Chapter 27. Illiterate Barusu.
[[ "Continuing to talk will only invite trouble... Well then, I'll take my leave, senior. See you tomorrow."
In the scene, Subaru finished his bath, changed in the changing room, and walked out, encountering Ram. After a brief chat, Subaru intended to end the conversation.
"Barusu, what are you going to do next?"
Ram asked Subaru.
"Nothing, just go to sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow, so that's a given, damn it. Senior, waking up early is the only thing that really sucks."
Then Ram nodded, closed her eyes, remained silent for a moment, and said:
"Then, Ram will go to your place later, wait for me in your room."
"...Huh?" ]]
...
~Inside, the Theater~
Both Subaru inside and everyone outside the screen said "Huh".
"Uh... what is Miss Ram going to do?"
Otto looked at Ram outside the screen and asked.
"How lewd."
"I just asked what you were going to do, right?!"
Otto protested Ram's response.
"Honestly, Ram doesn't even know what she's going to do."
Ram said this.
"No wonder Subaru and the others misunderstood. After all, Miss Ram only said, 'Will go to your place, wait for me in your room', without specifying anything. I think Natsuki seems to have misunderstood too... I'm kind of looking forward to Natsuki's reaction."
[[ "So, this perfect bed is only for me to sleep peacefully, it won't have any other use!"
Subaru's reaction was to clean up the bed neatly after returning to his room.
"There's no special meaning, no special meaning. Mind like still water, mind like still water. Calm down, calm down. One Emilia-tan, two Emilia-tan, three Emilia-tan... It's heaven!" ]]
...
~Inside, the Theater~
"Sigh, idiot Barusu, what are you lewdly expecting there all alone. Although I don't know what Ram here wants to do, she will definitely disappoint Barusu's expectations."
"Telling himself there's no other meaning, but taking action to make the bed, Natsuki is indeed a man."
Anastasia teased.
"However, it's also possible that he's trying to distract himself. After Subaru finishes tidying up, he might also have the idea that he doesn't want such a clean bed to be ruined."
Julius tried to find a reasonable explanation for his friend.
[[ "Too noisy, Barusu. It's already night, be quiet."
Ram in the scene arrived, dissatisfied with Subaru's noise.
"Uwa!"
Subaru seemed to be startled... no, he was startled and jumped up, hitting the wall.
"I just told you to be quiet, and you're still making such a loud noise, you're hopeless."
Subaru shouted:
"What kind of personal rules are those! Listening to you makes me worry that I'll lose even basic common sense! Why exactly? What do you want to do to me?"
Ram snorted, sat on the desk, and said:
"What are you spacing out for. Barusu, come over here."
Ram beckoned to Subaru to come over.
"So, what difficult task are you going to give me this time?"
"What are you talking about? Ram is going to teach you how to read and write, so hurry up and sit down."
"This is the first time I've heard of this?!" ]]
...
~Inside, the Theater~
"Haha, Subaru's reaction is really strong, still that little boy."
Puck outside the screen laughed, while remaining silent to Emilia's question of "why is Subaru's reaction so strong?".
"Literacy... oh."
Ram looked at her own actions on the screen and instantly understood what she wanted to do.
"He even hit the wall... If I encounter this situation in the future, I definitely won't be like the boss, but my heart will be calm!"
Garfiel said confidently.
"Darling is so cute, it's like..."
After learning that Ram was going to teach reading and writing, Rem put down her worries and remembered that first night, her darling's reaction was not as strong as on the screen, but it was quite similar, and she thought it was very cute.
"But this is really surprising... Ah, no, I forgot Natsuki is a foreigner, sorry."
Anastasia was surprised that Subaru was illiterate, but suddenly realized that it was normal for Subaru to be illiterate.
"I hadn't thought about this before, probably because the writing of our world is deeply ingrained in our hearts, and now I remember that Mr. Natsuki is illiterate."
Otto said.
Yes, in everyone's eyes, this is a matter of course, but Subaru, as a foreigner, may not find all the so-called "matters of course" so matter-of-course.
Ah, and also including the conversation between Subaru and Roswaal just now, he knew nothing about common sense concepts such as "Mana" and "Gate".
When Subaru and Roswaal were bathing together just now, they also talked about magic, and Roswaal also told Subaru some basic common sense, and Subaru also learned about his attribute "Yin" there.
"Ah, it reminds me of when I learned the writing of this world, it was really hard. Then let me look forward to Miss Ram... Ram-sensei's teaching ability."
Al crossed his arms with a melancholy expression, reminiscing about the past hardships.
[[ Subaru in the scene was confused, and Ram explained:
"Looking at your performance today, Barusu, I know you're illiterate. If you're illiterate, I can't let you go shopping, and I can't leave you notes, so I have to teach you. First, I'll give you a simple collection of children's fairy tales.
From now on, every night, Ram or Rem will accompany you to study together." ]]
...
~Inside, the Theater~
"Every night, huh..."
Otto whispered.
He knew that this so-called every night was actually not many at all.
"Ah, what is the boss drawing?"
Garfiel curiously looked at the notebook on the screen—
[[ "Natsuki Subaru arrives... Good."
Taking out the notebook, Subaru wrote "Natsuki Subaru arrives" in Japanese.
"Now is not the time for you to draw and play. Because you have to get up early tomorrow, time is limited."
"No, this is the writing of my motherland... but you really can't understand it." ]]
...
~Inside, the Theater~
"Hey hey, my mother tongue is not some kind of drawing.
Al was a little hurt.
"Ah... it looks a bit familiar, like our ancient writing."
Anastasia said with a smile.
"Ah, after all, your 'Hoxin' is a fellow countryman of Japan."
Al responded.
"Mr. Natsuki's homeland writing... I can't understand it."
Otto said something that was taken for granted.
In this way, the teaching officially began.
[[ And Subaru, who seemed to be thinking about things while learning, opened his mouth:
"To be honest, I don't think I'm very likable. In the future, I will cause you a lot of trouble, but I will try to be useful as soon as possible. Please take care of me."
Subaru said heartfelt words, but found that Ram didn't respond, and looked back at Ram...
Ram fell asleep. ]]
...
~Inside, the Theater~
"Huh? Is this Ram's brain broken?"
Ram outside the screen was extremely surprised.