Re:Lyra-Starting Life in Another World (Re:Reader-Lyra Edition)

Chapter 6: First Day On the New Job

With both herself and Rem back in her room, Lyra sat at her desk and Rem at the foot of the bed.

They discussed what exactly Lyra meant by wanting to be tutored.

Rem: So... Lyra-chan is... illiterate?

Lyra: Well it's pretty harsh when you say it like that, to be honest..

Rem: Rem is sorry! Rem didn't mean to disrespect—

Putting her hand up to halt Rem's apology, Lyra conceded that she was correct.

Lyra: But you are completely correct, at least in the context of only being in these lands.

Rem: Rem is guessing that's not all though?

Lyra: No, I need to learn things like relevant history, how your money works, and like—

Rem had a slightly disappointed look on her face, causing Lyra to halt her words.

Rem: Lyra-chan was never given a proper education, was she?

Lyra: Oh no I was! Many years in fact! Here.

Taking the quill and ink, Lyra wrote her name as she knew it.

Lyra: See!

Rem took a moment to analyze it.

Rem: These... just look like scribbles. How would these form the sounds needed to be words?

Lyra: Well that's just my name.

Rem nodded, almost as if she wasn't fully convinced.

Lyra: I'll write your name next.

Lyra proceeded to cover her quill in fresh ink, and using her best handwriting, she wrote out Rem's name. Sliding the parchment over to Rem, she looked over the new set of symbols on the sheet and contemplated it.

Rem: This is… Rem's name?

Lyra: Yep! Here, I'll write more then.

Knowing she fully didn't understand her writing, Lyra dipped her quill once more and wrote out on the paper "Rem is the cutest girl in the kingdom."

Rem picked up the sheet and analyzed the foreign symbols freshly written by Lyra. Giving a look of curiosity back to Lyra, she put her finger on the sheet under where she wrote "Rem."

Rem: Lyra-chan wrote something with Rem's name?

A bead of sweat ran down the side of Lyra's face as she turned slightly away, blushed, fidgeted with her hair a bit, and didn't immediately respond, which gave Rem all the clues she needed to confirm that was indeed her name.

Rem: And what of the rest of this? What does it say?

Lyra:: Well it u-uhh, well... i-it says in a very antiquated, and uhh, c-colloquial t-terminology, with a good amount of s-slang incorporated into

Rem gave a slight giggle at the long usage of words to stall for reasons she understood, before slightly blushing and giving a half smile of her own.

Rem: Rem has a good enough guess as to what Lyra-chan wrote.

Lyra sighed, perhaps she knew, perhaps she didn't. She would be okay if she didn't because it would save her some embarrassment, but if she didn't fully know, she still wanted her to know, deep down.

Lyra: Fine, then. Tell you what, I'll make you a deal.

Rem nodded, prompting Lyra to continue.

Lyra: If you can teach me how to write my name, and yours, as well as a few other words, I'll rewrite it so you can read it.