Episode 13

"The Choice to be an Apprentice Priestess" is the thirteenth episode of the Ascendance of a Bookworm anime series.

Summary
When Myne asks her family for permission to become an apprentice priestess, her father strictly refuses. He explains that the only commoners who join the temple are unwanted orphans, and that the life of a gray priestess is brutally demanding. Myne is heartbroken to be forbidden after at last finding a place she can read books, but eventually agrees to give her refusal.

She returns to the temple and encounters the Head Priest, the second-highest authority in the temple under the High Priest. He is assigned to read to her out of the temple scriptures, and he comments that she learns very quickly.

When she explains that she can't join the temple because she has the Devouring and is very frail, the priests call for the temple's golden grail to check her mana capacity. Shocked by the results, they tell Myne to bring her parents back with her for a secondary discussion.

Myne and Lutz later meet with Benno, who realizes that the temple sees her as a valuable source of mana due to the recent shortage. He tells her that she is likely to be forced into the temple and warns her to take all possible precautions to negotiate for better treatment and secure access to her friends and family.

Characters by Appearance

 * Myne
 * Lutz
 * Gunther
 * Ferdinand (The Head Priest)
 * Benno
 * Bezewanst (The High Priest)