Gold is Justice

Suta turned her head and looked at her husband who was still icy-faced, but her heart couldn't help but sweeten.

As for little Arthur over there, in the past, many people on the island said they wanted to beat him, but he didn't care about those people. After all, those people wouldn't come chasing him and beating him just because they had nothing to do, and even if they came, they would scold him at most. Two sentences.After all, the job of disciplining him lies with his teacher, but his teacher Brother Link has left, and no one else has the intention to beat him and discipline him.

But now, he really understands that the cold-spoken man in front of him really has such thoughts!He may not be very good at holding back when he beats himself, but his ass will really bloom!

It's all right now, little Arthur, who had calmed down just now, started to panic again.And once he started to panic, he didn't have much basic arithmetic skills, and he almost completely forgot. Let alone multiplication, he probably couldn't figure out addition and subtraction within one hundred now.

At this time, "Link" has already issued an ultimatum: "I will ask you one last time, what is 8 multiplied by 5? I will give you another five seconds to answer. Whether you answer correctly or not, this test will be over." .five……"

That is when "Link" starts counting down...

"sorry, I do not know!"

Hearing the countdown, don't say give him five seconds, even give him another five minutes, just like Ariel said, if you don't know about arithmetic, you don't know, even if you scratch your head.

The countdown of "Link" also ended with the countdown of the first sound. The elder brother silently stared at the boy who was now tightly entwined by the water tentacles. After a pause, he said——

"Can't you figure it out? I've taught you so many times. You still don't know. Do you know what that means?"

Those water tentacles entangled with Arthur are now slowly loosening, allowing the child to stand in the lake again.

The child lowered his head, but the stubborn and arrogant expression was no longer on his face.On the contrary, at this moment, he lowered his head, blushed, and looked like he didn't dare to move much——

"I... I know I was wrong. Brother Link must have taught me these things for my own good, because since I was a child, only Brother Link really wanted to be good for me... But, I still didn't listen to Link. As for the big brother, I didn’t study these things well... So, I really can’t answer, I’m ashamed..."

While speaking, the child looked more and more lonely.

After all, everyone present knew that the selection was over.And the only brave candidate will also get a new title of brave, and then get a powerful power comparable to the devil from the fairy in the lake.

Seeing now, even that Yanze who had been observing the entire selection on Luoxingyan turned around and left now.

"Now that you know you're wrong, what are you going to do in the future?"

The water mass in the shape of a brave man continued to ask.

Arthur raised his hand and wiped the corner of his eye.Then he raised his head and looked at the appearance of the big brother in front of him. After a short pause, he looked like a little suckling pig about to be driven into the slaughterhouse. He was afraid, but he could only move forward and say——

"I will... work hard to learn arithmetic. Even if I can't be a hero, I will study this kind of thing well. Because I believe that Brother Link must hope so."

This "Link" continued to silently stare at the child in front of him.

However, this time was not very long. After a few seconds, the image of "Link" collapsed and turned into a ball of water and fell into the lake again.After a few ripples, the entire lake returned to calm again, like a clean mirror.

At this point, the selection of the brave has finally officially ended.Judging from the results, Little Claude over there is the only one who has qualified as a brave candidate.Since he is the only candidate, he is destined to become the next brave man.

Looking at the lake in front of him, Little Arthur turned his head, looked at the islanders who had left over there, and wiped away his tears again.

It was also at this time that he suddenly realized that there was someone standing behind him.

Turning his head, it was Aunt Suta and Uncle Bass.

The moment he saw Buzz, Arthur shrank his neck suddenly, and instinctively covered his butt with his hands, and took a step back.

But in the lake, his footsteps were not steady, and he staggered and was about to fall backwards.At this time, Suta stretched out his hand and quickly grabbed him. "You...why don't you...don't go to Claude? Just...just now...you...didn't you always want to go to him? He...maybe...is your son...isn't it...and I... am not your...son..."

Arthur's voice was sharp at first, but then it became softer and softer, even slightly subtle.

Talking about Claude, Suta's expression still dimmed slightly.At this time, Ariel also came up from behind, and said with a smile: "Of course they want to confirm immediately whether the child is their child. But, little Claude now has the status of a hero candidate, and he must be by his side." The person who takes care of him. And if he is really the child of these two, then he must be doing well now, and there is no need to worry about him now. But in comparison..."

Ariel squatted in front of little Arthur, looked cheerfully at the child whose eyes were already filled with tears, and said——

"This couple is a pair of extremely kind people. They can't watch a child crying in front of them, and they can't let this mischievous little guy go. After getting to know each other, they are more willing to take a look first. You. This has nothing to do with whether you are their child or not."

As Ariel finished speaking, Suta also walked up to little Arthur, stretched out her hand, and gently rubbed his hair.

The woman's fingers were gentle and full of strength. Her palms and fingers were covered with layers of calluses. When she touched Little Arthur's face, Little Arthur could clearly feel a little friction.

However, this feeling of friction did not make him feel uncomfortable, but instead gave the child a very close feeling.

"It failed this time, but you are very brave."

Suta put his hands on Arthur's shoulders and said softly——

"Admitting your shortcomings in certain aspects is often more important than what you can do. I think your teacher Link must also hope that you can know your strengths and at the same time understand your weaknesses. A person who knows the limit of his power can become a hero who challenges the Demon King, right?"

Arthur bowed his head in silence for a moment, and after a few seconds he nodded slightly.

For Suta, looking at the child in front of her, she also had an urge to hold him in her arms to comfort her.But no matter what, this is someone else's child, and it might not be appropriate to hold him in his arms, so I can only comfort him like this.Fortunately, little Arthur did not show any request for further contact, which made Shuta feel that the child had grown up a little.

"Okay! Then next..."

Ariel clapped her hands and smiled——

"The selection for this day is also over. Since you said that you will work hard in the future, it is better to hurry up. Let's go back to class now."

Little Arthur was taken aback for a moment, as if he hadn't reacted yet: "A class? What class?"

But then, he realized what he was about to meet.The expression that seemed a little warm just now immediately turned into great fear!It's a pity that even if he wanted to escape this time, Bass next to him just grabbed the child and restrained him no matter how loudly he shouted for help, he would be forced to go to the gate of hell called arithmetic.

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After eating the dinner sent by the islanders, the mermaid army continued to rest according to yesterday's accommodation.

Only this time, the members of Song of the Mermaid all came to the open area outside the thatched hut, surrounded little Arthur in the middle, almost forcing him to follow Ariel to class.

As for the lack of lights, it's easy to say, the portable element lights of the mermaid army are still usable, and it is more than enough to teach this child.

"Okay, now we have basically confirmed that Link did not teach you the relatively simple formulas in arithmetic, which will make it more difficult for you to learn. This actually means that Link himself does not know the arithmetic. Much, from this aspect, he is not a good teacher."

Ariel patted her chest, said with a smile——

"However, you are very lucky. From today until I leave the island, I will try my best to teach you some basic arithmetic content. Of course, how much you can learn depends on your ability. Although I also want to make some calculations similar to triangles I'll teach you things like area and cylindrical volume as soon as possible, but I guess you won't be able to learn them in a while."

Seeing Ariel's cheerful appearance now, Little Arthur, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone with a pen and paper in his hand, had a dissatisfied expression on his face, and muttered, "I should be training you now." Time. But I am here to learn these things with you? Why are you so enthusiastic about me?"

Brad on the side said cheerfully: "This is the habit of our president. When he sees children, he wants to teach them some knowledge. He always says that knowledge can change a person's destiny."

Arthur shrugged his shoulders and said with disbelief: "Change your fate? Only by working hard to become stronger and becoming a brave man can you change your fate. It's all right now, it's all because my elder brother taught me these messy things, and as a result, I can only stand helplessly. Watch that guy become a brave man." Suta is now sitting next to Arthur, knitting a sweater with a ball of yarn in her hand, after hearing Arthur talking about Claude, she immediately became interested and turned her head Said: "Arthur, do you know that child... what kind of child is that child? Did he really come here from the outer island? Well, can you tell me about the child Claude in detail? ?”

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As soon as Claude was mentioned, Little Arthur's face immediately became not very good.

And Ariel, who was holding the book, also noticed this situation, and immediately interrupted: "It's class time now, who allows you to talk like this? Also, Suta, you are also ready to prepare, and you will be ready later." It's time for a shift change. Don't stay here all the time and make others look like something."

After being scolded, Suta didn't dare to speak any more.She just continued to weave the trade in her hands, which, judging by the size, was obviously for a child.

The time for the shift change that Ariel mentioned will come soon, and from a distance, about [-] soldiers of the mermaid army can be seen coming from a distance, and the islanders in charge of leading the way stand in front of them, as if Prepare to monitor whether these people are really ready to change shifts and leave.

After the mermaid army exchanged signs with each other, and after the roll call, the dozen or so mermaid army soldiers who stayed here yesterday also finished their "rest" time ashore, and headed towards the direction where the ship docked again.

Of course, the members of Song of the Mermaid are not an exception. As members of the guild, even if they are stronger in individual combat ability, they have no privileges in terms of enjoying the land.Therefore, now they must also leave with the mermaid army soldiers and board the boat to stay behind.

After both sides had finished changing shifts, most of the people sat down in front of Ariel, and a few soldiers carried a large board that was originally placed on the ship for writing battle reports, and moved it to Ariel's side. After the elemental lamp was illuminated, he sat down with other comrades in arms.

"Okay! Now that everyone is here, let's start. First, let's start with the simplest multiplication within ten."

Such a scene was simply unprecedented for little Arthur!

He turned around and saw many people around the age of fifteen or sixteen to four or fifty, all looking at the woman in front of him with very serious expressions, who looked only about 50 years old, and there was nothing but respect in their eyes. In addition, it is a look of expectation.

And when Ariel officially started to explain those mathematics, although the lights are not bright enough to allow everyone to do actual calculations here, these soldiers are still staring at the board hard, writing on it. The various figures are silently kept in mind.

You know, on the entire island, even if a teacher wants to guide students, there are at most five students, and the most common is about two or three.Little Arthur ever thought that this woman could teach more than 50 people at one go?

"Arthur!"

Just when Little Arthur was surprised, Ariel called his name directly and shouted——

"Have you forgotten your promise during the day? Nothing you say counts, does it?"

Startled, Arthur quickly withdrew his gaze, stared at the math on the board with a little fear, and listened to Ariel's explanation.

In the next half an hour or so, the woman from outside continued to explain some of the most basic mathematical content. It was also at this time that Little Arthur finally understood how much 5 times 8 equals.I also understood some formulas for learning mathematics like fencing formulas.

Of course, it's not that he didn't think of being mischievous during this half hour, but seeing so many people around him studying seriously, even if he wanted to make trouble, he probably didn't have the momentum.

"Well, the above is the calculation of multiplication within ten. This is just a rough idea. Next, I will give you some exercises. Let's take a break for 15 minutes. During these 15 minutes, you can do the calculations yourself. Then keep the answer in mind. I'll explain it in the next class. So for now, take a break."

As Ariel clapped her hands, all the fifty soldiers present breathed out, some stretched their waists, and some rubbed their necks.Of course, there are still some people who looked at the exercises written by Ariel on the board and began to silently calculate in their hearts.

Little Arthur is still looking at the board a little confused, thinking that he is just running away now?Or continue to stay like this.

But just as he was thinking, a young soldier about fourteen or fifteen years old leaned over to his side and said with a simple and honest smile: "Hey, you are an islander on this island, aren't you?" Ah? I heard that the people on your island are very strong and have excellent learning ability! I don't understand a little bit of what Ms. Marquis said just now, do you understand? Can you teach me a little bit?"

Little Arthur was stunned for a moment, and looked at this man who was four or five years older than himself. His skin was tanned. Although he was young, he already had a long scar on his face.But even so, he still smiled so happily, and his eyes were full of innocence.

"Ah...do you also want to learn this kind of thing? On the mainland, does everyone have to learn this kind of thing?"

Arthur didn't answer directly, but changed the subject a bit.

The little soldier nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, everyone in our mermaid army must learn. Ms. Marquis said that even if we are going to die in battle tomorrow, we must learn these things today."

Arthur spread his hands: "I can't understand. If you are going to die tomorrow, if you don't work hard today to hone your fighting skills, what's the use of learning this kind of thing?"

Hearing what Arthur said, a 30-year-old soldier next to him came over and said, "Why is it useless? Learn these things well, maybe the scene that would have died the next day will not die! I I heard that one of the captains was able to rush to the favorable terrain ahead of time because he learned some knowledge of mathematics from Ms. Marquis and calculated the marching speed and relative distance between us and the enemy. What a beautiful victory!"

It's lively here, and naturally some people gathered around.At this time, another 20-year-old soldier clutched his chest, opened his mouth, showing a small half of his missing teeth, and said with a smile: "I don't know about such things. But Ms. Marquis said, learn this knowledge well, After peace is achieved, we will be able to make a lot of money and support our families. Just like Ms. Marquis, she is able to become so powerful because she has learned these knowledge well."

Listening to these people talking one after another, little Arthur turned his head away. He really couldn't imagine how arithmetic could have such great power?Could it be stronger than the power of the brave?

However, now is not the time for him to understand these things.While they were exchanging questions left on the board, another soldier about 50 or [-] years old came over, gave little Arthur a little push, and said, "Little brother, I have a question for you. What do you say to that little Ke?" Does Lauder know something?"

Little Arthur was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Why do you want to ask him? You haven't seen him before, have you?"

The old soldier smiled naively, showing the most ordinary and simple farmer's smile, and said: "The macaroon couple asked me to ask. They just returned, so there is no time to ask."

After arguing for a long time, little Arthur finally knew that the couple's thoughts were still on the candidate for the brave man.

At this time, he was indeed a little bit unhappy, but when he saw so many people around him and it was still so lively, his anger did not turn into grief after all, but with a little dissatisfaction, he said——

"Hmph, him? Alright! Since you want to know, I'll tell you. Anyway, that guy has a high probability of being a future hero, and you will have to contact him sooner or later."

"Oh? That's interesting. Do you mind if I come and listen?"

At this time, Ariel also walked in.She was holding a piece of sticky food from the island in her hand, and sent it to little Arthur.

After little Arthur looked at the food handed to him, he unceremoniously kneaded a ball and stuffed it into his mouth. Ariel then took a small piece and stuffed it into his mouth, and then passed it to the people around him.

The surrounding soldiers still felt that they couldn't swallow the food after eating them, so such a plate would not be divided cleanly, and all of them fell into Little Arthur's mouth.

"That fellow Claude has been on the island as long as I can remember. However, from the adults saying that he is the same age as me, in conclusion, he probably has no memory of coming to the island."

"Here, I also want to talk about how we orphans came to the island. You people may not be very clear, but for us on Help Island, it took about ten or twenty years. A new hero will be chosen on the island."