book of old days

Chapter 250 Three Fables
Sean walked out of the classroom and took a deep breath.

He slowly let go of his clenched fists. When he was talking to Ulysses just now, he almost couldn't bear to kill him directly.

Sean is very confident in his current strength. Although his divine power is not yet complete and cannot compare to Orm at his peak, at least he should not be weaker than Orm who was in the Temple of the Gods back then.

It may be difficult to physically resist cannons, but it is very easy to carry a bullet, and it should not be difficult to deal with Ulysses.

But he didn't make a move. For one thing, Ulysses might not be the only one behind the scenes. This kind of life called Alaye's worm is so weird, it's hard to say that there won't be no other agents.

Secondly, since Ulysses was symbiotic with worms, he must also have some special abilities, which cannot be viewed with the strength of ordinary people. Expose your identity.

Anyway, I am just a bystander in this incident, at worst, I just run away, there is no need to cause trouble.

Go back and report the information to Yulia, and let her worry about it.

Thinking about it, Sean walked towards his classroom. He still has class to attend today.

Walking on the way to class, Sean was still thinking about his previous thoughts. The name Alaye's Worm made Sean think of the city of La'lye immediately. Is there any connection between the two?
But after thinking about it, it seems impossible. The city of R'lyeh is in the deep sea, and has nothing to do with worms.

Another thing that can come to mind is Alaya consciousness, which seems to be a religious term in Sanskrit, but after careful recollection, Sean has long forgotten the specific meaning...

Before I knew it, I came to the place where I was going to teach. As soon as I entered the classroom, I saw a group of female students gathered together, discussing something enthusiastically.

"Wow, it's really beautiful. It must have cost a lot of money."

"It was given to me by Earl Duke as an engagement gift. It is said to have been handed down from the age of kings. It is said to be worth thousands of pounds. It is a family heirloom of his family."

A girl with a rather mature appearance said, Hao unabashedly showing off the gorgeous accessories on her body.

Sean vaguely remembered this girl, who seemed to be the daughter of a wealthy family.

In this era, the marriage of nobles and rich people has become very common.

One party seeks social status, the other seeks wealth, and each takes what they get, so many down-and-out nobles will marry the rich.

A girl excitedly said: "Wow, so soon we will call you the Countess!"

Another girl said sourly: "I heard that Earl Duke is over 60 years old, right?"

The girl who was ridiculed didn't take it seriously, "What's the big deal, if he dies, he can just inherit the title and family business."

"Inheritable titles must have heirs..."

The meaning is obvious, people are over 60, can they still have children?
The girl showing off her jewelry smiled triumphantly, "Of course I have my own way."

Sean listened to the discussion among the female students, but felt sad for it in his heart. The world will change drastically soon, and you are still studying jewelry.

A set of jewelry is several thousand pounds, how many poor people can be fed by this, the Kingdom of Brighton has developed industry for so many years, coupled with the continuous blood transfusion in overseas colonies, it is definitely not without money, and there are countless rich people in Sword Castle, the reason why there are There are so many bankrupt poor in the dark alley area, and there will be homeless people in the homeless shelters, which is entirely the result of the habitual oppression of the lower classes.

Frozen three feet is not a day's cold, this kind of thing has reached this point, it can no longer be changed.

He listened to the topics of those boys again, but the discussion was about where to go to the dance tonight, which theater has released new plays, and which theater has good-looking actresses.

Sean felt a little heavy in his heart. Swordsburg University is the top university in Brighton Kingdom. Most of the students who can come here to study are either rich or expensive, and the worst are at least well-off families. From these young people, it is not difficult to see that The current ethos and mentality of Swordsman's upper class.

Those rich merchants and aristocrats probably never imagined what kind of challenges their rule would face.

Sean coughed twice, asked the students to sit back in their seats, and then started the class.

Today, Sean did not explain literary skills and writing, but talked about "historical stories". Sean still has some feelings for the students in front of him. He has no way to tell them what he knows, and he probably won't. People believe.

But you can also remind one or two, as for who can comprehend the deep meaning, that's up to fate.

"I'm not in the mood to give a lecture today, so why don't we play a game."

As soon as they heard about the game, the students immediately became interested. This kind of thing is really new.

"Do you know the difference between reality and stories? That's logic. Many times, what happens in real life is even more outrageous than the stories created by literature. Because literature is about logic, you have to convince readers, so you can't tell the truth about many things. It's written and you can't even imagine it happening.

But in reality, there is no logic at all. Instead, some unbelievable and bizarre events will happen.

So I will not talk about skills today, but talk about the difference between those stories and reality.

I'm going to tell three stories, and all you have to do is guess whether I'm telling a fictional story or a real event. "

When the students heard the story, they cheered up one by one.

"The first story, called 'Why Don't You Eat Your Cake'.

Once upon a time, there was a country with a beautiful queen. The country was very powerful, but the people were very poor. The king spent his money on pleasure and war, and his queen naturally enjoyed a luxurious life.

Although the queen is beautiful, she is very innocent and does not understand the crisis that the kingdom is facing.

One day a scholar told the queen that the people of her country were starving and had no bread to feed them, and if this continued, there would be riots.

The queen was very surprised, so she asked the scholar: "Since there is no bread to eat, why don't they eat cake?"

After the story was told, the students reacted in different ways. Some couldn't help laughing, while some looked surprised, as if they had thought of something.

Sean looked at everyone, "Then what do you think, is this a fictional story, or a historical event that actually happened?"

"I think it must be a story, how can there be such a stupid person."

"But the professor said that reality is more outrageous than stories, so I think it is reality."

"I've never heard of such a thing. If it happened, it will definitely be written in the history books. It must be a story."

"It's reality." Someone suddenly said loudly with absolute certainty.

Sean looked for the sound, but it was Eric Lanster.

"Oh, nothing so sure?"

Eric said with a strange face: "Because I have encountered similar things before. Once I went to a party and heard someone say that there are many poor people in the slums of Jianbao. They are so poor that they have no clothes to wear." wear.

Some of the guests present at that time said, 'Since there are no clothes, why don't you wear furs? '

I thought that since such things happened all around me, it must have happened in history. "

The students all showed contemplative expressions.

Sean chuckled and nodded, "That's right, this is a real event that happened in a distant country, you guessed it right Eric."

"Professor Xiao En, may I ask, what happened to that beautiful queen?"

"There was a riot in the kingdom in the end, and he was sent to the guillotine and died." Xiao En said calmly, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

The beheading of a dignified queen is very appalling to people in this era.

Sean had a panoramic view of everyone's reactions, "Then continue with the next story."

"The story is called 'The Broken Egg.'

Once upon a time, in a very distant country, a great nobleman rebelled and defeated the king and his army. The king took his son and hid in the castle.

At this time the nobles sent messengers to ask the king to surrender and hand over the throne, and promised him that if he did so, he would be spared from death, and he would be given a large sum of money to make him a rich man.

The king hesitated again and again, and finally agreed to the proposal, but the king's son firmly opposed it. He said, "Has the father ever seen an overturned bird's nest and there are still unbroken eggs? If they leave the castle, the end must be everything." was killed."

The great nobleman then made an oath that if he violated his promise, he would be punished by heaven, so the king believed the nobleman's words.

He walked out of the castle with his son and surrendered.

After seeing the king, the nobles immediately repented and executed the king and his son. "

The faces of the students became a little heavy after hearing this. This kind of regicide story doesn't sound so good to people in this era.

Whether it is fiction or reality, everyone is arguing endlessly, and some people think that as a nobleman, they should not break their promises.

But those who are more realistic confirm that, in order to seize the throne, the promise itself is worthless.

"I think it's true." Eric suddenly said with certainty, but he didn't say why.

Everyone looked at Sean again, waiting for him to reveal the answer.

Xiao En smiled slightly, "The answer is - this is true. Compared with the illusory punishment from heaven, that nobleman is obviously more worried that the king will betray him. Since there must always be someone who betrays, it is better for him to do it first, besides, he is a traitor himself. , how can his promise be believed? In the end the king and his son paid the price for his stupidity."

"That nobleman, what happened to him in the end?"

"Oh, he's the new king, and his family ruled that country for hundreds of years."

This ending is obviously not in line with the standard of ordinary stories. The students talked a lot and had different expressions.

Sean dismissed it, "Okay, one last story, this one's called 'The King and the Wise Man.

Once upon a time there was a king who had two sons.

One day his two sons met a wise man who told them that there were signs that a great disaster was about to happen in their kingdom, and that only by fleeing the city could they survive.

The two sons immediately went to report to their father, hoping that the king would take them away.

But the king didn't believe in such nonsense, and as a king, he couldn't leave easily. He severely reprimanded his two sons, thinking that these were all nonsense.

Although the very signs revealed by the wise men seemed to have come to light, the king was unwilling to believe such dire theories.

After the two princes left, the eldest prince believed that he should obey his father's orders. As the king's heir, he could not abandon his kingdom.

So the little prince secretly left the kingdom alone, while the elder prince stayed behind.

It rained blood that night, and the next day, a plague broke out in the city. In the end, the king and the eldest prince were all buried in the city, and only the little prince survived. Ten years later, when the plague subsided, the little prince returned to the kingdom and became new king. "

"Then guess, is this a fictional story or a real event."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. If the previous two stories had some morals, then the final story was a bit too 'simple'. Many details were not clearly explained, making people really not know how to judge.

"Things like blood rain are too absurd. It sounds like a fairy tale of a foreigner."

"Indeed, the truth is above, how can this kind of thing be true—professor, you say so."

"Professor, don't play charades anymore. Is it true or a story?"

Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Sean smiled mysteriously, "Actually, I'm not sure whether this story is true or not, so you can only judge for yourself whether it is true or not."

"Okay, that's the end of today's class, Emily come over, let the others discuss in groups."

Students like to discuss things like this in groups, and they often turn into chatting meetings.

Emily walked up to Sean, her face a little nervous, "What's the matter, cousin?"

Sean looked at Emily's golden curly hair and delicate face, no matter how many times he looked at it, he was still cute.
Although I don't know her very well, she is a relative and a cute girl, so I still need to take care of her.

He took out a letter from his pocket, folded a piece of white paper a few times, stuffed it in, and sealed it with wax.

"I have a letter to give to my aunt, please take it there for me, you will leave tomorrow, remember to stay for a few more days after you go back, don't come back to Sword Castle these days, I will ask for leave for you , remember not to return to Sword Castle within half a month."

"Why?" Emily looked puzzled.

"Anyway, just listen to me." Sean said as he handed over the envelope. His expression was unusually serious, but his eyes were irresistible.

Emily could only nod obediently, and took the envelope.

Soon the class was over, and he was about to leave, but a figure came in front of him and stopped him.

It's Eric Langster.

He hadn't spoken to Eric much since that day at the castle.

"Professor Xiao En, can I give you my honor tonight? I have something to ask you." After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and added, "It's a very important matter. I think this matter may be related to you. .”

Sean wanted to refuse, but he was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Eric suspiciously. The other party looked nervous and hopeful, Sean hesitated for a moment, suddenly his heart moved, and he smiled and said: "I'm not free today, another day Well, do you live in the ducal mansion?"

"Yes?"

"I will visit you in three days at the latest."

After speaking, he nodded, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)