Godwin Orlando walked on the street on the east side of the Wizard District, and pedestrians walked past him.
The old scholar from the royal capital stopped and looked around at this land that was still quite unfamiliar to him, as well as the vibrant and vibrant people living in this land. .
He sighed softly.
This is an incredible land. He has never doubted this - as early as when he was in the royal capital, he had frequently heard news from the south. The legendary pioneering Duke led the Eighth Route Army. The fact that a hundred people had established a foothold in the Dark Mountains could already be described as "unbelievable", so from that time he knew that as long as this land could exist safely for a day, it must be incredible.
So from then on, he often thought about coming here to see with his own eyes how this pioneering territory took root in the Dark Mountains. This was his instinct as a scholar. Not only because he is keen on studying the epic legend of Gawain Cecil, but also because he is full of curiosity about the unknown world.
It is often said that history is a study of the "known", but Godwin never thinks so. He is used to discovering the unknown from history and discovering things that have never been discovered by anyone. He believes that only those who can turn the unknown into the known can be regarded as true scholars.
So now he is here, setting foot on this land for himself, and he has discovered as he wished - this land is indeed incredible.
The prosperity here is not like a pioneering territory that has just been established for a year. The "machines" here roar all night long, the buildings here are tall and neat, the streets are neat and orderly, open defecation is prohibited here, and creation through labor is encouraged. Wealth, the people here - the proud and decent Cecil people, are even more energetic and incredibly hardworking than many of the citizens he saw in the wealthy areas of the royal capital.
He could hardly believe that these people were just a group of refugees last year.
But it was this inconceivability that made this scholar from the royal capital who likes to explore the unknown feel intimidated.
He doesn’t know how this land developed to what it is today, but he knows that a set of “rules” that are completely different from the social order he knows is enforced here. The boundaries between civilians and nobles are The place has become blurred, and the boundary between ordinary people and extraordinary people is no longer so clear. The mud-legged people here can go to school to read and read, and craftsmen without magic talents are also using magic to complete their work. Cecil Territory is so prosperous It was prosperous, but occasionally, Godwin felt like it was an incomprehensible dream - this feeling was especially obvious at this moment.
He sighed and continued walking towards the apartment building assigned to him.
He knew that he failed to complete the lord's task, and he knew that this was entirely his own problem. He did not understand common sense about farming and crafts, but he could write about market price changes and news inside and outside the territory. something for himThere is no problem. The only thing he needs to do is to learn to describe those things in the vulgar and crude language of common people, and even to learn to think like them. But this is for a well-educated person from the royal capital. It is not so easy for scholars who have inheritance and even some collateral noble blood.
"Mr. Orlando, Mr. Orlando, please stop."
A somewhat familiar voice came from behind, and Godwin Orlando finally noticed and stopped. He looked back and saw a young man with messy curly hair, a thin and tall figure, and wearing an old magic robe walking towards him.
He was stunned, straightened his expression, and cheered up again - as a person with a surname, he must maintain his image in front of people who also have a surname: " Good afternoon, Mr. Thantis Seed."
He is very polite. Although Thantis is a complete commoner and he has a little noble blood, Thantis also has a second-level arcana. The status of a master, the level of a transcendent and the status of a noble are equivalent in many cases, so even if Thantis is much younger than him, he still has to be polite enough.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Orlando," Thantis nodded to the old gentleman, and then asked curiously, "Did you just come back from the lord? I heard that the lord ordered you to write A new reading, how is the situation?"
Godwin sighed in frustration: "Alas, to tell you the truth, I let the lord down."
"How could it be?" Thantis was shocked, "You are a famous grammar expert! Could it be that what the lord gave you is too difficult?"
"On the contrary..." Godwin sighed , and then told all the things he experienced today in one breath - he really needed to talk to someone about these things, and Santis, who had a gentle personality and no airs of a supernatural being and was born a commoner, was obviously a suitable person to talk to. .
After listening to Godwin's words, Santis was silent for a moment. He had understood everything. After a brief thought, he made an invitation to Godwin: "Mr. Orlando, if If you have time, would you like to come and audit a class in my class?"
"Audit?" Godwin was stunned for a moment. He knew what Santis was doing here - this The second-level arcanist did not follow Dame Rebecca and become a researcher under the Department of Magical Energy Technology like other extraordinary beings. Instead, he served as a teacher in the general academy and taught talismans to a group of civilian children. For literature classes, he also knew that several younger bachelors also went to that school to give lectures to other civilians.
To be fair, Godwin was a little disdainful of this, but those young bachelors seemed to be friends of Santis, so he also expressed his understanding, but he did not expect that Santis would actually You will also be invited to attend classes.
"Just to change the mood," Santis smiled gently, "The children are very friendly.of. "
Godwin was confused and agreed in a daze. When he realized it, he had already walked into the General Academy and into the classroom.
He Being led by Santis, he found a chair at the back of the classroom and sat down, while many children, big and small, were running around in the classroom, playing hide-and-seek between tables and chairs, and shouting on the windowsill—— These children were all wearing neat and clean new clothes, but Godwin knew that they were all common people.
They were really uneducated.
These children finally noticed in the classroom. Strangers, pairs of curious eyes were cast over him. Godwin felt awkward in these eyes. He felt that these civilian children might pounce on him and pull his beard or pull his clothes in the next second - but In fact, nothing happened. These children just looked at him from a distance with some curiosity and caution. Even if there were a few who came close, they just stood beside Godwin.
Godwin. Turning his neck, he wanted to say hello to these children, but first he saw something on the wall behind the classroom - right behind him, it was a flat "cement" wall, the entire wall They are all covered with patterns.
It is painted with some kind of colored "paint", but it is definitely not the kind of expensive paint used to paint icons in churches. Its color is not very accurate. It smelled cheap, but the picture painted by these paints made Godwin couldn't help but open his eyes.
It was a harvest wheat field, surrounded by tall towers and grandeur. The city wall, and the silhouette of the dark mountains can also be seen in the background of the corner of the picture.
That is a scene outside the territory.
Godwin has never seen this kind of scenery. But the detail of the painting still surprised him. He whispered to himself: "It's incredible..."
Then a boy next to him suddenly shouted: " This is what I drew! ”
Godwin looked at the sound in surprise. He saw a child with a dirty face pointing at him proudly, and then the child pointed at the boy next to him who looked pretty. For the quiet girl: "And Sister Wandou, the two of us painted it together! "
The quiet girl smiled lightly and did not speak. However, other children next to her shouted: "The two of them are the students on duty this week! "
"Student on duty"? What does it mean?
Godwin was full of questions, but before he could ask, a sound of bells suddenly came from outside the classroom.
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As if by magic, as the bell rang, the children who were in a mess in the classroom a second ago immediately ran to their seats. In just a few seconds, everyone was in their own place From his position, the classroom also became quiet.
Godwin looked at this scene in shock. The changes were so fast that he didn't even react. Then he saw Santis walking onto the podium. .
ThatA second-level arcanist placed the teaching tools in his hand on the big table on the podium, looked around the classroom, and then said: "Now the roll call begins. When the name is called, shout 'yes', or raise your hand."< /p>
When the words "raise hands" came to mind, several children's eyes fell on the quiet girl.
Santis began to name names.
The names of the children were called one by one, and the children responded. There was almost no other sound in the classroom except the call and the answer.
Godwin watched all this with wide eyes, and suddenly he knew what he was surprised about.
Order.
An indescribable order exists in these children who are from common people, lack education, and are ignorant, in this classroom.
He had never seen this kind of order even in the royal capital.
This kind of order is completely different from the social rules determined by the so-called "class division" and "level". This is a purer and more absolute order.
It’s like teething steel.
Santis finished the roll call, and all the children were here except one who was on sick leave. The second-level arcanist nodded, and then opened the textbook in his hand.
"Then let's start today's lesson. Continuing from the previous lesson, in this lesson we will learn how the spell model is transformed into a magic circle, and the formation of rune knots during this transformation process.< /p>
"First of all, we need to have a rough understanding of the history of magic circle..."
There was a sound of chairs shaking from the back of the classroom.
Godwin? Orlando almost slipped to the ground after understanding the lessons these civilian children were exposed to.