Since the kidnapping, the black-haired girl Suu and I have been seeing each other frequently.
　It may sound intelligent to say that she is interacting with a child of her age ......, but in reality, the two of them have settled down to a very childlike interaction, playing around the royal capital and talking.


　Basically, I feel that I am being pushed around by Suu, who is very active.
　She showed a glimpse of this when she introduced herself in the plaza, but she seems to be a girl who loves magic and is always interested in talking about it. Whenever we started talking about magic, her eyes would sparkle and she would start to develop her theories about the usage of certain words and the meanings of certain words.


　Their enthusiasm is so great that time passes before they know it.
　Of course, Arx, who can keep up with her, is also an utterly stupid magician.


　In the end, we have not yet been able to find out who she is ....... It seems that she is the daughter of a famous family, but it is not easy to tell others about her identity, and she apologized for that.


I'm sorry. But I hope you can be friends with me. ......


　The anxious look in her eyes, with a tinge of clinging, was probably due to her family's situation.
　Because of this, she must be having a hard time making friends.


　Anyway, on this day, the two of us were studying magic together at the same time.
　The location changes depending on the day, but on this day we were sitting on the terrace of a café in the royal capital.
　It's more of a commoner's store, so it's not an elegant place to have tea, but you can enjoy the calm atmosphere. Although it costs a little bit of money, so you can't go here every time, it is one of the choices for a place where you can have a drink and don't have to worry about your safety.


　After being shown to a seat at the end of the room, I sat down opposite Suu and spread out my study materials - for a while.
　Now, on the wooden round table, there were books, pens, notes, and other things, such as a glass tea set. Even the sugary sweets, which are not at all tasty because of the man's memories, seem to please Suu, and she licks them off as a break from chopsticks.


　The studies that the two of them do together are basically in the style of teaching each other what they have learned through their individual studies, and also in the style of bringing their knowledge together to unearth new [arts glyphs] and [ancient arts languages] from the scrolls.


　Of course, there are certain words and phrases that neither Arx nor Suu should teach each other, so the line between the two is drawn beforehand.


For example, "......, so this word is also used in this sentence.

"Then what about this one?

"Maybe this one?


　While saying these things, I pick up one of the scrolls.
　Then, checking his notes, he said with a mysterious look on his face.


"A great earth-shaking in the First Chronicle, the Records of the Creation. Earth shaking. It's an earthquake.

"Earthquakes. ......

"If you read it as it is written in the Book of Genesis, it says, ......, the earth was shaken by a roaring and thundering earthquake. Mountains, valleys, rivers and seas were swallowed up and leveled. Those left behind grieve in sorrow, and offer up their grief to Nai.


　This sentence probably describes a huge event involving tectonic movement.
　The earthquake must have been so great that it affected mountains, rivers, and oceans.


　[Hill Bahar].

　[grief-stricken]

　[Nai].

　[Grieving].


　As for ......, I don't have enough information to decipher it yet.


(Give grief to ...... What's the point of giving grief?　Nye is what ...... is in the first place.


　As Arx ponders, Suu lets out a low growl, "Mmmm.


The earthquake ...... seems a bit impossible to incorporate this into a spell.

You're right. It's too big.


　Earthquake. This would be a phenomenon beyond the mage's control. As well as the necessary magic power, it would probably be impossible to control it by combining existing words.


　Even if it were possible, the spells would be too long and difficult to chant. Even if you can memorize a long spell, if you mess up the spell and cause chanting failure, the spell will not work.


　Suu throws herself on the back of the chair.


Let's call it a day. I'm losing concentration.

You're right. Let's do it.


　Accepting Suu's suggestion as a good break, you close your books and notes.
　As the two of them began to laze around, Arx suddenly remembered something from before.
　It was about the magic Suu tried to use when she was almost kidnapped by a kidnapper.


"You know, the spell Suu tried to use on the kidnapper the other day...

"The spell you tried to use?　I shot him with a couple of ...... spells, which one was it?

"You know, the one I tried to use before I used the Scrap Arm...

"Oh!　Ah, ah, that!　That, that, that, that, that ...... haha.


　Suu is bounced off the backrest. I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's a good idea.
　I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on.


"That's a bad thing to teach.

"That spell is, you know?　It's our secret. ......


　You mean you can't teach it.


Then you can't force me to ask.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I've learned a lot from you. ......

That's part of the deal.


　Yes, it's a mutual thing, so it's annoying when you make it seem like you're having a hard time.
　Suu and I have been teaching each other about magic.
　Arx uses his knowledge of men to teach Suu concepts and phenomena that are not yet common in our world, and words that he has found based on these concepts, but Suu is strong in historical terms and old words, so she teaches me about those things.




　And she's quite knowledgeable. Thanks to her, I've been able to decipher some sentences that I haven't been able to decipher, and I've also learned some additional meanings of words.
　Words such as "Grim Reaper's Gaze," which is the core of the magic of "Kuro Bullet," which I created the other day, came from her.


　If you think about it, it seems like I'm getting a lot of help from her.
　Anyway, the last spell.
　I don't think she's going to tell us about the spell, but I'm sure she won't mind if we try to figure it out.


　Ever since ............ Arx got the man's memories, his memory has increased to an extraordinary degree.
　He has no trouble remembering letters and words, and he can even remember the books that the man was reading word for word, even though they are limited to books that he has read over and over again.


　Now, what did Suu say at that time?


(The sound of footsteps scorching the canopy.) The dazzling sound of footsteps is in the sky.


　It must have been.
　To unravel the result of magic from a spell, it is necessary to first check what the word means and whether it contains a compound word, and then combine it with the word in question.


　So, for example


The canopy is a covering for your place or the sky ...... and the footsteps that scorch it ...... are a sign--

"...... Huh?


　I'm not sure if you've ever heard of this, but I'm sure you've heard of it.


I'm not sure what to do.　Wait, wait, wait, wait!　That's it!　That's it!

What?

No!　No thinking!　No more thinking!

No, I can think for a minute. It's only a part of the spell anyway.

No, not even one part!　I'm sure Arx will figure it out!　I mean, how can you decipher so much from just that!　I mean, no one knows the meaning or the words for things like sound footsteps and canopies!

I don't think that's .......


　I said ......, but if you think about it, it's not very common [ancient arts language] even among mages. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.


"Look, it's written here. It's written in here.

"The book of prophecies!　You can read it!

Not so much lately.


　As I was saying this to Suu.


"Arx is crazy!　You're crazy!　Especially his head!

"Hey, that's a terrible thing to say!


　While they were arguing about such things, Suu and I were getting to know each other, or not. .......