The picturesque rice cakes are delicious today

After a night's sleep, we got up the next morning, got dressed, and left the room with the four of us.

"... were they all there?"

Then, Laocles, who seemed to be passing in front of the room, looked a little surprised, a little unhappy.

"Oh! Last night, we were staying in a room in Tuogo!"

"... I see."

Ah, did you want to mingle with Laocres, too?

"... no."

... I see. You wanted to mix it up. Now, let's invite Lao Cres to join us. It's a corner, and I think it's fun to party with Fei and Lao Cres at a juice party that they can't abandon without drinking.

When we all arrived at the breakfast table, Prince Aureus and the King came... and...

"Oh, I wonder what happened to Princess Rage."

Needless to say, Crore is aware of them all.

For some reason, Princess Rage hasn't arrived.

"Oh... Raju, are you sleeping?"

Prince Aureus said that, but he looked a little suspicious. Well, Princess Rage doesn't seem like a sleeping type, does she?

"Should I go check on him?"

"Hmm... I hope something didn't happen..."

So when Croa and Lila sat down and left the cafeteria and headed to Princess Rage's room.

"I'm sorry!" It's getting late... "

The door opened and Princess Raj rushed in in a hurry. Crore and Lila were surprised to find themselves just in front of the door. Princess Raju was surprised by the presence of two people just after opening the door.

After the surprise subsided, Princess Rage sat down, too, and it was time for breakfast.

Enjoy the crunchy texture of croissant-like bread and the mellowness of omelette, and warm your body with warm milk tea...

While enjoying breakfast, Lila suddenly spoke to Princess Rage.

By the way, it's unusual for Princess Rage to sleep with you, isn't it?

"That's right. It's not much of a sleeping nature, though..."

Princess Rage said in a slight embarrassment, then suddenly clouded her expression.

"Somehow, I had a strange dream... and while I was embarrassed, I woke up blurry..."

A strange dream?

There was a strange burst of sleeping over here, and when I asked, Princess Rage nodded, leaning her head slightly and remembering.

"Yes, the Kachikachi Fire King is burning a book."

... read a book?

"There were several books. Beautiful decorative books and simple decorations. And most of all, it was found in the land of the seals, mostly blank paper. It was burned by the King of the Torch."

While feeling somewhat strange, I listened to Princess Rage's story. I remembered the feeling that the voice of Princess Rage could be clearly heard, as if my ears had improved.

"Well, that's all I've ever dreamed of... strangely, it was real."

”Chengdu... maybe it's a predictive dream”

“Yes, I thought maybe.”

Princess Rage took the book out of her pocket, saying so. It's a beautiful dress-up book that I showed you the other day. There are a few stories written in the front, and the pages in the back are known as blank pages.

"It's possible that this book is something important." I'm not sure about the current situation.

Yeah. I'm not sure about the current situation, am I? This is...

Because the source is the source, it is somehow profound, but more than half of it is blank. It is a book that I don't really understand. It's pretty decorated, but... hmmm.

"...... So, before the arson king comes back to life last, let's check out this book."

That's right.

To find out... Princess Rage did all the research, didn't she?

"Yes, I've read it back and forth, but nothing in particular. I'm not going to find any more discoveries in my eyes.”

Princess Rage handed the book to Faye as she said so. Faye is next to me, so I was able to see the book. [M]... it's a beautiful dress-up book, I have no other impression than that. The cover printed in pure white with gold foil is somehow insufficient or lonely... Well, it's simple and nice to say.

"Well then... then, I'll pull myself, Turtle, and Rugulos." Somehow, he's the closest of allies to the enemy. "

I see. Then, Mr. Rugulos, will you let me out?

"I see. It's a corner. Let's have dinner together, and then the three of us can think about it."

After hearing Faye's words, Lila clenched her brooch. Then, Mr. Rugulos came out from the inside.

"... it looks like you left me alone for quite some time."

"Ah, yes. If you had been in the conversation with the Agent, the conversation would have been twisted. Come on."

“So what did you bring me for?”

"Somehow! Bustle! Let's have dinner together!"

Mr. Rugulos was in a bad mood for being left alone, but Faye did not hesitate to slap Mr. Rugulos on the back, let him sit in the appropriate seat, and began to divide up his breakfast. When the rice was separated, Mr. Rugulos seemed to be unable to say anything, and he started eating breakfast beautifully with a complaining face. Hmm, there's something about this guy that's prone to flushing, isn't there?

As soon as breakfast is over, meet me in my room. [M] I was going to go back to the forest a little later because I was going to do a little more research in the Imperial Castle.

The Royal Capital also has a Royal Library, which is the best place to do that kind of research. Besides, if you feel like leaving, it's a short walk through the fairy country from the fairy rose bushes in the courtyard...

"This is an example of a book."

That's right. When they say that you've come out of the land of seals, it's kind of bothersome.

Mr. Rugulos sits on a chair, I am in bed, and Faye is in the same bed that he used to be, and he starts talking quickly.

"... by the way, why is there two beds in this room?"

”Ah, I'm out... er, I'll turn it off when I go home, so it's okay”

Mr. Rugulos had a suspicious look on his face, and when he explained about the bed, he was stunned. "You don't have to look like that anymore..."

"Well, the bed is fine." It's fluffy and comfortable to sit on. Ah, are you sure this isn't the chair? Are you coming? "

"No!... if you think you're going to talk seriously, there are more beds, but we're going to sit on the bed and talk, but I'm going crazy with you guys..."

While her head ached, Ms. Rugulos sighed deeply... and began to read the example book she received from Faye.

... and for a while, it was time for Mr. Rugulos to read a book. I didn't read the full text either, but it was "The Story of the Brave and the Devil King", as Princess Rage said, so I guess that's the story.

While Mr. Rugulos is reading the book, we are free, so we are staring at the other side of the book... that is, the front and back covers of the book that he has spread out.

It's not a cloth, it's a piece of paper. Because it looks like solid paper, it seems just right for painting.

Golden foil stamps round and round, with a pattern on the edge of the cover. That's why the center of the front cover and the back cover are like blank sheets on a frame. "Hmm, looking at it makes me want to paint a little..."

The spine cover is foiled after all. It's a beautiful and delicate foil press. It's beautiful... yes.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, it's Are you duplicating it?"

”No, it's just a beautiful figure... just sketching”

So I immediately started sketching the cover. It looks beautiful. This is how you study design.

"Ah, that kind of thing... noo, this decoration is beautiful." I'm worried that you didn't write the title or the author's name. "

"It looks like a frame, doesn't it? I want to draw it...."

And I said, "Well, if you're going to paint it, you can really copy it."

"Yeah, that's annoying! I'm reading a book!?" Stay out of my way! "

When I was hanging out with Faye, Mr. Ruggiros got mad at me. I'm sorry. I'll do it quietly.

... so for a while, Mr. Rugulos read the book, I sketched the cover of the book, and Faye peered into my hand and went to peek at Mr. Rugulos and spent the rest of the day in the depression of Mr. Rugulos...

"... looks like it's just a story."

After reading the book, Mr. Rugulos concluded with a sinister face.

Oh, yeah. I see. "It seems that Ms. Rugulos has come to the same conclusion as Princess Rage..."

"There is nothing so strange about the content. It's often the story of a hero and a demon king."

That's what Mr. Ruggieros told us.

Um... the demon king was planning to destroy the world, and in fact, all over the world fell into the hands of the demon king and turned pitch dark... and the world would perish. At that time, a brave man appeared and destroyed the demon king with the sword of light to reclaim the world.

... it might be a bit like the story of the country at night. "Well, the" "brave" "in the land of the night are Lila and the birds..."

Then, I remembered that I had somehow a sense of vision. I've read this story before. There was this kind of thing in the kind of fairy tale I read while studying the letters of this world.

In other words, well... I think it's a popular fairy tale in this world that doesn't have any particular idiosyncrasies.

"If I were to mention any strange points in this book... after all, there is a lot of blank paper."

For once, this story is over, isn't it?

"Ah. There are descriptions of how a hero can destroy a demon king." However, I don't know why I had to keep this blank paper afterwards. "

Hmm... I don't think it's necessary to increase the number of pages and get dressed.

"And the text in the main text... is strangely shaped." It looks like you pushed the verdict. "

Actually, I think it's a printed material.

And then the letters.... the neatly finished letters remind me of it in the printed material. For me, it's normal, but when I think about it carefully, most of the books in this world were handwritten. It was quite a revolution to be able to copy it on the copier.

”Hmm... putting this many characters and pages into a hanko would be a tremendous amount of effort...”

"Even if I made it into a version, there are too many differences in the characters. What kind of technology is this?"

... I don't know if it's typography, but it's a little overtechnology for the world. Hmm... it's not that uncomfortable to me, but if you think about it carefully, it's a strange book...

"And you don't have a title or an author's name?" Hmm... I wonder what this is. "

Faye tilts her neck as she looks at the cover and looks at the sketch of the cover I drew. Certainly, it's unnatural to say that you don't have an author or a title.

What about the cane? Have you noticed anything?

”Hmm... I thought it was a beautiful book... and the design was a little different.”

I have also been asked to give my opinion, so I will give my own opinion. [M] Then Faye nodded, “That's right,” and Mr. Rugulos mocked, “What is that?” I was a little angry, so I put a wheel of dandelion in the buttonhole of Mr. Rugulos' shirt. I'll grow it next time.

“What do you mean the design is different?”

Unlike Mr. Rugulos, Faye is interested in my opinion and looks at my sketch while listening to it. Yeah. Yeah. I've been sketching it, too, and I noticed...

"The pattern on the cover of the book. Well, it's a little unusual... uh, it's not a symmetrical design like this."

Describe the sketch as you trace it with your finger.

Uh, the top and bottom sides of the frame-like pattern are the problem areas.

That pattern isn't symmetrical, either up or down, or left or right. It's a beautiful pattern with intertwined vines, but I think this kind of design is usually symmetrical. Moreover, even though the upper and lower sides are made like that, the left and right sides are beautiful symmetries... I think the design of this book is strange.

"I guess so. Hmm... Originally, there would be a title and an author's name written around here."

Yeah.

There is indeed such a design, isn't there? It should be overlaid with a pattern that looks like a frame, and the title should be added. Most of the time, I feel like I can put the title inside the frame.

"I wish this pattern was a letter."

While Faye says so, she squeezes the cover of the book. Certainly, the asymmetrical pattern on the left and right does not look like some kind of lettering...

"... maybe it's really written?"

... yes.

“It's written in a language we don't know, and it looks like a pattern. Isn't that possible?"

When we heard Mr. Rugulos say that, we... decided to look at the pattern a little more seriously.

Could it really be that the title and the author are written on it?