"I'm going to walk the path of God. ”

- Rocky Valentine

"Ladies and gentlemen. When the noisy hall was quiet, Edward stepped forward and began to speak, and a noble lady from Loraine whispered rumors about Edward to the girl next to her, but when she looked up at Edward, she met Edward's gaze, and quickly sat quietly.

"Welcome to Lorraine, to the Rheinland Academy. Edward swept the children's faces one by one, from the moment these children entered the door, they had actually been observed by the teachers of the academy and some senior students, it was the rule of the academy that the old and the new were brought in, and it was also one of the compulsory courses for some senior students who had begun to substitute for the elderly.

"It has been two hundred years since the establishment of the Rheinland Academy, and today you are here. Edward paused: "Someone once asked me why the Rheinland Institute has not made much waves on the stage of history since it has been established for so long and has cultivated many outstanding talents. I told him that the blacksmith at your door was a talented student of the Rhine, how do you want him to go down in history?"

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and Edward smiled too, and when everyone was quiet, he continued, "This incident is real, and the blacksmith's name is Pete, and he is one of your teachers in blacksmithing. As he spoke, Edward stretched out his hand to the crowd of teachers, and the children looked in the direction of Edward's hand, and a chubby middle-aged man in a simple dress nodded at everyone with a smile.

"At the Rheinland Academy. Edward opened his mouth to draw everyone's eyes back to him, and the magnetic voice passed through the children's souls like magic: "All of you boys are going to take this course, although it is not compulsory, but if you want to have a weapon at your disposal in the martial arts class, which means that your swords will be confiscated later, if you insist on using your previous weapon, you must apply after you have the ability to make a weapon of the same level." ”

Hearing this, Justin couldn't help frowning, there are also many aristocratic teenagers, everyone knows what kind of sword in their hands is, and it is simply impossible for Justin to play this kind of silver moon court steel sword with exquisite patterns.

"That's it, I think you'd all heard of it before you came. Edward looked at everyone's reactions and turned the corners of his mouth and continued: "In the Rhine Academy, you have to learn not only etiquette and martial arts, but also a large number of complex and vast disciplines waiting for you, alchemy, geography, manufacturing, and horticulture. If you want to enter the eight-year program, I advise you to study more. ”

Whispers began to erupt from the audience, including Justin and Jack.

"Have you figured out what you're going to learn??" asked Justin in a whisper.

Jack shook his head and said, "Etiquette and martial arts must be learned, and now it seems that you can't escape from striking iron." ”

"Why don't you ask me?" Vivien interjected, seeing the two of them looking at her, smiling and saying, "I learn gardening!" Jack and Justin looked at each other and ignored Vivian's words, and just as Vivien was about to get angry, Edward's voice came again.

"You must be thinking now what we have to learn. Edward said with a faint smile, looked at the crowd that had quieted down again, and said, "I can tell you about this." ”

Edward nodded at the crowd of teachers, and a young man walked out, the young man was dressed very strangely, with the face and black hair of the Northridge people, the more popular ornamented aristocratic robes of the Rhine, and the hair tied up like a Mayne.

"This is your senior, Sam Crewe. With that, Edward reached out his hand and beckoned to Justin, signaling him to come over.

Justin was stunned for a moment and looked around, and found that everyone was also looking at him, only to be sure that he was indeed calling himself right, and got up and moved forward with a blank face.

"This freshman is a nobleman from the Silvermoon Country. Edward said, reaching out and touching Justin's ruby-encrusted brooch, continued, "This brooch may be the sum of the lifetime income of some of your families. ”

Saying that, Edward took two steps forward and patted a young man who was relatively far forward, this young man was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and Edward could see that this dress was changed from a burlap pocket containing beans. He took the boy by the shoulders and brought him to Justin, saying to Justin, "Ask him what is going on." ”

Justin glanced at the boy puzzled, the boy looked at Justin tightly for a moment, then lowered his head, frowned, Justin asked in a softest tone possible, "Where is your home?"

"My house is in Loraine, my lord, my father was a groom in a brothel, and my mother was a kitchen helper in the house of the Count of Mahe. The young man's voice was extremely low, he thought that he would get ahead if he entered the Rhine Academy, but he did not expect to encounter such a thing on the first day, he really did not understand why Edward wanted to be humiliated in front of the public.

"What's your name?" This time it was Edward who spoke, and Edward's distinctive voice made the boy subconsciously raise his head, but after only one glance, the boy lowered his head.

"My name is Vito, Vito Currie," the boy replied with his head bowed.

"Vito, come here. Edward nodded, patted the boy on the shoulder, pulled him towards him, leaned down to look at the boy's head, and whispered in the boy's ear, "Look up." ”

Under Edward's voice, the boy subconsciously raised his head, only to see the previous student named Sam come forward under Edward's signal.

"Hello, sir. Sam held the sword at his waist and said respectfully and politely, "I'm Sam Crewe, and it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Don't call me sir. Justin waved his hand and said with a smile, Sam actually felt a little pressure as he took a step forward: "Just call me Justin." ”

Edward looked at Justin's reaction and smiled and said, "Sam, tell this adult what your family does." ”

"My mother was a prostitute and I didn't know who my father was. Sam wasn't embarrassed at all.

This made the audience in an uproar, how could such a shameful thing be said in public like this? Justin also looked at Sam with an embarrassed look and didn't know how to answer.

"Now that she's been picked up by me to help me take care of my tavern, I'd like you to come back more often if you have time. Sam didn't lose his aura at all because of the reactions around him, and still said with a full sense of anger.