Chapter 52: The Carrot and the Mallet

After some explanation, the Garcia brothers also became interested in Mu Yan.

"You know," Jos gave Drees a deep look, "Yesterday, Samuel and the others got lost on campus, on their way to find that Fisher medium-sized classroom. ”

Deres was in his heart, but he was silent on the surface.

"Maybe it's because he doesn't want to help Barry, these guys are all superficial brothers."

"Maybe." Jos smiled.

About five minutes later, half an hour before the punctual class, the person in charge of the academic affairs office of the college finally arrived late, and he could not hide the embarrassment on his face.

Behind him were two small nobles in uniform, with dodgy, sneaky eyes, probably Barry's doglegs.

Many discerning people also instantly understood what was going on, it seemed that this group of nobles saw that the plan was aborted, and they wanted to use deceptive tricks to delay time, hoping that everyone would disperse automatically.

If the angry eyes can kill, these two minions will probably be pierced by ten thousand arrows.

The person in charge knew that he was wrong, so he didn't say much, he swept his senses, roughly counted the number of people, and took out the communication stone while muttering in his mouth.

"This is Joria, who is in charge of the Atom Classroom Group, and I applied for a 'Yaenza Large Lecture Hall'. Well...... It's best to have a amplification enchantment, for Professor Dawn...... Well, yes, you heard it right, it's Professor Daun's "From Kragon to the Lingua Franca". Hell, how many more times do you want me to repeat this? It's this class, it's Professor Dawn, I don't have a fever!! How do I know that so many people are here today, do as I say, don't rub in. ”

Turning off the communication, he turned his head and glared at the dog's legs, "There is no next time for this kind of thing, if I didn't see it with my own eyes, Young Master Barry wouldn't be able to bear this responsibility!" ”

The two of them only made promises and fled in the midst of the ridicule of the crowd.

……

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Mu Yan pushed Professor Dawn to appear next door to yesterday's classroom - a lecture hall with a capacity of 500-1,000 people.

Ten minutes earlier, he had been told that he had changed the location of the class, and Professor Dawn didn't care.

"Looks like you've got a lot of followers." The old man said with a smile: "The last 'trial lecture' in the Yaenza-level classroom can be traced back to William's 'Silent Spell Intensive Study), and the mages above the four rings of the whole Jialan are basically here, and there are two Excellencies who have a mage tower. ”

Mu Yan smiled bitterly: "I'm not as capable as Principal William. ”

"No, in terms of limelight, I think you're much better than him."

The old man laughed and snorted, then patted the armrest, and the wheelchair automatically turned around and drove into the classroom.

Mu Yan hurriedly followed.

The classroom is in a regular semi-elliptical shape, with a lectern placed in the center, equipped with a amplification circle and microphones, and behind it is a light curtain for projectionβ€”the instrument I saw last time in the Star Library, with one end forked and the other lighted, connected by a hose engraved with magic patterns, so that the instructor can project the lecture notes.

Such a classroom was supposed to have a demonstration mage assistant and required at least four rings of sculpting spells and illusions. But because of Mu Yan, a teaching assistant, he didn't ask for it this time.

This is also reflected in the high cost of the Yaenza lecture classroom, compared to the commission of the professional mage's assistant, the energy loss of maintaining the magic circle, projection, and lighting can be negligible.

That's why Jialan Academy can have such a big deal to use mages in the service industry......

Spreading outward from the podium, there are a total of 25 low steps, ranging from 10 to 70 people on each step, and the seats are so full that you can't even see the person at the back without eagle eye.

Mu Yan glanced at Professor Daun, and said that Professor Daun's presbyopia must not be able to see clearly.

The classroom, which has a capacity of 1,000 people, is eerily quiet, except for the creaking of wheels.

As a rookie mentor, it may be timid, facing such a battle for the first time, but at the age of 112, Professor Dawn has never seen anything in the world? He calmed down, picked up the microphone, tested the volume, and began today's lesson.

His opening ceremony was a little different from what it used to be.

"Ten minutes ago, I was told that the classroom had been changed, and to be honest, at first I was worried that the class would be cancelled because of the small number of students. And I'm curious, is there a smaller place to teach than the Atom classroom? Could it be William's office? ”

There was a chuckle from the audience, and the strange atmosphere was suddenly dispersed.

"But when I came to the door of the lecture hall, I was a little curious whether the academic affairs office had made a mistake in the classroom...... After all, that Teacher Devon has a similar name to me, and she is probably the only one in the entire academy who is so popular at the moment. ”

The laughter gradually amplified, and the atmosphere became more and more light.

Dawn pursed his lips and smiled until the laughter was over, and the classroom fell silent again.

"Later I was convinced that this was my From the Kragon to the Lingua Franca. At first, I was a little excited, but when I noticed that your eyes were always on me, I instantly understood...... Oh, the truth is always cruel to this poor old man, you really didn't come for me, but for the teaching assistants. ”

He patted the armrest and turned to look at Mu Yan.

"I said, shouldn't we change identities today? I'm going to be a teaching assistant for you? ”

There was another wave in the classroom, and laughter almost toppled the roof.

Seeing this, Mu Yan also skinned himself.

"Hmm...... If it's a teaching assistant, can I choose that Dewinne teacher? He winked playfully.

Many good deeds even whistled, and a very rigid lesson "From Cragon to the Common Language" in the eyes of everyone was actually talked about by the two of them.

The laughter waned, and Professor Dawn seemed to think enough of the joke and motioned for silence.

"Actually, the fact that you are here is essentially the same thing that happened at yesterday's hearing. Every year, the Orvis horned sheep cross the Hengduan Mountains from the Kadra Highlands to the Twilight Plains, and only a handful of the head sheep in the huge group know the correct route, so the whole group chooses to follow the head sheep blindly.

"Interestingly, if the head sheep can't bear the loneliness and wants to see what color the hair on his buttocks is, so much so that he suddenly lies on the ground and pokes his head between his hind legs, then you will see a grand scene......

Tens of thousands of Orvis horned sheep suddenly stopped like dominoes and made the same movements, scrambling to shove their heads between their hind legs. This can even make the mighty monsters retreat...... The wisdom of the beasts led them to mistake the Orvis Horned Sheep into performing an ancient and mysterious summoning ritual, so they retreated. ”

The voice of the old man's vicissitudes echoed in the classroom, like an ancient and slow river, not moving, but accumulating traces of time.

"So you see, conformity is terrible. The life and future of the entire vast group rests on the leader, and his actions determine the life and death of the race.

"I'm one hundred and twelve years old, and in such a long life, there's nothing left to frighten me. But there is always one thing that hangs over me like a cloud...... I'm afraid that the Jialan people will also become Orvis horned sheep and lose the ability to think independently. ”

The old man's slightly cloudy eyes swept over the dark crowd in front of him, as if he had insight into everyone's heart.

"You praise the courage of Dreas and Drerich, and at the same time discredit the character of Barry and Samuel...... But you have not seen the essence of the problem. From what I know of the latter two, their personalities are the same today, they were in the past, and they will be the same in the future, and they will not change. The same problem will arise today, and it will be tomorrow. So what will you do when it reappears? What do you do when no one responds to the hero's actions and everyone is looking forward to the next Deres?

"I don't mean to rebuke you for your actions, but I think you should think about it, you should chew on yesterday's events, and not act irrationally in order to keep up with the trends after hearsay. It's blind and stupid. Moreover, it does not help to boost courage in any way.

"If Dridge is dead in battle and a dead crow hanging from a scarecrow, and the one who sits in the 'slanderer' seat is replaced by Derees, then who do you expect to be the first to stand up after another impassioned speech by my teaching assistant?

"I have no intention of judging a person's character, from a completely subjective point of view, without considering origin, wealth and dignity, or pursuing morality, I think that Barry and Samuel are better as Jialan. They care about dignity and glory, they are more educated, they have the desire and impulse to dominate others, they have independent minds and souls, they don't follow blindly, they ...... Not numb.

"You see, yesterday Barry lost face, and today he organized revenge, if it weren't for Joria, who was in charge of the Atom classroom group, to wake up in time, how many people would still be standing stupidly at the door of that classroom?

"To you, they are evil, bastards, but most of that emotion comes from jealousy and envy of this injustice. Essentially, you envy this injustice, and when you can't hold your head up as the oppressed, you think about the oppression, not the right or wrong of the act itself.

"Have you ever envied Dridge?

"No, noble qualities are not to be envied, what is worthy is wealth and status.

"Why is this happening? Because everyone else is like that, your surroundings, your predecessors, those who climbed up, the forerunners, are doing it.

"My teaching assistant is right, Jialan is like a rancid mire now, but unfortunately, the people you hate are stepping on you, and the people who are soaked in the mud are actually yourself.

"I know that the number of people who choose From Kragon to Lingua Francano is decreasing, and so are the number of people who take Detailed Explanations of the General History of the Continent. Where have the people gone? "Aristocratic Etiquette and Societal Currents" was overcrowded, and the person in charge of that class was old George, who had previously worked as a butler for Duke Clark, and his temper was much worse than mine, and he was a real nobleman who knew about it, so who were the people who went to him?

"Is it Barry, is it Samuel? No, the real nobles hate him and wish they could stay away from him...... So, you know who it is. I also know that many of you have listed this course as compulsory in your own plans, after all, it is like a stepping stone, it is the trend of the times, and it is the 'first step' in the circle of others.

"Before the expansion of the number of Jialan, there was no such clear division of class and superiority among the aristocracy, and it was you who made them proud of their identity and indulged in enslaving and oppressing others. And you, desperately trying to become them.

"That's what I'm afraid of.

"If I had to pick a head sheep, I'd rather go with Barry and Samuel. They were born with wealth and status, they love to enjoy, but they are not numb, they do not lose their souls, they know pain, they are leaders even in that circle. This is precisely the ability, the embodiment of 'quality'.

"The bad old man sitting here now, even if Barry and Samuel were in front of me, would bend down respectfully and call me Grandpa Dawn. They don't respect my status, they respect my age, and the knowledge in my head, and they revere knowledge.

"But what about you? All of you here, I'm sure many people are wondering, when will this bad old man give the right to speak to the assistant teacher behind him, we have been queuing for so long not to listen to you count us, and you, an old nobleman and oppressor from a rich background, have the right to accuse us and say good things about those two guys who do all kinds of evil......

"If that's what you're thinking, congratulations, you're exactly the kind of person I mentioned. I don't think your wish will come true, and for the next two hours, my TA won't get a second to speak, so you can leave.

"There's a short break after forty minutes, and if that hurt you in the morning, you can leave, because I'll be meaner later.

"Pity the old man, he is not good at lecturing in such a spacious classroom, and he is accustomed to looking into the eyes of every student, which enables him to read their thoughts. So, in order to get back to the little classroom, I'll hurt you as much as I can until the number of people is small enough to let me go back to that familiar cabin. So let it go and leave the opportunity to the class to the people who really need it.

"Now, then, let's start today's lesson."