Chapter 8: Learning
Translator: Lonelytree
What was the fastest way to understand a world?
Eli thought it was history.
History was not just a simple record of what happened in the past. It also bore all the traces of the world’s past, as well as the changes in thought and appearance.
As Eli browsed through ‘the complete history of the Empire’, he also gained a deeper understanding of this world.
Of course, he had a deeper understanding of the Byrne Empire.
Located to the South of the dark Mountain range and North of the endless sea, there were four duchies under the Empire. They were the Frostwolf Duchy, the Furious Lion Duchy, the Elk Duchy, and the giant whale Duchy.
The four dukedoms were located on four different sides of the Empire, and they were managed by the four Dukes. Jun Ling city was located in the center of the Empire, and it managed the vast lands of the Empire. It also coordinated the various Marquises, Earls, barons, and Viscounts, as well as other forces.
Each noble territory was managed on its own, and the Empire would not ask for too much. Thus, even though the Empire was in a unified state, there were still ongoing wars.
There was even a saying.
Every noble had started a war with the king.
Of course, this was just a joke, but it could also reflect the current situation of this huge Empire.
“The history of the Empire ” was about everything that happened from the establishnt of the Empire to its subsequent developnt. It had detailed information about every war and so major events.
However, the strange thing was that the na of the first king who established the kingdom was not written on it. Eli was a little surprised, but he did not care.
Eli sat on the chair and flipped through the book page by page.
He only read each page once. If it were from soone else’s point of view, they would see that Eli was flipping through the book as if he was randomly flipping through it. He flipped through the book quickly, as if he was just casually perusing.
But only Eli himself knew that he had really rembered everything.
“This is too good.” He had never felt this way before. Eli was experiencing what having a photographic mory felt like.
One by one, the words were imprinted into Eli’s brain as if they were carved into his brain, never to be forgotten. Every word, every punctuation mark, he could rember them clearly.
If Eli had such a mory in his previous life, he wouldn’t need to work overti for more than a month. He should be the one who made others work overti.
After reading the entire history of the Empire for a while, Eli closed it and put it to one side, and opened the ‘heraldry of nobles’ on the other side.
If there was a place where the empire’s history was reflected, it was in the heraldry.
At first, the heraldry was just a badge that represented the identity of a family. However, as the Empire developed, it was also instilled with deeper aning by the nobles and Knights. In addition to the representative symbols, the nobles would also engrave so symbols of historical significance to highlight the honor of the family.
It could be said that a herald was the history of a noble family.
As far as he knew, the four Dukes’ emblems were Frost Wolf, angry lion, elk, and a giant whale.
The king’s herald was the violet flower, so the family of the king was also called the violet family, which represented their Supre honor.
Therefore, heraldry had always been one of the most popular fields in the Empire. It was also known by the nobles in Junlin city as an elegant knowledge that only true nobles could master.
Of course, this was just an excuse from the nobles.
Naturally, Eli wouldn’t take it to heart, but he would still study it. After all, it was part of his examination.
If it were any other country, he might not even look at it, but he still had to live here for a long ti, all which ant that Eli had to master it.
“Three days should be enough.” Eli looked down at the four books he had obtained.
These books were not independent of each other, and they were all in the area ntioned by scholar Clent.
“After I master this, I’ll morize a few dozen more books. There shouldn’t be any problems!” Eli morized the unique heralds one by one as he flipped through the study of the Empire’s history.
He didn’t know how difficult the test would be, so he could only try his best.
Ti passed by slowly.
Eli was imrsed in his book and had completely lost track of ti.
...
“Eh, there’s still soone here?!”
Clent returned to the library with the books in his arms.
As a scholar, he also had to take care of so noble inquiries, which was why he had gone out just now. As soon as he finished his work and returned, he saw that the reading room, which was supposed to be closed, was still lit.
“It must be so careless brat who forgot to turn off the lights.” Scholar Clent frowned.
He put the tidied books aside and walked towards the reading room. He saw Eli, who was still reading with his head lowered.
“It’s that kid from earlier today.” Seeing the unfamiliar figures inside, scholar Clent thought of sothing.
‘Wasn’t this the kid who had asked him what he should study for the exam?
‘What is he doing? He’s reading!
‘I did say that I would allow them to stay and read.
‘But ... You call this reading?’ The corners of scholar Clent’s mouth twitched as he watched Eli quickly flip through the book.
That speed was simply outrageous.
This was complete nonsense!
“Eli, What are you doing?” As a veteran scholar, scholar Clent could no longer tolerate Elie’s blasphemy of knowledge and angrily shouted.
Upon hearing the voice, Eli looked up and saw the Furious scholar Clent.
Eli was a little confused, but looking at the slowly approaching scholar Clent, he said with uncertainty, ” I’m reading a book ... Is there a problem? ”
“Reading books? You call that reading?” Scholar Clent’s mouth twitched.
A page per second, you call that reading?
“I’ve already been observing you for half a minute. During this ti, I’ve seen you flipping through your books aimlessly. Eli, I thought you were a good kid, but you’ve disappointed .” Scholar Clent shook his head, looking at Elil with a disappointed expression.
Not expecting such a thing to happen, Eli imdiately said, “scholar Clent, I was really reading. I’ve read the first few pages, so I quickly flipped through them again.”
He had no choice. He couldn’t possibly say that he had the Quick mory spell.
“Are you telling that you’ve morized everything?” Scholar Clent also realized that he was a little agitated, but he still asked, “I don’t believe that!”
“I do,” Eli replied.
“You do?” Clent felt his anger igniting. He stared at Eli and said, ” alright, let test you. If you can’t answer, you don’t need to take the test.
“let ask you, how many Baron territories are there in the Empire, ” Scholar Clent asked a question that he thought was very cunning. After all, who would rember the number of barons?
“Two thousand two hundred and twenty-one.” Eli blurted out.
Clent was speechless.
He took the book to check. It was really 2221.
‘Coincidence, it must be a coincidence.’
Ten minutes later.
Clent stood in place with a dazed expression.
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