Chapter 62: Professor, I'm Still a Child (2-in-1)
Alana is the only professor with royal blood among the House Presidents, which is the main reason why she is the head of the Augustus Academy.
Similarly, because of the special reasons of this college, Yalana was elected as the dean mostly because of her bloodline, rather than her qualifications.
However, according to Rogers's understanding of the game's plot, this dean has no shortcomings that are too far behind except for his age and experience compared to other house heads, including the fact that he can take on the responsibilities of the house head in terms of dealing with people.
So he didn't quite understand why the other party would do such a thing, even if he was vain like Professor Idrull, he was not in such a hurry.
Rogers was sitting quietly in an elegantly decorated study, leaning against the soft back of the couch and rubbing his distracted head with his fingers.
To his side are beautifully carved bookshelves that occupy an entire wall, piled high with ancient books and precious manuscripts, as well as some ornate porcelain and antique artifacts.
The evening sunlight shines through the large windows on the wooden floor, creating a faint golden halo.
The room is filled with the smell of cinnamon and old books, making people seem to be able to see the precipitation and heaviness of the years.
After waiting for a while, Alanna, dressed in a moon-white robe, pushed the door open and sat down on the couch opposite Rutgers.
"This tea is produced in Luoxi, and the annual output is very small, and the taste is very good, you can try it."
As the words fell, a ball of light slowly appeared on the long table between the two, and as the light dissipated, a cup of dark black tea revealed its shape.
Rogers looked down and saw the crimson liquid, as if a small piece of gem had been gently placed in the cup.
He was not polite, and after politely thanking him, he picked up the teacup and sipped it.
The initial bitterness quickly transforms into a mellow and sweet taste, like a musical note jumping on the tip of the tongue.
While the tea was in his stomach, a pure power was slowly nourishing Rogers's physique, making him feel that his physique seemed to have improved slightly.
"Yesterday I was pestered by a bunch of old guys to ask questions, and I didn't have time to talk to you, until now."
Alana sighed tiredly, she muttered a little, folded her legs under her robe, and continued in an explanatory tone:
"I have a sister with whom I have been very close since childhood, but she does not like to leave the court, and I am obsessed with the study of magic, so I have been separated for a long time.
"But we also often exchanged letters, and in the first few replies I had mentioned to her that you were excellent, perhaps out of vanity or out of a desire to show off, and to explain some of the ideas we had come up with about spells.
"It wasn't until the vice principal said that the outside school was pressuring that I knew this had happened......"
Her face was full of apology, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes revealed remorse and guilt.
Rogers didn't reply immediately, but put the teacup back into the teacup with a blank face, thinking intently.
Linguistics would have been released sooner or later, and he knew from the moment he proposed it that it was only a matter of time, and he did not have any resistance or concern about it.
But when this matter involves the royal family, the nature becomes completely different.
He knew Alana's royal status, and he knew that the reason why the other party came to St. Herte was not only because he was obsessed with magical research, but also because the other party had irreconcilable contradictions with the emperor.
But going around and around, he never bypassed the behemoth of the royal family.
Even if he doesn't make a name for himself, as long as he is the heir of Earl Breed, it is impossible for the royal family to be kind to him.
After all, his father is either looking for the same powerful to marry and form an alliance, or he is leading a group of nobles from the Eastern Realm to develop resources everywhere to strengthen the overall strength of the region.
But it is impossible for a slightly normal imperial power to remain calm about this kind of thing.
But the eastern border is not big, it is not small, and when a group of counts and viscounts hug together and face the imperial power, they also have enough capital to resist the "imperial power to the countryside".
And if you really want to force the eastern border too tightly, it will inevitably not attract the nobles of other regions to enter and stir up.
In this way, Rutgers will become more and more conspicuous in the eyes of the royal family.
And the current situation should be one of the results of his too conspicuous appearance.
"Child, I know what you're thinking, and I can swear to you that I won't be on the side of the nobles, but I will never be on the side of the royalty.
"I'm deeply sorry for this matter, if you have anything you want, you can just bring it up, and I will compensate accordingly depending on the situation."
Alana looked at Rogess's pensive look, and a little apprehension appeared in her heart for a moment.
In the previous month, she could clearly feel that this child could not be regarded as a child at all.
Both in terms of talent and mentality, she was far beyond the age of thirteen, and sometimes even gave her a sense of déjà vu when facing those slippery members of the palace council.
And she also really likes Rutgers's talent, and doesn't want to lose this lovely and excellent apprentice because of these battles that shouldn't have been involved with her anymore.
Lovely?
When the word came to Alanna's mind, she couldn't help but look at Rogers' face seriously.
The silver fluffy hair glowed with a subtle halo in the setting sun, and the handsome face looked very delicate.
Especially when the other party looks like a child and puts on a thinking demeanor like a little adult, it will add an indescribable temperament.
The view gave Alana the urge to pull the other into her arms and ravage her.
It's just a child, why do you have such a heavy mind? It's time to teach a good lesson.
However, the moment this inexplicable thought appeared, Yalana suppressed it, and she wondered if she didn't have a mother's love for this child?
But I have been single all my life, how could I suddenly have such emotions?
"Professor? What are you thinking? Rogers asked in a puzzled tone when he saw that Alana suddenly put on a daze expression.
"Nothing, do you have an idea?" When Alana heard this, she immediately changed to a gentle smile and responded in a cordial tone.
"Not at the moment." Rogers shook his head slightly: "But if I encounter some trouble in the future, can I come to you again?" ”
A dean's promise, and such a broad promise, is, of course, worth more than it goes.
It's a pity that the other party's strength class surpasses himself too much, and the [Liqi Bonus] may not be of any use, otherwise he would want to sign a contract with the other party.
"Of course, you can come to me if you have any trouble, and this is my compensation." Alana immediately bowed her head, and her response was extremely crisp.
Rogers was stunned when he saw this, didn't he have a premise of "depending on the situation" just now? Why have you become so generous again?
After a slight turn of his thoughts, and then in contact with Yalana's reaction, he immediately thought of the charm bonus given to him by the gods of the bottomless pit yesterday, and his emotions became a little complicated for a while.
Will it be effective even against someone of Alana's strength? Then this charm is too foul, right?
No, it's not about exploring mechanics, it's about determining the status of the other party.
"Ahem, Professor, I'm a kid and have a lot of things beyond my age, so I need your help.
"I also appreciate your kindness in patiently teaching me over the past month, so I don't need to feel too guilty about it.
"It's getting late, if there's nothing else, can I say goodbye?"
Roggers made it clear that he was a child, and that the other party was also a professor.
The age gap and identity barrier can be a little sober, don't really have any messy ideas.
He has a good impression of him, and he is extremely willing, as long as it is not a good feeling that crosses the line, there is no problem.
Sometimes such emotions can not only bring benefits, but can also be accompanied by endless troubles.
His reason told him that it was better for him to be amorous at the moment, otherwise he would have to keep his distance from the other party in the future.
"No need to say thanks, this is all due diligence, there are still a lot of black tea, don't you drink a little more?
"I'd also like to hear how you plan to deal with tomorrow, and how you plan to talk to those alien schools."
Alana seemed surprised by Rogers' deliberate words, and then made a reservation.
When Rogers saw the other party's reaction, he breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately he was self-righteous, and he gladly accepted the professor's request, sorted out the words a little, and said aloud:
"I guess they're here to attack linguistics, or to incorporate linguistics into their system as handmaidens.
"Instead of that, it's better to just say something they like to hear.
"For example, I can say that the world has been speaking and talking about language, but it is just following it and limping behind it.
"The more we actually think about the language, the more it will fundamentally conflict with our real needs.
"Because we have a concept in our minds called 'idealization' that sits still, it is difficult for our minds to get around it, and we will keep subconsciously moving towards it.
"It's like walking on some kind of ice, where there's no friction, and that's why we can't walk properly.
"So if we want to walk, we need friction, we need to go back to the rough ground, to break this illusion of absurdity, to really talk about things as they are, to completely transcend words, to take them into our own hands......"
Rogers spoke eloquently, and this was completely different, if not very different, from the theories he had previously told Alanna.
Alanna's eyes were stunned as she listened to these abstract inferences, and after a while, she asked with a little hesitation, "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”
"Of course you know, what's the problem?"
Rogers was picking up a few random pieces of sand that had slipped out of Wittgenstein's hands.
He thinks he has not been able to really understand Wittgenstein's thoughts, nor is he capable of expressing them clearly.
But the ability to pick and choose is still more than enough, and people in this world should not expect him, a child, to build a profound and complete ideological system.
In addition to these, there is the flow and alienation of words, the grasp of substance by describing phenomena, and so on.
According to the memories of past lives, there are always theories that the other person wants or dislikes.
But you can't talk too completely, specious ambiguity is the best, some important knowledge still has to be hidden, at least let yourself understand it before using it.
"This is too far from what you said earlier......" Alana didn't understand, but she was a little incredulous because she had grasped the key at once.
"Professor, the world is complex, but human nature always likes to run away from this fact.
"Language sets a boundary for us and makes us think that the world exists in language.
"If those schools of thought like to refute linguistics, they certainly don't hate this idea, right?"
Rogers grinned, picked up his teacup and took another sip of black tea.
After writing his Treatise on Logic and Philosophy, Wittgenstein arrogantly said: I have done all the work in philosophy.
This book has become one of the greatest books of the 20th century and has attracted countless people's attention.
However, time passed, and Wittgenstein, who had gone to work as a teacher and had been silent for many years, suddenly jumped out again, declaring that the Treatise on Logic and Philosophy was a complete mistake, and also laid out the reasons why it was so, which caused the believers of many followers to collapse.
While the crowd was asking him what to do, Wittgenstein did not directly state the solution, leaving behind a pile of ruins and countless rubble.
Rogers felt that the destructive power of Wittgenstein's move on the edifice of philosophy could be compared to Hume's "cause and effect do not exist, and induction is unreliable" and Nietzsche's "God is dead".
Although all of them were often confiscated from their philosophical books, he wanted to see how the world's schools of thought would react when they heard such theories.
It must have been a lot of fun.
"Hate? I don't know if they're going to hate it, or rather, I can't imagine how they'll react when they hear that. ”
Alana didn't know what to do at this point, and her feelings for Rogus suddenly became extremely complicated, and so many emotions were mixed together, and it became a little difficult for her to understand.
She could hear that these were just the tip of the iceberg of an ideological system, and if they were completely exposed, she didn't know what kind of turmoil would be set off.
When she opened her mouth to ask Rogers for more premises and future inferences about this idea, Rogers just shrugged his shoulders and chuckled:
"Sorry, Professor, you have to understand that I'm just a kid, it's just a few bits and pieces, you can't expect a kid to do more."