# 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