XXVII. Classroom
At noon, Xiu walked into a noodle shop.
"Hello! What to eat? An enthusiastic Ox Clan aunt greeted her.
The cattle people kept a pair of horns on their heads.
"A bowl of noodle soup, no chili." Business was good at noon, and Xiu sat down at the only empty table in the corner.
"Okay." The aunt walked to the back kitchen.
Xiu leaned back in his chair and was distracted, he felt a little strange about himself, he always felt estranged in the crowd, it was because he ...... Divinity?
Suddenly, he saw a girl staring at him at the door.
The girl was fifteen or sixteen years old, immature-looking, expressionless, dressed in a white robe and without a hood. Xiu was sure he didn't know her.
But the girl's gaze was very targeted, and she stared at him so directly.
The scary thing is that if he hadn't seen the girl with the naked eye, Xiu wouldn't have felt it at all.
After a moment's hesitation, Xiu beckoned to the girl.
The girl didn't make any extra moves, and just sat defenselessly across from him.
"I'm going to treat you to noodles?" Xiu pointed to the kitchen in the back.
"Okay." The girl nodded with a blank face.
The noodles were quickly served, and the aunt was a little surprised to see the girl, but she only thought it was a guest.
"Another bowl of noodles." Xiu pushed his noodles in front of the girl and motioned for her to eat first.
The girl was not polite, lowered her head and ate the noodles in small bites.
"Are you religious?" The surroundings seemed to be quiet, and even if the girl's voice was quiet, it was like a thunderbolt in Xiu's ears.
Cold sweat appeared on Xiu's forehead, and he felt that the time and space around him had fallen into stagnation, and everything had slowed down.
"I ...... Unbelief. But he said it anyway.
Everything went back to the way it was, and a noisy sound appeared in Xiu's ears, and for the first time he thought it was so beautiful.
He turned his head to look, but no one noticed anything strange just now, and the girl was still eating noodles, as if nothing had happened.
The second bowl of noodles was also served, and Xiu ate the noodles by himself as if nothing had happened.
After eating, Xiu checked out, and the girl followed him, as if the two had come together.
Xiu glanced at the girl and saw that her white robe was stained with oil and was slowly dissipating.
His pupils shrank, and the light of the magic holy goddess caressed! This is forbidden magic.
This magic is on the same level as the elven magic he used to use his divinity to steal the Garden of Life Recovery when he fought with Eric before!
Isn't using this forbidden spell to clean up the stains the equivalent of killing a wild boar with the sword of Damocles?
"Which god do you believe in?" Before, she asked Xiu if she believed in religion, presumably in which church she was in, but Xiu didn't remember that there was such a strong person.
If you make a move just now, you will be seriously injured in an instant, and if you can run away, don't mention it, the entire sixth district will be destroyed by half of the aftermath of the battle between the two.
And now that Xiu only has the strength of less than four layers in his heyday, he estimates that he has about eighty percent left before he can fight with the current girl.
Such a strong person, it is hard to imagine how strong she would be in her heyday, why have she never heard of it?
"Amen." The girl drew a cross on her chest with a blank face, without any reverence.
Confused, which church prayer gesture is this? I haven't seen it.
The girl stopped abruptly and pointed to the snack stall next to her.
Xiu had no choice but to pay.
The two walked together, the girl didn't say a word, she would taste anything she could eat, and then pay for it.
Finally, the two stopped in front of a park, Nanshui Park.
"I'm going to class, you're waiting for me here, in the evening, there's something." The girl glanced at him.
Xiu Neng felt that an imprint had fallen on him, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Got it." ”
Watching the girl walk into the park, Xiu also followed.
Along the way, he always felt that the girl was indeed only a teenager, not like those old monsters who kept their looks, but how could a teenage girl be so terrifying?
Xiu didn't know what she was looking for herself, but since she didn't do it when they met, it shouldn't be too dangerous.
Anyway, I'm going to follow her later, so it's better to go and see the "class" here.
Nanshui Park is not big, but because there are no recreational measures nearby, and this area is a relatively poor place in the six districts, many people choose to come here for a walk to pass the time.
There is an artificial lake not far away, and there are already many people sitting by the lake at this time.
Most of them are teenagers, and there are also a few adults sitting in the back.
In front of it stood a white wall, really a wall, made of stones and painted white.
The tool is only a pen, which can write black words on a white wall, and it will be clean with a rag.
The teacher was a charming woman, with tired eyes, heavy makeup, and plain clothes, and was sitting in front of the white wall to rest.
Seeing the girl coming, she quickly stood up and drew a cross on her chest with her hand, "Holy woman, you are here." ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Pevy, I'm late." The girl was quite well-behaved in front of the teacher, although she was still expressionless, but respectful.
"It's okay, it's okay, I just started talking, you can sit down." Teacher Peve asked the girl to sit down in an empty spot in the first row.
Of course, the chair was brought by herself, and the girl's chair was brought to her by Teacher Peiwei.
There were still dense writing on the white wall, and the people below were silently taking notes.
Xiu sat down on a park bench not far away, looking at this side, with some emotion.
This kind of teaching is all a spontaneous act, and the person who does it should be respected no matter what.
There is no pinyin in this, all the words are memorized, if there are any words you have not seen, it is impossible to recognize.
And not only the commonly used words, but also the polite words used in formal scenes, the secret characters related to magic, and the current runes and runes, the image, writing, and meaning are different.
Of course, this kind of place can only teach common words, and you can't expect the level of the teacher to be very high.
There is a magic circle in school to assist memory, and if you study in school, it is equivalent to directly imprinting these words in your mind, and you can remember them when you need them, so literacy is the easiest in school.
But as I said before, learning is not so easy.
In some poor places, let alone going to school, no one even comes to this kind of spontaneous teaching, because no one can be a teacher.
So there is no limit to this kind of class, both adults and children can come, which is normal.
However, Xiu noticed that the prayer gesture used by the teacher and the girl to greet each other, which church was it?
"Uncle, why are you here?" A small figure ran over and stopped in front of Xiu.
"I'm coming over to see the class." It was Bailu, Xiu reached out and rubbed his head.
Bailu looked very anxious, holding a small stool in his hand, his little face was flushed, and he was all sweating.
"Let's not talk about it, I'm late, I'll go to class first." Bailu glanced over there and saw that the white wall was full of words.
"Go ahead." Xiu nodded.
Then he watched Bailu trot over, politely bowed to the teacher, and sat down next to the little girl.
Xiu's eyes couldn't help but narrow.
The afternoon sun is just right, and the weather has been cooler recently, and the sun is lazy, so Xiu took out his notebook with runes and began to study.
In such an atmosphere, two hours passed quickly.
People have already started to leave, and the children of poor families are in charge early, and they come here after one job in the morning, and maybe another job in the afternoon, and they can't study here all the time.
Bailu also reluctantly picked up the stool and left.
"Why are you gone now?" Xiu stopped him.
"Uncle Gangan is back, Mom is definitely going to buy a lot of ingredients, I want to go back early and go with her to help her get things." Bailu replied honestly.
"Oh? What do you think of your Uncle Gangan? Xiu lowered his head and approached him with interest.
"Hmm...... In fact...... Actually, I wanted to call him daddy, but mom wouldn't allow it. Bailu seemed to be embarrassed, lowered his head and whispered.
"It's not how you say it, it's how you do it, you know?" Xiu smiled and patted his skinny shoulder.
"Hmm!" Bailu also raised his head and laughed, his face was slightly red, and he replied heavily.
"By the way, do you know the girl who just sat next to you?" Xiu looked over there, and the girl was still taking notes.
Bailu glanced back, "Do you mean Joan of Arc?" She came with Teacher Pei Wei ten days ago, and she doesn't seem to live in this neighborhood, I haven't seen her, but she's very nice. ”
"Joan of Arc?" Xiu thought about it for a moment, it seemed that he had heard this name somewhere.
"I don't think she's like us people, but she does look like she hasn't learned to read, she comes every day, and she doesn't seem to be very smart, and she can't write as fast as me." Bailu scratched his face.
In this kind of open classroom, it is normal that something will not come, and it is uncertain when it will come, who knows if there will be something temporary.
Joan of Arc gives people the feeling that her temperament is that kind of pampered noble lady, how can she come here every day?
"Okay, I see, you can go back first. By the way, you tell them that I have something to do, and I probably won't go back today. Xiu nodded.
"Okay." Bailu took his little stool and left.
Shuno was still sitting there waiting, and after a while, Joan of Arc and Peve came over together.
"Hello, my name is Xiu." Xiu stood up and greeted Peve with a smile.
"Hello." Pei Wei kept his head down, and when he heard Xiu's words, he just quickly raised his head to look at him, and lowered it again.
"I'm going back now, you have two choices, lend me a small bronze sword and return it to you tomorrow, or go back with me to attend the Holy Order, and then you can leave when it's over." It's rare for Joan of Arc to say such a long paragraph.
"So you're here for my little bronze sword?" Xiu raised an eyebrow.