Ascendance of a Bookworm

"When I can try and imprint, I will calibrate it against the manuscript for any mistakes. Before you get used to it, you should proofread it by more than one person. Because I really tend to overlook it."

Check for typos, fix them, and try printing them again. Once you've made sure everything is fixed, you'll be printing it all at once.

Printing is a repeat of that.

Unlike small Confucius printing, where only one page could be printed so far, two open pages can be printed at a time, so it's fast. It's a test run today, though I won't print it all at once.

"We were very pleased with the way this printing press was made. I would like to put a printing press in Hasse as well, so I will order another one of the same."

"Oh, thank you"

Ingo and Johann had a pulling grin. Did Zach just design feel like he was being placed outside a mosquito net, a grieving face?

There are a number of things I would like Zach to draw blueprints, but if I spread this out all at once, I think it will affect me quite extensively. And it should be a pretty fierce fight in the workshop about where it benefits. As a result, it will increase the work of the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce, which will run to arbitration on my behalf.

... I can't decide exclusively is the problem, right?

I exhaled softly. I highly value Zach's ideas and design skills, as well as Johann's technology to create them in different dimensions. Really, I'm going to split the job between the two of you, but it seems the profit dispute in the workshop is quite intense.

... If it's one workshop, it's easier.

I thought, um, I turned my gaze to Zach.

"Hey, Zach."

"What is it?

"What can Zach do to become the parent of the new workshop?

"Huh!?

Zach looked at me with his eyes round. What are you talking about, and Ingo and Johan also look at me with a little face.

"If Zach and Johann put together a workshop, it would be very easy for me to place my order."

If you don't have a workshop that you can devote to, you simply thought that you should build a blacksmith workshop for me.

"Now that you two are in separate workshops, it would be a hassle to share profits and how to order them, wouldn't it? We thought Johann could build the most powerful workshop with Zach in mind, who was well-to-do, happy and creative."

"No, wait a minute. Neither me nor Johann is a Dapra, so I can't be a parent."

"Huh? Really?

According to the artisans, unlike Dalua, who has a three-year contract, Dapra has a lifetime contract to build the workshop. What we want to keep competent people in is that they are all the same.

"If Dapla was too useless or causing problems, there would be a contract cancellation, but both Johann and Zach are the earners in their respective workshops. Parents of the workshop won't let go either."

Yes, Ingo taught me.

Ingo was confident in his arm and was aiming for his parents because he still had some savings to open the workshop. Even if they recommend the Dapra contract, they have continued to trade Darua contracts with various workshops and have brushed their arms.

"So it's hard to build my Gutenberg workshop"

I am disappointed, and Johan nods again and again with a serious face, "It is very difficult".

"I have a big job that I would like you to design some, so I thought it would be better to build a dedicated blacksmith workshop to take my order, but if you can't, I can't help it"

"... big job?

I nodded cocklessly at Zach, who looked suspicious.

"Yeah, why don't you design a 'hand pump' that will make it easier to draw water from the well? Buy this blueprint. And I want the blueprints to be managed by the Blacksmith Association so that everyone can make them."

"For what, sir?

"Because profits are too great for one workshop to monopolize, and I think 'hand pumps' should be spread out at once. We're all struggling with water, aren't we?

Still, I don't know what it means to publish the blueprints, and the artisans tilt their necks in alignment. I can't seem to understand my thoughts about spreading the convenience just now to the craftsmen in the workshop who give priority to profit monopolies.

Then it might be better to take a good profit so that it is easy for the craftsmen to understand. Let's then spread the idea of a patent fee.

"Also, of course, I'll leave the blacksmith association to manage the blueprints, but I'm not expanding the 'hand pump' for free. Whenever I make one of these" hand pumps, "I'm going to sign a contract with the Blacksmith Association so that Zach, who made the blueprints with me for the original proposal, will have the money in it."

"... I see. That way, while you do spread the product, you can also make a good profit."

Zach also got a convincing look when Ingo nodded as he stroked his jaw and said he would take a profit.

"What is a Theosi pump like? Lady Rosemayne suggests it, so I think it must be something different."

"... right. It's unusual."

The easiest, or as far as I can explain, explains the principle of hand pressing pumps. That's what I looked into in group activities during Reino's time when I did "Live Now, Live Old" in social classes. It was left to the group to look into the library. I remember happily because I was rarely relied upon by others.

That said, I didn't make it myself, so I can only draw a diagram and give a rough explanation. But Zach narrows his grey eyes challengingly and sees them in the figure.

"When you move this, this moves and the valve opens....... largely understood. I'll try."

"Yeah, give it a try"

In addition to the balance of this printing press, I made a settlement of the deposit for the blueprints of the new printing press and the hand pressing pump with Lutz and the guild card. Subsequent exchanges, such as exchanges of remuneration for the Ingo and others and reports to associations, are left to the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce.

"Dear Rosemayne, I'm keeping this from my husband"

A letter from Lutz to Gil turns to me.

I opened a letter with Casali. It said that Hugo wanted to be a court cook.

Apparently, the backward education of Italian restaurants is over.

"If possible, she would like to be introduced to Master Rosemayne"

It will ultimately be the Lord's decision whether or not to hire him as a court cook. Hugo has been called out by his lord for once, but he has not exchanged a formal written statement. Perhaps it would be difficult even to enter a castle or an aristocratic city if I did not palate.

"In the end, you didn't find a new lover before the star festival..."

... Speaking of which, was Hugo shaken by her too? It's called Fugo, it's called Dermuel, maybe it's just some shaken person.

I looked at Lutz as he dropped his shoulders to the high rate of heartbreak around him.

"Okay. I want to talk to him once, so tell Benno to bring me Hugo."

"Yes, sir."

Then, three days later. Benno and Lutz came with Hugo. It is the office of the orphan director who interviews him.

It's kinda funny that Hoogo, dressed in sunshine, is turning down his disappointed body like he was scared. When I was cooking here, I could tell I'd never been up there. I can see you walking surprised upstairs.

Finish your greeting, recommend the chair, and have Fran make you some tea.

And I took my tea slowly, and ate and showed it the sweets that Ella had made, and recommended them to Benno and to Hugo.

"Here you go. It's Ella's new treat."

Knowing that Hugo was coming, the new treat made by Ella, who was strained, was a jam of cream and seasonal fruit caught between Languedosha. He was burning his fighting will to show his former master where he had grown up. That's what Nicola said with a laugh.

Hugo, who was nervous and getting smaller, became the face of the craftsman who had preceded the dish. Stretch out your spine, stare at the sweets with harsh eyes, and take one. I changed the angle, looked at it a lot, and put it in my mouth.

Take a bite and Hugo frowns softly. "Damn, grow up and fuck," he grumbled remorsefully, so Ella's full treat seemed to have succeeded in inspiring Hugo's self-esteem.

"So here's the story of wanting to be a court cook..."

When I cut it out, Benno nodded cocklessly.

"I have heard that the Lord has given me his word, but it is not in formal writing, so I would like to receive a compliment from Lord Rosemaine"

"If you're an Italian restaurant, you're going to let go of Hugo, but is that still good? How does Frieda say it?

The court cook leaves the Italian restaurant because it will also foil the store, so you can go if you want, so Frieda and Benno agree.

"Yes, then, I don't mind mouthwatering so that Hugo can be a court cook"

"I'm afraid so."

Benno crosses his hands in front of his chest as if he were in awe. Hoogo learned from it, too.

I nod softly and turn my gaze towards Hugo.

"But I think the treatment will change completely from the last time I was in the castle to teach the recipe. I think you're going to start working downstairs, not in the position of a teacher who teaches recipes, but what do you think of that area? If you're in the position of head chef, and you're a court cook, you can start all over again."

"Still, please"

A much tougher hoogo puts his strength into his fist on his lap.

"And then I'm curious that the recipe I've taught Hugo so far is protected by contract magic. If hiring Hugo as a court cook doesn't flow a new recipe, I don't know what the treatment will be among cooks."

"Benno's husband told me the same thing. But I..."

Hugo's will is strong.

"Then again, this is important, but once you enter the aristocratic district as a court cook, you can't go back to downtown without your employer's permission. You have a family, right? Are you going to be okay away from your family?

Benno, who knew me not wanting to leave his family, drops his gaze slightly. But Hugo said he wanted to be a court cook even when he was away from his family.

"Why do you want a court cook so badly? Are you so dissatisfied with Italian restaurants? For other cooks, let me know if you have any major grievances"

"No, I'm not dissatisfied with the workplace… for that, quite, personal reason…"

I finally turned to Hugo and Benno with a serious face gave me a glimpse of the light to explain the situation.

Oh, my God, my previous lover starts dating her own neighbor and she shows up close to me every day, so she wants to be a court cook a little early and get away from home. Poor thing.

"If you want a lover, I'm sure you'd meet more people if you worked as you did in an Italian restaurant. Castle cooks are full of men, aren't they?

Ugh, I shook my head as a breathtaking hoogo swooped.

"I live in cooking."

"Well, that's Hugo's life, too, so I hope you don't regret it. However, if the reason you want to be a court cook is because you want to leave your current place of work or residence, you can hire me as my exclusive cook, right?

"... Yes?

I giggle and show to Hugo, who rounds his eyes.

It's a waste to downwork as many arms as Hugo, and you already know my recipe, so if you get out of an Italian restaurant, I want to secure Hugo.

"It's tough for a cook to be Ella alone, so I was going to add more dedicated cooks. If you're in Hugo, you're familiar with Ella, and you know you're sure of your arm, so there's nothing like starting over from the bottom."

No, but... and Hugo squeals. He says it's not cool to be a court cook and quit an Italian restaurant, but not a court cook.

I see, is it the guy's self-esteem?

"Being an exclusive cook will lead you back and forth with me to the castle and the temple, so it's not a complete mistake to say that you're a court cook."

Hugo's eyes were gently watched, and after a short stop, he shook his head as he shrugged.

... Ah, it's a little shaky. All right, all right, let's keep it tatami.

"Besides, in my kitchen you can make all the recipes you know, and new recipes are in the best position to get in. I'm sending a new recipe to an Italian restaurant."

You'll get the new cookware the best, too, and, he added, Hugo's eyes shook whether his interest as a cook aroused him.

Benno, sitting next to Hugo, laughs funny and horny, watching what happens.

"If you're in the temple, if you apply, you can also go back to the lower town. Wouldn't it be a little reassuring for your family?

My head is loose as it stands for the shaking of Gurakura and Fugo's heart. Another push.

"Besides, my kitchen has Ella. Nicolas and Monica come in and out as assistants. Don't you think a workplace full of pretty girls is better than a kitchen full of nasty castles full of guys?

"Dear Rosemayne, thank you"

Hugo fell with a firm face.

Hold your mouth down with your hands, via Benno with a laugh, and make an exclusive contract. Thus Hugo also became my exclusive cook.

"Tomorrow, I'll clean the room I'm giving Hugo, so bring your stuff in. Monica, show Hoogo to the kitchen in the temple chief's office. Just tell me where the kitchen is today."

"Yes, I did. Hugo, this way, please."

Hugo leaves about Monica. Unlike when I came in, I'm in such a good mood that I might even sing in my nose.

I dropped off Hugo as I went down the stairs and turned my gaze to Benno.

"Benno, we've got an education day for Otto and the others."

Otto's education takes place while I go to the castle. In my absence there is relatively room for flanking, so in the meantime education is to take place.

I am an all-you-can-read book in the library of the castle.... It's a lie. The Cleric Chief tells me to provide magic supplies with Vilfreet while the Lords are away at the Lords' Conference.

"I'm very afraid you're busy."

After saying so, Benno turned his gaze to the hidden room. I guess there's something I want to talk about over there.

I stand up, nodding lightly.

"Dermuel, Gill, we're going to that room over there."

"Yes."

I go into the den with Benno, Gil and Darmuel, and sit in a chair.

Sitting down and gazing at each other, Benno's face, which had a merchant-like grin, turned sinister.

"Is something wrong, Mr. Benno?

"You know I've been seeing more nobles lately, right?

"Yes."

Her mother's voice when she was selling teaching materials in the winter castle seems to be making her connection to the nobility more and more at once and more indulgent. Gill told me about Lutz's stupidity.

"I'm getting more inquiries about the material I'm building at Rosemaine Workshop. Not just from the nobles, but from the millionaires. When that happens, the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce will be the shop that deals with clothing, and my husband at the big store is starting to complain."

Benno scratched Gashigashi's head and sighed slowly.

"I spread my hands too wide. If that's all, they may not have complained about it, but it's all about you and you're making a huge profit. We've had more dealings with aristocrats at once, so it's a bad idea."

The Italian restaurant also involves the guild chief and Frieda, and, rather, Benno hasn't been able to get in and out much lately, so he's under the impression that he just funded it.

Still, he said that he was desperate for the husband of the big store to manage to take away the profits, as he had a lot more printing work to do with me and a great deal more customers in the aristocracy.

"Besides, few people know that the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce is a clothing store among the newly-made aristocrats. This makes it harder for Corinna and Renate to inherit. So, as soon as Otto's education is over, I'm going to split up the shop that undertakes the printing relationship with the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce. Before the costume comes out that you're trying to make new..."

Separating shops and splitting profits, they're going to reduce their temper a little bit. It is not for me to pinch my mouth, although I do not know much about merchants, that I will really reduce them.

"Do you start a new store related to the book with Mr. Benno, Mr. Marc and Lutz?

"Oh, and the husband of the big store, who can't help but want to bite one at the lord's new business, is supposed to send Dalua in one at a time"

Apparently the real reason is that they don't want to put the extra dalua in the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce and split the store. I'm not sure why I have to accept Dalua, the merchant world.

"So what do you want me to do?

"I want a name. Can you give me a name from you at the new store so I can see that I'm starting with your ink?

The first generation of the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce likewise got their names from the nobles, and they started the shop. He told me to name him Gilberta from now on, and the first generation himself called him Gilberta.

"Uh... is that what makes a new store the Rosemaine Chamber of Commerce? Mr. Benno will name you Rosemaine?

"I'm not named! You just have to give me a new name."

And when I was angry with the woman, I thought, Hmm. Gutenberg uses it as a title, so other names that have something to do with the printing industry are good. There is one thing that came to my mind.

"We have a Rosemaine workshop, so it's hard to tell if we make the same name for the Chamber of Commerce, and what about at the Plantan Chamber of Commerce?

"... where did that name come from?

"It's a secret."

Heh heh heh. I laughed. You can't tell if I said it.

Plantan was interrogated heretically for printing the Bible, and while fleeing, it is the name of the person who put his life into printing, producing a print called the Multilingual Versus Translation Bible (Polyglot Bible). Incidentally, Plantan's printing workshop is also a World Heritage Site. That's the Plantane Moretus Museum in Belgium.

"Plantain? Well, it was just not Gutenberg, let's be good."

"... a similar source though. Because of that, Mr. Benno, let's call him Plantan."

"Say no."

I was immediately refused.

Well, if you can really change your name, I'm going to be confused, so it's fine as it is.

"Mr. Benno, Mr. Benno, as the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, let's make and sell more and more books, shall we? I want a workshop where 20 printing presses can be put in."

I would like to develop the printing industry by apprenticing a plantain that had been gunning for printing with 20 printing presses in full operation.

When I spoke of my ambitions, Benno played my forehead pissy after a very unpleasant face.

"... you, didn't they tell you to fix the rapidity?

"It was. Self-weight, self-weight...... self-weight, can I throw it away?

"Do you have a reason, you idiot!

Benno thundered me, and, oh, this tempo is good, and if it was soothing, I got my head around it. Ouch.