Reggie has always believed in one thing: young girls may be a little arrogant and willful, but they are generally not too annoying.
But Alice is definitely a special case. Everything she says and does makes Reggie disgusted to the extreme.
She grabbed Calaf's painful spot fiercely just to retaliate with Reggie verbally. As for how much pain Calaf would endure, she was completely out of her mind.
"Speak! Tell your lord, what kind of person are you?"
Calaf remained silent. He knew that Alice was angry, but he really didn't want to admit that he was a slave in front of Reggie.
Looking at Calaf's embarrassed expression, Reggie had already guessed some clues.
"Grand Maester, is Calaf really your slave?"
Batchelor said nothing, but nodded slightly.
Kalaf explained nervously: "I'm sorry, Lord, I don't want to deceive you. I know that I am not qualified to talk to you, or even get too close to you, but I sincerely respect you. I have a relationship with the Grand Master.
An agreement, as long as I can make your sacred potion, I can win my freedom..."
Reggie waved his hand to signal Calaf to stop talking.
Calaf lowered his head with tears in his eyes.
In this world, apart from the Grand Bachelor, only Reggie admired him.
And now Reggie seemed to hate him, and even started to hate him without knowing his other special identity.
At that moment, he felt that he had lost the only hope in his life.
"Grand Maester, if you are willing, I would like to ask you to do me a favor," Reggie pointed at Calaf. "I hope you can restore Calaf's freedom now. Of course, I will pay you accordingly."
compensation.”
Bacello remained silent. Apparently, he still had something to hide.
Alice laughed and said, "Did you hear that? My beloved mentor, our lord wants to buy your slave."
Reggie looked at Alice and said with a cold face: "Don't say that word again, never say it in front of me, I don't need any slaves, Calaf is my friend, and I want my friend to be free.
"
Reggie was calm when he said these words, but Calaf was shaking.
Alice couldn't believe her ears: "Did you hear that? My mentor, the lord of Broken Snow City, said that he and the slave were friends."
"I say it again, don't mention that word!" Reggie was furious, and his long gray-green hair seemed to be about to stand up.
Alice finally felt the fear. She took a few steps back and looked at the Grand Maester. She finally noticed the look in Batchelor's eyes. Batchelor was warning her not to say another word.
It's a pity that this arrogant girl didn't understand what Bachelo meant, and she still wanted to find a chance to fight back against Reggie.
The royal family of the Kingdom of Lane are pure Norburg people, but Alice is not a royal family, she is just a commoner with Norburg blood.
Her noble bloodline and commoner status make this girl value her self-esteem more than anything else.
Reggie looked at Batchelor and said, "Grand Bachelor, are you willing to help me?"
Batchelor is the embodiment of wisdom. Of course he can clearly see the situation in front of him. He knows that he should not reject Reggie under any circumstances now, but he also has concerns. It is not about Alice's self-esteem, but about Calaf.
of life and death.
"Grand Maester," Reggie said impatiently, "I'm waiting for your answer."
"Sir, can you protect Calaf?"
Protect?
This made Reggie a little incomprehensible.
Are there people in Broken Snow City that the lord cannot protect? Is Kalaf a spy for the enemy? Or is he an orphan of a certain royal family?
The facts were different from Reggie's guess.
"Kalaaf is different from ordinary people. He is not a creature we are familiar with..."
Batchelor wanted to explain in the most tactful way, but Alice gave the answer in a more direct way.
"He is the descendant of the devil!" Alice said fiercely, "He has the blood of the devil flowing on his body!"
First a slave and then a devil.
This stupid girl once again angered Reggie.
Seeing that Reggie was about to lose his mind, Batchelor reluctantly told the truth: "He is a craftsman elf, he is not a member of the human race, he is...an alien."
"Elf?" Reggie looked at Calaf in surprise.
Calaf lowered his head, he was completely desperate.
Nothing mattered anymore, Calaf closed his eyes and waited for Reggie's verdict.
According to the practice of the kingdom, the lord will immediately sentence the alien to death, and will explain in detail the original sin of the alien, as well as the various punishments that need to be experienced before execution.
For a whole day and night, Calaf stayed awake, dreaming of giving himself a chance to be free.
But who could have imagined that not only did he fail to gain freedom, but he actually lost his life because of it.
Calaf put his hand on his waist, where he hid an extremely sharp dagger. He didn't want to hurt others, he just wanted to wait for Reggie to pronounce the sentence and end his life immediately.
"Artisan Elf..." Reggie murmured to himself, "No wonder you are omnipotent."
Batchelor knelt on one knee and said in a trembling voice: "Forgive me, Lord Lord, I shouldn't have concealed it from you. Calaf has never hurt anyone else, he is just a poor child..."
"Just because you haven't hurt others before, doesn't mean you won't do it in the future!" Alice gritted her teeth and looked at Calaf, "The so-called elves are just a euphemistic way of saying it. Aliens are all creatures born by demons, and they carry...
original sin!"
Reggie looked at Alice helplessly. This girl looked less than twenty years old. At her age, people shouldn't feel hopeless, but she really did.
"Stand up, Grand Maester," Reggie pulled up Batchelor. "I haven't heard your answer yet. Are you willing to restore Calaf's freedom?"
Reggie's words shocked everyone present. Alice was speechless and speechless. Batchelor looked at Reggie nervously and asked: "Can you really..."
"Of course I can protect him," Reggie said with a smile, "He is a citizen of Shattering Snow City, and the lord has the obligation to protect his people."
"Are you crazy?" Alice kept shaking her head.
Reggie ignored Alice. He kept staring at Batchelor: "Grand Bachelor, I'm still waiting for your answer."
"I, am willing to..."
"Very good!" Reggie turned to look at Calaf and smiled, "Congratulations, you are free. Tell me, what is your last name?"
It sounds like a funny question, but Reggie really doesn't know Calaf's last name.
"I, I, I," it took a long time for the choking Kalaf to say a word, "I don't have a surname, sir. My parents are also slaves. They were taken away from their surname. I was sold to the kingdom when I was twelve years old.
I never saw my parents again after that."
"I'm sorry, you will definitely find your parents, and you will definitely be able to find your last name," Reggie removed his smile and said solemnly, "Calaf, as the lord, I now appoint you as the head of the Xuecheng Engineering College.
Maester, you will continue to follow Grand Maester Thorne and become an official beside the lord."
Calaf looked at Reggie with his eyes wide open, and two lines of tears fell down his cheeks.
Batchelor said from the side: "My child, you haven't saluted the lord yet."
Calaf crossed his hands on his chest and knelt down to salute Reggie. In the Kingdom of Lane, you only need to kneel down to salute when you meet the king. Reggie quickly helped Calaf up and whispered in his ear.
He whispered: "Don't bend your knees so easily, you will never be a slave anymore."
"I have been praying to the gods to bless you, but I was wrong," Kalaf sobbed. "You are the gods, the gods who fell into the mortal world."
"You're crazy!" roared the furious Alice, "You're actually working with the devil!"
Reggie turned around and asked, "Excuse me, ma'am, what is your name?"
"My name is..." Alice's eyes were bloodshot, and she felt that she had been greatly humiliated, "You madman! You are all crazy! You are deceived by the devil! I have already advised the mentor to kill this devil! I
I want to go to the royal capital! I want to tell the king! I want the king to know that there is a lunatic who colludes with the devil in his territory!"
"Since you said that, it seems that I should kill you to silence you." Reggie smiled and then took out the dagger from his pocket.
Calaf was startled and immediately stopped Reggie. Alice was frightened and quickly retreated to the door.
"Erwin, lock the door!" Reggie ordered, and the sound of an iron lock was heard immediately outside the door. Reggie stared at Alice, but his peripheral vision stayed on Barcello.
Batchelor was very nervous. This old fox who had experienced countless storms was trembling at the moment.
It seems that his relationship with Alice is very unusual, at least it is not as simple as master and apprentice, otherwise he would not have told this stupid girl about Calaf's life experience.
"My friend, thank you for giving me such a wonderful night," Reggie hugged Calaf, turned to look at Batchelor, and smiled, "Although this wonderful night was almost ruined by a stupid woman,
Fortunately, you gave me another surprise, you gave me an excellent bachelor of engineering."
Batchelor smiled and said: "Sir, I am really old, but I have never heard of the title Bachelor of Engineering."
Reggie said: "I created this title. In the future, there will be more bachelors in Suixue City, including engineering, science, literature, history and so on. Of course, all the bachelors will be managed by you. What do you think?
Sample?"
Batchelor bowed and said: "This is the honor you have given me, my lord."
"As for you..." Reggie looked at Alice and said seriously, "Put down the flower in your hand first. This plant is very precious."
"This is the devil..."
"Calm down, madam, I hope you can understand one thing in the future. You do not have the power to define the devil, let alone the qualifications to define crimes."
Alice was very scared, but she still spoke tough: "If you collude with aliens, you collude with the devil. Unless you kill me, kill an unarmed woman, otherwise I will definitely tell the king..."
"Go, madam, go find the king," Reggie said with a smile, "not only can you tell the king, you can also tell everyone you know, tell them, no matter wizards, elves or orcs, the lord of Shattered Snow City
Will protect every one of his people."
…
The late autumn night is beautiful, although a little bit cold.
Walking in Bacello's manor, Reggie felt the comfort and relaxation he had not seen for a long time.
There are many surprises tonight, some of which belong to Reggie, and some of which belong to Bachelo.
Not only because of Reggie's tolerance for Calaf, but also because of Reggie's emphasis on academics.
In the Kingdom of Lane, every lord has a grand maester beside him. As for their role, it completely depends on the lord's ideas.
Some lords use the university as a governing advisor, some use the grand master as a tutor, and some simply use the grand master as an encyclopedia to show off their knowledge to others.
But just now, Reggie established an academic institution for Broken Snow City, an academic institution headed by Bachelo.
Batchelor could feel that under the leadership of Reggie, Shattering Snow City would undergo earth-shaking changes.
"Lord, regarding the issue of Bachelor of Engineering, I would also like to discuss with you whether an excellent craftsman can become a Bachelor of Engineering?"
Reggie thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "If you rely purely on oral experience and skilled craftsmanship, I am afraid that such a person is still far from the standard of a bachelor. A true bachelor of engineering must know how to summarize his own knowledge, and
Forming standardized, efficient, and repeatable processes and standards, so that skills can truly become knowledge, this is the meaning of the bachelor's degree."
Even if Bachelo is so knowledgeable, it is difficult to fully understand what Reggie said.
"Standardized, efficient, repeatable..." Bacello thought for a while and then asked, "What are the standards for a Bachelor of Science?"
Reggie said: "Don't worry, after I finish dealing with these difficult matters in front of me, I will make a detailed division of each subject category. You can select suitable talents according to the requirements of the subject. After my approval, qualified candidates
The maester will become a member of your staff and conduct academic research under your command."
Batchelor smiled humbly and said: "Thank you for your trust, Lord. Young people are getting better and better, which makes me feel a little inadequate. An outstanding young man like Calaf may soon be able to take my place."
"He may be the best engineering bachelor in Shattering Snow City, but if he wants to replace you, I'm afraid there's still a long way to go," Reggie turned around and looked at Bachelo and suddenly smiled, "You too
You can try to cultivate a few all-rounders like you who are knowledgeable about everything, such as the girl named Alice, what do you think of her?"
As soon as Alice was mentioned, Batchelor began to feel nervous unconsciously.
"Sir, I think she still needs training."
"You are right, she does need training!" Reggie put away his smile and frowned, "She is pedantic and arrogant. A person like this may not be able to become a qualified bachelor when she is eighty years old!"
Batchelor quickly saluted and said: "I'm sorry, sir, I didn't teach her well. I will make her pay for today's stupid behavior. I firmly believe that she will not behave like this again in the future."
"There is a proverb in the ancient East. Human nature is harder to change than rivers and mountains. Are you sure Alice will not do anything excessive again in the future?" Reggie's eyes were very sharp. Such eyes should not belong to a ten-year-old.
A seven-year-old boy.
"Tell me, Grand Maester, what is her relationship to you?"
"She, she is my student, sir."
"Be sincere, my Grand Maester," Reggie showed a strange smile, which sent chills down Batchelor's spine, "you will not accept such a stupid and conceited student."
Batchelor smiled awkwardly and said: "Maybe it's because I was confused by her beauty."
Being confused by beauty, such an old and bloody plot, for the sake of Alice, Batchelor would not hesitate to damage his own reputation, which shows that their relationship is extremely unusual.
"Beauty? Is she beautiful? Are you in need of a woman? Her beauty is not even comparable to your maid!" Reggie took away his smile again and said, "It's your fault to cheat me once. It's your fault to cheat me twice.
, it’s my fault, I won’t easily allow myself to make mistakes again and again, if you refuse to tell the truth, and if Alice does something stupid again, I’m afraid I won’t show mercy to her.”