Chapter 6: The Children Who Were Forced to Work Hard (Part II)
Vincent also happened to see Alfer's strange appearance when he was being trained by the neck, and his facial features quickly wrinkled into a complicated expression to show his incomprehension that Alfer's eyes were really glowing - he just stated that his classmates secretly said that Elfer's eyes were uncommon in color, as if they were glowing, but after hearing this, the person's eyes really glowed, which was terrifying.
It was the swordsmanship teacher Saka who was reprimanding Vincent, who was already very dissatisfied when Vincent was not concerned about being lectured, and now the kid looked behind him with a ghostly expression, and he simply knocked Vincent the head, complaining "What are you doing" and looking back behind him.
At this time, the headmaster Krent had already grabbed Alfer's shoulders and turned Alver's body away, and took Alver to his office somewhat compulsively, and neither the guards nor Saka saw Alver's strange appearance just now.
Krent poured Alver a glass of milk and told him to calm down, and after drinking the milk they would have a good conversation.
I need to think about what I should tell this child.
Thinking back to what the Divine Envoy said when he gave him this child, he was almost telling himself that the only seed of hope had been delivered to him.
But this seed was not needed for a time.
In the first year of the child's delivery to Krent, he named the child Alph Eden, treated the child almost in the form of an offering, and went around giving speeches, doing brainwashing efforts to say that the old gods would rule the world with tyranny, and that the child was the only one to resist. But once as the pope of the human race that everyone admired, Krent, has now lost all his glory, and after being beaten by a mob once, he completely understood that people do not really worship the pope, he has lost God, his status is not even as good as ordinary people, people have nowhere to vent their fear, pain and disappointment with God, and they still preach everywhere that there will be gods tormenting the world, and it is impossible for him to be better if he has symbolized the grace of God, and no one believes that a baby can save the continent.
After the collapse snow dissipates, there is no tyranny of the old gods, at most, there is no enchantment protection in the event of a disaster, and monsters may swagger into the village to harm humans, these can be resisted, the continent is slowly recovering its vitality, generating a new order, whether it is a new god or an old god, it is no longer needed.
The red-robed oracle never showed up again, so maybe the guy was dead too. The old Pope didn't know what to do, he was old, with a small child, and he couldn't do anything but heal magic.
After traveling around for another two years, exploring the new look of the continent, saving a little savings by treating others, taking in more homeless children and adults who have the ability but difficult to make a living, forming a small settlement, settling at the junction of today's human and demon territories, hunting monsters or treating patients in exchange for necessary expenses, teaching children knowledge, and training them in the ability to survive in a dangerous environment.
He no longer treated Alfer in any way when the school was built, although it was true that the child was more gifted than ordinary people, and much higher, and learned everything quickly, but except for this and a slightly unusual appearance, Alphor was a child. Time passed slowly, and although Crent occasionally still thought that there would be a certain Protoss who would control the continent by a terrifying means, the more time passed, Crent himself became a little suspicious.
Believing in the doubt does not mean that he is not prepared, at present, although Elph is excellent, he is not very unique, if Elph really has to face a tyrannical but powerful god who can rule the continent, he should leave Alph with more possibilities. Crent misses Atari who grew up with him and eventually sacrificed himself to protect himself in the Great Collapse, and he wants to raise some reliable companions for Elver, and these companions are preferably children who can grow up with Elph, just like he and Atari did.
As a result, this nameless settlement eventually became what the surrounding residents called a school for strange old men, and the children adopted by this school had to learn all kinds of knowledge, much more than children of the same age, and from the age when they could almost leave, the children would begin to learn to dance the sword, draw the bow, hide the dagger, balance on horseback, feel the flow of magic, know all kinds of magic materials, recite various alchemy recipes, and even know how to choose armor and distinguish the forging methods of different equipment, even if the children are only good at one or two of them, they must learn all of themใ
The more time passed, the more Clent became numb to the words of the oracle, the calm life was killing his restlessness, Elfer was simple and lively, kind and brave, Crent could hardly remember that Elph would wake up one day, he just wanted all the children to grow up safely, and to be able to earn a living without difficulty after leaving school, and training children was more like a long-standing habit. Whether as the sole guardian of the children, or as the person on the mission of raising the savior, the long and comfortable life has made him no longer think about the thoughts and feelings of these children, especially Elver, nor really help and nurture them in terms of character.
And tonight, because of the little tricks between the children, Elph has a vision, is it a precursor to the so-called awakening, or is it the beginning of the tyrannical Protoss's reign of terror?
The child, who had never lost his temper with anyone, had a faint glow of fear and anger in his eyes.
Krent felt as if he had gone back eleven years ago, back to the crumbling temple, back to the moment when he had just figured out the trust given to him by the oracle, and everything was clueless.
Thinking about it, it seems that Krent has done nothing in the past eleven years, except to feed Alfer with bread.
The old headmaster slumped into his chair and let out a long sigh.