Ramiro I didn't lie to his wife. For the next ten years, he didn't tell anyone about what had happened in the castle that night.
During the baptism hosted by the church, he adopted a farmer's child, and the child became his adopted son. The young César was secretly sent to his wife's father's house.
He built a secret castle in his father-in-law's fief and placed his wife and child inside. He had 500 guards to watch over them, and he didn't allow César to see anyone else. César's daily life was taken care of by 30 personal maids.
Fortunately, after that night, César's powerful, almost crazy magic waves gradually weakened and were no longer as exaggerated as before. Although sometimes his cries could still shatter glass or make toys fly into his hands, at least it was not as sensational as before. This was good news for the busy Ramiro I.
However, as time passed, Ramiro I began to worry about his son's education. The little prince grew up day by day, and his body grew stronger day by day. When he learned how to ride a horse and shoot an arrow, he could do the work of five men. But Ramiro I didn't want his son to become a warrior or a knight. He wanted his son to become a king and wield power in the future.
He had suffered since he was a child, and he knew the importance of culture and knowledge. But at that time, the most famous scholars were more or less related to the church.
Perhaps it was a little conservative to say that most scholars believed in God.
Furthermore, Ramiro I couldn't allow the church to educate César directly, because that would easily expose César's ability. Although the young prince had learned to control his strange power over the years and not let it be exposed to the public, the king's worries were still multiplying day by day.
When he was ten years old, Ramiro I finally found a barely suitable lecturer for the young prince. He was a scholar from the Kingdom of France, Hugo Zackley.
This old man offended the higher-ups of the Church because of his blunt words, and was expelled from the University of West Francia. However, his personality was still upright, and he went around criticizing the Catholic Church, causing his situation to deteriorate. However, his knowledge was still top-notch at the time. So Ramiro I secretly invited him to the secret manor of Aragon and asked him to teach the little prince.
At first, the little prince got along very well with Hugo Zackley. Whether it was astronomy, geography, literature, or poetry, he learned them all. He also turned a blind eye to the old scholar's strange habits.
However, when Professor Hugo started teaching religion classes, problems began to surface.
That day, Hugo began to teach César the Bible. When he talked about how God created the sun, moon, and stars in six days, and created man in seven days, César asked,
"Why could God create the sun, moon, stars, and man?" Hugo asked.
"Because God is omniscient and omnipotent, has the ability to change and create things."
Therefore, César asked again, "Then why does God have this ability? When did he have this ability?"
"God was born with this ability, from the beginning."
Hugo answered.
César asked again, "Then what are you born with? Was it an even greater God? When did it begin? How early was it? Is it the Genesis before the Genesis Era? "
Grand Secretary Hugo could not answer. He was a little embarrassed and could only use the excuse that the Bible did not record it.
After that, Scholar Hugo told Czerville about Paradise Lost, about how Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit under the temptation of a snake and were chased out of the Garden of Eden. Therefore, César asked Hugo, "Why can't people with intelligence stay in paradise?"
"Because with wisdom comes greed. They will covet the Fruit of Life on the Tree of Life that can give people eternal life. God doesn't want them to eat the Fruit of Life."
"Why didn't God want them to eat the Fruit of Life?"
Asked Czerville again.
"Because if you eat the Fruit of Life, you will become like God, immortal and omniscient," Hugo replied proudly, thinking that his answer was impeccable.
"And did God Himself eat the Fruit of Life and the Fruit of Wisdom?" asked César.
Grand Secretary Hugo was a little hesitant. He said uncertainly, "Of course … I think … I might have eaten it before …"
"Does he regret eating these two fruits? Is that why he was so angry that Adam and Eve ate one of them? "
"This …"
Scholar Hugo couldn't answer. He was a little unhappy and could only use the fact that it wasn't recorded in the Bible.
Then, Hugo told César the story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood.
César asked, "Why did God destroy humans?"
Hugo replied, "Because they fell and committed heinous crimes. There was no medicine to save them. This was the punishment for humans who were disobedient!"
Hugo said in a threatening tone, hoping that César would take this as a warning and be obedient. However, César was unmoved. He continued to ask, "Why did God leave Noah's family alive?"
Hugo replied, "Because Noah's family was kind-hearted, believed in God, and followed God's teachings."
César asked again, "Does God want humans to be obedient?"
"Of course he does!"
Grand Scholar Hugo said angrily.
"Since God is omniscient and omnipotent, why didn't he create humans who were obedient from the beginning?" asked César relentlessly.
Hugo couldn't answer. He became more and more unhappy, but he could only use the fact that it wasn't recorded in the Bible.
César asked again, "Then the descendants of the kind-hearted Noah's family wouldn't fall and sin?"
Hugo was speechless.
However, César asked again, "Since God is omniscient and omnipotent and knows that humans will inevitably fall, why did God create humans in the first place?"
Hugo couldn't take it anymore. He asked César angrily, "Then why do you think God created humans?"
César stared at him innocently. "It's obvious, isn't it? He must be a pitiful and boring fool."
That day, Grand Secretary Hugo, who had always been restrained and old-fashioned, overturned the table and coughed up three liters of blood. He rushed out of the prince's manor and reported everything to Ramiro I. Ramiro I was afraid that his son would say something blasphemous, and he was also afraid that his wizard side would be exposed in front of Grand Secretary Hugo, so he quickly found an excuse to dismiss the Grand Secretary.
Fortunately, the young prince had already passed the stage of enlightenment and could read on his own. Ramiro I built a library for him in the manor so that he could study by himself every day.
However, Hugo's departure was a great blow to César. His personality began to become less lively, and he often stayed alone in the corner of the manor.
Another three years passed.
When César was thirteen years old, his body began to develop, and he gradually began to have some sense of masculinity.
One time, during a spring outing in the manor.
He saw his maidservants smiling as they surrounded a tall guard. They were very attentive to him, but they did not care about the shorter guard. He asked his personal maidservant, "Why don't they like the shorter guard?"
"Look at that tall guard. He's so handsome. If it were me, I would also like him. "
The maid put her hand over her heart and said. Then she felt that something was wrong, so she quickly whispered in César's ear, "Don't worry, Your Highness. When you grow up, you will be more than a hundred times more handsome than that tall guard."
However, César didn't feel much better because of the maid's words. On the way back, he thought of the short guard on the way back. He thought of how he had been forcing a smile in the crowd and how he might become like that in the future. He was gloomy for the whole day.
As a result, early the next morning, the two guards became exactly the same height.
This frightened the short guard because he had already passed the age of puberty. The people around him were also frightened because this guy had grown as tall as two heads in one night.
The maid reported this strange incident to the king. Ramiro I was very afraid. He was afraid that his son's terrible magic would awaken again, and he was even more afraid that outsiders would find out about this.
Therefore, he chased away all the male guards and personally selected 365 maids of similar height. He had them take turns to watch over César 365 days a year, hoping that it would stop César from thinking about those messy things.
The method worked. For a long time, César didn't see anything different. He was faced with maids of similar height.
But one day, César saw this group of maids secretly fighting in the manor. It turned out that one of the 365 maids was ugly because she was not as beautiful as others. She was ostracized by her companions, who tore off her clothes and took pleasure in it.
When César saw the maid crying secretly, he thought that one day he might be ridiculed because of his inferior appearance. He was depressed for the whole day.
As a result, the next day, the 365 maidservants in charge of taking care of him all looked exactly the same. This incident caused great fear that day. A dozen maidservants fainted on the spot when they looked in the mirror, and three maidservants chose to commit suicide by jumping into a well.
The maid in despair told King Ramiro I about this terrible incident while crying. At the time, King Ramiro I was enjoying his lunch. After hearing this, he almost spat out the wine in his mouth.
So he ordered that from now on, everyone who took care of Prince César had to wear an identical mask. He also asked the country's etiquette officers to replace the 365 maids in the manor. They were responsible for the prince's daily life and taught him the most appropriate royal etiquette.
The method worked. All the etiquette officers put on their masks, and the people César saw no longer differed in height or appearance.
But he himself became thinner and thinner.
Because he could no longer see the true appearance of the people around him and hear their true thoughts, everyone who saw him trembled in fear and kept a distance. He felt extremely lonely.
One day, two years later.
The tenants in charge of the manor came to the castle to pay the rent.
César happened to be taking a stroll in the manor with his maid when he met them.
César had never seen anyone outside the royal family before. When he saw the tenants and stewards, he stopped and looked curiously.
He saw the crooked tenants and slaves in ragged clothes who were carrying grain. He also saw the steward who was waving a whip and standing on the pile of grain. So he asked his personal maid, "Who are those people?"
The maid replied, "Those are servants."
"And those?" The young prince pointed at the one with the whip.
"Those are the stewards in charge of collecting rent."
That afternoon, the sun was glaring. The young prince stood in the distance and looked at the sweaty slaves and the stewards who were spitting in the dust in the open space. For a moment, he was stunned.
The maid was afraid that César would think of something again, so she quickly pulled him back to his bedchamber and helped him sleep in the most gentle way.
Late at night, the maid watched over the sleeping prince, afraid that something as terrible as before would happen. But that day, nothing happened. The farmers were still farmers, and the stewards were still the stewards.
The maid heaved a sigh of relief.
But a week later, César sneaked out of the manor.
The maid who came to prepare dinner for him realized that the prince was missing from the castle. She was terrified and crazily mobilized the maids and servants to search for the prince around the manor.
Finally, after a carpet search, they found César in a small square in a nearby village.
At that moment, a circus was being performed in the small square in the village. A few clowns were spitting fire with their mouths. Tigers and bears jumped over the burning fire rings. Monkeys were riding wheelbarrows and beating gongs and drums.
The farmers surrounded the circus and laughed heartily. They were extremely happy.
César also laughed heartily in the crowd. He was very happy.
The female official pulled César out without any explanation and wanted to bring him back. However, in the crowd, César happily asked his personal female official, "Who are they?"
But this time, the maid didn't dare to answer him, because that was forbidden entertainment. She just wanted César to leave this place as soon as possible.
But César didn't let it go. "Who are they?"
The maid could only answer, "They are a group of magicians!"
César happily exclaimed, "How happy. I'm going to be like them in the future."
The frightened chambermaid reported the incident to King Ramiro I.
Ramiro I was so angry that he executed all the people who performed the trick that night. But it wasn't over. He was very afraid that his son would realize his ability, and he was even more afraid that he would be interested in those terrifying magicians. So, he expelled everyone within a twenty-kilometer radius of the manor. He also built a twenty-meter-tall tower in the manor and locked César in it. He wouldn't be able to leave the tower until he reached adulthood.
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