Ascendance of a Bookworm

After the magic filled my body and I was able to move, I ate the bread porridge that Marc had prepared for me and I was finally able to move normally.

"Mine, should I prepare my everyday clothes for the side service here? Or are you ready? What do we do?"

"Where do I buy regular clothes? You can't be the old fashion guy we use, can you?

Even poor and hard-to-make new clothes, with exceptions like mine, children grow more and more. You're going to need big clothes one after another, and you're not going to need small clothes.

Even though you can't keep unwanted items in a small house, everyday clothes, except expensive clothes like sunny clothes, go to an old fashion store for sale when they can't be worn anymore. And I'm going to buy my next regular outfit at that old clothing store. That way, the pick up price is as low as it gets and you get the next piece of clothing.

It feels like it would be nice to wear it for now, so it's dirty and natural. Think of the joints as decorations. Design? That doesn't exist. What matters is the thickness and durability of the fabric.

Overall, if the dough gets too thin, they can't pick it up and it becomes a baby diaper or rag.

"Idiot. Don't let me wander north with those clothes"

The side service of entering and leaving the temple with me with the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce will basically roam the north side of the city, which is a luxury land. They can't make us look too poor in our normal clothes.

"I don't know a fine old fashioner, and I have no idea what clothes I deserve to serve, so I'm entirely at your disposal, Mr. Benno"

"Tomorrow, if I don't have a fever, I'll take you. Finally, I have to go check on the restaurant progress. You come too."

"Okay."

When I nod, Benno turns his gaze to Lutz.

"Lutz, it's supposed to be a day off, but you're with me"

"I know."

"I'm sorry, Lutz. Let me hang out."

"No, I was just fine because I thought I should get cheap clothes other than work clothes too"

Even after entering the temple, Rutz seems to hang out with me, he wants clothes that allow him to walk north on days off from work.

Unlike everyday clothes, apprenticeship clothes from the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce have to be washed every time. For the sake of business, to be clean. But when you wash more often, naturally, it hurts your clothes faster as well. I don't really want to hurt you, but Lutz only has apprenticeship clothes that can walk north.

"If you don't have clothes to wear when you're not at work, you have to make apprenticeship clothes again, right?

When I heard Rutz's words, I wanted my own clothes, too. Like Rutz, I only have apprenticeship clothes to walk around the north.

"Look out for me too, Mr. Benno"

It's not the first place here to shop to find your own clothes. I went home with Lutz, groaning that I would be shopping tomorrow.

I'll see you tomorrow.

"Not yet, Mine. I haven't finished today's report."

"... Huh?

I tried to break up with a full smile and Lutz stared at me. Ugh, frightened, but, of course, there's no way I can stop Rutz from reporting it.

"Why doesn't Mine take care of himself!

"Thuri, don't cry!

"Cry. No! I'm mad at you!

I feel the most guilty crying and getting mad at Thuri because I know Thuri is worried all the time if he really goes to the temple he will be okay to eat or suddenly he will be gone.

"Sorry. I'm sorry. No more."

"... do you want a proper lunch?

"Of course!"

When I nodded loudly, Tulli's brow lowered slightly.

"About magic, can you talk to a great man properly?

"Yeah."

"If you read the book, don't you forget your promise?

"... ugh..."

"Mine?"

Touri glanced at me with a tight eye, but I can't make a promise I know I can't keep myself. With the book in front of me, I'm confident that reason will fly away so easily.

"... Wow, don't forget, I'll have you teach me to serve. He's serious, so it's okay!

"Ha, you can't promise to keep it yourself, can you?

Jesus Christ, Touri flaunted his shoulder, but he's not sure he can keep his word. The family seems frightened, but the anger seems to have disappeared to some extent, so change the subject.

"Hey, Touri. If you're off work tomorrow, why don't Thuri go out with you?

"Huh? Where's Mine going?

"Go buy clothes to serve my side. It's a choice of clothes for people living in the north, so even old fashioners can learn, right?

Besides, it's Benno who stands out for his clothes. I think it would be a very good experience for Touri because he is the husband of a shop that deals with clothing for nobility.

"... okay?

"I have a lot of places to go tomorrow, so I'm gonna have you hanging out with me, too, if that's okay with you"

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it"

Touri laughed happily. I gently stroke my chest down on my usual fluffy smile.

Good. I hear your anger has melted.

"What, Turi's not going to the woods today either?

I held hands with Touri and Lutz, and as I tried to get out of the well square towards the boulevard, I heard a voice with a slight blame from behind.

"Ah, Ralph."

"Brother Ralph."

Looking back, Ralph, Rutz's brother, was chasing him with a cage on his back in his regular clothes. Ralph is good to go to the woods.

Looking at Touri, dressed in the prettiest clothes to head north, and Lutz and me, dressed in apprenticeship, Ralph flashed his face only slightly.

"Where are you going?

"I'm studying clothes today. Ralph's in the woods, isn't he?

Touri often goes to the woods on holiday days in conjunction with the exchange of information with her friends who started her work, but unlike before, in terms of household income, it is no longer a situation where she absolutely has to go to the woods.

Because the extraordinary decrease in the number of times I sleep compared to a few years ago and the fact that me and Thuri started working made our household a lot easier.

But Rutz's house is a house of four brothers with four expensive eating boys, and even if all the kids go to work, it doesn't make so much difference to the household. Apprentice salaries are cheap, so if you suck, your harvest in the woods is reduced and your diet is more bitter than before.

For this reason, it is natural for the holidays to be harvested in the woods, and the family doesn't often think that Lutz, who is supposed to be an apprentice, will go to the store even on holidays. "He wants me to harvest it in the woods, rather than give him twice the apprenticeship's salary," Lutz said.

Until he goes out onto the boulevard, Touri walks alongside Ralph and Lutz, who looks awkward, walks a little behind him. I was walking hand in hand with Lutz, watching Lutz sigh lightly into Ralph's gaze, which was occasionally pointed this way.

"Bye, Ralph. Good luck."

"Ah."

Out on the boulevard, Ralph will go south, and we will go north. He grabbed my empty hand and held it together as Touri waved loudly at Ralph.

We'll start heading north on Main Street. Tulli, who is willing to study clothes, is at the center of the story, and Rutz, as Marc tells him, is listening to Tulli with a view to being a good listener.

Feeling his gaze, I looked back, and Ralph looked at me, looking at me as I stood at the point where I broke up. At the moment when my gaze and mine meet, Ralph becomes the kind of face he finds sickly, turning his heel back like a panic and rushing south.

I lay down my eyes softly, as the distance that opened and went seemed to be the distance between Lutz and his brothers' hearts.

When I arrived at the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce, I saw Benno working at the store, already ready to go out. Marc and several other employees have been given instructions.

"Oh, is Thuri with you today? Corinna said you're going to have a much better arm."

"Is it true!? Glad."

With a good outside affectionate laugh, Benno praises Tulli.

I'm supposed to go out with Benno, not Marc today. In the morning they have to go around the renovation of the Italian restaurant and make sure that it is done as requested or that the building materials have not been turned into cheap items of their own accord.

"Construction is already under way, right?"

"We got a place quicker than I expected. Now I'm just expanding the kitchen to make ovens."

The Italian restaurant bought a place from the Association of Restaurants that was originally a restaurant in the north. Now he's in the process of renovating, he plans to fix the kitchen first, then change all the floorboards, and put in the interior as a shop serving noble meals.

The concept is a fancy dining place where you can eat as if you have become a nobleman. They also have tastings to make the husband of the big store, who works in relation to nobility, a customer.

"Oh, apprentice the guild leader..."

"No! The tasting was your suggestion, so you're not going to be apprenticing the guild leader."

"... Really?"

From what I've seen, there doesn't seem to be any particular problem with materials such as lumber, bricks, iron, or the work of artisans. They haven't finished the oven yet, but when the oven is ready, they'll let the cook in and practice in the period leading up to the opening.

"I'm glad you're doing well."

When I looked around inside the shop under construction and said so while I was being held up by Benno, Benno made a difficult face. With a low voice that can only be heard by me, turn it down and zero.

"No, the problem is piling up"

"To?"

"... No, that's not what I'm telling you. Hey, we're going to the next store."

Speak up to Lutz and Touri and then start walking towards an old fashioner who is also deeply connected to the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce.

"What kind of a meal like nobility is that? I'd like to try it once or so."

Looking back at the shop under construction, Touri makes the three knitting jump. Looking down over Benno's shoulder at Tulli walking slightly behind Benno with Lutz, I thought of the recipe I was conceiving.

"Um, 30% of the recipes I've also had Thuri at our place, 50% are new dishes and treats that use the oven. The latter 20% are creative dishes that apply Mr. Ilse's recipes......?

To my answer Tulli subtly distorted his face.

"... Could a meal served at that store be Mine's Hencho dish?

"Touri, hiccup! You always look delicious!

When he was depressed by the shock of his sister telling him he was a "snarky dish" to eat with a smile on his face, Touri added his words in a hurry.

"It's delicious! It's delicious. Mine's recipe, I think the first person to make it would be surprised, huh? I'm used to it."

"Whatever's good for you."

Lutz, who flaunts his shoulders and says "whatever," doesn't correct the part of Thuri called "Hempuchee" either. Sure, sometimes things are a little different than the way they are cooked here, so I can't deny it completely.

"... what? You guys ever eat Mine's cooking?

Since the shop is under construction and the cook is not ready to cook, only Benno in this has yet eaten my dishes.

To Benno's words, Lutz and Touri looked at each other very complicated.

"Um, the recipe is mine... hey, Lutz?

"Oh, because we're the ones who make it. You don't think I ate Mine's cooking, do you?

Best of all.

I have a completely different physique now, with two people growing up and little growing up. In Reino's memory, there is a difference between kindergarten and elementary school grades.

If you're that different in stature, you're in different positions to reach, and you have different arms. Totally different range of things you can do about anything. Even though there is little more that I can do, there is more that the two of them can do without the assistance of their parents.

"I want to be big too..."

It seemed that Benno was the only one who arrived genuinely with a potpourri and a zero, walking with me in his arms. I wasn't aware that I was speaking to my voice myself, so I was gently slapped on the back to comfort myself and stiffened.

If you hear my stupidity, even though what I don't grow up to is that I can't help it as a symptom of eating, Touri or Lutz will surely worry about me and decide to get sick.

Gently look behind you and ask if you two didn't hear me or how I was doing. When I saw the two of them talking about what was delicious in my recipe, I exhaled a ho and a relief.

Both the shop under construction and the old fashion shop, which is the destination, arrived not so long ago, as it is on the north side of the city.

Again, the old clothes store on the north side of the city was completely different from the old clothes store we use. It is the old fashioners I know that are divided into cages in roughly sizes and stacked with thin dirty gray or brown clothes.

Because of the good product here, except for the underwear, it hangs on a cross shaped hanger one at a time, and the colors are bright. Each one is made to order, so although there are no different sizes or colors, the atmosphere of the store resembled that of a clothing store that was done in the hobby of the owner of a store in a small town in the Reino era.

At the same time as we entered the store, a woman like the manager opened her eyes and rushed over. Her hair, neatly put together, was burnt brown and her eyes of the same color sparkled with curiosity.

"Oh, Benno. What's the matter with you? When are so many children......"

"What are you talking about, you?

"'Cause there's no floating rumors Benno came to us with the kids, right? Such a delicious story, you have to inflate it on your own and have fun within your people."

"Come on, come on."

As we watched Pokhan for a long time and the reward of a cheap word, Benno blocked the woman's words and said the matter.

"I came to buy these guys' clothes today. Then I thought I'd let my apprentice study."

"What do apprenticeships make Lutz study?

"You know, Mine. If you're our apprentice, what are you gonna do if you can't spot one of our clothes?

Ugh, and Lutz got stuck in words. Lutz and Touri, who have grown up in a poor life where clothes are the toughest, don't have eyes to see clothes. I guess you're going to make me aware of that and study it.

"Mine, I'd love some clothes around here to serve your side. It's a relatively new design, and the sleeves seem to be short and easy to move."

"Around there, I think that deep green or brown over there would be good for Fran, what do you say? It's a serious, solid atmosphere, and I don't think it's much of a fight with the color of my hair or eyes."

"... wouldn't that be nice? As for the other two, I don't know because I haven't seen them. Thinking from the atmosphere that stood out to Fran, it wouldn't be that far off. You make the right choice."

"Yes."

I was put down by Benno and began to look for clothes that seemed to fit Gil and Delia among the smaller sized clothes the child would wear.

Having said that I would choose, I don't have that many clothes in the same size, so my options are quite limited. Naturally, it's early to decide. All you have to do is try to match Lutz and see if the size really seems okay.

Oh, I wish I had some more different clothes.

It wasn't worth the choice, and I dropped the tension. What a luxurious time the Reino era was. Clothes were all over the place. Even though I wasn't very interested in clothes then, I had trouble wanting them when I lost them around me.

"Lutz, Lutz, do you have a minute?

"What's up, Mine?

"Gil's just about as tall as Lutz, so I want him to fit in with Lutz."

Try to hit Pat Lutz with the clothes for the boy who had the three. There seems to be no problem with the size. I offered one of them to Lutz.

"Of all these sizes, this is going to look the best on Lutz. Is Gil this way?

Benno sighed lightly as he compared the clothes for Gill he had in his hand.

"Mine, where did you learn to stand out for your clothes?

"Where?... you've never learned, have you?

I've read a lot about books about color coordination and magazines about clothing, but never learned again. If I insist, is it school art?

"It's no use thinking about you."

"Right. Convince me that's what it is. Rutz, next time, hit me."

When I showed him the piece I had chosen for Delia, Lutz shook his head as he shrugged. Build a bat with big hands in front of a piece that feels relatively cute with a red tone.

"You can ask Touri for that!? I don't like it."

"'Cause Touri's bigger than Lutz. Delia is smaller than Lutz. You can't do that in Touri."

I hated Rutz, but I also hit Rutz's back for Delia's minute and picked a size. Because Touri and I both come in different sizes.

"Bye, Lutz. Start by looking for the right color for Mine. For example, this green and its green. Then, even if you say green for a bite, the color is different. Which one fits Mine?

As I had put my clothes on Rutz, now my clothes are on me. After Rutz and Touri compared my clothes with a serious face, Bissi and I pointed to the same clothes.

"Over here!"

"Right. This fits the color of Mine's skin. This and this?

Benno's description of the same colour, similar colour, complement, medium difference colour, saturation, brightness, etc. actually began while putting clothes on me. Summarizing the knowledge accumulated by experience, I keep putting a cloth on while sitting in my chair, feeling emotionally wondering if it will be the book of color coordination I have read.

"After slapping some colors on the head that suit the customer, the next step will be to choose the design. Clothing is the best representation of your identity and position. Wearing different classes of clothes often causes trouble. The closest example is Mine's christening ceremony."

"Ahhh..."

"This time, the clothes you choose for Mine are for going in and out of the temple. clothes worn by those with side service, but this makes sleeve length important"

Speaking of which, I remembered that Benno was wearing a long-sleeved costume when we headed to the temple. It was clothes with sleeves as long as a shaker that seemed to get in the way of anything.

"It's an indication that you don't have to move yourself, because the side service moves, so you don't have to worry about the dirt on your clothes. People who actually work can't keep their sleeves sloppy."

"Is that it? But Mr. Marc was a long sleeve too, wasn't he? Not even half of Mr. Benno."

"I am the garment of flanking when I go to see the nobles. Marc seldom works because he has side service and downwork ahead of him. Conversely, if the nobles are to come, Marc must stand around for the welcome with short sleeves of clothing.... noblemen never come to our shop."

Heh, and I'm nodding lightly, but Lutz and Touri are listening to Benno with their eyes gleaming.

"Then choose the right clothes for mine, including that. Rutz or Touri, which one can choose better?

Shortly after kicking each other, they walked around the store and started picking out clothes. Seeing how it goes, Benno leaks a cool laugh in fun.

"Mine, that was handy. When we have competitors, we grow incredibly fast."

"Good thing I'm learning too for Touri"

Looking at the two studying enthusiasts who were comparing their clothes diligently, I asked Benno what he had to watch out for in the aristocratic society, but Benno shook his head pretentiously.

"You and I are in a different position. If you're talking about merchants who interact with nobles, you can tell them, but when it comes to standing around in nobility, it's more certain to ask Fran. Ask questions about anything in detail, as Lutz is doing. They have no idea what you don't know."

Benno, nodding at the words, Lutz and Tulli held their clothes and came running.

"Which one do you choose, Mine?

"... Huh? Er..."

Forced by Lutz and Touri, he glitters and looks at the clothes they have chosen. Touri's choice of clothing was a cute pink piece, and Rutz's choice was a blue based piece.

"If you're just going to wander around outside, the Tulli clothes are cuter, but if you're going to think about going to the temple, the Lutz clothes are tighter, right? It's hard..."

"Try it on once."

When Benno told me, I went to the fitting room with the manager with the clothes that Touri and Lutz had chosen. After having the store manager put on Touri's chosen clothes, he is put up in front of a well-polished metal mirror.

"... wow"

I've never seen my face before. I had morbid, poorly blooded white skin rather than white skin that would fall out of the egg-shaped contour, and my dark blue straight hair seemed to play a role in the blueness and whiteness of my skin.

The mirror had big, patchy, golden, lowly-yellowish eyes that opened wide open to surprise. The shape through which the nasal muscles pass. The fact that the nose and lower lips are puffy resembles that of my mother, and not much like that of Touri except for the eye area.

Now, if you have a childish breadth, you are a cute little girl with no complaints during Reino. However, in this world, I don't know how to be regarded. Does Lutz make such a difference in aesthetic sensation because he said he was cute?

Uhnoo, worried, goes to show you the clothes you're wearing.

"Wow! Mine, she's adorable! It looks great."

Touri greatly admires me in the clothes he chose, but Lutz twisted his neck, um. But the expression looks regrettable, so I guess it suits you to the extent that it's difficult to complain.

Benno laughed bitterly and waved all the time telling me to go next.

"I knew it would look better this way!

I changed into Lutz's chosen clothes and went to show them, now Lutz complimented me with a full smile. "The clothes I chose look better," Tulli said a little remorsefully, pointing her lips and beginning to argue over which would look better.

As I looked back at Benno for help in the increasingly incandescent argument, Benno looked around the store stroking his jaw.

"You must have checked your appearance in the mirror, right? Which one do you think suits you best?

"Um... if you also think about the use, this and this and this, or what?

The first thing I took in my hand was a white blouse. With long sleeves and lace embellishments on the collar and sleeves, it looks simple but aristocratic. Then, a blue skirt just right for you to wear to the temple. The flowers are embroidered, but if you wear blue witch clothes, you won't be able to see them. Finally, it's like a red bodice with embroidered flowers and lace.

"I think this will change the vibe considerably and go with the apprenticeship clothes I have now, just by buying one more or buying a different one, what do you think?

As I looked up at Benno, Benno looked at Lutz and Touri, laughing small. The two look at the clothes I have chosen, with faces as if they were pierced with voices.

"Lutz, Touri. One piece is not the only piece of clothing we have here. Drop the common sense that a woman's clothes are a piece."

The clothes of a poor girl only exist in one piece. Because if you sew it up and down, that's all you'll need. There is nothing to be done for stylish, even if it is to be layered for cold protection. There are no clothes around that can only be replaced by the collar of the blouse or the lace on the cuffs.

"Study hard by the next time."

"Yes!"

The two who were soggy and depressed looked up at me all together, with a motivated face of rival consciousness rounded out, and for some reason saw me.