F: After making a book with block printing,
F: Main next set her sights on using a letterpress.
F: Meanwhile, the blue-robed priests departed for the Harvest Festival.
F: And then...
F: The Dedication Ceremony happens over the winter.
F: We must avoid a situation where a blizzard keeps you away.
F: As such, you will live here over the winter.
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ep Title: Chapter Twenty-Four Knight Orders and Requests
Flashback,M: The entire winter?
Flashback,F: You're afforded blue-robed priestess treatment
Flashback,F: because your mana is needed in such ceremonies.
Flashback,F: Did you forget that?
Flashback,M: No, I understand where you're coming from.
Flashback,M: But my family will be worried sick.
Flashback,M: I get feverish much more often in the winter.
Flashback,F: Your family will be allowed to come check on you.
Flashback,F: That's the most I'm willing to compromise.
R: Lady Main? You don't look so well.
M: I'm fine, Rosina.
M: I'm simply a little unsettled at the moment.
M: Fran, I heard from the head priest earlier.
M: It seems I have to live in the cathedral over the winter.
F: If he's decided so, I don't think we can overturn it.
M: I'm aware of that, but...
Or: Brr! So cold!
Or: I wonder what's for dinner tonight.
M: I am the orphanage director, huh?
M: Fran, what would my winter preparations entail?
L: Are you gonna be okay?
L: Living in the cathedral all winter? Mister Gunther will be livid.
M: That's my biggest worry.
L: Well, not much you can do. Work is work.
L: Besides, I think you're better off in the cathedral.
M: How so?
L: This may sound rude,
L: but your chambers there will keep you much warmer than you'd be at home.
L: Less chance of getting sick.
L: Fran's starting to get pretty good at monitoring your condition, too.
M: I see. I can use that as a bargaining chip.
M: Your words carry more weight in my family than mine.
F: Good luck.
M: Thanks!
G: So, what do you wanna discuss?
M: Well, uh, the thing is...
M: There's supposedly an important ceremony in the winter,
M: so I've been asked to start living in the cathedral once it begins to snow.
G: What's all this now?
G: The deal was that you could commute from home!
M: I mean, once it starts snowing for real, I won't be able to go.
M: But there's an important ceremony.
G: Your health is more important.
M: Lutz said Fran can be trusted with my health.
M: Besides, the head priest said you could come check on—
G: I can't let you live all by yourself!
G: You could drop dead anytime!
G: Forget it!
E: What do you want to do, Main?
M: Stay in the cathedral.
M: That's my job.
G: Main!
M: Dad, you do realize they only let me join because they need my mana, right?
M: That's why they gave me the blue robes and excused me from any physical labor.
M: The head priest accepted basically all of our conditions.
M: I can't not be there when they need me and my mana.
G: Yeah, but...
M: Also, the reason I've stopped falling ill to the Devouring
M: is because I've been dedicating my mana to objects at the cathedral.
M: If not for that, I never would've lived to see this day.
M: You know what else, Dad?
M: I have to look after everyone in the orphanage.
G: Those kids, huh?
M: Yeah. I'm their director.
G: We're allowed to come see how you're doing, right?
M: Yeah!
M: Thanks, Dad!
G: I know it's over when your mind's set on something.
G: Make sure you do your job well.
M: Yeah, I'll do my best.
E: What will you do if you get sick?
M: I have a bed and all, and my retainers will be there for me.
T: That bed looked so nice and soft.
M: Oh, right.
M: We should probably tell Fran what to do when I come down with a fever.
E: I'll come visit, then.
E: If they're going to be taking care of you all winter, I should thank them.
T: I can come check on you often.
M: Great. I'll miss you all, so come as much as you can, Turi.
T: Hey, I have to teach the kids how to sew, and I wanna learn how to read, too.
G: Why do you always turn to Turi?
G: You can lean on me too, you know.
M: Oh, in that case...
M: I need you to help with the orphanage's pork stocking.
M: Nobody there knows how to do it.
G: Sure.
G: You can count on me!
M: Mister Deed also helped with that, saying he wanted to repay the head priest.
Or: We're back!
M: Welcome home.
M: Did you manage to process lots of meat?
Or: Yes, Lady Main!
L: here's the pig skin you asked for.
M: Thanks, Lutz!
M: Now we can make glue.
M: Maybe I should get working on a new picture book, too.
F: Pardon me, Lady Main.
F: But before you start working on a book,
F: you need to prepare for the knight order's request and memorize the prayers.
M: Knight order's request?
M: Does that have anything to do with the Dedication Ceremony?
F: No, it's unrelated.
F: Most years, the knight order makes a request before winter begins.
F: And when they do, we're required to perform a ritual.
M: But with all the political upheaval, the church is lacking blue robes for that?
F: Correct.
F: As an apprentice blue-robed priestess,
F: you'll be expected to perform the ritual for the knights.
M: Wait, isn't this a really important job?
F: It is, and that's why you'll need to have the prayers memorized.
M: It's like I'm talking to the head priest.
M: You're not the Fran I know!
M: Go back to your usual, gentle self!
F: I don't mind,
F: but you'll be the one the head priest yells at later.
M: Fine. I'll memorize the prayers.
M: But wait, if you only need a blue robe, the head priest is right there.
F: At times, he must prioritize his noble duties over the church's.
M: Noble... duties?
F: By the way, did you manage to arrange for ceremonial clothing?
M: Well, the fitting's done, so it should be finished soon.
F: Then please have it brought here so you can set out as soon as we get the request.
Gi: Fran, can you give me a hand?
Gi: Gilberta Company sent some carpets.
F: Coming.
M: In the few days after that...
M: This is beautiful, Missus Corinna!
M: My ceremonial dress was finished,
M: my chambers got a winter makeover,
M: preserved food was stocked up, candles were made,
M: and most of the orphanage's winter prep was complete.
F: Ah, it's the holy night of Schutzaria.
F: The knight order's request will come soon.
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M: How did the Harvest Festival go, Head Priest?
M: Wha...
M: What is this?
F: Keep it down, Main.
K: Sir Ferdinand, this is Karstedt.
K: The knight order requests assistance with a raid, and a priest to perform a ritual.
K: Please make arrangements at once.
K: Sir Ferdinand, this is Karstedt.
K: The knight order requests assistance with a raid, and a priest to perform a ritual.
K: Please make arrangements at once.
M: Th-The bird turned into a stone!
M: Head Priest?
F: Ordonnanz.
F: Understood.
M: What's with all these fantasy tropes?!
M: What just happened, Head Priest?
F: Weren't you listening?
F: The knight order has called on us.
F: Change into your ceremonial garb at once and report to the Gate of Nobles.
M: Okay!
M: Uh... Where's the Gate of Nobles?
F: I can show you there.
F: Delia! Rosina!
F: Ready the ceremonial garb right away!
M: I've never seen Fran get so worked up.
D: Please put this on, Lady Main.
D: Lady Main is ready!
R: Lady you're dealing with the knight order.
R: Even if something should displease you, please make sure not to show it on your face.
F: Lady you remember the prayers, I hope?
M: Oh? Isn't this...
F: The Gate of Nobles lies in between the head priest and high priest's offices.
M: Is that so?
M: What?!
M: Is that really the head priest?!
F: Our apologies for the delay.
M: Head Priest, uh...
M: What's with the getup?
F: Oh, I'm participating not as the head priest, but as a knight.
M: Ah, your noble duties.
F: Is that your ceremonial garb?
F: That design is a tad unusual, but it's better than I expected.
F: What is that crest?
M: The Main Studio's insignia.
F: I see.
F: Arno.
F: you were born in the summer, yes?
F: You can borrow that. Put it on your middle finger.
F: Don't act surprised over every little thing.
M: Easy for you to say!
M: The fact that he's lending me this ring
M: means we're entering a fantasy world where nothing I know means anything.
F: Your plebeian is showing.
F: Try to keep your mouth shut, at least.
M: Sorry about that.
F: Here we go.
M: This place is nothing like downtown.
F: This is the noble district.
F: Lady please conduct yourself like a noble.
K: Sir Ferdinand.
K: I'm truly glad to see you well.
F: Thank you, Karstedt. Same to you.
F: Karstedt, this is the apprentice priestess who will conduct the ritual.
M: Hello, Sir Karstedt, my name is Main.
M: It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
K: Likewise, Apprentice Priestess.
F: Let us depart, then.
K: Right!
M: Now we've got animal sculptures!
F: Karstedt,
F: have the retainers ride with some of the knights.
F: you come with me.
K: Understood!
M: What is this, Head Priest?
F: Magic crystal transformed into a rideable beast.
F: So long as you supply it with mana, it can take you anywhere.
M: "Take you"?
F: Go.
M: Whoa! The magic lion started moving!
M: Whoa, clouds!
M: We're so high up!
M: Oh, that's downtown!
M: The forest we always go to!
F: Settle down, Main.
F: You're disgracing yourself with the way you're talking.
M: Sorry.
M: Where are we going, by the way?
F: There.
M: What is that?
F: A magical tree called trombe.
M: What? That's the sprouty thing?
M: I had no idea it could turn into this...
M: This is pretty dangerous.
F: It's the knight order's job to cut it down.
F: Your part comes after the knight order takes down the trombe.
F: You must heal the soil that has had all its mana drained.
M: Got it.
F: Stay here until then.
F: Karstedt, pick out two guards for her.
K: Schicicoza, Damuel.
K: You two guard the priestess.
Bo: Sir.
M: Hup.
M: I forgot.
M: Gotta be elegant.
F: You're such a handful.
F: Make sure the apprentice priestess receives nary a scratch.
Bo: Sir.
F: Let's go.
M: Head Priest, members of the knight order,
M: I pray for your safety and success.
M: May Angriff, Leidenschaft's disciple and god of w*r, offer you his divine protection.
M: My mana's being absorbed...
S: Huh? What?
S: What's this?
K: The apprentice priestess has given us her blessings.
M: What? Blessings?
F: Main... Please, please stay put until you're up.
Sc: Those blessings were utterly meaningless.
Sign: Next Chapter Trombe and Battles
M: Head Priest!
M: My heart couldn't keep up with all those fantasy staples one after another!
F: Hmm... Was that too much to take at once?
M: No, it will help me with my next picture book!
F: You really do think about nothing but books, huh?
M: Yeah! Thanks for the compliment!
F: That... wasn't my intention.
02x10 - Knight Orders and Requests
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Anime series based on a light novel and manga series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by Yō Shiina.
Anime series based on a light novel and manga series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by Yō Shiina.