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"Would they have prescribed it for me?" I asked. "I think I'm a little small for my age. I'm eight, but I look like a seven-year-old. Also, my vision is not very clear, maybe there are some strengthening eye drops or spells?"

Sensei thought about it.

"You're quite tall enough for your age, so you won't need a "Bone height". As for the eyesight, I must disappoint you, there are no such potions and charms. Quite a lot of wizards wear glasses. However, I have heard that there are healers in Japan who restore even very poor eyesight. I was there once at a potions conference. I even learned their language once, I wanted to... In general, it doesn't matter..."

"Is there another language in another country?" I asked, interested.

Okay, when there are different languages in different worlds, but what about countries?! I remember that those scary dwarfs from the bank were muttering something in a strange and incomprehensible language, but they weren't people at all. Draft toads are also supposed to speak toadish. And ninja cats have their own "nya dialect".

"Of course," Sensei raised an eyebrow. "In England — English, in France — French, in Japan — Japanese."

"How many languages do you know, sir?"

"I am fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish. I speak Japanese, Russian and German a little worse. I understand gobbledook a bit. If you include runes, then Ancient Germanic. Well, Latin, too.

"Wow!" my respect for Sensei is growing. "You're cool, sir! Are they very different? Are there many of them?"

"There are more than seven thousand different languages in the world, among them about forty of the most used and about a dozen spoken by the vast majority of people. There are a lot of dead languages. For example, the same Latin. By the way, this is the only actively used dead language. Medicines, herbs, and a lot of spells, especially ancient ones, have Latin roots."

In short, I don't care about this world at all. Seven thousand languages!

"And their writing is also different?" I asked.

"Yes," Sensei grinned.

I guess I'm glad I didn't turn out to be such a genius....

"Wash the dishes, and I'll show you some books in different languages."

"Very good, sir!" Ugh! Well, it's good that he decided to keep me after all! So we live!