In the lord's house, in the study.

　I am holding a pen and drawing on paper.
　Eliza, the maid, is supporting me.

　She stared at me for a moment, and then said.

"Master, what is this you are doing?
I'm drawing a picture to give you instructions.
"Instructions?
"When you give out a charade, for example in a rural area, someone will read it for you and tell everyone.
"Yes.
So I thought I'd draw a picture of a touch, so that people who don't understand the letters can understand it. Of course, I'll use it in combination with the text.
Is that so?

　When Eliza was convinced, I concentrated on painting again.

I've never seen the master paint before.
"Hmm?　Was it?
"Yes, you are very good. I'm amazed.
I used to write a lot.
Is that so?　I was surprised to hear that from Master Angier, who never told me that.
"Oh ......

　I chuckled.
　I was mistakenly reincarnated with the memories of my past life.

　This "past" was before my reincarnation, my previous life.
　So it's natural that even if we've been together for a long time, Angier still doesn't know.

That's because it was before I met Angel.
"So good so long ago!　Master is amazing. ......

　Eliza was amazed and impressed with her bare skin.

　Meanwhile, she finished the painting and saw Mari at her desk in the corner of the room.

"Mari.
"Yes.

　Mari rushes up to me in a flurry.

Look at this and write down what I want to say. Just write down what you feel, exactly as you feel.
I understand.

　Mari receives a drawing and returns to her desk.
　Recently, she has been taking on my "letter work", which may have helped her gain confidence, but she is no longer as frightened as she was in the beginning.
　I'm a strong girl to begin with, so I hope she continues to grow up well.

　...... I'm looking at you, not at Angel, but at Mari as well.

　I'm going to leave this to Mari for now: ......

What is it, Eliza? It's unusual to think while working as a maid.
"Ah.

　Eliza comes to her senses when I point out that she's thinking about something.
　Yes, she looks up at the ceiling and seems to be thinking about something.

"I'm sorry master!
"Okay. Tell me what you were thinking about. It's about Eliza, so it must be important to you.
"Master ......

　Eliza was so impressed that her eyes watered.

My thing ...... so much ......
Yes, I think Eliza is a great person. I think she's a great person ... even if she's a mixture of pure and unadulterated, I'm sure she'll have an A-plus in her next life, that's about it.
"Master ......
"Eliza couldn't have just stood there. What were you thinking about?
"Yes, it's a character thing,
"Characters?
I was thinking about education and how to make it more literate.
"I see.

　It's not a maid Eliza, but the thoughts of Emperor Elisabeth.
　Although she is perfectly maid in appearance, gestures, and tone of voice before and after being pointed out, she is still fundamentally an emperor - a ruler.

It would be better to know the letters.
"Yes.
"I think so too!

　Mari, who had just dumped the job, insisted.
　She is experiencing it more strongly because she is the child I taught her to write.

I see, I'm going to make you literate: ......

　I've thought about it too.
　I think it's pretty important.
　There's gotta be a better way.

　I can learn the letters if I manage in person like Mari did, but I can't go around giving them to all the people.

It would be enough for me if I could read, even if I couldn't write like the master's drawings.
"--Ha!　That's it!
"Huh?
"Nice one, Eliza, that's it.

　Eliza to be pompous.



　The idea came raining down like a revelation.

　I went back to my desk, picked up the pen and thought for a minute.
　Think and ask myself and then run the pen over the paper.

How's that?　Can you read?

　Hold up the paper and show them both.

Read ......?
"I can't read it,
"Oh. . then what is this?
No.
No.
"Finally this?
"Don't be silly?
"Don't be silly, right?
"Oh, ......

　He put the paper on the desk again and stared at it.

　I can't read.
　No, you can't.
　Don't be silly.

　All they said was what I wrote on the paper.

Huh?　But how could you read ...... now?
"Speaking of which!

　Both Eliza and Mari realized that late.
　Yes, the letters I wrote were new to them.

　In fact, they were characters that did not yet exist in the world.

　And yet I could read them just by looking at them.
　And both of them could read them without any discrepancies at all.

"What are those letters, master?
"No name yet, I just made it up.
".................. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

　There was a pause for a few seconds, then they were both profusely surprised.

Did you make it?
"Did you make the letters?
"Yeah, I just made it up. I don't have enough words or anything like that yet, but I know that I can make it in this direction.
"Made by ...... such ......
"Amazing ......
No, great is great, but what's even more great is that everyone can read it, master.
"Ah.

　Eliza was the first to notice.

"Yes, it was made to be so.
"Is that how it works?
I don't read it with my head knowledge, but with my soul. It's more like reading with your soul, not your head knowledge.
It's like a kind of spell that works directly on the soul. I think a human soul, a soul that keeps reincarnating, could theoretically be read by a human or an animal, a god or a demon.
"".................."
"What's the matter with you two?
"Oh no.
I'm so amazed that I'm at a loss for words ......

　Smile back at them and think some more.

　For the time being, I'll make it up as I go along. It's hard for anyone but me to write.
　Well, as long as the whole human race can read it, it should work for now.