Kingdom’s Bloodline

Chapter 15 Class Schedule

Gilbert coughed, and quickly returned to normal:

"So, as a rule, as an underage prince, you will have a full-time teaching team to ensure that you will benefit from grammar, etiquette and more..."

"One or two attendants..."

"Some personal guards..."

Thales took a sip of tea to calm himself down:

"Sounds familiar."

Gilbert nodded, and seemed to be a little emotional:

"Of course, six years ago, when things were in a hurry and everything was simplified, we failed to equip you with the best and most appropriate personnel."

"Later, the development of the situation broke our plan. When you were in the north, it was difficult for us to send you the manpower accepted by Exeter. For this, I am deeply sorry..."

Gilbert's words were filled with deep guilt.

"Not really."

Thales shook his head and raised his lips unconsciously:

"As a teacher, although Putilei has been missing for several years and still speaks unforgivingly, he does have a wide range of knowledge and unique considerations. He helped me along the way and taught me a lot."

It's hard to imagine, that sinister little old man who smokes a pipe in the corner, chokes you every now and then, and always jumps out at unexpected times...

He and Gilbert, who was dignified, polite, and thoughtful, were actually old friends.

Or a classmate taught by a tutor.

"As for the attendant, Huai Ya has been loyal, hard-working, and dedicated to his duties in the past six years. He is a rare prince's attendant."

Thales keenly noticed that when Wyah was mentioned, Gilbert's expression darkened again.

The prince couldn't help feeling emotional in his heart.

When I saw Huay Ya six years ago, I still thought he was a bit rigid and serious, but now...

Thales glanced secretly at the star lake guards who were all around expressionless.

He sighed slightly in his heart.

Some things, just do not hesitate to be blessed in the blessing.

"And then the guards, yes, Ada..."

Thales suddenly felt a headache:

"Well...as the prince's guard, she..."

He sighed and said in embarrassment:

"Very... lively?"

Under the prince's narration, Gilbert also seemed to be lost in memory, his eyes moved slightly.

"Let's talk about it," Thales came back to his senses, and said with a smile:

"In the last year, didn't you invite the old crow for me?"

Mentioning this nickname, Gilbert's expression brightened and he smiled.

"And I hope Mr. Heather can be of some use to you."

"Huh, of course he has," Thales shrugged, thinking of that special teacher, of the stubborn old soldier in the shield area, and even more of their bond with their mysterious mother:

"And the help he gave me..."

"You can't imagine."

There was silence in the living room for a while, and neither of them spoke. During this period, the servants, accompanied by the royal guards, brought tea and refreshments.

"I assure you, Your Highness."

Gilbert looked at Thales again, with a gentle tone:

"Since you have returned to Eternal Star City and become a duke, you deserve a noble and effective education."

"I and the people of insight appointed by His Majesty will do our best for your study, starting from setting the schedule and planning your daily life..."

Daily life...

Thales couldn't help scratching his head when he heard this:

"In fact, I have been used to self-study in the past six years. You know, there is a big library in the Palace of Heroes..."

But Gilbert shook his fingers as if he had been prepared:

"Being forced to study behind closed doors due to limited conditions, and being self-isolated when you have resources to use are two different things."

"And," Gilbert changed the subject, serious and serious:

"If you know anything about learning, my lord, you will know."

"In addition to effortless rote memorization and accumulation of knowledge,"

"Nothing is self-taught.

Thales stared at him blankly.

I saw Gilbert snapping his fingers, earnestly saying:

"You need someone to guide, someone to discuss, someone to consult, someone to supervise, someone to stimulate, someone to encourage, someone to help, someone to respond to your learning results, these are things that cold books can't give you..."

"Okay, okay, I understand," Thales interrupted him with a headache, and hooked his hands as if giving up on himself:

"Study, courses, whatever, well, come on, come on."

Forget it.

Besides, it's just class.

Except for ghosts and river crabs, I, Thales, have never been afraid of anything in my life!

Gilbert nodded with a smile.

"Very good, so today I want to discuss with you and sort out your future study schedule..."

Xingchen's cunning fox raised his glasses again, and at the same time picked up a pen in his right hand, writing something on the paper on his lap.

Thales, who struggled to live a free rice bug, looked at him boredly.

"Then, grammar, etiquette, history, military..."

Gilbert squinted and looked up:

"Among the four, what did you learn in Exeter?"

Thales looked up and thought for a while.

In the Palace of Valor, in Thelma's study... um...

Grammar, etiquette, history, military.

"They don't classify like that..."

"But let's skip grammar and etiquette first," Thales said with a headache:

"First, there's history."

Thales tapped his fingers and recalled:

"In the past six years, they have changed many history teachers, ranging from scholars and nobles to priests and priests of the Temple Church. Even the Earl of Lisbane will teach in person when he is free."

"Charles Lisbane, I remember, the Lord 'Dragon Eye'," Gilbert's eyes focused:

"Eighteen years ago when the fortress was negotiating peace, he was a difficult opponent."

Thinking of the eyes of the Regent of Lisbane who seemed to be able to see through his mind, Thales nodded with lingering fear.

"Northern people, especially the history lessons taught to nobles, are not so much history as... traditional lessons."

Gilbert's eyes moved:

"Tradition?"

Thales nodded:

"Starting from the kingdoms of the ancient north, the "Alliance of Beasts" by the ancestor Tacom, to the "last line of defense of mankind" by the King of Iron and Blood, the completion of the Knight Temple, and the joint launch of the battle of the kings..."

"Then the kings are in chaos, the Pegasus is born, the blood is awarded, the empire is conquered..."

"And the uprising king's rebellion against the emperor, the independence of the North, the duel of the six kings, and the eastward migration of the mountain elves..."

"Then the modern empire collapsed, the orcs in the 'Moonless Winter' went south, and finally the line of defense was reestablished, and the thirty-eight outposts reappeared..."

Thales counted one after another, and Gilbert was also rustling down something on the paper.

The Duke sighed:

"It's almost like saying that the entire ancient empire was established by relying on the invincible knights of the Northland, then overthrown by them, and finally relied on them to defend the human world..."

There was helplessness in Thales' tone.

"However, until Nakaju reversed the cold wind and the ten knights stood together for Exeter, you will find out after listening too much..."

The Duke's eyes gradually became serious:

"It's not so much that they remember history, it's better to say that they want to remember the unique traditions of the North: survival, iron and blood, co-governance, duel, war, and glory."

Gilbert thought for a while, then said:

"Or their jurisprudence and orthodoxy."

Thales narrowed his eyes and nodded.

Or to sum it up in one sentence:

Eat, sleep, fight orcs.

The last item can be replaced with "Empire" or "Star" at any time.

Well, maybe one day it will be replaced by "Thales".

The Duke of Xinghu swept away unnecessary thoughts and returned to the topic.

"Then, it's the etiquette class in the Northland."

"Yes, you heard that right, the nobles of the Northland also have etiquette lessons, how to meet, greet, greet, get along, courtship... Of course, there is also how to duel."

Thales sighed:

"Tiansha's northern etiquette... the higher the status of the nobles, the more so it is."

"Etiquette..." Gilbert thought, chewing on the word:

"No matter which aspect, people who don't like the empire, the more they despise it, the more they look up to the great empire of the past—such as etiquette."

Thales recalled some past events and sneered:

"Believe it or not, in a certain version of the story, the tradition of dueling in the Northland originated from a pair of brothers in ancient times: Legend has it that they fell in love with the same woman."

Like a lion, for the fight over the damn...

Community mating rights.

Thales pouted.

In fact, in the first year in Dragon Clouds City, the ignorant Thales attracted friendly and eager duel applications from various Exeter nobles.

Fortunately, his status is high enough (Prince), and fortunately, his background is strong enough (Grand Duchess), and even more fortunately, he is thick-skinned, Thales survived the first year safely, and vowed not to talk to Selma in public. Walking together ("Obviously she came to hold my hand first!" - In the dead of night, nine-year-old Thales complained aggrievedly to the pillow).

"Apart from that, they also teach about religion and beliefs in etiquette classes."

Thales recalled:

"From the worship of ancestors in ancient times, to the belief in mountains in modern times, to the Church of the Holy Sun in modern times, to the bright moon and the setting sun today, the throne and the dragon after the War of the End—the etiquette and belief in the Northland are inseparable."

Gilbert made a few notes, nodded and said:

"I'm afraid it cannot be separated from the influence of the empire's legacy."

"Hundreds of years ago, when the Church of the Holy Day was still the state religion of the empire, almost all the secretaries and bachelors of the imperial nobles came from church schools, and almost every noble family had its own priests, and the belief in the holy day was even more compulsory. Lesson, second only to loyalty to the throne. In fact, religious etiquette and knight etiquette have a lot in common."

Thales shrugged, not knowing whether he agreed or was helpless.

"Besides history and etiquette, there is governance class."

"As the name suggests, it teaches a lord heir how to govern the territory. Of course, only noble families above the earl will have such lessons."

Thales recalled with a headache:

"Including financial calculations, farming, business administration, human relations and etiquette, noble marriage relationships, and so on... There are many and complicated things."

Gilbert thought about it.

"But do you know what the funniest thing is?"

Thales exhaled, half ridiculed and half contemptuous:

"Under normal circumstances, women are not eligible to attend this class, they are only prepared for male heirs."

Of course, in the past hundreds of years, Exeter has never had a female heir who can put on the table.

That's why he was lucky enough to accompany someone in class - ironically, Thales was more able to inspire the teacher's desire to guide in this class than his female deskmate.

"But in fact, the content of the Northland governance class, whether it is measuring income and expenditure, managing housekeeping, trying to figure out favors, setting up banquets, or arranging marriages according to etiquette, especially the parts related to numbers and marriages, is all done by the hostess after marriage. Those who are in charge—this is especially true among some nobles who can only drink and hunt, but are not very good at arithmetic."

Thales tilted his head and thought for a while, remembering Nicolai:

"In fact, there are quite a lot of men in the Northland like this."

"So, among the many lessons that the Grand Duchess and I have, the inexplicable ruling class is the one that is the least controversial among the nobles of Dragon Clouds City - because she is a girl anyway, and she has to learn these things when she is married, and I It's a man, it's useless for me to learn this."

The prince said contemptuously.

Gilbert smiled at him.

"In the chaotic era of the Kings, wives and daughters were just the link between families, city-states and city-states, and had no status at all."

"Only since the empire has an intelligent woman had her own stage: a good girl can become a good wife for a future husband, sharing the responsibilities of the master, rather than a beauty stuck in a portrait."

"It can be seen that the promotion of the status of noble ladies depends on the maturity of external conditions and the environment: only the war is no longer, the grain is full, the production resumes, the rule is stable, the horses are useless, the weapons have no owner, and the physical work is less. When there are too many things, women's physical disadvantages will be reduced, and their intelligence will have room to play a role."

Gilbert seemed to say something more meaningful:

"If the world has not come to that day, then it will be futile for you to defend your classmates from Longxiao City."

However, Thales became interested:

"So, if the external conditions are never mature, such as underdeveloped production, backward economy, unstable current situation, and frequent wars; if the world never reaches that day, such as the way people work still depends on physical strength and strength...then women Should it be a vassal and live like this forever?"

Gilbert raised his glasses:

"It's a pity, but it's an obvious objective fact, and there's nothing we can do about it."

Thales stared at him and suddenly smiled.

"What is and what should be."

Gilbert was taken aback:

"What?"

"You gave me an 'yes' (is) answer, Gilbert," the young Duke sighed:

"To answer my 'ought' question."

"That's not right."

Gilbert was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"It seems that our grammar class can improve a little bit," the foreign minister smiled gently:

"Especially the logic part."