Chapter 31 Precious Books
"Buying books and musical instruments for the kids?"
When Ronin explained his intentions, Martial looked quite surprised, and half-believingly repeated the needs that the young man had just expressed, his expression looking incredulous.
Luo Ning hesitated slightly, took out 5 guilders from his body, and the rest of the money had to be guaranteed for future living expenses.
"I've got 5 guilders here, and if it's not enough, I'll pay you some more next month."
Martial stared at the young man for a long time, then stretched out a hand and spoke slowly.
"It's rare to hear that anyone is willing to spend a lot of money on these things, don't get me wrong, I don't mean that you are poor, the general economic aspect has not reached a certain level, no one will be interested in these things, the first thing to satisfy is food and clothing, and you are not buying these things for yourself, but those poor children who are not related to you by blood."
"You obviously just want to say that Lao Tzu is very poor."
Luo Ning sneered, and when he saw the hand stretched out, he subconsciously reached out to help.
Anthony got up, and walked slowly towards the bookshelves against the wall, with the help of the young man, holding a cane that he didn't know what material it was made of, but which he could feel very valuable.
"I've already kind of regretted not going out to meet you personally, you know, no one has ever been so selfless, at least not yet."
When you get to the bookshelf, lean your cane against the bookshelf and open the bookcase.
"You can have as many books as you want, I have a lot of musical instruments, and I can give you a piano."
There was a pause and a hearty laugh.
"To be honest, I thought it was borrowing money when you said it was a private matter, and I was already figuring out how to refuse you without offending anyone, it's a shame."
So honest......
Ronin suddenly liked this hundred-year-old man, even if he was really a bad guy like Ryan described, he couldn't be hated.
Of course, he wouldn't think that the old man was a good person because of his behavior just now.
To accurately evaluate a person, it is not to be judged as an individual on its own, but on the basis of the environment.
For example, a gangster, he does all kinds of evil, he is a bad person to ordinary people, but he loves his family very much, and he is a good person to his family.
People are either good or bad!
Ronin looked at the spine of the books in the bookcase.
"The Essence of Magic" (Note 1), "A Study of Dyson Corinth's Absolute Theory", "The Economic Structure of the Upper Society", "History of Social Development", ......"
These books are only suitable for those who have a fairly rich knowledge base, and are clearly not suitable for children.
But when his gaze scanned for a book, he paused for a moment.
"A Study of the Origins, Beliefs, Development, and Relations of Religious and Magical Organizations"
At present, in addition to the Brotherhood of Destiny, which has not been established for a long time, the organizations I have heard about or contacted include the Order Church, the Witch Divia, the Money Trust, the Black Iron Army, the Holy Cult Army, and I believe that there are many such organizations, and understanding the power structure relationship of this world will be of great help to your future life.
Luo Ning stretched out his hand and took out the book, which was ten centimeters thick, thirty centimeters wide, and nearly fifty centimeters long, and held it in his hand.
The book was heavy, wrapped in a special animal skin on the outside, and the edges were inlaid with iron, and when I opened the book, I saw a table of contents, and the names of many organizations were densely mentioned inside.
"Mr. Henderson, who is known as a sage of the Society of Learning, spent forty years studying the organizations and religions that people in the world know and hidden, and finally wrote this book, which was later found to have been revealed by some secret churches, blasphemed their faith, and finally killed the sage Henderson.
Luo Ning stroked the well-packaged, heavy book pages, and was a little embarrassed to hear the origin of the book.
"Can you lend me a look?"
Anthony thought for a moment.
"Of course, but I have to pay it back in two months."
Putting the books aside for a moment, Ronin glanced at the bookcase again.
"Well, do you have any other collections, just the kind of story books that are suitable for children to read, preferably the kind with pictures."
Anthony turned and walked in the other direction, moving the candlestick on the wall, and there was a loud "boom" on the tightly knit wall, and the wall cracked a huge crack until it became a huge entrance.
"Follow me."
Ronin followed into the interior, and the fragrance of paper came to his nose, and soon a bright light flashed in the dark space, coming from the roof.
It is more than a dozen night pearls, the size has reached a diameter of 20 centimeters, such night pearls in the future generations, each of which is a priceless treasure.
"There are a lot of important books here, and you can't use an open flame to provide lighting, so I made these night pearls."
Seeing the young man staring at the pearl of the night on the roof, Martial explained.
Countless bookshelves are lined up with books of all kinds.
Anthony scanned the bookshelves, his voice deep and respectful.
"This is a book on magical practice from many organizations, and there are some magical artifacts, I have collected a lot, compared to the books that can be opened to all readers outside, these books are usually only accessible to people like you, and ordinary people can't reach them, and I am the light of the money trust, and with this identity I am qualified to spend a lot of money on these books and objects."
"You can really do whatever you want when you have money!"
Luo Ning couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he looked at those books that were strangely shaped and even exuded different lights.
"Money is the magic in the world."
After admiring it, Luo Ning asked curiously.
"Where's the Church of Order's magic books?"
Martial walked over to a bookshelf, reached through it, and pulled out a book, which was dusty as he pulled it out.
"This is, I remember donating three million guilders to the Order Church to get this one, and you members of the Order Church can read it for free."
How horrible is this guy's business? Three million dong bought such a book collection......
Ronin reached out and took the book.
"Code of Order"
Turning the first page, a line of words comes into view.
"Mortals die, order is eternal."
I chuckled in my heart.
"It's familiar, isn't this the small print on the pocket watch that I cleaned for my mentor in my previous life?" It actually appeared here, does his own crossing have something to do with this "Code of Order"?
I couldn't wait to turn to the second page, and I was greeted by some strange language, which seemed to be a little uncoherent, it should be the religious content of the Order Church, and he had no interest in these contents, and he had no intention of really believing in these things.
Flipped through a few pages in a row and finally got to the point.
"Ritual Magic Explained"
I finally saw what I wanted to see the most.
It's a magical world, and the last time he fought against Lenzard, he realized that learning some magic would play a key role in future battles, at least not too embarrassing.
But realizing that there is someone staring in front of him, if he looks carefully page by page, it is estimated that the other party will doubt his identity, after all, as a member of the Church of Order, it is very easy to see these things, and he should not be so carefully fascinated.
And it didn't seem appropriate to let a hundred-year-old man with a cane stand here for a long time.
"We've got to find a way to get these books away."
Pretending to flip through the pages quickly, he suddenly stopped on one of the pages, and he pretended to be puzzled and frowned.
"It's a little weird here......"