Chapter 20 (1/2)

“Hmm, it’s rather dark”

It has been around 30 ather information

When the sun had co ∩ (light) and sprinted inside the forest, arriving at the river where voice-kun disappeared

The river was around 5 metres wide The width was approximately the same as that of the moat at Ranzrack fortress

The water was so clear that when I brought the light atat the bottom of the river

I’d like to rilled fish, but I’ll save it for another time

I drew ♭ three times and leapt over the river

I used one of the ♭ the instant I leapt, and another for theThe final one was prepared in case of an accident

I also practiced with itit freely in such a vast space felt good

I skipped along the riverside, heading upstreaht after about 10 minutes

The width of the river narrowed by about half, but contained many bends instead

On the edge of that river was an unnaturally open space

It was a round area with a diameter of about 5 metres, and my first impression was that it was like an open court

Surrounding the centre of that clearing was the wooden fence that the village chief told us about

Rather than a wooden fence, nuether with rope

Through a gap in the wooden fence, I tossed a ∩ into the middle of the fenced area

“……Heh”

On the ground, a design that was neither character nor picture was indeed drawn

The design was quite complex

The pattern contained approximately 30 small patterns, and they were lined up in order

I don’t know the significance of the small patterns in detail, but several of the patterns were duplicated

……Or rather, aren’t these sentences?

“Magic sy…”

In Marquekt, there’s a coue

That’s because the eneral letters

Since there is a coards to characters, it’s easy to use ic symbols

Thus, even if the spoken language is soic symbols should be used ide

In short, characters with the exception of ic symbols do not exist in Marquekt

“Wait… Other characters……”

In a hurry, I open the 『Abaddon Magic Co in my arms

“There it is, Ancient ic symbols”

Ancient Magic Symbols

They are the powerful and yet delicate ins of the current ic symbols

The current eable for everyone, but these ancient ic symbols in terms of power

But then, apparently they had been too hard to control and were passed down in error, and only the ic symbols after simplification were currently circulated

It seeic symbols in-depth, but it’s stated that he couldn’t understand very much

However, Abaddon reproduced fragic syic symbols article

While suppressing my excitement, I compare the patterns before me to the reproduction in the book but――

“Hmm? Is it different, maybe?”

The iic symbols were printed kanji, the patterns before

Decorations were added here and there, and it was hard to specify the original text

“……For the ti, let’s transcribe it and return”

I copy down the design within the fence intothere were no mistakes

Midnight――

Taking care not to wake ot out of bed

In the shadow of the desk, I use ∩ after lowering its intensity and gaze at the transcribed pattern many times

However,

“……I don’t get it”

Due to having no ue], I was able to continue deliberating for many hours

But no ht, I didn’t understand what I didn’t understand

Since it’s not like ence improved

There’s the tale of the US ar the Pacific War, but I suppose they were able to decipher the mathematicians with brains and newly-built computers

Soht be impossible for me, an amateur

“Eei”

My not being that s that started just now

What was my forte?

Right, it’s simple work!

I spread out my notebook under the desk and tried to write down those transcribed patterns on it over and over

10 times, 20 times……

My hand did not tire as I don’t tire physically, but my muscles ache when I overdo it

While taking a break occasionally, 30 times, 40 times……

So method

I felt as though I grasped the pen’s natural route and the stroke order

50 times, 60 times……

Soon I was able to write the characters even without looking at the transcribed pattern

Afterwards, a further 70 times, 80 times……

Suddenly, I felt thethe characters

However, the mana dispersed when I directed my attention to it

90 times

My ain

So a specific passage