0. Hey, Caspar. What's with the mountain of books?
1. Wait, please don't tell me you're planning to use them [cdb]in your training somehow.
2. What kind of guy do you think I am? They're books. I'm gonna read 'em.
3. Read? A book? You? Did you eat something weird?
4. Come on, don't sell me short like that. I've torn [cdb]through books before, sometimes even two or three [cdb]whole chappers a day!
5. Come on, you sound just like Linhardt. I've torn [cdb]through books before, sometimes even two or three [cdb]whole chappers a day!
6. Please don't use the word "torn" when it comes to [cdb]books—you're going to make my heart stop.
7. And books are divided into chapters, not... "chappers." Oh, Caspar, promise me you won't [cdb]hurt those books!
8. You don't have to worry, Dorothea. I realized [cdb]something the other day.
9. A person who's responsible for troops can't rely on [cdb]physical strength alone.
10. You probably wouldn't guess it from how my father [cdb]looks, but he's pretty good about that stuff.
11. Can't say I'm shocked that the Empire's Minister of Military Affairs has read the occasional book...
12. Speaking of, you may have heard this story before, [cdb]but I'm going to tell it anyway...
13. Back during the War of the Eagle and Lion, there was [cdb]an Imperial general named Francis who was quite [cdb]proud of his strength.
14. But while he was indeed strong, he was unlearned, [cdb]and so everyone looked down on him.
15. Why do I feel like this story is gonna make me [cdb]feel like an idiot?
16. Just listen. The emperor at the time gave Francis an [cdb]order to study, and said that if he didn't, he wouldn't [cdb]be allowed to lead anyone in battle.
17. Francis did as his emperor ordered and studied as [cdb]though his life depended on it, growing especially [cdb]talented in the area of tactics and strategy.
18. As a result, his deeds on the battlefield were great, [cdb]and he eventually rose to the rank of Minister of Military Affairs.
19. So I should take a page out of Francis's book, right?
20. So long as you don't mean literally, yes. Incidentally, [cdb]the words the emperor used to praise Francis were [cdb]memorable enough to have survived even to this day.
21. "With the passing of five sunrises and five sunsets, [cdb]even the meanest soldier may burgeon into a peerless [cdb]commander."
22. It means if you study hard for five days, even a [cdb]common soldier can become a great general who [cdb]commands an entire army.
23. Five days? That's nowhere near enough time! It'd take me five days just to read one book!
24. You gotta at least give me until the end of the war...
25. But by that point, won't your chances to distinguish [cdb]yourself in battle have already passed?
26. Aw, you're right. What am I gonna do, Dorothea?!
27. Well, I suppose I have no choice but to to help you. Who knows? I might even learn something!
28. Aw, you're the best! Thank you!