Codes huh . . .

I do know few magic for deciphering codes .

But it can take too long to decipher a code depending on its level of complexity .

I also know a magic that can decipher any kind of code in an instant in exchange for an enormous amount of mana consumed, but unfortunately it's not usable to the me right now .

" . . . Guess I can only hope the codes are simple . "

"I have full confidence in Mathias-san being able to decipher it . "

"I can't say for sure before taking a look at them . . . Could you gather the doc.u.ments in one place for now?"

Number of samples are the most important thing in deciphering codes .

The more samples there are, the easier it is to find a common point and to try out all kinds of angles .

"Yes . I had the same idea so I've arranged them to be gathered . . . I believe there have been about 10 pieces delivered already . "

Ooh .

He sure can get the job done .

"Where are you putting them?"

"Here . . . In the bas.e.m.e.nt of Second Academy . This building is presently the safest place in the capital after all . "

Grevil threw out his chest .

Indeed, this academy makes the top of the safest place in capital list .

I mean, students who have been training in proper chantless magic are walking around all over this place .

Though I'm not sure which comes out first if compared to the royal castle . . . but there's no doubt the academy is well suited for safe keeping of secret doc.u.ments .

"Second Academy students and the knights are working together to collect the doc.u.ments . They departed quite awhile ago, so it shouldn't be too long now until they get back . "

"Got it . . . But is it really okay to let students do the doc.u.ment gathering work . . . ?"

Students' duty is to study and practice .

I'm not sure if getting them to collect doc.u.ments is the right thing to do here .

"Many students in Second Academy aspire to apply at the knights after all . Many of those which wish to have an interns.h.i.+p at the knights . "

"Un . My family also told me to give my all experiencing how knights are like when I was departing for Second Academy . "

"Me too I've heard about that! . . . In my case, it was about how you could undergo many unusual experience and even got money for it, so the compet.i.tion was tough . . . "

I see .

Never knew that Second Academy had that system .

To think knight interns.h.i.+p would be popular . . . I had no idea about that at all .

. . . My father Castor is supposedly an old guard of Second Academy though .

" . . . I got it . No problem then . "

These royal academies are not the same as ordinary [schools] indeed .

They even put the biggest priority in combat-related magic and all . . . I guess it's like some sort of military academy .

Well, I'm thankful if the academy is helping .

The knights are gradually training in and getting better at chantless magic themselves . . . But Second Academy students are just more adept at it .

With their adeptness in magic, transporting the doc.u.ments should take less time than normal .

"As such Mathias-san, please wait a bit more . "

"Got it . I'll wait . "

It's not my place to intervene if they're already on the move transporting doc.u.ments .

My soul still hasn't made a complete recovery from reviving Gaias anyway, might as well take it easy till the doc.u.ments are here .

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Two days after my return to the capital .

"And this one is the last of today's shares!"

"A section of doc.u.ments from distant territories is scheduled to arrive the day after tomorrow . . . We're at 70% for the time being!"

Doc.u.ments are getting delivered into a conference below Second Academy's building .

There are 52 piece of doc.u.ments that have been delivered in total .

Apparently the remaining 30% will be delivered later . . . Let's work on deciphering what we have first .

20 pieces of those are normally readable without issue . . .

. . . There's nothing of note in doc.u.ments written in the continental common language .

"Un . It's all obsolete info . . . "

"They do have locations of those demons written down . . . But those demons have all died off anyway . "

The language we're using is known as Continental Common Language .

Since it's also commonly used in Raginia Federation, I've never been conscious of it as a language in particular .

Information from doc.u.ments written in this common language were all useless trivia .

Stuff like intimidations between demons like 『** is my hideout, p.i.s.s off』, to 『Kill Mathias Hildesheimr, he's an eyesore』, to, 『X Day Y Month, a wagon carrying a large amount of cash will be on the move . It's our chance to get our hands on the currency humans use . 』, in short, all simple messages .

Demons from these messages are no longer of this world, so they're all pointless .

Which means . . .

"These ones are our problem huh . "

I look at doc.u.ments written in an unknown language .

There are 32 pieces of doc.u.ments remaining .

It's in a language I'm not familiar with either . . . All these 32 pieces of doc.u.ments seem to be written in this one language .