Knight and Wand

Chapter 300: Fame. Infamy?

The heavy door of the library was open. They walked in and handed Princess Ines' letter to the scholar in charge of the counter. Using his Serian origin and interest in the history of the Kingdom of Orland, Leon took Olivia and Corvis to the area inside where historical archives were kept.

As you step into the display area, the smell of old paper mixed with a faint scent of ink hits you in the face.

Compared to the exquisite elegance of the library in Lady Aphrodite's Tower of Mage, the interior of the library at Orlando College is more plain in both decoration and furnishings.

The library hall is tall, with a ceiling supported by thick oak beams that cast mottled shadows. Along the walls are rows of tall bookshelves that reach from the ground to the ceiling, filled with parchment scrolls and bound books.

The spacious corridor between the bookshelves is very quiet. Sunlight shines in from the glazed windows on the walls and ceiling, casting a hazy curtain of light.

There are long wooden tables placed at regular intervals in the hall. The deep and shallow indentations on the tabletops are the marks left by generations of students over hundreds of years. Feather pens, ink bottles and open books are scattered around. Some scholars are concentrating on reading, while others are writing furiously. In the quiet environment, the only sounds are the rubbing of pen tips and the turning of pages.

After visiting the layout here, Leon plans to build a library in Avalon Knowledge Academy in the future, perhaps referring to the interior design of this century-old academy.

As for where to get the books to fill the bookshelves, Leon is not worried about not having enough knowledge to fill Avalon's bookshelves. The only problem is that he still suffers from not being efficient enough to transform the mountain of knowledge he holds into texts that people of this era can understand.

In Ms. Aphrodite's library, there are a large number of advanced books on ancient civilizations. Although most of them are "magic books" related to magic, Lorelit's magic is also considered a kind of "science", and the knowledge derived from the development of magic civilization covers many fields as stars.

He and Corvis were still unable to understand the more profound magic books, but even the simplest words and phrases in those ancient books contained knowledge far beyond the human civilization of the current era.

Astronomy, geography, matter, elements, time and space, animals, plants, spirits. The common sense of ancient civilizations about the nature of all things in this world is the essence of wisdom accumulated over countless years, and is a priceless treasure for human beings of this era.

However, most of the books in the library of the Mage Tower were written in "Lorelit", and there were even ancient books written in "Heraen Dwarven Language", "Isua Elven Language", and even "Dragon Language". There were also some strange languages ​​that could not be figured out even with the reference catalog.

It was already very difficult for Leon and Corvis to decipher the magic books written in Lorelit, and they could not understand the books in other languages ​​at all.

If Corvis had not already known some Lorelit language, and if the two of them had not miraculously found an ancient introductory magic book written in Feru language in the library of the Mage Tower for reference and study, Leon estimated that even if he had obtained the Mage Tower of Lady Aphrodite, he would only be able to sigh in despair at the ocean of knowledge of ancient civilization.

Even now, he, Olivia, and Corvis have learned a lot of Lorelit language together, but it is still too inefficient for the three of them to take time out to copy and translate ancient texts in the Mage Tower.

In the days after the war, he, Corvis and Olivia would take some time every day to select the most important and useful parts for the development of the territory, and copy and recompile them into books in the Feru language.

But his pen is smoking, and so far he has only compiled ten Feru language books covering fields such as agriculture, alchemy, medicine, and basic engineering technology.

Even those few not-so-thick books almost squeezed the three people's daily free time to the limit. After all, this was not just copying books, but also a complex job that combined searching, understanding, excerpting, reediting, and translating. To be honest, except for Corvis who seemed to enjoy it, Leon and Olivia both had a headache about this job.

Azerien had learned some Lorelian and wanted to help, but the territory's political affairs were busy, so the chief executive had to help everyone.

As for Lohak, this kid would rather rush into a pile of demons and fight a bloody battle than endure the torture of the ocean of knowledge of ancient civilization. His Lorelit language is only at the level of knowing a few ancient greetings and swear words.

It now seems that it is necessary to open up some of the books in the Mage Tower to trustworthy people to translate ancient documents together. Otherwise, if we want to complete the translation and compilation of all the books in the Mage Tower by the three of us, we may not be able to do anything in this lifetime and may not be able to complete it.

Of course, this cannot be rushed. Even if you want to ask someone for help, you have to let them learn Lorelit first.

In Avalon, there is no fourth person who can teach this language except the three of them.

Among the current learners of ancient languages, due to the shortage of teaching staff, there are only a few people learning, including magic apprentice Brandon, several female staff members such as Ms. Elena, and the servants in the family headed by Lina.

However, once the magic academy is officially completed, this ancient language course will become a compulsory course for magic apprentices in the future.

Walking through layers of bookshelves, he arrived at the area indicated by the administrator. To be honest, Leon did not hold much hope for these archival files that recorded important historical events of the kingdom in previous years.

The civil war more than a decade ago would undoubtedly have affected the Royal College. Although this institution has always served the royal family, the royal family of the past and the royal family of the present are not the same.

After Earl Ledwin of the Hecha family ascended the throne, it was foreseeable that in the past ten years or so he would send people to check the archives of the academy and destroy or even tamper with the records of the civil war that were unfavorable to his image. Now, even if there are records about the late King Velen in the archives, they are probably not good things.

The fact is just as expected. When opening these records, one can see that they severely criticize the "tyrant" Velen for his crimes of levying heavy taxes, building large-scale projects, and disregarding the oaths of his ancestors to seize the titles and lands of the great lords in the country.

However, the causes and consequences of the civil war in the kingdom and the establishment of the Hezha dynasty are kept secret in the details.

Apparently the files had been reviewed more than once by Ledwin III's men.

In addition, another crime of the tyrant is also clearly recorded in historical documents.

That is the forbidden love between King Viren and Princess Lelia.

Leon looked at Olivia who was sitting next to him.

This was the truth that he and Brian had difficulty explaining to her in person.

At this moment, the girl's expression showed surprise after learning the true identity and relationship of her biological parents.

Even Olivia, who was always strong, couldn't help but find it difficult to remain calm.

Her eyes flickered, unwilling to believe this fact, preferring instead that it was a slander against her parents by the victors of the Civil War.

But when she thought of her mother Lelia's blonde hair and blue eyes, Olivia's doubts suddenly fell silent.

Before she came, she only thought that her mother might be a distant relative of the Drakmar family. After all, cousin marriages were not uncommon in the Northern Kingdom. But she never thought that her biological parents would have such an unethical relationship.
Leon raised his hand and held down Olivia's fist, which was clenched due to the shock of the truth.

Feeling the silent comfort from the warmth of the back of her hand, Olivia gradually recovered from her disbelief and shaken breath.

"That's all in the past. It's not your fault, and your birth and existence are definitely not mistakes. Since you can grow up healthily now, this is my greatest happiness." Leon comforted softly.

She looked at Leon and forced a smile.

Putting aside her hesitation, the girl continued to read the records of the civil war before her birth from someone else's perspective.

Continuing to flip forward, the history of King Velen's early years on the throne and the history of the previous king, King Orland, who was the father of Velen and Princess Lelia and Olivia's grandfather, the late King Isreal, is very detailed.

Leon felt relieved when he saw that she quickly recovered from the shock of learning the truth about her life.

In fact, he didn't have any special regard for the taboo relationship between his real father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Even if they were wrong, Leon believed that it was limited to the two of them and their irresponsibility towards future generations.

Fortunately, Olivia grew up very smoothly, even too healthy. She was in such good health that she could kill a tiger with one punch. It was a blessing from God.

In this case, Leon has no prejudice against the two deceased elders.

If they had not fallen in love against the grain, Olivia would not exist in this world. Then, if I had traveled through time, I would naturally not have met the wife I love now.

Thinking about it this way, no matter what others say, at least Leon feels that he has no right to blame his wife's parents.

Seeing that Olivia quickly calmed down, Leon felt relieved and asked Corvis to help him find a history book of the Kingdom of Orland from the shelf and start reading.

Since becoming the noble lord of Orland, Leon has indeed been very interested in the history of the Northern Kingdom.

Especially after hearing Garon, the ancestor of Faroris who had guided himself and Corvis to find the "Castle of Bauhinia", point out that Olivia possessed the blood of the Disturbing Magic Field, which originated from the Dusk Knight a thousand years ago, Leon became even more curious about Olivia's ancestor.

Leon opened the ancient scroll that recorded the history of the Kingdom of Kronia, the predecessor of Orland, and read it patiently.

Reading the mythical origin story of the Dusk Knight, we saw that he slew the dragon that almost destroyed half of the life on the continent, but after the war he was feared and ostracized by the so-called Holy Court of the Ancient Kings of Rolandar, and was demoted and exiled.

The Dusk Knight Gelvin was exiled to the present-day Kronia region, where he met a dragon-taming family and fell in love with the daughter of the head of the family.
Leon was reading with great interest the legend of the origin of the Drakmar family which sounded like a novel story, when he heard footsteps approaching and had to raise his head to look.

He saw a middle-aged scholar with a chubby face, wearing a special style of academic robe, walking towards him in a hurry.

"Excuse me, are you Lord Leon Pendragon of Avalon?" The fat scholar walked over quickly and immediately took off his feather hat. His face was full of respectful smiles, and he spoke softly and naively: "The holy war hero who defeated millions of undead in Sobornitz?"

Leon closed the history book and nodded: "I don't dare to be a hero, but I am Leon of Avalon. Who are you?"

"Oh~ It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord Pendragon. My name is Theodore Crassus, and I am the dean of the Royal Academy appointed by His Majesty."

The fat scholar saluted with his strong arms and greeted with a smile that was so respectful that it was even a little flattering.

Leon was slightly surprised by the other party's attitude.

Along the way, neither the ordinary students in the graduate school nor the scholar at the library counter who had just read Princess Ines' letter and learned his identity had behaved like this.

The dean in front of him made Leon feel as if he had returned to the feudal society in the outside world with clear class divisions.

Leon stood up, returned the greeting politely to the fat dean, and then asked the other party's purpose.

The fat dean immediately invited with a flattering expression: "Sir, do you have time to meet the students of the graduate school? Many people here have heard of your legendary experiences in the south, and many scholars admire heroes like you. We just learned about your sudden visit, and now many people are looking forward to meeting you and discussing your heroic deeds." The fat dean invited with a flattering expression.

Leon understood that the other party seemed to want to invite him to participate in an event similar to the campus meeting in his previous life.

Wow, I didn't expect that I would have a fan group in Wangjia University. Leon was delighted.

This is of course a great thing. Since his reputation is so high in the eyes of the kingdom's scholars, doesn't it mean that he has a greater chance of kidnapping people back to Avalon in the future?

Hearing the conversation, Olivia also raised her eyes from the page in her hand and looked at Leon.

Leon waved at her and said softly, "You continue to watch here. I'll go take a look and come back in a while."

After saying that, he asked Corvis to stay in the library just in case.

It’s not that Akao is asked to protect Olivia. Olivia is the best fighter among them, and she is everyone’s bodyguard.

However, Corvis, who now claims to be Olivia's distant cousin, is an excellent insurance policy to cover up his wife's true background as long as he exists at the same time as Olivia.

As the last descendant of the royal family of Villanina with blonde hair and golden eyes, and the blood of the Arendelle family, Olivia, who now maintains her golden eyes, can easily avoid being associated with the Drakmaar family by outsiders.

This is a well-organized statement that even fooled Ines, and it would not arouse the suspicion of ordinary people at all.

Leon told the two to wait for him to come back, then followed the fat dean out of the library.

They walked to the fortress-like college building not far away, and chatted about the history and culture of Wangjia University on the way. They came to the college teaching hall arranged by each other while chatting and laughing harmoniously.

The semicircular stepped seats surrounded the podium in front of the hall. The seats were packed. As soon as Leon entered, he saw more than a hundred students and scholars.

Just as he followed the fat dean onto the stage, the voices of whispering quieted down, the scene suddenly became silent, and the gazes of scholars of different ages were cast over, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Leon was puzzled. Why didn't these eyes that were examining him look as eager as the fat dean described?

He looked at Theodore beside him in confusion, but saw that the fat dean seemed to be also surprised by the atmosphere, with sweat on his forehead for no apparent reason.

"I heard from Dean Theodore that everyone in the graduate school wants to meet me?"

Leon was the first to break the silence.

A young scholar stood up and said in an aggressive voice:

"You are the one who dug up the rivers in Usato Territory and flooded thousands of miles of fertile farmland, who was said to have defeated Kantadar and killed the dragon peacock, who was obsessed with sex and boasted about by the equally obscene poet. The Serian fugitive?"

Such a sharp and impolite question made even Leon, who was calm and composed, frown slightly.

How can this be a meeting for fans who admire me?

The one who comes is not good.

"Shut up! Adius, your detention isn't over yet? How can you come here from the tower?!"

The fat on Theodore's face trembled, and he suddenly realized that he had fallen into the trap of these despicable bastards again.

A chill of fear rose up his back. He didn't dare to think about what kind of wrath he would face from His Majesty Redwin if he angered the upstart in front of the king.

"I'm sorry, Master Pendragon. This is so rude. I'll take you back. Please don't pay attention to these arrogant people. They have read so much that their brains are damaged."

The fat dean's voice trembled, and he tried to take Leon, who didn't seem to be angry, away quickly.

But Leon shook his head.

"I think there seem to be many misunderstandings about me in this university. Why not take this opportunity today to have a chat with these enthusiastic students?"

Leon patted Theodore's shoulder calmly.

(End of this chapter)