Chapter 20 Attempts at Interpretation

　　No unexpected surprises, as Lucien expected, from the four hours after dinner until he fell asleep unconsciously, he only deciphered the content of the first ten pages of the magical notes, and it was dominated by discontinuous words, there was no way to form a complete sentence, because many of the vocabulary words that involved magic were very remote and rare. 　　Of course, with Lucien's ability to study for many years, he could indeed restore and brainstorm the meaning of some of the sentences through these words, but it was definitely not precise enough, according to such an understanding, Lucien wouldn't dare to start learning magic in a hurry, and he wouldn't know how he would die at that time. 　　Fortunately, as a magical notebook, the witch will record the magic she learns while occasionally recording her own thoughts and some things she meets, just like a diary, and this part of the words are not rare, the grammatical structure is also the same as Lucien's normal speech, so that Lucien smoothly deciphered the similar sentences contained in the first ten pages or so, and roughly knew the origins of the other two magical notebooks or should be called the books of magic. .. 　　The witch came from a magician family that survived the destruction of the ancient Sylvanus magic empire, although this family has been living in a remote mountain fortress since the occupation of Alto, and their movements are secretive, but under the church's hundreds of years of crackdowns and manhunts, the population is still getting smaller and smaller, and if it wasn't for the fact that the church's crackdowns and manhunts have become a lot smaller in the last hundred years or so, I'm afraid that this family has already perished, but even so, to the witch's generation, she is a magician. But even so, in the witch's generation, only she and her parents are left. 　　After a certain summoning "Lucian do not know the word represents the creature" accident, the witch became an orphan, but also officially inherited the "astrology and elemental book" "common things associated with magic illustrated" two magic books. 　　The first dozen pages of the witch's "diary-like" notes were only so much, so the first thought that came to Lucien's mind when he woke up the next morning was: "It's best if the witch's magical notes are complete and not cut corners, otherwise where would I learn the ancient Sylvanus script? " 　　※※※ 　　Since the vast majority of the jobs that Lucien was currently able to find from the Copper Crown Tavern were related to the Aaron's Mob, Lucien was once again unemployed, and would have to rely on his savings to support him for a short period of time. 　　However, this was exactly in line with Lucien, John, and Joel's intentions, which was to let Lucien focus on learning words first for the recent period of time to avoid any retaliation that might come his way. After all, Joel and Alyssa were either working as street performers in the administrative district or cleaning clothes in the powerful guilds, and Evan could follow Alyssa to the textile guild to help out with some small things that didn't cost any money, and there was nothing much to do with Aaron's gangsters, and only Lucien, if he started to do something, it was really difficult to jump out of the Aaron's market area that had very strong forces. 　　Even John they also asked Lucien this period of time can not go out of the city, can not go to secluded places, at night be careful to be not afraid of death secretly set fire to the house and so on. 　　Therefore, after Lucien woke up, washed his face, and ate the black bread that had been softened in boiling water, he actually developed a leisurely feeling of having nothing to do. 　　Of course, this was just an illusion, Lucien quickly collected his laziness and went out to find an open space in the Adejean district, and then began to work out his body and practiced the fundamentals of swordsmanship with a wooden stick, as John had taught him. 　　For Lucien, before learning magic, the best way to meet the possible dangers is to try to strengthen his own strength, even though John has already said, if you do not exercise from childhood, and then start after the age of sixteen, there is basically no hope to stimulate the power of the bloodline, and to obtain the divine grace, unless you get the "holy light water" given by the church. 　　Moreover, Lucien still has Jackson's dagger on his body, so he can fight at the critical moment. 　　After the workout, it was already nine o'clock, Lucien returned home, rested for a while, and began to review what he had learned yesterday, as well as last night's attempts to decipher the gains of the magical notes, seriousness, diligence and self-awareness is unprecedented, far more than ever before. 　　※※※ 　　Inside the hall of 12 Sneva Street in Gisu District. 　　Victor looked at Lucien with difficulty in believing, "You really haven't studied words before, whether it's pronunciation, spelling rules or grammar?" 　　From the thirty-two letters he asked to be memorized, to the several questions, Lucien's answers were perfect, and he also raised several queries on spelling rules, which were often found after officially starting to learn words and grammar, Lucien's learning progress was just too astonishing, just one day of learning was equivalent to the effect of a beginner's three months, and was already on the verge of catching up to the civilian students who had a certain level of basic knowledge, Colin and Renee. 　　This was the second time that Victor was surprised by Lucien's performance, making the other students unable to help but look at Lucien once again, is this pauper boy a genius in language and writing, or is he deliberately lying and actually has some foundation himself? 　　"Mr. Victor, I really haven't learned words before, it's just that when I was studying, I happened to think that it could be linked to the pronunciation and customary way of speaking in normal times, and it was only after comparing and referencing that I was able to learn so quickly." In Alto, Lucien wanted others to treat him as a genius, but did not want to be treated as an incomprehensible monster, it would be troublesome if he attracted the attention of the church, so he briefly explained his learning method without panic. 　　This was indeed the method used by Lucien, except that without the aid of the library as well as the written books to try and decipher it, the same learning speed of Lucien could not be reached. 　　Although Victor was from a commoner's background, but his father was already a good violin musician who was appreciated by many nobles, he had been learning the universal language since he was a child and had no experience in this area, after listening, he nodded his head and praised, "Very good, very good, the fact that you were able to make good use of the advantage of being able to speak the universal language and summarize the method proves that you're very smart and very talent." 　　His satisfaction with Lucien was obvious. 　　The gazes of Herodotus, Colin, and Renee looking at Lucien were already mixed with faint envy and jealousy. 　　Lotte and Phyllis, who had followed Victor for five years and no longer had any problems with the Common Language, and even their musical attainments were similarly not low, seldom saw Victor praise his students like this, and couldn't help but look at each other. 　　"His method sounds quite useful." Phyllis sat demurely and ladylike with her hands crossed over the skirts of her legs, nodding slightly and maintaining a slightly condescending attitude. 　　Lotte was going to shrug a little, but immediately thought how unaristocratic a gesture it was, which would have been fine when he was with other familiar companions or the commoner maidens that surrounded him, but across the table sat Phyllis, who was vaguely competing with himself in musical performance and was petty and good at sarcasm, so he just smiled and whispered, "After so many years of speaking the Mandarin, it's only natural to have thoughts about it, and it's not a solution that can be used to learn music, is it, Phyllis?" 　　"You think I'd be so naive and childish? Besides, I have my own way of learning music, unlike someone who always relies on that tiny bit of talent, refuses to put his heart into it, and piddles around with women, Lotte, and I think you should understand that talent can't be squandered for long." Phyllis flashed her standard smile, her eight snow-white teeth neat and pretty, "If this, uh, seems to be a pauper named Lucian, started studying music, he might even surpass you." 　　She made a sarcastic remark about Lucien to Lotte. 　　In fact, other than a guy like Lucien, who had a serious lack of common sense, and Joel, John, and the others who knew that he just wanted to learn words and change his living situation, everyone else, including Koen, Victor, Lotte, Phyllis, Renee, and the others, assumed that Lucien wanted to go in the direction of music because once a scholar who chose to learn words often meant that he chose a path for later on. 　　For example, if one wanted to be a clerk of a village court or an administrative officer of a town hall, then when studying languages and words, one would definitely choose a scholar in law, history, etc., rather than a musician like Victor. 　　As for wanting to be a mere scholar, the small number of people who were not of noble origin, or who had a close relationship with the nobility, could not be recognized, and even if it was a musical path that relied heavily on one's own strengths, those who had not been praised, recognized, or courted by the nobility, could not be called musicians. 　　Lotte sneered, "If it exceeds me, it certainly exceeds you, Phyllis." 　　Phyllis was about to retaliate when she suddenly saw Mr. Victor's gaze looking over, so she straightened her long fiery red hair, buried her head, and continued to look at the sheet music. 　　After Victor affirmed Lucien's talent, his teaching of Lucien pulled up his speed, quickly combining words to finish the spelling rules and talk about part of the grammar knowledge, which was just what Lucien wanted. 　　※※※ 　　Friday, Lucien's last day of study this week. 　　After a few days of studying, Lucien had already mastered most of the grammar, and could have started learning magic if it wasn't for the lack of vocabulary in his way, nevertheless, Lucien had deciphered the witch's magical notes to the point where only the last few pages were left, figuring out why she had come to Alto. 　　"The effect of meditation decreases significantly as mental power grows, is there room for improvement?" 　　"Should I take the risk of trying a meditation method that can only be used by full-fledged magicians?" 　　"Almost dying is too dangerous, perhaps I should consider improving the apprentice meditation method by referring to this meditation method." 　　"Aimless and unable to find a direction, no wonder after hundreds of years of inheritance, the family forefathers have failed to improve the apprentice meditation method, it's because I'm too arrogant and shallow." 　　"The structure of first level magic is too complex, it's difficult to build up a model of imprinting." 　　"I'm going crazy, I can't rely on existing magic potions to advance to full magician if I can't establish an imprint model." 　　"Perhaps, I should try to concoct the 'Gate of Magic' potion, which itself contains a first level spell model that could hopefully allow me to become a full-fledged magician." 　　"The ice-like goldfinch flower needed cannot be found." 　　"Alto is the largest and most prosperous city in the western part of the continent, and it is also a city where many magicians hide, so maybe I should go and try my luck." 　　This is the "diary style" content that Lucien deciphered, curious about the witch's experience after arriving in Alto, decided to continue tonight and decipher the last few pages. 　　Today, Lucien came to Victor's place to study, but also hid a small idea, that is, the basic mastery of grammar at the same time, looking for an opportunity to borrow the general language dictionary, using the library to force to write down, if it can be successful, perhaps two days on the weekend, Lucien will be able to begin to learn magic. 　　Lucien was filled with anticipation.