02x10 - Knight Orders and Requests

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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.

Eyecatch: Ascendance of a Bookworm

Eyecatch: Ascendance of a Bookworm

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.