Prologue A letter hidden in a crack in the wall
Today is September 1, 36 of the new calendar, and it is the day I was expelled from the Letin-Saktin Academy of Magic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Let's start with a self-introduction. My name is Gray? Byrons, sixteen -- I mean, I was sixteen in the year 36 of the new calendar. By the time you read this letter, I may have become the sustenance of the earth, or I may have become the greatest man in the new world—just like my great-grandfather.
When you see my last name, you can definitely guess my great-grandfather's name. That's right, he's the famous Latudiner? Byrons, the founder of the "many-worlds theory", was also a great man who predicted the cataclysm more than forty years ago.
Now that you can find this letter, it means that you are most likely a student or teacher at the Leiding-Sackin School of Magic. Listen to me, friend, believe it or not, this school is a place for people. Don't believe the knowledge here, let alone accept the ideas here, they will only make you more stupid.
The school tells you that cataclysms are natural causes, and that it is natural that hundreds of billions of living things disappear as a result. But I'm going to say to you, it's all fart. Razi - that is my great-grandfather, as I always call him. As far as I can remember, Razi was so old that he could even walk. I was by his side until he died, and he would always tell me about what had happened before the cataclysm.
When Razi came up with the many-worlds theory, the pedantic Letin magicians didn't believe what he was saying. They thought that there was only one world, and that there was no other world besides the world of Leiting - almost forgetting that there was no such thing as a world of Leiting, and they generally referred to it as "this world".
So Razi did an experiment. Using a new summoning magic, he summoned a bull-like creature from another world. Due to the different laws of physics in the other world from the world of Leiting, the creature that resembled a bull only existed for less than ten seconds before it wailed and turned into a puddle of bloody mud.
Razi tested the composition of the blood sludge in front of the idiots, and the results showed that the substance that made up the blood sludge did not belong to the world of Leiting, and could not have been created by magic. After seeing the evidence with their own eyes, the idiots finally agreed with Razi's point of view.
Idiots are always greedy, Razi said. Idiots are different from stupid people, stupid people just have bad brains, while idiots are rotten even in their hearts. After learning of the existence of the other world, the magicians set their sights on the land and resources of the other world - with the level of technology at that time, it was impossible to send anyone to the other world safely, or summon the things of the other world to the Leiding world as they were.
Razi persuaded the group of idiots that since the life forms of the other world could not exist in other worlds, this naturally made sense. Razi thinks that this may be a balancing act or a mysterious rule, and if this strategy or rule is broken, something very bad will happen.
Maybe you don't understand what Razi means, but let me give you a simple example.
If a city suddenly appears on the hill south of Saktin, you don't know anything about it, you don't know if it's inhabited by people or something else, whether it's warlike or peace-loving. What happens if you go there and find out what happens without trying to get to know the city?
If that city is inhabited by people who love peace and are kind to people, then you have definitely earned it. But what if it's not like that? If the other party is a monster that feeds exclusively on humans, not only will you lose your life, but the entire city of Sakdin will be unlucky because of you. This may not be the right example, but that's the way it is. They don't know anything about the other world, they never start researching it, and they think they can succeed.
Seeing this, you should understand that the cataclysm 36 years ago was caused by the Ryding magicians. According to Razi, those idiots forcibly teleported experimental animals and death row prisoners to other worlds, and forcibly summoned creatures from other worlds to the world of Leiting, so that the laws were broken and caused a cataclysm.
The affected other worlds collide with the world of Leiting, and the laws between the worlds interfere with each other to form a new world law, and the space is rearranged and combined to form a new space. In this process, a part of the space and the creatures in the space disappear, which is called the cataclysm.
Seeing this, you may think that I am a heretic and deserve to be expelled from the academy. What you think is your freedom, I have no right to interfere, I am just stating the facts.
You may not know, the great man of the textbooks, Latudiner? Byrons, my poor great-grandfather, had been under house arrest by the magicians before the Cataclysm began. They threatened the lives of my grandfather and father to prevent Razi from publishing his theories, so most of the people in the world of Leiding were unaware of the many-worlds theory before the cataclysm.
In the aftermath of the cataclysm, the bastards put all the blame on Razi. You must not have imagined that in the first few years, the great man of the textbooks, Latudiner? Byron was a being reviled by the whole world. The Byrons family is regarded as a plague god and is shunned by everyone. Fortunately, I have a kind and sensible mother, she fell in love with my father at first sight, married into the Byrons family despite the opposition of the family, and the two worked hard for more than ten years before they had me.
Of course, by the time I was born, Razi had already been rehabilitated, and the Byrons family had been named. But it doesn't make sense, because now I'm the only one in the new generation of the Byron family, and if there is no woman willing to marry me, or if I suffer from some disease that can't have children, the blood of the Byrons family will be cut off.
Perhaps because of this, I was treated as a person with the same surname as Razi when I entered the school, and no one thought I was his great-grandson. I'm not the type of person who likes to be the center of attention, so it saves me a lot of trouble. Actually, I didn't want to go to any magic school, especially Leiding's magic school, but my father always wanted me to go to the magic school for a long time, even if it was only for a week.
At first, I thought my father was a dead brain, wanting me to get ahead as a Lytin magician and regain the glory of the family. But it turned out that I was wrong about my father, and I knew that he knew me better than I knew myself. With his wisdom, it is impossible not to guess what will happen to me when I enter school.
What I learned before I entered the school was what my great-grandfather, grandfather, and father taught me, which were completely different from what was taught at the Academy of Magic. I'm also a very serious person, especially when it comes to principles, I have to know who is right and who is wrong, otherwise I will be tortured and I will not even be able to sleep.
Everyone thought I was a weirdo, and they all called me "Grey the Stupid" because they thought I was always coming up with whimsical theories. At first I argued with them, but then I found out that it was pointless, because they didn't care what was right and what was true, they just wanted to get their diploma, and as for what was right and true, what could they do?
It was only after that that I understood my father's purpose in sending me to the Academy of Magic—he just wanted me to understand how the so-called Letting Magicians were produced, so that I should not have any hope for them, and that was all. From then on, I was determined to leave this hellish place.
Friends, if you are a teacher or a student here, you will surely understand how difficult it is to leave here. Because graduating here is very simple, either memorize the knowledge in the textbook, or learn to cheat, or learn to bribe, and in a few years, as long as you don't make any mistakes, you will always graduate.
Even if you make a mistake, the academy will find a way to keep you and continue your studies. If you want to withdraw from school on your own initiative, they will talk to you repeatedly and advise you not to do so. If you insist on leaving, they will put obstacles in your way when you go through the withdrawal process, and you will not be able to take care of yourself.
In the end, I really had no choice but to make a fuss at the opening ceremony of the new semester. I walked up to the podium in full view of everyone and preached the theories of my grandfather Razi in a loud voice, which made the teachers of the academy purple. After that, they finally fired me, and I was happy to write this letter here.
Actually, I don't know what the point of writing this letter is. Maybe I still have dusty hopes for the students or teachers here, hoping that this letter will change some people. Or maybe I'm too excited to write something as a souvenir. But anyway, after that, I have to embark on a new journey.
If there is something you want to do after reading this letter, please don't hesitate to do what you want to do. If you think I'm crazy, please raise your hand and put this letter back in its place so that others can see it. Of course, I can't stop you if you want to destroy it. Everything is certain, and if this letter is not destined to change people, then let it be, I have done what I had to do anyway.
- Gray? Yours sincerely.