E12 - Baptism 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.
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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.
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[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...
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[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.
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