Chapter 272: Boy
Chapter 272: Boy
A few days later, in Golden Harbor Town, Heath’s Lighthouse, a classroom on the first floor.
After settling down in Golden Harbor Town, Heath cleaned up the first floor of the lighthouse and turned it into a classroom for teaching the children nearby. After all, he was now a scholar, right?
At this moment, in the classroom, Heath was routinely teaching today’s knowledge.
“…The place we are at is called the Gold Coast. It is said that this name is derived from the custom agreed upon by the ancient Wizards…”
“…The reason why the seawater is salty is because it contains a very high amount of salt…”
“…If salt is continuously injected into the seawater and the density is raised to a certain level, humans will be able to float on the surface of the water without any help from external forces…”
Professor Heath’s content was mainly about literacy, but other than that, he also talked about a variety of other knowledge, such as astronomy, geography, history, and even common knowledge such as mathematics and physics.
There was no standardized education in this world, and of course, there were no fixed subjects for teaching. What classes they wanted to teach was mainly up to the scholars themselves.
In the spacious classroom, more than a dozen children sat upright on small benches, listening seriously to what Heath was talking about.
From time to time, pairs of small hands were raised to ask all kinds of questions.
“Teacher, Teacher Heath, is what you said true? You can float on the water without using a wooden board? Isn’t this, isn’t this magic?”
“That’s the power of Wizards!”
They were too young to understand the importance of ‘knowledge’. They simply felt that listening to Heath’s lecture and learning knowledge was much more interesting than staying at home to help their parents dry fish.
In addition, they could occasionally hear the teacher tell some mythical stories about magic and the legendary Wizards.
“Teacher, teacher, you can float on the sea without using a wooden board? Can a Wizard’s magic do it? Can it be done?” Lily stood up and stared at Heath with her big eyes full of anticipation.
The other students also looked over.
Heath smiled and nodded. “Yes, a Wizard’s magic can also allow you to stand on the water.”
The children who received a definite answer cheered.
“That’s what I said!”
“A Wizard can really do it. A Wizard’s magic can stand on the water!”
“A Wizard can do anything. Magic can do anything!”
No matter which plane, era, or age, the supernatural power was always what mortals were most interested in.
Although scholars and Wizards were on completely different levels, the children simply thought that the knowledgeable scholars must know the legendary Wizards, so they often pestered Heath to ask him many questions about Wizards.
Seeing that they were so interested, Heath would occasionally tell them some ‘Wizard legends’ after class.
Heath raised his hand to calm the excited children down. “Alright, let’s return our attention to the textbooks. What we’re talking about now is not magic…”
Dong! At this moment, a crisp sound came from the door.
The half-closed door was smashed open, and a small stone bounced on the door twice before falling to the ground.
“Ah! Someone threw a stone!”
“Who is so disgusting!”
“It must be Eric the Troublemaker!”
The children swarmed toward the classroom door, only to see a little boy standing outside Heath’s fence yard. He was about the same age as the children inside, about seven or eight years old. However, his clothes were much shabbier than the children here. He was dirty and looked like a homeless beggar.
“It’s him!”
“I knew it was Eric, that annoying guy!”
“What does he want?”
The children began to discuss, looking at the boy with disgust.
Lily put her hands on her hips and stood out. She scolded the little boy, “Eric, you annoying guy, we are in class. Don’t come and make trouble!”
The little boy made a face. “What class? What can that liar teach you?”
Lily’s cheeks puffed up. “What nonsense are you talking about? Our teacher is a scholar, a scholar, do you understand?”
The little boy took out a stone from his pocket and tossed it around. He said disdainfully, “A scholar is nothing! In front of a Knight, he can’t even be compared to a pinky finger! When I find the mysterious Wizard in the forest to become a Knight, I’ll bring that old liar to walk the horse!”
Lily snorted. “I can’t be bothered with you.”
After saying that, she did not bother with the little boy anymore. She turned around and called the other students back. “Let’s go back to class. Ignore him.”
Seeing that everyone was going back, the little boy looked a little anxious. The smile on his face instantly disappeared.
He immediately said, “Don’t go. I haven’t bullied you guys enough. Do I agree to you guys leaving? If anyone dares to leave, I’ll smash them to death!”
As he said that, he made a gesture to throw the stone in his hand over.
The other children were obviously a little afraid. Only Lily remained unmoved. She pulled the other students and said, “Don’t be afraid of him. Let’s go.”
Under Lily’s persuasion, the children went back.
Seeing that, the little boy bit his lips and said angrily, “You asked for it!”
As he said that, he threw the stone in his hand at Lily.
The stone drew an arc in the air and flew straight towards Lily’s head. At the moment, Lily was busy calling her classmates to go back and did not notice it at all.
Just as the stone was about to hit Lily’s head, a hand reached out and grabbed the stone.
Heath, who was dressed in black, appeared at the door.
“Teacher!”
“Teacher!”
The children quickly bowed.
Heath walked to the door and his gaze fell on the little boy at the door.
Seeing an adult coming over, the little boy was not afraid at all. Instead, he said sharply, “Hey, you, are you that old swindler? You tricked all the children in the town to come here and stay. What are your intentions?”
“You’re an evil Wizard, right? You’ll turn them into frogs and eat them, right?”
“You’d better stay away from them!”
“Although I don’t like them either, this is my territory. I won’t allow anyone to do evil here!”
“When I become a Knight, I’ll punish you!”
As he said that, he raised his hand and gestured twice in front of his eyes. He could vaguely see that it was a movement of brandishing a sword. He did not know where he had learned it from.
Looking at the way he was acting, Heath could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He said, “To come to someone else’s house and throw a stone at the door without sending a letter or announcing it, this does not seem like the moral character of a Knight.”
The little boy snorted lightly. “It’s of your business. What reason would a righteous Knight have to speak to an evil Wizard?”
For some reason, Heath suddenly felt that the little boy was quite interesting. He was much more interesting than the ordinary children in the classroom.
With a thought in his mind, he laughed. “I’m worried that you’ll fall if you say such vicious words.”
As he spoke, he quietly mobilized his magic power and silently chanted a short spell. The low-level dark spell, [Curse], was quietly cast.
A black stream of air, invisible to mortals, quietly swept over and quietly entered the little boy’s body.
The little boy, who was still making a ruckus, inexplicably felt a chill all over his body. An ominous feeling quickly rose in his heart, and he was no longer in the mood to play around here.
He snorted again. “I’m very stable!”
As he spoke, he even raised one of his legs and patted it.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he lost his balance as he stood on one leg. He stumbled and fell directly to the ground. With a ‘pa’ sound, he directly fell down. He ate a mouthful of grass and mud.
The children burst into laughter.
The little boy who got up had a dumbfounded look on his face. After hearing the laughter of the children at the door, his entire person suddenly became unwell.
His whole face was flushed red, and he bit his lips tightly.
Then, he turned around and ran away without saying a word.