Salvatore frowned: "Is it the tragedy writer's real name?
"But... why are there two names?"
"These are all his names."
Chiron's gentle voice sounded: "When he entered the Tower of Thousand Faces to learn the magic of idols, the pseudonym he gave himself was 'Sophocles'.
"Before he became a transcendent, and without any understanding of magic, he realized that 'wizards might do something to their name'... Of course, wizards can indeed do this. His judgment
is correct.
"And the name 'Dionysus' was given to him by me. I taught him the 'God-like Technique' so that he could have power similar to that of a god at the 'Dyeing' stage... fabricated
By creating a myth of oneself, and thereby gaining defeat from mortals, by making oneself 'similar' to a god, thus gaining false divine power.
"That's the name he used and became the 'Wolf of the Valley'."
"...What you are talking about," Salvatore frowned, "sounds a bit like the 'God on Earth' from Winter."
"This is indeed a type of spell."
Chiron nodded.
"The thing is like this. Sophocles is indeed a genius wizard. I have read all the works he wrote: "The Law of Similarity and Predictive Dreams", "The Law of Similarity and Drama Creation", and "The Law of Similarity and Fables"... among them
The first one was written before his ascension, while the last two were written after he became a 'tragedy writer'.
"In terms of the law of similarity, even I can't compare to him."
The horse sage hanging outside the painting said honestly: "Of course, I actually have many students who have gone further than me. Rather, when the teacher sees that the children have gone further than himself, he will feel
Glad.”
"Glad...?"
Salvatore murmured.
He thought of Hugo Tower Master.
Immediately afterwards, Salvatore thought of his senior, Clarence, who was "in the process of reincarnation", and the Black Tower School of the Zeland, which was almost destroyed.
At that moment, his affection for Chiron increased significantly.
"According to what I saw in the future, you came here specifically to find me, probably to determine 'whether I am Professor Gray's clone', but you are also worried that His Majesty Annan will be affected."
Chiron said straightforwardly: "I can tell you - no. It's better to say that you actually understand the wrong thing."
"……Inverted?"
"The name Professor Wolf is to use the law of similarity to borrow power from the other self named 'Professor Gray', right?"
"Well, I know this."
Salvatore nodded: "I think 'Professor Gray' changed his name to 'Bone Healer' just to avoid this 'name-stealing ceremony'."
Although he didn't know much about the idol school, he could still easily see the degree of "similarity at first glance".
"Then have you ever thought about it," Chiron said slowly, "Professor Gray... why is he called Professor Gray?
"——In other words, why does he teach students?"
Salvatore was stunned.
...Speaking of it, this seems to be the case.
At the very beginning... that is, before Annan told him the information about Professor Wolf and Professor Gray, Salvatore thought that Professor Gray was a "respectable old man".
Although he is a gold-level person, he just sits in a corner underground and teaches his students almost for free. He has even taught more than one gold-level transcendent and many great figures.
But when Salvatore learned that "Triscino Seti" was the tragic writer's pope, the "Dream Eater".
I feel that this kind of "teaching without expecting anything in return" is very understandable.
It is said that although all of Professor Gray's students have achieved great success, if viewed from the perspective of their "original aspirations", almost all of them have gone astray, sacrificing their original dreams in exchange for a generous future.
This is indeed in line with the possibility described by the title "Dream Eater".
It seems reasonable that an evil beast born from devouring other people's dreams... would disguise itself as a "clear mentor who doesn't charge any price."
——But after being questioned by Chiron.
Salvatore suddenly reacted...
wrong.
The essence of this idea is to prove the phenomenon of "Professor Gray will teach students" - that is, to determine from the beginning that "he will definitely do this", and then reversely look for the reasons for doing so.
But if you clear your mind...
As a tragedy writer, why did the Pope, "Dream Eater" Trissino Seti, go underground and teach others rituals and spells in the name of "Grey Professor"?
If it's just to swallow other people's dreams, this is too convoluted.
Compared with running around like a devil to trade with various people, not only is the efficiency very low, but it also takes a long, long time to "close the line."
It’s like, “Because I wanted to go out and give lectures to make money, but I felt that I didn’t have a good reputation, so I lacked persuasiveness, so I went to the company to work hard, and accidentally became a director - and then I went back to start a business.
Lectures to cheat money”.
This is too convoluted.
"And the reason is simple."
Chiron gave the answer directly: "Because using the name 'Professor Wolf' to steal the power of 'Professor Gray'... he didn't just do it once.
"In the second era, I was the original [Professor].
"Generally speaking, when the horse people want to learn, they teach with a 'sharing' attitude. In the last month of every year, when heavy snow blocks the road, we horse people will rise in the middle of the village.
At the bonfire, we show each other what we have learned this year and teach it to others.
"Everyone usually has something they don't know, and they will go to the 'common people who know this technology' to learn it. But basically, I teach you archery, and you teach me astrology - Tsushima people
Say, 'knowledge' is part of a transaction. Usually to the extent of barter.
"Occasionally, when we save passers-by who are lost or killed, and the other party has nothing to offer in return, we either ask for a period of labor, or teach us a certain skill in exchange.
"The Yasselans also have a profession called 'teachers', who teach and popularize knowledge to children and ordinary people. But generally speaking, the knowledge they impart is quite basic...usually the level of literacy and numeracy.
, even this level of knowledge cannot be as popular as that of us centaurs and elves.
"As for more advanced knowledge, it is not as regular as the centaurs like us... but it may disappear with the death of a certain master.
"I was observing this profession and came up with an idea - Horse people can also imitate this model and form a 'staged knowledge rental'. That is, 'not buying a single piece of knowledge', but 'buying a period of learning'
'.
"So I invented the term 'professor' to teach others mysterious knowledge... Before that, secret knowledge was in a 'treasure' state. Because as long as you tell another person, you will lose it, so it will never be lost.
It will not be spread on a large scale.
"But when I tell many people a piece of mysterious knowledge at the same time, even if I forget the knowledge, more and more people will get it.
"In this way, mysterious knowledge finally began to spread - from this time on, the profession of 'ritualist' officially came into existence.
"I soon realized that I could impart arcane knowledge. Then I could also impart some special techniques to others - just like the Wizard Tower educates new wizards.
"I classified various types of sublimators who chose the way of sublimation according to their characteristics... warriors, stalkers, hunters, and 'named' them. And created a new term..."