Opening the magic notebook, rows and rows were full of unfamiliar and weird alphabetical characters, which did not belong to one of the two characters Lucien knew before crossing over. And the body after crossing over belonged to the poor and had not learned anything.
The writing is normal, he can understand it instinctively, he can speak the language of this world, and it does not affect communication. This is the most shining luck among the countless difficulties Lucien has encountered so far.
Therefore, the current Lucien has tragically become a true illiterate. He can only look at the magic notes without understanding a single word.
Lucien smiled self-deprecatingly: "It feels really uncomfortable to be illiterate."
Although he has experienced a lot of things on the day he traveled back in time, Lucien has become much more mature and calm than before. Even before reading the notes, he was still worried about the threat from the church and hesitant about learning magic. But now, huge
Disappointment still impacts Lucien's soul. As a new-age college student with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline, the feeling of being illiterate is not pleasant, especially when words are related to extraordinary and inhuman power.
Without much hesitation, after just calming down for a while, Lucien firmly decided in his heart: "The most important thing right now is to learn the words of this world!"
Even if you don't choose to learn magic in the future, it is still a feasible way to get rid of the living conditions and status of the poor at the bottom, learn to write, and acquire knowledge, especially since Lucien himself does not have strong strength, strong physique, and no sword skills.
Under the premise, the possibility of getting rid of the current identity through military exploits, adventure, working as a thug, etc. is very slim.
With the idea and decision in mind, Lucien quickly put aside his sense of disappointment, filled his heart with a little passion for struggle, and continued to look through the magic notebook to see if there were other secrets hidden in it, such as treasure maps and the like.
As he looked at it, Lucien frowned slightly because he saw many familiar things in the magic notes, such as many standard geometric figures and some strange patterns composed of lines.
"Magic circle, or magic mark?" Lucien guessed based on the "Holy Emblem of Truth", and then quickly turned to the back of the magic notebook, and then saw rows of formulas similar to chemical equations, but these formulas
There are no symbols, but some words: "Magic equation? Potion formula?"
These two similarities gave Lucien some guesses, but since he couldn't read the text, he could only be skeptical at first.
After flipping through this magic notebook, Lucien opened another one. In this one, the text was even more distorted, and the letters resembled patterns.
"Not the same text?" Therefore, Lucien curiously opened the third book. This one had some pictures of plants, minerals, and monsters on it. It seemed to be an "illustrated book" or something like that, but the text on it,
It is consistent with the second magic notebook.
"The language I know is probably the one in the first magic notebook." Lucien speculated on the degree of versatility based on the difficulty of writing.
After flipping through the three magic notebooks and books several times and finding no more gains, Lucien lay on the bed and forced himself to fall asleep.
For Lucien, the desire to change his situation is so strong. Starting from tomorrow, he must work hard for life every day. If he is depressed because of poor sleep, there is no way to better meet tomorrow and grasp it.
Live by chance.
Although Benjamin's healing magic allowed Lucien's wounds to completely heal, after a fierce battle, mental and physical exhaustion still caused Lucien to fall asleep quickly.
In the sewer, the witch's secret room has been completely destroyed.
At this time, a black mouse ran over from nowhere, its eyes were blood red, cold and strange.
It circled around the ruins, squeaked twice, and then ran towards the sewer in the other direction. After a long time, it found a small hidden hole, got in, and disappeared.
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In the early morning, the noisy voices of people and the sound of fetching water gradually sounded in the Aderang District, breaking through the coldness of the night and making Lucien feel alive and energetic.
Lucien, who usually liked to toss and turn in bed for a long time before getting up, forced himself out of bed as soon as he woke up, lit the stove, boiled water and baked the last loaf of black bread.
While painfully eating the bread that tasted like sawdust, Lucien planned the arrangements for today.
If he didn't have to think about things to distract him, Lucien would never be able to swallow this piece of black bread unless he was hungry.
"First find out where you can learn writing and the corresponding conditions. In addition, you have to find a new job. Otherwise, you will starve to death at home before you can learn writing." Lucien didn't know much about this world.
You can make a simple plan, "It's best not to be known by familiar people, so as not to reveal the truth."
After simply cleaning his face with the water in the water bottle, Lucien took out the seven coins from the crate and put them on his body. Although it was not much, it still gave him a sense of security.
After locking the door, Lucien walked directly to the house where Aunt Alisa's family lived. He had no idea about the terrain of the City of Psalms, so of course he had to ask someone.
"Hi, Lucien." A black-haired girl greeted Lucien with deep curiosity.
Lucien didn't know her at the moment, so he could only put on a standard smile and nod perfunctorily: "Hi, I have something to go to Aunt Alisa's house." Then he passed her in a hurry.
"Hey Lucien, what do ghosts look like?"
"Lucien, what does it feel like to perform divine magic?"
"I saw a guard lost his right hand. Was it dangerous last night?"
There were only a few dozen steps to Aunt Alisa's house, but Lucien encountered inquiries from several neighbors. Overnight, Lucien seemed to have become a famous figure in Aderjan District.
Lucien didn't know anyone, so he could only walk to Aunt Alisa's house perfunctorily.
Before he reached the door, Lucien heard a familiar voice: "Little Evans, you got up really early today."
Lucien secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Uncle Joel, good morning."
Joel was dressed neatly today and held a classical-style harp in his hand: "Have you had breakfast, little Evans? You are in good health. There is no need to be in such a hurry to find something to do. Your Aunt Alisa keeps calling
You came here to eat."
Lucien went to Joel to ask about the terrain, and he prepared this excuse. Seeing him take the initiative to mention it, he felt more reassured: "Thank you, Uncle Joel, I have already eaten it, and I was treated by Mr. Benjamin's magic yesterday. All my illnesses are cured."
No need to rest anymore."
Joel nodded and asked Lucien to walk side by side with him: "With the priest's magic, I can rest assured. When you go to the Copper Crown Tavern to find the boss Cohen, he still owes me a bottle of Les wine.
, will help you introduce a good job."
Lucien said thank you and was about to leave. Joel thought for a moment, put away his usual playful face, and said seriously: "Little Evans, you are already seventeen years old. You are not young. You should think about the future."
life.”
"Uncle Joel, what do you mean?" Lucien asked clearly.
Joel sighed: "If you rely on strength to do things, after you reach the age of forty, your body will age quickly and it will be difficult to find a job. If you don't have savings and good sons or daughters, you will be brought down by poverty and disease within a few years."
Let's go. Uncle Joel has seen many people like this, and few of them live beyond the age of forty-five. You'd better learn a trade while you're young. Although the apprenticeship contract is ten years, if you learn well, you will be able to work in the future.
If you go to a small place, you can definitely live a good life."
While talking, the two walked along a road and passed a city gate with guards watching. Suddenly, Lucien's eyes lit up. The wide road, the neat streets, the lively shops on both sides, and the people wearing clothes coming and going.
There are many colors, different styles of clothes, long skirts, etc., and even occasionally aristocrats with luxurious clothes and jewelry. Even the air seems to be filled with bursts of wonderful music, which seems to be like the Adejan District.
Two worlds.
"Thank you, Uncle Joel." Lucien could feel Joel's sincere care.
Qiao paused and showed that playful smile again: "Besides, if your master when you were learning a craft had only one daughter, maybe you could go directly from apprentice to boss. Our little Evans is pretty good-looking."
Being teased like this by Joel, Lucien could only smile awkwardly.
As he spoke, Joel suddenly stopped, walked to the corner of the street, put a prepared hat on the ground, and sat aside, preparing to play the harp.
Uncle Joel is a street performer? Lucien is no stranger to this method.
Joel pointed to a luxurious and gorgeous building vaguely visible in the distance, similar to the Baroque style of Lucien's previous life, and said with a smile: "You can directly see the chant hall from here. For me, playing here is
What it’s like to play in the Psalm Hall.”
Before Lucien could answer, Joel seemed to be aroused. He pointed at the chanting hall and babbled: "Since more than four hundred years ago, the church guided the Holy Hertz Empire to move westward and conquered this ancient Greek empire.
The occupation of Alto, the last core of the Irvanus Magic Empire, drove the dark creatures and monsters to the vicinity and depths of the Dark Mountains. Alto has always been one of the most famous cities in the entire continent."
"More than three hundred years ago, under the authority of Pope Charles I, who was still a cardinal at the time, in Alto, he compiled hymns and songbooks of the church through the ages, and set standards for singing music and singing. When he became pope, Charles officially
After psalm singing and choirs were promoted to every church, Aalto earned the title of the City of Psalms.”
"Due to its proximity to the Dark Mountains, elves, dwarves, kobolds, etc. often changed their beliefs and became members of the principality. The intersection of different music made Alto the music capital of the entire continent. The emergence of polyphony and the formal formation of the symphony
, the invention of musical instruments such as the Gisu violin were all here. Great musicians left their names in history."
"For every bard, every musician, every musician, it is the greatest honor to perform their music in the Aalto Chant Hall."
"Uncle Joel, although I can't enter the choir hall, I'm very happy to be able to play nearby."
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After bidding farewell to Joel, Lucien asked for directions while experiencing the style of Alto. There were many troubadours playing and singing on the streets and on the corners. From time to time in shops and residents' houses, there would be singing and the sound of pianos floating out.
, the whole city seemed to be enveloped in music.
Just after returning to Adejan District from another inner city gate, Lucien saw the tavern with the bronze crown at a glance.
Outside the tavern, girls and women would come over from time to time, peek inside secretly, and then leave disappointed.
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