E24 - 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.
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(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.
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[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.
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[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.
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