Ascendance of a Bookworm Chapter 112

Translator: Forest Zou

Proofread by Ruriko

Delia dresses me and tidies my clothes roughly with a rustle .

"Miss Maine, I can't talk with one who is not able to understand the job of a priestess . Well, we are running out of time . Let's practice Fespiel . "

Rosina is preparing my Fespiel with a graceful smile . Delia's anger is completely neglected by her .

"What ----! It's not the time to practice the instrument!"

"Delia, it is decided by the Head Priest that it will be the practice time until the third bell rings . Before that, think carefully about what you want to say . Rosina's job is to teach me Fespiel . Let's talk about other tasks later . "

" . . . Ok . "

With an upset look, Delia goes to do her own work . Just before going down the stairs, she turns around and says, "I will definitely talk about it later!"

"Miss Maine, you don't have to listen to that kind of blather . "

"No, when people are at odds, I have to listen to the details of everyone's explanation . The Head Priest told me this . "

" . . . Is that so?"

Rosina puts on a gloomy face, but as soon as she starts playing Fespiel, her smile comes back . Rosina has been teaching me how to play before the third bell rings .

Then the Fespiel practice is over . I have to go to help the Head Priest on his official duties . Rosina puts the Fespiel back to the case for me . After I ring the bell on the table and call Fran, he comes up to the second floor with all the necessary tools ready .

"Well, I will go to help the Head Priest . Rosina and Delia, you two please go to fetch the water together . "

"Oh, what are you talking about? Isn't that the job for gray-robed priests?"

Rosina's eyes widen, as if I say something unbelievable, but I also look at her with surprise .

My gray-robed priests are Fran and Gil . Fran is in charge of all the clerical work, and Gil takes care of the workshop . They have been working outside .

Now, only Delia is responsible for the housework, so I want Rosina to help her .

Because Rosina will soon become an adult . I want to ask her to share Fran's job, but I am not sure what kind of job Rosina can do . Thus, I think she can start with the work which is simple for any gray-robed priestess .

"The gray-robed priests have their own work . For the time being, Rosina will work with Delia . That's what Fran told Delia, right?"

Hearing my words, Delia smooths out her red hair with both hands, and smiles triumphantly .

"So, I ask you to take the water to the second floor as it's our work, right?"

"I think that rough work should be done by gentlemen . "

Rosina puts her hands on her cheeks, inclining her head to one side with a confused look .

Delia said that even one becomes an attendant, she must do some rough work while she is an apprentice . I assign the work based on Delia's words . But when I see Rosina's response, I feel uneasy .

"Heavy work and chores should be priests' work . The work of priestesses should be study of accomplishment, right? Putting the orphanage days aside, I become an attendant because of a musical instrument, so I don't know the reason why I have to do the rough work . My fingers may hurt because of it . "

"Will your fingers hurt? You are not a blue-robed priestess . What are you talking about?!"

Though I understand what Rosina is really thinking, her intention is unfit in my house .

"The priests here can deal with the rough work . Besides, though there is a priestess apprentice in this house, no one understands art here . "

Rosina giggles, but what she says is not funny at all . Now I can understand why Delia was furious .

"Miss Maine, let's talk about it after lunch . The Head Priest is waiting for you . "

When I'm thinking how to solve this problem quickly, Fran's words wake me up . This is an urgent problem that I should deal with .

"Rosina, it is the time for music practice before the third bell rings . But after that, you should work together with other attendants . I've told you that . So, go to work with Delia, please . "

"Why, Miss Maine?! What are you talking about?!"

Rosina's eyes widen in surprise as if she can't believe that her advice should be rejected so rudely .

"After lunch, I will ask for the opinions of all our attendants . I don't know much about how things work in the temple . I'll make a decision according to their opinions . "

If she asks for my personal opinion, I will say "what you did in the past, does not mean what you should do now" . However, is this Rosina's opinion, right? How about others? I have to know that . Without asking people like Fran or the Head Priest, I cannot make a decision arbitrarily . I leave to ask the Head Priest for his advice .

"What do you think of Rosina's opinion, Fran?"

After we leave the room, heading for the Head Priest's, I ask Fran . Just now, all I considered was that Delia was furious . So I didn't ask others for their opinions . In some way, the conversation this afternoon seemed to be entirely controlled by Delia .

. . . Gil says Delia's complaint is endless .

"I think she is affected greatly by her previous master . Miss Christine, Wilma and Rosina's former master, is one of those rare people even among the blue-robed priestesses . She attaches great importance to art . She likes writing poems and painting, and is absorbed in music every day . Her attendants – all gray-robed priestesses, including priestess apprentices, learnt to behave like ladies of the noble families . "

. . . She is absorbed in poetry, painting and music every day . Really?

"As Rosina says, at Miss Christine's house, those who are good at arts will be treated better than others, so Rosina almost lived a life of a gray-robed priestess . "

" . . . Now I can understand why she looks like a well-bred lady . "

Every gray-robed priestess should learn how to love and serve his/her master . I know this because Delia and Gil told me before . So, I think the gray-robed priestesses are all like that . However, Rosina was treated like a blue-robed priestess because her master liked art . She is no more than a gray-robed priestess apprentice who is good at art but does not do the rough work . I'm really surprised by such a priestess .

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