Chapter 8
- Yes perishing history! Han Yun whistled, shaking his head. At least he reacted normally, unlike Na Ri. She sat as if crippled, staring blankly at one point. - Haneul, I beg you, be careful with him! The emperor must not know that you are a girl. After the first snow, there will be a collection of tribute to His Majesty, and if you get caught, our heads will roll.
-Grandpa, of course, I understand the risk. I will do my best to keep this secret. and - for this, I began by not telling Na Ree and grandfather that Tantallus had told me more than once about how much I looked like a girl.
The next morning I went to the bookstore, otherwise I feel that I'm just starting to go crazy with idleness. Fumbling in the library reference books, folios, I sat down at the table by the window and fell into some kind of hypnotic state. I read with difficulty, but I did my best to make sentences. I asked the scribe for paper, ink, and pen and started literally from the basics. After sitting in the shop for more than three hours, I realized that my brain was about to swim.
-What are you doing here? I heard a voice right under my ear and twitched in surprise, smearing the speaker with ink. And like a punishment from heaven, this person turned out to be the emperor. Every time we meet, I get from you.
- In today's case, you are to blame yourself. Why sneak up on a busy person. You never know what I have in my hands can be?! - I saw that I put a blot right on the nose of Tantallus. Smiling involuntarily, I tried to hold back a laugh.
-You are threatening me? The emperor's eyebrows shot up in surprise.
- How dare I! In feigned horror, I said, writing out another hieroglyph.
- By the way, what are you doing so interesting that you didn't even notice how I knocked on the window? His Majesty tore a sheet of clumsy hieroglyphs from me and froze. Can't you read and write? - Surprised Tantalus and sat down opposite me.
-I can. I muttered, tearing out my leaf. Just not very good. I didn't have the opportunity to learn.
- You know how. Tantallus took the paper, took the pen away from me and wrote three hieroglyphs. - Then tell me what it means.
- You know how. Tantallus took the paper, took the pen away from me and wrote three hieroglyphs. - Then tell me what that means.
Separately, these hieroglyphs meant: scientist, horse, sun, but I could not combine the meaning of three words into a sentence.
-Scientist, horse and sun, and together I don't know, I haven't understood yet. Shaking my head, I replied. Now he will laugh at me.
-You read like a dumbass. As it is written, so you read. See what has changed now? Tantalus added two hieroglyphs and it turned out:
- A scientist on a horse galloped under the sun.
It seems to be simple, but why don't I
happened before?
-That's it. Now read this. - And again three hieroglyphs: the sun, the horse, the scientist
-Are you kidding me? These are the same words.
-Words, yes, but the meaning is different. If you put the rest of the hieroglyphs in the same sequence, then you will get: The sun was setting, but the scientist was still riding on a horse.
-Depending on the setting of the main words, the whole meaning of the sentence is formed. nods approvingly.
I realized and saw that Tantalus
He ordered his guards to deliver some food and drink to the bookstore B while he taught me grammar. He made me read simple books.
- Here are four books for you, read them today, and the next time we meet, tell them their meaning, how you understood them. then we will analyze each separately. When you can read and write freely, I will bring you to the palace library, so many different cognitive tomes. You need to study. I can't leave my friend illiterate.
- Don't go to the palace! I screamed, jumping up from my chair. Tantalus slowly raised his head and saw the fear in my eyes.
-Why? What scares you so much in my palace? - The Emperor folded his arms before leaning on the back of the chair. yourself and You went straight into wild horror at my proposal.
"I…yyyy… I just know that the palace is not a safe place. Moreover, why should I, a commoner, appear in this sacred place? Who am i?! Trying to turn all the arrows to my lowly origin, I tried to calm my pounding heart.
-To eat Do you think that you are not Worthy to appear in the palace just because you are the son of a groom? Tantalus drew his own conclusions. He spoke softly, but distinctly, and his phrase sounded like a sentence.
-Isn't that blasphemy? Only people of high status are allowed to enter the palace. By my appearance, I can cause a lot of trouble for your imperial. Squeezing my fingers, I actually broke them with the emperor. out of fear, standing in front of
Majesty
- I never cease to wonder how the son of a simple groom can have such correct and, what is important, smart thoughts? But at the same time not being able to write and read? You are like a mouse, running from one corner to another. Yesterday you didn't even show me any respect, but today you're squabbling with "Your Imperial Majesty."
-Today I try to protect you from the big mistake of inviting me to the palace library. - And on the one hand, I will only be glad if he abandons his stupid idea, but on the other hand, when else can I see books that may not have survived to this day, or, in any case, not all of them? Eh, I opt for less. I want to live with my head on my shoulders. And I'm not going to become a politician, I'm just expanding my horizons in this world.