The day after they were able to communicate with Zozo... all of them had come to Dusker's house.
　Ray used to have to go to the forest of Trent to guard the woodcutters and in case something happened, but now he thought it was his first priority to tell Dusker about the slate.
　When I heard about the slate, Arra and Bune, as a matter of course, looked unconvinced.
　In the first place, Ray and his colleagues locked themselves up in one room, and Zozo found himself holding a slate.
　It was explained that Ray's master appeared and left the slate behind, but if he was asked if it was acceptable, the answer would be negative.
　Nevertheless, Arra was convinced that Elena had said so, and Bune managed to convince Vihela.
　Of course, neither party has completely agreed.

"Is that... really true?"

　Dusker's mouth breaks out with astonishment when he hears that he was able to communicate with Zozo in his office.
　Llornola and the rest of the lizard men had been studying languages for a long time, so this incident was probably quite surprising.

"Yes, my teacher came yesterday, so I talked to him and he lent me this magic item to communicate with."

　That's what Ray says, explaining what a slate can do.
　What interested Dusker in particular was that he could still communicate with Zozo... in the midst of that, Dusker raised questions.

"I understand that if Zozo uses the tablet, this word will be readable, and we will be able to read Zozo's language. But wouldn't it be usable by anyone other than Zozo? I think Zozo and the Greens have the same language and letters?"
"I was wondering about that, too, but Zozo and Lorornola were not on our side."
"All right. After this talk, I'll show you where the lorol nola and the lizard men are. So you can actually try it."
"It would be a great help if you could say so,"
"...but the Gran Dragonian Empire?"

　Dasker was delighted when it came to the slate, but when he heard the name of the country in which Zozo belonged, he had a difficult look on his face.
　Marina opens her mouth to make fun of such a dusker.

"As far as I heard yesterday, the size of the Gran Dragonian Empire is a little lower than that of the Kingdom of Milliana."
"Thank you for the detailed information."

　Dusker thanked Marina for the information, but the words contained a bit of a grudge besides gratitude.
　For Dusker, he didn't want to hear such a difficult story.
　Now Gillum is very busy with extensions.
　Other than that, we're already working on the surface ships, and we're beginning to consider using greens to grow spices and rare herbs.
　Under such circumstances, it falls a little below the kingdom of Mileana... it's obviously not a good idea to engage with a country that would have nearly equal power.
　But Zozo, let alone the Lorornola, would have been very hesitant as a dasker to learn that they were oppressed by the Gran Dragonian Empire.
　That's how Ray spouts additional information to a troubled Dasker.

"And this is what my master said, because of the transition, it is highly likely that it came from a different world, not from another continent of the world."
"...what is it? A different world?"

　Dusker asks, momentarily silent and timid, as if he didn't understand what Ray was saying.
　It's no use thinking that Ray might be confused.
　But from what Dusker sees, Ray is very serious and there is nothing wrong with him.
　Not to mention Beune, who is eating dried fruit, but others don't seem to care at all about Ray's appearance.
　Only Arla seems to have some doubts.

"Yes, it's a different world, but I can't say so for sure, because it's just my master's reasoning."

　Nevertheless, Ray seemed convinced that the Zozos had come from another world.

(In the first place, when did Ray's master come? There was an incident in winter, and since spring has come, he must not be able to enter without going through the gate.)

　As a countermeasure against covolts, Ray's mud walls still exist.
　If the extension were to be so long, the mud walls would be destroyed, but... at least now they are diverting it because they can prevent people from coming in from the outside without permission.
　Not only that, of course, but now the guards keep a tight watch at night in case something happens.
　... in fact, some people had already been caught trying to cross the mud wall and enter Gilm secretly.
　Where did you come from in such a situation?
　For a moment, Dusker thought so, but if he thought he was Ray's teacher, he thought it was not strange to do that. ... No, it was only natural to do so.

"A different world. ... If Ray's master says so, it's not a joke. I'll ask him, is it true?"

　Marina nods as if it were natural.

"Well, I've heard of it, too, Elena and Vichela, and I'm sure they'll be right on that point... ...but just because they're suspected of it, it's not confirmed, remember that."
"Oh... but in a different world?"

　a Dasker who repeats the word foreign world
　The word probably meant that it had shocked Dusker.
　Marina calls out sympathetically to such a dasker.

"Look, calm down, Dasker. In some ways, you don't have to worry so much about Zozo or Lorornola."

　with a pinch
　Marina's words give Dusker a little recovery from his stupor.

"Well, if you say so, it's a bad thing to say that the other world is a bad thing. ... But since it may have spread from another continent, we need to contact the royal capital."

　The look on his face is probably because he understands that last year's eyeballs and cobolts were the works of the royalists.
　But being a nobleman of the Kingdom of Miliana, we must report to the King such a case.
　Moreover, considering the current situation in Gilm, I couldn't leave Gilm, so I couldn't report it directly.

"Good luck with that. It's time to show your skill as lord of Gillum."
"...I hope Marina is comfortable with her resignation as guildmaster."

　a dasker who looks at Marina reproachfully and enviously.
　Marina smiles heartily at Dusker.
　You don't have to express your envy directly, but you can understand it well.
　Dusker tried to say something to Marina, but she understood so much that she couldn't beat Marina in her life.

"For the time being, I'll leave the matter alone. It's not easy to tell if it's a different world. Anyway, now it's better to see if Zozo's tablet really works... and if it works for greens and lizards."

　To be honest with you, Dusker wanted the Lorornola to use it if it could be used by others.
　But if Ray's teacher lent the magic item, it's not unreasonable.
　Still, it was very important to know if you could communicate properly when something happened.
　Ray had also heard from Grimm that basically only the first person who used the tablet could use it, but in the first place, if the characters were displayed, he wondered if anyone who used the same characters could read it.
　In fact, when Zozo's words were printed on the slate, Ray, Elena, Marina and Vihela could all read them thoroughly.
　However, it was originally a tablet used by people who couldn't speak, and it was never meant to communicate with someone who was using another language.
　Having used it in such an unexpected way, there was no doubt that you would have to make sure that it was there, as Ray thought.

"All right. We'd like to know if the slate works other than Zozo. ... Before that, would you like to see if it really works?"
"Oh,"Dusker, too, probably intended to check the effectiveness of the slate from the beginning.
　nod honestly to Ray's words

"All right, let me try,"

　After seeing Dusker nod, Ray sees Zozo standing behind him and calls out.

"Zozo, now, Mr. Dusker, the lord of this guillem, the greatest man here, will ask you a question, and answer it."
'All right,'

　When the lithograph translates Ray's words into sentences that Zozo understands, and Zozo says words that Ray cannot understand, the lithograph becomes a sentence that Ray can read.
　Dusker nods admiringly as he watches it.
　Perhaps it was because I could see with my own eyes how the slate was actually used.

"Well, I see. Like this... So can I ask you a question?"

　Ray nods at the remark, and Dasker opens his mouth after a few seconds of silence.

"Is there any hostile state around the Grand Dragonian Empire?"
'Yes, Shoban and the Kingdom of Leodemona. There are some other countries that do not obey the Gran Dragonian Empire and are allied with them.'
"And again..."

　Zozo's words may have been a little unexpected to Dusker.
　direct a look of surprise at
　From what we've heard, the Grand Dragonian Empire was not the only superpower, even though it was a great power, but meant that there were several other comparable countries.
　Moreover, from what we hear now, it seems that there are more enemy countries.

"Can the Gran Dragonian Empire get along in that situation?"
"I can't say that there's no problem at all, but to the extent that we can compete equally. There are enemies, but there are also many friendly and dependent countries."

　The kingdom of Mileana would be similar in that it has many subordinates.
　Still, in terms of the number of enemy states, the Gran Dragonian Empire surpasses the Kingdom of Milliana.
　And yet, considering that the scale of the Gran Dragonian Empire is about the same as that of the Kingdom of Milliana...

"Do you mean that the continent where the Gran Dragonian Empire is located, or the continent of another world, is bigger than this continent?"
'I don't know exactly, but as far as I've heard from Mr. Ray, it seems.'

　Uh-huh.
　Such words come out of Dusker's mouth.
　There must have been some senseless superiority in the country of lizardmen, when they were superior to each other.
　That's the size of the Grand Dragonian Empire as the kingdom of Milliana.

"And again... they seem to be fighting on a very large continent. Are all the people of the Gran Dragonian Empire lizard men?"
"No, most of them are Lizardmen, but there are other races. The Greens are, so to speak, citizens of the Grand Dragonian Empire."
"To be honest, I don't know why we need to go that far with the people. The power of the greens to grow plants. You can see how beneficial this is with a little thought."
'It's an order from the Emperor,'

　As Zozo tells him so, Dusker wonders.
　Why does the emperor, who has the power to rule over a country as large as the kingdom of Milliana, imitate the Greens?
　As I said to Zozo, the greens who have the power to grow plants are undoubtedly beneficial...and those who bring enormous benefits.
　Then Dusker couldn't see why he was oppressing the Greens.

"As long as I haven't been informed of the reasons, is it useless to ask? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Telling him so, Dusker stood up from the sofa where he was sitting.