The promise I made to Ms. Martina.
It was to take the grimoire.

The dining table in my rented room at the inn.

A messenger from Ms. Martina is sitting in front of us. He is an old gentleman who looks different from Gigi.

He is smiling at us and drinking a cup of tea provided by the inn.

He is drinking a cup of tea that was given to him by the inn service. I'm sorry for interrupting you suddenly. ....... I thought it would be better to contact you first. ....... I have a bad habit of acting as soon as I have an idea.

He talks a lot.

Me and Prine laughing.

'Well, I have something for you from Martina-sama.

The messenger pulled out a wooden box from his large luggage and placed it on the table.

Here is the grimoire of time.

The messenger opens the crate. Inside was a black-bound book as thick as a dictionary.

He suggested that I take it, and I did. The moment I turned the cover, the messenger said to me

Please be assured that this is not the kind of book that will make you go crazy if you read it.
I was surprised to find out the opposite!

Heartbreaking.

I flip through it. Yeah. I don't get it. It's a long list of letters I've never seen before. And each page seems to be in a different language. There's no consistency. Some pages are covered with wavy brush strokes that I'm not even sure are letters.

Sometimes there are unintelligible illustrations. There is a human with a large sunflower blooming on the part corresponding to the face, and a conical creature with a lot of tentacles, which may be a monster. Gross.

There are many blank pages in the middle of the book. Sometimes there were letters or letters? Figure? The book is marked with a

The last page is clearly cut off in the middle. The text that had been written all the way to the middle of the page suddenly disappeared.

This is no good.

He must have had a look on his face. The messenger looked at me and laughed.

I read it too, but I didn't understand it.
Well, it's not for me to read in the first place. Yes, Prine.

'Thank you, Mr. Ra. Excuse me.

He handed it to Prine.

'Please use this one as well.

The messenger placed about ten more books of the same thickness as the Book of Time on the table.

They are translations of the Grimoire of Time.
''A translation?''
Yes. As you can see, the contents of "The Grimoire of Time" are so complicated and cryptic that it cannot be read by itself. Therefore, it must be translated by the reader.

But," the messenger continues, "the people are not interested.

Only about 1/10th of the total has been translated yet. It may not be translated correctly. I have had Mackenzie's mages, sorcerers, researchers, and scholars work together to translate it, but after 30 years, this is still all we have.

'Are you serious? ......'

Martina, who gave me this, doesn't want Prine to read it, does she? ......

The messenger, perhaps reading the doubts I had, said.

'It is worth enough to live without inconvenience for the rest of your life if you sell it.

You mean you can exchange it for money.

In that case, please sell it to us.

However, it is forbidden to sell them on the market. I see.

But Miss Martina said... But Miss Martina said that Prine would be able to translate everything correctly.

Prine is seriously reading the "Grimoire of Time" that I gave her.

She stopped flipping through it and tilted her head.

The messenger looked at her as if he didn't understand. I thought so too. But..,

'Is this ......, where the pages are numbered ......, which is a lie?'

'What, for real?'
'Maybe, but I think the reason why the language used on each page is different is because the pages are scattered. Maybe you shuffled the pages once you wrote them and rearranged them. I think they are using the same language for each chapter.

The messenger looked at me as if he were looking at something terrible.

'Yes, that's correct. ....... That's what it says in the translation: ....... I was surprised. It took us a year to understand it. ......

'But why did they take it apart ......'
'Not mean-spirited?'
'Hmmm ....... I think there was a reason it had to be broken up. Just reading it in a normal, orderly way, even if you translate it all, you won't get the right knowledge, or ......'
'If you translate everything correctly and read it, won't you learn the magic?'
'That's right. But you can't just read it, you have to "understand" it. I feel like that's why the pages are separated.
'To make the reader understand, disjointed ......?'

On the contrary, it seems to be incomprehensible .......

'And this, on the very back page, is the preface?
'A preface is supposed to be the first thing you write, right? That's twisted - that author'.
'I'm sure this is also necessary to understand.

Prine is so kind.

So, what does it say? Can you read?'


'er, ......
--Time is an unending series of "nows. Being a series of "nows" means that the "nows" affect the future. And vice versa. If the future is the accumulation of the present, then the past can also be calculated backward from the present.
I am not experiencing an already completed future as reality. The world I have observed and created is the future.
Because '

It's a given that the present affects the future. But what does it mean to be able to count backward to the past?
'What does it mean ...... that the world this author saw and created will be the future ......?'

Two mages nodding their heads.

The messenger said, "Well then. He gets up.

I will take my leave now. God bless you both in your adventures.

We got up and said hello.

Please give our best regards to Martina.
Oh, thank you very much!

The messenger, now lighter in luggage, turned around to leave the room.

Smiling kindly, he says, "I'm sorry.

And one more thing. I understand very well that Martina was very concerned about your relationship afterwards. May God bless you, Rana and Prine.

Prine and I looked at each other and laughed.

Then we looked at the messenger and nodded.

Yes, thank you.

'Yes, I wish you happiness.

This time the messenger opens the door and leaves.

And so we have the grimoire of time. At that time, we did not yet know that this would lead to a story with a great deal of promise.