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Isis returned to her castle with Eulpecula, a special Mystic Silver who was completely attached to her. Her four subordinates, Iris, Polaris, Sirius and Rasal, also accepted it immediately after Isis introduced it to the others, and although Eulpecula was initially intimidated by the fourās magic power, by the time a day passed, it had grown accustomed to them and was interacting with them normally.
[ā¦ā¦And, what do you eat?]
[Youāre one of them who doesnāt need to eat huh? In that caseā¦ā¦ If you have a favorite food, just say it.]
Iris, who is also in charge of cooking in the Death Kingās camp, struggled a bit with Eulpeculaās food. At first, she prepared some things that pets like to eat, but Eulpecula basically didnāt want to eat them and insisted on something.
If Isis spoke, Eupecula would reluctantly eat the food given to her, but Iris, seeing that it wasnāt satisfied with the food, tried to investigate.
And what she had found outā¦ā¦
[ā¦ā¦In other wordsā¦ā¦ You wanted to eat the same food weā¦ā¦ no, the same food Isis-sama eats?]
[Haahhh, thatās why youāre dissatisfiedā¦ā¦ Alright. However, I will work things out on that matter, but since you donāt use a knife or fork, you will have to put up with some difficulty eating.]
In the end, what Eulpecula didnāt like was that she was the only one who ate differently from the others, and iris, understanding her childish reason, prepared the same food for Eulpecula as for Isis and the others.
However, a few days later, Irisā¦ā¦ no, the other subordinates were wide-eyed with astonishment.
[ā¦ā¦Eulpecula, youā¦ā¦ already learned how to use a knife and fork?]
[I thought Head-dono had taught it how to use a knife and fork, but that doesnāt seem to be the caseā¦ā¦ How dexterous, holding the knife and fork with its tail and cutting the food into pieces as it eats.]
[It certainly has better manners than Sirius.]
[Carrion heads who couldnāt even help in handling the ingredients should just shut up.]
In just a few days, Eulpecula learned to use her tail dexterously to carve food with a knife, then stick it in her fork and bring it to her mouth.
[ā¦ā¦Eul isā¦ā¦ clever, arenāt you?]
Unlike the astonished subordinates, Isis praised Eulpecula with a gentle smile, to which Eulpeculaās tail wagged happily.
On another occasion, it appeared in front of Rasal, who was looking for books in the large library, holding a book by its tail.
[Unnn? Whatās the matter, Eulpecula? Do you want me to read that book to you?]
[Fumu, itās good that you have a thirst for knowledge. However, the contents of that book is difficultā¦ā¦ Wait a bit and Iāll find the right book for you.]
With these words, Rasal brings out a book with stories for children from the large library and sits down on a chair prepared in one corner of the large library.
[Here, itās better if I read this to you.]
[Kyuā¦ā¦ Kyukyuu!? Kyuu!]
[Unnn? What are you complaining about now?]
[Unnn? What does that action meanā¦ā¦ Put the book down?]
[ā¦ā¦In other words, you want me to lay out the book so you can see it too?]
[ā¦ā¦Well, I donāt really mind, but itās not like this book has any illustrations.]
Even though she was tilting her head at Eulpeculaās strange behavior, Rasal opened the book so that Eulpecula could see it and read the book to her, as requested.
After that, Eulpecula frequently approached Rasal with a book and asked her to read to her, and Rasal read to her several times as she requested.
That day, Rasal was in the large library looking for a book she could refer to for her next experiment. Thereupon, she saw Eulpecula, who had placed the book on the floor in an open area and dexterously opened it with her tail.
[ā¦ā¦What are you doing? Do you want to read that book, Eulpecula?]
[Unnn? What now? At the tip of your tailā¦ā¦ This word? This isā¦ā¦]
When Rasal read the word on the page that Eulpecula pointed at with one of her tails, Eulpecula nodded before turning her attention back to the book. Then, after a few moments, she dexterously turned the page with her tail.
Watching this, Rasal looked as if she couldnāt believe what she saw.
(Wait, what is she doing? Could it beā¦ā¦ Sheās reading the book? However, no one taught her how to read letters and words- Donāt tell me!?)
Astonished as she looked at Eulpecula, who seemed to be reading a book, Rasal came to a conclusion and expressed even deeper surprise on her face.
(She learned how to read!? She had me read a book to her, and then she compared my pronunciation to the words in the book until she could read the book on her own in such a short period of time!?)
Yes, everything is coming together. Why did Eulpecula persistently demand that she open the book so that she could see the pages as wellā¦ā¦ Eulpecula had taught herself how to read letters and words by having Rasal read the book to her.
However, to learn it in just ten days was so extraordinary that even Rasal involuntarily shuddered.
(ā¦ā¦No mistake, sheās an extraordinary genius. At this rate, she would soon acquire more advanced knowledgeā¦ā¦)
The genius, whose talent would later be described by Alice as on the level of being a bug of this world, was gradually beginning to show glimpses of her talent.