The cold autumn rain strikes the roof haphazardly, dripping from the eaves of the small chapel, creating ripples on the foundation.
Yet in this vast, stormy woodland, Ansel can still hear a faint "squeak squeak."
That is the sound of hand-operated spinning wheels spinning, or rather the sound produced when dozens of spinning wheels shrouded in autumn rain mist are set in motion.
Amid this orderly squeaking, Ansel wears a content, relaxed smile, reading the newly arrived brief while sharpening quills.
For the scribes of this era, sharpening quills is an inevitable task.
According to "The Monk's Handbook," edited by Horn and Catherine, new assistant monks must spend their first year sharpening quills and binding annual reports.
The so-called annual report is Horn's requirement for paper-based operations, where at the end of each year, departments or monasteries copy and bind the reports of that year, forming the annual report.
