E26.5P2 - Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2

Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names. This is handled on a best-effort basis depending on how the subtitle file was created so they may be incomplete or inaccurate. Dialogue is left as is.)
SIGN    Ascendance of a Bookworm
SIGN    Ascendance of a Bookworm
SIGN    Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
[01:36] ---
    Gil.
[01:38] ---
    That book goes in the
    shelf above, not there.
[01:41] ---
    Oh, I'm sorry.
[01:43] Gil (Narration)
    I'm Gil, Lady Main's retainer and
    a gray-robed apprentice priest!
[01:48] Gil (Narration)
    I'm 10 years old!
[01:50] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main isn't like the other blue robes.
[01:53] Gil (Narration)
    If I work hard, she praises me!
[01:55] Gil (Narration)
    And she rewards me, too!
[01:57] Gil (Narration)
    But the way we met was just awful.
[02:03] Flashback
    As for the retainers we'll
    be assigning to Main,
[02:06] Flashback
    I'm planning to assign her one of
    my own and have him report to me.
[02:11] Flashback
    Good idea.
[02:12] Flashback
    Then I shall also send one of my own.
[02:17] Flashback
    For the last one,
[02:19] Flashback
    let the biggest problem child among
    the orphans give her a headache.
[02:23] Flashback
    Get as much money and
    mana you can out of her.
[02:27] Gil (Narration)
    By "headache," he meant me?
[02:30] Gil (Narration)
    Well, Lady Main was a commoner, so when she
    came to the cathedral it upset everyone.
[02:36] Flashback
    We welcome you with open arms.
[02:39] Flashback
    From the bottom of my heart,
    I thank you for welcoming me.
[02:43] ---
    Let me introduce your retainers.
[02:45] Flashback
    I'm Fran. It's a pleasure to meet you.
[02:48] Flashback
    The name's Delia.
[02:50] Flashback
    I'm Gil.
[02:51] Flashback
    You're just a commoner, not a noble, right?
[02:54] Flashback
    The high priest asked me
    to give you a headache.
[02:58] Flashback
    The head priest just told
    you to discipline any misbehavior.
[03:02] Gil (Narration)
    Back then, we made it clear to Lady Main
    that we didn't want to be friends.
[03:08] Flashback
    Library, library!
[03:11] Flashback
    Why do you wanna go to the
    library? Are you stupid?
[03:14] Flashback
    I don't think of you as my master.
[03:17] Flashback
    I don't see you three
    as my retainers, either.
[03:26] Flashback
    How long has it been since
    I last read a book?
[03:30] Flashback
    Hey!
[03:31] Flashback
    It's time for lunch!
[03:33] Flashback
    I don't need any.
[03:35] Flashback
    Retainers have to be granted the
    gods' blessings by their master...
[03:37] Flashback
    Stop bothering me.
[03:43] Gil (Narration)
    She was so scary!
[03:46] Gil (Narration)
    And when Lady Main saw Lutz...
[03:50] Flashback
    The lad's giving his all
    to become a merchant.
[03:54] Flashback
    He's asking questions about
    everything he doesn't understand
[03:57] Flashback
    and trying to learn what's
    common knowledge in this trade.
[04:00] Flashback
    How about you?
[04:02] Flashback
    Are you trying to grow into your
    role as a blue-robed priestess?
[04:07] Flashback
    If you want to read your books in peace,
    learn to command your retainers first.
[04:11] Flashback
    Lady Main.
[04:12] Flashback
    Hey, Fra—
[04:13] Flashback
    Oh, right.
[04:15] Flashback
    I need to act like a noble.
[04:18] Flashback
    Fran, can we see the head priest now?
[04:23] Flashback
    Everything is ready for you.
[04:26] Flashback
    Lady Main is highly intelligent,
[04:29] Flashback
    but she has very little social experience,
[04:32] Flashback
    and very little knowledge of the
    church's values and noble society.
[04:36] Flashback
    That's why I assigned Fran to her.
[04:38] Flashback
    He is one of my best retainers.
[04:41] Flashback
    She can ask him about anything
    she doesn't understand.
[04:45] Gil (Narration)
    When the discussion of donations
    ended, the frail Lady Main collapsed.
[04:50] Gil (Narration)
    Is she okay?
[04:53] Flashback
    Let me carry Lady Main!
[04:55] Flashback
    I refuse. We're in a hurry.
[04:59] Flashback
    But I'm her retainer.
[05:02] Gil (Narration)
    Fran thought the head priest
    had given up on him,
[05:06] Gil (Narration)
    and was taking his frustration
    out on Lady Main.
[05:11] Flashback
    I'll do my best to become a
    master you can be proud of.
[05:16] Flashback
    From now on, please feel
    free to ask me anything.
[05:23] Flashback
    I can't eat anything thanks
    to that clueless idiot!
[05:27] Gil (Narration)
    I really hated her back then.
[05:32] Flashback
    Don't ignore me!
[05:38] Flashback
    You moron!
[05:40] Flashback
    What if you hurt Main?!
[05:42] Flashback
    If you want him disciplined,
[05:43] Flashback
    he can be thrown in detention
    or denied the alms of the gods once.
[05:48] Flashback
    The alms of the gods?
[05:51] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main didn't know about
    the alms of the gods,
[05:53] Gil (Narration)
    which is where a master gives
    their retainers clothes and food.
[05:56] Gil (Narration)
    She felt bad and promised
    to feed me all I could eat.
[06:03] Gil (Narration)
    And then she asked the head priest
[06:06] Gil (Narration)
    to give her the orphanage director's
    office as a place to live.
[06:11] Flashback
    Then I'll have Gil clean up.
[06:14] Flashback
    But would you be willing to work for food?
[06:17] Flashback
    And I'll be able to eat all I want, right?
[06:20] Flashback
    Yes, I promise.
[06:27] Flashback
    Like this?
[06:33] Flashback
    Good job. Well done.
[06:36] Flashback
    You're really a good boy deep down, huh?
[06:42] Gil (Narration)
    It was the first time I'd ever
    been praised, and I felt happy.
[06:47] Gil (Narration)
    But Delia didn't report that she'd
    been given the director's office
[06:52] Gil (Narration)
    and was removed from the
    high priest's quarters.
[06:56] Flashback
    Fran, I bestow upon you
    the alms of the gods.
[06:59] Flashback
    Thank you.
[07:04] Flashback
    Because of you, I was thrown out
    of the high priest's quarters.
[07:07] Flashback
    She who does not work,
    neither shall she eat!
[07:11] Flashback
    There's no food or shelter for
    those who don't work here.
[07:16] Flashback
    I'll do my job from now on.
[07:19] Flashback
    So please don't throw me out.
[07:23] Flashback
    You can stay here.
[07:26] Flashback
    You'll look after me as my retainer, right?
[07:33] Gil (Narration)
    And so Delia was saved by Lady Main, too!
[07:37] Flashback
    Yeah. You'll find the unbaptized kids
    and gray-robed priestesses here.
[07:41] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main asked me to take
    her to the orphanage.
[07:46] Gil (Narration)
    But what we found there was more
    horrible than even I knew.
[07:53] Flashback
    I-I'll close the door now!
[07:55] Flashback
    That's the "orphanage"?
[07:58] Flashback
    Lady Main, help them out.
[08:03] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main went to talk to the head priest,
[08:07] Gil (Narration)
    and he asked if she was capable
    of becoming the orphanage director
[08:11] Gil (Narration)
    and taking responsibility for the orphans.
[08:16] Flashback
    I can't.
[08:17] Flashback
    If you can't do anything,
    then keep your mouth shut.
[08:20] Gil (Narration)
    With Lutz's advice, she made
    all the orphans her retainers,
[08:25] Gil (Narration)
    and came up with a way for them gather
    food and ingredients to make paper
[08:27] Gil (Narration)
    in the forest, so that they
    could be self-sufficient.
[08:31] Flashback
    You thinking Main Studio, Orphanage Branch?
[08:33] Flashback
    Exactly!
[08:36] Flashback
    Come with me.
[08:38] Gil (Narration)
    After making all her preparations,
[08:40] Gil (Narration)
    Main tells the head priest why she
    wants to be orphanage director.
[08:44] Flashback
    As things stand, I'm too bothered
    by it all to focus on my books.
[08:48] Flashback
    That's why I made up my
    mind to help the kids.
[08:51] Flashback
    You're a far bigger fool than I anticipated.
[08:54] Flashback
    Everyone out!
[08:54] Gil (Narration)
    And so Lady Main became the
    director of the orphanage!
[08:57] Flashback
    We're going to get you all nice and clean!
[09:00] Flashback
    And then we'll eat until
    we can't eat anymore!
[09:06] Flashback
    I, Main, stand before you, appointed
    your director by the head priest.
[09:13] Gil (Narration)
    As soon as she started, she would praise
    those who worked hard, and rewarded them!
[09:20] Flashback
    You don't get rewarded
    if you don't work for it.
[09:24] Flashback
    I hope you all keep that in mind.
[09:27] Flashback
    I'm glad she became director
    of the orphanage.
[09:31] Flashback
    Gil, you sure changed your tune.
[09:33] Flashback
    She actually praises you,
    if you do your part.
[09:37] Gil (Narration)
    "I want Lady Main to praise me."
    That's how we all ended up feeling.
[09:42] Flashback
    The Star Festival?
[09:44] Flashback
    Yeah.
[09:46] Flashback
    Do the orphans get to take
    part in the Star Festival?
[09:50] Gil (Narration)
    She talked to the head priest,
[09:52] Gil (Narration)
    who said that if they cleaned
    up and didn't make a fuss,
[09:56] Gil (Narration)
    they could all experience the Star Festival!
[10:02] Gil (Narration)
    It's thanks to Lady Main that everybody at
    the orphanage had such brilliant smiles!
SIGN    Ascendance of a
     Bookworm
SIGN    Ascendance of a
     Bookworm
[10:19] Flashback
    Are you still not feeling well,
    Mom? Are you really okay?
[10:24] Flashback
    Mom has a baby in her belly.
[10:28] Flashback
    It seems Lady Main's family
    is expecting a child,
[10:32] Flashback
    so she wants to give the baby a present.
[10:34] Flashback
    Making a picture book needs an artist...
[10:37] Flashback
    Please let me have Wilma.
[10:40] Gil (Narration)
    The head priest wanted her to learn
    music, not how to make picture books.
[10:44] Gil (Narration)
    He told her to make Rosina
    a retainer as well.
[10:48] Gil (Narration)
    And Wilma said she wanted
    to stay in the orphanage
[10:51] Gil (Narration)
    because she had to take
    care of the other kids.
[10:55] Flashback
    I turned him down because I had no
    instruments, but they've found their way to me.
[11:01] Flashback
    The reason music is essential to you is
    because it is a vital part of noble culture.
[11:05] Flashback
    But I am not a noble.
[11:07] Flashback
    You will surely be part of
    noble society in the future.
[11:11] Flashback
    I understand.
[11:14] Gil (Narration)
    After a lot of discussion, they
    both became Lady Main's retainers.
[11:21] Flashback
    Lady Main!
[11:22] Flashback
    What's the matter, Delia?
[11:24] Flashback
    Rosina's not working at all.
[11:26] Flashback
    My job is to teach you
    the harspiel, Lady Main.
[11:31] Flashback
    Rosina was favored by her master
    because she excelled in music,
[11:35] Flashback
    and the servant work was all done by the
    other gray-robed apprentice priest retainers.
[11:40] Flashback
    Rosina, I can't have you expecting the
    exact same treatment you had before.
[11:45] Flashback
    I would like to put in the effort
    to be your retainer, Lady Main.
[11:50] Flashback
    Let us understand happiness together...
[12:03] Flashback
    Well done.
[12:09] Flashback
    Wilma doesn't like to be around men?
[12:11] Flashback
    Wilma was tricked by a blue-robed priest,
    and forced to offer her flower to him.
[12:16] Flashback
    Thankfully, no other harm came to her...
[12:20] Flashback
    But she has been afraid of men ever since.
[12:24] Gil (Narration)
    And then, we finally began
    making the picture books!
[12:26] Flashback
    What in the world are you planning?
[12:29] Flashback
    I'm only having them gather soot in order
    to make ink for my plant-based paper.
[12:33] Flashback
    I see what's going on now,
[12:35] Flashback
    but be careful not to go too far
    and draw the high priest's ire.
[12:40] Flashback
    Wow, a picture-book version
    of the scriptures for kids?
[12:43] Flashback
    You shouldn't have a problem
    drawing that, right?
[12:46] Flashback
    Right! I can handle anything related
    to the church perfectly fine.
[12:50] Gil (Narration)
    We wanted to print the pictures Wilma drew,
    but at first, it didn't go well at all!
[12:57] Gil (Narration)
    And then Lady Main proposed a new method.
[13:02] Flashback
    I'll give this method a shot.
[13:07] Flashback
    Please take a look.
[13:11] Flashback
    This is wonderful, Wilma!
[13:14] Gil (Narration)
    Succeeding at that gave her confidence,
[13:18] Gil (Narration)
    and she was able to leave the orphanage!
[13:36] Flashback
    Wow, amazing!
[13:38] Flashback
    Look, Tuuli!
[13:40] Flashback
    We finished printing it!
[13:43] Flashback
    Wow, that's great!
[13:49] Flashback
    I couldn't have done it without you two!
[13:51] Flashback
    Thank you!
[13:54] Gil (Narration)
    As the blue-robed priests headed for the
    Harvest Festival, something terrible happened!
[14:01] Flashback
    After you, Lady Main.
[14:06] Flashback
    Wh-What happened here?
[14:09] Gil (Narration)
    A blue-robed priest had
    made a mess of the library
[14:12] Gil (Narration)
    to stop her from going
    to the Harvest Festival!
[14:17] Flashback
    I know who did this!
[14:19] ---
    It's not too late to get him!
[14:20] Flashback
    We're going to the head priest's office.
[14:21] Flashback
    Put me down! Now!
[14:23] Flashback
    What in the world happened?
[14:25] Flashback
    Lady Main's gonna be really mad...
[14:35] Flashback
    I need you all to clean
    up the library today.
[14:39] Flashback
    Uh, why do you seem to be in a good mood?
[14:43] Gil (Narration)
    She was really mad, but when she realized
    she could organize the books any way she wanted,
[14:49] Gil (Narration)
    she felt better.
[14:51] Flashback
    Very well.
[14:53] Flashback
    You can handle the cleanup.
[14:55] ---
    Thank you!
[14:56] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main told us about the...
    J-Japanese? Decimal Classification?
[15:02] Gil (Narration)
    We used it to organize the books.
[15:07] Flashback
    That didn't take too long, huh?
[15:09] Gil (Narration)
    The head priest seemed confused
    by the idea of "classification."
[15:15] Gil (Narration)
    And then that order arrived.
[15:19] Flashback
    Sir Ferdinand, this is Karstedt.
[15:22] Flashback
    The knight order requests assistance with
    a raid, and a priest to perform a ritual.
[15:26] Flashback
    Understood.
[15:30] Flashback
    What's with all these fantasy tropes?!
[15:33] Flashback
    Ready the ceremonial garb right away!
[15:39] Flashback
    Our apologies for the delay.
[15:40] Flashback
    Oh, I'm participating not as the
    head priest, but as a knight.
[15:45] Flashback
    Here we go.
[15:53] Flashback
    This is the noble district.
[15:56] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main headed to the noble
    district with the others.
[16:00] Gil (Narration)
    That's a trombe?
[16:02] Gil (Narration)
    How is it so big?
[16:04] Flashback
    What? That's the sprouty thing?
[16:06] Flashback
    Schicicoza, Damuel.
[16:09] Flashback
    You two guard the priestess.
[16:10] Flashback
    Sir.
[16:13] Gil (Narration)
    The head priest was amazing!
[16:15] Gil (Narration)
    The Trombe didn't last a minute!
[16:23] Gil (Narration)
    But something awful was
    happening to Lady Main.
[16:28] Flashback
    That's a plebeian.
[16:33] Flashback
    Stop this, Schicicoza!
[16:36] Gil (Narration)
    Stop! What are you doing to Lady Main?!
[16:39] Gil (Narration)
    Schicicoza was out of control.
[16:41] Gil (Narration)
    And when the blood from her wound
    hit the ground, a Trombe appeared!
[16:52] Flashback
    Fall back, Damuel!
[16:58] Flashback
    You were supposed to
    guard her, you imbeciles!
[17:01] Flashback
    We're terribly sorry!
[17:03] Gil (Narration)
    Of course the head priest would be mad!
[17:06] Gil (Narration)
    Lady Main was finally freed
    thanks to the Knights.
[17:10] Gil (Narration)
    Whew!
[17:12] Flashback
    By the way, Schicicoza,
[17:15] Flashback
    who holds the highest
    rank of all of us here?
[17:20] Flashback
    It is you, Sir Ferdinand.
[17:24] Flashback
    That's right.
[17:26] Flashback
    And I gave you my orders.
[17:29] Flashback
    "Make sure the apprentice priestess
    receives nary a scratch"!
[17:37] Flashback
    You're the one who needs to know your place!
[17:47] Flashback
    O Fruhtrane, Goddess of Water,
    bringer of healing and upheaval.
[17:51] Flashback
    Hear my prayer and grant
    me your holy powers.
[17:59] Flashback
    Cover these lands in your hues!
[18:05] Gil (Narration)
    Wow! Lady Main's prayer
    brought back the green!
[18:15] Flashback
    Too much, if you ask me.
[18:20] Flashback
    Main.
[18:21] Flashback
    I feel bad about what transpired.
[18:30] Gil (Narration)
    In order to understand how
    dangerous Lady Main was,
[18:33] Gil (Narration)
    and the secrets of the
    things she keeps creating,
[18:36] Gil (Narration)
    he used a magic item that
    let him see her past.
[18:50] Flashback
    Huh?
[18:52] Flashback
    What happened to me?
[18:55] Flashback
    Can you hear me, Main?
[18:58] Flashback
    Sorry, but I'm going to take
    a look into your memories.
[19:05] Flashback
    What is this place?
[19:07] Flashback
    It looks like a noble district
    in some foreign land.
[19:10] Flashback
    Takes me back...
[19:12] Flashback
    This is Japan.
SIGN    Library
[19:15] Flashback
    This is it!
[19:16] Flashback
    My personal utopia!
[19:19] Flashback
    What is this?
[19:21] Flashback
    The library!
[19:23] Flashback
    What...
[19:25] Flashback
    This has more books than even
    the Nobles' Academy's library.
[19:31] Flashback
    Where is this?
[19:32] Flashback
    Urano.
[19:33] Flashback
    Is that your mother?
[19:36] Flashback
    Yes.
[19:37] Flashback
    Didn't we agree that you wouldn't
    read at the dining table?
[19:41] Flashback
    Mom!
[19:43] Flashback
    I need to apologize to Mom!
SIGN    As a girl raised in the back of beyond, even farther than the end of the road to the East Country, how rustic and odd I must have been. However it was that I first became enthralled with them, once I knew that such things as tales existed in the world, all I could think of over and over was how much I wanted to read them.
[19:46] Flashback
    Calm down, Main.
[19:47] Flashback
    I never got the chance
    to say goodbye to her!
[19:51] Flashback
    Come back, Mom!
[19:53] Flashback
    Don't leave me!
[19:58] Flashback
    Enough. No more.
[20:07] Flashback
    I feel absolutely terrible.
[20:14] Flashback
    What are you doing?
[20:15] Flashback
    Giving you a hug! Hugs calm you down!
[20:19] Flashback
    When I have dreams like
    these and feel awful,
[20:23] Flashback
    I have Tuuli give me hugs
    to make me feel better.
[20:25] Flashback
    I have Lutz and my family, but you
    have nobody who'll do this for you!
[20:30] Flashback
    Hmph. You're the one who wants to calm down.
[20:34] Flashback
    I've been trying to block
    off those memories for ages.
[20:37] Flashback
    Because, even if I do remember,
    I can never go back.
[20:45] Flashback
    I got what I needed. Please return them.
[20:48] Flashback
    So, what did you find?
[20:51] Flashback
    Main had memories of life in a
    world far more advanced than ours.
[20:56] Flashback
    If Main's knowledge and
    memories are utilized well,
[20:59] Flashback
    she can bring Ehrenfest
    unprecedented prosperity.
[21:03] ---
    What will you do?
[21:05] Flashback
    Her worth to us is immeasurable.
[21:07] ---
    What?
[21:09] Flashback
    We can't let anyone else steal her.
[21:14] Flashback
    You really are a great cook, honey.
[21:20] Flashback
    I'm sorry, Mom.
[21:25] Flashback
    What's all this now?
[21:27] Flashback
    Mom, thank you for always
    feeding me all this great food.
[21:33] Flashback
    Dad, thank you for putting your
    life on the line to protect me.
[21:38] Flashback
    Sure.
[21:39] Flashback
    Tuuli, thank you for always
    agreeing to my selfish requests.
[21:43] Flashback
    I'm really glad I was born to this family.
[21:47] Flashback
    Okay, much better.
[21:48] Flashback
    You look best when smiling, Main!
[21:52] Flashback
    There goes the doting father again.
[21:55] Flashback
    I love you all so much!
[22:01] Flashback
    Thank you, Mom.
[23:35] ---
    Shirahama Kamome
SIGN    Hebi-zou
SIGN    Katsuki Hikaru
SIGN    Suzuka