55: The Cursed Child
A few moments later, Dr. Clover walked in with a group of scholars, Dr. Clover was a dying old man with wrinkles on his face like sun-dried orange peels, and his white hair parted into three petals, resembling a clover.
As soon as he walked in, Dr. Clover asked Gulla, "Is she gone?" ”
"Gone, she's such a poor child." Gula sighed and said, "If it weren't for the criminal thing I'm doing now, I'd have wanted to adopt Robin, who suffers from a pain that doesn't match her age." ”
The surrounding scholars all looked strange when they heard this, Robin can be said to be the biggest victim of this "crime", her father was sentenced to death by the world government for interpreting the historical text, and her mother Orbia and other scholars went to sea two years ago to find more historical texts, and the life and death are still unknown, leaving the lonely Robin, this cute little girl, her childhood was destined to be unlucky.
"Alright, we'll talk about Robin later." Dr. Clover took a deep breath, "Now close the door and continue with the last research." ”
A scholar ran to close the door to the Tree of All-Knowledge, and someone else turned on a secret switch, and the ground in front of them suddenly parted to both sides, and a basement appeared in front of everyone.
Dr. Clover entered the basement first, followed by the scholars, and in the center of the basement stood a large stone tablet with strange and mysterious handwriting.
……
At noon, the streets are bustling, the owners of the shops are shouting their wares, and pedestrians are bustling along the streets.
"Mom, take me to watch a drama at night, I really like the story of the adventurer Wu Di, giggle."
A little girl with pigtails held her parents' hands and said with a happy smile on her face and a laugh as crisp as a silver bell.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there in the evening." The little girl's mother pampered and agreed.
"But only if you finish your homework." The little girl's father said sternly.
"No, no, no, where do I finish my homework, Dad, you promise me." The little girl was coquettish with a bitter face.
Robin held two thick books in his arms, stood in a daze, and looked at the family of three inexplicably, their figures slowly disappeared around the corner, the sound gradually became inaudible, but the warmth and happiness emanating from them Robin could still feel it.
How she envied that little girl, her favorite parents held her hand, she could make willful demands to them, if they didn't agree, they could still be coquettish, and if they couldn't be coquettish, they would cry, and finally Mom and Dad had no choice but to hold themselves in their arms and coax them......
This imaginary scene turned out to be unexpectedly familiar, as if Robin had experienced it before, maybe it was, when she was very young, five or three?
Little Robin's impression of her parents is already very vague, she has never seen her father in her memory, she doesn't even know what he looks like, but she misses her mother very much.
Robin remembers that three years ago his mother had boarded a sailing ship and gone to sea with her fellow scholars, and Robin was crying so sad that she begged her to take her, but of course she was refused.
"Robin is good, obedient, you are still young, and when you become a scholar, your mother will take you out to sea." Orbiya said to Robin.
From then on, Robin decided that he would become a scholar in the future and stay with his mom all the time! In the past three years, she has been working tirelessly for this goal, soaking in the tree of omniscience day and night, hungry for knowledge.
There was a scholar exam tonight, and Robin was very active in signing up with Dr. Clover, who also took pity on her and let her take the exam as a child with other prospective scholars.
No scholar is optimistic about Robin, the scholar's exam is extremely difficult, and some people can't pass the exam for a lifetime, how can an eight-year-old girl do it? Only Robin herself understands how far her knowledge has accumulated through these years of frenzied study and reading!
Robin knew that Dr. Clover and Aunt Gura were secretly interpreting the text of history, and her mother had only gone out to sea because of the text of history, and on many nights, Robin had sneaked into the basement of the Tree of All Knowing with her fruit powers, peeking at the research notes of Dr. Clover and others, and studying the huge stone tablet carved with the text of history.
Don't look at Robin is only eight years old, she has already completely mastered the text of the historical text, and can even interpret the historical text alone! If Dr. Clover and the others knew about this, they would be shocked.
"Hey, she's the cursed child, isn't she?" A hidden voice came into his ears, waking Robin from his distraction.
"Yes, it's her, and I don't know how such a child can appear on our island." A few pedestrians not far away pointed at Robin, their eyes full of disgust.
"She should be expelled and left to fend for herself!"
"Anyway, she was cursed by the devil, so let the demon raise her......"
There were more and more hurtful words, and Robin lowered his head and walked with his head down, ignoring the adults.
Robin is a superhuman Devil Fruit ability, with strange abilities that ordinary people can't imagine, and those fools instinctively fear this power, and when they find out that the person with this power is just a child, their fear turns into disgust.
Robin walked in the direction of home, yes, even though her parents were not around, she still had a home, and that place would be called "home".
Three years ago, Orbia went to sea and handed Robin over to his younger brother to raise, in his uncle's house, Robin's life was very depressing, her cousin bullied her, her aunt cursed her, her uncle had a cowardly personality, he listened to his aunt and didn't care much about Robin.
Walking to the door, Robin gently pushed the door open.
"I'm back."
"Come back? You know it's back! The aunt at the dining table immediately said in a sharp voice, "I don't see you all day long, I can't find you when I work, and then every time I come back, it's a meal, is it so coincidental?" is so scheming at a young age, won't you be like your vixen mother when you grow up? ”
Robin gritted his teeth, didn't talk back to his aunt, changed his shoes and walked into the hallway.
"Hahahaha, Robin is a vixen!" Robin's fat cousin laughed, her mouth greasy, and a handful of chicken thighs in her hand.
"I warn you this time, either you will never return to this house again, or you will be honest and obedient to me, and you will do whatever you are told to do." Aunt squinted at Robin and snorted coldly, declaring hegemony.
"Got it." Robin muffled and walked back to her room.