Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 540 541. Various news

"Ahaha, it makes me feel happy every time I talk to you, Lan. It feels great."

Slightly squat and bearded, Socrates suddenly burst into loud laughter, free and joyful.

At this time, he was standing with Lan En, both of them holding wine glasses, but they seemed to be so immersed in the conversation that they both forgot that they had something to drink.

"Don't make it sound like I have refuted your point of view, Socrates."

Lan En's tone was very familiar. Alcibiades, a student of Socrates, was the lead. The two had actually known each other for some time.

"I was never debating with you, I was just talking to you."

"And that's what makes you better than other people who call themselves orators."

Socrates patted Lan En's arm eagerly, his eyes showing the joy of gaining new knowledge.

This look once surprised those who knew him, but when these people saw that it was Lan En standing beside him, the surprise disappeared.

"You never debate with me. No matter how carefully and cleverly I design the topics and traps, you never jump in. You just talk to me. And there is no winner in the conversation. Without a winner, there is no loser. And the winner. You are undefeated!”

"Ah, this is another new thought I dug out of you. I kind of understand the joy of life of those treasure diggers."

Lan En tilted his head: "It's up to you to interpret it, as long as you don't annoy everyone at the reception."

"Here is the knowledge and logic that is unfamiliar to you." Lan En smiled and tapped his temple.

"But as we said when we first met: I am not a philosopher, I just passively received knowledge and logic training from my hometown, and they have now become a part of my thinking. And I myself have not even put them back into my mind. The ability to summarize and refine.”

“If you’re curious about this stuff, do what you do best — explore my ideas through chat, questions, and contact.”

"This is what kept me so excited that I couldn't sleep during this period." Socrates said frankly.

"Seriously, don't you really consider staying at my house? I can treat this as a job and pay your bills! I really want to talk to you day and night."

If it was Alcibiades who said this, then the words would inevitably have a flavor of ambiguity.

But the person who said this was Socrates, a philosopher who believed that indulging in desire would destroy human intelligence potential, so Lan's response was calm.

"But will your performance after receiving the money really be the same as your daily performance, Socrates?"

"Oh! Guided questions!" The short, fat philosopher with thick hair exclaimed with a smile.

"It seems that as I explore the knowledge and logic in your mind, you are also learning from mine. This is awesome! Knowledge is being transferred and grown between the two of us!"

Lan En, who was chatting happily with Socrates, saw Cassandra walking straight over with two amphorae out of the corner of his eye.

"There's no need to try this trick on me and Socrates."

Lan En raised his hand to press Cassandra's hand that wanted to pour wine, and shook his glass at her.

"Both of us basically didn't drink much."

"That's according to what you said." Cassandra looked at Lan En teasingly, "It seems that I was lucky enough to find two wise men at once."

Lan En smiled at the teasing, which made Cassandra stunned.

At this moment, Lan En dragged her to face Socrates.

"This is my friend, [Falcon Tamer] Kassandra. She is trying to find a woman who escaped from Sparta."

"But there she is." Socrates grinned. He could tell at a glance that this woman was from Sparta.

"She has good eyesight." Cassandra came back to her senses, straightened the braids on her shoulders, and admitted her identity, "But what I'm looking for is another one, one who escaped from Spa nearly twenty years ago. A beautiful woman."

"Do you know how many strangers came to Athens last month? Let alone twenty years ago."

Cassandra sighed and said, "No, I don't even know if she has really been here."

Socrates shook his head, biting his lower lip, thinking about something. "If she had gone north by land, she would have gone through Argos."

Cassandra's heart sank. She didn't even know if her mother left on foot. "Argos is big."

"Yes," Socrates agreed, "but there are also mountains and robbers everywhere. But there is a road that passes through the sanctuary of Asclepius. The priests there are because of the wanderers and the needy. Renowned throughout the world for providing shelter.”

"Ah," whispered Socrates, "but there is another person there. My friend, Dr. Hippocrates, he was trained there. He was not a priest, but he had an eye for details, and for human faces. Never forget."

"If you were to look for a Spartan who came north, especially a woman traveling alone, no one would remember it better than him."

"She was not alone, she was carrying a seriously injured baby."

"That would be even more impressive, wouldn't it?"

Cassandra nodded, indicating that she remembered Socrates' intelligence support.

At this moment, Lan En suddenly looked towards the entrance of the courtyard.

"Aspasia is here, hehe, it seems the banquet is about to reach its climax."

A woman with healthy wheat-colored skin, delicate and deep facial features and eyebrows was walking out of the door.

She was like a hostess, greeting and greeting each banquet guest. And everyone here who is quite prestigious in the city of Athens will also politely return her greetings.

Cassandra was surprised to find that even Socrates bowed slightly when Aspasia looked over.

Socrates was not a person who would bow to others because of his power or beauty. He was only humble to wisdom.

This means that he recognized the wisdom of the woman who appeared at the banquet.

Lan En also nodded towards the beautiful woman and received a response.

But he didn't seem to want to stay any longer.

"Aspasia will probably talk to you in a while. She is indeed a powerful woman with wisdom and skill. The help she can give you is no less than anyone here."

Lan En handed the pottery cup from which he had only taken a few sips to the passing servant, shook his Athenian robe, and turned to leave.

"You can come out to me after talking to her. Remember to bring weapons and armor, our hunt will be tonight."

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