Chapter 319
Chapter 319.
Kevin walked up the stairs crookedly, clutching a large pile of scrolls. Because his vision was blocked by the scrolls, he had to carefully
explore the stairs with his feet and slowly climbed up one step at a time.
Once on the stairs, he walked down the hallway to a door at the end.
“Teacher, I brought the scrolls over for you.”
An old man’s middle-aged voice came from inside: “Oh, Kevin, ah, hard work.”
“Let me help you open the door.” Another voice rang out, the voice of senior Mond.
The door to the room opened, revealing the elder’s shiny head, “Come, come, put it over here.”
Kevin walked in, holding the book, and carefully placed the volume on the table that Mond had indicated.
“Teacher, Senpai, anything else?”
Davide Aldrich smiled and stroked his long, white beard as he said, “It’s fine, why don’t you sit here and rest for a while, and accompany me on a trip with Mond later.”
“Yes, teacher.” As soon as he heard that he was going out, Kevin’s eyes were immediately occupied with excitement. He felt like he didn’t even need to rest, he could go right now.
But maybe Sensei and the senpai weren’t ready yet, he happily walked over to the window and stood there as Mond came over and held him down in one of the chairs next to him.
It had been a while since Kevin had arrived in the Gabora empire, and he felt that every day since he had left the Northwest Bay had been spent in novelty.
After saying goodbye to his parents in the Salt Village, Mond had taken him on a journey westward through the northeastern territories of the Kingdom of Aldo, across the Nerodan Corridor, and then along the edge of the Sunset Mountains turning southward into the territory of the Ghabela Empire.
After coming out of the Nerodan Valley, Kevin was very worried for a while; after all, this was the edge of the prairie, and he was afraid that some orcs would come running to rob the two of them and either pickle them or dry them to make them into grain – that’s how the adults in the village scared disobedient children, and the people of the northwestern bay grew up with the heinous reputation of the orcs.
Mond laughed at his concern, “Don’t worry, although the orcs look different from humans, they are nevertheless a civilization and do not have the habit of cannibalism. And although they will attack human territories and loot, they will not rob merchants and pedestrians passing through their lands. There is a lack of supplies on the prairie, so what if they scare the merchants away from coming.”
“In the end, they are still very similar to humans, don’t human kingdoms often break out into war with each other? The difference is that the orcs start wars with the express purpose of robbing things, while the humans will find a grand reason – although the vast majority of the time, it’s also for robbing things.”
Hearing his senior’s words, Kevin let go of the heart that had been hanging in the air.
Along the way, Kevin’s perception was refreshed. When he passed through Sente City, he had seen this largest city in the Northwest Gulf, as his parents said, and thought that the legendary Aldo’s royal capital and Gabella’s imperial capital would be that big, but since entering Gabella’s territory, he had seen several cities bigger than Sente one after another, and after arriving at the imperial capital, the city’s size was even greater than his cognition.
The endless streets, the rows of buildings, the bustling crowds, every feature of the city made him look at it. Excitement and inferiority complex lingered in his heart at the same time, from now on, he would have to study and live in this kind of place.
Mond led him to the Maester’s Tower. The Bachelor’s Tower was not just a tower, the Bachelor’s Tower in the broader sense was an academy complex of considerable size, unlike the hustle and bustle of the rest of the Imperial Capital, this place was very quiet for the scholars to reside and study in.
The Tower of the Bachelor in the narrower sense is a tall white tower that stands in the middle of this area, which also serves as a huge library that houses all sorts of valuable materials and even rare and unique books. It has been said that the most valuable place in all of Gabella is not the royal treasury, but the ancient white tower – a claim that is universally agreed upon.
After arriving here, Kevin met the old man he hadn’t seen for a long time – Maester Davide Aldrich, who had made Senior Mond travel all the way to the Northwest Bay to pick himself up and save himself from prison. Kevin was so grateful that he knelt down at the first meeting, which caused his mentor, who he had just met, to lose his temper and tell him that he was not allowed to kneel down to anyone after him, and that he should only bow when he met Emperor Gabriela. The original bachelor are so arrogant? Kevin’s heart was filled with worship and admiration, especially the old man in front of him.
After settling down in the maester’s tower, the first thing he had to learn was the language of Gabella, on the way here Mond had already taught him some daily words, but to really integrate into the life here he still needed to work hard to learn. Kevin had a good talent in this area, plus the fact that the Gabela language had something in common with the Aldorian language, and after a period of time, he was already able to go out on his own to buy what he wanted and ask for directions.
Kevin sat in his chair and looked at his mentor and senior, who were discussing an unfolded letterhead and seemed to have no intention of leaving.
At that moment there was a knock on the door and someone outside said, “Maester Aldrich, the carriage is ready.”
So it was the carriage that was waiting, Kevin couldn’t wait to get up.
“Good, Mond, Kevan, let’s go.”
With a stroke of Hu’s own long beard, Aldrich picked up a wooden staff and marched out the door, followed closely by Mond and Kevin.
They mounted the carriage and with a shake of the reins the driver drove outside in no hurry, the Bachelor’s Tower and the roads around it were paved with flagstones and were so smooth that it wasn’t hard on their asses to sit in the carriage at all.
After the carriage had been traveling for some time, Kevin asked with some curiosity, “Mentor, where are we going?” For the sake of exercising, he now used Gabela language when he could.
Aldrich glanced at Kevin with satisfaction, the pronunciation of the question just now was very standard, this student was really good, a combination of both talent and diligence. He remembered that little princess of Aldo, also gifted in language, and one of his most favorite students.
The old maester happily replied, “Oh, we are going to the palace to discuss something with His Majesty.”
Kevin was shocked, “Huh? The Imperial Palace? His Majesty?”
The highest status person he had seen before he came to Gabella was the Lord of Arda, Count Paul Gleiman. Now all of a sudden he actually had to follow his mentor to meet the emperor of a country.
Kevin had seen a lot recently, and also knew that although the count could be said to be a noble with a low status, there was a marquis above the count, a duke above the marquis, a grand duke above the duke, and a king above the grand duke. And Gabella’s emperor, although the same as the king is the head of a country, but theoretically higher than the king and half a level – the king is only secular title, the emperor is more than a layer of sacred meaning.
The one he was going to meet was really a world away from his original lord.
“Mentor, I …… I ……” Kevin was a little bit anxious and stuttered.
“Hahaha, don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous. In the future, I’ll take you there often, once you’re back, you’ll be familiar with it …… Oh, it’s almost here.”
Bachelor Aldrich relieved him, the look of ease as if it is to go to the neighbor’s house to visit the same.
In this way, Kevin with a feeling of anxiety, sitting in the carriage to the heavily guarded palace gate.
(End of chapter)