After all, it was a language from anotherworld, and there was still a gap in pronunciation compared to Earth languages.
Lin Yu didn't think much of it; instead, he excitedly poured some tea and used his index finger to dip in it, writing two Chinese Characters.
"Lin Yu, my name."
"Characters I've never seen, a language I've never heard... Interesting!"
The woman named Vlamay also became interested. She immediately wrote another line of text and then pointed to a large tree outside the Courtyard.
Without a doubt, the meaning of that word was 'tree'!
Lin Yu's eyes lit up, and he quickly reciprocated by teaching her the character for 'tree' from the Chinese language.
Just like that, the two put aside the tea they had brewed and taught each other the languages they knew, speaking back and forth.
Time ticked by, second by second.
An hour later, perhaps feeling that writing with tea was too inefficient, Vlamay suddenly raised her hand. The immense energy within her surged out from her Palm, weaving into a line of blue text in mid-air.
"Whoa! What is this?"
Lin Yu stared at the line of floating blue light characters in amazement.
Although he didn't understand it yet, he could sense that the characters were formed by the same type of energy as that found on Rumble Rock.
"Magic Power?"
"Magic?"
Lin Yu looked at the blue light characters with interest, then looked at Vlamay with dissatisfaction. "With such a convenient Magic, why didn't you use it sooner? My tea leaves are quite precious, you know!"
"..."
Vlamay's lips twitched. After pondering for a moment, she spoke the Chinese language with difficulty: "Apology."
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, then excitedly said, "That's right, that's how you say it—you learned it already?"
Vlamay shook her head, indicating that she couldn't fully understand the language Lin Yu spoke, but she had deduced his intended meaning from his expression.
"Enough, enough!"
"I didn't realize it, you're actually a language genius no less than myself!"
Lin Yu was overjoyed. At this Progress rate, they would be able to learn each other's languages after some more time.
With this performance as a foundation, Lin Yu's enthusiasm for learning the local language grew even stronger.
Vlamay felt the same way. She already possessed a strong desire for knowledge, and suddenly encountering a mysterious Young Man speaking an unknown language in this forest on the Northern Plateau naturally made her want to know his origins.
Thus, the two studied from mid-morning until nearly sunset.
It wasn't until a sound of Hunger came from Vlamay's stomach that they reluctantly stopped.
It was the host's fault if the guest was starving. Lin Yu unhesitatingly took out the venison he had hunted the day before and, using wild vegetables and mushrooms gathered during this time, made a Hot Pot with a mushroom broth base.
Judging by Vlamay's attire, which strongly resembled Greek styles, this world was still in its early stages of Civilization.
Aspects like food, clothing, housing, and transportation were still imperfect. Being able to eat a dinner that could be called gourmet food in this primeval forest was quite a surprising thing for Vlamay.
After eating their fill, the sky had darkened.
Lin Yu enthusiastically invited Vlamay to stay in his Two-story wooden building, but Vlamay shook her head and refused.
To be honest, when she shook her head, Lin Yu's expression instantly became disappointed, and for a brief moment, the thought of forcibly keeping her there crossed his mind.
However, a thought was just a thought.
No matter how lonely Lin Yu was, he couldn't lay a hand on a Human he had finally met.
Fortunately, Vlamay had no intention of giving up communicating with Lin Yu.
She used Magic Power to construct the number 2 and used hand gestures to indicate she would return in two days.
Lin Yu nodded in understanding, but a trace of dejection remained on his face.
For the next two days, Lin Yu brought Rumble Rock and guarded the Forest Path at the edge of his Territory. Indeed, two days later, he saw that familiar figure.
This time, Vlamay did not come empty-handed; she had a backpack full of parchment scrolls covered in writing slung over her back.
So she went to buy textbooks!
Lin Yu suddenly understood, and at the same time, his favorable impression of his first friend in this world greatly increased.
Just as he expected, what Vlamay brought this time was the writing used by Nobles to teach their offspring, containing several fairy tales with relatively simple plots.
Thanks to these fairy tales, Lin Yu's learning speed accelerated significantly.
He followed suit, writing out the Thousand Character Classic and the Three Character Classic from memory to help Vlamay better learn the Chinese language.
In this way, Vlamay finally agreed to stay in Lin Yu's Two-story wooden building, and she stayed for a whole month.
Lin Yu was, after all, a terrifying existence equivalent to a Dimensional Demon God. Even though he was suppressed by the Main Universe at this time, he was absolutely incomparable to ordinary intelligent beings.
Similarly, Vlamay was also a peerless genius appearing once in a thousand years in this world, her intellect far surpassing that of an Ordinary Person.
Thus, in just one month, the two learned each other's languages and could communicate fluently in daily conversation.
"Finally, that's wrapped up~"
In the Stone Pavilion, Lin Yu put down the last fairy tale book and said with a wistful expression, "Since this world has all sorts of Magic, why hasn't anyone created a Magic that can translate unknown languages?"
"..."
Vlamay, sitting opposite him at the stone table, glanced at him and chuckled, "Because the entire Human world uses the same language."
"The world of Magic is a world of imagination. Without the need to translate languages, naturally, no one would think of such a Magic."
"That's not right!" Lin Yu frowned. "Didn't you say this world also has Races like Elves and Dwarves? Surely they didn't fail to develop the Elvish Language and Dwarvish Language?"
"..."
Vlamay paused upon hearing this, then said thoughtfully, "According to the theory of natural selection you mentioned, if Elves and Dwarves separated from Humans, there is indeed a possibility they developed racial languages."
"However, the situation in our world is quite special; there is a common enemy like the Demon Race."
"Thanks to the Demon Race, the Elves and Dwarves integrated into the Human Race from the very beginning, belonging to the broader Human Race as sub-species, so their racial languages..."
Vlamay paused here, talking to herself, "Wait, I think I heard an ancient language from my Teacher. If that is the so-called Elvish Language, then this world should have had languages of other Races... Hmm, I get it now. Perhaps the Common Continental Language today is the result of the fusion of ancient Human language, ancient Elvish Language, and ancient Dwarvish Language!"
So that's how it is!
Lin Yu nodded thoughtfully, then asked curiously, "You said your Teacher might know the ancient Elvish Language. Is she an Elf who has lived for a very long time?"
"Not he, she."
Vlamay corrected the gender of Teacher in the Common Continental Language, then said with a smile, "That's right, my Teacher is indeed an Elf. As for how long she has lived, that is also a mystery to me."
"An Elf, really..." Lin Yu asked with interest, "Then what is her name?"
"You wouldn't know her even if I told you." Vlamay shook her head but still spoke, "Cerye."
"Cerye, huh~"
Another name that sounded somewhat familiar...
Lin Yu first nodded habitually, then his movement suddenly froze, as if he had finally recalled something.
Wait, the Master is an Elf magic user who has lived for who knows how many years, named Cerye, and the Disciple is a young and beautiful genius Human magic user named Vlamay...
This Master and Disciple pairing seems very much like Deja Vu!
Lin Yu's lips twitched, and he looked at the graceful, white-robed beauty before him with a strange expression.
Especially her Orange long hair, and the gold hand-ring and collar, vaguely overlapped with a certain anime image in his mind...
It matches, everything matches!
Could this world be the anime he watched before he transmigrated—《Frieren: Beyond Journey's End》?!