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　While the commanders are moving and the soldiers are resting, we find a girl sitting alone among the military council.

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　She was sitting in a small chair, looking bored, and propped up on her cheekbones.

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　I wondered if I should talk to her.

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　I felt that if I talked to her, she would beg me to play with her.

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　I was going to be busy and I wanted to get enough rest.

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　So I didn't talk to her for a while, but I noticed that she was staring at Eve.

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　She was looking at the book she was reading with envy.

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　It was the dictionary of this world, which is not interesting to read.

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　As I think about this, she mumbles something to me.

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"...... is nice, to be able to read."

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　Hearing her words, I generally understood her feelings.

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　It seems that Saint Jeanne wants to read books.

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　She was born in rural France, the daughter of a poor peasant, and I heard that she was illiterate even in the other world of France.

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　She can't read the letters of this world and seems to be having a hard time.

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　I feel sorry for her and talk to her.

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"Jeanne, do you want to read a book?"

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"It's the Demon King."

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　He looks up at me.

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"Yes, I want to read.

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"You want to be a government official?"

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"No way."

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"Then you're a nobleman or something?"

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No way.

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Then why do you want to read books?

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"Because I'm not going to be bored if I can read a book."

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I see... yes, indeed.

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"There are many interesting books in the castle library. I want to read them all.

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"Come to think of it, you've been in and out of the library from time to time."

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"Yes, I only read the illustrations."

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"You're a tearjerker."

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"Maybe. I'm a brave woman."

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　She pretends to cry.

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　I feel sorry for her and promise to teach her to write.

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"Are you sure?　The Demon King."

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I don't care. Jeanne is the heart of this castle. It would be more convenient if she could read and I don't want to bore you.

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"The Demon Lord would say the same thing in bed."

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"That's not true."

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"Hijikata told me. "A man who bores a woman in her bedchamber is a scab."

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Don't listen to one of the greatest playboys of the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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"Yes, sir."

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　I obeyed him, and we started the class.

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　I ask Eve to bring a piece of paper and teach her the alphabet of the world.

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　The alphabet of this world's common language is the same as that of France.

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　There are 26 letters from A to Z.

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　Of course, the shapes are different, but they will still be easy to remember.

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　Jeanne, however, does not know the alphabet of the original world.

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　So, I will carefully teach her from A in this world.

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　If you write "A" she says..,

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"It's pronounced "ah."

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　Well, you're right.

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　Only in the countryside of England would you pronounce the letter "A" as "A", and usually it is read as "A".

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　Jeanne agreed with me when I complained that not only were the English people bad cooks, but they also made the language complicated.

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"I hate the English too."

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"Me too. There are beasts dressed as gentlemen and gentlemen dressed as beasts in this world, and the English are the former.

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"We get along."

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"But, well, I do like tea."

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"I agree with that."

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　The two of them sip orange pekoe that Yves has made for them.

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　Jeanne writes many A's of the world on a piece of paper and somehow manages to memorize them.

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　Next, he tries to teach her the B's, but she refuses.

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"Just A for today. But first, I want to learn a word, a whole word.

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"That's fine, but what do you want to learn?"

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　She closes her eyes and says the word slowly.

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"Asito."

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　And...

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　He insists on writing it down.

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　I wonder why he wants to write my name, but I have no choice but to tell him.

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"ASHITO."

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　Jeanne tries her best to write down the word.

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　It is a messy imitation, but A is the only word that she can write well.

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　When Jeanne finished writing ASHITO, she kissed the paper and put it in the talisman.

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"Is that a spell?"

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"It's a spell from my hometown. If you write the name of the person you love and put it in the box, arrows will not fly there.

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"I see, that's why you put it in your chest."

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"There is a heart under the boob."

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"I hope you don't get an arrow anywhere, not just in the chest."

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"It's okay, I was not hit by an arrow in the Orelian siege line. I was able to avoid the arrows even when I jumped into the enemy's territory by myself. Thanks to God."

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"If it's because of God, don't you need that amulet?"

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"The Demon Lord is tactless. God is not open 24 hours a day. Sometimes he takes naps. Sometimes he needs this.

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"I see. Well, I'll be glad if it brings Jeanne back safely.

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"Don't worry, the next battle will be hard fought. But we will win.

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"Do you have any evidence for this?"

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"Because the Demon King is the strongest."

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Plain and simple.

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"It's easy to understand, isn't it? But there's one thing I'm worried about.

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"What?"

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The Demon Lord may be the strongest, but he doesn't have God's blessing. He might get hit by a stray arrow.

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I don't like that.

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I'll make sure you don't get hit."

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"Can you do that ......?"

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　I ask, and they grab me by both shoulders and restrain me.

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　He kisses me on the cheek without giving me a chance to rebel.

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"At least I won't get an arrow in the head. If you're a demon king, if it doesn't hit you in the head, you won't die, right?"

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"............"

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　I couldn't answer the question because it was too much.

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　It was shameful, but I had never been approached so boldly by a girl of her age.

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　When I was stunned for a while, Jeanne looked happy,

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"The Demon King is quite pure-hearted. ...... don't hate that kind of thing."

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　He left with a smile on his face.

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　On the way, Eve came in the opposite direction.

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　I was a little nervous that she might have seen what had just happened, but it seems that I was safe.

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　However, it seems that she is still annoyed at the fact that she was alone with Jeanne.

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　After that, he helped me to sort out a pile of papers, saying that we would work together here.

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　It was not the work of a demon king, but to ease Eve's burden and to hide her guilt, she went along with it.

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　The work went on until midnight, and I went to bed at a reasonable hour, since I would be leaving tomorrow.

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　I got into my own bed and was able to fall asleep within a dozen seconds.

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　I thought I saw a blonde girl in my dream.

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