The silent meal ended quickly.
"Your home is quite interesting"
Tian Shi told Otto in the courtyard.
Otto paused briefly.
"What do you mean?"
To be honest, she couldn't see anything in her house that could be considered "interesting."
"Everywhere... everywhere, but it's really not important to you."
Thinking about the chaotic state of the Apocalypse family, Tian Shi could only sigh, noting that they truly lived up to their medieval reputation.
Of course, if judged by the standards of the most atrocious villains, the House of Apocalypse is even a model of medieval virtue.
After all, the future will only present the case of one woman who killed her father.
"?"
Otto was stunned, clearly unable to comprehend Tian Shi's statement.
"By the way, how is your relationship with your sister?"
"Not very familiar"
Otto thought for a moment and replied: "Sister Lisa is always very mysterious, while Sister Bianca is closer to me, but unfortunately..."
"Otto, you don't really know any of your family members, do you?"
"..."
Otto paused for a moment at Tian Shi's words, then nodded with some shyness.
Although interpersonal relationships are always two-way, from Otto's own perspective, she didn't know anyone in her family.
"You're really doing it wrong"
Tian Shi was not worried about the decrease in compatibility and gave a sincere evaluation.
It's not just that Tian Shi isn't worried about compatibility decreasing; in some way, he would even be happy if compatibility decreased a bit.
In a short time, the compatibility with Otto increased another 6%.
This rate of increase is no longer a matter of whether it's good or bad.
It unexpectedly gave him a sense of unease.
"Haha..."
Otto scratched her face.
"But because of that, no one will bother me much... Although my second brother still looks down on my inventions because we see each other all the time."
In Tian Shi's eyes, Otto's second brother, Fabian, was simply... a very ordinary person, ambitious but incompetent?
Otto's eldest brother, Fernando, was the successor chosen by Nicholas.
He has already established himself and started a family, and only returns occasionally, like today.
In other words, Fabian is like Otto; both do not enjoy great prestige.
As for Fernando... although his name is the same as a certain unfortunate archduke in the future, his position in the Apocalypse family is something like that of a direct heir.
It's not just about status, but also about destiny.
In a few years, Otto's eldest brother will die in an accident, forcing Nicholas to turn his attention completely to Otto, making the second brother's fate even more tragic.
Nicholas's evaluation of Fabian was that he was "all bark and no bite, a Kaslana at heart."
"Otto, do you want to be bishop?"
"!!?"
Otto was startled by Tian Shi's sudden question and quickly looked around to see if anyone was lurking nearby and eavesdropping.
"No! Not at all! What right do I have, as a woman, to be bishop?"
Although Otto is quite cute now, why would Tian Shi inexplicably say that?
Tian Shi thought that perhaps he expected Otto to show her characteristic fake and gentle smile, and nodded to himself.
"All right, then let's let your dear eldest brother disappear from the world first"
Tsk, a "laughing" mentality is not good.
Isn't it good that Otto no longer has any ambition?
"The reaction is very strong, I suddenly thought it might be interesting to have you as bishop."
Tian Shi smiled, which relieved Otto.
"There's nothing funny about it, I'd be in big trouble if someone heard me say that."
Otto clutched her chest in surprise... but now Otto couldn't see anything on her chest.
No, no, no, why should I focus on Otto's chest?
It always reminds him of the male Otto he has seen in the real world.
"Eh... My God! What are we going to learn tonight? Or do we keep making kites?"
Seeing that the dangerous topic had passed, Otto couldn't help but show an expectant look on her face.
Forget families and bishops; the only thing she wants to do now is learn!
She had been waiting for this since she started eating!
"What are you going to learn...?"
Tian Shi noticed a subtle change in Otto's expectant expression.
"I think you should rest, Otto; you haven't slept a wink since last night, have you?"
"Ah..."
Otto was a little disappointed with this answer.
However, Tian Shi's words only made Otto feel even sleepier.
After all, her health had always been poor and the stress such tension placed on her body was truly immense.
"Let's rest for today."
Tian Shi noticed that Otto was tired just by looking at her.
"Tomorrow... first I will teach you mechanics."
"Oh no, this keeps me from sleeping well!"
The surprise brought by the new term immediately dissipated Otto's sleepiness.
"Tired? Do you think you can defeat me, Otto, just because I'm learning new knowledge and working hard?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Seeing Otto's bright and alert eyes again, Tian Shi couldn't help but put his hand to his face.
"Um... Your Majesty, if you don't mind, I can finish studying before I go to sleep"
"Finished learning it? No way! Do you really think mechanics is a minor subject?"
"How about this? First I'll give you a lesson and then you can go to sleep obediently"
Seeing Otto's look, Tian Shi couldn't help but step back.
"No problem."
Otto didn't insist further.
"Very well, let's begin the first lesson: the definition of force..."
…
"Hey! Otto! I'm here again!"
Otto had just finished breakfast and was returning to her studio when Kallen's voice resonated from the other side of the wall.
Before Otto could respond, Kallen's little white-haired head reappeared on the wall.
"Up!"
Having climbed the wall yesterday, Kallen's wall-climbing skills were even more proficient today, and she even climbed all the way to Otto's studio door.
"Don't you need training?"
Otto looked at Kallen with a somewhat subtle expression.
"I've heard that the Kaslana family training is extremely rigorous... You didn't run away, did you?"
"That's all a rumor, our training can be completed in just a few minutes"
Kallen proudly waved her somewhat dirty little hand to indicate that there was no problem.
"..."
Otto sighed, in a mixture of helplessness and envy, and then pointed.
"The kite is over there, go play with it."
"Otto, aren't you coming?"
"Me? I have something else to do..."
Otto was not willing to reveal to Kallen her relationship with "the God."
To Otto's relief, the "god" supported her ideas.
"I see..."
Kallen was a bit disappointed, but seeing Otto's serious expression, she said nothing more and immediately picked up her kite and ran to the courtyard to play.
"Is this talent?"
Otto couldn't help but sigh as she watched Kallen skip away.
"To what aspect do you refer? Physical strength?"
Tian Shi looked at Kallen, who was walking away.
"But you have more talent in terms of intelligence."
"Wisdom..."
Otto repeated it and then sighed as well.
"Do you think, if she puts all her effort into a jump, she could jump further than a kite?"
"Not yet"
Tian Shi said with a shrug.
"But it might not be like that in the future."
Otto felt somewhat helpless hearing this; she knew very well why her second brother looked down on her so much at home.
These "clever tricks" could be completely ineffective against someone as powerful as Kallen.
"Kallen could easily lift hundreds of pounds of things with one hand; if it were me... I'd probably already be mush."
"This is because you haven't grasped the essence"
Tian Shi seemed to have deciphered Otto's thoughts.
Otto is still too inexperienced... or rather, she lacks self-confidence.
Tian Shi thought Otto should spend some time with Kallen.
After that, Otto would understand the importance of wisdom.
Looking at Otto, the girl in front of him who seemed to feel inferior from time to time, Tian Shi felt that something was wrong.
"A brain is very important... well, but you might not understand it if I talk to you like this."
"As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. How about we go out one day with Kallen?"
"This..."
Otto felt a little uncomfortable when Tian Shi suddenly stopped the lesson and started talking about this.
However, Otto couldn't ignore what Tian Shi was saying.
"Couldn't you take this opportunity to buy some tools and materials?"
Tian Shi added an irresistible touch to the proposal to convince Otto.
"But what about Dad...?"
"Let Kallen talk to him; your father will surely agree"
Since Tian Shi had already said so much, Otto nodded with some difficulty and stood up from her chair.
However, at that moment Otto had a bad feeling.
(Why would the gods say "practice makes perfect"? Does that mean Kallen is a troublemaker?)
With somewhat mixed feelings, Otto called Kallen, who was playing with the kite, and directly expressed her thoughts to her.
After hearing this, Kallen naturally agreed with a happy expression.
But what she said next made Otto understand something.
"Why bother telling Uncle Nicholas? Why don't we jump over the wall and leave?"
"Eh..."
"Don't worry! I'm very good at these things! Even if Uncle Nicholas finds out, say I forced you out!"
Kallen gave Otto a look that she considered very fair.
"..."
"Ah, is this what the gods intended?"
At that moment, Otto perceived no loyalty in Kallen's face; instead, she perceived a lot of boredom.
(Although from a certain perspective, could this be considered a solution?)
Before Otto could think it through, Kallen quickly climbed over the wall and reached out her hand to Otto, who was below.
"..."
Looking at Kallen's small hand, Otto wasn't sure whether to hold it or not.
"Even though I wasn't valued at home, I received a lady's education!"
Okay, Otto admits that she, spending all her time in the workshop working with wood, has no right to look down on Kallen in that sense.
However, this girl doesn't seem to realize that her hands are dirty...
"In fact, I've started to realize the importance of wisdom... or rather, of the brain."
"Truly worthy of being called a deity..."
[Otto's compatibility +5% ]
Tian Shi: "..."
Otto hesitated for a moment, then closed her eyes, grabbed Kallen's hand, and then, with tremendous force, opened her eyes again, already outside the wall.
"How about that? How cool! Jumping over the wall was great, right?"
Kallen stood there with her hands on her hips, with a "come and praise me" look.
"Yes, it's really impressive..."
Otto looked at her hands and saw that they were indeed covered in dirt.
Although she's not a germophobe, there's still a big difference between getting dirty herself and having someone else do it, right?
"Hey, hey..."
Kallen smiled smugly.
Looking at Kallen, Tian Shi couldn't help but feel the urge to flick the girl on the forehead.
"!"
Suddenly, Kallen clenched her fists and took a fighting stance.
"What's wrong?"
Otto was startled to see Kallen like that.
"I think... I think I felt danger..."
Kallen hesitated for a moment.
"It's like falling into a mud pit and coming home to find my dad."
"That really is very dangerous."
Otto put herself in her place; if something like that happened in her Apocalypse family, she would probably be disappeared by her own father...
Tian Shi was also quite moved at that moment.
This intuition is on par with Kevin's!
Tian Shi stroked his chin.
It was enough to think about it for an instant, and this girl had already understood it?
That's outrageous...
"By the way, Kallen, didn't your family hire a tutor for you?"
Otto felt a bit out of place with Kallen at that moment.
"No, we didn't hire one."
Kallen spoke naturally.
"My dad told me that we have a kind of 'sage teachings' in our family, something that has been passed down to us by our ancestors, and it's really powerful..."
"Although I don't know what that is, my family has never hired a tutor since I was old enough to understand things."
"Sounds a bit like lying to a child."
Otto's expression was a bit strange.
"This is too ambiguous, right? And I've never heard of anything like that."
"Who knows..."
Kallen scratched her head.
"But Dad wouldn't lie to me... right?"
Tian Shi fell into a deep reflection.
Well, the Kaslana family doesn't know if he's a saint or not, but their master... is certainly somehow related.
Besides, there's what our ancestors left behind... tsk, it seems as if some kind of dark story has been passed down.
But... I don't think I have any embarrassing stories, do I?
After all, the principle of simulation is to simulate first and then modify.
My previous simulations, especially Kevin's, were fairly normal teaching methods, right?
So, could the so-called "teachings of sages and virtuous masters" simply be teaching records copied from Kevin?
But still, wouldn't it be necessary for the teacher to reproduce the teaching records?
No, the more I think about it, the stranger it seems to me.
I need to figure this out myself when I have time.
Although Tian Shi felt he had done nothing wrong, he didn't quite trust Kevin's brain.
"Forget it, who cares? I'm doing great without a tutor!"
Kallen made a dismissive gesture with her hand and then grabbed Otto's arm again without saying a word.
"Let's go! I'll take you on a fun-filled trip!"