Chapter Ninety-Four: Classroom Shadows

In a simple classroom, a few oil lamps illuminated dozens of desks in front of and behind, and dozens of adults and half-grown children sat quietly on a bench, listening carefully to Luo Ling's explanation of pinyin in front of the blackboard.

The blackboard was removed from the school and installed in this wooden house, which looked a little out of place. The two lighting crystals above the chalkboard add to this sense of incongruity.

However, students have long been accustomed to it, they have already completed the pinyin course in this classroom, and today is the final review class.

"That's all for today's class, tomorrow's exam, everyone prepare well. After Luo Ling said this, she paused, these locals with rough faces and messy hair below couldn't connect with the classroom at all, but now the eyes of many people looking at her were so similar to the eyes of knowledge in that world, it made her feel a trance of not knowing where she was. She couldn't help but smile and said softly: "Everyone remember the reward, everyone who passed the exam in our class can get a reward of fifty yuan vouchers, and there are additional bonuses for the first, second and third places. ”

The crowd in the classroom let out a muffled chatter, but everyone's face was somewhat excited.

"Lord Luo...... Can you really get money for learning words?" asked a middle-aged man who looked a little older, hesitantly.

"As I said, people call me Teacher. There are no adults here, and there will be none. Luo Ling smiled at him, "As for your question, of course you can! We always count when we talk, whether it's Xiao Chen or me, have you ever deceived everyone since you walked out of the slave market?"

The crowd below shook their heads.

"But you've been so nice to us. There is food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live, all of which are better than in the past. No one has ever done this to us poor. We're not at ease. The middle-aged man stood up, bowed his back, and habitually put on a humble appearance, "This, this is like moving a hoe into the house as an ornament, are we really worthy? Why do you do this?"

The crowd in the classroom was in an uproar, some nodding their heads secretly, others shouting unhappily: "You are the hoe! ”

The middle-aged man looked at the reaction around him and panicked, he fidgeted and looked around, his back bent even more, as if he wanted to hide in the crowd.

Luo Ling stretched out her hands and pressed them down to silence everyone.

"Everyone has seen how the nobles of the realm treat the poor. Some of you are even related to the nobility, and even come from aristocratic families yourself, but for one reason or another, you end up as slaves. Slaves worse than paupers. It's because you've seen a lot of it that you don't understand what we're going to do, and why we treat you so differently from those noble lords, right?"

"Yes. ”

"That's it. ”

"The reason is very simple, because we are not nobles, and there are no nobles where we come from. We are the same as you. ”

Luo Ling's last sentence was like dropping a bomb in a pond, and after a moment of calm, the water surface was blown up into huge waves.

Amid the noise of discussion, someone asked loudly, "Aren't you a mage! A mage is more noble than an ordinary nobleman!"

"The mage just said that I have some kind of special ability. It's not about status. ”

"But the mages are all high!"

"Then you've seen a mage who is not so high-minded these days, haven't you?"

Luo Ling stepped off the podium and stood in the middle of the crowd: "I am a magician, this is my strength. But you, Ronga, are good at farming, and I don't know at all. You, Paula, there is no one in the garment factory who is more dexterous than you. You, Lergo, have the deepest kung fu in the river to operate a raft. I will have more things than you, so I am here to teach you, and when you learn, you will be stronger than you were yesterday. It's like the eldest child in the family, who will always take care of his younger siblings. If you do it right, you will praise them, if you do it wrong, you will punish them, and if you don't do it, you will teach them by hand. But when the younger siblings grow up, there is no difference between the elder brother and them. ”

"You're young. I don't know who said it below, and everyone laughed.

Luo Ling also smiled generously: "If each of us becomes very powerful, we can do more and more things together." Lunga may be able to breed food that grows faster. Paula will design new beautiful clothes. Lergo might be able to lead a fleet. If that happens, all of us who come together will have a better life. We will not be afraid that others will come and rob us of the fruits of our labor. Who doesn't want to live like this?" Luo Ling pointed to the board book on the blackboard, "So, I'm waiting here for you to catch up with me." ”

The classroom was silent, as if everyone was trying their best to imagine what kind of world Luo Ling was describing, and before anyone knew it, someone applauded, and the applause immediately surged like a tide, and Luo Ling had never seen it anywhere else. She knew that behind every pair of red palms, there was a pair of eager eyes, a beating heart, and a glimmer of hope that had just been ignited.

In the previous world, many things that were taken for granted were so precious in this world.

What she didn't know, though, was that there was an inconspicuous little girl in the class who was secretly observing her. Her applause was as loud as the others, her eyes were as hot as the others, and her freckled face was filled with joy and excitement.

A little boy next to her tugged at her clothes, "Rada, are we really going to be as good as the teacher said?"

"Yes. Absolutely. The little girl didn't turn her head, but the corners of her beautiful lips curled, stared at Luo Ling and said softly.

After answering some questions, Luo Ling walked out of the wooden house classroom when the people in the classroom dispersed. I saw a man leaning against the pillar of the wooden house under the starlight, waiting at the door.

"Elaina, why are you here?"

"Today you are my guest, and as an elf, it would be rude not to accompany a good guest. Elaine smiled and beckoned to her.

"It's only a few steps, and I can get through it myself. Luo Ling followed Elaina, and the two slowly walked towards the health center.

"I'm here because I'm here, otherwise I'd have missed your speech. In my past, I would never have imagined that there would be such a person among human beings as you, who would treat every wise man of his kind as an equal. ”

"It's not my wisdom, I'm just the successor of this path. Luo Ling said.

"I really want to see what your world was like. Elaine said, looking up at the stars as if remembering the elven forest under the same starry sky, "For us elves, everything is the creation of the god of nature, and the most beautiful of them is the creation of the World Tree. And every elf is a child of the World Tree, so we are brothers and sisters, and brothers and sisters are naturally equal. While some elves are wiser than others, some elves are more important than others. But no elf is more noble than the others. Isn't that similar to what you said today?"

"Maybe there's a difference. Luo Ling shook her head slightly, "I never emphasized the equality between me and them. Everyone's talents, backgrounds, and opportunities are different, and it is pointless to talk about the absolute equality of people. I'm just telling them that everyone has the opportunity to grow and progress, and that everyone can find their own path. Noble or humble does not depend on birth, but on position and attitude. ”

"Position and attitude?" Elaine silently recited these two words, as if thinking about the meaning of Luo Ling's words, and after a long time, she said: "Is it judged by whether you are willing to stand by your side and whether you are willing to move forward with you?"

"I'm not the center of the world. Luo Ling smiled, she said seriously, "I'm just a person who hopes that everyone can live a good life." But my strength is too small, so I want to unite the forces that can be united and walk with me. ”

"Do you include elves, dwarves, and other aliens?"

"Race, it's a thing that can cause a lot of trouble, but seeing you, seeing Farrell, I think it's an obstacle that can be overcome. Luo Ling said.

"There are a lot of old stubborns among the elves and dwarves, and they won't like what you say. But I've left them all behind. You know, after I met Xiao Chen and you in the slave market, I felt that a completely different world was calling me. It was not just the priest's duty to observe human society, but ...... A new beginning. Elaina's steps were a little brisk, and with her slender figure, as if she was dancing, she jumped quickly in front of Luo Ling, and turned her head to look at Luo Ling, "So, I'm here." Do you think I'm walking with you now?"

"Aren't you walking beside me?" Luo Ling's answer made Elaine laugh, it was difficult to describe the smile of the beautiful elf in words, except for Luo Ling, Elaine treated everyone in the camp with a cold attitude every day, her smile rarely bloomed here, as rare as an epiphany that bloomed briefly in the moonlight.

She just smiled and took Luo Ling's hand, and the two of them followed the path in the moonlight and returned to the door of the health center in silence.

"I got a new bed and we stayed together for the next few days. ”

"Thank you. Luo Ling was about to go inside, but found that Elaina's hand holding her suddenly tightened.

"I feel like there's a pair of eyes on us. This is the instinct of the elves. Elaine leaned close to Luo Ling's ear and whispered.

"Maybe more than a pair. So what?" Luo Ling patted Elaina's hand, pulled her into the door of the health center, glanced at the surrounding camp with a calm gaze, and gently closed the door.