In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

What Rhodes wants Narcida to do now.

It's about reading minds.

While he was teaching these children, Nasita would read their thoughts one by one to determine which children were still worth saving.

At birth, human nature is inherently good.

This is one of the rare things that Rhodes and Narcida have reached a consensus on.

Children have limited experience and are easily swayed by emotions, but this does not mean they can be disrespected or ridiculed and fooled.

'While setbacks and disappointments may allow them to experience the harsh realities of life, they can also cause them to lose their innocent thoughts and passionate emotions.'

These are Narcida's exact words to Rhodes.

In their shared belief, children are born as blank slates, and their actions are all related to their upbringing and the education they receive.

Just like Desia.

Living in the darkest desert mercenary group, surrounded by villains with heinous crimes, she was able to remain untainted by the mire under Kusela's tutelage and became the kind and upright person she is today.

What Rhodes and Nasida are doing now.

The goal is to identify which children are still worth saving from the quagmire of Tannet, and which are completely beyond redemption, requiring special measures to be taken to deal with them.

The first lesson.

Rod only spoke for half an hour.

But this was the first time he had ever taught someone in this way.

Previously, when I taught Ke Lai, it was mostly in a one-on-one format, similar to tutoring. This was the first time I had ever taught so many children in front of me.

"This was originally the work I was supposed to do in Aru Village."

"As a result, the Tanit tribe got there first."

After a brief complaint, Rod finally said "get out of class dismissed" to the children who looked utterly hopeless.

Accompanied by a series of whooshing sounds.

Soon, only Rod was left in the makeshift open-air classroom.

"How about it?"

While waiting for Narcida's reply, Rhodes found a cactus, plucked off a large piece, peeled it, and began to chew it.

The Tanit tribe did not provide him with water, so this was the only way he could moisten his throat.

Feeling the slight numbness in his mouth, Rod couldn't help but smack his lips.

This cactus is poisonous.

However, it has very low toxicity and is very juicy with plump flesh, making it suitable for quenching thirst and filling the stomach.

When he was wandering in the desert, Rod ate a lot of this kind of cactus.

At that time, we didn't care whether it was poisonous or not.

We were almost dying of thirst and hunger; we were just grateful to have a bite to eat.

Now, he himself is not valued and doesn't even have enough to eat and drink every day.

no way.

Rod could only rely on his wilderness survival skills to find something edible from the green plants around the Tanit tribe.

I ate a large piece of cactus.

Nasita's answer finally arrived.

"It's a pity that a large majority of children have already been deeply affected."

This number deeply saddened Nasida.

Many children came to listen to Rod's lecture today.

There were at least seventy or eighty of them.

"More than half" means that at least fifty children have been completely assimilated by the Tanit tribe's ideology, and there is no way to change their worldview, outlook on life, and values ​​that have already been shaped by normal means.

This number was not unexpected for Rod.

"That's normal."

"After all, that's the environment they live in, and they don't have a father like Kucera, so it's understandable that they've become so distorted."

After saying that, Rhodes stretched his limbs and asked, "I'm rested enough, shall we continue?"

"Ah."

Without Babel's prompting, Rod took the initiative to contact the guards around him, as if he couldn't wait to go home, and started teaching the second group of children.

Rhodes's course was very simple.

It means recognizing and writing characters.

But the children he taught came in batches, and each child went home after finishing one class.

A class lasts half an hour.

With almost no rest, Rod met more than three hundred children in just one morning and half an afternoon.

These are all the underage children in the Tanit tribe.

No.

It should be said that these are children recognized by the Tanit tribe as worthy of education.

Children with congenital diseases or disabilities are not included.

Aside from the children left to fend for themselves and those who couldn't speak yet, Babel sent all the children who were capable of receiving an education, including many who were even older than Cole.

Honestly.

Rod really didn't want to teach this kind of kid.

Even without Narcissus reading minds, he knew that a child that age was definitely beyond saving.

These children are nothing like Cole.

At least Cole, who has been fighting against the resentment of the demons for many years, has always kept a sliver of longing for the light buried deep in his heart.

But these children.

Nasita's mind-reading ability revealed that all they thought about were murder, abuse, and matters between men and women.

Yes, that's right.

Such a young child.

This thing is all I can think about.

There are many children here who have already had sex at a young age, and many of the women who were abducted by tribes are handed over to them to be abused.

The reason is also very simple.

The mistress said so.

The younger and stronger the young man, the more likely he is to give birth to healthy offspring for the tribe, thus ensuring the continuation of the tribe's bloodline.

What shocked Rhodes even more was...

The Tanit tribe, an uncivilized desert tribe, actually knew that inbreeding was not allowed. So, despite their chaotic behavior, they did not experience ethical confusion, nor did they engage in inbreeding to maintain so-called bloodline purity like other tribes or rainforest nobles.

Furthermore, the Tanit tribe believes that the people in the rainforest are well-educated, and the bloodline left by these people may have enhanced the tribe's wisdom.

This is why they spare no effort in plundering the rainforest people.

"What is this?"

"Is this a case of becoming a doctor through long-term illness?"

Faced with this bizarre yet realistic fact, Rhodes shook his head. Then, following Narcida's instructions, he expelled all the hopeless children from the classroom and made it clear that they were not allowed to come back.

Such actions naturally provoked dissatisfaction among some troublesome children.

Education, learning.

These words were never valued in the desert.

In the eyes of these troublesome children, the fact that they were willing to attend the class was only because of Elder Babel's orders, and that they were only giving Rhodes face.

As a result, Rhodes didn't give them that face and wanted to kick them out, making them lose face in front of others.

Therefore, these children, whose minds were no different from those of adults, immediately erupted in chaos when Rod chased them away.

They chattered and clamored, blocking the entrance to the open-air lecture hall, determined to teach Rod a lesson.

Rhodes did not get angry; he simply stood there quietly, letting them hurl insults or throw stones at him.

Of course.

The course naturally couldn't continue.

After about a class period of time had passed, this was how it went.

Babel arrived after receiving the news.

Her expression was strange. After glaring at the children who were being rude and physically abusive, she asked Rhodes, "You clearly have the Eye of God, why didn't you fight back?"

In response to this question, Rhodes retorted, "If I teach them a lesson, will they listen to me? Elder Babel, if you don't want me to fulfill my promise, you should have said so earlier. Why send these good-for-nothings who have no interest in studying here? Are they wasting my time? Or yours?"

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Babel was speechless for a moment.

She turned and glanced at the troublemakers who had fallen silent at her arrival, her face suddenly turning ugly. She said in a low voice, "Get out of here, you disgraceful bastards. Don't bother Mr. Rhodes again."

The troublesome students scattered instantly, and the classroom environment that had been bothering Rhodes became much quieter.

“Mr. Rhodes, believe me, I would never do anything to my child’s education.”

"If you encounter this situation again in the future, please feel free to do it without worrying about my feelings."

After saying that, Babel nodded to Rhodes and left with a gloomy expression.

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