Volume 1: Halma's Winter Chapter 12: Rice Academy
When Andu woke up, it was already afternoon.
Andu looked at the time displayed on the wall clock on the wall, rubbed his dazed head, and looked down at the Ring of Origin in his hand.
The Ring of Origin was worn on the ring finger calmly as usual, but there was a slight change in appearance, Andu looked at the abnormal changes in the runes on the ring, rubbed his head vigorously again, and sighed in his heart.
"It's changed again......"
Andu has completely accepted the strange situation that has appeared in him now, and there are more than one unexplainable things anyway.
Feeling that his mental state had greatly improved, Andu began to control the spirit that he had mastered because of the success of the test, which lasted for nearly half an hour, and only after making sure that he had completely mastered the way of manipulation, did he stop practicing.
"It's past two o'clock now, and it's still early, so let's go and see if the teacher is back." ”
Andu put aside some conjectures about the Ring of Origin, moved his body, confirmed that there was nothing abnormal, but was a little hungry, and then quickly left the retreat room, and did not forget to take two apples on the table as he left.
After returning all the way back to the main church, Andu didn't find Roy, and even Walkley didn't know where to run.
It was almost afternoon prayer time, and the number of people who came to worship increased, and Andu looked around, found a place where no one was around, and sat down, as for the apple he had just taken had been destroyed by him on the way here.
"It's not a good time, and as a church member, it's necessary to attend church once in a while. ”
Andu quietly waited for the service to begin, and at the same time looked around again, and after repeatedly confirming that Roy was indeed not there, he closed his eyes and stopped looking.
As time passed, the people in the church became quieter, and a soft overture filled every corner of the church amid the peaceful and pious silent prayers of the faithful.
Two official priests in charge of the officiating ceremony came to the officiating seat in the lobby with Bibles in their hands and began the calling.
The priest in charge of the call raised the Bible in his hand slightly, his eyes full of vicissitudes of life exuded a peaceful and calm gaze, and a few strands of long silver hair scattered casually on the right side of his face, he whispered the mercy and greatness of the Lord, told the people of various deeds when he walked the earth, and told people that this selfless existence has given people countless gifts.
As the presiding priest preached, the expressions of the believers below became more and more solemn, and their solemn expressions seemed as if God had descended here, their hands were clasped, their heads hung slightly, their foreheads touched the intersection of their hands, and their mouths prayed silently.
The whole process of prayer lasted nearly an hour, with the call and letter taking up most of the time, and Andu also sang and chanted the Amen for the first time in the real world with many believers.
Although it was the first time for Andu to contact and try other steps in reality, in the real world, the collective singing of hundreds of people in the church still gave Andu a greater sense of impact.
This feeling of being touched made Andu feel a little emotional, people are really still social animals, even if they have experienced countless prayers in their previous lives, they can't reach this time in reality after all.
After completing all the processes, Andu got up and prepared to leave, because according to the customs of the world of Akmund, what was to be done at this time was dedication, which was unacceptable for Andu.
"The Lord certainly doesn't want His Christians to go hungry!"
Andu was doing self-soothing work in his heart, and while confirming that Roy had not appeared in the end, he sorted out his appearance, tightened his cotton clothes, and quietly left the church, not caring that Akmund's prayer order was slightly different from what he knew.
It's just that Andu didn't notice that when he left quietly, a figure was standing not far from him, silently watching his departure.
Andu, who returned to the street again, felt the warm sunshine in winter, couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a comfortable smile, as if his soul had been completely cleansed.
Andu put aside the anxiety when he went out in the morning, calculated the time, and found that there was still plenty of money, and finally decided to go to the academy.
"Teacher Dunlop once gave me time to go to the academy before, but it has been a long time to calculate the time, and now is the holiday time, there should not be many people in the academy, if you have the opportunity, maybe you can try to draw cards to practice your hands. ”
Andu made a plan in his heart, and his feet began to speed up slightly, after all, he had to cross three streets and a market, and he didn't want to come back when it was dark.
Andu's body trembled now at the thought of how he felt during his walk with Roy yesterday.
The shouting and noise on the street along the way, all gave Andu a strong sense of reality, although it has been more than ten days since he came to this world, but this is the first time he has walked to the street, and it is the afternoon when there is a lot of traffic, there are pedestrians coming and going, which makes Andu walk for a while to touch the money bag on his chest, for the southern area of Halma, where public security is poor and thieves are rampant, Andu feels that this is a very necessary thing.
Andu walked for more than 40 minutes, and finally came to his alma mater, Halma South Campus, Rice Junior College, where he had studied for nearly four years.
Andu looked at his alma mater, which could not be seen at a glance, and walked to the right side of the closed gate, where a separate entrance was only two meters wide.
Andu, who came to the independent entrance, did not rush in, but turned his head and tapped the glass window of the security room at the entrance a few times, but in about ten seconds, a figure appeared in front of the window.
"The name, the department, what the reason. An old, familiar voice came from the window.
"Andu, the drawing department, came to the academy to find Mr. Dunlop. Andu replied.
"Oh, Andu, you haven't been here in a while. The old voice came from inside the window again, and a dull, age-spotted right hand struck twice before finally opening the dusty glass window.
Andu looked at the old man who had a few hairs left, and a sincere smile appeared on his calm face, and said with a smile: "Mr. Silas, you are still so energetic. ”
The old man waved his shriveled palm and said with a smile: "You kid can still speak." ”
Andu smiled slightly, and didn't refute, for this kind janitor, Andu was respectful from the heart.
"Dunlop shouldn't have gone back yet, if you look for him, hurry up, you may not find him in a while. Mr. Silas reminded.
"Thank you. Andu nodded in thanks, but did not leave immediately, lowered his head and thought about it before saying, "Mr. Silas, why haven't you retired yet?"
"What if I retire? Maybe no one will know if I die at home, but at least the academy can help arrange my funeral. ”
Silas said with a smile, with a hint of melancholy in his cloudy eyes, and he waved his shriveled, thin right hand again, which was no longer human, and said slowly, "It's good, it's good, it's here." ”
Andu looked at the old man in front of him, didn't say anything, touched his chest with his right hand and saluted, and then turned to leave.
This man who spent half his life on the front line when he was young, and finally had to retire because of his disability, and he had no children like him to fall into this situation, there are too many in this world, for Silas, he may spend his little remaining life in the academy, and then the academy will deal with his funeral, which is really the best ending.
Andu followed his memory and walked all the way through the academy, but it took him about ten minutes to come to the building of his department.
As one of the largest departments in Rice Junior College, the design of the teaching building is a circular three-dimensional, eight-story high drawing department teaching building, which is enough to accommodate nearly 1,000 students at the same time.
Andu is a fourth-grader, so the classroom is on the high side, on the right side of the fifth floor, but even if you go upstairs from the left, you can get to his classroom by going around in a circle because of the circular design.
Because the main purpose of this time was to visit his teacher Dunlop at the academy, Andu did not stop at the fifth floor, but went all the way up to the tutor's office area on the seventh floor.
According to the location in his memory, Andu came to an office with the "Fourth Grade District" hanging on it, and knocked on the door gently.
"Excuse me, is Mr. Dunlop here?"
Andu knocked on the door a few times, and asked in a quiet voice.
But after waiting for a few seconds, there was no movement from inside the door, and Andu knocked on the office door again with a frown, this time he obviously increased the force in his hand.
"Is Mr. Dunlop here!?" Andu asked again, but there was still no response from inside the door.
Andu couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and walked for almost an hour to come to the academy, but the person was still not there, which made Andu very annoyed.
"There is no greater pain in the world than this. ”
Andu sighed lightly and prepared to leave helplessly.
"Since the people are not there, I can only go and see if the drawing room is open, and if I can't get in, I'm afraid that today will be in vain. ”
An Du prayed in his heart as he walked quickly to the sixth floor.
The sixth floor is where the upper grades, the third and fourth grades, are used for drawing classes, and there are a large number of low-level materials in it, and students have the opportunity to apply for them twice a month, and the materials that can be used are extremely limited.
Of course, if you are willing to pay for expensive materials every year, you can use it unlimitedly, but for most students, they only have the opportunity to draw by hand twice a month.
Andu is undoubtedly the kind of student who does twice a month, but Andu has calculated it before he comes, and now it's January, and it's just the new month, and his usage times are just refreshed.
Andu couldn't help but feel a little grateful for the rules of the college, even if it was a holiday, students could get the opportunity to use materials twice a month, which was simply designed for students like him.
Andu looked at the door of the drawing room in front of him, silently said "Amen" three times in his heart, and then gently held the handle of the door of the drawing room and twisted it hard.