Another World Dictionary
We were in Jeannes room.
It was smaller than I was expecting.
Apparently, Eve had tried to assign her a larger room, but Jeanne said that she found them unsettling.
She didnt have much in the way of clothes or hobbies. She just wanted a room to pray in that also protected her from the rain.
That was a Saint. A servant of god had no interest in luxury.
Still, there was sothing feminine about the room as well.
It slled nice, for one.
The sll of flowers and the sll of a woman.
It was nothing like the sweat of n. It slled of citrus and was quite comforting.
Eve changed the flowers in the room every day. I could also sll the scent of her hair oil.
(Ive been thinking about nothing but the sll)
I was starting to look like I had an aroma fetish, and so I stopped and looked at the room.
The only thing that caught the eye was the sword stand, desk, and bed.
There was nothing else.
Well, there was a trunk for clothes in the back, but it was very small and contained the bare minimum, it seed.
Those who serve God should not drown in greed.
Jeanne often said. In terms of being frugal and reserved, she and Eve were quite similar. However, Jeanne did have a greed when it ca to eating.
She spent much of her salary on food and enjoyed walking through the town and eating at restaurants.
When I pointed this out, she replied,
God told that a healthy appetite is proof of good health.
There was sothing shifty in her gaze that suggested this wasnt quite true, but it also wasnt very important.
Now, it is ti that you learn so words.
Thank you. What are they, anyway?
A collection of letters. So, try putting C, A, and T together.
Ca..t?
Yes. A cat.
Oh, cats. I like cats. You look like a cat, Demon King.
She owed.
So, how about D, O, and G?
Hmm. Dog?
Correct.
I knew it!!
She said happily.
Learn enough of these, and you will be able to read books. Its very similar to Latin. And Latin and French are similar.
Yes, I will learn as many as I can.
Good. By the way, I have a present for you.
I pulled out a dictionary that I had prepared.
Ah, that is the book your maid was reading.
Yes. It has the definitions of all of the words of this country in it. Learn the simple ones for now.
I said as I handed her the book. She accepted it and hugged it tightly to her chest.
I will take good care of it as if it were you, Demon King!
Well, think whatever you like. But you must open the dictionary every day and look up words that you dont know.
Yes. There is a word Ive been thinking about.
She started to flip through the pages.
By the way, the word impossible was not in it.
As Jeanne was French, I thought it would be amusing to make Napoleons imaginary book, but it would probably be lost on her.
Or so I thought, but she quickly seed to notice that sothing was wrong.
Was she going to point out the absence of impossible?
No, she had been looking through A.
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