Evetrona's old stories

It's almost time to say goodbye.

When Eve returned to the apartment, she kept thinking about the dragon.Vegmanning had been lying there quietly, and if she hadn't learned about it from Lotilan, she wouldn't have even discovered that there was a dragon here.How should a dragon feel when it lives in a human territory?Imagine how lonely a person would be if he lived in a world of ducks?He can't lay eggs, but he quacks like a duck. Is he crazy?

From Eve's point of view, flying high into the sky is so tempting, but Vegmanning actually says it's boring.If a sparrow has the same intelligence as a human being and has acquired enough knowledge, will it stay on the ground so arrogantly, thinking that flying around is actually a boring and meaningless thing?

In another world, human beings have never considered this question—that is, how to achieve empathy for another intelligent species?But thinking about it from another angle, is this kind of thing really necessary?

At night, Eve lay on the bed with her pillow in her arms, still feeling a little tinnitus, maybe it's time to prepare a pair of earplugs next time.

[51] Castles, animals, and people (Part [-])

After only four or five days, Xilinya was able to walk on the ground. After all, her injuries were not serious.But she lied to Eve about one thing: Xilinya's leg injury was not caused by Eve, but when she stepped on the stairs when she went back that afternoon. Will tell Eve.She originally wanted to take this opportunity to lie on the bed for a full week, but now because she was eager to get rid of Eve's entanglement, she began to try to walk on the ground. Even though her ankles still hurt a little, she didn't want to be carried in front of everyone. Go to class.

After the progress of the course reaches a certain stage, some subjects have the need for group work.Therefore, the less standardized groups that students once formed spontaneously need to be re-divided and limited to 3 to 5 people.Taking this opportunity, under Eve's persuasion, Xilinya and Mara left their study group and formed a four-member team with her and Avra, with Eve as the group leader.Elvira's learning ability has always been good, Mara is also passable, Eve can be said to be excellent, but Xilinya is much worse.Eve really wanted to give her a hand, but the attitude of the other party was still a bit repetitive-accepted yesterday, but resisted today, and it was impossible to guess what this young lady was thinking.

After this series of events, Eve's interpersonal relationship gradually warmed up.The lobby on the first floor of the apartment building is equipped with mailboxes for each floor, and every day, Eve’s mailbox will receive several letters from different people, most of which are expressing love to her, writing Believers include men and women, and they are all students of the Knight Academy.In the first few days, Eve would really read each one, feeling a little complacent in her heart, and worried about whether to reject the other party in writing or in person, and what kind of attitude should be used to refuse.But recently, letters of this kind have come in one after another, and they have grown to a certain scale. This kind of situation has made her feel more relaxed, and she doesn't have to worry about these things anymore.But before returning to the apartment every afternoon, she would clear out the mailbox on the first floor and bring all the letters back to the apartment, because Nanfen would write to her from time to time.Not only letters, but sometimes some things are brought to her for her to pick up at the tailor shop; or a money order sent for the reason of solving the problem of food and clothing - Eve basically receives it every month Remittances of about 20 toks (about 5 gold coins), these money orders are issued by a large bank in the eastern city, and their nature is similar to bank notes (that is, early banknotes), which can be exchanged for gold at any time.As a student, Eve actually couldn't spend so much money at all. She saved up these money orders, but she didn't know how to use them.In this day and age, you can't spend a lot of money on daily expenses, and the real luxury is not something you can buy with money.Ever since she came to the Knight Academy, Eve has become more and more aware of Nanfen's preference for her.Nanfen is like this to Eve, but she is very strict with her daughter Minxi's spending abroad. Of course, Minxi spent money randomly at the beginning of school is also one of the reasons.Nanfen's purpose is very clear. She just wants to save a small treasury for her goddaughter. As for what Eve will do with the money in the future, that is her own business.Eve, who benefited from this, was also quite troubled by this matter. She persuaded Nan Fen in the letter not to send so much money, but the other party did not respond to this.Nanfen is in charge of the Dakren family's financial power, and even the monthly salary that Maoqi received from the Logos Court has to be handed over in full. According to Nanfen's temperament, she may not have discussed this matter with Maoqi.If calculated according to the frequency of 5 gold per month, Eve’s school period is from March to mid-November—let’s count it as nine months—she can receive a total of money orders from Nanfen this year. 180 Toks, 5 grams of gold per Togram, that is to say, 900 grams of gold per year. Now that the manufacturing industry in the Eastern City is booming, the price of gold is also soaring. Such a sum of money is by no means a small amount.Although Mao Qi is not a person who cares about money, and Nan Fen has not deliberately concealed this matter, Eve still has some concerns - after all, most of the estrangement between husband and wife is related to money.

And another owner who was short of money - Elvira, she fell ill in mid-April.Diarrhea, low-grade fever, and dizziness, it was not easy to persist in class, and when she insisted on going out in the evening, Eve found out that she was actually working part-time in the academy, which is the establishment of the Knight Academy. teacher of night school.

Compulsory education has not yet been fully popularized in Kriging, and the majority of the common people are illiterate.The establishment of such a school by the Knight Academy is also non-profit, in order to let the younger generation learn to read as much as possible.

The educational object of the evening school is the children in the nearby villages and towns.In this era, there is no such thing as child labor. When local children are in their teens, they basically have to go out to work like adults—either farming at home, or going out to help or work as apprentices.These children need to work during the day, and they only have some time in the evening. In order to encourage these children to study and read at the night school of the Knight Academy, the person in charge of the academy also spent a lot of effort. They went to nearby villages and towns to promote and mediate with factory owners. Talking about benefits and development has suffered a lot.Now more than ten years have passed, and the past efforts have begun to bear fruit, and the enrollment scale of the evening school has expanded a lot.The night school of the Knight Academy is held on the civilian street of the garrison, which was still a small chapel back then.The college recruits teachers from among the students and pays them a monthly salary. Because the main thing is to teach calligraphy, there is no threshold.

Elvira has only been a teacher for half a month. She goes to classes every Tuesday and Friday evening. Each class lasts more than an hour, and she gets 400 copper coins (equivalent to 20 silver coins, 1 small shellfish, or 1/5 gold coin) per month.Elvira is a weak girl on the surface, but inside her chest is a strong heart beating.She values ​​this hard-won job very much, so when she is sick in bed, she still wants to go to class.

"I think it's better for you to lie down." Eve said, "You can easily collapse in this state, what should you do if you faint on the way."

Elvira's face was pale at this moment, and she was sitting on the edge of the bed putting on her shoes. She didn't respond to Eve's words, but just stubbornly went about her own business.She bent over to tie the laces of her boots, with difficulty because her head was heavy at the moment.Eve saw that she was bending over and still swaying from side to side, fearing that she would fall to the ground, so she helped her shoulders to make her sit up straight.

Elvira's face had an expression of annoyance mixed with pain, and her eyebrows were almost twisted into a ball.She wasn't angry with Eve, she was just angry that she was too weak to get sick and have a fever at this time. She had too many things to do.

"Do you know any other teachers who are in night school, can someone else take your place for a day?" Eve asked.

Avril drooped her head and shook her head.

"Haven't you asked for leave yet?" Eve asked again.

"I thought I could hold on." Elvira said weakly.

"But obviously not." Eve said, "I'm going to ask for a leave of absence for you now. Who should I go to, the person in charge?"

When Elvira heard this, she suddenly raised her head. She supported the edge of the bed with her hands, and she wanted to stand up.

"Sit down!" Eve pushed her back on the bed without any explanation.The two looked at each other for a while, and Eve sighed, covered her head and said, "Isn't it just to teach a few children how to read? I'll go for you."

"Forget it, you are not suitable to go to such a place..."

"Okay, just tell me what to teach them today." Eve sat beside her and said in a slow tone, "The clothes you washed for me a few days ago can't be for nothing. Give me a chance and let me help you too."

Elvira hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

An imperceptible cloud of blue smoke sprang out of the window from the seventh floor. In the blink of an eye, a human figure appeared in the blue mist, and the figure of a girl appeared on the high wall on the west side.Time was running out, and Eve took the lesson plans Elvira had prepared for the course and ran all the way to the civilian area in the southeast corner.It was the first time for her to walk the "road" above in such a time period, but now that she was in a hurry, she didn't care whether anyone would see her.Fortunately, it was evening and the sky was getting dark, so even if he was seen, he would not be recognized.

According to the address given by Elvira, Eve arrived at the location of the night school, which is not far from Shalan's house.Eve descended from a hidden corner to the street, entered the door of the chapel, and while panting, fanned herself with a lesson plan to cool herself down.She explained the purpose of coming to the doorman sitting in the corridor, and pointed out the location of the classroom for her, and let her in without any registration. Obviously, this night school is not as standardized as Eve imagined.

The time was a few minutes late, and before Eve entered the classroom, she heard the commotion inside, and it was estimated that there were quite a few people there.She was really nervous, but it was too late to regret it now, so she could only bite the bullet.She pushed open the door and walked to the podium in the classroom. When she saw someone coming in, she was still a very beautiful girl, and there was an instant silence from the audience.Pairs of children's eyes were staring at her, and being watched by so many people, Eve felt her mind go blank.

"I..." Eve pressed her chest and tried her best to stabilize her voice, "Avella is not feeling well today. I'll give her a lesson."

There was a buzzing sound in the quiet classroom. Most of the students in the audience were teenagers, and most of them were boys. It was very frustrating to make a fuss at this time.

Eve wanted to suppress their voices, but no one could hear what she said, so she had to grab the eraser on the table and slap the side with the wooden board on the desk hard.

There was a loud bang, and everyone was startled. The chalk dust was scattered under Eve's powerful blow, and spread around the podium. Her originally black sleeves were now completely dyed white.

The children were silent for a while, and there was a trace of awe in their eyes. Seeing that the scene had stabilized, Eve finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This classroom is a square space separated by wooden walls in the main hall of the chapel. There are all tables, chairs, benches, podiums and blackboards. There are more than 40 children sitting under the stage, not just a few as Eve expected.

"If there are no other questions, we'll start the class." Eve shook her sleeves with a serious face.

I have to say that Eve's eraser was really useful. After the sound, all the students honestly stopped talking.

The class content is very simple, that is, write words on the blackboard, and then teach them to read.Eve opened the lesson plan, turned to the page marked by Elvira, and began to write on the blackboard with chalk.As soon as she wrote a stroke, the chalk broke, and the severed head flew to nowhere.There was a snickering sound from the audience, and Eve looked back, only to find that all the students were sitting neatly, as if the laughter just now was just an illusion.

As she wrote, there were buzzing voices from the audience.Eve tried her best to raise her arms, even stood on tiptoes, and tried to write the words against the upper frame.She didn't pay attention to the situation below at this time, so when she finished writing all the blackboard writing, the scene became uncontrollable again.

Eve stood on the podium, somewhat helpless, she really didn't know how much these children had to say.There was constant noise from the audience, like a vegetable market on a weekend morning.Eve scanned the audience and noticed a little boy. She was able to spot him because the little boy was sitting there quietly with his head down, with a very focused expression.If you look closely, you can see that there is a fluffy head hidden in his arms, which is a kitten.

Under the surprised gaze of the students, Eve walked off the podium and walked up to the little boy.The little boy raised his head and looked at her, with a hint of timidity in his eyes.

"Let me give you a hug." Eve stretched out her hand, hugged the kitten in her coat into her arms, smiled at him, and whispered to him, "I'll return it to you after class." .”

Eve hugged the kitten and returned to the podium.

The combination of the cat and the girl seems to have magical powers, attracting the children's attention.They stopped being noisy, and they were all silently watching the people standing on the stage at this time.

"Okay, let's continue class." Eve picked up a thin wooden stick from the desk, tapped on the blackboard, and began to read words aloud. When she said something, the children followed.

In addition to these children, there was a young man sitting at the end of the classroom, who seemed to be 24 or [-] years old.This young man has black-brown curly hair and a mess on the top of his head; his nose bridge is high, his eye sockets are deep-set, he is wearing a thin gray shirt, his shoulders are broad, and his body is strong. He is probably a manual laborer.He has been very steady since the beginning of the class, and wrote down the words Eve wrote on the blackboard in the letter paper distributed by the Knight Academy free of charge.The children sitting around him have been throwing small balls of paper at him non-stop since just now, and they haven't completely stopped even now.Now, his characteristic head is covered with balls of paper, but the man is not offended by it.

The one-hour class was over, and Eve finally breathed a sigh of relief. The gray kitten rolled into a ball on the podium and was sleeping soundly.Most of the students dispersed after class, and the remaining three or two remained in the classroom.

The little boy came to the podium at this time, his height was only a little higher than the podium, and a pair of black bean-like eyes protruded from the edge of the table, staring at Eve.

Eve picked up the kitten and held it in front of the little boy.

"Return it to you, thank you." Eve said.

The little boy didn't take the cat, he said: "Avella likes cats very much."

Eve smiled at him and asked, "Is this kitten you want to show her?"

"I wanted to give this cat to her, but she said she couldn't keep it, so I would bring it here every time I go to class." The little boy's voice was a little soft, and Eve had to get close to hear it clearly. He asked Eve Fu: "Is Elvira feeling unwell?"

"It's a little uncomfortable, but it should be better soon." Eve held the cat in her arms.She doesn't know if pets are allowed in the apartment, if Elvira likes cats too...

"I can try to bring this cat back first, and ask if I can keep it." Eve said.

"Will Elvira see it?"

"Of course, I live with her."

"Oh..." The little boy seemed relieved.

When I went back, it was already half dark, and Eve returned to the apartment with the two-three-month-old cat in her arms. Of course, this time, she walked down the road.To be honest, Eve wasn't ready enough to adopt a pet.But the opportunity is rare, and she doesn't want to miss it in vain.

After returning to the apartment, Eve first went to the administrator's window.In fact, she didn't really want to make contact with each other, because the middle-aged lady never seemed to show any kindness to people.It might be possible to sneak past her and raise her in the apartment, but this is not a long-term solution after all.

"Hello." Eve knocked on the window glass.

The administrator closed the book in his hand, opened the window, and just looked at Eve without speaking.

"Excuse me... can cats be kept in the apartment?" Eve asked, showing her the kitten in her arms.

The other party not only had a straight face, but also frowned slightly at this time.The two confronted each other for a while, and Eve couldn't take it any longer. She quickly said, "If it doesn't work, I'll send it back tomorrow, but I might put it here tonight..."

"It can be raised." The administrator said suddenly, her voice was always so calm, "But you have to make sure it won't disturb others."

"Thank you, I understand." Eve quickly nodded her thanks. For some reason, she was a little moved after receiving the affirmative answer.

"I remember your name is Eve," said the administrator.

"Yes, it's me, the one who caused trouble last time." Eve stuck out her tongue—I don't know when she will make such an expression.

"Let's get that out of the way, don't mention it anymore." The administrator leaned back on the chair, "You are a good girl, and Xilinya is the same. I can see what you did afterwards." Her The tone slowed down a bit, "If someone told me today that she wanted to keep pets in the apartment, maybe I would have to think about it, but you, child——I know you can bear the responsibility."

"I understand, I will definitely take good care of it and not let it disturb others." Eve echoed.

"That's good." After saying that, the administrator waved her hand, as if to drive her away, but the girl stood there without moving a step.

"I also want to ask you, what should I feed such a big kitten?" Seeing that the other party was in a good mood tonight, Eve started to push forward.

"I'm going to consider taking back what I just said." The administrator knocked on the table, her tone stiff.

"Sorry." Eve held the kitten in her arms and bowed to her. The kitten was stretching out its paws, stroking the hair hanging from her temples.She turned around and was about to leave, when she heard the other party say: "Feed some goat's milk... Cheese is also fine, but don't feed salty cheese. If appropriate, you can also try to feed some small pieces of meat."

Eve just felt enlightened, and after thanking her, she trotted upstairs.

Avilla was half asleep and half awake, and seemed to hear a kitten meowing in her ears. She ignored it and just turned inside; after a while, another cat meowing came, and this time she finally opened her eyes. .A gray kitten was lying on her pillow, looking at her with bean-big eyes.

The meowing just now actually came from Eve's mouth.Maybe Elvira was not in a good state today, or maybe she learned too much, in short, the other party didn't notice this.When Elvira saw the very familiar kitten, she suddenly regained her spirits, as if her head was no longer dizzy.She leaned half her body on the pillow, wrapped the kitten on the quilt, and kept rubbing its soft chin with her hands.

"You haven't eaten yet, I brought you some meat porridge." Eve took out a tin can from the bag, opened the lid, and the porridge was still hot.

"Thank you, that..." Elvira seemed to hesitate to speak.

"I know, we'll wait until you recover from illness." Eve smiled and handed her the spoon.Now that the two have a tacit understanding, Eve can tell from the look in her eyes that she wants to ask about the money for the meal - I don't know what this girl has experienced before, she is a little too sensitive to certain things.

"How was the class? How did you bring it back?" Elvira wondered what happened tonight.

"Ha, those little brats..." It was the first time in Eve's life that she gave lessons to others. After all, she had a sense of accomplishment. At this time, she couldn't help feeling a little overjoyed, so she told Elvira about her performance tonight. After talking for a while, the other party smiled and nodded, as if the appearance of the girl when she was lecturing was right in front of her eyes.

"Does this cat have a name?" Eve asked her after talking about herself.At this time, the attention of the two returned to the cat.

"Yes, it's called Dandelion." When the kitten heard someone calling it, it opened its eyes and meowed.

"Why is it called a dandelion? Is there any explanation?" Eve asked.

Elvira's face was still a little pale, but she had a playful smile at this moment. She rubbed the kitten's head and back with the back of her hand, and saw that the hair on the top of the kitten's head stood up. Eve saw This scene was immediately understood.I don't know what breed this cat is. It seems that its fur is quite long. I wonder if it will really fly like a dandelion when it grows up.

First of all, you have to make a home for it.Eve donated her box with a bad lock, and put it in a corner of the living room. A blanket was spread inside, and a few old clothes were stuffed — “old” is just Eve’s word .Cat litter is necessary. There is no shortage of sand in Benlong Castle. You can get some from downstairs. You can put it in a basin for the time being, put soil on the bottom, and cover it with sand.

Find a carpenter when you have time and make a decent home for the dandelion.Eve looked at the cat lying in the box, thinking about it.

[52] Cage of Destiny (Part [-])

"Wait a minute, that one you just said—what's 'extensibility'?" Frogmanning opened his eyes.

"You don't know this?" Eve raised her head in surprise, "What should I say about this... In short, a thing has a length, width and height, and occupies a certain volume in space."

"It sounds like you're not sure either?"

"That's roughly what it means, but if you explain it, it's hard to describe it very well." Eve took out an apple from her pocket and continued, "Like this apple, how can I explain it? A nearly spherical red fruit that tastes crisp and sweet... But this explanation is very general, and different people have different subjective perceptions of apples—the same apple, the old man who lost his teeth thinks the skin is hard, But young people don’t think so. Moreover, there are many colors of apples. Only when you really see it a lot, you will recognize it as an apple at a glance. The same is true for these nouns. You will know it when you read a lot in books. What is the meaning of what the author wants to say at this time, but there is no way to explain it intuitively.”

"I understand a little bit." Fu Gemanning let out a heavy breathing sound, and he asked again: "Why do you want to study the issue of universals and particulars?"

"Maybe it's because of religion." Eve scratched her head, lowered her head and flipped through the thick book in her hand. "It's not mentioned much in the book, but I think it should be to clarify the existence form of God and the legitimacy of church activities."

"What about the world of ideas? How would a realist prove that there is such a world?"

"They didn't think about proving it, and they didn't have the conditions to prove it." Eve closed the book, "However, they believe that alchemy's dewy gold is an ultimate crystallization of materials, a form projected through the world of ideas. combined to create entities that exist in this world or that did not exist before."

Vegmanning closed his eyes, thought for a while, and opened them again. "It seems to make sense."

Eve finally breathed a sigh of relief.She asked the dragon, "Has no one read you a book like this before?"

"No."

"What do you think of this book?" Eve touched the book in her hand, which was borrowed from the library. It was half the thickness of a palm. Its dark green leather cover was printed with a few big gilt characters—— A Brief Reading of the History of Philosophy (Volume [-]).It is too modest for the author to say that this is a simplified reading.

"I don't quite understand it, but it's interesting." Fugemanning replied.

"I really didn't expect that you haven't even read a book related to philosophy when you are in the Knights Academy." Eve said, "I will bring 'Volume [-]' next time. It will be easier to understand from the beginning."

After meeting for the first time, Eve came to see this proto-dragon several times, each time bringing six or seven books for him to choose, but in fact Eve had never read any of these books.

Today's brief reading of the history of philosophy was actually borrowed by Eve for classwork.At that time, she decided to read this book to Fuge Manning, in fact, it was for the purpose of killing two birds with one stone-she wanted to read it by herself while reading to the other party.During the reading process, Fugemanning kept his eyes closed, and sometimes asked Eve to repeat the content of the previous paragraph, or interrupted her to ask her own questions.Eve also doesn't know much about the history of philosophy. If she wants to answer the other party's questions, she can only combine what she has learned and keep flipping through the books to find clues.

Seeing that it was almost time, Eve stuffed the book back into her backpack and got up to go back.

"When will you come next?" Vogelmanning asked her.

"The afternoon after tomorrow, I'll come over if the weather is fine." Eve raised her head and glanced at the gloomy sky.

"Do you want to go up and have a look?" Fugemanning raised his head and put one eye close to her.

"Where are you going?" Eve still didn't understand what he meant.

"Above the clouds," said Vegmanning, "I can take you up now."

"Don't you usually go out at night, is this time... okay?" Although Eve's heart was moved, she was still a little worried.

"It's near here, it doesn't matter." Fugemanning leaned his head in front of her, "Come up."

"Okay, thank you..." The invitation came a little suddenly, and Eve didn't know what to do for a while, and she walked towards the back of the proto-dragon.

"Why are you walking backwards?" Fugemanning's eyes rolled with Eve's movements, "Come on top of my head."

So Eve folded back again.She looked at the dragon's head and took a few steps back, not knowing how to get up.As soon as her hand touched the spell-casting book, she heard the other party say: "Hurry up, climb up, you're welcome."

The head of the protosaurus must be at least 4 meters high, and the area near the neck is covered with conical scales. These scales are extremely hard, and it is not difficult for Eve to step on these scales.

Eve found a place to sit on top of Fugemanning's head, and her two hands could just rest on the two longest cone scales extending from his forehead.It was wider than she had imagined, and it would not be a problem for four or five people to sit side by side.