Chapter 17: Memories I
I seem to be different from others since I was a child. Ever since I was conscious, I seem to have countless questions, countless thoughts, every day. These questions are strange, and some of them can even be said to be 'rebellious'.
But because I am still a child, as the so-called fairy tongue is unscrupulous, adults generally do not care too much about some of the child's strange thoughts and ideas.
And as I get a little older, I have been exposed to more things, and although my questions have not decreased, I also know that there are many things that cannot be asked casually. Fortunately, I quickly found another way to answer my questions, and that was books.
At that time, in the eyes of the clansmen, and even in the eyes of his parents, he was a strange child. Even though he was only 3 or 4 years old, he was already able to read and write easily.
Looking at a child who was only a few years old, holding a thick, text-filled scroll, he read with relish. I'm afraid that in the eyes of outsiders, this is no longer a gift, but an outright 'weird'.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of 'weirdness' in this world. Especially from the Shilu family, they know more and more thoroughly about such things. So she was treated as a 'gifted' child. Countless books are also available for her to read freely. Just stop asking them those 'embarrassing' questions.
And she also relied on her seemingly innate talent to never forget, and kept reading a large number of books. Although it may not be able to answer all her questions one by one, it shows her an incomparably wide world.
The endless stories and boundless landscapes are completely incomparable to the house and castle in my daily life.
But the more I learned, the more my doubts did not decrease at all, but increased. I want to witness, I want to confirm, I want to find the answers to my questions with my own hands. However, she knew that this was impossible, and that her range of activities would always be only that room or that castle.
Looking out from the castle, even with the best of the eye, it can barely catch the eyes of the town below, and beyond that, the infinite scenery described by the text can only stay in the imagination forever.
I guess that's when I came up with the idea of going out for a walk myself. I want to see the legendary forever frozen snow country in the north, I want to see the huge fire that never stops, and I want to ...... Go and see the one that is forever hidden from the sight of humans, the legendary youkai!
Are they as terrifying as they are rumored, and they need to live on blood every day; or, as rumored, the country and the city are captivated, making people fall in love at first sight; In other words, all this is just people's imagination, empty and empty.
Such thoughts are absolutely not allowed. I know this very well, but after the idea is born, I can't suppress it. The more I don't think about it, the more I keep rising.
She is the daughter of the head of the family, the eldest lady of the clan, and the noble 'Highness' in the eyes of the common people. Behind enjoying this 'glory', the fate of his life has long been doomed. And she has no 'selfish' power.
When he grows up, he will probably be married into a wealthy family, and then he will be the so-called husband and godson, enjoying the glory and wealth in the eyes of ordinary people, until he will live in the bottomless deep courtyard mansion for the rest of his life. Left and right are just changing from one cage to another.
And I can't get answers to my own questions in this life, right......
Everything I know, everything I know, everything I know, tell myself such a cruel truth so clearly. is only a half-old child, but he seems to have seen the world more thoroughly than countless adults.
Until one day, my father suddenly brought a person to them and introduced him: "From now on, this is your teacher, you must listen to the teachings of Teacher Huiyin, understand!" ”
That was my first meeting with Teacher Huiyin......
With long silver hair, blood-colored eyes, a delicate face, and a scroll of books in her hands, the slightly bizarre costumes on her body give people a sense of fit that should be so. Just looking at it like this, I felt the smell of books rushing towards my face.
What a beautiful person......
Like the other children, she looked at each other in a daze. This is not simply the beauty of the face, but a kind of intellectual beauty. And the scroll in the other party's hand made her feel good at the first time.
Then came curiosity and doubt, ignoring the other party's long silver hair and eyes. Although people with black hair and black eyes are the mainstream in this world, there are no longer a few people who have different hair colors and eye colors because of 'abnormality'.
Some ignorant people may regard these characteristics as ominous, but in the eyes of the truly knowledgeable, this 'abnormality' often means that the other person has some unusual talents.
For example, there is a clear record in the books of their clan that those Onmyoji exorcist masters who have powers far beyond ordinary people often appear different from ordinary people in appearance.
In this demon-infested world, 'anomalous' has long been taken for granted. On the contrary, 'talent' is what knowledgeable people really value. And as a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, there is naturally no shortage of knowledge. Therefore, the appearance of the other party is different from ordinary people, but he will not be cared about too much.
What really made her curious was the other party's young appearance and identity as a woman.
You must know that although wisdom does not necessarily grow older and taller, the accumulation of knowledge does require a lot of time. As a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, they will indeed have the insight to hire some strange people to fill the strength of the family. But in the academy of the clan, a frivolous hairy boy will never be hired as a lecturer. Not to mention such a young and beautiful woman.
And the teacher Huiyin in front of him glanced at the children when they were stunned, nodded, and then turned around and walked to the lecture hall where the old masters stood in the past. He tapped on the lectern and said, "Today's class starts now, please return to your respective seats and sit down." ”
Then he turned his gaze to the head of the house on the side, "Please leave unrelated people so as not to disturb the lecture." ”
What surprised her a little was that her father, who had always been full of majesty, actually just touched his nose in a slightly embarrassed way, and then left the classroom without saying a word.
Then, a group of children obediently sat down in their positions under the awe-inspiring gaze of the other party, as if they had suddenly changed people. Soon, the sound of the lecture began to sound, until it reached the outside of the house, and the beams continued endlessly.
That was the first time the two met......
…… To be continued......
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