Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

The study in Prince Gros's palace is very large and spacious, with numerous bookshelves in it, and the bookshelves are full of books.

Unfamiliar people come in and see the look of the study room and think that Gero is a knowledgeable prince who loves to read, but in fact, these books Gero has never read. The study is not his, although it is owned by him in name, but the actual owner is his teacher - a court teacher - one of the few people he trusts.

Groo walked into the study in a disheveled manner, and saw a silver-haired old man sitting in the study long ago, reading a book with relish. Because of his poor eyesight, the old man almost put the book on the tip of his nose.

The old man looked very seriously, and did not notice his arrival at all.

After a long time, the old man was a little thirsty, put down the book, took a sip from the cold cup, and saw that there was one more person in the room. Seeing the appearance of Gero just getting up, the old man was not surprised at all, as if he was not surprised. Just shaking his head slightly, he was about to pick up the book and prepare to continue reading.

At this time, Gero couldn't help but said, looking at the silver-haired old man, "Teacher."

"Um?"

"You said..." Grow frowned and asked, "You said, am I a failure?"

"What's wrong?"

"Look..." Gro said, "I can't compete with Big Brother in politics. In other respects, there is nothing outstanding. I can't endure hardship, I can't stand sin, so I'm not good at swordsmanship, bad horsemanship, lack of knowledge, I have little courage and little prestige. To tell the truth, it might be a good thing for my eldest brother to become the king, but if I become the king, it must be bad, and I might mess up the whole kingdom.

Lately, I've been trying wizard meditation, but even with some potions, it doesn't work. I feel like I'm really a jerk who can't do anything well. If I am not a prince, but the son of an ordinary farmer, I am afraid that I would have died long ago? I don't think it really makes sense to live like this. "

Groo finished speaking with a look of frustration and a look of hope to be persuaded.

The silver-haired old man spoke slowly and said to Gero, "No way."

"Huh? Teacher, you mean I'm not that bad?" Grow's eyes brightened.

"No, I mean, if His Royal Highness really becomes the son of an ordinary farmer, he will die very early. Your life, Your Royal Highness, and the lives of many people, are not meaningless, but It never made sense."

"I……"

"His Royal Highness..." The silver-haired old man turned his head, squinted his eyes to look at Gero, and said softly, "Actually, you have to know, ahem, most of the world is ordinary people. Whether it is the son of a farmer or a nobleman , There are very few people who have the qualities of courage, wisdom, decisiveness, and reason. In fact, there are not many people who are cruel, evil, ruthless, and bloodthirsty. Most people are essentially the same, timid and ignorant. , you can call them ordinary or mediocre.

Your Royal Highness, it is good that you are aware of your mediocrity, you have outperformed many people. And then, all you need to do is accept the mediocrity. "

"I……"

"What's so bad about mediocrity? Why do people pursue what? Once people have pursuits and desires, it represents the beginning of suffering. In fact, people should be willing to be ordinary, so as to obtain not much happiness. After all, the world is not something that one or two people can change.

We... ahem, we're just a bunch of bugs on the ground. We are born, we live, and we die. Our lives don't necessarily have any meaning, just like the fat chickens raised in the kitchen of the palace, do you think they have any meaning to live, His Royal Highness? It means nothing to them, but to us, because we want to eat its flesh. "

"I……"

"Cough cough... people are alive,

In fact, it doesn't have to be meaningful. The reason why you are thinking about this, Your Royal Highness, is just because you are alive. In fact, with so many beasts and so many people on the earth, do they really have meaning? Will not.

As long as he can collect enough land tax, the lord doesn't care whether the farmers in his domain are happy and meaningful. A hundred peasants and a hundred other peasants are no different to a lord.

Prince, in my opinion, the whole world is chaotic and full of temptation. It is easy for an ordinary person to get lost in it, be attracted by something, or love, or wealth, or power, and then mistake it for the so-called meaning of life, and then pursue and fight hard.

Maybe catch up in the end, and find that it's nothing more than that. In the end, he may not catch up, and then he will die. In fact... this is nothing but the deception of life. Life has no meaning at all. The difference between it and death is only living. Your Royal Highness, you are a prince, which is naturally your luck. You don't have to think about food and heating like ordinary farmers, but other than that, it's nothing.

You can be a good prince or a bad prince, but you're just a prince, and you can't change much. Even your eldest brother, the new king, is just a king, and he can't do anything to change the world.

We are all worms on the earth, we live, or live hard, or live easily. Accepting that our life is meaningless and then dying peacefully is all we can do. Do you know why I keep reading here? Because only reading can make me forget all this and get a moment of peace. "

"I..." After listening to this long period of teaching, Gero felt that the whole person was not well. He was depressed and decadent, and fell directly into the valley. He felt that the whole world was gray, what was it really? Neither makes sense.

In front of him, the teacher seemed to be right, everything was meaningless.

The things he pursues, the things he wants, have no value, except to bring him pain and trouble, there is no benefit.

But deep down, Groo felt vaguely that something was wrong.

Is everything really meaningless?

All the people live in this world in a daze, what is it for? Hasn't anyone really thought of a really meaningful thing to do?

Unfortunately, he can't answer this question, maybe someone can answer it?

Groo lay softly on the wooden chair in the study, and couldn't help thinking of the person he saw in the forest of the border Viscount Lanster Territory - the young wizard.

Is it meaningless for the other party to live? If the other party is meaningful, what is it? Does the other party know the meaning of life and the world?

(End of first volume)