Chapter 23: The Sacred Garden of Wisdom
readx; After Jeff left, Cosetana took Carlo back to the teacher and told him not to speak. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Carlo didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at first, and he didn't understand until Cosetana introduced her. Because, Cosetana told the twenty or so little ones in front of them that Carlo was her assistant coach and could not participate in training because of an injury, so she had to recuperate here for a year to help her, and because Carlo was recommended by Mr. Wengel to become a knight halfway, and the year here was also for learning.
"Okay, let's continue today's content, according to my agreement with you, you have a whole day to go to the young beasts in the training field to communicate, and you can choose one of the young beasts that like you to train as a mount, however, you must be obedient, it is very dangerous there.
Besides, I repeat, you must keep in mind that a knight is not a warrior on a mount, and if you had that thought, I would never have accepted it. ”
It wasn't the first time Carlo had heard of it in the Knights' Academy, for it was where Athenie's wetland lizards came from, and had appeared in front of him since he met her, riding with her on the road day and night. However, it was Cosetana's last words that made him more concerned, because Carlo remembered that the knight had always been in charge on a strong mount until Wenjar told him that.
"Assistant Renault, do you seem to have anything to say?" Worried that his introduction would be broken by Carlo himself, seeing Carlo's appearance of wanting to say something, Cosetana immediately spoke, and bit the word assistant very hard, hoping that Carlo would understand her kindness, but she didn't expect Carlo to really speak.
"Well, I remembered a quote someone told me, who said that knighthood means a strong belief in forging ahead. Carlo repeated Vengel's words.
Cosetana didn't expect Carlo to say this, and smiled for a moment: "That's very good, this is one of the oldest explanations for the title knight, although many people don't agree with this sentence, but as a knight, you must know that a knight does not become a knight because of his mount." ”
"Miss Cosettana, when did the knight appear?" asked Carlo in passing.
Cosetana glanced at Carlo, nodded and said: "This question is a good question, but unfortunately I don't know, but since you asked, then I will say something extracurricular, it is said that knights originated before the birth of Jursiman, and according to the broken inscription found in the Wisdom Sanctuary, knights are a kind of ancient human guards, but they are only responsible for attacking and fighting, these people are called knights whether they are mounts or not." However, it is also said that the knight is the warrior who is responsible for the charge on the battlefield."
"Okay, you've all recorded what I'm talking about. Remember, let's go. As is customary, you can go and push the door, as long as you push the door open, you have the right to go out. Cosetana said, pointing to the wall at the back of the classroom.
At this time, Carlo noticed that the silver-gray wall he was facing without gaps was actually a heavy iron door. After Cosetana gave the order, more than two dozen teenagers and girls rushed to the iron gate, and they could see their excitement about this, and at the same time, Cosetana knew that if they didn't work together to push the iron gate open, then they wouldn't be able to go out today.
However, the resistance of this iron door was estimated by Cosetana in advance, and only when these twenty or so people worked together could it be pushed, which was a test.
Seeing the iron door being pushed at the bottom, Cosetana felt that there were fewer stones last night, and it was only a matter of time before the door was pushed open. But forget it, today can only let them pass the level easily. So she stopped paying attention to the children pushing the iron door, and turned her attention to Carlo.
"Renault, you have the dean's badge, you could have gone to the training farm without paying anything, but before going there, you need to leave your scent there many times to let the young beast get used to it, so that the sensitive young beast will not have an accident due to strangers approaching, and at the same time, the young beast can choose the breeder you like. So you can't travel with you today, but you can feel free to go and shop, as long as you bring that badge. ”
So Cosetana left Carlo behind, but before that, she did two things, one was to find a wet towel to wipe Carlo's face, of course, this was not to clean, but to take Carlo's scent to the cultivation ground. The second is to take Carlo's dean's badge in his hand, and stab Carlo in the shoulder with a needle on the back, and complain that Jeff is an idiot who didn't even do anything to activate the badge.
Because the Dean's Badge is different from the badge usually used for distinguishing groups, it has many privileges, and only the owner of the badge uses these privileges, and at the same time re-informs Carlo of the rights of this badge, which has many rights, the last of which is that you can leave the Knight's House at will without applying. Carlo was impressed by this one, as there were other privileges that could be paid for, with the exception of this one.
After Cosetana left with everyone, Carlo had nothing to do, he first walked through the rooms of the Elementary Theory Group, and found that there were four rooms in total, in addition to the classroom just now, there were also three huge training grounds, and they were full of mechanisms, and he didn't dare to go in, because he knew that those things were dangerous.
After waiting in his room for a long time, he finally felt like he was going back to find Jeff and met him halfway. Jeff happily took him to an aunt named Ruo Weida and told him that this was the place that would help him become strong for the next three years.
Aunt Ruoweida is a little fat and an ordinary person, although Jeff is a very fierce cat, but he kindly stuffed Carlo to his full, and almost swollen Jeff's left hand that he wanted to steal, forcing Carlo to swallow the last bite of food. According to her, the food was added to the valuables left by Mr. Wenjar and must not be wasted.
In the end, Carlo, who was overwhelmed, and Jeff, who was disappointed because he didn't succeed in stealing the food, left Aunt Ruoweida's restaurant together. However, Carlo can understand Jeff's frustration, because the food cooked by Aunt Ruo tastes impeccable.
However, after the whole afternoon, Carlo returned to a state of idleness, while Jeff had a job to do to maintain the training ground, so he left.
Sitting on the grass, Carlo pinched the badge that now emits a faint blue light in his hand and looked at the sky, he knew that with this badge, he could go to any training ground to watch the trainees train, which he was originally very interested in, but since he knew that his body could not withstand any training, he suddenly became unwilling to look at it, because seeing it would only bring him a sense of loss.
"Forget it, maybe according to what Jeff said, after waiting for a year, all this will change, and I can become stronger, and it won't be so useless. Carlo comforted himself, but was he really going to stay here all the year instead of trying to get back to Yulan?, Carlo asked himself again, and at the thought of this, he began to become distraught and uneasy, and began to walk aimlessly, until he reached the gate of the Knight's House.
It was only when the light-armored janitor stopped him that he realized where he was. And the janitor also saw the dean's badge in Carlo's hand at this time, although he didn't know Carlo, but after seeing the strange light emitted by the badge, he chose to return to his post.
At this point, Carlo confirmed the function of the badge, which did allow him to move through most of the Knight's Courtyard. Then he glanced back at the training ground behind him, and thought about it, no one told him not to leave here, and he really stepped out of the gate of the knights' academy with nowhere to go.
However, where was he going, there was no target, and he looked up and saw a tower, the closest tower to him in West Side, located in the Sanctuary of Wisdom opposite the Knights' Academy. Wisdom Sacred Garden, he suddenly remembered what happened a few days ago. Although he chose to leave with Mannie at that time, he was actually uneasy and curious about the incident as a teenager.
So what about now, now can he get close there. It is the meeting place of the wisdom of Yulsiman and is home to many practitioners in culture, art, medicine and so on. On the night he fled the pillar of light, Carlo had thought that this pillar of light must have something to do with the sorcerer. And it is almost impossible for him to be designed as a sudden visitor, so is it because of the original owner of this body? It is possible, but it is too unlikely, and other than that, I am afraid it can only be related to Ramrolie or himself.
Then, according to this line of thought, the sorcerers related to the pillar of light must be very interested in him, and perhaps they can ask him to take him as an apprentice.
The thought of this made Carlo excited, in fact, after leaving the forest of water spirits, Carlo had wondered if he could become a sorcerer, because he was still self-aware of his weak body. However, Leiban did not teach him any methods of cultivation, and the books left behind by Leiban have a lot of knowledge about the practitioner, but there is also no way to learn how to learn it. And although Yulan had promised to teach him, in fact, she was more interested in teaching Ilor, and she agreed to learn nothing.
And a few days ago, although he knew that he was afraid that he did not have the qualifications to become a knight, he still had a glimmer of hope, and he was exiled by reality again, leaving only a promise left by the old man Wenjar, which became his lifeline, but he only thought that this was a comfort to him. If there really is a way to strengthen the body, why doesn't Mr. Wenjar use it on a more gifted person, and if this formula does work, then the biggest possibility is that although it is useful, it cannot achieve the effect expected by the old man, and even it is not very useful for strong people, and I am afraid that he will not be able to reach the quality of those knights in three years.
Each of these thoughts made Carlo's yearning for the Sacred Garden of Wisdom stronger, but this desire was suppressed by Ahini's low-key instructions to everyone. And now that it's right in front of your eyes, can you get a little closer?
Sometimes, people's behavior is not completely dominated by thinking, and they will subconsciously follow their innermost desires, just like Carlo at this time, when he was entangled, he had already crossed the road of more than ten meters, put his right hand on the wall of the Wisdom Garden, and felt its historical precipitation.
At the moment of touching, Carlo finally broke free from his thoughts, and when he was surprised by his actions, he also thought of the pillar of light, but at this time, the pillar of light did not appear, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his inner expectations. But on the other hand, he was relieved, he had also feared that his actions would get him into trouble, and eventually implicate Ashini and the others. Carlo didn't realize that he had completely let go of his wariness of Arshini.
If you don't take the pillar of light, you can only try your luck inside, as Manny said, many people do.
One of the entrances to the Wisdom Sacred Garden is not far from here, on the way Carlo noticed that it was a small door four meters wide, and there was no guard, Carlo came in smoothly, there were many trees and grass along the way, only a cobblestone path winds around, and the walk is quite restless, if it weren't for the arrival of Marquis Daniel's custom-made leather boots, he replaced the boots that were worn out at the bottom, this section of the road is really terrible. (Because it took longer to make leather boots than clothes, it was late, but fortunately, the goods did not need to rest, so they had been mailed before Carlo and others arrived)
But even so, after walking for a while, Carlo still felt that his feet hurt, he didn't know if he could leave this strange road the fastest by taking the right road, but after walking two forks in the road, he finally left the road and stepped on the bluestone paved road, and while walking out of this road, he came to a two-story roofed house surrounded by trees, although the style of the building is different from the training ground of the Theory, but the environment here is very similar, I am afraid it is also a place that is not easy to be disturbed.
When he came to the building, Carlo was attracted by the melodious and intimate singing that seemed to come from the bottom of his heart. Carlo stood like this, knowing that the song was over. Carlo stood in front of the building and waited for a while, wondering if there would be any other songs, but the singing never sounded, and the owner of the singing did not show up in the curtained room on the second floor.
In the end, Carlo departed, and perhaps there was a chance that he would come here again to visit the mistress of the house, but not today. With such a beautiful singing voice, Carlo guessed that this must be the composer's house, and the choice of such an environment was naturally to not be disturbed when composing. And his purpose today is obviously not to learn melody. Before leaving, he glanced back at the view, remembered the way he had come, and then left along the cobblestone road in the other direction, for which he was full of complaints.
After walking the same road as before, Carlo finally said goodbye to the unbearable path and came to the square where a dozen white stone pillars were erected, where many people were exchanging things, some were painting portraits here, and there seemed to be many artists, but the stone pillars with green inscriptions reminded him that there was more to it than that.
Sure enough, listening closely, Carlo noticed that some people were discussing politics, some were exchanging alchemical objects, it was an incredible square, open and free, and the only purpose seemed to be to communicate.
He walked through the crowd, occasionally stopping to listen to what he was interested in, and walked around, all the discussions related to the sorcerer were related to alchemy, but he did not find any opportunity to intervene. If it was a discussion of spells, he might be able to say a few words with the knowledge left by Thunderband, but he couldn't do anything about alchemy.
Without the opportunity to intervene, there would be no way to enter the wizard's circle, Carlo stepped aside and sighed, thinking that he might have to try a different place, after all, the Wisdom Sacred Garden is very large.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a person standing outside the square waving, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, then the object of that person's beckoning seemed to be only himself. Carlo pointed to himself and saw that the man nodded in confirmation, but Carlo was hesitant to go over because the man was dressed strangely, shrouded in a cloak, and no one seemed to notice him, as if he didn't exist. Although he was curious about who this person was, he was also a little scared. Little did he know that this man had also appeared on the day the pillar of light appeared.
At that moment, the man under the cloak confirmed that Carlo could see him, and took off his hood, revealing a chubby, bald head, which was an old man. The old man was the current sage, named Ba Bushev, and of course Carlo did not know him at this time. But when he revealed his true face, Carlo chose to believe that he would not be against him, so he walked up to him, and the two disappeared from the square.