Ascendance of a Bookworm

I was supposed to have dinner that day at the Geebe's Hall. Is Geebe Grechel buying a collection of recipes to make them research, or does the soup have a proper flavour? Delicious or not, of course, although the food in Hugo is overwhelmingly better.

... I would have liked to have eaten with everyone away too.

Even if I could not converse with the Gutenbergs at ease, or just hear the Lutz and the others speak with pleasure, I would have enjoyed a little downtown feeling and a soothing atmosphere.

Even here the topic that rises in the meal concerns Haldenzel and Grechel's printing industry, but getting into a distant conversation of nobility like we're exploring each other is tiring and caring. I want to eat something delicious without using my head much as a meal.

At the end of an exploratory meal, there was now going to be a decent report on Grechelle's printing and paper industries.

Drinking tea after meals, he listens to the reports of the civilians appointed as Geebe Grechelle and entrusted with the printing industry, as they nod, starting with Geebe and visiting the inspections.

"Grechelle's printing industry seems to be starting to move without particular problems. I looked at the printed book to try it out, but it wasn't particularly different from what I bought at the castle."

"Grechelle's craftsmen are excellent, especially if they're working fine."

Mother, who knows that no blacksmith passed in Haldenzel, was impressed, but Grechel's civilian report was much different from the one she heard from Gutenberg.

... Is that it? That was a problem, wasn't it?

When I leaned my neck unexpectedly, Hartmoot, sitting next to me, dropped his gaze on the note at hand and exhaled gently.

"Sounds a lot different than the report from Gutenberg I was hearing with Master Rosemaine..."

"What do you mean?

Geebe Grechel's expression becomes surprising, comparing the civilian to Haltmut. Haltmoot briefly described Gutenberg's report, looking at his notes.

"Like Haldenzel, blacksmiths have not passed the metal typeface. Color ink doesn't seem to be readily available around here either, and it's with the research that needs to be done with this material. Then we hear that Grechelle's water is not good, so we can make paper but not good quality"

Geebe Grechelle looked uncomfortable when asked about reports that he had not been able to do so.

You mean Grechelle's civilians are incompetent?

... No, no, I don't care what you think. A civilian with a proper report would be more incompetent.

I put a scratch in my heart without getting my hair in, but when I, the adoptive daughter of the lord, say it, the future of the civilian must disappear at that moment.

Now, what can I say, take between the nobles and the civilians? If we leave it like this, we are certain that it will all be blamed on the civilian population.

"Geebe Grechelle. Grechelle's civilians are not otherwise incompetent"

As I spoke, my gaze gathered here at once. Most of that gaze is, "Do you shelter civilians?" And part of it restrains me, "I'm not saying anything extra," he said.

"Even with the sights, we just don't have enough time. My Gutenberg has offered to take a blacksmith to Aerenfest during the winter to educate him. The cost of your stay will be borne by Geebe Grechelle, but if you take the time to educate them, there should be no more blacksmith problems"

Geebe Grechel carved a deep wrinkle between his eyebrows in my suggestion.

"Do you spend any more money on civilians..."

I know best the first time I started it, that it costs a lot of money to attract the printing industry. Not that I don't know what it's like not to want to pay any more, but if I'm reluctant here, my investment so far will be meaningless.

"Metal typescripts are drained so severely that if you don't have an artisan who can make them, you'll keep buying metal typescripts all the time. In the long run, I think it would be better to be able to make Grechelle artisans, but that depends on what Geebe Grechelle thinks"

If you don't have to train a blacksmith to keep buying metal typescripts, you can print them because there is a printing press. I gently removed the option of crushing craftsmen cheaply by showing them the choice to spend money on either.

"Hum..."

"When it comes to Grechelle's paper industry, I think you're going to need either to bring in clean water or clean dirty water. But this is an issue that artisans can't help. Ferdinand said that large-scale water purification would require the installation of magic equipment, so it would be noble."

I will imprint on Geebe Grechelle that I never blame the civilian population for the problems of the paper industry, before he pretends to be strangely unscrupulous.

"I will refrain from giving you any more tips on how to lead Grechelle, as Geebe Grechelle will think about it."

I don't know how far it would be okay to say it, so while I defended the civilians, I took care not to speak too much. I don't know what kind of words will crush the nobility's pride.

... If it's something I can say, I'd say it. "Grechelle is your land, which is Geebe, so hang around in the hall, don't rub your responsibilities on the civilians, take a closer look, and take good care of it!" or "Why don't you apprentice Ilkner or Haldenzel and face the civilians properly?".

On my way back to the guest room I was given after the meal, I ask Haltmoot to compile today's report from Gutenberg. I must ask my mother to report the current situation of Grechelle and to proceed successfully with the printing industry so as not to harm the nobility. It would be better to leave it to your mother, who is familiar with the nobility, than to me, who is not good at identifying overdone lines.

"Yes, sir."

When you return to your room, take a bath and get ready for bed while Brunhilde takes care of you. Drying my hair and carefully combed in front of the mirror table, my mouth opened as Brunhilde had thought out.

"Lady Rosemaine grew up in a temple, so she doesn't think like us. That's why I'd like to ask you, why does Master Rosemayne shelter so many civilians? Shouldn't the report of a noble civilian be more heavily applied than the report from Gutenberg, a civilian"

The candy eyes I see over the mirror seem really strange, I can see that I consider my statement to be the right one, and I could not hide my surprise.

I intend to wrap myself in oblate and not say half of what I want to say so as not to crush the possession of Geebe Grechelle at dinner. For them, however, it seemed inexplicable at a time when Gutenberg's report took precedence over that of a civilian.

"... I sent Gutenberg to succeed in the printing industry, so I'm just thinking about what I can do to succeed. Isn't it natural to use the Gutenberg report, which actually worked in Grechel's lower town, more heavily than the words of a civilian who doesn't even go down to the lower town"

"Gutenberg is a civilian, right?

"Yeah, I'm a civilian. But Gutenberg is my hand and foot that has expanded the paper and printing industries in Ilkner and Haldenzel."

... Oh, no. Grechelle's land pattern doesn't fit with my paper or printing business.

In the long idle countryside, in Ilkner, close proximity to the people, it showed so much success that new paper was produced one after the other, and it also worked well in the land managed by the senior nobleman, Geebe Haldenzel. So even if I did not engage with the nobles of the aristocratic city, I somehow thought that the land ruled by Geebe would succeed, but it did not seem so.

"... If Brunhilde's idea was the average Grechelle aristocrat's idea, it might have been better not to incorporate the paper and printing industries into Grechelle. Because my idea of growing up in a temple will not fit into this land."

Instead of stopping the paper industry and making the tools we need ourselves, just buy them all and print them and we'll figure it out for a while. Compared to being able to cover your own land, however, the cost of printing is out of step. If the printing industry spreads around, Grechelle's printed material, which will be expensive, must decline quickly. And civilians are cursed of "incompetence," and in the worst case, convicted in wet clothes.

… in the direction of reducing harm to civilians, something may need to be done.

Assuming the worst, as I was contemplating, Brunhilde laid down his cotton-and-those and knelt on the spot.

"Master Rosemayne thinks Grechelle's printing business isn't a very bright prospect, is he? Why is that? What's the difference between Ilkner or Haldenzel and Grechel? Let me hear it."

Let me ask, and if I could answer so much, I would have told Geebe Grechelle everything at the dinner table. I didn't have to tell you, but it doesn't make sense to smash me here.

"Keeping my honest feelings intact is likely to hurt the nobility. Brunhilde, a nobleman of Grechelle, will not feel good…"

"Me, I want to avoid Grechelle being the first example of failure. If you're still in time, let me know."

The candy eyes that looked up at me and stared at me were serious. I see a rush that if I don't succeed in the printing business I started in Grechelle.

With Brunhilde near me and also with Haldenzel in a kinship, Grechel has been started in the printing industry with some information. Failure nevertheless would also involve nobility.

... Because if you don't tell me, I don't know who I am.

Sometimes the difference between your surroundings and yourself is hard to understand by yourself, being taught by a third party and finally seeing it. Regardless of whether it's acceptable or not, it can't change if you don't know how it's different. I don't know what common sense is, so I say, no doubt.

"... I don't think Grechelle's nobility thinks of the people compared to other lands"

"That is not the case. Your father..."

"For Geebe Grechel, civilians wouldn't be something to protect, would they? We are not living together. Different?

"I'm a civilian. We will never live together."

I exhale softly into Brunhilde's words, which I take for granted.

"Aristocrats and civilians were celebrating harvest festivals and prayer ceremonies together, both in Ilkner and in Haldenzel. Geebe had the possession of a land-held nobleman who tried to protect civilians living on the land. But I can't feel that on Grechelle. It feels very close to the aristocracy of the aristocracy, not the geebe that protects the land"

"Although they are both aristocrats...?

I can't seem to understand the difference between Geebe, who is ruling the land, and the nobility who lives in the aristocratic district, and Brunhilde groaned as confused.

"The nobility of the land and the nobility of the aristocratic city are different, I hear. That is why I asked that the civil servants in charge of the printing industry be elected from the nobility of the land. Because she told her mother that the civil servants in charge would be serious in order to enrich their land and guide their people."

We're used to interacting with civilians, and we do everything we can to develop our own land. In anticipation of that, the clerk in charge of the printing industry should have been chosen.

"But Grechelle's in charge was different. We don't know exactly what the business is going on, we don't go down to the lower towns to see what's going on, and if there's anything inconvenient, we're putting the blame on the civilian population."

"But the civilians..."

"Yeah, no matter how nobles treat civilians, they won't complain. No matter what you think, whether you push for unscrupulous work, whether you say it's sin or not at all, it's civilians you should put up with. Instead, I'm not even aware that I'm putting up with you. 'Cause that's natural for the nobles."

Brunhilde nodded cocklessly. You also seem a little relieved that I know the difference between a civilian and an aristocrat and that I have put out words that affirm it.

I broke the relief in a word.

"But then the printing and paper industries won't succeed."

Blink your eyes several times after opening them wide, as Brunhilde says it is now incomprehensible. And with a slightly bluer face, he asked small.

"... why?

"Don't you see?

Brunhilde looks at me with a troubled face, with his lips drawn and tied, without being able to say "I don't know".

"Making paper, making ink, making metal typescripts, making printing presses, printing and making books, selling things made up, are all civilians. The printing industry will never succeed, not even trying to look at the state of the printing industry in Lower Town, not trying to find out, and seemingly crushing it by holding civilians responsible for what they have been told to do. Brunhilde is a biological nobleman, so we can't help but understand how civilians feel. But I don't think it's going to work if you don't look down on the town and don't even try to find out."

Brunhilde freaked out at the word unsuccessful. I recognize the look on your face for fear of failure and even fear.

... Oh well. The failure of the new business will also be a foul spot for the nobility. That too, not the individual, but the whole Grechelle thing.

With that in mind, Brunhilde's impatience was well understood. At the same time, I think Irkner had a good hand in the papermaking industry, even though he was looking for a means of regenerating death and death, he didn't even know if he would succeed.

"We spoke to Geebe Grechel at the dinner table about the improvements needed to make the paper and printing industries successful. It is Geebe Grechel who chooses whether to take my opinion into account or proceed as before."

"It helped me to tell you," Brunhilde said, gripping her tight fist. I'm afraid, "he rises.

Brunhilde seems to think of things, even as he prepares me to go to bed and sleep. I can see candy eyes sinking into the sea of thought.

"Brunhilde has an attitude of perseverance as an aristocrat, and I see Grechelle's pride as an aristocrat trying to avoid scratches. That is very preferable, but I hope that Brunhilde will accept that Grechel, who is to be defended, is not just a nobleman, but a land given to Grechel and all who live there"

The next day, we are supposed to look at the work of the tax collector and, if there is no particular problem, take Gutenberg back to Aerenfest.

It is Monica and Fran that I am taking with me now, because it is my role as temple chief to keep an eye on the work of the tax collector. Then, two escort knights. I hear the Gutenbergs are packing their bags.

Tax collectors will check the supplies being transported to Grechelle's summer hall and have the downstairs men line up in the magic formation of the transfer.

Looking at one thing after another that could be moved, a voice was heard from Darmuel, who was peering around.

"Dear Rosemayne, there's Geebe Grechel"

When I look back, I see Geebe Grechel and Brunhilde coming this way with their mother and Haltmoot.

Geebe Grechelle knelt before me, looking somewhat determined.

"Dear Rosemaine,"

"What is it?

"I would like you to train Grechelle's blacksmith."

You can't fail the printing industry, behind Geebe Grechel, who said that Brunhilde, his mother and Haltmut pulled out their shoulders like a little relief. Maybe we were all convincing Geebe Grechel.

I do not know what choice Geebe Grechel has made or how he intends to change. However, I know that I am trying to make the printing industry a success somehow. Then you just have to cooperate as much as possible so that the printing industry can succeed.

"Yes, I did. We'll make sure you can make a metal typeface and give it back to Grechelle"

I immediately asked Fran to preach the word of Geebe to Johann, the departed. If we are to take him to Aerenfest with Gutenberg, we must get him ready in a hurry.

Dropping off Fran in a hurry to get away and looking at the work of the tax collector, I will state to Geebe Grechel that I would be better off going in order to make the paper and printing industries a success. Add a little extra information at the end.

"If we can clean up the lower town as well as Aerenfest so that nobles don't be disgusted with entering, now that there are more merchants in other realms, Grechelle along the streets is likely to develop as a trading city. Geebe Grechelle's arm will be questioned."

I was told unexpected things, and Geebe Grechel blinked.

We don't have enough towns to accept merchants, so we definitely want Brunhilde's parents who want to spread the epidemic to work hard to develop the city.

"Now, please load your luggage"

After the tax collector's job and lunch, return to Aerenfest. If I let the Lesser Bus out before I leave, the Gutenbergs will load more and more of their luggage with familiar operations.

"I brought you here, Master Rosemaine!

In the meantime, Johann, who had gone to the blacksmith factory in Lower Town to get artisans, returned. There are two blacksmiths behind it.

"Good day, Johann. Come on, get in. Let's head back to Aerenfest."

Two young blacksmiths are watching as Johann, who is finally used to the Lesser Bus, laughs as he is surprised to get on the Lesser Bus.

I let the Lesser Bus depart as I heard Zach laugh behind his back at Johann like that.

Upon returning to the temple, the usual life begins immediately. To the music and the audition of the service dance, with the help of the clergyman, in the afternoon he gives instructions on the temple and the winter support of the orphanage, liaising with the Chamber of Commerce of Plantan and the Chamber of Commerce of Gilberta. Dunkelferger's copy isn't all over yet either.

"... Master Rosemayne is busier in the temple than in the castle"

He came to the temple almost every day and said in a smug tone by Filine, who is helping me as a civilian apprentice.

"It's to expand the printing industry. I will devote all my energy to increasing the number of books."

Answering Philine, I ponder.

Lutz and the paper industry, which he and I started alone, has expanded to Irkner through mass production such as the Rosemaine workshop and the small temple of Hasse, as well as the paper mill operated by Benno, with an increasing variety of paper. And it's going to be a lord's deposit, and it's about to spread across Aerenfest.

Similarly, the printing industry, which was carried out solely by the temple's workshop, was to be carried out by the lord in his main body. If Grechel's printing industry is on track, not just Haldenzel, it will be only a matter of time before it spreads, because there are a number of Geebes who are showing interest. The book will probably increase in acceleration.

Though I am involved in the printing industry, there is little more I can do for myself. I left it to the craftsmen and even went into the phase of leaving the operation of the workshop to others.

"If Grechelle's printing industry is on track, maybe it's time to move on to the next phase"

I got a surprised look at how Haltmoot picked up my whine.

"Dear Rosemaine, what is the next stage?

I can't help but be asked. Haltmoot, as my sidekick, will be involved in the printing industry for the rest of his life. I wouldn't have a problem telling you about my earlier plans.

I declare, with my breasts stretched out. When there are more books, there is one thing you need.

"We're going to build a library. You need to be ready for that."

"... Dear Rosemayne, I'm very afraid in me Grechelle's printing business is not linked to the construction of a library"

I'm tilting my neck like Haltmoot says I don't understand, but I don't know why.

"Isn't it easy, Haltmoot? When the printing industry expands, there will be more books, won't there? With more books, you'd have a place to store them, wouldn't you? Look, don't you need a library"

The library room at the castle in Aerenfest is not that big. I can rule hundreds of books, but I don't have enough space to hold all the books that will be printed in the future. No matter what you think, there are too few places to store it.

"I, in the course of the Lordship Candidate, once I've learned the magic of creation, I want to build a library, like the clergyman who built Hasse's little temple."

It is my, by me, library for me, which I make with creative magic. It is a nice plan that just makes my mind jump on thought.

This one has magic equipment that was not found in the Reino era. I might be able to create more amazing libraries than I have seen in the Reino era. No, I'll try to create the best library in the country.

"In order to create a perfect library, first of all, you want to study what libraries there are in other territories"

"... are you going to study the library? Isn't a library a place to put materials? If you had a bookshelf, wouldn't that be good?

Hearing Philine and Haltmut say so face-to-face, I shake my head with the boom and deny it.

"Libraries aren't just places to put materials! First of all, we must collect as many materials as possible, organize them so that they are easy to use, store them carefully, and provide them to users appropriately. It gives you a thorough look at how the library operates in other areas, especially in the center, and creates the best libraries. Create a Rosemaine Library in Aerenfest that can't even beat the central library with the most books!

As I spoke of my ambitions with enthusiasm, Filine nodded with a serious face.

"You will need permission from Master Ferdinand."

... Oops! I don't feel like I can get past the first difficulty!