"Mr. Eldric... what were you saying just now?"
"I think Mr. Eldric was saying that no matter how strong love is, once it gets tangled up with money, daily life, and all the mundane stuff, it falls apart."
"But..."
The students had already been somewhat influenced by this idea.
However, what they saw in front of them now completely flipped their perspective.
A simple, rundown house. Two people dressed in plain clothes.
Yet, the man worked the fields and hunted, while the woman spun thread and wove cloth. The affection between them, shown through their hard work, felt far more genuine and heartwarming than any of the romantic ideals they had read about in books.
"Is Mr. Eldric really right about that?"
No, it seemed like even Mr. Eldric himself...
They glanced nervously at Mr. Eldric.