Ascendance of a Bookworm

Even after I left, Rutz's words were circling my head.

As hard as Rutz sounds to say, but the fact that he put it in the word for clarity must be pretty suspicious.

What happens if you find out I'm not Mine?

You'll be sure to get me back Mine, or Mine gone because of you, or some cursing gossip mixed with confusion, anger and fear.

If Lutz even tells his family about it, the place where I am disappears.

If it's enough to kick you out of the house. Still, in the worst case scenario, in the case of a world of religion like this one where you're hunting witches, you might be killed after torture because you think you possess a demon.

The numerous torture depictions of the witch hunt I read in the book floated in my brain and I was relieved.

... I hate to hurt. I don't like to be scared either.

If it's enough to be tortured, it's better to die.

I don't like being kicked out or tortured, but if I get eaten by my own fever before that, I die with just the bitterness of being floated by the fever. If I want to die, I have the art of throwing my life out easily without anyone interrupting me.

You can die before they torture you.

Short-circuit, but how much easier it is to be eaten by a fever than by torture. That made breathing a little easier when I thought about it.

Besides, if you think about it, it was to apologize to Lutz that I stuck in this world so I wouldn't be swallowed up by heat. I thought I had to keep my promise to Lutz, so I ran away from the fever.

I apologized to Lutz, I let Otto and I fulfilled my promise, and for once, I can say that the rest of my heart disappeared.

Meetings with Benno have made paper look current, because I want to make paper, and I want to make books, but I don't have much obsession with this world itself.

Lutz isn't Mine. It's easy to creep me out and avoid me, but if I do, papermaking won't succeed.

If I explain it properly, there is a good chance that Rutz will also be quiet until it is confirmed that paper making is successful and that he can become a merchant apprentice.

You'll figure it out until you can paper it, and if you want to die, you'll die anytime.

When I got to my stomach, it made me feel a lot easier. Though not a conclusive conclusion, there was a fold within me.

Whatever I do, I just have to see how Lutz comes out.

We just have to do everything we can to make paper so that when the time comes to die, you don't have to regret it.

I can't believe I made you hungry, but it's not like I can't resist seeing Lutz at all.

The next morning I looked at Lutz, somewhat frightened.

"I'm going to the woods today. I have to get some firewood."

I let my face shine in the words of Lutz.

I have to put out the rest of my purchase order and go to Benno's to teach me how to make a Simple Lincoln.

It's a great chance to end as many suspicious behaviors as possible and buy time to find out while Lutz is gone.

"Okay. I'll go to Mr. Benno. Because I have to discuss the purchase order and where the package will arrive."

"... are you going alone?

"Yeah. Yeah, but?

If Lutz can't go with me, he'll have to go alone, and since he still interacts with adults today, it's more convenient for me to have no one close to him.

"... can you go alone?

"It's gonna be okay."

When I grabbed my fist, Rutz looked like he said something. Still, I didn't say anything, I said "bye" and headed for the woods.

I went to Benno's store once. If Otto's house fits, it's twice. Nothing as much as going alone.

I also started walking towards Benno's shop with my usual tote bag containing stone slabs, stone brushes and purchase order sets.

All right, well, let's finish as many errands as we can in a day.

"Good morning. Ah, Mr. Marc. Mr. Benno, are you there? I brought the purchase order."

The vendor was in and out so intense that he hitched into Benno's shop, where guests were in and out, and ran over to Marc, who knew his face.

"My husband is busy, so I'll take care of it"

I hand Marc the purchase order set out of the bag. It's a purchase order, ink and measure that's finished writing.

"This is this purchase order, and like I said yesterday, I'd like to speak directly to someone who can make it if possible. Can I ask you to decide on a date I can talk to you about?

"Lumberjacks have more time in the morning, so should we go now?

"Store, looks busy, are you okay?

Looking around at all the employees who were judging the customers coming in one after the other, Marc ran out with a smile releasing a little bit of a black aura just like Otto.

"I just missed my seat a little, and I'm not educating you to cry"

Do you have any employees who still look like they're going to cry?

"Besides, as my husband told me, your request is special. I decided it was appropriate for me to respond without leaving it to others. Never mind."

"Uh, well, I'll take care of you"

I leave Benno's shop with Marc and start walking.

It seems that the lumberyard, which is the destination, is at the west gate where the market is located. Because the river is close, large items are transported from the West Gate, so it's convenient for lumberjacks to set up shops close to the West Gate.

"I had a favor to ask you, Mr. Benno, if you seem busy, could you tell me from Mr. Marc?

"What is it?

First, as I walked potatoes down the boulevard towards Central Square, I began to talk about matters that I couldn't talk about at the store.

"The warehouse where I leave my ordered luggage, or I'd like you to lend me a workplace."

Although it is good that I ordered one thing after the other I wanted, I have no place to store it.

He didn't seem to think there was a workplace, and Marc blinked.

"What were you going to do until now?

"I was going to put the tools separately in our and Lutz's house and bring the tools and materials to work by the river in the woods and around the well..."

Initially, I was going to borrow a pot, and I was going to figure out if I could manage to substitute it with something in the house or in the woods. The ashes were going to be worshipped down by my mothers, and the trees were going to be cut in the woods and used immediately.

Ordering it will save you the trouble of thinking about substitutes, but you will need a place to leave it once, as there will be more luggage at once and not all that you will use on that day.

But I can't let you put so much stuff that has nothing to do with life in our house or Lutz's without extra room.

"There are limits to dispersing it and putting it down, and it's hard to do the work, isn't it? If you can lend me a workplace with a roof, I've never been over it, so I thought no, originally, and I talked to you. Will this also go into the initial investment?

When I said so, Marc held down his temples and groaned that he could not believe it.

"You were going to be more impotent than I expected."

"Until now, there have been no adult collaborators"

It's really small enough for a child without adult cooperation.

The collaborator named Benno, obtained in exchange for how to make Simple Lincoln, will be used to the fullest. If I miss this opportunity, I'm not going to be able to make paper again, so I can't shy away from this one.

"Hmm, when it comes to warehousing, let's negotiate from me too"

"Thank you. If Mr. Marc were on my side, I'd definitely be able to get a warehouse to lend me."

Even watching the last exchange, I think Marc is someone in that relationship, like Benno's right arm, or a scalpel. Sebastian to see.

If Marc will negotiate, no doubt about it. I'm sure I can rent the warehouse.

"Is there any condition in the warehouse?

"Uh, I'm so happy to be close to the South Gate because I often go to the woods and work. After that, if there's a roof where you can leave your ordered luggage, that's enough."

"Okay.... Oh, it's time to see it. It's that lumberjack."

Marc said so and pointed forward, but not at my height. I can't see you jumping a little bit.

Taking Marc's hand, I quickened my legs.

"Well, let's hurry"

Then, towards the lumberjack in a whim, the moment I slightly ran, suddenly, my knee gagged, and for a moment my breath, that is, my consciousness, dimmed.

When I realized, I was in a place I had no idea.

Bed comfortable with little straw duvet ticks thanks to the thick cloth covering the bed. Simple, but totally unrecognizable in a well-cleaned room to the ceiling.

"... here, where?

When I got up and looked around, I saw Corinna doing needlework in the same room. He seemed to hear my voice, and he stopped his hand and rushed over.

"Mine, you noticed? I was surprised when Brother Benno brought him in, saying he had suddenly collapsed. I've heard before that if Otto came to the gate, he wouldn't be able to move until noon, so I thought it might be a fever that came from tiredness, so I decided to let him sleep."

"Oh, thank you for your help. I'm so sorry."

I sat down on my bed breathlessly.

On his way to the lumberyard, he fell down, was transported to Corinna's house by Benno, and was taking care of him.

If my mother or Touri found out, I wouldn't be scolded.

Oh, I have to get grounded on Mr. Marc, too. I must have been so surprised that my heart stopped suddenly falling when I was in a normal conversation.

Now I know what caused the collapse.

First of all, I was just a little sleepless thinking about what Lutz said.

And I was a little overstretched trying to finish the negotiations while Lutz was away.

In the meantime, I wasn't at all able to afford to think about my physical condition because I was excited and motivated that paper making was going to go well.

Then there was no one close enough to know my physical condition and stop being impotent.

Even if I'm just motivated, my body doesn't follow me at all.

My body, seriously, pompous.

"Mine, what's wrong all of a sudden? You don't have to do that. I'll call Brother Benno. I wanted to contact your family, but I didn't hear from them immediately..."

We're not supposed to have anyone here today, so we can't help but get in touch. Besides, my family thinks I'm acting with Lutz.

You don't think I'm going to Benno's by myself and falling over?

I'm scared just to imagine my worried, less angry father, and I don't even want to imagine my mother's anger knowing that I bothered Corinna.

"Um, Mr. Corinna. Or can't you tell your family?

"Mine?

"My family thinks I'm acting with Lutz, so if Lutz gets mad..."

Using Lutz as a shield, I tried to negotiate to see if I could manage to escape the wrath of my family, but Corinna said this with a beautiful smile like a goddess.

"No, you can't. You're pissed off."

"Ooh..."

Being beaten down by the anticipation of being scolded in a grand way, Benno seemed to have been contacted, and Benno came into the room with a loud footstep named Dokadoka.

The sharp eyes of reddish brown gaze upon me, and call me with a low voice.

"Lady."

"Phew!

Stretch out your spine and sit upright on the bed.

"My life span has shrunk."

With my life reduced to Benno's sword screen, I rubbed my forehead against the futon, even once on the bed, like a conditional reflex.

"I'm so sorry"

"... what, what's that?

"It's the most sincere way of apologizing in me," Dutchman. "

"Right."

Benno sits down on the bed softly and scratches his hair in shades like squeaky and milk tea.

"Otto told me you were weak for once, but I didn't think you'd make it this far."

"Me too."

"Hmm?"

I was too greedy to do something while Lutz was gone. The criterion that I unconsciously thought would be okay for about this was my old self. If you do it with Mine's body, it's natural to fall.

"It was an issue that I couldn't do with motivation alone."

Benno muttered, "Well, fine," and looked at me.

"Let's come with the boy in the future. I'm not allowed to act alone."

"... Yes"

I just didn't expect to fall for it without Lutz as a pacemaker. I was able to walk to the woods properly, and I was getting high that it would be okay in the city.

"Go home already today. Put on a worried marc"

"Huh!? I'm so sorry about that. Apologize to Mr. Marc for being 'grounded' and I'll go home alone!

Opening my eyes wide to Benno's words, I wave my butterflies and resign. I can't do anything more to annoy Marc.

But Benno let his cheeks snap and sharpen his gaze at me.

"You said you wouldn't admit to acting alone, but you didn't hear me?

"... I heard you. I get it. I'm leaving with Mr. Marc angry with me. Um, but I met Benno because of this, so I figured out how to make" Simple Lincoln "..."

Today, when I opened my mouth to serve the purpose for which I came here, Benno, dreadfully shaped me, eagled my head with one hand.

"Oh ma ha!

"Ha!?

"Go home today, I told you!

"Hiccup!

He grabbed my head, yelled out loud, and my body trembled. In the corner of the cerebral miso, I came up with a feeling of utmost irrelevance, looking up at Benno with reflective twitching and tears popping out of my eyes.

I see, this does feel like lightning will be dropped.

"In the future, it is forbidden to enter the store alone without taking the boy! If you have memory, remember exactly!

"I remember! I remember! There he is. I just did!

Then I had a few questions about whether to walk home or whether Marc would hold me home, but "If you don't want to stop my heart, stay quiet," Marc gently threatened me, "Is the only apology I've had earlier on my lips?" There was no way I could have won if I had been pushed away.

Giving up the futile resistance, Marc holds me up and carries me home.

And when he saw me held by Marc, the family, who had been reported by Marc on his actions of the day, was proven, angry. During the long sermons, I was so angry that I would fall asleep for two days with a full fever.

I might need a dirt leg to apologize for when the fever drops.

Yes, I told Thuri, and she said, "It's important to apologize, but Mine should stay quiet".

"That's why everyone annoyed me, so go with me today"

The day after the fever drops, I ask Lutz to explain the situation and accompany me to Benno's shop.

Lutz looked at me with a shuddered face and exhaled a great great sigh.

"Ha... so I told you? Mine, I was wondering if I could go alone. You weren't okay at all."

"Oh, that's what you meant? I think it's okay because I already remember the way... Lutz?

"Hahahahahahahahahaha... what do you think of where, it means that? Mine's only worried about his health!?

When I pointed my lips softly at Lutz, who gave in and began to laugh, Lutz looked up with a blown smile.

"To fall so fast. Then you can't have Mine without me."

"Yeah. If Lutz wasn't here, Mr. Benno told me to ban him from entering the store"

"Hahaha... you're not allowed in the store"

Lutz is in a good mood for some reason, even though I am depressed, being reminded of my own damned additions and subtractions.

Better than not in a good mood, but somewhat uninterrupted.

I was worried about Lutz's words and I was having trouble sleeping or looking at each other, why is Lutz always the way he is!?

"Come on, Mine. Come on, let's go."

Alongside Lutz, who is in a more than usual mood to breeze his brother, I begin to walk towards Benno's shop.

"What did Lutz collect in the woods that day?

"Firewood and bamboo. Mine told you to sharpen the bamboo and show the craftsmen what they got, right?

"Speaking of which, I was. I forgot."

I totally forgot I was going to have the real thing ready for when I didn't know if I could explain it with my mouth or draw it on a tablet.

"Come on, hold on tight."

"You'll be fine because Lutz is firm on my behalf."

There's no way I can remember everything where there's no note paper either. I was a note demon. I was making notes in my notebook so I wouldn't forget everything. It was ok to forget if you make a note of it, so I don't feel I have a great deal of memory when I was counting on my notebook.

If you two remember, you'll forget less, and if I told Lutz, Lutz crooked his face crying.

"... I regretted seeing Mine write letters and calculate and talk to adults I don't know"

"Huh?"

"You don't need me. I was wondering if I'd ever be useful in that store."

No one in the store would say suddenly it would help a pre-baptism child. The fact that Rutz was able to write his own name and took his studies seriously had raised his reputation considerably.

That Lutz was unaware of it and was depressed compared to me and myself.

You don't have to compare yourself to me, and I tried to comfort you, and Lutz looked up laughing small this time.

"But, you know, Mine's gonna fall right down, he's smart, but he's out, he's not armed, he's tiny, and there's a lot of things you can't do when you think about it. If I wasn't here, I wouldn't be allowed in the store..."

"Terrible, Lutz! Sometimes I can help!

After protesting too much, for some reason Rutz started laughing with his stomach in his arms.

After laughing for a while, Lutz puts his hand on Pong and my head and strokes it around.

"It looks like Mine isn't Mine during this time, I said mean it. Sorry about that."

"... what. It was mean."

I lost my mind.

I was just mean to Lutz, even though I took Lutz's words so seriously. From the body where the subtle tension remained, the force falls out.

"... I thought Lutz hated me, so good..."

"I don't hate you. Come on, let's go."

Take the hand Lutz offered and walk straight through it. I felt the routine for me had returned.

"Good Morning"

When we entered Benno's shop, Marc, who found us, led us to Benno's room in the back.

Benno stares at me with his still sharp eyes, holding his temples down.

"Boy, the guard of that unscrupulous lady there is your job that must be given the highest priority. Think of it as the most important thing you can do. Look, if you walk around the city, you don't touch anything, and suddenly you fall right in front of me, you don't have enough hearts."

Lutz blinked at the order from Benno, who seemed grumpy, pointing to himself.

"... I'm the only one who can watch mine?

"That's right. Is there anyone besides you who can take care of such an unscrupulous lady? Have you ever been outside your family?

"None"

"You think I'm in this store?

"None"

Lutz instantly shook his head at Benno's words. I don't think it's my fault my face shines and my thin green eyes look kind of proud.

Nooo, I want to go through the proud Lutz cheeks.

"Well, I want to ask the boy. Is this lady going to be able to walk to the south gate today?

"Watch how fast you walk and you'll be fine. The South Gate will be close to home, so you can go home as soon as you feel sick."

As usual, I feel sorry that my family and Lutz know more about my physical condition. I'm going to work out a little bit, but my stamina won't grow.

Children are supposed to grow up.

Benno waves a bell on his desk as he looks down at his body that doesn't have a good growth rate after working out.

Giggly the door opened and Marc came in.

"Are you calling, sir?

"They say if you watch how fast you walk, you can go. Show him around."

"Yes, sir."

"Huh? Where are you going? The lumberjack is West Gate, right?

There should have been no need to go to the South Gate. When I blinked, Benno glanced lightly over his shoulder.

"I heard from Marc. I'll lend you a warehouse near the South Gate."

"Is that okay? Thank you."

As I jumped up and thanked him, Benno sighed lightly.

"It's not for the lady. It's for the boy. It's too hard to have to take care of the lady and carry the tools."

"Yeah!? I'll carry it right, too!? He's got a bit of arm strength."

Once I clapped my arms and claimed, the three of them disputed the dissonance.

"You don't have to do anything extra, just be quiet"

"I'll use my powers, so don't do anything that makes you fall."

"You don't have to carry it, so take care of yourself."

But I say no.

I can't be quiet.

I made a promise to Thuri. I'll do it from what I can. He said he would do more than he could. You do your own thing, and now you do your best to do it even if you can't.

Nodding with a strange face, determined, Lutz grabbed my cheek all the way and peered into my face.

"Mine, that face... pretend you're listening right, you don't want to hear what I'm saying, do you?

Why 'd you find out?

When he looked up at me holding his cheeks in awe, Benno and Marc gazed and nodded.

After this day, Lutz became treasured in Benno's shop as a "Mine Clerk".