Chapter 5 Glass Candle
North border, Firint's finger castle, big tower
After the castle meeting, Ed made another arrangement for "Scar" Recard and his son. "Big Bear" Brandon and "Domestic Cat" Brandon will stay in the castle to receive "education" from Bachelor Albert and Ed. After this meeting, the three of them were completely shocked by Ed's plan.
So after Ed proposed to leave two cousins, "Scar" Recard actually accepted Ed's "suggestion" by a scammer. They were both Ed's blood relatives. If the "education" is good, it will bring great help to Ed in the future.
People in the north are relatively stubborn, and their educational level is generally low, so many people's thoughts are like blank paper, which makes it more convenient for Ed to transform them and let them move completely according to Ed's thoughts.
Although Ed's knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry is very poor, when it comes to knowledge such as ideological education, Ed believes that he is definitely much better than the charlatans in this world. In this world like the Middle Ages, many people generally lack faith, which does not mean that they do not believe in God.
On the contrary, this is a manifestation of their lack of faith. Many of them never know for the rest of their lives why they are fighting and working.
Ed's "education" is very simple, that is, to make all subordinates and leaders strive for a better life, and to let the nobles and leaders have a better life, so that others will know that only by following Ed can you have a good life.
In Ed's cognition, desire is the driving force for human progress. It is precisely because Ed gave his subordinates hope to have a better life that they will serve Ed and contribute to his reforms driven by honor, responsibilities and interests.
In the future, Ed will increase the quality of life of the residents near the castle by a few levels to attract more people to fight for his territory construction. When life is better, more benefits will be gained. At that time, even if Ed doesn't want to fight for hegemony, his subordinates will want more subjects, and they will beg Ed to conquer and plunder.
At this time, Ed was handing a sorted document to Bachelor Albert standing in front of him. The scroll recorded some of Ed's plans and regulations on the territory, and the most important of them was the hygiene issue.
"Mr. Ed? I don't understand very well. The regulations you have set do not seem to be in the old town! I am really curious about where your knowledge comes from. Although I left the school town after becoming a bachelor's degree, this does not mean that I have no contact with the school town.
I don't think that after experiencing the War of the Seizure, the nobles in the old town will have time to plan municipal construction with Jinlong. So, I'm curious, where did your knowledge come from?"
After saying this, Bachelor Albert looked at Ed with an imperceptible smile. However, when he saw Ed's gaze, he did not see any emotional fluctuations, as if he was talking to a rock.
"Actually, don't you know something? My dear Bachelor Albert, I think those guys in the city should have told you about me, right?"
After saying this, Ed did not stop, but walked directly to a box he brought back from the old town. After searching, Ed took out a crystal column with strange light from the box. After seeing the crystal column, Bachelor Albert was so scared that he took a few steps back.
"This...this, or...this..."
After seeing this strange crystal pillar, Bachelor Albert was stunned. At this moment, he murmured incoherently, as if he had seen some terrible monster. However, after seeing Ed's calm gaze, he seemed to have thought of something, and his emotions gradually stabilized due to these things.
"My dear Bachelor Albert, as you guessed, this is a glass candle. It is not only the greatest treasure I have obtained in the school town, but also the key reason why I am poisoned by some people. The reason why I can stand here safely is entirely because I have received its recognition."
After hearing Ed's words, a different look appeared in Bachelor Albert's eyes. After thinking about various possibilities, he closed his mind and asked Ed:
"You mean that all your changes come from this...this thing? But, does magic really exist?"
When Bachelor Albert said this, his tone was filled with excitement and curiosity. It was precisely because he did not understand the things written by Ed that he associated Ed's changes in the direction of magic.
After seeing that the other party had already taken the trap, Ed felt relieved. After receiving the original owner's memory, it took him a long time to get used to it. After that, he was thinking about how to save his life in this cruel world and successfully succeed as the lord.
Because Ed knew very well at that time that this was a world where the strong prey on the weak, bloodline, force and wealth had a little luck, which determined whether a person was qualified to survive. So after learning about a series of problems that he would encounter in the future, Ed thought carefully for a while and planned some ways to deal with possible problems, as well as some people he might have to deal with.
Among these people, the most difficult thing to deal with is Bachelor Albert, because if Ed wants to become bigger and stronger in this world, he must reform the territory. When others in the territory hear some of his strategies, they will subconsciously regard it as something Ed learned in the old town learning town.
But here there is a Bachelor Albert who comes from Xuecheng and has a close relationship with Xuecheng. Ed can also find excuses to cover up the previous reform strategies, but once some deep reforms and objects are involved, Bachelor Albert will inevitably see some clues from it.
During the time when Ed was ill, he was searching for the original body's memories, thinking about what reasons to use to explain his wonderful ideas. Fortunately, the original owner's experience was also quite bizarre, which led to the current scene.
In this cruel and primitive world, force and knowledge are tools for the aristocratic class to rule the lower-level people. Since the predecessor left the Firint for a long time, Ed was not afraid that these relatives and subordinates would notice the abnormality. The only thing to worry about was Bachelor Albert. Although Ed could kill him once and for all, in the original memory, Ed found that Xuecheng was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Moreover, in peacetime, the abnormal death of a bachelor is likely to attract investigations from Xuecheng and the Stark family. If Xuecheng sends a bachelor who is familiar with Ed, then he may be exposed.
So after thinking about it, Ed could only take out the relics of the magic civilization, the glass candle, and think of using magic to cover up some of his changes. The glass candles in Xuecheng originated from a once powerful magic civilization on the Oriental Essos Continent, Valylia Free Fortress.
The former Valyrian Free Fortress was the overlord of the continent of Essos. It was famous throughout the world for its magic, Valyrian steel weapons and dragons. The Andals and Loynas were defeated by the Valyrians before they fled to the Westeros continent. It can be said that the rise of the Valyrians indirectly affected the direction of the Westeros continent.
The Targaryen family, the former ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, was just an unknown small family in the Valyrian Free Fortress. You should know that the Targaryen family conquered six kingdoms in the Westeros continent just by relying on three giant dragons. However, at its peak, the Valyrian Free Fortress had nearly 300 giant dragons.
However, this once huge and powerful force was destroyed by a terrible "doomsday catastrophe". There is no complete conclusion on how this huge force was destroyed.
The glass candle that was glowing in Ed's hand came from the Valyrian Free Fortress before the "Doom Catastrophe". According to Ed's predecessor, it can be seen that some of the sages in Xuecheng exchanged with the wizards of the Valyrian Free Fortress in order to study magic.
When in the school town, every person who vowed to become a bachelor must stay overnight in the cellar below the cardinal hall and cannot carry any lighting objects. At this time, the bachelor in charge of the review will hand over a glass candle to the trialist.
The trialist must spend a night in the dark unless the trialist can light up the glass candle. This was originally a means used by the old birds in the school city to pretend to be green in front of beginners.
But when it came to the original owner of Ed, the glass candle was actually lit. This incident caused a sensation the next morning, but soon, the incident was suppressed by the chance of the Xuecheng City, and Ed's predecessor was also lifted from the bachelor's promotion ceremony.
Later, Ed was taken as an assistant by a doctor who studied magic in the city, the "magic" Malwin, and at that time, Ed met Bachelor of Coben. At a certain period of time, Ed, Malwin, and some bachelors who had research on magic formed the "Dragon and Magic Research Society", which specialized in ancient literature and magic.
In the following year or so, Ed's predecessor also learned a lot of knowledge related to magic. Because he was able to light a glass candle, many people believed that Ed was a proof of the magical revival. This incident later caused a great sensation among the bachelors in the school town.
In fact, after searching the memories of his predecessor, Ed found that the reason why he came to the Northern Territory to inherit the lord should have put in a lot of efforts.
After all, to some extent, Ed has become a member of Xuecheng. It is logical that he cannot inherit the position of lord. Moreover, according to the nature of Winterfell Lord Ed Stark, he will not be embarrassed by the inheritance right issue, because he is a person who attaches great importance to honor. But the problem is that in the end, Xuecheng and Winterfell both conveyed the complete inheritance documents of information to Ed.
After passing all the information in his mind, Ed also organized the language, so he spoke to Bachelor Albert:
"Under the guidance of glass candles, my mind went to that distant era, where I witnessed many historical events, the power of the Dragon Kings of the ancient Valyrian Free Fortress, and how the huge city was built bit by bit, and I also learned a lot of knowledge there."
After seeing Bachelor Albert's already confused look, Ed breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this theory had affected some of Bachelor Albert's cognition. In this way, the things he did later would not make Bachelor Albert doubt.
"My dear Bachelor Albert, I know that you have always been educated to not believe in magic, because in your opinion, using magic is a wicked act of fighting with people with glass swords, but you cannot deny the existence of a dragon, right?"
After hearing Ed's words, Bachelor Albert also recovered from confusion. After taking a look at the glass candle in Ed's hand, he slowly spoke:
"The dragon is just some strange creature. The dragon kings of the Valyrian Free Fortress just happened to learn how to tame them, just like we tame horses."
"These are just the knowledge you have gained in the book. You have not personally confirmed it. Many of the works in the school city were written after accumulating and exploring them little by little. I have seen the fire magicians turn rocks into squares, and also saw the scenes of dragons hatching. These are the same as legends. Moreover, even if you still deny the existence of magic, how do you explain this thing?"
After listening to Bachelor Albert's words, Ed directly retorted, and after saying the last sentence, he handed the glass candle to Bachelor Albert.
"Nothing cannot be studied. I think that as long as we master the principles of magic, it can bring happiness to the leaders. The dragon kings of the Free Fortress of Valyria are too greedy to use the useful knowledge to practice. I will use this knowledge better in the construction of the territory, and I will continue to study magic because I hope to gain more power."
Chapter completed!