# E5 - Baptisms and Strange Fevers
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:00] Ferdinand**
*To sate her desire to make books,*
**[00:03] Ferdinand**
*Main completed her clay tablets.*
**[00:06] Ferdinand**
* But her attempt to fire them*
* ended in another failure.*
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
*Then came summer...*
**[00:25] Ferdinand**
*And the day of Tuuli's baptism.*
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a Bookworm
***SIGN*** Chapter Five Baptisms and Strange Fevers
**[02:14] Karla**
My, Tuuli! You look adorable!
**[02:19] Woman**
Congratulations, Tuuli.
**[02:22] Tuuli**
Thank you.
**[02:26] Main**
* It is customary in this world to throw a*
* grand celebration for seven-year-olds.*
**[02:31] Main**
* The same day, they are*
* baptized at the cathedral.*
**[02:35] Karla**
Must be nice to have girls.
**[02:38] Eva**
You do only have boys, Karla.
Ralph, Lutz, Sascha and Sieg.
**[02:43] Karla**
What can I say?
**[02:46] Karla**
It's so tiresome.
**[02:49] Karla**
Wow...
**[02:50] Karla**
You even did your hair up so nicely.
**[02:53] Karla**
You look like a princess, Tuuli!
**[02:55] Tuuli**
Main did it for me.
**[02:57] Karla**
What? Main did?
**[02:59] Karla**
So she has more to her
than her unusual recipes.
**[03:06] Woman**
Hey, look. I've never seen a
hair ornament like this before.
**[03:09] Woman**
You're right. It's so pretty.
**[03:11] Woman**
How was it made?
**[03:13] Woman**
Wow! Amazing!
**[03:16] Main**
*The hair ornament I made is that unusual?*
**[03:21] Gunther**
No way!
**[03:23] Gunther**
I'm not going to a meeting
on such an important day!
**[03:26] Main**
Only the kids get to enter
the cathedral, right?
**[03:31] Gunther**
It's a father's duty to wait at the
cathedral's plaza during baptism.
**[03:35] Main**
Isn't it also a father's duty to go
to work and provide for the family?
**[03:42] Gunther**
I know, I know.
**[03:49] Gunther**
Let's go down Central Avenue!
**[03:58] Tuuli**
What?
**[04:01] Main**
Smile.
**[04:02] Main**
As long as you're smiling, you're
prettier than anybody else.
**[04:06] Tuuli**
Sheesh, Main. Don't lie to me.
**[04:09] Gunther**
Time to go!
**[04:27] Main**
Dad...
**[04:28] Main**
We need to go.
**[04:31] Gunther**
Tuuli...
**[04:33] Main**
You won't make it for the meeting!
**[04:37] Otto**
You're late, Captain!
**[04:40] Otto**
I told you about the
meeting today, didn't I?
**[04:40] Main**
*While Dad attended the meeting,*
**[04:42] Main**
*I was to practice writing.*
**[04:46] Gunther**
Otto.
**[04:47] Main**
Mister Otto's in a meeting right now.
**[04:50] Gunther**
Hey, Main.
**[04:52] Gunther**
I forgot about that.
**[04:54] Gunther**
What do I do now?
**[04:56] Main**
Shall I read it for you?
**[04:59] Gunther**
You can read?
**[05:01] Main**
I know how to read identification papers
and introductory letters from nobility.
**[05:05] Main**
Mister Otto taught me.
**[05:07] Gunther**
It's the latter.
**[05:09] Gunther**
Please.
**[05:14] Main**
He has a referral from Baron Blon,
**[05:17] Main**
and is going to visit Baron Glaz.
**[05:20] Main**
This needs the captain's stamp,
**[05:23] Main**
but he's in a meeting.
**[05:26] Main**
Show him to the waiting
room for lesser nobles.
**[05:30] Main**
A merchant with a noble's referral
**[05:33] Main**
should understand if we explain
the situation to him.
**[05:38] Gunther**
We're going home, Main.
**[05:39] Gunther**
We're leaving before Otto catches us.
**[05:42] Main**
Wait, Dad!
**[05:43] Main**
I need to report something to him!
**[05:47] Otto**
Main?
**[05:48] Main**
Oh, Mister Otto!
**[05:50] Main**
A merchant with a noble's referral is here!
**[05:53] Main**
I've had him shown to the waiting
room for lesser nobles,
**[05:57] Main**
so please see to him immediately!
**[06:01] Otto**
Well done! That's my assistant!
**[06:03] Gunther**
My daughter, you mean!
**[06:05] Main**
Dad...
**[06:10] Eva**
Is that so?
**[06:12] Tuuli**
Also, the cathedral was really
beautiful and spacious!
**[06:17] Gunther**
Really? Good for you.
**[06:19] Tuuli**
Yep!
**[06:20] Main**
Tuuli.
**[06:23] Main**
This is for you.
**[06:27] Tuuli**
What is this? So cute!
**[06:34] Tuuli**
And so yummy!
**[06:37] Eva**
Those are some interesting shapes.
**[06:39] Eva**
You may really have a
talent for cooking, Main.
**[06:42] Tuuli**
Thanks for making this.
**[06:45] Tuuli**
And the hair ornament, too.
**[06:48] Tuuli**
I was really happy today.
**[06:50] Main**
*Tuuli is such an angel!*
**[06:54] Gunther**
We have presents for you, Tuuli.
**[07:02] Eva**
They're work clothes and tools.
**[07:05] Eva**
Take good care of them.
**[07:06] Tuuli**
Thank you, Dad, Mom!
**[07:10] Main**
Good luck being an apprentice seamstress.
**[07:13] Tuuli**
Thanks!
**[07:15] Main**
Will she have to go to work every day?
**[07:18] Eva**
Only for half the week at first.
**[07:21] Tuuli**
For the other half, I'll go
to the forest like always.
**[07:25] Main**
I see. Thank goodness.
**[07:28] Eva**
Main's baptism is coming up next year, too.
**[07:31] Tuuli**
Have you decided what to
do for apprentice work?
**[07:34] Main**
Yeah. I wanna run a bookstore.
**[07:38] Tuuli**
A bookstore?
**[07:39] Main**
Uh... I'd be selling books,
so a merchant, I guess?
**[07:45] Gunther**
Well, I don't really understand,
**[07:47] Gunther**
but it's fine as long as you have a goal.
**[07:49] Gunther**
That aside, this is for you.
**[07:53] Main**
What is it?
**[07:55] Gunther**
You'll be helping with housework
in Tuuli's place from now on.
**[08:00] Gunther**
You'll need this to get firewood
and forage in the forest.
**[08:05] Main**
A knife!
**[08:08] Main**
Can't I use this to make wood tablets?
**[08:12] Main**
I'll chop wood into thin strips,
**[08:15] Main**
shave the surface to smooth them,
**[08:19] Main**
and write on them.
**[08:21] Main**
All done!
***SIGN*** ABCDE
**[08:27] Main**
If I make a lot, they'll be a
fine substitute for a book!
**[08:31] Main**
Thank you, Ancient China!
**[08:36] Main**
Yahoo!
**[08:42] Main**
This knife... is too heavy!
**[08:55] Main**
Lutz and Tuuli are amazing.
**[08:59] Main**
I should start with what I can do, too.
**[09:08] Main**
Well, that's how it goes at first.
**[09:39] Main**
This could work!
**[09:42] Lutz**
What are you making now to
replace the clay tablets?
**[09:46] Main**
Lutz.
**[09:48] Main**
How could you tell these were
a clay tablet replacement?
**[09:52] Lutz**
I mean,
**[09:53] Lutz**
you're having so much fun.
**[09:57] Lutz**
Looked like you were about to rub
your cheek against the wood.
**[10:00] Lutz**
You were also fascinated by
the clay tablets, remember?
**[10:06] Main**
*I had no idea! That's so embarrassing!*
**[10:09] Lutz**
So, what're you making?
**[10:12] Main**
Wood tablets.
**[10:14] Lutz**
Wood tablets?
**[10:15] Lutz**
You'll write on these this time?
**[10:17] Main**
Yeah. I need lots of these.
**[10:22] Lutz**
Okay, I get it. I'll help you.
**[10:25] Main**
Really?
**[10:25] Lutz**
Yeah! But in return...
**[10:31] Lutz**
Can you introduce me to this Otto person?
**[10:35] Main**
Mister Otto?
**[10:36] Lutz**
I wanna ask him about the traveling trade.
**[10:41] Main**
I'll ask when I go to the gate tomorrow.
**[10:44] Main**
But he's a busy man.
**[10:47] Main**
Sorry in advance if he refuses.
**[10:49] Lutz**
That's fine.
**[10:50] Lutz**
Thanks, Main!
**[11:01] Main**
Mister Otto.
**[11:02] Main**
How does one join the traveling trade?
**[11:05] Otto**
Huh? You want to be a traveling trader?
**[11:09] Otto**
Wait, is this my fault?
**[11:11] Otto**
The captain's gonna kill me!
**[11:14] Main**
Oh, no! My friend does, not me!
**[11:18] Otto**
Oh...
**[11:19] Otto**
Then you should tell them not to bother.
**[11:23] Main**
Ah, I knew it.
**[11:25] Otto**
You know what?
**[11:26] Main**
From the way he spoke, I figured
it wasn't a popular profession.
**[11:32] Otto**
Well, he'd probably catch
hell from his parents.
**[11:36] Main**
Also, I thought that a
life of constant travel
**[11:40] Main**
would be too hard on a city kid.
**[11:43] Otto**
If you know that much, why not
give him your own advice?
**[11:48] Main**
Rather than a city kid like me,
**[11:50] Main**
he'd probably listen if you
gave him a dose of reality.
**[11:55] Otto**
Hmm...
**[11:57] Main**
You have ties with merchants, don't you?
**[12:00] Main**
If he looks to become a merchant,
**[12:02] Main**
he can leave the town at
times to stock up on goods.
**[12:05] Otto**
If you're acting as a go-between,
**[12:07] Otto**
you must like that kid a lot.
**[12:10] Main**
Lutz has helped me loads.
**[12:12] Main**
I want to repay him when I can.
**[12:15] Otto**
I see. Hmm...
**[12:18] Otto**
The next day off should be fine.
**[12:20] Main**
Thank you, Mister Otto!
**[12:24] Main**
*Oh, right.*
**[12:25] Main**
*How do I write on the wood tablets?*
**[12:28] Main**
*Slate pencils won't work.*
**[12:32] Main**
Mister Otto, can I be paid in
ink instead of slate pencils?
**[12:38] Otto**
You'd have to work three
years for free. No advances.
**[12:41] Main**
What?!
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
***SIGN*** Ascendance of a
Bookworm
**[12:58] Main**
Mister Otto said he can see
you on his next day off.
**[13:02] Lutz**
Really?
**[13:03] Lutz**
Thanks, Main!
**[13:07] Main**
* I hope it proves to be*
* a good meeting for you.*
**[13:16] Main**
Now I just dry them.
**[13:19] Main**
Next up is...
**[13:21] Main**
Ink. Ink?
**[13:24] Main**
Should I go catch an octopus
or a squid or something?
**[13:30] Main**
Now I can write!
**[13:35] Main**
Not! Where's the sea even supposed to be?!
**[13:42] Main**
Ash?
**[13:44] Main**
Ash could work!
**[13:47] Main**
Mom!
**[13:49] Main**
Can I have that ash?
**[13:51] Eva**
No. It's used to make soap,
**[13:54] Eva**
thaw ice, and do all kinds of things.
**[13:57] Main**
I see.
**[13:59] Main**
How about soot, then?
**[14:02] Eva**
My! You'll clean the oven for me?!
**[14:05] Main**
Huh?
**[14:07] Eva**
Good luck, Main.
**[14:11] Main**
So yeah, I did my best.
**[14:14] Main**
I was bedridden after that, though.
**[14:16] Lutz**
Bedridden again?
**[14:18] Lutz**
Are you okay?
**[14:19] Main**
I'm fine now.
**[14:21] Main**
Anyway, let's try using this soot to write.
**[14:25] Main**
Guess I'll try mixing it in water first.
**[14:30] Main**
The soot and water will probably separate.
**[14:33] Lutz**
Why not try writing with it?
**[14:35] Main**
Okay.
**[14:41] Lutz**
It's getting fuzzy.
**[14:43] Main**
This won't work.
**[14:44] Lutz**
What next?
**[14:47] Main**
I think mixing it with oil
is the obvious choice, but...
**[14:51] Lutz**
No way you can get oil.
**[14:53] Main**
Mom won't let me have any.
**[14:56] Main**
What else?
**[14:57] Main**
It doesn't have to be a liquid. If I can
make something like a crayon or pencil...
**[15:09] Main**
That's it!
**[15:11] Main**
Let's try mixing it with clay.
**[15:15] Both**
All right!
**[15:31] Main**
Done!
**[15:35] Main**
How long should we let these dry?
**[15:38] Lutz**
Beats me.
**[15:40] Main**
Wanna try firing them?
**[15:42] Lutz**
Don't try anything stupid.
Do you want another explosion?
**[15:46] Main**
Urk.
**[15:49] Main**
* Anyway, I can write on*
* wood tablets with this.*
**[15:52] Main**
* I've taken a step toward*
* my book-making goal.*
**[15:59] Main**
I'll dry these in storage, too.
**[16:04] Main**
Huh? They're gone!
**[16:06] Main**
Why?
**[16:07] Eva**
What's wrong, Main?
**[16:09] Main**
Mom! Do you know where the
wood tablets here went?
**[16:13] Eva**
Wood tablets?
**[16:14] Main**
They were wood pieces
in all shapes and sizes,
**[16:17] Main**
but they all had their surface smoothed!
**[16:19] Eva**
Oh, the firewood you brought home?
**[16:23] Eva**
I used it, of course.
**[16:25] Main**
You used it?
**[16:27] Main**
Why?
**[16:30] Eva**
You can finally help with housework,
**[16:33] Eva**
and you tried so hard to
bring that firewood home.
**[16:36] Main**
I wanted to turn your
bedtime story into a book.
**[16:41] Main**
That's why I gathered those.
**[16:43] Eva**
Oh, if you just want me to
tell you bedtime stories,
**[16:46] Eva**
I'd be glad to.
**[16:48] Main**
That's not... the point...
**[16:53] Eva**
Main?
**[16:56] Main**
What's happening?
**[17:01] Eva**
Main?
**[17:02] Eva**
Main!
**[17:12] Main**
*I feel like the fever's eating away at me.*
**[17:15] Main**
*I'm slowly fading away.*
**[17:20] Lutz**
Main!
**[17:23] Main**
Lutz...
**[17:25] Lutz**
Are you okay, Main?
**[17:27] Lutz**
I heard you collapsed suddenly.
**[17:29] Main**
Sorry to have worried you.
**[17:33] Lutz**
I'll go get your mom.
**[17:41] Main**
It didn't work out again.
**[17:44] Main**
Mom burned... my wood tablets.
**[17:49] Lutz**
Ah... Well, they do look like pieces of wood.
**[17:54] Main**
I'm fated to never finish a book!
**[18:07] Lutz**
Don't beat yourself up.
**[18:09] Main**
Lutz?
**[18:11] Lutz**
You just need to pick a material
that doesn't burn, right?
**[18:16] Main**
You're so nice, Lutz.
**[18:19] Lutz**
I-I need you to introduce me to Mister Otto!
**[18:23] Lutz**
So you have to get better
no matter what. Got that?
**[18:28] Main**
Yeah. Thanks, Lutz.
**[18:32] Main**
* But even the bamboo strips*
* Lutz brought me...*
**[18:38] Main**
What was that noise?
**[18:42] Main**
Mom, what happened?
**[18:45] Eva**
I thought Lutz brought us bamnicht wood,
**[18:48] Eva**
but apparently not.
**[18:51] Main**
You burned it?
**[18:53] Eva**
You don't need to worry. Just rest up.
**[19:05] Main**
*The anger at something I made being burned,*
**[19:08] Main**
* the frustration of that*
* anger not being understood,*
**[19:13] Main**
* the reality that no matter how many things*
* I try, I can never have my books...*
**[19:18] Main**
I've had enough.
**[19:21] Main**
*If my efforts will never amount to anything,*
**[19:24] Main**
*then I might as well disappear, right?*
**(Flashback) [19:31] Lutz**
Main.
**(Flashback) [19:33] Lutz**
Main!
**(Flashback) [19:35] Lutz**
I'll help with whatever you want to do.
**(Flashback) [19:38] Lutz**
I need you to introduce me to Mister Otto!
**(Flashback) [19:41] Lutz**
So you have to get better
no matter what. Got that?
**[19:45] Main**
*That's right! I have to keep my promise!*
**[19:49] Main**
*I must get better and introduce him to Otto!*
**[19:55] Main**
It's gone down.
**[19:57] Main**
The fever in my body is smaller now?
**[20:01] Main**
*There's something wrong with this fever.*
**[20:03] Main**
*It attacks me from the inside*
**[20:06] Main**
*and keeps changing in size.*
**[20:09] Main**
What illness does this body have, anyway?
**[20:14] Otto**
Are you all right now?
**[20:17] Otto**
The captain told me that your fever
didn't go down for five days.
**[20:21] Main**
Yeah, but I'm fine.
**[20:23] Otto**
You look pale in the face.
**[20:29] Main**
I've been racking my brain over something.
**[20:32] Main**
I've tried all sorts of things
to make something I want,
**[20:35] Main**
but I just couldn't do it.
**[20:39] Main**
What would you do in my shoes?
**[20:44] Otto**
You can just hire someone to do it for you.
**[20:47] Main**
Hire someone myself?
**[20:50] Main**
That sounds like a great idea,
**[20:52] Main**
but what if I don't have any capital?
**[20:54] Otto**
Persuade someone who can do
it into doing it for you.
**[20:58] Otto**
If it goes well, you don't
hurt your bottom line at all.
**[21:02] Main**
Once a businessman, always a businessman.
**[21:06] Main**
But I'll keep that in mind.
**[21:08] Otto**
Oh, right.
**[21:10] Otto**
About that meeting we had to postpone...
**[21:13] Main**
* And so, we decided on a suitable*
* day for Lutz and Otto to meet.*
**[21:17] Main**
"Be at Central Plaza by the third bell."
**[21:22] Otto**
He's a boy you're referring,
**[21:25] Otto**
so I'm sure he'll be very amusing.
**[21:27] Otto**
I'm looking forward to a fun day off.
**[21:30] Main**
*Huh? What's that about?*
**[21:32] Main**
*Isn't it gonna be just a meeting?*
***SIGN*** Next Chapter
Meeting
**[23:13] Main**
Head Priest, is there anything
special about the upcoming meeting?
**[23:17] Ferdinand**
Why would I know anything
about the affairs of commoners?
**[23:21] Main**
Even you don't know, huh?
**[23:25] Ferdinand**
Unlike you, I do have a good idea,
**[23:28] Ferdinand**
but I'm not going to jump to conclusions.
**[23:30] Main**
What? Tell me if you have an idea!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Yo Shimizu