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Chapter 5: The Gift of the Priest in Blue Robe and I Return Home
Sylvester wants to explore the orphanage and town, visiting Mynes shops along the way and doing his own thing with Benno. In town he takes the opportunity to hunt something for the orphans. In passing, he gives Myne a gift, a magical necklace that can protect her in dangerous moments, marking his farewell. A conversation with the high priest about his concerns and the consequences of Myne’s inventions, all will depend on how they are used. Myne can then go home and welcome her brother Kamil. But in the corridors of the cathedral, Delia is set a trap.
chapter opinion
An interesting chapter, perhaps a little boring in places, but engaging for the conversations and the issues that unfold. Originally a nobleman with the devourer It must be the one behind the attack on Myne. Then the consequences of visiting the places that Myne uses for his creations, although this has made Sylvester like him better, also because of the gift that will certainly be used at some point this season I hope. Kamil’s birth and what will happen to Delia, these themes are intriguing. We’ll talk about it.
To conclude this part, I haven’t seen the previous ones very closely end up, but the pictures they put there seem very beautiful to me and tell about the printing work, almost like people creating dreams and hopes. A bit idealistic, but that’s kind of what the mouse thinks about.
Myne’s business
Does Myne enslave orphans and their servants for her benefit? The enslaving thing no, but secondly he uses them to his advantage and we could see that on the tour. She only offers means of subsistence to those who have none, in any case Myne is a proto-capitalist. On the tour we could see the nerves and fear they can have for the nobles, as happened to Wilma, then Benno. But it seems that Sylvester is accessible, at least much more so with children… It’s getting grim… too much.
Continuing with the dreams of the mouse, to a certain extent what the High Priest says is true, jobs can be lost because of her. This happened in this world some years ago. For example, a car factory that prefers machines to more expensive human labor to optimize profits. This results in lower costs and the price of the product decreases, but the owner’s profit increases. That’s what Myne does, minimize costs, maximize profits. What was mentioned by could be applied very well here Schumpeterthe kind creative destructionbecause the mouse changes the market of this world.
Second part of poetics
Umberto EchoItalian writer, has a wonderful novel entitled The name of the Rose. Here a couple of monks in a monastery discover the lost book of Aristotle, the second part of the poetics, which is about comedy. But this book was hidden by another servant of God because the knowledge of this work could be harmful, it would free people from oppressive fear and bring them liberating laughter and break with the established order that is so difficult to maintain. To continue the above, this is what Myne can do and I see this as one of the things the High Priest says will change history.
In a comment they put this part up for me, it’s really unbelievable that something like this is mentioned. “Knowledge is power” as the saying goes, but remember that knowledge can also wreak havoc.
Birth and Fate of Delia
Myne’s brother was born and was able to see, as the mouse puts it, how different the traditions are in the different worlds. What I want to emphasize the most is the post credits where Myne’s father tells how many children he lost, exactly what he thought. Since this is a world similar to the medieval one, the medina is not advanced or accessible to these sectors due to a lot of magic, the mortality rate must be high and he confirmed it to me. Losing a child was like losing your salary.
As for Delia. He definitely still seems like an excellent character, insufferable and unpopular but totally understandable. It’s noted that there are cases of child abuse, she mentions concubinage, which must be normal in her world (who are we to judge?), but what worries me is that she needs something like that to survive. Is Delia broken inside? I don’t know how it’s done there, maybe what he’s doing doesn’t cause him distress, apart from needing someone to support him. And that’s why he keeps betraying Myne, because the mouse thing isn’t normal.
Good chapter, as said maybe a bit boring in some places but good for those who follow the rhythm. Wait another week. (By the way, is there something going on between the High Priest and Sylvester, wink, wink)
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