A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

Having completed his long journey and returned to the abandoned city of Laval, Reurus was in a “certain action” where life would regain calm.

That's something I've been trying to do for a long time, but I couldn't get my hands on it. To be precise, every time something goes wrong, it disappears from my head.

"Er... this word... hmm? What's going on with this grammar?

― ― It is the study of letters.

Reurus faces his desk in his living room and encourages him to study letters.

It has been more than sixteen years since it was born in this world.

In the village of Shena, where she was born, there was no environment for learning letters, and she was busy since becoming an adventurer in the abandoned city of Laval.

Of course, compared to living as a serf in the village of Shena, there is room for time. Still, I didn't really learn the letters because I didn't feel like it was necessary.

During the day, he makes requests as an adventurer, eats at Dominic's restaurants at dusk, and goes home to take a bath and sleep.

Unlike the previous life, there was an "excuse” for the lack of night lights, but it was also a matter of what to do with Sarah.

That being said, Reus thought that he would learn to write now because he thought it was likely that he would need it in the future.

Reading and writing calculations are not a necessary skill for adventurers. In the abandoned city of Laval, you can write your own name, and if you can read the numbers on it, you can live on it.

(I've had a lot of opportunities to touch letters lately....)

Nevertheless, Reurus looked back on his days as an adventurer and felt anxious that his inability to read could lead to a fatal situation.

Like other residents of the abandoned city of Laval, Reus can read and write his name and number. However, it was painful that it was not enough.

Eliza doesn't need to be able to read and write, but she doesn't always have to be by her side, and she wanted to avoid letting Eliza read something that was "dangerous to read.”

For that reason, Reurus consulted Natalia and borrowed a simple book for her study and a clay board for her writing.

(It's troublesome in Komona.... it's especially English but not English....)

While writing on the clay board with the branches of the tree, Reurus sighs inside.

You can't use paper and ink to master letters, but it's good to write letters on clay boards with branches of wood. There is enough storage to buy paper and ink, but it is enough to write letters on a clay board.

A nostalgic and environmentally friendly clay plate that can be reused if you pinch the clay even if you write a letter. It is good in itself, but it was difficult to remember a new character as long as the memory of the previous life was somewhat left.

(It would be easier if I wrote it in Japanese... I wonder if there is such a country somewhere. like zipang....)

No matter how much the memory of the previous life has faded, I can write to some extent in Japanese. Kanji is quite suspicious, but it will be much easier than learning a new language from scratch.

However, if you can understand Japanese sentences even though it is a different world, there is something scary about it. This is true even if it is written in a language of another country, as I have seen in my previous life.

By the way, while writing letters that resemble alphabets on the clay plate, Reus thought that.

Even words you don't know “for some reason” about the conversation are understood, but when you write them in letters, the story is different. It doesn't matter if you don't know the word itself, and sometimes it doesn't make sense as a sentence if you don't understand grammar.

There are parts of it that resemble English, but the memories of the previous life are useless as a revulsion. Rather, there was even a verse where memory was disturbing.

"Hmm? That makes sense. Not in this part....."

Reurus still doesn't throw because he has a good teacher beside him.

It was Eliza who lined up the chair to the left and explained something to me every time. Meanwhile, Mia is sitting on the other side between the reals.

"Heh... that's what I'm going to write."

"Why is it different among dwarves?

"Doesn't it feel as good as Eliza-chan...? Would it be a more crushed sentence....."

"Maybe it should be more of a race pattern than a land pattern...."

Not as much as Eliza, but Meer can read and write, so she bought a role as a teacher for Reurus. However, listening to Eliza and Meer's conversation makes Reurus slightly confused.

(It is troublesome to say dialect or slang, or subtly different depending on the place of origin.....)

Komona is treated like a common language in the continent of Cardiva, but it does not seem to be entirely “common”.

There are different intonations and words that are specific to the land, and there are dialects that are similar to those used in previous life.

Eliza seems to know what the common word is, but she doesn't know what the standard is for Reurus.

Sarah and Neddy, who had originally participated in the study group because Reurus was doing it, had already thrown out and lay down on Reurus's bed.

If the spirits asked me if I needed to read and write human letters, it would be subtle, so I wouldn't blame myself for not being motivated as a revus.

"I don't know... Reurus, what are you reading?

"Hmm... hello. How much is this cloth?

"That's not the right answer. Now, let's write a response to that question."

That's how Reurus twisted his head and wrote a letter on the clay plate.

"It's 500 yuan, and there's no discount for a yuan... but it's kind of a bad sentence."

"This merchant can't accommodate the high price and the discount."

"What am I supposed to do..."

I should have written it seriously, but Eliza and Meer's assessment was subtle. However, I am glad that it makes sense when it comes to simple sentences.

"Now, write a reply to a sentence you wrote yourself."

In Eliza's words, Reurus writes again on the clay plate.

"What... just give it to me. Life is a waste, isn't it? What the hell is this? You started blackmailing all of a sudden!?

Hmm, you're a customer who wants to steal wild.

"... that?

I was going to write "I'm sorry it's expensive, but that's fine," as a realuse, but it seems that I've become a clearly dangerous “customer” as to what went wrong.

"Ah, you've got the wrong word... and the grammar is crazy"

"Even if you have a chance to write to someone else, you should definitely show them in advance. Never, huh?

Apparently, if you write, you'll have to get past Eliza's censorship. It's very helpful as a revulsion, but the word privacy doesn't seem to exist.

"Look, it's an adventurer's letter, so can you understand?

"Written in a sentence that seems to sell fights in all directions, there's no way to understand. Don't you think there's any evidence left of the letter? Writing bad things can be a problem, right?

Eliza tells me to threaten, but sometimes it's not a threat. Reurus was convinced that Eliza had opened a book she had borrowed from Natalia.

"Perhaps it's better to read and remember before writing... first, if you don't completely remember the shape of the letter, the sentence will go crazy."

"You're actually going crazy....."

Because it's the first time that Eliza and Meer have taught others letters, it's easy to figure out how to teach Reurus.

It is not as difficult as hieroglyphics or wedges, but it is more difficult than the alphabets of previous generations. Therefore, I was in favour of reading and remembering it as a revulsion.

Make your body remember by reading and remembering and actually writing. If you repeat that, you will eventually be able to remember properly.

(Japan in the last life was amazing.....)

Reading through the book Natalia borrowed - the picture book - Reurus murmured inside.

In the previous life, you will learn nature, words and letters, and knowledge will accumulate in school. Compulsory education alone encourages students to study for nine years.

Moreover, while Reurus now struggles only with the acquisition of letters, he also learns various knowledge of national languages, mathematics, science, society, and other conditions at the elementary school level.

How much money and time would it take for Reurus to learn the same thing in this world? I don't even know if I can learn in the first place.

(Reading and writing calculations are still only likely to be learned by aristocrats when it comes to science, politics and economics.....)

There is no way to learn if the learning environment itself is not prepared. However, Reurus is not smart enough to be able to complete his studies on his own.

(... wait. Isn't it true that Eliza was a good girl?

And Reurus wonders.

Eliza has a family name, although not entirely because the country is different from Mataroi. To the best of Reurus' knowledge, Mataroi only has the last name of a nobleman.

In her native home, Elizabeth's house was said to have been one of the most powerful in town. Eliza was known to be a bloodsucking species and ran away, but it would be quite difficult to get as much education as Eliza.

(Because Grandma taught me, some of us just said Grandma was amazing...)

Knowledge and upbringing are like property that doesn't take place. If Eliza's grandmother is harsh, and Eliza wears it in response, then Reurus can't let go.

(Did you get a lot of money from the previous request, and encourage you to study for a while?)

As an adventurer, you may want to get at least hired and get into your studies.

I went hunting for monsters while replenishing my magic, but otherwise, I would like to learn from Eliza as much as possible.

(There's also the story of the independence of the abandoned city of Laval...)

Brush your arms and accumulate knowledge. That way, you may not have to have trouble when something happens.

With that in mind, Reurus turned to Eliza.

"Hmm? What?

"No... I just thought Eliza was amazing."

Not only Eliza but also Meer looked strangely at Reurus laughing as she said so.

― ― Let's learn as much as possible.

Even with swordsmanship, knowledge becomes a weapon. If time permits, it will also be useful in times of emergency.

Reurus thought so while concentrating on his current study.

And I couldn't have noticed that the “time of need” was closer than I thought.