Chapter Twenty-Three: The Library's Lie
Heading south from the capital, follow the Moki River that runs north and south to reach Burketown. It is a first-class transportation hub to the south of the capital, and although the population is not as large as the capital, it is less influenced by the House of Lords.
Not all cities are old idyllic.
As Ian's carriage lined up to enter the city, the whistle of a steam train awakened Ian's memories.
Woo~Woo~!
A behemoth passed through the forest, startling countless birds.
In his time, steam trains were a kind of thing.
It seems that there are still many surprises waiting for him in this city.
"Young Master, you shouldn't have touched a firearm before. Nemesis and Ian were jolting in the carriage together, and the best weapon for him was an umbrella. He watched Ian fiddling with the nearly one-meter-long sniper gun in front of him, skillfully assembling the scope, and suddenly there was a fleeting murderous aura in the narrow compartment.
"So, no one can see me with a gun. Remember, Nemesis, if anyone sees Ian IV with a sniper gun, you get me first. Ian's smile concealed the killing intent and the thoughtfulness of being a soldier king. He checked the weapon in his hand and quickly put it in the case, as if nothing had happened.
If it weren't for being bumped into, a nobleman fiddling with a violin would be more real than fiddling with such a weapon of murder.
"Young Master, we've arrived. Isa's voice came from the front.
Ian lifted the curtain, and compared to the capital, Berk City had an inexplicable bustle, as if the clouds in the sky had been dispelled, and there were many fewer people wearing hats, and Ian could clearly see their smiling faces.
It's not too fake.
"Come down and take a walk. Ian picked up the case and the three of them walked towards the city library. The bustle of Burke City is in full view, and Ian is good at studying the country's oddities in detail.
Soon, Ian stood in the central square of Burke City, with the city library on his north side, the central bank on the east side, and the city government on the west side.
Although the Ian family changed suddenly, his subordinates did not neglect this library, and the daily cleaning was as usual, and if there were no secrets of the Ian family in it, other families would not easily take advantage of this harmless library.
"There are a lot of special people here. Ian looked at the pedestrians coming and going, and no one cared about Ian, who was standing in the plaza with a piano case on his back.
Because a lot of people here are as weird as he is.
"That guy was a mechanic, a very common profession outside of Cowey City. Sometimes people don't like to turn entire buildings into iron blocks, so many of the delicate instruments need to be repaired by specialized mechanics. Isha said as she looked at a man wearing a mechanical exoskeleton.
"What about that?" Ian pointed to a strong man a hundred meters away, wearing a shabby army-green coat with countless green shoots emerging from it, and squirrels could be seen swimming among them from time to time.
"That's not a Terran, Master Ian, that's a druid. They are the best plantation gardeners, and the Druids' origin spells are more varied than the Sen Elves, but they are not too aggressive either. They can provide residents with beautiful flowers and also maintain greenery within the city. Isha looked at the strong man with a look of nostalgia in her eyes: "Then again, the gardener of the Ian family was also a druid. But a beautiful druid half-breed girl. ”
"And where is she now?" Ian had memorized the picture frame in the house, and the druid girl with a farm tool cowered behind her was unremarkable and unremarkable.
"I don't know, young master. She usually stayed in the mansion, and by the time I got back, she was gone. Behind the mansion is the forest that connects to the north, and for the druid, she can go where she wants. ”
"More on that later, druid......" Ian muttered, holding his foot up and walking into his own library. However, Isha had already disguised himself for the three of them, and no one could tell who he was.
Inside the library, there is a lot of people, but it is very quiet. Ian felt only a slight rumble in his ears, but he couldn't hear a single clear word. He looked up, and the wooden ceiling was a chaotic tubular structure, and he remembered a modern library in Huaxia Kingdom, which seemed to be the same structure, prolonging the transmission of sound waves, so as to achieve the effect of sound absorption.
All the way inside, and then down to the basement, the more inscrutable the book, the fewer people read. But the more places like this, the more people of different professions there are, and Nemesis even saw another demon with an elongated stature, wandering around the mythical zone, as if looking for some forbidden books.
"It's a very clean place, isn't it?" Ian sat down in a corner, picked up a book, and flipped through it.
"After that incident, what I learned was that all libraries north of the capital were outlawed. In addition, Ian III had never personally visited the library, nor had he ever sent anyone to inspect it. If the patrons here are not affected, then the House of Lords should think...... There is nothing that threatens them here. ”
"That's good. Ian sat down for a moment, making sure that there was no one following him, and that there was no anomalous magic, before he stood up, found a quiet corner in the library, and said to Isha, "Parsa should be on his way, and he has been following him since he entered the city." ”
Isha nodded and left, leaving only Ian and Nemesis under the bookshelf. Two people are pestled in place, like two statues.
"I've always been curious about a question. Ian even began to stand up: "If everyone is good at lying, then is the knowledge recorded in these books true?"
There are a lot of books here, and Ian has seen people studying the continent, as well as some scientific works from the city of Cowey, which gives Ian a sense of familiarity.
Here, it should be very similar to the original Huaxia Kingdom.
Nemesis thought for a moment, then turned around and went somewhere to get a thick book and put it in front of Ian.
"The General History of Panic", Ian's study also has it in his house, but he always thought it was just a trick to trick children, and Isha also acquiesced that he had read it and did not recommend it to him.
But at this moment, Nemesis put the book in front of him, and he felt a little strange.
It turns out that it is.
Ian opened the "General History of Panic", and not surprisingly, it recorded various famous ritual events in history. In the beginning, it was the Terrans who conceived the elves, and then the most primitive races - dragons, druids, demons...... Ian even saw Bloodlines and Steam Robots.
They conform to people's most primitive fantasies about the world, and even if science enters thousands of households, they still think that the existence of elves is very reasonable.
He turned to the back of the book, and there was a clear line printed on it.
General textbook for compulsory education in Manda country.
"This book is the least popular book everybody's gotten to read, but it's also the most read. The devout Panickers take it as a guideline, and as for the others, whether they like it or not, they need to memorize it. Even I, a demon born of panic, need to obey the rules of Manda. ”
"If the content of education is not reasonable, then people should rise up and rebel. ”
Nemesis didn't speak, and after a while, Ian looked up at him, but all he could see was his silent purple eyes.
Ian closed the book, walked to the side of the shelf, looked through the gap in the book at the people who were borrowing the book, observed their expressions, and even the scene of communicating with each other, and after a long time, retracted his body.
"I'll take another look. Ian sat down cross-legged, flipped through the book in his hand, and after a while, said something that had no beginning or end: "Nemesis, you know what? Sometimes I feel that my father of two generations ...... You're right to tell me a story...... My two generations of fathers are quite similar. Born in troubled times and peaceful times, and I always take the most glory in the prosperous times. If you take too much glory, you will be jealous, you will be ripped off from your position, and you will provoke troubled times. Are you saying it's my problem, or is the world the way it is?"
"Young master, that's what it is. Nemesis did not hesitate.
Ian nodded and continued reading.
It wasn't until night fell that Isha walked in with a man through the main entrance of the library.
It's grandiose, but it's not obtrusive at all. Parsa wore an ordinary jacket today, a pair of glasses, and an ordinary black umbrella in his hand, completely covering his military aura.
When he saw the case that Ian was carrying, his eyes flashed and he sat down cross-legged.
The Silence Charm was cast by Isabu, and she and Nemesis stood near the bookshelves to prevent anyone from approaching them.
"Do you want to see this too? Ian placed the thick book in his hand on the ground and pushed it in front of Parsa.
"I've seen a little, after all, if you want to serve in the capital now, you need to go through the panic exam. ”
"Don't discuss this. Ian looked into Parsa's eyes: "Do you believe that I am Chen Huazheng?"
Chen Huazheng, the mercenary king of the Huaxia Kingdom, led the best mercenary group in the underground of the Huaxia Kingdom, and his reputation is famous all over the world. Parsa is also a person who has traveled over time, and the previous memories are, of course, a little bit.
"I've met him once. Parsa was not sure, and even the green tendon in his right hand jumped slightly, and Issa Schell behind the bookshelf squinted at him, and also relaxed his right hand, ready to fight back.
"There is indeed a lot of military cooperation with 'Kyushu'. However, the only one I personally participated in was the anti-narcotics operation in South America. Thirteen people came to Kyushu, seven people came to the dragon group, and it wasn't me who caught the leader of the drug dealers, it was your team leader. ”
Hearing this, Parsa quickly relaxed, faced Ian IV in front of him, and lowered his head.
"But you killed his right-hand man, and there are seven gangs in all, all of which have been eliminated by the dragons. Four people died in Kyushu, but the dragon group was not damaged. ”
"It's all in the past, I don't have anything now. Ian sighed and said, "Parsa, do you want to join the dragon group?"
"Huh?" the mercenary in front of him thought he had misheard.
"The new dragon group, the dragon group of the Manda Country. I need your help to leverage the power of House Grant. The dragon component is divided into four sections: Agent, Assassination, Hacker, Sniper, and I can reassemble it. ”