03x02 - The Story About Winter Stays and the Future
Posted: 06/30/23 09:19
Narrator: The scripture picture books Main had created were now on the market.
Narrator: However...
Wolf: There's no doubt about it...
Wolf: It's ink.
Benno: If we're going to prioritize safety,
Benno: we might want to have Main start staying at the cathedral now.
Tuuli: What?
Main: I don't want to be away from all of you,
Main: but I'd regret it even more if something were to happen to any of you,
Main: so I'll go to the cathedral.
Narrator: Main tried to put on a brave face, but...
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ep Sign: Chapter The Story About Winter Stays and the Future
Main: It's morning already?
Delia: Lady Main!
Delia: Please stay in bed until you're summoned.
Main: Oh, really? Sorry.
Delia: And don't apologize to your attendants.
Main: Even though we didn't have books at home, I was able to talk to Tuuli.
Rosina: That is all for today.
Main: Then I shall go help the head priest.
Fran: Lady after speaking with the head priest,
Fran: he has instructed me to tell you
Fran: that you may not leave your room until we have more information.
Main: Huh?! But that means... I can't even go to the library?
Main: I thought I'd somehow make it through if I had my books!
Main: Talk about gloom and doom.
Fran: Lady let's think about who should be your chef during your stay here.
Fran: We'll need to find an assistant from the orphanage for Ella.
Main: Right. I wonder who'd be a good candidate.
Fran: Please take your time thinking about it.
Fran: There's still plenty of time.
Delia: Lady if you have time, please show me how to do arithmetic.
Main: Sure, of course.
Main: See? If you do this, it's easy.
Delia: Yes. You're a surprisingly good teacher, Lady Main.
Delia: Far better than Gil.
Main: Well, I was teaching people at the gate,
Main: so maybe I could be a teacher for the cathedral classroom.
Fran: Lady what do you mean by this "cathedral classroom"?
Main: A place where people can learn how to read and write.
Main: The more people who learn how to read letters and books,
Main: there'll be people who can write and then we'll get even more books!
Main: Then we'll get lots, and lots, and lots...
Main: Many, many more books to read!
Main Mob: Yay!
Main Mob: Thank you!
Fran: Lady I'm afraid I haven't been informed of such a place...
Gil: I mean, we have karuta and picture books,
Gil: so I'm pretty sure most of us can read a little now.
Main: But I want you to be able to write, too.
Main: That'll make your job as an attendant
Main: or when you come work at the workshop or orphanage much easier.
Gil: Would I be able to write reports by myself?!
Gil: Then I wanna learn!
Main: I'll make sure to teach you everything you need to know.
Fran: Lady a grey-robed priest should be the one teaching.
Rosina: You mustn't bother with such a thing, Lady Main.
Main: Okay...
Lutz: you okay?
Main: Lutz!
Lutz: Whoa.
Main: Hug me.
Main: I wanna go home.
Lutz: It's only been a day.
Main: I'm so lonely without my family.
Main: I might actually die from loneliness.
Lutz: That's seriously not funny coming from you.
Delia: Honestly, if you're going to hug someone, it should be a rich noble.
Gil: Lady Main relies way too much on Lutz.
Main Narrator: Then we talked about the hand work for the winter.
Main Narrator: We can't make paper in the winter,
Main Narrator: so we decided to make a Reversi set, a chess set, and playing cards out of wood.
Lutz: All right. First, let's make a pattern.
Gil: I wouldn't lose to Lutz if I had a writing tablet, too!
Main: I'll prepare one for you once spring comes along,
Main: since you know how to write and do arithmetic now.
Gil: Really? Yay!
Gil: Then I'll be on the same level as Lutz and Fran!
Main: The same?
Gil: Yeah! Because if I get a writing tablet,
Gil: that'll mean I've been acknowledged just like Lutz and Fran!
Gil: That settles it! I'm definitely beating Lutz!
Lutz: Yeah, hurry up and beat me already.
Lutz: Otherwise, it'll be an issue for me, too.
Main: And why is that?
Lutz: I'm going to tour a papyrus workshop in a neighboring city this spring.
Main: A neighboring city?
Flashback,Main: What do you want to do in life, Lutz?
Flashback,Lutz: Me?
Flashback,Lutz: I want to travel to other cities.
Flashback,Main: Other cities?
Flashback,Lutz: I wanna become a traveling trader and see the world for myself.
Main: So your dream is coming true.
Lutz: Yeah.
Lutz: Okay, Main. I'll see you later.
Main: Yeah.
Gil: Are you lonely, Lady Main?
Main: Well, I always had my family around me.
Gil: I'll coddle you like Lutz does!
Fran: Absolutely not.
Fran: Gil, Lady Main is your master.
Fran: It is not your duty as her attendant to coddle her.
Fran: You and Lutz are not the same.
Gil: Fine...
Fran: Lady I can imagine you're lonely due to the current circumstances.
Fran: When your family or Lutz are here to see you, I can overlook them spoiling you.
Fran: However, I would like you to keep an appropriate distance with your attendants.
Main: Okay.
Tuuli: it's like you're a little baby again.
Main: Well, I'm lonely, and Mom can't come, either.
Main: But I'm not lonely when we're like this.
Tuuli: Then I'll tell you stories, since Mom can't come.
Main: Okay!
Tuuli: Once upon a time, there were little star children.
Tuuli: Okay, I'll see you later, Main.
Main: Come back soon, okay, Tuuli?
Main: Wait...
Main: Tuuli...
Fran: Lady Main.
Main: Fran.
Fran: I have a message from the head priest.
Fran: He would like you to have your robes
Fran: for the ceremony delivered when Master Karstedt is here.
Main: Oh... all right.
Main: I'll have Lutz tell Mister Benno.
Fran: Thank you.
Flashback,Tuuli: Your cooking is so delicious, Main.
Flashback,Effa: You've got some on your mouth, Main.
Flashback,Gunther: make sure you eat plenty, so you can grow big.
Flashback,Tuuli: Main.
Flashback,Effa: Main.
Flashback,Gunther: Main.
Flashback,Tuuli: Main.
Flashback,Effa: Main.
Flashback,Gunther: Main.
Flashback,Tuuli: Main.
Flashback,Effa: Main.
Flashback,Gunther: Main.
Main: The colder it got, the more homesick I became.
Eyecatch: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Eyecatch: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Main: On the day of the first snowfall of the year...
Main: Mister Benno! I missed you!
Benno: How depressing.
Main: What's wrong? You look rather pale.
Benno: I'm going to be speaking with the head priest and an upper-class noble.
Benno: I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
Mark: Sir, you're going to mess up your hair.
Main: Wait, are you actually nervous?
Main: You're always more than happy to start fights with the guild master and vested interests.
Benno: Don't group the guild master and upper-class nobles together!
Main: Oh, don't even worry. Lord Karstedt is a good person.
Benno: You simpleton!
Benno: There's no way I'd be summoned to the cathedral just to deliver your robes!
Main: Huh?
Benno: They're clearly trying to gather more information about you.
Mark: Without a doubt.
Ferdinand: Thank you all for gathering here today.
Ferdinand: First, let's have a look at her ceremonial robes.
Benno: These are Lady Main's ceremonial robes.
Ferdinand: Well done, Benno.
Karstedt: Next, I would like for Apprentice Priestess Main...
Karstedt: to accept these robes.
Main: I humbly accept.
Flashback,Damuel: Stop this, Schicicoza!
Flashback,Schicicoza: Quiet, Damuel.
Flashback,Schicicoza: Know your place.
Flashback,Karstedt: Damuel. Tell the truth.
Flashback,Damuel: When Schicicoza told me to know my place,
Flashback,Damuel: I couldn't stop him anymore.
Flashback,Damuel: I'm terribly sorry!
Main: Why...
Ferdinand: Karstedt, Damuel. Your punishment has come to an end for now.
Main: From there, due to Mister Benno's request to know the opinions of nobles,
Main: I had the head priest take a look at my handiwork.
Ferdinand: If you're going to sell these in the lower parts of the city, I see no issue.
Main: The magical item that prevents eavesdropping.
Ferdinand: Enschupot.
Main: What is this?
Main: I see.
Main: He set up this boundary for Mister Benno, since he doesn't have any mana.
Ferdinand: Now then, Benno... I have something I'd like to ask you.
Benno: Please, go right ahead.
Ferdinand: Is the head of the Ink Guild without a doubt Wolf?
Benno: Yes.
Ferdinand: Ever since you established a magical contract with them,
Ferdinand: they started investigating and Lutz became their prime target.
Ferdinand: Is this also true?
Benno: It is.
Benno: Usually, I'll gather as much information as possible
Benno: before establishing a contract, to put us at a slight advantage.
Benno: I cannot fathom why he'd want information after the contract has been signed.
Ferdinand: Are you acquainted with this man, Main?
Main: No. I have not seen his face, nor do I know his name.
Main: Mister Benno had me hide while they established the contract.
Ferdinand: A wise decision, Benno.
Karstedt: Perhaps the reason Wolf openly gathered information after forming the contract
Karstedt: was because he didn't care if things went south after the contract was in place.
Benno: May I ask what you mean?
Ferdinand: Contract magic cannot be undone unless everyone in the contract agrees to it.
Ferdinand: I'm assuming he was trying to take advantage of that.
Benno: I had only heard bad rumors about him, but...
Ferdinand: What kind of rumors?
Benno: In order to gain the favor of nobles, he's willing to commit crimes.
Main: Crimes?!
Benno: I'm not entirely sure just how true this is...
Ferdinand: What do you think Wolf intended to do after getting information on Main?
Benno: Lady Main's greatest asset is her ability to create one product after another,
Benno: and her knowledge of how to create these items.
Benno: He could either kidnap Lady Main to gain this knowledge...
Benno: Or take those closest to her hostage and demand this knowledge be handed over.
Karstedt: Knowledge?
Main: Yeah, I'm sure this all sounds unbelievable.
Benno: However, imprisoning Lady Main is far more difficult than kidnapping her in her case.
Ferdinand: True.
Ferdinand: She'll run a fever for a few days
Ferdinand: after putting her in the reflection room for half a day.
Ferdinand: She'll die before they can get any information out of her.
Karstedt: Meaning it's probably likely that he'd sell her off
Karstedt: to some noble after gaining some of her knowledge.
Main: Sell me off?!
Benno: Or he could try to force a subordination contract through her Devouring.
Ferdinand: Seems likely.
Ferdinand: Benno, I'd like you to continue gathering information through your workplace,
Ferdinand: and continue to conceal Main's existence here.
Benno: As you wish.
Main: Then we had Damuel join in, so they could discuss the judgment their superior
Main: had given them for incompetence during their mission to subjugate the trombe.
Ferdinand: The judgment the lord had passed upon Schicicoza is death.
Ferdinand: As far as the public knows, Schicicoza died in the line of duty.
Main: As far as the public knows?
Ferdinand: Karstedt and Damuel have paid for your robes.
Main: Oh, so that's why he paid Mister Benno earlier.
Ferdinand: Damuel has been demoted to apprentice status.
Ferdinand: He will be your bodyguard for the next year.
Main: Huh?
Ferdinand: You are truly in danger.
Karstedt: Word has spread among the upper-class nobles
Karstedt: that there's an apprentice priestess who can be exploited,
Karstedt: given the amount of mana you have.
Karstedt: And that you had been granted blue robes by the lord.
Ferdinand: Do you see?
Ferdinand: That's the apprentice priestess who was granted blue robes by the church and the lord.
Main: That's the first time I've heard any of that.
Main: You dumb noble.
Karstedt: After finding out she was given her blue robes by the lord,
Karstedt: I'm sure nobles who want to get close to her will try to curry favor with him.
Karstedt: Even if it means having you kidnapped
Karstedt: just so they can save you and the lord feels indebted.
Ferdinand: And if they're someone who opposes the lord,
Ferdinand: they could kidnap you and sell you off to one of his enemies,
Ferdinand: or even claim that you're their child.
Ferdinand: And in that case, your family would be in the way.
Ferdinand: They would probably be silenced.
Damuel: Among the lower-class nobles,
Damuel: there is still much contempt towards the apprentice priestess.
Damuel: I'm sure they'd rather not acknowledge an apprentice priestess
Damuel: who's a commoner having so much mana.
Damuel: Even I couldn't believe this to be true until I saw her.
Damuel: And Schicicoza's mother was delighted that Schicicoza came home
Damuel: due to the purge.
Damuel: I heard that she bears great resentment
Damuel: towards the apprentice priestess due to what just happened.
Main: Resentment towards me?
Karstedt: If she wants to go as far as sacrificing her own family for the sake of revenge,
Karstedt: things will get ugly.
Ferdinand: Main.
Main: Yes?
Ferdinand: I was going to eventually have you marry a noble.
Main: Huh?
Ferdinand: It is extremely likely that you and those around you will be thrown into danger.
Ferdinand: You should have a noble adopt you as soon as possible.
Main: Adopt me?
Ferdinand: Yes. If you were adopted by Karstedt,
Ferdinand: you could be protected to some degree.
Ferdinand: I assure you that he is a good man.
Karstedt: would you like to become my daughter?
Main: I can't!
Ferdinand: And what do you mean by that, Main?
Main: I want to go home.
Main: I don't want to be apart from my family any longer.
Ferdinand: calm down.
Ferdinand: We're going into my workshop to make sure the effects of this are minimal.
Ferdinand: I know the Dedication Ceremony is approaching,
Ferdinand: but you've held in too much mana.
Ferdinand: You fool.
Main: I'm sorry...
Ferdinand: To think you'd be this unstable even with your family visiting you...
Ferdinand: Did something happen?
Main: It's all your fault, Head Priest.
Main: You just had to go digging through my memories.
Main: Thinking about the family I'll never get to see again...
Main: I never want to be apart from my current family.
Main: And yet...
Ferdinand: control yourself!
Main: If I let some noble adopt me, I'll never be able to see my family!
Ferdinand: Main!
Ferdinand: It calms you down to a certain degree when I do this, does it not?
Main: You've still got a ways to go.
Main: Hup...
Main: This will do.
Ferdinand: Honestly...
Ferdinand: Now, listen to me. Your mana is far too powerful.
Ferdinand: It is enough that it should be used for this domain and this country.
Main: This country?
Ferdinand: Yes. you need to realize this yourself.
Ferdinand: When your emotions become volatile, you put those around you in danger.
Ferdinand: Since you cannot control your powers,
Ferdinand: it is very possible to put your beloved family in danger.
Main: I'll be fine as long as I have my family.
Main: So please... Don't separate me from my family!
Ferdinand: Ten years old.
Ferdinand: The enrollment age for the Royal Academy is ten.
Ferdinand: Until then, have your family spoil you as much as you'd like.
Main: Thank you very much!
Ferdinand: But from that point on, I will not honor your opinions.
Ferdinand: If you are deemed dangerous or harmful,
Ferdinand: you will be dealt with.
Ferdinand: Just remember that.
Main: Okay...
Next_Chapter ,Caption: Next Chapter The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
Karstedt: Hm... The game played with these resembles gewinnen.
Main: Looks like I win!
Ferdinand: I have lost?!
Ferdinand: One more match! I will win the next round!
Main: If you buy Reversi, I'll play another game with you.
Main: Four big gold coins!
Main: Considering it just costs five small silvers, I just made eight times more!
Main: You should always take as much money
Main: as you can from wherever you can when the opportunity shows itself!
Ferdinand: I still don't understand.
Narrator: However...
Wolf: There's no doubt about it...
Wolf: It's ink.
Benno: If we're going to prioritize safety,
Benno: we might want to have Main start staying at the cathedral now.
Tuuli: What?
Main: I don't want to be away from all of you,
Main: but I'd regret it even more if something were to happen to any of you,
Main: so I'll go to the cathedral.
Narrator: Main tried to put on a brave face, but...
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ep Sign: Chapter The Story About Winter Stays and the Future
Main: It's morning already?
Delia: Lady Main!
Delia: Please stay in bed until you're summoned.
Main: Oh, really? Sorry.
Delia: And don't apologize to your attendants.
Main: Even though we didn't have books at home, I was able to talk to Tuuli.
Rosina: That is all for today.
Main: Then I shall go help the head priest.
Fran: Lady after speaking with the head priest,
Fran: he has instructed me to tell you
Fran: that you may not leave your room until we have more information.
Main: Huh?! But that means... I can't even go to the library?
Main: I thought I'd somehow make it through if I had my books!
Main: Talk about gloom and doom.
Fran: Lady let's think about who should be your chef during your stay here.
Fran: We'll need to find an assistant from the orphanage for Ella.
Main: Right. I wonder who'd be a good candidate.
Fran: Please take your time thinking about it.
Fran: There's still plenty of time.
Delia: Lady if you have time, please show me how to do arithmetic.
Main: Sure, of course.
Main: See? If you do this, it's easy.
Delia: Yes. You're a surprisingly good teacher, Lady Main.
Delia: Far better than Gil.
Main: Well, I was teaching people at the gate,
Main: so maybe I could be a teacher for the cathedral classroom.
Fran: Lady what do you mean by this "cathedral classroom"?
Main: A place where people can learn how to read and write.
Main: The more people who learn how to read letters and books,
Main: there'll be people who can write and then we'll get even more books!
Main: Then we'll get lots, and lots, and lots...
Main: Many, many more books to read!
Main Mob: Yay!
Main Mob: Thank you!
Fran: Lady I'm afraid I haven't been informed of such a place...
Gil: I mean, we have karuta and picture books,
Gil: so I'm pretty sure most of us can read a little now.
Main: But I want you to be able to write, too.
Main: That'll make your job as an attendant
Main: or when you come work at the workshop or orphanage much easier.
Gil: Would I be able to write reports by myself?!
Gil: Then I wanna learn!
Main: I'll make sure to teach you everything you need to know.
Fran: Lady a grey-robed priest should be the one teaching.
Rosina: You mustn't bother with such a thing, Lady Main.
Main: Okay...
Lutz: you okay?
Main: Lutz!
Lutz: Whoa.
Main: Hug me.
Main: I wanna go home.
Lutz: It's only been a day.
Main: I'm so lonely without my family.
Main: I might actually die from loneliness.
Lutz: That's seriously not funny coming from you.
Delia: Honestly, if you're going to hug someone, it should be a rich noble.
Gil: Lady Main relies way too much on Lutz.
Main Narrator: Then we talked about the hand work for the winter.
Main Narrator: We can't make paper in the winter,
Main Narrator: so we decided to make a Reversi set, a chess set, and playing cards out of wood.
Lutz: All right. First, let's make a pattern.
Gil: I wouldn't lose to Lutz if I had a writing tablet, too!
Main: I'll prepare one for you once spring comes along,
Main: since you know how to write and do arithmetic now.
Gil: Really? Yay!
Gil: Then I'll be on the same level as Lutz and Fran!
Main: The same?
Gil: Yeah! Because if I get a writing tablet,
Gil: that'll mean I've been acknowledged just like Lutz and Fran!
Gil: That settles it! I'm definitely beating Lutz!
Lutz: Yeah, hurry up and beat me already.
Lutz: Otherwise, it'll be an issue for me, too.
Main: And why is that?
Lutz: I'm going to tour a papyrus workshop in a neighboring city this spring.
Main: A neighboring city?
Flashback,Main: What do you want to do in life, Lutz?
Flashback,Lutz: Me?
Flashback,Lutz: I want to travel to other cities.
Flashback,Main: Other cities?
Flashback,Lutz: I wanna become a traveling trader and see the world for myself.
Main: So your dream is coming true.
Lutz: Yeah.
Lutz: Okay, Main. I'll see you later.
Main: Yeah.
Gil: Are you lonely, Lady Main?
Main: Well, I always had my family around me.
Gil: I'll coddle you like Lutz does!
Fran: Absolutely not.
Fran: Gil, Lady Main is your master.
Fran: It is not your duty as her attendant to coddle her.
Fran: You and Lutz are not the same.
Gil: Fine...
Fran: Lady I can imagine you're lonely due to the current circumstances.
Fran: When your family or Lutz are here to see you, I can overlook them spoiling you.
Fran: However, I would like you to keep an appropriate distance with your attendants.
Main: Okay.
Tuuli: it's like you're a little baby again.
Main: Well, I'm lonely, and Mom can't come, either.
Main: But I'm not lonely when we're like this.
Tuuli: Then I'll tell you stories, since Mom can't come.
Main: Okay!
Tuuli: Once upon a time, there were little star children.
Tuuli: Okay, I'll see you later, Main.
Main: Come back soon, okay, Tuuli?
Main: Wait...
Main: Tuuli...
Fran: Lady Main.
Main: Fran.
Fran: I have a message from the head priest.
Fran: He would like you to have your robes
Fran: for the ceremony delivered when Master Karstedt is here.
Main: Oh... all right.
Main: I'll have Lutz tell Mister Benno.
Fran: Thank you.
Flashback,Tuuli: Your cooking is so delicious, Main.
Flashback,Effa: You've got some on your mouth, Main.
Flashback,Gunther: make sure you eat plenty, so you can grow big.
Flashback,Tuuli: Main.
Flashback,Effa: Main.
Flashback,Gunther: Main.
Flashback,Tuuli: Main.
Flashback,Effa: Main.
Flashback,Gunther: Main.
Flashback,Tuuli: Main.
Flashback,Effa: Main.
Flashback,Gunther: Main.
Main: The colder it got, the more homesick I became.
Eyecatch: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Eyecatch: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Main: On the day of the first snowfall of the year...
Main: Mister Benno! I missed you!
Benno: How depressing.
Main: What's wrong? You look rather pale.
Benno: I'm going to be speaking with the head priest and an upper-class noble.
Benno: I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
Mark: Sir, you're going to mess up your hair.
Main: Wait, are you actually nervous?
Main: You're always more than happy to start fights with the guild master and vested interests.
Benno: Don't group the guild master and upper-class nobles together!
Main: Oh, don't even worry. Lord Karstedt is a good person.
Benno: You simpleton!
Benno: There's no way I'd be summoned to the cathedral just to deliver your robes!
Main: Huh?
Benno: They're clearly trying to gather more information about you.
Mark: Without a doubt.
Ferdinand: Thank you all for gathering here today.
Ferdinand: First, let's have a look at her ceremonial robes.
Benno: These are Lady Main's ceremonial robes.
Ferdinand: Well done, Benno.
Karstedt: Next, I would like for Apprentice Priestess Main...
Karstedt: to accept these robes.
Main: I humbly accept.
Flashback,Damuel: Stop this, Schicicoza!
Flashback,Schicicoza: Quiet, Damuel.
Flashback,Schicicoza: Know your place.
Flashback,Karstedt: Damuel. Tell the truth.
Flashback,Damuel: When Schicicoza told me to know my place,
Flashback,Damuel: I couldn't stop him anymore.
Flashback,Damuel: I'm terribly sorry!
Main: Why...
Ferdinand: Karstedt, Damuel. Your punishment has come to an end for now.
Main: From there, due to Mister Benno's request to know the opinions of nobles,
Main: I had the head priest take a look at my handiwork.
Ferdinand: If you're going to sell these in the lower parts of the city, I see no issue.
Main: The magical item that prevents eavesdropping.
Ferdinand: Enschupot.
Main: What is this?
Main: I see.
Main: He set up this boundary for Mister Benno, since he doesn't have any mana.
Ferdinand: Now then, Benno... I have something I'd like to ask you.
Benno: Please, go right ahead.
Ferdinand: Is the head of the Ink Guild without a doubt Wolf?
Benno: Yes.
Ferdinand: Ever since you established a magical contract with them,
Ferdinand: they started investigating and Lutz became their prime target.
Ferdinand: Is this also true?
Benno: It is.
Benno: Usually, I'll gather as much information as possible
Benno: before establishing a contract, to put us at a slight advantage.
Benno: I cannot fathom why he'd want information after the contract has been signed.
Ferdinand: Are you acquainted with this man, Main?
Main: No. I have not seen his face, nor do I know his name.
Main: Mister Benno had me hide while they established the contract.
Ferdinand: A wise decision, Benno.
Karstedt: Perhaps the reason Wolf openly gathered information after forming the contract
Karstedt: was because he didn't care if things went south after the contract was in place.
Benno: May I ask what you mean?
Ferdinand: Contract magic cannot be undone unless everyone in the contract agrees to it.
Ferdinand: I'm assuming he was trying to take advantage of that.
Benno: I had only heard bad rumors about him, but...
Ferdinand: What kind of rumors?
Benno: In order to gain the favor of nobles, he's willing to commit crimes.
Main: Crimes?!
Benno: I'm not entirely sure just how true this is...
Ferdinand: What do you think Wolf intended to do after getting information on Main?
Benno: Lady Main's greatest asset is her ability to create one product after another,
Benno: and her knowledge of how to create these items.
Benno: He could either kidnap Lady Main to gain this knowledge...
Benno: Or take those closest to her hostage and demand this knowledge be handed over.
Karstedt: Knowledge?
Main: Yeah, I'm sure this all sounds unbelievable.
Benno: However, imprisoning Lady Main is far more difficult than kidnapping her in her case.
Ferdinand: True.
Ferdinand: She'll run a fever for a few days
Ferdinand: after putting her in the reflection room for half a day.
Ferdinand: She'll die before they can get any information out of her.
Karstedt: Meaning it's probably likely that he'd sell her off
Karstedt: to some noble after gaining some of her knowledge.
Main: Sell me off?!
Benno: Or he could try to force a subordination contract through her Devouring.
Ferdinand: Seems likely.
Ferdinand: Benno, I'd like you to continue gathering information through your workplace,
Ferdinand: and continue to conceal Main's existence here.
Benno: As you wish.
Main: Then we had Damuel join in, so they could discuss the judgment their superior
Main: had given them for incompetence during their mission to subjugate the trombe.
Ferdinand: The judgment the lord had passed upon Schicicoza is death.
Ferdinand: As far as the public knows, Schicicoza died in the line of duty.
Main: As far as the public knows?
Ferdinand: Karstedt and Damuel have paid for your robes.
Main: Oh, so that's why he paid Mister Benno earlier.
Ferdinand: Damuel has been demoted to apprentice status.
Ferdinand: He will be your bodyguard for the next year.
Main: Huh?
Ferdinand: You are truly in danger.
Karstedt: Word has spread among the upper-class nobles
Karstedt: that there's an apprentice priestess who can be exploited,
Karstedt: given the amount of mana you have.
Karstedt: And that you had been granted blue robes by the lord.
Ferdinand: Do you see?
Ferdinand: That's the apprentice priestess who was granted blue robes by the church and the lord.
Main: That's the first time I've heard any of that.
Main: You dumb noble.
Karstedt: After finding out she was given her blue robes by the lord,
Karstedt: I'm sure nobles who want to get close to her will try to curry favor with him.
Karstedt: Even if it means having you kidnapped
Karstedt: just so they can save you and the lord feels indebted.
Ferdinand: And if they're someone who opposes the lord,
Ferdinand: they could kidnap you and sell you off to one of his enemies,
Ferdinand: or even claim that you're their child.
Ferdinand: And in that case, your family would be in the way.
Ferdinand: They would probably be silenced.
Damuel: Among the lower-class nobles,
Damuel: there is still much contempt towards the apprentice priestess.
Damuel: I'm sure they'd rather not acknowledge an apprentice priestess
Damuel: who's a commoner having so much mana.
Damuel: Even I couldn't believe this to be true until I saw her.
Damuel: And Schicicoza's mother was delighted that Schicicoza came home
Damuel: due to the purge.
Damuel: I heard that she bears great resentment
Damuel: towards the apprentice priestess due to what just happened.
Main: Resentment towards me?
Karstedt: If she wants to go as far as sacrificing her own family for the sake of revenge,
Karstedt: things will get ugly.
Ferdinand: Main.
Main: Yes?
Ferdinand: I was going to eventually have you marry a noble.
Main: Huh?
Ferdinand: It is extremely likely that you and those around you will be thrown into danger.
Ferdinand: You should have a noble adopt you as soon as possible.
Main: Adopt me?
Ferdinand: Yes. If you were adopted by Karstedt,
Ferdinand: you could be protected to some degree.
Ferdinand: I assure you that he is a good man.
Karstedt: would you like to become my daughter?
Main: I can't!
Ferdinand: And what do you mean by that, Main?
Main: I want to go home.
Main: I don't want to be apart from my family any longer.
Ferdinand: calm down.
Ferdinand: We're going into my workshop to make sure the effects of this are minimal.
Ferdinand: I know the Dedication Ceremony is approaching,
Ferdinand: but you've held in too much mana.
Ferdinand: You fool.
Main: I'm sorry...
Ferdinand: To think you'd be this unstable even with your family visiting you...
Ferdinand: Did something happen?
Main: It's all your fault, Head Priest.
Main: You just had to go digging through my memories.
Main: Thinking about the family I'll never get to see again...
Main: I never want to be apart from my current family.
Main: And yet...
Ferdinand: control yourself!
Main: If I let some noble adopt me, I'll never be able to see my family!
Ferdinand: Main!
Ferdinand: It calms you down to a certain degree when I do this, does it not?
Main: You've still got a ways to go.
Main: Hup...
Main: This will do.
Ferdinand: Honestly...
Ferdinand: Now, listen to me. Your mana is far too powerful.
Ferdinand: It is enough that it should be used for this domain and this country.
Main: This country?
Ferdinand: Yes. you need to realize this yourself.
Ferdinand: When your emotions become volatile, you put those around you in danger.
Ferdinand: Since you cannot control your powers,
Ferdinand: it is very possible to put your beloved family in danger.
Main: I'll be fine as long as I have my family.
Main: So please... Don't separate me from my family!
Ferdinand: Ten years old.
Ferdinand: The enrollment age for the Royal Academy is ten.
Ferdinand: Until then, have your family spoil you as much as you'd like.
Main: Thank you very much!
Ferdinand: But from that point on, I will not honor your opinions.
Ferdinand: If you are deemed dangerous or harmful,
Ferdinand: you will be dealt with.
Ferdinand: Just remember that.
Main: Okay...
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Karstedt: Hm... The game played with these resembles gewinnen.
Main: Looks like I win!
Ferdinand: I have lost?!
Ferdinand: One more match! I will win the next round!
Main: If you buy Reversi, I'll play another game with you.
Main: Four big gold coins!
Main: Considering it just costs five small silvers, I just made eight times more!
Main: You should always take as much money
Main: as you can from wherever you can when the opportunity shows itself!
Ferdinand: I still don't understand.