In the early morning, the night wind howled and rattled the windows. It was the time to hide in bed and enjoy the rare warmth.
But Ali, who was busy with the work at the "Violet" hospital, was tossing and turning and unable to sleep. He was confused about the future development path, felt alienated from the nobles who came in and out of carriages, alchemy cars, and aircraft, and doubted whether there would be corresponding gains after hard work.
, and the uncertainty about life, all made his thoughts swirl and he couldn't calm down at all.
"Hey." Ali sighed heavily, turned over and sat up from the bed, put on his coat, walked to the only table in the narrow house, picked up the jar, poured a cup of weak ale into the cup, and took a big gulp.
After drinking it, this low-quality ale was the only "luxury" in his life.
Ali took the wine glass, walked to the window, and sat directly on the ground. He looked at the trees with few leaves outside and swaying in the wind. He seemed to be shivering constantly, and he felt inexplicably desolate in his heart.
Outside his window is a quiet and deserted street. It takes a long time to see a carriage or an alchemy car passing by, and the sound it makes makes the silence and desolation nearby even more evident. Across the street are relatively old buildings.
, since it is the worst-located civilian area, there are no gardens or other things at all.
But Ali knew very well that the owners of the surrounding houses had not been worse off than most of the citizens of Lentat in the past few years, and they were more leisurely, because they had a keen eye and discovered that with the earth-shaking changes in Lentat, more and more people
Outsiders came here, and the newly opened alchemy workshops that lacked manpower were constantly recruiting people from various places, so they renovated their own houses and rented them to these outsiders at a relatively cheap price. Due to the large number of rooms,
They also make a lot of money.
—After magic-rich alchemy workshops appeared one after another and achieved enviable achievements, the original textile guild felt a sense of crisis and began to invite magicians who were good at golems and golems to improve the current textile devices.
After two or three years of exploration, the efficiency of textile machines has made an astonishing breakthrough. As a result, the scale of the textile industry has begun to expand, and the number of manpower required has gradually increased. Similarly, this has also brought about a reduction in the price of textiles. The Kingdom of Holm
The people can finally afford to buy extra clothes.
After taking a sip of ale, Ali opened the window and felt the biting cold wind blowing against his face. He couldn't help but shudder, and the depression in his heart was slightly relieved.
The silver moon hung high in the sky, cold and beautiful. Ali, who was drinking ale, suddenly saw the big dog next to him looking at the outside intently, looking in the direction of Rentat leaving the city. There was clearly a hint of urgency and desire in his eyes, so he smiled.
He smiled and said, "Do you also feel confused about the future? Do you not know which direction to strive for?"
He was talking to himself, and he never expected the big dog to understand.
The big dog glanced at him coolly, without barking, and still looked "melancholy and longingly" in the direction of Rentat leaving the city. Once the injury was healed, he would immediately escape from the dangerous city of Rentat!
Ali turned his head, imitating a big dog and looked towards the direction of Rentate leaving the city, looking at the city wall covered with silver moon gauze, and sighed softly: "Although the city wall of Rentate is tall, it is far inferior to that of the city wall."
The invisible wall between the nobles and ordinary people makes people dare not move forward. It is cold and ruthless, tall and solid, and insurmountable..."
He did not try to organize the language completely, but directly expressed the various emotions in his heart. After all, the audience was a dog.
"Is it really impossible for ordinary people to enter the world of aristocrats? Why do we all have eyes, noses, souls, brains, and the ability to think, but they are naturally noble and look down on us? Does the quality of birth determine the entire life?
Life?" Ali was talking about his thoughts on nobles and common people. In the painful wandering, he could only choose a direction between silently accepting the reality of being born to be ruled and questioning the nature of nobility. Obviously, he was unwilling to always be inferior to others.
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The big dog whined lowly and finally glanced sideways at Ali. How childish!
The status of nobles comes from the power they control, just like many strong men in the werewolf clan. This is an objective fact and will not change just because someone questions this situation. If you want to change, you can only gain stronger power yourself.
And when that time comes, the nobles will welcome you into their circle, making you not want to change this situation.
"Do you also agree with my idea?" Seeing that the big dog finally responded, Ali felt a little better and continued to ramble: "Actually, I understand very well that if you want to break this invisible wall, you must gain enough respect from others.
Achievements, but there are too many industries and too many opportunities in Rentat, which makes me dare not make a decision easily for fear of missing real opportunities. The gorgeous carriages, alchemy cars, and aircraft I saw outside Mills School also make me
I feel the distance is so far away that I can’t cross it..."
He let out the emotions accumulated during this period in one breath, and his mood improved a lot. He gradually became more energetic and regained the vitality of a young man under twenty years old.
"After saying this, I have already made a decision. I don't know much other than words. Maybe I can study while working in a hospital or alchemy workshop, but such learning does not have a solid foundation and cannot be done at the same time.
Let me know what I am good at and what I want, so I have to save money to go to a general school." Ali stood up and said to Silver Moon with a sacred expression.
"I know that the road is difficult, the distance is far, and the walls are high, but that doesn't mean that Mr. Evans was born in a poor family and couldn't even have enough food and clothing. However, he relied on his own efforts and persistence to become a musician step by step.
Master of Music, Master of Magic, and Grand Arcanist! Why do I still have the Queen’s gold coins given to me by my father and mother? I will be able to save enough money to go to general school in a few months, which is much better than the situation that Mr. Evans was in back then!”
Ali clenched his fists to encourage himself.
The story of Lucien is so legendary that it has been adapted into various stories by bards one after another. It has been well received by nobles and commoners alike. It is a very inspirational series.
"Although I don't have the talent of Mr. Evans to become a master in the fields of music and magic, as long as I work hard to learn knowledge, I will definitely succeed in the fields I am good at!" Ali learned from his pen pal Jane's letter that the current
In an era of scarcity of talents, there are still very few people who can even understand writing, and the number of people who have learned various knowledge is even less to a certain extent. No matter how well you learn, as long as you have a little mastery, you will not worry about finding someone who matches your status.
things to do.
And if you study well, you may be able to become a magician, a knight, or other professions that allow you to interact with nobles on an equal footing.
In this era, knowledge will not be useless, so although learning is a waste of time, as long as you get through this stage, you will be more stable, solid, and farther than others!
Having made up his mind, Ali felt more and more that the silver moon was beautiful and dreamy. He smiled at the big dog next to him in a good mood and said: "If I were a bard or the protagonist in a dramatic story, maybe I could awaken the arcana in the general school.
And magic talent, make many friends, and finally defeat the demons and demons who plot to destroy the world. Become a legendary magician who changes the times. Haha, in that case, you will also become a famous dog in historical books, the first partner of a great man.
!”
As he spoke, he huffed: "According to the bard's story, you should be a dog with a rich background and powerful strength, a real magical creature. The encounter between the two of us made the wheel of fate slowly turn..."
As he spoke, he examined the big dog's body with great interest, and finally sighed: "Hey, you are indeed an ordinary dog."
As he spoke, he clearly felt that there was a hint of "resentment" in the big dog's eyes, eh, resentment?
The next day was Ali's day off. He and Big Dog, who was improving rapidly, ran around the city, looking for other temporary jobs and trying to save enough money as soon as possible.
"New alchemy workshop? Producing electronic tubes? What is this?" Ali suddenly saw an announcement and out of curiosity, he took the big dog and rushed to the address of the alchemy workshop.
When he was approaching the alchemy workshop near the city gate area, Ali was surprised to see the big dog lowering its head and leaning closer to him.
"What's wrong? Are you afraid of the crowd?" he asked subconsciously, and then stopped paying attention.
This big dog is Nasdel, and he is looking for every opportunity to escape from Rentat, but his reaction just now was due to something else.
"The disgusting vampire has also come to Rentat?" Nasder turned around and looked at the back of the crowd, "Humph, you will definitely die in the dangerous city of Rentat!"
After walking some distance, Nasder's eyes lit up because not far away was the city gate area!
"As long as I escape, I can escape danger!"
"This guy always thinks I'm a dog. I'll find a way to give him some treasures later!"
Desire filled Nasdir's heart. Regardless of the fact that his body had not completely recovered, he rushed out and ran quickly, like a fish trying to return to the sea!
Fifty meters, twenty meters, ten meters, five meters, the city gate is getting closer and closer, Nasder is getting more and more excited.
boom!
There was a loud collision, and a speeding alchemist car stopped at the city gate. The owner pretended to be angry and said, "Whose dog is this? Suddenly it jumped onto the road and wanted to commit murder?"
Ali was dumbfounded as he watched the big dog running wildly and being hit by an alchemy car because he couldn't avoid it. He vomited blood, his limbs twitched, and then he became motionless.
After he came to his senses, he quickly went up to apologize. The guilty car owner gave a few perfunctory words and asked Ali to tow the big dog away.
Looking at the body of the big dog, Ali sighed: "It seems that we are really not partners who can make the wheel of fate turn. However, thank you for your company these two days, which has made me regain my confidence. I will bury you properly."
"
He dragged the big dog to the woods outside the city, buried it very seriously, and then collected his mood and continued his struggle.
When Ali left, the "grave" suddenly opened, and a big dog that was about to die slowly came out.
"Fortunately, I knew how to pretend to be dead and finally left Rentate..." Nasdel whispered with pain all over his body, then he looked back at Rentate in the distance, and said with fear and fear, "Rentate
How dangerous!”
"You must report it truthfully to His Excellency the Prince!"
In the holy city of Reims, Benedict III looked at Cardinal Philip in front of him and said: "Can't get a response from the King of Angels?"