"What have you done to make them like that to you?" David asked. "I don't want to interfere with the problems between you and the nobility. I don't want to become their target. I'm just curious."
I think there's no harm in telling him what happened this afternoon. Even though he said it just out of curiosity, not because he intended to help me deal with them.
"It's true as your friend said," he said after listening to my story. "You've done something you didn't need to do. I know you did it out of good intentions, but sometimes not all good intentions end well, Isaac, you have to know your limits."
Yes, I also think the same as him, it's just that I don't want to be someone like that. Because Einar trained me not only to be strong, but to be the man I was meant to be.
A man will not stand by watching a woman suffer in front of him.
"Then, what should I do? Should I bow my head to apologize to them?" I asked in surprise, after all, why should I, who was innocent, apologize? this world has gone crazy.
Now one by one the professors came up to the stage, and next to them there were also two people dressed as students standing on the stage. They lined up at the back of the stage, then an old man with a neat appearance, long robes and a conical hat stood at the front of the stage, which caused the crowded atmosphere of the students to turn silent.
"Maybe in this place there are some of you who already know me, maybe there are still some people who don't know me." The old man looked left and right, taking in all the new students. "Therefore, I will introduce myself first, my name is Nezkar Alifanya, the principal of this academy. I congratulate all of you who have successfully passed the entrance test to this academy, and I assure you that you will gain knowledge that you will never learn anywhere, be it from books or from other people."
Everyone in this room listened carefully to the principal's speech, even the nobles who were originally louder than us commoners, now they all became calmer and did not open their mouths.
"I don't know what your true goal is for entering this academy. But I'm sure, the reason you all joined this academy is because you have your own dreams and goals to achieve."
"Everything but not me," David said quietly and I just smiled at that.
"Whether it's for something good or vice versa. However, believe me, there is not a single bad science in this world. The discoveries made by previous people always started from good things. However, humans themselves are the ones who change it into something terrible, something that deviates from its first discovery. So what causes all of this to become deviant? What causes the fire that we used to burn wood to make food to eat or just to warm the body turns into a killing tool man?"
Everyone seemed silent.
"That's because you don't fully understand the thoughts of those who managed to discover it, why? Because you don't incorporate reality into yourself. Because if you only study the teachings of previous people that doesn't mean it will be anything useful unless You put your own reality into it. Even though we ourselves think we understand it, in fact you still don't understand it completely. Because it is by bringing in our own reality that allows us to understand the thinker's questions."
I understand a little of what he said, although not all. But I understand that the things we find will not always correspond to the main purpose for which they were discovered. However, my question now is, isn't it from these deviations that we can discover new things?
"There are four ways to understand all of that: death, suffering, struggle, and finally error. If you experience one or even all of them, at that moment you will begin to truly understand the meaning of the sciences you study."
Everyone looked confused, including myself. Of the books I've read, I've never once heard a speech like this. He (Professor Nezkar) was not as if he was giving a speech like most orators do, but as if he was giving advice to all students to really understand the knowledge they had gained in depth.
"I won't go on at length, that's not my nature, so back to the initial context of this event... kids, welcome to Ankhofasia Academy."
Professor Nezkar's closing speech ended with thunderous applause from everyone, even the professors who were on stage also gave him a standing ovation. Now it's the turn of the woman I said earlier who is wearing an academy uniform. I can see her smiling face clearly, if I remember correctly it's the same face as the woman I met when I was taking the entrance test.
"Hi, unlike the Professors, I'm sure none of you know me, and are probably wondering who I really am. I don't find it strange, it's a normal situation, considering that I wasn't born into a noble family." That answered why there were several professors who glanced at her with unpleasant looks. "I am the student council president at this academy, now I am in my 4th year."
4th year? that means in two years she will soon graduate from this academy. From the book I read, to graduate from this academy we have to study for six years, and by that time we have to have reached the 6th level in magic.
"I'm not as great as those behind me, but as your senior I'll just say a few words of advice to all of you during your time at this academy..." She trailed off. "....No matter what year you are in, we are all the same, things like seniority are not really needed, both men and women, first year or last year, noble or not all have equal rights. The only thing What differentiates us in this academy is how strong we are in this academy environment. The strongest does not only mean in terms of combat, but other things such as our knowledge and skills that determine our position in this academy. That's all from me, I say to all of you. welcome to the academy Ankhofasia, the largest academy on the continent."