Teyvat: The road to becoming a god begins in the desert

When they first heard about this, Desiya and Candice both looked over in surprise.

If Rhodes didn't say anything, they really wouldn't be able to tell.

Kelai is thin and short, and there is still a bit of childishness on his face. He gives the impression that he is about ten years old at most.

Such a figure, such appearance.

He is actually fourteen years old! ?

"Ugh--"

Rhodes sighed softly: "So you know how much torture she has suffered, right?"

Although his tone was not generally tough when interrogating Kelai this morning.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Kelai was very vigilant.

childhood experiences.

As a result, her distrust of outsiders is extremely strong.

If you communicate with her using normal words, you won't be able to build mutual trust with her without spending some time with her.

Even said.

Once she discovered that Rhodes was also using her affairs to achieve some purpose.

This little girl will definitely run away without asking why.

Rhodes knew it very well.

Kelai is not the kind of character who will immediately burst into tears of gratitude when someone cares about him.

Therefore, I want to gain her trust quickly so that she will no longer be obsessed with sabotage and running away.

It has to be like this.

Both of them spoke openly and openly, maintaining a thin sense of trust in a contract-like manner.

Talking.

Rhodes suddenly glared and yelled at Kelai: "No stealing!"

This roar.

Kelai, who was secretly stuffing pieces of Sunset Fruit into his mouth, was so frightened that he trembled violently.

Turn your head slightly.

Seeing that Rhodes was still glaring at her, she quickly shrank her neck and continued to concentrate on cutting the pile of fruits and vegetables in front of her.

"did you see."

"I made it clear that it was feed for grass slimes, and she would still eat it secretly."

Rhodes said helplessly.

In fact, he understood Kelai's behavior very well.

He also wandered in the desert.

At that time, he even dug out the grass roots buried in the ground, not to mention the sweet sunset fruits.

"Do you need me to give her an identity certificate from Aru Village? Let her live in the village?"

Candice had some doubts about Kelai's identity before, but now there is a little more compassion in her eyes.

Proof of identity from Aru Village.

This is good stuff.

Although people can enjoy the protection of Aru Village as long as they are in Aru Village, this is not as convenient as being a villager of Aru Village.

after all.

in a sense.

The villagers of Aru Village can be regarded as half rainforest people, and they can enjoy some privileges that other desert people do not have.

Disiya also responded: "This is a good idea."

But Rhodes has some different opinions on this.

"Don't worry yet."

"She was different from me back then, and she might not have the will to stay in the village."

"Moreover."

Rhodes hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "Forget it, I won't tell you anymore, you just know that Ke Lai is not suitable to settle directly in the village now. If there is a chance in the future, you won't issue her an identity certificate again." Late."

Rhodes said that this is the reason why Kelai is not suitable to join Aru Village now.

Actually.

He was also a little unsure about his calls.

Rhodes only vaguely felt that Kelai had an extremely strong sense of hatred towards the gods.

Under the dual influence of this feeling of hatred and the resentment of the devil.

She also has a deep hostility towards those believers of gods who live a good life.

This is not a good thing.

Fortunately she was in a desert area now.

The people here are extremely suppressed by the rainforest area, and the gods they believe in have long since died. Most of their lives are similar to Kelai's hardships.

therefore.

Kelai has not yet experienced the beautiful life that mortals should have under the protection of gods.

Her latent antisocial impulses had not yet surfaced.

But if you listen to Candice's words, let her have a lot of contact with Aru Village, where the living conditions are relatively comfortable.

In strong contrast.

The injustice of fate and the temptation of the demon's resentment may make her do some impulsive things.

"At least."

"You have to wait until Sano comes to seal the demon remnants for her, and then let her have good contact with the people of Aru Village for a while. After confirming that she will not bring danger to the village, you can give her an identity of Aru Village. ”

After careful consideration, Rhodes said this.

Chapter 49 Goodbye Dolly

Seno couldn't come over during this time.

This was the response Candice gave after trying to contact Xeno.

This Disciplinary Officer went to the depths of the Great Red Sand Sea to hunt down the criminal, and even his Disciplinary Officers could not contact him.

There's nothing we can do about it.

We can only wait for him to come back from the desert before asking him to seal the demon remnants in Kelai's body.

the following few days.

Rhodes took Kelai to restore the land destroyed by Kelai before the goods he ordered were delivered.

basically.

Rhodes is doing all the troublesome work.

Kelai does relatively simple things like turning soil and cutting feed.

This is not because Rhodes pitied Collet and refused to let her do heavy work.

It was simply her performance on the first day that was noticed by Rhodes.

you could put it that way.

Kelai couldn't do any of that delicate and troublesome work.

If your hands and feet are not flexible, this is an unsolvable problem.

But there is one thing.

Kelai is very strong, much stronger than an adult, so he has no problem doing simple heavy tasks.

This is the strengthening effect brought by the devil's residue potion.

This is almost the same principle as the strengthening of the body by the Eye of God.

It's just that one uses elemental power to strengthen the body, and the other uses demonic power to strengthen the body.

Except work.

After Kelai comes back these days, he has to do another thing.

That is reading and literacy.

As a standard desert citizen, Kelai has never seen what books look like since she was a child. When she reached school age, she was sent to a laboratory. Now, let alone reading, she can't even write her own name.

It just so happens that Rhodes is also in the stage of improving his vocabulary and has a fixed time to practice writing every night.

Seeing that Ke Lai is also illiterate.

He simply dragged Ke Lai along to learn.

The teaching plan that had been drawn up a long time ago but had not yet been implemented was used by him on Ke Lai.

Learning Teyvat's writing is a tedious task.

At least that's the case for Rhodes.

What he learned and taught Kelai was the common language now used throughout the entire Teyvat continent.

This lingua franca is not a script that evolved from hieroglyphics like Chinese, but is also a script that is similar to letters and is very troublesome to write.

Such complicated text also makes it very troublesome to remember Teyvat's text.

In traditional Teyvat teaching.

Recognition of words is basically memorized through rote memorization and repeated copying.

This is why Desiya was surprised that Rhodes knew how to read but couldn't write.

This is because the process of character recognition must be accompanied by a lot of practice.

Of course.

It has been said that it is traditional teaching.

Then Rhodes would definitely not teach Kelai according to this teaching method.

usually.

After teaching Kelai to recognize the basic letters.

He will design some interesting games that he often played in his previous life.

The simplest of them is to mix up some flash cards, some of which are right and wrong, have Rod pronounce a syllable, and then ask Collet to find the letter with the correct pronunciation.

Besides.

There are also practice methods such as ligation exercises and repeated reading of story fragments taken from storybooks.

This is a relatively easy learning method, and after completing daily learning, you can also get a piece of milk candy as a reward.

Kelai burst out with unparalleled enthusiasm for learning.

"When Dolly's people arrive, let's order some children's books. If Sumeru doesn't have them, she should be able to get them from other countries."

Looking at Kelai who was secretly competing with the flashcards, Rhodes thought to himself.

Judging from Kelai's current state.

The teaching plans he set are quite effective.

This also added a lot of confidence to his originally anxious heart.