Arcane Linguist

Chapter 183 Chinese Class

On the wide road, the two faced each other, looking at each other silently.

After Oxea said that sentence, he immediately regretted it. He felt that he had asked a stupid question.

"Mr. Roland."

In the awkward atmosphere, a person walked out of the mansion. It was the high-ranking mage Minx next to Watson.

He came to the gate, nodded to Roland, and said, "The teacher already knows that you are coming, please follow me in."

"Okay." Roland waved to Oxea, and then followed Minx inside.

"What is this guy doing here looking for the teacher? No, it's being spread now that the teacher is about to become the mage Tata Lord of the Eastern Lena Kingdom. He is here to pay a visit to the teacher, and walk around in advance?
This person is too outrageous, and he even put his idea on our school. "

Oxea thought for a while, and quickly cast "Wind Communication": "Gallo, guess who I saw just now?"

……

The territory of the Autodox mansion is much larger than that of the Biris mansion. Roland followed Minx all the way in, and found that there were more people coming and going here than his own school, and he really managed to gather people to communicate and discuss arcane arts.

From time to time, it can be seen that the mages who come and go here are either thinking alone under the shade of the trees, or discussing something in small groups.

This made him feel as if he had returned to the university campus, and he also realized the biggest gap between his own school and this old school.

That doesn't mean external conditions such as organizational resources or capital utilization. The number of full-fledged members of the Seris School is now small, and the average resources per capita are not weak.

What matters is people.

Like-minded Spirit Seresians.

After comprehending, Minks led him to a reception room above the main building, opened the door and walked in.

"Teacher, Mr. Roland is here."

Roland followed and walked in, and found that it was a messy place. The tables and chairs in the room originally used for receiving guests were messy, and there were a lot of teacups and plates placed on it, as if being disturbed by an urchin.

But at the same time, palm-sized runes lit up, floating above them like stars.

These runes seem to contain the mystery of endless mana, and the light emitted is pure and incomparable magical aura, strands of which are distinct and have a power that penetrates people's hearts.

Master Watson sat in front of these messy tables and runes, resting his chin in meditation, and the messy hair on his head seemed to bend into question marks.

Roland: "?"

He could tell at a glance that those runes were one of the elven runes worshiped by the Autodox school.

The writing of the elves is one of the origins of magic in Alteraine, and it is also the ancestor recognized by modern arcane arts.

"This seems to be the elf rune of the Betura faction in the third dynasty."

"Ah, Roland, you're here, sit down wherever you want."

Master Watson glanced at him and said casually.

"Sorry, Mr. Roland, it's a bit messy here. The teacher is thinking about the relationship between elf runes and wishing. Do you need something to drink?"

Minks greeted Roland.

"No need." Roland smiled, but immediately turned his attention back to those elf runes.

Sensing Roland's gaze, Archmage Watson said to him: "Most of the magic power of Atrein is formed by transforming runes with the help of elves' characters, so I have been thinking about whether I should find the original magic power from here. The origin of magic.

But as we all know, the human ancestors at that time introduced too many things from the elves for the sake of convenience, which hindered their own species characteristics.

After the magic empire made its fortune, it colluded with the evil dragon and introduced a large number of dragon language features. "

"My teacher also discussed this issue with me." Roland nodded slightly.

The matter of the sages, because it is taboo for the sake of the venerable, it is not easy to speak clearly.

But the sages of Art Rhine did do some unwise things.

That's true, the predecessors owed debts, and the descendants paid them back.

This is still thousands of years!

The key point is that during the period of the magic empire, some human mages were eager to go elves, and discarded many good and beneficial things, but kept the imperceptible defects.

This is a structural deterioration and imbalance.

If things go on like this, the modern Atlantis script and Atlantis language have been formed.

The latter is easier to say, after all, the people of Atlantis often use this kind of thing, and after getting used to it, they improve it again, and the speed of development and change is also fast.

The former, on the other hand, almost retains the appearance of the magic age thousands of years ago.

In terms of the thickness of history and culture, the magic world is far better than Blue Star in the previous life, but sometimes, it is not necessarily an advantage, but a disadvantage.

This messy change almost destroyed traditional magic all over.

The research that Master Watson is doing now also has some meanings of rectifying the source. He wants to clarify the context of this development, so as to construct a language suitable for human use.

"Precisely speaking, the main research I do is not linguistics itself, but the application of linguistics.

Especially the 9th-level spell "Wish".

Your Siris language gave me a lot of inspiration before, and I saw some hope for improvement. I don't want to transform the entire magic language, as long as I can apply the characters and language of the elves to this place. "

Archmage Watson said to Roland.

Minks added: "What the teacher means is that to trace back the evolution from Elven language to Atlantis language, we must not only preserve the advantages of the elves, but also conform to the characteristics of the human species."

Roland said: "Why do you have to be conservative? Your Excellency may consider switching to Seres to do this kind of thing."

As soon as these words came out, both Archmage Watson and Minks couldn't help looking at him with inexplicable expressions.

"You guy... should I say you are confident or arrogant?

The language you came up with on a whim is trying to replace the entire magic system in vain!
If you are my student, I have kicked you out by now. "

Master Watson's forehead was swollen with veins, but it could be seen that he was really enduring his violent temper.

It turned out that he just complained about Roland, and didn't get angry on the spot.

Roland smiled awkwardly, and then realized that, in his opinion, Seris is an ancient language with a history of thousands of years, and there is a brilliant civilization behind it.

But in the eyes of these people, it is just a genius masterpiece of their own inspiration.

In terms of reliability, it is far inferior to the language of the elves.

Even the dragon language, whose physiological structure and racial characteristics are very different from human beings, might be even better.

"Hahahaha, just kidding, but Your Excellency the Archmage has made improvements before, and I believe he has realized the advantages of this language in the field of wishing."

"That's because I have been studying this aspect for 10 years! Your Seris language just provided some structural support and helped me solve a few problems!" Archmage Watson sneered and said .

"Having said that, your "dream technique" is quite creative.

But praying in a dream is not a unique idea. The ancients have tried it thousands of years ago, but your application does have some merits, and it is not considered rubbish. "

Roland was speechless.

You little old man, you can boast so awkwardly, can you speak?
As everyone knows, Minx, who was listening by the side, was greatly shocked.

The teacher didn't slap the table and scold people, which is abnormal.

The teacher communicated with these junior mages in a normal tone, which was even more abnormal.

The teacher actually praised him?super abnormal!

Am I mistaken, this is someone else's student, not my own school!

The two discussed the arcane arts, and fully exchanged their understanding of the "wish art".

As for the request for the list, when the discussion was about the same, Roland mentioned it casually, and Archmage Watson readily told him.

This kind of thing is a secret to others, but Master Watson obviously has no intention of hiding it.

But when Roland memorized it silently, Archmage Watson suddenly said, "Why are you asking this?"

Roland said honestly: "I plan to see if anyone who goes there is willing to join the Siris School and make some like-minded friends."

Minkston, who was listening next to him, showed a shocked expression.

Sincerity is always nirvana.

With enough identity, status and strength, it will be even more deadly.

This reason is very good and strong, and he couldn't complain for a while.

"Why do you still do this? You have nothing to do, study more arcane arts, only the level of arcane art is the foundation for an arcanist to achieve himself, don't fiddle with useless things every day!"

Master Watson frowned, and couldn't help it.

"You're right, but I won't listen."

Roland said with a smile.

Master Watson immediately stopped speaking.

For people like Roland, he also felt quite helpless, and he didn't even know how to preach.

If Roland is his student, no matter how great his achievements are, he is still a student.

And if Roland doesn't have the achievements and status in the arcane world like he is now, he can still teach even if he is not a student.

"Forget it, let's talk about the matter you talked about when you were dealing with the consultation before. Do you really think that we can do something serious when we go to the Kingdom of Lena this time?"

Roland was a little surprised when he heard the words: "Your Excellency the Archmage, what do you say... don't you like the committee's plan?"

"How is it possible? The strength of Alteraine is so strong, the plan must be successful.

But it's not clear to you what we're doing there. "

Master Watson fiddled with his already messy hair a little irritably, and said with an unhappy face.

"To put it bluntly, the so-called transformation is to fundamentally defeat and subdue the nation and culture of the Reiner Kingdom.

This is post-colonial, ancillary to economic control.

I didn't have any moral obsession with cleanliness, but I always felt that this kind of thing is not very interesting to do, and I might as well just go on vacation. "

"So you actually thought so."

Roland sighed with a smile, but immediately fell into deep thought.

"You are an upright and kind mage, and you don't bother to become a colonial ruler and enslave the people of the Reiner Kingdom."

"That's not the case. I've always been lawful and neutral. My greater interest lies in exploring the natural secrets of this world and finding ways to become a legendary mage.

I heard that although the Kingdom of Lena is a low-magic world, there used to be a world tree like Tinyara, and it was also ruled by the Black Dragon Dynasty and the Elven Dynasty. Many ancient ruins are of archaeological value. "

Master Watson told him his plan.

"Besides, Tinyara's whereabouts are a mystery, and the tribe it shelters doesn't know if it has planted that seed and revived it.

It was a world tree that had grown to the level of a god. If it hadn't been besieged by several legendary powerhouses, it would not have easily fallen to this point. "

Roland said: "Who can tell about the gods and legends? I am more interested in the situation in the secular world."

"Your so-called interest is actually because you want to establish the foundation of the Siris School there and win greater influence." Archmage Watson immediately pointed out the key point.

"You really can't hide anything from you." Roland smiled and said frankly, "The committee delegated such power to us, allowing us to transform their national culture and even the entire society. Isn't this the practice of our rune mages? Is it the best proving ground for strength?"

"I've never heard of such a statement." Archmage Watson said, "When did the power of the Rune Mage relate to these?"

"You can understand it as my personal opinion, or, to narrow it down, it is the power of linguists." Roland said.

"A linguist doesn't have such power," said Archmage Watson.

"What about being a mage, both an arcanist and a linguist?" Roland said with a smile.

"Huh?" Archmage Watson was slightly taken aback.

Master Minx was also slightly startled, and immediately showed a thoughtful expression.

"A linguist of the arcane?"

Roland said: "Many people, including ourselves, tend to overlook the power of liberal arts, but think about it carefully, a country, a nation, the most common education model, starting from the general education college in elementary school, what is the most common subject? ?
It may be some kind of reading comprehension, it may be some general education, or it may be a course that includes various practices in grammar, writing, public speaking, appreciation, etc.

But in the final analysis, it is the language and characters of the country. Generally speaking, it can be called a Chinese class. "

When he said this, he translated it in different languages ​​such as Atlantis and Elvish to express the meaning of Chinese class.

The Chinese class in the Chinese context is a very unique phenomenon. Textbooks usually use some carefully excerpted articles to teach primary school students.

In ancient times, it started from reciting the articles of sages, learning rhymes, and writing.

In ancient times, there was no such word as language. It was not until Mr. Ye Shengtao proposed to combine "national language" and "national language" into one and renamed it "language".

In essence, the studies of elementary school children are similar.

It may be expressed as stereotyped prose, it may be expressed as poetry and songs, or it may be other things.

They are all set up to cultivate native citizens who can read and write.

In contrast, mathematics, which is the basis of science, is a course that did not exist in ancient times.

This kind of literature and theory constitutes the two most important main courses in primary schools in the new era. In Roland's view, such practical experience can be applied to the Kingdom of Lena in the future, or even the mainland of Arterine.

"It sounds reasonable. Language education is essentially based on the differences between countries and nations. If the whole world is ruled by the same empire, then its language courses should be exactly the same, and if it is taught by different kingdoms rule, each kingdom has its own language.

Specific to the society of the wizarding world, it may be a little more complicated, and it may also include the division of different species and different nations.

But the essence is the same, it's just a compromise at a specific level.

For example, species knowledge teaching and local dialect..."

Master Watson straightened his expression and said.

"This time we were ordered to go there, essentially to take over and manage the colony on behalf of Arterine.

We are the 'Governors' of the post-colonial era!
Don't talk about such courses, even their kingdom laws or other things can be tried.

I already understand your idea, when the time comes, you can try it yourself as you wish.

I remember that there had been a trial education of Seres there before, and it was just a good time to test the results. "

……

While Roland was talking with Archmage Watson, not far from the door, Gallo and Oxea who came here to check the situation were listening quietly.

The door was not closed, so the conversation between the two easily came out and fell into their ears.

From the beginning, when Roland asked for the list directly from Archmage Watson, Gallo couldn't help frowning.

He had guessed right before Roland confessed his purpose.

Sure enough, he wanted to go there to develop the Siris School.

When Watson said frankly that he was not interested in going there to be the overlord (translator), but only wanted to do archaeology or find traces of Tinyara, his brows frowned even more.

And when the two talked about how to implement the mission of the Arcane Committee as a linguist, they snorted even more.

"It seems that this is the specific policy that he will implement after he arrives in the Reiner Kingdom.

Roland is a smart person, and he has already realized that the reason why Atrein wants to return the ruling power of the Kingdom of Leiner and give them the qualifications to be promoted to bewitched is to carry out some industrial transfers and ease domestic and foreign conflicts.

In today's era, the local mage education in Altera is more and more prosperous, and more and more apprentices and low-level mages have been produced, but the number of mage towers is always limited, and it cannot be compared with the spread of knowledge and the increase in the number of mages speed.

In the past, it could be accommodated by major research institutions and commercial companies, and then wild mages in the adventure world. If it continues, I am afraid that even gangs of bandits and bandits will attract some down-and-out mages to join.

Going to the Kingdom of Lena can greatly relieve this pressure.

Moreover, in the process of cultivating the Kingdom of Leiner, there will also be opportunities to send it to the abyss battlefield or other battlefields in other worlds in the future, and continue to conquer the next colony by force.

If there is a confrontation between high-magic civilizations of the same level as Alterain in the future, the demonic world that has grown up in this way will also be an excellent consumable, which can consume a lot of the opponent's background...

During this process and before, he can fully display his ambitions and show the superiority of Siris.

The characteristics it exhibits will also be the reason for domestic attention and recognition.

After all, being able to make places like the Kingdom of Leiner rise is completely enough to prove that this language itself has great advantages..."

Oxea looked at Gallo and began to analyze.

"This time, our task is indeed quite complicated."

Gallo said: "That's true. According to the committee's design, only local elites can go there, and we must confirm those people's wishes before Roland.

But this time, among those who went there from the Rune School, most of them were members of our Autodox School.

We naturally have an advantage in this regard, and he cannot compete with us. "

When he said this, Gallo was extremely confident.

Because this is indeed a fact.

As an old school, if it does not even have such basic advantages, it will not become the officially recognized mainstream.

……

Not long after, Roland bid farewell to Archmage Watson and left the Autodox mansion.

He began to look up their information by name, but found out by accident that the fellow mages who were professionally from the Rune School were basically members of the Autodox School.

It's not that there are mages like Lei, but they rarely join in the first batch.

"Actually, this time, if I hadn't joined the Siris School, I wouldn't have rushed over.

Even, Roland yourself...

Would you go there if it wasn't for the foundation of the school? "

In the editorial department of "Rune", Lei helped to analyze it.

Roland was speechless after hearing this.

But fortunately, apart from the Rune School itself, there are quite a few mages from other schools.

Like Lei himself, he came from a school of magic.

Previously, Pano, Bu Nuo, Pimiller and others, one by one, also came from other schools of thought.

These are objects that can be drawn over, and they can also produce results in their respective fields.

At this time, in the Kingdom of Reiner, a school in the city where the capital is located.

Diego Capel rushed to the classroom with a few friends out of breath. He was annoyed by the half-way fun. He didn't have time to notice the time, but suddenly realized that something was wrong with the surrounding situation.

"Why are there so many people here?"

In addition to the original students, many adults who looked like citizens also came.

In a place like the Kingdom of Lena, those who can read and write are more or less wealthy or even aristocratic.

They are well-informed, gathered here, there must be something big happening.

As a result, when those people saw Diego and the others coming, they all automatically moved out of the way, and then regrouped.

By the window sill, in the corridor, at the door of the classroom, and inside the classroom, everyone looked serious and stood silently.

The teacher on the podium looked at Diego and the others who were feeling uneasy, and unexpectedly did not reprimand him, but sighed and said to them: "This is the last lesson I want to teach you in Lena, hurry up!" Sit down and listen carefully."

　The scenes in the last few paragraphs imitate the French writer Daudet's "The Last Lesson", which is selected here only for the sake of creation, and I hereby explain it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)