Myne narrowly escapes death thanks to a magic tool, but is told that
she only has one year left to live at most. She decides to spend her
remaining time with her family, concluding that she would rather die
with them than sign her life away to a noble. Meanwhile, Lutz fights
back against his parents, steeling his resolve to become a merchant no
matter what. Together, they plan to continue making paper up until their
baptism ceremony, but are soon called over by Freida to talk about the
Devouring. This is a biblio-fantasy by bookworms, for bookworms! Part 1
concludes with this volume.