Ascendance of a Bookworm (本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません)

Rosemyne successfully gathered her spring material.

On the other hand...

Commander, thank you for everything until now.

You better do your best, even as a merchant, Otto!

Yes!

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Clerk of the Gilberta Company Otto

My, Mr. Otto left for the Gilberta Company?

Yeah. It seems Ms. Corinna and Mr. Benno

have both been asking him to help at the shop for a while.

Their connections with nobles have grown, thanks to Myne.

Lutz said so!

May the Goddess of Water Fruhtne...

Fruhtrane!

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Otto's Wife Corinna

Fruhtrane, who guides...

Who has guided this meeting pure and true...

who has guided this meeting pure and true, give us her blessing...

She really memorized all of this?

Myne is really freaking amazing.

Lady Rosemyne!

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke

Episode 16 New Dress and Printing Press

Thanks to your patronage, Lady Rosemyne,

our dealings with the nobility have increased significantly.

I offer you my heartfelt gratitude.

In other words, he's crazy busy.

Mr. Benno, I'm not good at understanding roundabout words.

May I ask your honest opinion?

I've given the Gilberta Company too much work, haven't I?

If there's too much to handle, should we pass some of the work on to others?

Hey! Don't try to do something unnecessary!

People would think you've cut ties with us!

Are you trying to drive us into a corner?!

Not at all!

Both of you... Please try to maintain a bit more decorum.

My apologies.

But if you're that busy, I suppose going to Illgner is out of the question?

Illgner?

Yes, I hear they have a lot of timber and a thriving forestry industry.

I was hoping to go and inspect the area at some point...

That will be difficult.

Currently, Lutz is the only one I can spare.

It wouldn't be safe to send him alone.

What about Otto?

Dad wrote in the letter Lutz delivered

that Otto had quit being a soldier to become a merchant.

He's fine when doing business with commoners,

but Otto can't be presented before any nobles yet.

Then, what about training Otto here, just like we did with Lutz?

Is it possible, Fran?

Well, now that Zahm has officially become one of Lady Rosemyne's attendants,

we have a bit more time.

In order to reduce the burden on Fran, Zahm,

who was the high priest's attendant, was transferred to me.

Then, I'll leave it to you.

Though, I can only teach proper conduct and etiquette...

No, there aren't many who can teach the etiquette

required to interact with the nobility.

I am truly grateful.

Lady Rosemyne, that is the signal from Monika.

My! How wonderful!

It suits you so well, Brigitte!

Since the fabric doesn't cover the shoulders, it's easy to move my arms.

If the need arises, I can cover myself with feystones.

I wish you'd worry a bit more about whether you can find

a wonderful husband with it, instead of the practicality of it.

Brigitte, may I let Damuel in?

I would like to hear the opinion of a gentleman.

That's a good idea.

I would like to know what he thinks about

women knights wearing something like this.

Damuel.

My honest opinion?

Yes.

After all, Brigitte may only wear the dress

out of consideration for me, even if she doesn't like the style.

I certainly can't allow my skewed sense of taste

to cause her any embarrassment, right?

I understand.

I'm letting Damuel in.

Yes, please do.

Damuel?

I think I'm witnessing the moment a person falls in love...

Damuel, what do you think?

Y-Yeah...

Um, it looks nice.

A bit more!

Compliments don't get across if you aren't clear!

Come on! You can do it, Damuel!

Does that mean you would recommend such a style

to other female knights as well?

Well, yes...

Thank you for your valuable input, Damuel.

Now. Now, now.

Damuel is very easy to read.

That's the first time a man has looked at me in such a way,

so it makes me a bit bashful.

Brigitte, um...

What about Damuel?

I believe he isn't bad...

Then!

Though, our mana levels are too different to even consider him.

That's right...

A child's mana is heavily influenced by their mother.

Without a proper balance of mana, one cannot hope for a child.

He was ruled out as a possible suitor the very moment he fell in love...

That's just too sad, Damuel!

Hm? Hold on.

If I recall...

After receiving my blessing, Damuel's mana...

Even though his growth phase is over,

his mana is gradually growing as he trains.

If he can resolve the mana issue, a path may open up for him...

You can do it, Damuel!

Lastly, Lutz and Gil have something to report, Lady Rosemyne.

The new printing press is complete.

Oh, my!

The ordered ink has already been prepared!

As long as we have a manuscript, we can start printing right away.

Yahoo! Praise the gods!

How wonderful!

I will head to the workshop immediately and teach everyone how to use it!

Lady Rosemyne, that's...

Building a printing press has been my goal all this time.

I want to be the first to touch it!

Lady Rosemyne is unstoppable...

She'll calm down after we let her try it out.

And so, to test-run the printing press, I immediately wrote out a knight's tale.

Please use the high priest as a model for your illustrations.

Won't the high priest scold you again?

It'll be fine!

"This story is a work of fiction."

"All organizations and characters appearing herein are entirely fictional."

We will make sure that is written clearly in the book.

My...

You really think of one thing after another.

Lady Rosemyne, are you making a new picture book?

What kind of picture book will it be this time?

It is a story about a knight that I heard from a noble child.

I am looking forward to the day when everyone begins to create more new books!

Yes!

It's a little snug. Are you all right?

Yes. This is the only thing I have that can get dirty.

They saved these clothes for me...

Lutz, thanks for waiting.

Myne?! No, I'm wrong.

You're not.

Nostalgic, isn't it?

It's confusing.

So, where are the composing sticks and interline spacers?

How beautiful...

Then, we set the type for the next day's test printing.

Now, let's run a test print on the new printing press!

Now, we'll be able to print double-page spreads we couldn't do before!

Oh, it printed properly!

It would have been a problem if it didn't.

Wow, so this is printing?

That's amazing.

Ingo. Zack. Johann.

Thanks to your efforts combined, the printing press has turned out wonderfully.

I would like you to build another one just like this!

I wish to install a printing press in Hasse as well.

Huh?

Zack, there's something else I'd like you to make.

Yes!

Lutz, didn't you say she'd settle down once she went through the whole process?

She's really become unstoppable.