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The old woman was teaching the children arithmetic.
Laing narrowed his eyes. He was surprised by the old woman's actions.
This world was not like the ancient Celestial Empire. In the ancient Celestial Empire, due to the imperial examination system, there were a large number of private and public schools. Even commoners had the opportunity to study. This was because the imperial examination was the only way to rise up the social class.
However, the Middle Ages were different. In the world of nobles and lords, knowledge was a precious treasure. Commoners had no chance to come into contact with this kind of wealth.
As a low-level noble, Laing knew very well that the nobles had to study. However, the nobles always studied behind closed doors. It was almost impossible for commoners to study in the same academy as the nobles. They rarely had the chance to study with the nobles.
Apart from that, there were two other ways to study.
The first was the church. The church's priests would teach the children how to read and write. However, the children would mostly learn about theology, and depending on the situation and the church's priest's level of education, the children would have different levels of knowledge. Similarly, if a child was discovered to have magical talent, they would be taken away by the Garland Council or the Imperial Royal Mage Academy, where they would also have the opportunity to study.
No matter which way it was, it would cost a lot of money. Commoners could not afford it.
The second way was more complicated. To put it simply, it was to be apprenticed to a master (Godfather).
Therefore, even if the vast majority of commoners lived their entire lives, they would at most be able to recognize a few words. If a commoner could read and write a few hundred words, and knew simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, then he could already be the leader of these commoners. When he was old, he would be a respected elder.
However, there were benefits to this. Commoners with such simple minds were less likely to be corrupted by chaos.
"Foolish minds are more likely to be filled with loyalty and faith."
— — Brittany Knight King, "Tiger" Dinoah Jean-Richard
And this old woman was teaching arithmetic to a large group of children? She even invented the use of small wooden sticks to teach? This could not help but arouse Laing's good impression and attention. To be able to do this, it meant that this old woman had some background.
After a short lesson, the children enthusiastically asked questions, and the old lady was not stingy with her answers. Looking at the children's happy faces, the old lady's wrinkled face could not help but smile. Her white hair fluttered in the morning sea breeze, as if there was something worth being happy about.
Laing didn't know what to say as he looked at the children's young and eager faces. As a citizen of the Celestial Empire, he used to hate reading and learning. He didn't want to go to school and regarded school as a scourge.
It was only after coming to this world that he deeply understood how precious the opportunity to learn was. Most commoners would spend their lives in ignorance and blindness.
That would be truly terrifying.
At the same time, Laing also felt as if there was a big stone in his heart. It was very uncomfortable. There were too many things on his body. He knew too much, but he had no one to talk to. He wished so much that he could have a brother to talk to.
It was impossible. His brothers were either missing, dead, or had been thrown into chaos. He had no one to talk to.
As for his father … Laing shook his head in pain. Every time he received a message from his father in his dreams, he was in pain.
Communicating with his father was a difficult and painful thing to begin with. There might not be any kinship between them, and there was only the use and the use. His father had high expectations of him, and sometimes he didn't know how to face such expectations. In fact, his father might not have completely treated him as a knife, but Leon knew that he had to have the awareness of being a knife, because he was too weak right now.
He was not qualified to be a chess player now.
Just as Laing's thoughts were running wild, Teresa gently patted his shoulder. "Laing?"
"Sorry, I was a little distracted." Laing quickly recovered. Seeing the sorceress's concerned eyes, Laing smiled. "What's wrong? You don't want to stand here with me? Then you can go somewhere else first. "
"That's not it. I'm your partner. I won't listen to your orders, but I won't leave my partner alone either." Teresa seemed to have completed an astonishing transformation in just a few minutes. She smiled maturely in front of Laing, then stretched out her index finger to push up her glasses. "So, what did our Mr. White Wolf Knight learn from the children's math class?"
After saying that, she took the initiative to reach out her right hand and held Laing's left hand. "Promise me, Laing. Let's face everything together in the future, okay?"
"No more throwing a tantrum?" Laing chuckled.
"I've never had the right to throw a tantrum at you. I think too highly of myself." The sorceress gently shook her head. Her dazzling black hair swayed in Laing's eyes. "Before I can prove that I'm worthy of being your partner, I won't throw a tantrum at you anymore."
"Then after you prove yourself, you'll still throw a tantrum at me?" Who knew that Laing would not fall for this trick. The white wolf knight's tone was very cold. "Have you ever treated me as your partner? Or a bodyguard who comes and goes as you wish? Or a bodyguard who is paid to come and go? "
"Do you know why Garlan is not as popular among the nobles as the Royal Wizard Academy of the Empire?" Laing turned around. His blue eyes stared straight into the sorceress's silver pupils. "Because you don't know how to respect people. No one is born lowly. When Emperor Charlemagne was young, he grazed cows and harvested wheat. When Emperor Ludwig was young, he personally worked in the fields. I was once a weak little brat. For a fruit, I fought with a stray dog on the side of the road. According to your thinking, all men are only worthy of your respect after they prove themselves in front of you?"
"So, in your eyes, everyone must first be beaten into 'useless' and be looked down upon by you? Do you know why Villard's attitude towards you is so bad? It's because he was looked down upon by the councilors of Garlan when he was young. "
"…" The sorceress wanted to refute. After all, she had received that kind of education since she was young. However, when she looked at Laing's cold eyes, she knew that if she refuted now, not only would there be no friendship between her and Laing, they might not even be partners anymore.
When she thought about how she and Laing would be strangers in the future, Teresa suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart.
No, I don't want this!
The fierce collision of thoughts made the sorceress close her eyes in pain. Her thoughts were very chaotic, and the golden-red magic and blue magic radiated out uncontrollably.
Light blue spiritual energy gathered in Laing's hand and immediately shattered the magic that Teresa spread out. The man just stood there and quietly watched the sorceress make a painful choice.
A change in mindset wasn't something that could be achieved overnight, but Ryan had already opened up a gap in Theresa's firm mindset. Now, it was up to her to choose.
Was she going to be trapped forever? Or was she going to open her eyes and see the different world outside?
Five minutes later, Teresa tiredly opened her eyes. She covered her head and was a little unstable. Not only was she an ice sorceress, but she was also a psychic sorceress. If she did not control her thoughts well, it would be easy for her to hurt herself.
Seeing this, Laing pulled her into his arms and gently hugged her. He patted her back and then let her go. "Have you thought about it? Tell me the answer. "
Theresa's eyes seemed to be able to speak. The woman's eyes circled around the white wolf knight before she finally nodded. "I understand your suggestion. I will try to broaden my horizons. I will try my best to treat everyone equally."
"Very good." Laing finally nodded with satisfaction.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. Teresa's talent was amazing, and she also had a wealth of knowledge. As long as she was willing to lower herself, her future was very promising.
"Then take me around these few days." The sorceress took the initiative to put her small hand in Laing's big hand. "I need you to guide me."
"I can't talk about guiding you, but as long as you like it, of course I'm willing to have a beautiful lady with me. This can always keep me happy." Laing nodded.
The woman still wanted to say something, but the man had already turned his attention to the old woman.
The old woman was very good at maintaining her composure. A knight and a witch stood at the side and watched. She was not in a hurry to speak. The children were a little nervous under the gaze of the nobles, but the old woman still patiently explained again and again until all the children understood.
The class ended with the crowd watching. One of the younger children began to pester the old woman to tell them a story. "Grandma Nora, tell us a story!"
"Yes, tell us a story!" The children pestered the old woman to tell them a story.
The old woman had no choice but to tell a story. "Today, I'll tell you a story about Charlemagne more than a thousand years ago."
"A long, long time ago, at that time, the world changed. Beasts and monsters ran rampant. Humans were very weak and could only become monsters' food. There were only a few places where some people gathered and formed tribes, barely maintaining their rule."
The old woman was telling the most famous story of Charlemagne. This story was popular on the continent, and everyone was familiar with it. Teresa was a little impatient, but Laing held her hand and motioned for the two to listen to the story together.
The sorceress glared at the man with her small hand held by him. The female councilors always had their own rules and way of doing things. If there was something going on today, she would definitely not stay to listen to the story.
"The twelve Carolingian knights were all under Charlemagne's banner. They were the greatest knight, Roland, and the barbarian of Montban, Leonardo! The archbishop of the Church of Justice, Tobin! The magician, Malagij! The blessed fairy, Ogier! The brave and handsome man, Alstofo, and that … "Grandma Nora kindly read out the names of the twelve Carolingian knights. The children listened with a look of yearning." In order to reward the twelve Carolingian knights who followed him to establish the Empire, Charlemagne found the Supreme King of the dwarves, his best friend, Kazadni! His dwarven friends worked day and night on the iron furnace, and after several years of using the best materials, they were completed! That was the Sacred Sword! Each of the Sacred Swords emitted a dazzling divine light! "
This was the origin of the Sacred Swords of the Kurfürst of the Empire, Laing thought.
After Charlemagne unified the Empire, he asked his good friend, the Supreme King of the dwarves, Kazadni, to forge weapons. Therefore, the dwarves used all their talent and effort to forge thirteen Sacred Swords. After Charlemagne defeated the army of Chaos and abdicated, these weapons became the status symbols of the Emperor and the Kurfürst of the Empire. However, after more than a thousand years of inheritance, of the thirteen Sacred Swords of the past, other than the "Golden Sword", Joyeuse, which was in the hands of the current Emperor, Karl-franz - Frey Drich, only four of them were still in the hands of the Kurfürst of the Empire. The rest were lost.
However, Karl-franz usually did not use this Golden Sword. He usually used the treasure that the dwarves gave to the humans, the symbol of the Human Emperor, the warhammer "Skull Crusher", Gail Malazi.
Anyone who used the Dwarven warhammer would know that it was good.
"Other than these twelve Carolingian knights, children, listen to me. Actually, there was another Carolingian knight who was also part of Charlemagne's plan!" Grandma Nora continued, "Charlemagne wisely foresaw that there would be a day when good would not prevail over evil. There would be a day when evil would make a comeback. When humans were no longer able to resist the invasion of evil, when the world was swallowed by darkness, the thirteenth Carolingian knight would descend upon the world with the fourteenth Sacred Sword, 'Nemesis'! Once again, he would bring light and strength to the world! "
This was the most interesting part of this story. There were many versions of the legend of Charlemagne. No matter which version it was, they all pointed out that other than the twelve Carolingian knights who followed Charlemagne to establish the Empire, there was a thirteenth Carolingian knight, the "future Carolingian knight".
"You believe this story? I couldn't tell that you were an idealist. Do you really hope that the thirteenth Carolingian knight would save the world? "Teresa found that Laing was lost in thought. She felt both angry and amused.
"Then do you believe it?" Laing asked back.
"… I believe it, but I also don't." Teresa shook her head, "In fact, the internal information of our Garland does indeed show the existence of the thirteenth Carolingian knight and the fourteenth Sacred Sword. This is certain because many gods have witnessed the 'Nemesis' being thrown into the subspace by Charlemagne."
"However, in the great Holy War 150 years ago, people never saw the arrival of this mysterious knight. His Majesty Ludwig the Savior proved that he was not the thirteenth Carolingian knight, because the Sacred Sword of the Empire's Emperor, 'Golden Sword', was proved to be his sword." The sorceress combined her views and came to a conclusion, "Even so, most of the people of the Empire and the nobles still believe that when humanity faces the final crisis, the thirteenth Carolingian knight will appear to save the world."
"So, after saying so much, Laing, do you believe this story?" The sorceress asked casually.
"I believe, I have always believed."
The man's gaze was deep and firm as he looked into the distance.
If I don't even believe in myself, who can I believe in?
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