“Also… gu—, that [Gate of Wisdom]… was that a riddle from your world?
“Yeah. Weeell, it was hard to come up with. There weren’t many riddles I could’ve use there.”
“Is that so… it’s fine already, so please let me hit you once.”
“Hahaha, I’ll decline.”
It was probably very vexing. I didn’t tell her that Rokuko solved it in three seconds.
“… I’m not very interested in riddles so I don’t use them.”
“What, so you used wordplay. Somehow, it seems it’s translating on it’s own…”
Right, for instance, I had told Rokuko, “The futon blew up.”
She heard something like, “The futon bursted.” That kind of thing. The traditional Japanese gag didn’t go along with it.
Therefore, for instance [What is the doctor that can only break cars?] [Answer: Dentists (Kanji for dentist reads the same as out-of-service vehicle)], the wordplay solution for the riddle didn’t go through.
Furthermore, riddles that relied on the shapes of words were out. To begin with, the characters were different.
Since there’s no problem if there’s an image, I plan on using that next time.
Together with remembering how amazing magic is over and over, I should give up on memorizing this world’s language. It translates itself too much, I can’t study. I could probably do it if I did my best, but I don’t feel like doing that.
“Right, Ane-sama, get this! My name is Rokuko now. It comes from 695 in another world’s language! ‘Ro’ is 6, ‘ku’ is 9, and ‘ko’ is 5!”
Rokuko didn’t even know the origin of her own name.
When I noticed that and told her, she was really happy for some reason. I thought that she’d be angry that her name came from a number since it was a serious thing, but it looked like she was really happy about it. I don’t get Dungeon Cores’ tastes.
Other than the digits was [No.], it might be a unique rule.
“! That’s amazing, such a wonderful name… ahh, I’m envious.”
“So, call me Rokuko from now on, No. 89 Ane-sama.”
“Yes, I understand. Rokuko-chan… Haah, so good. I’m Haku since my hair is white, you know? Really, Master has the worst taste…”
“… Huh? Haku-san, isn’t it Haku since that’s number eight and nine?”
When I unintentionally cut in, Haku-san suddenly stopped.
“Why would No. 89 turn into white? … Wait, by some chance, is that how it is in the other world?”
“Well there’s a few meanings to it really, but… well, it can be read as Haku. White too, same with No. 89.”
Haku-san closed her eyes for a moment, pressing down on her temple.
… It seems she’s thinking about something.
After a while, she opened her mouth.
“… Rokuko-chan. From now on, could you call me Haku? If that’s how it is, it matches another world’s numbers.”
“Yes, Haku Ane-sama!”
I wonder if she still feels some complicated things about it? Haku-san pat Rokuko’s head while smiling.
“Right, the story drifted off course for a moment. I really did want to review some more, but even if it doesn’t look like it, I am very busy… Because a new dungeon has now been made, I need to process it… Ah, I’ve been wondering what that last thing was, but it would be inelegant to ask about a dungeon’s trump card, wouldn’t it?”
That last thing… meaning the [Hidden Gems].
I feel it’d be fine to tell her, but she might have fun trying to figure it out herself.
“Well then, Rokuko-chan. How about… I transfer the DP now?”
“Y-yesh!”
Taking Rokuko’s hand with a smile, Haku smiled gladly.
It was 150,000 DP with the information fee included.
Though she said she was busy, she took her time deliberately transferring it mouth-to-mouth with her.
Thanks for the treat.