Narrator: Main is ordered to become Karstedt's adoptive daughter.
Main: I can't!
Main: I don't want to be apart from my family any longer.
Ferdinand: The enrollment age for the Royal Academy is ten.
Ferdinand: Until then, have your family spoil you as much as you'd like.
Narrator: But meanwhile...
Wolf: You still can't find that child?
Wolf: Where the hell is she hiding?
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Title Card: Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ep Sign: Chapter Twenty-Nine The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
Main: Starting today, I have a knight as my bodyguard.
Main: This is Sir Damuel.
Main: These are my attendants Fran, Gil, Rosina, and Delia.
Fran; Gil; Rosina; Delia: It's a pleasure to meet you.
Damuel: I'm Damuel. It is a pleasure to meet you.
Delia: Since you're a knight and a bodyguard, are you an upper-class noble?
Delia: I'm very happy to become acquainted with one.
Damuel: Unfortunately, I'm a lesser noble.
Damuel: But I plan to do my job as her bodyguard well.
Lutz: A knight?! That's awesome!
Tuuli: A noble is Main's bodyguard?!
Damuel: Yes... I'm Damuel.
Damuel: It's a pleasure.
Lutz and Tuuli: It's a pleasure to meet you!
Lutz: Okay, I'm gonna head to the workshop.
Tuuli: And I'll head to the cathedral classroom.
Main: Tuuli is currently working very hard to learn how to read and write.
Damuel: I'm so used to having other nobles look down on me, so I panicked a little.
Main: If I'm adopted by a noble, this is the world I'll have to live in.
Damuel: What are you going to do, Apprentice Priestess?
Main: What else?
Main: I'm going to the library!
Main: Now that I have a bodyguard, I got permission to move about!
Main: Yahoo!
Fran: Lady the library is cold,
Fran: so if you are there for a long period of time, it may affect your health.
Main: D'oh.
Damuel: Then perhaps all we need to do is ask Lord Ferdinand
Damuel: if she can bring books into her own room?
Fran: I see.
Damuel: Er, I didn't mean to overstep my boundaries.
Damuel: My apologies.
Fran: No, you are absolutely correct, Sir Damuel.
Main: Damuel fit right in with everyone else in no time.
Jenni: The high priest has departed to the palace for the Dedication Ceremony.
Delia: In that case, please tell him that Main now has a new bodyguard.
Delia: Though even if he is a bodyguard, he's of low standing,
Delia: and can't seem to do anything other than awkwardly laugh.
Voice: Jenni!
Jenni: Sorry, I've got to go.
Delia: Jenni! Make sure you tell the high priest I came by to report to him...
Delia: Ugh! I came all this way and don't even get a reward!
Arno: The room where the Dedication Ceremony
Arno: will take place is in the deepest part of the nobles' quarter.
Main: The high priest...
Main: By the way, Head Priest,
Main: just what kind of ritual is the Dedication Ceremony?
Ferdinand: The Dedication Ceremony is the most important ritual among the cathedral's events.
Ferdinand: You will take the small grail you received at the Harvest Festival and fill it with mana.
Ferdinand: This will determine how much harvest we will have.
Main: How much harvest we have?!
Main: I'll do my best!
Ferdinand: We are the ones who offer prayers and gratitude to the Gods who created this world.
Main: The King and Queen Gods that rule upon the sky so high
Main: are the Gods of Darkness and Light, husband and wife.
Ferdinand: The Eternal Five that rule upon this land...
Main: The Goddess of Water, Fruhtrane.
Main: The God of Fire, Leidenschaft.
Ferdinand: The Goddess of Wind, Schutzaria.
Ferdinand: The Goddess of Earth, Geduldh.
Main: The Goddess of Life, Ewigleben.
Main: We show our respect to the Gods who give all life their blessings...
Main and Ferdinand: ...and repay them for their divine blessings.
Ferdinand: that is enough.
Ferdinand: That was more than anticipated.
Main: They're red now.
Ferdinand: This will do for today.
Main: We have to fill all of those ourselves?
Ferdinand: Yes.
Ferdinand: Even though I have business in the nobles' district.
Main: Wouldn't it be easier if all the
Main: blue-robed priests just went "Bam!" and all contributed at once?
Ferdinand: The difference is mana is too great.
Ferdinand: Though their mana flows easier when we say the prayer together,
Ferdinand: if they are influenced by how much mana you release,
Ferdinand: they will not last physically.
Main: Oh...
Ferdinand: You are the only one who can participate in this ritual with me.
Main: This is going to take forever.
Ferdinand and Main: We are the ones who offer prayers and gratitude to the Gods who created this world.
High Priest: You seem to be praying really hard.
Ferdinand: High Priest.
Ferdinand: What brings you here?
High Priest: offer some of your mana into these, as well.
Main: Huh?
High Priest: This is a request from the lord.
High Priest: Are you saying you can follow the orders of the head priest,
High priest: but not my orders as the high priest?
Main: I would be honored.
High Priest: Do not forget those words.
Ferdinand: I was nervous that you might lose control again.
Main: Well, I've grown, so...
Ferdinand: I do not believe that filling these grails is an order from the lord.
Main: Huh?
Ferdinand: I'll ask the lord and see for myself.
Ferdinand: But you should continue to be obedient
Ferdinand: to let the high priest believe he has the upper hand.
Ferdinand: Can I rely on you?
Main: I don't mind making you look good every once in a while.
Main: And so, the Dedication Ceremony ended without issue.
Main: At the end of winter, Rosina had her coming-of-age ceremony
Main: and we all celebrated.
Damuel: This smell is definitely something...
Main: Welcome to our parts.
Fran: You'll just have to get used to it.
Main: This is the assignment the head priest gave you, right?
Main: If you're going to be my bodyguard,
Main: we'll be coming down here every now and then.
Damuel: What a rather difficult assignment.
Mark: Sir, Lady Main has arrived.
Johann: What do you think?
Main: The most important thing...
Main: is that these letter types are all the same size and height...
Boss: What do you think, little lady?
Boss: Is this what you wanted?
Main: They're wonderful! Truly Gutenberg!
Boss and Johann: Huh?
Main: I give you the title of Gutenberg, Johann!
Johann: Guten...?
Lutz: calm down.
Main: No, you need to be more excited, Lutz!
Main: Gutenberg's first name is Johannes, and we have Johann here!
Main: What a lovely coincidence! Truly a miracle!
Main: We offer the gods our prayers!
Boss: So what's this Gutenwhatsit?
Main: A great person who caused a huge turning point in the history of books. He's basically a god!
Main: He's absolutely amazing!
Main: Johann... no.
Main: Everyone involved with bookmaking is Gutenberg!
Main: We're all in this together!
Benno: Well, I want no part of this.
Main: I offer the Goddess of Wisdom, Mestionora, my thanks.
Fran: Lady Main!
Damuel: I think... I might actually be ex*cuted this time.
Lutz: are you okay?
: Lady Main!
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Main: Head Priest, the snow is starting to melt,
Main: so I'd like to go home sometime soon.
Ferdinand: I actually received word that Wolf has d*ed.
Main: Huh?
Ferdinand: We found out just when I had asked Karstedt to look into who Wolf's client was.
Main: So some noble is behind this?
Ferdinand: It would seem so.
Main: And they're after...
Main: me?
Ferdinand: Give this to your family for me.
Main: Head Priest, this is...
Ferdinand: I'm counting on you.
Main: As you wish...
Ferdinand: For her safety,
Ferdinand: we'll be keeping Main at the cathedral until the Spring Prayer is done.
Gunther: But our agreement was to only keep her through the winter.
Gunther: I can't agree to this.
Ferdinand: Right now is the most dangerous time.
Ferdinand: This would be the worst time for Main to get kidnapped.
Gunther: Kidnapped?
Ferdinand: Main's mana was far greater than I had anticipated.
Ferdinand: It is essential for this city that lacks mana,
Ferdinand: but there are nobles who will resent her.
Gunther: And you're saying a noble is after Main?
Ferdinand: Yes. Whether it be from this domain or another is something I'm uncertain of for now.
Ferdinand: That's why I've had the lord and the knights limit how often the nobles can move about.
Ferdinand: There should've been a change regarding nobles entering and exiting the gate as well.
Gunther: Yes, I'm aware of it.
Gunther: That was for Main?
Ferdinand: Yes.
Gunther: Why would you go that far?
Ferdinand: I told you.
Ferdinand: We need Main's mana.
Gunther: Her mana?
Ferdinand: On that note, I'd like to discuss something with you.
Ferdinand: Once Main turns ten, I will have her adopted by a noble.
Gunther: Adopted by a noble?!
Ferdinand: This has already been decided.
Ferdinand: Main's mana is unbelievably great.
Ferdinand: But if she can't control it, she is a danger to herself and those around her.
Ferdinand: If she is deemed dangerous, Main will be dealt with.
Gunther: Dealt with?!
Ferdinand: It's only natural to eliminate something dangerous in order to protect the city.
Ferdinand: You are a soldier. I'm sure that idea isn't foreign to you, Gunther.
Ferdinand: In order to keep that from happening, she needs to learn how to control her mana.
Ferdinand: That is why she will be adopted.
Ferdinand: Until she's ten years old and can enroll in the Royal Academy...
Ferdinand: she may spend time with her family.
Ferdinand: But once she turns ten, she will either be adopted by a noble, or ex*cuted.
Ferdinand: Those are the only options.
Ferdinand: The noble is one I'm well-acquainted with.
Ferdinand: I will make sure she is treated well.
Ferdinand: That I can promise.
Ferdinand: This is to protect your daughter.
Effa: All right. We will leave Main in your hands.
Gunther: Effa!
Effa: When it was first decided that Main would stay at the cathedral,
Effa: I didn't think that would be possible due to how weak Main is.
Effa: But Tuuli had informed me that Main was doing well thanks to all of you.
Effa: I'm sure it's all because of your consideration, Head Priest.
Effa: Head Priest, please continue to look after Main.
Gunther: But her getting adopted is just...
Effa: There are even dapla apprentices that leave their homes at ten.
Effa: I'd prefer that to Main losing her life.
Gunther: True...
Main: I don't want to turn ten.
Rosina: The preparations for the Spring Prayer aren't even done yet.
Delia: Ugh. Where could she have gone to?
Delia: Lady Main!
Main: Next, I want a printing press.
Lutz: And how are you going to make a printing press?
Main: I'm planning on modifying a regular press.
Damuel: Observing her this closely...
Damuel: I can definitely tell that the apprentice priestess is unique.
Damuel: If she wants to live in peace.
Damuel: being under Lord Karstedt's protection is probably the best.
Ferdinand: Oh? You're defending Main now, too?
Ferdinand: Looks like you're getting used to Main and the cathedral.
Damuel: Even now, I think it would've been better if Schicicoza was not her guard.
Damuel: Because of that incident, I was demoted,
Damuel: and my engagement was called off.
Ferdinand: It is incorrect for you to assume that you were punished because of Schicicoza.
Damuel: Huh?
Ferdinand: You have your own crimes.
Ferdinand: Damuel, you should have immediately cast "rot."
Damuel: Rot?
Ferdinand: When things are out of your control, you need to cast rot so that others know.
Ferdinand: If you had been guarding an upper-class noble, or a princess from another do
Ferdinand: that is what you would've done.
Ferdinand: Am I wrong?
Ferdinand: Before falling to the threats of a middle-class noble,
Ferdinand: you should asked for help from someone of higher rank.
Ferdinand: Not only did you fail at that, you failed your mission.
Ferdinand: Lamenting, "Oh, woe is me," regarding this is also one off your crimes.
Ferdinand: You fool.
Ferdinand: There are some unsettling rumors surrounding the Spring Prayer.
Ferdinand: Know that any bizarre
Ferdinand: sense of pride, or obsequious words or actions, will do you no good.
Damuel: Yes, sir. This time, I will not fail in protecting the apprentice priestess.
Main: What? The high priest isn't going to the Spring Prayer?
Ferdinand: Unlike the Harvest Festival, there will be no donations.
Main: So the fact that he's making me go to a ritual without donations
Main: is definitely harassment.
Ferdinand: And who will be accompanying you?
Main: Fran, Rosina, Hugo, and Ella.
Ferdinand: So four, then.
Main: Um, Head Priest.
Main: We'll be going around for ten days for the Spring Prayer, right?
Main: I'm pretty sure I'm going to get sick at some point.
Ferdinand: Hm. You will probably need a lot of medicine.
Main: That super-gross medicine...
Main: Couldn't you at least do something about the taste?
Ferdinand: You seem to feel very strongly about this.
Ferdinand: I'll give it some thought.
Main: Thank you very much.
Ferdinand: Also, just in case...
Ferdinand: Wear these.
Main: And then, the morning of the Spring Prayer...
Ferdinand: I hate to say this...
Ferdinand: But more people will be accompanying you.
Main: Lord Karstedt.
Main: Have I ever seen this blue-robed priest before?
Sylvester: You're so puny. Has her baptism actually happened?
Sylvester: Squeak "pwee" for me.
Main: Sorry, what?
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Main: Mister Benno, I'll buy you a souvenir during the Spring Prayer,
Main: so look forward to it.
Benno: I'm more concerned about the restaurant.
Benno: It's almost finished, but you haven't shown up once.
Main: Well, I'm busy.
Benno: Whatever. Help me come up with ways of avoiding any dine-and-dashers and theft.
Main: In that case...
Black,Sign: No referral, no entry
Main: make it so no one can come without a referral.
Benno: A... referral?
Main: It's a kind of invitation.
Main: If someone who was invited causes an issue,
Main: the one who invited them will take responsibility.
Benno: You're sounding more and more like a merchant every day.
Main: I finally got some praise!
03x03 - The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
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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.