Although Merlin felt that the old man Aita was a little inexplicable, but since Kelis said that the old man had a high attainment in identifying antiques from the period of the Morta Empire, he had no worries, and bowed slightly and shouted respectfully to the old man Aita: "Merlin is willing to learn from the teacher!"

"Good. ”

Old man Aita's face, which was still a little blue just now, changed in an instant, and he began to laugh: "Merlin, you will come in the afternoon and start learning some basic knowledge of appraising antiques." ”

Merlin couldn't figure out the temper of the old man Aita, and didn't dare to object, so he had to nod his head, indicating that he would come in the afternoon, and then the old man Aita sent Merlin and Calis out the door.

"Miss Cariss, who the hell is Teacher Aita?"

Merlin finally couldn't help it and asked Kelis.

Kelis pondered for a while, and then whispered: "Mr. Aita seems to have come to Blackwater City from somewhere else, he is alone, and I don't see any relatives in him, he is a little withdrawn, and he only likes to collect some antiques. I also met Mr. Aita by accident and asked him about antiques, and even when I encountered some antiques that I didn't understand, I came to ask Mr. Aita for advice. As for the rest of Mr. Aita's affairs, I am not very clear. ”

Merlin nodded, then parted ways with Carys and returned to the castle in a carriage.

In the afternoon, Merlin came again to the small building of the old man Aita.

By this time the sky had cleared, and the snow had fallen for a day, and now it had finally stopped, but it was still very cold in the air, and Merlin also wrapped his coat tightly, went up to the second floor, and knocked on the door of the old man Aita.

Soon, the door opened, and when the old man Aita saw that it was Merlin, his face was very indifferent.

"It's on time, not bad. ”

Old man Aita didn't say anything more, and let Merlin in.

Merlin came to the fireplace, where the old man seemed to like to sit, and Merlin saw a thick book beside the fireplace.

The old man Aita glanced up at Merlin, and then said: "Antiques are the precipitation of history, and an antique may carry a special historical period. Therefore, if you want to understand antiques, you must be knowledgeable, and you must have a deep understanding of the historical background of antiques, such as the antiques of the Morta Empire that you like, if you want to really identify the antiques of this period, you must first understand the Morta Empire. Do you know what is the most important thing in the Morta Empire?"

Merlin shook his head, he knew very little about the Molta Empire.

"It is the written word, a great unified empire, the written word is indispensable, and it is only through the written word that many things can be learned during the period of the Ulta Empire. Of course, writing is also a good way to identify antiques from the period of the Morta Empire. ”

Old man Aita then picked up the pamphlet on the table and handed it to Merlin.

Merlin casually flipped a page and found that it was densely packed with strange symbols, which he had never seen before, and the old man Aita explained: "This is the Morta script, the script of the Morta Empire!"

"Morta script?"

Merlin's eyes lit up, these Morta scripts were very different from the Bright Script used now in the Kingdom of Light, the Bright Script was somewhat like the Western Latin alphabet in the previous life, composed of thousands of words composed of individual letters.

The Morta script, on the other hand, is like tadpoles, and in Merlin's opinion, it is impossible to distinguish any difference between them.

"Merlin, if you want to identify antiques from the period of the Morta Empire, you have to start by learning the Morta script. ”

So, at the old man Aita, Merlin began to learn the complex Mortha script.

Learning words is very boring, but Merlin is full of enthusiasm for learning Morta script, perhaps this body is naturally sensitive to words, and when learning Morta script, Merlin is also quite talented, in an afternoon, he has mastered more than a dozen words.

Of course, learning a new script requires perseverance and months or even years of study before it can be mastered.

The afternoon passed quickly, and the old man Aita saw that the sky was getting darker, so he said coldly: "Okay, that's all for today, you go back and practice all the Morta words and words you learned today." ”

"Teacher Aita, I will definitely study hard when I go back. ”

With that, Merlin bowed slightly to the old man Aita, and then turned around and left the small building.

"Whew......".

It was cold outside the door, and Merlin was blown by the cold wind, and his originally dizzy mind cleared up a lot, and he had already seen Moss's carriage.

"Moss, back to the castle!"

Merlin got into the carriage, his legs straightened, his back rested on the carriage, his hands gently rubbed his head, today he studied with the old man Aita, although it was very tiring, but it was the most fulfilling day he had since he came to this world.

A few days passed, and Merlin went back and forth between the old man of Aita and the castle every day, two points and one line, and life was very simple.

"Butler, what's the matter?"

Merlin had eaten breakfast and asked softly, he had already sensed that something seemed wrong with the butler today.

The butler hesitated for a while, but still spoke: "Young Master Merlin, Miss Mei Xue has been away from the castle for nine days, and she hasn't come back for so long, do you want to send someone to Grand City to have a look?"

Merlin was slightly stunned, he had been patronizing the study of the Morta script in the past few days, and he had lived a very fulfilling life, but he had indeed forgotten Mei Xue.

I remember Mei Xue said that it only takes three or five days to go to Grand City for exchanges, and now it's almost ten days, but she hasn't come back yet, no wonder the housekeeper is worried.

"Well, let's not be busy sending people to Grand City, I'll find some time to ask Anson later and see if he has any news. ”

The butler nodded as well, and then ordered the servant to clean up the table.

"Hoo ......"

Merlin walked out of the castle, a cold wind blew, so that Merlin couldn't help but shiver, although it hasn't snowed again in the past few days, and the weather has been sunny for a few days, but walking outside, it's still very cold.

"Moss, go to Teacher Aita. ”

Merlin hesitated for a moment, he went to Old Man Aita, usually in the afternoon, and today he was going to find Anson to ask for some news, so he still had to go and explain the situation to Old Man Aita first.

So, the carriage slowly left the castle.

Merlin stood in front of the old man's door and called out softly, "Teacher Aita." ”

After a while, Merlin did not hear any response from the old man Aita, so Merlin reached out and knocked on the door.

"Squeak".

With a slight touch of Merlin's hand, the door was actually pushed open.

Merlin hesitated, but walked in, he looked around, but there was no sign of the old man Aita, it seemed that the old man Aita was not at home.

"Teacher Aita is really careless, the door is not locked, so he is not afraid of thieves?"

Merlin muttered, the security in Blackwater City has not been very good recently, but Merlin knows that the old man Aita is usually weird and mysterious, he has been here for almost ten days, and he doesn't know what the old man Aita does. I only know that there is only the old man Aita in this house, and no one else usually comes to the door except for Merlin and Cariss, who comes once in a while.

So Merlin privately guessed that Old Man Aita might have come to Blackwater City alone.

Seeing that the old man Aita was not at home, Merlin sat in front of the fireplace and waited quietly, by the way, reviewing the Morta script he had learned in the past few days.

After waiting for about an hour, the temperature in the room seemed to drop considerably, and Merlin casually added some firewood to the fireplace. At this moment, Merlin heard footsteps under the stairs outside the door, presumably the old man Aita had returned, and Merlin hurriedly stood up.

"Bang".

The door was slammed shut, and when the old man saw Merlin in the room, he was slightly stunned and said, "Merlin, why are you here?"

Merlin saw that the old man was wearing a pair of long leather boots on his feet, which were stained with some mud, and a coat on his body was also covered with some dew, and his face was slightly pale, and he looked very tired, and he did not know what he was doing.

"Teacher Aita, I'm here to ask the teacher for leave, I may have to deal with family affairs in the afternoon, so I won't be here this afternoon. ”

Merlin looked at the old man Aita and to Merlin's surprise, the old man Aita did not look angry, but seemed very calm. After a long time, the old man Aita nodded and said calmly: "I'm going to go out for a few days, so your study may have to stop for a while." ”

Merlin was a little surprised, the old man Aita usually seems to be very idle, what will happen?

"When will Teacher Aita come back?"

"I can't say, maybe three or five days, maybe ten days and a half months, but you have to remember that even if I'm not there, you have to practice the Morta script well. I have here some experience in learning the Murtha script, as well as some translations of the Heguang script, which I have compiled a few years ago, and you can use them to figure it out for yourself, which should help you improve your understanding of the Morta script. ”

Old man Aita then took out a thick stack of materials and handed it to Merlin.

Merlin was a little stunned, these materials are not simple, isn't this equivalent to a dictionary in the previous life? Moreover, it is recorded by the old man Aita, which is very precious, in this era, these things alone can be regarded as priceless, although the old man Aita is usually strict, but he still attaches great importance to Merlin.

"Rest assured, teacher, I will definitely practice the Morta script at home. ”

With that, Merlin took the documents and turned to leave.

"Wait......"

The old man's face changed, and as if he had made up his mind, he took out a black ring from his arms, threw it directly to Merlin, and said in a deep voice: "This gadget is given to you, and it is not in vain that you call me 'teacher'." ”

"Teacher, this ......"

Merlin hesitated a little, but the old man Aita immediately waved his hand, and said with an impatient look: "Go, go, do whatever you have to do, I'm a little tired, I want to rest." ”

Old man Aita was not polite in the slightest, and directly kicked Merlin out of the door.

Merlin went downstairs, got into the carriage, and put the information on the carriage, he was still a little stunned, and always felt that something was wrong with the old man Aita today, and he was sending materials and rings.

"Old man Aita has been mysterious and strange all day, and I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, but this ring is really strange, it looks like it has been some years......"

This black ring, I don't know what material it is, it is as light as nothing in the hand, the whole body is jet black, and there is also a hideous monster with teeth and claws, three heads, which is vivid, but it makes people look a little weird.

Such a ring must not be worn by anyone on the hand.

Merlin played carefully for a while, but didn't find anything special, so he put the ring in his pocket and said to Moss, "Moss, let's go, go to the etiquette class today." ”

The carriage slowly left the small building of the old man Aita.

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