On the Seven Towers

In a simple classroom, several oil lamps illuminated dozens of desks in front and behind. Dozens of adults and half-grown children sat quietly on benches, listening carefully to Luo Ling's explanation of pinyin in front of the blackboard.

The blackboard was removed from the school and installed in this wooden house, which seemed a bit out of place. The two lighting crystals above the blackboard made this sense of disharmony even worse.

However, the students were already accustomed to it. They had already completed the pinyin course in this classroom, and today was the last review class.

"Today's class ends here. There will be an exam tomorrow. Everyone should prepare well." Luo Ling paused after saying this. The locals with rough faces and messy hair below could not be associated with the classroom at all. However, the eyes of many people looking at her now were so similar to the eyes of seeking knowledge in that world that she felt a trance of not knowing where she was. She couldn't help but smile and said softly, "Do you remember the reward? Everyone who passes the exam in our class can get a fifty-yuan voucher reward, and the first, second and third place will get an additional bonus."

The crowd in the classroom made a low voice of discussion, but everyone's face showed some excitement.

"Master Luo..., can you really get money for learning to write?" A slightly old middle-aged man asked hesitantly.

"I said, everyone calls me teacher. There are no adults here now, and there will be no adults in the future." Luo Ling smiled at him, "As for your question, of course! We always keep our word. Whether it is Xiao Chen or me, have you ever lied to everyone since you walked out of the slave market?"

The people below shook their heads.

"But you are so kind to us. We have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live, which is better than before. No one has ever treated us poor people like this. We are uneasy." The middle-aged man stood up, hunched his back, and habitually put on a humble look, "This, this is like moving a hoe into the house as a decoration. Do we really deserve it? Why do you do this?"

The crowd in the classroom was in turmoil. Some people nodded secretly, while others shouted unhappily: "You are the hoe! How can you say that about yourself."

The middle-aged man looked at the reactions around him and panicked. He looked around restlessly, his back bent even more, as if he wanted to hide in the crowd.

Luo Ling stretched out her hands and pressed them down to make everyone quiet down.

"Everyone has seen how the nobles in the territory treat the poor. Some of you even have connections with the nobles, or even come from noble families, but for various reasons, you ended up becoming slaves. Slaves worse than the poor. Because you have seen a lot, you don't understand what we are doing and why the attitude towards you is so different from that of the nobles, right?"

"Yes."

"That's it."

"The reason is very simple, because we are not nobles, and there are no nobles where we come from. We are the same as you."

Luo Ling's last words were like a bomb dropped into the pond. After a moment of calm, huge waves were blown up on the water surface.

Amid the noisy discussions, someone asked loudly: "Aren't you a magician? Magicians are more noble than ordinary nobles!"

"Mage just means that I have some special abilities. It has nothing to do with status."

"But magicians are all high and mighty!"

"Then you have met magicians who are not so high and mighty these days, right?"

Luo Ling walked down the podium and stood among the crowd: "I am a magician, this is my strength. But you, Longa, are good at farm work, I can't do it at all. You, Paula, no one in the garment factory More skillful than you. You, Liergo, are the best at operating the raft in the river. I know more than you, so I teach you here, and when you learn, you will be stronger than you were yesterday. It's like the eldest child in the family, who always takes care of his younger brothers and sisters. He praises them when they do the right thing, punishes them when they do the wrong thing, and teaches them step by step when they don't know how to do it. But when the younger brothers and sisters grow up, there is no difference between the older brother and them. "

"You are young." Someone said in the following, and everyone laughed.

Luo Ling also smiled generously: "If each of us becomes very powerful, we can do more and more things together. Longa may grow faster-growing crops. Paula will design new beautiful clothes. Liergo may be able to lead a fleet. If so, those of us who gather together can live a better life. We will not be afraid of others coming to rob the fruits of our labor. Who doesn't want to live such a life?" Luo Ling pointed to the blackboard, "So, I'm waiting for everyone here to catch up with me."

The classroom was silent, as if everyone was trying their best to imagine what kind of world Luo Ling described. Unconsciously, someone applauded, and the applause surged like a tide. Luo Ling had never seen the appearance of clapping hard anywhere else. She knew that behind every pair of red palms, there was a pair of eager eyes, a beating heart, and a ray of hope that had just been ignited.

In the previous world, many things that were taken for granted were so precious in this world.

However, what she didn't know was that there was an inconspicuous little girl in this class who was secretly observing her. Her applause was as loud as the others, her eyes were as hot as the others, and her freckled face was filled with joy and excitement.

A little boy next to her tugged on her clothes and said, "Rada, will we really become as powerful as the teacher said?"

"Yes. Of course I will." The little girl did not turn her head, but the corners of her pretty lips curled up, and she stared at Luo Ling and said softly.

After answering some questions and waiting for everyone in the classroom to disperse, Luo Ling walked out of the wooden classroom. Under the starlight, I saw a man leaning on the pillar of the wooden house, waiting at the door.

"Elena? Why are you here?"

"You are my guest today. As an elf, it would be rude if you do not accompany your guests well." Elena smiled and waved to her.

"It's only a few steps away, I can go there by myself." Luo Ling followed Elena, and the two of them walked slowly towards the health center.

"Fortunately, I'm here, otherwise I would have missed your speech. In my past self, I would never have thought that there would be someone like you among humans, who would treat every wise man of the same kind with an equal attitude."

"This is not my wisdom, I am just a successor of this path." Luo Ling said.

"I really want to see what your original world was like." Elena said. She looked up at the stars, as if recalling the elf forest under the same starry sky. "For us elves, everything is natural. The most beautiful creation of God is the World Tree. And every elf is a child of the World Tree, so we are brothers and sisters, although some elves are naturally equal to each other. Elves are wiser, some elves are more important than others, but no elves are more noble than others. Isn't this similar to what you said today?"

"Maybe there are some differences." Luo Ling shook her head slightly, "I have never emphasized the equality between me and them. Everyone's talents, backgrounds, and opportunities are different, and it is meaningless to talk about the absolute equality of people. I Just tell them that everyone has the opportunity to grow and progress, and everyone can find their own path to be noble or humble. It does not depend on their origin, but on their stance and attitude."

"Position and attitude?" Elena recited these two words silently, as if thinking about the meaning of Luo Ling's words. After a long time, she said: "It depends on whether I am willing to stand by your side, whether I am willing to be with you. Did you come together to judge?"

"I am not the center of the world." Luo Ling laughed and said seriously, "I am just a person who hopes that everyone can live a good life. But my power is too small, so I have to unite the forces that can be united, and I walk together."

"Does this include elves, dwarves, and other alien races?"

"Race is something that can cause a lot of trouble, but seeing you and Farrell, I think this is an obstacle that can be overcome." Luo Ling said.

"There are many old stubborns among elves and dwarves, and they won't like what you say. However, I have left them all behind. Do you know? After I met Xiao Chen and you in the slave market, I I feel like a completely different world is calling me. This is not just the priest's duty to observe human society, but... a new beginning." Elena's steps were brisk, as if she was dancing in line with her slender figure. Normally, she quickly jumped in front of Luo Ling, turned her head and looked at Luo Ling, "So, I'm here. Do you think I'm walking with you now?"

"Aren't you walking next to me?" Luo Ling's answer made Elena laugh. It is difficult to describe the beautiful elf's smile in words. Except for Luo Ling, Elena treats her with a cold attitude every day. Everyone in the camp, her smile rarely bloomed here, as rare as the epiphyllum that bloomed briefly under the moonlight.

She just smiled and took Luo Ling's hand, and the two of them walked along the path under the moonlight and returned to the door of the health center in silence.

"I prepared a new bed and we stayed together for the next few days."

"Thank you." Luo Ling was about to walk inside, but found that Elena's hand suddenly tightened.

"I feel like there are a pair of eyes staring at us. This is the elf's intuition." Elena leaned close to Luo Ling's ear and whispered softly.

"Maybe there's more than one pair. So what?" Luo Ling patted Elena's hand, pulled her into the health center door, glanced at the surrounding camp with calm eyes, and closed the door gently.