E33 - Delia and Dirk

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[00:01] Narrator
    Main tries to create various colored inks with
    the daughter of the ink workshop foreman, Heidi.
[00:06] Narrator
    Meanwhile at the cathedral,
    they take in an abandoned child
[00:10] Narrator
    and name him Dirk.
[00:12] Delia
    Ugh! Why do I have to do this, too?
[00:16] Main
    Of course, you should look after him.
[00:19] Main
    You're going to be this
    child's older sister.
[00:22] Delia
    O-Older sister?
[00:24] Main
    Yes. I would like for you to care for this
    child like he's your own flesh and blood.
[00:31] Delia
    Did you see that? Dirk smiled at me!
[00:36] Narrator
    However...
[00:37] Delia
    What are these spots?
[00:41] Delia
    He feels so hot...
[00:42] Delia
    What a terrible fever... but why?
[00:45] Delia
    Dirk...
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[02:33] Main
    Dirk's cheeks had bumps on them?
[02:35] Delia
    Yes. They went away immediately
    when I gave him goat's milk.
[02:40] Fran
    I saw them on him this morning.
[02:42] Delia
    Is this common with babies?
[02:46] Main
    He seems to be okay right now.
[02:49] Delia
    He really had bumps on his face!
[02:52] Main
    I can't really determine anything
    unless I see them myself.
[02:55] Main
    Let's see what happens the
    next time you give him milk.
[03:13] Fran
    I believe he's getting hungry.
[03:16] Delia
    I'm sorry, Dirk. We'll give you
    some milk in a little bit.
[03:23] Main
    A fever?
[03:28] Delia
    Yes, Lady Main. He's burning up.
[03:41] Main
    This is...
[03:43] Delia
    Please look.
[03:46] Delia
    He has bumps on his cheeks.
[03:49] Main
    Yes, I see that. Delia, go ahead
     and give him some milk.
[03:53] Delia
    All right.
[04:01] Delia
    Here you go, Dirk.
[04:09] Rosina
    The bumps disappeared.
[04:11] Fran
    What could this mean?
[04:14] Main
    Fran, could you fetch Lutz for me?
[04:17] Main
    Could you also request a
    meeting with the head priest?
[04:21] Main
    As soon as possible.
[04:24] Fran
    As you wish.
[04:26] Delia
    Lady Main, did you figure something out?
[04:33] Main
    I cannot say yet.
[04:49] Lutz
    Fran said you wanted to talk to me.
[04:52] Lutz
    What's the matter, Main?
[04:54] Main
    Yes, well...
[05:00] Main
    I was wondering if you'd go to the
    forest and get me some tau fruit.
[05:03] Lutz
    Tau fruit?
[05:05] Main
    Yes. Please, Lutz.
[05:07] Lutz
    All right.
[05:13] Main
    If we have tau fruits, we can keep Dirk's
    mana from going berserk and killing him.
[05:23] Ferdinand
    What is it now?
[05:24] Main
    The baby I told you about yesterday...
[05:29] Main
    Are we safe talking about this here?
[05:33] Ferdinand
    So this must be important if you're worried
    about who might be watching or listening.
[05:37] Main
    Yes.
[05:44] Ferdinand
    Did something happen to this baby?
[05:48] Main
    I believe the baby has the Devouring.
[05:52] Main
    When crying from hunger,
[05:54] Main
    the baby develops a fever
    and breaks out in a rash.
[05:57] Main
    But after taking milk, the fever goes away
    and the baby returns to normal.
[06:01] Ferdinand
    If the child is showing that
    many signs as an infant,
[06:05] Ferdinand
    an abundance of mana must be present.
[06:09] Main
    I knew it.
[06:11] Ferdinand
    The infant definitely has the Devouring.
[06:16] Main
    He's thinking about something.
[06:18] Ferdinand
    It might be best if we have the child form
    a contract with a noble immediately.
[06:22] Main
    Huh? A contract?
[06:25] Ferdinand
    The baby will not survive otherwise.
[06:31] Main
    What it means to form a
    contract with noble is
[06:34] Main
    in exchange for the noble giving
    the other magic items to survive,
[06:37] Main
    they become the noble's subordinate,
[06:39] Main
    have their mana drained away,
[06:41] Main
    and will live that life of confinement
    until they literally die.
[06:50] Main
    Head Priest, is there any
    way we can have Dirk
[06:53] Main
    offer up mana and become
    a blue-robed priest like me?
[06:58] Ferdinand
    Raising a child as a blue-robed
     priest costs money.
[07:02] Ferdinand
    Who, exactly, would pay for that?
[07:04] Main
    Well...
[07:06] Ferdinand
    Even if you could pay,
[07:07] Ferdinand
    wouldn't you be favoring one child over
    the others as the head of the orphanage?
[07:16] Ferdinand
    Without magic items, those
    with the Devouring will die.
[07:19] Ferdinand
    Forming a contract with a noble
    is absolutely necessary.
[07:23] Main
    Right...
[07:24] Ferdinand
    Mostly, those who form
    contracts with Devouring children
[07:28] Ferdinand
    are nobles who feel like
    their mana is lacking.
[07:31] Ferdinand
    They don't usually want others to
    know they've made this contact,
[07:35] Ferdinand
    so they often have them become
    concubines or attendants.
[07:39] Main
    Just like Freida...
[07:41] Ferdinand
    But it's different when
    it comes to adopting them.
[07:44] Ferdinand
    Then, they need permission from the parents.
[07:47] Ferdinand
    It's not as though they can form
    these contracts with anyone.
[07:51] Main
    Then what about me?
[07:52] Ferdinand
    In your case, because of
    your abundance of mana,
[07:56] Ferdinand
    the fact that you are smart
    enough to make your own money,
[07:58] Ferdinand
    and know how to use your own talents,
[08:01] Ferdinand
    we decided it'd be best if you were
    adopted by an upper-class noble.
[08:05] Main
    I see...
[08:08] Main
    Head Priest,
[08:10] Main
    please make sure you find
    Dirk a good candidate.
[08:15] Ferdinand
    Main, is this infant a girl?
[08:18] Main
    He's a boy.
[08:20] Ferdinand
    Him being a boy makes this more difficult.
[08:23] Ferdinand
    If he was a girl, he might've had
    a better chance of being adopted.
[08:28] Main
    You mean as a pawn in a
    marriage of convenience.
[08:32] Ferdinand
    Whatever the outcome may be, we need to find
    out how much mana this infant has first.
[08:44] Main
    The head priest is going to find out
    how much mana you have tomorrow.
[09:04] Fran
    Good morning, Head Priest.
[09:07] Ferdinand
    Where is this child?
[09:09] Fran
    Right this way.
[09:20] Main
    Thank you kindly for coming to see us.
[09:25] Ferdinand
    Main, see everyone else out of the room.
[09:27] Main
    Understood.
[09:28] Main
    I need all of you to leave for now.
[10:01] Main
    Oh, the color is changing.
[10:08] Ferdinand
    Hm... He's about equal to a
    stronger middle-class noble.
[10:13] Ferdinand
    If a noble is lacking mana right now,
     they may want to adopt him.
[10:18] Ferdinand
    But if we think about your safety,
[10:21] Ferdinand
    it's unwise to probe around
    too much for possible interest.
[10:28] Ferdinand
    If you're that worried, then once
    you're adopted by Karstedt,
[10:33] Ferdinand
    you should be the one to form
    a contract with this child.
[10:37] Main
    Me?
[10:38] Ferdinand
    You'd be a noble, so it would be possible.
[10:43] Main
    Thank you kindly!
[10:46] Ferdinand
    Main, how many know that this
    child has the Devouring?
[10:50] Main
    Just me.
[10:53] Ferdinand
    In that case, continue to stay quiet
    about that and take care of him.
[10:56] Ferdinand
    The high priest will take advantage
     of this if he finds out about it.
[11:02] Ferdinand
    Between you, who can be rather disobedient,
    and this child who cannot think for himself yet,
[11:06] Ferdinand
    it's clear which one the
    high priest would choose.
[11:10] Ferdinand
    If you want to protect him,
    make sure he is not found out.
[11:13] Ferdinand
    Whether or not you are able
    to protect this infant
[11:16] Ferdinand
    may greatly change your position
    and your surroundings.
[11:19] Ferdinand
    Always keep that in mind.
[11:23] Main
    Yes.
[11:31] Delia
    Lady Main, what did the head priest say?
[11:35] Delia
    Is Dirk ill?
[11:37] Main
    No, he is fine.
[11:40] Main
    He just said to continue to look
    after Dirk at the orphanage.
[11:44] Delia
    I see...
[11:46] Delia
    Oh, thank goodness.
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[12:11] Heidi
    Morning, miss. I've been waiting for you.
[12:14] Main
    Good morning, Heidi.
[12:16] Main
    We wrote down the results
    from all of our experiments.
[12:19] Heidi
    Nah, it's okay. I can't really read anyway.
[12:23] Heidi
    More importantly, how'd the results turn out?
[12:26] Main
    We found out that linseed produced
    blues, mische produced greens,
[12:30] Main
    and that eise produces yellows.
[12:33] Heidi
    Well done, Miss!
[12:35] Main
    Today, let's start using the ink we've
    made on vorlin paper and trombe paper.
[12:50] Lutz
    The colors pretty much end
    up as-is on the trombe paper.
[12:53] Main
    They end up a bit darker on the vorlin paper.
[12:56] Heidi
    Hopefully they stay like
    this even after they dry.
[13:01] Main
    No way...
[13:03] Lutz
    They darkened way more after they dried.
[13:06] Main
    It would be great for drawing blood, though!
[13:09] Lutz
    No one needs a specific ink just for that.
[13:14] Heidi
    Now I know why art workshops
    keep how paint is made a secret.
[13:20] Main
    Apparently paint is made very
    specifically by certain workshops,
[13:24] Main
    but the methods they use are kept a secret.
[13:26] Main
    You basically won't find any
    paint available where I live.
[13:30] Main
    Paints for nobles are made by the
     workshop they ordered them from,
[13:34] Main
    and delivered right to them.
[13:36] Heidi
    Miss! Let's find out why
    the inks change color!
[13:40] Main
    All that matters is the result!
[13:42] Main
    Okay, next, let's try
    combining the colors, Gil.
[13:46] Gil
    Okay, Lady Main.
[14:07] Tuuli
    I guess it's not great that all the colors
    turned black when you combined them.
[14:11] Main
    Seriously, what should I do?
[14:14] Eva
    You're not using a fixing agent?
[14:16] Main
    Fixing agent?
[14:18] Eva
    It's a liquid used to make
    sure the color stays.
[14:21] Eva
    When you're dying fabrics, you use it to
    make sure the color doesn't change any more.
[14:27] Main
    Thanks, Mom! I'll give that a try.
[14:31] Lutz
    So there's something called
    a fixing agent, huh?
[14:34] Lutz
    I guess we would've never
    figured that out if Missus Effa
[14:37] Lutz
    didn't work at a fabric dying workshop.
[14:40] Main
    Once we gather all the ingredients,
    I'm going to try to make some.
[14:44] Main
    My mom told me how to make it.
[14:47] Lutz
    You just need to tell us how to make it.
[14:50] Gil
    We'll make it for you!
[14:52] Gil
    You're not allowed to, Lady Main.
[14:56] Lutz
    Oh, also... Could you get
    some parchment from Wilma?
[15:00] Lutz
    I'll get things ready at the
    workshop, so we can print.
[15:08] Main
    So as you can see, I'm being left out,
[15:11] Main
    and Gil and Lutz are off making
    the fixing agent somewhere.
[15:14] Main
    Isn't that mean?
[15:17] Rosina
    Oh, Lady Main.
[15:18] Rosina
    A fixing agent is absolutely
    necessary when drawing or painting.
[15:21] Rosina
    Wilma always mentions it's impossible
    to paint or draw without it.
[15:24] Main
    Huh?
[15:26] Rosina
    You always seem to know the
    most surprising things,
[15:29] Rosina
    but you had no idea about fixing agents.
[15:33] Delia
    Just a little more, Dirk. Don't give up!
[15:40] Main
    Dirk can already flip over?
[15:43] Delia
    No, not yet.
[15:45] Delia
    He's almost got it though.
[15:47] Main
    That's quite fast. My little
    Kamil's nowhere near that.
[15:55] Delia
    Well done, my little brother.
    You're quite talented.
[15:59] Main
    What's with that adorable smile?!
[16:01] Main
    I've never seen that before!
[16:04] Rosina
    Lady Main.
[16:06] Rosina
    Leave Dirk to Delia and let
    us start this harspiel lesson.
[16:12] Wilma
    Good morning, Lady Main.
    I've come to take Dirk.
[16:16] Main
    Good morning, Wilma. Thank you again.
[16:22] Wilma
    How was last night, Delia?
[16:25] Delia
    The same as usual, Wilma.
[16:28] Wilma
    I'll go ahead and take Dirk.
[16:29] Delia
    When Dirk leaves, I get so lonely.
[16:36] Delia
    Okay, off you go.
[16:49] Delia
    Lady Main, do you think Dirk
    feels lonely or is crying?
[16:54] Main
    He's surrounded by other children,
    so I'm sure he's not lonely.
[16:58] Main
    Even if he may not be able to
    sleep because it's too loud.
[17:01] Delia
    But that's not fair to Dirk.
[17:04] Main
    Well, Wilma will look after him.
[17:07] Delia
    How do we know that, though?
[17:11] Delia
    Ugh! Are you even listening to me, Lady Main?
[17:16] Main
    Well, if you're that worried,
    why don't you see for yourself?
[17:29] Delia
    I don't want to go to the orphanage!
[17:42] Main
    Make sure you two get plenty of rest.
[17:45] Fran
    Please excuse us.
[17:47] Rosina
    Excuse us.
[17:52] Main
    Sir Damuel.
[17:54] Main
    I'm going to head to the orphanage.
[17:59] Damuel
    Hey, Apprentice Priestess.
[18:01] Damuel
    Where are your attendants?
[18:03] Main
    Huh?
[18:04] Damuel
    Why are you trying to leave
    without a single escort?
[18:09] Damuel
    Perfect timing.
[18:10] Damuel
    You, attendant. Go with
    Lady Main to the orphanage.
[18:14] Delia
    Huh?
[18:16] Main
    Just to the entrance of
    the orphanage will do.
[18:18] Main
    Do you think you'll be able to?
[18:23] Delia
    As you wish.
[18:38] Delia
    Now, if you'll excuse me.
[18:40] Damuel
    Hey.
[18:42] Damuel
    Are you implying that the apprentice
    priestess, your master, should open the door?
[18:46] Damuel
    Open the door.
[19:23] Main
    Good work, you two.
[19:25] Delia
    Lady Main, I'm going to head back.
[19:28] Main
    All right. Sorry to push you like this.
[19:31] Main
    Thank you, Delia.
[19:33] Delia
    It's all right.
[19:40] Delia
    Dirk!
[19:44] Delia
    Seriously! What if Dirk got hurt?!
[19:48] Delia
    You need to keep a better eye on him!
[19:59] Wilma
    Lady Main, do you think
    Delia will be all right?
[20:02] Wilma
    I heard that she didn't like
    coming to the orphanage.
[20:05] Main
    I'm not sure.
[20:08] Main
    But I'm hoping she'll let Dirk's
    cuteness get to her little by little.
[20:27] Main
    This isn't the same place
    you came from anymore, Delia.
[20:40] Delia
    Ugh, what's that supposed to mean?!
[20:43] Wilma
    That's Delia's voice.
[20:44] Main
    I wonder what happened.
[20:46] Damuel
    Let's hurry back, Apprentice Priestess.
[20:49] Delia
    The head priest can't be trusted!
[20:52] Fran
    He can be trusted.
[20:55] Main
    Fran, Delia.
[20:57] Main
    What's this all about?
[20:59] Delia
    Lady Main, is it true that Dirk
    is supposed to be adopted?
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[22:43] Main
    Head Priest, I thought that Dirk
    actually had more mana than I do.
[22:48] Ferdinand
    At the time of your births,
    Dirk's would probably measure higher.
[22:52] Ferdinand
    This doesn't apply to the original Main,
[22:54] Ferdinand
    but after you took over her consciousness
    and your mana condensed,
[22:58] Ferdinand
    your mana capacity vastly increased.
[23:01] Main
    This must be it.
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[23:02] Main
    When you compress mana,
[23:04] Main
    it creates empty space for your body's
    mana to fill, so you compress it tighter,
[23:07] Main
    and then you get even more space.
[23:09] Ferdinand
    Yes. This is a method of controlling mana
    that you learn at the royal academy.
[23:14] Main
    What? Really?
[23:16] Main
    Here I was barely surviving.
[23:19] Ferdinand
    I'm sure some harm may come from this.
[23:23] Main
    Wh-What do you mean by harm?
[23:25] Ferdinand
    I'll tell you if you go to the royal academy.
[23:29] Main
    What?
[23:31] Main
    Tell me now, Head Priest!
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