**[12:13] Ferdinand**
She was sniffing the scripture's
ink back then, too.
**[12:15] Eustachius**
She did that in front of you?
**[12:18] Eustachius**
She truly is the most intriguing kid!
**[12:21] Eustachius**
Ah, what is she really like?
**[12:23] Eustachius**
She makes my heart pump faster!
**[12:25] Eustachius**
I want to meet her and talk to her!
**[12:27] Eustachius**
Ah...
**[12:28] Ferdinand**
You two weirdos will get along fine.
**[12:31] Ferdinand**
That aside, what do I do with her?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
# E14.5P2 - Side Story Two: Visiting Missus Corinna
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR8D9XD0R/side-story-two-visiting-missus-corinna)
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* While Eustachius was gathering*
* information on Main,*
**[00:04] Ferdinand**
* she was busy receiving a*
* summons from Corinna.*
**[00:11] Eva**
Summons?
**[00:13] Tuuli**
What did you do, Main?
***SIGN*** Side Story Two Visiting Missus Corinna
**[00:30] Main**
She wants to see the outfit and
hairpin I wore for my baptism.
**[00:35] Main**
Can I show her?
**[00:38] Eva**
They're not good enough to
show Corinna of all people.
**[00:42] Main**
Right...
**[00:45] Main**
Okay, I'll tell her no.
**[00:47] Eva**
You can't turn her down!
**[00:50] Main**
What do you want me to do, then?
**[00:59] Eva**
Honestly!
**[01:01] Eva**
I can't decide so suddenly!
**[01:03] Main**
Mom's actually panicking for once.
**[01:06] Tuuli**
Yeah.
**[01:07] Tuuli**
So, you'll have to take the stuff
to her place and show her?
**[01:12] Main**
Yeah, I think so.
**[01:15] Tuuli**
Can I go with you this time?
**[01:17] Main**
I'll try asking.
**[01:20] Tuuli**
I love you, Main.
**[01:21] Eva**
Hold it. We don't know that we're going yet.
**[01:25] Main**
But you won't turn her down, will you?
**[01:28] Tuuli**
You won't, right?
**[01:31] Gunther**
What's it gonna be?
**[01:33] Eva**
But...
**[01:37] Eva**
What am I to do?!
**[01:42] Eva**
How should I greet her?
**[01:44] Main**
How about, "It's nice to meet you.
Thank you so much for the invitation"?
**[01:49] Tuuli**
What about me, Main?
**[01:50] Main**
You can just smile and say, "I've
been looking forward to seeing you!"
**[01:54] Eva**
It's nice to meet you. Thank you
so much for the invitation.
**[01:58] Tuuli**
I've been looking forward to seeing you!
**[02:01] Main**
Yep, that's the way.
**[02:03] Eva**
It's nice to meet you. Thank you
so much for the invitation.
**[02:06] Tuuli**
I've been looking forward to seeing you!
**[02:09] Eva**
It's nice to meet you. Thank you
so much for the invitation.
**[02:12] Tuuli**
I've been looking forward to seeing you!
**[02:17] Main**
Greetings, Missus Corinna!
**[02:20] Corinna**
Welcome, Main.
**[02:22] Corinna**
I'm glad your mother and sister
could make it as well.
**[02:25] Corinna**
I'm Corinna.
**[02:27] Main**
It's good to see you, Missus Corinna.
**[02:29] Corinna**
Come on in, please.
**[02:30] Main**
Sure. Thank you.
**[02:37] Main**
*Will you two stop freaking out?*
**[02:47] Main**
Thanks for having us.
**[02:49] Eva**
Nice to meet you, Missus Corinna.
I'm Eva, Main's mother.
**[02:53] Eva**
Thank you so much for
inviting us to your home.
**[02:56] Tuuli**
I'm Tuuli, Missus Corinna.
**[02:58] Tuuli**
I've been looking forward to this.
**[03:01] Tuuli**
I'm so happy to see you!
**[03:04] Corinna**
Same here. Make yourself at home.
**[03:08] Corinna**
I'll get you some tea and snacks.
**[03:11] Corinna**
I really wanted to get a closer
look at Main's outfit.
**[03:15] Corinna**
Thank you for coming all the way for me.
**[03:21] Main**
This is nice and sweet!
**[03:24] Corinna**
Wonderful.
**[03:26] Eva**
I altered the dress Tuuli
wore for her baptism.
**[03:30] Corinna**
I'm amazed you could alter it this way.
**[03:33] Eva**
Well, it was easier than
making it from scratch.
**[03:36] Main**
We folded and pleated parts
**[03:40] Main**
to make the dress smaller
and shorter to fit me.
**[03:43] Main**
Or well, Mom did.
**[03:44] Corinna**
Mind if I ask a few specific questions?
**[03:47] Eva**
Of course. I'd be happy to answer.
**[03:52] Main**
This is the hair ornament I wore.
**[03:55] Corinna**
I've never seen one like this before.
**[03:58] Tuuli**
I made the big, white flowers.
**[04:01] Corinna**
Really? These are very pretty, Tuuli.
**[04:05] Tuuli**
Thank you!
**[04:07] Corinna**
I would like to take orders
for this at my studio.
**[04:12] Corinna**
May I?
**[04:14] Tuuli**
Of course...
**[04:15] Main**
...that depends on the terms.
**[04:17] Tuuli**
H-H-Hey, Main!
**[04:19] Main**
Hair ornaments are our winter handiwork,
and a big source of income.
**[04:23] Main**
We can't give them away so easily.
**[04:25] Main**
If you really want to make and sell them,
**[04:29] Main**
you'll have to purchase the rights.
**[04:32] Tuuli**
Main!
**[04:33] Eva**
Main...
**[04:34] Eva**
Sorry about this, Missus Corinna.
**[04:36] Main**
Stay out of it, Mom.
**[04:38] Main**
This is important.
**[04:41] Tuuli**
Main...
**[04:41] Eva**
Main...
**[04:42] Corinna**
It's fine.
**[04:44] Corinna**
You may talk to Brother
Benno about this, Main.
**[04:49] Main**
Got it.
**[04:51] Benno**
It's a pleasure.
**[04:53] Benno**
I'm Benno, Corinna's brother.
**[04:55] Eva**
Nice to meet you, Mister Benno.
I'm Eva, Main's mother.
**[04:59] Eva**
Thank you for all the help you've given her.
**[05:01] Tuuli**
I'm Tuuli, Mister Benno.
I'm glad to meet you.
**[05:07] Benno**
So what's this about, Corinna?
**[05:09] Corinna**
Well...
**[05:10] Main**
It seems the lady wants exclusive
rights to sell our hairpins.
**[05:15] Main**
How much are you willing
to pay, Mister Benno?
**[05:23] Benno**
Is this supposed to be funny?
**[05:24] Main**
No, it's about money.
**[05:29] Benno**
How about this much?
**[05:32] Main**
That's an insulting offer.
**[05:35] Main**
Do you *want* me to strike a
deal with Freida instead?
**[05:38] Benno**
Hey! Don't products made at Main
Studio have to go through Lutz?!
**[05:44] Main**
Products made at Main Studio, yes.
**[05:48] Main**
That doesn't include product ideas.
**[05:50] Benno**
That's just nitpicking!
**[05:52] Main**
There's no point yelling.
**[05:54] Main**
You know it won't work on me.
**[06:03] Tuuli**
Wow, Main.
**[06:05] Corinna**
Tuuli, Eva, this looks like it'll
take a while, so come with me.
**[06:11] Corinna**
Main's amazing.
**[06:13] Corinna**
I can't believe she can
negotiate with my brother.
**[06:16] Eva**
I'd never seen her like that before.
**[06:19] Tuuli**
She gets feverish at the drop of a hat
and isn't much good at housework,
**[06:23] Tuuli**
but here she is, going
at it with a grown-up.
**[06:26] Tuuli**
That's a side of Main I didn't know existed.
**[06:30] Corinna**
Let's leave the money matters to them
and talk about sewing, shall we?
**[06:36] Tuuli**
Yes!
**[06:37] Tuuli**
Beautiful... How does one get
to make clothes like these?
**[06:42] Tuuli**
Could you teach me your ways?
**[06:45] Corinna**
Skill plays a part, of course,
**[06:47] Corinna**
but what's important is seeing lots
of pretty sights for yourself.
**[06:51] Corinna**
Here's one example.
**[06:54] Corinna**
The idea for the flower embroidery here
came from flowers I picked in the forest.
**[07:03] Corinna**
The more attention you pay to
the everyday sights around you,
**[07:05] Corinna**
the more design ideas you'll
have when you work.
**[07:08] Tuuli**
I see...
**[07:11] Tuuli**
I'm an apprentice seamstress now.
**[07:13] Tuuli**
My dream is to one day make
pretty clothes like you.
**[07:18] Corinna**
Really? Then make it come true, Tuuli.
**[07:21] Tuuli**
Yes!
**[07:24] Benno**
You're becoming a nasty
negotiator, you know that?!
**[07:26] Main**
Well, you could say I have
an excellent teacher.
**[07:37] Benno**
I guess we have a deal.
**[07:40] Corinna**
Looks like they're done over there.
**[07:43] Main**
Mom, teach Missus Corinna how
to make those ornaments.
**[07:46] Eva**
Sure.
**[07:49] Main**
Phew, that wore me out.
**[07:51] Corinna**
Good job hanging in there.
**[07:52] Corinna**
So, what did you finally agree on?
**[07:56] Corinna**
That'll affect our pricing.
**[08:05] Corinna**
I can't believe you got Brother
Benno to agree to that!
**[08:09] Main**
He said he'd be selling the ornaments
exclusively at your studio for a year.
**[08:15] Tuuli**
How much was it, Main?
**[08:20] Tuuli**
You can't say?
**[08:23] Main**
It's a fair price, so I can say...
but I don't want to.
**[08:27] Tuuli**
Tell me, Main.
**[08:31] Tuuli**
Tell me, Main.
**[08:34] Tuuli**
Tell me, Main!
**[08:38] Main**
One large and seven small gold coins.
**[08:45] Tuuli**
Hold up...
**[08:46] Tuuli**
Did you just say "gold"?
**[08:48] Main**
It may sound like a lot of money,
**[08:51] Main**
but it's absolutely a fair
price for exclusive rights.
**[08:54] Main**
I'm not like Mister Benno.
**[08:56] Main**
It's not a rip-off, okay?!
**[09:01] Corinna**
You struck a great deal, Main.
**[09:04] Main**
I did!
**[09:05] Main**
Now we can get you a gift
when your child is born!
**[09:14] Main**
* And thus ended our visit*
* to Missus Corinna's home.*
***SIGN*** And Now Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Program
**[10:57] Main**
Head Priest, I wanna see
side stories for more characters!
**[11:01] Ferdinand**
I agree. We'll have to pray
to the gods for them.
**[11:06] Main**
"Pray"?
**[11:07] Ferdinand**
I'm not sure which god
merchants worship, but...
**[11:11] Ferdinand**
May the threads of the Goddess of Time,
Dreharnguhr, come together again.
**[11:16] Ferdinand**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[11:18] Main**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[11:20] All**
We offer the gods our prayers!
# E15 - Apprentice Priestess
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
*After learning that it would save her life,*
**[00:04] Ferdinand**
*Main decided to join the church.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
* But the negotiation with the*
* high priest ended in failure.*
**(Flashback) [00:11] Main**
Don't you dare lay a hand on my mom and dad.
**[00:16] Ferdinand**
* As a result, while she did*
* get to join on her terms,*
**[00:20] Ferdinand**
* many trials and tribulations*
* lay ahead for her.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter 15 Apprentice Priestess
**[02:05] Main**
* I am now an apprentice*
* priestess at the cathedral!*
**[02:09] Main**
Yahoo! I can finally read my books!
**[02:14] Tuuli**
Settle down, Main.
**[02:16] Eva**
You're going to get feverish again.
**[02:18] Main**
I can't have that.
**[02:20] Tuuli**
There's still time until you join.
**[02:25] Main**
*While my joining was confirmed,*
**[02:27] Main**
* it seems that various*
* preparations need to be made,*
**[02:31] Main**
* meaning it'll be a while yet*
* before I officially start.*
**[02:34] Eva**
You're going to see Benno
tomorrow, aren't you?
**[02:37] Main**
Yeah. I need to tell him
how the negotiations went.
**[02:42] Main**
Good day!
**[02:44] Lutz**
W-Welcome.
**[02:47] Mark**
Lutz, you need to welcome
customers with a smile.
**[02:51] Lutz**
What might you be looking for today?
**[02:55] Main**
I heard you sell hair ornaments here.
**[02:58] Lutz**
The hair ornaments are...
**[03:00] Gunther**
Lutz, got a moment?
**[03:05] Lutz**
Excuse me.
**[03:08] Mark**
Thank you for helping Lutz practice
his customer service, Main.
**[03:13] Main**
Don't mention it.
**[03:15] Main**
I see he's trying his best.
**[03:18] Main**
* Unlike me, Lutz has already*
* begun his apprenticeship,*
**[03:21] Main**
*and he has an early start.*
**[03:23] Main**
* He said he was overwhelmed*
* by everything he had to learn*
**[03:26] Main**
*with a smile on his face.*
**[03:28] Benno**
So, how'd the negotiations go?
**[03:31] Main**
Long story short, they were a great success.
**[03:34] Main**
I'll be joining as a blue-robed priestess,
and I can continue living at home.
**(Flashback) [03:38] Gunther**
If you need Main's mana that badly,
**(Flashback) [03:41] Gunther**
we demand that she be treated like nobility.
**(Flashback) [03:44] Gunther**
Don't make her do grey-robed apprentice work.
**(Flashback) [03:48] Ferdinand**
Very well. She'll be granted
blue robes as an exception.
**(Flashback) [03:51] Ferdinand**
Any other conditions?
**(Flashback) [03:53] Gunther**
We're too worried to let her live
here, where we can't see her,
**(Flashback) [03:56] Gunther**
so we ask that she be allowed
to continue living at home.
**(Flashback) [03:59] Eva**
Yes. She's frail, so we
would like to determine
**(Flashback) [04:03] Eva**
if she's in condition to
go to work every morning.
**(Flashback) [04:05] Ferdinand**
No problem.
**(Flashback) [04:06] Ferdinand**
She isn't an orphan, so
she can commute from home.
**(Flashback) [04:09] Ferdinand**
She doesn't need to push herself
if she doesn't feel well, either.
**(Flashback) [04:13] Main**
Uh...
**(Flashback) [04:14] Main**
Even when I'm fine,
I can't come without Lutz.
**(Flashback) [04:18] Ferdinand**
Lutz?
**(Flashback) [04:19] Main**
Yeah. I can collapse out of nowhere at times,
**(Flashback) [04:23] Main**
so he monitors my condition for me.
**(Flashback) [04:25] Ferdinand**
Oh, so you need a retainer.
**(Flashback) [04:28] Ferdinand**
Every blue-robed priestess has a
few, so that won't be a problem.
**(Flashback) [04:33] Main**
Retainer...
**(Flashback) [04:36] Ferdinand**
Anything else?
**(Flashback) [04:37] Main**
Oh...
**(Flashback) [04:38] Main**
I'm registered with the Merchant Guild.
**(Flashback) [04:42] Main**
Is it okay if I continue running my studio?
**(Flashback) [04:47] Ferdinand**
A servant of the gods needs no such thing...
**(Flashback) [04:51] Ferdinand**
Or so the high priest would say.
**(Flashback) [04:54] Main**
But it's an important
source of income for me.
**(Flashback) [04:57] Main**
I can hire the orphans and pay them for work,
**(Flashback) [05:00] Main**
or donate a part of the revenue.
**(Flashback) [05:03] Main**
Can we find a middle ground somehow?
**(Flashback) [05:07] Ferdinand**
How much does she know?
**(Flashback) [05:09] Main**
Excuse me?
**(Flashback) [05:10] Ferdinand**
Just talking to myself.
**(Flashback) [05:12] Ferdinand**
I'm lacking a lot of information,
so let's discuss this another day.
**(Flashback) [05:17] Ferdinand**
Anything else?
**(Flashback) [05:19] Gunther**
No.
**(Flashback) [05:20] Ferdinand**
She'll be tasked with
maintaining magical items and,
**(Flashback) [05:22] Ferdinand**
as she wished, the library.
**(Flashback) [05:25] Main**
The library?!
**(Flashback) [05:27] Main**
You're such a nice guy, Head Priest!
**(Flashback) [05:32] Gunther**
Thank you.
**[05:34] Benno**
So you got baited by the books, huh?
**[05:37] Main**
But he accepted all of our terms.
**[05:40] Benno**
Yeah. I have no complaints on that end.
**[05:43] Benno**
The head priest seems reasonable.
**[05:45] Benno**
Go to him if you need any help there.
**[05:48] Main**
Yeah, I will.
**[06:01] Main**
Lutz was giving his all
at work, Missus Karla.
**[06:05] Karla**
Really? I was worried,
so that puts me at ease.
**[06:10] Karla**
By the way, what did you
end up deciding to do?
**[06:15] Karla**
You turned down the merchant
apprenticeship, right?
**[06:17] Main**
I don't think I can handle work outside,
**[06:20] Main**
so I'll be helping out at the
gate and at home like usual.
**[06:26] Karla**
Oh, really?
**[06:28] Karla**
Guess you have to focus on getting healthier.
**[06:30] Karla**
Well, bye.
**[06:32] Main**
* We're keeping my church apprenticeship*
* a secret from our neighbors.*
**[06:36] Main**
* It's because a lot of them*
* dislike the church's practices.*
**[06:40] Karla**
Oh, right.
**[06:42] Karla**
There was a man going around asking about you.
**[06:45] Main**
Huh? Asking about me?
**[06:47] Karla**
Yeah. About your studio and stuff.
**[06:50] Karla**
I told him he had the wrong
person and ran him off.
**[06:53] Karla**
But stay on your toes.
**[06:55] Karla**
There are all sorts out there.
**[06:58] Main**
I will. Thank you.
**[07:03] Main**
Only Benno and the guild master
should know about the studio...
**[07:11] Both**
Our thanks to Wentoll!
**[07:19] Gunther**
Wow, you're going to be a father, huh?
**[07:22] Otto**
Yeah...
**[07:22] Gunther**
So wait, why are you quitting
when you have a child on the way?
**[07:27] Otto**
The reason is Main.
**[07:30] Otto**
The products she came up with
are flying off the shelves.
**[07:34] Otto**
So Benno asked me to help with the store.
**[07:38] Gunther**
Oh, Main's products...
**[07:42] Gunther**
The gods do love my Main.
**[07:45] Otto**
She is Benno's Fruhtrane, after all.
**[07:48] Gunther**
Isn't that the Goddess of Water?
**[07:50] Otto**
You must be overjoyed, too.
**[07:53] Otto**
I'm glad you found a way for Main to survive.
**[07:59] Otto**
Are you still not okay with
her joining the church?
**[08:04] Gunther**
Do you really think I could be okay with it?
**[08:06] Gunther**
They say they'll treat her like a noble,
**[08:09] Gunther**
but knowing them, there's
no way that's happening.
**[08:15] Gunther**
Even then, it's better than her dying on me.
**[08:20] Otto**
Maybe the gods made you a soldier for this.
**[08:25] Gunther**
What do you mean?
**[08:27] Otto**
Main possesses mana and the
ability to earn lots of money.
**[08:32] Otto**
And that puts her at risk of getting
abducted by outside nobles.
**[08:36] Gunther**
Abducted?!
**[08:38] Otto**
Shh!
**[08:40] Otto**
It's your job to prevent that!
**[08:44] Otto**
As gatekeeper, you can look into
each noble that comes here.
**[08:47] Otto**
Isn't that the perfect job
if you want to protect Main?
**[08:51] Gunther**
You've got a point there.
**[08:52] Otto**
I'll help you out too, Captain.
**[08:55] Gunther**
Thanks.
**[08:56] Gunther**
I'll protect my family along
with this entire town.
**[09:06] Benno**
A man who's going around investigating you?
**[09:09] Benno**
It's probably the same guy who
broke into the Merchant Guild.
**[09:14] Main**
Somebody broke into the Merchant Guild?
**[09:17] Benno**
Yeah. I'm sure he got his
hands on your studio's file.
**[09:21] Benno**
I bet someone in the church is
gathering information about you.
**[09:27] Benno**
This has the nobility's stench all over it.
**[09:30] Main**
So this is what joining the church involves.
**[09:38] Lutz**
Don't worry.
**[09:39] Lutz**
I'm here for you.
**[09:45] Main**
Thanks.
**[09:48] Main**
*After that, we went to show Corinna*
**[09:51] Main**
* my hairpin and dress*
* alterations at her request.*
**[09:54] Main**
* That led to selling Benno the*
* rights to the hair ornaments.*
**[10:03] Main**
Welcome to the pound cake tasting!
**[10:07] Benno**
What are you doing here?
**[10:09] Main**
H-Helping out... Ow...
**[10:12] Main**
Why do you think I'm suppressing
all information about you?!
**[10:16] Main**
You're being way too careless!
**[10:19] Main**
Go get changed now.
**[10:20] Main**
Okay...
**[10:35] Main**
See? Isn't it delicious?
**[10:39] Benno**
Why did you sell the recipe for
something so yummy to Freida?
**[10:43] Main**
Do you have the right to ask? I'm pretty
sure you've been ripping me off.
**[10:47] Main**
I heard from Freida that the rights to new
products start from a large gold coin.
**[10:53] Main**
Besides, you don't have
access to sugar and a chef.
**[10:58] Main**
Most of my snack recipes use sugar.
**[11:03] Benno**
Then all I need is a cook and sugar?
**[11:05] Main**
Not any cook will do.
**[11:07] Main**
They need to go be good
enough to serve nobles,
**[11:10] Main**
and have unlimited access to a oven.
**[11:15] Freida**
What's this?
**[11:17] Freida**
I'll buy up all of Main's recipes
before you put all that together.
**[11:22] Freida**
Toodles, Mister Benno.
**[11:25] Liese**
Don't worry.
**[11:27] Liese**
You can count on me to
perfect Main's recipes.
**[11:33] Main**
Thank you, Miss Liese.
**[11:36] Benno**
Hold it.
**[11:38] Benno**
I just need a cook, an oven,
sugar, and creativity, right?
**[11:42] Main**
Mister Benno?
**[11:44] Benno**
You said that if you couldn't get books,
you'd just have to make them yourself.
**[11:47] Benno**
Along those lines...
**[11:49] Benno**
What can I do if I don't have a cook?
**[11:51] Main**
You can just train them yourself?
**[11:54] Benno**
Precisely.
**[11:56] Main**
Benno being so gung-ho is
just perfect in my book.
**[12:00] Main**
Having a dedicated oven will
open the door to so many dishes!
**[12:04] Main**
Pizza.
**[12:06] Main**
Gratin.
**[12:07] Main**
Lasagna.
**[12:09] Main**
Quiche and pie will be on the table, too!
**[12:11] Main**
Let's just start an Italian restaurant!
**[12:14] Tuuli**
What is she going on about now?
**[12:18] Eva**
She has to go to the cathedral starting
tomorrow, too. Will she be okay?
**[12:25] Ferdinand**
From my investigation into Main,
**[12:27] Ferdinand**
she's registered as a workshop
owner with the Merchant Guild.
**[12:31] High Priest**
A servant of the gods, running a workshop?
**[12:35] Ferdinand**
Yes. But it will help us
gain income periodically,
**[12:40] Ferdinand**
so I believe letting her
continue is the best choice.
**[12:44] High Priest**
Hmm...
**[12:45] Ferdinand**
As for the retainers we'll
be assigning to Main,
**[12:49] Ferdinand**
I'm planning to assign her one of
my own and have him report to me.
**[12:54] High Priest**
Good idea.
**[12:55] High Priest**
Then I shall also send one of my own.
**[13:00] High Priest**
For the last one,
**[13:02] High Priest**
let the biggest problem child among
the orphans give her a headache.
**[13:06] High Priest**
Get as much money and
mana you can out of her.
**[13:10] High Priest**
That little devil isn't
good for anything else.
**[13:16] Ferdinand**
Understood.
**[13:26] Ferdinand**
Well, that's certainly not ideal.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:41] Lutz**
Main, don't get too excited.
**[13:43] Main**
I know.
**[13:44] Main**
But I can finally read books, you know?
**[13:48] Lutz**
Look, we're almost there.
**[13:51] Main**
Someone's waiting.
**[13:57] Fran**
Good morning, Lady Main.
**[14:00] Lutz**
"Lady Main"? That sounds so wrong!
**[14:03] Main**
Hey, Lutz!
**[14:05] Main**
It's not that funny!
**[14:07] Lutz**
Sorry, I'll stop.
**[14:09] Lutz**
I'll come pick you up
by the fifth bell, okay?
**[14:14] Main**
Uh... I'm sorry if that made
you feel uncomfortable.
**[14:19] Fran**
There is no need for you to apologize to me.
**[14:24] Fran**
The head priest is waiting for you.
**[14:48] Gunther**
Out of my sight, plebeian.
**[15:02] Main**
So we really do live in a class-based society...
**[15:12] Ferdinand**
We shall now begin the oath-taking ceremony.
**[15:20] Ferdinand**
The spring is green,
**[15:23] Ferdinand**
the color of fresh life
overcoming the harsh winter.
**[15:28] Ferdinand**
The summer is blue,
**[15:30] Ferdinand**
the color of the vast skies toward
which life continues to grow.
**[15:36] Ferdinand**
The autumn is yellow,
**[15:38] Ferdinand**
the color of fat and ripened
wheat hanging its head.
**[15:43] Ferdinand**
The winter is red,
**[15:45] Ferdinand**
the color of a fireplace that
thwarts the cold and bestows hope.
**[15:51] Ferdinand**
Now, take your oath.
**[15:56] Ferdinand**
Repeat after me.
**[15:59] Main**
Got it.
**[16:03] Ferdinand**
Hear me, rulers of the heavens.
**[16:07] Main**
Hear me, rulers of the heavens.
**[16:10] Ferdinand**
The king and queen, the Gods
of Light and Darkness.
**[16:14] Main**
The king and queen, the Gods
of Light and Darkness.
**[16:18] Ferdinand**
Hear me, five eternal rulers of the earth.
**[16:21] Both**
...five eternal rulers of the earth.
**[16:23] Ferdinand**
The Goddess...
**[16:23] Main**
The Goddess of Water, Fruhtrane.
**[16:26] Main**
The God of Fire, Leidenschaft.
**[16:28] Main**
The Goddess of Wind, Schutzaria.
**[16:31] Main**
The Goddess of Earth, Geduldh.
**[16:34] Main**
The God of Life, Ewigleben.
**[16:37] Ferdinand**
From the great heavens...
**[16:40] Main**
...to the vast earth...
**[16:42] Ferdinand**
...may the king and queen
shine their powers...
**[16:46] Main**
...and the eternal five bestow their favor...
**[16:50] Ferdinand**
...on all the lives in these lands.
**[16:53] Main**
And to show my gratitude for thy blessing...
**[16:58] Ferdinand**
...I offer you my heart, and believe in you,
and worship you as the gods of gods.
**[17:06] Main**
To all the gods of nature,
**[17:09] Main**
I vow that I shall pray to you,
thank you, and dedicate my life to you.
**[17:20] Ferdinand**
Blue is the color of the God of Fire,
who aids in the growth of life,
**[17:25] Ferdinand**
and the color of the skies
the supreme beings rule over.
**[17:29] Ferdinand**
The priests and priestesses
**[17:31] Ferdinand**
who vow to worship them
and continually improve
**[17:35] Ferdinand**
are granted these blue robes.
**[17:46] Ferdinand**
O pious disciple, brought
to us by the gods' guidance,
**[17:51] Ferdinand**
we welcome you with open arms.
**[17:53] Main**
From the bottom of my heart,
I thank you for welcoming me.
**[17:58] Ferdinand**
Then pray.
**[18:00] Main**
Huh?
**[18:06] Main**
I offer the gods my prayers!
**[18:13] Ferdinand**
That's enough.
**[18:14] Ferdinand**
Just make sure to have it
down by your commemoration.
**[18:19] Ferdinand**
Let me introduce your retainers.
**[18:28] Fran**
I'm Fran. It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[18:31] Main**
Likewise. I'm very glad to meet you, too.
**[18:34] Fran**
Main, you are a blue robe.
**[18:38] Fran**
You aren't to humble
yourself before grey robes.
**[18:42] Main**
S-Sorry about that. I'll keep it in mind.
**[18:45] Delia**
The name's Delia. I'm eight.
**[18:47] Delia**
As fellow girls, let's get along.
**[18:50] Main**
*What a looker!*
**[18:51] Gil**
You're my master? This sucks!
**[18:54] Gil**
You're just a baby!
**[18:56] Main**
Huh? Uh...
**[18:57] Gil**
I'm Gil. Ten years old.
**[19:02] Ferdinand**
Gil is your retainer.
**[19:04] Ferdinand**
When he misbehaves, you must discipline him.
**[19:08] Main**
Who, me?
**[19:10] Main**
Uh, could you try not to be rude?
**[19:13] Gil**
What? Are you stupid?
**[19:17] Main**
Uh, Head Priest, I've never
had "retainers" in my life.
**[19:22] Main**
I don't need them.
**[19:23] Ferdinand**
No.
**[19:25] Ferdinand**
Every blue robe is duty bound
to have retainers.
**[19:30] Main**
Is that so?
**[19:31] Ferdinand**
As their master, you are to show them
the way with your actions and behavior.
**[19:37] Main**
I need someone to show *me* the way!
**[19:40] Arno**
Head Priest, may I?
**[19:42] Ferdinand**
What is it, Arno?
**[19:45] Ferdinand**
Wait here.
**[19:53] Delia**
God, I'd finally wormed myself
into serving the high priest!
**[19:57] Delia**
And now look at me! My charms
won't work on a girl!
**[20:01] Gil**
Seriously, this is a joke.
**[20:04] Gil**
You're just a commoner, not a noble, right?
**[20:07] Fran**
Watch your mouth, Gil!
**[20:10] Fran**
Lady Main, the head priest just told
you to discipline any misbehavior.
**[20:17] Main**
*I have to show them the way, huh?*
**[20:24] Main**
If you two don't like it,
I can have you replaced.
**[20:27] Main**
*Nailed it!*
**[20:29] Delia**
Please. There's no way that's happening.
**[20:34] Delia**
The high priest asked me
to give you a headache.
**[20:39] Main**
The high priest did what?
**[20:40] Delia**
I'm going to make him recognize
my wiles and become his concubine!
**[20:45] Main**
C-C-C-C-Concubine?!
**[20:48] Gil**
Girls sure have it good.
**[20:50] Main**
Is that something to brag about?
**[20:52] Delia**
Of course.
**[20:54] Delia**
It's the position every woman wants most.
**[20:58] Gil**
It's just common knowledge.
How don't you know that?
**[21:01] Gil**
You really must be stupid.
**[21:06] Main**
What's common to you religious folk
**[21:08] Main**
has nothing in common with downtown
life or my life as Urano!
**[21:11] Fran**
If this were the head priest,
**[21:13] Fran**
he would do a better job
putting them in their place.
**[21:14] Main**
*Fran, who seems devoted to the head priest.*
**[21:18] Main**
*Gil, who only speaks in insults.*
**[21:18] Gil**
Is your head really screwed on right?
**[21:22] Main**
* And Delia, who wants to be a concubine*
* and has openly declared that she's a spy.*
**[21:25] Main**
* It looks like I've set foot*
* in a world I want no part of.*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense
**[23:08] Tuuli**
Say, Main.
**[23:10] Tuuli**
Weren't you negotiating with
Mister Benno the other day?
**[23:13] Main**
Oh, you mean for the hair ornament rights?
**[23:15] Tuuli**
How much did you strike a deal for?
**[23:17] Main**
One large and seven small gold coins.
**[23:21] Tuuli**
G-G-Gold?!
**[23:24] Main**
I didn't rip him off, okay?
**[23:26] Main**
It's absolutely a fair price
for exclusive rights, okay?
**[23:30] Tuuli**
Main...
**[23:31] Tuuli**
Maybe you really should've gone into
business instead of joining the church.
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# E16 - Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense
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**[00:00] Ferdinand**
* Main has become a blue-robed apprentice*
* priestess at the cathedral.*
**[00:04] Ferdinand**
*However...*
**(Flashback) [00:05] Delia**
The high priest asked me
to give you a headache.
**(Flashback) [00:09] Gil**
You're just a commoner, not a noble, right?
**(Flashback) [00:13] Fran**
The head priest just told you
to discipline any misbehavior.
**[00:20] Ferdinand**
* The class discrimination,*
* difference in values,*
**[00:23] Ferdinand**
* and her retainers' rebellious*
* attitudes leave her bewildered.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Sixteen Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense
**[02:09] Ferdinand**
Now...
**[02:10] Ferdinand**
Let me give you a rundown on the
work you're expected to do here.
**[02:13] Main**
Sure.
**[02:14] Main**
As I'm sure you're aware,
**[02:17] Main**
blue robes are for born nobility.
**[02:20] Main**
But you were granted them as a commoner,
**[02:23] Main**
and you can assume that nobody
looks favorably upon that fact.
**[02:27] Main**
The high priest even refused
to administer your oath-taking.
**[02:31] Main**
As such, it has fallen
upon me to supervise you.
**[02:36] Main**
Does it not bother you that I, uh...
**[02:41] Ferdinand**
Merit is what matters to me.
**[02:45] Ferdinand**
Especially now, with the blue
robes dwindling in number,
**[02:49] Ferdinand**
and most of the work coming my way.
**[02:52] Ferdinand**
I know I can count on you to
handle paperwork with ease,
**[02:56] Ferdinand**
so why would I ever hold
anything against you?
**[02:59] Main**
* Did he investigate my*
* work at the gate, too?!*
**[03:05] Main**
I'll do my best.
**[03:07] Ferdinand**
Good.
**[03:08] Ferdinand**
I'll have you file paperwork as my assistant.
**[03:13] Ferdinand**
And then comes your work as a blue-robed
priestess: prayers and mana dedication.
**[03:17] Main**
Mana... dedication?
**[03:20] Ferdinand**
Fran, bring us the dedication shield.
**[03:30] Ferdinand**
Main, touch the magic crystal in the center.
**[03:34] Ferdinand**
Imagine sending your mana into it.
**[03:41] Main**
*Whoa, a magic circle?*
**[03:44] Main**
*Oh, my mana's being drained.*
**[03:47] Main**
* So this is how I'm supposed to*
* discharge and "dedicate" my mana.*
**[03:52] Main**
*Wait, are those lighting up?*
**[03:57] Ferdinand**
Hmm... Seven small crystals' worth.
**[04:00] Ferdinand**
How do you feel?
**[04:02] Main**
Er, kind of refreshed.
My body feels much lighter.
**[04:07] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[04:08] Ferdinand**
When you dedicate your mana,
make sure not to strain yourself.
**[04:11] Main**
* Well, the mana offering doesn't*
* seem like too much hard work.*
**[04:15] Ferdinand**
Your final task for now is to read
the scriptures and memorize them.
**[04:20] Main**
You've got it! I'll head over
to the library right now...
**[04:23] Ferdinand**
Before that, I'd like to
discuss your donation.
**[04:26] Ferdinand**
Arno, bring the account book.
**[04:28] Main**
* I get it! This is important,*
* but I don't care!*
**[04:32] Main**
*Right now, all I care about is the library!*
**[04:38] Main**
Library, library!
**[04:40] Gil**
Why do you wanna go to the
library? Are you stupid?
**[04:46] Delia**
Seriously.
**[04:47] Delia**
A poor, pea-brained kid wants
to read? Give me a break.
**[04:51] Gil**
What's with that look?
**[04:53] Gil**
You're not all that different from us!
**[04:55] Gil**
Where do you get off wearing
blue robes and acting all bossy?
**[04:58] Gil**
Those robes don't make
you the least bit scary.
**[05:01] Gil**
I have the high priest backing me up.
**[05:04] Gil**
Must be nice having a real master, Delia.
**[05:08] Gil**
I don't think of you as my master.
**[05:11] Gil**
I won't listen to a word you say,
**[05:13] Gil**
and I'll give you hell.
**[05:15] Fran**
Gil!
**[05:17] Main**
I'm glad we agree on that.
**[05:19] Main**
I don't see you three
as my retainers, either.
**[05:23] Fran**
Lady Main... I'll have to report
this to the head priest.
**[05:27] Ferdinand**
Feel free. I bet that's your job, anyway.
**[05:32] Main**
* You can't just dump three strangers*
* on me and expect me to trust them.*
**[05:55] Main**
*I can smell the ink...*
**[05:58] Main**
*and the old paper in the air.*
**[06:03] Main**
*Paradise on god's green earth!*
**[06:06] Fran**
This is a copy of the scriptures.
**[06:15] Main**
* Whoa! It's like the book*
* wants me to read it!*
**[06:23] Main**
* How long has it been since*
* I last read a book?*
**[06:41] Gil**
...y.
**[06:43] Gil**
Hey!
**[06:44] Gil**
It's time for lunch!
**[06:46] Main**
I don't need any.
**[06:48] Gil**
Huh? Who doesn't need lunch?
**[06:50] Main**
Go ahead and eat without me.
I'm not your master anyway, right?
**[06:54] Gil**
What the heck are you talking about?
**[06:56] Gil**
Retainers have to be granted the
gods' blessings by their master...
**[06:58] Main**
Stop bothering me.
**[07:05] Main**
All quiet now. Much better.
**[07:11] Main**
Lutz!
**[07:13] Main**
That wore me out!
**[07:18] Lutz**
Oh, you do look a little pale.
Good job fighting it out.
**[07:22] Main**
Is Benno at the store?
**[07:24] Lutz**
Yeah.
**[07:25] Main**
I'll stop by, then.
**[07:26] Main**
I need to talk about my donation.
**[07:31] Main**
Uh, why are you following me?
**[07:33] Fran**
Well, we're your retainers.
**[07:35] Delia**
Meeting someone without your
retainers is out of the question.
**[07:38] Main**
You don't have to come along.
**[07:40] Fran**
I'm afraid we're going to need to.
**[07:43] Gil**
Fine, then. I'm out.
**[07:45] Gil**
I'm starving thanks to a certain
clueless someone, after all.
**[07:51] Main**
Delia, Fran. You two may head back, too.
**[07:53] Fran**
But Lady Main, when you're meeting someone...
**[07:56] Main**
Delia, I want you to pass along a message.
**[07:59] Delia**
Who, me?
**[08:00] Main**
Yes, you.
**[08:01] Main**
I'll be back with my donation
whenever Benno's free.
**[08:05] Main**
Tell the head priest that for me.
**[08:07] Main**
I need this message to get
across, so do it right.
**[08:10] Delia**
Oh, you need it, do you? Very well.
**[08:15] Fran**
I don't know about this.
**[08:18] Fran**
I can go talk to the head priest, but...
**[08:21] Main**
I have Lutz with me, so I'll be fine.
**[08:34] Lutz**
You sure about this?
**[08:35] Main**
Yeah. It seems like Fran would rather
serve the head priest, anyway.
**[08:42] Main**
Maybe that'll change if I become
a better master than him,
**[08:46] Main**
but what are the odds of that happening?
**[08:48] Lutz**
None. You have zero gravity and presence.
**[08:53] Main**
You can say that again!
**[08:55] Benno**
Main, you complete and utter moron!
**[08:58] Benno**
Please don't tell me you walked here
from the cathedral dressed like that!
**[09:01] Main**
I did... What's the problem with that?
**[09:04] Benno**
Everything!
**[09:06] Benno**
You're wearing blue priestess robes!
**[09:09] Benno**
Blue robes are normally nobles,
and nobles travel in carriages.
**[09:13] Benno**
Do you know why that is?
**[09:14] Benno**
It's because they get kidnapped for ransom!
**[09:18] Main**
Kidnapped?!
**[09:19] Benno**
If you understand, never wear
that outside the cathedral again!
**[09:21] Main**
U-Understood!
**[09:25] Main**
*After I changed,*
**[09:26] Main**
* I told Benno that I was asked*
* to bring in my donation.*
**[09:30] Benno**
Just do that, then.
**[09:32] Main**
It's a lot of money. I'm scared
of taking it all the way myself.
**[09:36] Main**
So I want you to come with me.
**[09:40] Benno**
Just have your retainers take care of it.
**[09:42] Mark**
Come to think of it,
where *are* your retainers?
**[09:46] Mark**
I don't see them around.
**[09:48] Main**
I can't trust them with this!
**[09:52] Benno**
For someone so thoughtless all the time,
you're being surprisingly careful.
**[09:55] Benno**
I guess they must've assigned
you some awful servants.
**[09:58] Main**
Awful doesn't begin to describe it.
**[10:01] Benno**
I can't say I didn't see it coming.
They must really see you as a nuisance.
**[10:05] Main**
I don't care as long as I get to read!
**[10:11] Lutz**
Mister Mark, do you have a moment?
**[10:13] Mark**
What is it, Lutz?
**[10:15] Lutz**
I have a question about this product.
**[10:19] Main**
Lutz...
**[10:21] Benno**
The lad's giving his all
to become a merchant.
**[10:25] Benno**
He's asking questions about
everything he doesn't understand
**[10:28] Benno**
and trying to learn what's
common knowledge in this trade.
**[10:33] Benno**
How about you?
**[10:35] Benno**
Are you trying to grow into your
role as a blue-robed priestess?
**[10:43] Main**
*All I've done is complain.*
**[10:46] Benno**
Remember, you chose this path.
**[10:49] Benno**
If you want to read your books in peace,
learn to command your retainers first.
**[10:52] Benno**
Learn how to act and speak like nobility.
**[10:59] Main**
Got it.
**[11:00] Benno**
So, when do we have to deliver the donation?
**[11:04] Main**
I told them we'd do it
whenever you were free.
**[11:11] Benno**
You thoughtless nitwit!
**[11:12] Benno**
That's basically saying
we'll bring it at once!
**[11:17] Benno**
Mark, hurry up and get things ready!
**[11:19] Mark**
Understood, sir!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:40] Main**
*The heck? I've never seen this place.*
**[11:43] Main**
*Wait, is* this *the front entrance?!*
**[11:48] Fran**
Lady Main.
**[11:50] Main**
Hey, Fra—
**[11:51] Main**
*Oh, right.*
**[11:52] Main**
*I need to act like a noble.*
**[11:55] Main**
Mister Benno, please meet my retainer, Fran.
**[11:59] Main**
Fran, can we see the head priest now?
**[12:05] Fran**
Everything is ready for you.
**[12:09] Main**
*Fran actually responded to that.*
**[12:12] Main**
* I guess speech and mannerisms*
* really do play a big part.*
**[12:25] Benno**
Boy.
**[12:27] Benno**
You're going to make the lady collapse.
**[12:34] Fran**
My apologies.
**[12:36] Benno**
You should pay attention
to how fast you're walking.
**[12:39] Fran**
I understand.
**[12:43] Benno & Mark**
On this auspicious day, bathed in the
light of the God of Fire, Leidenschaft,
**[12:48] Benno & Mark**
we pray that the gods bestow their
blessings upon this meeting they guided.
**[12:53] Benno**
Nice to meet you, Head Priest.
**[12:56] Benno**
I'm Benno of the Gilberta Company,
and I'm here at Lady Main's invitation.
**[13:03] Benno**
It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
**[13:06] Ferdinand**
I bless you from my heart.
**[13:10] Ferdinand**
May the God of Fire, Leidenschaft, guide
the Gilberta Company to greater heights.
**[13:16] Main**
*They call that "blessings"?*
**[13:18] Main**
*I didn't know they used mana like that.*
**[13:25] Main**
*How do I climb on like a noble?*
**[13:28] Main**
*No way! Impossible!*
**[13:31] Main**
*Whatever shall we do now, Fran?*
**[13:36] Fran**
Pardon me, Lady Main.
**[13:41] Main**
*Whoa, I got through to him.*
**[13:45] Main**
*His attitude has changed a little.*
**[13:50] Main**
*And then,*
**[13:51] Main**
* after Benno presented my donation*
* and a gift from himself...*
**[13:55] Ferdinand**
Since you're here,
**[13:57] Ferdinand**
I'd like you to answer a few
questions for me, Benno.
**[14:03] Main**
I'm not sure what's going on, but I do
know a brutal fight's about to break out!
**[14:07] Main**
Don't lose, Benno!
**[14:09] Main**
Bong!
**[14:10] Ferdinand**
Here in the cathedral,
**[14:12] Ferdinand**
the staff see Main as a loose cannon
who let her mana go out of control.
**[14:17] Benno**
Her mana went out of control?
I hadn't heard that.
**[14:22] Ferdinand**
Benno, I've heard that you're a man of keen
insight who discovered Main's talents.
**[14:29] Ferdinand**
I want to hear your frank opinion
on what kind of person she is.
**[14:34] Benno**
I am but a merchant.
**[14:37] Benno**
I don't know much about mana,
**[14:40] Benno**
but Lady Main is a genius, at least
when it comes to product ideas.
**[14:46] Benno**
However, she fails to realize that.
**[14:49] Benno**
At Gilberta Company, we see her as having
an easygoing and magnanimous personality.
**[14:54] Main**
* But he usually calls me*
* careless and thoughtless...*
**[14:58] Main**
*I guess wording can make all the difference.*
**[15:01] Ferdinand**
Magnanimous?
**[15:03] Ferdinand**
Who, this loose cannon?
**[15:07] Benno**
Yes.
**[15:09] Benno**
She holds her family, friends, and books
very dear, and refuses to compromise on them.
**[15:15] Benno**
As long as you don't mess with
those things, she's magnanimous...
**[15:17] Benno**
Or, well, just indifferent.
**[15:21] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[15:23] Ferdinand**
Anything else that could
make her mana go berserk?
**[15:26] Benno**
Not that I'm aware of.
**[15:27] Benno**
However, I need to bring something
about her to your attention.
**[15:33] Main**
Benno's going on the counterattack!
**[15:36] Benno**
The lady is incredibly frail
and unbelievably sickly.
**[15:42] Ferdinand**
Sickly?
**[15:44] Ferdinand**
Ah, yes. She said she needed
someone to monitor her condition.
**[15:48] Main**
Yes.
**[15:49] Benno**
At the moment, one of our apprentices
is the best man for the job.
**[15:55] Main**
Stay on the attack, Benno!
**[15:58] Ferdinand**
And this apprentice is a
boy named Lutz, I take it?
**[16:01] Main**
Correct.
**[16:02] Ferdinand**
Can you do it, Fran?
**[16:07] Fran**
Not yet, as ashamed as I am to admit it.
**[16:11] Main**
It's impossible to figure it out so quickly.
**[16:15] Ferdinand**
But we can't have that.
**[16:17] Ferdinand**
Make sure you can do it before
the knight order's convocation.
**[16:20] Ferdinand**
Understood?
**[16:22] Fran**
Certainly. I'll learn how to by the fall.
**[16:25] Benno**
Also, Head Priest, the lady
is highly intelligent,
**[16:30] Benno**
but she has very little social experience,
**[16:32] Benno**
and very little knowledge of the
church's values and noble society.
**[16:37] Benno**
So please...
**[16:38] Ferdinand**
Yes, I'm aware.
**[16:40] Ferdinand**
That's why I assigned Fran to her.
**[16:43] Ferdinand**
He is one of my best retainers.
**[16:47] Ferdinand**
She can ask him about anything
she doesn't understand.
**[16:51] Main**
* Wait, did Fran not realize*
* why he was assigned to me?*
**[16:58] Ferdinand**
Meanwhile, Benno, I hear
that Main is your Fruhtrane.
**[17:03] Ferdinand**
Can you explain that?
**[17:05] Ferdinand**
I want to know exactly how you see her.
**[17:10] Benno**
I'm not sure how to answer that.
**[17:13] Benno**
I don't understand myself why
people are saying that about me.
**[17:19] Main**
Yikes, Benno's reeling!
**[17:22] Main**
But Fruhtrane? Isn't that
the Goddess of Water?
**[17:26] Ferdinand**
What is it, Main?
**[17:27] Main**
I hate to ask, but what is "Fruhtrane"
being used to mean in this context?
**[17:36] Main**
Would you tell me, Fran?
**[17:40] Fran**
Well, uh, you see...
**[17:43] Ferdinand**
Sweetheart, lover, one who moves their heart.
**[17:47] Ferdinand**
That's the common usage of the name.
**[17:51] Main**
No, no! No way!
**[17:54] Main**
Not a chance!
**[17:56] Main**
That's ridiculous.
**[17:59] Main**
We could be father and daughter, you know?
**[18:01] Benno**
As the lady says, it's absurd.
**[18:05] Ferdinand**
That age gap isn't exactly uncommon, though.
**[18:09] Main**
One of my retainers wants to
be the high priest's concubine,
**[18:13] Main**
so I get that it may be common here,
but it's not a thing downtown!
**[18:25] Mark**
Head Priest, I realize that
it's not my place as a servant,
**[18:29] Mark**
but may I be allowed to say something?
**[18:32] Ferdinand**
Go ahead. What is it?
**[18:34] Mark**
I need to state this to defend
my master's good name.
**[18:37] Mark**
The common usage of "Goddess
of Water" doesn't apply here.
**[18:42] Ferdinand**
How so?
**[18:43] Mark**
Lady Main miraculously opens doors to
one business venture after another.
**[18:49] Mark**
She is our Goddess of Water, who brings
great change to the Gilberta Company.
**[18:54] Ferdinand**
Thank you. I understand now.
**[18:57] Ferdinand**
Lastly, I would like to discuss the
distribution of the Main Studio's earnings.
**[19:03] Main**
Go, Benno!
**[19:05] Main**
Benno wins!
**[19:11] Main**
* They settled on the church getting*
* ten percent of the earnings.*
**[19:14] Main**
* Just as I was marveling at*
* Benno's negotiating skills...*
**[19:18] Fran**
Lady Main?!
**[19:20] Ferdinand**
On your feet. You disgrace yourself.
**[19:24] Benno**
This happens often.
**[19:26] Ferdinand**
It does?
**[19:30] Benno**
As I mentioned earlier,
**[19:33] Benno**
she's very sickly.
**[19:35] Ferdinand**
I see now...
**[19:38] Benno**
We're profoundly sorry
that you had to see this.
**[19:42] Benno**
We would like to cut our farewells
short and leave immediately.
**[19:51] Fran**
Let me carry Lady Main!
**[19:53] Benno**
I refuse. We're in a hurry.
**[19:57] Fran**
But I'm her retainer.
**[20:01] Main**
Fran?
**[20:03] Fran**
I failed to understand the
head priest's intentions
**[20:06] Fran**
and took my frustrations out on you.
**[20:09] Fran**
Please forgive me.
**[20:12] Main**
It must've been painful.
**[20:15] Main**
You felt like you'd been cast aside, right?
**[20:19] Main**
But the head priest has absolutely
no intention of letting you go.
**[20:24] Main**
He was even giving you orders
like nothing back there,
**[20:28] Main**
even though I'm your master now.
**[20:33] Fran**
Right.
**[20:35] Main**
Fran?
**[20:37] Fran**
Yes?
**[20:38] Main**
I'll do my best to become a
master you can be proud of.
**[20:44] Main**
Will you help me out?
**[20:46] Fran**
From now on, please feel
free to ask me anything.
**[20:54] Benno**
Don't you dare drop her.
**[20:56] Fran**
I won't.
**[21:01] Main**
*While I was bonding with Fran, elsewhere...*
**[21:05] High Priest**
Oh, they're bringing in
the donation, are they?
**[21:08] Delia**
Yes, High Priest.
**[21:10] High Priest**
Good. Keep bringing me information
about that little devil, Delia.
**[21:15] Delia**
Yes, sir!
**(Flashback) [21:19] Man**
Gil, you have a master
now. Have her feed you.
**[21:26] Gil**
I can't eat anything thanks
to that clueless idiot!
**[21:30] Gil**
Stupid idiot!
**[21:34] Gil**
Damn, I'm so hungry...
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Needs
**[23:14] Main**
What did you make of the head priest?
**[23:17] Benno**
He's still young, but for a blue robe,
he has a decent look in his eyes.
**[23:21] Main**
Wait, what? Young?
**[23:22] Benno**
Yeah, I bet he's around
twenty-two or twenty-three.
**[23:27] Main**
No way! I was sure he was in his thirties!
**[23:30] Benno**
Don't you dare let that slip in front of him.
**[23:33] Main**
My lips are sealed.
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# E17 - Needs
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Even at the cathedral, it was her*
* way or the highway for Main.*
**[00:05] Ferdinand**
* But when she saw Lutz doing his*
* best as apprentice merchant,*
**[00:09] Ferdinand**
* she realized her folly at not trying*
* to fit in with the church's ways.*
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
* That led to her finally*
* winning Fran's trust, but...*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Seventeen Needs
**[02:04] Fran**
Welcome home, Lady Main.
**[02:06] Lutz**
Welcome... "home"?
**[02:09] Main**
I'm commuting, but the
cathedral is home to them.
**[02:13] Main**
Isn't that right, Fran?
**[02:15] Fran**
That is right.
**[02:17] Lutz**
Makes sense.
**[02:18] Gil**
You didn't even know that?
**[02:21] Delia**
Don't bother.
**[02:23] Delia**
Let them put their feet in their mouth.
**[02:26] Main**
Gil, Delia, could you keep it down?
**[02:30] Main**
I'm talking to Fran here.
**[02:33] Fran**
I know when I'm unneeded.
**[02:35] Fran**
Bye.
**[02:36] Lutz**
What's her deal?
**[02:38] Main**
That was Delia, my retainer.
**[02:40] Lutz**
Even people like her can be a retainer?
**[02:44] Fran**
Delia's a special case.
**[02:46] Lutz**
What about this guy?
**[02:48] Gil**
What about *you*?
**[02:49] Gil**
Don't just waltz in here and act like
you own the place, you outsider!
**[02:53] Fran**
You can think of Gil as a special case, too.
**[02:56] Lutz**
So you're the only decent
retainer she's got.
**[02:59] Main**
Fran's an excellent retainer, and he comes
with the head priest's recommendation.
**[03:03] Lutz**
I'm Lutz, with the Gilberta Company.
**[03:05] Lutz**
I was told to come pass on my tricks
for monitoring Main's health.
**[03:10] Fran**
Thank you for coming.
**[03:12] Gil**
Hey, runt! You still haven't
told us about this guy!
**[03:16] Gil**
Don't ignore me!
**[03:23] Lutz**
You moron!
**[03:25] Lutz**
What if you hurt Main?!
**[03:28] Gil**
Wh-What do you think you're doing?
**[03:30] Lutz**
A retainer who lays a hand on his
own master? I don't believe you!
**[03:34] Gil**
Let me go!
**[03:37] Main**
* If this were downtown,*
* Gil would have it coming.*
**[03:42] Fran**
Please stop Lutz, Lady Main!
**[03:44] Fran**
This is the cathedral!
There can be no violence here!
**[03:50] Main**
There we go again! What's normal
downtown is abnormal here!
**[03:55] Main**
Lutz, drop it.
**[03:59] Lutz**
Just fire this moron!
**[04:01] Fran**
If you want him disciplined,
**[04:02] Fran**
he can be thrown in detention
or denied the alms of the gods once.
**[04:07] ---**
The alms of the gods?
**[04:10] Gil**
That's right! You failed
to give me what I need!
**[04:14] Main**
What you need?
**[04:17] Fran**
Masters must look after their
retainers' daily needs.
**[04:22] Fran**
Usually, they give retainers
their leftovers from meals.
**[04:27] Fran**
And whatever's left over from that goes
to the orphanage as the alms of the gods.
**[04:32] Main**
But I haven't done that
because I commute from home?
**[04:37] Gil**
You finally realized, huh?
**[04:40] Gil**
Because you're such a clueless idiot,
I'm about to starve to death here!
**[04:44] Gil**
What's wrong with you?
**[04:45] Lutz**
What's wrong with *you*?!
**[04:47] Lutz**
You don't work, and you
nearly hurt Main, too!
**[04:50] Lutz**
And you think you deserve
food and clothing?!
**[04:53] Gil**
The alms of the gods are
bestowed upon all equally!
**[04:56] Fran**
Lutz is right, Gil.
**[04:59] Fran**
Don't think that you can partake of the alms without working for it.
**[05:04] Gil**
Like you'd ever understand.
**[05:06] Gil**
I bet the head priest's been
feeding you the good stuff.
**[05:11] Fran**
I haven't moved from the
head priest's quarters.
**[05:15] Fran**
Delia's likely living at
the high priest's, too.
**[05:21] Main**
What about Gil, then?
**[05:22] Gil**
I became your retainer because
I thought I could eat my fill.
**[05:28] Gil**
I thought I wouldn't have to share what
little food I got in the orphanage anymore!
**[05:34] Gil**
If I'm not getting the alms of the gods
anyway, I quit being your retainer!
**[05:38] Lutz**
Well, that makes things easier. Right, Main?
**[05:41] Main**
It's my fault.
**[05:43] Lutz**
What do you mean?
**[05:46] Main**
I requested to continue living at home
because I didn't want to leave my family.
**[05:51] Main**
If you're bearing the brunt of that, Gil,
**[05:56] Main**
then I'll take responsibility for it.
**[05:59] Main**
I'll think of a way to make
sure you're well fed.
**[06:02] Main**
So could you give me some time?
**[06:06] Gil**
Can you even do that?
**[06:11] Main**
* While wondering how I could ensure*
* that Gil got the alms of the gods,*
**[06:16] Main**
* I headed to the head priest's office*
* to take care of paperwork.*
**[06:22] Ferdinand**
Why aren't you wearing your blue robes?
**[06:24] Main**
I was told I'd be kidnapped
if I wore them downtown.
**[06:29] Ferdinand**
Kidnapped?
**[06:31] Main**
Yes. So I planned on changing
into them once I got here.
**[06:35] Main**
Give me a moment, please.
**[06:43] Ferdinand**
That's improper.
**[06:44] Ferdinand**
Change in your own quarters.
**[06:47] Main**
You'll give me quarters?
**[06:50] Ferdinand**
Oh... I take that back.
**[06:52] Ferdinand**
We preferred to have you live at
home rather than in the noble wing.
**[06:58] Ferdinand**
That is why your request to
commute from home was approved.
**[07:03] Ferdinand**
We can't afford to give you quarters.
**[07:06] Main**
Is that so...
**[07:08] Arno**
Head Priest.
**[07:10] Arno**
How about the orphanage director's office?
**[07:12] Arno**
It's far from the noble wing,
**[07:15] Arno**
and since it was always meant for blue-robes,
it's fit to receive guests as well.
**[07:23] Ferdinand**
Very well.
**[07:24] Ferdinand**
Main, you can use the orphanage
director's office.
**[07:28] Ferdinand**
From now on, change and
welcome guests over there.
**[07:33] Main**
I'm very grateful.
**[07:36] Main**
That takes care of the shelter in
"food, clothing, and shelter"!
**[07:43] Ferdinand**
It has remained unused for a long time.
**[07:45] Ferdinand**
You'll need to clean it
up if you want to use it.
**[07:49] Main**
Then I'll have Gil clean up
while I help with your work.
**[07:57] Man**
She wants to let Gil handle it?
**[07:59] Man**
I heard he kept getting thrown in
detention for not cleaning the chapel.
**[08:04] Ferdinand**
Are you really going to have Gil do it?
**[08:07] Main**
I can't evaluate him fairly
if I don't give him a chance.
**[08:15] Main**
Gil, you said you didn't
see me as your master,
**[08:19] Main**
but would you be willing to work for food?
**[08:23] Main**
If you clean up the director's office
for me, I'll compensate you for it.
**[08:27] Gil**
Huh? Compensation?
**[08:30] Main**
Reward for your work.
**[08:33] Main**
Money, wages.
**[08:36] Gil**
Wa... ges?
**[08:38] Main**
He who does not work, neither shall he eat!
**[08:41] Gil**
He who what?
**[08:43] Main**
I'm not willing to hand out food and
clothing to someone who doesn't work,
**[08:46] Main**
but if you do your job,
I'll take care of you.
**[08:50] Main**
So, can I trust you to clean up?
**[08:53] Gil**
If I clean the place, you'll pay
me these wages or whatever,
**[08:57] Gil**
and I'll be able to eat all I want, right?
**[09:00] Main**
Yes, I promise.
**[09:03] Gil**
Fine. I'll do it.
**[09:06] Main**
I look forward to seeing
what you can do, Gil.
**[09:23] Gil**
Gross!
**[09:31] Gil**
Whoa.
**[09:43] Gil**
Just you wait, you runt!
**[09:48] Fran**
The orphanage lies on either
side of the chapel,
**[09:52] Fran**
split into boys' and girls' wings.
**[09:55] Fran**
The director's office lies to
the left, in the boys' wing.
**[09:58] Fran**
Let me take you there.
**[10:09] Fran**
It hasn't been cleaned.
**[10:12] Lutz**
I knew it was too much for him after all.
**[10:16] Gil**
I haven't cleaned the first floor yet.
**[10:19] Main**
What part did you clean up, then?
**[10:22] Gil**
Your room, duh.
**[10:24] Main**
Huh? My room?
**[10:26] Fran**
It's upstairs.
**[10:30] Main**
It's shining!
**[10:31] Fran**
The staircase does seem
to have been cleaned.
**[10:34] Gil**
Get up here already!
**[10:40] Gil**
How d'ya like that?
**[10:55] Main**
It's spotless!
**[10:57] Gil**
Of course it is. I cleaned it.
**[11:01] Main**
Thank you, Gil.
**[11:11] Main**
Gil, can you kneel for me?
**[11:15] Gil**
Like this?
**[11:21] Main**
Good job. Well done.
**[11:26] Main**
You're really a good boy deep down, huh?
**[11:39] Main**
*What Gil needed most from me*
**[11:42] Main**
*was actually just thanks and praise.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:58] High Priest**
Unbelievable!
**[12:00] High Priest**
How dare he decide this
without checking with me?
**[12:03] High Priest**
Who does that mere head priest think he is?
**[12:06] High Priest**
Delia! Why didn't you report this to me?!
**[12:09] Delia**
What are you talking about?
**[12:11] High Priest**
The little devil was given the
orphanage director's office!
**[12:16] High Priest**
How were you going to get me any useful
information sitting around here?!
**[12:20] Delia**
Huh? U-U-Uh...
**[12:25] Delia**
Please wait, High Priest!
**[12:26] Delia**
High Priest!
**[12:38] Delia**
*This is all her fault!*
**[12:41] Gil**
Whoa, we're outside!
**[12:44] Fran**
You even prepared outfits for us?
**[12:47] Main**
Well, it's my duty to
provide you with clothing.
**[12:50] Main**
And Benno told me not to walk around
wearing the church's uniform,
**[12:55] Main**
so wear these whenever I have to go downtown.
**[12:59] Fran**
Sure.
**[13:00] Main**
Then let's go have lunch, shall we?
**[13:11] Lutz**
I got us buchlettes.
**[13:16] Main**
Time to dig in!
**[13:18] Gil**
O mighty King and Queen
of the endless skies...
**[13:22] Gil**
who doth grace us with thousands
upon thousands of lives to consume,
**[13:27] Gil**
O mighty Eternal Five who
rule the mortal realm,
**[13:32] Gil**
I offer thanks and prayers to thee, and do
take part in the meal so graciously provided.
**[13:39] Fran**
That's the prayer before a meal.
**[13:42] Lutz**
Really? I've never heard it before.
**[13:45] Main**
I'm going to have to learn it, right, Fran?
**[13:50] Fran**
I can help you with it.
**[13:51] Main**
Please do.
**[13:53] Main**
For now, let's eat!
**[13:55] Main**
Aren't you going to eat?
**[13:57] Fran**
Retainers eat what's left over
after their master's meal.
**[14:03] Main**
Oh, right.
**[14:04] Main**
This is an order, then.
Eat up while it's still hot!
**[14:07] Gil**
Yay!
**[14:12] Main**
What's the matter, Fran?
**[14:15] Fran**
Uh, do I eat this with my hands?
**[14:17] Main**
Yep. That's what's common downtown.
**[14:20] Main**
It's not like the church.
**[14:24] Fran**
I understand.
**[14:29] Main**
Do you like it?
**[14:30] Fran**
It's delicious!
**[14:32] Gil**
I don't care as long as it fills me up.
**[14:34] Main**
Are the alms of the gods that unsatisfying?
**[14:38] Gil**
With fewer blue-robes blue robes around,
we receive less as alms of the gods.
**[14:43] Gil**
On top of that, all their gray-robed
retainers had to come back to the orphanage.
**[14:47] Main**
Well, stuff yourself today, Gil.
**[14:50] Gil**
Yay!
**[14:51] Gil**
I offer the gods my prayers!
**[14:54] Main**
Hey, Gil! Don't offer your prayers here!
**[14:57] Main**
That's a cathedral thing!
**[15:04] Gil**
Hey, I'm sorry.
**[15:06] Main**
For what?
**[15:08] Gil**
For calling you clueless.
**[15:12] Gil**
Downtown, I'm the clueless one.
**[15:15] Lutz**
We're both clueless about each other.
**[15:18] Lutz**
So you tell Main whenever you
think she's doing something wrong.
**[15:22] Lutz**
And I'll keep a look out so
you don't do anything weird.
**[15:25] Lutz**
Okay, Gil?
**[15:29] Gil**
Sure, Lutz.
**[15:34] Benno**
What? You found a oven?
**[15:37] Main**
The orphanage director's office
I was given had an oven.
**[15:43] Benno**
Great job, Main!
**[15:44] Benno**
A kitchen that was actually
being used by nobles
**[15:47] Benno**
will help big time with this "Italian
restaurant" you were talking about!
**[15:50] Benno**
Let's have our cooks practice there.
**[15:52] Main**
You already found cooks?
**[15:55] Main**
Then let's have them make my recipes.
**[15:58] Main**
The food they make can also be alms
of the gods, so it's two birds with one stone!
**[16:03] Benno**
"The alms of the gods"?
**[16:05] Main**
My retainer's meals. And whatever's left
over after that goes to the orphanage.
**[16:15] Main**
* And that's how I came to meet Hugo*
* the cook and his assistant Ella.*
**[16:22] Hugo**
"Put the used vegetable water in the stew instead of throwing it away"?!
**[16:40] Main**
Look, pizza!
**[16:42] Main**
I'd thought I would never
get to eat it in this world!
**[16:45] Main**
Viva pizza!
**[16:50] Main**
I offer thanks and prayers to thee, and do
take part in the meal so graciously provided.
**[16:56] Both**
Thanks for the food.
**[17:03] Main**
So good!
**[17:07] Main**
Do you like it?
**[17:09] Benno**
This is way better than I expected.
**[17:12] Benno**
I can't believe it, ma'am.
**[17:14] Main**
I'm lucky I already had homemade baker's
yeast because I wanted soft bread.
**[17:19] Main**
Good job, past me!
**[17:21] Main**
Fran, I bestow upon you the alms of the gods.
**[17:25] Fran**
Thank you.
**[17:29] Delia**
This is all your fault!
**[17:32] Delia**
Why'd you have to go and get this office?
**[17:34] Delia**
Because of it, the high priest
thought I was incompetent!
**[17:37] Fran**
Delia!
**[17:38] Gil**
Knock it off!
**[17:41] Delia**
Because of you, I was thrown out
of the high priest's quarters.
**[17:45] Delia**
What are you going to do about it?!
**[17:49] Main**
Does that mean the high priest cut you off?
**[17:55] Delia**
N-Not yet.
**[17:58] Delia**
Who would cut off someone as cute as me?
**[18:03] Fran**
The reason Delia was assigned
to you was because,
**[18:06] Fran**
as a girl around the same age, she could
get friendly with you and gain information.
**[18:11] Fran**
That was the idea, or so I've heard.
**[18:15] Fran**
But with how brazen she was,
she's made you wary of her.
**[18:20] Fran**
The high priest no doubt sees
her as a major disappointment.
**[18:25] Delia**
No...
**[18:26] Delia**
But hey, a priestess without a
female retainer is just unheard of.
**[18:31] Delia**
Aren't I right?
**[18:33] Fran**
We've had absolutely no
issues in your absence.
**[18:38] Benno**
Main, if she's not up for
the job, let her go at once.
**[18:43] Main**
I don't know what I should do...
**[18:45] Delia**
Are you going to throw me out?
**[18:58] Gil**
Crocodile tears aren't gonna help.
**[19:00] Main**
Wait, what?
**[19:04] Delia**
I'm not crying crocodile tears!
**[19:05] Gil**
She who does not work, neither shall she eat!
**[19:09] Gil**
There's no food or shelter for
those who don't work here.
**[19:14] Gil**
Ain't that right, Lady Main?
**[19:17] Main**
Gil is indeed right.
**[19:20] Main**
I have nothing to give a
retainer who doesn't work.
**[19:26] Delia**
Fine. You just want me to work, right?
**[19:35] Delia**
Surely you need some womanly charms in here
if you don't wish to put off your guests.
**[19:41] Main**
*I see.*
**[19:43] Main**
* Smiling and fawning over guests has*
* been her job all this while...*
**[19:51] Benno**
I don't need that crap.
**[19:53] Delia**
Are you kidding me? How is that possible?!
**[19:57] Delia**
What am I supposed to do, then?
**[20:01] Delia**
I can clean and do the laundry!
**[20:04] Delia**
I can even maintain your room!
**[20:11] Delia**
I'll do my job from now on.
**[20:15] Delia**
So please don't throw me out.
**[20:21] Delia**
Anything but going back to
the orphanage, please...
**[20:28] Delia**
I'd rather die!
**[20:32] Delia**
Please don't say you don't need me.
**[20:54] Main**
Delia.
**[20:59] Main**
You can stay here.
**[21:02] Main**
You'll look after me as my retainer, right?
**[21:10] Delia**
Lady Main...
**[21:18] Delia**
What's this I hear about you changing in
front of the head priest? How immodest!
**[21:22] Delia**
You're going to ruin yourself as a woman!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Orphanage Reforms
**[23:14] Gil**
Yay, yay!
**[23:16] Fran**
A gift from Lady Main!
**[23:18] Delia**
No fair! What's with the clothes?!
**[23:19] Gil**
No clothes for someone who doesn't work.
**[23:23] Main**
There's some for you, too.
**[23:24] Main**
You will work hard for me, won't you?
**[23:28] Delia**
What choice do I have?
You're so hopeless without me!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Shuri Yasuyuki
# E18 - Orphanage Reforms
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2430256/orphanage-reforms)
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
*After Fran,*
**[00:02] Ferdinand**
* Main then managed to win over*
* the hostile Gil and Delia, too.*
**[00:07] Ferdinand**
* However, she would soon come to face*
* much bigger problems at the cathedral.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Eighteen Orphanage Reforms
**[01:53] Fran**
Well, Lady Main,
**[01:55] Fran**
I'll take the alms of the
gods to the orphanage.
**[01:58] Main**
Yes, please do.
**[02:04] Gil**
Huh? Did Fran leave already?
**[02:06] Gil**
We have all this bread left over.
**[02:08] Main**
The alms of the gods are
running low now, aren't they?
**[02:11] Main**
You should take the bread to the orphanage.
**[02:14] Gil**
I'll do just that!
**[02:15] Main**
Hey, Gil.
**[02:18] Main**
Can I ask you for a favor?
**[02:21] Main**
I just want to see what
the orphanage is like.
**[02:24] Gil**
I'll take you there.
**[02:26] Gil**
I know a shortcut.
**[02:28] Main**
Huh... Everyone eats together
in the girls' wing?
**[02:32] Gil**
Yeah.
**[02:33] Gil**
Food's handed out to gray robes,
apprentices, and then unbaptized kids in order.
**[02:39] Gil**
Here we are.
**[02:40] Main**
The basement?
**[02:41] Gil**
Yeah. You'll find the unbaptized kids
and gray-robed priestesses here.
**[02:47] Main**
Wait...
**[02:49] Main**
Are they locked inside?
**[02:57] Main**
*What's with this awful stench?*
**[03:12] Orphan**
Alms... of the gods?
**[03:44] Main**
N-No!
**[03:49] Gil**
I-I'll close the door now!
**[03:58] Gil**
Lady Main?!
**[04:03] Delia**
I can't believe you foolishly took her
to the basement, you foolish fool!
**[04:07] Gil**
How was I supposed to know
it'd turned into that?!
**[04:12] Gil**
Lady Main, you're awake?
**[04:15] Gil**
Thank goodness.
**[04:17] Gil**
I... I'm sorry.
**[04:20] Fran**
Lady Main, I'm sorry you had to see that.
**[04:27] Main**
That's the "orphanage"?
**[04:31] Main**
That awful mess?
**[04:33] Gil**
It used to be better when I was there.
**[04:37] Delia**
But then they got rid of
gray-robed priestesses.
**[04:39] Main**
They did what?
**[04:41] Delia**
Because of that, nobody was around
to take care of the kids anymore.
**[04:47] Delia**
And with the drop in blue-robed priests,
**[04:50] Delia**
there weren't enough alms
of the gods to go around,
**[04:53] Delia**
and plenty of really young
kids started dying off.
**[04:57] Delia**
And that was a year ago, so
it's probably even worse now.
**[05:05] Gil**
Lady Main, help them out.
**[05:09] Gil**
Please.
**[05:10] Fran**
You mustn't get involved.
**[05:13] Gil**
What?
**[05:14] Main**
Why not, Fran?
**[05:17] Main**
Life downtown and life in the
church are very different.
**[05:20] Main**
You've already experienced that firsthand,
and run into trouble because of it.
**[05:24] Main**
It's too risky to carelessly
stick your nose into this.
**[05:29] Gil**
Delia! You wanna help them too, don't you?
**[05:56] Delia**
I want nothing to do with it. I don't
want to remember life down there.
**[06:01] Delia**
I just want to forget it all.
**(Flashback) [06:07] Delia**
Anything but going back to
the orphanage, please...
**(Flashback) [06:14] Delia**
I'd rather die!
**[06:16] Main**
* She must've gone through hardships*
* I can't even imagine.*
**[06:25] Gil**
Please, Lady Main, help them out!
**[06:30] Gil**
I get to eat all I want
now, but they're still...
**[06:40] Main**
Forgive me, Gil.
**[06:43] Main**
Fran's right. It would be too
risky for me to make a move.
**[06:48] Main**
There's basically nothing I can do here.
**[06:50] Gil**
What?
**[06:53] Main**
Instead...
**[06:55] Main**
I'll ask the head priest to do anything he
can to improve the orphanage's conditions.
**[07:02] Fran**
Lady Main...
**[07:04] Main**
Fran, could you get me a
meeting with the head priest?
**[07:09] Fran**
Certainly.
**[07:12] Ferdinand**
I have to turn down your request.
**[07:15] Ferdinand**
There's no need for improvement.
**[07:17] Main**
But really young kids are starving
and on the brink of death.
**[07:22] Ferdinand**
We don't have money to spend
on unbaptized orphans.
**[07:26] Ferdinand**
Moreover, the church doesn't recognize
unbaptized children as individuals.
**[07:31] Main**
Are you saying it doesn't
matter if they die?
**[07:35] Ferdinand**
If they do, it is because
the gods willed it.
**[07:40] Main**
What's the orphanage even for, then?
**[07:43] Main**
Is it not to raise children
who don't have families?
**[07:47] Ferdinand**
It is not.
**[07:48] Ferdinand**
It is a place to raise servants for
nobility, by the grace of nobility.
**[07:53] Ferdinand**
A well-trained gray-robed priest
can fetch a pretty penny.
**[07:59] Main**
* The way they think here*
* is completely abnormal!*
**[08:03] Ferdinand**
If you want to help the
orphans, then do it yourself.
**[08:06] Main**
Is there anything I can do?
**[08:11] Ferdinand**
You can take on the unwanted
role of orphanage director
**[08:14] Ferdinand**
and take personal responsibility
for their well-being.
**[08:19] Ferdinand**
Can you handle that responsibility?
**[08:22] Main**
I can't.
**[08:24] Ferdinand**
Don't you have the money?
**[08:26] Ferdinand**
If you feed them well, you
won't have to see them die.
**[08:30] Main**
If I use my studio's capital, yes.
**[08:33] Main**
But I don't have any personal funds left.
**[08:37] Ferdinand**
So you can't take responsibility
for them or spend any money?
**[08:40] Ferdinand**
If you can't do anything,
then keep your mouth shut.
**[08:43] Ferdinand**
This isn't a matter you should meddle with
out of a halfhearted sense of morality.
**[08:56] Fran**
Lady Main, would you like
to stop by the library?
**[09:00] Fran**
It might help you feel a little better.
**[09:04] Main**
You saw this coming, didn't you?
**[09:08] Fran**
Well, it was part of my job to always
know what the head priest was thinking.
**[09:13] Fran**
Please forget about the orphanage.
**[09:36] Main**
*How am I supposed to forget about it?*
**[09:39] Main**
*I can't even read like this.*
**[09:43] Gil**
How'd it go, Lady Main?
**[09:45] Main**
The head priest denied my request.
**[09:48] Gil**
Why?!
**[09:49] Fran**
Gil, control yourself.
**[09:51] Delia**
This is why it's pointless
to expect anything.
**[09:54] Main**
I'm sorry, Gil.
**[09:56] Delia**
You too, Lady Main!
**[09:58] Delia**
Fretting about it isn't going to help
you do anything, so just forget it all!
**(Flashback) [10:03] Ferdinand**
If you can't do anything,
then keep your mouth shut.
**[10:08] Main**
*It's not like I can't do anything.*
**[10:10] Main**
* If I use the Main Studio's capital,*
* I can improve the conditions here.*
**[10:14] Ferdinand**
*Can you handle that responsibility?*
**[10:21] Main**
Lutz!
**[10:25] Lutz**
What's wrong, Main?
**[10:30] Lutz**
What happened, Fran?
**[10:33] Fran**
You see...
**[10:36] Lutz**
Kids on the verge of dying?
Yeah, that stings.
**[10:39] Main**
All I want is for them
to have enough to eat...
**[10:45] Lutz**
If they have nothing to eat, why
not just go forage in the forest?
**[10:49] Main**
Oh, right!
**[10:51] Fran**
Unfortunately, orphans aren't
allowed out of the cathedral.
**[10:56] Lutz**
But aren't you and Gil out and about?
**[10:59] Main**
They're my retainers,
so they're an exception.
**[11:03] Lutz**
Then just make all the
kids your retainers, too.
**[11:07] Lutz**
That way, they'll get to go outside, right?
**[11:10] Main**
Lutz, you're a genius!
**[11:12] Lutz**
Just have them pull their own weight
and gather foodstuff from the forest.
**[11:19] Main**
He who does not work, neither shall he eat!
**[11:19] Lutz**
He who does not work, neither shall he eat!
**[11:22] Main**
But what about in winter?
**[11:25] Main**
And it'd suck if the orphanage went
back to square one after I'm gone.
**[11:31] Fran**
Uh, Lady Main, you shouldn't rush
to decide everything right now.
**[11:36] Main**
Fran, am I allowed to send
retainers out on errands?
**[11:41] Fran**
You can, yes.
**[11:42] Main**
Then I can have them gather the
wood I need to make paper.
**[11:49] Lutz**
You thinking Main Studio, Orphanage Branch?
**[11:52] Main**
Exactly!
**[11:53] Main**
If I turn the orphanage into a branch of
my studio and have them earn their keep,
**[11:58] Main**
then none of the kids will have
to starve even after I'm gone!
**[12:02] Lutz**
Right!
**[12:03] Main**
Great idea, if I do say so myself!
**[12:06] Fran**
I agree that it's a wonderful idea,
**[12:09] Fran**
but it's far removed from the
church's established practices.
**[12:12] Fran**
Should anything go wrong, the orphanage
director will be held responsible.
**[12:16] Fran**
Are you prepared for that?
**[12:18] Lutz**
You won't get anywhere worrying about that!
**[12:21] Main**
But...
**[12:24] Lutz**
Main.
**[12:26] Lutz**
What's worse? Being held responsible, or
watching kids die without doing anything?
**[12:32] Main**
I'd be scared if I were alone,
**[12:35] Main**
but if you're in it with me, I'll be fine!
**[12:37] Lutz**
Great. That's that, then.
**[12:39] Lutz**
Let's help the orphans together.
**[12:46] Fran**
In that case, you should
watch out for Delia.
**[12:49] Fran**
She still works for the high priest.
**[12:51] Main**
Fran...
**[12:53] Fran**
Allow me to assist you, Lady Main.
**[12:57] Main**
Sure.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:19] Main**
* And so, we put our plan to help*
* the orphans into action.*
**[13:33] Benno**
An orphanage branch of the Main Studio?
**[13:36] Benno**
Why cause yourself headaches?
**[13:39] Main**
Hey, you said it yourself.
**(Flashback) [13:42] Ferdinand**
Say you want to use the Main
Studio to provide work for the orphans,
**(Flashback) [13:46] Ferdinand**
provide them a better environment,
**(Flashback) [13:48] Ferdinand**
or some bull crap like that, and
get them to accept your ownership!
**[13:53] Benno**
I didn't expect you to actually do it.
**[13:55] Main**
But if this works, we can
mass-produce our paper!
**[13:59] Benno**
Yes, but you'll need permission to set
up a workshop inside the cathedral.
**[14:05] Main**
You're being unusually cautious about this.
**[14:08] Main**
I get it. I'll ask the head priest
for permission as soon as possible.
**[14:13] Main**
Ow!
**[14:14] Benno**
You nitwit! Don't just
jump straight into things!
**[14:17] Benno**
When up against nobility, you need
to prepare and lay the groundwork,
**[14:20] Benno**
even if you feel it's a
roundabout way to do things.
**[14:23] Benno**
Hell, it may even be the
most decisive factor.
**[14:25] Main**
Groundwork?
**[14:27] Fran**
Mister Benno is absolutely right.
**[14:30] Fran**
You always try to jump straight into
talks as soon as you decide on something,
**[14:33] Fran**
but that goes against noble etiquette.
**[14:37] Fran**
Normally, you must get an appointment
beforehand by stating your purpose.
**[14:44] Main**
An appointment just to talk to somebody?
**[14:46] Fran**
Yes. You can't be hasty
when dealing with nobility.
**[14:50] Fran**
You must take your time and make sure you
go into the talks with the upper hand.
**[14:57] Main**
* This just reminds me of*
* corporate politicking.*
**[15:00] Fran**
Let me handle this, Lady Main.
**[15:03] Fran**
Your distaste for the orphanage's
state and the gray robes' treatment
**[15:08] Fran**
is something the head
priest shares as well.
**[15:10] Main**
What? But...
**(Flashback) [15:13] Ferdinand**
There's no need for improvement.
**[15:15] Main**
It didn't seem that way to me at all.
**[15:20] Fran**
The head priest hides his feelings so the
high priest can't find fault with him,
**[15:26] Fran**
so it's really hard to tell,
**[15:29] Fran**
but he is annoyed by the
present state of the church.
**[15:32] Main**
Who, the head priest?
**[15:34] Ferdinand**
A noble must never put
his emotions on display.
**[15:40] Main**
*Tch. Darn noble.*
**[15:43] Main**
* After this discussion, I decided to*
* take the post of orphanage director,*
**[15:49] Main**
* and Fran immediately went*
* to work to make it happen.*
**[15:53] Main**
* It seems I'll be appointed to the post*
* following a meeting with the head priest.*
**[16:01] Ferdinand**
We'll talk here today.
**[16:04] Main**
*In bed?!*
**[16:05] Arno**
Head Priest?
**[16:06] Ferdinand**
Hurry.
**[16:08] Main**
O-Okay.
**[16:23] Main**
*Oh, it's a door?*
**[16:31] Ferdinand**
Come in.
**[16:53] Main**
Head Priest... What's with this place?
**[16:57] Ferdinand**
It's a hidden room only accessible to
those with a certain amount of mana.
**[17:01] Main**
A-A hidden room?
**[17:03] Ferdinand**
Even retainers can't enter. It's the
perfect place for a secret discussion.
**[17:09] Main**
* I get the feeling we're not going*
* to be discussing the orphanage.*
**[17:13] Main**
*Am I gonna get yelled at?*
**[17:16] Ferdinand**
Take a seat.
**[17:18] Main**
Thank you.
**[17:25] Ferdinand**
Do you understand why I brought you here?
**[17:34] Main**
I-I don't.
**[17:37] Ferdinand**
Because Fran advised me it was futile to
expect noble-society subtlety from you.
**[17:44] Main**
I'm sorry.
**[17:46] Ferdinand**
I actually did feel as though I lost
years of my life the other day.
**[17:49] Ferdinand**
I can't believe you criticized the high
priest's policies in front of his retainer.
**[17:56] Main**
Huh? One of his retainers was there?
**[18:00] Ferdinand**
There was also a blue-robed priest,
who is one of his supporters.
**[18:05] Main**
Oh, I think I remember seeing a blue robe...
**[18:09] Ferdinand**
You should memorize the faces and names
of the people you need to be wary of.
**[18:13] Main**
Sorry.
**[18:15] Ferdinand**
Also, you show no signs of
reading between the lines,
**[18:19] Ferdinand**
or of hiding your own opinions.
**[18:22] Ferdinand**
This could prove fatal in noble society.
**[18:25] Ferdinand**
You need to learn how nobles do things.
**[18:29] Ferdinand**
As a blue-robed apprentice priestess,
you're part of their society now.
**[18:34] Main**
Okay.
**[18:35] Ferdinand**
Now, let's discuss your becoming
the orphanage director.
**[18:40] Main**
Yes.
**[18:41] Ferdinand**
I have a question.
**[18:43] Ferdinand**
You're usually indifferent to people,
so why do you want to help the orphans?
**[18:49] Ferdinand**
You aren't one to take on trouble
if there's nothing in it for you.
**[18:52] Main**
It's so I can read my books
with a clear mind, obviously.
**[18:59] Ferdinand**
What... did you say?
**[19:02] Ferdinand**
Main, talk to me in a
language I can understand.
**[19:07] Main**
As things stand, I'm too bothered
by it all to focus on my books.
**[19:11] Main**
That's why I made up my
mind to help the kids.
**[19:14] Ferdinand**
So, just to clear the way for your
reading, you'll become orphanage director
**[19:19] Ferdinand**
and run a workshop there?
**[19:22] Main**
Exactly.
**[19:25] Ferdinand**
You're a far bigger fool than I anticipated.
**[19:31] Main**
* I think the whole director*
* thing is off the table now.*
**[19:36] Ferdinand**
That's all I wanted to discuss. I officially
appoint you as orphanage director.
**[19:42] Main**
What did you just say, Head Priest?
**[19:45] Ferdinand**
I said, I officially appoint
you as orphanage director.
**[19:49] Ferdinand**
As long as you're ready for
it, I have no objections.
**[19:55] Main**
Thanks a lot!
**[19:57] Ferdinand**
"Thank you kindly," you mean.
**[20:01] Ferdinand**
That's how noble women express
their gratitude. Keep it in mind.
**[20:05] Main**
Got it.
**[20:07] Ferdinand**
You'll also need a priestess
to teach you how to talk.
**[20:11] Main**
Head Priest, do you mind if
I ask you a question, too?
**[20:16] Ferdinand**
What is it?
**[20:18] Main**
Why aren't you like all those other priests?
**[20:25] Ferdinand**
Because, like you, I wasn't
raised by the church.
**[20:31] Ferdinand**
I grew up in noble society, but
joined the church for certain reasons.
**[20:37] Ferdinand**
Anyway, whatever you do from now
on, make sure you report to me.
**[20:42] Main**
Got it.
**[20:47] Gil**
Thank you, Lady Main!
**[20:52] Main**
Come, let's bring the kids
the alms of the gods.
**[20:55] Gil**
Yeah!
**[21:00] Main**
Delia...
**[21:08] Delia**
I'll keep this a secret from the high priest,
**[21:11] Delia**
so you'd better not mess this up.
**[21:18] Main**
Thank you, Delia.
**[21:24] Main**
All right!
**[21:25] Main**
Everyone out!
**[21:27] Main**
We're going to get you all nice and clean!
**[21:30] Main**
And then we'll eat until
we can't eat anymore!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Cleanups and Star Festivals
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
Lady Main, if you want to let
the kids out of the orphanage,
**[23:20] Ferdinand**
it's going to be difficult to
arrange clothing for all of them.
**[23:23] Main**
Don't worry. I'll just get some
old rags from a used clothes shop.
**[23:26] Main**
Like these.
**[23:28] Lutz**
The money she spent on your
clothes should cover everything.
**[23:31] Fran**
You used to dress like this, too?!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Suzunosuke
# E19 - Cleanups and Star Festivals
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G679EQ80Y/cleanups-and-star-festivals)
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**[00:00] Main**
**(Flashback) [00:09] Orphan**
Alms... of the gods?
**[00:27] Ferdinand**
* The state of the orphanage*
* shocked Main to her very core.*
**(Flashback) [00:31] Ferdinand**
I have a question.
**(Flashback) [00:33] Ferdinand**
You're usually indifferent to people,
so why do you want to help the orphans?
**(Flashback) [00:38] Ferdinand**
You aren't one to take on trouble
if there's nothing in it for you.
**(Flashback) [00:42] Main**
It's so I can read my books
with a clear mind, obviously.
**(Flashback) [00:49] Main**
What... did you say?
**(Flashback) [00:52] Main**
Main, talk to me in a
language I can understand.
**(Flashback) [00:56] Main**
As things stand, I'm too bothered
by it all to focus on my books.
**(Flashback) [01:00] Main**
That's why I made up my
mind to help the kids.
**(Flashback) [01:04] Ferdinand**
So, just to clear the way for your
reading, you'll become orphanage director
**(Flashback) [01:09] Ferdinand**
and run a workshop there?
**(Flashback) [01:12] Main**
Exactly.
**(Flashback) [01:15] Ferdinand**
You're a far bigger fool than I anticipated.
**[01:21] Main**
* I think the whole director*
* thing is off the table now.*
**(Flashback) [01:26] Ferdinand**
That's all I wanted to discuss. I officially
appoint you as orphanage director.
**(Flashback) [01:32] Main**
What did you just say, Head Priest?
**(Flashback) [01:35] Ferdinand**
I said, "I officially appoint
you as orphanage director."
**(Flashback) [01:39] Ferdinand**
As long as you're ready for
it, I have no objections.
**(Flashback) [01:44] Main**
Thanks a lot!
**[01:47] Ferdinand**
* With the head priest's blessing, she*
* took the post of orphanage director.*
**[01:52] Ferdinand**
* And now, the orphanage is on the*
* verge of undergoing a rebirth.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Nineteen Cleanups and Star Festivals
**[03:39] Main**
* Under Fran's directions, the orphanage*
* was given a total makeover.*
**[03:45] Main**
* It was performed under the pretext of*
* cleaning it up for my first visit as director.*
**[03:54] Main**
* I decided to hand out rewards to kids who*
* put in extra effort in the cleanup.*
**[04:03] Main**
Are there any kids that
seem ill or fatigued?
**[04:06] Fran**
No, there are no health concerns.
**[04:10] Fran**
It must be because Gil delivered
food to them all this while.
**[04:14] Main**
Oh, I'm glad to hear it.
**[04:16] Fran**
The children look up to
Gil as their messiah.
**[04:21] Fran**
And since he was going around
saying he did it on your orders,
**[04:24] Fran**
it's likely they see you the same way.
**[04:30] Gil**
Lady Main, we're done
cleaning up the boys' wing.
**[04:33] Main**
Good work, Gil.
**[04:35] Main**
Could you start preparing the meals, then?
**[04:38] Gil**
Got it!
**[04:41] Fran**
I'll come for you once everything's ready.
**[04:45] Main**
Okay.
**[04:48] Delia**
So the kids are all right now.
**[04:50] Main**
Thanks to you overlooking
the whole thing, yeah.
**[04:55] Delia**
I was brought out of there
on the day of my baptism,
**[04:59] Delia**
washed from head to toe by
a gray-robed priestess,
**[05:01] Delia**
told I'd transform into a pretty lady,
**[05:04] Delia**
and taken to the high priest.
**[05:08] Delia**
Three of us were taken there that day,
**[05:12] Delia**
but only I was chosen.
**[05:17] Main**
Delia...
**[05:20] Delia**
Why?
**[05:21] Delia**
Why weren't you there to help me?
**[05:24] Main**
Don't be absurd!
**[05:26] Delia**
I know!
**[05:27] Delia**
I know I'm being unreasonable...
**[05:32] Main**
Please don't cry, Delia.
**[05:34] Delia**
I'm not crying!
**[05:36] Main**
Sorry.
**[05:37] Delia**
Don't go apologizing to your retainer!
**[05:43] Main**
I'll make you a promise.
**[05:44] Main**
If you ever need help again,
I *will* be there for you.
**[05:50] Main**
It's a pleasure, everyone.
**[05:52] Main**
On this auspicious day, bathed in the
light of the God of Fire Leidenschaft,
**[05:55] Main**
I, Main, stand before you, appointed
your director by the head priest.
**[06:00] Main**
You all graciously accepted my request
and welcomed me with open arms,
**[06:05] Main**
and I couldn't be happier about it.
**[06:09] Main**
Hear me, rulers of the heavens.
**[06:14] Main**
Hear me, five eternal rulers of the earth.
**[06:19] Main**
To the Goddess of Water, Fruhtrane,
**[06:22] Main**
the Goddess of Wind, Schutzaria,
**[06:25] Main**
the Goddess of Earth, Geduldh,
**[06:27] Main**
and the God of Life, Ewigleben,
**[06:30] Main**
we give our prayers and thanks.
**[06:34] Main**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[06:36] Orphan**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[06:40] Main**
You've made the orphanage
spotlessly clean for my visit,
**[06:45] Main**
and for that, I bring you rewards.
**[06:51] Main**
Whoever has their name called, please
step forward with your plate.
**[06:55] Main**
Wilma.
**[06:57] Wilma**
Y-Yes?
**[06:59] Main**
I heard that you were the first to
take the children and wash them up.
**[07:04] Main**
Thank you.
**[07:09] Kid**
Why just Wilma? The alms of the gods
should be bestowed equally upon all!
**[07:12] All**
Yeah, yeah!
**[07:14] Main**
But these aren't alms of the gods.
**[07:17] Main**
They're rewards, and those
aren't given out equally.
**[07:23] Main**
He who does not work, neither shall he eat.
**[07:26] Main**
You don't get rewarded
if you don't work for it.
**[07:29] Main**
I hope you all keep that in mind.
**[07:32] Main**
Kai.
**[07:33] Kai**
Y-Yes!
**[07:36] Main**
You're a very efficient cleaner, I hear?
**[07:40] Main**
Lutz had high praise for you.
**[07:45] Kai**
Thank you, Lady Main!
**[08:03] Main**
* And thus, the orphanage*
* resumed normal operations.*
**[08:17] Main**
* Today, I had Dad and Tuuli take*
* the kids to the forest.*
**[08:23] Kai**
It's amazing.
**[08:24] Kai**
If we do as Lady Main says,
**[08:26] Kai**
we can make soup for ourselves.
**[08:30] Gil**
Only she would say something like that.
**[08:32] Gil**
"If you want to have it, make it
yourselves?" Are you kidding?
**[08:37] Kai**
Right?
**[08:38] Gil**
I'm really glad she became the director.
**[08:43] Kai**
Gil, you sure changed your tune.
**[08:45] Kai**
Just a few days ago, you were whining
about having to serve a commoner runt.
**[08:51] Gil**
It's 'cause she's not like all those
other blue-robed priestesses.
**[08:54] Gil**
She actually praises you,
if you do your part.
**[08:58] Lutz**
Then do your part and make
paper for her, okay?
**[09:02] Both**
You got it!
**[09:07] Orphan**
Find something to take back
as a gift for Lady Main!
**[09:10] Gil**
Hold it! I get to go first!
**[09:13] Gil**
I'm Lady Main's retainer, after all.
**[09:15] Gunther**
You kids need to settle down.
**[09:18] Gunther**
You're not going to last until we get back.
**[09:21] Tuuli**
The kids in the orphanage
must really love Main, huh?
**[09:35] Orphan**
Lady Main!
**[09:37] Orphan**
We're back!
**[09:38] Main**
Welcome back.
**[09:40] Main**
Did you manage to gather lots?
**[09:42] Orphan**
Yeah!
**[09:43] Orphan**
I got the most out of everyone!
**[09:45] Main**
Really? That's impressive.
**[09:48] Orphan**
Praise me too, Lady Main!
**[09:49] Orphan**
I did my best, too!
**[09:51] Orphan**
These are for you.
**[09:56] Main**
Thank you... I truly appreciate it.
**[10:08] Main**
* After that, I decided to reward the people*
* who helped with the orphanage reforms*
**[10:13] Main**
*with gifts for their efforts.*
**[10:20] Main**
Fran, this tablet is for you.
**[10:23] Fran**
Wh-Who, me?
**[10:25] Main**
Yes, it's your reward.
**[10:29] Main**
You laid the groundwork for this entire
orphanage thing with the head priest,
**[10:32] Main**
and have done so much for me.
I'm really grateful to have your help.
**[10:37] Main**
You can write on this wax here.
**[10:40] Main**
It'll help you jot down notes
even when you're outdoors.
**[10:43] Fran**
Thank you.
**[10:49] Fran**
This is an incredible item.
**[10:52] Fran**
I'll do my best to learn to monitor your
health better so I can be of more use to you.
**[10:58] Main**
I have something for you too, Gil, Delia.
**[11:01] Gil**
Really?
**[11:02] Delia**
Well, you'd better.
**[11:06] Main**
Use these to practice how to write.
**[11:09] Main**
Retainers also need to ghostwrite
letters for their master, right?
**[11:16] Both**
Thank you so much, Lady Main!
**[11:20] Main**
* I also decided to make flash cards*
* to make learning the alphabet fun.*
**[11:26] Main**
* Wilma volunteered to draw the faces,*
* since she was a good artist.*
**[11:33] Main**
* For the leisure-starved orphans, the*
* flash cards became the ideal playthings.*
**[11:40] Main**
* Benno took an immediate liking to the cards*
* and bought the rights to sell them.*
**[11:45] Benno**
Good job, Main!
These will fly off the shelves!
**[11:52] Main**
That should give my finances
some breathing room.
**[11:56] Lutz**
Oh, you did mention they were running
low due to the orphanage reforms.
**[11:59] Main**
Yeah...
**[12:00] Main**
By the way, Lutz, do you and your
brother Sieg not talk much?
**[12:07] Main**
When we went to the carpentry
workshop to order the cards,
**[12:11] Main**
he didn't seem to know much
about your work at all.
**[12:18] Lutz**
Merchant and craftsman work
just have nothing in common.
**[12:21] Lutz**
Forget that. The Star Festival is coming up.
**[12:25] Main**
The Star Festival?
**[12:26] Lutz**
Yeah. Think you can come with me this year?
**[12:29] Main**
That festival involves
playing with water, right?
**[12:33] Lutz**
Nah, not water.
**[12:35] Lutz**
People throw tau fruit at couples.
**[12:41] Main**
Do the orphans get to take
part in the Star Festival?
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Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:58] Main**
* To discuss the orphanage's and my*
* role during the Star Festival,*
**[13:03] Main**
* I sought to make an appointment*
* with the head priest.*
**[13:06] Main**
* It's because I was sternly told*
* to watch my mouth around people.*
**[13:18] Main**
* But I didn't write anything that could*
* get me yelled at in the hidden room!*
**[13:22] Main**
*This makes no sense!*
**[13:28] Ferdinand**
You fool!
**[13:31] Ferdinand**
The Star-Binding Ceremony
is the day after tomorrow.
**[13:34] Ferdinand**
You don't have the time to
waste on all these formalities.
**[13:37] Main**
The "Star-Binding Ceremony"?
Not the Star Festival?
**[13:42] Ferdinand**
That's what the church calls it.
**[13:45] Ferdinand**
It's a ceremony for adults.
**[13:48] Ferdinand**
Apprentices like you aren't
allowed to take part.
**[13:52] Main**
Then I don't have to do anything, right?
**[13:55] Ferdinand**
Many townsfolk will be visiting
the cathedral on that day.
**[13:59] Ferdinand**
Your job is to make sure none of the orphans
leave the orphanage during the ceremony.
**[14:06] Main**
Huh?
**[14:08] Ferdinand**
Is there a problem with that?
**[14:10] Main**
Wouldn't it be more peaceful if we just
let the orphans leave the premises?
**[14:15] Ferdinand**
We can't have complaints about
letting orphans out into town.
**[14:19] Main**
Then can they be allowed to play
strictly within the orphanage?
**[14:25] Ferdinand**
"Play"?
**[14:26] Main**
Yeah.
**[14:27] Main**
Star Festivals are celebrated downtown
by throwing tau fruit at one another.
**[14:31] Main**
And I want the orphans to experience that.
**[14:42] Ferdinand**
As long as you clean up thoroughly afterward,
**[14:45] Ferdinand**
and promise not to be a nuisance
to the townsfolk, I don't mind.
**[14:50] Main**
Thank you kindly!
**[14:54] Main**
*Then came the day of the Star Festival.*
**[15:05] Main**
I wonder if they've made
it to the forest by now.
**[15:15] Blue Robe**
Oh, if it isn't the plebeian who
shamelessly wears blue robes.
**[15:20] Blue Robe**
Children have no place in today's ceremonies.
**[15:23] Main**
The head priest has ordered me to
keep the kids inside the orphanage
**[15:28] Main**
to prevent them from
hindering the ceremonies.
**[15:32] Blue Robe**
Taking care of orphans is the perfect
job for a commoner like you.
**[15:35] Blue Robe**
Good luck.
**[15:37] Main**
Thank you kindly for your encouragement.
**[15:42] Fran**
Lady Main...
**[15:44] Main**
I'm fine, Fran.
**[15:46] Main**
They're only words. They can't hurt me.
**[16:02] Main**
Thanks, Lutz! Did you see
how happy everyone was?
**[16:08] Main**
I wish I could've gone with you.
**[16:11] Lutz**
Wanna go take a quick peek, then?
**[16:13] Lutz**
You have time while the kids
are eating lunch, right?
**[16:17] Main**
Of course! Let's go!
**[16:30] Main**
Wow! This is crazy, Lutz!
**[16:34] Kid**
Hey, there's a completely dry pair over here!
**[16:38] Main**
Are you serious?
**[16:40] Lutz**
Run for it, Main!
**[16:42] Main**
What? I can't!
**[16:44] Kids**
After them! Don't let them get away!
**[16:45] Main**
Brr!
**[16:47] Lutz**
Move your legs, Main!
**[16:52] Main**
* By the time we got back to the orphanage,*
* we found everything already good to go.*
**[16:56] Main**
You must clean up thoroughly afterward.
**[16:58] Main**
You mustn't be a nuisance.
**[17:00] Main**
Finally, you must have fun without
fighting or getting hurt.
**[17:03] Main**
Are we clear?
**[17:05] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[17:06] Lutz**
All right. Come get your tau fruit.
**[17:11] Lutz**
What's wrong, Main?
**[17:16] Main**
It's sucking up my mana.
**[17:18] Main**
This is creepy. What the heck?
**[17:25] Main**
Lutz, it's trombe!
**[17:33] Lutz**
Everyone here who's used
to foraging, grab a knife!
**[17:41] Lutz**
When I give the signal, cut everything down.
**[17:44] Both**
Got it!
**[17:46] Lutz**
Main, toss it into the dirt.
**[17:48] Main**
Begone, sprouty sprout!
**[18:00] Gil**
The hell is this?
**[18:01] Lutz**
Valuable material for paper.
**[18:03] Lutz**
Fran, take care of Main!
**[18:05] Fran**
Certainly.
**[18:14] Lutz**
Attack!
**[18:27] Gil**
Yeah! We did it!
**[18:31] Lutz**
Okay, everyone else get to work!
**[18:33] All**
Yeah!
**[18:36] Main**
*In the end, everyone got in on the act*
**[18:38] Main**
*and helped us cut down three whole trombes.*
**[18:41] Main**
Thank you!
**[18:42] Main**
Now I'll have more funds
to spare for the orphanage!
**[18:45] Lutz**
Well, let's get to the fun and
games with the tau fruit, then.
**[18:49] Orphan**
All right!
**[18:54] Gil**
There!
**[19:04] Main**
Oh! We'll have to fix everything back up!
**[19:06] Fran**
I'll take care of it, Lady Main.
**[19:19] Lutz**
Main?
**[19:22] Main**
*Fran had to carry me back home that day.*
**[19:29] Eva**
So? Did you have fun at the festival?
**[19:32] Main**
Yeah. The kids were all smiles, too.
**[19:37] Eva**
Really?
**[19:40] Main**
I'm so glad...
**[19:47] Main**
* And lying in wait for me after*
* I recovered from my fever was...*
**[19:52] Ferdinand**
What in the world did you do?
**[19:55] Main**
What are you talking about?
**[19:58] Ferdinand**
When I went to check if you'd
cleaned up like you said you would,
**[20:01] Ferdinand**
I found soil dug up, and part
of the tiling sticking out.
**[20:06] Main**
You went to check?
**[20:09] Ferdinand**
I thought I told you not to be a nuisance.
**[20:12] Ferdinand**
What did you do to cause that mess?!
**[20:14] Main**
Like I'd told you beforehand,
**[20:15] Main**
we threw tau fruit at one another...
**[20:20] Ferdinand**
Didn't you also chop down
plants for your paper?
**[20:24] Main**
*Yikes. He knows.*
**[20:27] Main**
Yeah. But we didn't do anything
else to cause a commotion.
**[20:32] Ferdinand**
I don't think you can say that after
you flipped whole tiles in your row.
**[20:40] Ferdinand**
Main, you will spend the
day repenting in detention.
**[20:45] Fran**
Head Priest, please reconsider this!
**[20:49] Ferdinand**
Offer the gods your prayers and
reflect on what you have done.
**[21:04] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[21:07] Ferdinand**
Hadn't she recovered?
**[21:11] Fran**
You take her frailty too lightly.
**[21:14] Fran**
This is why I asked you to reconsider.
**[21:20] Ferdinand**
You mean you were worried about her
health, and not her losing face?
**[21:26] Main**
*Before I could reflect on my actions,*
**[21:28] Main**
* it seems the head priest was left to*
* deeply repent his choice to lock me up.*
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**[23:11] Benno**
What?
**[23:12] Benno**
Tau fruit turned into a trombe?
**[23:14] Main**
Yeah.
**[23:15] Main**
I think it could serve as a
substitute for magical items!
**[23:18] Benno**
You'd better not tell anyone that!
**[23:20] Main**
What? Why?
**[23:21] Main**
It could save the lives of so
many kids with the Devouring!
**[23:24] Benno**
Mana is the jurisdiction of nobility.
**[23:27] Benno**
If word got out that tau fruit
can replace magical items,
**[23:30] Benno**
it could turn the church and
noble society upside down!
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# E20 - The Path Ahead of Lutz
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Main put in real effort to improve*
* the orphans' living conditions.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
*However, after the Star Festival,*
**[00:09] Ferdinand**
*she was put in detention*
**[00:11] Ferdinand**
*and developed a fever.*
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
*Meanwhile...*
**[00:15] Deid**
You fool!
**[00:18] Lutz**
Why won't you just accept it?!
**[00:20] Lutz**
I've had enough of this! I'm leaving!
**[00:22] Deid**
Do whatever you want!
**[00:27] Karla**
Lutz!
**[00:29] Ferdinand**
*Another storm was brewing.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty The Path Ahead of Lutz
**[02:14] Tuuli**
Big trouble, Main!
**[02:16] Main**
What's wrong, Tuuli?
**[02:18] Tuuli**
Lutz ran away from home and hasn't come back!
**[02:21] Main**
Huh?
**[02:23] Main**
What happened?
**[02:25] Tuuli**
Tell her, Ralph.
**[02:27] Ralph**
Last night, Lutz and Dad got into a fight,
**[02:31] Ralph**
and he said he was leaving.
**[02:34] Ralph**
We looked all over, but didn't find him.
**[02:37] Ralph**
Do you know where he could be, Main?
**[02:41] Main**
Wasn't he at the Gilberta Company?
**[02:44] Ralph**
The Gilberta Company? Where's that?
**[02:47] Tuuli**
Hey, Ralph! You don't even know
where your brother works?!
**[02:51] Tuuli**
I can't believe you!
**[02:53] Main**
Can you take Ralph there, Tuuli?
**[02:56] Tuuli**
Sure.
**[03:02] Tuuli**
This is the place.
**[03:03] Ralph**
He works for such a fancy place?
**[03:13] Tuuli**
Wait, Ralph!
**[03:16] Ralph**
Lutz!
**[03:17] Ralph**
What is wrong with you?!
**[03:19] Woman**
Huh? What's going on?
**[03:21] Man**
What's this about?
**[03:23] Lutz**
I'm working. Don't bother me.
**[03:25] Ralph**
Why, you...
**[03:27] Ralph**
Enough of your nonsense!
**[03:29] Ralph**
We're going home!
**[03:32] Lutz**
Knock it off! Let me go!
**[03:33] Ralph**
Hurry up!
**[03:35] Man**
Hey, kid! Stop that!
**[03:35] Ralph**
What's the big deal?
**[03:37] Ralph**
Hey!
**[03:43] Ralph**
Give it a rest, Lutz!
**[03:45] Ralph**
You think you can just do whatever you want?
**[03:47] Ralph**
You're causing everyone
trouble with your crap!
**[03:50] Tuuli**
Let's go, Ralph.
**[03:51] Tuuli**
We know that Lutz is fine now.
**[03:54] Tuuli**
Come on.
**[03:55] Ralph**
Lutz! Lutz!
**[03:59] Main**
So he was at the shop.
**[04:02] Tuuli**
Yeah, he was working.
**[04:05] Tuuli**
He and Ralph got into a fight, though.
**[04:09] Tuuli**
Main.
**[04:10] Tuuli**
I know you're worried, but you need
to focus on getting better first.
**[04:15] Main**
Yeah, you're right.
**[04:19] Main**
*But my fever just refused to go away...*
**[04:22] Sascha**
Give Lutz back!
**[04:24] Sieg**
Lutz!
**[04:25] Karla**
What are you people trying to do with Lutz?
**[04:28] Karla**
Give Lutz back to me!
**[04:30] Karla**
Lutz! Lutz!
**[04:32] Karla**
Come on out, Lutz!
**[04:36] Main**
* And several days passed*
* before I could see Lutz.*
**[04:40] Mark**
Good morning, Main.
**[04:43] Mark**
Are you feeling better now?
**[04:45] Main**
My fever finally went away.
**[04:47] Main**
So, uh, where's Lutz?
**[04:50] Mark**
Let's take this discussion to the back.
**[04:53] Mark**
The other employees have been
on edge these past few days.
**[04:58] Main**
How did things turn out
this way, Mister Benno?
**[05:02] Benno**
I was planning to take Lutz
along on a trip to another town,
**[05:05] Benno**
but he couldn't get his parents' permission.
**[05:08] Main**
That's what Lutz has always wanted to do!
**[05:12] Main**
But his family was against his becoming
a merchant, and that caused tensions.
**[05:21] Lutz**
Master, you called for me?
**[05:23] Main**
Lutz!
**[05:28] Main**
Where are you living now?
**[05:32] Main**
Lutz?
**[05:34] Lutz**
Where, you ask?
**[05:37] Lutz**
I'm living up in the attic storage.
**[05:43] Main**
The attic? Why?!
**[05:45] Lutz**
What am I supposed to do?
I have nowhere else to go.
**[05:49] Main**
But that's no different than
being a live-in apprentice!
**[05:53] Main**
Can't you do something to help, Mister Benno?
**[05:57] Benno**
I'm considering adopting Lutz.
**[06:01] Main**
You'll adopt him?
**[06:03] Benno**
I need to talk to his parents about it.
**[06:07] Main**
Oh...
**[06:09] Main**
But are you okay with that?
**[06:11] Main**
Your brothers and everyone
else are all worried about you.
**[06:13] Lutz**
You're telling me I should go back home?
**[06:16] Lutz**
That I'm in the wrong here, just
like Mom and my brothers say?
**[06:21] Lutz**
That I'm causing everyone I know trouble?
**[06:34] Main**
Lutz...
**[06:35] Main**
I'm not saying anything
of the sort! How could I?
**[06:40] Main**
I know how hard you've worked!
I know how much you've sacrificed!
**[06:47] Main**
I'm on your side, no matter what.
**[06:50] Main**
Lean on me whenever you need, okay?
**[06:54] Lutz**
I'm sorry, Main.
**[06:59] Lutz**
But if I leaned on you, you'd
collapse under my weight.
**[07:06] Main**
*What can I do for Lutz?*
**[07:12] Main**
* Even the adoption will require*
* his parents' permission.*
**[07:15] Main**
* But as things stand, he's suffering*
* as a live-in apprentice.*
**[07:23] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[07:25] Main**
Y-Yes, Head Priest?
**[07:30] Ferdinand**
You're not making any progress.
**[07:33] Main**
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
**[07:43] Ferdinand**
Main, you stopped again.
**[07:48] Main**
Sorry...
**[07:55] Ferdinand**
Come to the hidden room, Main.
**[07:58] Main**
But shouldn't we get this done, Head Priest?
**[08:01] Ferdinand**
I need to repair the calculator first.
**[08:03] Main**
"Calculator"?
**[08:07] Main**
Is he calling me a calculator?!
**[08:13] Ferdinand**
What is going through your mind?
**[08:16] Main**
I'm sorry. It's really none of your concern.
**[08:20] Main**
I'll switch gears and work hard!
**[08:23] Ferdinand**
If work's not getting done,
then it's very much my concern.
**[08:37] Ferdinand**
And who wouldn't be bothered
by a child moping about?
**[08:40] Main**
Ed Iest! Ad urz!
**[08:50] Main**
Wait, are you worried about me?
**[08:54] Ferdinand**
Of course not.
**[08:58] Main**
The thing is, I don't know what to do
about the whole Lutz and Benno thing.
**[09:04] Ferdinand**
Ah, they are both important to you.
**[09:07] Ferdinand**
Tell me about it.
**[09:08] Main**
Okay.
**[09:11] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[09:12] Ferdinand**
What you want is to improve
Lutz's living conditions.
**[09:17] Ferdinand**
Reconciling with his family would be best,
**[09:20] Ferdinand**
but Benno adopting him is
also a solution in your eyes.
**[09:25] Ferdinand**
Did I get anything wrong so far?
**[09:26] Main**
Nope.
**[09:29] Ferdinand**
If Lutz does want to be adopted
by Benno, there's a way.
**[09:34] Main**
Huh? How?
**[09:36] Ferdinand**
Lutz can be deemed abandoned by his
parents, and taken in by the orphanage.
**[09:44] Ferdinand**
That way, its director becomes his guardian,
and can sign his adoption papers.
**[09:50] Main**
So I can sign for him?
**[09:53] Ferdinand**
You're still a minor.
**[09:55] Ferdinand**
Your boss's signature will also
be required, and that's me.
**[09:58] Main**
If that can help Lutz right
away, can we please do that?
**[10:03] Main**
But...
**[10:04] Main**
I don't want to tear apart his family.
**[10:12] Ferdinand**
I can't say anything after
hearing only your perspective.
**[10:16] Ferdinand**
I'll need to hear from his parents, too.
**[10:19] Main**
But how will you?
**[10:22] Ferdinand**
I simply have to summon them.
**[10:26] Main**
S-Summon?!
**[10:28] Ferdinand**
I'll have them lay it all out for me,
**[10:31] Ferdinand**
and if I deem adoption necessary,
I'll help make it happen.
**[10:36] Main**
*U-Uh, isn't this kinda becoming a big deal?*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[10:52] Main**
*And so, the cathedral became*
**[10:53] Main**
* the venue of a meeting between*
* everyone involved with Lutz.*
**[11:04] Ferdinand**
*Hold on to this during the meeting.*
**(Flashback) [11:07] Main**
What is that, Head Priest?
**(Flashback) [11:10] Ferdinand**
A magical item that prevents eavesdropping.
**(Flashback) [11:12] Ferdinand**
While you're holding on to this,
**(Flashback) [11:14] Ferdinand**
your voice will only be heard
by someone who has another: me.
**(Flashback) [11:18] Main**
Huh... That's one quaint item.
**(Flashback) [11:23] Main**
Wait, are you telling me
to shut up and watch?!
**(Flashback) [11:28] Ferdinand**
Precisely.
**(Flashback) [11:30] Main**
But I want to help Lutz in any
way I can in this meeting!
**(Flashback) [11:36] Ferdinand**
I want to make the intentions of
all participants perfectly clear.
**(Flashback) [11:41] Ferdinand**
You'll only make it harder if you meddle.
**[11:50] Main**
*I can't take part in this discussion,*
**[11:52] Main**
*but I'm rooting for you in my heart, Lutz!*
**[11:56] Ferdinand**
I would like to discuss Lutz's complaint now.
**[12:02] Ferdinand**
Lutz, state your case.
**[12:06] Lutz**
They refuse to recognize my
efforts, no matter how hard I try.
**[12:10] Lutz**
They always push me away,
telling me to do what I want.
**[12:13] Lutz**
But I want...
**[12:14] Deid**
Don't be a baby!
**[12:19] Main**
Would you hear Lutz out?!
**[12:22] Main**
Please! He truly wants to be a merchant!
**[12:28] Ferdinand**
Settle down, Main.
**[12:31] Ferdinand**
Also, cover your mouth whenever
you use that item to communicate.
**[12:38] Ferdinand**
Deid, what do you mean by, "Don't be a baby"?
**[12:44] Ferdinand**
I am not familiar with the ways of people
downtown. Please explain so I can understand.
**[12:54] Lutz**
How is wanting you to
accept this being a baby?
**[13:00] Karla**
My husband's not good with
words, so please allow me.
**[13:04] Karla**
You want us to accept what you do, but
can you really make it in that business?
**[13:10] Lutz**
What does that have to do with not
letting me to visit another town?
**[13:16] Ferdinand**
State your reasons for
withholding permission.
**[13:26] Deid**
It's too dangerous.
**[13:28] Karla**
Yeah! There are animals and
bandits outside the city walls!
**[13:32] Karla**
Who would take a child out there?
**[13:35] Benno**
If I may...
**[13:36] Benno**
We would go by carriage, and the
town is only half a day away.
**[13:41] Ferdinand**
Wouldn't traveling by carriage
ease most of your concerns?
**[13:48] Deid**
There's no need.
**[13:50] Lutz**
I told you it was for work!
**[13:53] Ferdinand**
Calm down, Lutz.
**[13:56] Ferdinand**
What do you mean, it's not necessary?
**[13:58] Benno**
We want to take Lutz because we're planning
on building a new workshop there.
**[14:03] Karla**
Why would you need a mere
apprentice for that?
**[14:08] Benno**
Considering the future of my
business and Lutz's abilities,
**[14:12] Benno**
I want to raise him to be my successor.
**[14:16] Benno**
To that end, I would like to adopt him.
**[14:19] Karla**
What are you talking about?
**[14:22] Deid**
Oh?
**[14:25] Deid**
That's hardly worth discussing.
**[14:31] Ferdinand**
Deid, could you state your reasons why?
**[14:35] Benno**
I would like to know as well.
**[14:37] Benno**
The adoption would benefit not only
my business, but also Lutz himself.
**[14:45] Deid**
You don't have any kids, do you?
**[14:49] Benno**
No, but that's why I'm considering
Lutz to be my successor.
**[14:53] Deid**
That's not it.
**[14:55] Benno**
How so?
**[15:04] Deid**
You may be an excellent merchant,
**[15:08] Deid**
but you can't be his father.
**[15:12] Ferdinand**
Why not? Explain yourself.
**[15:19] Deid**
Parenting is all about what's in here.
**[15:21] Deid**
What benefits who doesn't matter one bit.
**[15:26] Benno**
Ah, yes. I do prioritize my shop's
profits above everything else.
**[15:33] Benno**
However, Lutz seriously
wants to be a merchant.
**[15:37] Lutz**
Yeah. Why can't you at least
accept my apprenticeship?
**[15:42] Deid**
I told you to do what you want.
**[15:46] Lutz**
Do what I... huh?
**[15:50] Main**
*What's that about?*
**[15:51] Karla**
You still don't get it?
**[15:54] Karla**
It was his way of accepting your decision!
**[16:00] Lutz**
How am I supposed to get it
if you don't spell it out?
**[16:04] Deid**
You fool!
**[16:07] Deid**
You ignored your parents' objections
and chose this line of work!
**[16:11] Deid**
So be a man and do whatever it takes,
be it a live-in apprenticeship or whatever!
**[16:16] Deid**
Don't be a whiny coward
and run to the orphanage!
**[16:20] Deid**
Let alone look for adoption...
**[16:23] Deid**
Who would ever agree to that?!
**[16:25] Karla**
Yeah!
**[16:26] Karla**
You're my dear son, who I gave birth
to and raised all these years!
**[16:32] Karla**
I could never give you away to anyone!
**[16:48] Deid**
Apologize, Lutz.
**[16:51] Ferdinand**
That isn't clear enough, Deid.
**[16:54] Ferdinand**
Who should he apologize to, and for what?
**[16:56] Deid**
I have to explain myself again?
**[16:58] Deid**
Lutz, you wasted so many people's time
because you couldn't control yourself.
**[17:03] Deid**
Apologize.
**[17:05] Main**
*What?*
**[17:11] Lutz**
I'm so sorry.
**[17:12] Deid**
I can't hear you.
**[17:14] Lutz**
I'm so sorry!
**[17:16] Main**
* But I did this by talking*
* to the head priest!*
**[17:20] Main**
*Sorry, Lutz!*
**[17:22] Ferdinand**
Well, I can't allow the adoption
given what his parents are saying.
**[17:28] Ferdinand**
What will you do, Benno?
**[17:29] Benno**
I truly do value Lutz's talents.
**[17:32] Benno**
Instead of adoption,
**[17:34] Benno**
I can offer him a dapla contract, making
him responsible for the store's future.
**[17:37] Benno**
Would you agree to that?
**[17:40] Deid**
You're being awfully hasty.
**[17:42] Benno**
Lutz is a hard worker, and he has
the patience and perseverance.
**[17:45] Benno**
I want to secure and start
training him as soon as possible.
**[17:53] Deid**
Very well.
**[17:55] Deid**
As much as I want to help him,
**[17:58] Deid**
I don't know anything about business,
and I can't back his ventures.
**[18:02] Mark**
Then let's file the paperwork with
the Merchant Guild immediately.
**[18:06] Deid**
This is why I can't stand merchants.
**[18:09] Deid**
Come on.
**[18:12] Deid**
As our youngest son, he's received
a somewhat spoiled upbringing,
**[18:16] Deid**
but he's got spirit.
**[18:18] Deid**
Please take good care of him.
**[18:21] Karla**
Please.
**[18:24] Lutz**
Dad... Mom...
**[18:42] Lutz**
I swear I'll become a merchant
who needs no introduction!
**[18:46] Deid**
Damn right you will!
**[18:49] Deid**
You're a man. Quit whimpering.
**[18:58] Benno**
Head Priest.
**[18:59] Benno**
Thank you very much for today.
**[19:03] Deid**
We're going home, you stupid boy.
**[19:06] Lutz**
Ow!
**[19:07] Karla**
I'm so glad, Lutz.
**[19:09] Lutz**
Stop that, Mom! Not here!
**[19:11] Karla**
Don't be shy, now.
**[19:16] Deid**
Looks like I hadn't made myself clear.
**[19:19] Deid**
So, uh, thanks.
**[19:23] Ferdinand**
No problem.
**[19:24] Lutz**
Mom, I'm feeling kinda hungry.
**[19:27] Karla**
What? Don't you need to
visit the Merchant Guild?
**[19:31] Lutz**
Well, yeah...
**[19:35] Sascha**
Lutz!
**[19:37] Lutz**
Bro!
**[19:38] Sieg**
You made us all worry, you little punk.
**[19:41] Lutz**
Sorry.
**[19:42] Ralph**
Did you learn your lesson?
**[19:44] Lutz**
Stop that, Ralph!
**[19:46] Karla**
Wait, why was Main at the cathedral, anyway?
**[19:51] Benno**
Please keep what you saw today a secret.
**[19:54] Benno**
Ignorance can be bliss at times.
**[19:58] Deid**
Don't worry.
**[19:59] Deid**
I'm not gonna meddle in
the affairs of nobility.
**[20:02] Deid**
Besides, I'm sure she has her own reasons.
**[20:07] Ferdinand**
Do you realize now? Getting one side
of the story simply isn't enough.
**[20:13] Main**
Right...
**[20:21] Ferdinand**
Aren't you glad that
family wasn't torn apart?
**[20:26] Ferdinand**
Things turned out exactly as you hoped.
**[20:33] Main**
I'm so glad.
**[20:36] Main**
I really am glad.
**[20:45] Ferdinand**
Stop crying, Main.
**[20:47] Ferdinand**
You're making it seem as
though I made you cry.
**[20:50] Main**
These...
**[20:53] Main**
These are tears of joy, so it's okay.
**[20:57] Ferdinand**
You're such a handful.
**[21:05] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[21:13] Main**
Ferdinand...
**[21:17] Main**
* That was when I realized that the*
* head priest was named Ferdinand.*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter New Retainers
**[23:00] Main**
Head Priest, is a magical item that
prevents eavesdropping really useful?
**[23:06] Ferdinand**
Of course. Nobles often use it.
**[23:10] Ferdinand**
It's the High Priest!
We can't have any trouble!
**[23:13] Ferdinand**
Hide, Main!
**[23:15] Main**
Got it!
**[23:22] Ferdinand**
That's how it's usually used.
**[23:24] Main**
So, to discuss secrets?
**[23:26] Main**
You're the only one who uses
it to shut a person up, right?
**[23:32] Main**
Head Priest!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Foo Midori
# E21 - New Retainers
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6XJXZX7R/new-retainers)
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**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Main somehow managed to help*
* resolve Lutz's family issues.*
**[00:05] Ferdinand**
* However, she starts to have*
* concerns in her own home.*
**[00:10] Main**
Are you still not feeling well,
Mom? Are you really okay?
**[00:16] Eva**
Main...
**[00:19] Eva**
You see,
**[00:20] Eva**
Mom has a baby in her belly.
**[00:25] Eva**
You're going to be a big sis.
**[00:30] Main**
I'll make a picture book
for the little one, okay?
**[00:34] Eva**
Picture book?
**[00:35] Main**
Yeah, picture book!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-One New Retainers
**[02:19] Lutz**
Picture book?
**[02:20] Benno**
Picture book?
**[02:22] Ferdinand**
What is a "picture book"?
**[02:24] Main**
*This is now the third time.*
**[02:27] Main**
Picture books are literally books
for kids, with pictures in them.
**[02:30] Ferdinand**
Books are expensive as it is.
**[02:33] Ferdinand**
And you want to make them for
babies, who can't even read?
**[02:35] Ferdinand**
What are you thinking?
**[02:38] Main**
I'm going to be a big sister.
**[02:41] Fran**
It seems Lady Main's family
is expecting a child,
**[02:45] Fran**
so she wants to give the baby a present.
**[02:48] Ferdinand**
I see. I understand now.
**[02:50] Main**
There you have it, so
please let me have Wilma.
**[02:53] Ferdinand**
Fran?
**[02:55] Fran**
Making a picture book needs an artist,
**[02:58] Fran**
so she has identified a gray-robed
priestess who's good at drawing
**[03:00] Fran**
and is requesting permission
to make her Main's retainer.
**[03:03] Main**
*Honestly, I wanted to draw it myself...*
**[03:10] Benno**
Your handwriting's good, but your art sucks.
**[03:14] Main**
Please, Head Priest.
**[03:19] Ferdinand**
That baby will prove to be
a huge weakness for you.
**[03:24] Main**
Where did that come from?
**[03:27] Ferdinand**
You hold your family extremely dear,
**[03:31] Ferdinand**
as shown by the time you tried to take
on the high priest to protect them.
**[03:36] Ferdinand**
Who knows what he'll do
when he learns of this?
**[03:40] Ferdinand**
Surely you understand that
this can't be laughed off
**[03:43] Ferdinand**
by saying you can't just
hide your emotions.
**[03:47] Main**
I do, yes. I'll keep that in mind.
**[03:49] Ferdinand**
Take this as an opportunity to accustom
yourself to noble mannerisms and culture.
**[03:55] Main**
"Culture"?
**[03:57] Ferdinand**
I mean music.
**[03:59] Ferdinand**
It is one of the nobility's favorite pastimes.
**[04:02] Ferdinand**
Do we have anyone suitable?
**[04:05] Fran**
How about Rosina? She used to
be Lady Christine's retainer.
**[04:10] Ferdinand**
Main, if you want an
artist as your retainer,
**[04:13] Ferdinand**
you will also take in one
who is proficient in music.
**[04:17] Main**
One moment! You can't make
the decision for me!
**[04:20] Main**
I don't even have any instruments!
**[04:23] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[04:25] Ferdinand**
Of course you can't practice
without an instrument.
**[04:28] Main**
As such, I really only want
Wilma to be my retainer.
**[04:34] Wilma**
I truly appreciate your kind offer, but...
**[04:38] Wilma**
There'll be nobody left
to take care of them.
**[04:40] Wilma**
I'm the only one who does.
**[04:42] Wilma**
I would like to remain in the orphanage.
**[04:46] Main**
* In the church, all retainers move*
* into their master's rooms.*
**[04:51] Main**
* Is there any way I can make Wilma my*
* retainer and let her live in the orphanage?*
**[04:57] Main**
*I decided to ask the head priest for advice.*
**[05:01] Main**
* And, on the day I was to*
* have that discussion...*
**[05:04] Fran**
The head priest sends
these gifts with his regards.
**[05:07] Main**
*Wow.*
**[05:08] Main**
* I turned him down because I had no*
* instruments, but they've found their way to me.*
**[05:12] Fran**
These are harspiel.
**[05:15] Main**
Harspiel, huh?
**[05:16] Fran**
It seems the head priest is set
on having you learn music.
**[05:25] Main**
Welcome, Head Priest.
I've been expecting you.
**[05:29] Main**
Those are cookies my cooks made for you.
**[05:31] Main**
They'll be part of the menu in Gilberta
Company's upcoming restaurant.
**[05:37] Ferdinand**
I didn't know you were
dabbling in food, too.
**[05:40] Main**
Well, I am. So I want to experience
real noble cuisine before we open.
**[05:46] Ferdinand**
I shall invite you to lunch sometime soon.
**[05:52] Ferdinand**
So...
**[05:54] Ferdinand**
You said you wanted to make Wilma your
retainer, but let her stay in the orphanage?
**[05:59] Main**
Yes. She's the only one who can take
care of the unbaptized kids there.
**[06:05] Main**
The young ones fall ill easily, and
sometimes even develop fevers late at night.
**[06:13] Ferdinand**
If Wilma's going to stay
back at the orphanage,
**[06:16] Ferdinand**
that's all the more reason
to take Rosina in.
**[06:18] Ferdinand**
I even arranged for your instruments.
**[06:20] Ferdinand**
You should have no objections now.
**[06:22] Main**
But is there any need for music
in the church's ceremonies?
**[06:35] Main**
* Here we go again with that*
* magical item again.*
**[06:42] Ferdinand**
The reason music is essential to you is
because it is a vital part of noble culture.
**[06:46] Main**
You said that the other day, too.
**[06:49] Main**
But I am not a noble.
**[06:52] Ferdinand**
You will surely be part of
noble society in the future.
**[06:57] Main**
But I have no intention
of leaving my family.
**[07:01] Main**
*According to the priest,*
**[07:04] Main**
* when nobles or those with*
* the Devouring get married,*
**[07:06] Main**
* their partner has to be of a comparable*
* mana capacity or they can't have kids.*
**[07:11] Main**
* What's more, a child's mana is*
* heavily influenced by its mother's.*
**[07:16] Main**
*With noble numbers dwindling now,*
**[07:19] Main**
* it's apparently easy to picture young nobles*
* flocking to me once I come of age.*
**[07:25] Ferdinand**
However, they'll only see you as a
tool connecting them to high society.
**[07:30] Main**
So I'll be a convenient baby maker?
**[07:33] Ferdinand**
That's up to you.
**[07:36] Main**
Huh? Up to me how?
**[07:38] Ferdinand**
Whether or not you're only seen
as a tool to produce children
**[07:43] Ferdinand**
will depend on how well you can
conduct yourself as a noble.
**[07:48] Ferdinand**
You must educate yourself in
their ways to protect yourself.
**[07:52] Main**
I understand.
**[07:54] Main**
I'll also make Rosina my retainer and
learn as much as possible from her.
**[08:01] Main**
* After that, I asked the head priest*
* to show me the right way,*
**[08:06] Main**
*so he played the harspiel for me.*
**[08:12] Main**
*He's so good!*
**[08:14] Main**
* The minstrels around the East*
* Gate can't even lace his boots!*
**[08:21] Ferdinand**
From the vast blue skies
**[08:27] Ferdinand**
Come the rays of light
**[08:32] Ferdinand**
The blessings of Leidenschaft
**[08:37] Ferdinand**
So shine the leaflets
**[08:39] Ferdinand**
So sweet the wind smells
**[08:41] Ferdinand**
So burns the flame of life
**[08:44] Ferdinand**
In summer
**[08:55] Main**
That was wonderful!
**[08:57] Main**
If you were to sing love songs, you would
have no shortage of women falling for you!
**[09:02] Ferdinand**
What are you saying?
**[09:05] Main**
It was a compliment, honestly.
**[09:07] Ferdinand**
Anyway, you give it a try.
**[09:10] Main**
What? Now?
**[09:19] Ferdinand**
This is the most basic note.
**[09:23] Main**
*Oh, hey, that's do.*
**[09:26] Main**
*Re.*
**[09:28] Main**
*Mi.*
**[09:29] Ferdinand**
This is what you call a musical scale.
**[10:05] Ferdinand**
This is a surprise.
**[10:07] Ferdinand**
I wasn't sure how much a commoner
could really understand about music,
**[10:11] Ferdinand**
but it seems you'll pick it up soon enough.
**[10:14] Main**
* Yikes! I went and made*
* it harder for myself!*
**[10:18] Ferdinand**
Make sure you practice playing
the harspiel every day.
**[10:22] Main**
May I take time out of helping
you with work for it?
**[10:26] Ferdinand**
Spend less time reading instead!
**[10:29] Main**
I will defend that time with my life!
**[10:32] Main**
* In the end, we settled on reducing*
* the time I spent helping him.*
**[10:37] Main**
All right.
**[10:39] Main**
The head priest gave his permission,
so I'm making you my retainer.
**[10:44] Wilma**
I shall do my very best
to serve you, Lady Main.
**[10:48] Main**
By the way, is Rosina here?
**[10:50] Wilma**
I'll go get her for you.
**[11:01] Main**
*Whoa.*
**[11:02] Main**
*Talk about a pure mademoiselle!*
**[11:05] Main**
* I guess this is how the head priest*
* expects me to conduct myself.*
**[11:11] Ralph**
Lady Main, you wished to speak to me?
**[11:15] Main**
I'm making you my retainer at the
head priest's recommendation.
**[11:21] Main**
Your main job is to teach me
how to play the harspiel.
**[11:25] Main**
Aside from that, you will share
the duties of my other retainers.
**[11:30] Main**
Do you have any objections?
**[11:33] Ralph**
How could I ever?!
**[11:35] Ralph**
The harspiel is my best instrument!
**[11:40] Main**
* Rosina moved into the director's office*
* as soon as she got everything ready.*
**[11:45] Ralph**
My, look at those harspiels!
**[11:47] Main**
Could you play it for me?
**[11:51] Ralph**
May I?
**[11:52] Main**
Of course. Please do.
**[11:55] Ralph**
Please bring me my harspiel, then.
**[12:05] Ralph**
I can't believe I get to play again.
**[12:09] Ralph**
Could you get me my chair?
**[12:18] Main**
*Something seems off.*
**[12:20] Main**
*What is it?*
**[12:47] Ralph**
Lady Main, I promise to serve
you with all my heart.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:03] Delia**
Oh, honestly!
**[13:04] Delia**
Lady Main!
**[13:06] Main**
What's the matter, Delia?
**[13:08] Delia**
Rosina's not working at all.
**[13:10] Rosina**
Goodness! It's rather rude of
you to accuse me of not working.
**[13:15] Delia**
She doesn't do a single thing other
than play that instrument of hers.
**[13:19] Delia**
She won't even get up in the mornings.
**[13:21] Main**
Is that true, Rosina?
**[13:23] Rosina**
My job is to teach you
the harspiel, Lady Main.
**[13:28] Rosina**
Now, let us practice.
**[13:32] Main**
Delia, I have to practice now.
I promise I'll hear you out later.
**[13:39] Delia**
Oh, all right.
**[13:47] Main**
Thank you.
**[13:49] Rosina**
Could you kindly take my harspiel, as well?
**[13:52] Main**
*She's doing it again.*
**[13:56] Main**
Rosina.
**[13:58] Main**
Why are you giving Fran orders?
**[14:01] Rosina**
Why?
**[14:02] Main**
Fran is my head retainer.
**[14:05] Main**
Don't forget that.
**[14:07] Rosina**
What?
**[14:08] Main**
I'm going to go help the head priest now,
**[14:11] Main**
so I ask that you fetch some
water with Delia, Rosina.
**[14:14] Rosina**
Whatever are you saying?
**[14:17] Rosina**
Isn't that the work of
a gray-robed priestess?
**[14:19] Main**
What?
**[14:21] Rosina**
I may damage my fingers doing
servant work like that.
**[14:26] Rosina**
Just have the apprentices
over there take care of that.
**[14:30] Main**
Rosina, I will not allow you
to talk down to my retainers.
**[14:35] Main**
And I'm certain I asked you to
perform other duties, as well.
**[14:39] Rosina**
But Lady Main, I'm different
from other retainers.
**[14:44] Rosina**
Why is that so hard to understand?
**[14:47] Rosina**
It appears that you've misunderstood your
position as a blue-robed apprentice priestess.
**[14:51] Main**
I'm wrong?
**[14:52] Delia**
You're the one who's wrong, Rosina!
**[14:54] Fran**
Delia!
**[14:57] Main**
I'm still not familiar with all of
the ways of the church.
**[15:00] Main**
I'm going to listen to
what everyone has to say
**[15:03] Main**
before deciding if you are
right or wrong, Rosina.
**[15:09] Fran**
Wilma and Rosina's previous
master, Lady Christine,
**[15:14] Fran**
was a blue-robed apprentice priestess
who loved nothing more than art.
**[15:17] Fran**
She favored retainers who
showed talent in the arts.
**[15:22] Fran**
Rosina was favored by her master
because she excelled in music,
**[15:27] Fran**
and the servant work was all done by the
other gray-robed apprentice priest retainers.
**[15:31] Fran**
And I believe that is why she looks down upon
gray-robed priests as well as their apprentices.
**[15:37] Main**
That's going to be a huge issue.
**[15:41] Ferdinand**
The word of the head retainer
is the word of their master.
**[15:44] Ferdinand**
You do not need retainers who refuse to
understand this, so return them to the orphanage.
**[15:49] Main**
But then I won't be able to
practice the harspiel, would I?
**[15:53] Ferdinand**
We just need to find you someone else.
**[16:01] Main**
Head Priest, I know I may be
out of line for asking this,
**[16:04] Main**
but may I be excused for the day?
**[16:08] Main**
I'd like to hear what all
of my retainers have to say,
**[16:10] Main**
so I'd like some time to talk to them.
**[16:14] Wilma**
You want my opinion?
**[16:17] Main**
Yes. I heard that under Lady Christine,
**[16:20] Main**
the servant work was only
done by the gray-robed priests.
**[16:24] Main**
Do you agree with that statement, Wilma?
**[16:27] Wilma**
After Lady Christine returned to noble
life and I was returned to the orphanage,
**[16:33] Wilma**
that was when I found out
my treatment had been special.
**[16:38] Main**
So it's just Rosina...
**[16:42] Wilma**
Lady Main, if you could, please give Rosina
time to reflect upon herself, as well.
**[16:50] Main**
I hear you loud and clear.
**[16:52] Main**
Thank you.
**[17:00] Main**
*And then, we had our discussion.*
**[17:03] Gil**
Her instrument is so loud, she doesn't listen
to anyone, and she doesn't work!
**[17:07] Gil**
Haven't you ever heard of, "He who
does not work, neither shall he eat"?
**[17:10] Delia**
How am I supposed to work
with someone like her?
**[17:13] Delia**
Fire her already, Lady Main!
**[17:15] Rosina**
It's only obvious that I dedicate
everything I have to my art,
**[17:18] Rosina**
since it is my duty to teach Lady
Main how to play the harspiel.
**[17:22] Rosina**
I'd like for you to broaden your horizons
for the arts a bit more, Lady Main.
**[17:28] Main**
Rosina, I can't have you expecting the
exact same treatment you had before.
**[17:32] Rosina**
What?
**[17:33] Main**
If you're going to be my retainer, I need
you to attend to duties other than music, as well.
**[17:39] Main**
I understand that your hands are very
important when it comes to handling your instrument,
**[17:43] Main**
so perhaps you can work on some paperwork.
**[17:45] Rosina**
But I've never done anything of that nature.
**[17:52] Main**
If there are things you don't
know or you think you can't do,
**[17:54] Main**
this is the perfect
opportunity to learn them.
**[17:56] Main**
When Gil and Delia first became my
retainers, they weren't able to write letters,
**[18:01] Main**
but after some hard work,
they were able to learn how.
**[18:07] Main**
But I have no use for retainers who
refuse to do any work from the start.
**[18:19] Main**
Rosina, I am not Lady Christine.
**[18:25] Main**
You can either accept these terms
or go back to the orphanage.
**[18:29] Main**
Please make your decision by tomorrow.
**[18:54] Rosina**
I guess I can't go back
to how things used to be.
**[19:00] Wilma**
If you work hard, Lady
Main will acknowledge you.
**[19:25] Rosina**
I would like to put in the effort
to be your retainer, Lady Main.
**[19:30] Ferdinand**
Oh?
**[19:31] Ferdinand**
So you decided to keep her?
**[19:34] Main**
Yes. She'll be doing paperwork.
**[19:38] Main**
Though I'm sure that her desire to play the
harspiel is what drove her to this decision.
**[19:42] Ferdinand**
Well, that works in our favor.
**[19:45] Ferdinand**
Because I wanted to see how
your practice is going.
**[19:50] Main**
I-In ten days?!
**[19:54] Main**
*And so began my hardcore lessons.*
**[20:15] Main**
Let us understand happiness together...
**[20:35] Ferdinand**
Well done.
**[20:38] Main**
It's all thanks to you, Rosina!
**[20:40] Rosina**
No, it's because you're a
quick learner, Lady Main.
**[20:50] Main**
What?
**[20:51] Main**
Wilma doesn't like to be around men?
**[20:54] Rosina**
You had no idea?
**[20:57] Rosina**
I thought that was the reason that
Wilma remained at the orphanage.
**[21:04] Main**
I wonder if there's a reason why...
**[21:09] Rosina**
Wilma was tricked by a blue-robed priest,
and forced to offer her flower to him.
**[21:15] Main**
Huh?
**[21:16] Rosina**
Thankfully, no other harm came to her...
**[21:20] Rosina**
But she has been afraid of men ever since.
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**[23:02] Main**
The head priest sent me bedclothes
along with my harspiel...
**[23:07] Main**
Is this common for nobles?
**[23:11] Fran**
I believe he sent it to you to apologize
for making you faint in the detention room.
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
Do not mention this to anyone.
**[23:19] Ferdinand**
Because you usually only
receive bedclothes
**[23:22] Ferdinand**
from your family, betrothed, or lover.
**[23:24] Main**
Wait, why would you do something like
this that'd give people the wrong idea?!
**[23:27] Ferdinand**
It's your fault for not having bedclothes prepared
for yourself when you pass out all the time.
**[23:31] Main**
Can I return that lecture
along with this gift?
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# E22 - Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Main took in two new retainers,*
* Wilma and Rosina.*
**[00:05] Ferdinand**
*Soon, Rosina's reluctance to do manual work*
**[00:08] Ferdinand**
* left the rest of the retainers*
* far from pleased.*
**[00:11] Ferdinand**
* But after witnessing Main's*
* diligence first-hand,*
**[00:15] Ferdinand**
*Rosina decided to take on a new attitude.*
**[00:17] Ferdinand**
* That allowed Main to focus wholeheartedly*
* on making her picture book.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Two Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids
**[02:04] Main**
Once upon a time, there
were three little pigs,
**[02:10] Main**
and the time came for them to leave
home and seek their fortunes.
**[02:15] Main**
The first little pig built
his house out of straw.
**[02:18] Main**
The second little pig built
his house out of sticks.
**[02:20] Main**
The third little pig built
his house out of bricks.
**[02:25] Main**
One night, a big bad wolf came along,
**[02:27] Main**
huffed and puffed, and blew the first
little pig's straw house away.
**[02:34] Main**
The first little pig ran for his life, to
the second little pig's house of sticks.
**[02:39] Main**
But the big bad wolf chased after
him and again huffed and puffed.
**[02:42] Main**
The house of sticks was
blown away easily, too.
**[02:47] Main**
The two little pigs then ran to the house
of the bricks the third little pig built.
**[02:52] Main**
Of course, the big bad wolf followed suit.
**[02:55] Main**
And again, it huffed and puffed...
**[03:02] Main**
And so the three little pigs lived in
the brick house happily ever after.
**[03:08] Main**
The end.
**[03:10] Main**
What did you think? Was it fun?
**[03:15] Orphan**
I couldn't really understand it.
**[03:17] Main**
What? You couldn't?
**[03:19] Orphan**
No. What's a "little pig," Lady Main?
**[03:23] Orphan**
And what's a "big bad wolf"?
**[03:28] Wilma**
Lady Main, are you going to make
a picture book out of that story?
**[03:32] Main**
That was my plan...
**[03:34] Wilma**
What exactly are pigs and wolves?
**[03:38] Wilma**
I've never seen any, so I might
have a hard time drawing them.
**[03:42] Main**
I suppose so.
**[03:48] Main**
That was very helpful. Thank you.
**[03:50] Main**
I'll come back with a different story soon.
**[03:53] Orphan**
Tell us your stories again, Lady Main!
**[03:58] Wilma**
I shall take my leave with the kids, then.
**[04:00] Main**
Actually, there's something else
I want to discuss with you.
**[04:02] Wilma**
What is it?
**[04:04] Main**
I heard from Rosina.
**[04:07] Main**
That, um...
**[04:09] Ralph**
I thought it would be best
if she knew that about you.
**[04:16] Main**
So the reason you wished to
continue living in the orphanage
**[04:19] Main**
was because you didn't want to go outside...
**[04:21] Main**
You didn't want to interact
with men, wasn't it?
**[04:25] Wilma**
Yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
**[04:29] Wilma**
But I wasn't exactly trying to hide it.
**[04:31] Main**
I understand, Wilma.
**[04:34] Main**
Anyway, I've decided to bring Rosina
and not Fran every time I visit you.
**[04:40] Main**
You can rest easy.
**[04:44] Wilma**
So that's why she's here.
**[04:49] Wilma**
You've always respected my wishes, even
when you were taking me in as a retainer.
**[04:54] Wilma**
Thank you oh so kindly.
**[05:05] Gil**
Bring on the sprouty thing!
**[05:19] Lutz**
You guys are getting used to this.
**[05:21] Lutz**
How much more paper are we making, Main?
**[05:24] Main**
If even pigs don't work, Momotaro fighting
ogres is completely out of the question.
**[05:30] Main**
And it needs to be something
Wilma can draw...
**[05:34] Lutz**
She's not even listening.
**[05:36] Gil**
She does tend to get lost
in her own little world.
**[05:40] Lutz**
Gil, you're starting to really get her now.
**[05:43] Main**
The church!
**[05:46] Lutz**
What about the church, Main?
**[05:49] Main**
I know what to have Wilma draw!
**[05:51] Lutz**
You've decided?
**[05:53] Main**
Yeah. I think a kids' version of
the holy scriptures will be great!
**[05:56] Main**
It'll also teach the kids the alphabet!
Two birds with one stone!
**[06:01] Main**
In that case, we'll need to
make one for each kid, right?
**[06:04] Main**
But there are no copiers or printers here...
**[06:07] Main**
Oh, I could use block printing! I learned
how to do it in arts and crafts!
**[06:10] Main**
Yeah, I'm gonna go with woodblock printing!
**[06:15] Benno**
Ink?
**[06:17] Main**
Yes. I need ink to make my picture book.
**[06:20] Benno**
Oh, that thing you were
talking about last time.
**[06:22] Main**
Yeah.
**[06:23] Benno**
How much do you need?
**[06:25] Benno**
Ink is expensive, you know?
Did you take the cost into account?
**[06:38] Main**
I didn't.
**[06:40] Benno**
You fool! What kind of merchant doesn't
calculate the cost price first?!
**[06:45] Main**
I'm not a merchant anymore!
I'm an apprentice priestess!
**[06:48] Main**
Wad hudz! Wowwy!
**[06:52] Main**
* Later, we went to a carpenter's*
* to order the block.*
**[06:56] Main**
* The workshop that made the flash*
* cards was too busy to take my order,*
**[06:59] Main**
* but they referred me to an*
* offshoot run by a young boss.*
**[07:04] Main**
Mister Ingo, make the delivery
to the Gilberta Company, please.
**[07:08] Ingo**
Understood.
**[07:10] Ingo**
I look forward to your continued patronage.
**[07:15] Man**
Ink, you say?
**[07:16] Main**
I'm looking for oil-based ink.
**[07:19] Main**
Do you have any that aren't for parchment?
**[07:22] Man**
Ink is ink. There's only one kind.
**[07:30] Main**
Will I have to make ink for myself, too?
**[07:34] Main**
What can I use? Soot?
**[07:37] Main**
Oil paint?
**[07:38] Benno**
Hey, Lutz. What's she talking about?
**[07:41] Lutz**
Her thoughts are just leaking out her mouth.
**[07:45] Benno**
When will it end? I'd like
to discuss the restaurant.
**[07:48] Lutz**
Not until she finds her answer.
**[07:54] Main**
I'll just start making all kinds,
and use the best one for the book.
**[07:59] Main**
How's that, Lutz?
**[08:00] Lutz**
Why me?
**[08:02] Main**
All of my ideas...
**[08:06] Lutz**
...I'll bring to reality.
**[08:08] Main**
Then the first order of
business is gathering soot.
**[08:45] Ferdinand**
What in the world are you planning?
**[08:49] Main**
Whatever do you mean?
**[08:51] Ferdinand**
The grey-robed priests are cleaning
fireplaces and chimneys awfully early this year.
**[08:58] Ferdinand**
You put them up to it, didn't you?
**[09:01] Main**
Please don't make it sound like
I'm devising a devious plot.
**[09:04] Main**
I'm only having them gather soot in order
to make ink for my plant-based paper.
**[09:09] Main**
That's what my picture book
will be made of, after all.
**[09:13] Ferdinand**
I see what's going on now,
**[09:16] Ferdinand**
but be careful not to go too far
and draw the high priest's ire.
**[09:20] Main**
Okay.
**[09:21] Ferdinand**
Also, inform me once you've
decided on the book's contents.
**[09:25] Ferdinand**
You're too unpredictable.
**[09:28] Ferdinand**
It's bad for my heart.
**[09:30] Main**
I'll have you know I've already decided.
**[09:33] Main**
I'm making a picture-book version
of the holy scriptures for kids.
**[09:36] Ferdinand**
The scriptures for kids, is it?
**[09:38] Ferdinand**
It could prove helpful in
teaching them how to read.
**[09:42] Main**
Yes, that's the plan.
**[09:44] Ferdinand**
Very well. You have my permission.
**[09:46] Main**
Thank you kindly!
**[09:51] Wilma**
Wow, a picture-book version
of the scriptures for kids?
**[09:55] Main**
You shouldn't have a problem
drawing that, right?
**[09:58] Wilma**
Right! I can handle anything related
to the church perfectly fine.
**[10:01] Main**
Then please get started right away.
**[10:07] Main**
*Once the sketches were done,*
**[10:09] Main**
*I wrote the prose in mirrored letters*
**[10:12] Main**
* and had Sieg, Lutz's brother,*
* carve the whole thing into wood.*
**[10:17] Main**
* Mixing soot well with oil was enough*
* to produce the ink we needed.*
**[10:24] Main**
It should be fine if it's
that glossy and sticky.
**[10:37] Main**
*I made the disk-like baren myself.*
**[10:41] Orphan**
Wow! It's like a painting!
**[10:44] Orphan**
The block was all black,
but there are white lines!
**[10:53] Main**
I don't know...
**[10:55] Main**
It's not what I'd look
for in a picture book.
**[10:57] Lutz**
Yeah. The text is a bit hard to read, too.
**[11:03] Main**
What now?
**[11:05] Orphan**
We're back!
**[11:07] Orphan**
It was amazing!
**[11:09] Wilma**
What was?
**[11:11] Orphan**
They put ink on a board, and
there it was! Your drawing!
**[11:15] Wilma**
My drawing?
**[11:17] Wilma**
I did draw a sketch on a wooden
board at Lady Main's request.
**[11:21] Wilma**
Was that it?
**[11:23] Orphan**
Yeah! It was really pretty!
**[11:26] Orphan**
You should come with us next time!
**[11:30] Wilma**
No!
**[11:40] Wilma**
I'm sorry!
**[11:43] Wilma**
I...
**[11:48] Wilma**
I'm so sorry!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:29] Main**
*It looks good, as I thought.*
**[12:32] Main**
* I decided to put the picture-book*
* scriptures on hold*
**[12:36] Main**
*and switched focus to the book for the baby.*
**[12:38] Main**
* I already knew what kind of book it'd*
* be, so all I needed was the tools.*
**[12:43] Main**
*I ordered them from Johann.*
**(Flashback) [12:45] Johann**
Oh, you're that girl
from the Gilberta Company.
**[12:49] Main**
* Johann is very precise with his*
* work, and I love him for it.*
**[12:54] Orphan**
Lady Main...
**[12:55] Orphan**
What is this?
**[12:57] Main**
A picture book for a baby.
**[13:00] Lutz**
Say, Main, will this really
make the baby happy?
**[13:04] Main**
It totally will!
**[13:06] Main**
Solid shapes, like triangles and
rectangles, work great with infants!
**[13:11] Lutz**
Well, if you say so.
**[13:16] Lutz**
Anyway, it looks like we could use the
thick paper for the scriptures, too.
**[13:19] Main**
Yeah.
**[13:21] Wilma**
This...
**[13:22] Wilma**
is what I drew?
**[13:24] Main**
Your art is so detailed, this is how
it turns out with woodblock printing.
**[13:30] Main**
It completely takes away from
what makes your art so great.
**[13:34] Main**
So I tried to come up with a
different way to do things.
**[13:41] Wilma**
You drew this?
**[13:43] Main**
Yes. Using your art as reference,
**[13:46] Main**
I made a sample by paper cutting
using only black and white.
**[13:50] Main**
This requires far less work than carving
wood and carries the tone better.
**[13:56] Main**
It's just... I don't know if
kids will like this very much.
**[14:03] Wilma**
I'll give this method a shot.
**[14:05] Main**
I would very much appreciate that.
**[14:08] Wilma**
I would also like to see how good
I can be using a new style.
**[14:13] Main**
Wilma...
**[14:15] Main**
Please don't push yourself, okay?
**[14:18] Wilma**
I won't.
**[14:24] Orphan**
Please wait, Lady Main.
**[14:27] Orphan**
We need to tell you something.
**[14:31] Main**
Wilma's acting strange?
**[14:33] Orphan**
Yes. Ever since I asked her to come
with us to the studio and she refused.
**[14:40] Orphan**
She's seemed down ever since.
**[14:43] Orphan**
Please help her out, Lady Main.
**[14:47] Main**
You must both love Wilma very much.
**[14:50] Both**
We do!
**[14:51] Main**
But we'll have to wait for
time to heal her wounds.
**[14:55] Orphan**
Is there no other way?
**[14:58] Main**
Well...
**[15:00] Main**
If she sees you all doing your best,
she might start wanting to go outside.
**[15:08] Main**
*While Wilma was busy drawing,*
**[15:11] Main**
* I had the head priest go over the text for*
* the picture-book version of the scriptures.*
**[15:18] Main**
*What? Another lecture?*
**[15:24] Ferdinand**
Main, where exactly did you
receive your education?
**[15:28] Main**
I'm not sure I understand your question.
**[15:32] Ferdinand**
Your prose is too good.
**[15:35] Ferdinand**
The holy scriptures are laden
with complicated phrasing,
**[15:38] Ferdinand**
and editing them into simple, concise
prose that even kids can understand
**[15:41] Ferdinand**
is no mean task.
**[15:46] Ferdinand**
At least, it should be beyond the
girl I read the scriptures to,
**[15:50] Ferdinand**
who at the time couldn't even
grasp the terms and words used.
**[15:55] Ferdinand**
It's almost as though you were
educated in a foreign land,
**[15:59] Ferdinand**
and were merely unfamiliar with
the language spoken here.
**[16:04] Main**
Head Priest, I was born and
raised in this very town.
**[16:10] Ferdinand**
And my investigation of
you corroborated that.
**[16:17] Ferdinand**
But it still makes no sense to me.
**[16:31] Main**
I've actually been asked this before.
**(Flashback) [16:35] Liese**
Say, Main. Who are you, really?
**(Flashback) [16:39] Liese**
Where did you get all these recipes?
**[16:43] Ferdinand**
And how did you respond?
**[16:47] Main**
"In my dreams."
**[16:52] Ferdinand**
In your dreams?
**[16:54] Main**
Yes.
**[16:55] Main**
In a dreamlike world very different from
this one, one I can never go back to.
**[17:00] Main**
That was my answer.
**[17:08] Main**
Will you believe me?
**[17:16] Ferdinand**
How very absurd,
**[17:18] Ferdinand**
but it proves my suspicions right.
**[17:22] Ferdinand**
You are terrible at lying
and keeping secrets.
**[17:27] Ferdinand**
However...
**[17:27] Ferdinand**
It only confuses me all the more.
**[17:30] Ferdinand**
I'll need time to think this over.
**[17:34] Main**
* Meanwhile, as I was getting the*
* required equipment together,*
**[17:38] Main**
*Wilma finished her drawing.*
**[17:42] Wilma**
Please take a look.
**[17:46] Main**
This is wonderful, Wilma!
**[17:48] Main**
I'll have it printed at once!
**[17:50] Main**
Tell Gil to get things ready.
**[17:52] Ralph**
Certainly.
**[17:54] Wilma**
Um, Lady Main?
**[17:57] Wilma**
May I please accompany you to the studio?
**[18:02] Main**
But aren't you...
**[18:04] Wilma**
Trying my hand at this new method has
given me just a little bit of courage.
**[18:11] Wilma**
Maybe now...
**[18:17] Wilma**
Maybe now, I could go outside!
**[18:22] Main**
Wilma!
**[18:23] Wilma**
It would be very reassuring
to have you by my side.
**[18:28] Main**
I'll make dead sure no man
gets anywhere near you!
**[18:32] Ralph**
Lady Main,
**[18:33] Ralph**
it's usually a retainer's job to
keep men away from their master.
**[18:55] Main**
Are you all right, Wilma?
**[18:57] Wilma**
I am.
**[18:59] Orphan**
Hey! It's Wilma!
**[19:00] Orphan**
Wilma's here!
**[19:05] Wilma**
I came to see the printing
you were all so enamored by.
**[19:28] Orphan**
Wow, amazing!
**[19:31] Main**
This is truly incredible.
**[19:40] Main**
What's the matter, Wilma?
**[19:42] Wilma**
I'm just so happy...
**[19:47] Wilma**
Lady Main, I shall get to
work on the next drawing.
**[19:52] Main**
Wilma...
**[19:54] Main**
Yes, please do.
**[19:57] Main**
* And each time Wilma finished a drawing,*
* we got to work printing it.*
**[20:03] Main**
Look, Tuuli!
**[20:05] Main**
We finished printing it!
**[20:07] Tuuli**
Wow, that's great!
**[20:09] Main**
All that's left is to bind it!
**[20:11] Main**
Help me, Tuuli!
**[20:12] Tuuli**
Who, me?
**[20:13] Main**
Yeah! I need your skills!
**[20:24] Tuuli**
Snip it, Main.
**[20:58] Main**
It took two years...
**[21:00] Lutz**
Two long years.
**[21:01] Tuuli**
You did it, Main!
**[21:03] Main**
I couldn't have done it without you two!
**[21:06] Main**
Thanks!
**[21:08] Lutz**
Hey, this is just the first.
**[21:09] Lutz**
You've gotta go on and make so many more,
nobody can ever finish reading them.
**[21:15] Lutz**
Isn't that right, Main?
**[21:18] Main**
Right. So many that the world will
need libraries to hold them.
**[21:22] Main**
It's a promise, okay, Lutz?
**[21:26] Main**
Ah, the blessed, sweet scent of ink!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Harvest Festivals and Staying Home
**[23:09] Main**
Whew! I'm still no match for Gutenberg.
**[23:14] Lutz**
Who's that?
**[23:15] Main**
The man, the god, who pulled off
the greatest feat of all time.
**[23:19] Main**
And who I want to be!
**[23:21] Lutz**
The heck is this thing?!
**[23:22] Main**
The movable-type printing press
that Gutenberg invented.
**[23:25] Main**
How I'd love to bring it over to this world!
**[23:27] Lutz**
Hold on. This has metal parts, doesn't it?
**[23:30] Lutz**
Did you calculate the cost?
**[23:32] Main**
Lutz, you're starting to sound like Benno.
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# E23 - Harvest Festivals and Staying Home
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**[00:00] Ferdinand**
**[00:00] Ferdinand**
*With the help of the people around her,*
**[00:02] Ferdinand**
* Main finally finished a book—the*
* picture-book version of the scriptures.*
**[00:06] Main**
I couldn't have done it without you two!
**[00:09] Main**
Thanks!
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
*Meanwhile...*
**[00:12] High Priest**
Listen, leave that little devil
out from the Harvest Festival.
**[00:16] High Priest**
She'll eat into our share.
**[00:17] High Priest**
She makes enough from her studio, anyway.
**[00:20] Blue Robe**
Indeed. Let's put that cheeky plebeian
in her place once and for all.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Three Harvest Festivals and Staying Home
**[02:10] Main**
It's been a while since we've
visited the library, huh, Fran?
**[02:13] Fran**
Indeed. You've been busy with
the picture book lately.
**[02:17] Main**
I want to read to my heart's content today.
**[02:23] Main**
Carriages?
**[02:24] Main**
What's going on?
**[02:26] Fran**
They're for taking blue robes
to the Harvest Festival.
**[02:30] Main**
What's the "Harvest Festival"?
**[02:33] Fran**
A ritual held in the domain's
farming settlements.
**[02:35] Blue Robe**
I see our resident plebeian
is quite ignorant.
**[02:53] Blue Robe**
You seem to know your place
rather well already.
**[02:56] Blue Robe**
Perhaps I shouldn't have bothered after all.
**[03:07] Fran**
Lady Main, there was no need
for you to kneel before him.
**[03:12] Main**
Well...
**[03:13] Main**
While we may both be blue robes, I'm
a commoner and he's of higher status.
**[03:19] Main**
If I can avoid needless squabbling
this way, it's a small price to pay.
**[03:23] Fran**
If you've thought this through,
I shall say no more.
**[03:26] Fran**
However, you mustn't be a pushover.
**[03:29] Main**
I understand.
**[03:31] Main**
Anyway, let's hurry on to the library.
**[03:37] Fran**
After you, Lady Main.
**[03:46] Main**
Wh-What happened here?
**[03:49] Main**
Who could have...
**(Flashback) [03:53] Blue Robe**
Perhaps I shouldn't have
bothered after all.
**[03:59] Main**
That accursed blue stooge!
**[04:02] Main**
I know who did this!
**[04:04] Main**
It's not too late to get him!
**[04:08] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[04:09] Fran**
You should report this to the
head priest and ask for advice!
**[04:13] Main**
But he'll get away if we waste time...
**[04:16] Main**
Hey, Fran!
**[04:18] Fran**
We're going to the head priest's office.
**[04:20] Main**
Put me down! Now!
**[04:31] Ferdinand**
What in the world happened?
**[04:32] Fran**
We found the library all messed up.
**[04:36] Fran**
Lady Main figured out who did
it and wanted to go catch them.
**[04:40] Fran**
I brought her here instead.
**[04:41] Ferdinand**
Very good. A wise decision.
**[04:45] Ferdinand**
Main, to the hidden room.
**[04:49] Ferdinand**
Tell me how you found the library.
**[04:51] Main**
Sure. Both big bookshelves were empty.
**[04:55] Main**
Their contents were all over the floor.
You can't even set foot in there.
**[05:00] Ferdinand**
And who did it?
**[05:02] Main**
I don't know his name, but the
blue-robed priest I met earlier said,
**[05:07] Main**
"Perhaps I shouldn't have
bothered after all."
**[05:10] Main**
There's no doubt! He did it!
**[05:12] Ferdinand**
And so what if he did?
**[05:16] Main**
I shall hold a bloody carnival
right here in town.
**[05:20] Main**
A bloody carnival where I'll paint
the town red in more ways than one!
**[05:25] Main**
Raiding the library is an
obvious declaration of war!
**[05:28] Main**
The culprit deserves the guillotine!
**[05:33] Ferdinand**
Stop right there.
**[05:34] Main**
What? Why?
**[05:37] Ferdinand**
You seem to be having some
rather unsavory thoughts.
**[05:41] Ferdinand**
It's written all over your face.
**[05:45] Ferdinand**
Also, the blue-robed priests have already
departed for the Harvest Festival.
**[05:51] Ferdinand**
They won't be back for another ten days.
**[05:53] Main**
Ten whole days?
**[05:55] Ferdinand**
The church sends priests to hold the
ritual in settlements all over.
**[05:59] Ferdinand**
While they're there, they collect taxes
and produce as tribute to the gods.
**[06:05] Ferdinand**
It's likely that the library was attacked
as a way of keeping you from the harvest.
**[06:12] Main**
They damaged the books for that?
**[06:16] Main**
Very well. Challenge accepted.
**[06:20] Main**
I'll clean up the library myself!
**[06:24] Ferdinand**
Everything in there was ordered
by date of acquisition.
**[06:28] Ferdinand**
You can't handle it.
**[06:31] Main**
Then I'll sort them my own way!
**[06:38] Main**
That's it!
**[06:45] Main**
I can take this chance to
arrange everything my way!
**[06:51] Main**
It'll be a library by me, for me!
**[06:54] Main**
I'm a genius!
***SIGN*** Every Bookworm's Dream
***SIGN*** A Personal Library
**[06:59] Main**
But wait just a damn second.
**[07:01] Main**
Can I really arrange the books entirely
haphazardly, by my whim alone?
**[07:08] Main**
I know what this calls for.
***SIGN*** N
**[07:09] Main**
The Nippon Decimal Classification.
***SIGN*** N D
***SIGN*** N D C
***SIGN*** Nippon
***SIGN*** Nippon Decimal
***SIGN*** Nippon Decimal Classifi-
***SIGN*** Nippon Decimal Classifi- cation
**[07:13] Main**
That's the system I'll
classify the books under.
**[07:16] Main**
Now, allow me to introduce to you the
nine major divisions of the NDC!
**[07:24] Main**
Come on!
**[07:25] Main**
General.
***SIGN*** 0. General
**[07:26] Main**
Philosophy.
***SIGN*** 1. Philosophy
**[07:27] Main**
History.
***SIGN*** 2. History
**[07:28] Main**
Social Sciences.
***SIGN*** 3. Social Sciences
***SIGN*** 4. Natural Sciences
**[07:28] Main**
Natural Sciences.
***SIGN*** 5. Technology / Engineering
**[07:29] Main**
Technology.
***SIGN*** 6. Industry / Commerce
**[07:30] Main**
Commerce.
**[07:31] Main**
Arts.
***SIGN*** 7. Arts
**[07:31] Main**
Language.
***SIGN*** 8. Language
**[07:32] Main**
Literature.
***SIGN*** 9. Literature
**[07:33] Main**
Eek!
**[07:33] Main**
Love you, Natural Sciences!
**[07:34] Main**
Lead me, General!
**[07:35] Main**
I'll take a quick glance
at the books strewn about
**[07:37] Main**
and start sorting them
into these ten divisions.
**[07:40] Main**
Then I'll place them in their appropriate
shelves, thus completing the first step.
***SIGN*** 0. General
***SIGN*** 0. General 1. Philosophy
***SIGN*** 0. General 1. Philosophy 2. History
***SIGN*** 0. General 1. Philosophy 2. History 3. Social Sciences
***SIGN*** 0. General 1. Philosophy 2. History 3. Social Sciences 4. Natural Sciences
***SIGN*** 5. Technology / Engineering
***SIGN*** 5. Technology / Engineering 6. Industry / Commerce
***SIGN*** 5. Technology / Engineering 6. Industry / Commerce 7. Arts
***SIGN*** 5. Technology / Engineering 6. Industry / Commerce 7. Arts 8. Language
***SIGN*** 5. Technology / Engineering 6. Industry / Commerce 7. Arts 8. Language 9. Literature
***SIGN*** Literature
***SIGN*** For Example...
**[07:45] Main**
The second step will need a closer look,
***SIGN*** Literature Japanese Literature
**[07:48] Main**
classifying the books into
several sub-categories, but...
***SIGN*** Literature Japanese Literature Novels & Fiction
***SIGN*** Literature
***SIGN*** However...
**[07:52] Main**
The sub-categories will require
heavy adaptation to this world.
***SIGN*** Literature From Unknown World
***SIGN*** Literature From Unknown World Of Unknown Genre
**[07:59] Main**
Which means I'll have to create a
whole new classification system!
**[08:03] Main**
You know, it feels like...
**[08:09] Main**
I'm a real librarian or something!
**[08:14] Main**
Please leave the library to me.
**[08:18] Ferdinand**
It's quite unsettling how your mood
suddenly changed for the better,
**[08:22] Ferdinand**
but very well. You can handle the cleanup.
**[08:27] Main**
Thank you!
**[08:31] Ferdinand**
This is a list of the books
I donated to the library.
**[08:34] Ferdinand**
Use it if you need to.
**[08:36] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[08:39] Main**
*He donated so many books?*
**[08:43] Main**
*Just who is he, really?*
**[08:47] Delia**
What in the world happened here?
**[08:49] Delia**
I can't believe anyone would
have the heart to do this!
**[08:52] Gil**
If Lady Main sees this, she's
sure to blow her lid...
**[09:03] Main**
I need you all to clean
up the library today.
**[09:07] Gil**
Uh, why do you seem to be in a good mood?
**[09:12] Main**
Because I am delighted.
**[09:13] Main**
I want to offer the culprit my
thanks, and the gods my prayers.
**[09:18] Main**
I get to sort the books in
the library as I please.
**[09:21] Main**
Nothing could bring me more joy!
**[09:23] Main**
Yahoo!
**[09:27] Main**
Now, let's get right to work!
**[09:30] Main**
First, separate them all into
paper- and tablet-based.
**[09:34] Main**
After that, we'll place them in the
appropriate shelves depending on their content.
**[09:38] Main**
Those go under Social Sciences,
so place them by the "3" marker.
**[09:43] Fran**
Understood.
**[09:44] Main**
Let's see what this one has to say, then.
**[09:50] Delia**
A moment, Lady Main.
**[09:52] Delia**
Could you save your reading for
after we clean this mess up?
**[09:56] Main**
Oh, sorry. I got drawn in.
**[10:02] Main**
Gil.
**[10:04] Main**
That book goes in the
shelf above, not there.
**[10:07] Gil**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[10:11] Main**
*I already know which books will go there.*
**[10:13] Main**
* I saw in the head priest's catalog books*
* that can only exist in a fantasy world.*
**[10:19] Main**
That's the shelf for magic books!
**[10:23] Main**
I wonder what they're like.
**[10:26] Main**
I can't wait to read them!
**[10:28] Main**
Where are the books on magic?
**[10:32] Main**
*But as the cleanup went along...*
**[10:41] Fran**
Is that all?
**[10:43] Delia**
That didn't take too long, huh?
**[10:50] Fran**
What's the matter, Lady Main?
**[10:53] Main**
The books on magic that the head
priest donated are missing.
**[10:57] Ferdinand**
Are you finished with the cleanup?
**[11:02] Main**
Head Priest...
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Bookworm
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Bookworm
**[11:15] Main**
Head Priest, I don't see these books around.
**[11:20] Ferdinand**
They're in my quarters,
so it isn't a problem.
**[11:23] Main**
Oh, is that so?
**[11:25] Ferdinand**
Yes. Still, I'm surprised you figured
out they weren't in the library.
**[11:30] Main**
We classified the books by genre
and placed them accordingly,
**[11:33] Main**
but the shelf I set aside
for these ended up empty.
**[11:36] Ferdinand**
You... classified the books?
**[11:38] Main**
Yes.
**[11:41] Ferdinand**
Tell me more. To my room, now.
**[11:44] Main**
There's a system of library classification
**[11:46] Main**
called the Nippon Decimal Classification,
based off Melvil Dewey's Decimal System.
**[11:54] Ferdinand**
Melvil... Dewey?
**[11:56] Main**
Dewey is a name etched forever
in the history of libraries.
**[12:01] Main**
Time for a history lesson!
**[12:03] Main**
Melvil Dewey was an American
librarian, educator,
**[12:06] Main**
and inventor of the Dewey Decimal System,
**[12:08] Main**
which influenced libraries across the world!
**[12:11] Main**
He's a man who left his mark
on culture as we know it!
**[12:14] Main**
I went by the Nippon Decimal Classification,
**[12:17] Main**
and sorted books into General,
Philosophy, History, Social Sciences,
**[12:20] Main**
Natural Sciences, Technology, Commerce, Arts,
**[12:23] Main**
Language, and Literature, and put
them in their respective shelves.
**[12:28] Main**
I couldn't decide whether to classify magic
books as Natural Sciences or Technology.
**[12:37] Main**
So I'd like to read them
before making the call.
**[12:40] Main**
By the way, how would you classify them?
**[12:49] Ferdinand**
Hmm...
**[12:50] Ferdinand**
You could say the basics of magic are all
about observing and understanding nature.
**[12:54] Main**
Okay, and?
**[12:56] Ferdinand**
But magical items are a
different story altogether.
**[13:00] Main**
Ah, is that so?
**[13:03] Main**
Okay, so what will you do?
**[13:09] Ferdinand**
I'm highly curious about these
"classification systems,"
**[13:11] Ferdinand**
but classifying books on magic isn't a
matter you need to concern yourself with.
**[13:16] Main**
Why, Head Priest?!
**[13:18] Ferdinand**
Because these books won't ever line
the shelves of the church's libraries.
**[13:22] Main**
What?
**[13:23] Ferdinand**
Magic is the exclusive
domain of the nobility.
**[13:26] Ferdinand**
Blue robes have no right to peruse
these books as they please.
**[13:29] Main**
But aren't blue robes nobles?
**[13:32] Ferdinand**
Technically, blue robes are of
noble birth and possess mana.
**[13:38] Ferdinand**
But nobles aren't recognized as such
unless they graduate the Nobles' Academy.
**[13:43] Main**
"The Nobles' Academy"?
**[13:45] Ferdinand**
It's a school for noble children.
**[13:48] Main**
You mean nobody's a noble unless
they complete their education there?
**[13:51] Main**
That's a harsher criteria
than I was expecting.
**[13:55] Ferdinand**
Nobles are allowed to channel
the great power of magic.
**[13:58] Ferdinand**
Thus, peerage isn't granted
to those who haven't learned
**[14:01] Ferdinand**
the right way to control or use it.
**[14:03] Ferdinand**
So I have no intention of
letting you see these books...
**[14:07] Main**
Head Priest!
**[14:08] Main**
Let me read them!
**[14:10] Main**
Please!
**[14:13] Ferdinand**
No means no.
**[14:15] Main**
Pretty please!
**[14:20] Fran**
What's wrong, Lady Main?
**[14:23] Main**
I couldn't get him to let
me read the books on magic.
**[14:28] Main**
* Lutz and Tuuli are visiting*
* the orphanage today.*
**[14:31] Main**
*They're teaching the kids how to bind books.*
**[14:34] Lutz**
Nice, looking good.
**[14:35] Lutz**
Then you push the needle through the
hoop and pull it out the other side.
**[14:39] Orphan**
Like this?
**[14:40] Lutz**
Yeah, that's the way.
**[14:42] Tuuli**
Then you put the leftover thread
into the hoop and cover it up.
**[14:46] Orphan**
Wow! I did it!
**[14:48] Tuuli**
Good job!
**[14:49] Orphan**
Will this do?
**[14:50] Orphan**
Teach me how to do this.
**[14:52] Orphan**
Hey, Tuuli!
**[14:53] Main**
Hmm... I don't have any specific
complaints, but just do it better.
**[15:00] Orphan**
Uh... How, exactly?
**[15:03] Main**
You'll get better with practice!
**[15:05] Orphan**
R-Right...
**[15:09] Lutz**
These kids have never
even used needles before.
**[15:12] Lutz**
Looks like we'll only get through
half of what we planned.
**[15:16] Tuuli**
I wanna teach them how to sew sometime.
**[15:18] Tuuli**
That'll help them patch
up their own clothing.
**[15:21] Main**
Yeah, it'd be a great help
if you could teach them.
**[15:26] Lutz**
Anyway, here. Copies for
the people who helped us.
**[15:31] Main**
Thanks!
**[15:32] Main**
Lutz, let's go give Benno one tomorrow.
**[15:35] Lutz**
Sure.
**[15:39] Main**
Ta-dah!
**[15:41] Main**
The picture-book version of the
scriptures for kids is complete!
**[15:44] Benno**
Oh?
**[15:46] Benno**
It's rare to see a book
without a leather cover.
**[15:48] Benno**
A flower watermark, eh?
**[15:50] Benno**
Is this bound with thread alone?
**[15:53] Benno**
You haven't used glue?
**[15:55] Main**
That's right.
**[15:59] Benno**
This art is amazing.
**[16:01] Main**
Wilma really outdid herself.
**[16:04] Benno**
Very good.
**[16:06] Benno**
You did a great job.
**[16:07] Main**
Thank you!
**[16:10] Benno**
So, how much are you going to sell these for?
**[16:13] Main**
Huh? I'm not selling them.
**[16:15] Main**
I'm going to use them as
textbooks in the orphanage.
**[16:18] Benno**
What? You're not selling them?!
**[16:20] Benno**
What are you thinking?!
**[16:22] Main**
And what are *you* saying?!
**[16:25] Main**
These books are going to
be textbooks for kids!
**[16:28] Benno**
Good products ought to be sold!
**[16:29] Main**
Hell no!
**[16:36] Mark**
Have you two calmed down?
**[16:39] Main**
I'm going to make a bunch of similar
picture books for the time being.
**[16:43] Main**
My artist doesn't leave the cathedral, so
she can't draw what's considered common.
**[16:48] Lutz**
But I don't know about making
book after book about the gods.
**[16:53] Benno**
Lutz is right.
**[16:55] Lutz**
Aren't you going to make any books that
customers would want to buy and read?
**[16:59] Main**
Of course I'm going to make some
for the general public eventually!
**[17:03] Main**
And also books with no pictures, only prose!
**[17:05] Lutz**
Do it now, not eventually!
**[17:07] Lutz**
This isn't a game!
**[17:08] Main**
I don't need you to tell me!
**[17:11] Main**
But to do that, I'll need to get
my hands on some other stuff first.
**[17:16] Benno**
Like what?
**[17:17] Main**
Stencil paper for the mimeo.
***SIGN*** Mimeo = Mimeograph Machine
***SIGN*** Stencil Paper
**[17:22] Main**
Either that, or...
**[17:24] Main**
Types for a letterpress.
***SIGN*** Letterpress Printing
***SIGN*** Type
**[17:28] Benno**
Stencil... types?
**[17:30] Main**
Yes. With those, I can
mass-produce books efficiently.
**[17:35] Main**
However, I can't make either
without lots of capital.
**[17:40] Benno**
Why don't you just pull another
product idea out of your hat?
**[17:43] Main**
How about playing cards?
**[17:46] Benno**
What're those?
**[17:47] Main**
A plaything much like
those flash cards I made.
**[17:50] Main**
Even adults can play with them.
**[17:52] Benno**
Nobles are sure to love 'em, huh?
**[17:56] Benno**
Can you visit Corinna before you head back?
**[17:59] Main**
For what?
**[18:00] Benno**
She wants to get you fitted for
your ceremonial garb, it seems.
**[18:08] Main**
* And so I got fitted for*
* my ceremonial outfit,*
**[18:11] Main**
*and we dove headlong into winter prep.*
**[18:14] Tuuli**
You visited Missus Corinna?
**[18:17] Main**
Yeah. Her belly's all big now.
**[18:20] Main**
The baby's going to be born over the winter.
**[18:22] Eva**
I think we'll have to wait for spring.
**[18:26] Tuuli**
Will it be a boy or a girl?
**[18:28] Main**
Which would you like, Dad?
**[18:30] Gunther**
Hmm...
**[18:33] Gunther**
A boy would make me happy, since
I'd finally have company at home.
**[18:37] Gunther**
But a girl would also make me happy,
since she'd be the cutest little thing!
**[18:40] Main**
Same here! I'd love them either way!
**[18:43] Tuuli**
I can't wait!
**[18:45] Main**
I'll help you lots around the
house over the winter, Mom.
**[18:50] Eva**
I'd very much appreciate that, but...
**[18:52] Tuuli**
Don't work too hard and fall sick, okay?
**[18:58] Gunther**
Ah... You'll get to stay right
at home through the winter, huh?
**[19:05] Main**
Yep!
**(Flashback) [19:17] Ferdinand**
What?
**(Flashback) [19:18] Ferdinand**
What do you mean, you finished 30 copies
of this book in such short order?
**(Flashback) [19:23] Main**
We inked cut paper and
printed several copies.
**(Flashback) [19:27] Ferdinand**
Printed?
**(Flashback) [19:28] Main**
Right!
**(Flashback) [19:29] Main**
My goal is to make a ton of cheap
books that everyone can read.
**[19:34] Ferdinand**
I had no idea she was capable of this.
**[19:38] Ferdinand**
She's going to turn society on its head.
**[19:42] Fran**
Head Priest, I've brought Lady Main.
**[19:46] Ferdinand**
Good.
**[19:50] Main**
Head Priest, I have a request.
**[19:54] Main**
While processing pig meat for winter,
**[19:57] Main**
I would also like permission to make
glue and candles at the orphanage.
**[20:02] Main**
The stench will be terrible, you see...
**[20:04] Ferdinand**
So long as you finish before the other
blue robes return, you have my permission.
**[20:09] Main**
Understood.
**[20:11] Ferdinand**
Also, Main, you stand out
too much in whatever you do.
**[20:15] Main**
Believe me, I'm trying not to.
**[20:18] Ferdinand**
You lose yourself when books are involved.
**[20:22] Main**
I'll take more care from now on.
**[20:24] Main**
I never want the library to
be attacked like that again.
**[20:28] Ferdinand**
You fool!
**[20:31] Ferdinand**
Petty harassment like
that is not the problem.
**[20:38] Ferdinand**
Anyway, the more pressing
issue now is your winter work.
**[20:42] Main**
Uh, I was planning on doing it at home.
**[20:45] Ferdinand**
You're not aware, then?
**[20:47] Ferdinand**
The Dedication Ceremony
happens over the winter.
**[20:50] Ferdinand**
It's where all of the divine objects
in the cathedral are replenished,
**[20:55] Ferdinand**
which calls for a vast amount of mana.
**[20:59] Ferdinand**
Your participation is mandatory,
**[21:02] Ferdinand**
and we must avoid a situation
where a blizzard keeps you away.
**[21:06] Ferdinand**
As such, you will live here over the winter.
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Knight Orders and Requests
**[22:48] Main**
Head Priest, what do you think of
*Cinderella* for my next picture book?
**[22:53] Ferdinand**
Oh? What's it about?
**[22:55] Main**
I'll tell you all about it!
**[22:56] Main**
A long time ago, there lived
a truly kind and pretty girl.
***SIGN*** Fast Forward
**[23:03] Main**
And so, Cinderella lived happily ever after.
**[23:08] Main**
What do you think, Head Priest?
A great story, isn't it?
**[23:11] Ferdinand**
How truly absurd.
**[23:12] Ferdinand**
Your story involves a poor commoner
girl marrying the prince.
**[23:18] Ferdinand**
Do you seriously think that that's possible?
**[23:20] Ferdinand**
Don't ignore their difference in status.
**[23:22] Ferdinand**
And if it does go through, the prince
will be stripped of his royal status,
**[23:26] Ferdinand**
and his younger brother will be
named successor to the throne.
**[23:28] Ferdinand**
As such, I find it hard to believe
Cinderella truly achieves happiness...
**[23:31] Main**
You're far too cynical, Head Priest!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Izumi Mitsu
# E24 - Knight Orders and Requests
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8D90D7Y/knight-orders-and-requests)
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**[00:00] Ferdinand**
*After making a book with block printing,*
**[00:03] Ferdinand**
* Main next set her sights*
* on using a letterpress.*
**[00:08] Ferdinand**
* Meanwhile, the blue-robed priests*
* departed for the Harvest Festival.*
**[00:12] Ferdinand**
*And then...*
**[00:14] Ferdinand**
The Dedication Ceremony
happens over the winter.
**[00:17] Ferdinand**
We must avoid a situation
where a blizzard keeps you away.
**[00:21] Ferdinand**
As such, you will live here over the winter.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Four Knight Orders and Requests
**(Flashback) [02:12] Main**
The entire winter?
**(Flashback) [02:16] Ferdinand**
You're afforded blue-robed
priestess treatment
**(Flashback) [02:19] Ferdinand**
because your mana is needed
in such ceremonies.
**(Flashback) [02:22] Ferdinand**
Did you forget that?
**(Flashback) [02:25] Main**
No, I understand where you're coming from.
**(Flashback) [02:28] Main**
But my family will be worried sick.
**(Flashback) [02:31] Main**
I get feverish much more
often in the winter.
**(Flashback) [02:35] Ferdinand**
Your family will be allowed
to come check on you.
**(Flashback) [02:40] Ferdinand**
That's the most I'm willing to compromise.
**[02:48] Ralph**
Lady Main? You don't look so well.
**[02:53] Main**
I'm fine, Rosina.
**[02:55] Main**
I'm simply a little unsettled at the moment.
**[02:58] Main**
Fran, I heard from the head priest earlier.
**[03:02] Main**
It seems I have to live in the
cathedral over the winter.
**[03:07] Ferdinand**
If he's decided so, I don't
think we can overturn it.
**[03:12] Main**
I'm aware of that, but...
**[03:17] Orphan**
Brr! So cold!
**[03:19] Orphan**
I wonder what's for dinner tonight.
**[03:24] Main**
I *am* the orphanage director, huh?
**[03:29] Main**
Fran, what would my winter
preparations entail?
**[03:35] Lutz**
Are you gonna be okay?
**[03:36] Lutz**
Living in the cathedral all winter?
Mister Gunther will be livid.
**[03:41] Main**
That's my biggest worry.
**[03:46] Lutz**
Well, not much you can do. Work is work.
**[03:49] Lutz**
Besides, I think you're better
off in the cathedral.
**[03:53] Main**
How so?
**[03:55] Lutz**
This may sound rude,
**[03:56] Lutz**
but your chambers there will keep
you much warmer than you'd be at home.
**[04:00] Lutz**
Less chance of getting sick.
**[04:02] Lutz**
Fran's starting to get pretty good
at monitoring your condition, too.
**[04:07] Main**
I see. I can use that as a bargaining chip.
**[04:11] Main**
Your words carry more weight
in my family than mine.
**[04:15] Ferdinand**
Good luck.
**[04:16] Main**
Thanks!
**[04:23] Gunther**
So, Main, what do you wanna discuss?
**[04:28] Main**
Well, uh, the thing is...
**[04:32] Main**
There's supposedly an important
ceremony in the winter,
**[04:35] Main**
so I've been asked to start living in
the cathedral once it begins to snow.
**[04:41] Gunther**
What's all this now?
**[04:43] Gunther**
The deal was that you
could commute from home!
**[04:47] Main**
I mean, once it starts snowing
for real, I won't be able to go.
**[04:51] Main**
But there's an important ceremony.
**[04:54] Gunther**
Your health is more important.
**[04:57] Main**
Lutz said Fran can be
trusted with my health.
**[05:02] Main**
Besides, the head priest said
you could come check on—
**[05:06] Gunther**
I can't let you live all by yourself!
**[05:09] Gunther**
You could drop dead anytime!
**[05:11] Gunther**
Forget it!
**[05:16] Eva**
What do you want to do, Main?
**[05:20] Main**
Stay in the cathedral.
**[05:21] Main**
That's my job.
**[05:24] Gunther**
Main!
**[05:25] Main**
Dad, you do realize they only let me
join because they need my mana, right?
**[05:31] Main**
That's why they gave me the blue robes
and excused me from any physical labor.
**[05:37] Main**
The head priest accepted basically
all of our conditions.
**[05:41] Main**
I can't not be there when
they need me and my mana.
**[05:47] Gunther**
Yeah, but...
**[05:49] Main**
Also, the reason I've stopped
falling ill to the Devouring
**[05:54] Main**
is because I've been dedicating my
mana to objects at the cathedral.
**[05:57] Main**
If not for that, I never would've
lived to see this day.
**[06:06] Main**
You know what else, Dad?
**[06:09] Main**
I have to look after
everyone in the orphanage.
**[06:15] Gunther**
Those kids, huh?
**[06:17] Main**
Yeah. I'm their director.
**[06:28] Gunther**
We're allowed to come see
how you're doing, right?
**[06:32] Main**
Yeah!
**[06:33] Main**
Thanks, Dad!
**[06:35] Gunther**
I know it's over when your
mind's set on something.
**[06:38] Gunther**
Make sure you do your job well.
**[06:41] Main**
Yeah, I'll do my best.
**[06:47] Eva**
What will you do if you get sick?
**[06:50] Main**
I have a bed and all, and my
retainers will be there for me.
**[06:54] Tuuli**
That bed looked so nice and soft.
**[06:57] Main**
Oh, right.
**[06:58] Main**
We should probably tell Fran what
to do when I come down with a fever.
**[07:03] Eva**
I'll come visit, then.
**[07:06] Eva**
If they're going to be taking care of
you all winter, I should thank them.
**[07:10] Tuuli**
I can come check on you often.
**[07:13] Main**
Great. I'll miss you all, so
come as much as you can, Tuuli.
**[07:18] Tuuli**
Hey, I have to teach the kids how to sew,
and I wanna learn how to read, too.
**[07:22] Gunther**
Why do you always turn to Tuuli?
**[07:27] Gunther**
You can lean on me too, you know.
**[07:29] Main**
Oh, in that case...
**[07:32] Main**
I need you to help with the
orphanage's pork stocking.
**[07:36] Main**
Nobody there knows how to do it.
**[07:40] Gunther**
Sure.
**[07:41] Gunther**
You can count on me!
**[07:45] Main**
* Mister Deid also helped with that, saying*
* he wanted to repay the head priest.*
**[07:52] Orphan**
We're back!
**[07:55] Main**
Welcome home.
**[07:56] Main**
Did you manage to process lots of meat?
**[07:59] Orphan**
Yes, Lady Main!
**[08:01] Lutz**
Main, here's the pig skin you asked for.
**[08:05] Main**
Thanks, Lutz!
**[08:07] Main**
Now we can make glue.
**[08:25] Main**
Maybe I should get working
on a new picture book, too.
**[08:29] Ferdinand**
Pardon me, Lady Main.
**[08:31] Ferdinand**
But before you start working on a book,
**[08:33] Ferdinand**
you need to prepare for the knight order's
request and memorize the prayers.
**[08:39] Main**
Knight order's request?
**[08:42] Main**
Does that have anything to do
with the Dedication Ceremony?
**[08:44] Ferdinand**
No, it's unrelated.
**[08:48] Ferdinand**
Most years, the knight order makes
a request before winter begins.
**[08:54] Ferdinand**
And when they do, we're
required to perform a ritual.
**[08:57] Main**
But with all the political upheaval, the
church is lacking blue robes for that?
**[09:02] Ferdinand**
Correct.
**[09:03] Ferdinand**
As an apprentice blue-robed priestess,
**[09:05] Ferdinand**
you'll be expected to perform
the ritual for the knights.
**[09:09] Main**
Wait, isn't this a really important job?
**[09:14] Ferdinand**
It is, and that's why you'll need
to have the prayers memorized.
**[09:20] Main**
*It's like I'm talking to the head priest.*
**[09:22] Main**
You're not the Fran I know!
**[09:25] Main**
Go back to your usual, gentle self!
**[09:28] Ferdinand**
I don't mind,
**[09:30] Ferdinand**
but you'll be the one the
head priest yells at later.
**[09:35] Main**
Fine. I'll memorize the prayers.
**[09:41] Main**
But wait, if you only need a blue
robe, the head priest is right there.
**[09:45] Ferdinand**
At times, he must prioritize his
noble duties over the church's.
**[09:53] Main**
Noble... duties?
**[09:56] Ferdinand**
By the way, did you manage to
arrange for ceremonial clothing?
**[10:00] Main**
Well, the fitting's done, so
it should be finished soon.
**[10:05] Ferdinand**
Then please have it brought here so you can
set out as soon as we get the request.
**[10:11] Gil**
Fran, can you give me a hand?
**[10:14] Gil**
Gilberta Company sent some carpets.
**[10:17] Ferdinand**
Coming.
**[10:20] Main**
*In the few days after that...*
**[10:23] Main**
This is beautiful, Missus Corinna!
**[10:26] Main**
*My ceremonial dress was finished,*
**[10:28] Main**
*my chambers got a winter makeover,*
**[10:30] Main**
* preserved food was stocked*
* up, candles were made,*
**[10:33] Main**
* and most of the orphanage's*
* winter prep was complete.*
**[10:46] Ferdinand**
Ah, it's the holy night of Schutzaria.
**[10:53] Ferdinand**
The knight order's request will come soon.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:14] Main**
How did the Harvest Festival go, Head Priest?
**[11:39] Main**
Wha...
**[11:40] Main**
What is this?
**[11:42] Ferdinand**
Keep it down, Main.
**[11:48] Karstedt**
*Sir Ferdinand, this is Karstedt.*
**[11:51] Karstedt**
* The knight order requests assistance with*
* a raid, and a priest to perform a ritual.*
**[11:55] Karstedt**
*Please make arrangements at once.*
**[11:57] Karstedt**
*Sir Ferdinand, this is Karstedt.*
**[12:01] Karstedt**
* The knight order requests assistance with*
* a raid, and a priest to perform a ritual.*
**[12:04] Karstedt**
*Please make arrangements at once.*
**[12:12] Main**
Th-The bird turned into a stone!
**[12:17] Main**
Head Priest?
**[12:21] Ferdinand**
Ordonnanz.
**[12:29] Ferdinand**
Understood.
**[12:39] Main**
What's with all these fantasy tropes?!
**[12:49] Main**
What just happened, Head Priest?
**[12:53] Ferdinand**
Weren't you listening?
**[12:55] Ferdinand**
The knight order has called on us.
**[12:59] Ferdinand**
Change into your ceremonial garb at
once and report to the Gate of Nobles.
**[13:04] Main**
Okay!
**[13:06] Main**
Uh... Where's the Gate of Nobles?
**[13:10] Ferdinand**
I can show you there.
**[13:18] Ferdinand**
Delia! Rosina!
**[13:20] Ferdinand**
Ready the ceremonial garb right away!
**[13:23] Main**
*I've never seen Fran get so worked up.*
**[13:30] Delia**
Please put this on, Lady Main.
**[13:35] Delia**
Lady Main is ready!
**[13:37] Ralph**
Lady Main, you're dealing
with the knight order.
**[13:41] Ralph**
Even if something should displease you,
please make sure not to show it on your face.
**[13:47] Ferdinand**
Lady Main, you remember the prayers, I hope?
**[13:59] Main**
Oh? Isn't this...
**[14:01] Ferdinand**
The Gate of Nobles lies in between the
head priest and high priest's offices.
**[14:07] Main**
Is that so?
**[14:12] Main**
*What?!*
**[14:14] Main**
*Is that really the head priest?!*
**[14:21] Ferdinand**
Our apologies for the delay.
**[14:24] Main**
Head Priest, uh...
**[14:27] Main**
What's with the getup?
**[14:29] Ferdinand**
Oh, I'm participating not as the
head priest, but as a knight.
**[14:36] Main**
Ah, your noble duties.
**[14:40] Ferdinand**
Is that your ceremonial garb?
**[14:49] Ferdinand**
That design is a tad unusual,
but it's better than I expected.
**[14:54] Ferdinand**
What is that crest?
**[14:56] Main**
The Main Studio's insignia.
**[14:59] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[15:00] Ferdinand**
Arno.
**[15:06] Ferdinand**
Main, you were born in the summer, yes?
**[15:09] Ferdinand**
You can borrow that.
Put it on your middle finger.
**[15:21] Ferdinand**
Don't act surprised over every little thing.
**[15:24] Main**
Easy for you to say!
**[15:27] Main**
*The fact that he's lending me this ring*
**[15:30] Main**
* means we're entering a fantasy world*
* where nothing I know means anything.*
**[15:48] Ferdinand**
Your plebeian is showing.
**[15:50] Ferdinand**
Try to keep your mouth shut, at least.
**[15:52] Main**
Sorry about that.
**[15:54] Ferdinand**
Here we go.
**[16:16] Main**
This place is *nothing* like downtown.
**[16:28] Ferdinand**
This is the noble district.
**[16:34] Ferdinand**
Lady Main, please conduct
yourself like a noble.
**[16:46] Karstedt**
Sir Ferdinand.
**[16:50] Karstedt**
I'm truly glad to see you well.
**[16:56] Ferdinand**
Thank you, Karstedt. Same to you.
**[17:04] Ferdinand**
Karstedt, this is Main, the apprentice
priestess who will conduct the ritual.
**[17:12] Main**
Hello, Sir Karstedt, my name is Main.
**[17:15] Main**
It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
**[17:24] Karstedt**
Likewise, Apprentice Priestess.
**[17:28] Ferdinand**
Let us depart, then.
**[17:29] Karstedt**
Right!
**[17:44] Main**
*Now we've got animal sculptures!*
**[17:55] Ferdinand**
Karstedt,
**[17:56] Ferdinand**
have the retainers ride
with some of the knights.
**[17:59] Ferdinand**
Main, you come with me.
**[18:01] Karstedt**
Understood!
**[18:05] Main**
What is this, Head Priest?
**[18:08] Ferdinand**
Magic crystal transformed
into a rideable beast.
**[18:11] Ferdinand**
So long as you supply it with
mana, it can take you anywhere.
**[18:16] Main**
"Take you"?
**[18:18] Ferdinand**
Go.
**[18:19] Main**
Whoa! The magic lion started moving!
**[18:34] Main**
Whoa, clouds!
**[18:40] Main**
We're so high up!
**[18:42] Main**
Oh, that's downtown!
**[18:46] Main**
The forest we always go to!
**[18:48] Ferdinand**
Settle down, Main.
**[18:51] Ferdinand**
You're disgracing yourself
with the way you're talking.
**[18:55] Main**
Sorry.
**[18:58] Main**
Where are we going, by the way?
**[19:01] Ferdinand**
There.
**[19:08] Main**
What is that?
**[19:11] Ferdinand**
A magical tree called trombe.
**[19:13] Main**
What? That's the sprouty thing?
**[19:25] Main**
*I had no idea it could turn into this...*
**[19:29] Main**
This is pretty dangerous.
**[19:32] Ferdinand**
It's the knight order's job to cut it down.
**[19:43] Ferdinand**
Your part comes after the knight
order takes down the trombe.
**[19:48] Ferdinand**
You must heal the soil that
has had all its mana drained.
**[19:52] Main**
Got it.
**[19:53] Ferdinand**
Stay here until then.
**[19:57] Ferdinand**
Karstedt, pick out two guards for her.
**[20:00] Karstedt**
Schicicoza, Damuel.
**[20:03] Karstedt**
You two guard the priestess.
**[20:04] Both**
Sir.
**[20:07] Main**
Hup.
**[20:11] Main**
I forgot.
**[20:12] Main**
Gotta be elegant.
**[20:14] Ferdinand**
You're such a handful.
**[20:18] Ferdinand**
Make sure the apprentice priestess
receives nary a scratch.
**[20:22] Both**
Sir.
**[20:35] Ferdinand**
Let's go.
**[20:42] Main**
Head Priest, members of the knight order,
**[20:45] Main**
I pray for your safety and success.
**[20:48] Main**
May Angriff, Leidenschaft's disciple and god
of war, offer you his divine protection.
**[20:58] Main**
My mana's being absorbed...
**[21:03] Soldier**
Huh? What?
**[21:05] Soldier**
What's this?
**[21:06] Karstedt**
The apprentice priestess
has given us her blessings.
**[21:08] Main**
What? Blessings?
**[21:12] Ferdinand**
Main... Please, *please*
stay put until you're up.
**[21:24] Schicicoza**
Those blessings were utterly meaningless.
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Trombe and Battles
**[23:11] Main**
Head Priest!
**[23:13] Main**
My heart couldn't keep up with all those
fantasy staples one after another!
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
Hmm... Was that too much to take at once?
**[23:20] Main**
No, it will help me with
my next picture book!
**[23:25] Ferdinand**
You really do think about
nothing but books, huh?
**[23:29] Main**
Yeah! Thanks for the compliment!
**[23:32] Ferdinand**
That... wasn't my intention.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Namino Ryo
# E25 - Trombe and Battles
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY3K23Q9Y/trombe-and-battles)
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**[00:00] Ferdinand**
**[00:02] Ferdinand**
* Main sets out to battle at*
* the knight order's request.*
**[00:07] Ferdinand**
Your part comes after the knight
order takes down the trombe.
**[00:11] Karstedt**
Schicicoza, Damuel.
**[00:13] Karstedt**
You two guard the priestess.
**[00:15] ---**
Sir.
**[00:16] Main**
Head Priest, members of the knight order,
**[00:20] Main**
I pray for your safety and success.
**[00:26] Schicicoza**
Those blessings were utterly meaningless.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Five Trombe and Battles
**[02:15] Main**
Meaningless?
**[02:18] Schicicoza**
Using mana on blessings when
you're already short on it
**[02:24] Schicicoza**
is nothing but an act of folly.
**[02:29] Damuel**
Schicicoza, what are you saying?
**[02:32] Damuel**
There is a huge difference between
having Angriff's blessings and not.
**[02:38] Damuel**
We don't have that many
people this time, either.
**[02:40] Schicicoza**
Hmph. What's wrong with
calling a fool a fool?
**[02:44] Main**
*His eyes...*
**[02:47] Main**
* He's got the same look as*
* that blue-robed priest.*
**[02:51] Damuel**
Schicicoza, you...
**[02:54] Main**
I apologize if I've displeased you.
**[02:59] Main**
I won't do it again.
**[03:08] Damuel**
Don't take his words to heart.
**[03:11] Damuel**
With our numbers, your blessings and the
mana they provide will be a big boost.
**[03:17] Ferdinand**
Hear me, Ruler of the Heavens.
**[03:19] Ferdinand**
The King, the God of Darkness...
**[03:21] Damuel**
It begins.
**[03:22] Ferdinand**
The father of the whole, wide world!
**[03:25] Ferdinand**
Heed my call and grant me thy holy power.
**[03:29] Ferdinand**
Rend the evil that steps out
of line, take its power,
**[03:32] Ferdinand**
and bestow my weapon with thy blessings.
**[03:37] Karstedt**
Thy blessings!
**[03:42] Main**
Their weapons turned black!
**[03:43] Main**
Can you explain that, Fran?
**[03:46] Fran**
No... This situation is a first for me
as well, so I'm not familiar with it.
**[03:50] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess,
**[03:52] Damuel**
that happens to weapons given the God
of Darkness's divine protection.
**[03:55] Damuel**
If you imbue them with mana and attack,
**[03:57] Damuel**
it'll drain double the mana
from the enemy for you.
**[04:00] Damuel**
You can't take down a trombe without that.
**[04:03] Main**
* I see there are nobles who interact normally*
* with an apprentice priestess, too.*
**[04:08] Damuel**
Not many people can see the
knights fight first-hand.
**[04:12] Damuel**
You should observe carefully.
**[04:14] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[04:16] Damuel**
At first, we'll whittle down
the trombe using arrows.
**[04:19] Damuel**
Look, the one in the blue
cape is Sir Ferdinand.
**[04:34] Main**
*Whoa, it's like he's a horseback archer!*
**[05:02] Main**
The Head Priest is so cool!
**[05:05] Fran**
Lady Main, mind your speech.
**[05:11] Damuel**
Duplicating arrows that way
requires a lot of mana.
**[05:16] Damuel**
And Sir Ferdinand, who can do it
over and over, truly is amazing.
**[05:20] Main**
Yeah!
**[05:22] Damuel**
I wish he'd return to the
knight order already.
**[05:25] Main**
What? Return?
**[05:27] Damuel**
Don't tell anyone I said that.
**[05:30] Main**
Understood.
**[05:33] Main**
* Since he's so slender, high-strung,*
* and suits desk work so perfectly,*
**[05:37] Main**
*I never imagined he was a former knight.*
**[05:43] Main**
* But I guess the head priest*
* can really do it all!*
**[05:51] Damuel**
It's starting to work.
**[05:53] Damuel**
Can you see the trombe turning black?
**[05:58] Main**
I can, yes.
**[06:01] Main**
Oh, a limb fell off.
**[06:09] Karstedt**
Now!
**[06:10] Karstedt**
Attack!
**[06:12] All**
Sir!
**[06:31] Karstedt**
We've felled enough limbs!
**[06:33] Karstedt**
Now for the trunk!
**[06:35] All**
Sir!
**[06:40] Karstedt**
Finish it!
**[06:51] Damuel**
It's almost over.
**[06:53] Main**
I was worried about fighting
such a terrifying monster.
**[06:58] Main**
I'm glad that it seems we've
suffered almost no casualties.
**[07:02] Damuel**
It seems Sir Ferdinand's presence this time
made it easier to deal with the limbs.
**[07:11] Schicicoza**
Damuel, why are you being so
friendly with a plebeian?
**[07:14] Damuel**
A plebeian?
**[07:15] Schicicoza**
Don't you know?
**[07:17] Schicicoza**
That's a plebeian.
**[07:22] Schicicoza**
And as a plebeian, she wears the blue
robes granted only to nobility.
**[07:28] Schicicoza**
Talk about a puffed-up fool.
**[07:32] Schicicoza**
The nobles may have dwindled in number,
**[07:35] Schicicoza**
but that doesn't justify granting
a plebeian blue robes.
**[07:38] Schicicoza**
I don't understand what
Sir Ferdinand is thinking.
**[07:42] Damuel**
Don't be silly, Schicicoza.
**[07:46] Schicicoza**
It's true.
**[07:48] Schicicoza**
The high priest laments the fact, too.
**[07:51] Schicicoza**
He can't believe that the order in the
cathedral is being destroyed for one plebeian.
**[07:59] Schicicoza**
Why don't you say something, plebeian?
**[08:04] Schicicoza**
Can't open your cheeky mouth
without Sir Ferdinand around?
**[08:13] Damuel**
Stop this, Schicicoza!
**[08:15] Damuel**
We're meant to guard her!
**[08:17] Damuel**
Her status means nothing
until we finish our mission!
**[08:20] Schicicoza**
Quiet, Damuel.
**[08:22] Schicicoza**
Know your place.
**[08:24] Schicicoza**
Don't you tell me what to do.
**[08:35] Main**
*This is scary!*
**[08:42] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[08:46] Main**
Fran!
**[08:48] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[08:49] Main**
Don't move, Fran!
**[08:53] Main**
Weren't we told to endure it, come what may?
**[08:57] Main**
We mustn't let this escalate!
**[09:01] Schicicoza**
Let me teach you something, plebeian.
**[09:04] Schicicoza**
In situations like these, you're meant to
apologize for your retainer's misconduct.
**[09:11] Main**
I apologize for my retainer's
transgressions.
**[09:20] Schicicoza**
What's with that look?
**[09:23] Schicicoza**
How dare you, plebeian?
Perhaps I should gouge out your eyes.
**[09:35] Schicicoza**
Messer.
**[09:39] Damuel**
Don't, Schicicoza!
**[09:41] Damuel**
The apprentice priestess is
meant to conduct the ritual!
**[09:44] Schicicoza**
Shut up.
**[09:46] Schicicoza**
You don't get to order
me around, lesser noble.
**[09:53] Main**
No!
**[09:55] Schicicoza**
That's the way. Plebeians should shrink
away in awe and fear of us nobles.
**[10:05] Main**
Head Priest!
**[10:07] Main**
Ouch!
**[10:09] Schicicoza**
That's what you get for suddenly
standing up, you fool.
**[10:29] Main**
Why?
**[10:34] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[10:38] Damuel**
Where'd all this trombe come from?
**[10:40] Schicicoza**
It's your fault for standing up...
**[10:47] Damuel**
I'll get you out, Apprentice Priestess!
**[10:51] Damuel**
Hear me, ruler of the heavens.
The King, the God of Darkness.
**[10:55] Damuel**
The father of the whole, wide world.
**[10:57] Damuel**
Heed my call and grant me thy holy power.
**[10:58] Main**
*I-I can't breathe!*
**[10:59] Damuel**
Rend the evil that steps out
of line, take its power,
**[11:00] Main**
*Lutz!*
**[11:01] Damuel**
and bestow my weapon with thy blessings.
**[11:02] Main**
*Help me!*
**[11:04] Lutz**
Certainly. We'll have this
arranged for you right away.
**[11:11] Main**
*Help me, Lutz!*
**[11:13] Lutz**
Main?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:28] Damuel**
...bestow my weapon with thy blessings.
**[11:28] ---**
I... can't breathe...
**[11:33] Damuel**
I'll get you out now, Apprentice Priestess.
**[11:38] Damuel**
The protection isn't working?
**[11:40] Ferdinand**
Fall back, Damuel!
**[11:53] Ferdinand**
Main, what's happening here?
**[11:56] Main**
Blood.
**[11:58] Main**
My blood activated the trombe.
**[12:02] Ferdinand**
Your blood?
**[12:07] Ferdinand**
I don't believe this.
**[12:09] Ferdinand**
You were supposed to
guard her, you imbeciles!
**[12:12] Damuel**
We're terribly sorry!
**[12:15] Ferdinand**
There is no point fighting them
off if the wound remains open.
**[12:21] Ferdinand**
Entwaffnung.
**[12:25] Ferdinand**
Rot.
**[12:31] Ferdinand**
Make sure you don't cry.
**[12:33] Ferdinand**
Tears contain mana as well.
**[12:36] Main**
Okay.
**[12:44] Main**
My wound...
**[12:45] Ferdinand**
I used the mana only to close it, not heal it.
**[12:49] Ferdinand**
Using my mana above trombe is
suicidal, but it'll have to do.
**[12:54] Main**
Head Priest, please use those
arrows to get rid of the trombe.
**[13:00] Ferdinand**
I deactivated the divine protection,
so I can't use weapons anymore.
**[13:05] Ferdinand**
You can't change a weapon's form
once it's imbued with blessings.
**[13:10] Ferdinand**
Help should arrive shortly.
**[13:19] Karstedt**
Sir Ferdinand? Why the distress signal?
**[13:23] Ferdinand**
You're late!
**[13:26] Karstedt**
What's all this?
**[13:28] Karstedt**
Karstedt, the incompetent guards
you chose let this happen.
**[13:33] Karstedt**
Save Main at once! Hurry!
**[13:36] Karstedt**
Sir!
**[13:36] Karstedt**
Men, take your positions!
**[13:38] All**
Sir!
**[13:43] Karstedt**
Chop it down!
**[13:49] Ferdinand**
Karstedt, don't even scratch Main.
**[13:53] Ferdinand**
You'll turn her into bait.
**[13:55] Karstedt**
Right!
**[14:07] Karstedt**
It's tough...
**[14:08] Karstedt**
One more time!
**[14:10] All**
Right!
**[14:15] Ferdinand**
You're the only one with a knife.
Hurry up and get her out.
**[14:19] Damuel**
But the protection didn't help earlier.
**[14:23] Ferdinand**
I've closed her wound.
The trombe won't activate anymore.
**[14:31] Damuel**
It worked this time!
**[14:35] Karstedt**
Be careful, Damuel.
**[14:38] Karstedt**
Damuel, Apprentice Priestess,
how did this happen?
**[14:43] Karstedt**
I've never seen Sir Ferdinand so angry.
**[14:46] Damuel**
Well...
**[14:56] Karstedt**
Are you all right?
**[14:58] Main**
No. Please get my retainer.
**[15:04] Karstedt**
Where is the apprentice
priestess' retainer?!
**[15:08] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[15:10] Fran**
She's feverish.
**[15:12] Ferdinand**
Unsurprising. She was entwined
by all those trombe limbs.
**[15:17] Ferdinand**
She must've lost quite a lot of mana, too.
**[15:20] Ferdinand**
Have her drink my potion.
**[15:24] Fran**
Please drink this, Lady Main.
**[15:27] Main**
Ew... What is this?
**[15:30] Fran**
A potion the head priest blended.
**[15:32] Fran**
It should help quell
fatigue and recover mana.
**[15:36] Main**
Is that so?
**[15:45] Fran**
Are you all right, Lady Main?
**[15:50] Main**
Wow. The fever's fading away.
**[15:58] Ferdinand**
Schicicoza, Damuel.
**[16:01] Ferdinand**
If you have anything to say for yourselves
about this mess, speak up now.
**[16:07] Schicicoza**
I see no reason to defend myself.
**[16:11] Schicicoza**
She's a plebeian.
**[16:13] Schicicoza**
That's all that matters.
**[16:18] Ferdinand**
How about you, Damuel?
**[16:21] Damuel**
Well...
**[16:24] Karstedt**
We need information.
**[16:27] Karstedt**
Speak your mind.
**[16:37] Main**
*This is how a class-based society works.*
**[16:41] Main**
* But I'm sure the head*
* priest will believe me.*
**[16:52] Main**
Sir Ferdinand, Sir Karstedt.
**[16:56] Karstedt**
What is it, Apprentice Priestess?
**[17:00] Main**
Should I tell you what happened,
**[17:02] Main**
would you guarantee my safety?
**[17:07] Karstedt**
What do you mean?
**[17:09] Main**
Should I tell the truth that inconveniences
a member of the nobility,
**[17:14] Main**
would you drag me around by the
hair or try to gouge my eyes out?
**[17:23] Karstedt**
What?
**[17:25] Karstedt**
You did that to her?
**[17:27] Schicicoza**
It's a groundless accusation.
**[17:29] Schicicoza**
This plebeian stood up when she
didn't have to and hurt herself.
**[17:33] Karstedt**
Damuel, you saw what happened, didn't you?
**[17:37] Karstedt**
Tell the truth.
**[17:39] Schicicoza**
I'm not sure he really saw it, actually.
**[17:51] Damuel**
Our status is too different.
**[17:54] Damuel**
When Schicicoza told me to know my place,
**[17:59] Damuel**
I couldn't stop him anymore.
**[18:03] Damuel**
I'm terribly sorry!
**[18:10] Ferdinand**
That's right. You must never
forget who ranks above.
**[18:19] Ferdinand**
By the way, Schicicoza,
**[18:22] Ferdinand**
who holds the highest rank of all of us here?
**[18:28] Schicicoza**
It is you, Sir Ferdinand.
**[18:32] Ferdinand**
That's right.
**[18:33] Ferdinand**
And I gave you my orders.
**[18:37] Ferdinand**
"Make sure the apprentice priestess
receives nary a scratch"!
**[18:45] Ferdinand**
If you considered our ranks, it should've
been obvious what you needed to uphold.
**[18:51] Ferdinand**
You're the one who needs to know your place!
**[18:57] Schicicoza**
But... But that's a plebeian.
**[19:00] Ferdinand**
The girl you hurt is no mere plebeian.
**[19:04] Ferdinand**
She's an apprentice priestess
who was granted blue robes
**[19:08] Ferdinand**
with the lord's permission
due to her abundance of mana!
**[19:24] Ferdinand**
Know that voicing any complaints with that
decision is dissent against your lord!
**[19:35] Ferdinand**
Not only did you two disobey
orders and abandon your duties,
**[19:41] Ferdinand**
you hurt your charge and
disgraced the knight order.
**[19:44] Ferdinand**
Don't think you're going to get off lightly.
**[19:48] Ferdinand**
The lord will sentence you in due time.
**[19:57] Ferdinand**
Karstedt, you chose incompetent
men as bodyguards,
**[20:02] Ferdinand**
and failed to discipline your recruits.
**[20:05] Ferdinand**
As commander of the knight order,
you will be held responsible.
**[20:09] Ferdinand**
You will be punished in due time, too.
**[20:13] Karstedt**
This mess has truly exposed my lack
of leadership in the knight order.
**[20:20] Karstedt**
I profusely apologize for causing you
the trouble of having to step in.
**[20:30] Ferdinand**
Main, we need to finish up the ritual
while the potion is still effective.
**[20:34] Main**
Right.
**[20:40] Ferdinand**
Come with me.
**[20:44] Ferdinand**
Here we go.
**[21:01] Ferdinand**
Listen, Main.
**[21:03] Ferdinand**
Show them you're truly worthy
of wearing those blue robes.
**[21:09] Ferdinand**
If the knight order recognizes your
importance, that will act as a shield for you.
**[21:14] Main**
Got it.
**[21:15] Main**
But it's my first time. I'm not
sure if this will really work.
**[21:21] Ferdinand**
No need to worry.
**[21:23] Ferdinand**
I'll set up a foil for you.
**[21:25] Ferdinand**
Huh?
**[21:27] Ferdinand**
I don't fight battles I can't win.
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Dreamlike World
**[23:10] Main**
My first ritual is coming up.
**[23:12] Main**
Isn't this nerve-wracking, Head Priest?
**[23:14] Ferdinand**
Then you can drink another vial of my potion.
**[23:17] Main**
There's that disgusting potion again!
**[23:19] Ferdinand**
Well, I did sacrifice the taste.
**[23:21] Ferdinand**
But it worked right away, did it not?
**[23:24] Main**
Yeah, but the taste matters.
Please improve it.
**[23:28] Ferdinand**
And how will you make it worth my while?
**[23:29] Main**
* I feel like the head priest's thought*
* process is starting to resemble Benno's lately.*
***SIGN*** Illustration by Suzuka
# E26 - Dreamlike World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR243GK26/dreamlike-world)
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* Schicicoza's antics led to*
* Main being entwined in a trombe.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
You're the one who needs to know your place!
**[00:12] Ferdinand**
Listen, Main.
**[00:14] Ferdinand**
Show them you're truly worthy
of wearing those blue robes.
**[00:20] Ferdinand**
It is your job to replenish
this land with mana.
**[00:24] Main**
Got it.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Six Dreamlike World
**[02:13] Ferdinand**
Schicicoza.
**[02:15] Ferdinand**
You start the healing ritual.
**[02:19] Schicicoza**
Me?
**[02:21] Ferdinand**
Since you were neglecting your duties,
you must have plenty of mana in reserve.
**[02:26] Ferdinand**
The original plan was for me
to show her how it's done,
**[02:30] Ferdinand**
but I wasted all of my mana
cleaning up your mess.
**[02:36] Main**
* Lies. He's probably got enough*
* to do this with ease.*
**[02:40] Ferdinand**
Step up, Schicicoza.
**[02:46] Ferdinand**
Show Main the ropes and make her realize
that you're a different breed.
**[03:01] Ferdinand**
O Fruhtrane, Goddess of Water,
bringer of healing and upheaval.
**[03:06] Ferdinand**
And the twelve disciples who serve her.
**[03:10] Ferdinand**
Hear my prayer and grant
me your holy powers.
**[03:19] Ferdinand**
Your sister has been hurt
by the minions of evil.
**[03:24] Ferdinand**
Grant me the strength to heal
Geduldh, the Goddess of Earth...
**[03:32] Main**
*Huh? He stopped?*
**[03:37] Ferdinand**
Not yet. This isn't nearly enough.
**[03:42] Schicicoza**
In return, I offer you a sacred melody.
**[03:45] Schicicoza**
Unleash your supreme waves, and...
**[03:48] Main**
*No! He can't spend any more mana!*
**[03:57] Ferdinand**
All that talk, and that's all you've got?
**[03:59] Ferdinand**
I see how depleted the knight
order's roster is now.
**[04:05] Ferdinand**
Unhand this.
**[04:07] Ferdinand**
Finish off the rest, Main.
**[04:25] Main**
O Fruhtrane, Goddess of Water,
bringer of healing and upheaval.
**[04:30] Main**
And the twelve disciples who serve her.
**[04:34] Main**
Hear my prayer and grant
me your holy powers.
**[04:43] Main**
Your sister has been hurt
by the minions of evil.
**[04:48] Main**
Grant me the strength to heal
Geduldh, the Goddess of Earth.
**[04:52] Main**
In return, I offer you a sacred melody.
**[04:55] Main**
Unleash your supreme waves,
**[04:57] Main**
and offer your pure protection.
**[05:00] Main**
For as far as I seek, cover
these lands in your hues!
**[05:16] Ferdinand**
Stop! That's plenty!
**[05:27] Main**
Will that do, Head Priest?
**[05:31] Ferdinand**
Yes, the land mana's has been replenished.
**[05:35] Ferdinand**
Too much, if you ask me.
**[05:41] Ferdinand**
Do you see?
**[05:42] Ferdinand**
That's the apprentice priestess who was
granted blue robes by the church and the lord.
**[05:46] Ferdinand**
And I have taken her under my wing.
**[05:50] Ferdinand**
Any objections?
**[05:56] Ferdinand**
None, I see.
**[05:58] Ferdinand**
Very well. Let's return home.
**[06:10] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[06:11] Ferdinand**
I feel bad about what transpired.
**[06:15] Main**
Where did that come from?
**[06:17] Ferdinand**
I didn't want you to be hurt,
**[06:20] Ferdinand**
or to be exposed to such malice.
**[06:23] Ferdinand**
I never expected any knights
to disregard my orders.
**[06:29] Ferdinand**
It's a failure on my part.
**[06:33] Main**
Nobody could've anticipated
one of my guards doing that.
**[06:36] Main**
You don't have to feel responsible.
**[06:39] Ferdinand**
No, I am responsible for you.
**[06:43] Ferdinand**
I'm truly sorry.
**[06:49] Main**
Head Priest... You're too conscientious.
**[06:54] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[06:55] Ferdinand**
Do you have any demands in
response to today's events?
**[07:01] Main**
*That look...*
**[07:03] Main**
*He's telling me to say "no."*
**[07:06] Main**
I do.
**[07:09] Main**
I request a replacement
of my ceremonial robes.
**[07:13] Karstedt**
Robes, you say?
**[07:14] Main**
Just look. They were brand new,
and now they're ruined.
**[07:19] Karstedt**
Ah, yes. That won't do.
**[07:22] Main**
And here I had them custom made
to adjust for my future growth.
**[07:26] Main**
This is awful!
**[07:27] Karstedt**
I see age is no barrier when it comes to
how particular women are about fashion.
**[07:32] Main**
This is no joke!
**[07:34] Main**
Please have an exact replacement
made before winter!
**[07:38] Karstedt**
Do you need it for something in winter?
**[07:40] Ferdinand**
The Dedication Ceremony.
**[07:42] Ferdinand**
Even if it was through no fault of her own,
**[07:44] Ferdinand**
you can imagine what the high priest will
say if she isn't dressed appropriately.
**[07:50] Karstedt**
Ah, yes.
**[07:51] Karstedt**
Understood. I'll have a
replacement prepared for you.
**[07:54] Main**
Thank you.
**[07:56] Main**
It would be very helpful if you could
order it from the Gilberta Company.
**[08:00] Karstedt**
Okay. Anything else?
**[08:03] Main**
Sir Damuel not only tried to help me,
**[08:07] Main**
he also tried very much
to stop Sir Schicicoza.
**[08:11] Main**
Please go easy on him.
**[08:13] Main**
Apart from that,
**[08:15] Main**
I'm fine with whatever punishments you
hand out according to your rules.
**[08:18] Main**
I wouldn't want to butt in and
attract further resentment.
**[08:21] Karstedt**
Yes, that's a wise decision.
**[08:24] Karstedt**
The matter will be handled
internally by the order, then.
**[08:27] Main**
Understood.
**[08:32] Lutz**
Main!
**[08:33] Main**
Lutz?
**[08:35] Lutz**
Thank goodness you're okay!
**[08:37] Lutz**
How's your wound?
**[08:38] Lutz**
Huh? It's healed?
**[08:40] Main**
How did you know?
**[08:43] Lutz**
I heard your voice calling
for help in my head.
**[08:47] Lutz**
I even saw you all wrapped up in trombe.
**[08:53] Main**
It was back then?
**[08:54] Lutz**
I wanted to go help, but I didn't
even know where you were.
**[08:58] Lutz**
I was a complete mess!
**[09:00] Lutz**
I'm so glad you're all right.
**[09:08] Main**
Noble society is so scary!
**[09:15] Main**
* After fulfilling the knight order's request,*
* I was, of course, left bedridden.*
**[09:19] Main**
* By the time I was okay to be out and*
* about, fall had reached its peak.*
**[09:25] Main**
Fran, nothing happened
while I was away, I hope?
**[09:28] Fran**
No, Lady Main. That aside, the
head priest wants to see you.
**[09:32] Fran**
He has asked you to visit
his chambers at once.
**[09:34] Lutz**
What did you do this time?
**[09:36] Main**
Nothing I'm aware of.
**[09:41] Main**
I'm here, Head Priest.
**[09:43] Ferdinand**
Oh, Main.
**[09:45] Ferdinand**
Come to the secret room.
**[09:46] Main**
What? Did I do something to
deserve this, Head Priest?
**[09:50] Ferdinand**
Be quiet and follow me.
**[10:02] Ferdinand**
Drink this, Main.
**[10:05] Main**
*Huh? I'm not getting yelled at?*
**[10:15] Main**
That was really nice.
I love the mild sweetness.
**[10:19] Ferdinand**
That tasted sweet to you?
**[10:21] Main**
Yes, why?
**[10:23] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[10:25] Ferdinand**
Now, wear this.
**[10:28] Main**
What is this?
**[10:30] Ferdinand**
Can't you tell? It's a magical item.
**[10:37] Main**
I'm asking what we're using it for.
**[10:40] Main**
Please... tell... me...
**[10:50] Ferdinand**
* Main's the only one who uses*
* this to tie her hair.*
**[10:53] Ferdinand**
*And it's not just this hairpin.*
**[10:55] Ferdinand**
*She has brought us all sorts of creations.*
**[10:58] Ferdinand**
*But the most surprising thing of all*
**[11:00] Ferdinand**
*is her passion for books.*
**[11:03] Ferdinand**
* She treasures literature, and even wrote*
* some picture books for children.*
**[11:09] Ferdinand**
*Her obsession is clearly abnormal.*
**[11:11] Ferdinand**
*Just what goes through that head of yours?*
**[11:18] Ferdinand**
I shall take a look into your past, Main.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:44] Main**
*Huh?*
**[11:46] Main**
*What happened to me?*
**[11:50] Main**
*I...*
**[11:53] Main**
*Wait, I was...*
**[11:55] Ferdinand**
*Can you hear me, Main?*
**[11:57] Main**
*Huh, I hear the head priest's voice.*
**[12:01] Ferdinand**
*I've synchronized our minds.*
**[12:03] Ferdinand**
* Sorry, but I'm going to take*
* a look into your memories.*
**[12:07] Main**
*My memories?*
**[12:09] Ferdinand**
*Yes. You have way too much mana.*
**[12:13] Ferdinand**
* Thus, I need to investigate whether*
* or not you're a threat to this domain.*
**[12:19] Main**
*You want to clear your suspicions, huh?*
**[12:23] Main**
*No problem. I understand.*
**[12:25] Ferdinand**
*Always so careless.*
**[12:28] Ferdinand**
* You need to hone your*
* self-protection instincts.*
**[12:30] Ferdinand**
*But very well.*
**[12:31] Ferdinand**
* Can you take me to the "dreamlike*
* world" you mentioned before?*
**[12:36] Ferdinand**
* We should be able to go*
* there if you picture it.*
**[12:40] Main**
*What? You mean I can go wherever I want?*
**[12:44] Main**
*Follow me, then!*
**[12:46] Ferdinand**
*Calm down. Don't rush things.*
**[12:57] Ferdinand**
*What is this place?*
**[12:58] Ferdinand**
* It looks like a noble district*
* in some foreign land.*
**[13:01] Main**
*Takes me back...*
**[13:03] Main**
*This is Japan.*
**[13:05] Ferdinand**
*"Japan"?*
**[13:06] Main**
*Where I lived before I was Main.*
**[13:09] Ferdinand**
*Before you were Main...*
**[13:12] Ferdinand**
*Is this the dream world you mentioned?*
**[13:14] Main**
*Yes.*
**[13:16] Main**
* If I hadn't died buried under an avalanche*
* of books, I would've been a librarian now.*
**[13:21] Ferdinand**
*A librarian?*
**[13:22] Ferdinand**
*Does that mean you were an adult?*
**[13:26] Main**
*Yes.*
***SIGN*** Library
**[13:29] Main**
*This is it!*
**[13:30] Main**
*My personal utopia!*
**[13:33] Ferdinand**
*What is this?*
**[13:35] Main**
*The library!*
**[13:42] Ferdinand**
*What...*
**[13:44] Ferdinand**
* This has more books than even*
* the Nobles' Academy's library.*
**[13:47] Ferdinand**
*Are these really all books?*
**[13:50] Main**
*Yeah.*
**[13:51] Ferdinand**
*I see now.*
**[13:53] Ferdinand**
* Given that you had memories*
* of living in such a world,*
**[13:56] Ferdinand**
* it makes perfect sense why the cathedral's*
* library would bring you to tears.*
***SIGN*** As a girl raised in the back of beyond, even farther than the end of the road to the East Country, how rustic and odd I must have been. However it was that I first became enthralled with them, once I knew that such things as tales existed in the world, all I could think of over and over was how much I wanted to read them.
**[14:01] Main**
*I offer the gods my prayers!*
**[14:03] Ferdinand**
*I see how badly you missed books now.*
**[14:10] Ferdinand**
*Where is this?*
**[14:11] Urano's Mom**
Urano.
***SIGN*** He said things like, “Well now, there still are some people here that
I have not met before,” which seemed to indicate that he found us
interesting, and he did stay for a while, making no move to leave quickly.
**[14:19] Urano's Mom**
Hey, Urano.
**[14:22] Urano**
What?
**[14:23] Urano's Mom**
Eat already. I need to clean up.
**[14:26] Urano**
Go ahead, then. I just won't eat.
**[14:29] Ferdinand**
*Is that your mother?*
**[14:31] Main**
*Yes.*
**[14:33] Urano's Mom**
And here I made your favorite
food. I feel so stupid.
**[14:37] Urano**
Look, I'm reading right now.
**[14:39] Urano's Mom**
Didn't we agree that you wouldn't
read at the dining table?
**[14:43] Urano**
I'm almost done, okay?
**[14:45] Main**
*Mom...*
**[14:48] Urano's Mom**
Just clean up after yourself, okay?
**[14:50] Urano**
God, leave me alone.
***SIGN*** It was dark without even the light of stars; from time to time, drizzle fell,
and the sound of it falling on the leaves of the trees was charming.
**[14:59] Main**
*Mom!*
**[15:01] Main**
*I need to apologize to Mom!*
***SIGN*** Long ago, rather than being infatuated with all those frivolous tales and poems, if I had only devoted myself to religious practice day and night, I wonder, would I have been spared this nightmarish fate?
**[15:04] Ferdinand**
*Calm down, Main.*
**[15:06] Main**
*I never got the chance to say goodbye to her!*
**[15:10] Main**
*Wait, Mom!*
**[15:12] Main**
*Please wait!*
**[15:14] Ferdinand**
*Control your emotions, Main!*
**[15:16] Main**
*Come back, Mom!*
**[15:19] Main**
*Don't leave me!*
**[15:23] Ferdinand**
*Enough. No more.*
**[15:42] Main**
Head Priest...
**[15:45] Ferdinand**
I feel absolutely terrible.
**[15:48] Ferdinand**
I was too synchronized.
**[15:51] Main**
Sync...
**[15:54] Main**
Wait, did you end up sharing all my emotions?
**[15:59] Ferdinand**
That's what happens when
you synchronize minds.
**[16:04] Ferdinand**
You're such a handful.
**[16:06] Ferdinand**
Put yourself in my shoes.
**[16:20] Ferdinand**
What is it?
**[16:23] Ferdinand**
Main?
**[16:29] Ferdinand**
What are you doing?
**[16:30] Main**
Giving you a hug! Hugs calm you down!
**[16:34] Main**
When I have dreams like these and feel awful,
**[16:38] Main**
I have Tuuli give me hugs
to make me feel better.
**[16:40] Main**
I have Lutz and my family, but you
have nobody who'll do this for you!
**[16:47] Ferdinand**
Knock it off.
**[16:49] Main**
I refuse!
**[16:51] Main**
Hug me back!
**[16:54] Ferdinand**
Hmph. You're the one who wants to calm down.
**[16:59] Main**
I've been trying to block
off those memories for ages.
**[17:02] Main**
Because, even if I do remember,
I can never go back.
**[17:07] Main**
Thank you for helping me see my mom again,
**[17:13] Main**
Head Priest.
**[17:28] Main**
Use this item again sometime, Head Priest.
**[17:31] Main**
I'd like to eat my mom's cooking next time.
**[17:36] Ferdinand**
Absolutely not.
**[17:38] Ferdinand**
I'm never synchronizing with you again.
**[17:40] Main**
What?
**[17:42] Main**
Then I'm not giving this back
until you promise you will.
**[17:49] Ferdinand**
I'll need to win you over, huh?
I suppose I could sate you with books.
**[17:53] Main**
Really?!
**[17:56] Main**
Head Priest!
**[18:04] Guard**
Master Karstedt, Sir Ferdinand
is here to see you.
**[18:08] Ferdinand**
I got what I needed. Please return them.
**[18:11] Karstedt**
Sure.
**[18:13] Karstedt**
So, what did you find?
**[18:17] Ferdinand**
Nothing but books.
**[18:19] Ferdinand**
Not a trace of malicious intent.
**[18:21] Karstedt**
I see. So your fears were ungrounded.
**[18:24] Ferdinand**
That's right. But...
**[18:27] Karstedt**
But?
**[18:28] Ferdinand**
Main had memories of life in a
world far more advanced than ours.
**[18:34] Ferdinand**
And a life as an adult woman, no less.
**[18:37] Karstedt**
What? How could that be?
**[18:40] Ferdinand**
I know it's hard to believe, but it's true.
**[18:45] Ferdinand**
If Main's knowledge and
memories are utilized well,
**[18:48] Ferdinand**
she can bring Ehrenfest
unprecedented prosperity.
**[18:52] Ferdinand**
But she really has nothing
but books on her mind,
**[18:56] Ferdinand**
so only the people around her
need to put her to good use.
**[19:01] Karstedt**
You seem to have taken quite
a liking to that girl.
**[19:06] Ferdinand**
That isn't it. I just believe
she can be a great resource.
**[19:11] Karstedt**
I see.
**[19:13] Karstedt**
Yes, she does have an immense amount of mana.
**[19:17] Karstedt**
By the way, Schicicoza's case
has taken a complicated turn.
**[19:22] Ferdinand**
His mother's causing a fuss and talking
to everyone she can think of, right?
**[19:26] Ferdinand**
I received a complaint
from the high priest, too.
**[19:29] Karstedt**
What will you do?
**[19:39] Ferdinand**
Would you be willing to adopt Main?
**[19:41] Karstedt**
What?
**[19:43] Ferdinand**
Given the amount of mana she possesses,
she'll be in constant danger.
**[19:47] Ferdinand**
Without a powerful backer, there's
no telling how she will be treated.
**[19:52] Ferdinand**
Her worth to us is immeasurable.
**[19:55] Ferdinand**
We can't let anyone else steal her.
**[19:58] Ferdinand**
We need to hurry and have
her taken in by a noble.
**[20:08] Gunther**
Yum!
**[20:09] Gunther**
You really are a great cook, honey.
**[20:12] Tuuli**
This is something Main came up with, right?
**[20:15] Eva**
Yeah. Don't you think I've gotten
good at this strange recipe?
**[20:19] Eva**
What do you say, Main?
**[20:28] Main**
I'm sorry, Mom.
**[20:33] Eva**
What's all this now?
**[20:36] Main**
I never got the chance to say it.
**[20:40] Main**
Mom, thank you for always
feeding me all this great food.
**[20:46] Main**
Dad, thank you for putting your
life on the line to protect me.
**[20:51] Gunther**
Sure.
**[20:53] Main**
Tuuli, thank you for always
agreeing to my selfish requests.
**[20:59] Main**
I'm really glad I was born to this family.
**[21:04] Gunther**
Did something happen, Main?
**[21:06] Main**
Nah.
**[21:07] Main**
I just realized I have to live in the cathedral
soon and won't see you all for a while.
**[21:12] Tuuli**
Is that all? Don't scare me like that!
**[21:14] Eva**
Oh? Then you'll want to eat lots
of my cooking while you still can.
**[21:19] Main**
I will!
**[21:19] Gunther**
Okay, much better.
**[21:21] Gunther**
You look best when smiling, Main!
**[21:24] Tuuli**
There goes the doting father again.
**[21:27] Main**
I love you all so much!
**[21:33] Main**
*Thank you, Mom.*
**[21:43] Benno**
Main!
**[21:44] Benno**
You fool!
**[21:46] Benno**
What did you do this time?!
**[21:48] Mark**
We received an order for ceremonial
robes for you from a high-ranking noble.
**[21:53] Benno**
You better have a good explanation for this!
**[21:55] Main**
Sorry, I need to get going, so it'll
have to wait until after work.
**[22:00] Benno**
Hey, get back here!
**[22:03] Mark**
Main can't be stopped by anyone, huh?
**[22:11] Lutz**
Main, we're gonna get back to
printing picture books again.
**[22:15] Main**
Yeah!
**[22:18] Main**
I'm gonna make lots, lots, loads more books!
**[23:23] Ferdinand**
Very good.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Illustration by Shiina You
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***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 1
**[01:39] Ralph**
Huh? Tuuli?
**[01:41] Tuuli**
Ralph? Lutz and Fey, too.
**[01:46] Tuuli**
Main! Are you okay?
**[01:48] Lutz**
You okay?
**[01:50] Lutz**
I'll give you a ride.
**[01:53] Lutz (Narrator)**
*My name's Lutz.*
**[01:55] Lutz (Narrator)**
* I'm the youngest of four brothers,*
* and I live in Ehrenfest.*
**[01:59] Lutz (Narrator)**
*My dream is to become a traveling trader.*
**[02:05] Lutz (Narrator)**
* My childhood friend, Main, is weak,*
* so she can't even go outside without me,*
**[02:12] Lutz (Narrator)**
* but when it comes to books,*
* she completely loses her head.*
**[02:18] Main**
Hey, do you know a shop that
sells books? Where is it?
**[02:22] Man**
A shop? There isn't one.
**[02:25] Man**
Books have to be copied by hand, you see.
**[02:28] Man**
They cost so much money that
very few people can buy any.
**[02:33] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Main apparently kept bugging*
* him to let her see the book,*
**[02:35] Lutz (Narrator)**
*but he just wouldn't show her.*
**[02:37] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Of course he wouldn't.*
**[02:40] Lutz (Narrator)**
*But that wasn't enough to make Main give up.*
**[02:45] Main**
*I'm gonna make a book.*
**[02:47] Main**
*My very own book.*
**[02:54] Main**
*That's paper!*
**[02:55] Main**
Dad, what's this?
**[02:58] Gunther**
Oh, it's parchment.
**[03:00] Gunther**
Paper made from goat and sheep skin.
**[03:03] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main begs her dad for some parchment.*
**[03:07] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Why would he buy that for you when it's so*
* expensive and you can't even write anyway?*
**[03:12] Lutz (Narrator)**
*But then, Mister Otto said...*
**[03:14] Otto**
If you want to learn how to read
and write, why not use a slate?
**[03:19] Otto**
If you don't mind using my
old one, you can have it.
**[03:23] Main**
Thank you, Mister Otto!
**[03:30] Otto**
Here.
**[03:33] Otto**
That's your name.
**[03:36] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main looks so happy.*
**[03:38] Lutz (Narrator)**
* I was really impressed when she*
* said she could write her name.*
**[03:44] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main finally got started on making her book.*
**[03:48] Lutz (Narrator)**
* First, I guess she tried to make*
* something called papy-whatever,*
**[03:51] Lutz (Narrator)**
*but she got too frustrated after a few days.*
**[03:56] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Other than making this book of hers,*
**[03:58] Lutz (Narrator)**
* she would think up other things no*
* one's ever heard of and make them.*
**[04:02] Lutz (Narrator)**
* She made a hair stick so they*
* could put up their hair,*
**[04:05] Lutz (Narrator)**
* and she wove a basket on her own,*
* even though she'd never been taught.*
**[04:11] Main**
You can extract oil from meryl fruit?
**[04:14] Tuuli**
Yeah, why?
**[04:18] Main**
All done!
**[04:24] Tuuli**
That smells amazing.
**[04:27] Tuuli**
What are you doing?!
**[04:29] Lutz (Narrator)**
* She used meryl fruit and made this Simple*
* All-In-One Shampoo to wash her hair.*
**[04:35] Lutz (Narrator)**
* I let her wash my hair,*
* too, and it felt amazing!*
**[04:40] Lutz (Narrator)**
*But my favorite invention of hers is this.*
**[04:46] Lutz**
One, two...
**[04:49] Main**
Ta-dah!
**[04:51] Main**
Your simple paruecake is ready to eat!
**[04:55] Lutz (Narrator)**
*That paruecake is insanely delicious.*
**[04:59] Lutz (Narrator)**
* It was basically just used*
* for bird feed before...*
**[05:01] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Where the heck did Main*
* learn how to make this?*
**[05:06] Main**
Watch this.
**[05:13] Lutz**
Are these letters?
**[05:15] Main**
That's right.
**[05:17] Lutz (Narrator)**
* It was around this time that*
* I started helping Main.*
**[05:21] Lutz (Narrator)**
*We used clay to make some tablets,*
**[05:23] Lutz (Narrator)**
* but once we put them into*
* the fire, they blew up.*
**[05:27] Lutz**
You'll write on these this time?
**[05:29] Main**
Yeah. I need lots of these.
**[05:33] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Soon after, something*
* terrible happened to Main.*
**[05:41] Main**
Huh? They're gone!
**[05:43] Main**
Mom! Do you know where the
wood tablets here went?
**[05:46] Eva**
Oh, the firewood you brought home?
**[05:50] Eva**
I used it, of course.
**[05:51] Main**
You used it?
**[05:54] Eva**
Main?
**[05:57] Main**
What's happening?
**[06:02] Eva**
Main?
**[06:03] Eva**
Main!
**[06:08] Main**
*I feel like the fever's eating away at me.*
**[06:11] Main**
*I'm slowly fading away.*
**[06:15] Lutz**
Main!
**[06:19] Main**
Lutz...
**[06:20] Lutz**
Are you okay, Main?
**[06:22] Lutz**
I heard you collapsed suddenly.
**[06:25] Main**
It didn't work out again.
**[06:28] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Main collapsed from experiencing*
* despair over and over again.*
**[06:31] Lutz (Narrator)**
*What is this bizarre fever?*
**[06:34] Lutz (Narrator)**
* At the time, both Main*
* and I still had no clue.*
**[06:38] Lutz (Narrator)**
* I had Main introduce me to Otto because*
* I wanted to become a traveling trader.*
**[06:44] Otto**
This is Benno, an old buddy of mine
from my days as a traveling trader.
**[06:48] Otto**
Lutz, you want to join the
traveling trade, I hear?
**[06:51] Lutz**
Oh, yes.
**[06:54] Lutz**
I...
**[06:54] Otto**
Forget about it.
**[06:56] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Otto and Benno were against me losing my*
* citizenship to become a traveling trader.*
**[07:03] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Instead, Main suggested that*
* I become an apprentice merchant.*
**[07:08] Lutz (Narrator)**
*That's when Benno said...*
**[07:10] Benno**
What do you *want* to sell
when you're a merchant?
**[07:13] Main**
I'll produce paper using plants.
**[07:15] Main**
We'll have a prototype by the
time of our baptism next summer.
**[07:19] Main**
You can decide whether
it's usable or not then.
**[07:22] Benno**
Very interesting. That's fine by me.
**[07:25] Lutz**
Yes!
**[07:26] Main**
We did it, Lutz!
**[07:29] Main**
Let's do our best!
**[07:31] ---**
Yeah!
**[07:32] Main**
Mister Otto.
**[07:34] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Main then asked them if they*
* knew anything about the fever.*
**(Flashback) [07:39] Benno**
It may be the Devouring.
**(Flashback) [07:43] Benno**
If it is the Devouring,
**(Flashback) [07:45] Benno**
she'll die very soon.
**[07:48] Lutz (Narrator)**
*We were invited to Benno's shop.*
**[07:52] Lutz (Narrator)**
* That was when he tried to make a deal to find*
* out how to make the Simple All-In-One Shampoo*
**[07:57] Lutz (Narrator)**
* in exchange for gathering*
* materials to make paper.*
**[08:01] Lutz (Narrator)**
*As for Main's answer...*
**[08:03] Main**
I want to reserve the right
to produce the paper.
**[08:05] Main**
And Lutz will have exclusive
rights to sell it.
**[08:08] Main**
Royalties added to our pay will
mean nothing if we're fired.
**[08:13] Benno**
I'm impressed that you already have the
wherewithal to protect your interests.
**[08:18] Benno**
Mark, prepare the contract magic.
**[08:21] Mark**
At once.
**[08:22] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Most of the stuff they mentioned*
* was too complicated,*
**[08:25] Lutz (Narrator)**
* but they signed the form with*
* contract magic with no problem.*
**[08:27] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Something was still bothering me, though.*
**[08:32] Lutz**
Hey, uh...
**[08:37] Lutz**
You *are* Main, right?
**[08:41] Lutz**
Main talking to an adult about stuff I don't
know like an equal doesn't seem right.
**[08:47] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Was I just imagining things?*
**[08:50] Lutz (Narrator)**
* My doubts stuck around, and*
* we kept working on the paper.*
**[09:00] Main**
That is one red fruit.
**[09:02] Main**
Ow, hot!
**[09:09] Lutz**
What's wrong?
**[09:10] Main**
What is this?
**[09:11] Lutz**
Trombe!
**[09:18] Lutz (Narrator)**
* We tried using trombe fruit, which sucks*
* nutrients from its surroundings, to make paper.*
**[09:26] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Everything moved along smoothly, but...*
**[09:30] Lutz (Narrator)**
*I had more trouble trusting Main than ever.*
**[09:35] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Once the paper was finished, I...*
**[09:37] Main**
It's paper.
**[09:39] Main**
It's actually paper.
**[09:42] Main**
We really did it.
**[09:47] Lutz**
Tell me...
**[09:49] Lutz**
Who are you?
**[09:53] Lutz**
You know how to make paper,
and even said you'd done it before.
**[09:58] Lutz**
There's no way you're Main.
**[10:03] Main**
You're right.
**[10:05] Lutz**
Did you devour Main with your fever?
**[10:09] Main**
That's half-right and half-wrong.
**[10:14] Lutz**
What does that mean?!
**[10:15] Lutz**
Isn't this all your doing?!
**[10:17] Lutz**
Didn't Main disappear because of you?!
**[10:20] Main**
It's not like I wanted to be Main!
**[10:24] Main**
I lived and died in a different world,
**[10:26] Main**
but suddenly I found that
I'd become some child!
**[10:32] Lutz (Narrator)**
*She never wanted to be Main.*
**[10:36] Lutz (Narrator)**
*She said she'd go away if I wanted,*
**[10:39] Lutz (Narrator)**
* and I told her that was up*
* to Main's family to decide.*
**[10:46] Main**
Are you sure you don't want me gone?
**[10:49] Main**
I'm not the real Main, you know?
**[10:54] Lutz**
It's fine.
**[10:57] Lutz**
If it's been you for an entire year,
**[11:00] Lutz**
most of my memories with "Main"
are actually of you.
**[11:09] Lutz**
So... You can still be Main to me.
**[11:18] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Learning about Main's secret made something*
* fall into place deep inside of me.*
**[11:25] Lutz (Narrator)**
*It may not have meant much to anyone else,*
**[11:28] Lutz (Narrator)**
*but it was a big piece
in the puzzle of my life.*
**[11:31] Main**
Mister Benno, we've brought
prototypes of the paper.
**[11:34] Main**
We've made three samples of varying
thickness each from two plants.
**[11:42] Benno**
Wow, it works.
**[11:44] Main**
So, do we pass?
**[11:47] Main**
Can Lutz be your apprentice?
**[11:52] Benno**
You pass.
**[11:55] Main**
Yay!
**[11:57] Main**
We did it, Lutz!
**[11:58] Lutz**
Yeah!
**[11:59] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Thanks to Main, I became*
* a merchant's apprentice.*
**[12:03] Lutz (Narrator)**
* So, we headed to the Merchant's*
* Guild to get registered.*
**[12:08] Guild Master**
Thank you for coming.
**[12:10] Guild Master**
I can't permit temporary registrations
for kids who aren't related to you.
**[12:15] Benno**
You'll change your tune once you find out
what these two have up their sleeves.
**[12:18] Main**
Here you are.
**[12:20] Guild Master**
I-Is that...
**[12:22] Guild Master**
Is that your product?!
**[12:23] Benno**
Weren't you looking for a hair
ornament a lot like this?
**[12:28] Guild Master**
I approve their temporary registration.
**[12:32] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main and I were both registered,*
**[12:35] Lutz (Narrator)**
*and received our guild cards.*
**[12:38] Lutz (Narrator)**
* And to top it off, the guild master commissioned*
* a hairpiece for his granddaughter's baptism.*
**[12:44] Freida**
Would you be Main?
**[12:46] Main**
Oh, yes.
**[12:49] Freida**
I'm Freida.
**[12:51] Freida**
Pleasure to meet you.
**[12:53] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Freida's a weirdo who apparently*
* likes to count money.*
**[12:57] Lutz (Narrator)**
*She even tried to hire Main away...*
**[13:00] Lutz (Narrator)**
* You can really tell she's the*
* guild master's granddaughter.*
**[13:04] Freida**
My, how wonderful!
**[13:08] Freida**
How do I look?
**[13:10] Guild Master**
Oh, very pretty, Freida.
**[13:14] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main and I learned the truth about her fever.*
**[13:19] Freida**
Main, do you have the Devouring?
**[13:23] Freida**
I have it as well.
**[13:28] Main**
How can it be cured?
**[13:31] Freida**
The Devouring...
**[13:34] Freida**
can't be cured.
**[13:38] Freida**
You can control the fever,
but it costs a lot of money.
**[13:44] Lutz (Narrator)**
* After learning about Main's Devouring,*
* Master Benno made her an offer.*
**[13:50] Benno**
All I can do for you is
pay for your information.
**[13:54] Benno**
Even if you have to sell everything
you know, do it and save up money
**[13:57] Benno**
for when the time comes.
**[13:59] Main**
What do you mean?
**[14:03] Benno**
When your fever can't be suppressed anymore.
**[14:09] Lutz (Narrator)**
*And then... the time did come.*
**[14:23] Benno**
Main!
**[14:24] Lutz**
Main?!
**[14:25] Lutz**
You okay?!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN***
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[14:46] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Main was saved by magical*
* items that Freida had.*
**[14:51] Lutz (Narrator)**
* But it was only temporary... and her fever*
* would apparently overflow again, soon.*
**[14:58] Main**
How soon is "soon enough"?
**[15:01] Freida**
A year, at most.
**[15:04] Freida**
There's only one way to survive.
**[15:08] Freida**
Entering into an agreement with a noble.
**[15:11] Freida**
Just as I have.
**[15:13] Main**
Dad, Mom, Tuuli.
**[15:16] Main**
We need to talk.
**[15:20] Gunther**
What are you talking about?
Wasn't your illness cured?
**[15:26] Main**
The Devouring is incurable.
**[15:29] Lutz (Narrator)**
* For Main, the thought of living apart from her*
* family sounded like a fate worse than death.*
**[15:38] Tuuli**
You'll always be with us.
**[15:45] Gunther**
Of course.
**[15:47] Main**
Thank you!
**[15:51] Main**
Lutz.
**[15:54] Main**
What's wrong?
**[15:57] Lutz (Narrator)**
*It was finally time for our baptism.*
**[15:59] Lutz (Narrator)**
*I was surprised by how pretty Main looked!*
**[16:08] Man**
The High Priest is here.
**[16:15] Main**
*I so wanna read this myself!*
**[16:18] High Priest**
We shall now demonstrate
the right way to worship.
**[16:21] High Priest**
We offer the Gods our prayers!
**[16:23] Main**
*The Glico running man!*
**[16:25] All**
We offer the Gods our prayers!
**[16:27] Main**
*No way! I can't!*
**[16:30] Man**
What's the matter?
**[16:31] Lutz**
She seems to be feeling unwell.
She suddenly collapsed.
**[16:36] Lutz (Narrator)**
*After getting lost in the temple,*
**[16:38] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main stumbled upon a certain room.*
**[16:48] Main**
So many books...
**[16:52] Main**
Part of it's like a chained library, too.
**[16:56] Lutz (Narrator)**
* But when she learned that only church*
* personnel were allowed to read the books,*
**[17:01] Lutz (Narrator)**
* she met with the High Priest about*
* becoming an apprentice priestess.*
**[17:06] High Priest**
If a child from a family like
yours wishes to work here,
**[17:10] High Priest**
a sizable donation would be a
good indicator of your passion.
**[17:15] Main**
One large gold is the most I can offer.
**[17:17] Woman**
L...
**[17:18] High Priest**
A large gold coin?
**[17:22] High Priest**
Also, you can read the
scriptures stored here,
**[17:25] High Priest**
so feel free to drop by anytime.
**[17:27] Main**
Really? Yay!
**[17:31] Main**
I offer the Gods my prayers!
**[17:33] Main**
Hey, Dad.
**[17:35] Gunther**
What is it?
**[17:36] Main**
I'm thinking of becoming an apprentice
priestess at the cathedral.
**[17:44] Gunther**
What? I dare you to say that one more time!
**[17:47] Main**
They yelled at me, saying becoming
a priestess is for orphans.
**[17:54] Ferdinand**
It's not only orphans. There are nobles, too.
**[17:57] Main**
But I'm frail and sickly, too.
**[18:00] High Priest**
You're sickly by nature?
**[18:03] Main**
I have the Devouring...
**[18:05] Ferdinand**
The Devouring?
**[18:09] Ferdinand**
Try touching this grail.
**[18:16] Main**
Whoa! What's going on?!
**[18:20] Ferdinand**
Main, we would like to speak to your parents.
**[18:24] Lutz (Narrator)**
* Master Benno came up with a plan to protect*
* Main by negotiating with the church.*
**[18:30] Benno**
As you possess both mana and money,
nobles will see you as fine prey.
**[18:35] Benno**
So, Main, how about you sign
a new contract with magic?
**[18:40] Main**
A contract for what?
**[18:42] Benno**
One that states Lutz will
sell everything you make.
**[18:47] Benno**
Even if a noble tries to steal you away,
**[18:49] Benno**
this contract will guarantee
that you can contact us.
**[18:52] Lutz (Narrator)**
* On the day of the negotiation*
* with the church...*
**[18:55] Main**
Hello, High Priest.
**[18:58] High Priest**
Oh, Main. Welcome.
**[19:04] High Priest**
Who are these two, Main?
**[19:06] Main**
My father's a soldier, and my
mother's at a textile workshop.
**[19:11] High Priest**
A soldier?
**[19:18] High Priest**
Ah... I never thought they'd be poor.
**[19:21] High Priest**
What a waste of time.
**[19:23] Lutz (Narrator)**
* The High Priest's attitude*
* completely changed.*
**[19:26] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Is this what all nobles are like?!*
**[19:28] Lutz (Narrator)**
*Main's mom and dad made their demands clear.*
**[19:33] High Priest**
How dare you!
**[19:34] High Priest**
Hold these insolent parents
down and lock Main up!
**[19:53] High Priest**
A mere commoner thinks
he can defy the church?
**[19:56] High Priest**
To the guillotine with you!
**[19:59] High Priest**
Get him!
**[20:09] Main**
Enough.
**[20:12] Eva**
Main?
**[20:17] Main**
He was ready to kill a person.
**[20:21] Main**
I'm sure he was ready to
risk his own life, too.
**[20:34] Ferdinand**
Main!
**[20:37] Main**
Move.
**[20:38] Ferdinand**
Calm down! Let's talk things out!
**[20:41] Main**
Using force? Or...
**[20:44] Main**
Using mana?
**[20:49] Ferdinand**
If you kill the high priest,
**[20:52] Ferdinand**
your parents will be accessories
to the murder of a noble.
**[20:55] Main**
Even my family will get hurt because of me?
**[21:07] Ferdinand**
I see you've returned to your senses.
**[21:10] Ferdinand**
Let's have a discussion.
**[21:12] Lutz (Narrator)**
* The head priest agreed to*
* all of their conditions.*
**[21:19] Lutz (Narrator)**
* And so, Main became an apprentice*
* blue-robed priestess.*
**[21:28] Gunther**
It's over.
**[21:30] Main**
Yeah.
**[21:34] Main**
Tuuli!
**[21:37] Tuuli**
You guys!
**[21:40] Lutz**
Main!
**[21:47] Tuuli**
Main... Welcome back.
**[21:52] Main**
I'm home...
**[21:55] Main**
Tuuli!
**[23:35] ---**
Shiina You Namino Ryo
***SIGN*** Moto Naoko
***SIGN*** Karasuba Ame
# E26.5P2 - Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
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***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
**[01:36] ---**
Gil.
**[01:38] ---**
That book goes in the
shelf above, not there.
**[01:41] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[01:43] Gil (Narration)**
* I'm Gil, Lady Main's retainer and*
* a gray-robed apprentice priest!*
**[01:48] Gil (Narration)**
*I'm 10 years old!*
**[01:50] Gil (Narration)**
*Lady Main isn't like the other blue robes.*
**[01:53] Gil (Narration)**
*If I work hard, she praises me!*
**[01:55] Gil (Narration)**
*And she rewards me, too!*
**[01:57] Gil (Narration)**
*But the way we met was just awful.*
**[02:03] Flashback**
As for the retainers we'll
be assigning to Main,
**[02:06] Flashback**
I'm planning to assign her one of
my own and have him report to me.
**[02:11] Flashback**
Good idea.
**[02:12] Flashback**
Then I shall also send one of my own.
**[02:17] Flashback**
For the last one,
**[02:19] Flashback**
let the biggest problem child among
the orphans give her a headache.
**[02:23] Flashback**
Get as much money and
mana you can out of her.
**[02:27] Gil (Narration)**
*By "headache," he meant me?*
**[02:30] Gil (Narration)**
* Well, Lady Main was a commoner, so when she*
* came to the cathedral it upset everyone.*
**[02:36] Flashback**
We welcome you with open arms.
**[02:39] Flashback**
From the bottom of my heart,
I thank you for welcoming me.
**[02:43] ---**
Let me introduce your retainers.
**[02:45] Flashback**
I'm Fran. It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[02:48] Flashback**
The name's Delia.
**[02:50] Flashback**
I'm Gil.
**[02:51] Flashback**
You're just a commoner, not a noble, right?
**[02:54] Flashback**
The high priest asked me
to give you a headache.
**[02:58] Flashback**
The head priest just told
you to discipline any misbehavior.
**[03:02] Gil (Narration)**
* Back then, we made it clear to Lady Main*
* that we didn't want to be friends.*
**[03:08] Flashback**
Library, library!
**[03:11] Flashback**
Why do you wanna go to the
library? Are you stupid?
**[03:14] Flashback**
I don't think of you as my master.
**[03:17] Flashback**
I don't see you three
as my retainers, either.
**[03:26] Flashback**
* How long has it been since*
* I last read a book?*
**[03:30] Flashback**
Hey!
**[03:31] Flashback**
It's time for lunch!
**[03:33] Flashback**
I don't need any.
**[03:35] Flashback**
Retainers have to be granted the
gods' blessings by their master...
**[03:37] Flashback**
Stop bothering me.
**[03:43] Gil (Narration)**
*She was so scary!*
**[03:46] Gil (Narration)**
*And when Lady Main saw Lutz...*
**[03:50] Flashback**
The lad's giving his all
to become a merchant.
**[03:54] Flashback**
He's asking questions about
everything he doesn't understand
**[03:57] Flashback**
and trying to learn what's
common knowledge in this trade.
**[04:00] Flashback**
How about you?
**[04:02] Flashback**
Are you trying to grow into your
role as a blue-robed priestess?
**[04:07] Flashback**
If you want to read your books in peace,
learn to command your retainers first.
**[04:11] Flashback**
Lady Main.
**[04:12] Flashback**
Hey, Fra—
**[04:13] Flashback**
*Oh, right.*
**[04:15] Flashback**
*I need to act like a noble.*
**[04:18] Flashback**
Fran, can we see the head priest now?
**[04:23] Flashback**
Everything is ready for you.
**[04:26] Flashback**
Lady Main is highly intelligent,
**[04:29] Flashback**
but she has very little social experience,
**[04:32] Flashback**
and very little knowledge of the
church's values and noble society.
**[04:36] Flashback**
That's why I assigned Fran to her.
**[04:38] Flashback**
He is one of my best retainers.
**[04:41] Flashback**
She can ask him about anything
she doesn't understand.
**[04:45] Gil (Narration)**
* When the discussion of donations*
* ended, the frail Lady Main collapsed.*
**[04:50] Gil (Narration)**
*Is she okay?*
**[04:53] Flashback**
Let me carry Lady Main!
**[04:55] Flashback**
I refuse. We're in a hurry.
**[04:59] Flashback**
But I'm her retainer.
**[05:02] Gil (Narration)**
* Fran thought the head priest*
* had given up on him,*
**[05:06] Gil (Narration)**
* and was taking his frustration*
* out on Lady Main.*
**[05:11] Flashback**
I'll do my best to become a
master you can be proud of.
**[05:16] Flashback**
From now on, please feel
free to ask me anything.
**[05:23] Flashback**
I can't eat anything thanks
to that clueless idiot!
**[05:27] Gil (Narration)**
*I really hated her back then.*
**[05:32] Flashback**
Don't ignore me!
**[05:38] Flashback**
You moron!
**[05:40] Flashback**
What if you hurt Main?!
**[05:42] Flashback**
If you want him disciplined,
**[05:43] Flashback**
he can be thrown in detention
or denied the alms of the gods once.
**[05:48] Flashback**
The alms of the gods?
**[05:51] Gil (Narration)**
* Lady Main didn't know about*
* the alms of the gods,*
**[05:53] Gil (Narration)**
* which is where a master gives*
* their retainers clothes and food.*
**[05:56] Gil (Narration)**
* She felt bad and promised*
* to feed me all I could eat.*
**[06:03] Gil (Narration)**
*And then she asked the head priest*
**[06:06] Gil (Narration)**
* to give her the orphanage director's*
* office as a place to live.*
**[06:11] Flashback**
Then I'll have Gil clean up.
**[06:14] Flashback**
But would you be willing to work for food?
**[06:17] Flashback**
And I'll be able to eat all I want, right?
**[06:20] Flashback**
Yes, I promise.
**[06:27] Flashback**
Like this?
**[06:33] Flashback**
Good job. Well done.
**[06:36] Flashback**
You're really a good boy deep down, huh?
**[06:42] Gil (Narration)**
* It was the first time I'd ever*
* been praised, and I felt happy.*
**[06:47] Gil (Narration)**
* But Delia didn't report that she'd*
* been given the director's office*
**[06:52] Gil (Narration)**
* and was removed from the*
* high priest's quarters.*
**[06:56] Flashback**
Fran, I bestow upon you
the alms of the gods.
**[06:59] Flashback**
Thank you.
**[07:04] Flashback**
Because of you, I was thrown out
of the high priest's quarters.
**[07:07] Flashback**
She who does not work,
neither shall she eat!
**[07:11] Flashback**
There's no food or shelter for
those who don't work here.
**[07:16] Flashback**
I'll do my job from now on.
**[07:19] Flashback**
So please don't throw me out.
**[07:23] Flashback**
You can stay here.
**[07:26] Flashback**
You'll look after me as my retainer, right?
**[07:33] Gil (Narration)**
*And so Delia was saved by Lady Main, too!*
**[07:37] Flashback**
Yeah. You'll find the unbaptized kids
and gray-robed priestesses here.
**[07:41] Gil (Narration)**
* Lady Main asked me to take*
* her to the orphanage.*
**[07:46] Gil (Narration)**
* But what we found there was more*
* horrible than even I knew.*
**[07:53] Flashback**
I-I'll close the door now!
**[07:55] Flashback**
That's the "orphanage"?
**[07:58] Flashback**
Lady Main, help them out.
**[08:03] Gil (Narration)**
*Lady Main went to talk to the head priest,*
**[08:07] Gil (Narration)**
* and he asked if she was capable*
* of becoming the orphanage director*
**[08:11] Gil (Narration)**
*and taking responsibility for the orphans.*
**[08:16] Flashback**
I can't.
**[08:17] Flashback**
If you can't do anything,
then keep your mouth shut.
**[08:20] Gil (Narration)**
* With Lutz's advice, she made*
* all the orphans her retainers,*
**[08:25] Gil (Narration)**
* and came up with a way for them gather*
* food and ingredients to make paper*
**[08:27] Gil (Narration)**
* in the forest, so that they*
* could be self-sufficient.*
**[08:31] Flashback**
You thinking Main Studio, Orphanage Branch?
**[08:33] Flashback**
Exactly!
**[08:36] Flashback**
Come with me.
**[08:38] Gil (Narration)**
*After making all her preparations,*
**[08:40] Gil (Narration)**
* Main tells the head priest why she*
* wants to be orphanage director.*
**[08:44] Flashback**
As things stand, I'm too bothered
by it all to focus on my books.
**[08:48] Flashback**
That's why I made up my
mind to help the kids.
**[08:51] Flashback**
You're a far bigger fool than I anticipated.
**[08:54] Flashback**
Everyone out!
**[08:54] Gil (Narration)**
* And so Lady Main became the*
* director of the orphanage!*
**[08:57] Flashback**
We're going to get you all nice and clean!
**[09:00] Flashback**
And then we'll eat until
we can't eat anymore!
**[09:06] Flashback**
I, Main, stand before you, appointed
your director by the head priest.
**[09:13] Gil (Narration)**
* As soon as she started, she would praise*
* those who worked hard, and rewarded them!*
**[09:20] Flashback**
You don't get rewarded
if you don't work for it.
**[09:24] Flashback**
I hope you all keep that in mind.
**[09:27] Flashback**
I'm glad she became director
of the orphanage.
**[09:31] Flashback**
Gil, you sure changed your tune.
**[09:33] Flashback**
She actually praises you,
if you do your part.
**[09:37] Gil (Narration)**
* "I want Lady Main to praise me."*
* That's how we all ended up feeling.*
**[09:42] Flashback**
The Star Festival?
**[09:44] Flashback**
Yeah.
**[09:46] Flashback**
Do the orphans get to take
part in the Star Festival?
**[09:50] Gil (Narration)**
*She talked to the head priest,*
**[09:52] Gil (Narration)**
* who said that if they cleaned*
* up and didn't make a fuss,*
**[09:56] Gil (Narration)**
*they could all experience the Star Festival!*
**[10:02] Gil (Narration)**
* It's thanks to Lady Main that everybody at*
* the orphanage had such brilliant smiles!*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[10:19] Flashback**
Are you still not feeling well,
Mom? Are you really okay?
**[10:24] Flashback**
Mom has a baby in her belly.
**[10:28] Flashback**
It seems Lady Main's family
is expecting a child,
**[10:32] Flashback**
so she wants to give the baby a present.
**[10:34] Flashback**
Making a picture book needs an artist...
**[10:37] Flashback**
Please let me have Wilma.
**[10:40] Gil (Narration)**
* The head priest wanted her to learn*
* music, not how to make picture books.*
**[10:44] Gil (Narration)**
* He told her to make Rosina*
* a retainer as well.*
**[10:48] Gil (Narration)**
* And Wilma said she wanted*
* to stay in the orphanage*
**[10:51] Gil (Narration)**
* because she had to take*
* care of the other kids.*
**[10:55] Flashback**
I turned him down because I had no
instruments, but they've found their way to me.
**[11:01] Flashback**
The reason music is essential to you is
because it is a vital part of noble culture.
**[11:05] Flashback**
But I am not a noble.
**[11:07] Flashback**
You will surely be part of
noble society in the future.
**[11:11] Flashback**
I understand.
**[11:14] Gil (Narration)**
* After a lot of discussion, they*
* both became Lady Main's retainers.*
**[11:21] Flashback**
Lady Main!
**[11:22] Flashback**
What's the matter, Delia?
**[11:24] Flashback**
Rosina's not working at all.
**[11:26] Flashback**
My job is to teach you
the harspiel, Lady Main.
**[11:31] Flashback**
Rosina was favored by her master
because she excelled in music,
**[11:35] Flashback**
and the servant work was all done by the
other gray-robed apprentice priest retainers.
**[11:40] Flashback**
Rosina, I can't have you expecting the
exact same treatment you had before.
**[11:45] Flashback**
I would like to put in the effort
to be your retainer, Lady Main.
**[11:50] Flashback**
Let us understand happiness together...
**[12:03] Flashback**
Well done.
**[12:09] Flashback**
Wilma doesn't like to be around men?
**[12:11] Flashback**
Wilma was tricked by a blue-robed priest,
and forced to offer her flower to him.
**[12:16] Flashback**
Thankfully, no other harm came to her...
**[12:20] Flashback**
But she has been afraid of men ever since.
**[12:24] Gil (Narration)**
* And then, we finally began*
* making the picture books!*
**[12:26] Flashback**
What in the world are you planning?
**[12:29] Flashback**
I'm only having them gather soot in order
to make ink for my plant-based paper.
**[12:33] Flashback**
I see what's going on now,
**[12:35] Flashback**
but be careful not to go too far
and draw the high priest's ire.
**[12:40] Flashback**
Wow, a picture-book version
of the scriptures for kids?
**[12:43] Flashback**
You shouldn't have a problem
drawing that, right?
**[12:46] Flashback**
Right! I can handle anything related
to the church perfectly fine.
**[12:50] Gil (Narration)**
* We wanted to print the pictures Wilma drew,*
* but at first, it didn't go well at all!*
**[12:57] Gil (Narration)**
*And then Lady Main proposed a new method.*
**[13:02] Flashback**
I'll give this method a shot.
**[13:07] Flashback**
Please take a look.
**[13:11] Flashback**
This is wonderful, Wilma!
**[13:14] Gil (Narration)**
*Succeeding at that gave her confidence,*
**[13:18] Gil (Narration)**
*and she was able to leave the orphanage!*
**[13:36] Flashback**
Wow, amazing!
**[13:38] Flashback**
Look, Tuuli!
**[13:40] Flashback**
We finished printing it!
**[13:43] Flashback**
Wow, that's great!
**[13:49] Flashback**
I couldn't have done it without you two!
**[13:51] Flashback**
Thank you!
**[13:54] Gil (Narration)**
* As the blue-robed priests headed for the*
* Harvest Festival, something terrible happened!*
**[14:01] Flashback**
After you, Lady Main.
**[14:06] Flashback**
Wh-What happened here?
**[14:09] Gil (Narration)**
* A blue-robed priest had*
* made a mess of the library*
**[14:12] Gil (Narration)**
* to stop her from going*
* to the Harvest Festival!*
**[14:17] Flashback**
I know who did this!
**[14:19] ---**
It's not too late to get him!
**[14:20] Flashback**
We're going to the head priest's office.
**[14:21] Flashback**
Put me down! Now!
**[14:23] Flashback**
What in the world happened?
**[14:25] Flashback**
Lady Main's gonna be really mad...
**[14:35] Flashback**
I need you all to clean
up the library today.
**[14:39] Flashback**
Uh, why do you seem to be in a good mood?
**[14:43] Gil (Narration)**
*She was* really *mad, but when she realized
she could organize the books any way she wanted,*
**[14:49] Gil (Narration)**
*she felt better.*
**[14:51] Flashback**
Very well.
**[14:53] Flashback**
You can handle the cleanup.
**[14:55] ---**
Thank you!
**[14:56] Gil (Narration)**
* Lady Main told us about the...*
* J-Japanese? Decimal Classification?*
**[15:02] Gil (Narration)**
*We used it to organize the books.*
**[15:07] Flashback**
That didn't take too long, huh?
**[15:09] Gil (Narration)**
* The head priest seemed confused*
* by the idea of "classification."*
**[15:15] Gil (Narration)**
*And then that order arrived.*
**[15:19] Flashback**
Sir Ferdinand, this is Karstedt.
**[15:22] Flashback**
The knight order requests assistance with
a raid, and a priest to perform a ritual.
**[15:26] Flashback**
Understood.
**[15:30] Flashback**
What's with all these fantasy tropes?!
**[15:33] Flashback**
Ready the ceremonial garb right away!
**[15:39] Flashback**
Our apologies for the delay.
**[15:40] Flashback**
Oh, I'm participating not as the
head priest, but as a knight.
**[15:45] Flashback**
Here we go.
**[15:53] Flashback**
This is the noble district.
**[15:56] Gil (Narration)**
* Lady Main headed to the noble*
* district with the others.*
**[16:00] Gil (Narration)**
*That's a trombe?*
**[16:02] Gil (Narration)**
*How is it so big?*
**[16:04] Flashback**
What? That's the sprouty thing?
**[16:06] Flashback**
Schicicoza, Damuel.
**[16:09] Flashback**
You two guard the priestess.
**[16:10] Flashback**
Sir.
**[16:13] Gil (Narration)**
*The head priest was amazing!*
**[16:15] Gil (Narration)**
*The Trombe didn't last a minute!*
**[16:23] Gil (Narration)**
* But something awful was*
* happening to Lady Main.*
**[16:28] Flashback**
That's a plebeian.
**[16:33] Flashback**
Stop this, Schicicoza!
**[16:36] Gil (Narration)**
*Stop! What are you doing to Lady Main?!*
**[16:39] Gil (Narration)**
*Schicicoza was out of control.*
**[16:41] Gil (Narration)**
* And when the blood from her wound*
* hit the ground, a Trombe appeared!*
**[16:52] Flashback**
Fall back, Damuel!
**[16:58] Flashback**
You were supposed to
guard her, you imbeciles!
**[17:01] Flashback**
We're terribly sorry!
**[17:03] Gil (Narration)**
*Of course the head priest would be mad!*
**[17:06] Gil (Narration)**
* Lady Main was finally freed*
* thanks to the Knights.*
**[17:10] Gil (Narration)**
*Whew!*
**[17:12] Flashback**
By the way, Schicicoza,
**[17:15] Flashback**
who holds the highest
rank of all of us here?
**[17:20] Flashback**
It is you, Sir Ferdinand.
**[17:24] Flashback**
That's right.
**[17:26] Flashback**
And I gave you my orders.
**[17:29] Flashback**
"Make sure the apprentice priestess
receives nary a scratch"!
**[17:37] Flashback**
You're the one who needs to know your place!
**[17:47] Flashback**
O Fruhtrane, Goddess of Water,
bringer of healing and upheaval.
**[17:51] Flashback**
Hear my prayer and grant
me your holy powers.
**[17:59] Flashback**
Cover these lands in your hues!
**[18:05] Gil (Narration)**
* Wow! Lady Main's prayer*
* brought back the green!*
**[18:15] Flashback**
Too much, if you ask me.
**[18:20] Flashback**
Main.
**[18:21] Flashback**
I feel bad about what transpired.
**[18:30] Gil (Narration)**
* In order to understand how*
* dangerous Lady Main was,*
**[18:33] Gil (Narration)**
* and the secrets of the*
* things she keeps creating,*
**[18:36] Gil (Narration)**
* he used a magic item that*
* let him see her past.*
**[18:50] Flashback**
Huh?
**[18:52] Flashback**
What happened to me?
**[18:55] Flashback**
Can you hear me, Main?
**[18:58] Flashback**
Sorry, but I'm going to take
a look into your memories.
**[19:05] Flashback**
What is this place?
**[19:07] Flashback**
It looks like a noble district
in some foreign land.
**[19:10] Flashback**
Takes me back...
**[19:12] Flashback**
This is Japan.
***SIGN*** Library
**[19:15] Flashback**
This is it!
**[19:16] Flashback**
My personal utopia!
**[19:19] Flashback**
What is this?
**[19:21] Flashback**
The library!
**[19:23] Flashback**
What...
**[19:25] Flashback**
This has more books than even
the Nobles' Academy's library.
**[19:31] Flashback**
Where is this?
**[19:32] Flashback**
Urano.
**[19:33] Flashback**
Is that your mother?
**[19:36] Flashback**
Yes.
**[19:37] Flashback**
Didn't we agree that you wouldn't
read at the dining table?
**[19:41] Flashback**
Mom!
**[19:43] Flashback**
I need to apologize to Mom!
***SIGN*** As a girl raised in the back of beyond, even farther than the end of the road to the East Country, how rustic and odd I must have been. However it was that I first became enthralled with them, once I knew that such things as tales existed in the world, all I could think of over and over was how much I wanted to read them.
**[19:46] Flashback**
Calm down, Main.
**[19:47] Flashback**
I never got the chance
to say goodbye to her!
**[19:51] Flashback**
Come back, Mom!
**[19:53] Flashback**
Don't leave me!
**[19:58] Flashback**
Enough. No more.
**[20:07] Flashback**
I feel absolutely terrible.
**[20:14] Flashback**
What are you doing?
**[20:15] Flashback**
Giving you a hug! Hugs calm you down!
**[20:19] Flashback**
When I have dreams like
these and feel awful,
**[20:23] Flashback**
I have Tuuli give me hugs
to make me feel better.
**[20:25] Flashback**
I have Lutz and my family, but you
have nobody who'll do this for you!
**[20:30] Flashback**
Hmph. You're the one who wants to calm down.
**[20:34] Flashback**
I've been trying to block
off those memories for ages.
**[20:37] Flashback**
Because, even if I do remember,
I can never go back.
**[20:45] Flashback**
I got what I needed. Please return them.
**[20:48] Flashback**
So, what did you find?
**[20:51] Flashback**
Main had memories of life in a
world far more advanced than ours.
**[20:56] Flashback**
If Main's knowledge and
memories are utilized well,
**[20:59] Flashback**
she can bring Ehrenfest
unprecedented prosperity.
**[21:03] ---**
What will you do?
**[21:05] Flashback**
Her worth to us is immeasurable.
**[21:07] ---**
What?
**[21:09] Flashback**
We can't let anyone else steal her.
**[21:14] Flashback**
You really are a great cook, honey.
**[21:20] Flashback**
I'm sorry, Mom.
**[21:25] Flashback**
What's all this now?
**[21:27] Flashback**
Mom, thank you for always
feeding me all this great food.
**[21:33] Flashback**
Dad, thank you for putting your
life on the line to protect me.
**[21:38] Flashback**
Sure.
**[21:39] Flashback**
Tuuli, thank you for always
agreeing to my selfish requests.
**[21:43] Flashback**
I'm really glad I was born to this family.
**[21:47] Flashback**
Okay, much better.
**[21:48] Flashback**
You look best when smiling, Main!
**[21:52] Flashback**
There goes the doting father again.
**[21:55] Flashback**
I love you all so much!
**[22:01] Flashback**
Thank you, Mom.
**[23:35] ---**
Shirahama Kamome
***SIGN*** Hebi-zou
***SIGN*** Katsuki Hikaru
***SIGN*** Suzuka
# E27 - The Beginning of Winter
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***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Seven The Beginning of Winter
**[01:39] Main**
*The end of autumn.*
**[01:43] Main**
* Right around the time where the farmers*
* come to sell their harvest...*
**[01:48] Main**
*I was...*
**[01:52] Ferdinand**
Main, that's enough.
**[01:59] Main**
Okay!
**[02:01] Ferdinand**
The Dedication Ceremony is coming up soon.
**[02:03] Ferdinand**
Reserve your mana for now.
**[02:06] Main**
Understood, Head Priest.
**[02:08] Ferdinand**
How are preparations for
your winter stay here going?
**[02:12] Main**
Th-They're going great.
**[02:17] Ferdinand**
Judging from that look on your face, you
appear to have a lot more work to do.
**[02:21] Ferdinand**
It will start snowing soon.
**[02:23] Ferdinand**
As I stated before,
**[02:25] Ferdinand**
you not being able to come here because
of a blizzard will be an issue.
**[02:28] Ferdinand**
Hurry along with the preparations.
**[02:29] Main**
Okay...
**[02:39] Lutz**
I think 80 books is about all
we can do with what we have.
**[02:43] Main**
That's plenty.
**[02:45] Lutz**
Don't worry. We'll get them made and
sold by the time of your winter stay.
**[02:51] Main**
I really wasn't planning to sell
the scripture picture books.
**[02:56] Main**
This is all Mister Benno's fault.
**(Flashback) [02:59] Benno**
You're going to hole up at the cathedral?
**(Flashback) [03:01] Benno**
Then you'll need a dressing gown,
a visiting dress, a nightgown,
**(Flashback) [03:05] Benno**
and street clothes, as well
as some thicker socks.
**(Flashback) [03:07] Benno**
As for your undergarments, make
some that are high-quality.
**(Flashback) [03:11] Benno**
Buy the fabric from my shop and have your
mother or Tuuli sew them for you.
**(Flashback) [03:16] Main**
I'm not exactly planning on having
anyone see me in these undies,
**(Flashback) [03:19] Main**
so they can probably be a bit worn out.
**(Flashback) [03:22] Benno**
How stupid are you?!
That's not the issue here!
**(Flashback) [03:25] Benno**
You get sick easily enough as is!
**(Flashback) [03:28] Benno**
Make sure you dress warmly!
**(Flashback) [03:30] Main**
And I'm telling you I'm not going to
be able to get all of those things.
**(Flashback) [03:35] Benno**
Mmhm... In that case...
**(Flashback) [03:38] Benno**
You should sell this book!
**[03:45] Main**
*So yeah, I sold my soul.*
**[03:52] Benno**
I'm Benno from the Gilberta Company.
**[03:54] Benno**
I've come to fill out the necessary
paperwork to sell this book.
**[03:56] Freida**
Oh, Main? It is you, Main!
**[03:59] Main**
Freida.
**[04:00] Freida**
Hello.
**[04:04] Main**
It's been a while.
**[04:05] Freida**
I was worried when I heard that
you went to the cathedral,
**[04:08] Freida**
but I'm happy to see that you seem well.
**[04:10] Main**
Thanks for worrying about me.
**[04:13] Main**
How are the pound cakes selling?
**[04:15] Freida**
Quite well, actually.
**[04:17] Freida**
The nobles have taken quite
a liking to them, as well.
**[04:20] Freida**
I'd be happy to buy more recipes
from you if you have any.
**[04:24] Freida**
At a reasonable price, that is.
**[04:28] Main**
Say, Freida...
**[04:29] Main**
Look. I finally made my book.
**[04:32] Freida**
What?
**[04:34] Freida**
This is a book?
**[04:38] Freida**
Indeed, it is a book.
**[04:40] Freida**
But is it just the inside?
**[04:42] Main**
That paper is the cover.
**[04:44] Main**
We're going to have one of the studios
we're working with create a cover
**[04:47] Main**
made out of leather the
way we want it, too.
**[04:51] Freida**
Main, how much is this book?
**[04:54] Main**
Huh? Um...
**[04:57] Benno**
That'll be one small gold
coin and eight large silvers.
**[05:00] Benno**
Are you going to buy it?
**[05:02] Freida**
Yes, I will, actually.
***SIGN*** Commercial Spirit
**[05:06] Main**
Compared to these two, I'm definitely
not cut out to be a merchant!
**[05:13] Freida**
I must say, this is the best purchase
I've made in quite a while.
**[05:19] Freida**
Main, your next picture book should
be about the seasonal gods and their kindred.
**[05:26] Freida**
I have such a hard time
remembering the gods' kindred.
**[05:30] Main**
Sure...
**[05:32] Main**
* I promised Freida I would make*
* a book about the kindred,*
**[05:36] Main**
*and left the Merchants' Guild behind.*
**[05:39] Benno**
Who knew we'd encounter a pest like that?
**[05:41] Benno**
At least we'll be able
to sell the book now.
**[05:43] Main**
R-Right...
**[05:45] Johann**
Please wait!
**[05:46] Johann**
Young lady from the Gilberta Company!
**[05:53] Main**
Oh, Johann.
**[05:55] Benno**
Who's that?
**[05:56] Main**
He's an apprentice blacksmith.
**[06:00] Benno**
Ah... Did you need something?
**[06:03] Johann**
Miss, please!
**[06:05] Main**
Huh?
**[06:06] Johann**
Please become my patron.
**[06:09] Main**
Patron?!
**[06:14] Johann**
I'm going to become an adult next year.
**[06:17] Johann**
So I need to find a patron out of my
customers who believes in my skills
**[06:20] Johann**
and can financially back me.
**[06:23] Johann**
And I need to make what this patron
wants me to make within a year.
**[06:29] Benno**
This is what blacksmithing apprentices must
go through once they become an adult.
**[06:33] Benno**
If they succeed, they will be
considered a professional.
**[06:36] Main**
You're pretty skilled, Johann, so I'm
sure you'd find a patron pretty easily.
**[06:41] Johann**
Most of the customers don't
really seem to like my work.
**[06:45] Johann**
Because... I'm so particular
about the finer details.
**[06:49] Main**
*Come to think of it,*
**[06:51] Main**
* when I asked Johann to make me*
* tools to make my picture book...*
**(Flashback) [06:55] Johann**
I've never had anyone request such a
fine, thin, and small blade before.
**(Flashback) [07:00] Johann**
What are you going to use it for?
**(Flashback) [07:02] Johann**
You won't be able to cut anything
with a blade this small.
**(Flashback) [07:05] Johann**
You're going to cut plant-based paper?
**(Flashback) [07:07] Johann**
And this is that plant-based paper...
**(Flashback) [07:10] Johann**
If the paper's this thin, the blade
will have to be thinner, too.
**(Flashback) [07:14] Johann**
And the shape of the blade will have to change
depending on how you're going to cut these.
**(Flashback) [07:18] Johann**
How am I going to make a
blade so thin and small?
**[07:21] Main**
I guess you have a point...
**[07:23] Main**
But you've really helped me out
because you're so particular.
**[07:28] Johann**
You're the only one who says
that about my work, Miss!
**[07:31] Main**
Huh?
**[07:32] Johann**
You're the only one who'd ever
consider being my patron.
**[07:35] Main**
Um...
**[07:37] Johann**
Please, Main! No, Miss Main!
**[07:40] Benno**
Hey.
**[07:42] Benno**
If you truly want her as your patron,
shouldn't you be calling her Lady Main?
**[07:47] Benno**
Anyway, she's a minor.
**[07:49] Benno**
She won't be able to be your patron without
permission from her parents or guardians.
**[07:54] Johann**
So that's a no?
**[07:56] Benno**
You basically wasted your time.
**[08:06] Main**
Please wait.
**[08:09] Main**
So as long as I have cosigner,
I can become his patron, right?
**[08:12] Johann**
Huh?
**[08:13] Benno**
What are you plotting?
**[08:20] Main**
Mister Benno, I have something
I want Johann to make for me.
**[08:29] Benno**
Now what?
**[08:32] Main**
The things I want him to make if
I become his patron are...
**[08:36] Main**
metal letter types!
**[08:39] Johann**
Metal... letter types?
**[08:42] Main**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Met
**[08:44] Main**
Metal letter types!
***SIGN*** Metal
***SIGN*** Metal Letter
***SIGN*** Metal Letter Types
**[08:47] Main**
Welp, I guess you twisted my arm!
**[08:49] Main**
For my precious little metal letter types,
**[08:51] Main**
I'll give you a long explanation
without you even asking for it!
***SIGN*** Letter Type
**[08:56] Main**
Letter types are basically letters
carved backwards into blocks.
**[09:00] Main**
Essentially, they're like stamps
of individual letters.
**[09:04] Main**
A long time ago, they were
made by carving wood,
**[09:06] Main**
but by molding them out of metal instead,
mass production became possible.
**[09:11] Main**
when you line these letters up on the page
of a book, it's called a letterpress.
**[09:15] Main**
Then you set the letterpress and print.
***SIGN*** Letter Type
**[09:18] Main**
When you print using a
letterpress, it's called...
***SIGN*** Letterpress
**[09:21] Main**
You guessed it. Letterpress printing.
***SIGN*** Letterpress Printing
**[09:25] Main**
So historically, books could be mass produced
**[09:28] Main**
because of the introduction
of letterpress printing,
**[09:31] Main**
but letterpress printing became more
widespread because of metal letter types.
**[09:36] Main**
Which means that the production of metal
letter types is the cornerstone of my ambitions!
**[09:41] Main**
It's the super-ultra-miracle-important
first step!
**[09:45] Main**
Man... I haven't gotten to say
something so worthwhile forever.
**[09:50] Main**
If the letter types differ in height, the
letters will be uneven during printing,
**[09:53] Main**
so I'd like the size and the height
of all the letter types to be exact.
**[09:57] Main**
I think if we have 50 each of the vowels and
20 each of the consonants that'll be enough.
**[10:02] Main**
Also...
**[10:03] Johann**
U-Um...
**[10:05] Benno**
Well, she's basically always like this...
**[10:08] Benno**
But she'd be a great patron
when it comes to getting paid.
**[10:12] Lutz**
If you don't think you can keep
up with Main's crazy ideas,
**[10:15] Lutz**
you should hurry up and
find another patron.
**[10:18] Main**
It's going to require very delicate
work, and there'll be a lot to make...
**[10:22] Main**
What do you think?
**[10:30] Johann**
My request stands.
**[10:32] Johann**
Please become my patron.
**[10:37] Main**
Mister Benno, I'm counting
on you to be my cosigner.
**[10:41] Johann**
Yes, please!
**[10:46] Benno**
Oh, all right. I give you
permission as her guardian.
**[10:53] Johann**
Thank goodness you're such
an understanding father!
**[10:56] Main**
Huh?
**[10:56] Benno**
What?!
**[10:58] Main**
He's not my father!
**[10:58] Benno**
There's no way that she's my daughter!
**[11:00] Johann**
Huh?
**[11:02] Lutz**
The master is single.
**[11:04] Johann**
Huh?
**[11:05] Benno**
If I was her father, I would
never raise her as an air-headed,
**[11:08] Benno**
unguarded girl who doesn't
think about her actions!
**[11:10] Main**
What are you talking about?
**[11:12] Main**
If you were my father, I would've
run away from home already!
**[11:16] Benno**
As if you're that delicate!
**[11:19] Main**
I wouldn't even last here a day
because you're so obnoxious!
**[11:22] Benno**
Who are you calling obnoxious, huh?
**[11:25] Main**
I'm home.
**[11:27] Main**
Oh, how cute!
**[11:29] Tuuli**
I know, right?
**[11:30] Eva**
That's what a noble's
undergarment looks like.
**[11:33] Main**
Hm... I guess I wouldn't mind
anyone seeing me in these.
**[11:37] Tuuli**
Huh? What did you just say, Main?
**[11:40] Main**
Oh, uh... I just mean they're lovely.
**[11:44] Eva**
We just have to prepare a few more of these
by the time of your winter stay, right?
**[11:49] Main**
Yup. Thanks, Mom.
**[11:50] Tuuli**
I'll help, too.
**[11:52] Main**
Thank you, too, Tuuli.
**[11:55] Gunther**
I'm home.
**[11:56] Main**
Welcome home, Dad.
**[11:58] Gunther**
Here's a gift for you, Main.
**[12:00] Tuuli**
You bought them again?
**[12:02] Main**
Hey, they're tanie!
**[12:05] Main**
I love you, Dad!
**[12:06] Gunther**
I love you, too, Main!
**[12:10] Tuuli**
And he bought raffle fruits yesterday, too.
**[12:13] Tuuli**
Dad's spoiling Main way too much.
**[12:15] Eva**
I can't really blame him.
**[12:16] Eva**
Soon, she'll be away on her winter
stay, and we won't be able to see each other.
**[12:21] Tuuli**
At this rate, I think Dad is going
to have a harder time than Main is.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:36] Main**
* The scriptures picture book*
* sold by the Gilberta Company*
**[12:41] Main**
* started selling among the rich who*
* had connections with nobles.*
**[12:50] Young Employee**
Er, excuse me, sir... Would
you like to purchase that?
**[12:55] Man A**
Yeah.
**[12:58] Man A**
Here it is.
**[13:03] Wolf**
There's no doubt about it...
**[13:05] Wolf**
It's ink.
**[13:07] Man A**
According to the foreman,
**[13:08] Man A**
the child from the Gilberta
Company knows how to make ink.
**(Flashback) [13:13] Main**
I'm looking for oil-based ink.
**(Flashback) [13:16] Main**
Do you have any that aren't for parchment?
**(Flashback) [13:19] Bierce**
Ink is ink. There's only one kind.
**(Flashback) [13:22] Main**
Wait, please!
**(Flashback) [13:23] Main**
The ink that everyone makes...
**(Flashback) [13:25] Main**
is it made from the extracting
the dye from plants...
**(Flashback) [13:27] Bierce**
Hey, where did you hear that from?
**(Flashback) [13:30] Main**
Um... Do you really not make
any other kind of ink?
**(Flashback) [13:35] Bierce**
Other kind of ink?
**(Flashback) [13:36] Main**
I-If you don't, that's totally fine! Sorry!
**[13:42] Wolf**
Other kinds of ink?
**[13:45] Main**
What did you want to talk
about, Mister Benno?
**[13:48] Benno**
The Ink Guild's gotten involved.
**[13:50] Main**
*Here we go. Vested interests.*
**[13:53] Benno**
I figured they would, but...
It's going to be a hassle.
**[13:56] Benno**
What do you want to do?
**[13:57] Main**
I think we can sell our method of ink production
and also abandon making any more ink.
**[14:03] Main**
You don't want any more enemies,
do you, Mister Benno?
**[14:06] Benno**
Hm... And it has nothing to
do with my main business.
**[14:10] Benno**
If you'd consider that, it'd be helpful.
**[14:12] Main**
Then I guess we're set.
**[14:15] Lutz**
I've brought some tea.
**[14:28] Benno**
You've still got a ways to go.
**[14:30] Main**
But he's improving little by little.
**[14:33] Main**
It's good, Lutz.
**[14:36] Mark**
Sir, you have a guest from the Ink Guild.
**[14:40] Benno**
All right. Main, go see Corinna.
**[14:44] Main**
Huh?
**[14:45] Benno**
The head of the Ink Guild
has connections with nobles,
**[14:49] Benno**
and there are plenty of
terrible rumors about him.
**[14:51] Benno**
You should avoid him at all costs.
**[14:55] Main**
* While negotiations with the*
* Ink Guild were going on,*
**[14:58] Main**
* I was getting fitted for*
* some new ceremonial robes,*
**[15:01] Main**
* since my other ones were ruined*
* trying to subjugate the trombe.*
**[15:04] Otto**
Corinna, you need to get some rest.
**[15:08] Otto**
Seriously... Corinna, you're pregnant,
**[15:11] Otto**
but you're getting upper-class noble work.
**[15:14] Main**
S-Sorry...
**[15:16] Corinna**
Otto.
**[15:17] Corinna**
How many times must I tell you that I don't
appreciate you nagging me about work?
**[15:22] Otto**
I'm just worried about you, Corinna.
**[15:24] Corinna**
That's no excuse to complain
in front of a customer!
**[15:27] Otto**
Now, calm down...
**[15:28] Corinna**
You're always the one upsetting me.
**[15:30] Otto**
It's not good for the little one
in your belly if you get upset.
**[15:33] Main**
*I see they're as close as ever.*
**[15:41] Wolf**
I signed it.
**[15:42] Benno**
Lutz, take this contract
upstairs and get a signature.
**[15:53] Lutz**
It's good that you stayed up here, Main.
**[15:56] Main**
What do you mean?
**[15:57] Lutz**
The head of the Ink Guild's
been looking for you.
**[16:00] Main**
Huh?
**[16:02] Lutz**
He said, "The one who mentioned a different
way to prepare ink was a child.
**[16:06] Lutz**
If they're here, bring them out."
**[16:08] Lutz**
I don't like the look in his eyes.
**[16:10] Lutz**
Way worse than the guild master.
**[16:15] Lutz**
More importantly, let me see your hand.
**[16:18] Main**
Okay...
**[16:44] Lutz**
What do you think you're doing?!
Let go of me, you jerk!
**[16:48] Main**
Ooh, they kicked!
**[16:50] Corinna**
They're full of energy, aren't they?
**[16:53] Benno**
Main, Lutz had a run-in with a strange man.
**[16:56] Main**
What?
**[16:57] Benno**
They're probably from the Ink Guild.
**[16:59] Main**
Is Lutz okay?
**[17:01] Benno**
Yes. Mark is seeing him home now.
**[17:05] Benno**
You need to stay here until
someone comes for you.
**[17:09] Main**
Okay.
**[17:14] Tuuli**
Main!
**[17:15] Main**
Tuuli!
**[17:17] Benno**
Trying to find out more information and
seeking out Lutz are both unnatural things to do.
**[17:22] Benno**
There's no doubt that this is the
work of the Ink Guild,
**[17:25] Benno**
but I'm not exactly sure
what their motive is.
**[17:28] Benno**
If we're going to prioritize safety,
**[17:30] Benno**
we might want to have Main start
staying at the cathedral now.
**[17:33] Tuuli**
What?
**[17:34] Benno**
They won't be able to get
to her, if she's there.
**[17:38] Tuuli**
But starting her winter
stay right now is...
**[17:44] Gunther**
Main, what do you want to do?
**[17:48] Main**
I don't want to be away from all of you,
**[17:51] Main**
but I'd regret it even more if something
were to happen to any of you,
**[17:53] Main**
so I'll go to the cathedral.
**[17:55] Tuuli**
Main...
**[17:57] Main**
It should start snowing soon, anyway.
**[18:00] Gunther**
All right.
**[18:10] Fran**
Understood.
**[18:12] Fran**
I will inform the head priest as well.
**[18:15] Main**
I'll tell everyone else.
**[18:18] Fran**
Lady Main, perhaps you
should not tell Delia.
**[18:25] Fran**
Delia still has connections
with the high priest.
**[18:28] Main**
Wait, still?
**[18:31] Fran**
Considering Delia's situation,
**[18:33] Fran**
it would be rather difficult for her
to completely cut ties with him.
**[18:38] Main**
It's so that she can continue
to survive here...
**[18:42] Fran**
We will go ahead and take
Lady Main into our care.
**[18:45] Gunther**
Take good care of Main, Fran.
**[18:47] Fran**
Of course.
**[18:49] Gunther**
Main, make sure you don't cause
too much trouble for everyone.
**[18:53] Gunther**
And make sure you tell the
head priest everything.
**[18:57] Gunther**
No good comes out of not
communicating with your boss.
**[19:02] Main**
Boss?
**[19:05] Main**
Okay.
**[19:08] Tuuli**
We'll come visit you on breaks,
**[19:10] Tuuli**
so make sure you behave until then, Main.
**[19:16] Main**
Yeah... I'll be waiting.
**[19:21] Ferdinand**
Make sure Main stays in her room
until we can get more information.
**[19:26] Fran**
As you wish.
**[19:27] Fran**
Also, Main's family has mentioned
that they would like to come see her.
**[19:32] Fran**
I'm sure that Lady Main will be lonely,
**[19:34] Fran**
so I would be grateful if
you would allow this.
**[19:36] Ferdinand**
That's fine.
**[19:38] Ferdinand**
The bigger problem would be
if her mana were to go berserk
**[19:40] Ferdinand**
from her not being able
to control her emotions.
**[19:43] Ferdinand**
I'd like to avoid doing the Dedication
Ceremony in that manner as much as possible,
**[19:48] Ferdinand**
because she will have to face the
high priest there, no matter what.
**[19:52] Fran**
Right.
**[19:55] Delia**
What?
**[19:56] Main**
It's a long story, but I'm going to be
staying at the cathedral starting today.
**[20:00] Delia**
What exactly is this long story?
**[20:02] Main**
I can't really talk about it right now.
**[20:05] Main**
I hope you'll understand.
**[20:15] Tuuli**
Do you think Main will be okay by herself?
**[20:19] Tuuli**
We should have brought her these, too.
**[20:23] Rosina & Delia**
Good night, Lady Main.
**[20:26] Main**
Good night, Delia and Rosina.
**[20:51] Main**
* I immediately became homesick*
* just after a day.*
**[21:00] Gunther**
The nobility can piss off.
I'm going to protect Main.
**[21:06] Wolf**
If this is an order, I will see it through,
but this is quite the request...
**[21:12] Wolf**
This will require a bit of preparation...
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Story About Winter Stays and the Future
**[22:58] Main**
It's finally about to start!
**[23:00] Main**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[23:02] Ferdinand**
I hate to bring down your mood when you're
so excited, but this is not a book.
**[23:06] Ferdinand**
A proper book has words that are
handwritten on pages of parchment.
**[23:11] Ferdinand**
They include detailed illustrations,
**[23:13] Ferdinand**
and the leather covers are
decorated with gold or jewels.
**[23:16] Ferdinand**
These magnificent pieces of art
are what you call "books."
**[23:20] Main**
But I want to make books more affordable
and get them out to the masses!
**[23:24] Ferdinand**
A proper merchant would want to raise prices
and keep as much profit for themselves.
**[23:29] Ferdinand**
You are not fit to be a merchant.
**[23:31] Main**
I don't need to hear that from you.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Shiina You
# E28 - The Story About Winter Stays and the Future
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**[00:00] Narrator**
* The scripture picture books Main had*
* created were now on the market.*
**[00:05] Narrator**
*However...*
**[00:07] Wolf**
There's no doubt about it...
**[00:09] Wolf**
It's ink.
**[00:10] Benno**
If we're going to prioritize safety,
**[00:12] Benno**
we might want to have Main start
staying at the cathedral now.
**[00:15] Tuuli**
What?
**[00:18] Main**
I don't want to be away from all of you,
**[00:20] Main**
but I'd regret it even more if something
were to happen to any of you,
**[00:23] Main**
so I'll go to the cathedral.
**[00:25] Narrator**
* Main tried to put on*
* a brave face, but...*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Eight The Story About Winter Stays and the Future
**[02:19] Main**
It's morning already?
**[02:24] Delia**
Lady Main!
**[02:26] Delia**
Please stay in bed until you're summoned.
**[02:29] Main**
Oh, really? Sorry.
**[02:32] Delia**
And don't apologize to your attendants.
**[02:34] Main**
* Even though we didn't have books at*
* home, I was able to talk to Tuuli.*
**[02:45] Rosina**
That is all for today.
**[02:47] Main**
Then I shall go help the head priest.
**[02:52] Fran**
Lady Main, after speaking
with the head priest,
**[02:56] Fran**
he has instructed me to tell you
**[02:57] Fran**
that you may not leave your room
until we have more information.
**[02:59] Main**
Huh?! But that means...
I can't even go to the library?
**[03:03] Main**
I thought I'd somehow make it
through if I had my books!
**[03:08] Main**
Talk about gloom and doom.
**[03:11] Fran**
Lady Main, let's think about who should
be your chef during your stay here.
**[03:16] Fran**
We'll need to find an assistant
from the orphanage for Ella.
**[03:19] Main**
Right. I wonder who'd be a good candidate.
**[03:22] Fran**
Please take your time thinking about it.
**[03:24] Fran**
There's still plenty of time.
**[03:27] Delia**
Lady Main, if you have time,
please show me how to do arithmetic.
**[03:31] Main**
Sure, of course.
**[03:34] Main**
See? If you do this, it's easy.
**[03:37] Delia**
Yes. You're a surprisingly
good teacher, Lady Main.
**[03:41] Delia**
Far better than Gil.
**[03:46] Main**
Well, I was teaching
people at the gate,
**[03:48] Main**
so maybe I could be a teacher
for the cathedral classroom.
**[03:52] Fran**
Lady Main, what do you mean by
this "cathedral classroom"?
**[03:57] Main**
A place where people can learn
how to read and write.
**[04:01] Main**
The more people who learn how
to read letters and books,
**[04:05] Main**
there'll be people who can write and
then we'll get even more books!
**[04:09] Main**
Then we'll get lots, and lots, and lots...
**[04:13] Main**
Many, many more books to read!
**[04:16] Main Mob**
Yay!
**[04:21] Main Mob**
Thank you!
**[04:26] Fran**
Lady Main, I'm afraid I haven't
been informed of such a place...
**[04:30] Gil**
I mean, we have karuta and picture books,
**[04:32] Gil**
so I'm pretty sure most of
us can read a little now.
**[04:35] Main**
But I want you to be able to write, too.
**[04:38] Main**
That'll make your job as an attendant
**[04:40] Main**
or when you come work at the workshop
or orphanage much easier.
**[04:44] Gil**
Would I be able to
write reports by myself?!
**[04:47] Gil**
Then I wanna learn!
**[04:49] Main**
I'll make sure to teach you
everything you need to know.
**[04:52] Fran**
Lady Main, a grey-robed priest
should be the one teaching.
**[04:55] Rosina**
You mustn't bother with
such a thing, Lady Main.
**[05:01] Main**
Okay...
**[05:05] Lutz**
Main, you okay?
**[05:07] Main**
Lutz!
**[05:08] Lutz**
Whoa.
**[05:10] Main**
Hug me.
**[05:13] Main**
I wanna go home.
**[05:16] Lutz**
It's only been a day.
**[05:18] Main**
I'm so lonely without my family.
**[05:21] Main**
I might actually die from loneliness.
**[05:25] Lutz**
That's seriously not funny coming from you.
**[05:28] Delia**
Honestly, if you're going to hug
someone, it should be a rich noble.
**[05:32] Gil**
Lady Main relies way too much on Lutz.
**[05:35] Main Narrator**
* Then we talked about the*
* hand work for the winter.*
**[05:39] Main Narrator**
*We can't make paper in the winter,*
**[05:41] Main Narrator**
* so we decided to make a Reversi set,*
* a chess set, and playing cards out of wood.*
**[05:48] Lutz**
All right. First, let's make a pattern.
**[05:51] Gil**
I wouldn't lose to Lutz if
I had a writing tablet, too!
**[05:55] Main**
I'll prepare one for you
once spring comes along,
**[05:57] Main**
since you know how to write
and do arithmetic now.
**[06:00] Gil**
Really? Yay!
**[06:02] Gil**
Then I'll be on the same
level as Lutz and Fran!
**[06:05] Main**
The same?
**[06:06] Gil**
Yeah! Because if I get a writing tablet,
**[06:09] Gil**
that'll mean I've been acknowledged
just like Lutz and Fran!
**[06:13] Gil**
That settles it! I'm
definitely beating Lutz!
**[06:16] Lutz**
Yeah, hurry up and beat me already.
**[06:18] Lutz**
Otherwise, it'll be an issue for me, too.
**[06:20] Main**
And why is that?
**[06:22] Lutz**
I'm going to tour a parchment workshop
in a neighboring city this spring.
**[06:27] Main**
A neighboring city?
**(Flashback) [06:29] Main**
What do you want to do in life, Lutz?
**(Flashback) [06:31] Lutz**
Me?
**(Flashback) [06:34] Lutz**
I want to travel to other cities.
**(Flashback) [06:37] Main**
Other cities?
**(Flashback) [06:38] Lutz**
I wanna become a traveling trader
and see the world for myself.
**[06:44] Main**
So your dream is coming true.
**[06:47] Lutz**
Yeah.
**[06:50] Lutz**
Okay, Main. I'll see you later.
**[06:52] Main**
Yeah.
**[06:56] Gil**
Are you lonely, Lady Main?
**[06:59] Main**
Well, I always had my family around me.
**[07:06] Gil**
I'll coddle you like Lutz does!
**[07:10] Fran**
Absolutely not.
**[07:11] Fran**
Gil, Lady Main is your master.
**[07:14] Fran**
It is not your duty as her
attendant to coddle her.
**[07:19] Fran**
You and Lutz are not the same.
**[07:23] Gil**
Fine...
**[07:24] Fran**
Lady Main, I can imagine you're lonely
due to the current circumstances.
**[07:29] Fran**
When your family or Lutz are here to see
you, I can overlook them spoiling you.
**[07:37] Fran**
However, I would like you to keep an
appropriate distance with your attendants.
**[07:44] Main**
Okay.
**[07:49] Tuuli**
Main, it's like you're a little baby again.
**[07:53] Main**
Well, I'm lonely, and
Mom can't come, either.
**[07:58] Main**
But I'm not lonely when we're like this.
**[08:01] Tuuli**
Then I'll tell you stories,
since Mom can't come.
**[08:05] Main**
Okay!
**[08:07] Tuuli**
Once upon a time, there were
little star children.
**[08:12] Tuuli**
Okay, I'll see you later, Main.
**[08:14] Main**
Come back soon, okay, Tuuli?
**[08:22] Main**
Wait...
**[08:27] Main**
Tuuli...
**[08:42] Fran**
Lady Main.
**[08:43] Main**
Fran.
**[08:44] Fran**
I have a message from the head priest.
**[08:47] Fran**
He would like you to have your robes
**[08:49] Fran**
for the ceremony delivered when
Master Karstedt is here.
**[08:53] Main**
Oh... all right.
**[08:56] Main**
I'll have Lutz tell Mister Benno.
**[09:00] Fran**
Thank you.
**(Flashback) [09:32] Tuuli**
Your cooking is so delicious, Main.
**(Flashback) [09:35] Eva**
You've got some on your mouth, Main.
**(Flashback) [09:38] Gunther**
Main, make sure you eat plenty,
so you can grow big.
**(Flashback) [09:41] Tuuli**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:41] Eva**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:42] Gunther**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:43] Tuuli**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:44] Eva**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:45] Gunther**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:47] Tuuli**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:48] Eva**
Main.
**(Flashback) [09:49] Gunther**
Main.
**[10:04] Main**
* The colder it got, the*
* more homesick I became.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[10:21] Main**
* On the day of the first*
* snowfall of the year...*
**[10:25] Main**
Mister Benno! I missed you!
**[10:31] Benno**
How depressing.
**[10:32] Main**
What's wrong? You look rather pale.
**[10:36] Benno**
I'm going to be speaking with the
head priest and an upper-class noble.
**[10:41] Benno**
I'm getting a headache
just thinking about it.
**[10:43] Mark**
Sir, you're going to mess up your hair.
**[10:46] Main**
Wait, are you actually nervous?
**[10:49] Main**
You're always more than happy to start
fights with the guild master and vested interests.
**[10:54] Benno**
Don't group the guild master
and upper-class nobles together!
**[10:57] Main**
Oh, don't even worry.
Lord Karstedt is a good person.
**[11:01] Benno**
You simpleton!
**[11:02] Benno**
There's no way I'd be summoned to the
cathedral just to deliver your robes!
**[11:07] Main**
Huh?
**[11:08] Benno**
They're clearly trying to gather
more information about you.
**[11:12] Mark**
Without a doubt.
**[11:16] Ferdinand**
Thank you all for gathering here today.
**[11:18] Ferdinand**
First, let's have a look
at her ceremonial robes.
**[11:21] Benno**
These are Lady Main's ceremonial robes.
**[11:27] Ferdinand**
Well done, Benno.
**[11:30] Karstedt**
Next, I would like for
Apprentice Priestess Main...
**[11:35] Karstedt**
to accept these robes.
**[11:37] Main**
I humbly accept.
**(Flashback) [11:50] Damuel**
Stop this, Schicicoza!
**(Flashback) [11:52] Schicicoza**
Quiet, Damuel.
**(Flashback) [11:53] Schicicoza**
Know your place.
**(Flashback) [11:55] Karstedt**
Damuel. Tell the truth.
**(Flashback) [11:58] Damuel**
When Schicicoza told me to know my place,
**(Flashback) [12:03] Damuel**
I couldn't stop him anymore.
**(Flashback) [12:08] Damuel**
I'm terribly sorry!
**[12:10] Main**
Why...
**[12:14] Ferdinand**
Karstedt, Damuel. Your punishment
has come to an end for now.
**[12:22] Main**
* From there, due to Mister Benno's*
* request to know the opinions of nobles,*
**[12:27] Main**
* I had the head priest take*
* a look at my handiwork.*
**[12:31] Ferdinand**
If you're going to sell these in the
lower parts of the city, I see no issue.
**[12:37] Main**
*The magical item that prevents eavesdropping.*
**[12:43] Ferdinand**
Enschupot.
**[12:52] Main**
*What is this?*
**[12:56] Main**
*I see.*
**[12:57] Main**
* He set up this boundary for Mister*
* Benno, since he doesn't have any mana.*
**[13:02] Ferdinand**
Now then, Benno... I have
something I'd like to ask you.
**[13:06] Benno**
Please, go right ahead.
**[13:07] Ferdinand**
Is the head of the Ink
Guild without a doubt Wolf?
**[13:13] Benno**
Yes.
**[13:14] Ferdinand**
Ever since you established
a magical contract with them,
**[13:18] Ferdinand**
they started investigating Main,
and Lutz became their prime target.
**[13:23] Ferdinand**
Is this also true?
**[13:26] Benno**
It is.
**[13:27] Benno**
Usually, I'll gather as much
information as possible
**[13:32] Benno**
before establishing a contract,
to put us at a slight advantage.
**[13:35] Benno**
I cannot fathom why he'd want information
after the contract has been signed.
**[13:40] Ferdinand**
Are you acquainted with this man, Main?
**[13:42] Main**
No. I have not seen his face,
nor do I know his name.
**[13:45] Main**
Mister Benno had me hide while
they established the contract.
**[13:51] Ferdinand**
A wise decision, Benno.
**[13:56] Karstedt**
Perhaps the reason Wolf openly gathered
information after forming the contract
**[14:01] Karstedt**
was because he didn't care if things went
south after the contract was in place.
**[14:07] Benno**
May I ask what you mean?
**[14:08] Ferdinand**
Contract magic cannot be undone unless
everyone in the contract agrees to it.
**[14:13] Ferdinand**
I'm assuming he was trying
to take advantage of that.
**[14:16] Benno**
I had only heard bad rumors about him, but...
**[14:20] Ferdinand**
What kind of rumors?
**[14:22] Benno**
In order to gain the favor of nobles,
he's willing to commit crimes.
**[14:28] Main**
Crimes?!
**[14:29] Benno**
I'm not entirely sure
just how true this is...
**[14:32] Ferdinand**
What do you think Wolf intended to do
after getting information on Main?
**[14:36] Benno**
Lady Main's greatest asset is her ability
to create one product after another,
**[14:39] Benno**
and her knowledge of how
to create these items.
**[14:47] Benno**
He could either kidnap Lady
Main to gain this knowledge...
**[14:49] Benno**
Or take those closest to her hostage and
demand this knowledge be handed over.
**[14:55] Karstedt**
Knowledge?
**[14:56] Main**
*Yeah, I'm sure this all sounds unbelievable.*
**[14:59] Benno**
However, imprisoning Lady Main is far more
difficult than kidnapping her in her case.
**[15:05] Ferdinand**
True.
**[15:06] Ferdinand**
She'll run a fever for a few days
**[15:08] Ferdinand**
after putting her in the
reflection room for half a day.
**[15:11] Ferdinand**
She'll die before they can get
any information out of her.
**[15:16] Karstedt**
Meaning it's probably likely
that he'd sell her off
**[15:19] Karstedt**
to some noble after gaining
some of her knowledge.
**[15:21] Main**
Sell me off?!
**[15:27] Benno**
Or he could try to force a subordination
contract through her Devouring.
**[15:32] Ferdinand**
Seems likely.
**[15:34] Ferdinand**
Benno, I'd like you to continue gathering
information through your workplace,
**[15:38] Ferdinand**
and continue to conceal
Main's existence here.
**[15:41] Benno**
As you wish.
**[15:46] Main**
* Then we had Damuel join in, so they could*
* discuss the judgment their superior*
**[15:51] Main**
* had given them for incompetence during*
* their mission to subjugate the trombe.*
**[15:55] Ferdinand**
The judgment the lord had
passed upon Schicicoza is death.
**[15:59] Ferdinand**
As far as the public knows,
Schicicoza died in the line of duty.
**[16:03] Main**
*As far as the public knows?*
**[16:05] Ferdinand**
Karstedt and Damuel have paid for your robes.
**[16:10] Main**
Oh, so that's why he paid
Mister Benno earlier.
**[16:13] Ferdinand**
Damuel has been demoted to apprentice status.
**[16:17] Ferdinand**
He will be your bodyguard for the next year.
**[16:19] Main**
Huh?
**[16:24] Ferdinand**
You are truly in danger.
**[16:26] Karstedt**
Word has spread among the upper-class nobles
**[16:28] Karstedt**
that there's an apprentice
priestess who can be exploited,
**[16:32] Karstedt**
given the amount of mana you have.
**[16:36] Karstedt**
And that you had been granted
blue robes by the lord.
**[16:41] Ferdinand**
*Do you see?*
**[16:42] Ferdinand**
* That's the apprentice priestess who was*
* granted blue robes by the church and the lord.*
**[16:47] Main**
*That's the first time I've heard any of that.*
**[16:51] Main**
*You dumb noble.*
**[16:53] Karstedt**
After finding out she was given
her blue robes by the lord,
**[16:56] Karstedt**
I'm sure nobles who want to get close
to her will try to curry favor with him.
**[17:00] Karstedt**
Even if it means having you kidnapped
**[17:02] Karstedt**
just so they can save you
and the lord feels indebted.
**[17:06] Ferdinand**
And if they're someone who opposes the lord,
**[17:08] Ferdinand**
they could kidnap you and sell you
off to one of his enemies,
**[17:12] Ferdinand**
or even claim that you're their child.
**[17:15] Ferdinand**
And in that case, your
family would be in the way.
**[17:18] Ferdinand**
They would probably be silenced.
**[17:24] Damuel**
Among the lower-class nobles,
**[17:25] Damuel**
there is still much contempt
towards the apprentice priestess.
**[17:29] Damuel**
I'm sure they'd rather not
acknowledge an apprentice priestess
**[17:32] Damuel**
who's a commoner having so much mana.
**[17:35] Damuel**
Even I couldn't believe this
to be true until I saw her.
**[17:44] Damuel**
And Schicicoza's mother was delighted
that Schicicoza came home
**[17:50] Damuel**
due to the purge.
**[17:53] Damuel**
I heard that she bears great resentment
**[17:55] Damuel**
towards the apprentice priestess
due to what just happened.
**[17:58] Main**
Resentment towards me?
**[18:00] Karstedt**
If she wants to go as far as sacrificing her
own family for the sake of revenge,
**[18:04] Karstedt**
things will get ugly.
**[18:06] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[18:07] Main**
Yes?
**[18:08] Ferdinand**
I was going to eventually have
you marry a noble.
**[18:12] Main**
Huh?
**[18:13] Ferdinand**
It is extremely likely that you and those
around you will be thrown into danger.
**[18:18] Ferdinand**
You should have a noble adopt
you as soon as possible.
**[18:22] Main**
Adopt me?
**[18:24] Ferdinand**
Yes. If you were adopted by Karstedt,
**[18:26] Ferdinand**
you could be protected to some degree.
**[18:28] Ferdinand**
I assure you that he is a good man.
**[18:31] Karstedt**
Main, would you like to become my daughter?
**[18:36] Main**
I can't!
**[18:38] Ferdinand**
And what do you mean by that, Main?
**[18:47] Main**
I want to go home.
**[18:50] Main**
I don't want to be apart
from my family any longer.
**[18:52] Ferdinand**
Main, calm down.
**[19:02] Ferdinand**
We're going into my workshop to make
sure the effects of this are minimal.
**[19:09] Ferdinand**
I know the Dedication Ceremony
is approaching,
**[19:12] Ferdinand**
but you've held in too much mana.
**[19:14] Ferdinand**
You fool.
**[19:16] Main**
I'm sorry...
**[19:19] Ferdinand**
To think you'd be this unstable even
with your family visiting you...
**[19:22] Ferdinand**
Did something happen?
**[19:24] Main**
It's all your fault, Head Priest.
**[19:27] Main**
You just had to go digging
through my memories.
**[19:31] Main**
Thinking about the family
I'll never get to see again...
**[19:34] Main**
I never want to be apart
from my current family.
**[19:38] Main**
And yet...
**[19:42] Ferdinand**
Main, control yourself!
**[19:45] Main**
If I let some noble adopt me,
I'll never be able to see my family!
**[19:50] Ferdinand**
Main!
**[19:53] Ferdinand**
It calms you down to a certain
degree when I do this, does it not?
**[20:04] Main**
You've still got a ways to go.
**[20:08] Main**
Hup...
**[20:11] Main**
This will do.
**[20:13] Ferdinand**
Honestly...
**[20:17] Ferdinand**
Now, listen to me. Your
mana is far too powerful.
**[20:22] Ferdinand**
It is enough that it should be used
for this domain and this country.
**[20:26] Main**
This country?
**[20:28] Ferdinand**
Yes. Main, you need to realize this yourself.
**[20:32] Ferdinand**
When your emotions become volatile,
you put those around you in danger.
**[20:37] Ferdinand**
Since you cannot control your powers,
**[20:39] Ferdinand**
it is very possible to put
your beloved family in danger.
**[20:44] Main**
I'll be fine as long as I have my family.
**[20:46] Main**
So please... Don't separate
me from my family!
**[20:53] Ferdinand**
Ten years old.
**[20:56] Ferdinand**
The enrollment age for the
Royal Academy is ten.
**[20:58] Ferdinand**
Until then, have your family
spoil you as much as you'd like.
**[21:03] Main**
Thank you very much!
**[21:07] Ferdinand**
But from that point on,
I will not honor your opinions.
**[21:11] Ferdinand**
If you are deemed dangerous or harmful,
**[21:14] Ferdinand**
you will be dealt with.
**[21:18] Ferdinand**
Just remember that.
**[21:22] Main**
Okay...
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
**[23:01] Karstedt**
Hm... The game played with
these resembles gewinnen.
**[23:10] Main**
Looks like I win!
**[23:11] Ferdinand**
I have lost?!
**[23:13] Ferdinand**
One more match! I will win the next round!
**[23:15] Main**
If you buy Reversi, I'll
play another game with you.
**[23:19] Main**
Four large silver coins!
**[23:21] Main**
Considering it just costs five small
silvers, I just made eight times more!
**[23:24] Main**
You should always take as much money
**[23:26] Main**
as you can from wherever you can
when the opportunity shows itself!
**[23:32] Ferdinand**
I still don't understand.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Namino Ryo
# E29 - The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
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**[00:00] Narrator**
* Main is ordered to become*
* Karstedt's adoptive daughter.*
**[00:05] Main**
I can't!
**[00:07] Main**
I don't want to be apart
from my family any longer.
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
The enrollment age for the
Royal Academy is ten.
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
Until then, have your family
spoil you as much as you'd like.
**[00:16] Narrator**
*But meanwhile...*
**[00:19] Wolf**
You still can't find that child?
**[00:25] Wolf**
Where the hell is she hiding?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Twenty-Nine The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
**[02:25] Main**
* Starting today, I have a knight*
* as my bodyguard.*
**[02:34] Main**
This is Sir Damuel.
**[02:36] Main**
These are my attendants Fran,
Gil, Rosina, and Delia.
**[02:42] Fran, Gil, Rosina & Delia**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[02:44] Damuel**
I'm Damuel. It is a pleasure to meet you.
**[02:47] Delia**
Since you're a knight and a bodyguard,
are you an upper-class noble?
**[02:52] Delia**
I'm very happy to become
acquainted with one.
**[02:55] Damuel**
Unfortunately, I'm a lesser noble.
**[02:58] Damuel**
But I plan to do my job as
her bodyguard well.
**[03:08] Lutz**
A knight?! That's awesome!
**[03:10] Tuuli**
A noble is Main's bodyguard?!
**[03:14] Damuel**
Yes... I'm Damuel.
**[03:17] Damuel**
It's a pleasure.
**[03:18] Lutz & Tuuli**
It's a pleasure to meet you!
**[03:21] Lutz**
Okay, I'm gonna head to the workshop.
**[03:23] Tuuli**
And I'll head to the cathedral classroom.
**[03:27] Main**
* Tuuli is currently working very*
* hard to learn how to read and write.*
**[03:37] Damuel**
I'm so used to having other nobles look
down on me, so I panicked a little.
**[03:43] Main**
* If I'm adopted by a noble, this is*
* the world I'll have to live in.*
**[03:49] Damuel**
What are you going to do,
Apprentice Priestess?
**[03:53] Main**
What else?
**[03:54] Main**
I'm going to the library!
**[03:56] Main**
Now that I have a bodyguard,
I got permission to move about!
**[04:01] Main**
Yahoo!
**[04:05] Fran**
Lady Main, the library is cold,
**[04:08] Fran**
so if you are there for a long period
of time, it may affect your health.
**[04:11] Main**
D'oh.
**[04:14] Damuel**
Then perhaps all we need to do
is ask Lord Ferdinand
**[04:18] Damuel**
if she can bring books into her own room?
**[04:21] Fran**
I see.
**[04:23] Damuel**
Er, I didn't mean to
overstep my boundaries.
**[04:28] Damuel**
My apologies.
**[04:29] Fran**
No, you are absolutely
correct, Sir Damuel.
**[04:40] Main**
Damuel fit right in with
everyone else in no time.
**[04:45] Jenni**
The high priest has departed to the
palace for the Dedication Ceremony.
**[04:48] Delia**
In that case, please tell him that
Main now has a new bodyguard.
**[04:54] Delia**
Though even if he is a bodyguard,
he's of low standing,
**[04:57] Delia**
and can't seem to do anything
other than awkwardly laugh.
**[05:01] Voice**
Jenni!
**[05:03] Jenni**
Sorry, I've got to go.
**[05:05] Delia**
Jenni! Make sure you tell the high
priest I came by to report to him...
**[05:11] Delia**
Ugh! I came all this way and
don't even get a reward!
**[05:24] Arno**
The room where the Dedication Ceremony
**[05:27] Arno**
will take place is in the deepest
part of the nobles' quarter.
**[05:37] Main**
The high priest...
**[06:05] Main**
By the way, Head Priest,
**[06:07] Main**
just what kind of ritual is
the Dedication Ceremony?
**[06:10] Ferdinand**
The Dedication Ceremony is the most
important ritual among the cathedral's events.
**[06:16] Ferdinand**
You will take the small grail you received
at the Harvest Festival and fill it with mana.
**[06:21] Ferdinand**
This will determine how much
harvest we will have.
**[06:24] Main**
How much harvest we have?!
**[06:26] Main**
I'll do my best!
**[06:30] Ferdinand**
We are the ones who offer prayers and
gratitude to the Gods who created this world.
**[06:37] Main**
The King and Queen Gods that
rule upon the sky so high
**[06:41] Main**
are the Gods of Darkness and
Light, husband and wife.
**[06:44] Ferdinand**
The Eternal Five that
rule upon this land...
**[06:49] Main**
The Goddess of Water, Fruhtrane.
**[06:51] Main**
The God of Fire, Leidenschaft.
**[06:54] Ferdinand**
The Goddess of Wind, Schutzaria.
**[06:56] Ferdinand**
The Goddess of Earth, Geduldh.
**[06:59] Main**
The God of Life, Ewigleben.
**[07:02] Main**
We show our respect to the Gods
who give all life their blessings...
**[07:08] Main & Ferdinand**
...and repay them for
their divine blessings.
**[07:18] Ferdinand**
Main, that is enough.
**[07:26] Ferdinand**
That was more than anticipated.
**[07:28] Main**
They're red now.
**[07:30] Ferdinand**
This will do for today.
**[07:33] Main**
We have to fill all of those ourselves?
**[07:37] Ferdinand**
Yes.
**[07:38] Ferdinand**
Even though I have business
in the nobles' district.
**[07:42] Main**
Wouldn't it be easier if all the
**[07:44] Main**
blue-robed priests just went "Bam!"
and all contributed at once?
**[07:50] Ferdinand**
The difference is mana is too great.
**[07:53] Ferdinand**
Though their mana flows easier
when we say the prayer together,
**[07:57] Ferdinand**
if they are influenced by
how much mana you release,
**[08:00] Ferdinand**
they will not last physically.
**[08:02] Main**
Oh...
**[08:04] Ferdinand**
You are the only one who can
participate in this ritual with me.
**[08:15] Main**
This is going to take forever.
**[08:20] Ferdinand & Main**
We are the ones who offer prayers and
gratitude to the Gods who created this world.
**[08:29] High Priest**
You seem to be praying really hard.
**[08:35] Ferdinand**
High Priest.
**[08:45] Ferdinand**
What brings you here?
**[08:54] High Priest**
Main, offer some of your
mana into these, as well.
**[08:58] Main**
Huh?
**[08:59] High Priest**
This is a request from the lord.
**[09:03] High Priest**
Are you saying you can follow
the orders of the head priest,
**[09:05] High Priest**
but not my orders as the high priest?
**[09:14] Main**
I would be honored.
**[09:17] High Priest**
Do not forget those words.
**[09:31] Ferdinand**
I was nervous that you
might lose control again.
**[09:36] Main**
Well, I've grown, so...
**[09:43] Ferdinand**
I do not believe that filling these
grails is an order from the lord.
**[09:47] Main**
Huh?
**[09:48] Ferdinand**
I'll ask the lord and see for myself.
**[09:51] Ferdinand**
But you should continue to be obedient
**[09:53] Ferdinand**
to let the high priest believe
he has the upper hand.
**[09:56] Ferdinand**
Can I rely on you?
**[09:58] Main**
I don't mind making you look
good every once in a while.
**[10:04] Main**
* And so, the Dedication Ceremony*
* ended without issue.*
**[10:08] Main**
* At the end of winter, Rosina had*
* her coming-of-age ceremony*
**[10:13] Main**
*and we all celebrated.*
**[10:25] Damuel**
This smell is definitely something...
**[10:26] Main**
Welcome to our parts.
**[10:28] Fran**
You'll just have to get used to it.
**[10:30] Main**
This is the assignment the
head priest gave you, right?
**[10:35] Main**
If you're going to be my bodyguard,
**[10:37] Main**
we'll be coming down here
every now and then.
**[10:42] Damuel**
What a rather difficult assignment.
**[10:45] Mark**
Sir, Lady Main has arrived.
**[11:02] Johann**
What do you think?
**[11:09] Main**
*The most important thing...*
**[11:10] Main**
* is that these letter types are*
* all the same size and height...*
**[11:15] Boss**
What do you think, little lady?
**[11:17] Boss**
Is this what you wanted?
**[11:25] Main**
They're wonderful! Truly Gutenberg!
**[11:28] Boss and Johann**
Huh?
**[11:30] Main**
I give you the title of Gutenberg, Johann!
**[11:34] Johann**
Guten...?
**[11:36] Lutz**
Main, calm down.
**[11:37] Main**
No, you need to be more excited, Lutz!
**[11:40] Main**
Gutenberg's first name is Johannes,
and we have Johann here!
**[11:43] Main**
What a lovely coincidence! Truly a miracle!
**[11:49] Main**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[11:51] Boss**
So what's this Gutenwhatsit?
**[11:54] Main**
A great person who caused a huge turning point
in the history of books. He's basically a god!
**[11:58] Main**
He's absolutely amazing!
**[12:00] Main**
Johann... no.
**[12:02] Main**
Everyone involved with
bookmaking is Gutenberg!
**[12:06] Main**
We're all in this together!
**[12:08] Benno**
Well, I want no part of this.
**[12:10] Main**
I offer the Goddess of Wisdom,
Mestionora, my thanks.
**[12:15] Fran**
Lady Main!
**[12:19] Damuel**
* I think... I might actually*
* be executed this time.*
**[12:22] Lutz**
Main, are you okay?
**[12:23] ---**
Lady Main!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:43] Main**
Head Priest, the snow is starting to melt,
**[12:46] Main**
so I'd like to go home sometime soon.
**[13:00] Ferdinand**
I actually received word
that Wolf has died.
**[13:03] Main**
Huh?
**[13:07] Ferdinand**
We found out just when I had asked Karstedt
to look into who Wolf's client was.
**[13:15] Main**
So some noble is behind this?
**[13:18] Ferdinand**
It would seem so.
**[13:21] Main**
And they're after...
**[13:23] Main**
me?
**[13:25] Ferdinand**
Give this to your family for me.
**[13:31] Main**
Head Priest, this is...
**[13:35] Ferdinand**
I'm counting on you.
**[13:39] Main**
As you wish...
**[13:49] Ferdinand**
For her safety,
**[13:51] Ferdinand**
we'll be keeping Main at the cathedral
until the Spring Prayer is done.
**[13:55] Gunther**
But our agreement was to only
keep her through the winter.
**[14:00] Gunther**
I can't agree to this.
**[14:02] Ferdinand**
Right now is the most dangerous time.
**[14:05] Ferdinand**
This would be the worst time
for Main to get kidnapped.
**[14:09] Gunther**
Kidnapped?
**[14:11] Ferdinand**
Main's mana was far greater
than I had anticipated.
**[14:14] Ferdinand**
It is essential for this
city that lacks mana,
**[14:18] Ferdinand**
but there are nobles who will resent her.
**[14:21] Gunther**
And you're saying a noble is after Main?
**[14:23] Ferdinand**
Yes. Whether it be from this domain or
another is something I'm uncertain of for now.
**[14:29] Ferdinand**
That's why I've had the lord and the knights
limit how often the nobles can move about.
**[14:36] Ferdinand**
There should've been a change regarding
nobles entering and exiting the gate as well.
**[14:40] Gunther**
Yes, I'm aware of it.
**[14:43] Gunther**
That was for Main?
**[14:45] Ferdinand**
Yes.
**[14:47] Gunther**
Why would you go that far?
**[14:49] Ferdinand**
I told you.
**[14:50] Ferdinand**
We need Main's mana.
**[14:54] Gunther**
Her mana?
**[14:58] Ferdinand**
On that note, I'd like to
discuss something with you.
**[15:00] Ferdinand**
Once Main turns ten, I will
have her adopted by a noble.
**[15:04] Gunther**
Adopted by a noble?!
**[15:06] Ferdinand**
This has already been decided.
**[15:08] Ferdinand**
Main's mana is unbelievably great.
**[15:12] Ferdinand**
But if she can't control it, she is a
danger to herself and those around her.
**[15:17] Ferdinand**
If she is deemed dangerous,
Main will be dealt with.
**[15:21] Gunther**
Dealt with?!
**[15:23] Ferdinand**
It's only natural to eliminate something
dangerous in order to protect the city.
**[15:28] Ferdinand**
You are a soldier. I'm sure that idea
isn't foreign to you, Gunther.
**[15:34] Ferdinand**
In order to keep that from happening, she
needs to learn how to control her mana.
**[15:40] Ferdinand**
That is why she will be adopted.
**[15:43] Ferdinand**
Until she's ten years old and can
enroll in the Royal Academy...
**[15:46] Ferdinand**
she may spend time with her family.
**[15:49] Ferdinand**
But once she turns ten, she will either
be adopted by a noble, or executed.
**[15:53] Ferdinand**
Those are the only options.
**[15:56] Ferdinand**
The noble is one I'm well-acquainted with.
**[16:00] Ferdinand**
I will make sure she is treated well.
**[16:02] Ferdinand**
That I can promise.
**[16:07] Ferdinand**
This is to protect your daughter.
**[16:12] Eva**
All right. We will leave
Main in your hands.
**[16:17] Gunther**
Effa!
**[16:18] Eva**
When it was first decided that Main
would stay at the cathedral,
**[16:21] Eva**
I didn't think that would be
possible due to how weak Main is.
**[16:26] Eva**
But Tuuli had informed me that Main
was doing well thanks to all of you.
**[16:33] Eva**
I'm sure it's all because of your
consideration, Head Priest.
**[16:37] Eva**
Head Priest, please continue
to look after Main.
**[16:42] Gunther**
But her getting adopted is just...
**[16:44] Eva**
There are even dapla apprentices
that leave their homes at ten.
**[16:49] Eva**
I'd prefer that to Main losing her life.
**[16:56] Gunther**
True...
**[17:08] Main**
I don't want to turn ten.
**[17:32] Rosina**
The preparations for the Spring
Prayer aren't even done yet.
**[17:36] Delia**
Ugh. Where could she have gone to?
**[17:39] Delia**
Lady Main!
**[17:45] Main**
Next, I want a printing press.
**[17:48] Lutz**
And how are you going to
make a printing press?
**[17:51] Main**
I'm planning on modifying
a regular press.
**[17:56] Damuel**
*Observing her this closely...*
**[17:58] Damuel**
I can definitely tell that the
apprentice priestess is unique.
**[18:01] Damuel**
If she wants to live in peace.
**[18:04] Damuel**
being under Lord Karstedt's
protection is probably the best.
**[18:08] Ferdinand**
Oh? You're defending Main now, too?
**[18:13] Ferdinand**
Looks like you're getting used
to Main and the cathedral.
**[18:18] Damuel**
Even now, I think it would've been better
if Schicicoza was not her guard.
**[18:24] Damuel**
Because of that incident, I was demoted,
**[18:27] Damuel**
and my engagement was called off.
**[18:31] Ferdinand**
It is incorrect for you to assume that you
were punished because of Schicicoza.
**[18:36] Damuel**
Huh?
**[18:38] Ferdinand**
You have your own crimes.
**[18:42] Ferdinand**
Damuel, you should have
immediately cast "rot."
**[18:46] Damuel**
Rot?
**[18:48] Ferdinand**
When things are out of your control, you need to cast rot so that others know.
**[18:53] Ferdinand**
If you had been guarding an upper-class noble,
or a princess from another domain,
**[18:56] Ferdinand**
that is what you would've done.
**[18:58] Ferdinand**
Am I wrong?
**[19:00] Ferdinand**
Before falling to the threats
of a middle-class noble,
**[19:03] Ferdinand**
you should asked for help from
someone of higher rank.
**[19:07] Ferdinand**
Not only did you fail at that,
you failed your mission.
**[19:10] Ferdinand**
Lamenting, "Oh, woe is me," regarding
this is also one off your crimes.
**[19:15] Ferdinand**
You fool.
**[19:18] Ferdinand**
There are some unsettling rumors
surrounding the Spring Prayer.
**[19:22] Ferdinand**
Know that any bizarre
**[19:24] Ferdinand**
sense of pride, or obsequious words
or actions, will do you no good.
**[19:28] Damuel**
Yes, sir. This time, I will not fail in
protecting the apprentice priestess.
**[19:36] Main**
What? The high priest isn't
going to the Spring Prayer?
**[19:41] Ferdinand**
Unlike the Harvest Festival,
there will be no donations.
**[19:46] Main**
* So the fact that he's making me*
* go to a ritual without donations*
**[19:49] Main**
*is definitely harassment.*
**[19:51] Ferdinand**
And who will be accompanying you?
**[19:55] Main**
Fran, Rosina, Hugo, and Ella.
**[19:59] Ferdinand**
So four, then.
**[20:01] Main**
Um, Head Priest.
**[20:03] Main**
We'll be going around for ten days
for the Spring Prayer, right?
**[20:07] Main**
I'm pretty sure I'm going
to get sick at some point.
**[20:11] Ferdinand**
Hm. You will probably
need a lot of medicine.
**[20:14] Main**
*That super-gross medicine...*
**[20:17] Main**
Couldn't you at least do
something about the taste?
**[20:21] Ferdinand**
You seem to feel very strongly about this.
**[20:24] Ferdinand**
I'll give it some thought.
**[20:27] Main**
Thank you very much.
**[20:29] Ferdinand**
Also, just in case...
**[20:32] Ferdinand**
Wear these.
**[20:36] Main**
* And then, the morning of*
* the Spring Prayer...*
**[20:42] Ferdinand**
I hate to say this...
**[20:46] Ferdinand**
But more people will be accompanying you.
**[20:53] Main**
Lord Karstedt.
**[21:00] Main**
* Have I ever seen this*
* blue-robed priest before?*
**[21:05] Sylvester**
You're so puny. Has her
baptism actually happened?
**[21:15] Sylvester**
Squeak "pwee" for me.
**[21:18] Main**
Sorry, what?
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Spring Prayer
**[22:57] Main**
Mister Benno, I'll buy you a souvenir
during the Spring Prayer,
**[23:00] Main**
so look forward to it.
**[23:02] Benno**
I'm more concerned about the restaurant.
**[23:04] Benno**
It's almost finished, but
you haven't shown up once.
**[23:08] Main**
Well, I'm busy.
**[23:10] Benno**
Whatever. Help me come up with ways of
avoiding any dine-and-dashers and theft.
**[23:14] Main**
In that case...
***SIGN*** No referral, no entry
**[23:16] Main**
make it so no one can come
without a referral.
**[23:18] Benno**
A... referral?
**[23:20] Main**
It's a kind of invitation.
**[23:22] Main**
If someone who was invited causes an issue,
**[23:25] Main**
the one who invited them
will take responsibility.
**[23:30] Benno**
You're sounding more and more
like a merchant every day.
**[23:32] Main**
I finally got some praise!
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Moto Naoko
# E30 - Spring Prayer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX0X9P/spring-prayer)
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**[00:01] Narrator**
* The fact that there are those after Main*
* and her strong mana has come to light.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
Main's mana is unbelievably great.
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
But if she can't control it, she is a
danger to herself and those around her.
**[00:15] Ferdinand**
If she is deemed dangerous,
Main will be dealt with.
**[00:19] Narrator**
* Meanwhile, a blue-robed priest*
* she had never seen before*
**[00:23] Narrator**
* appeared before her as she gets ready*
* to head to the Spring Prayer.*
**[00:26] Sylvester**
Squeak "pwee" for me.
**[00:32] Sylvester**
Well? Go on! Squeak.
**[00:34] Sylvester**
Go on, go on.
**[00:36] Ferdinand**
Clearly, he has a terrible personality.
**[00:39] Ferdinand**
Just go ahead and humor him.
**[00:43] Main**
Pwee!
**[00:44] Sylvester**
Excellent.
**[00:45] Sylvester**
Now, keep squeaking!
**[00:47] Main**
Pwee! Pwee! Pwee...
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirty Spring Prayer
**[02:32] Ferdinand**
Sylvester.
**[02:33] Sylvester**
Come on, come on...
**[02:34] Ferdinand**
Main is weak. If you tease
her too much, she will die.
**[02:42] Sylvester**
What's this supposed to be?
**[02:44] Main**
Please give that back!
**[02:44] Sylvester**
Whoa, there.
**[02:46] Main**
Give it back... please!
**[02:48] Main**
Come on... I asked you to give that back.
**[02:52] Main**
That's the hair stick that Mom,
Dad, and Tuuli made for me!
**[02:57] Main**
I hate guys like this!
**[03:04] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess!
**[03:12] Sylvester**
Hey, I was just teasing her a bit.
**[03:15] Ferdinand**
You can get it back in
your hair, can't you?
**[03:17] Main**
Yes. Thank you kindly.
**[03:20] Karstedt**
Go play with Damuel instead of Main.
He won't break as easily.
**[03:22] Ferdinand**
That's how Sylvester is with everyone.
Don't let it get to you.
**[03:25] Sylvester**
Oh, fine.
**[03:26] Sylvester**
Want to play, Damuel?
**[03:29] Damuel**
Um, please, no!
**[03:33] Ferdinand**
Hm... This should do.
**[03:35] Karstedt**
Then let us go.
**[03:38] Ferdinand**
Damuel, pick Main up.
**[03:40] Ferdinand**
Sylvester and Karstedt,
I need you to carry these.
**[03:46] Main**
Sir Damuel, I'd like you to keep some
distance from that blue-robed priest.
**[03:53] Damuel**
I wholeheartedly agree with you.
**[03:58] Ferdinand**
Karstedt will lead.
**[04:01] Ferdinand**
Sylvester and I will be in the back,
putting Main and Damuel in the middle.
**[04:26] Main**
* That's Fran and the others*
* who left earlier.*
**[04:29] Main**
*I wonder if we're going to the winter estate*
**[04:31] Main**
* that's in the farming village*
* closest to the south gate.*
**[04:46] Sylvester**
Move!
**[04:48] ---**
What the?!
**[04:58] Villager**
Wow!
**[05:06] Villager B**
So cool!
**[05:07] Main**
Is the Spring Prayer an event where priests
show off various tricks for the farmers?
**[05:12] Karstedt**
You don't need to learn anything from him.
**[05:17] Ferdinand**
We will now begin the Spring Prayer.
**[05:19] Ferdinand**
Mayors, come forth.
**[05:32] Main**
Goddess of Water, who brings upon
healing and change, Fruhtrane,
**[05:37] Main**
and the twelve kindred
goddesses at her side...
**[05:40] Main**
The God of Life, Ewigleben,
has freed thine sister,
**[05:45] Main**
the Goddess of Earth, Geduldh. Now,
aid her in bringing new life upon this land.
**[05:54] Main**
We offer you an invigorating song of joy.
**[05:59] Main**
We offer you our prayers and gratitude,
**[06:01] Main**
and ask for your pure protection in return.
**[06:03] Main**
May you bless all of the life
upon this land with happiness.
**[06:16] Main**
*It's green.*
**[06:17] Villagers**
We offer the Goddess of Earth, Geduldh,
and the Goddess of Water, Fruhtrane,
**[06:21] Villagers**
our prayers and gratitude!
**[06:25] Ferdinand**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[06:27] Villagers**
We offer the gods our prayers!
**[06:29] Ferdinand**
Thus ends the Spring Prayer.
**[06:32] Ferdinand**
Follow the will of the gods and live
righteously along with the bounty of new life.
**[06:37] Ferdinand**
We offer you the gods' blessings.
**[06:55] Main**
Where are we?
**[06:58] Ferdinand**
This is Baron Blon's summer estate.
**[07:01] Main**
Nobles who have been put in charge of
watching over farming villages by the lord
**[07:04] Main**
spend their time living in the
estates in the farming villages
**[07:06] Main**
from the Spring Prayer to
the Harvest Festival.
***SIGN*** Taxes
**[07:09] Main**
In the winter, they return to the nobles'
district and give their yearly reports and taxes.
**[07:14] Main**
So, going around to the farming villages
and interacting with the farmers
**[07:19] Main**
during the Spring Prayer is very important.
**[07:21] Ferdinand**
That building there is where the nobles live,
and the annex is where we priests will stay.
**[07:28] Ferdinand**
Arno should have already
gone by to have it opened.
**[07:33] Arno**
Welcome back.
**[07:39] Arno**
I would like to get dinner started,
but there are only two dining halls.
**[07:44] Arno**
What would you like to do?
**[07:46] Ferdinand**
We can all eat together in
the larger dining hall.
**[07:50] Ferdinand**
Just make sure that Main and Sylvester
are seated away from each other.
**[07:54] Arno**
As you wish.
**[07:56] Ferdinand**
All of you should get properly dressed
and meet in the dining hall.
**[08:01] Rosina**
Welcome back, Lady Main.
**[08:04] Rosina**
First, let us get you changed.
**[08:11] Main**
I feel alive again.
**[08:17] Rosina**
You look beautiful, Lady Main.
**[08:19] Main**
Thank you.
**[08:21] Rosina**
Hugo and Ella were working
very hard on your meal.
**[08:25] Main**
Wait, why?
**[08:26] Rosina**
They didn't want to be
outdone by another chef.
**[08:31] Main**
That just means I need to
work harder, as well.
**[08:35] Karstedt**
Ah...
**[08:36] Karstedt**
Once you're properly dressed, you actually
look no different than a noble lady.
**[08:40] Main**
You are far too kind, Lord Karstedt.
**[08:43] Ferdinand**
You have become far more
refined during the winter.
**[08:46] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[08:48] Ferdinand**
Though I see that you still wear
your heart on your sleeve.
**[08:52] Main**
You always give too much praise and
critique at once, Head Priest!
**[08:58] Ferdinand**
Oh mighty King and Queen
of the endless skies...
**[09:00] Ferdinand**
who doth grace us with thousands
upon thousands of lives to consume,
**[09:07] Ferdinand**
O mighty Eternal Five who
rule the mortal realm,
**[09:12] Ferdinand**
I offer thanks and prayers to thee, and do
take part in the meal so graciously provided.
**[09:18] Sylvester**
Mmm... This smells great.
**[09:22] Sylvester**
Why are you the only one
with a different meal?
**[09:25] Main**
Fran, do you know?
**[09:27] Fran**
Because someone else prepared your food.
**[09:30] Main**
Because I had someone else prepare my food.
**[09:32] Main**
They're using the smaller
kitchen to prepare it.
**[09:37] Main**
My chef is extremely talented.
**[09:42] Sylvester**
Wh-Why are you eating?!
**[09:43] Main**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[09:45] Ferdinand**
Sylvester was interested
in your food, Main.
**[09:49] Main**
What? That's what he meant
by it smells good?
**[09:53] Main**
How was I supposed to know that?
**[09:57] Main**
I wouldn't mind giving you half.
**[09:59] Sylvester**
H-Half?!
**[10:01] Main**
You can't possibly be suggesting that you
wanted to take all of a poor commoner's meal...
**[10:09] Sylvester**
Half will do just fine.
**[10:16] Main**
Now, if you'll please excuse me.
**[10:19] Main**
Gentlemen, please enjoy
the rest of your meal.
**[10:22] Sylvester**
Main, wait.
**[10:24] Sylvester**
Let us talk about trading chefs.
**[10:31] Main**
Lord Sylvester,
**[10:32] Main**
they are chefs who we're borrowing
from someplace else.
**[10:36] Main**
I cannot make any decisions
regarding this trade.
**[10:39] Sylvester**
Then I will negotiate with
whoever they work for.
**[10:41] ---**
Who is it?
**[10:42] Main**
Lord Sylvester, merchants
can't say "no" to nobles.
**[10:46] Main**
That would end up being an order.
**[10:49] Sylvester**
I see.
**[10:51] Main**
They are going to be the chefs of a
restaurant that will be opening soon.
**[10:55] Sylvester**
Ah, a restaurant?
**[10:57] Main**
Preparing to open the restaurant and properly
**[11:00] Main**
training the chefs involves a lot
of money and people.
**[11:03] Main**
If you enjoyed their food,
**[11:05] Main**
please consider becoming a
patron of that restaurant.
**[11:11] Sylvester**
Very well. I'll do just that.
**[11:14] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[11:17] Main**
*For the rest of the night,*
**[11:18] Main**
*we played the harspiel, and...*
**[11:22] Karstedt**
Since everyone is showcasing their
talents, allow me to show you mine.
**[11:34] Main**
* ...we also saw a sword dance.*
* It was a very long night.*
**[11:39] Sylvester**
That was cool, wasn't it? Now, praise me.
**[11:42] Main**
It was lovely...
**[11:44] Sylvester**
You didn't actually mean that. Try again.
**[11:48] Main**
* I was forced to to praise him over again*
* three times, and I became exhausted.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:03] Main**
* The next day, we handed*
* over a small holy grail*
**[12:06] Main**
* that we'd poured our mana into*
* at the Dedication Ceremony.*
**[12:08] Main**
* After that, we went around to five*
* different winter estates in a day.*
**[12:13] Main**
* Then the next day, and the day after that,*
* we continued to go to winter estates.*
**[12:17] Ferdinand**
We'll be going to see Viscount Gerlach next,
but we'll be heading to him by carriage.
**[12:22] Main**
What? A carriage?
**[12:23] Ferdinand**
Let us regroup with the others.
**[12:31] Ferdinand**
Main, use this to hide your face.
**[12:34] Ferdinand**
Viscount Gerlach is quite interested in you.
**[12:39] Ferdinand**
He wanted you to stop by
during the Spring Prayer.
**[12:43] Ferdinand**
He is very close with the high priest.
**[12:46] Ferdinand**
Be on your guard.
**[12:49] Main**
*So that's what he meant.*
**[12:54] Viscount Gerlach**
Ah, thank you for coming all
this way, Lord Ferdinand.
**[13:00] Viscount Gerlach**
Is that the apprentice priestess
I've heard so much about?
**[13:03] Ferdinand**
Yes.
**[13:04] Viscount Gerlach**
You will be staying the night, won't you?
**[13:06] Viscount Gerlach**
We will offer you nothing but the best.
**[13:09] Ferdinand**
No, we will be staying with
Count Leisegang tonight.
**[13:14] Viscount Gerlach**
I see.
**[13:16] Viscount Gerlach**
That's too bad.
**[13:25] Main**
Head Priest...
**[13:27] Main**
I don't think I'm feeling very well.
**[13:32] Ferdinand**
Then you should go to bed early tonight.
**[13:35] Ferdinand**
I will leave the medicine
I have prepared with Fran.
**[13:38] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[13:43] Main**
* This is an attendant's*
* room, but it's very comfy.*
**[14:10] Main**
I slept so well! I feel all better!
**[14:14] Fran**
Good morning, Lady Main.
**[14:17] Fran**
This may seem sudden, but the head
priest would like to see you.
**[14:30] Ferdinand**
Bandits entered here late last night.
**[14:33] Main**
Bandits... You mean thieves?
**[14:36] Karstedt**
Not quite. We believe they
wanted to kidnap you.
**[14:40] Karstedt**
Two men snuck into my room last night.
**[14:44] Main**
* I see. Of course, they wouldn't think*
* the person they're trying to kidnap*
**[14:47] Main**
*would be in an attendant's room.*
**[14:50] Karstedt**
I tried to catch them as
soon as I saw them, but...
**[14:54] Main**
Did they get away?
**[14:56] Karstedt**
No.
**[14:57] Karstedt**
I caught one, let Lord Ferdinand handle him,
**[15:01] Karstedt**
then I went after the other one.
**[15:03] Karstedt**
He managed to get on a horse and flee.
**[15:06] Karstedt**
I was about to pursue him with my highbeast,
**[15:10] Karstedt**
but then he and the horse exploded.
**[15:16] Sylvester**
The one we captured took his own
life as Ferdinand was disarming him.
**[15:22] Main**
No...
**[15:24] Ferdinand**
We considered not telling
you about this incident,
**[15:26] Ferdinand**
but we decided it'd be best
if you knew what was going on
**[15:30] Ferdinand**
since they're after you.
**[15:32] Ferdinand**
I'm quite certain that Viscount
Gerlach is behind this.
**[15:35] Ferdinand**
Be careful, Main.
**[15:37] Main**
There's no chance that the culprit
is actually Count Leisegang?
**[15:42] Karstedt**
No. This is my mother's family home.
**[15:46] Karstedt**
They wouldn't dare try to
harm someone in my company.
**[15:56] Main**
* I ate my breakfast, though it*
* went down with difficulty,*
**[15:59] Main**
*and finished my morning and evening duties.*
**[16:05] Ferdinand**
Now, let us regroup with the carriage.
**[16:08] Main**
*It's finally over.*
**[16:12] Karstedt**
An attack!
**[16:14] Ferdinand**
We will go first.
**[16:17] Main**
Sir Damuel, let's hurry, as well!
**[16:20] Damuel**
I cannot catch up to
their speed with my mana.
**[16:23] Main**
Then go ahead and use my mana, too!
**[16:29] Damuel**
Thank you!
**[16:50] Main**
What is that black thing?
**[16:53] Damuel**
That is a God of Darkness barrier.
**[16:55] Damuel**
Mana-based attacks won't work against it.
**[16:58] Damuel**
One of the attackers must be a noble!
**[17:05] Main**
Head Priest! If mana won't
work against the carriage,
**[17:08] Main**
please use magic to blast those men away!
**[17:11] Sylvester**
Wait! They might just
be men from this domain.
**[17:15] Main**
Fran and Rosina are more important!
**[17:17] Main**
If I pray to the gods,
I can use magic, can't I?
**[17:21] Sylvester**
Stop her at once!
**[17:23] Ferdinand**
I cannot.
**[17:24] Sylvester**
What do you mean?!
**[17:25] Ferdinand**
But I can at least give her some direction.
**[17:28] Ferdinand**
Main! Pray to the wind!
**[17:41] Main**
Goddess of Wind that rules
over protection, Schutzaria,
**[17:44] Main**
and the twelve kindred
goddesses at her side...
**[17:48] Ferdinand**
Main, surround the God of Darkness barrier with
your own without letting it devour your mana.
**[17:54] Main**
Hear my prayer and grant me holy power!
**[17:59] Main**
Grant me a shield of wind that will
ward away those who wish to do us harm!
**[18:14] Man A**
What the?!
**[18:18] Karstedt**
Well done.
**[18:19] Main**
I know, right?!
**[18:21] Main**
Way to go, shield formed by the power
of the Goddess of Wind, Schutzaria!
**[18:27] Damuel**
I sensed some mana from the forest just now!
**[18:31] Ferdinand**
We will go investigate the forest.
**[18:33] Ferdinand**
Damuel, continue protecting Main in the air.
**[18:36] Damuel**
Yes, sir!
**[18:37] Sylvester**
No!
**[18:38] Main**
Huh?
**[18:48] Sylvester**
Ferdinand!
**[18:50] Sylvester**
Take this!
**[18:54] Main**
That was so scary...
**[18:56] Ferdinand**
Of course, he *would* do that.
**[18:57] Sylvester**
You stay here, Ferdinand.
**[18:59] Sylvester**
We might be dealing with
the decoy over there.
**[19:01] Ferdinand**
Understood.
**[19:02] Sylvester**
Come, Karstedt!
**[19:03] Karstedt**
Yes, sir!
**[19:06] Ferdinand**
What he did may seem violent,
but we are prioritizing your safety.
**[19:11] Main**
Huh?
**[19:12] Ferdinand**
Main, will you pray with me that
they are successful in battle?
**[19:19] Main & Ferdinand**
May the God of War Angriff, kindred of the
God of Fire, Leidenschaft, protect them.
**[19:32] Main**
It looks like a phoenix.
**[19:56] Karstedt**
Such power.
**[19:58] Main**
The carriage! Is the carriage safe?!
**[20:01] Ferdinand**
It's perfectly fine.
**[20:03] Main**
Oh, thank goodness.
**[20:06] Ferdinand**
What's the matter, Main?
**[20:07] Main**
Head Priest, I'm out of mana.
**[20:10] Ferdinand**
You're out of mana?
**[20:19] Rosina**
Lady Main, are you awake?
**[20:22] Main**
Rosina...
**[20:24] Rosina**
You mustn't move too suddenly.
**[20:26] Rosina**
You must have pushed yourself rather hard.
**[20:28] Main**
Is everyone okay?
**[20:30] Rosina**
Yes. Everyone is fine.
**[20:32] Main**
Thank goodness...
**[20:37] Main**
* By the time I woke up again, the head*
* priest had brought me my medicine.*
**[20:43] Ferdinand**
Drink this.
**[20:46] Main**
*He said he'd work on the flavor,*
**[20:48] Main**
*but it was still absolutely awful.*
**[20:51] Main**
From what I heard later, apparently they
didn't know who set up the dark barrier.
**[20:57] Main**
Mostly because Lord Karstedt's attack
turned everything in the area to dust.
**[21:03] Main**
Was that because of our prayers?
**[21:06] Ferdinand**
It may be.
**[21:08] Ferdinand**
Don't talk about it unless you are asked.
**[21:11] Main**
Okay...
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Gift from the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home
**[22:50] Ferdinand**
You do far too many things
that put you in danger.
**[22:54] Ferdinand**
You had magical items with you this time,
so when we offered our prayers to the gods,
**[22:58] Ferdinand**
a spell activated.
**[23:00] Ferdinand**
If you had lacked magical items,
**[23:01] Ferdinand**
your mana would've lost control
and you would've died.
**[23:03] Main**
What?!
**[23:04] Main**
Wait, didn't we do this all before?
**[23:07] Ferdinand**
I'll say it as many times as needed.
**[23:09] Ferdinand**
If your mana leaks out of your body
until it begins to flow out all at once,
**[23:13] Ferdinand**
your body, the vessel, cannot sustain itself.
**[23:16] Ferdinand**
Your skin will start to bubble,
**[23:19] Ferdinand**
much like when you boil water.
**[23:21] Ferdinand**
Once your skin can no longer hold it
in, it'll burst, and your flesh—
**[23:26] Main**
I can't hear you! I don't want to hear it!
**[23:30] Ferdinand**
Hey! I wasn't done talking!
**[23:31] Main**
I'm sorry! I'll never do it again!
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Gilse
# E31 - Gift from the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home
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**[00:01] Narrator**
*Toward the end of the Spring Prayer,*
**[00:03] Narrator**
*Main and her companions were attacked.*
**[00:14] Ferdinand**
Over half of the people who
attacked the carriage
**[00:17] Ferdinand**
were not farmers from Ehrenfest.
**[00:21] Main**
But then who...
**[00:26] Ferdinand**
Viscount Gerlach's land
connects to other domains.
**[00:33] Ferdinand**
Erecting a God of Darkness
barrier around the carriage
**[00:35] Ferdinand**
would require a decent amount of mana.
**[00:39] Ferdinand**
Perhaps they are middle-class...
**[00:41] Ferdinand**
but there is definitely
a noble leading this.
**[00:44] Main**
And you think it's a noble
from another domain.
**[00:49] Ferdinand**
There is someone else who carried this out.
**(Flashback) [00:54] Damuel**
I sensed some mana from
the forest just now!
**[00:58] Ferdinand**
Considering Damuel sensed
mana back there...
**[01:02] Ferdinand**
They must be Devouring soldiers.
**[01:04] Main**
Devouring... soldiers?!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirty-One The Gift from the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home
**[03:04] Gil**
Welcome back, Lady Main.
**[03:06] Main**
Thanks for watching over the place, Gil.
**[03:10] Delia**
I'll get your bath ready immediately.
**[03:12] Main**
Thank you, Delia.
**[03:14] Fran**
Lady Main.
**[03:16] Rosina**
Please let us thank you.
**[03:18] Main**
Why are you being so formal?
**[03:21] Fran**
If you were to measure the worth of
farmers and gray-robed priests,
**[03:25] Fran**
the ones who would be considered
more important are the farmers
**[03:27] Fran**
because of their crops and taxes.
**[03:32] Rosina**
And yet, you saved us, Lady Main.
**[03:36] Fran**
We were able to live a bit longer
because of you, Lady Main.
**[03:40] Fran & Rosina**
Thank you kindly.
**[03:45] Main**
* During the Spring Prayer, Nicola and*
* Monika got put in the kitchen,*
**[03:49] Main**
* and ended up helping Hugo and Ella,*
* which livened up the kitchen a bit.*
**[03:58] Main**
Head Priest, I'm here because
I am told that you summoned me.
**[04:03] Main**
Lord Sylvester.
**[04:08] Ferdinand**
Have a seat.
**[04:10] Main**
All right.
**[04:11] Sylvester**
Main.
**[04:12] Sylvester**
You're going to be my guide.
**[04:15] Sylvester**
It'll make it easier to look around.
**[04:19] Main**
Um... A guide to what, exactly?
**[04:23] Sylvester**
First, the orphanage. Next, the workshop.
**[04:27] Sylvester**
I'll have to look at the forest
the orphans go to, as well.
**[04:31] Main**
Uh...
***SIGN*** Confiscation
***SIGN*** Confiscation
**[04:34] Sylvester**
How dare you work those orphans
for your own desires?
**[04:41] Main**
Please just don't go confiscating anything!
**[04:45] Ferdinand**
Don't worry, Main.
**[04:47] Ferdinand**
I will also be accompanying you
to the orphanage and workshop.
**[04:54] Ferdinand**
I knew I'd have to see them one day.
**[05:06] Sylvester**
I figured it be messier than this,
but it's surprisingly clean.
**[05:10] Main**
Head Priest, Lord Sylvester,
this is my attendant, Wilma,
**[05:15] Main**
who also manages the orphanage and takes
care of the children who haven't been baptized yet.
**[05:22] Wilma**
Thank you for visiting our humble orphanage.
**[05:24] Wilma**
We are truly honored by your visit.
**[05:28] Ferdinand**
Ah... The attendant who created
those magnificent drawings.
**[05:33] Ferdinand**
Continue your good work.
**[05:35] Wilma**
Th-Thank you very much...
**[05:39] Sylvester**
Main.
**[05:40] Sylvester**
What is this?
**[05:42] Main**
Those are game cards called karuta.
**[05:43] Ferdinand**
You have not told me about those.
**[05:45] Main**
They are not for sale, so
I did not report them to you.
**[05:49] Ferdinand**
Is that the truth?
**[05:51] Main**
Yes.
**[05:52] Main**
I gave Mister Benno the rights,
**[05:54] Main**
but we'd have to draw pictures
for every single card,
**[05:57] Main**
so they can't be mass-produced.
**[05:59] Ferdinand**
Hm...
**[06:01] Ferdinand**
Then why did you make them?
**[06:03] Main**
So that my attendants can
learn the alphabet.
**[06:07] Main**
I had a set made for the orphanage
at the workshop at the same time.
**[06:11] Sylvester**
Did you also make this so they
could learn the alphabet?
**[06:14] Main**
Yes!
**[06:15] Main**
We're trapped indoors during the
winter with nothing to do,
**[06:18] Main**
so I made sure they had books to read, or
could play games with karuta or playing cards,
**[06:22] Main**
and now they can read and write.
**[06:25] Main**
They can even do a little arithmetic.
**[06:29] Main**
I had read the scriptures so
that I could make these picture books,
**[06:33] Main**
and thanks to them, I was able to learn the
names of the gods and the divine instruments.
**[06:36] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[06:37] Main**
Yes, Head Priest?
**[06:45] Ferdinand**
We can discuss this later.
**[06:55] Sylvester**
Main, where do you make the toys?
**[06:59] Main**
Toys are made by hand in the winter.
**[07:01] Main**
The creation of paper and picture books
takes top priority at the Main Workshop.
**[07:06] Sylvester**
But the toys seem more
interesting and profitable.
**[07:08] Sylvester**
Why prioritize paper and picture books?
**[07:12] Main**
Because I want them.
**[07:16] Sylvester**
So you're doing whatever you want.
**[07:19] Main**
Really? You're going to try to scold
me about that, Lord Sylvester?
**[07:25] Ferdinand**
This doesn't change the fact that both
of you are the causes of my headaches.
**[07:31] Main**
This is Master Benno from
the Gilberta Company
**[07:35] Main**
and his dapla apprentices, Leon and Lutz.
**[07:38] Main**
They are in charge of the items created
in the Main Workshop and the restaurant.
**[07:43] Main**
Please treat them kindly.
**[07:45] Sylvester**
Oh? Lift your faces.
**[07:47] Benno**
Thank you.
**[07:57] Benno**
May we be blessed that the Goddess of
Water, Fruhtrane, guided our meeting
**[08:06] Benno**
pure and true...
**[08:09] Main**
Master... Benno?
**[08:11] Sylvester**
Benno, I'd like to talk to
you about the restaurant.
**[08:15] Sylvester**
Come.
**[08:17] Benno**
As you wish.
**[08:21] Main**
I wonder what's up with Mister Benno.
**[08:23] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[08:24] Main**
Yes?
**[08:25] Ferdinand**
What is this contraption?
**[08:28] Main**
That is the new printing press!
**[08:32] Main**
They take these metal letter
types and create sentences.
**[08:43] Gil**
Lady Main, it's done.
**[08:45] Main**
Mhm.
**[08:47] Main**
We will now print.
**[08:55] Main**
We can print many pages at once.
**[08:58] Main**
We are currently using this rubbing pad
to transfer the ink onto the paper,
**[09:01] Main**
but with an actual printing press, we'll
be able to print even more pages at once.
**[09:05] Main**
Isn't that amazing?
**[09:07] Ferdinand**
This will change history...
**[09:09] Main**
Huh?
**[09:11] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[09:13] Ferdinand**
I now have a mountain
of questions to ask you,
**[09:16] Ferdinand**
and things I'd also like to tell you.
**[09:20] Main**
* Fran should be giving him reports...*
* I wonder what he wants.*
**[09:30] Main**
Mister Benno, what did Lord
Sylvester say to you?
**[09:35] Main**
Ow! Ow!
**[09:39] Benno**
This is all your fault!
**[09:41] Benno**
Argh... Damn it!
**[09:44] Main**
What did I do?
**[09:48] Benno**
What's certain is that a hell of an
opportunity just fell in my lap.
**[09:53] Benno**
I have no idea if it's
gonna work out, though.
**[09:57] Main**
I have no idea what's going
on, but do your best...
**[10:02] Main**
Dwat huwrts...
**[10:07] Main (Narration)**
The next day,
**[10:09] Main (Narration)**
Lutz and some others led
him through the forest.
**[10:15] Main**
That's a shure!
**[10:18] Sylvester**
Amazing, isn't it?
**[10:20] Sylvester**
I hunted it down.
**[10:21] Gil**
Lord Syl was amazing back there!
**[10:24] Lutz**
Yeah! He managed to hit it in one shot,
even though it was so far away!
**[10:28] Main**
*Lord Syl, eh?*
**[10:31] Main**
*Maybe he likes kids, surprisingly.*
**[10:33] Sylvester**
Go ahead and feed that to the orphans.
**[10:36] Rico**
Yay!
**[10:38] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[10:44] Sylvester**
I hadn't had this much fun in a while.
**[10:46] Sylvester**
Main.
**[10:47] Sylvester**
This is a token of my gratitude.
**[10:51] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[10:53] Main**
Is this... a magical item?
**[10:56] Sylvester**
It is a type of one, but you won't
be able to use magic with just this.
**[11:01] Main**
Then what is it used for?
**[11:04] Sylvester**
It'll act as a protective
charm when you need it.
**[11:07] Main**
A protective charm?
**[11:09] Sylvester**
Turn around. I'll put it on you.
**[11:15] Sylvester**
Have you never received an
accessory from a man before?
**[11:19] Sylvester**
Move your hair out of the way.
**[11:22] Main**
I've had someone put a hair
accessory in my hair before.
**[11:29] Sylvester**
There.
**[11:34] Sylvester**
Make sure you keep that on
you at all times. Understand?
**[11:38] Sylvester**
If you're ever in trouble, press your
blood seal upon this black stone.
**[11:44] Main**
If I'm in trouble?
**[11:46] Sylvester**
Yes.
**[11:48] Sylvester**
I promise I'll come save you.
**[11:50] Main**
Lord Sylvester...
**[11:53] Sylvester**
Got it?
**[11:54] Main**
Ow...
**[11:55] Sylvester**
No, you're supposed to go, "Pwee."
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:19] Ferdinand**
With books made from parchment,
**[12:21] Ferdinand**
in order for a single book to be completed,
**[12:26] Ferdinand**
it takes the hard work of many
workshops and artisans.
**[12:34] Ferdinand**
But that's not the case with your book.
**[12:37] Ferdinand**
The text, pictures, and printing
can all be done in one workshop.
**[12:46] Ferdinand**
Once your printing press is complete,
**[12:48] Ferdinand**
it'll be possible to mass produce
these books in very little time.
**[12:52] Ferdinand**
Which means that everyone who
had earned a living making books
**[12:56] Ferdinand**
will not be in the same
situation any longer.
**[12:59] Main**
And that's why you said
history would change...
**[13:02] Ferdinand**
How did your world change
**[13:05] Ferdinand**
once books went into the hands
of farmers and townspeople?
**[13:12] Main**
There were instances where people
brought down the ruling class,
**[13:14] Main**
and the people started
their own government.
**[13:18] Main**
There were also leaders who
spread information beneficial
**[13:21] Main**
to their agenda in order
to incite their people.
**[13:26] Main**
But...
**[13:27] Main**
If you're asking me how things will change or
how some people may take advantage of this...
**[13:33] Main**
I don't have an answer for you.
**[13:36] Ferdinand**
It would all depend on how this is used...
**[13:40] Ferdinand**
How troublesome that we don't know
**[13:42] Ferdinand**
how this will turn out because the
effects will be too far-reaching.
**[13:45] Main**
We can't expect the same thing that
happened in my world to happen here.
**[13:49] Main**
This is a world that can't function
without nobles who can use magic.
**[13:54] Ferdinand**
It's true that it's possible
to rule with magic.
**[13:58] Ferdinand**
But there's no guarantee
of how that will play out.
**[14:01] Ferdinand**
What is certain is the pushback
from the nobles will be grand.
**[14:10] Ferdinand**
Do not print for a while.
**[14:13] Main**
Huh? But why?
**[14:15] Ferdinand**
Many households that lack wealth
make a living by copying books.
**[14:20] Ferdinand**
If your printing starts to spread, lesser
nobles will hold a grudge against you.
**[14:27] Main**
Are you saying that nobles
have a vested interest?
**[14:33] Main**
Very well. How long should I wait?
**[14:37] Ferdinand**
Until you are adopted by Karstedt.
**[14:44] Ferdinand**
If a commoner were to step into noble
territory, they would instantly be crushed.
**[14:49] Ferdinand**
But if you were a high-class noble who
received permission from the lord
**[14:53] Ferdinand**
to print for the sake of the domain,
you will not be crushed easily.
**[14:59] Main**
So two more years...
**[15:05] Ferdinand**
How about it, Main?
**[15:06] Ferdinand**
Perhaps you should let Karstedt
adopt you at once.
**[15:09] Main**
Huh?
**[15:11] Main**
N-No!
**[15:14] Ferdinand**
Are you unsure about having Karstedt
as your adoptive father?
**[15:17] Main**
Of course not.
**[15:18] Main**
I think Lord Karstedt
is a wonderful person.
**[15:22] Main**
But...
**[15:25] Main**
I'm just now realizing how much
trouble I've caused my parents
**[15:28] Main**
because books were all I had on my mind.
**[15:36] Main**
You're the one who made me realize that
I need to treasure my current family.
**[15:43] Main**
So I want to stay with my
family as long as possible!
**[15:49] Ferdinand**
If you are that determined,
my hands are tied.
**[15:53] Ferdinand**
For the next two years, just make a
few children's books here and there.
**[16:00] Main**
I understand.
**[16:04] Main**
By the way, Head Priest.
**[16:06] Main**
What is your relationship
with Lord Sylvester?
**[16:11] Ferdinand**
What do you mean?
**[16:12] Main**
You seem a bit too familiar with...
**[16:14] Main**
I mean, you two seem rather close.
**[16:19] Ferdinand**
It's better that you don't stick
your nose where it doesn't belong.
**[16:23] Main**
I see...
**[16:25] Main**
Then if you'll excuse me.
**[16:27] Ferdinand**
I'm not done talking to you yet.
**[16:29] Main**
Huh?
**[16:30] Ferdinand**
Contact your family.
**[16:33] Main**
Huh?
**[16:35] Ferdinand**
You may go home.
**[16:40] Main**
Okay!
**[16:47] Delia**
Are families that nice to have?
**[16:50] Main**
For me, I feel like I belong there.
**[16:53] Main**
It's where I'm most at ease.
**[16:55] Delia**
Huh...
**[16:58] Tuuli**
Main!
**[16:59] Gunther**
We came to get you!
**[17:03] Main**
Dad! Tuuli!
**[17:12] Fran**
See you again tomorrow, Lady Main.
**[17:15] Damuel**
Try not to go out alone.
**[17:18] Main**
Yes, I won't.
**[17:21] Main**
I'm home, Mom!
**[17:22] Eva**
Welcome home, Main.
**[17:24] Main**
Wow, you look like you're
going to pop any second.
**[17:27] Eva**
The baby is going to be here any day now.
**[17:30] Eva**
They might have been waiting
for you to get home.
**[17:34] Main**
Your big sis is home now.
**[17:37] Main**
Whoa, they kicked me.
**[17:53] Gunther**
I'll go get the midwife!
**[17:56] Tuuli**
I'll go get some water!
**[17:59] Main**
Mom, remember. Hee hee hoo. Hee hee hoo...
**[18:05] Main (Narration)**
* Once someone is in labor, women*
* from around town come to help.*
**[18:09] Main (Narration)**
* The men pluck and carve chickens, and*
* prepare for the naming ceremony.*
**[18:14] Main (Narration)**
*That seems to be the custom in this world.*
**[18:16] Main (Narration)**
* I asked Lutz to tell the church that I wouldn't*
* be able to go to the cathedral for a while.*
**[18:29] Fran**
Then I'll report that Lady Main
was holding a celebration
**[18:32] Fran**
for someone in the lower part of
the city who has helped her out.
**[18:36] Lutz**
Thanks. Also, if you could...
**[18:39] Fran**
I will not tell Delia about this.
**[18:42] Delia**
A celebration?
**[18:45] Main**
Please let them be born
without any problems.
**[18:48] Gunther**
Please be born without a problem this time.
**[18:51] Main & Gunther**
Please just be well—
**[18:54] Tuuli**
Dad! Main!
**[18:56] Tuuli**
He's born!
**[19:04] Gunther**
Effa!
**[19:05] Main**
Mom!
**[19:07] Eva**
He's a healthy baby boy.
**[19:13] Main**
What's his name? Do you
have one for him yet?
**[19:16] Gunther**
Yeah. It's Kamil.
**[19:18] Main**
Kamil...
**[19:20] Main**
Kamil... It's your big sis.
**[19:31] Main**
Oh, no! He started crying.
**[19:35] Eva**
Well, that's what babies do, dear.
**[19:39] Main**
* I'll only be able to be with Kamil*
* for the next two years.*
**[19:43] Main**
*To make sure that Kamil doesn't forget me,*
**[19:47] Main**
* I'm going to make lots and*
* lots of picture books.*
**[19:54] Jenni**
Sadly, the high priest currently
isn't here because he was invited
**[19:58] Jenni**
to visit by a giebe in the south.
**[19:59] Delia**
I see...
**[20:01] Delia**
In that case, please tell him that someone
Lady Main knows in the lower part of the city
**[20:05] Delia**
was celebrating something.
**[20:06] Jenni**
I will.
**[20:10] Jenni**
You move much more elegantly now, Delia.
**[20:14] Delia**
I'm just copying Rosina.
**[20:17] Jenni**
I see...
**[20:18] Jenni**
Is Rosina well?
**[20:21] Jenni**
This takes me back to when
I was serving Lady Christine.
**[20:25] Jenni**
Back then, I would dance every night
**[20:29] Jenni**
as Rosina played her harspiel.
**[20:31] Jenni**
Then Wilma would draw that.
**[20:33] Delia**
Rosina continues to play
her harspiel every day.
**[20:39] Jenni**
I see. So she is still
living the same life.
**[20:44] Delia**
Jenni?
**[20:46] Jenni**
Oh, I have good news, by the way.
**[20:48] Delia**
What is it?
**[20:50] Jenni**
We are going to have a visitor very soon...
**[20:54] Jenni**
And I hear that this noble
likes little children.
**[20:59] Delia**
I see. He likes little children...
**[21:02] Jenni**
Make sure you look more presentable.
**[21:04] Delia**
Thank you, Jenni.
**[21:08] Delia**
* If this noble takes a liking to me and*
* I end up as his mistress,*
**[21:12] Delia**
*I might be able to leave the cathedral.*
**[21:16] Jenni**
That noble...
**[21:18] Jenni**
Doesn't like normal children...
**[21:20] Jenni**
He's apparently looking for
a child with the Devouring.
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**[23:00] Main**
Hey, Dad.
**[23:01] Gunther**
What is it, Main?
**[23:02] Main**
You said, "Please be born without
a problem this time," right?
**[23:06] Main**
What did you mean by that?
**[23:07] Gunther**
Ah... Well, our first child miscarried.
**[23:10] Main**
Huh?
**[23:10] Gunther**
The boy we had next died
within a year of his birth.
**[23:14] Gunther**
You and Tuuli made it just fine,
**[23:16] Gunther**
but our next child didn't
survive the winter, either.
**[23:19] Gunther**
And the one after that...
**[23:20] Main**
What?! You mean it was that
hard to have a baby?!
**[23:23] Main**
We offer thanks to the gods!
**[23:25] Main**
We thank the kindred of the Goddess of
Water, the Goddess of Childbirth Entrinduge,
**[23:30] Main**
for her blessing and protection.
**[23:32] Gunther**
For her blessing and protection!
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**[00:01] Narrator**
*Main is finally permitted to go back home,*
**[00:05] Narrator**
* and swears to put even more of her*
* heart and soul into bookmaking*
**[00:08] Narrator**
* for the sake of her little*
* brother Kamil, as well.*
**[00:11] Narrator**
*Meanwhile...*
**[00:14] Gerlach**
The plan to kidnap the blue-robed apprentice
priestess at the Spring Prayer has failed.
**[00:21] Viscountess Dahldolf**
That is truly unfortunate, Viscount Gerlach.
**[00:26] Viscountess Dahldolf**
I was quite hoping to have that commoner
blue-robed apprentice priestess
**[00:32] Viscountess Dahldolf**
and Lord Ferdinand both suffer...
**[00:35] Gerlach**
Viscountess Dahldolf,
I understand how you feel.
**[00:40] Gerlach**
It is quite unfortunate to lose your
son, Lord Schicicoza, in such a way.
**[00:47] Bindewald**
Not to mention, you managed to let
half of the Devouring soldiers
**[00:51] Bindewald**
I lent you get eliminated.
**[00:54] Gerlach**
I'm terribly sorry, Count Bindewald.
**[00:58] Bindewald**
I'd rather get more troops
from you than an apology.
**[01:02] Gerlach**
What do you mean?
**[01:04] Bindewald**
I'd like to buy that blue-robed
apprentice priestess from you.
**[01:12] High Priest**
We are aware of your request through
Viscount Gerlach's letter.
**[01:16] Bindewald**
If I recall correctly, if an adoption
is by a noble from another domain,
**[01:20] Bindewald**
we did not need permission
from Aub Ehrenfest?
**[01:24] Gerlach**
Count Bindewald is a noble from the
neighboring domain of Ahrensbach.
**[01:30] High Priest**
Ahrensbach...
**[01:35] Gerlach**
I must say, this is a favorable deal.
**[01:39] Gerlach**
I'm sure that commoner blue-robed apprentice
priestess is a thorn in your side as well.
**[01:46] Viscountess Dahldolf**
Lord Ferdinand declared before
the knights that the apprentice priestess
**[01:49] Viscountess Dahldolf**
was under his protection.
If she was sold off...
**[01:52] Viscountess Dahldolf**
I'm sure Lord Ferdinand
would suffer, too.
**[01:59] Gerlach**
I'm certain that will make your older
sister, Lady Veronica, happy, too.
**[02:03] Bindewald**
In order to find out more about this
blue-robed apprentice priestess
**[02:07] Bindewald**
and what kind of contracts she may have,
**[02:08] Bindewald**
we were hoping we could get your assistance,
since you are the high priest, Lord Bezewanst.
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**[04:07] Main**
My little brother Kamil is so adorable!
**[04:11] Main**
He was just born, so he's so tiny,
**[04:14] Main**
and whenever he cries, he
gets so red and wrinkly.
**[04:19] Main**
I never knew a little
brother could be so cute.
**[04:23] Benno**
That's enough.
**[04:25] Benno**
I get enough of doting parents
from being around Otto.
**[04:28] Main**
What?! Missus Corinna had her baby, then?
**[04:32] Benno**
At the end of winter.
Her name is Renate.
**[04:36] Benno**
She'll be the Gilberta Company's heiress.
I hope you'll look after her.
**[04:40] Main**
You don't seem that excited, considering
she's your precious heiress.
**[04:46] Benno**
Yes, because Otto is excited
enough for the both of us.
**[04:52] Otto**
Renate's absolutely adorable,
no matter what she does.
**[04:57] Otto**
Renate's absolutely adorable,
no matter what she does.
**[04:59] Corinna**
Stop playing with your food, dear.
**[05:02] Main**
Thank goodness the Gilberta
Company has Missus Corinna.
**[05:06] Benno**
More importantly, hurry up and
tell me about the printing.
**[05:09] Main**
Right.
**[05:10] Main**
The head priest has told me not to do
any letterpress printing for a while.
**[05:17] Main**
If we keep moving forward, the vested
interest opposing us will be the nobility.
**[05:22] Benno**
A vested interest of nobles...
**[05:26] Benno**
Discretion is the better
part of valor indeed.
**[05:29] Main**
So I want to put everything into
making picture books for a while.
**[05:35] Benno**
Everything? What are you plotting?
**[05:39] Main**
First, I want to create some colored ink
so we can add colors to the pictures.
**[05:43] Main**
Second, improving our mimeograph technology.
**[05:47] Benno**
Colored ink and improving
mimeograph technology?
**[05:52] Main**
Yes, but we'll have to hurry and
prepare, or we won't make it in time.
**[05:55] Benno**
In time? For what?
**[05:58] Main**
Why, creating a picture book to go
along with my precious Kamil's growth.
**[06:03] Main**
I'm going to give this
my all for Kamil's sake!
**[06:06] Benno**
Did you get permission from the head priest?
**[06:09] Benno**
If you did, that's fine.
**[06:11] Benno**
I'll let you meet the foreman
of the workshop soon.
**[06:14] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[06:19] Main**
My little brother was born the other day.
**[06:23] Gil & Rosina**
Congratulations.
**[06:27] Delia**
Oh, I had no idea.
**[06:30] Main**
* Oh, no. I was so excited that I let*
* the cat out of the bag myself.*
**[06:34] Gil**
Lady Main, what's your brother's name?
**[06:37] Main**
*Nice follow up, Gil! Yay!*
**[06:39] Main**
His name is Kamil.
**[06:41] Main**
He was just born, so he's really tiny.
**[06:44] Main**
And when he cries, he gets
all red and wrinkly.
**[06:46] Main**
He's absolutely adorable!
**[06:48] Rosina**
Lady Main, I must say, the way you describe
him doesn't make him sound that cute.
**[06:56] Main**
I wonder who that is.
**[07:00] Wilma**
Pardon me.
**[07:03] Main**
Wilma, where'd that baby come from?
**[07:07] Wilma**
Well...
**(Flashback) [07:10] Woman**
I offer him to the gods.
**[07:13] Main**
So she brought him here because
she couldn't take care of him...
**[07:16] Wilma**
Apparently so. What shall we do?
**[07:20] Main**
What should we do?
**[07:24] Fran**
This is the first time I've dealt
with something like this, too.
**[07:28] Main**
* Fran requested a meeting with the head*
* priest so we could talk to him about this.*
**[07:36] Rosina**
He's so adorable.
**[07:38] Main**
*He may be cute,*
**[07:40] Main**
*but my Kamil's way cuter!*
**[07:44] Wilma**
He's fine because he's sleeping right now,
but what should we do when he wakes up?
**[07:49] Main**
Give him milk.
**[07:50] Delia**
That's not possible.
**[07:52] Delia**
We don't have any gray-robed priestesses
that have given birth left.
**[07:57] Wilma**
Do you know anything about raising
a baby without a mother, Lady Main?
**[08:04] Main**
Well... I have read before that a mother who
couldn't nurse gave their baby goat's milk.
**[08:12] Wilma**
Goat's milk?
**[08:14] Wilma**
Thank you kindly. I will
prepare some right away.
**[08:21] Rosina**
What should we do? He's crying.
**[08:30] Main**
Judging by the way he's crying, he's hungry.
**[08:33] Wilma**
I will go get some goat's milk.
**[08:35] Delia**
Ugh!
**[08:37] Delia**
He's wet.
**[08:39] Main**
Oh, no! We need to change his diaper!
**[08:42] Wilma**
Diaper...
**[08:43] Main**
Do we have any cloth?
**[08:45] Delia**
Yes, we do.
**[08:48] Ferdinand**
Hmm... an abandoned child.
**[08:51] Ferdinand**
Just take care of him like you
have done for the other children.
**[08:54] Main**
We came to talk to you because none of the
gray-robed priestesses have had a child.
**[09:00] Ferdinand**
Right.
**[09:01] Ferdinand**
But there's nothing we can do about that.
**[09:04] Ferdinand**
Shall we hire a wet nurse?
**[09:07] Ferdinand**
Sadly, I have no experience
in child rearing as well.
**[09:11] Main**
We can actually hire a wet nurse?
**[09:14] Ferdinand**
If we can find anyone pious
enough to come to the orphanage.
**[09:19] Main**
That seems difficult.
**[09:27] Main**
And so, we're all going
to be taking care of him.
**[09:30] Everyone other than Main**
All of us?!
**[09:32] Main**
Yes. If Wilma has to take care of him
herself, she's going to collapse,
**[09:36] Main**
because babies need milk at night, too.
**[09:41] Main**
Wilma will watch the child during the day,
**[09:44] Main**
and the rest of you can take
turns watching him at night.
**[09:47] Rosina, Wilma & Gil**
Understood.
**[09:49] Delia**
Ugh! Why do I have to do this, too?
**[09:53] Main**
Of course, you should look after him.
**[09:56] Main**
You're going to be this
child's older sister.
**[09:59] Delia**
O-Older sister?
**[10:01] Main**
Yes. I would like for you to care for this
child like he's your own flesh and blood.
**[10:06] Delia**
*But my dream is to become a concubine!*
**[10:10] Main**
* If she concentrates her*
* attention somewhere else,*
**[10:13] Main**
* she may forget about wanting*
* to be a concubine!*
**[10:14] Delia**
*There, there!*
**[10:16] Main**
Let's see who can be the better big sister.
**[10:20] Delia**
Well, of course I'm going to win.
**[10:23] Gil**
Delia, you always let Lady
Main play you like a fiddle.
**[10:26] Delia**
Shut up.
**[10:27] Main**
All right, first, let's
give this child a name.
**[10:31] Delia**
In that case, I want his name
to sound similar to mine.
**[10:34] Delia**
Then I might feel like he's my family.
**[10:36] Main**
A name that sounds like Delia...
**[10:39] Main**
Delia...
**[10:40] Main**
Deita... Deetoria... Dil... Dirk...
**[10:47] Delia**
Dirk... Since he's a boy,
I think we should go with Dirk.
**[10:52] Main**
Then Dirk it is.
**[10:55] Main**
Your name is Dirk, little boy.
**[11:04] Rosina**
He's crying.
**[11:06] Main**
I'm sorry, Dirk. Please don't cry.
**[11:09] Delia**
Hello, Dirk.
**[11:12] Delia**
I'm going to be your big
sister starting today.
**[11:19] Delia**
There, there. Good boy.
**[11:25] Delia**
Did you see that? Dirk smiled at me!
**[11:29] Wilma**
Well, Lady Main has Master Kamil.
**[11:33] Main**
Well, Kamil always cries at me, too.
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Bookworm
**[11:52] Main**
Kamil, it's your big sister.
**[12:03] Main**
Jeez, why are you crying again?
**[12:06] Tuuli**
Aw, you made him cry again.
**[12:08] Eva**
Kamil always cries whenever
he sees Main's face.
**[12:13] Main**
We're actually going to be taking care of an
abandoned baby at the orphanage now, too,
**[12:17] Main**
and he also cried on me.
**[12:20] Main**
What am I doing wrong?
**[12:22] Tuuli**
An abandoned baby?
You're going to raise him?
**[12:24] Main**
Yes. We're taking turns watching over
him, so it's going to be rough.
**[12:29] Eva**
Then why don't you set a sleep
schedule for them?
**[12:33] Eva**
Being able to nap will make
your lives much easier.
**[12:36] Main**
I see. Thanks, Mom.
**[12:40] Main**
Kamil, well? Do you like picture books?
**[12:46] Main**
Did you see that? Kamil didn't cry!
**[12:49] Main**
He's looking at the picture book!
**[12:50] Main**
I'd expect nothing less
from my baby brother.
**[12:53] Main**
Your sister is going to make a picture book
with pretty colors next, so wait for me.
**[13:01] Benno**
She should be here any moment.
**[13:03] Mark**
Please excuse me.
**[13:06] Heidi**
Dad, is that her?
**[13:08] Bierce**
Don't point.
**[13:10] Benno**
Good morning, Lady Main.
**[13:14] Benno**
This is Bierce, the new
head of the Ink Guild.
**[13:18] Bierce**
About that... I'm the foreman
of the ink workshop.
**[13:23] Bierce**
I'm not fit to be the head of the Ink Guild.
**[13:26] Bierce**
Not to mention, I have no idea
how to deal with nobles.
**[13:30] Bierce**
Boss, why don't you become
the head of the Ink Guild?
**[13:33] Benno**
Don't make it sound so simple.
**[13:35] Benno**
I'm sure there will be plenty
of nobles that will ask
**[13:39] Benno**
for the shady business dealings they had
going on with Wolf to continue.
**[13:43] Benno**
If I end up selling ink, the guild master
will try to give me even more trouble.
**[13:50] Main**
I'd honestly feel much better if
you sold the ink, Mister Benno.
**[13:55] Benno**
Do you want me to die from exhaustion?
**[13:57] Bierce**
Well, I definitely can't do it.
**[14:02] Benno**
Why don't we ask the guild master's
shop to take care of it?
**[14:05] Main**
What? You're going to let
someone else sell it?
**[14:07] Bierce**
I would love to, but there was some
merchandise that guild master was dealing
**[14:13] Bierce**
that Wolf monopolized as soon as he
became the head of the Ink Guild.
**[14:16] Bierce**
What do you think will happen
if I go to him again?
**[14:19] Benno**
I can only imagine. I can already
hear that old geezer cackling.
**[14:27] Bierce**
That's why I came to the
Gilberta Company instead.
**[14:30] Bierce**
Come on, help me out, miss.
**[14:32] Main**
Sure, as long as you help me
out in developing colored ink.
**[14:37] Bierce**
Colored ink?
**[14:38] Heidi**
Colored ink?
**[14:39] Benno**
Colored ink?
**[14:40] Main**
Yes, colored ink. I'm about to invent it.
**[14:44] Heidi**
Ooh! I'll do it! I wanna help!
**[14:48] Heidi**
That's why I'm here!
**[14:52] Main**
Um... and you are...?
**[14:54] Bierce**
This is my daughter, Heidi.
**[14:56] Bierce**
Her and her husband Josef are the ones
making the ink you created for the plant paper.
**[15:02] Main**
Oh, I see.
**[15:05] Heidi**
The way you make ink is so new and
different that it blew me away!
**[15:10] Heidi**
I look forward to working with you!
**[15:12] Main**
My name is Main. I look forward
to working with you, as well.
**[15:18] Heidi**
The reason I came here today is because
I was thinking we could probably
**[15:22] Heidi**
make plant-based ink in colors besides black.
**[15:25] Main**
We absolutely can! Please go for it!
**[15:28] Heidi**
Do you know what would
be the best ingredients?
**[15:30] Main**
Well...
**[15:32] Benno**
Lady Main...
**[15:35] Main**
I do have information on the ingredients.
**[15:37] Main**
Once they're on the market,
I'll be taking part of the sales
**[15:40] Main**
as a fee for the information.
**[15:42] Heidi**
That's too expensive! It costs so
much to get something to the market.
**[15:47] Main**
In that case... I'll take care of
half of your initial expenses.
**[15:50] Benno**
A quarter is more than enough.
**[15:52] Bierce**
Sounds fair to me.
**[15:54] Heidi**
You've got a deal. Want to head
over to the workshop right now?
**[15:57] Heidi**
I collected a bunch of ingredients
I thought might work.
**[16:00] Main**
That sounds wonderful! I'd love to go!
**[16:07] Benno**
Calm down, you fool!
**[16:09] Bierce**
We haven't finished talking yet!
**[16:15] Heidi**
I'm gonna go ahead and get things ready.
**[16:18] Benno**
Lutz, keep an eye on her. It's basically
like we have two Mains now.
**[16:22] Lutz**
You can't be serious, Master. My
hands are already full with this Main.
**[16:27] Main**
Say, Lutz. Heidi seems interesting and
really passionate about her work,
**[16:32] Main**
but she's also... *unique*.
**[16:34] Lutz**
You should be the last person to say that.
**[16:41] Man**
Sure, that's fine.
**[16:44] Main**
Hello!
**[16:46] Heidi**
Hey, Miss! Over here!
**[16:53] Main**
The best kind of oil to use
when making ink is drying oil.
**[16:56] Main**
It's a type of oil that hardens when dried.
**[16:58] Heidi**
So we'd be using linseed, mische,
ped, eise, and turm oils.
**[17:05] Main**
Then we'd just mix in
some ground-up minerals.
**[17:09] Heidi**
Okay, let's give it a try.
Josef, help me out.
**[17:13] Josef**
Right.
**[17:14] Heidi**
This is my husband.
**[17:16] Main**
It's nice to meet you. My name is Main.
**[17:18] Main**
I'm in charge of the Main Workshop.
**[17:21] Josef**
I'm Josef.
**[17:22] Main**
Today, I've come here to purchase
some ink for plant paper,
**[17:26] Main**
and I wanted to be here to see
you make new colors for the ink.
**[17:30] Josef**
S-Sure. Pleasure to have you.
**[17:34] Main**
Thank you.
**[17:36] Heidi**
Which things did you want to mix, miss?
**[17:39] Main**
Well...
**[17:41] Main**
If you mix that yellow
clay with the linseed oil,
**[17:45] Main**
you should end up with a color
in between yellow and brown.
**[17:48] Heidi**
You got it!
**[17:59] Heidi**
That's strange...
**[18:01] Josef**
That's definitely not brown.
**[18:03] Main**
But why...
**[18:06] Lutz**
It turned blue.
**[18:08] Heidi**
Let's try some mische.
**[18:18] Heidi**
Next, some ped.
**[18:22] Lutz**
Bluish green.
**[18:24] Heidi**
Next, eise.
**[18:29] Main**
Ocher!
**[18:31] Lutz**
We finally got the color we wanted.
**[18:36] Main**
I never thought the different kinds of
oils would produce different colors.
**[18:42] Lutz**
Why does this happen?
**[18:48] Heidi**
You're wondering that, too,
right? Isn't it strange?!
**[18:51] Heidi**
You totally want to find out why, right?!
**[18:53] Main**
That doesn't really matter right now.
**[18:56] Main**
What's important right now
is what colors we can make.
**[18:59] Heidi**
What?! You're not curious as
to why this mystery happens, Miss?
**[19:06] Josef**
Come on! Don't lump the young
lady into your weirdo circle.
**[19:10] Heidi**
That's so mean!
**[19:12] Heidi**
I just thought we'd be able
to understand each other...
**[19:15] Main**
*Understand each other?*
**[19:18] Main**
I'd like to know the results
rather than the hows and whys.
**[19:22] Main**
And I was able to get the
color I wanted with eise.
**[19:26] Main**
Next... let's try that blue and some eise.
**[19:37] Lutz**
This time, it turned yellow.
**[19:39] Main**
This may be more difficult than I thought.
**[19:41] Heidi**
This is work that's definitely worth doing.
**[19:45] Lutz**
We need to sort out our results.
**[19:47] Main**
Yes, but it's problematic that we can't
anticipate how the colors will turn out.
**[19:54] Main**
What is it, Gil?
**[19:58] Gil**
Lady Main, my writing board...
**[20:02] Main**
I promised I'd get you one in spring.
**[20:07] Main**
You did do your best to learn the alphabet.
**[20:11] Main**
I'll ask Johann to make you a stylus.
**[20:20] Gil**
Thank you kindly, Lady Main.
**[20:28] High Priest**
So that creature now has a little brother.
**[20:30] Delia**
Yes.
**[20:34] High Priest**
I guess that doesn't really
matter at this point.
**[20:36] Delia**
Huh?
**[20:38] High Priest**
Any other changes to report?
**[20:40] Delia**
Changes?
**[20:43] Delia**
Um...
**[20:46] Delia**
There's a new orphan at the orphanage!
**[20:50] High Priest**
You may take your leave now.
**[20:52] Delia**
Ugh... I thought I'd finally
get a reward today.
**[21:00] Ella**
It'll be nice and warm soon.
**[21:01] Delia**
Thanks, Ella.
**[21:07] Delia**
Yes, yes. I'll be right there.
**[21:10] Delia**
Sorry to keep you waiting, Dirk.
**[21:12] Delia**
Dirk...
**[21:17] Delia**
Dirk!
**[21:19] Delia**
What are these spots?
**[21:22] Delia**
He feels so hot...
**[21:23] Delia**
What a terrible fever... but why?
**[21:28] Delia**
Dirk...
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**[23:09] Gil**
Hey! Dirk is crying!
**[23:12] Rosina**
I'll sing him a lullaby.
**[23:14] Rosina**
Fall asleep, fall asleep,
fall asleep, fall asleep...
**[23:18] Fran**
Rosina, you just want an excuse to
play the harspiel. There, there.
**[23:21] Wilma**
Oh, that'll make a lovely painting.
**[23:23] Delia**
If you're going to paint, paint Dirk and I.
**[23:29] Main**
So... Taking care of Dirk
is going well... I guess?
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# E33 - Delia and Dirk
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**[00:01] Narrator**
* Main tries to create various colored inks with*
* the daughter of the ink workshop foreman, Heidi.*
**[00:06] Narrator**
* Meanwhile at the cathedral,*
* they take in an abandoned child*
**[00:10] Narrator**
*and name him Dirk.*
**[00:12] Delia**
Ugh! Why do I have to do this, too?
**[00:16] Main**
Of course, you should look after him.
**[00:19] Main**
You're going to be this
child's older sister.
**[00:22] Delia**
O-Older sister?
**[00:24] Main**
Yes. I would like for you to care for this
child like he's your own flesh and blood.
**[00:31] Delia**
Did you see that? Dirk smiled at me!
**[00:36] Narrator**
*However...*
**[00:37] Delia**
What are these spots?
**[00:41] Delia**
He feels so hot...
**[00:42] Delia**
What a terrible fever... but why?
**[00:45] Delia**
Dirk...
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirty-Three Delia and Dirk
**[02:33] Main**
Dirk's cheeks had bumps on them?
**[02:35] Delia**
Yes. They went away immediately
when I gave him goat's milk.
**[02:40] Fran**
I saw them on him this morning.
**[02:42] Delia**
Is this common with babies?
**[02:46] Main**
He seems to be okay right now.
**[02:49] Delia**
He really had bumps on his face!
**[02:52] Main**
I can't really determine anything
unless I see them myself.
**[02:55] Main**
Let's see what happens the
next time you give him milk.
**[03:13] Fran**
I believe he's getting hungry.
**[03:16] Delia**
I'm sorry, Dirk. We'll give you
some milk in a little bit.
**[03:23] Main**
A fever?
**[03:28] Delia**
Yes, Lady Main. He's burning up.
**[03:41] Main**
*This is...*
**[03:43] Delia**
Please look.
**[03:46] Delia**
He has bumps on his cheeks.
**[03:49] Main**
Yes, I see that. Delia, go ahead
and give him some milk.
**[03:53] Delia**
All right.
**[04:01] Delia**
Here you go, Dirk.
**[04:09] Rosina**
The bumps disappeared.
**[04:11] Fran**
What could this mean?
**[04:14] Main**
Fran, could you fetch Lutz for me?
**[04:17] Main**
Could you also request a
meeting with the head priest?
**[04:21] Main**
As soon as possible.
**[04:24] Fran**
As you wish.
**[04:26] Delia**
Lady Main, did you figure something out?
**[04:33] Main**
I cannot say yet.
**[04:49] Lutz**
Fran said you wanted to talk to me.
**[04:52] Lutz**
What's the matter, Main?
**[04:54] Main**
Yes, well...
**[05:00] Main**
I was wondering if you'd go to the
forest and get me some tau fruit.
**[05:03] Lutz**
Tau fruit?
**[05:05] Main**
Yes. Please, Lutz.
**[05:07] Lutz**
All right.
**[05:13] Main**
* If we have tau fruits, we can keep Dirk's*
* mana from going berserk and killing him.*
**[05:23] Ferdinand**
What is it now?
**[05:24] Main**
The baby I told you about yesterday...
**[05:29] Main**
Are we safe talking about this here?
**[05:33] Ferdinand**
So this must be important if you're worried
about who might be watching or listening.
**[05:37] Main**
Yes.
**[05:44] Ferdinand**
Did something happen to this baby?
**[05:48] Main**
I believe the baby has the Devouring.
**[05:52] Main**
When crying from hunger,
**[05:54] Main**
the baby develops a fever
and breaks out in a rash.
**[05:57] Main**
But after taking milk, the fever goes away
and the baby returns to normal.
**[06:01] Ferdinand**
If the child is showing that
many signs as an infant,
**[06:05] Ferdinand**
an abundance of mana must be present.
**[06:09] Main**
I knew it.
**[06:11] Ferdinand**
The infant definitely has the Devouring.
**[06:16] Main**
*He's thinking about something.*
**[06:18] Ferdinand**
It might be best if we have the child form
a contract with a noble immediately.
**[06:22] Main**
Huh? A contract?
**[06:25] Ferdinand**
The baby will not survive otherwise.
**[06:31] Main**
What it means to form a
contract with noble is
**[06:34] Main**
in exchange for the noble giving
the other magic items to survive,
**[06:37] Main**
they become the noble's subordinate,
**[06:39] Main**
have their mana drained away,
**[06:41] Main**
and will live that life of confinement
until they literally die.
**[06:50] Main**
Head Priest, is there any
way we can have Dirk
**[06:53] Main**
offer up mana and become
a blue-robed priest like me?
**[06:58] Ferdinand**
Raising a child as a blue-robed
priest costs money.
**[07:02] Ferdinand**
Who, exactly, would pay for that?
**[07:04] Main**
Well...
**[07:06] Ferdinand**
Even if you could pay,
**[07:07] Ferdinand**
wouldn't you be favoring one child over
the others as the head of the orphanage?
**[07:16] Ferdinand**
Without magic items, those
with the Devouring will die.
**[07:19] Ferdinand**
Forming a contract with a noble
is absolutely necessary.
**[07:23] Main**
Right...
**[07:24] Ferdinand**
Mostly, those who form
contracts with Devouring children
**[07:28] Ferdinand**
are nobles who feel like
their mana is lacking.
**[07:31] Ferdinand**
They don't usually want others to
know they've made this contact,
**[07:35] Ferdinand**
so they often have them become
concubines or attendants.
**[07:39] Main**
*Just like Freida...*
**[07:41] Ferdinand**
But it's different when
it comes to adopting them.
**[07:44] Ferdinand**
Then, they need permission from the parents.
**[07:47] Ferdinand**
It's not as though they can form
these contracts with anyone.
**[07:51] Main**
Then what about me?
**[07:52] Ferdinand**
In your case, because of
your abundance of mana,
**[07:56] Ferdinand**
the fact that you are smart
enough to make your own money,
**[07:58] Ferdinand**
and know how to use your own talents,
**[08:01] Ferdinand**
we decided it'd be best if you were
adopted by an upper-class noble.
**[08:05] Main**
*I see...*
**[08:08] Main**
Head Priest,
**[08:10] Main**
please make sure you find
Dirk a good candidate.
**[08:15] Ferdinand**
Main, is this infant a girl?
**[08:18] Main**
He's a boy.
**[08:20] Ferdinand**
Him being a boy makes this more difficult.
**[08:23] Ferdinand**
If he was a girl, he might've had
a better chance of being adopted.
**[08:28] Main**
* You mean as a pawn in a*
* marriage of convenience.*
**[08:32] Ferdinand**
Whatever the outcome may be, we need to find
out how much mana this infant has first.
**[08:44] Main**
The head priest is going to find out
how much mana you have tomorrow.
**[09:04] Fran**
Good morning, Head Priest.
**[09:07] Ferdinand**
Where is this child?
**[09:09] Fran**
Right this way.
**[09:20] Main**
Thank you kindly for coming to see us.
**[09:25] Ferdinand**
Main, see everyone else out of the room.
**[09:27] Main**
Understood.
**[09:28] Main**
I need all of you to leave for now.
**[10:01] Main**
Oh, the color is changing.
**[10:08] Ferdinand**
Hm... He's about equal to a
stronger middle-class noble.
**[10:13] Ferdinand**
If a noble is lacking mana right now,
they may want to adopt him.
**[10:18] Ferdinand**
But if we think about your safety,
**[10:21] Ferdinand**
it's unwise to probe around
too much for possible interest.
**[10:28] Ferdinand**
If you're that worried, then once
you're adopted by Karstedt,
**[10:33] Ferdinand**
you should be the one to form
a contract with this child.
**[10:37] Main**
Me?
**[10:38] Ferdinand**
You'd be a noble, so it would be possible.
**[10:43] Main**
Thank you kindly!
**[10:46] Ferdinand**
Main, how many know that this
child has the Devouring?
**[10:50] Main**
Just me.
**[10:53] Ferdinand**
In that case, continue to stay quiet
about that and take care of him.
**[10:56] Ferdinand**
The high priest will take advantage
of this if he finds out about it.
**[11:02] Ferdinand**
Between you, who can be rather disobedient,
and this child who cannot think for himself yet,
**[11:06] Ferdinand**
it's clear which one the
high priest would choose.
**[11:10] Ferdinand**
If you want to protect him,
make sure he is not found out.
**[11:13] Ferdinand**
Whether or not you are able
to protect this infant
**[11:16] Ferdinand**
may greatly change your position
and your surroundings.
**[11:19] Ferdinand**
Always keep that in mind.
**[11:23] Main**
Yes.
**[11:31] Delia**
Lady Main, what did the head priest say?
**[11:35] Delia**
Is Dirk ill?
**[11:37] Main**
No, he is fine.
**[11:40] Main**
He just said to continue to look
after Dirk at the orphanage.
**[11:44] Delia**
I see...
**[11:46] Delia**
Oh, thank goodness.
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Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:11] Heidi**
Morning, miss. I've been waiting for you.
**[12:14] Main**
Good morning, Heidi.
**[12:16] Main**
We wrote down the results
from all of our experiments.
**[12:19] Heidi**
Nah, it's okay. I can't really read anyway.
**[12:23] Heidi**
More importantly, how'd the results turn out?
**[12:26] Main**
We found out that linseed produced
blues, mische produced greens,
**[12:30] Main**
and that eise produces yellows.
**[12:33] Heidi**
Well done, Miss!
**[12:35] Main**
Today, let's start using the ink we've
made on vorlin paper and trombe paper.
**[12:50] Lutz**
The colors pretty much end
up as-is on the trombe paper.
**[12:53] Main**
They end up a bit darker on the vorlin paper.
**[12:56] Heidi**
Hopefully they stay like
this even after they dry.
**[13:01] Main**
No way...
**[13:03] Lutz**
They darkened way more after they dried.
**[13:06] Main**
It would be great for drawing blood, though!
**[13:09] Lutz**
No one needs a specific ink just for that.
**[13:14] Heidi**
Now I know why art workshops
keep how paint is made a secret.
**[13:20] Main**
Apparently paint is made very
specifically by certain workshops,
**[13:24] Main**
but the methods they use are kept a secret.
**[13:26] Main**
You basically won't find any
paint available where I live.
**[13:30] Main**
Paints for nobles are made by the
workshop they ordered them from,
**[13:34] Main**
and delivered right to them.
**[13:36] Heidi**
Miss! Let's find out why
the inks change color!
**[13:40] Main**
All that matters is the result!
**[13:42] Main**
Okay, next, let's try
combining the colors, Gil.
**[13:46] Gil**
Okay, Lady Main.
**[14:07] Tuuli**
I guess it's not great that all the colors
turned black when you combined them.
**[14:11] Main**
Seriously, what should I do?
**[14:14] Eva**
You're not using a fixing agent?
**[14:16] Main**
Fixing agent?
**[14:18] Eva**
It's a liquid used to make
sure the color stays.
**[14:21] Eva**
When you're dying fabrics, you use it to
make sure the color doesn't change any more.
**[14:27] Main**
Thanks, Mom! I'll give that a try.
**[14:31] Lutz**
So there's something called
a fixing agent, huh?
**[14:34] Lutz**
I guess we would've never
figured that out if Missus Effa
**[14:37] Lutz**
didn't work at a fabric dying workshop.
**[14:40] Main**
Once we gather all the ingredients,
I'm going to try to make some.
**[14:44] Main**
My mom told me how to make it.
**[14:47] Lutz**
You just need to tell us how to make it.
**[14:50] Gil**
We'll make it for you!
**[14:52] Gil**
You're not allowed to, Lady Main.
**[14:56] Lutz**
Oh, also... Could you get
some parchment from Wilma?
**[15:00] Lutz**
I'll get things ready at the
workshop, so we can print.
**[15:08] Main**
So as you can see, I'm being left out,
**[15:11] Main**
and Gil and Lutz are off making
the fixing agent somewhere.
**[15:14] Main**
Isn't that mean?
**[15:17] Rosina**
Oh, Lady Main.
**[15:18] Rosina**
A fixing agent is absolutely
necessary when drawing or painting.
**[15:21] Rosina**
Wilma always mentions it's impossible
to paint or draw without it.
**[15:24] Main**
Huh?
**[15:26] Rosina**
You always seem to know the
most surprising things,
**[15:29] Rosina**
but you had no idea about fixing agents.
**[15:33] Delia**
Just a little more, Dirk. Don't give up!
**[15:40] Main**
Dirk can already flip over?
**[15:43] Delia**
No, not yet.
**[15:45] Delia**
He's almost got it though.
**[15:47] Main**
That's quite fast. My little
Kamil's nowhere near that.
**[15:55] Delia**
Well done, my little brother.
You're quite talented.
**[15:59] Main**
What's with that adorable smile?!
**[16:01] Main**
I've never seen that before!
**[16:04] Rosina**
Lady Main.
**[16:06] Rosina**
Leave Dirk to Delia and let
us start this harspiel lesson.
**[16:12] Wilma**
Good morning, Lady Main.
I've come to take Dirk.
**[16:16] Main**
Good morning, Wilma. Thank you again.
**[16:22] Wilma**
How was last night, Delia?
**[16:25] Delia**
The same as usual, Wilma.
**[16:28] Wilma**
I'll go ahead and take Dirk.
**[16:29] Delia**
When Dirk leaves, I get so lonely.
**[16:36] Delia**
Okay, off you go.
**[16:49] Delia**
Lady Main, do you think Dirk
feels lonely or is crying?
**[16:54] Main**
He's surrounded by other children,
so I'm sure he's not lonely.
**[16:58] Main**
Even if he may not be able to
sleep because it's too loud.
**[17:01] Delia**
But that's not fair to Dirk.
**[17:04] Main**
Well, Wilma will look after him.
**[17:07] Delia**
How do we know that, though?
**[17:11] Delia**
Ugh! Are you even listening to me, Lady Main?
**[17:16] Main**
Well, if you're that worried,
why don't you see for yourself?
**[17:29] Delia**
I don't want to go to the orphanage!
**[17:42] Main**
Make sure you two get plenty of rest.
**[17:45] Fran**
Please excuse us.
**[17:47] Rosina**
Excuse us.
**[17:52] Main**
Sir Damuel.
**[17:54] Main**
I'm going to head to the orphanage.
**[17:59] Damuel**
Hey, Apprentice Priestess.
**[18:01] Damuel**
Where are your attendants?
**[18:03] Main**
Huh?
**[18:04] Damuel**
Why are you trying to leave
without a single escort?
**[18:09] Damuel**
Perfect timing.
**[18:10] Damuel**
You, attendant. Go with
Lady Main to the orphanage.
**[18:14] Delia**
Huh?
**[18:16] Main**
Just to the entrance of
the orphanage will do.
**[18:18] Main**
Do you think you'll be able to?
**[18:23] Delia**
As you wish.
**[18:38] Delia**
Now, if you'll excuse me.
**[18:40] Damuel**
Hey.
**[18:42] Damuel**
Are you implying that the apprentice
priestess, your master, should open the door?
**[18:46] Damuel**
Open the door.
**[19:23] Main**
Good work, you two.
**[19:25] Delia**
Lady Main, I'm going to head back.
**[19:28] Main**
All right. Sorry to push you like this.
**[19:31] Main**
Thank you, Delia.
**[19:33] Delia**
It's all right.
**[19:40] Delia**
Dirk!
**[19:44] Delia**
Seriously! What if Dirk got hurt?!
**[19:48] Delia**
You need to keep a better eye on him!
**[19:59] Wilma**
Lady Main, do you think
Delia will be all right?
**[20:02] Wilma**
I heard that she didn't like
coming to the orphanage.
**[20:05] Main**
I'm not sure.
**[20:08] Main**
But I'm hoping she'll let Dirk's
cuteness get to her little by little.
**[20:27] Main**
* This isn't the same place*
* you came from anymore, Delia.*
**[20:40] Delia**
Ugh, what's that supposed to mean?!
**[20:43] Wilma**
That's Delia's voice.
**[20:44] Main**
I wonder what happened.
**[20:46] Damuel**
Let's hurry back, Apprentice Priestess.
**[20:49] Delia**
The head priest can't be trusted!
**[20:52] Fran**
He can be trusted.
**[20:55] Main**
Fran, Delia.
**[20:57] Main**
What's this all about?
**[20:59] Delia**
Lady Main, is it true that Dirk
is supposed to be adopted?
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**[22:43] Main**
Head Priest, I thought that Dirk
actually had more mana than I do.
**[22:48] Ferdinand**
At the time of your births,
Dirk's would probably measure higher.
**[22:52] Ferdinand**
This doesn't apply to the original Main,
**[22:54] Ferdinand**
but after you took over her consciousness
and your mana condensed,
**[22:58] Ferdinand**
your mana capacity vastly increased.
**[23:01] Main**
This must be it.
***SIGN*** Mana
**[23:02] Main**
When you compress mana,
**[23:04] Main**
it creates empty space for your body's
mana to fill, so you compress it tighter,
**[23:07] Main**
and then you get even more space.
**[23:09] Ferdinand**
Yes. This is a method of controlling mana
that you learn at the royal academy.
**[23:14] Main**
What? Really?
**[23:16] Main**
Here I was barely surviving.
**[23:19] Ferdinand**
I'm sure some harm may come from this.
**[23:23] Main**
Wh-What do you mean by harm?
**[23:25] Ferdinand**
I'll tell you if you go to the royal academy.
**[23:29] Main**
What?
**[23:31] Main**
Tell me now, Head Priest!
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Shirahama Kamome
# E34 - Ominous Developments
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV0V40/ominous-developments)
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**[00:01] Narrator**
* While Main is struggling to create colored*
* inks, she finds out that Dirk has the Devouring.*
**[00:08] Ferdinand**
The high priest will take advantage
of this if he finds out about it.
**[00:13] Ferdinand**
Whether or not you are able
to protect this infant
**[00:16] Ferdinand**
may greatly change your position
and your surroundings.
**[00:20] Ferdinand**
Always keep that in mind.
**[00:23] Main**
Yes.
**[00:25] Delia**
The head priest can't be trusted!
**[00:27] Fran**
He can be trusted.
**[00:30] Main**
Fran, Delia.
**[00:32] Main**
What's this all about?
**[00:34] Delia**
Lady Main, is it true that Dirk
is supposed to be adopted?
**[00:39] Main**
What?
**[00:42] Fran**
Arno had brought over a
message from the head priest
**[00:46] Fran**
saying it would be difficult to find
a noble to adopt Dirk after all.
**[00:51] Delia**
Why is the head priest talking
about Dirk getting adopted?!
**[00:57] Main**
I...
**[00:58] Fran**
Delia! How dare you treat
Lady Main in such a manner!
**[01:02] Fran**
Unhand her at once!
**[01:04] Delia**
First Lady Main and her family, now Dirk and I.
**[01:08] Delia**
Apparently, the head priest takes
joy in ripping families apart!
**[01:13] Fran**
That is not true!
**[01:15] Fran**
The head priest has his own reasons.
**[01:19] Delia**
And what exactly would those reasons be?!
**[01:22] Main**
Delia.
**[01:25] Main**
The one who asked the head
priest to have Dirk adopted
**[01:29] Main**
is me.
**[01:31] Delia**
What?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirty-Four Ominous Developments
**[03:18] Delia**
So you want to tear us apart, Lady Main?!
**[03:22] Main**
No.
**[03:23] Main**
But all of us taking turns to take
care of him is quite a burden.
**[03:27] Main**
If someone wants to adopt Dirk,
**[03:30] Main**
I thought that maybe he
could find some happiness.
**[03:34] Delia**
Even then! How could you decide
this without telling me?!
**[03:38] Delia**
It's just too cruel!
**[03:40] Main**
Currently, I'm grateful that you now all know
about us trying to find someone to adopt Dirk.
**[03:45] Delia**
What?
**[03:47] Main**
Because I...
**[03:48] Main**
never thought you'd want to take
care of Dirk so much, Delia.
**[03:55] Delia**
Lady Main...
**[03:57] Main**
The head priest has said that we probably
will not be able to find anyone to adopt him.
**[04:02] Main**
Even so, he is doing his
best to find someone anyway.
**[04:06] Delia**
I see...
**[04:09] Fran**
In Arno's message, apparently the head priest
**[04:13] Fran**
asked us to continue looking
after the child in the meantime.
**[04:18] Delia**
So Dirk and I won't be ripped apart, then?
**[04:22] Main**
Correct. I know how much you care for Dirk.
**[04:28] Main**
And...
**[04:29] Main**
I personally know how it feels to not
want to be away from your family.
**[04:39] Delia**
Thank goodness.
**[04:41] Delia**
I don't want to be apart
from Dirk, no matter what.
**[04:46] Delia**
He's the first time I've ever had... a family.
**[04:54] Delia**
Just a little more! You've got this, Dirk!
**[04:59] Delia**
You're almost there, Dirk!
You can do this! Come on!
**[05:06] Delia**
You're amazing, Dirk!
**[05:08] Delia**
I'd expect nothing less
from my little brother!
**[05:11] Delia**
You're just wonderful.
**[05:14] Main**
* Some time after, the doors were installed*
* at Mister Benno's Italian restaurant,*
**[05:24] Main**
*and our fixing agent was completed.*
**[05:46] Artisan B**
Who the hell are you?!
**[05:49] Darua**
Josef! We've just been informed
that Heidi's been captured!
**[05:53] Josef**
What?!
**[05:55] Artisan B**
She came to steal our paint-making secrets.
**[05:58] Heidi**
I wasn't trying to steal it...
**[06:01] Josef**
I'm so sorry for the trouble
my daydreaming wife caused...
**[06:05] Artisan B**
If you're her husband, you need
to keep better tabs on her.
**[06:10] Josef**
I'll do my best.
**[06:13] Josef**
Heidi, what were you doing there?
**[06:16] Heidi**
I was trying to find some inspiration
and somehow ended up there.
**[06:21] Heidi**
I wonder how we can make ink that the
little miss will be satisfied with.
**[06:26] Josef**
That's seriously all you ever think about.
**[06:29] Main**
Josef! Heidi!
**[06:32] Main**
We figured out how to make a fixing agent!
**[06:35] Josef & Heidi**
A fixing... agent?
**[06:42] Josef**
The color didn't change.
**[06:44] Lutz**
And next...
**[06:49] Josef**
It didn't turn black!
**[06:51] Main**
This is the first I've seen
it with my own eyes, too.
**[06:58] Main**
Is something wrong, Heidi?
**[07:02] Heidi**
And it's over just like that.
**[07:04] Heidi**
It's over before we ever found out
what was causing that change.
**[07:11] Main**
I don't mind giving you a little money
if you want to continue your research.
**[07:16] Main**
If we want to make these colors
vibrant or create more colors,
**[07:20] Main**
basic research will be necessary.
**[07:22] Heidi**
Miss, you're the best!
**[07:24] Josef**
Miss, you're spoiling Heidi way too much.
**[07:28] Main**
Well, to me, you're also Gutenbergs.
**[07:33] Josef**
Guten... what now?
**[07:35] Lutz**
Now there's even more.
**[07:37] Main**
Gutenberg...
**[07:39] Main**
One of the most important people
in the history of books.
**[07:42] Main**
He's basically a god because of
the way he changed how they're created.
**[07:45] Main**
Currently, we have...
**[07:47] Main**
Johann, who created the metal letter types,
**[07:50] Main**
Mister Benno, who's making
plant-based paper,
**[07:52] Main**
and Lutz, who sells books, as
the Gutenbergs of this town.
**[07:57] Main**
There's also Mister Ingo,
who makes our printing press,
**[08:00] Main**
and now you two, who make our inks.
**[08:02] Main**
I'm considering giving all of
you the title of Gutenberg as well.
**[08:06] Main**
Of course I don't mind investing in Gutenbergs,
who will be vital in the creation of books.
**[08:11] Josef**
Right...
**[08:12] Heidi**
Did you hear that? We're Gutenbergs, Josef!
**[08:15] Heidi**
She'll invest in this!
**[08:17] Heidi**
I'll be allowed to do my research!
**[08:20] Heidi**
Yahoo!
**[08:22] Lutz**
Yeah, she's just like Main.
**[08:26] Main**
Heidi.
**[08:27] Main**
If you're unable to deliver the
ink we order by the deadline,
**[08:31] Main**
I will be cutting off your
funding. Just remember that.
**[08:34] Heidi**
Ack!
**[08:35] Lutz**
I guess it takes one to know one.
Main has her figured out.
**[08:40] Both**
Takes one to know one?
**[08:45] Main**
Next, I'd like some wax paper.
**[08:48] Main**
Even if we were going to make a substitute,
**[08:50] Main**
we'd need an iron and wax paper...
**[08:53] Lutz**
What are those, and where can you find them?
**[08:57] Gil**
All in Lady Main's head.
**[09:01] Main**
I'll do my best to try to figure
out how to make all of that,
**[09:04] Main**
so I'll need you to take notes
on your tablet when I do, Gil.
**[09:08] Gil**
I'll do my best, Lady Main!
**[09:11] Main**
Next, we went to the wax workshop to
have Gil's tablet filled with wax.
**[09:17] Main**
Hello!
**[09:18] Artisan**
Hey, Gutenberg! Lady Main's here!
**[09:21] Johann**
Stop calling me that.
**[09:24] Johann**
What brings you here today, Lady Main?
**[09:27] Main**
Well, I was hoping you'd be
able to make Gil a stylus.
**[09:30] Main**
And I was hoping you could
make a toy for Kamil as well.
**[09:35] Johann**
A toy?
**[09:38] Main**
I'm going to go straight home now.
**[09:43] Gil**
What's that?
**[09:48] Main**
Isn't that...
**[09:49] Damuel**
We need to hurry!
**[09:52] Lutz**
Hey, where are we going?
**[09:54] Damuel**
This is a shortcut!
**[10:03] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess,
**[10:04] Damuel**
I'm going to regroup with the knights
to find out more information.
**[10:07] Damuel**
You are not to leave your
house until I come back.
**[10:11] Damuel**
Understood?
**[10:12] Main**
Yes.
**[10:13] Damuel**
Please watch after the apprentice priestess.
**[10:17] Eva**
What in the world is going on?
**[10:19] Main**
Apparently, something
happened at the east gate.
**[10:21] Eva**
The east gate?
**[10:23] Main**
I hope Dad is okay...
**[10:27] Gunther**
A noble from out of town tried to
come in and caused a commotion.
**[10:32] Gunther**
They didn't know the policies at the gates
had changed and had an unauthorized invitation.
**[10:37] Main**
Oh, "No nobles from other domains may
enter without permission from the lord."
**[10:42] Gunther**
Yeah. Then they got mad at the gatekeeper
for stopping their carriage.
**[10:47] Gunther**
That's why we summoned the knights.
**[10:50] Gunther**
We have to summon the knights
whenever nobles are involved.
**[10:56] Main**
I guess everyone's put a lot
of thought into all of this.
**[11:01] Gunther**
If a dangerous noble tries to enter,
**[11:04] Gunther**
I will immediately call the
knights and protect the gate.
**[11:07] Gunther**
So make sure you're aware
of your surroundings, Main.
**[11:13] Gunther**
What are you laughing about?
**[11:15] Main**
Oh, nothing.
**[11:21] Main**
* Dad's words made me so happy*
* that I ended up smiling,*
**[11:25] Main**
*despite the situation we're in.*
**[11:47] High Priest**
Stop getting in my way!
**[11:51] High Priest**
How dare all of you mock me?!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:14] Tuuli**
Yours turn out so much cuter.
**[12:17] Main**
Well, your seams definitely
look better than mine.
**[12:20] Tuuli**
You need to get better or sewing, or
you'll never be able to get married.
**[12:25] Main**
That's fine! I plan to
devote my life to books!
**[12:31] Eva**
Lutz is here.
**[12:34] Main**
Lutz!
**[12:35] Lutz**
Johann finished a little something.
**[12:40] Main**
The bell!
**[12:42] Lutz**
What are you going to do with that?
**[12:44] Main**
There we go.
**[12:46] Main**
Look, Kamil. It's done!
**[12:53] Main**
Just look at him! You're so precious, Kamil!
**[13:04] Lutz**
Kamil always seems to cry
when he sees your face, Main.
**[13:07] Main**
Inconceivable.
**[13:09] Kamil**
Big Sis Main!
**[13:14] Main**
I'm supposed to be the big sis
adored by my little brother.
**[13:18] Main**
I've got a long road ahead of me.
**[13:21] Lutz**
Main, when can you head to the cathedral?
**[13:24] Main**
No idea.
**[13:26] Lutz**
You've been home three days now, right?
**[13:27] Main**
I'm so bored, I don't know
what to do with myself.
**[13:30] Lutz**
Then let's figure out what the
next picture book should be.
**[13:33] Main**
The next picture book?
**[13:35] Main**
I wonder...
**[13:38] Ferdinand**
About the trouble that
happened at the east gate...
**[13:41] Ferdinand**
The one who had given an invitation
to that noble from another domain
**[13:44] Ferdinand**
was the high priest.
**[13:47] Ferdinand**
They were given a stern
warning from the knights.
**[13:50] Ferdinand**
And because the lord is away
at a lords' gathering,
**[13:55] Ferdinand**
he won't be issuing any
new permits at this time.
**[13:58] Ferdinand**
During this time, Main should be
able to come to the cathedral.
**[14:02] Fran & Damuel**
Yes, sir.
**[14:03] Ferdinand**
But there is a possibility someone
will try to forge the permits.
**[14:07] Ferdinand**
Please let Main's father know of this matter.
**[14:09] Fran & Damuel**
Yes, sir.
**[14:12] Main**
* I was finally able to go to the cathedral after*
* I'd been holed up at home for five days.*
**[14:19] Damuel**
That concludes Lord Ferdinand's message.
**[14:22] Gunther**
Understood.
**[14:24] Main**
Okay, I'll be going now.
**[14:27] Gunther**
Be careful, Main.
**[14:41] Main**
It's really quiet. Is Dirk still asleep?
**[14:46] Fran**
Upon the high priest's orders,
Dirk has been adopted by a noble.
**[14:52] Main**
What?
**[14:55] Rosina**
It happened yesterday.
**[14:58] Rosina**
When Fran and I returned
from our lunch break
**[15:02] Rosina**
Delia and Dirk were nowhere to be found.
**[15:04] Rosina**
Soon after, Wilma told us
that Delia had taken Dirk.
**[15:09] Fran**
We had the head priest ask the
high priest what had happened
**[15:13] Fran**
and we found out about the adoption.
**[15:16] Main**
But doesn't an adoption with a noble
need to be cleared by the lord first?
**[15:20] Fran**
Apparently not when it involves
a noble from another domain.
**[15:24] Main**
Really?!
**[15:26] Fran**
The head priest seemed concerned
about this matter, too.
**[15:29] Main**
What is going to happen to Delia?
**[15:32] Fran**
Lady Main,
**[15:33] Fran**
please let go of Delia.
**[15:36] Main**
Huh?
**[15:37] Fran**
She acts on her own without
permission from her master
**[15:40] Fran**
and brings you misfortune.
**[15:43] Fran**
She should not be allowed to
continue as your attendant.
**[15:46] Rosina**
She should be telling you when
she goes to see the high priest.
**[15:56] Main**
Fran, please summon Delia for me.
**[16:00] Fran**
As you wish.
**[16:02] Main**
* But the last thing she wanted*
* was to be torn apart from Dirk.*
**[16:06] Main**
*Why would she do this?*
**[16:16] Delia**
When I told the high priest
that the head priest
**[16:19] Delia**
was looking for someone to adopt
Dirk and couldn't find anyone...
**(Flashback) [16:23] High Priest**
Oh? The head priest was looking
for someone to adopt the boy?
**(Flashback) [16:27] Delia**
But the head priest couldn't find
anyone, so I'm still looking after him.
**(Flashback) [16:33] Delia**
He gets these bumps when he starts crying.
**(Flashback) [16:39] Delia**
I'm just so worried.
**(Flashback) [16:41] High Priest**
And you should be. I'll go ahead
and take care of this for you.
**(Flashback) [16:45] Delia**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [16:47] High Priest**
Leave this to me.
**[16:50] Delia**
And then the high priest
found someone immediately!
**[16:54] Delia**
Isn't that amazing?!
**[16:55] Main**
Are you okay with this, Delia?
**[16:57] Main**
Wouldn't this mean you'll be away from Dirk?
**[17:01] Delia**
The high priest said that Dirk could stay
by his side until he comes of age!
**[17:06] Delia**
Until then, Dirk and I get to stay in
a room the high priest prepared for us!
**[17:13] Main**
There's something very wrong with this.
**[17:16] Main**
If they're after Dirk's mana, what's the
point of having the high priest raise him?
**[17:20] Main**
Why did this noble agree to adopt Dirk?
**[17:25] Delia**
Pardon me...
**[17:27] Delia**
But may I be excused now?
**[17:29] Delia**
Dirk's new father will be here soon.
**[17:35] Main**
In that case, I will dismiss
you as my attendant, Delia.
**[17:40] Main**
I'm sure taking care of Dirk will
be difficult, but do your best.
**[17:44] Delia**
I will. Please excuse me.
**(Flashback) [17:51] Delia**
The high priest asked me
to give you a headache.
**(Flashback) [17:56] Delia**
Anything but going back to
the orphanage, please...
**(Flashback) [18:01] Delia**
I'd rather die!
**[18:05] Main**
*And I thought things were better now...*
**[18:10] Fran**
Lady Main.
**[18:12] Main**
I wonder if Dirk and Delia are all right...
**[18:17] Rosina**
This is a choice Delia made for herself,
and now that Dirk is no longer an orphan,
**[18:21] Rosina**
our hands are tied.
**[18:25] Main**
You're right.
**[18:30] Fran**
More importantly, Lady Main,
**[18:32] Fran**
please be cautious of the high priest.
**[18:35] Main**
What?
**[18:36] Fran**
When I went to fetch Delia earlier,
**[18:38] Fran**
the high priest was very
persistent about seeing you.
**[18:42] Main**
The high priest was?
**[18:44] Fran**
He'd been doing everything he
could to avoid you until now.
**[18:46] Fran**
This sudden change in him is unsettling.
**[18:50] Fran**
Also, the high priest was involved
in the incident at the east gate.
**[18:56] Fran**
The one who had sent an invitation
to the noble from another domain
**[18:59] Fran**
was apparently the high priest.
**[19:16] Tuuli**
Main! We've come to get you.
**[19:18] Main**
Tuuli, what brings you here?
**[19:21] Tuuli**
Let's go home together. It's been
dangerous lately, hasn't it?
**[19:24] Tuuli**
I'll protect you, Main!
**[19:26] Gil**
Me, too! I'll protect you, Lady Main!
**[19:29] Main**
Um...
**[19:33] Damuel**
It's dangerous for me to have
more of you to protect...
**[19:38] Main**
So, listen, Tuuli.
**[19:40] Main**
If something were to happen,
you'd be in more danger than I am.
**[19:44] Main**
If it were just me,
Sir Damuel could protect me.
**[19:48] Tuuli**
Fine, I got it.
**[19:50] Main**
Mister Otto!
**[19:52] Main**
It's been a while.
**[19:54] Otto**
Main! You're safe! Thank goodness.
**[19:58] Main**
Safe? Did something happen?
**[20:02] Otto**
Something happened at the east gate.
**(Flashback) [20:05] Gunther**
Why did you let that carriage through?!
**(Flashback) [20:07] Otto**
Captain! Calm down!
**(Flashback) [20:09] Gunther**
Why didn't my message get relayed to you?!
**(Flashback) [20:17] Gunther**
Main... Main's in danger!
**[20:20] Damuel**
They let a carriage through?!
**[20:22] Damuel**
Is it the one from the other day?
**[20:24] Otto**
Yeah, it's the same noble.
**[20:27] Otto**
I'm surprised you know about this.
**[20:29] Otto**
We're looking for him right now.
**[20:32] Damuel**
You contacted the knights, didn't you?
**[20:34] Otto**
Huh? Um... I'm not sure...
**[20:38] Otto**
The captain went to the cathedral
to make sure Main was okay.
**[20:42] Otto**
You didn't bump into him?
**[20:44] Damuel**
Rot!
**[20:49] Otto**
Huh? Wha?!
**[20:51] Otto**
Wait, are you a noble?!
**[20:53] Main**
We'll definitely be safe with
the knights here, right, Tuuli?
**[20:58] Main**
Huh?
**[20:59] Main**
Tuuli?
**[21:06] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess!
**[21:08] Main**
*H-Help me...*
**[21:13] Main**
Help me!
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Black Protective Charm
**[22:53] Main**
Dad, did you actually tell everyone?
**[22:56] Gunther**
Of course, I did!
**[22:58] Gunther**
Before we changed shifts, I went to the east
gate and talked to the one in charge there.
**[23:02] Gunther**
Then from the south gate,
west gate, and north gate,
***SIGN*** South
***SIGN*** West
***SIGN*** West North
**[23:05] Gunther**
I had all of the ones in charge gather
and told them all Sir Damuel's message!
**[23:10] Main**
Then why didn't they know?
**[23:13] Gunther**
According to the gatekeeper, the one
in charge there never told them.
**[23:17] Main**
What?!
**[23:19] Gunther**
That's why the gatekeeper didn't know to
check to see if the permit was forged!
**[23:24] Main**
Well, I can't blame them.
**[23:26] Gunther**
Why the hell didn't they
tell all the gatekeepers?!
**[23:29] Gunther**
I'm gonna go hit him again!
**[23:32] Main**
Dad, don't!
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Hebi-Zou
# E35 - The Black Protective Charm
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVPVXJ/the-black-protective-charm)
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**[00:01] Narrator**
* Main is ecstatic that they finish*
* making some colored inks.*
**[00:04] Narrator**
*But...*
**[00:05] Fran**
Upon the high priest's orders,
Dirk has been adopted by a noble.
**[00:11] Main**
What?
**[00:12] Fran**
More importantly, Lady Main,
**[00:15] Fran**
please be cautious of the high priest.
**[00:17] Fran**
The high priest was involved
in the incident at the east gate.
**[00:24] Narrator**
*Then the curtain rises on even more trouble.*
**[00:29] Tuuli**
Main! We've come to get you.
**[00:32] Main**
Tuuli, what brings you here?
**[00:34] Tuuli**
Let's go home together. It's been
dangerous lately, hasn't it?
**[00:37] Tuuli**
I'll protect you, Main!
**[00:40] Gil**
Me, too! I'll protect you, Lady Main!
**[00:42] Main**
Um...
**[00:46] Damuel**
It's dangerous for me to have
more of you to protect...
**[00:51] Main**
So, listen, Tuuli.
**[00:52] Main**
If something were to happen,
you'd be in more danger than I am.
**[00:56] Main**
If it were just me,
Sir Damuel could protect me.
**[01:00] Tuuli**
Fine, I got it.
**[01:02] Fran**
Lady Main had just gone home.
**[01:05] Gunther**
Damn it... Main!
**[01:08] Damuel**
They let a carriage through?!
**[01:10] Damuel**
Is it the one from the other day?
**[01:12] Otto**
Yeah, it's the same noble.
**[01:14] Otto**
I'm surprised you know about this.
**[01:16] Otto**
We're looking for him right now.
**[01:19] Damuel**
You contacted the knights, didn't you?
**[01:22] Otto**
Huh? Um... I'm not sure...
**[01:26] Otto**
The captain went to the cathedral
to make sure Main was okay.
**[01:30] Otto**
You didn't bump into him?
**[01:32] Damuel**
Rot!
**[01:38] Fran**
Could something have happened to Lady Main?
**[01:42] Main**
We'll definitely be safe with
the knights here, right, Tuuli?
**[01:48] Main**
Tuuli?
**[01:53] Main**
H-Help me...
**[01:57] Gunther**
Did something happen?
**[01:58] Otto**
Captain!
**[01:59] Gunther**
Where's Main?
**[02:10] Gunther**
What do you think... you're
doing to my daughter?!
**[02:14] Main**
Ow!
**[02:15] Lutz**
Main!
**[02:16] Gil**
Lady Main!
**[02:19] Lutz**
Are you okay, Main?
**[02:20] Main**
Yes. Where's Tuuli?
**[02:25] Tuuli**
N-No...
**[02:29] Lutz**
Main?
**[02:30] Gil**
Lady Main?
**[02:31] Main**
Hey. What do you think
you're doing to my Tuuli?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirty-Five The Black Protective Charm
**[04:21] Main**
Get your dirty hands off of Tuuli.
**[04:24] Main**
Or you're going to die. I mean it.
**[04:35] Main**
Tuuli!
**[04:36] Tuuli**
I-I was so scared.
**[04:44] Main**
*A magic stone?*
**[04:47] Main**
Dad, look out!
**[04:48] Damuel**
Getilgt!
**[04:52] Damuel**
I'll take care of things here.
**[04:54] Damuel**
Gunther, return to the cathedral and inform
Lord Ferdinand of what's going on!
**[04:58] Gunther**
Yes, sir.
**[04:59] Gunther**
Otto, take care of Main!
**[05:01] Otto**
Main, we should also...
**[05:03] Lutz**
You're bleeding, Main.
**[05:06] Main**
Must be from when I was dropped earlier.
**[05:09] Main**
Mister Otto, we're definitely in trouble
right now, and we need to call for help, right?
**[05:14] Otto**
What else could this possibly seem like to you?
**(Flashback) [05:21] Sylvester**
If you're ever in trouble, press your
blood seal upon this black stone.
**(Flashback) [05:26] Main**
If I'm in trouble?
**(Flashback) [05:28] Sylvester**
Yes.
**(Flashback) [05:30] Sylvester**
I promise I'll come save you.
**[05:40] Lutz**
Main, what is that?
**[05:41] Main**
A protective charm.
**[05:42] Otto**
Let's hurry!
**[05:49] Arno**
The head priest is currently not in.
**[05:51] Fran**
What? Where did he go?
**[05:54] Arno**
No idea.
**[05:55] Fran**
Then if you could give him a message for me.
**[05:57] Fran**
We've received word from Master Gunther
**[05:59] Fran**
that the noble from the other
day has made it into the city.
**[06:02] Arno**
Received. If you'll excuse me.
**[06:07] Delia**
Fran.
**[06:09] Delia**
Is Lady Main around?
**[06:11] Delia**
Dirk's new father is here and
would like to speak with her.
**[06:17] Fran**
Lady Main has gone home.
**[06:19] Fran**
The head priest is also out.
**[06:21] Delia**
I see. What a pity.
**[06:29] Main**
* We had Tuuli and Lutz stay behind*
* at the Gilberta Company,*
**[06:33] Main**
*and we headed to the cathedral.*
**[06:38] Main**
He's absent?
**[06:39] Fran**
Yes. The head priest is currently not here.
**[06:42] Main**
I see...
**[06:43] Fran**
An emergency flare had gone up,
**[06:46] Fran**
so he might have been
summoned by the knights.
**[06:49] Main**
I see.
**[06:51] Fran**
Also, apparently Dirk's new father
is here and wanted to see you.
**[06:56] Main**
See me?
**[06:57] Fran**
Yes.
**[06:58] Fran**
I was relieved that you didn't have to go
**[07:01] Fran**
to the high priest's room
while the head priest is out.
**[07:07] Main**
Sir Damuel.
**[07:09] Damuel**
Is Lord Ferdinand here?
**[07:11] Main**
Huh?
**[07:12] Damuel**
I used ordonnanz, but he didn't reply.
**[07:15] Damuel**
That's why I came here.
**[07:17] Fran**
I figured he went to see the knights.
**[07:20] Main**
Then where exactly is the head priest?
**[07:26] Fran**
Let's speak with Arno one more time.
**[07:28] Main**
Yes.
**[07:30] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess,
put this on just in case.
**[07:34] Damuel**
The ring that one of the men was using
earlier that'll serve as evidence.
**[07:37] Damuel**
Unlike Lord Ferdinand, I have
no magic stones to lend you.
**[07:43] Main**
I thank you kindly for your consideration.
**[07:51] Main**
What? The size isn't changing.
**[07:55] Main**
It does seem to let me store
my mana in it at least.
**[07:59] Main**
Let's go.
**[08:04] Gil**
Please... Watch over Lady Main.
**[08:12] High Priest**
Here is proof of the contract.
**[08:14] Delia**
Yes, sir.
**[08:18] Bindewald**
This completes our contract.
**[08:37] Fran**
This way.
**[08:42] High Priest**
I've been searching for you, Main.
**[08:44] Gunther**
Damn it, why?
**[08:46] High Priest**
Count Bindewald, that's the blue
apprentice priestess, Main.
**[08:51] Bindewald**
Oho...
**[08:59] Bindewald**
Main, I will establish a contract with you.
**[09:03] Main**
A contract?
**[09:04] Delia**
How lovely to have a noble
fancy you, Lady Main.
**[09:09] Delia**
You'll be adopted by Count
Bindewald... just like Dirk.
**[09:15] Bindewald**
The contract I formed with that
infant is one of servitude.
**[09:18] Delia**
What?
**[09:22] Delia**
But it says right here that
you've adopted him...
**[09:24] Bindewald**
Take a look at the second form.
**[09:28] Delia**
A Devouring servitude contract?
**[09:31] Main**
The Devouring refers to a
commoner who has mana.
**[09:35] Main**
In exchange for a magic item,
**[09:37] Main**
they are forced into a life
of servitude until they die.
**[09:42] Delia**
No... You're lying. She's lying, right?
**[09:46] Delia**
You said you'd make sure
we could stay together.
**[09:50] High Priest**
Yes, that child will be mine.
**[09:54] High Priest**
But in exchange, Main will
leave the cathedral.
**[09:57] Main**
What?
**[09:58] Bindewald**
Those are the terms of this deal.
**[10:00] Main**
I've heard nothing of this!
**[10:02] Main**
There is no contract unless
all parties agree!
**[10:06] Bindewald**
Well, this is a servitude contract.
**[10:08] Bindewald**
Because of the Spring
Prayer as well as today,
**[10:11] Bindewald**
I've lost many of my Devouring soldiers.
**[10:15] Bindewald**
I'll have you make up for my loss yourself.
**[10:19] Bindewald**
Now, sign the contract!
**[10:21] High Priest**
The head priest is currently gone.
**[10:24] High Priest**
I will just turn a blind eye if
you decide to run off with Main.
**[10:28] High Priest**
Capture her quickly and leave
the city, Count Bindewald.
**[10:33] Bindewald**
You may kill anyone besides the child.
**[10:36] Bindewald**
Capture her!
**[10:39] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess! Step back!
**[10:50] Damuel**
Schwert!
**[10:52] High Priest**
What? Who is that?
**[10:53] Delia**
That is Lady Main's knight bodyguard
that I'd informed you of.
**[10:57] High Priest**
Knight bodyguard? I know nothing of this!
**[10:59] Bindewald**
The knights finding about
this would not be good.
**[11:04] Main**
Look out!
**[11:08] Bindewald**
You insolent little commoner Devouring girl.
**[11:22] Bindewald**
Oho, so you already have
on a ring of servitude.
**[11:27] Main**
A ring of servitude?
**[11:29] Bindewald**
As long as you have that ring on,
you cannot attack your master.
**[11:34] Bindewald**
You cannot take that ring off unless
the contract is annulled.
**[11:38] Main**
Meaning this ring is worthless
unless a contract is formed.
**[11:42] High Priest**
You won't be able to run that insolent
little mouth for much longer!
**[11:51] Delia**
Dirk!
**[11:53] High Priest**
What a pity. Infants don't
have much mana after all.
**[11:58] Main**
How cruel... How dare you do that to Dirk?!
**[12:04] High Priest**
Are you able to attack a defenseless infant?
**[12:07] High Priest**
Are you willing to throw Delia
into the depths of despair?
**[12:10] Delia**
Please! Please no!
**[12:12] Delia**
Lady Main, please!
**[12:19] Main**
No!
**[12:20] High Priest**
Yes! Well done, Jenni!
**[12:22] Gunther**
Main!
**[12:25] Main**
Let go of me!
**[12:26] Jenni**
I will not.
**[12:28] Jenni**
I'm being forced to work as a flower-giver
**[12:31] Jenni**
while Rosina and Wilma get to continue
on like nothing has changed.
**[12:37] Jenni**
That's hardly fair, is it?
**[12:41] Bindewald**
You're more trouble than you're worth.
**[12:45] Bindewald**
Messer.
**[12:49] Bindewald**
Open up your hand.
**[12:50] Main**
No!
**[12:54] Main**
Ow!
**[12:56] Bindewald**
Now, let's get your blood seal.
**[13:03] Main**
No, no!
**[13:05] Main**
No, no, no!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[13:17] Main**
No!
**[13:19] Main**
No!
**[13:21] Main**
No!
**[13:23] Main**
No!
**[13:24] Main**
No!
**[13:26] Main**
I don't want to!
**[13:27] Main**
Stop it!
**[13:29] Main**
No!
**[13:30] Gunther**
Let go of Main!
**[13:35] Gunther**
Main, are you all right?
**[13:38] Bindewald**
You insolent peasant!
**[13:41] Main**
Dad!
**[13:42] Gunther**
This is... nothing...
**[13:46] Main**
Dad!
**[13:47] Main**
Dad! Dad!
**[13:51] Main**
You won't get away with this.
**[13:59] High Priest**
Count Bindewald!
**[14:03] High Priest**
Don't think the same trick will keep working!
**[14:10] High Priest**
I'm not scared of you, child!
**[14:24] High Priest**
This is a magic stone of
darkness that absorbs mana!
**[14:32] High Priest**
Futile! Absolutely futile!
**[14:41] High Priest**
What?
**[14:54] High Priest**
Wh-What's the meaning of this?
**[15:04] High Priest**
Main!
**[15:07] High Priest**
Just how much...
**[15:16] Bindewald**
I let my guard down...
**[15:18] Bindewald**
To think she possessed this much mana.
**[15:25] Damuel**
Apprentice Priestess!
**[15:28] Main**
Sir Damuel!
**[15:30] Bindewald**
How pathetic to call yourself a knight
when you have so little mana.
**[15:53] Main**
Head Priest!
**[15:54] Ferdinand**
What is the meaning of this?
**[15:59] High Priest**
What are you doing here?
**[16:01] High Priest**
You should be away.
**[16:04] Ferdinand**
I'd announced that I was away...
**[16:08] Ferdinand**
But it appears as though a stranger
has entered the cathedral.
**[16:13] Ferdinand**
High Priest, who is this?
**[16:16] High Priest**
A noble from Ahrensbach!
**[16:19] Ferdinand**
If you could kindly show me your permit.
**[16:21] Bindewald**
Why must I show anything to a mere priest?
**[16:25] Ferdinand**
Well, since our lord is currently away,
**[16:27] Ferdinand**
no noble from another domain
is allowed to enter this city.
**[16:30] Bindewald**
Are you trying to suggest
that I forged my permit?
**[16:33] High Priest**
He has been granted proper permission.
**[16:37] Ferdinand**
We had established some
new rules this winter.
**[16:40] Ferdinand**
Were you not aware of them?
**[16:42] High Priest**
New rules?
**[16:45] Ferdinand**
Ah... Please forgive me.
**[16:48] Ferdinand**
The winter social is for nobles.
**[16:50] Ferdinand**
Of course, you wouldn't know.
**[16:54] High Priest**
M-More importantly, do something about Main!
**[16:58] High Priest**
I'm not the one who caused all this trouble!
**[17:00] High Priest**
It was Main!
**[17:01] Main**
What?
**[17:03] Bindewald**
I was viciously attacked.
**[17:06] Bindewald**
She had the nerve to attack
me, a noble, with her mana.
**[17:09] High Priest**
Capture Main for committing
treason against a noble!
**[17:14] Ferdinand**
Main, you let your mana go berserk again?
**[17:16] Main**
It was an emergency.
**[17:18] Ferdinand**
I can see that.
**[17:21] Main**
Head Priest... am I going
to be charged with a crime?
**[17:25] Ferdinand**
Yes.
**[17:27] Ferdinand**
Because we are dealing with the high
priest and a noble from another domain.
**[17:30] Ferdinand**
Not just yourself, but your family and
your attendants will all be charged.
**[17:37] Main**
I'm sorry, Dad.
**[17:38] Gunther**
I was prepared to die as soon as
you started going to the cathedral.
**[17:43] Gunther**
This is no different.
**[17:52] Main**
Lord Sylvester, you liar.
**[17:55] Main**
You promised to protect me.
**[17:58] Ferdinand**
Main, where did you get that?
**[18:01] Main**
He gave it to me after he went hunting.
**[18:03] Main**
He said it was a protective charm.
**[18:06] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[18:09] Ferdinand**
That is a powerful protective charm indeed.
**[18:11] Main**
What do you mean by that?
**[18:14] Ferdinand**
That's only...
**[18:16] Ferdinand**
if you are prepared to become
Sylvester's daughter.
**[18:21] Main**
You mean Lord Sylvester
instead of Lord Karstedt?
**[18:26] Ferdinand**
Correct.
**[18:28] Ferdinand**
But not in two years.
**[18:31] Ferdinand**
This would be immediately.
**[18:32] Main**
Huh?
**[18:34] Ferdinand**
If you have that resolve, you'll
be able to save your family.
**[18:45] Gunther**
Absolutely not. You're not
leaving us immediately!
**[19:01] Main**
If that is how to save everyone...
**[19:05] Main**
Then I will proceed.
**[19:06] Gunther**
Main!
**[19:11] Main**
I want to protect everyone.
**[19:14] Main**
Please forgive me, Dad.
**[19:16] Gunther**
Main...
**[19:23] Ferdinand**
If you've made up your mind...
**[19:26] Ferdinand**
Main, pray to the wind and protect them.
**[19:29] Ferdinand**
Protect them from my mana.
**[19:32] Main**
From your mana?
**[19:37] Ferdinand**
We've just received this justification.
**[19:41] Ferdinand**
I will now take this moment to be
rid of those who stand in my way.
**[19:43] High Priest**
Head Priest, have you
sealed away Main's mana?
**[19:47] High Priest**
Let Count Bindewald dispose of that vermin.
**[19:50] High Priest**
It's best to throw her out of this domain.
**[19:57] High Priest**
What do you think you're doing?
**[20:00] High Priest**
Wh-What are you doing?!
**[20:02] Ferdinand**
You dying right now will
just cause me issues later.
**[20:05] High Priest**
What?! Quit fooling around and untie me!
**[20:11] High Priest**
Are you defying my orders?!
**[20:14] Bindewald**
Why does a priest have a schtappe?
**[20:17] Ferdinand**
Why... it's because I am a noble who
graduated from the Royal Academy, of course,
**[20:23] Ferdinand**
Count Bindewald.
**[20:26] Ferdinand**
You may think it's safe for
you once you leave Ehrenfest,
**[20:32] Ferdinand**
but don't think for a second
I'm letting you escape.
**[20:45] Main**
Goddess of Wind that rules
over protection, Schutzaria,
**[20:49] Main**
and the twelve kindred
goddesses at her side...
**[20:53] Main**
Hear my prayer and grant me holy power!
**[20:58] Main**
Grant me a shield of wind that will
ward away those who wish to do us harm!
**[21:18] Main**
*Everyone here... My family...*
**[21:21] Main**
*I'm going to protect them!*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter Blessing
**[22:59] Main**
Jeez, you should've saved
us earlier, Head Priest.
**[23:03] Ferdinand**
I didn't know what was going on.
There's no helping that.
**[23:06] Main**
Well, since you came out of your quarters,
**[23:08] Main**
you must have been in your secret room.
**[23:10] Ferdinand**
Correct. I was doing some research
regarding this current incident.
**[23:15] Main**
Sir Damuel mentioned he used
ordonnanz, but you didn't reply.
**[23:20] Ferdinand**
Ordonnanz doesn't reach my hidden room.
**[23:23] Main**
Then how did you find out what was going on?
**[23:25] Ferdinand**
Zahm had delivered a magic message
from the knight at the north gate to me.
**[23:30] Main**
I see... Wait, what's a magic message?
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Katsuki Hikaru
# E36 - Blessing
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGPG2J/blessing)
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**[00:01] Narrator**
Main gets dragged into a dubious plot
**[00:03] Narrator**
and lets her mana go berserk.
**[00:09] Main**
Lord Sylvester, you liar.
**[00:12] Main**
You promised to protect me.
**[00:15] Main**
Main, where did you get that?
**[00:17] Main**
He gave it to me after he went hunting.
**[00:20] Main**
He said it was a protective charm.
**[00:22] Ferdinand**
I see.
**[00:24] Ferdinand**
That is a powerful protective charm indeed.
**[00:27] Main**
What do you mean by that?
**[00:29] Ferdinand**
That's only...
**[00:31] Ferdinand**
if you are prepared to become
Sylvester's daughter.
**[00:37] Main**
If that is how to save everyone...
**[00:41] Main**
Then I will proceed.
**[00:44] Ferdinand**
If you've made up your mind...
**[00:46] Ferdinand**
Main, pray to the wind and protect them.
**[00:50] Ferdinand**
Protect them from my mana.
**[00:58] Main**
*Everyone here... My family...*
**[01:01] Main**
*I'm going to protect them!*
**[01:11] Main**
Lord Karstedt!
**[01:13] Sylvester**
Sorry to keep you waiting, Main.
**[01:15] Main**
Lord Sylvester!
**[01:23] Sylvester**
Ferdinand, that's enough. Well done.
**[01:27] Sylvester**
Main, you may put down your shield as well.
**[01:34] Main**
* Wait. Is the head priest's*
* rank lower than his?*
**[01:38] High Priest**
Oh, Sylvester! You came at the perfect time!
**[01:42] Sylvester**
What is this mess?
**[01:44] Sylvester**
Let's hear what's going on...
**[01:47] Sylvester**
Uncle.
**[01:49] Main**
What?
**[01:50] Bindewald**
And who's that supposed to be?
**[01:53] Karstedt**
This is Aub Ehrenfest.
**[01:56] Bindewald**
H-He couldn't be...
**[01:58] Main**
Aub... Ehrenfest?
**[02:03] Gunther**
Main, that's the lord.
**[02:05] Main**
The lord?
**[02:08] Main**
Huh?
**[02:09] Main**
What?
**[02:13] Main**
What?!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Thirty-Six Blessing
**[03:58] Benno**
Otto, Lutz, what happened?
**[04:01] Lutz**
And so Mister Gunther and
Main went to the cathedral.
**[04:06] Otto**
Come to think of it, Main
said something strange.
**[04:09] Otto**
She said we needed to call for
help in that situation.
**[04:13] Benno**
And?
**[04:14] Lutz**
She used her blood seal on the
black stone hanging from her neck.
**[04:18] Benno**
Damn it! It's too early for that!
**[04:20] Lutz**
Huh?
**[04:26] Tuuli**
Main's okay, right?
**[04:29] Lutz**
Main... will be okay.
**[04:44] Sylvester**
You may look up.
**[04:48] Sylvester**
Is there anything you'd like
to say, Count Bindewald?
**[04:53] Bindewald**
I'd like you to punish that commoner!
**[04:56] Sylvester**
Commoner, you say?
**[04:58] Bindewald**
This little brat named Main!
**[05:01] Bindewald**
She used her magic against a noble!
**[05:04] Bindewald**
She is truly a dangerous,
treacherous little commoner!
**[05:08] Sylvester**
You seem to have the wrong
idea about something.
**[05:11] Sylvester**
This girl you call a commoner
**[05:13] Sylvester**
is my adopted daughter.
**[05:15] Bindewald**
Absurd!
**[05:17] Sylvester**
Main.
**[05:25] Sylvester**
The proof...
**[05:27] Sylvester**
is right here.
**[05:31] Bindewald**
And what's that?
**[05:33] Sylvester**
A magic item that finalizes a contract
once a blood seal is used.
**[05:37] Sylvester**
Do you understand now?
Main is already my daughter.
**[05:41] Sylvester**
Which would mean that you attacked a
relative of the lord of this domain.
**[05:48] Bindewald**
No...
**[05:49] Sylvester**
Count Bindewald, you not only
entered this city illegally,
**[05:54] Sylvester**
but you attacked its lord's daughter
as well as her knight bodyguard.
**[05:58] Sylvester**
You will be taken into custody. Seize him!
**[06:07] Sylvester**
I will sentence you once all of
your crimes have become clear.
**[06:13] Sylvester**
Uncle.
**[06:14] High Priest**
Sylvester!
**[06:16] High Priest**
I knew none of this!
**[06:18] High Priest**
This was all devised by Count Bindewald!
**[06:21] High Priest**
I just did what I was told!
**[06:24] Sylvester**
You're making excuses?
**[06:26] Sylvester**
That's rather unsightly, Uncle.
**[06:29] High Priest**
It's the truth! You have
to believe me, Sylvester!
**[06:32] High Priest**
I didn't do anything wrong!
**[06:33] High Priest**
Tell that cur to untie me at once!
**[06:37] Sylvester**
And now calling him a cur...
**[06:40] Sylvester**
My little brother.
**[06:43] Main**
*Little brother?*
**[06:47] Main**
*These two are brothers?*
**[06:51] High Priest**
Who cares about a younger brother
who has some whore as a mother?
**[06:58] Sylvester**
I ask that you refrain from insults.
**[07:00] Sylvester**
Though our mothers are different,
he is still my precious little brother.
**[07:04] High Priest**
Don't let him fool you, Sylvester!
**[07:06] High Priest**
I'm sure he's the one who coaxed
you into adopting Main, as well!
**[07:11] High Priest**
Nullify this adoption at once!
This is my warning as your uncle!
**[07:17] High Priest**
You are my precious little nephew!
I wish you no misfortune!
**[07:22] High Priest**
Sylvester! I'm...
**[07:25] High Priest**
I'm saying this for your own good!
**[07:31] Sylvester**
And now crocodile tears...
**[07:32] High Priest**
I'm worried about you from
the bottom of my heart!
**[07:36] Sylvester**
As the lord, I will cast aside any
attachment I have for you as a relative,
**[07:39] Sylvester**
and place judgment upon you.
**[07:43] Sylvester**
Uncle, you went too far.
**[07:46] Sylvester**
I cannot turn a blind eye any longer.
**[07:48] Sylvester**
This commotion you caused
**[07:51] Sylvester**
is worthy of the death penalty.
**[07:52] High Priest**
What?!
**[07:54] Sylvester**
That goes for all of your accomplices, too.
**[07:57] Sylvester**
Take him away!
**[07:59] High Priest**
Sylvester!
**[08:09] Delia**
Lady Main, please take care of Dirk for me.
**[08:12] Main**
Delia...
**(Flashback) [08:15] Delia**
Why weren't you there to help me?
**[08:20] Main**
Lord Sylvester, I have
a favor to ask of you.
**[08:24] Sylvester**
Name it.
**[08:25] Main**
Would you consider sparing Delia?
**[08:28] Sylvester**
And why is that?
**[08:30] Main**
Delia was only deceived.
**[08:32] Main**
I don't believe she had any
involvement in their evil deeds.
**[08:36] Sylvester**
Be that as it may, if she was
involved in this incident,
**[08:39] Sylvester**
she must face some punishment.
**[08:43] Sylvester**
As the daughter of the lord,
you may decide her punishment.
**[08:48] Sylvester**
Let's see what you decide.
**[08:54] Main**
For her punishment, I order that
Delia return to the orphanage.
**[08:59] Main**
You will be no one's attendant.
**[09:02] Main**
You will spend the rest of your life taking
care of Dirk and all of the other orphans.
**[09:05] Main**
That is your duty from now on, Delia.
**[09:12] Delia**
Thank you kindly.
**[09:19] Sylvester**
Are you Main's biological father?
**[09:22] Gunther**
Yes. My name is Gunther.
**[09:24] Sylvester**
We will now finalize this
contract for the adoption.
**[09:28] Sylvester**
Go summon your family.
**[09:30] Gunther**
Yes, sire.
**[09:37] Gunther**
Thank you very much.
**[09:39] Tuuli**
Dad, what happened to your arm?
**[09:42] Gunther**
It's no big deal. Main's
waiting for us. Let's go.
**[09:47] Lutz**
Mister Gunther, where's Main?
**[09:50] Gunther**
I promise I'll explain
everything to you later.
**[09:52] Gunther**
Just wait for me.
**[10:01] Arno**
Perhaps you should get some rest.
**[10:03] Fran**
I'm fine.
**[10:05] Arno**
You're so inflexible, Fran.
**[10:08] Fran**
I could say the same about you, Arno.
**[10:10] Fran**
Why didn't you tell me that the head
priest was in his hidden room?
**[10:18] Ferdinand**
You may take your leave.
**[10:24] Sylvester**
Main, let's talk about your future.
**[10:27] Main**
Am I going to become Lord
Karstedt's daughter first
**[10:30] Main**
and then become yours, Lord Sylvester?
**[10:36] Ferdinand**
Well, a former commoner girl
**[10:39] Ferdinand**
being adopted is quite different
from a noble girl being adopted.
**[10:44] Sylvester**
You are the beloved daughter of Lord
Karstedt's third wife, who perished.
**[10:50] Main**
* Talk about illegally messing with*
* someone's family register.*
**[10:53] Sylvester**
As for the Gilberta Company...
**[10:57] Sylvester**
I considered having them close up shop...
**[11:00] Main**
What?!
**[11:01] Sylvester**
But they are absolutely necessary
to keep the printing business
**[11:04] Sylvester**
as one of this city's industries.
**[11:07] Sylvester**
I will let you continue your
relationship with them.
**[11:11] Main**
Thank you kindly.
**[11:14] Sylvester**
Regarding your birth family...
**[11:17] Sylvester**
You are going to become
the daughter of the lord.
**[11:20] Sylvester**
Your name will change.
**[11:23] Sylvester**
Seeing your family...
**[11:25] Sylvester**
will be prohibited from now on.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[11:40] Ferdinand**
Come in.
**[11:44] Tuuli**
Main!
**[11:45] Main**
Tuuli!
**[11:48] Tuuli**
Main, are you okay?
**[11:51] Tuuli**
The look on Dad's face was scary when
he came to get me, and he was injured.
**[11:55] Tuuli**
And now even Mom and Kamil
have to come to the cathedral...
**[11:59] Tuuli**
I was really scared that something
might've happened to you.
**[12:04] Tuuli**
I'm so glad you're okay!
**[12:08] Gunther**
Tuuli, you need to bow, as well.
**[12:11] Tuuli**
Huh?
**[12:19] Sylvester**
In order to conclude this
incident without further issue,
**[12:22] Sylvester**
it has been decided that
Main will be adopted by me.
**[12:26] Sylvester**
The commoner Main is now dead.
**[12:30] Gunther**
Understood.
**[12:32] Tuuli**
Is this my fault?
**[12:33] Main**
It's not.
**[12:34] Tuuli**
But then why...
**[12:40] Tuuli**
Dad must've known.
**[12:42] Sylvester**
All of you are obstacles to Main
becoming your lord's daughter.
**[12:46] Sylvester**
I thought of having all of
you dealt with, too.
**[12:51] Sylvester**
But then Main would probably go berserk,
**[12:54] Sylvester**
so I'm allowing all of you to live.
**[12:59] Sylvester**
But I cannot allow you to see
her as her family any longer.
**[13:03] Sylvester**
Once you sign the contract, I will
allow you to continue seeing her.
**[13:07] Sylvester**
Main, read it to them.
**[13:14] Main**
"You are to announce to everyone
around you that Main has died."
**[13:18] Main**
"If you are ever to encounter
Main from now on,
**[13:21] Main**
you will not claim to be her family."
**[13:25] Main**
"You will treat Main as a noble."
**[13:30] Main**
Those are the terms of this contract.
**[13:38] Tuuli**
So if I sign this contract, you
won't be my little sister anymore?
**[13:43] Main**
Mm...
**[13:44] Tuuli**
But I don't want that!
**[13:46] Main**
I don't want this either,
**[13:48] Main**
but I don't want to put you
in danger anymore, Tuuli.
**[13:51] Main**
Something might happen to Mom or Kamil next.
**[13:54] Main**
I don't want to put my
family in danger anymore.
**[13:58] Tuuli**
But...
**[14:01] Main**
Even if we're not family anymore...
**[14:03] Main**
Even if I can't call you
my big sister anymore...
**[14:05] Main**
I still want to be able
to see your face, Tuuli!
**[14:12] Main**
I'll keep doing my best to make picture
books and toys for you and Kamil, Tuuli.
**[14:17] Main**
So please... let me at least see you.
**[14:20] Tuuli**
Main, please don't cry.
**[14:22] Tuuli**
I promise I'll do my best to learn how to
read, so I can read these books you're making.
**[14:27] Main**
Tuuli, once you become a
professional seamstress,
**[14:31] Main**
I'll send you my clothing orders,
so I want you to make them.
**[14:34] Tuuli**
I promise you. I'll make you
all your clothes, Main.
**[14:38] Main**
I love you, Tuuli.
**[14:40] Main**
I couldn't be prouder of my older sister.
**[14:51] Eva**
Main...
**[14:52] Eva**
You're leaving your parents far too early.
**[14:55] Main**
I'm sorry, Mom.
**[14:58] Eva**
You get sick easily, so
you need to be careful.
**[15:01] Eva**
Make sure you listen to everyone around you,
**[15:03] Eva**
so you don't cause them any trouble.
**[15:05] Eva**
Don't go running off on your own.
**[15:08] Eva**
Make sure you help out when you can,
**[15:10] Eva**
and make sure you don't
rely too much on others.
**[15:11] Main**
* I usually just listen and say,*
* "Yeah, yeah," to all of this,*
**[15:15] Main**
* but knowing I won't hear*
* this anymore is just...*
**[15:23] Eva**
I love you, my dear little Main.
**[15:27] Main**
I love you, too, Mom.
**[15:30] Main**
Mom, do you want me to
write your name for you?
**[15:32] Eva**
I've been practicing how to write, as well.
**[15:38] Main**
Dad, is it okay if I hold Kamil?
**[15:43] Main**
I'm going to be making picture books just
for you, so make sure you read them, okay?
**[15:51] Main**
Is your arm okay, Dad?
**[15:54] Gunther**
Yeah, I'm fine.
**[15:56] Main**
I'm sorry. This is all my fault.
**[15:58] Gunther**
And I'm sorry that I couldn't
protect you, Main.
**[16:04] Main**
No, you always protected me, Dad.
**[16:08] Main**
If I ever get married, I want to marry
someone who'll protect me just like you.
**[16:13] Gunther**
You're just supposed to say that
you want to marry me, Main.
**[16:17] Main**
I want to marry you, Dad!
**[16:21] Gunther**
I've always wanted my
daughter to say that to me,
**[16:26] Gunther**
but now that my wish came true,
my daughter's leaving me...
**[16:30] Gunther**
This is too much to bear.
**[16:32] Main**
My name is going to change, and I won't
be able to call you "Dad" anymore,
**[16:37] Main**
but I'll always be your daughter.
**[16:39] Main**
I'll protect this whole city.
**[16:42] Gunther**
The whole city, eh?
**[16:51] Ferdinand**
Main, restrain yourself!
**[16:54] Main**
No, I need to use this mana,
**[16:57] Main**
because it was born from the
love that I have for my family.
**[17:01] Main**
I'm going to use it for my family!
**[17:05] Ferdinand**
Main...
**[17:06] Main**
The king and queen of the Gods,
who rule upon the sky so high,
**[17:09] Main**
are the Gods of Darkness and
Light, husband and wife.
**[17:11] Main**
The Eternal Five that
rule upon this land...
**[17:20] Main**
The Goddess of Water, Fruhtrane.
**[17:23] Main**
The God of Fire, Leidenschaft.
**[17:25] Main**
The Goddess of Wind, Schutzaria.
**[17:30] Main**
The Goddess of Earth, Geduldh.
**[17:33] Main**
The God of Life, Ewigleben.
**[17:36] Main**
Hear my prayers and bless us.
**[17:39] Main**
I offer you my heart.
**[17:42] Main**
I offer you my prayers and gratitude...
**[17:44] Main**
Please repay them with
your divine protection!
**[17:50] Ferdinand**
This is...
**[17:51] Main**
Give us the power to heal pain.
**[17:55] Gunther**
My wound... is all better?
**[18:04] Main**
The power to continue toward our goals.
**[18:08] Main**
The power to ward off evil.
**[18:11] Main**
The power to endure hardship.
**[18:14] Main**
Bless my loved ones with these powers.
**[18:26] Main**
This is my last blessing to all of you.
**[18:35] Main**
Tuuli.
**[18:38] Main**
Kamil.
**[18:42] Main**
Mom.
**[18:45] Main**
Dad.
**[18:48] Main**
Everyone...
**[18:50] Main**
I love you.
**[19:16] Sylvester**
The contract spell is now complete.
**[19:19] Sylvester**
The one who stands before
you now is Rozemyne.
**[19:22] Sylvester**
She is the daughter of an upper-class noble.
**[19:29] Gunther**
If you'll excuse us.
**[19:31] Eva**
May you stay well and healthy.
**[19:34] Tuuli**
Goodbye...
**[19:39] Main**
Thank you very much for coming by today.
**[19:43] Main**
I pray that we get to meet again
from the bottom of my heart.
**[22:03] Tuuli**
Morning, Lutz. Did something happen?
**[22:06] Lutz**
I guess Main really isn't here.
**[22:11] Tuuli**
No, Main is gone.
**[22:15] Benno**
If you've got time to cry
about it, get to work!
**[22:17] Benno**
I don't care if it's Main or Rozemyne.
**[22:20] Benno**
What does she desire more than anything?
**[22:22] Lutz**
Books!
**[22:23] Benno**
Precisely!
**[22:25] Benno**
There's only one thing we need to do.
**[22:28] Benno**
And that's business!
**[22:30] Ferdinand**
In order to ensure she lives up to everything
that being the daughter of the lord entails,
**[22:34] Ferdinand**
I'll need you to guide her
as sternly as possible.
**[22:36] Fran**
As you wish.
**[22:38] Fran**
I will give this task my all.
**[22:40] Tuuli**
I'm going to be able to make hair
accessories at Missus Corinna's!
**[22:45] Eva**
That must be thanks to Main's blessing.
**[22:48] Gunther**
I'm home!
**[22:49] Gunther**
I ran into Gil at the square and was
able to find out how Main's been doing.
**[22:52] Eva**
Oh, thank goodness.
**[22:53] Tuuli**
Hurry up and tell us, Dad!
**[22:58] Ferdinand**
Your job will be to spread the printing business
as a new industry throughout this domain,
**[23:04] Ferdinand**
Rozemyne.
**[23:06] Rozemyne**
I understand.
**[23:08] Rozemyne**
*I'm going to protect everyone.*
**[23:10] Rozemyne**
* And to do so, I'm going to*
* create even more books!*
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Suzuka