“Old sir, who are you?” Russell asked in surprise
“Franken, my name is Franken, Master Russell.” The old administrator took off his hat as a gentleman.
“Are you a scholar?”
“Yes, seventeen years ago, with the “Geography of the Prehistoric Era of the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame”, I was recognized by the Red Keep Great Scholar Roundtable and awarded me the title of Scholar.” Franken originally had a stooped back, He straightened up unconsciously as he spoke.
“Well.” Russell asked curiously, “As a scholar, why do you work as the administrator of the private library of Blue Bird Castle?”
Although the library of Blue Bird Castle may be larger than the library.
But after all it is just a private library.
Franken touched the Scholar Medal on his chest, sighed and said with a smile: “Because I didn’t make any achievements later… When I was young, I served the Yujiuka family as a caravan manager, traveled all over the country, and got a taste of the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy. All corners of…”
It was his experience as a caravan steward that gave Franken a clear understanding of the mountains and rivers of the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy, plus some personal speculations.
Finally, he wrote the book “Geography of the Prehistoric Era of the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame”.
Therefore he got the title of polymath.
“But I am getting old, my legs and feet are inconvenient, and I can no longer follow the caravan. My biggest wish is to leave the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy and go to foreign countries to see different mountains and rivers…” Franken sighed, “It’s a pity that this life It’s impossible.”
Russell continued to ask: “Then you don’t need to be an administrator here. You can teach in the Red Keep or the colleges in Stormrage City. With this geography, there should be many colleges willing to hire you, right?”
“Ahem…”
Franken coughed unnaturally: “Due to some changes, I was expelled from the academy in Stormrage City… In the end, the Earl took me in.”
As for what the change was, Russell didn’t ask further.
“Where is your book?”
“Master Russell, please stop calling me ‘you’. Although my title of scholar has not been taken back, I am no longer worthy of this status… Just call me Franken, my book On the sixth shelf of the fourth row of bookshelves.”
“Okay, let me take a look first. I’ll call you if necessary.” Russell said.
“At your service at any time.” Franken retreated behind the desk and continued his previous work of maintaining books.
soon.
Russell found this “Shadow Flame Geography”.
After opening it, I discovered that this was not a pure text book, but a picture book with half illustrations and half text.
The directory is divided into two parts.
The upper part is the geography of the volcanic area, and the lower part is the geography of the hot spring area.
Among them, the geographical geography of volcanic areas mainly describes the situation of volcanic oasis, which is divided into eight provinces, namely the Furious Wind Province where the volcano is located, and the seven ordinary provinces distributed around the volcano. Among them, the Turbulent Province is connected to the Youguang River Valley. .
The geography of the Hot Spring Territory introduces the territories of two earls and five barons.
“Gravel Collar, Sancha River Estuary… Populus euphratica Gobi, Fire Ant Swamp, Youguang River Valley, Heiting Mountain, Golden Field…”
Russell focused on the geography of Youguang River Valley.
Sure enough, the map inside even drew the Black-rumped Snake Manor, but in Russell’s opinion, the map was somewhat distorted and the proportions were not very refined.
But the general position is correct.
“It is indeed a good geography.” Russell returned to the table at the door. “Franken, are there any extra copies of this book? I would like to borrow one to take back.”
“Yes, Master Russell.” Franken said happily, “There are also several “Geography” books in the collection. I don’t even need to inform the Earl, because these books are kept for my personal collection.”
“Really? Then I won’t be polite.”
“Okay, I’ll put the Geography here first and take it away when I leave. By the way, where is the collection of books about magical creatures?”
“In the twelfth row of bookshelves, the entire row of bookshelves is filled with books about magical creatures. In addition, the upper part of the thirteenth row of bookshelves is also a collection of books about magical creatures. If you want to find books about dragons, then in the seventh row On the bookshelf.”
“Thanks.”
“Happy to serve you.”
Soon Russell was wandering in the sea of books. Compared with Baron Roman’s study room filled with bookshelves filled with red wine, this place was a pure storage room of knowledge.
Russell searched for books from bottom to top.
Most of them are books introducing magical creatures such as elves and fantasy beasts, from the magic medicine cultivation of fairy cordyceps to the medicinal value of fantasy beast bones, from the strange behavioral characteristics of elves to the precautions for breeding primitive beasts.
Everything you need.
But there were no books about amber bugs that Russell was looking for.
The books were opened one by one and stuffed back. Russell quickly climbed up the ladder and continued to look for books while standing on the ladder.
“”The Possible Evolution of Dragons”… Why is this book not classified as dragons, but placed in magical creatures?”
Russell turned to a very thin book, less than the thickness of a finger.
After opening the book, I saw the author’s preface, and my eyes lit up: “Dancing with the dragon, Adin Lieyang…Adin Lieyang, this is the royal surname of the Blazing Torrent Kingdom, and Princess Anxia is this Last name!”
Princess Anxia’s full name is Anxia Lieyang.
The names of the male members of the Lieyang royal family of the Blazing Torrent Kingdom all start with “A”, and the names of the female members all start with “An”.
“I have asked Lieyang thousands of times about the birth of the dragon. Lieyang remained silent, but I already had thousands of guesses in my mind.”
The writing style of the preface is a bit strange, which is related to the fact that this book is a translated work.
“A fairy bug can affect an entire potion field from the moment it is born, from ordinary plants to potion plants, in just a day and night.”
“A fantasy beast, from beast to full of magic, also only takes a day and night.”
“A bipedal flying dragon was born in a hot spring. Isn’t it the same as a giant dragon being born from a volcano?”
“Besides, I have also studied amber worms, pseudo-dragons, and even personally visited the dragon domain lord West Jinnari.”
“Looking at magical creatures, they all suddenly bloom with magic power.”
“So I boldly guessed that the power of the earth always quietly evolves overnight. If there is an opportunity to evolve, it can be born into a dragon in one day. Elves, fantasy beasts, amber, and pseudo-dragons are all dragons.”
“The changeability of dragons only depends on the evolution of the power of the earth. By chance, even a knight can transform into a dragon.”
“A giant dragon, a flying dragon, a pseudo-dragon, a phantom beast. The knight can control it and get the opportunity to evolve into a dragon!”
“Tsk tsk… I am so tired after reading this preface. Is it because the translation level is too low, or is the writing level of Adin Lieyang too poor?” Russell read the translation, pondered for a moment, and roughly understood what the author wanted to express. .
Basically, the theme of this preface is – everyone is like a dragon.
Russell understood it in his own way: “Probably what Adin Lieyang means is that extraordinary power is a dragon. If you master the extraordinary power, you will master the ability to transform into a dragon… Of course, for now, transforming into a dragon The way is to contract fantasy beasts, pseudo-dragons, bipedal dragons, and even giant dragons.”
Turn the page.
Russell was ready to take a good look at how this Adin Lieyang would introduce the way of cultivation to everyone like a dragon.
(End of chapter)