E28 - The Story About Winter Stays and the Future

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[00:00] Narrator
    The scripture picture books Main had
    created were now on the market.
[00:05] Narrator
    However...
[00:07] Wolf
    There's no doubt about it...
[00:09] Wolf
    It's ink.
[00:10] Benno
    If we're going to prioritize safety,
[00:12] Benno
    we might want to have Main start
    staying at the cathedral now.
[00:15] Tuuli
    What?
[00:18] Main
    I don't want to be away from all of you,
[00:20] Main
    but I'd regret it even more if something
    were to happen to any of you,
[00:23] Main
    so I'll go to the cathedral.
[00:25] Narrator
    Main tried to put on
    a brave face, but...
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[02:19] Main
    It's morning already?
[02:24] Delia
    Lady Main!
[02:26] Delia
    Please stay in bed until you're summoned.
[02:29] Main
    Oh, really? Sorry.
[02:32] Delia
    And don't apologize to your attendants.
[02:34] Main
    Even though we didn't have books at
    home, I was able to talk to Tuuli.
[02:45] Rosina
    That is all for today.
[02:47] Main
    Then I shall go help the head priest.
[02:52] Fran
    Lady Main, after speaking
    with the head priest,
[02:56] Fran
    he has instructed me to tell you
[02:57] Fran
    that you may not leave your room
    until we have more information.
[02:59] Main
    Huh?! But that means...
    I can't even go to the library?
[03:03] Main
    I thought I'd somehow make it
    through if I had my books!
[03:08] Main
    Talk about gloom and doom.
[03:11] Fran
    Lady Main, let's think about who should
    be your chef during your stay here.
[03:16] Fran
    We'll need to find an assistant
    from the orphanage for Ella.
[03:19] Main
    Right. I wonder who'd be a good candidate.
[03:22] Fran
    Please take your time thinking about it.
[03:24] Fran
    There's still plenty of time.
[03:27] Delia
    Lady Main, if you have time,
     please show me how to do arithmetic.
[03:31] Main
    Sure, of course.
[03:34] Main
    See? If you do this, it's easy.
[03:37] Delia
    Yes. You're a surprisingly
    good teacher, Lady Main.
[03:41] Delia
    Far better than Gil.
[03:46] Main
    Well, I was teaching
    people at the gate,
[03:48] Main
    so maybe I could be a teacher
    for the cathedral classroom.
[03:52] Fran
    Lady Main, what do you mean by
    this "cathedral classroom"?
[03:57] Main
    A place where people can learn
    how to read and write.
[04:01] Main
    The more people who learn how
    to read letters and books,
[04:05] Main
    there'll be people who can write and
    then we'll get even more books!
[04:09] Main
    Then we'll get lots, and lots, and lots...
[04:13] Main
    Many, many more books to read!
[04:16] Main Mob
    Yay!
[04:21] Main Mob
    Thank you!
[04:26] Fran
    Lady Main, I'm afraid I haven't
    been informed of such a place...
[04:30] Gil
    I mean, we have karuta and picture books,
[04:32] Gil
    so I'm pretty sure most of
    us can read a little now.
[04:35] Main
    But I want you to be able to write, too.
[04:38] Main
    That'll make your job as an attendant
[04:40] Main
    or when you come work at the workshop
    or orphanage much easier.
[04:44] Gil
    Would I be able to
    write reports by myself?!
[04:47] Gil
    Then I wanna learn!
[04:49] Main
    I'll make sure to teach you
    everything you need to know.
[04:52] Fran
    Lady Main, a grey-robed priest
    should be the one teaching.
[04:55] Rosina
    You mustn't bother with
    such a thing, Lady Main.
[05:01] Main
    Okay...
[05:05] Lutz
    Main, you okay?
[05:07] Main
    Lutz!
[05:08] Lutz
    Whoa.
[05:10] Main
    Hug me.
[05:13] Main
    I wanna go home.
[05:16] Lutz
    It's only been a day.
[05:18] Main
    I'm so lonely without my family.
[05:21] Main
    I might actually die from loneliness.
[05:25] Lutz
    That's seriously not funny coming from you.
[05:28] Delia
    Honestly, if you're going to hug
    someone, it should be a rich noble.
[05:32] Gil
    Lady Main relies way too much on Lutz.
[05:35] Main Narrator
    Then we talked about the
    hand work for the winter.
[05:39] Main Narrator
    We can't make paper in the winter,
[05:41] Main Narrator
    so we decided to make a Reversi set,
    a chess set, and playing cards out of wood.
[05:48] Lutz
    All right. First, let's make a pattern.
[05:51] Gil
    I wouldn't lose to Lutz if
    I had a writing tablet, too!
[05:55] Main
    I'll prepare one for you
    once spring comes along,
[05:57] Main
    since you know how to write
    and do arithmetic now.
[06:00] Gil
    Really? Yay!
[06:02] Gil
    Then I'll be on the same
    level as Lutz and Fran!
[06:05] Main
    The same?
[06:06] Gil
    Yeah! Because if I get a writing tablet,
[06:09] Gil
    that'll mean I've been acknowledged
    just like Lutz and Fran!
[06:13] Gil
    That settles it! I'm
    definitely beating Lutz!
[06:16] Lutz
    Yeah, hurry up and beat me already.
[06:18] Lutz
    Otherwise, it'll be an issue for me, too.
[06:20] Main
    And why is that?
[06:22] Lutz
    I'm going to tour a parchment workshop
     in a neighboring city this spring.
[06:27] Main
    A neighboring city?
(Flashback) [06:29] Main
    What do you want to do in life, Lutz?
(Flashback) [06:31] Lutz
    Me?
(Flashback) [06:34] Lutz
    I want to travel to other cities.
(Flashback) [06:37] Main
    Other cities?
(Flashback) [06:38] Lutz
    I wanna become a traveling trader
    and see the world for myself.
[06:44] Main
    So your dream is coming true.
[06:47] Lutz
    Yeah.
[06:50] Lutz
    Okay, Main. I'll see you later.
[06:52] Main
    Yeah.
[06:56] Gil
    Are you lonely, Lady Main?
[06:59] Main
    Well, I always had my family around me.
[07:06] Gil
    I'll coddle you like Lutz does!
[07:10] Fran
    Absolutely not.
[07:11] Fran
    Gil, Lady Main is your master.
[07:14] Fran
    It is not your duty as her
    attendant to coddle her.
[07:19] Fran
    You and Lutz are not the same.
[07:23] Gil
    Fine...
[07:24] Fran
    Lady Main, I can imagine you're lonely
    due to the current circumstances.
[07:29] Fran
    When your family or Lutz are here to see
    you, I can overlook them spoiling you.
[07:37] Fran
    However,  I would like you to keep an
     appropriate distance with your attendants.
[07:44] Main
    Okay.
[07:49] Tuuli
    Main, it's like you're a little baby again.
[07:53] Main
    Well, I'm lonely, and
    Mom can't come, either.
[07:58] Main
    But I'm not lonely when we're like this.
[08:01] Tuuli
    Then I'll tell you stories,
    since Mom can't come.
[08:05] Main
    Okay!
[08:07] Tuuli
    Once upon a time, there were
    little star children.
[08:12] Tuuli
    Okay, I'll see you later, Main.
[08:14] Main
    Come back soon, okay, Tuuli?
[08:22] Main
    Wait...
[08:27] Main
    Tuuli...
[08:42] Fran
    Lady Main.
[08:43] Main
    Fran.
[08:44] Fran
    I have a message from the head priest.
[08:47] Fran
    He would like you to have your robes
[08:49] Fran
    for the ceremony delivered when
    Master Karstedt is here.
[08:53] Main
    Oh... all right.
[08:56] Main
    I'll have Lutz tell Mister Benno.
[09:00] Fran
    Thank you.
(Flashback) [09:32] Tuuli
    Your cooking is so delicious, Main.
(Flashback) [09:35] Eva
    You've got some on your mouth, Main.
(Flashback) [09:38] Gunther
    Main, make sure you eat plenty,
    so you can grow big.
(Flashback) [09:41] Tuuli
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:41] Eva
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:42] Gunther
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:43] Tuuli
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:44] Eva
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:45] Gunther
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:47] Tuuli
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:48] Eva
    Main.
(Flashback) [09:49] Gunther
    Main.
[10:04] Main
    The colder it got, the
    more homesick I became.
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[10:21] Main
    On the day of the first
    snowfall of the year...
[10:25] Main
    Mister Benno! I missed you!
[10:31] Benno
    How depressing.
[10:32] Main
    What's wrong? You look rather pale.
[10:36] Benno
    I'm going to be speaking with the
    head priest and an upper-class noble.
[10:41] Benno
    I'm getting a headache
    just thinking about it.
[10:43] Mark
    Sir, you're going to mess up your hair.
[10:46] Main
    Wait, are you actually nervous?
[10:49] Main
    You're always more than happy to start
    fights with the guild master and vested interests.
[10:54] Benno
    Don't group the guild master
    and upper-class nobles together!
[10:57] Main
    Oh, don't even worry.
    Lord Karstedt is a good person.
[11:01] Benno
    You simpleton!
[11:02] Benno
    There's no way I'd be summoned to the
    cathedral just to deliver your robes!
[11:07] Main
    Huh?
[11:08] Benno
    They're clearly trying to gather
    more information about you.
[11:12] Mark
    Without a doubt.
[11:16] Ferdinand
    Thank you all for gathering here today.
[11:18] Ferdinand
    First, let's have a look
    at her ceremonial robes.
[11:21] Benno
    These are Lady Main's ceremonial robes.
[11:27] Ferdinand
    Well done, Benno.
[11:30] Karstedt
    Next, I would like for
    Apprentice Priestess Main...
[11:35] Karstedt
    to accept these robes.
[11:37] Main
    I humbly accept.
(Flashback) [11:50] Damuel
    Stop this, Schicicoza!
(Flashback) [11:52] Schicicoza
    Quiet, Damuel.
(Flashback) [11:53] Schicicoza
    Know your place.
(Flashback) [11:55] Karstedt
    Damuel. Tell the truth.
(Flashback) [11:58] Damuel
    When Schicicoza told me to know my place,
(Flashback) [12:03] Damuel
    I couldn't stop him anymore.
(Flashback) [12:08] Damuel
    I'm terribly sorry!
[12:10] Main
    Why...
[12:14] Ferdinand
    Karstedt, Damuel. Your punishment
    has come to an end for now.
[12:22] Main
    From there, due to Mister Benno's
    request to know the opinions of nobles,
[12:27] Main
    I had the head priest take
    a look at my handiwork.
[12:31] Ferdinand
    If you're going to sell these in the
    lower parts of the city, I see no issue.
[12:37] Main
    The magical item that prevents eavesdropping.
[12:43] Ferdinand
    Enschupot.
[12:52] Main
    What is this?
[12:56] Main
    I see.
[12:57] Main
    He set up this boundary for Mister
    Benno, since he doesn't have any mana.
[13:02] Ferdinand
    Now then, Benno... I have
    something I'd like to ask you.
[13:06] Benno
    Please, go right ahead.
[13:07] Ferdinand
    Is the head of the Ink
    Guild without a doubt Wolf?
[13:13] Benno
    Yes.
[13:14] Ferdinand
    Ever since you established
    a magical contract with them,
[13:18] Ferdinand
    they started investigating Main,
    and Lutz became their prime target.
[13:23] Ferdinand
    Is this also true?
[13:26] Benno
    It is.
[13:27] Benno
    Usually, I'll gather as much
    information as possible
[13:32] Benno
    before establishing a contract,
    to put us at a slight advantage.
[13:35] Benno
    I cannot fathom why he'd want information
    after the contract has been signed.
[13:40] Ferdinand
    Are you acquainted with this man, Main?
[13:42] Main
    No. I have not seen his face,
    nor do I know his name.
[13:45] Main
    Mister Benno had me hide while
    they established the contract.
[13:51] Ferdinand
    A wise decision, Benno.
[13:56] Karstedt
    Perhaps the reason Wolf openly gathered
    information after forming the contract
[14:01] Karstedt
    was because he didn't care if things went
    south after the contract was in place.
[14:07] Benno
    May I ask what you mean?
[14:08] Ferdinand
    Contract magic cannot be undone unless
    everyone in the contract agrees to it.
[14:13] Ferdinand
    I'm assuming he was trying
    to take advantage of that.
[14:16] Benno
    I had only heard bad rumors about him, but...
[14:20] Ferdinand
    What kind of rumors?
[14:22] Benno
    In order to gain the favor of nobles,
    he's willing to commit crimes.
[14:28] Main
    Crimes?!
[14:29] Benno
    I'm not entirely sure
    just how true this is...
[14:32] Ferdinand
    What do you think Wolf intended to do
    after getting information on Main?
[14:36] Benno
    Lady Main's greatest asset is her ability
    to create one product after another,
[14:39] Benno
    and her knowledge of how
    to create these items.
[14:47] Benno
    He could either kidnap Lady
    Main to gain this knowledge...
[14:49] Benno
    Or take those closest to her hostage and
    demand this knowledge be handed over.
[14:55] Karstedt
    Knowledge?
[14:56] Main
    Yeah, I'm sure this all sounds unbelievable.
[14:59] Benno
    However, imprisoning Lady Main is far more
    difficult than kidnapping her in her case.
[15:05] Ferdinand
    True.
[15:06] Ferdinand
    She'll run a fever for a few days
[15:08] Ferdinand
    after putting her in the
    reflection room for half a day.
[15:11] Ferdinand
    She'll die before they can get
    any information out of her.
[15:16] Karstedt
    Meaning it's probably likely
    that he'd sell her off
[15:19] Karstedt
    to some noble after gaining
    some of her knowledge.
[15:21] Main
    Sell me off?!
[15:27] Benno
    Or he could try to force a subordination
    contract through her Devouring.
[15:32] Ferdinand
    Seems likely.
[15:34] Ferdinand
    Benno, I'd like you to continue gathering
    information through your workplace,
[15:38] Ferdinand
    and continue to conceal
    Main's existence here.
[15:41] Benno
    As you wish.
[15:46] Main
    Then we had Damuel join in, so they could
    discuss the judgment their superior
[15:51] Main
    had given them for incompetence during
    their mission to subjugate the trombe.
[15:55] Ferdinand
    The judgment the lord had
    passed upon Schicicoza is death.
[15:59] Ferdinand
    As far as the public knows,
    Schicicoza died in the line of duty.
[16:03] Main
    As far as the public knows?
[16:05] Ferdinand
    Karstedt and Damuel have paid for your robes.
[16:10] Main
    Oh, so that's why he paid
    Mister Benno earlier.
[16:13] Ferdinand
    Damuel has been demoted to apprentice status.
[16:17] Ferdinand
    He will be your bodyguard for the next year.
[16:19] Main
    Huh?
[16:24] Ferdinand
    You are truly in danger.
[16:26] Karstedt
    Word has spread among the upper-class nobles
[16:28] Karstedt
    that there's an apprentice
    priestess who can be exploited,
[16:32] Karstedt
    given the amount of mana you have.
[16:36] Karstedt
    And that you had been granted
    blue robes by the lord.
[16:41] Ferdinand
    Do you see?
[16:42] Ferdinand
    That's the apprentice priestess who was
    granted blue robes by the church and the lord.
[16:47] Main
    That's the first time I've heard any of that.
[16:51] Main
    You dumb noble.
[16:53] Karstedt
    After finding out she was given
    her blue robes by the lord,
[16:56] Karstedt
    I'm sure nobles who want to get close
     to her will try to curry favor with him.
[17:00] Karstedt
    Even if it means having you kidnapped
[17:02] Karstedt
    just so they can save you
    and the lord feels indebted.
[17:06] Ferdinand
    And if they're someone who opposes the lord,
[17:08] Ferdinand
    they could kidnap you and sell you
    off to one of his enemies,
[17:12] Ferdinand
    or even claim that you're their child.
[17:15] Ferdinand
    And in that case, your
    family would be in the way.
[17:18] Ferdinand
    They would probably be silenced.
[17:24] Damuel
    Among the lower-class nobles,
[17:25] Damuel
    there is still much contempt
    towards the apprentice priestess.
[17:29] Damuel
    I'm sure they'd rather not
    acknowledge an apprentice priestess
[17:32] Damuel
    who's a commoner having so much mana.
[17:35] Damuel
    Even I couldn't believe this
    to be true until I saw her.
[17:44] Damuel
    And Schicicoza's mother was delighted
    that Schicicoza came home
[17:50] Damuel
    due to the purge.
[17:53] Damuel
    I heard that she bears great resentment
[17:55] Damuel
    towards the apprentice priestess
    due to what just happened.
[17:58] Main
    Resentment towards me?
[18:00] Karstedt
    If she wants to go as far as sacrificing her
    own family for the sake of revenge,
[18:04] Karstedt
    things will get ugly.
[18:06] Ferdinand
    Main.
[18:07] Main
    Yes?
[18:08] Ferdinand
    I was going to eventually have
    you marry a noble.
[18:12] Main
    Huh?
[18:13] Ferdinand
    It is extremely likely that you and those
    around you will be thrown into danger.
[18:18] Ferdinand
    You should have a noble adopt
    you as soon as possible.
[18:22] Main
    Adopt me?
[18:24] Ferdinand
    Yes. If you were adopted by Karstedt,
[18:26] Ferdinand
    you could be protected to some degree.
[18:28] Ferdinand
    I assure you that he is a good man.
[18:31] Karstedt
    Main, would you like to become my daughter?
[18:36] Main
    I can't!
[18:38] Ferdinand
    And what do you mean by that, Main?
[18:47] Main
    I want to go home.
[18:50] Main
    I don't want to be apart
    from my family any longer.
[18:52] Ferdinand
    Main, calm down.
[19:02] Ferdinand
    We're going into my workshop to make
    sure the effects of this are minimal.
[19:09] Ferdinand
    I know the Dedication Ceremony
     is approaching,
[19:12] Ferdinand
    but you've held in too much mana.
[19:14] Ferdinand
    You fool.
[19:16] Main
    I'm sorry...
[19:19] Ferdinand
    To think you'd be this unstable even
    with your family visiting you...
[19:22] Ferdinand
    Did something happen?
[19:24] Main
    It's all your fault, Head Priest.
[19:27] Main
    You just had to go digging
    through my memories.
[19:31] Main
    Thinking about the family
     I'll never get to see again...
[19:34] Main
    I never want to be apart
    from my current family.
[19:38] Main
    And yet...
[19:42] Ferdinand
    Main, control yourself!
[19:45] Main
    If I let some noble adopt me,
    I'll never be able to see my family!
[19:50] Ferdinand
    Main!
[19:53] Ferdinand
    It calms you down to a certain
    degree when I do this, does it not?
[20:04] Main
    You've still got a ways to go.
[20:08] Main
    Hup...
[20:11] Main
    This will do.
[20:13] Ferdinand
    Honestly...
[20:17] Ferdinand
    Now, listen to me. Your
    mana is far too powerful.
[20:22] Ferdinand
    It is enough that it should be used
    for this domain and this country.
[20:26] Main
    This country?
[20:28] Ferdinand
    Yes. Main, you need to realize this yourself.
[20:32] Ferdinand
    When your emotions become volatile,
    you put those around you in danger.
[20:37] Ferdinand
    Since you cannot control your powers,
[20:39] Ferdinand
    it is very possible to put
    your beloved family in danger.
[20:44] Main
    I'll be fine as long as I have my family.
[20:46] Main
    So please... Don't separate
    me from my family!
[20:53] Ferdinand
    Ten years old.
[20:56] Ferdinand
    The enrollment age for the
    Royal Academy is ten.
[20:58] Ferdinand
    Until then, have your family
    spoil you as much as you'd like.
[21:03] Main
    Thank you very much!
[21:07] Ferdinand
    But from that point on,
    I will not honor your opinions.
[21:11] Ferdinand
    If you are deemed dangerous or harmful,
[21:14] Ferdinand
    you will be dealt with.
[21:18] Ferdinand
    Just remember that.
[21:22] Main
    Okay...
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[23:01] Karstedt
    Hm... The game played with
    these resembles gewinnen.
[23:10] Main
    Looks like I win!
[23:11] Ferdinand
    I have lost?!
[23:13] Ferdinand
    One more match! I will win the next round!
[23:15] Main
    If you buy Reversi, I'll
    play another game with you.
[23:19] Main
    Four large silver coins!
[23:21] Main
    Considering it just costs five small
    silvers, I just made eight times more!
[23:24] Main
    You should always take as much money
[23:26] Main
    as you can from wherever you can
    when the opportunity shows itself!
[23:32] Ferdinand
    I still don't understand.
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