E23 - Harvest Festivals and Staying Home

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[00:00] Ferdinand
    
[00:00] Ferdinand
    With the help of the people around her,
[00:02] Ferdinand
    Main finally finished a book—the
    picture-book version of the scriptures.
[00:06] Main
    I couldn't have done it without you two!
[00:09] Main
    Thanks!
[00:10] Ferdinand
    Meanwhile...
[00:12] High Priest
    Listen, leave that little devil
    out from the Harvest Festival.
[00:16] High Priest
    She'll eat into our share.
[00:17] High Priest
    She makes enough from her studio, anyway.
[00:20] Blue Robe
    Indeed. Let's put that cheeky plebeian
    in her place once and for all.
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[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!
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[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.
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[07:09] Main
    The Nippon Decimal Classification.
SIGN    N D
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SIGN    Nippon
SIGN    Nippon Decimal
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[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
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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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[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
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[17:22] Main
    Either that, or...
[17:24] Main
    Types for a letterpress.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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!
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