Throne of Magical Arcana

Although Hathaway's mathematical knowledge is already very advanced for her peers, in the eyes of Douglas and Fernando, this is really not a problem worth spending too much brainpower, so Hathaway kept flipping through the books , kept pointing to one of the questions with her slender fingers without saying a word, and then waited for a standard and simple answer, and every time, she was not disappointed.

Sharp, the knight teacher who was eating grilled fish with honey and drinking spirits, was gradually attracted by the situation here, and forgot to catch up with Old Green, frowned slightly, and looked carefully at Douglas and Fernando.

Perhaps because of a little excitement, Hathaway's face was slightly rosier than before. After a long time, she closed the book, lowered her head, and whispered: "Thank you."

Just as Fernando was about to laugh, Sharp suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up from the high chair, and said with a smile: "Old Green, I can't imagine that your guest here is not only a philosopher, but also a mathematician. Looks better than those court teachers..."

He was speaking to Old Green, but his clear blue eyes were fixed on Douglas and Fernando.

Old Green picked up Sharp's drinking cup, put it in the sink to wash it, and muttered, "What's so strange about this, many guys who are good at mathematics and science have a bit of philosophical thinking."

"Yes, mathematics and science are the ultimate embodiment of philosophy." Douglas laughed following Old Green's words.

Fernando curled his lips and turned his head to the side, with a look of disdain to talk to a barbarian like Sharp.

Sharp let out a hey, no longer staring at Douglas and Fernando, but walked slowly to Hathaway's side, and watched with a smile as she took small bites of the cold honey grilled fish: "Hathaway, here is the grilled fish How does it taste?"

"Not bad." Facing her knight teacher, Hathaway was still concise, and refused to say a word.

"After tasting it, it's time for us to leave. You have to go back to enjoy dinner. I can't let them know that I took you to eat randomly." Sharpe said with a smile.

Hathaway took off the white handkerchief hanging on the left side of the knight uniform, wiped the corner of her mouth gently, and then nodded slightly: "Yes."

"Hold your knight's sword well, don't throw it away, but remember, you can't influence yourself for it. A knight's life lies in his creed, his spirit, his will, not the sword in his hand." Sharp finally The previous incident taught Hathaway a few words.

Hathaway picked up the giant sword that was taller than herself, and frowned slightly, as if she still didn't agree with this statement, but she didn't directly refute it, but followed Sharp in a little thought and staggered towards the hotel gate.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, she turned her head suddenly, still expressionless, but the indifference in those silver-gray eyes seemed to soften a little, then she nodded slightly to Douglas and Fernando, as if to thank them again for their work in mathematics and science. guidance on issues.

After they left, Fernando said with a half-smile and a half-hum: "Silver-gray pupils, indifferent and cold eyes, she is a descendant of the Hofenberg family, right? I don't know what it has to do with the 'Sword of Truth'?"

Out of the corner of his eye he looked at Old Green, waiting for his answer.

"Sword of Truth" is the title of King Williamson Hofenberg of Holm. He is a legend stronger than "Heart of Time" Cthonia. He was the first to follow the "Truth" to resist the rule of the magic empire Knight, so the "God of Truth" specially lowered his divine favor and "given" him an epic long sword that matched his blood, which was also named "Sword of Truth".

"You don't need to know." Old Green replied without raising his eyes.

Fernando snorted: "This kind of thing is easy to investigate. Not everyone thinks it's a secret like you, an old guy waiting to die."

Old Green turned a deaf ear to his taunt, and concentrated on wiping the wine glass in his hand.

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Early the next morning, Fernando knocked on the door of Douglas' room, because after waking up, he found that he had a new idea on a certain magic problem, so he came over excitedly to communicate.

"I admit that I was a little wrong yesterday..." Fernando said sincerely as soon as the door opened, but he stopped abruptly because there was more than Douglas in the room, "Vice President, what are you doing?" here we go again?"

Sitting on the armchair in front of the desk is the Vice President Lige who was "roared" away by him a few days ago!

"Can't I come?" Rieg touched his hooked nose and said in a gloomy tone.

Fernando let out a hey, and was about to speak to ridicule Rigg's face, but was interrupted by Douglas: "President Rigg is here to explain my mission."

"Task? What task do you, the Nine-ring Master, need to do? Study Allinge?" Fernando's expression became serious.

Douglas smiled peacefully: "Let me find a way to become Hathaway's math teacher, in private, and test her magical talent by the way, and if possible, guide her on the path of magic."

"She has a high status in the Hofenberg family?" Fernando's first reaction was this, and he had no doubts about the trade union's program of action to win over the nobles.

"Her father is the youngest and most beloved child of the 'Sword of Truth', named Ludwig, and a knight who was entrusted with the hope of the second legendary strongman of the Hofenberg family. Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly in a certain ruins , Therefore, the 'Sword of Truth' transferred his affection for him to his only daughter Hathaway, and he loved her very much, and never disliked her lack of knight talent." Rieger introduced the general situation without any ups and downs, after all, Fernando He was also involved in "teaching" Hathaway yesterday.

Fernando pouted: "Why don't you let me go? I think I will be a very good teacher."

He was just talking casually. He is still very young compared to the grade, and he has no idea of ​​teaching students for the time being.

"You? Haha." Rieger replied without a smile.

Douglas also shook his head imperceptibly, as if he also felt that Fernando, who was irascible, could not be a good teacher.

Fernando snorted, expressed strong dissatisfaction with their attitude, and hit him: "Sharp is likely to be the Golden Knight, be careful if he finds out his identity, it will bring serious consequences for the destruction of the entire union, and, 'The Truth Jian' is a very, very devout believer, even if he can really lure Hathaway to take the path of magic, I doubt he will support us secretly, but directly kill Hathaway, he has always been very decisive."

"A pious believer and a qualified king have always been contradictory. I noticed that the 'Sword of Truth' is more and more like the latter." Rieg said meaningfully, then stood up and walked out the door.

Fernando was stunned for a moment, and he said firmly after he passed him: "It's not that stupid..."

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The top-notch breakfast in the "Grilled Fish Hotel" is a piece of white bread, a lump of butter and a piece of grilled fish. Fernando muttered "Why is it again?" Said that the appetite is as strong as ever.

After swallowing a few mouthfuls of food, Fernando struggled to separate his mind, and asked vaguely: "How do you plan to become Hathaway's private mathematics teacher? Since her status is so important, I don't think the 'blue devil' Sharp will Leave her alone with a stranger, and let you lead her down the path of magic."

He has already figured out Sharp's identity, the deputy head of the "Sword of Truth" knights, the ninth-level golden knight "Azure Gift", and among the magicians, this title has been replaced by "Azure Demon", which shows that he once How many mages have you killed!

"I have to find a chance to see Hathaway again first." Douglas said with a smile after swallowing the food gracefully. "I still don't know how she gets along with Sharp, so I can't make a plan in advance."

Fernando took a sip of ale: "Aren't you so reckless..."

At this moment, someone knocked softly on the half-closed door of the small hotel, and then, Hathaway, who had changed into a little princess costume, walked in with a book in a light blue cover, still with straight bangs and shawl hair, And behind her, Sharp, with a protruding nose, put his hands behind his back, and followed with a half-smile.

Stumbling and staring, Hathaway ran lightly to Douglas and Fernando's "dining table".

"Same hand, same foot..." Fernando still owed.

This made Hathaway subconsciously slow down her pace, and slowly walked in front of the two of them, spread out the book on the empty place on the table, and turned to a page that had been folded long ago.

She poked one of the questions with her slender fingers, raised her palm-sized face slightly, and fixedly looked at Douglas and Fernando with a pair of indifferent silver gray eyes, without saying a word.

"This question..." Fernando spoke first, and at the same time secretly glanced at Douglas, see, you don't need to find a way to see Hathaway again, she will come to your door by herself!

Sharp casually walked up to Old Green, sat on the high chair, ordered a glass of spirits, and drank while watching the "teaching" of the three.

This morning, Douglas and Fernando tried their best to answer Hathaway's questions. She was no longer limited to the original topic, but continued to delve deeper into the explanation process, raising questions that did not exist in the book. , this will not trouble Douglas and Fernando.

When it was almost noon, Hathaway put away her books, paper, quill pen and ink bottle, bowed her legs seriously, and thanked her with a cool and soft voice, just like facing a real teacher.

"I'll stay here for another month. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. It's hard to see a child who loves mathematics and science so much." Before parting, Douglas said deliberately.

Hathaway nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.

Sharp laughed, "Why don't you just become Hathaway's tutor? I think it's better than any of your previous jobs."

He didn't wait for Douglas' answer, and turned away as if he had made a joke.

After watching them go away, Fernando sneered: "Things are easier than expected, she really loves mathematics and science!"

Douglas looked thoughtfully at the corner where Sharp and Hathaway disappeared, ignoring Fernando's question.

Then, the two returned to the room to continue their communication and learning, and never stepped out of the room except for lunch and dinner.

It wasn't until the dead of night that Fernando said goodbye and left. Douglas rubbed his forehead tiredly and looked at the starry sky outside the window. Even though he was an archmage, such high-intensity thinking and communication made him feel overwhelmed.

"Tomorrow seems to be another sunny day..." Douglas whispered as the night was full of stars.

Suddenly, all the stars were covered with a layer of blue color, hazy, like the reflection of the sea, and then, the sound of rushing tide came from the sky, the sea poured, and the water curtain fell from the sky!

Douglas reacted extremely quickly, a huge translucent hand suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking the tide, and then round after round of silver lightning rose from his body, rushing into the rushing " in seawater".

At the same time, Douglas' figure disappeared.

Suddenly, the azure sea faded away like a hallucination, and Sharp's voice, which seemed to be a smile but not a smile, came from all directions:

"It really is a magician..."