Episode 22

"Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids" (ヴィルマと子供用聖典, Viruma to Kodomo-you Seiten) is the twenty-second episode of the Ascendance of a Bookworm anime series, and the eighth episode of Season 2. It originally aired on May 24, 2020.

This episode was adapted from Part 2 Volume 2 of the Light Novel series (Chapter 4: The Italian Restaurant's Interior Decoration - Chapter 12: Binding Children's Bibles).

Summary
Myne decides to create the picture book based on the scriptures of the temple so that both her upcoming newborn sibling and the orphans can read it. However, she runs into an obstacle when she realizes ink is a rare commodity, so Myne decides to make her own using oil and soot from the town's fireplaces.

With Ferdinand's approval of the picture book's contents, Myne has Wilma draw the images, but the final result is too detailed and ends up vague and blurry. In a fit of both frustration and due to her fear of men, Wilma accidentally lashes out at an orphan boy when asked to come see the studio that finalizes her drawings. Myne changes the book to be more simple in its design and has Wilma draw it again before hearing from the orphans about Wilma's recent odd behavior.

While showing off the new design to Ferdinand, Myne realizes he is catching on to her abnormally adult-like etiquette, given how she understands the complexities of the temple scriptures enough to summarize them into a picture format. Wilma finishes the picture and asks to join Myne in the studio to see it completed, as well as to help conquer her fear of men.

After accomplishing this feat, Wilma finishes the rest of the picture book and sends it off to Myne, who has Tuuli put the finishing touches on it by binding all the pages together. Finally, two years after arriving in the new world, Myne has created her first book.

Characters by Appearance

 * Myne (Main)
 * Ferdinand (the Head Priest)
 * Wilma
 * Tuuli (Turi)
 * Lutz