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Vol.14, three 'Iliad'

Young Alexander is doing exercises in his room today.

It has no practical significance. After all, for heroic spirits, their combat effectiveness depends on their own efforts during their lifetime. For servants, their combat effectiveness depends on their magical power and the strength of their spiritual base.

Exercise? It has no effect. This is just a theory of consciousness, as if you will become stronger after exercise. In fact, all the followers will no longer become stronger. The only effect of training is probably to make the body in a

In the state of war, you will not be too relaxed. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of consciousness.

Sub-servers like Yagi Sekssai and Mashu, because part of their body is still human, so maybe they can still exercise? Maybe they will grow through exercise? But that is the scope of research by scholars, not by Alexander strategists.

range.

The reason why Alexander exercises himself is simply because of [habituality].

When I was a boy, I would exercise when I had time to make my body sweat. When I felt a little tired, I would turn over two pages of "The Iliad" and read it.

He liked the book "The Iliad" very much.

Rather, it’s to the point where you can’t let go of the book.

He once jokingly said to someone: If you suddenly recall a certain plot, you must read it on the spot. If you hold a sword in your right hand, read it with your left hand. If you are fighting, let someone around you read it to you.

From this joke, we can see his love for "The Iliad".

After all, for the people of Alexander's time, heroes, especially heroes in myths, were always aspirational and exciting. During the Trojan War, Achilles' bravery deeply inspired the young man.

Even in his mature age.

This is just like the Chinese people like the Three Kingdoms era and the Japanese like the Warring States period. In a certain era, everyone imagined that they could gallop and kill enemies on the chaotic battlefield, make achievements, and finally achieve their own hegemony.

So, is it natural that Alexander worshiped Achilles, the great hero of the Trojan War?

Every time I read his works, his figure always flashes before my eyes.

"Hmm... Speaking of which, what is the Iliad like in this era?"

He put down the Iliad he had brought with him.

Rather than saying it is a book, it is actually more appropriate to describe it as a [scroll].

Because I have read it so many times, the corners are almost worn out.

So, he suddenly thought, in modern times, this book would definitely not be unknown, right? Moreover, it would definitely not be a manuscript or something like that? I wonder if he can find a hardcover version of the Iliad?

With this thought, Alexander rushed to Chaldea's archives.

The person in charge of managing the archives is called Amamiya Yue. As her name suggests, she is Japanese. She wears black braids and glasses. She gives people a stereotype of "Ah, this person seems to be my squad leader."

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By the way, it is because of this appearance that her nickname in Chaldea is [Monitor], which was given by Yagi Yukisai.

By the way, this is also the reason why her relationship with Yagi Yusei is not harmonious.

Alexander rushed all the way here and pushed open the door of the archives room.

"Excuse me, is there any "Iliad"?"

Alexander's hearty voice echoed.

Looking up from the terminal, Miss Amamiya nodded: "Yes."

She is probably the person who is most incompatible with the entire atmosphere of Chaldea.

After all, her position is to record, collect, and organize information in this archives room.

Chaldea was originally a large organization with 400 people. For such an organization, how much time would be spent just exchanging, sorting, and classifying data in a day?

To put it bluntly, there were originally more than a dozen staff members in the archives room. Even so, they had to work for six hours every day without a break to archive all yesterday's information. Yes, yesterday's information.

After a good sleep, I continued to spend six hours organizing the files that had become "yesterday".

Originally, they were included in Leif's Chaldea blasting plan, but because Amamiya Yue was from Japan, this small Far Eastern country was not favored by the European magicians in Chaldea who claimed to be nobles, so they went alone while talking and laughing.

Now, leave all the finishing work to her.

Thanks to this, when Chaldea exploded, she stayed in the completely safe archives...nothing happened at all...she just heard a bang and was startled, but nothing else? Nothing. Everything was as usual.

To be honest, deep down in her heart, she was quite grateful to Leif for this explosion. At least her work tasks were much lighter.

The person in front of her was Alexander, whom she had heard mentioned by other people in Chaldea.

Skillfully operating the terminal, Miss Amemiya retrieved "The Iliad" from the archives.

A blue-white window popped up with a swipe in the air, with words scrolling and unfolding line by line.

"What style of language do you want?"

"Ah...it's not a physical book..."

Alexander's face suddenly fell.

He just thought that now that science and technology have developed, and materials have become abundant, the new version of "The Iliad" will be very cool, right? It turns out that this is not the case at all. Because it is too developed, people directly use e-books

Yes!

That's right. There are so many documents about myths, history and legends from all over the world. How can a small Chaldea be packed in it? Here we only collect some basic information and store it in the form of physical books. More information is available.

All are electronic versions.

This kind of thing... Alexander is not used to it. He always feels that this thing is very different from the "feel" of reading. It doesn't feel like reading at all.

Maybe it’s because the disappointment on his face is so clear? Amamiya Yue asked:

“Want a physical book?”

"right!"

“Don’t you think that e-books are easy to carry and save paper, so you can use your spare time?”

"No. Rather, if you can't turn pages with your hands, you're not called reading, right? Speaking of which, if there are a lot of books over there at Yagi, I'll go ask. Thank you, miss!"

Alexander, who came here in a turbulent state, left in a turbulent state again.

As he joked before, he is a very lustful type. Once he wants something, he has to get it at the right time. What he wants now is a printed version of "The Iliad".

And then... naturally, there is no Iliad in Yagi Xuezai's room.

Although Yagi Yukisai is an otaku, he is not that hard-core. The books he collects are basically light novels, comics, and books obtained from comic exhibitions. They are usually thin books with more than ten or twenty pages. He is not

The type who would spend money on classical masterpieces, especially foreign classical masterpieces.

When I was in the second year of secondary school, I bought "The Biography of Napoleon", imagining that I could become Napoleon and fight all over the world, but I found that the autobiography was far from the novel. After reading about a third of it, I lost interest in continuing to read the dry book.

With the text, I went to play Total War... It was a very tearful reading history.

Alexander did not hide the helplessness on his face. Now he had no choice but to go back to his room and continue reading his volume of the Iliad.

When he returned to the room, the blue and white squares on the table suddenly attracted his attention. They were not there when he left.

It was an exquisitely decorated book, with a white background and a hard-shell cover with simple patterns outlined in blue, with "ΙΛΙΑΣ (Iliad)" written in strict printing in the upper middle.

"Oh oh oh! This is it! This is what Yu wants! It's great! The 21st century! I don't know who gave Yu the tribute! But it's great!"

Then, there was the sound of books being turned and brushed.

In the corridor, someone listened to Alexander's ecstatic voice, smiled, and the footsteps clicked away.


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