Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja~ Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tameni Tenseishimashita~

Episode 303: The Strongest Sage, Decrypting the Ancient Magic Language

"What do you say? Can you read it?

"In the meantime, that's a language I don't even know.... probably not a cipher, but an unknown language"

That's what I answered to Greville's question.

I only lived a long time in my previous life, and I remember all 325 languages whose existence was recognised in my previous life.

But the documents in front of me did not apply to any of those 325 types.

But... this doesn't seem like a cipher.

Similar words appear repeatedly in the text of this document.

The appearance of the same word over and over again is characteristic of a normal language.

In the case of very low-level ciphers, similar words may appear in ciphertext, but they would not use that low-level cipher for boulders. Probably.

Well, there's no big difference between unknown languages and low-level cryptography for me.

I can decipher them both with the same magic.

"In the meantime, decrypt it"

I'll put my hands on the paperwork.

When I saw it, Greville looked surprised.

"No way, cryptographic magic......? With that magic, can you use it?

"Oh. It's a simple version, though."

Greville was probably surprised because he thought of some decent powerful cryptographic magic.

Sure, I can't handle that with my current magic powers.

But... if the other person is not a proper cipher, but just an unknown language, we can solve it with easier magic.

"Well, let's try it"

That's how I activated the decryption magic.

Compared to what I usually use for combat, although it's a few steps complicated... even me now, it's magic that I can use without a problem.

"Well, I wonder what it looks like..."

This magic is not a substitute for decrypting a cipher just by activating it.

It is a magic that extracts existing languages known to the user and similarities between commonalities and grammar to determine grammar and word systems.

I know 325 languages, so I have a lot of data to compare.

And... there were still similar languages.

"... a subspecies of 'Sandgraph'"

'When it comes to' sandgraphs' … is it the language of the Sand Demons?... There must have been no letters on that one. '

Hearing my whining, Greville has spoken with comm magic.

As Greville put it, the language on which this sentence was based is the language used by the Sand Demons.

However, the letters do not exist in the 'sandgraph' used by the Sand Demons.

... No, it would be more accurate to say that the letters didn't exist.

Obviously, this document is written by fixing the pronunciation of 'sandgraph' to letters.

Grammar and word characteristics are exactly the same.

I mean, probably...

'Since we died, I guess we've got letters. I don't know why the Demons use this language now, but perhaps this is the measure among the Demons'

'I see...... But what is the language of sand? You've got a lot of minor languages. It's a language that I only know exists.'

"Oh, the language of such a doomsday demon has survived."

There were some major things in the devil's language as well.

But since we were reincarnated, we haven't seen a single such major demonic language.

Perhaps for some reason, only 'Sandgraph' survived.

While I think about it, I keep deciphering it.

From the "sandgraph" of the time, there are slightly different parts and new words, so I can't decipher them all... but I could decipher quite a few parts.

If the "Sandgraph" of the time I lived was "Ancient Sandgraph," is this something like "Modern Sandgraph"?

"I could read a lot."

That said, I'm going to write down what I could read on the paper I had at hand.

As far as the unreadable part was concerned, the pronunciation was written in the common language of the continent as it stood.

Because this language is a phonetic character, only pronunciation can be understood even if the meaning is not known.

"You said you could read, in the time now!?

"It's a language you don't know!?... Is Decryption Magic So Amazing Now!?

When I heard my words, Lurii and Alma made a surprising voice.

... Speaking of which, once again, the world today has the cryptographic magic of chanting magic.

It's just a time-consuming defect, though, after only solving a very simple code that seems to have simply replaced the letters.

I have trouble comparing such magic to decent magic.

"I used my preliminary knowledge of other languages to look for similarities. … This language was easy to read because it resembled an ancient demonic language"

"" "" "Ancient Demonic Language!?

"How do you know that!?

Lurii and Alma...... as well as teachers from the second school who were around jumped up.

"Ko, do you know how to read Ancient Demon Language!?

"Be sure to tell us too!

That's what the second-school teachers are stopping by me.

... Speaking of which, you didn't make any textbooks on linguistics.

I wrote everything I needed for magic education in a textbook in a common language on the continent... if teachers want it, will I also have a textbook on linguistics?