When I Reincarnated, I Became Even More of a Gorilla - 35
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I hurried back to the room, but Elena still hadn’t returned, so even though I felt relieved, I’m also a bit disappointed.
I wanted to talk with her about my first interaction with another familiar since coming to the academy. Although I didn’t make a friend, I feel like I had at least made some acquaintances.
Anyhow, until Elena returns, I have some free time, so I guess I’ll continue with my writing practice a bit more.
I resumed reading the words in the opened book. I’ll reread the parts I’ve memorized so far, so I can review them as well.
Since I’ve already remembered them, it shouldn’t take too much time to review.
The next word depicts someone that resembles the previous word “Adventurer”, but instead of wearing equipment, it’s just a man. Furthermore, next to him is a picture of a woman wearing a dress. I wonder what this word next to it means?
Hmmm…… It probably doesn’t mean gender. In this world, there are separate words for male and female. I know that in Grandis, Gladysbalt Territory’s Capital City, there’s a word written on the toilets installed in public places.
Those words at each of the toilet entrances clearly represented “male” and “female”.
Those words were widespread enough that even commoner children who couldn’t read could understand what they meant, and no one would think that they were out of place.
In that case, what does this image represent? Ordinary children would have compared this image with the text under the guidance of a teacher or their parents.
Despite thinking about such trivial matters, I continued thinking about what this word could mean.
As I stared at the picture, I felt a slight tug in my memory when I saw the woman in the dress. I feel like I’ve seen her before, but where was it again?
Unable to recall, I just moved on to the next word. The next image depicts a sword. It seems like the following words will be about weapons.
After “sword”, it’s “staff”, then “spear”, “axe”, and “bow”. This seems easy. Being that this is a male-oriented book, I guess there really would be more weapons depicted here than in the female-oriented book.
After going through several weapons and equipment, the genre changes. As those weapons and equipment had a simple appearance that made them easy to understand, I remembered them easily.
Ahh, is it food this time? No, animals, I guess? “Cow”, “pig”, “horse”, “bird”. They’re all meat animals, so it’s hard to determine, but after “frog” came out, I determined this must be about animals. It has to be.
Satisfied with my decision, I glanced out of the window, only to realize that it was gradually getting dark outside, making me wonder what was happening.
Upon checking outside the window, I confirmed that it had indeed turned dark outside, but it didn’t seem to be because of the passage of time. It seems to be some sort of shadow.
[Oog.]
I uttered a sound that held no particular meaning behind it. It’s almost like a sigh, but there’s a reason for it. After all, if someone’s casting its shadow here, it means there’s something above.
And right now, I feel like I’m making eye contact with whatever’s up there.
[Gyui? (What’s that monkey? Fumu, curious.)]
Seemingly muttering to themself, he averts his gaze from me. It seems like he sensed something and peeked here, but I’d really like it if you’d excuse me from being in a dark room without any lighting.
The source of that shadow talked as if he was curious about me. It’s annoying though.
[Oog oog. (Hey, it’s dark here.)]
[Gyui? (Hm? This monkey…… It seems pretty smart. I haven’t heard Eric mention anything about this one.)]
Eric’s name came up. We might be acquainted with each other, but it’s not surprising that Eric hasn’t mentioned me. I’ve only been here recently after all.
Well, it’s annoying to straightforwardly tell him whatever he’s curious about, so I’ll just ignore it and tell him my request again.
[Oog oog. (Leave already. I’m in the middle of studying here.)]
[Gyui. (Oh my! My apologies. However, I was instructed to wait here by my partner. Would you bear with me for a little longer?)]
I see, “the source of the shadow” in front of my eyes is someone’s familiar. If he’s ordered to wait, then it can’t be helped.
Hmm, in that case, I might as well make use of him.
[Oog oog? (Hey, can you read words?)]
He promptly responds to my question.
[Gyui. (Umu. It may not look like it, but I’ve lived longer than anyone at this academy, so of course, I can read.)]
[Oog oog. (I see. Then, would you mind teaching me to read while you’re here?)]
My proposal is to have him, who seems smarter than me, teach me to read. There should still be time until Elena returns after all.
He readily agrees to my proposal.
[Gyui! (Alright! With my age, I never thought I’d still teach someone, but there had been indeed been surprising events lately, like Eric serving as a familiar.)]
I couldn’t tell how this is connected to that, but I’m not interested in how Eric became a familiar right now. It feels like they’re old acquaintances though.
[Oog oog. (Then, can I ask you this first? Depicted here is some sort of image of a man and a woman, but the word doesn’t seem to mean gender, so do you know what it meant?)]
As I held up the book to him, I asked. He moves his large body closer to the window, looks at the picture, and then explains the meaning.
(Gyui. (The word means “noble”. Look, the woman is wearing a dress, and the man is wearing what seems like a military uniform, right? Those are vestiges from my partner’s younger days. Nowadays, there are few nobles dressed like those.)]
[Oooog. (I see. Since this was the book Elena’s father used before, the content is also old. There might be cases similar to this later. Thank you.)]
As I express my gratitude, he says “It’s nothing”, then asks me a question.
[Gyui? (You’re contracted with the lady from Gladysbalt huh. I see.)]
He seems to know about Elena and guessed it right. Elena really must be quite famous here.
As I calmly thought that, I was surprised by the words he spoke to me next.
[Gyui? (So, why is a Goldback, known as the Sage of the Forest, serving as the familiar for the Gladysbalt lass?)]
[Oog? (Eh?)]
Somehow, he figured out that I’m a Goldback.
How?