Luo Ya scoffed. Didn't he know how he treated her all this time? How could he so shamelessly say such things?
Luo Ya said slowly, "Don't look at me, I have no choice either. Educating children is a very troublesome thing."
Rudius wailed, for he could already see his bleak future ahead.
I don't know if I can succeed in my tutoring task, and I won't be able to see Silphie for a while. I can't even send her a letter now.
However, upon calm reflection, Paul's argument does indeed make a lot of sense.
If Silphie continues to grow up as she is, she might become the kind of childhood friend character that appears in those overused adult games. That is, the kind of character who always follows the protagonist closely, becoming a satellite that seems to revolve around the protagonist as the center of the world, lacking any independent personality.
In the real world, over-reliance should gradually dissipate through school, interactions with friends, and the process of learning. However, because of her hair color, Silphie cannot make friends.
Even five years from now, she could very well still be clinging to Rudius.
Although Rudius didn't care about that situation, the adults around him didn't seem to think so.
After thinking it through, Rudius couldn't help but sigh. He understood, but accepting it was still too difficult for him.
Girenius and Roja were watching the commotion from the sidelines when Girenius suddenly asked, "What's wrong, Rudius? Did you break up with your lover?"
Rudius sighed, "He was just kicked out of the house by Paul."
Looking at the letter, Rudius continued reading: "As for your compensation, you will receive two Asura silver coins each month. Although this amount is lower than the rate for a tutor, it is quite a lot for a child's allowance. You should find time to go to town and learn how to use money. Because if you don't practice spending it regularly, you won't know how to use it properly in an emergency. However, I feel that my excellent son should be able to spend money very well even without studying... Ah, no matter what, you must not use it to buy women."
Roya narrowed his eyes slightly, exchanged a glance with Rudius, and both revealed a strange smile.
"Tsk." Kyrie Irvine looked at their expressions and knew without them saying a word what they were thinking.
Also, so this is what kind of person Roya is.
I was really deceived by his appearance.
Is it fair to say he's Paul's son?
"If you can persist for five years and properly teach the young lady to read, write, do arithmetic, and perform magic, then the contract stipulates that the other party will pay the equivalent of three people's tuition fees for magic university as a special reward."
Rudius continued reading, "However, five years from now, Sylphie may not still be willing to stay with you, and you may change your mind because your feelings have cooled. So we will have to communicate with Sylphie properly."
When Rudius saw this, he felt completely disgusted. What did he mean by "you should communicate properly"? But no matter what, the deed was done. He looked down again and stopped at the very end. Rudius glanced at it but didn't read it aloud this time because it was a pointless statement.
[I hope that in these five years, you will be able to learn all sorts of new knowledge in a completely new environment and achieve a significant leap forward. — Your wise and wonderful father, Paul.]
Rudius didn't want to utter this self-praising remark.
He carefully put the envelope away and handed it to Gilead. Gilead waved his hand and said, "Just read it aloud. You can keep this letter."
Rudius turned his gaze to Roya, his eyes asking the boy if he wanted the letter.
Roya curled his lip and waved his hand; he didn't want Paul the scum's letter.
Rudius had no choice but to put the letter in his pocket; he didn't really want to keep it.
This shows just how bad Paul's reputation is.
After a moment's thought, he turned his gaze to Roya and said, "That's not right, brother. You seem to be perfectly fine. You just spend your days learning swordsmanship from Kyrie Irvine."
Roya said lazily, "You said it yourself, I have to learn swordsmanship from Kyrie Irwin every day. How can you say there's nothing going on? Please, I'm very busy. I'm responsible for the rise and fall of the family. If something happens to you one day, I can still help you with my powerful strength."
Rudius nodded. The reason was reasonable and convincing. Yeah, right!
Rudius shouted, "Brother, you're being too despicable! You're getting all the benefits. No way, you have to do your part too!"
Roya fell into deep thought, and he frowned as he thought of Alice's personality.
She's not an easy person to get along with.
But as Rudius said, he couldn't just stay at the other party's house without doing anything.
After a moment of contemplation, Roya said, "How about this, I'll teach for two years. For the first two years, I'll teach Alice magic, and you can teach her arithmetic and other things. Is that alright?"
Rudius tried to bargain, saying that teaching magic alone wasn't enough, but Roja glared at him fiercely, instantly extinguishing his thoughts of haggling.
Rudius thought about it for a moment, weighing the pros and cons. His math skills were definitely not bad. After all, he had transmigrated from a small island nation on Earth in his previous life. In this world where there were no multiplication tables, he was definitely a genius. So there shouldn't be much of a problem.
As for magic, although I am extremely skilled at it, it seems I am not good enough compared to Roya. He is also quite good at teaching magic.
But he probably didn't know that a nightmare awaited him. Knowledge is something that can only be acquired if the other party is willing to learn.
Whether Alice will learn magic or not, Roya doesn't know, but she definitely won't want to learn arithmetic.
At least they won't be so obedient in learning arithmetic and the like.
Magic can be linked to novelty, so Alice might not cause too much trouble. As for math and such, aren't you making things difficult for our future Mad Dog Lord?
That's why Roya pushed the most troublesome task onto Rudius.
Looking at the grinning Rudius, he thought he had gotten the better deal, but that wasn't the case. If both magic and arithmetic were taught by the same person, the other person might try to listen patiently. But if it was just arithmetic, well, Rudius was in for a rough time.
The carriage traveled slowly and smoothly, and Roya took a short nap because he was so bored.
By the time they arrived, it was already dusk. The village of Bouyena was a distance that would take a whole day to reach by horse-drawn carriage.
Converted to actual time, it takes about six or seven hours. It's a bit far, but it's also quite close.