Immediately he knew that this one would probably be important, so he tucked it under his arm and continued to search for others. It was during this time that he learned of two different variants of the countries ancient languages; one that seemed to be a mesh of many others cultures, and another that seemed to be directly related to the village. Unfortunately, while he learned of these two, there weren't any books open to the public directly linked to the more direct variant. Settling for what was offered, especially after locating several books and scrolls, he decided now was as good of time as any to begin studying. Finding a secluded corner in this massive library, Kazan's literature journey would begin.
As smart as he was, nothing made any sense what so ever. He couldn't even begin to pronounce any of the words, though luckily he had found a scroll with some basic instructions; basically, how to write the alphabet in the Vulgar variant of Ancient Kumogakurian. Pulling out an empty scroll, and a pen, he began to practice writing the alphabet in both is native tongue, and this forgotten language. From there, he continued on and eventually found within the same scroll, an odd way to sound out the letters. As he wrote them down, he began to whisper the sounds of each letter under his breath. He would continue to do this for some odd weeks, before he began to try and combine letters and their sounds to form basic words such as "eyes, nose, ears, hands". From there, it would take him even more weeks to begin putting together some basic sentences like "hello, my name is Kazan".
By this time, he had already devoted roughly six weeks towards just learning how to convert the basic alphabet into the Ancient Vulgar form of Kumogakurian. But now was the time for him to begin attempting to read passages from other scrolls and books he had previously found. One book in particular, The Art Of Infiltration, which roughly translated to 'The Art Of Infiltration', seemed to be about old tactics used by past shinobi to infiltrate whatever they needed to infiltrate. Truth be told, this book was well beyond what Kazan was ready for, but he felt it was worth the challenge. Over the course of the next couple of months, Kazan would spend his Saturday nights here at the library attempting to ready this book one page at a time. In between throughout the weeks, he'd continue to practice writing the alphabet, sounding them out, and putting together more complicated words. After roughly four months in total, he had finally managed to read one full book to completion. While his understanding of the language wasn't perfect, it was at least a good start.
From there, he continued doing what he had done previously. Throughout the week, he'd practice the alphabet, write and compose more advanced words in the vulgar variant, and spend his week ends attempting to read more scrolls and books detailing both the villages and countries rich history.
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[Attempting to Learn Ancient Kumo; Vulgar Variant]
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