# Ascendance of a Bookworm
Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian like she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Main, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."
# 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.
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNV9Q2GR/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?!
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# 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?
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
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.*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter The Path Ahead of Lutz
**[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!
***SIGN*** Illustration by miyo.N
# E20 - The Path Ahead of Lutz
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYQWV271Y/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
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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!
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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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**[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
**[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
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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...
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***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
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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