Azran Legacy Guidebook: Page 44
Professors Layton and Sycamore’s Lecture Course
Why is Professor Sycamore’s name so frequently mistaken?
On our trip, there were a lot of people who would get Professor Sycamore’s name wrong. Wondering why that was, I conducted my own investigation. If there is key characteristic to a researcher, it is that they can’t neglect when something is weighing on their mind. To begin, let us consider the mistakes that were made.
Each time they make the mistake, the professor will stop and correct them, so they surely know his correct name.
Investigation I: The Mistaken Name
Harald: A Froenborg resident (the things he calls Sycamore in Japanese): Salmon, sardine (a small type of pilchard), sirloin, sayori (stickleback), sasagarei (halibut). It seems he often mixes up the name with items of food. He also calls him suspenders and Summer-festival.
Mascha: A Froenborg resident This might be an example of her picking up her husband Harald’s error.
Amanita: A Phong-Gi resident Haamaisan, Maasaihan. Amanita often gets the syllables of his name the wrong way around.
“Now I think about it, the people who get his name incorrect are the ones who seem to have a fondness for the professor.”
Investigation II: The Cause
People’s reactions to Sycamore
(Screenshot of him telling the ‘Never judge a buck by its mother’ joke, except in Japanese its a completely different story about boiling eggs. I have a horrible translation of it here. )
Morel, the Chief The first time that he heard the professor’s joke, he didn’t understand its meaning, then he said clearly that he was bored.
Lepidella, Morel’s husband She’s been worried about her husband, so she is grateful to the professor. She doesn’t say anything about the joke, though.
Sycamore’s Response
To get a well-rounded perspective, a second investigation was conducted to see if the cause lay on the professor’s side. Somehow, he also manages to misread the feelings of others. Harald and the others feel a sense of closeness and at ease with him. Perhaps the fact that they make mistakes is a sign of their trust towards him.