The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Just when Leo speculated about the details of the Roosevelt family because of various discoveries, Diffie Roosevelt had finished his toast, and then left the hall surrounded by several people. Other members of the Roosevelt family were in charge of receiving guests, and the banquet also It started again, and the hall became noisy again. Many people who didn't like this noisy environment left their seats and went to the garden.

Although this was a dinner party, there were not many people who actually ate at the table. Most people had already eaten before coming, and they came here not for the food at the banquet, but for the people at the banquet.

Leo did not go to the garden, but walked in front of the statues in the hall, stopping from time to time to admire these statues.

As I heard before, the Roosevelt family seems to be very obsessed with the white deer. Nearly half of the surrounding statues are white deer statues, and the rest of the statues are carved with some heroes in ancient legends. What is very interesting is that these Most of the hero sculptures are statues of the pirate Earl Francis Drake.

The more interesting sculptures related to Drake are not the classic scenes of Drake wearing admiral costumes or combat costumes, fighting at sea, but Drake is wearing a scholar costume and talking to people.

"Aren't these Drake sculptures weird?" At this time, Leon Larson, who was not as good as the surrounding atmosphere, came to Leo's side again, and said in a nonchalant manner in order to ease the embarrassing atmosphere at the moment: " In fact, these sculptures are very vividly carved, and there are no mistakes. Everyone thinks that Francis Drake is just a brave sea warrior, but in fact Earl Drake is still a learned scholar, just because of his sea skills. The legendary experience is so famous that everyone ignores his other identity."

"Another identity?" Leo looked at Leon Larson with interest.

Seeing that Leo responded to his words, Leon Larson breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the awkward atmosphere around him eased a little, so he replied: "Actually, Earl Drake still has another identity. He is the founder of the Royal Academy and the funder of the Royal Academy's construction costs, but because the reputation of the first dean, Mr. Birmingham, is so great, everyone only remembers Mr. Birmingham and thinks that the Royal Academy is Mr. Birmingham built with investment."

"Is there such a thing?" Leo was also a little surprised by the news, because he had never heard similar rumors, but he didn't think that Leon Larson would make up such an easy lie, There must be evidence in hand.

Just as Leo guessed, Leon Larson was worried that Leo thought he was talking nonsense, and quickly added an explanation: "In fact, not many people know about this matter, it is only recorded in the earliest memorandum of the Royal Academy However, after the death of Earl Drake, the royal family seemed to cover up the matter for some reason, destroyed those memos related to Earl Drake, deliberately created some rumors, and finally made the truth of this matter known It’s completely covered up.” As he spoke, a look of pride appeared on his face again, and he said, “However, my ancestor was once the personal recorder of Lord Birmingham, and he personally experienced the process of the Royal Academy from scratch, I also recorded this experience in the diary. There are also things related to Earl Drake. For example, it is mentioned that Earl Drake’s knowledge even exceeds that of Sir Birmingham. Sir Birmingham often consults Derek as a student. Earl Lake has some questions."

When Leon Larson was speaking, Leo also suddenly thought of something. He remembered that old man Rembrandt once mentioned that there were several book collection families in Velen. Envy and jealousy, and the Larson family of the Kingdom of England are among them.

Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help but feel that maybe he should take this opportunity to make friends with this Leon Larson in front of him. If there is a chance, he can go to Larson's house to see it, even the old man Rembrandt is very envious collection of books.

Driven by this idea, Leo also timely raised some suitable topics to continue this conversation.

Leon Larson is just an ordinary scholar, and he is a very traditional scholar who engages in research. He doesn't know how to socialize, and he can't hide his mood. He can easily show it on his face, which makes Leo It is very easy to find out the topics he is interested in, so that the relationship between each other can be drunk and some discussions will gradually deepen.

It didn't take long for Leon Larson to regard Leo as a good friend worthy of deep friendship, and with some faint hints from Leo, he took the initiative to invite Leo to his house to look at the collection of books.

At this time, Frank, the receptionist of the mansion waiting at the door, entered the hall, stood on tiptoes, raised his head, and searched the hall several times. After finding Leo, he hurried over, and then very decently After saluting to Leo and Leon Larson, he said to Leo: "Sir, your letter has been handed over to Sir Roland. After reading your letter, Sir Roland is very eager to talk to you. Let's meet, do you have time now?"

"Sir Roland? Sir Fidia Roland?" Leon Larson confirmed with some surprise.

Although he is also a scholar of the Kingdom of England, scholars are also divided into high and low. Leon Larson is definitely one of the low-level scholars. He relies more on the glory of his family to support the dignity of scholars, but Fiddy Ya Roland is different. He is the top scholar, even in the entire Velen academic circle. Some people even think that his achievements have surpassed Sir Birmingham, the first president of the Royal Academy.

However, now such a scholar standing at the top of the academic world is so eager to see this new friend beside him, which makes him wonder what is the identity of the other party, scholar or nobleman?

Although the main purpose of Leo's coming here was to meet this Fidia Roland, he did not show that he couldn't wait, leaving Leon Larson next to him and leaving, but turned to Leon Larson, Asked: "Mr. Larson, are you interested in meeting this Sir Roland together?"

"Huh?" Leon Larson was surprised by Leo's invitation. In his opinion, after getting Fidia Roland, Leo should leave everything behind and leave immediately. If it was changed, he would definitely do the same , but now Leo did not leave, but instead invited him, which made him feel a kind of respect he had never had before, and was inexplicably moved in his heart, and even regarded Leo as a true friend worthy of deep friendship.

Although he also wanted to agree to Leo's invitation. After all, Phidia Roland is like a god in the academic world of the Kingdom of England. Being able to discuss issues with him is something to be proud of for a lifetime, but he also has self-knowledge. I am afraid that my own knowledge is not as good as that of Phidia Roland's disciples, and going there rashly will only bring shame on myself.

Therefore, Leon Larson rejected Leo's invitation, and very formally invited Leo to go to Larson's manor in these two days. After getting a positive reply from Leo, he left on his own initiative.

"Lead the way!" Leo told Frank after Leon Larson left.

"My lord, please come with me!" Frank responded in a low voice, then turned and led Leo to leave through the side door, entered the nearby garden path, and walked towards the library on the side of the garden.

On the way, Frank suddenly said: "If you have the ability, you can help Mr. Larson. After all, the Larson family is also a very famous family of scholars in Port Dorset. If it continues to run down like this, it will not be good for us people born in Port Dorset. It is also a very regrettable thing.”

Leo looked at Frank with some doubts. Judging from Frank's behavior before, he strictly abided by the rules of servants and would never say anything beyond the scope of the rules. Now Frank's words have already violated the rules. , if the Roosevelt family knew about it, then he would be punished lightly, and it is very likely that he would be fired directly.

"Why do you care so much about the Larson family?" Leo asked with some doubts.

Frank replied with some seriousness: "The Larson family has been teaching poor children in the civilian areas to learn all kinds of knowledge for free. I was also able to be successfully accepted by Roosevelt because I learned how to read in the small school run by the Larson family. The family chose to become a servant of the Roosevelt family and get rid of that... In short, I am very grateful to the Larson family and hope to do something for the Larson family."

"Did the Larson family encounter any difficulties?" Leo did not question Frank's words, but asked the question.

Frank replied: "Mr. Lyon listened to a friend's delusion, thinking that a mining company in America and California had discovered a new vein there, so he wanted to buy the company's stock price when it was still low, and wait for it to rise. Sell ​​it, make some money, and renovate the Larson Manor. I never thought it was just a scam. Not only did it have no mine veins, but even the company was fake. In the end, all the money was cheated, making the current Larson family The daily expenses are unsustainable. In order to maintain the school in the civilian area, Mr. Lyon has already begun to sell some antiques in the seller. If this continues, the manor will be sold sooner or later."

"Why didn't he close that school?" Leo asked again.

Frank looked at Leo and said, "Maybe it's for the sake of face, or maybe it's because he really wants to give common people the opportunity to study for free. In short, Mr. Leon is working hard to maintain the normal operation of the school."

"Sorry, I shouldn't doubt this kind of kindness!" Leo admitted his mistake.

Frank was a little surprised, he was taken aback, and said, "Mr. Leo, you are different from others."

Leo asked, "For apologizing to a servant?"

Frank nodded slightly, and said, "In this manor, no matter how low-status people are, they won't apologize to servants like us."

Leo didn't respond, and after walking a distance behind Frank, he said, "I will consider the matter of the Larson family."

"Thank you." Frank smiled as if he had received a reward.

The two walked another distance, passed through a well-designed garden, and came to a small building surrounded by countless flowers.

At this time, there were already people waiting outside the building. When they saw Frank bringing someone over, they immediately greeted him. He asked Frank very quickly with his eyes. After Frank nodded slightly, he looked at Leo very respectfully. After saluting, he said, "Hello, Sir Roland has been waiting for you for a long time, please follow me."

After finishing speaking, he took over Frank's task, led Leo through the garden, entered the hut, and walked all the way to the study, then stopped, turned to salute Leo, and said, "Sir Roland has been waiting for a long time. Come in, please."

Walking through the door opened by the servant, Leo entered the study room, and saw that the study room was very large and simple, without any gorgeous utensils. Like the study room after Leo's transformation, the bookcases were inlaid into the wall, and there were rows of bookshelves. The bookcases are filled with books, and judging from the smell, the books here are all ancient books.

Leo glanced at the bookcase, and found a large number of out-of-print ancient books from the names on them. Almost all the books involved materials such as ancient myths and civilization relics, and all the books were very professional. Even There are also some older parchment and papyrus scrolls on the top shelves.

There is no desk in the study room, only a few chairs and a heater. At this moment, an old man is crawling on the coffee table in front of the chair very attentively, surrounded by some ancient books. Judging from various traces, these books have been read just now, and the old man obviously did not Find the answers you want from these books, and mutter some words repeatedly in your mouth.

Although the sound was not loud, because the room was very spacious, Leo could hear clearly even without supernormal hearing.

Obviously, the words from Wangcheng that Leo kept in his heart have stumped the old man in front of him. He is full of curiosity and doubts about this newly discovered text, and his body and mind are completely immersed in deciphering the text, even if Leo leaves He didn't notice anything when he was around.

"You should use the Monpa language to decipher this text, not the Khadgar language." Leo stood next to the old man for a while, then suddenly said.

The old man was completely engrossed in deciphering the text, and he didn't realize how weird it was for someone to remind him at this time. Instead, he seemed to have a fellow scholar beside him, without raising his head, and discussed in a serious manner: "No, it shouldn't be the Monpa language family. The writing method of these characters is obviously an early inscription. Since it is an inscription, of course it must be interpreted in the Khadgar language?"

"You can only judge the language family of this language from the typeface, but the typeface of the language is meaningless, and the essence of the language is the content." Leo leaned down and stretched out a few words that acted as conjunctions in that line of text. He pointed and continued: "If you observe carefully, you should find that these words are used to connect the entire sentence, and their frequency of occurrence is very similar to the pattern of words in the Monpa language family."