Verse 288: Prometheus
Adrian listened silently to Norman's recounting of his past life experiences, but when Norman spoke of his arrival at Cárdenas, his acquisition of Adrian's notes, and his encounter with Thomas, Adrian finally uttered a meaningless syllable similar to "Hmm".
He seems to be wondering about something?
Norman, who was observing everything that was happening in front of him, thought that it was not difficult for him, who had cultivated the Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea, to observe Adrian while talking and watching the world at the same time.
But Adrian did not interrupt Norman's words, and allowed Norman to continue, until Norman spoke of what had happened at Jebel Danner, and Adrian seemed to think of something, and finally interrupted Norman for the first time.
"Pause,"
Adrian stared at Norman and said, "You may have forgotten something." ”
Then his mouth snapped and he seemed to say a few words, but Norman couldn't hear anything.
And in the next moment, Norman suddenly felt a deep palpitation, and a strange feeling that he had never felt before, and then, he magically found that his memory suddenly became clear, and all the things he had experienced since he was a child were recalled in great detail!
It's like his memory is a piece of glass: it used to be dirty, full of scratches and sludge from the bottom of the river after the erosion of the river over time, but now, this memory glass has been fished up from the bottom of the river, carefully wiped and made it clear and transparent, and everything in it can be seen clearly, without the slightest obstacle.
He even remembered the first scene of his birth, which was in a pitch-black liquid.
Obviously, Adrian cast a spell, and this is the effect of Adrian's spell.
Norman hadn't even heard of this magical spell, and was extremely curious, eager to ask what kind of spell it was, but before he could ask, Adrian asked him several questions in a row.
"Who was the mother who gave birth to you, and what does it look like?"
"What was the scene like when you were born?"
"Who is your father?"
"Who did you come into contact with in early childhood?"
"Is there anyone who you think is strange right now?"
......
Adrian's question was an irresistible presence for Norman, and he answered obediently, and along with Adrian's questioning, he also reorganized his memories that he no longer remembered: it was a magical experience, as if he had been reborn, and he had walked through his life from the perspective of an adult now.
"My mother was a human woman, like most of the women in Ashley Village, with brown eyes, a large face, scorched and dry skin, a muscular body, and thick arms. My father called her Josephine, and she died the day I was born......"
Norman was a little depressed when he said this.
Through Adrian's help, he finally learns who his mother is.
As he described, she was an ordinary country woman, a good farmer, but died on the day he was born. Judging by the medical knowledge he had now taught him by the Templars, she must have died of blood loss in the process of giving birth to him, and the backward villages, where medical treatment was almost none, could not do anything about it, so his father could only watch his wife die in front of him.
That's probably why my father never mentioned my mother, because it was his birth that led to his mother's death.
"I was born in my own home, it was late in the evening, the light was not very good, there was a fire in the house, and Aunt Kelly was helping out at my house......"
"My father was an honest farmer, he didn't talk much, often didn't say a word for several days, only worked silently, always with an indifferent expression on his face, and rarely saw him smile......"
Adrian seemed to have doubts about his origins, but as his memories cleared, Norman realized that there was nothing suspicious about his origins, just the life of a very typical villager, no different from the other children in Ashley's village.
This made Adrian's brow furrow.
Finally, after Norman had filled in all the vague memories of his childhood and childhood, Adrian finally stopped asking.
He didn't ask, but Norman did, after all, Norman was also full of questions now.
"Who is Prometheus?"
Norman remembers that this was a name in Adrian's first words when he met him, and it was clearly a key figure.
Adrian did not hide it and answered his question directly: "Prometheus is my teacher and Thomas's teacher. ”
Adrian and Thomas's teacher?
Norman still heard about the existence of this teacher, and now he knows that the teacher's name is Prometheus.
Norman originally thought that the "Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea" in Adrian's notes must have been put in by Adrian himself, but thinking of what Adrian just said, could it be ......
"The Heart Sutra is Prometheus's thing, and it has been kept by him all along, which is why I asked you that just now. ”
Why did Prometheus put the Heart Sutra in his student's notebook? Why did it happen that another of his students, Thomas, met Norman who had access to Adrian's notebook decades later?......?
Norman felt like he understood what Adrian was thinking.
Next, Adrian took the initiative to reveal some news: "The little girl of the dragon clan you talked about, Ji Ruoxi, I think I should know her." If I'm not mistaken, she's Ji Gang's daughter. ”
Although Norman didn't know what Ji Ruoxi's father's name was, from what Adrian said, it should be that this Ji Gang is correct.
"Chen Qinghe said you killed Ji Gang?"
Adrian calmly admitted: "That's right. Actually, I don't have any grudges against him, and I just challenged him to explore the true meaning of strength, but he, the first strong man of the dragon clan, is really strong, and I almost died in the battle with him, and I couldn't hold it back at all, so I had to kill him in the end. ”
This made Norman stunned: he originally thought that there was some deep hatred between Adrian and Ji Ruoxi's father, so he would do such a thing, but he didn't expect it to be just a simple sentence "Exploring the true meaning of power"?
Looking at Adrian's elegant scholarly appearance, he really can't imagine that this is a battle maniac.
"Who the hell is Prometheus?"
When Norman heard this, he finally asked the question.
Adrian's answer adds up to many of the puzzles in his life, but the more complete his life experience is, the more frightened Norman becomes—in his life, there seems to be such a huge mastermind behind the scenes, and many things can not be described as coincidental at all, but more like a big game of chess that someone has deliberately laid out.
And behind this curtain, judging from the information currently available, it is obvious that it is directed at Prometheus.
Adrian frowned again and shook his head slowly: "I don't know, I don't even know if Prometheus is his real name." ”
"In addition to being my teacher, he can also be said to be my father. I was an orphan on the streets, and he picked me up from the streets, raised me, and trained me to be a mage, but he was not a mage himself. ”
Adrian's teacher wasn't even a mage?
If this news were leaked to the big people who knew about Adrian's existence, I am afraid that they would be shocked by their big teeth, right?
Disbelief should have been the general reaction of people to the news, and so was Norman. Especially when he knew that so many things might be related to Prometheus, he didn't believe it even more.
Adrian seemed to see Norman's thoughts, and said, "Thomas and I used to believe in this, but as I grew older, I became more and more skeptical, because as I grew stronger and more aware of the world, the more I felt how amazing his wisdom was." ”
"His knowledge is so profound that even a true white-robed mage or even an origin mage can't have such profound knowledge, it's hard to believe that a mage apprentice can have such knowledge and wisdom. ”
Adrian admired this Prometheus so much, which shows how terrible this Prometheus is. Especially the thought that this guy might be hiding in some dark corner and peeping into his own life made Norman feel even more furious from the bottom of his heart.
But Adrian's next words made a 180-degree turn.
"But he was really an ordinary man, and I saw him die in front of me when he was in his sixties, and I disposed of his body with my own hands. ”
Norman was stunned.
Already dead, still old age, and still old age in their sixties?!!
It doesn't feel right!
Dying of old age is normal for human beings, and judging from the current standard of living in the kingdom, dying of old age in their sixties is already considered a long life, nothing strange, but Prometheus is different.
Such a person who knows that it is extremely powerful as soon as he hears it, even if he can't escape the lifespan limit of the creature and will eventually die, but he shouldn't die of old age when he is in his sixties!
Many humans who aren't mages can live longer than that.
Strange, so weird.
"Will it be ......?"
Adrian shook his head, rejecting Norman's speculation.
"At that time, I had been an Origin Mage for a long time, and I was only half a step away from the 'boundary', under the 'boundary', no one could fool me, and above the 'boundary' might be, Prometheus might indeed have that power, but above the 'boundary' would cease to exist, which formed a paradox, so he was indeed dead. ”
Boundary, this is a new word that Norman was exposed to.
Judging from Adrian's urine just now, he probably didn't bother to answer his question, but Norman still asked with the attitude of giving it a try: "What is the 'boundary'?"
But Adrian answered him as he thought: "When you reach that level, you will know." ”
...... Well, this guy who seems to be an elegant scholar doesn't seem to have a good temper, and he doesn't bother to answer many questions that he knows at a glance will take a lot of words.
But in any case, Adrian, the known strongest man under the stars, thinks that Prometheus is indeed an ordinary person.
This is where the topic is interrupted.
The information that both sides need to know is almost exchanged, and they can't answer each other's key questions, so they can only be silent, silently combing their respective thoughts now.
And the world in reincarnation time is still developing at a speed that seems normal but is actually extremely fast.
With his powerful "force", Adrian in the reincarnation time lived a good life in the city lord's mansion.
The days of the City Lord's Mansion are quite monotonous, and Adrian spends most of his time healing on weekdays, using some methods that Norman can't understand, and occasionally uses the healing chapter of the Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea, which is the only thing that Norman can understand.
It is gratifying that Adrian in the reincarnation time is far from the Norman standard when he runs the healing chapter of the "Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea", which makes Norman, who has been suppressed by Adrian from the beginning to the present, find some self-confidence - see, even the known strongest person under the starry sky is inferior to him in some places at his age!
In addition to healing, Adrian's most important task in the Lord's Mansion was probably dealing with the beautiful woman - Norman learned from the conversations of the people of this world that the woman's name was Regina, the wife of Defoe, the lord of Douala at the time.
Regina was so fascinated by Adrian that she had to get close to her almost every day, and Adrian's response to the lady was terrible: he could neither recite poetry, nor sing to amuse her, nor say anything nice and sweet.
It can be seen that Adrian can almost be said to know nothing about anything other than spells, he is like a piece of wood, and he is only ordinary in appearance, neither in terms of Norman aesthetics nor in terms of the aesthetics of the Knights Templar, he can not be called handsome.
In addition to his superb martial arts, Adrian can be said to have no merit in his body, but this marquise is so infatuated with him that it is really confusing, and I don't know what she likes Adrian - it is impossible to take a fancy to Adrian's outstanding "combat skills", because before Adrian showed his high strength, this lady was obviously infatuated with him.
This made Norman find fascinating and interesting.