E26.5P1 - Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 1

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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