Chapter 3 The Face of the World The Old Man of History
"It's been so long since the test subject was transported, have you confirmed it?" This is a middle-aged man in a brown suit, and which person is being questioned is wearing a white coat, sitting on the sofa with a relaxed face: "Don't worry??????! Well, I can run, it was an accident, it's almost out. The pot-bellied middle-aged man looked impatient: "No, I'm going to strengthen the manpower, don't have an accident." As he spoke, he walked out the door, "Hey, hey, you don't trust our analytics department too much, right?" the man in the white coat looked casual. "That's why you're only the section chief????? I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!" the middle-aged man looked like he was defeated by you, looked at the person who called himself the analysis department, and left without looking back.
At this point, Al was confined to a capsule, and he felt as if he was soaked in warm water, and he couldn't exert himself. The oppressive and closed environment makes people mad, and the mania makes people uncontrolled by reason: "Damn, what the hell is going on?????? Isn't it just a matter of repaying the kindness of others, isn't that so? Those crazy people! Magicians and monks are also strangers, and I've read too many novels! What a bunch of bastards! Boss, what the hell do I have to do to go back on vacation early!"
Al has been here for a month, but fortunately, Al can still endure the loneliness, and basically survives by sleeping, and does not go crazy.
Just as Al was still fantasizing about coming home and lying in his comfy bed.
Suddenly, the water level dropped rapidly, the light in the capsule gradually dimmed, the hatch opened, and there was only a group of people in white coats around, looking at him with regretful eyes, feeling quite terrifying and very happy.
"Congratulations, reborn, now your name is no longer Al, we will give you a new name: Errigin Leto, remember! This is an organizational arrangement, as a citizen you must obey, this is also a reward for your protection and apology, in short, you can no longer stay in this city, we must not allow mistakes to happen! Okay, I won't say more, we will send you to a new city, start a new life, you don't have to worry about the rest, we will take care of it. β
This was the first thing Al heard when he woke up, and then he was involuntarily transported by plane to a strange city, Winter City.
"How inexplicable, this is what the boss calls the Trojan Horse Effect?" Al thought regretfully in his heart, and the price seemed to be a little greater.
In an office outside the previous laboratory, there were two people arguing fiercely, "What do you think? You would make such a decision!" The pot-bellied man said dissatisfiedly, and the rare seriousness of the man in the white coat appeared in front of him, and he sneered at the man: "Aren't you higher than me? I don't understand this? Don't inquire about the above things, otherwise you and I will be doomed." At this time, the middle-aged man became decadent, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and sighed: "Yes, what's wrong with me, didn't I just send a guy who is suspected of being a magician to the magician's lair, why are you so excited?" Although his expression seemed to be very reluctant, the man in the white coat immediately became a hanger again:" That's right, relax, magic is not something that relies on mystery to exert its power, who can be sure that he is not an anomaly, according to the warning of the forbidden magic record, there is indeed some kind of mystery there, although no elements related to mystery can be detected in his body, but the fact that the mystery is used cannot be denied. Even if he didn't use it, it should be related to it, and the news of the execution will be announced tomorrow, maybe he can catch a big fish? You and I can be promoted, why not do that?"
Saying this, the man in the white coat suddenly smiled weirdly: "You know??? I never buy or sell at a loss??? Isn't it?"
The middle-aged man with a big belly was stunned when he heard this, and touched his nose: "You??? Yes, never trade at a loss. β
"I was always cheated by you when I was a child??? I'm really ???? It's naΓ―ve that you'll give up like that. β
At the airport, Al looked blankly, a little overwhelmed, what does this new city mean to him?"Hey, Leto?" The sudden accosting suddenly startled Al, and when he turned around, it was actually a woman who looked about the same age as him, wearing a bright yellow sweater and a pair of jeans with a somewhat dull color, which looked fresh, she patted Al's shoulder playfully, looked at Al with a focused look, nodded quite old-fashioned and said to herself: "Mmmm, they've grown so tall!" Let my aunt take a look. She just circled around Al, like a child discovering something new. It looks very unreliable.,A live naughty boy.γ Al took out a black and white photo given to him by the previous group, in which the woman was wearing a black evening dress, holding a goblet and carrying a * Jing seems to be attending a certain party, or snapping, because in the scene she seems to be talking to someone, the ethereal smile of the woman in the picture looks so natural, very quiet, awe-inspiring, talking and laughing and feeling very stylish, just like the professionally trained eldest lady of a certain family, Al clenched the black and white photo, looked left and right, and compared, it was really: "The difference is really a bit big." The person who called himself Aunt Al looked at the photo in Al's hand with a little surprise: "Ah, this is my photo from fifteen years ago! Haha, was I so beautiful at that time!" Al nodded reluctantly, thinking to himself: "The person is right, the key is this temperament??? And do people in this world age very slowly?"
One more relative out of thin air, anyone will not be adaptable, Al suddenly remembered the employee code, for the sudden plot super unfolding, try to ask to stay away, the previous lesson has been said to be the preferential treatment given in the protection of newcomers, otherwise it will not be so simple to get things done, it will become extremely serious as the boss said.
"What the boss said is the safest working environment, and it will be worse than this in the future?"
Al thought of what seemed to say nothing but something like this: improvisation!
In this way, the woman pulled Al out of the airport and took him to a bright yellow Beetle-shaped car parked on the side of the road, which looked like it was supposed to be a new car, and the tire baffle looked like a refreshing feeling: "Look! This is my car, I bought it newly! You will have it in the future, you don't need to be envious!" That expression is no matter how you look at it; envy, envy, envy!
Sometimes he would be suspicious of his boss's admonition: "Everything in front of you is a false illusion! Don't be blinded by people or things in front of you." β
Just when Al was still stunned, a fist smashed down, and the strength of the warning was better than the lesson, and Al suddenly reacted: "It's beautiful, um!" At this time, the woman retracted her fist with satisfaction, happily got into the car, and beckoned Al to the passenger seat.
Al couldn't help but think maliciously: I finally know why she is wearing such a conspicuous bright yellow sweater, not only to facilitate the search for people, it is estimated that most of it is related to the car, and it is actually to match this car?
After getting on the car, I ran a long way, squeezed into the urban area, the traffic situation here is very poor, the road actually has a feeling of not knowing the years, although the urban area here, but the population is less than one-tenth of the previous city, the ancient charm is very strong. Around and around, Al was taken to a very quaint residence, and this picture always felt a little similar to the legacy of the Tang Dynasty in Al eyes. "This is Errigin? Leto's future home, are you happy? I'll live with my aunt in the future! Come and cheer! Oh-" Obey the local customs, see the opportunity to act, Al helplessly followed the weak cheer, but was once again taught a lesson by the woman, this picture, in fact, Al felt that no matter how you look at it, she is only fifteen years old or even less, and her mental age may only be about ten years old: only a little more!
After entering, I feel unusually big, and it may take several days to finish the hygiene, and I have to not rest. The whole building is wooden from the outside to the inside, which is too quaint, but the earthquake resistance should be good, but it is too luxurious. "Haha, that's right! This is something that our ancestors have passed down from our ancestors, I can't think of it! Actually, there are even more things you can't imagine! We're actually big nobles! Haha, it's a long face!" The woman who claimed to be his mother's sister, he didn't know at all. And now it's still an impostor, and it feels more exciting than a spy in a spy.
This kind of work of an agent is really not done by people, this kind of work ??? It's too divisive.
Then the woman talked a lot about the family, and Al memorized it as much as he could. The aristocracy, the wooden house, which was once very rich and very status, declined more than ninety years ago, and the specific reason was the accidental death of the owner of the house.
This is a large family that used to be thriving, and the highest level has reached the level of 10,000 people, of course, this has to count the servants. Due to decay, there are only a few connections now, and this is still a side line that was once relatively distant, and now it is even more distant.
Listening to the self-proclaimed aunt to Al: "They only come to visit and walk around on New Year's Day, but this is also in line with the current human feelings." β
I don't know why the government got me here, but whatever! Alr thought comfortably: "The boss told me that as long as I live, that's it." β
Listening to the drizzle, but the figure of the wind can not be cracked, quietly bringing a faint ink fragrance and cheerful youth laughter, just stay alone on the lifeless rooftop blowing the cold wind to feel the cold drizzle, less than March, the weather is still a little cold, people can't help but shrink their bodies: "Huh, I still have to go to school, I finally graduated from high school, and I have to do it again??????"
This is a school that no one cares about and it is also a prestigious school, because the choice of students is completely in the hands of the school, so no one cares, as for why Al is here, it is obvious that he was chosen by this school. Although he was very curious about the selection criteria of this school, saying that it was not based on cultural achievement, but every student in this school could be called an honor student if he was placed in other schools, but this was after excluding Al.
Ding, ding, ding, Ding, Al looked at the crowd and the laughter of youth in the distance expressionlessly, and suddenly took out a pocket watch from his shirt, the silver surface was embossed with a snake that walked along the outer edge, but unexpectedly there was a blank in the middle, as if waiting for someone to add something to him. Holding it up and looking at it like this, Al muttered to himself, "That guy, what are you doing with this????? Turning around with his back against the wire to form a fence, he sighed, he was getting more and more confused, what is the meaning of the boss's explanation of living? Now he is alive and well, and there is no difficulty at all, but here it is more and more detached from reality, more and more abnormal, is this a sign of danger.
What exactly does the Trojan company want me to accomplish, what is the standard of qualification, and how long do I live?
The anxiety of the unknown irritates Al, a young chick who has not been deeply involved in the world.
"I don't understand"
A little lazy, Al walked to the stairs on the rooftop, counted the stairs and returned to the classroom: "There are thirteen steps in total, it's really boring." β
Back in the classroom, Al didn't understand why, why he appeared in this world, why he disappeared in that world, all of this was so natural. Pulling open the door of the classroom, no one paid attention to his behavior, and continued the youthful laughter that had not stopped, and returned to the last seat by the outer window, and lay on his stomach like this. The classroom slowly quieted down, and a bald old man walked in with something similar to a picture album and hung it on the wall: "Students, today we are starting to study world history, so the students who have reviewed it will raise their hands and answer?????? As a result, there was no response, and the old man was not angry, as if he was used to it: "Well, that classmate should answer it, there are extra points." The old man pointed to a woman in front of Al, who looked up and lay on his stomach again, confirming that it was not his name. The girl she was called had conspicuous purple hair, and in particular, her pupils were purple, and Al remembered that she seemed to be her neighbor, but the name seemed to be forgotten. Because it's not very important, this world seems to be very common, not special, so Al is not very profound, anyway, in Al's opinion, the people here look similar, he recognizes people basically by head shape, height, age, tone, and mouth fetish. The girl replied, sounding a little stiff and a little trilling, but he was still trying to revise his words, as if slowly recalling: "About, the world, history, according to the magical literature??? The earliest mysteries appeared before humans existed, and were officially written 10,000 years ago. And the power in charge of recording is that human beings are famous magicians in history, and their names are witches. Because of her, humanity was able to gain mystical affection, so there was a great boom in magic. But due to the emergence of heresy, the mystery began to decline, and the power of magic gradually weakened, and more seriously, it led to a huge fault in the later magic inheritance, the reason for which was that someone tried to crack the mystery of magic in the form of a mortal, and was abandoned by magic, according to the earliest records dating back to more than 6,000 years ago, that person can be said to be the first official "scientist" in history, and he was also a powerful magician, whose name was Ji. This caused a great upheaval in the wizarding world. The magical civilization was destroyed at this time, and in order to restart the mystery of magic, the Magic Association at that time decided to launch a purge to show its sincerity to the mystery and undo the disaster caused by the Rak, which almost fell into the predicament of extinction, and the Tsuki was also nowhere to be found in this purge??????" The old man nodded with great satisfaction, turned around and wrote on the blackboard, mysterious, magic, such words once again to the classmates: "Very well, everything we have is due to mystery, so the history I want to talk about is the history of mysterious existence!" The old man tapped his fingers on the podium at the same time to strengthen the final tone, but no matter how passionate the lecturer said, the student's side was still lifeless, only the occasional sound of writing and drawing reminded that someone seemed to be listening.
"So let me ask, what is the mystery in the minds of the students? Tell me about it, so that you can have a goal for the future development of magic. The old man's words finally had a little commotion at this time, and some people began to can't help but turn their heads and ears, looking at this scene, the old man nodded faintly, as if he was very satisfied. Someone raised his hand, and it was a red-haired young man with a look of confidence and pride, as if this was his most glorious moment. "Well, very well, then you can answer your mystery. The old man gestured with his right hand, and the young man stood up with a swipe, and replied in a loud voice, "Yes! Glory!" Al was awakened again by the commotion, shook his head, and saw the red-haired young man at a glance, yawned a little tiredly, and then fell asleep again. At this time, the young man also noticed Al's gaze, and frowned dissatisfiedly, but quickly took it back. "Well, it's a standard answer, that's a good answer, glory?????? Let's get ready to learn positive magic. The old man touched it, bald and bald, and waved him to sit down: "This kind of magic is powerful, but the limitations are very obvious, if you don't get the recognition of this way, it will be very difficult??????" The young man bowed his head with some dissatisfaction, and clenched his fists under the table, as if he was secretly swearing. The old man's eyes widened slightly, and the old man pointed to the direction where Al was a little helpless and said, "Oh, that sleeping classmate, tell me what your mystery is." But at this time, Al had already fallen asleep to meet with the Zhou Guild, and had no time to pay attention to the old man's question. Fortunately, the girl in front of him kindly reminded him, and imperceptibly touched Al's table, which made Al wake up violently and raise his head. "Hehe, since you've woken up, then answer my question, old man. Al glanced at the purple-haired girl who woke him up in surprise, her expression was a little confused, and then she rubbed her eyes decadently: "Ask, question?"
The old man looked very easy-going, not angry, and said again: "Classmate, tell me what your mystery is." Al was a little confused, so he blurted out, "My mystery? As soon as these words came out, there was a huge wave of shock, surprise, panic, and sneering all kinds of expressions gathered together, and the old man also laughed, and laughed very heartily: "It's funny, it's really interesting, so why do you have such an idea?" Al felt that this was a mess, but he still went on, this is the school's mandatory rule not to refuse the teacher's question, this is a precedent! Al didn't want to do such a big thing, and nodded a little reluctantly: "I think my mystery is myself, probably because of my own confusion." The old man nodded and motioned for him to continue, and at this time the eyes of the whole class were focused on Al, and he continued under pressure: "Has the lecturer ever considered the question 'Who am I?'?" The old man fell into deep thought when he heard this, and he didn't know how long it took before he recovered, and said unhurriedly: "This, one, I really haven't thought about it." Al breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Where am I born, where I come from, where am I from, where am I from, where am I end? This world exists because of me, or am I here because of this world, how long will I stay in this world, who am I? Leto? It's just a code name, anyone can call it, I can call it Al, or whatever, and so do others, do I have an eternal name, just as I am born and die, and exist for eternity?"
Silence, at this time the environment can only hear the slight friction of clothes and the sound of seats bumping.
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The old man was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer, but the other students and the students in the corridor were in a commotion, accusing Yunyun of forgetting their ancestors and the like, and speaking unashamedly and disrespectfully and mysteriously!
Al stood in his chair and didn't speak, just looked at his desk.
Ding-ding-ding-ding
It was already time for the end of class, and the old man waved his hand to suppress the commotion, which slowly calmed down. Al himself knows that he has committed a taboo, and if he is not careful, he will be regarded as a heretic, and if he is not careful, he will be sent to the stake in the future.
Al didn't think that he would be so close to death at that time, of course, he still didn't realize it, he just thought that if he committed public anger, he would have a bad time in the future.
"Okay, let's all disperse, Leto, come with me now. The old man left the classroom under the indignant gaze of the others, and in a small room full of books, the only thing that was tidy was the somewhat old desk, with only a roll of parchment and a carving knife?????? And a photo with a somewhat dull color, still in color.