In the end, Billy decided not to buy those skills, after all, the very moment he manages to read or write a single word by himself, he would get those skills.
"Do you keep registers of things related to the dungeons here?" Billy asked.
"We have, but it is mostly documents regarding the guild and its members," Gerald replied. "Many things happen and we forget about them. Like those who were banned, those who increased their ranks. We also keep information about the special monsters that occasionally appear. However, I decided to buy many books regarding the history of the state for the sake of preservation."
Billy wondered if the guild would keep existing if one day the state is turned into ashes. If that is possible, then doing that was probably a good idea. In any case, to gain time, Billy would make the skills he was going to learn level up as soon as possible. The beginning of learning any language is a pain, after all. Once he gets some knowledge regarding most of the words, he can learn faster the others on his own.
Fortunately, there was also a receptionist there that had papers, ink and pen made of some kind of bird feather and Gerald asked for those for the receptionist.
"You can copy the words table since you are going to teach your friends," Gerald said.
"I am grateful," Billy said.
"So, you can even say that, huh," Gerald said.
"Naturally, I match the attitude of the other side during the conversations," Billy said.
Gerald wasn't someone who would think that acting like a twelve-year-old would make someone look arrogant and rude, but most people would. Billy knew that and even so, reacted like that with Gerald because he didn't like being looked down on. In any case, while Billy was looking for the book that teaches people how to read and write, he wondered if he could learn a cooking skill as well… since his mother didn't have that, it was probably impossible… it was weird, though. Why writing and reading are skills but cooking isn't?
In any case, Billy found the book and realized that it was pretty good… the book taught the pronunciation of each letter and then taught the syllables by showing the names of people. Even without someone to read the book, they could understand the words because they had some drawings below them. There was the initials letters for his name on the drawings of a ball, ink, leaf, and adult.
You have learned the writing skill.
You have learned the reading skill.
"You are pretty fast…" Gerald said, much to Billy's surprise since he had thought that he had already left.
"It is pretty intuitive… as long as you don't waste time second-guessing yourself, everything can be learned pretty fast," Billy said.
In any case, after copying all the letters by seeing the words above the drawings, Billy felt that the language of that world was pretty similar to Latin… the only difference was the fact that they used six vowels and they had twenty-five letters in their alphabet. A bit fewer consonants than in the previous world.
In the end, the rest of the day passed in the blink of an eye, even though Billy was doing something that he had already did in his previous life and it was a rather slow process. However, he only spent several hours because he was trying to come up with ways to make his friends learn faster. In the blink of an eye thanks to his powers, Billy made those skills reach level ten and he began to recognize words pretty fast. Even the new ones, he could understand them pretty fast, even when he never had seen them before. In any case, his friends came to pick him up when the sun started to set, and even though it was basically a town made for Adventurers, it was pretty good. The rooms were large and the beds were comfy as well. Speaking of rooms, the boys and girls had two separated by gender, naturally. The inn even had rooms with multiple beds for parties of adventurers. While he tried to play it cool, Alexander clearly looked disappointed.
"Despite his meek attitude, he is planning to make his move now that Leo isn't around…" Billy thought. "I suppose becoming a better archer than Leo is out of the question for him."
"Billy, didn't you think you have been rather reckless lately?" Alexander asked.
"How so?" Billy asked.
"Being mean to Kate like that… being rude to the guild master," Alexander replied.
"I am sure that they can take it… Besides, they aren't people who would be bothered by that," Billy said. "While you have to be careful around certain people, if you show them a weak attitude, they will take you lightly."
"I suppose that is true, but… you have to consider that how we act is exactly how people will see our own people as a whole," Alexander said.
"That is even more reason not to let others take me lightly," Billy said. "We have been invited here, so we shouldn't walk and act like they are doing us a favor. Besides, while you guys wanted to come and wanted as well, the main reason is because of Kate. While she is Edward's daughter, I plan to make her work like everyone. If you want to stay on the people's good sides by being meek all the time, feel free to do so, but with that attitude, you will never make any progress with Lily."
"Ugh… that is…" Alexander said while showing an expression like that one had been a low blow.
"Also, cutting corners will only make you look lame," Billy said. "If you do anything during this trip, Leo will probably skin you alive. Well, if you think it is worth the hassle..."
"I wasn't planning to do anything!" Alexander protested.
"Whatever you say," Billy shrugged.
