E32 - The Abandoned Child of the Cathedral and Making Colors

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[00:01] Narrator
    Main is finally permitted to go back home,
[00:05] Narrator
    and swears to put even more of her
    heart and soul into bookmaking
[00:08] Narrator
    for the sake of her little
    brother Kamil, as well.
[00:11] Narrator
    Meanwhile...
[00:14] Gerlach
    The plan to kidnap the blue-robed apprentice
    priestess at the Spring Prayer has failed.
[00:21] Viscountess Dahldolf
    That is truly unfortunate, Viscount Gerlach.
[00:26] Viscountess Dahldolf
    I was quite hoping to have that commoner
    blue-robed apprentice priestess
[00:32] Viscountess Dahldolf
    and Lord Ferdinand both suffer...
[00:35] Gerlach
    Viscountess Dahldolf,
    I understand how you feel.
[00:40] Gerlach
    It is quite unfortunate to lose your
    son, Lord Schicicoza, in such a way.
[00:47] Bindewald
    Not to mention, you managed to let
    half of the Devouring soldiers
[00:51] Bindewald
    I lent you get eliminated.
[00:54] Gerlach
    I'm terribly sorry, Count Bindewald.
[00:58] Bindewald
    I'd rather get more troops
    from you than an apology.
[01:02] Gerlach
    What do you mean?
[01:04] Bindewald
    I'd like to buy that blue-robed
    apprentice priestess from you.
[01:12] High Priest
    We are aware of your request through
    Viscount Gerlach's letter.
[01:16] Bindewald
    If I recall correctly, if an adoption
    is by a noble from another domain,
[01:20] Bindewald
    we did not need permission
    from Aub Ehrenfest?
[01:24] Gerlach
    Count Bindewald is a noble from the
    neighboring domain of Ahrensbach.
[01:30] High Priest
    Ahrensbach...
[01:35] Gerlach
    I must say, this is a favorable deal.
[01:39] Gerlach
    I'm sure that commoner blue-robed apprentice
    priestess is a thorn in your side as well.
[01:46] Viscountess Dahldolf
    Lord Ferdinand declared before
    the knights that the apprentice priestess
[01:49] Viscountess Dahldolf
    was under his protection.
    If she was sold off...
[01:52] Viscountess Dahldolf
    I'm sure Lord Ferdinand
    would suffer, too.
[01:59] Gerlach
    I'm certain that will make your older
    sister, Lady Veronica, happy, too.
[02:03] Bindewald
    In order to find out more about this
    blue-robed apprentice priestess
[02:07] Bindewald
    and what kind of contracts she may have,
[02:08] Bindewald
    we were hoping we could get your assistance,
    since you are the high priest, Lord Bezewanst.
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SIGN    The Abandoned Child of the Cathedral and Making Colors
[04:07] Main
    My little brother Kamil is so adorable!
[04:11] Main
    He was just born, so he's so tiny,
[04:14] Main
    and whenever he cries, he
    gets so red and wrinkly.
[04:19] Main
    I never knew a little
    brother could be so cute.
[04:23] Benno
    That's enough.
[04:25] Benno
    I get enough of doting parents
    from being around Otto.
[04:28] Main
    What?! Missus Corinna had her baby, then?
[04:32] Benno
    At the end of winter.
     Her name is Renate.
[04:36] Benno
    She'll be the Gilberta Company's heiress.
     I hope you'll look after her.
[04:40] Main
    You don't seem that excited, considering
    she's your precious heiress.
[04:46] Benno
    Yes, because Otto is excited
    enough for the both of us.
[04:52] Otto
    Renate's absolutely adorable,
    no matter what she does.
[04:57] Otto
    Renate's absolutely adorable,
    no matter what she does.
[04:59] Corinna
    Stop playing with your food, dear.
[05:02] Main
    Thank goodness the Gilberta
    Company has Missus Corinna.
[05:06] Benno
    More importantly, hurry up and
    tell me about the printing.
[05:09] Main
    Right.
[05:10] Main
    The head priest has told me not to do
    any letterpress printing for a while.
[05:17] Main
    If we keep moving forward, the vested
    interest opposing us will be the nobility.
[05:22] Benno
    A vested interest of nobles...
[05:26] Benno
    Discretion is the better
    part of valor indeed.
[05:29] Main
    So I want to put everything into
    making picture books for a while.
[05:35] Benno
    Everything? What are you plotting?
[05:39] Main
    First, I want to create some colored ink
    so we can add colors to the pictures.
[05:43] Main
    Second, improving our mimeograph technology.
[05:47] Benno
    Colored ink and improving
    mimeograph technology?
[05:52] Main
    Yes, but we'll have to hurry and
    prepare, or we won't make it in time.
[05:55] Benno
    In time? For what?
[05:58] Main
    Why, creating a picture book to go
    along with my precious Kamil's growth.
[06:03] Main
    I'm going to give this
    my all for Kamil's sake!
[06:06] Benno
    Did you get permission from the head priest?
[06:09] Benno
    If you did, that's fine.
[06:11] Benno
    I'll let you meet the foreman
    of the workshop soon.
[06:14] Main
    Thank you kindly.
[06:19] Main
    My little brother was born the other day.
[06:23] Gil & Rosina
    Congratulations.
[06:27] Delia
    Oh, I had no idea.
[06:30] Main
    Oh, no. I was so excited that I let
    the cat out of the bag myself.
[06:34] Gil
    Lady Main, what's your brother's name?
[06:37] Main
    Nice follow up, Gil! Yay!
[06:39] Main
    His name is Kamil.
[06:41] Main
    He was just born, so he's really tiny.
[06:44] Main
    And when he cries, he gets
    all red and wrinkly.
[06:46] Main
    He's absolutely adorable!
[06:48] Rosina
    Lady Main, I must say, the way you describe
    him doesn't make him sound that cute.
[06:56] Main
    I wonder who that is.
[07:00] Wilma
    Pardon me.
[07:03] Main
    Wilma, where'd that baby come from?
[07:07] Wilma
    Well...
(Flashback) [07:10] Woman
    I offer him to the gods.
[07:13] Main
    So she brought him here because
    she couldn't take care of him...
[07:16] Wilma
    Apparently so. What shall we do?
[07:20] Main
    What should we do?
[07:24] Fran
    This is the first time I've dealt
    with something like this, too.
[07:28] Main
    Fran requested a meeting with the head
    priest so we could talk to him about this.
[07:36] Rosina
    He's so adorable.
[07:38] Main
    He may be cute,
[07:40] Main
    but my Kamil's way cuter!
[07:44] Wilma
    He's fine because he's sleeping right now,
    but what should we do when he wakes up?
[07:49] Main
    Give him milk.
[07:50] Delia
    That's not possible.
[07:52] Delia
    We don't have any gray-robed priestesses
    that have given birth left.
[07:57] Wilma
    Do you know anything about raising
    a baby without a mother, Lady Main?
[08:04] Main
    Well... I have read before that a mother who
    couldn't nurse gave their baby goat's milk.
[08:12] Wilma
    Goat's milk?
[08:14] Wilma
    Thank you kindly. I will
    prepare some right away.
[08:21] Rosina
    What should we do? He's crying.
[08:30] Main
    Judging by the way he's crying, he's hungry.
[08:33] Wilma
    I will go get some goat's milk.
[08:35] Delia
    Ugh!
[08:37] Delia
    He's wet.
[08:39] Main
    Oh, no! We need to change his diaper!
[08:42] Wilma
    Diaper...
[08:43] Main
    Do we have any cloth?
[08:45] Delia
    Yes, we do.
[08:48] Ferdinand
    Hmm... an abandoned child.
[08:51] Ferdinand
    Just take care of him like you
    have done for the other children.
[08:54] Main
    We came to talk to you because none of the
    gray-robed priestesses have had a child.
[09:00] Ferdinand
    Right.
[09:01] Ferdinand
    But there's nothing we can do about that.
[09:04] Ferdinand
    Shall we hire a wet nurse?
[09:07] Ferdinand
    Sadly, I have no experience
    in child rearing as well.
[09:11] Main
    We can actually hire a wet nurse?
[09:14] Ferdinand
    If we can find anyone pious
    enough to come to the orphanage.
[09:19] Main
    That seems difficult.
[09:27] Main
    And so, we're all going
    to be taking care of him.
[09:30] Everyone other than Main
    All of us?!
[09:32] Main
    Yes. If Wilma has to take care of him
    herself, she's going to collapse,
[09:36] Main
    because babies need milk at night, too.
[09:41] Main
    Wilma will watch the child during the day,
[09:44] Main
    and the rest of you can take
    turns watching him at night.
[09:47] Rosina, Wilma & Gil
    Understood.
[09:49] Delia
    Ugh! Why do I have to do this, too?
[09:53] Main
    Of course, you should look after him.
[09:56] Main
    You're going to be this
    child's older sister.
[09:59] Delia
    O-Older sister?
[10:01] Main
    Yes. I would like for you to care for this
    child like he's your own flesh and blood.
[10:06] Delia
    But my dream is to become a concubine!
[10:10] Main
    If she concentrates her
    attention somewhere else,
[10:13] Main
    she may forget about wanting
    to be a concubine!
[10:14] Delia
    There, there!
[10:16] Main
    Let's see who can be the better big sister.
[10:20] Delia
    Well, of course I'm going to win.
[10:23] Gil
    Delia, you always let Lady
    Main play you like a fiddle.
[10:26] Delia
    Shut up.
[10:27] Main
    All right, first, let's
    give this child a name.
[10:31] Delia
    In that case, I want his name
     to sound similar to mine.
[10:34] Delia
    Then I might feel like he's my family.
[10:36] Main
    A name that sounds like Delia...
[10:39] Main
    Delia...
[10:40] Main
    Deita... Deetoria... Dil... Dirk...
[10:47] Delia
    Dirk... Since he's a boy,
    I think we should go with Dirk.
[10:52] Main
    Then Dirk it is.
[10:55] Main
    Your name is Dirk, little boy.
[11:04] Rosina
    He's crying.
[11:06] Main
    I'm sorry, Dirk. Please don't cry.
[11:09] Delia
    Hello, Dirk.
[11:12] Delia
    I'm going to be your big
    sister starting today.
[11:19] Delia
    There, there. Good boy.
[11:25] Delia
    Did you see that? Dirk smiled at me!
[11:29] Wilma
    Well, Lady Main has Master Kamil.
[11:33] Main
    Well, Kamil always cries at me, too.
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[11:52] Main
    Kamil, it's your big sister.
[12:03] Main
    Jeez, why are you crying again?
[12:06] Tuuli
    Aw, you made him cry again.
[12:08] Eva
    Kamil always cries whenever
    he sees Main's face.
[12:13] Main
    We're actually going to be taking care of an
    abandoned baby at the orphanage now, too,
[12:17] Main
    and he also cried on me.
[12:20] Main
    What am I doing wrong?
[12:22] Tuuli
    An abandoned baby?
    You're going to raise him?
[12:24] Main
    Yes. We're taking turns watching over
    him, so it's going to be rough.
[12:29] Eva
    Then why don't you set a sleep
    schedule for them?
[12:33] Eva
    Being able to nap will make
    your lives much easier.
[12:36] Main
    I see. Thanks, Mom.
[12:40] Main
    Kamil, well? Do you like picture books?
[12:46] Main
    Did you see that? Kamil didn't cry!
[12:49] Main
    He's looking at the picture book!
[12:50] Main
    I'd expect nothing less
    from my baby brother.
[12:53] Main
    Your sister is going to make a picture book
    with pretty colors next, so wait for me.
[13:01] Benno
    She should be here any moment.
[13:03] Mark
    Please excuse me.
[13:06] Heidi
    Dad, is that her?
[13:08] Bierce
    Don't point.
[13:10] Benno
    Good morning, Lady Main.
[13:14] Benno
    This is Bierce, the new
    head of the Ink Guild.
[13:18] Bierce
    About that... I'm the foreman
    of the ink workshop.
[13:23] Bierce
    I'm not fit to be the head of the Ink Guild.
[13:26] Bierce
    Not to mention, I have no idea
    how to deal with nobles.
[13:30] Bierce
    Boss, why don't you become
    the head of the Ink Guild?
[13:33] Benno
    Don't make it sound so simple.
[13:35] Benno
    I'm sure there will be plenty
    of nobles that will ask
[13:39] Benno
    for the shady business dealings they had
    going on with Wolf to continue.
[13:43] Benno
    If I end up selling ink, the guild master
    will try to give me even more trouble.
[13:50] Main
    I'd honestly feel much better if
    you sold the ink, Mister Benno.
[13:55] Benno
    Do you want me to die from exhaustion?
[13:57] Bierce
    Well, I definitely can't do it.
[14:02] Benno
    Why don't we ask the guild master's
    shop to take care of it?
[14:05] Main
    What? You're going to let
    someone else sell it?
[14:07] Bierce
    I would love to, but there was some
    merchandise that guild master was dealing
[14:13] Bierce
    that Wolf monopolized as soon as he
    became the head of the Ink Guild.
[14:16] Bierce
    What do you think will happen
    if I go to him again?
[14:19] Benno
    I can only imagine. I can already
    hear that old geezer cackling.
[14:27] Bierce
    That's why I came to the
    Gilberta Company instead.
[14:30] Bierce
    Come on, help me out, miss.
[14:32] Main
    Sure, as long as you help me
    out in developing colored ink.
[14:37] Bierce
    Colored ink?
[14:38] Heidi
    Colored ink?
[14:39] Benno
    Colored ink?
[14:40] Main
    Yes, colored ink. I'm about to invent it.
[14:44] Heidi
    Ooh! I'll do it! I wanna help!
[14:48] Heidi
    That's why I'm here!
[14:52] Main
    Um... and you are...?
[14:54] Bierce
    This is my daughter, Heidi.
[14:56] Bierce
    Her and her husband Josef are the ones
    making the ink you created for the plant paper.
[15:02] Main
    Oh, I see.
[15:05] Heidi
    The way you make ink is so new and
    different that it blew me away!
[15:10] Heidi
    I look forward to working with you!
[15:12] Main
    My name is Main. I look forward
    to working with you, as well.
[15:18] Heidi
    The reason I came here today is because
    I was thinking we could probably
[15:22] Heidi
    make plant-based ink in colors besides black.
[15:25] Main
    We absolutely can! Please go for it!
[15:28] Heidi
    Do you know what would
    be the best ingredients?
[15:30] Main
    Well...
[15:32] Benno
    Lady Main...
[15:35] Main
    I do have information on the ingredients.
[15:37] Main
    Once they're on the market,
     I'll be taking part of the sales
[15:40] Main
    as a fee for the information.
[15:42] Heidi
    That's too expensive! It costs so
    much to get something to the market.
[15:47] Main
    In that case... I'll take care of
    half of your initial expenses.
[15:50] Benno
    A quarter is more than enough.
[15:52] Bierce
    Sounds fair to me.
[15:54] Heidi
    You've got a deal. Want to head
    over to the workshop right now?
[15:57] Heidi
    I collected a bunch of ingredients
    I thought might work.
[16:00] Main
    That sounds wonderful! I'd love to go!
[16:07] Benno
    Calm down, you fool!
[16:09] Bierce
    We haven't finished talking yet!
[16:15] Heidi
    I'm gonna go ahead and get things ready.
[16:18] Benno
    Lutz, keep an eye on her. It's basically
     like we have two Mains now.
[16:22] Lutz
    You can't be serious, Master. My
    hands are already full with this Main.
[16:27] Main
    Say, Lutz. Heidi seems interesting and
     really passionate about her work,
[16:32] Main
    but she's also... unique.
[16:34] Lutz
    You should be the last person to say that.
[16:41] Man
    Sure, that's fine.
[16:44] Main
    Hello!
[16:46] Heidi
    Hey, Miss! Over here!
[16:53] Main
    The best kind of oil to use
    when making ink is drying oil.
[16:56] Main
    It's a type of oil that hardens when dried.
[16:58] Heidi
    So we'd be using linseed, mische,
    ped, eise, and turm oils.
[17:05] Main
    Then we'd just mix in
    some ground-up minerals.
[17:09] Heidi
    Okay, let's give it a try.
     Josef, help me out.
[17:13] Josef
    Right.
[17:14] Heidi
    This is my husband.
[17:16] Main
    It's nice to meet you. My name is Main.
[17:18] Main
    I'm in charge of the Main Workshop.
[17:21] Josef
    I'm Josef.
[17:22] Main
    Today, I've come here to purchase
    some ink for plant paper,
[17:26] Main
    and I wanted to be here to see
    you make new colors for the ink.
[17:30] Josef
    S-Sure. Pleasure to have you.
[17:34] Main
    Thank you.
[17:36] Heidi
    Which things did you want to mix, miss?
[17:39] Main
    Well...
[17:41] Main
    If you mix that yellow
    clay with the linseed oil,
[17:45] Main
    you should end up with a color
    in between yellow and brown.
[17:48] Heidi
    You got it!
[17:59] Heidi
    That's strange...
[18:01] Josef
    That's definitely not brown.
[18:03] Main
    But why...
[18:06] Lutz
    It turned blue.
[18:08] Heidi
    Let's try some mische.
[18:18] Heidi
    Next, some ped.
[18:22] Lutz
    Bluish green.
[18:24] Heidi
    Next, eise.
[18:29] Main
    Ocher!
[18:31] Lutz
    We finally got the color we wanted.
[18:36] Main
    I never thought the different kinds of
    oils would produce different colors.
[18:42] Lutz
    Why does this happen?
[18:48] Heidi
    You're wondering that, too,
    right? Isn't it strange?!
[18:51] Heidi
    You totally want to find out why, right?!
[18:53] Main
    That doesn't really matter right now.
[18:56] Main
    What's important right now
    is what colors we can make.
[18:59] Heidi
    What?! You're not curious as
    to why this mystery happens, Miss?
[19:06] Josef
    Come on! Don't lump the young
    lady into your weirdo circle.
[19:10] Heidi
    That's so mean!
[19:12] Heidi
    I just thought we'd be able
    to understand each other...
[19:15] Main
    Understand each other?
[19:18] Main
    I'd like to know the results
    rather than the hows and whys.
[19:22] Main
    And I was able to get the
    color I wanted with eise.
[19:26] Main
    Next... let's try that blue and some eise.
[19:37] Lutz
    This time, it turned yellow.
[19:39] Main
    This may be more difficult than I thought.
[19:41] Heidi
    This is work that's definitely worth doing.
[19:45] Lutz
    We need to sort out our results.
[19:47] Main
    Yes, but it's problematic that we can't
    anticipate how the colors will turn out.
[19:54] Main
    What is it, Gil?
[19:58] Gil
    Lady Main, my writing board...
[20:02] Main
    I promised I'd get you one in spring.
[20:07] Main
    You did do your best to learn the alphabet.
[20:11] Main
    I'll ask Johann to make you a stylus.
[20:20] Gil
    Thank you kindly, Lady Main.
[20:28] High Priest
    So that creature now has a little brother.
[20:30] Delia
    Yes.
[20:34] High Priest
    I guess that doesn't really
    matter at this point.
[20:36] Delia
    Huh?
[20:38] High Priest
    Any other changes to report?
[20:40] Delia
    Changes?
[20:43] Delia
    Um...
[20:46] Delia
    There's a new orphan at the orphanage!
[20:50] High Priest
    You may take your leave now.
[20:52] Delia
    Ugh... I thought I'd finally
    get a reward today.
[21:00] Ella
    It'll be nice and warm soon.
[21:01] Delia
    Thanks, Ella.
[21:07] Delia
    Yes, yes. I'll be right there.
[21:10] Delia
    Sorry to keep you waiting, Dirk.
[21:12] Delia
    Dirk...
[21:17] Delia
    Dirk!
[21:19] Delia
    What are these spots?
[21:22] Delia
    He feels so hot...
[21:23] Delia
    What a terrible fever... but why?
[21:28] Delia
    Dirk...
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[23:09] Gil
    Hey! Dirk is crying!
[23:12] Rosina
    I'll sing him a lullaby.
[23:14] Rosina
    Fall asleep, fall asleep,
    fall asleep, fall asleep...
[23:18] Fran
    Rosina, you just want an excuse to
    play the harspiel. There, there.
[23:21] Wilma
    Oh, that'll make a lovely painting.
[23:23] Delia
    If you're going to paint, paint Dirk and I.
[23:29] Main
    So... Taking care of Dirk
    is going well... I guess?
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