Ascendance of a Bookworm

While I was listening to the chief cleric standing next to me greeting me, I was staring at the little magic apparatus in my hand. It is an anti-bugging magic device that will only allow my voice to be heard by certain opponents, and is used to ensure that my voice is not heard by anyone other than the Chief Cleric in today's talks.

The point is that the chief cleric instructs you to keep your eyes shut without saying anything extra. When I complained that I wanted to follow up on Rutz, I said, "What I need to know is the thoughts and intentions of the parties gathered here. Confused when a third party pinches his mouth. Especially since you publicly state that you're not neutral, you're on Lutz's side. Out of the way," he said.

The usual level of roundabout is where you've been and where you want to scratch it.

The only thing I can do today is sit like a doll, because the condition of my presence at the meeting was to hold this magic apparatus. Disgustingly, both Benno and Marc agreed with the Chief Cleric.

The seats are set in the middle of the table and the chairs are square. Me and the Chief Cleric came in and sat in the deepest position, Lutz in front of us, and left to right with Lutz's parents, Benno and Marc.

At the end of the greeting and brief introduction, the clergyman initially speaks about Lutz's claims. This was heard directly by the Cleric Chief from Lutz, and events in the family that I didn't even know were summarized.

"... that's Lutz's appeal. Lutz, is this a mistake?

"Yes."

Lutz, gazed at by the clergyman, nodding cocklessly as he cared about his parents' condition. I do my utmost Lutz support in my heart.

Gripping his tiny, trembling fist tightly, Lutz opened his mouth.

"No matter how hard I try, I can't get you to admit it. All I want is for my father to disagree with me..."

"Don't be sweet!

Lutz's father, Uncle Deed, clenched his fist tightly on his lap and drank a glass of Lutz.

My body floats on the chair, freaking out at the sudden loud voice. Usually, you're used to giving instructions to the craftsmen. Instead of the Cleric Chief's room, my heart shrunk up to a wild, loud voice that seemed to echo in the aristocratic area.

I'm scared! I'm so scared! Because it's bad for the heart!

But I didn't seem to be the only one with a shrunken heart. Everyone on the spot put their faces up and saw Uncle Deed at the same time.

I am often thundered off of Benno, but the power and voice of Uncle Deed, who is constantly up outside, was out of step.

"Good luck? Can't you admit it? Don't say anything sweet."

Moving his shoulders tightly and turning his face to Lutz as he embarked on him, he stares at Lutz with a gleeful and compelling eye. You don't have to be angry. Your voice is loud, and you're low and wild enough to be scared enough to just be listening by your side.

I could tell from the front that Lutz, yelled and blued in front of everyone, was desperately biting his back teeth off where he was about to cry. The chief priest who was sitting next to me rises when I am biting off my lips too, to the point where I cannot speak even if I want to.

Unlike Uncle Deed's wildly loud voice, a voice who often passes low asked quietly.

"Deed, you're so sweet, what does that mean? Explain it."

"Huh? Don't be sweet, you mean? Lutz would be saying something sweet, wouldn't he?

Uncle Deed put his arms together and tilted his neck, as he said he didn't know why. In my uncle, I looked baffled when he twitched back what was supposed to take just one word.

"You said not to be sweet to Lutz, who complains that he worked hard but regrets not being admitted, but I don't understand which neighborhood is sweet. I'm oblivious to the common sense of craftsmen and lower towns. Explain it to me so I can understand."

"Oh, don't you see? … it's hard to explain, explain…"

If you're a Lutz opponent, you can't be a noble opponent if you've done it. I guess I'll basically get the job done with a short command complaint. Uncle Deed frowns and looks for words.

"Pushing off the opposite of my parents, it's the occupation I took. It's natural to work hard. Even though the season hasn't even changed since the baptism ceremony, do you have anything to admit? There's no back shield, no nothing. It's that stupid son of a bitch there who picked a job and went in. I don't know if I can even be in public, even if I try hard enough to rebuke blood, but what are you talking about... now you know what I mean?

"Oh, I understand. From that point of view, it's sweet, don't be. Lutz, did you understand that?

Lutz swallows his guts at Uncle Deed's pointing, eats his teeth off regrettably, and leans down. Conversely, Uncle Deed showed a little relief color to the fact that he understood his claim.

It's a meeting that fully exploits the priesthood status of nobility, but if you listen in detail like this, you'll see that your uncle's words made proper sense. That's something I didn't know just by listening to Lutz.

"Lutz, do you have any objections? So you're saying it's good that Deed admits he's right?

As the chief cleric urged in a quiet tone, Rutz slowly raised his face and looked at his parents.

"I didn't ask you to acknowledge the achievement. At least...... Would it at least be nice if you admitted to being a merchant apprentice!?

"... I told you to take it personally."

I just need to know what it means. Uncle Deed, who deepened the wrinkles between his brows and narrowed his eyes, raised his jaw and looked at Lutz all the way up after scratching Gashi's head. From what it looks like, it still doesn't look like you're against it.

"On your own... Huh? Is that...?

When Lutz tilts his neck like confused, Aunt Carla explains to a sigh of sigh.

"Dad admitted to being a father."

"Hey, Mom!? If you knew, tell me!

"Atashi, 'cause this is the first time I've heard this guy say it, so I can't know."

Aunt Carla clasped her shoulders and shook her head. They don't have enough words between parents and children, not just between brothers, but between couples. "You know you have to put it into words..." Rutz was dismayed as if he had lost his power, but I agree with Rutz.

On second thought, Rutz didn't seem to give much of his opinion at home either, so maybe he's a family with all the similarities.

"Deed, is that good enough that Lutz has no objection to working as a merchant apprentice per se?

Uncle Deed nodded at the chief cleric's question with a troublesome face that just didn't ask him not to ask.

"I don't like merchants, and I have no idea what they like, but if you shake off the opposite of your parents and a man chooses a job once, you'll be a resident apprentice, but I don't know what, but you can do it with your guts. Don't cry and run into the orphanage. Not even."

As he told him to laugh haha, Uncle Deed woke up his body, which was embarking on like he was done saying what he wanted to say, and put his arms together.

I didn't think, "Uncle, no! It's my fault! Because Lutz never escaped! I yelled," but no one seemed to hear me. Nobody tries to turn this way.

If you look at the only clergyman you're supposed to hear, he's just hooked up to his wrist with magic equipment, and he's not holding it. He didn't want to hear my voice from the beginning. Terrible.

"Running into an orphanage, that's mine..."

Shut your mouth as Lutz hastily disputed as I did. After pulling his lips together for a long time, he looked up and glanced at his uncle.

"Then why wouldn't you allow me to go to the extra city at work!?

This time, the direct cause of Lutz's decision to leave the house was the lack of permission to go outside. It was the most intolerable thing for Lutz, who became a merchant apprentice with the goal of getting out of the city, but it is also truncated in a nutshell.

"Though you'll see when you think about it!

Uncle Deed yells, but Lutz runs away because he doesn't know. Oh, boy, the clergyman clapped his shoulder out again.

"I don't know, so give me a reason"

"... Not again."

With a decent face, my uncle roars, ahhh. I frowned and opened my mouth, saying I didn't like this.

"Although it would be a completely different matter for Lutz to become a merchant and leave the city. Outside the city is dangerous. Some fierce beasts, some bandits. It's not like you're taking a kid."

"Exactly! It's too dangerous."

I was haunted by the words of Uncle Deed and Aunt Carla. I've only been out of the city enough to go to the nearby woods, so I didn't feel anything at all, but outside the city seems to be full of danger.

It is normal here for the children alone to leave the gate and go collect in the woods. I was out of town just like I was in the city, so I didn't think it was a natural danger to disagree if outside the city was a normal parent.

Besides, there are usually bards and travellers in this city enough for Lutz to listen, and travellers enter and leave the inn on the east gate. So even though I said it was hard to travel, it was only recognition that it was not convenient for traffic because it was on foot or using a horse or carriage.

Besides, I didn't feel a great deal of danger because Benno, the closest adult I could get, said he was going to build a workshop in another city and I was seeing him go to the extra city and come back.

... I still have no idea what common sense is here.

It's been two years, but it's all I don't know. Next to me sighing, the clergyman frowned lightly and tilted his neck.

"It doesn't mean there's no danger at all, but Benno's on his way out of the East Gate, and if he takes a carriage for half a day, he'll be there. You don't have to worry about a carriage, do you, on foot?

"Not necessary"

Uncle Deed says so with clarity. Lutz tided his face like a cute one, staring at his uncle.

"You're telling me it's work!

"Take it easy, Lutz. Deed, what do you mean you don't need it?

Stopping Lutz with his hands, the clergyman urges Uncle Deed to explain. Exactly. He also expected his uncle to be questioned by the clergyman, pointing his gaze at Benno and Marc.

"The man there said he wanted to take Lutz to build a workshop."

"Is that it?

"You know, only three years of contract Dalua's, and what do you say you need to study for an apprentice?

Dalua signed apprenticeship is like a three-year apprenticeship part time job in Japan. Basically, the main thing is to tap the foundation with simple work. After shops and workshops have been created, even if they are driven out to open work, they will not be involved in contracts or construction for the opening of stores.

I knew Lutz's dream was to go to the city of leeway, so I'm glad the dream came true, but this is not D'Arua's job either, given normal circumstances. It's a dapra or a successor job. It's not the job Lutz has to do.

Uncle Deed's opinion that you don't need to go outside a dangerous city for a job you don't need is well put.

When me and the chief cleric were aligned and turned their gaze to Benno, Benno sighed lightly and looked at Uncle Deed.

"So, as we talked about the other day, I want to educate Lutz as a trail as a result of thinking about the future outlook of the store and Lutz's abilities. It's part of the effort to open a workshop in the city, and we want to adopt it."

"Hung, don't talk to me."

Uncle Deed snubbed Benno's offer. After I said that, I looked around and said, "Do you need a reason for this, too?," he murmurs.

"Of course," replied the chief cleric, and Benno, who had been refused the offer, nodded in anticipation of Uncle Deed.

"If there's a reason, I'd love to hear it. With all due respect, you can't be the back shield of Lutz even if you're not in business. Because adoption isn't just a store, it's a good deal for Lutz."

Uncle Deed lightly lays his eyes down for the first time on Benno's words. He then turned his giggly eyes to Benno.

"You don't have kids, do you?

"... so I'm thinking Lutz as a successor?

Benno frowns surprised to see if the absence of a child would be a reason to say no. In Benno's case, I'm thinking of adopting him because he doesn't have any kids.

But Uncle Deed exhaled slowly after saying "that's not what I meant".

"You're right, I can't be the back of Lutz, and I'm sure you'd appreciate it if you bought Lutz's abilities."

After wandering his gaze to look for words, he alternated between Lutz and Benno.

"You'll be fine as a business owner and competent as a merchant. Even if you take care of Lutz, there's just enough weight and generosity to go along with it. But you can't be a parent."

I wasn't cursing about Benno or making an unfair assessment. Still, I say no. I don't know what it means to say, "I can't be a parent".

"Explain what it means that Benno can't be a parent. You're telling me it's got a bad reputation?

Uncle Deed roared at the word of the chief cleric, uh-huh. "It would be easier if I had a bad reputation," he said, exhaling and looking straight at Benno.

"No matter how good your job reputation is, the guy who makes the store profitable the most reason to adopt you can't be a parent. Being a parent is not a matter of profit. Didn't I?"

After watching lightly as Benno hacked, he grinned bitterly.

"I see. You're right, sure, it's in the store's interest that it's top priority for me"

I considered adoption because securing Lutz would be in the store's best interest for Benno. Of course, Lutz's character and competence would add up there, but profits are the top priority because he's a successor to letting the store inherit.

A merchant is the usual attitude, but if it is disputed that that is not the attitude of the parent, Benno must not be able to argue with it.

"I understand why you were refused adoption. But I am seriously buying the future of Lutz. If it's not an adoption, but a Dapra contract, can you nod?

If Dalua is a part-time or contractor, Dapla is treated like an executive candidate entrusted with the shop. Coverage, treatment and job description from the store change completely.

"Though I think it's a lot quicker?

"What do you mean you're fast?

To the word of the chief cleric, Uncle Deed flaunted his shoulder without even trying to hide his troublesome expression.

"Normally after a few years of watching me work on a Dalua contract, I think about whether or not to contract as a Dapla. Apprentice who hasn't changed the season since the Baptist ceremony, Lutz."

When Uncle Deed showed difficulty, Benno raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.

"The season hasn't changed since the baptism ceremony, but it's been about a year since I became associated with Lutz?

"Really?

"Yep. You know it's a burden on the store to bring in one apprentice, right? I didn't initially plan on picking a rutz with no edge or in-laws. In making Lutz an apprentice, I gave him a challenge that he would not immediately achieve. But Lutz left me with more results than I expected"

"Ho..."

Uncle Deed is listening to Benno in the face just saying it's the first time he's heard it.

If my memory were certain, my uncle would have said back then that I could be a paper maker. Maybe you didn't ask me what I was making the paper for? Wasn't Rutz saying?

"Lutz has both the effort and patience to desperately fill the shortfall that he hasn't grown up in a merchant's house. We want to keep it on hand before it's taken out of the way, and if we're serious about educating you, we have to do it as soon as possible. I'm buying the effort, because Lutz has no foundation."

"Come on."

After saying that, Uncle Deed glanced at the clergyman about to rise, adding from himself.

"... no matter how powerful I want to be, I can't be the back shield of a merchant. If you are expected to be in a position to be entrusted with the store sooner or later, the contract will be for Lutz"

"Now let's do this quickly with a commercial guild"

When Marc laughed and said with a smile at Nicole, Uncle Deed looked so disgusted.

"This is why the merchant..."

"... father"

A small grunt leaked out of Rutz's mouth.

Knowing the meaning of his father's words, who was cutting off words in a cutting tone, and the love he had placed on him, I guess I was impressed. Drop your cheeks and tears from the jade-like eyes of a shade very similar to Uncle Deed's.

Aunt Carla was quietly crying, too, but her uncle Deed, who had become a pinched shape between them, looks so uncomfortably out of sight of the two of them, scratches his head with gassi. The lightness of being told everything that I usually don't have to say turned out to be the kind of face I've been getting into now.

"Lutz! Apologize!

It burned in the day and hard to understand, but maybe with a reddish face, I suddenly screamed like that.

"... Deed, then I don't know"

To the point of the sighing clergyman, my uncle yelled at Lutz after being stuck in words for a long time.

"I swung this many people because of your unsolicited misconceptions. Apologize sincerely!

Uncle Deed's words poked his chest softly. It wasn't Lutz who wielded all this numbers, but rather me.

"Shh, I'm sorry!

Without a voice, I apologized with Lutz. Lutz's parents look at Lutz, but the sight of the Cleric Chief and Benno and Marc is turned towards me.

"Look, I'm going home, you idiot son"

As Lutz rushes over, Uncle Deed drops a gen trick on Gong and one shot Lutz's head. Rutz lined up next to his uncle a little happy, even as he was beaten up and said "stay" and wiped his tears.

"I didn't seem to have enough words either.... well, thank you."

Uncle Deed turned around and left the room after saying that to the clergyman with a seemingly illuminating face. Aunt Carla takes Lutz's hand and walks away holding hands.

"Sir, let's join the commercial guild."

"Thank you very much, Chief Cleric, for today. Thanks to you, we seem to have solved this successfully."

Once again and with a long mouth, Benno left the room by greeting him out of the room. I guess I'll go after the Lutz and get a Dapra contract in a commercial guild.

When Benno and Marc left the room, it was only me and the Cleric Chief who were left in the room, and the gray cleric began to come in and out to clean up the chair, etc.

"Be sure to elaborate on all the statements. I heard only one thing. It distorts the way I see it."

"Yes."

When I uttered a voice that was silent and nodded, the chief clergyman clutched to his palm the magic apparatus that was connected by chains.

"I'm glad you didn't break that family."

"Huh?"

When I blinked my eyes and looked up at the sudden words, the chief cleric said, "You said it, didn't you?" and frowns a little reluctantly in the absence of a facial expression that doesn't make you feel too emotional.

"Reconcile with your family and bring Lutz back home. I guess that was the best ending for you, huh?

To the word of the chief cleric I remembered the delightful crying face of Lutz. I'm also getting hot in the back of my eyes as Lutz, who was eating up his teeth when his family didn't understand me, went home with his uncle and aunt in tears.

"Yeah, good.... I'm really glad..."

Nobody and he were just stuck around because of too few words, not as a family, not without feelings as parents and children. I'm glad Rutz got back to his family.

"Stop crying.... Doesn't this make me cry"

The clergyman becomes a bitter face when he notices his gaze as the gray cleric asks him how he is doing with a flicker.

"This is good because it's tears of joy."

"Totally you..."

As I tried to wipe my tears with the sleeves of my blue coat, the clergyman lent me a handkerchief with a very troubled face.

The handkerchief had an embroidered name, and I learned that the name of the chief cleric was Ferdinand.