E10 - To the Second Winter

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[00:01] Ferdinand
    A hair ornament sale expanded
    Main's world some more.
[00:06] Ferdinand
    Meanwhile, the Devouring was
    threatening to ravage her body.
SIGN    Ascendance of a Bookworm
SIGN    Ascendance of a Bookworm
SIGN    Chapter Ten To the Second Winter
[01:53] Main
    A year has passed since
    I came to this world.
[01:56] Main
    It's pork stocking day again.
[01:59] Main
    Soon, my second winter here will arrive.
[02:04] Main
    Three days, huh?
[02:06] Main
    I haven't been bedridden
    for this long in a while.
[02:10] Main
    I thought I'd been getting better
    lately, but here we are.
[02:18] Main
    Stay away, Devouring Fever!
[02:21] Main
    Stuff it in a box, shut the lid on it,
[02:26] Main
    and we're good!
[02:29] Main
    It's so strange.
[02:30] Main
    A little anxiety was all
    it took for it to return.
(Flashback) [02:33] Ferdinand
    The Devouring won't do anything,
    as long as you're motivated.
[02:39] Main
    That's right. I should distract
    myself with fun things.
[02:44] Main
    Benno told me to go through
    this. I wonder what it's about.
[02:50] All
    We're home!
[02:52] Tuuli
    Look, Main!
[02:54] Main
    Oh, bacon!
[02:56] Tuuli
    I'll make you some soup right away.
[02:58] Main
    Thanks, Tuuli.
[03:00] Lutz
    Hey, Main.
[03:01] Main
    Lutz?
[03:03] Lutz
    Tuuli told me your fever's gone down,
    so I stopped by to see how you're doing.
[03:07] Lutz
    You missed out on pork stocking again, huh?
[03:12] Main
    Actually, I'm rather glad I did.
[03:15] Lutz
    I got worried cause your fever
    lasted so long this time.
[03:17] Main
    It's gone now, so relax.
[03:21] Lutz
    I don't know anything about this
    "devouring" thing Freida mentioned,
[03:25] Lutz
    so I'm not sure I did a good job
    monitoring your condition.
[03:29] Main
    Nah, you were perfect.
[03:32] Main
    It's thanks to you that I've
    stopped collapsing in public.
[03:35] Lutz
    Glad to hear it.
[03:37] Main
    I can go to the store tomorrow.
[03:39] Main
    By the way, take a look.
[03:44] Benno
    One...
SIGN    One: Smarten up your appearance  and learn how to greet people
[03:46] Benno
    Smarten up your appearance and
    learn how to greet people.
[03:49] Benno
    Two...
[03:50] Benno
    Learn how to read and write all
    the basic words and numbers.
SIGN    Two: Learn how to read and write  all the basic words and numbers
[03:53] Benno
    Three...
SIGN    Three: Learn how to use a calculator
[03:54] Benno
    Learn how to use a calculator.
[03:57] Main
    It's the training process
    for new apprentices.
[04:00] Benno
    Listen up! Get this done over the winter!
[04:03] Lutz
    All of this over the winter?
[04:06] Lutz
    No way!
[04:08] Main
    The biggest issue is the appearance part.
[04:14] Benno
    Is your fever gone?
[04:16] Main
    Yes. Sorry I caused you trouble.
[04:21] Main
    Thank you for giving me this.
[04:23] Main
    It says to smarten up our appearance,
    but what exactly are you looking for?
[04:27] Benno
    For starters, you'll need
    work clothes and shoes.
[04:32] Benno
    Ten small silvers should get
    you to passable levels.
[04:35] Lutz
    Ten small silvers? I don't
    have that kind of money!
[04:39] Main
    Remember those silvers we
    deposited with the Guild?
[04:43] Main
    We can just use those.
[04:45] Lutz
    Oh, we did that for times like these?
[04:48] Main
    And as capital for when we
    start making something new.
[04:52] Main
    Remember when we were stuck needing nails?
[04:54] Benno
    Basically, you need money for
    anything and everything.
[04:58] Lutz
    I see.
[04:59] Lutz
    I always thought you should
    take all your earnings home,
[05:03] Lutz
    so I felt guilty toward my folks.
[05:05] Main
    It's not a bad thing to save up
    money you made for yourself.
[05:12] Lutz
    Man, I feel better now.
[05:14] Lutz
    Thanks, Main.
[05:16] Benno
    That takes care of the appearance issue.
[05:19] Benno
    Next... Lutz, you need
    to learn some manners.
[05:22] Benno
    You can't serve customers
    talking like you do now.
[05:26] Main
    For starters,
[05:27] Main
    it'd be nice if you could add "please"
    and "thank you" to your sentences.
[05:32] Main
    If you could, please.
[05:35] Lutz
    Oh, uh, I guess I can do that...
[05:37] Lutz
    Please!
[05:42] Main
    Come on, Mister Benno...
[05:44] Benno
    I don't know how much you can
    improve over the winter,
[05:47] Benno
    but give it your best shot.
[05:49] Benno
    By the way, we've run into a problem
    with the Simple All-In-One Shampoo.
[05:54] Main
    What happened?
[05:55] Benno
    I'm having a workshop make it for me,
[05:58] Benno
    but they're not getting the same results
    despite following your instructions.
[06:02] Benno
    Would you have any idea why?
[06:04] Main
    I mean, it's as simple as crushing
    the fruit and extracting the oil.
[06:08] Benno
    I can't sell it like this.
[06:10] Benno
    And that would violate the contract magic.
[06:14] Main
    What happens when the
    contract magic is violated?
[06:18] Benno
    In the worst case, it could
    threaten our very lives.
[06:22] Main
    Why didn't you tell me that?!
[06:25] Main
    And so we made our way to
    the workshop at once.
[06:43] Main
    Oh, I get it now.
[06:45] Benno
    What was it?
[06:46] Man
    What was the problem?
[06:48] Main
    The cloth you're using to wring the oil out.
[06:50] Benno
    The cloth?
[06:52] Main
    You're using a nice smooth cloth
    here, which has tiny pores by nature.
SIGN    Smooth
SIGN    Rough
[06:57] Main
    But the cheap rough cloth
    back home is way more porous.
[07:01] Main
    Wringing the fruit with it leaves fruit
    fiber and seed pieces in the oil.
[07:07] Main
    Those play a crucial role in removing
    the impurities in your hair.
[07:11] Man
    I see. We need rougher cloth, huh?
[07:14] Man
    That means we can't use everything
    we extracted so far.
[07:18] Main
    Of course we can. Not using
    them would be a huge waste.
[07:22] Main
    You just need to make them scrubs...
    I mean, put in abrasives.
[07:27] Main
    If you select the ingredients carefully,
    you'll be able to make high quality stuff.
[07:31] Man
    Wow, missy. You know a lot.
[07:39] Benno
    And she probably knows a lot
    more than she's letting on.
[07:42] Main
    Crap! If this keeps up, it'll be the
    Lutz situation all over again!
[07:47] Benno
    Main.
[07:48] Main
    I absolutely can't say any more!
[07:52] Main
    Any more information will cost you.
[07:54] Main
    I'm not giving it out for free.
[07:56] Benno
    Very well.
[07:58] Benno
    Mind if we borrow your meeting room?
[08:00] Man
    S-Sure, go ahead.
[08:02] Main
    Huh? Wai...
[08:05] Lutz
    Main!
[08:06] Main
    Hey!
[08:06] Benno
    We're just going to talk.
[08:07] Benno
    Everyone stay away.
[08:12] Benno
    Two small golds.
[08:14] Main
    Excuse me?
[08:17] Benno
    I'll pay you two small golds.
[08:19] Benno
    Give me information: any improvements,
    substitute ingredients,
[08:22] Benno
    and everything else you can think of.
[08:25] Main
    Two small golds?
[08:27] Main
    Three small golds.
[08:29] Benno
    Three small golds?
[08:31] Main
    "If you can make money, make as much of it
    whenever, wherever, and however you can."
[08:36] Main
    Isn't that right?
[08:39] Benno
    Three small golds, was it?
    That's as high as I can go.
[08:43] Main
    W-Wait a minute!
[08:45] Benno
    Just take it and save it.
[08:47] Benno
    Money is the only thing that can
    stave off your Devouring.
[08:52] Main
    How did you know?
[08:54] Benno
    I always considered the possibility,
[08:57] Benno
    but the old fart confirmed it the other day.
[08:59] Benno
    He said Freida told him
    you had the Devouring.
[09:04] Benno
    She's survived because she's rich
    and has ties with nobility.
[09:08] Benno
    All I can do for you is
    pay for your information.
[09:13] Main
    Mister Benno...
[09:16] Benno
    Sit down.
[09:20] Benno
    Even if you have to sell everything
    you know, do it and save up money
[09:23] Benno
    for when the time comes.
[09:25] Main
    What do you mean?
[09:29] Benno
    When your fever can't be suppressed anymore.
[09:35] Main
    I thought the fever had
    grown more active lately.
[09:39] Main
    So I wasn't just imagining it.
[09:44] Main
    It took so much to get this far...
[09:48] Main
    I don't wanna die yet.
[09:51] Main
    I want to...
[09:54] Main
    No, I will survive!
[09:56] Main
    I understand. I'll take
    the three small golds.
[10:04] Main
    I sold the methods to improve the
    Simple All-In-One Shampoo to Benno,
[10:08] Main
    including how salt can act as an abrasive,
[10:11] Main
    and how citrus makes it easier
    to remove impurities.
[10:17] Benno
    Hmm... Did you try all of this out?
[10:20] Main
    No, I couldn't. The ingredients
    are too valuable for my family.
[10:26] Benno
    You couldn't try them,
    and yet you know they work?
[10:32] Benno
    Just who are you?
[10:43] Main
    That's a secret.
[10:45] Main
    No amount of small golds
    will get me to talk.
[10:50] Main
    I was ready for this when I decided
    to give you all that information.
[10:54] Main
    But...
[10:57] Main
    Will you give me the boot because
    you find a child like me creepy?
[11:11] Benno
    Nah. Since you're so profitable,
[11:13] Benno
    I'll try even harder to ensure nobody
    else gets their hands on you.
[11:18] Benno
    I'm a businessman, after all.
[11:21] Main
    Mister Benno...
[11:31] Benno
    Oh, also, Simple All-In-One Shampoo
    is too long and complicated.
[11:36] Benno
    Can we call it AIO Shampoo instead?
[11:38] Main
    Sure, but is that really
    the best you've got?
[11:44] Benno
    How about SimSham, then?
[11:48] Main
    AIO Shampoo is fine.
[11:50] Benno
    We're going to make and sell loads
    of AIO Shampoo and hair ornaments!
[11:56] Main
    You've got it!
SIGN    Ascendance of a
     Bookworm
SIGN    Ascendance of a
     Bookworm
[12:09] Tuuli
    What? More hair ornaments to make?
[12:11] Main
    Yeah.
[12:13] Main
    People heard about Freida's and
    ordered some for themselves.
[12:17] Tuuli
    So you're asking us to move
    our winter handiwork up?
[12:22] Eva
    This is such a busy time, too.
[12:25] Main
    That's why I got us an advance!
[12:28] Main
    Two medium bronzes for
    each flowery decoration.
[12:32] Both
    Two medium bronzes each?!
[12:39] Main
    I used Rush! It was super effective!
[12:44] Gunther
    Do I make the hairpin part?
[12:46] Main
    That's Lutz's job.
[12:49] Gunther
    Lutz again?
[12:51] Main
    Dad, I want to visit the gate
    tomorrow. Can we go together?
[12:55] Gunther
    What? Of course!
[12:58] Otto
    I heard you fell sick again, Main.
[13:01] Main
    Yeah, but I'm fine now.
[13:03] Otto
    I see.
[13:04] Man
    We have a trombe!
[13:11] Main
    They were saying trombe's dangerous...
[13:27] Main
    It's been happening a lot lately.
[13:33] Lutz
    We got a bunch of trombe branches.
[13:36] Lutz
    I didn't expect us to be
    making paper again so soon.
[13:39] Main
    Benno'd yell at us if we let
    this trombe go to waste.
[13:48] Lutz
    Brr! So cold!
[13:52] Main
    Makes me want some piping
    hot buttered potatoes.
[13:55] Main
    We'll need butter for that.
[13:57] Lutz
    You want me to enter the river in this cold?
[14:00] Main
    Let's work with well water tomorrow.
[14:02] Lutz
    Can we? Thank goodness!
[14:04] Main
    Yeah. Just don't forget the butter.
[14:06] Lutz
    Butter? What for?
[14:08] Main
    Huh? Did I not say?
[14:11] Lutz
    By the way, did the handiwork go well?
[14:13] Main
    Yep. Dad wanted to join in,
    and I didn't know how to refuse.
[14:17] Main
    How about your place?
[14:19] Lutz
    No good.
[14:21] Lutz
    I asked Ralph and the other guys
    for help, but they didn't care.
[14:26] Main
    You just need to cast the Rush spell on them.
[14:30] Lutz
    The Rush spell?
[14:35] Main
    Here you go, Lutz.
[14:36] Main
    That's five medium bronzes for five hairpins.
[14:39] Ralph
    Five medium bronzes?
[14:41] Sieg
    For those sticks Lutz was making?
[14:44] Sascha
    Each one of those is
    worth one medium bronze?!
[14:47] Ralph
    It doesn't have to be
    Lutz, right? Can we help?
[14:55] Karla
    Merchants are all con men! Why
    would anyone ever want to be one?
[14:59] Karla
    I don't know what to do with Lutz.
[15:02] Eva
    Well, their boss doesn't
    seem to be a bad guy.
[15:04] Eva
    He is paying for our handiwork.
[15:06] Karla
    I can't help but worry, though.
[15:08] Karla
    Why take such an unstable job?
[15:12] Both
    We're off!
[15:14] Eva
    See you.
[15:15] Karla
    Take care out there.
[15:17] Main
    I'm so grateful to Lutz.
[15:20] Main
    He's always taking care of Main.
[15:22] Karla
    Really? Main seems to be
    doing okay lately, too.
[15:26] Eva
    Much better compared to before, yes.
[15:29] Eva
    I just hope she grows up healthy.
[15:42] Lutz
    Ugh, karffel?
[15:44] Main
    Don't you want it?
[15:46] Lutz
    I'll eat it.
[15:51] Lutz
    It's so good! What the heck?
[15:53] Main
    They don't steam their food here, after all.
[15:56] Main
    Of course you wouldn't know how yummy
    steamed potatoes with butter are.
SIGN    Bark Peeling
[16:05] Main
    We then got to work on the trombe bark.
SIGN    Bark Drying
[16:10] Main
    Now that that's done, we can
    do the rest in the spring.
[16:14] Lutz
    I'm done putting the tools away.
[16:17] Main
    We'll have more trombe paper—
[16:25] Main
    Why? I wasn't anxious,
    let alone losing heart!
[16:30] Lutz
    Main? What's wrong?
[16:33] Lutz
    You're burning up!
[16:34] Lutz
    Your fever came out of nowhere?
[16:37] Lutz
    Main, you okay?
[16:47] Lutz
    The fever's... gone...
[16:50] Lutz
    What the heck was that?
[16:51] Main
    The Devouring.
[16:53] Lutz
    What? But there weren't any signs
    of your condition worsening!
[16:57] Lutz
    And you said you were all right the other day!
[17:00] Main
    It flares up suddenly these days.
[17:02] Main
    Before, it only used to
    happen when I got worked up.
[17:07] Lutz
    Main...
[17:09] Main
    Man, that scared me.
[17:12] Lutz
    Can't we do anything?
[17:18] Main
    Remember what Freida said?
    It costs a lot of money.
[17:22] Main
    Benno said the same thing.
[17:33] Lutz
    I'll give you a ride.
[17:35] Lutz
    That's about all I can do for you.
[17:38] Main
    "That's all"? But you're
    doing so much for me!
[17:42] Lutz
    Just hurry up and get on.
[17:46] Main
    Okay...
[17:55] Main
    Welp.
[17:57] Main
    Even with all the books I've read,
[18:00] Main
    I can't find the right words
    to say to him right now.
[18:05] Main
    Lutz is just too damn nice.
[18:09] Main
    He stands by me even when I'm such a burden,
[18:13] Main
    and he accepted me even after
    finding out I wasn't Main.
[18:19] Main
    Hey, Lutz?
[18:20] Main
    Even if I do collapse, you don't
    have to feel responsible, okay?
[18:25] Main
    Also, I'm not gonna give in.
[18:29] Main
    I haven't finished any books yet.
[18:44] Benno
    Main, you stay here.
    Lutz, come with me.
[18:49] Lutz
    Save Main, Master Benno.
[18:53] Lutz
    I can't do it. I can't do anything.
[18:57] Lutz
    I would gladly do anything I could, but...
[19:00] Benno
    Then don't make Main look out for you.
[19:04] Benno
    That lass is way more mature than she seems.
[19:07] Benno
    Even if she's in pain, she has
    the wherewithal to smile for you.
[19:13] Benno
    If you're a man, make sure Main
    doesn't have to worry about you!
[19:17] Benno
    You had the gall to say you'd
    make everything Main thought of,
[19:21] Benno
    so make and sell one thing after another!
[19:24] Benno
    Make as much money as you can!
[19:35] Benno
    Now that's a good look in your eyes.
[19:39] Main
    The next time I saw him, Lutz
    had gone back to his usual self.
[19:44] Main
    I was thinking we'd be lucky to make ten,
[19:47] Main
    but we've gone and doubled that!
[19:50] Lutz
    Selling this many should help a little.
[19:53] Lutz
    You need money to deal
    with the Devouring, right?
[19:57] Main
    Lutz...
[19:58] Lutz
    Do you have any other product ideas?
[20:01] Lutz
    I'll make anything and
    everything you can think of!
[20:07] Main
    Thank you.
[20:09] Benno
    That completes the delivery
    of the hair ornaments.
[20:12] Main
    Sure does.
[20:13] Benno
    Okay, here's your pay.
[20:15] Lutz
    Do you think we could sell these as well?
[20:18] Lutz
    I made one during winter handiwork last year.
[20:23] Benno
    It was you again?
[20:25] Benno
    Did every bizarre product I've encountered
    in the last six months come from you?
[20:31] Main
    Uh... Sorry about that.
[20:34] Benno
    Do you have anything that'd generate
    more revenue than baskets?
[20:38] Benno
    Something consumable, like the AIO Shampoo.
[20:40] Main
    Well... How about colored and
    scented soaps or candles?
[20:46] Benno
    Do you know how to make those?
[20:48] Main
    I do, though it'll need some trial and error.
[20:51] Benno
    All right. Experiment all
    you want come spring.
[20:54] Main
    I will.
[20:55] Main
    We have to make more paper, too.
[20:57] Main
    If we add candles to that,
    things will get busy.
[21:08] Benno
    Main!
[21:09] Lutz
    Main?!
[21:10] Lutz
    You okay?!
[21:11] Benno
    This is bad! Mark, ready the carriage!
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[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