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Originally Posted by rickadams

The book the Demon Queen puts down in ep 2 had lots of random text related to what she was teaching, including two words with an X in them, so my alphabet chart has everything but Z now.

Is this same substitution cipher in the manga too, or was this developed for the anime?

Also, the text on the maps is all readable, with terms such as

Spoiler:

The Gate, Island of Polar Lights, Sea of the Blue Mood, Polar Continent of Demons, Holy Kingdom, Land of Wheat, Land of Tin, Land of Mist

Are those familiar terms from the manga?

I don't think the cipher has come up in the manga, but then I'm only reading 1 of the 3 adaptions of the main story and the 4 koma gag strip (and the mage girl's side story if it ever gets translated)

3 or 4 of them have come up as importent places and I think the others are mentiond.

Originally Posted by Hakuromatsu

I was joking, because whatever you call them, they're no longer serfs by the strict definition of serfdom. But that being said, as of episode 2 (I know nothing of the novel or manga), you could argue that it is a form of voluntary servitude.

I do like stories that are able to put both sides of a coin in a positive light.

While it is a voluntary servitude (and this point is even made in some addaptions), a maid is not a serf because they can quit. Something a lot of fiction forgets is being a servent is not the same as being a slave and lording over the help is a very bad idea in real life.