Chapter 9 Preparation
"Okay, Your Royal Highness, you can secretly light the matches while you rest at night, and you can also take advantage of your sleep to see if your toys are really alive, now start our lesson."
Dr. Andersen interrupted Prince William's arguing with a wave of his hand, and he looked at Prince Edward to the side and instructed him to sit down, and then let the two of them listen to him quietly. Although most of the nobles were illiterate, and in such a turbulent era, education was a privilege for the great nobles after the country was firmly established and the position was secured, but for a prince who wanted to become a king in the future, education was a must, even if Prince Edward's father had already lost his kingdom.
As a prince, you must first learn fencing, horseback riding, swimming and diving, as well as archery and hunting, which are all necessary skills to deal with war as a knight nobleman, Dr. Andersen is not proficient in martial arts, he wants to teach the prince rhetoric, heraldry, poetic prosody, and at the same time, let the princes learn history, law, physics, astronomy and alchemy, and even the legendary magic, Dr. Andersen is also proficient in one or two.
Prince William has a total of three tutors, each of whom was chosen by the duke, and each of them was an expert in his field, but if it was purely intellectual erudition, it was Dr. Andersen who was the most outstanding.
It is not a normal educational program for a seven-year-old child to be educated on the same level as a fourteen-year-old, but Prince William, who has received the blessing of the fairy, is intelligent and can easily understand what Dr. Andersen is told, and today Dr. Andersen is slowly telling the outside story when telling history.
It tells the story of the Greek gods and the Norse gods when the gods also descended on this land, and also tells the story of the elves and humans inhabited this land, not only human beings on the earth, but also the nymphs in the rivers and mountain springs, dwarfs in the mines, giants in the depths of the mountains, sheep gods and tree people, and other animals that can speak.
"Can animals talk?" Prince William asked curiously, he was more interested in the magical stories told by Dr. Andersen than in the distant myths, and the magical stories that were closely related to human beings.
"Yes, animals are capable of talking." Dr. Andersen affirmed.
"But I have never heard of this at all, sorry, dear teacher Hans Christian Andersen, I do not doubt what you say, but except for the mythical tales, neither my servants nor the other two teachers have said this, it is like a dream story."
Prince William asked in confusion, and although he was confused, he was not unconvinced, and he wanted to believe more than anyone else that Dr. Andersen spoke of the dream world, the world of harmony between man and nature, the world of happiness.
What is the reason for this faint expectation, even he himself does not understand, but he is full of interest in the world that Andersen said, and even wants to go there and experience it himself, which arouses his curiosity more than magical magic.
"Because, your father, His Royal Highness the Duke, has declared war on these beings who coexist with humans, to that world, the war has been going on, your father's army has driven out the dwarves and sheep gods, driven out the giants, defeated the treemen, killed the talking animals, enslaved the elves, and the Sanssouci Palace where you are is is a huge magical palace, and the energy in it is provided by the elves."
"It sounds terrible, why would my father do such a terrible thing."
"This is the Duke's consideration, Your Royal Highness, in that world there are not only beautiful fairies, but also terrible demons, some of them are kind to human beings, and some are evil beings who endanger human beings, as the future monarch, he has the power to decide peace and war, and you should be more cautious about your power."
"I don't know why, even if you say so, teacher, I feel a little sad in my heart when I hear this news, you know that I have always been happy, when I hear you say that the fairy in the lake, I can't help but want to cry, but this feeling is not sad, but also with a kind of joy."
William told his heart, at this time he was not in the mood to learn, after Dr. Andersen mentioned the magical world, mentioned the fairy, his inner emotions had already begun to become excited, joy and sadness around him, especially the fairy in the lake in the story, which made him feel a sense of intimacy.
"I want to meet the world you talked about, especially the fairies you talked about." William said in a begging tone, as a prince, it is a rare thing to beg for people in such a low manner,
Prince Edward wanted to say something, but stopped in time, the fact that William's mother was a fairy could hide most of the people in the Duchy, but there was no way to hide Edward, who lived with the Duke and William.
This sudden urge to see the fairy should be the instinct of the bloodline, the desire to see his mother. Whether it is the people in the castle or the little Prince William, they all know that their mother, a woman from a peasant family, has been favored by the Duke in one step and gave birth to Prince William, everyone knows the existence of this person and is convinced of her existence, but once people tell the appearance and conduct of this duchess, there is nothing but the vague impression that she is beautiful, not even the painters of the court can draw the appearance of the other party.
Did the little prince vaguely find something?
Unable to tell his brother the truth, Dr. Andersen pondered for a moment and said, "Don't go to sleep at twelve o'clock tonight, you can meet the fairy you want to see with a match." ”
Prince William nodded, convinced of what his teacher had said.
"This is an agreement between men, please don't tell anyone, especially your father, the three of us make an agreement, otherwise you won't see the fairy you want to see."
Dr. Andersen made an agreement with Prince William and Prince Edward, and William was overjoyed, and according to his excitement, he lay directly on the bed and pretended to sleep quietly waiting for the arrival of twelve o'clock in the evening.
Prince Edward and Dr. Anderson left Prince William's room, took out their handkerchiefs and looked at the scarred soldier doll on it, and after a while the two soldiers stood up again, carrying their spears and giving Dr. Anderson and Prince Edward a military salute.
"Thank you for your salvation, honorable Dr. Hans Christian Andersen and His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Soldier Hank, Soldier Leyson salute you, do you have any orders?" The two toy soldiers said in a firm tone, if it were human, it really looked like an elite division.
"Command you, two of you, your brethren to guide your sovereign well, that he may see a magical world tonight." Dr. Andersen placed the two soldier dolls on the floor and gave them orders, and Prince Edward was surprised that the toys were alive.
The two soldiers lined up and quietly returned to the prince's room, Dr. Andersen sensed Edward's confusion, and said, "The building materials of Sanssouci Palace are from that incredible and wonderful country, which contains magic, and some leftovers are made into toys, and the reason why the duke has been in a stalemate for so long in the war with that world is not only because the other party is more familiar with the forest, but also because the fairies can awaken the ancient tree and make it a tree giant, and the ancient tree of war, the prince is the descendant of that fairy, Although he can't give life and wisdom to the Treant like his mother, it is easy and natural to awaken his toys, even if he does it unintentionally. ”