Ascendance of a Bookworm

When I returned to the temple, I asked Gil so that Benno could contact me. Get a letter delivered to the store in anticipation of a non-snowy day.

Gil came right back with Benno's run-written reply that he seemed to have less work to do in the winter and wanted to meet him in the afternoon.

"Well, I'll be able to talk to you in the orphan director's office this afternoon."

"Yes, sir."

Looks like Lutz returned for lunch with a message, and the face of the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce came to the 5 bells. It's Benno, Marc and Lutz.

Just go into the stash room and I'll jump on Lutz. During the winter, I talked to Benno about selling teaching materials at the castle while refilling the Lutz portion, which I barely saw.

"Said it was for sale in the castle!? Wait a minute!"

"Huh? I can't wait very long. Because I have to sell it early."

"It's not! We don't have a clerk growing up to take us to the castle right now."

The Guilberta Chamber of Commerce is centered on lower aristocracy and extends its sales channels to intermediate aristocracy. My connection caught a superior named Mother, but as you can see from the current situation, where only Benno and Marc can take the merchandise, there are still a few clerks who can behave like standing up to be raised to the castle.

Although some hastily tapped into the courtesy to make Italian restaurants serve, even for them, they remain a little anxious to raise to the castle.

"... are you a clerk? Put on those clothes and take a few well-served and well-educated gray clerics of mine? I'm not taking orders this time, I'm just selling what I'm made of, so if I don't have a problem with my standing behavior, I think if I can calculate it, I'll be fine."

Dealing with aristocrats is basically custom-made to be made after receiving an order. Unless it's also a consumable like vegetable paper, I don't take the product as it is and sell it.

Lincians these days are also bespoke for senior aristocrats. Based on the type of oil that can be picked depending on the season and the materials that can be scrubbed, I take some samples and then take orders based on the combination of preferences.

I bought it as is from the sample I had brought as a combination example, but I have ordered it in order to get it in the shape of a senior nobleman.

"You take what you can with your winter hand job and sell it as it is? Instead of taking orders?

Benno's eyes are round, but I nodded cocklessly.

"I'll sell it as it is. I need it right away. For next year, I wish Benno or Marc could handle the aristocracy that I want the elaborate one to offer a special rate, but if you say you need it immediately, I don't think it would be a problem to use a gray cleric who can calculate it because he sells the product as it is"

"... ok. Me and Marc and Leon are coming from us. Then I want you to choose a grey cleric who is about two adults. You'd have to look at your clothes, wouldn't you?

You can't just take him to the castle in grey cleric clothes. If you're going to the castle, you'll need some clean clothes.

"Gil, who could be better? I've decided to ask Fran to carry the Little Holy Grail."

"I think Fritz would be fine because he was serving nobility"

"Now let's ask Fran and Fritz"

When the personnel to be taken are determined, the next step is to confirm the price and quantity.

"The amount is one small gold coin for a picture book, five large silver coins for a carta, three large silver coins for a black monochrome, and one small gold coin for a color ink."

Compared to the picture books for millionaires sold in the first period, they have succeeded in lowering the price of plant paper and ink, so the cost has dropped slightly, which is cheaper.

Karta's paintings are not exactly going to get Burma to paint them all, so they use Gali edition printing. Carta uses plates, so it's cheaper than paper.

Trumps are even cheaper with fewer pieces than cartas. However, using rare color ink, it is very pretty but the price jumps. It's for senior nobles who want to differentiate themselves from the rest.

"Prepare 100 quantities at a time. Considering the number of children, I think that's enough."

"Copy that. One hundred at a time, I'm gonna pack it in a crate."

Discuss various ways to sell. The biggest problem is that they are noble, so they cannot be sold to civilians in the same way.

Discussing how to sell it, Marc said, "I'll get ready soon," and went home alone. Benno begins seller education when he asks Fran and Fritz to cooperate and take measurements and notes on the dimensions of his clothes. Gil and Lutz head to the workshop to check the merchandise and start boxing.

Silent, slightly frowning and watching Darmuel move around in a bumpy way. I could see that unfloating look on Philine's face.

"Darmuel, what's wrong?

"No, especially"

"If you've noticed anything, let me know. Something we may not understand."

In my case, without common sense in everything, Benno is a merchant who is a civilian and has never set foot in a castle, even if he has commercial dealings with nobles. From the eyes of the aristocrats, if there's anything wrong, I don't know unless you tell me.

"Are you saying that you have noticed...... I know that Master Rosemaine's picture books are fantastic, cheaper than buying other books, but not an easy price to buy for lower nobility. I was worried that there might be a child who felt the difference and regretted it."

"Because I'm not a wealthy nobleman either," Dermuel murmured.

The nobles of the poor among the lower nobles have no more money than the millionaires of the civilian population. I bit myself in the teeth for not coming up with such an easy thing right away. Easy to understand and learn books are necessary for them to not be able to hire good teachers, but the availability of money also greatly affects them here.

Benno looked at me.

"Just because you're noble doesn't mean everyone can buy it. … but no further price cuts are possible"

"Yeah, I know. Even then, the price dropped."

There's no way Benno would allow you to reduce your profits from what you sell to the nobility, and given what's ahead, you can't suddenly make a cheap sale from the start.

"But it sounds like you should think about it a little so everyone can get the book. Is there any better way? Lutz, what do you think?

"I think I'll have to borrow something I can't buy"

Books are expensive. It's so expensive to own it individually that it's a testament to wealth. Of course it is easy to buy, not even to borrow.

The Temple Library has specifications that you can't get into unless you're a temple official, and you can't borrow books unless you're a blue cleric or a blue witch.

The castle library asks for identification, and if you don't prepare a security deposit, you can't borrow a book. The security deposit is high because it will be the compensation for the damage or damage. There can be no such thing as a free library.

"If you can't borrow it easily right now, why don't you think about how you can make it easy to borrow it from now on?

"... if the security deposit is expensive and you can't borrow it, does that mean you should lower the security deposit?

Keep your rental fee low and get a brush from your parents to make sure you pay for it when it gets dirty or damaged. It may be an abuse of power, but if you start with the form of lending my book, the adoptive daughter of a lord, I think you'll be thoroughly made to treat the book politely, to make reparations exactly when something happens.

"Can we do something about the money we need to borrow, in the form of a new story and an exchange?

Filine and the other girls told me a few stories to refrain from doing so. If I paid for the manuscript fee on that one, it would be just not enough to pay for the purchase, but it would be a rental fee for books and teaching materials?

"I think you should think about the number of characters, not one story. Because the length varies from story to story."

"Right. That's what I'm gonna do when I pay for the manuscript."

If you calculate the manuscript fee by the number of characters and make it a part-time job for the kids, I'd be happy to have a new story in. Wouldn't it be a good idea for kids who aren't beautiful enough to copy, learn letters, and earn a penny?

"Sounds like you should think about the manuscript material a little bit more. Let's try a low-cost loan this time."

Consider lending materials to lower aristocracy a little as a basis for private libraries available to renters and low fees.

And on the day of sale.

I sent a lesser bus out to the main entrance of the temple, watching everyone carry their luggage in.

Picture books, cards and cartas are prepared 100 at a time and packed in crates.

Fran and Fritz are to go with them in the treatment of merchants at the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce, so Benno is given the same clothes as Marc and Leon to wear. Unlike Fran, who was used to wearing clothes to get out of Lower Town, Fritz doesn't seem familiar with his clothes and looks restless somehow.

"Rosemaine, are you serious about putting the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce people on this?

"That's right. Something faster and surer than taking a carriage through this snow. You could get stuck on the way in the carriage, wouldn't you?

The Cleric Chief looks up at the Lesser Bus and frowns.

"I can understand your point, but there's no other nobleman to carry the merchant aboard."

"It's okay. I'm ready to set a precedent."

"There are no nobles or anything else that I would like to follow later. Just you."

When the chief priest says so in a sigh, he turns his gaze from me to his surroundings.

"Fran, Fritz. It will be hard to swing by the Lord's mercy, but good luck. Then, Benno. There will be a lot of hard work, but there will be more similar cases than hanging out with Rosemaine in the future. The edge you picked up. Give it up."

"... Yes"

Everyone looked at me and nodded with a strange face.

... I think it's a little bad to give up.

"Well, get in, please"

Much as I swelled my cheeks, I opened wide the entrance and exit of the Lesser Bus, urging him to board.

Fran, who is used to riding, gets in first, and Benno rides in with the kind of face that sees creepy objects. Marc smiled all the time, and Leon went in with a "whoops" in his voice when he touched the various places.

When Fritz gets in scared and closes the entrance and exit, he shouts a surprise.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. Fran, can you tell me how to tighten it?

"Yes, sir."

Brigitte boarded the passenger seat while Fran was teaching her how to fasten her seat belt. If a merchant gets in like he did today, he says an escort is mandatory.

As the Lesser Bus began to run through the sky, the rear seater became noisy.

Flying in the sky is an unlikely experience for civilians, so although I had no choice, I had the majority of opinions about "feeling dizzy" or "feeling sick".

Given the reaction of Gil and Nicolas, who were overjoyed, today's customers are hard headed because they are getting older.

"Welcome back, Master Rosemaine"

Norbert turns his eyes round to the coming out of my mounted beast with all sorts of men.

It still seems surprising when civilians come out of my horseman one after the other. Looking at them as they lowered the crate of their luggage, Norberto frowned as troubled.

"Dear Rosemaine, are they from the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce?

"That's right. This is the permit we have from Aub Aerenfest. Norberto, we're going straight to the children's room. Show me around."

"... Yes, I did. Okay, go ahead."

Nicoli laughs after Norberto shows only a moment of hesitation. At the same time the clergyman, who had cleaned up the horseman, put his hand on his temple and exhaled a deep sigh.

"Rosemaine, the merchant is supposed to enter through another entrance."

Pointing out that the front door for the Lords to go in and out and the merchants, who are civilians, go in and out are completely different places, I get soggy and sloppy. It was something I had to know without having to think about it.

The merchants and I say that the gates for entering the noble city are different, as are the gates for entering the castle. And it seems the merchant is supposed to come in and out of the entrance for civilians to come in and out.

"Um... I'm sorry. I..."

Trouble, I tilted my neck, and the Chief Cleric shook his head gently.

"There is no merchant or other merchant to be brought down here on horseback, so I can't help it this time, but be careful in the future. Norberto, I'll tell Rosemaine more about it later. Take him from here this time."

"Yes, I did. Dear Ferdinand,"

I follow Norberto and the clergyman. On a solo Lesser Bus. Behind it followed the face of the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce, which held a crate of merchandise.

"Good morning, Master Rosemaine"

"Good morning, gentlemen. You can play until you're ready."

The eyes of the children's expectations are heading this way. I'm sure you see this as a great opportunity to connect with my friendship, and many parents are looking at me today.

"It's late, Rosemaine"

It was Wilfried who greeted me with his royalty. I am asking for help selling today. I'm straining too much on the first job I'm entrusted to do, and my nose is getting slightly rough.

"Brother Wilfried would like to do a carta with everyone there once and show them how to play to everyone gathered. It's easier to buy if you know how to use it. This is an important task."

"Uhm. Then we'll have a fight."

"Ha!"

Vilfleet's surroundings began to line up the carta this winter. The aristocrats, who looked intrigued by the demonstrations of the carta that the boys took the initiative, gather together.

When I found the girl out of hand, I also spoke to the girls.

"You read the picture books to your father and mother. Your parents will know exactly how many letters you have learned."

"Yes, Master Rosemaine"

The girls held the picture book and ran over to their parents as they raised their playful voice. I want you to listen to me today to read what we always get. My voice is just a little nervous.

"Cornelius would like to play cards with your friends."

Brother Cornelius frowned softly as I gave him the pond and the cards.

"I am Lord Rosemayne's escort."

"Now that Angelica is gone, Cornelius is the only one who can speak to the students in the House of Lords. Best regards,"

"... as you said"

Brother Cornelius, who drew the students and started playing like blackjack on the cards, also swarms the nobles dispersed.

When I directed all my gaze towards the demonstration, I immediately got ready for the sale.

I look at the table prepared in the corner of the children's room as we meet, and speak the words of labor to the caregivers.

"You're already ready for the table. Thank you. Now, Benno, line up the items for me."

"Yes, Master Rosemaine."

Line up the products as you meet them and prepare them for easy accounting. There are two chairs and a table in front of the table on which the goods are placed, for me and Vilfleet to sit.

And in a position where we can see the whole room, the seat of the chief cleric, the watchman of this sale of teaching materials, is to be prepared, to gaze at how the nobles move, how the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce can make a suitable move into and out of the castle in the future, whether I fail foolishly or not.

The clergyman, who took on this surveillance role, looked intrigued and peered through all the demonstrations one by one.

Benno and Marc, who could do business with the nobility, stood beside me and Wilfried's seat so that they could cope in any way, with Leon lining up with Trump, Fran with the picture books, and Fritz with Carta.

"Dear Rosemaine, we are ready"

I nod cocklessly at Benno's words, and I call out to everyone, waiting for Vilfreet to triumph.

"Thank you for waiting. From now on, we will be selling teaching materials by the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce"

Wilfried rushed over and sat in his chair as he pushed Carta's cleanup against the boy next door.

"If you are considering buying, please come here. Since this is a teaching material, we will give priority to those with children"

When I laughed Nicoli, the nobleman with the child came forward and knelt.

I receive greetings from my children, but not from my parents, so I exchange long greetings that go on unexpectedly. Of course, this order is in order of identity. Because of the length of this greeting and the impossibility of dealing with it alone, he asked Wilfried for his support.

One way or another, the boy is lined up in front of Vilfleet and it feels like the girl is lined up in front of me. After all, in order to be close, priority will be given to same-sex people.

When I had finished my long greeting, I told them to stand up and offer them an order form.

"What can I do for you, Count Grechel?

"Master Rosemayne's picture books are wonderful, and Karta and Trump want them all because their sister would also show interest, they snapped...... It's a favor for my pretty daughter. Let's have everything."

When Count Grechel took the pen, he smiled calmly and looked down at his daughter staring at the order slip next to him.

"Rosemayne's picture books are very easy to read. You can have a look at your father later."

Ugh, narrowing my eyes to the girl who laughs so well, I confirm the order slip and give it to Benno, who refrains beside himself.

"Benno."

"We are ready"

If Count Grechelle's sidelines and Benno exchanges money and goods as ordered, the buying and selling ends.

"Don't hesitate to help us study"

"Yes, Master Rosemaine"

When Count Grechel leaves, the next nobleman comes. Say hello again.

A glimpse of the side showed Wilfried responding to the nobility with a grand attitude. I'm giving Marc the order form he wrote me.

"Count Kilnberga, this is very helpful to study. I also remembered the letters and the names of the gods with this. Encourage them too."

"I'm afraid, Master Wilfried"

The two of us, me and Wilfried, will follow the long queue.

Only senior aristocrats could still afford it all. When I became an intermediate aristocrat, many people bought cartas and cards that my brothers could all use, and fewer people bought all the picture books that each book was expensive.

Looks like you're going to make Karta take precedence over picture books because Karta's reading cards come up about the gods.

When I become a junior aristocrat, it seems like I'm finally going to pick one out and buy it. Still, the kids who are burning their willingness with cartas and cards that they could buy "win next year" are still good.

There were a few children who had nothing and looked envious. You know from the beginning that I can't buy it, my parents haven't come. There's a filine in there with a face that doesn't float.

"Philine, aren't your parents here?

"... Yes. I need you today."

Hard to say. Next to Philine making a laugh and saying so, other kids whose parents hadn't come also turned away, as she said she didn't want to be turned around.

"Yes, then, at the end of winter we are also thinking about lending the picture books and cartas we are using right now, so if you would like us to lend them, please talk to your parents"

"Dear Rosemaine, I appreciate your sentiments..."

Money, he said, did not speak, only his lips moved small.

"What you need when you lend my materials is not money"

Huh? And everyone looked up, and looked at me with a pocan look. With a small laugh at the reaction as expected, I lay my hand on my mouth and lurk my voice a little so as to tell a secret story.

"What I want is a story I don't know. Collect all kinds of stories"

"Um, is that the kind of story my mother taught me?

"Yeah, Philine told me three more things. I can lend you three books."

The faces of the children of lower aristocracy, beginning with Filine, shone painfully.

"Dear Rosemaine, can I borrow a carta if I tell you a story that I know too?

"Yep. If it's a story I don't know, I'll lend you a carta. However, be careful not to contaminate or break it and use it with care. If anything happens, you'll have to pay for it."

"Yes!"

I get a parental brush when it comes to using it carefully and getting it paid for if it gets dirty or damaged. And in exchange for a story I didn't know, I was to lend the material from spring to the next winter.