For a long time after Jenny finished speaking, neither Gawain nor Hetty broke the silence.
But Hetty could feel that a powerful aura was overflowing from her ancestor. It was like an ice cave around him, so that just sitting nearby, she felt that the magic power was all over her body. Gradually freezing - and this unbearable feeling lasted until Gawain spoke.
Gawain spoke, with an unexpectedly calm tone: "What's the name of your mentor?"
"...William, William Birkenstock," Jenny whispered. Said, "He is not a court mage, but he has a high status in St. Sunil City. He is the honorary advisor of the Royal Mage Society, and... is very powerful."
Gawain just nodded quietly: "William Birkenstock, Honorary Advisor to the Royal Academy of Mages, I understand."
Hetty felt that the atmosphere was too oppressive, and she had to say something to make the almost frozen air flow again: "There What happened after that? Are you still studying the contents in the notes?"
"I pretended to give up on the theory in the notes, but I was studying it secretly," Jenny said in a low voice, "The instructor was also right. The note aroused a little bit of interest, but he didn't bother to read it carefully. Instead, he sat back and watched what tricks we could come up with. Mr. Ravencase's death seemed to be evidence, allowing the tutor to confirm that the research in the note was It was ridiculous and wrong, so he completely diverted his attention from this aspect, and I pretended to give up those theories as well."
"So, he can never know the existence of constant E, and he disdains it. Look carefully at any statement in the notes, and complete all judgments based on impressions alone. Based on his stupid impressions," Gawain's tone was extremely contemptuous, "he neither knew what he was contemptuous of, nor did he know that he had missed it. What is it, he doesn't even know that he missed something - I have never heard of such a stupid and ignorant person."
Jenny opened her eyes slightly, this was the first time she heard that someone would. Use the words "stupid and ignorant" to evaluate her mentor, a great magician who is famous in the Royal Mage Society and even has an honorary seat in the Secret Law Society...
But she did not dare to Echoing Gawain's words, he just lowered his head slightly and continued: "Then I slowly became a skilled rune master. My mentor once was curious about why I could complete the rune adjustment with apprentice-level magic skills, but he wanted to pay attention to things There are many more, and there are countless slave apprentices like me in his mage tower, and he soon turned his attention away from me - until not long ago, the news came that the king was going to form a southern pioneer team. , various powerful nobles began to form this team, and the mentor suddenly found me..."
Hetty snorted softly: "So it is the great magician William Birkenstock again. Master, he packaged a fourth-level rune master who was a mage apprentice into an intermediate professional and arranged him to join the assistance team."
"Maybe he just wants to get rid of a burden, after all, I am with him. In my heart... I have always considered myself disobedient.He has no talent," Jenny nodded with a wry smile, "and asking a mage apprentice to use the level of a rune master to top up his skills is already a serious deception and humiliation, so he probably got the instruction and guidance from some big shots in the capital. support. Lord Duke, I would like to remind you that I am not a special case. Half of the hundred people in the team were crammed in like this, and they are basically marginalized, deviant people, or have no identity. Status, baggage that has been kicked out, or people who have empty professional levels but are of no use. For example, the second-level official mage Mr. Santis, although he is a second-level arcanist, he is actually born with weak mental power and can only cast three or four second-level spells in a row. There is also the carpenter Mr. Bruce. He spent half his life studying institutions, but was ostracized by the Carpenters Association for being unsociable. He was expelled from the association many years ago. It was not until this time that a rescue team was organized that the association temporarily brought him back. After restoring his membership status, he was The team is full..."
Hetty was dumbfounded when he heard this: "What about those nobles in the royal capital..."
However, Gawain couldn't help laughing, "I Instead, thank them, thank every family involved in this matter, and thank Jenny for your mentor - those idiots will never know how much wealth they missed. Apostate? Okay, the last thing this land is afraid of is rebellion. If those people who stick to the rules and come with a lot of connections, I don't want them! "
Hetty looked at Gawain with worried eyes: "Ancestor, you don't have to comfort yourself like this..."
Gawain: "...you are a bit like Rebecca. tendency? "
"Huh? "
"I mean you are stubborn...forget it, you don't understand," Gawain waved his hand and turned to look at Jenny, "Let the past go by, Jenny Perrault. Miss, you have arrived at your new home. Put aside all the fears and worries you had. You can continue your research openly and as you please. Not only will I allow it, but I will also support you from now on. From now on, you can go to Hetty to receive materials for rune research every month. I have only one request——"
Jenny did not expect that Gawain would announce so frankly or even enthusiastically. She was still immersed in great consternation at the support she received, and at this time she just subconsciously asked: "What's the request? "
"Organize, summarize, and summarize your research into formulas and theorems that are as simple and easy to understand as possible," Gawain said while looking at the notebook on the table. "From your notes, I can It can be seen that you are a practical researcher, you are good at using experience to pile up these calculations, and there happens to be someone in my territory who can complement you - my descendant Rebecca Cecil, she She is a girl with a very flexible mind and is also very good at mathematics. I will let you two study these things together. I hope what you finally come up with can be a book..."
Gawain suddenly stopped here, seeming to carefully consider the words., it was not until a few seconds later, under the curious gazes of Hetty and Jenny, that he found the most suitable words: "Textbook, I hope you can compile all of this into a textbook that can be read by as many people as possible Of course, this is just the final result and a wish of mine. It will be difficult to realize it. You can take your time and tell me anything you want."
"These... …Is it really that important?” Jenny finally realized that Gawain was not lying to her, but despite the huge surprise, she only felt confused and incredulous, “Do you want to train a large number of rune masters like me?”< /p>
Gawain smiled slightly: "Training rune masters? No, I intend to make the contents of this notebook become the common sense of every spellcaster in the territory in the future, and even the common sense of everyone."
After saying that, he stood up and solemnly pushed the big book back to Jenny: "Put it away, protect it, and if you have time and opportunity in the future, it is best to make a copy. Knowledge is more valuable than the book itself, and the first part of the writing has begun to become blurry."
Jenny nodded in a panic: "Yes... yes, I will definitely remember your order. "
"Then I'll leave first. You have a good rest. I'll introduce Rebecca to you later."
Gawain and Hetty left the cabin and stayed. Jenny stared blankly at the heavy book in her hand.
The burn scar on her left cheek seemed to be aching. This was the first time she walked into her mentor's laboratory and stood on the magic circle as an experimental material. The scar left behind has been with her. For five years, the pain had stopped, but for some unknown reason, it suddenly started to hurt again.
Then she finally understood that those injuries had always hurt, but the pain had become a habit, so much so that she took them completely for granted.
To this day, in front of an ancient hero who was resurrected from seven hundred years ago, she seemed to have lost control, pouring out many things that had been pressed in her heart for many years, and taking away the numbness and numbness used to relieve pain. With all the pretense behind her, she gradually felt that she had regained a little... consciousness of a living person.
It turns out that living people can feel pain.
She suddenly burst into tears while holding the notebook that carried the legacy of three generations of owners and her years of hard work.
After leaving Jenny’s cabin, Gawain’s face turned gloomy again. Hetty once again had the illusion that all her magic power was about to be frozen. She carefully looked at the eyes of her ancestors. Face: "Are you... very angry?"
Gawain couldn't help but yell: "Ignorant! Ignorant! Stupid! 100% imbecile!"
"You mean? ...Jenny’s mentor?”
“That guy has the nerve to say he’s Jenny’s ‘mentor’?” Gawain snorted disdainfully, “I’m simply ashamed to be of the same race as him.”
"I also think...that wizard named William Birkenstock is really stupid," Hetty followed.Shaking his head, "I know that traditional mages are very stubborn, but I never thought that someone would be so stubborn and blind. Jenny and Ravencase have obviously achieved a lot, and that William Birkenstock can actually do this He completely turned a blind eye and never looked at the notebook carefully from beginning to end - is he blind?"
Gawain snorted: "Of course he is not blind, he is just blind. It just perfectly conforms to the code of conduct of his class - why do you think that William Birkenstock ignored the results of Jenny and Ravencase and ignored the fact that those formulas exist?"
< p>Hetty guessed: "Because Jenny and Ravencase's strength is low? So their research cannot be trusted?""This is only a secondary reason, the real reason--because Jenny and Ravencase are servant apprentices and slaves," Gawain has already seen through all this. "This is enough for the magician to regard the two as 'another species' different from himself. He is' Did he deliberately ignore Jenny's achievements? No, not at all. He didn't even notice Jenny's achievements from the beginning. He didn't even notice them, and he only noticed himself. It's just that the slaves didn't obey orders."
Hetty: "..."
After a moment, she asked: "We can send a letter of protest to the king. Clerk, with your title of duke, it is impossible for the king not to react. The great magician is more or less..."
"No, I don't like to protest, because it is useless," Gawain said forcefully Waving his hand, "Now that this patchwork of a hundred people has arrived on the territory, do you think the king will be afraid of my protest? It is true that the powerful nobles in the royal capital intervened in this team, but since the team can Setting off means that Francis II at least acquiesced to this matter, so why did he acquiesce?"
Hetty quickly reacted: "Because he has fulfilled the 'etiquette' and 'rules', as a matter of fact. King, he has no other fault."
"Yes, everyone in this era only recognizes the etiquette and rules of the nobility."
"Then this. Things..."
"No need to rush, Hetty, no need to rush," Gawain exhaled and laughed slowly, "Etiquette and rules will not protect them forever."