Kingdom’s Bloodline

Wu Qiren sat in the classroom with his hands flying over the keyboard, quickly recording the discussion of the other two students.

"Enlightenment, that is, to get rid of the immature state caused by oneself, such as laziness and cowardice. When Kant explained the enlightenment, he emphasized that everyone has reason, that is, universal reason."

Another classmate replied in a pleasant voice:

"The universal reason born of the Enlightenment has been explored and utilized to the greatest extent, which is why our age has been created—reason is supreme, infinite, and eternal, and it can bring us unprecedented power—"

Hearing this, Wu Qiren lowered his hands and frowned. The usually gentle and polite interrupted him directly, raised his head and said, "Student, I don't think you may have read Foucault's talk about the relationship between power and truth, and Hyde's Geer on technology—"

But he didn't go on, because when he saw the person sitting in front of him, he was too shocked to speak.

I saw the opposite of Wu Qiren.

Sitting with long brown hair, handsome and gentle in blue clothes, is the Qi magician Ashida Sacon.

The other party was looking at him gently at the moment, and said in a pleasant voice:

"If there really is unlimited power and omnipotent and omniscient rationality in the world, Thales, you really—"

"—Don't you want it?"

Thales woke up suddenly from the bed!

In the dark, he tightly grasped the JC dagger under the pillow, panting with cold sweat.

Thales turned over and jumped out of bed, touched the precious thermal insulation floor tiles with his bare feet, and his nostrils were filled with the good-smelling calming perfume, only then did he realize where he was.

The itching and pain under the bandages and bandages wrapped around his chest and other wounds made him wake up a lot, and then he calmed down and stuffed JC back under the pillow.

He fell back in shock and lay back on the big bed that was big enough for twenty Thales to sleep.

Thales was not used to the silk pajamas rubbing against his body, while the bed surface made of multiple springs was soft and smooth, obediently sagging with his contours, and the silk-covered Northland goose down quilt Wrapping him tightly, a pillow of smooth silk imported from the south coast rests against his head and shoulders from beneath.

At this moment, Thales felt as if he was being squeezed from head to toe by something.

It's like the magician of air wrapped him in the air and slowly compressed it.

Thinking of this, Thales felt depressed. He lifted off the light, smooth and comfortable quilt, fell to the ground again, groped to find a corner, and lay down curled up. The hard ground and thick walls gave him comfort. A sense of safe familiarity.

Thales then let out a breath slowly, and laughed helplessly.

Unexpectedly, I also have today, he knocked on the solid floor tiles, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Miss the little ones in the Sixth House - hope Yara takes care of them.

But the piece of memory he found in the dream just now made his mood suddenly tense up again.

The dream is a reflection of the subconscious mind, and the memory of the previous life is probably the most deeply hidden fragment in his subconscious mind, but this time, even Ashida Sakorn appeared in the dream.

"Sure enough, do I still care about that lunatic's words?" Thales murmured in the dark.

A few hours ago, the brief encounter with the magician flashed through his mind. The magician's sometimes rational and sometimes casual behavior, mysterious power and almost inhuman immortal body all made him feel chills.

And his words.

"It seems you don't know your own nature, child."

These words resurfaced in his aching brain again.

Thales forced himself to get rid of those redundant emotions of boredom and fear, calm down and analyze the magician's words.

According to Ashida, he, like him, is a demon—no, just someone who has the potential to become a magician.

Looking at Ashida's performance, people with this potential are quite rare, which is a good thing for me.

But at present, magicians in this world don't seem to be popular characters.

What Ashida said is too subjective, but if part of what Ashida said is true, that is, the so-called war between magicians and humans, then magicians will be beaten by almost everyone and die at the sight of light exists.

Moreover, Thales thought worriedly, the body of Ashida—after the heart was pierced, the blue light projected from the wound, really, is he no longer human?

Also, Yodel Gato, according to him, he should have rushed to the abandoned house very early, so he also heard what Ashida said—Thales clenched his fist—he also knew that I was Is something "out of control" in front of the magician?

If Jodl knew about it, would Gilbert and King Kessel also know about it? How would they see themselves?

There are too many questions.

For example, the nervous and cold father king.

For example, I am obviously seven years old, but the bloodline lamp blessed by divine magic was actually twelve years ago.

Such as your own origin, surname and significance to the kingdom.

For example, why should the news of his return be kept so secret—Yordell and Gilbert stole him back like thieves.

For example, what is going on in this world, medieval ecology? High magic world? Steampunk?

Thales patted his head.

No, I can't figure out anything - I still have too little basic knowledge of the world.

Need comprehensive children's enlightenment starting from basic knowledge!

Thales exhaled helplessly.

But his eyes immediately became serious.

Enlightenment, learning, these things can be done slowly.

but.

There is one thing that must be resolved.

It's about your life and your body.

He began to recall the words of the magician again:

"It seems you don't know your own nature, child."

"But it doesn't matter. Everyone loses control for the first time. We all started from ignorance."

Thales clasped his hands in the dark, recalling the so-called "out of control".

Ashida compressed herself in the air with magic energy, ready to squeeze into a ball.

My whole body boiled like burning.

I saw the energy ball in his hand, it should be the so-called "air wall".

The energy ball turned red and suddenly appeared in front of me.

Then--

etc!

Thales seems to have grasped the key.

Blood, and burning sensation!

Thales sat up slowly.

quaid.

The name flashed into his mind.

He had also experienced the feeling of blood boiling, and it happened to be at the point where Quaid beat and abused him twice before and after. The common point of those two times, and even the meeting with Ashida, was that he bleeds!

Thales previously thought that the burning sensation in his body was caused by the "magic spell" that Gilbert called, which caused his blood to fall to the ground.

Now it seems that what Ashida called "out of control" happened to be the moment when that burning feeling appeared.

Thales suddenly realized that it was not the first time he had so-called "out of control" in front of Ashida.

The first time he really lost control was still Quaid.

When Quaid tried to kill Kolia, that bastard should be holding his own JC dagger!

How did that dagger suddenly appear in his hand?

Just as weird as the energy ball that suddenly appeared in front of him!

quaid

bleed.

burning sensation.

dagger.

Ashida.

energy ball.

yodel and gilbert

Bloodline lamp.

Thales closed his eyes, and he found that he couldn't sort out these chaotic elements.

It's too complicated.

too messy.

But he was not discouraged, instead, a sense of long-lost excitement emerged from the bottom of his heart.

Classify complex phenomena, set up hypotheses and theoretical frameworks, eliminate irrelevant variables, induce causal logic, and finally verify the completeness of the theory.

And - the "uncertainty" that can never be verified, the "endogenousness" that can never be ruled out, the "quasi-experimental method" and "counterfactual analysis" that can never approach perfection.

Isn't this the alluring puzzle that can never be perfectly solved in social science, and it is also my favorite game I used to play?

Moreover, what I am facing this time is not a multi-causal social phenomenon that cannot be solved and cannot be verified, but a single problem in myself, which can be verified repeatedly at the same time!

When Thales opened his eyes again, the pupils in the darkness were already full of desire to challenge.

He tried to calm down and clarify the phenomenon he was facing.

Small samples, too many variables, simple mechanism, too complicated qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is not advisable,

It is enough to directly use the most basic Mill's induction method.

First, use bloodshed and out of control as keywords to select cases and events.

He slowly closed his eyes, and the familiar feeling flooded back into Thales' brain, and various elements and factors were quickly arranged in his consciousness.

According to the purpose of the research and the chronological order, for each sample, determine whether different "conditions" (rather than "reasons") and "results" appear or not.

Events flashed before his eyes one by one, removing event samples with too many missing values, combining the conditions and results of each event, and distinguishing them in terms of levels and types.

A clear and organized table emerged in his mind, and four observable and comparable event samples were arranged in it:

Sample one:

Condition 1.1: Quaid beat himself up for the first time. Condition 1.2: Bleeding. Result 1: No anomalies.

Sample two:

Condition 2.1: Quaid beats himself for the second time and prepares to kill Coria. Condition 2.2: Bleeding. Result 2: Out of control, the dagger landed in his hand out of thin air.

Sample three:

Condition 3.1: Ashida is ready to kill herself. Condition 3.2: Bleeding. Result 3: Out of control, his energy ball appeared in front of me.

Sample four:

Condition 4.1: Verify the bloodline in front of Yodel, Gilbert, and that lamp. Condition 4.2: Bleeding. Result 4: No vision.

After enumerating, start comparing.

Seek common ground and seek differences, and summarize.

Tables are gradually simplified, normalized, and combined to form a paragraph of text.

Thales opened his eyes gently.

Conclusion: When encountering a killing event while bleeding, there is a chance that it will be accompanied by the so-called "out of control" - the surrounding objects or energy will have different degrees of displacement.

No, this conclusion is still too preliminary.

First, the sample size is still too small, and second, some confounding variables cannot be ruled out.

Then, the "killing event" seems too far away, maybe a false mechanism, is the killing event triggering something, and that thing is the real cause of the loss of control?

Also, find a way to take that light into account as well.

In the end, it can only prove the correlation of a few things, and the causal inference is still insufficient.

In any case—Thales turned over and lay down—at least there was a preliminary conclusion about "out of control".

Then the next research direction——

Thales exhaled, and suddenly felt a burst of brain fatigue.

Sure enough, he rubbed his temples fiercely, thinking that these things are still too heavy for a seven-year-old brain?

But then he was surprised to realize that something was wrong.

For the logical induction and deduction just now, you should at least take a pen and write it down on a draft paper.

But its actual execution process in his own brain-almost just an instant?

half an hour.

Thales slapped the floor, feeling the pain in his head.

Sure enough, from mana and loss of control, to the so-called bloodline, to this monster-like thinking efficiency-this body, this brain...

There are exceptions.

Thales thought so, and slowly fell asleep.

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When Thales was politely woken up by Gilbert, he found himself back on the bed, neatly covered under the quilt.

"Thales, my dear little gentleman, good day."

Gilbert respectfully opened the floor-to-ceiling curtains, and the afternoon sun shone in from the huge windows, brightly illuminating this luxurious and comfortable room.

The gorgeous insulated floor tiles with star patterns, the lounge sofa made of monitor lizard skin, the wide copper four-poster bed, the pitch crystal chandelier on the roof, and the covered fireplace are all presented in front of Thales.

All this is a constant reminder to him that his life is different.

Unbelievable, a few hours ago, he was still a precarious gangster beggar whose life was hanging by a thread.

But now, he is actually the blood descendant of the supreme ruler of the entire Star Kingdom.

"It's two o'clock in the afternoon. I sincerely suggest that you get up and eat at this time, which can effectively promote your body's recovery and maintenance." The middle-aged nobleman said in a tepid tone, but Thales could feel it His urging.

"Also," Gilbert blinked friendlyly and smiled, "Because of His Majesty's wish, our first class will start in the afternoon."

"I think you must have many questions, and I will be happy to answer them for you."

Thales rubbed his eyes, yawned, took off his uncomfortable silk pajamas, groped, and randomly put on the aristocratic uniform prepared by Gilbert.

"Very good," he said lazily, squinting his eyes, "I like class the most."

Also, Thales closed his eyes and thought silently: I slept well, who pushed me back from the ground to the bed?

"Mr. Thales, you must like these pants very much."

"ah?"

"Because you're putting it on your head."

"What? With such a virtue, it's actually pants?"

"Mr. Thales, you seem to have a soft spot for that button-down jacket."

"Oh, it's an outer coat."

"Mr. Thales, I think you will need the belt on the left."

"Well, thank you, I said why it keeps falling."

half an hour.

"Mr. Gilbert."

"yes?"

"Please help me put on the damn clothes."

"With pleasure, my dear little sir."

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