Ascendance of a Bookworm

Benno and Marc are coming from the Plantan Chamber of Commerce today, so as soon as I finished lunch I headed with Fran, Monica and Nicola to the Orphan Dean's Office.

I just tried to pass magic through the door to get the orphan dean's office ready for a hidden room so I could go through the Plantan Chamber of Commerce, and I noticed something terrible.

...... what shall we do!? Gil's not here!

Gil and Fran are the only sides who know my relationship with Benno and the others in the Lower Town period and have no problem breaking down their attitude.

But Fran seems to have some very unpleasant memories about the hidden room, and her face tenses when she approaches the hidden room. When I say, "I really want you to follow me," you will fulfill my demands with a face like you were prepared to die, but I don't want to impose that.

"Dear Rosemayne, aren't you going to prepare the stash room?

Once we tried to make our way there, we stopped, and Fran asked in surprise. I am stuck in words for a moment, laughing and deluding.

"Today... I thought I'd talk to you here."

"... Gil is not here, so I will accompany you"

"I'm happy with Fran's feelings, but you don't have to"

When I shook my head, Fran said with a face disguised as calm, "Dear Rosemaine, I apologize for the inconvenience, but please help me overcome my bad taste", which I find impossible.

"Master Rosemayne is working hard to be Lord's adopted daughter, so being the lead sidekick, you can't expect me to be stepping in the same place forever. I also want to overcome the bad places."

If Fran insists that I do whatever I say, you don't have to, but if he asks me to cooperate, I can't refuse.

"... So, we'll cooperate, but if you feel sick, you say it right away, right? If you want to talk about it, you can do it, and there's nothing you can't do about it."

"Yes, sir."

Behind Fran, who nodded bitterly, Nicolas laughed "It's kind of the opposite of usual," Couscous said.

Paperwork and tea are prepared on the upstairs table so that I do not stand in the way of cleaning the hidden room. When I had tea, I tried to look back a little and ask him how the hidden room was.

First Monica opens wide the door to the hidden room, goes inside, and starts cleaning. Nicola went into the stash room the same way.

Following those two, Fran stands in front of the door. I knew my complexion wasn't good.

As I twitched, and asked him how Fran was, he felt his gaze, and Fran looked back at him. When she meets her eyes, Fran smiles small.

"Looks fine, Master Rosemaine"

He had a blue hard look when he first stepped into the stash room, but Fran, once in and out, had a normal face. He moves to clean with a flat face or prepare tea.

Fran was so good at hiding his emotions that he was desperately hiding the spiciness that he watched Fran as I rode myself out of the chair, cleaning and carrying sweets.

Then, the next time Fran and I met each other, they made me laugh.

'Cause it's really okay.'

... Mmm, I really don't think you can do that?

While looking at Fran with suspicious eyes, Fritz, who was waiting at the gate, brought Benno and Marc.

Exchange noble greetings and enter the hidden room.

After all, the moment I moved my head slightly to see how Fran was worried, I pressed my shoulder gently against Fran, "Don't look at me approximately," he said. It's the usual Fran reaction.

... Sounds ok?

Fran serves tea to Benno and the others, even if he enters the stash room without changing his complexion. I drank Fran's tea, too. The agitation and tension were flawless, the usual flavor.

"So, what can I do for you this time? I heard you got a new piece of paper..."

Benno, who was indulging in tea, cut the story out. At the same time, Fran puts a softly new piece of paper and a letter from the Lutz and the others in front of Benno.

"Mr. Benno, this is the new paper I received from Ilkner. Lutz and Gill's letters say they want you to find out if the ink will stick to this because it's a tight material. Give it to Heidi at the Ink Workshop and have it researched"

"Okay."

I want to study it too, but when I whine, Benno stares at me.

"I have my share. Ink research is not the job of a lord's adoptive daughter. Keep your influence in the aristocratic community while you manage your health so you don't fall. Don't let the whole printing business crush you because of trouble between nobles."

"Huh."

Making paper is more fun than interacting with nobles, but Benno is right. I have to protect the printing industry more than I've started.

"... Still, that's pretty stiff. How do you use this paper?

"You want to make it a tramp. Because it makes it so much easier to handle."

The chief cleric seems to have liked Harrison as a use for this paper, but yes, I don't like being slapped in the head by a pacifier.

"Consider pricing after you can make sure the ink sticks. Because if you can't use it, it doesn't make sense."

"Right."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Benno. How's Thuri doing? How are you doing at work?

I asked Benno about Tulli's situation.

After the age of 10, work ceases every other day and I have to go every day. I mean, I rarely get a chance to come to the orphanage.

Besides, I don't have Lutz on a long business trip to Irkner right now, so I can't get a letter delivered to my family, and I can't hear what's going on. Though I wrote it, it is every day I hold a letter that cannot be delivered.

"Is it impossible to give a letter to Thuri via Mr. Benno?

"For once, the Plantain and Gilberta Chambers of Commerce are separate. I have to be able to give it to you through Corinna, but you better stop touching people too much"

If the Lutz received here is to be delivered to the house as it is, there is little chance that the letter will come into contact with the eyes of others. But if you give it to Benno, to Corinna, to Touri, and intervene with people, the chances of touching the eyes of others increase steadily.

"In particular, it stands out to pass from Corinna to Thuri. It will be the focus of attention on what I got and what it says. Don't imitate information from yourself."

"... right? Patience till the harvest festival? I miss you."

Until Lutz gets back, it looks like you should give up getting in touch.

"Rosemaine, what about this year's harvest festival? Any movement of clerics? Should the carriage be ready?

"I'll go. There are both Aerenfest to Hasse and Hasse to Aerenfest for the movement of clerics, please"

I can see Marc writing down my words immediately on the calligraphy board.

"Dear Rosemaine, we can arrange carriages and food here. So, can I ask you to write to me to escort me to the gate again?

"I'll take care of it"

I can see my father, I remember a handful of opportunities, and I'm a little energized. I need to write to the gate ASAP.

"Then, about winter support, but just like last year, do it jointly with the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce. I'd like to leave a connection to the Rosemaine Workshop."

"Okay. Oh, if you want to leave a connection, can't you ask Touri for a guide when you go shopping for used clothes? I'll buy you some clothes instead of your salary, just tell me. If you don't let him go and buy it that way, even if he's a little smaller, Touri's gonna be fine wearing it, right? I definitely think it floats in the workshop."

Corinna's workshop has many wealthy children in one way or another. If you don't have enough connections to introduce Corinna, the lady from the big store, you can't get in there, so the wealthy get together. In Corinna's workshop, only one poor Thuri is definitely floating, I think.

"But Touri remembered to clean herself up with her homemade phosphor, she's cute, she's honest and has a good personality, and she contributes to sales neatly with her hair decoration, so I'm wondering if it would be okay if she had all her clothes. Tell Corinna and Otto to be careful around here."

Benno raised his hand gently, "Okay. I'll tell you what, you really like Touri," he laughed small. Tulli is my angel, so naturally.

"Later, yeah. A message from Zach, he said he had a prototype for a well pump. I don't know, you're the one who ordered the anomaly, right?

"Huh? A prototype? Not blueprints?

When I blink my eyes, Benno turns his gaze around trying to remember Zach's words as he lays his hand on his chin.

"Although I tried to incorporate the principles as you told me, I didn't know if I could really draw water, and they made a prototype. I've already installed it in a well used by Zach's workshop and heard it's been improved several times."

"If you already have a prototype, will it spread quickly? I want the blueprints for the hand pressed pump to be managed by the Blacksmith Association so that they can be made by anyone who is a blacksmith. Because profits are too great for one workshop to monopolize, and we all struggle to draw water because we're the same. I want to spread it as quickly as possible."

Zack's hand pressing pump asked me to make it as simple as possible. Because while some delicate objects are used that cannot be made without Johann, they are not popular unless they can be made by as many people as possible in a short period of time.

"Also, you... think profits!

"I'm still thinking about this for once. I'll leave the blacksmith association to manage the blueprints, but I'm not spreading the hand pump for free. Every time I make one, I'm going to make a deal with the Blacksmith Association so that Zach, who made the blueprints with me, will have the money in it."

"Huh, I see"

"That's why, Mr. Benno. Contract magic, can I ask you a favor? Of course, I'll pay for it."

Benno frowned inexplicably when I asked him for the crucial contract magic. All I'm saying is my head hurts, raise your hand and point it at me.

"Wait a minute. Doesn't it seem strange that I'm the partition?

"But only Mr. Benno knows someone who can use contract magic."

All the covenant magic I made myself had Benno partition them. I can't ask anything but Benno to do contract magic in doing business.

"... ask your adoptive father, not me"

"Huh? My adoptive father?

"If we do contract magic, we have to apply to the lord anyway. If you're trying to make new things popular, I think you should dedicate one hand pump to improve Zach's and the Blacksmith Association's heart certification. Besides, shouldn't new things be fashionable from above? Then it's better to use aristocratic contract magic that can be spread over the territory, rather than just the city that merchants use"

When Benno also made the botanical paper, he offered it as a new product along with a report of contract magic.

"If that's the merchant's way, you should follow it. Then tell Zach to make a hand pump to give to the lord. Finally, if you are going to see it, it would be helpful to have the president of the blacksmith association accompany you to the castle for a contract, so you can talk through it. I will ask the Chief Cleric for permission to see."

I heard from Benno that Zach and Johan said, "It's a hand pump to dedicate to the lord!?" And when I started making pumps as I was about to cry, I was scolded for "not listening," reporting to the chief cleric that I had a hand pump.

I report to the Chief Cleric, holding on to the head slapped with Harrison, who will not return it to me while it is confiscated.

"I was going to talk to you when I had the blueprints, but they told me I already had a prototype. It is a tool to make water pumping easier, so I think it would be very pleasing for the civilian population, although it would not be directly relevant to the nobility"

Finally, he also reported on how to take profits and contract magic like he was talking to Benno, and asked him to make an appointment to look at it.

"In order to spread it quickly, Benno told me that it might be better to spread it across the territory with contract magic for nobility than for merchants, so I want you to make an appointment with my adoptive father to look at it. Me and my guardian, the clergyman, Zach the designer, and the four presidents of the Blacksmith Society who will keep the blueprints."

"Sure, just asking a little is going to be massive. But I want to see what the product looks like before I talk to my lord. First, tell the Blacksmith Association to show me."

"Okay."

And through Benno, I was asked to communicate the Cleric Chief's request. As a result, Prototype II, which was to be installed in the well used by Johann's workshop, was brought to the temple for installation, while Zach and Johann explained.

"Now you will attach it to this well."

In my words, several blacksmiths who had been brought here began to silently install hand pumps in the temple well, not to mention being afraid to speak.

I grab Johann's arm, who is about to enter the craftsman's group softly, and take Zach's hand, which is tense and solidified while holding the blueprints.

"Chief Cleric, they are my Gutenberg, responsible for the design and production of the tools involved in printing."

He opened his eyes gently and looked down at the two with agitation and confusion on his face with a very unfortunate look on his part, exhaling gently.

"... it will be hard to continue, but encourage"

"Ha, ha!

"You said you had blueprints, right? Let me see."

Zach, nervous about the bees, spreads the blueprint and explains to the clergyman the principles of the hand pump. I try to speak as polite a word as possible. I try my best, being weird by the way, or chewing.

Looking sideways at it, the poorly spoken Johann entered the artisan group there and began the installation work silently.

"... ho. If I move this, will this move and the valve open? Why would this happen?

The researcher-skinned clergyman feels alive in front of new tools and principles he never knew before. I repeat the question without even paying attention to Zach's words being strange or anything, but Zach's face was already full of questions.

"Uh, Sinku? Need to create a state?... I heard Rosemayne explain, and she told me... to make it as simple as possible! … please ask Lady Rosemaine about the principles"

Finally Zach threw a round at me. Though I also don't know enough to withstand the Chief Cleric's questioning attacks.

"Dear Rosemaine, we are done"

"Okay, put in the call water. Try to actually move it."

Johann put the call water in the zabba and moved the gibberish and handle. After several moves, the water pours in from the mouth of the water towards the bucket making doped noises.

"Ho..."

"Water is much easier to draw than before.... Because of this, shall I give the girl a try? Monica, try to move the pump."

"Yes, sir"

The nominated Monica stood in front of the pump with a tense face noted by everyone and reached for the handle. Hmm! And if you put in the force and move the handle, the water will come out soon.

Monica took her hand off the handle as she was surprised by the water that came out dogged, her eyes rounded and she looked alternately at the bucket of water and her own hand and pump.

Then turn your praiseworthy gaze to the artisans who installed it.

"I can't believe the water came out so easily...... amazing. It's very easy to draw water."

The clergyman, who was watching Monica move, nodded, Hmm.

"I see. Excellent work. You do need to report this to your lord. Let's make an appointment. Make what you deserve to give to your lord."

More than a compliment, Zach and Johan nodded many times and withdrew from the temple as the pressure exerted on the clergyman seemed to occupy his head.

"Now that the day of sight is set, two bells ring, open the workshop, and then ask them to come to the temple. Me and the Chief Cleric are together, so we may get nervous, but we don't hit unreasonable civilians. Tell him to rest assured."

The message that passed through Benno seemed to have been conveyed properly, and on the day of the gaze, Zach and his other uncle came to the temple dressed in sunshine in the face of tension. The craftsmen of the hand-pump mounting clerks who dedicate themselves also look very tense.

"The pump is big, so it's hard to carry in a carriage. Shall I use my horseman?

"... the horseman is not meant to carry luggage, but it's useless to say anything to you. This time it's a dedication to Aub Aerenfest, so, well, it'll be good"

It's something I don't want the clergyman to tell me to pack properly on my horseman.

In the meantime, permission has been given, so I will send out a lesser bus and have a hand pump on it.

And the craftsmen got a ride together. Everyone looks around the Lesser Bus so creepy, they ride with a face of fear.

... You'd be scared to ride with nobles, but be patient.

Fran went around teaching her how to fasten her seat belt and got off the wreather bus.

"Welcome aboard, Master Rosemaine, Chief Cleric. We look forward to your return soon."

Departure for the castle of the lord in the form led by the mounted beast of Darmuel. I'm not going back to my place of residence this time, but to have a public look, so I'm going to take a low-altitude flight down the road the carriage will take to the front entrance.

"It's a glimpse into Aub Aerenfest. Then, this is the offering. Let them install it in the well closest to the office."

The clergyman speaks to the civilian who is in the room as soon as he enters. The clergyman, the lord's half-brother, had proceeded, so we were immediately sent to the waiting room, and the craftsmen were led by the clerks to the well.

"During the gaze, the two of you should stay quietly on your knees. The answer is from me and Ferdinand."

"Yes, sir."

Zach and the president of the blacksmith association held his chest as if in a hoe. A craftsman who is not a big merchant will never see a lord. I know two blacksmiths are nervous about the gutchen gutchen, but I can't help it for contract magic. Because I can't call my lord down to town.

... endure for a while.

Not so long ago, we were sent to our adoptive father's office.

My adoptive father also welcomed me with a majestic face like a lord, but I'm sure it's not my fault that my new object lover's eyes shine with interest and curiosity.

"I heard you had something to offer?

"Yes. Say hand pump, it's a tool that makes well water draw easier. We're mounting it in this well now."

The Chief Cleric also explains in a serious and polite manner. That's what I've already applied for, so this exchange of words is just like confirmation.

"We want to extend it to Aerenfest, so we know we want to use contract magic from Aub Aerenfest, not contract magic for merchants"

"… no matter how much you ask for it, first of all, you can't say anything about not looking at the real thing"

"Come on, make it look fast," his eyes tell eloquently, even if he says something great in his mouth, with a slightly difficult face that he can't even do.

... I don't mind.

Originally, it's really rude to send a lord to the well. The basement is where the downwork moves, not where nobility walks. It may seem irrelevant to my adoptive father, who has been out to the woods of Lower Town, but there are important things like the majesty of the Lords, pre-construction, etc.

I turned my gaze to the Chief Cleric. The chief clergyman nodded softly with a "anticipated" face, opening his mouth.

"If you actually look at it, you know why we need contract magic. I know it's very rude for Aub Aerenfest, but could you please step up to the well?

"Hmm, if that's what you say, let's actually judge with this eye. Show me."

I really don't like it, but I can't help it, but my adoptive father's footsteps are light. We took the escort knights and the clerks to the well.

"This way, sir."

It appeared that the craftsmen had completed the installation work on the guided well, and it became apparent that the lower work was using the pump with a surprising voice. At the same time that we are seen, those who work down leave scattering spider sons.

I stood in front of the kneeling craftsmen and saw the pump.

"... this?

"That's right. Zach, show me how to use it."

I watched as my adoptive father ate Zach to try it. Maybe I can't help but want to try it myself. But you can't let a job like water pumping be a lord. Just being here is a good enough concession.

I know that, so my adoptive father doesn't say "I want to" even though he looks dissatisfied.

"... as others have said, contract magic will be necessary if this is to be extended. Be able to spread within your territory."

He looks like a thoughtful lord at first glance because his adoptive father's disgruntled face looks like a difficult face that he thinks deeply about. Zach and the president of the blacksmith association look somewhat like they felt it, but I think they are totally fooled.

I performed contract magic while Zach and the others were being successfully deceived.

Me and my adoptive father can write with magic. Sign with a pen and it's over, but Zach and the president of the blacksmith association must sign with the same ink they use for contract magic for merchants and press for blood judgment.

"Wow!?

Shortly after Zach pushes his blood sentence, the contract disappears in a golden flame. Zach, who opened his eyes a little, hurried to hold his mouth.

"Now the contract magic is complete. I hope the hand pump spreads and everyone can easily draw water."

Thereafter, the pump made was to be engraved with the names of me and Zach, the designers, for some reason.