Chapter 112: Midnight Star (Medium)
"It's the uncle with the bucket!" Although he couldn't understand what the locals were saying, Jonah was apprehensive about the flying bucket, and he waved his hand at the Oriental: "Help me translate: I am a member of the Five Great Guilds and a fourth-level astrologer apprentice recognized by the Astrologer Guild, and I ask you to release me and my companions from this prison immediately!"
Ah Sai nodded, and repeated the request of the astrologer apprentice in the lingua franca of the Southern Continent, and an angry reply sounded outside the door, judging by the series of short syllables and the red and white expressions on the faces of the Orientals, it must not be a good word." Well, the leader of the herdsmen said that it was too late, and that there would be something to talk about tomorrow morning, so please don't disturb their normal rest, or else ...... Something less than wonderful is going to happen. Asai translated as tactfully as he could.
The footsteps were far away, and the herdsman uncle strode away. Jonah was a little angry, "Don't these people have the least respect for strangers?
The Moonlight Elf happily added fuel to the fire and said, "Okay, okay, it's the most fun to fight or something, do you want me to use space magic to destroy the entire stone house?" If you're in a good mood, it's not difficult to destroy the entire town." ”
“...... Or don't you want it?" the Oriental looked at them with a sad face, "It's in Tocharian territory, if you accidentally become a wanted criminal, won't you be chased and killed by the Tocharians wherever you go?"
"It's okay, I can protect you!" Jonah was so angry that he forgot who had been knocked out on the spot by a large 40-liter wooden bucket.
"Cut~ Come on, Brother Jonah. The little girl glanced at him, "Let's protect yourself first, it's still too early to mess around on this continent with your strength—— besides, even if that guild badge can help you tide over the difficulties, what reason do you have to run around with this useless sissy?"
"Well, I'll interject. "I'm not always so weak, there are always days every month when I'm a little weaker, but again, there are days when I get a little stronger." And I should be quite useful, for example, I can speak the five main languages spoken on the mainland, and I can also speak a little bit of the obscure Elf, Dragon, and Indigenous languages. I also know acupuncture, massage and dispensing. ”
The elf stood on Jonah's shoulders and crossed his waist angrily, "What's so great about being able to speak five languages?
The astrologer apprentice interjected: "Little girl, I don't know the lingua franca of the Southern Continent, and I need someone to help me." ”
When the green-haired elf heard this, he slapped him in hatred, "You stupid! Have you forgotten what I said? The old lady's space magic 'language transfer' can directly imprint a language into your little head full of glue! Isn't it the lingua franca of the Southern Continent, I'll teach you now!"
"Really?" Jonah covered his face and looked at his symbiotic companion in surprise.
"It's more real than the stars in the sky!" Xiao Cheng glanced at Ah Sai triumphantly, and cocked his chin: "It won't take a few minutes, at most I need to spend some energy, but this magic can only be used once on an object, are you sure you can learn this language?"
Jonah nodded, "That's right, as long as it's enough for me to walk freely in the Tocharian Empire and find my partner." With Elliott here, you don't have to worry about anything......" He suddenly slapped his head and turned to the direction of Assai: "Don't think about it, it's not that you're useless, you just want to be convenient, you know ......"
"Okay, okay, I understand, don't worry. The Oriental smiled and waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”
The mood of the moonlight elf appeared very high, turning into green light and drawing dazzling lines in the air, "Brother Jonah, you have to concentrate, I will now activate the 'language transfer' magic, and project the syllables of the lingua franca of the Southern Continent into your brain, you have to imagine all the information about this language at the same time, words, pronunciation, dialogue, anything, don't think about anything else, do you understand? Only by associating the fragments in your memory with the projected syllables can you imprint this language in your soul!"
"I see!" the astrologer apprentice nodded heavily, sat down on the haystack and closed his eyes.
"So, let's get started!" The little girl hovered in the air, surrounded by dazzling magical light, and the bright white color representing the space magic gradually replaced the green magic glow of the moon elf itself, reflecting the entire room as if it were day, and Asai stood quietly watching with a look of admiration on his face.
The elf glanced at the Orientals haughtily and unleashed a mysterious transfer magic.
At this time, Jonah was trying to imagine the fragments of memories related to the lingua franca of the Southern Continent, the shouts of the shepherds, the justifications of the Orientals, and the inadvertent words spoken by the Stuart siblings,—— when he realized that although he had been in the Southern Continent for a short time, he had very few opportunities to come into contact with the language. Xiao Liang must have thought that he knew more or less about the common language of the Southern Continent, who knew that the astrologer apprentice had stayed on the "Winds of Bactria" since he came to this continent, and got along with the two fellows of the Western Continent day and night.
At this time, it was too late to stop, and countless mysterious words and symbols appeared in his mind like a storm, and Jonah exclaimed, his mind was suddenly filled with a torrent of information, as if it might explode at any moment. He suddenly understood the principle of this magic, and the little girl passed on the phonetic symbols of all the languages she knew, and only one language that was constantly triggered by memory could be grasped by the brain.
In the midst of the confusion, some mysterious letters began to light up with memory, and Jonah did not expect this memory to be involuntarily remembered, and the ghost Bahamian ghost appeared in his mind The underground secret chamber dug by an unknown monk on the back of the Bahamas, twenty-four exquisite murals were filled with this ancient phonetic script, and now each letter came to life in front of him, as if he had a life in his mind.
"Wait a minute, I'm not trying to learn this language......" the astrologer's apprentice thought feebly, but these fragments of memory had already mobilized the corresponding parts of the torrent of symbols," ...... Ahh As the transfer magic progressed, the stinging became more and more frequent, until it turned into a series of dense pulses of pain, and Jonah tried to cover his head, but his whole body could not move, and he could only meet the endless pain in an extremely conscious state.
After some time, the last stinging pain was gone, and Jonah regained control of his body, holding his head and moaning with a "sigh". The Moonlight Elf panted and landed on his shoulder, wiping the sweat from his face: "You're still a fart! I'm tired of the old lady! This kind of difficult magic is really worth using once! Fortunately, I can only use it on you once...... Wait, now that you're out of the big stupid beast, isn't it time to find a way to get rid of this guy and regain his freedom?...... No, we'll have to find a powerful guy to re-sign the contract to lift the curse once and for all, and we'll have to make do with it until we find a suitable scapegoat......" she muttered to herself.
"Ahem, I can hear you, Miss Elf. A cold sweat ran down the Oriental's forehead.
"Phew! Don't comment when you hear it! When I first saw you, I felt that there was a very terrifying power in you, but when I looked closely, there was no fart! You weak guy!" the little boy glared at him viciously.
Assai coughed twice and looked away.
Jonah jerked his head up and opened his eyes, a light of rejuvenation. "It feels good to have mastered a new language, isn't it? It's a little painful, but it's refreshing after the pain, isn't it?" the elf patted him on the head, "Quick, show me a couple of words!"
The astrologer's apprentice calmly spoke: "Māma Nāma Rānaj." ”
“...... What?" said the Oriental in confusion.
The little sapphire blue eyes glared at the boss: "You try to say another word?"
"Yoga?cittavrittinirodhah. Jonah opened his mouth and spoke fluently.
“...... What?" said Asai, holding out his fingers and picking at his ears.
The little girl covered her little chest, "The first thing he said was 'My name is Jonah'." The second sentence he says is, 'Yoga is the medicine that suppresses the desires of the heart.' 'It's very good, and the pronunciation and grammar are quite authentic. ”
“...... What?" the Oriental's black eyebrows were about to twist into a ball, "Why can't I understand it?
"Nonsense! Of course you don't understand! This idiot doesn't speak the lingua franca of the Southern Continent at all!" The moonlight elf finally broke down and grabbed Jonah's earlobe and yelled, "Why do you want to learn Sanskrit, you idiot! What about the lingua franca of the Southern Continent? Are you deliberately joking with the old lady? Is it useful to learn the kind of Sanskrit that no two people can know? Leave it in the grave to chat with the ghost of an old man of a thousand years? Can't you even be a high-level magic caster? Do you dare to be a little weaker, man?!"
Jonah grinned and explained, "Little girl, let go of my ears first, oops...... It's not that I specialize in this cold language, I don't know why, the words on the mural popped out on their own, and I can't help it......."
"Sanskrit?" Ah Sai was stunned, staring thoughtfully at the 17-year-old boy who had more than enough to accomplish and more than to lose, as if he was thinking about something.
"Forget it!" the little girl let go of her claws and glanced at Jonah with tears in her eyes, "The old lady has been in that broken jar for so long, and I didn't expect to entrust you with such a complete piece of waste wood for the rest of her life...... Don't wake me up tomorrow, I'm going to sleep until I want to!"
The Moonlight Elf flew back to the sealing glass bottle, and the room fell silent all of a sudden, and Jonah felt a little embarrassed when he touched the red and swollen earlobe: "That, I really didn't mean to......"
"You gave me a reason why I had to go with you. The Oriental suddenly uttered a sentence that had no beginning or end.