Chapter 31: Dawn
Dawn Garcia is one of the most prestigious scholars of the Silver Candle Society, he has become the object of respect and love of many white-robed mages as an ordinary person, and this old man is also one of the few people in "The Twilight Era" that Mu Yan respects from the bottom of his heart. Fastest updates
There are a total of 117 languages known to players in the game, including dialects, and Mu Yan has mastered 87 languages, ranking fourth in the world. The first three are all Latin linguists, the kind of "non-players" who study game culture as a topic, so Mu Yan can be called the first player.
But even if he is the first place, he has only mastered 104 of them, and no player has mastered all of them.
But there is a scholar who is fluent in all languages, and he is Professor Daun.
This old man was not only the master of 117 languages, he was also the classifier and delineator of these languages, and even gave their evolution and development, and later linguists counted him as his students.
And that's not all.
As a scholar all his life, the old man has studied social humanities and natural sciences, especially language, ancient literature, history and geography, and he is an authority in this field. When some inconclusive topic arises, it is generally concluded with his assertion, which is simply a living Lokan encyclopedia and rumor crusher.
Whether it's the gold-encrusted rose or the horn of Kane, he has been hired as an honorary advisor, and it is this experience that has allowed Professor Daun to translate his theoretical knowledge into a product of magical technology. So even though he was just an ordinary person, he had a large number of white-robed mages as students.
Like Principal William.
When he was young, William was Dawne's protΓ©gΓ©, and later Janssen Jr.'s mother died, and the child cried incessantly, and there was no one to soothe him. When Professor Daun heard this, he took the initiative to go to the Seinsa Manor, hugged Janssen with his thin arms, and stared at his dark eyes, and after a while, Janssen was miraculously quiet.
The old man seemed to exude a temperament of knowledge and precipitation over the years, allowing him to walk slower than time, expanding his limited life into an infinite territory.
Mu Yan also dispelled the last trace of concern after hearing this name, originally he was a little scoffing at the identity of "teaching assistant".
After all, before he got the title of "Legendary Scholar", players said that if there really was a Legendary Scholar, it would be Professor Dawn. As the saying goes, "there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts", this kind of argument that leads to war has rarely attracted rebuttal on the forum, which shows the personal charm of the old man.
Professor Dawn is 112 years old, living tenaciously with the help of magic and potions, and despite his eyes and backbend, he insists on providing students with two four-hour lessons a week. Mu Yan's status as a teaching assistant is what he needs to prepare for these two classes.
It's March 2nd, and it's 10 days before the next class, but Dawn has already summoned him for the first time.
In terms of education, the elderly have always been so meticulous.
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Mu Yan didn't take Amacer with him when he came, and the elf said that Jialan Academy reminded him of Sulama and he wanted to walk around. After suggesting that the other party bring a mask and go shopping again, Mu Yan had no choice but to let him go.
Dawn lives at the foot of the hill to the west of the academy, which he has asked for.
Originally, this kind of national treasure-level scholar would be placed on the floating city of Naradak, but the old man said that he couldn't go that high, so he was at the foot of a remote mountain.
When Mu Yan arrived, it was getting dark, and the elderly maid opened the door, confirmed his identity, and let him in.
The wooden house was solidified from the mage's ivory house, and it was small enough for three or four people to live. Mu Yan originally inherited one from Teacher Zha, but Xia Mu blew it up, but now he has re-experienced it.
The old man sat alone in the house, lighting a mutton fat candle, which was obviously mixed with ingredients, and smelled a faint fragrance, which had the effect of calming the mind and refreshing the heart.
Mu Yan's steps were very light, and he stood quietly after entering, and it was not until the old man finished reading the page of the book that he noticed his arrival.
"Mu Yan? Sit. β
"Yes."
He sat down respectfully and took the book handed by the old man.
"Look at it at the corner, and tell me what you don't understand." The old man said.
"Yes."
Although Mu Yan was a little puzzled, he still did it.
This is a "Collection of City-State Stories", which records the most widely circulated legendary stories of various city-states before the unification of the Muma Plain, and Mu Yan has long read it and is familiar with it.
Turn to the corner of a page where the ancient feud between the city of Caltan and the Septins is revealed.
This is an interesting story about how the lord of Caltan, Elisifer, was rescued by the Septins when he was hunting by a tide of beasts, and as a token of his gratitude for marrying the princess of the Septin. But when the princess arrived in the city of Caltan, she was surprised to find that Elixiphus had a wife, and she had married her just to get out.
The princess was about to leave in anger, but was stopped and imprisoned by Alesifer, who died a year later, and the lord of the city lied that she had died in childbirth.
Before she died, the princess left a curse, saying that she would let the person she loved live in darkness forever, and that the night wind would bring the news of her tragic death back to the people, and no one would be spared.
Alesipus was frightened, so he soaked the body of the princess in a deep well, filled in the well, and erected a high wall around it to keep out the night wind. But just two months later, he died violently.
Said to have died violently, but in fact he died in a magical accident, and some people interpreted that he was uneasy, so something went wrong during the experiment.
Meanwhile, the Septine army was devastated, and its leader, knowing of his daughter's tragic death, threatened to bury Lady Alicipher and her daughter deep in the ground to taste the same.
As mentioned earlier in the story, the Septine broke through the city gates, and the mother and daughter left the castle using the teleportation magic that Elixiphus had studied, sailed out to sea, and finally died at the bottom of the sea.
This story Mu Yan has read many times, most recently at Seinsa Manor. After reading the fold, he quietly waited for the next instructions.
"Done?" Dawn was a little surprised. "So fast?"
"I'm done."
"Don't seem to have a hard time at all?"
"Hmm...... Well? β
Only then did Mu Yan realize that the language of what he had just seen was not quite right......
His native language is Chinese, but all languages in "Twilight Era" are Latin, and the "lingua franca" mastered by the player will be automatically converted by the translation tool. But if he turned off the translation plug-in and learned the lingua franca from scratch, all the languages in the game are "other languages" in his eyes, and there is not much differentiation......
Therefore, the Donkragon language just now did not cause him to feel strange......
When the words were at his wit's end, Dawn helped him out. The old man didn't seem to believe that he could read it so quickly, so he asked a few questions about the details inside.
Mu Yan suddenly felt relaxed, and then the answer was fluent, and the expression on the old man's face gradually eased.
It seems that as soon as Mu Yan came in, his silver-gray eyebrows were a little tangled.
"You've got a solid foundation." He commented: "The average young scholar is not as good as you. β
"Thank you for the compliment."
"What do you think this story inspires you?" He asked again.
Mu Yan was stunned, he scratched his hair and said, "Hmm...... Do you have to keep your promises? β
"What else?"
ββ¦β¦ Don't go out and take risks if you don't have enough strength? β
"And?"
"Pay attention to safety and experimental norms in magic experiments?"
Dawn couldn't help but laugh, glanced at him and said, "Your tutor is very good." β
"Hmm...... Why does the professor say that? β
"I've told a similar story to seven students, and most of the reactions were, 'You have to find out the details of a woman before you provoke her.'" As for what you said, few people have suggested it, and even if there were, it was an answer that was scoffed at and booed. β
Mu Yan couldn't help but be stunned, are all Jialan's students so skinny? Then he retorted: "But ......"
"You want to say that you can't call that the answer at all, can you?"
He nodded.
Dawn smiled and sighed: "The meaning of recording history is to provide a reference for behavior, it is like a mirror, everyone sees differently, because it is themselves in that environment." And what you would do in that situation reflects a person's heart, or his life experience. After a pause, he continued: "For most of Jialan's students, they reject virtue and nobility in their hearts, because those things were said too much when they were young, and they are so tasteless that they can't cause fluctuations at all. Only this kind of thing that cannot be called a truth is closest to their lives, can resonate, and thus change them subconsciously, of course, this is the purpose of education, and this is the future story.
"And you're clearly different from them, and your answer just now seems to tell me that you haven't had that kind of experience. So you think of the things that are most relevant to your life, adventure, magic, and commitment to others. Aside from the lad named Deres, you're the second student to give me that kind of answer. I'm sorry I misunderstood you from the beginning. β
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? β
"I thought you were a tricky problem for William, and he had to throw it at me, and this kid has always done it." Dodge shrugged, "That's why I was so harsh in the first place, I'm actually a humorous person." β
Mu Yan wiped his sweat without a trace.
Obviously facing an ordinary old man, but the other party gave him the feeling that it was as majestic, vast, awe-inspiring, and ...... Isn't it naughty.
ββ¦β¦ So should we get to work now? He asked.
"Work?" Dodge smiled, "I haven't gotten the list of students for this class yet, I need to know how many people have bought my course and then prepare the content based on who they are." If you have something to do, you can go back now, and if you have some free time, you might as well help this poor old man sort out his notes over there. β
"As you wish, Professor."
Mu Yan nodded and walked straight to the desk next to him.