Chapter 31 Translation
"A gift from the Dwarven King to the Great Dragon King."
After comparing the book "A Study of Lost Languages" (Note 1) that Harold had just dropped, Lilina finally determined the exact meaning of the dwarven and dragon languages on the walls of the dwarven dungeon from dozens of translations.
"That's what those two lines in the dungeon mean? Gifts, gifts for the Dragon King? What does that mean, exactly? Harold frowned.
"It's strange that you have a specialization in the art industry, and you can understand this. I guess you don't know anything about ancient languages. ”
Harold was silent, and he didn't know anything about it in the academy curriculum. "Senior, I've been teaching myself magic since I was nine years old and for seven years, including books on ancient languages. Didn't the seniors come into contact with magic before coming to the academy? ”
"Before entering this academy, I studied magic for a few months, and most of it was taught by a woman who had been on an adventure with me before."
"Eh~! I've never heard her mentioned by my seniors? Can you tell us about your former travel companions? ”
Eyes are windows to the soul, and now Lilina's eyes prove that the gossip soul in her body is burning.
Harold was about to speak, when there was a sudden "bang" sound next to him, Harold turned his head, and Edith bent down to clean up the scattered books on the floor, probably she had just accidentally touched them.
Edith lowered her head, unable to see her expression, but she said in a somewhat stiff tone, "Let's clean up ourselves, you say yours." Leave us alone. ”
"What did I say to provoke her again?" Harold glanced at Edith's chestnut hair inexplicably, then turned his head again, only to see that the corners of Lilina's mouth were slightly upturned, and her beautiful big eyes narrowed into crescent shapes.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I didn't laugh at anything, I just wanted to laugh. Senior, you say it. ”
Harold is not an overly sensitive person in this regard, and this subtle feeling, he muttered in his heart and turned over the film.
"The woman's name is Lanna, and she was the one who brought me into the adventurer's business, and she was super old mom with a penchant for nagging and self-pity." Harold was brief, except that he wouldn't mention where Lanna was or what she was doing.
"Oh, I see!" Lilina's eyes rolled, not knowing what was going on in her mind.
At this time, Edith said: "So this sentence found in the dwarf dungeon, is there any specific point in the historical materials?" ”
"No, the records of antiquity are very vague or distorted, and so far it is only known that the dragon and the dwarf probably disappeared at the same time, but I can't find the reason for the disappearance." Lilina glanced at the countless bookcases in the large library and bit her lower lip, a little unwilling.
"Lilina, don't bother with it. In my opinion, how these two races perished is not as important as what they eat at night, and this sentence carved in the dwarven dungeon does not seem to have any unfathomable meaning. Go back, go back! Harold stretched and yawned.
"Not a little self-motivated!" Edith glared at Harold.
"Curiosity kills cats, do you understand? Why waste more time and energy on things that don't make sense? Harold gave Edith a look in return.
"Okay, okay, the current information is only enough to investigate this step, and it really can't go forward. Yes! It's half past four now! I'm going to have to visit Ms. Olivia. ”
"Olivia? I seem to have heard the name. Harold still has a bit of an impression of the name.
"The first grade teacher who taught us 'History of Magic' and 'Spellology'. You slept every day when you were in first grade, didn't you?! It's good luck that you don't have to hang up like this, and you can cut it. ”
Harold remembered that the teacher seemed to have a physical disability and had come to class in a wheelchair. He smiled and said to Edith, "Long live the pass!" Scores are illusory, and you have to see through that! Edith. Then he asked Lilina, "Do you have a good relationship with Teacher Olivia?" ”
"That's good! Mr. Olivia is my personal tutor (Note 2). She is a very nice and gentle woman! Lilina commented.
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Ten minutes later, at the school gate, Lilina and Edith say goodbye to Harold and go to see Lilina's personal mentor, Olivia Micheleni.
Along the way, Lilina always bent down to pick up the red or yellow maple leaves on the ground, and took a closer look at the appearance of the maple leaves.
"Lily, there's another beautiful piece here." Edith also helped Lilina pick up a golden maple leaf.
"Well, Miss Olivia likes to make maple leaf bookmarks, but she doesn't have good legs." Lilina took the maple leaf, and she shook her head sadly. "There are no relatives around to take care of her, I think she will be very lonely."
"Lily, aren't you her relative? I think Lily, you treat her like a mother in your heart. ”
Lilina smiled, "Is there one?" Is this how I behave on a daily basis? I don't even know. ”
The two of them walked for about ten minutes, and then pushed open the courtyard door of a small courtyard in a remote corner of the academy, and a silver-haired woman who looked to be twenty-six or seventeen years old was sitting in a wheelchair and reading a book intently, and in front of her was a small round table.
"Teacher Olivia! Sister Edith and I have come to see you. ”
The silver-haired Olivia heard the voice, and she looked up to see that Lilina and Edith had entered the courtyard gate and were walking towards it.
She smiled, "Lilina, you're here." And Edith, come and sit down and talk to me. I heard that Lilina has found a boyfriend, what kind of person is he? ”
"Well, like a lazy cat, bad cat. It's funny and cute, and sometimes you can't guess what he's thinking, which makes people curious. Lilina said, tapping her finger to her lower lip, placing a dozen maple leaves on the table, and sitting down in the leisure chair in front of Olivia.
Olivia shook her head, and said, "Lilina, your description is very personal, and it doesn't sound accurate at all. I remember you said that your Edith-senpai is in the same class as him, so let Edith talk about it. ”
Lilina stuck out her tongue and didn't say much.
Edith pondered for a moment, and said, "It's a hateful, lazy, self-proclaimed clever underwhelmer. But ....."
"There's still a little bit of a sparkle or two!"
Olivia was slightly stunned: "Huh? ”
Lilina explained: "Senior Sister Xiaoyi is a little contradictory to her seniors, so she describes her seniors as more subjective than what I said. ”
Olivia nodded at Lilina, then asked Edith curiously, "Oh, what do you think of him?" ”
Edith thought about it again: "For example, the fighting skills are particularly strong, and she is still a senior adventurer, and the food she cooks is quite delicious, um.... In fact, his mind is still okay, but he is lazy, I remember that he just passed two classes in the last year. And ah, well, it's more frugal or something. Looks more beautiful, this is a minus item, beautiful is too much like a woman. And ....."
Olivia listened to Edith's chatter for a while, looked at Edith who spoke, and then at Lilina who was smiling and silent.
"That's pretty much it. Well? After Edith finished speaking, she suddenly noticed that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and she couldn't help but wonder.
At this time, Lilina chuckled, she picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Edith, handed it to Edith with both hands, she smiled and said, "Come, senior sister, let's drink tea, drink tea." ”
Note 1: This book was written by the naturalist magician Lophiel Aewen.
Note 2: The College of Santa Philan allows teachers to form private mentorship relationships with students, and teachers often privately mentor students who are particularly gifted or have good relationships.