Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 3 Life
From this day on, there is a newcomer to Silin Bakery.

This girl with an exotic appearance always warmly welcomes every guest, piles up a smiling face and gives them change accurately.After Esther became familiar with the bread baking process, she conscientiously undertook a lot of work for Fiona, who was in charge of baking and cleaning in the back kitchen. Esther kneaded a lot of animal-shaped buns while groping, even though the taste was not good. There are too many changes, and it is quite popular with customers.

Because of her arrival, Silin Bakery's business has been quite good in the past two weeks, which makes Wendy very happy.

"Esther, go and see if there is still tea in the warehouse. We have to make another pot of hot tea. The weather is cold, and many guests like to drink something hot to warm their bodies."

"Okay Grandma Wendy! I'll look for it!"

Li Xing, who had changed her name to Esther, walked behind the oven, untied the apron from the light brown linen dress and hung it by the back door.Today is Sunday, and Fiona has one day off every week. She will take her family to the Church of the Night to worship, and then prepare a big meal for the children with her sister.Sometimes Fiona would bring some dishes back to the bakery for Wendy and Esther to try too.

After digging out a can of unopened tea leaves from the warehouse, Esther quickly returned to the bakery and saw Wendy greeting several customers. From their appearance, she could recognize that the three were a family, and the youngest of them was a family. The girl looked two years younger than Esther.

"Then let's have a lemon cake roll, shall we?"

The girl shook the hand of one of the young men, and the bookish young man looked at her dotingly: "Of course, then we decide to make lemon cake rolls, and it will cost half a pound. It's rare that Benson got a raise in salary. It should be celebrated."

The taller young man nodded to Wendy, took out his wallet and pointed out the amount to be paid, Esther re-tied the apron very well, and cut off a large piece of the freshly baked lemon cake, Just over half a pound.

"Do you need anything else?" Esther showed her business smiling face and winked at the girl who was very curious about her.

The tall young man rubbed the girl's head: "Melissa, what else do you want to eat?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, and finally just shook her head: "No need! I'm very happy to have lemon cake rolls, we have to save a little, there are still a lot of places to spend money in the future."

The bookish young man ordered the animal bread next to him: "That black cat bread looks very cute, I haven't seen it before."

Wendy winked at Esther next to her, causing Esther to smile at everyone in embarrassment: "This is thanks to our skillful newcomer, because it is a trial sale, and now the price is the same as ordinary rye bread. Do you want a piece?"

The tall young man nodded, and bought another half pound of black cat bread, which made the bookish young man feel embarrassed: "Benson, that's what I said."

"It's okay, anyway, it's time to replenish the staple food tomorrow."

After seeing off the family and guests, Wendy made new hot tea: "There are quite a few guests today. Everyone likes to go to the Church of the Evernight as a family on Sundays. It's very good."

"I remember that the Church of the Evernight believes in the Goddess of the Night?"

"That's right. By the way, didn't you say you wanted to learn to write? Then you can go to the Sunday school in the Church of the Evernight. It only costs one penny a week, and it won't affect your usual work in the store."

Esther recalled the wallet she kept in the attic. Excluding some expenses for daily necessities, as well as the expenses she frequently went to the fruit stand to compensate the boss, there was still ten souldos left in it.A penny a week is still affordable for Esther. If she can master the words here, Esther can also go to the library to check more detailed information about the world, instead of always talking to customers Think about it yourself or make up your mind.

Wendy thought Esther was worried about the situation of the church, and comforted her: "Go boldly, there are very kind people there, even if you don't believe in the Evernight Goddess, it doesn't matter."

Esther smiled sheepishly: "Then I'll ask for leave next week to take a look. I'm really interested."

Next Sunday came quite quickly in the busy daily life. After saying hello to Wendy in advance, Esther went out early in the morning.

Esther walked smoothly according to the direction last time, and she found that her memory was surprisingly good. She remembered every store and every intersection, and she didn't get lost at all.

Strange, did I do this before?
Esther quickly put this doubt behind her, and she always felt a little nervous when facing the solemn Gothic church.Standing outside the church to cheer herself up for several rounds, Esther did not make up her mind. It was not until the man dressed as a priest looked at her that Esther mustered up the courage to walk over.

But when Esther walked to the door, the draft she had just typed in her stomach disappeared: "You, hello, where is this place, is there any class? I mean, what about the enlightenment education— —”

"Yes, this is the church of the Goddess of the Night. There are enlightenment education courses on Sundays, but there is a fee. Are you a believer of the Goddess?"

Esther shook her head: "If not, then can't..."

She lost her voice before she finished speaking, and looked at the pastor in front of her embarrassedly.

The pastor smiled gently: "It doesn't matter, the goddess is kind and tolerant, of course you can come and learn."

Esther nodded repeatedly, and after taking out a penny from the inside pocket of her coat, she followed the pastor into the church.Because today is Sunday, there are quite a few people who come to the Church of the Evernight. Some people are praying quietly with their eyes closed, and some people are whispering hello to acquaintances.Even in the early morning, the church was quite dark, filled with an extremely quiet atmosphere, which made people relax involuntarily, and Esther felt that her mood was much calmer.

The pastor led Esther to the side door, and as they walked back along the corridor, they passed two people.

Esther didn't pay much attention, she kept staring at the pastor's footsteps in case she didn't keep up, but the rather handsome black-haired young man turned his head, his green eyes glanced at Esther's back suspiciously, and then smiled slightly. He tilted his head and seemed to be listening to something.

But soon the young man shook his head and quickly followed the other person in front.

Under the pastor's understanding introduction, Esther also learned about the contents of the church's general education courses: the morning courses will mainly focus on simple mathematics, geography and some history, and then there will be a one-hour break. They can bring their own food or eat at the cafes on the street outside.In the afternoon, based on the scriptures of the Goddess of the Night, there are text teaching and writing exercises. Those who have the basics can read the books in the classroom bookshelves by themselves, but of course they cannot be taken out of the church.If students encounter problems, they can ask the church staff in charge of teaching in their free time. The church can provide some paper and pens, but only for the first class, and only part of the paper will be provided for the following classes. If there are additional needs, you can bring them yourself Purchase from the church.

"You came quite early, and there are still three quarters of an hour before class. You can move about in the classroom by yourself, and you can ask Ms. Langsha if you have any questions. If there is no accident, she will be in charge of teaching here. She is very easy-going. people."

"Thank you, Pastor Lost." In the previous conversation, Esther had already learned the name of this kind pastor. Of course, she also introduced herself, but she did not say the false surname.

The little bug has been nesting in the pocket in front of Esther's chest these days. If it hadn't come out at night, Esther would have thought it was hibernating.As for the surname that was hinted at by the little bug and used to deceive Wendy and Fiona, Esther felt that it was not innocent, so she didn't mention it to others.

Ms. Langsha looks quite old, her brown hair is combed meticulously and tied into a low bun with red roses inserted in it. Although wrinkles can be seen on her face, it makes her beauty look more dignified, unlike her brother in black. The special knee length skirt is perfect.

"Good day, Fei Lun." Ms. Langsha gave a simple dress-raising ceremony, which aroused Esther's curiosity. Could this lady be from a noble family?Since coming to this world, Esther has not been to places other than Iron Cross Street, but she also has a fragmented understanding of the background of the Loen Kingdom.

"Ms. Langsha, this is a new student who just signed up, Esther."

Ms. Langsha immediately smiled at Esther: "Nice to meet you, Esther, just call me Ms. Langsha like everyone else. Have you ever been in touch with an enlightenment course before?"

Esther shook her head quickly: "No, not at all, I can't even read."

"Don't be nervous, many people here started from scratch just like you." Ms. Langsha took out a blank notebook and two pencils from under the bookcase, and handed them to Esther.

Pastor Lost nodded at the two of them: "Then I'll go back to the door of the church first."

"Hurry up and get busy, there are always more people coming on Sundays."

Pastor Lost laughed helplessly: "But I think this is a good thing. I am very glad that everyone is willing to listen to the gospel of the goddess."

After Pastor Lost left, Ms. Langsha shared her situation with Esther again. Esther admitted her ignorance frankly, but Ms. Langsha did not show any abnormality. Such a student with no foundation is here quite common.

Since the popularity of public elementary schools, people with certain financial conditions at home prefer to send their children to classes six days a week, which is more cost-effective in terms of tuition fees.In the Sunday schools of the church, it is more common for people who are older and eager for opportunities. They will take such a day out of the busy week to enrich themselves and seek better jobs in the future.

Since there was no one in the classroom, Ms. Langsa didn't mind teaching Esther some basic knowledge. To her surprise, Esther's mastery of numerical calculation was almost at hand.After memorizing the basic numbers and operation symbols, Esther quickly filled the entire draft paper with the questions that Lonsha put out, and all the calculation results were accurate, far from those of people who have never been exposed to mathematics.

And Esther was also a little helpless, Li Xing before "time-traveling" was half a social animal who had just graduated for a year, so she couldn't even solve this kind of math problems from kindergarten to second grade.

The physical education teacher in her previous life must be able to figure it out!
After checking Esther's answer, Ms. Langsha immediately realized the girl's intelligence, changed the educational content according to her aptitude, and handed Esther a vocabulary book with illustrations.Langsha asked Esther to memorize the words before class, and practice writing on paper, as many as she could remember. After the morning class, she would simply test the amount of words that Esther had memorized.

Of course Esther has no objection, it might be better to say that this is exactly what she wants, what she desires most is to understand the words of this world.

However, there was not much time left, and Esther managed to memorize most of the word book in the end. Combined with her daily spoken language, she was able to correspond to the approximate spelling of many words.The roots and affixes of Ruen's common words, including some grammar, have many analogies with the English in Esther's memory, which allowed her to quickly understand the content she came into contact with after analyzing it.

Much faster than ordinary people.

As more than [-] people came in one after another, after most of the classrooms were full, Ms. Langsha glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and officially started today's formal class.

For Esther, mathematics education only allowed her to further consolidate her memory and deepen her impression of basic words, while the courses in geography and history gave Esther the first time to understand the "world" she lives in. Systematic and comprehensive general understanding.

The map shown by Ms. Langsha is divided into two continents, the north and the south, and the surrounding area is covered with shadowed sea areas. The shape of the half of the continent makes Esther feel strangely familiar. She even has a vague guess about the appearance of the opposite side of the ocean. .

Maybe this is a parallel world?Similar to my original world.

The historical content introduced today mainly focuses on around 650, when a hero rose from the Kingdom of Loen and led the army to confront the Kingdom of Intis.This hero swung his banner in the White Rose War and finally successfully defeated Intis. After the 20-year war with the Feysac Empire, he restored the stability of the Loen Empire.

Esther listened casually, but the pen in her hand quickly jotted down the content unrelated to the course on the paper, mainly the corresponding spelling and geographical location of the names of various countries, although Esther wanted to reproduce the whole map Come down, but she doesn't have such good drawing skills, so she can only draw a rough outline.

But soon, Esther discovered that she had more additional impressions of these countries. As she touched the "cognitive sense" of these countries, no source appeared in her mind, such as the close relationship between religion and the true God behind it. Contact, for example, the Emperor Roselle who started the industrial age.

Even if he's not Russell Gustav, what should he be called?

There was a sudden pause in Esther's writing, and there was a brief blank in her mind, and then she realized that she was in a daze, and quickly focused back on the class.

　Thanks for the vote.

　　


(End of this chapter)