Section 50: Choice
After bathing from the river, Norman went straight to Thomas, where he lived for the rest of the day.
Thomas did not welcome his sleeping friend back to sleep with him, for the old drunkard had already fallen asleep, and Norman did not disturb him, and lay down to sleep in the place where he had slept for several nights.
As long as the entrance exams have not begun, there is always hope, and Norman firmly believes in this. So he got up early the next morning, and searched the streets of Cardenas for the traces of the black-robed mage, but after the end of the day, he still didn't get anything, and the only thing he got was probably that Gawain told him a lot of stories.
Well, Gawain's main responsibility now is to tell him stories and teach him the principles and rules of how to behave and behave.
And it was also under Gawain's teaching that when Colin personally talked to him at night, saying that he wanted to break the agreement with him in advance and did not need him to be Peggy's teacher anymore, he did not immediately beat Colin angrily.
"Dear Lord Norman, I feel very sorry, but now that such a fatwa has been issued, Peggy is no longer able to take the entrance exam, so your ancient language course ......"
Colin was cautious about terminating the contract.
"I know it's our fault! We shouldn't have broken the treaty, but we really can't ...... it."
Colin sometimes accompanied the smiling face, sometimes pretending to be pitiful, so to say that he wanted to terminate the contract early.
If it was according to Norman's previous temperament, he would definitely rush up and grab Colin's neck and ask him what he wanted, and if Colin didn't answer well, it was very likely that he would fight.
But now Norman is different.
Although he was still very angry about Colin cutting off his last financial route, he was able to suppress his anger and analyze the matter in the way Gawain taught: as soon as the fatwa came out, and Peggy's teacher was Mr. Benson, then she would definitely not be able to take the entrance exam, so for her, it should no longer matter whether she learned the ancient language or not, after all, everyone learns the ancient language to take the entrance exam, so there is naturally no need to invite her own ancient language teacher.
Well, that's probably what Colin had in mind.
But he told himself that he would teach for a month, and now that the time is not up, he doesn't want to do it himself, so what can he do?......
Gawain spoke at this point.
He first analyzed the situation, and Norman found that it was similar to what he thought, and then Gawain proposed a solution, which is what Norman couldn't think of.
"You now have two options, one, if he breaks the agreement first, you can ask him to compensate you. Two, you don't want anything, understand the difficulties of his family, and just leave. ”
The first thing Gawain said Norman made sense, but the next day left him scratching his head.
Don't want anything, just leave?
Gawain said that it was the Colin family's fault, so why didn't he want the other party to compensate him? What is the reason for this? Isn't this stupid?
Gawain seemed to know what Norman was thinking, and without waiting for Norman to speak, he said directly: "It's not stupid to do good deeds, first, doing good deeds can make the other party grateful to you in their hearts." ”
Gawain said it in sections, and there should be more below, but before he could finish speaking, he was cut off.
"Gawain, remember our purpose, please let him choose for himself. ”
It was an unfamiliar voice, and Norman would not have noticed it in his mind if it hadn't been for the mention of Gawain's name.
However, Gawain seemed to recognize the voice, and after the voice came out, Gawain did not say the following words again, so the problem was left to Norman alone.
Choose one of the two.
Colin stood nervously in front of Norman, staring at Norman, his little eyes blinking and blinking—he had heard from his daughter how unique this Mr. Mage was, and that he must have mastered a mysterious knowledge that even Mr. Benson did not understand, and must have been very powerful. And now that he said such things to him, I really don't know how angry the other party will be, maybe he will tear him apart with magical magic power!
However, Colin also has no choice, their family is now the most short of money, and there is really no way to afford to spend a little more. For the sake of his daughter's hopeless future, he could only stand in front of this powerful mage.
Colin stared at Norman, and Norman stared at Colin.
The strong observation made him notice the tension on Colin's face, the beads of sweat on Colin's forehead, and the unconsciously clenched hands around his waist, as if he was encouraging himself to stand here......
Eventually, Norman spoke.
"Okay. ”
When Colin first brought this up, Norman didn't make a move, but the anger on his face was still obvious, but now there was only peace on his face.
"I see. ”
Norman chose the second option.
Maybe it was because he remembered that Colin had fed him after being hungry for days, maybe it was because he saw Colin's pitiful appearance of nervousness and caution now, maybe it was because he wanted to try what it was like to do something stupid, or maybe it was because, past Colin's figure, he saw half a familiar little head......
He still remembers the first time they met, the ugly girl's vigilant eyes, he also remembered how respectful and adored the ugly girl was to him later, he still remembered how serious the ugly girl was in learning ancient languages, once she learned it, she was fully engaged, and she was happy and excited to master every bit of new ancient language knowledge, and he remembered that even though he wanted to tell him about it yesterday, but once he showed the magic of pinyin, the ugly girl immediately forgot everything and immersed herself in the study of this new knowledge.
The ugly girl was unlike any old language learner he had ever met.
Others, like Bernie, either learn the old language because of the family's expectations, or like Justin to learn the old language to revitalize the family, or like him, become a nobleman and make a good living, or even use the old language purely as a money-making business, a tool, like Franklin.
But Peggy is different, she just loves the language, so even if she can't take the entrance exam, she still learns the ancient language with a thirst.
He felt honored to be able to teach such students.
Colin's eyes blinked several times in quick succession, as if he didn't expect Norman to agree so happily, and his face was full of disbelief.
After getting along for a while, from the mouth of his daughter and from the mouth of his wife, he clearly knew that this mage who had mastered magical powers was a guy who had to compete with each other, and now he agreed so happily?......
Norman stared at the little girl's little head looming behind the door panel for a long time, then shook his head, turned around, and was about to leave.
There was a strange emotion in his heart right now: pride, satisfaction, regret, sadness...... The emotions were complex and he had never experienced before.
The experience of doing something stupid is truly amazing.
Norman could only comfort his heart that was bleeding because he no longer had any income.
Behind him, Colin seemed to react at this time, and kept thanking Dade to Norman's departing North Shadow: "Thank you so much, Dear Mr. Norman! Your kindness has made little Peggy a little closer to the black-robed mage, we will never ......"
Black-robed mage?!
Norman froze, turned sharply, and stared at Colin.
It was as if a flower had bloomed on Colin's face.