Chapter 26

School, Going to School, Teacher? New words hit Belinda's heart.

 She stared blankly at Dumina, pondering slowly on what Dora had just said.

 Soon, she caught the key words in Dora's words.

 "Teach her"! She had a high talent in herbal medicine.

 By now, no one in the Gray Rope Village knew more about various herbs than her.

 She had lost her way forward.

 She could only continue to pick familiar herbs in confusion and ignore those unfamiliar ones.

 She had also thought about studying.

 But she knew that in the Gray Rope Village, she could receive selfless guidance from the villagers.

 Once she left the Gray Rope Village, she would only be ostracized.

 Their village did not welcome outsiders much, would other villages, other towns, welcome them? She didn't think so.

 She followed the adults in the village to nearby towns to buy and sell things, and she knew how the people in those towns treated them differently.

 They were considered regular customers of some merchants, but they still felt excluded.

 They were not born and raised in those places, so they found it difficult to integrate.

 Others always held back when facing them.

 Belinda also knew that she had a certain wariness towards Dumina.

 Although Dumina's last name was Hall and he was now the master of their village, she still felt that Dumina was an outsider and there was a barrier between Dumina and their village.

 But now, Belinda was shaken.

 The crack was not large, but enough to make a subtle change in her perception of the world.

 She seemed to have thought a lot, but these thoughts were just swirling vaguely in her subconscious.

 She couldn't grasp it clearly.

 After her self-perceived, slow contemplation, her blood quickly surged.

 "Young Master! Can I really be your student? Can you really teach me more about herbal knowledge?!" Dumina smiled bitterly in his heart.

 Belinda's talent was definitely not lacking.

 He had to take this student.

 But herbal knowledge? He was a bit embarrassed.

 He really didn't know much about this area.

 Dora's assistance allowed him to get Belinda's request for admission without having to speak personally.

 But at the same time, he had to consider more carefully how to teach Belinda.

 Dumina suppressed his confusion and nodded to Belinda.

 "Of course.

 If everyone wants to learn, I am willing to teach.

" Other children began to speak eagerly, saying they also wanted to learn.

 The squeaky voices kept coming.

 Dumina had a headache.

 A dozen children surrounded him and made noise! How could it not feel chaotic? Fortunately, after he maintained a smiling appearance and kept nodding, the noisy children gradually quieted down, each looking at him eagerly.

 He sat while the other children stood.

 The younger children stood in the inner circle, and the older children stood in the outer circle.

 Dumina could see that the slightly older children also wanted to stand closer, but they restrained themselves.

 They let the younger children in the inner circle stand more comfortably.

 They did not push the younger children away just because they were older.

 Dumina nodded silently.

 The Gray Rope Village lacked cultural education, but education in other aspects was indeed good.

 He cleared his throat.

 "Everyone wants to learn, which is great.

 But you also need to learn more knowledge from the other adults in the village, right?" Like how to distinguish different crops, how to take care of different crops, and what they had just learned, how to protect themselves on the mountain, how to identify wild herbs, and use herbs to treat their illnesses...

 all of these were their tasks.

 They would only know this when they went up the mountain, as it was arranged by the village for them.

 Activities like farming were just part of their daily lives.

 Just slightly older children need to learn things slowly when working together.

 But they need to do so.

 Children of a certain age cannot be carefree like younger children.

 Children can also understand what Dumina says.

 The hope on their faces is somewhat dim.

 They were just playing and learning together under the influence of the atmosphere earlier.

 Now, they can think a little more calmly about how they can learn.

 Dumina smiled slightly.

 He observed the expressions of the children and knew that they no longer had the impulsiveness they had before.

 He asked again, "So, can each of you tell me now if you are willing to learn with me?" Seeing many children opening their mouths, Dumina raised his voice.

 "Don't rush to answer all at once, come, let's go in the order you are standing around me.

" He said, reaching out and drawing a circle clockwise.

 "Let's go around like this, starting with the children in the inner circle.

 How about it? Arthur, you're first.

" Arthur was the child standing at the edge to his left.

 Dumina had already made a decision.

 Belinda had become the seventh regular student.

 As long as Arthur still agreed to learn with him after calming down, Arthur would be the eighth.

 With just one glance, he only found Belinda as an obviously talented child.

 Other children may also have talent, but their talent must be hidden deeper.

 Since there was no obvious difference, he would just pick one at random to make up the numbers.

 Arthur was a small boy.

 He looked much thinner than the other children.

 But his skin looked darker, as if he had been exposed to more sunlight.

 When Dumina called his name, Arthur widened his eyes in surprise.

 He involuntarily pointed to his nose.

 "T-teacher, do I start first?" The child next to him playfully nudged him with his elbow.

 Due to the height difference between them, the child's elbow hit his upper arm and even reached the height near his shoulder.

 The child was obviously just teasing and joking with Arthur.

 However, behind the child, a much older boy reached out and grabbed the back of the child's collar, and the child stuck out his tongue and obediently stood still.

 Arthur, who had been lightly nudged, shyly smiled.

 "Teacher, I want to learn!" His tone was firm, contrasting with his expression.

 Dumina nodded.

 "Good.

 Next, Sally.

" The child who had nudged Arthur earlier quickly said, "Teacher, I want to learn too!" One by one, the children took turns.

 The younger children didn't hesitate much and could say they wanted to learn.

 The slightly older children had more concerns, but they would also say they wanted to learn first, then mention the need to help with household chores, perhaps not having as much time to study.

 Dumina only needed their attitude.

 The current school is too small, just barely getting by in the stone house he and Old John lived in.

 These stone houses only considered safety and properties like warmth, without considering lighting, and were not qualified to consider lighting.

 This morning when he was teaching, he felt the lighting was very poor.

 This is not a good place for learning.

 A school must be established as soon as possible.

 Dumina came up with the idea of recruiting.

 As long as he could complete Judd's side mission, he would receive a team recruitment order.

 This recruitment order could also specify the recruitment of a team, without worrying about randomly recruiting unsuitable people.

 If during this time, he could do more tasks, he might be able to get more recruitment orders.

 By then, he might not need the help of the villagers.

 With the team recruited through the recruitment order, he could build a new school.

 In this world, if the wizards are willing to engage in construction, they can easily build a house in the blink of an eye, and make it even more solid and sturdy than a house built by human labor over a long period of time.

 Of course, this requires high-level wizards to have such power.

 High-level wizards usually do not stoop to do such things.

 But such great power does exist in this world.

 Even low-level wizards, or even just low-level knights, can accelerate construction with their own strength.

 For this reason, Dumina has great hope for the recruitment notice issued by the system.

 The children have confirmed their willingness to learn, and Dumina has told them that he will consult with Ges, Hausman, and others to arrange a suitable schedule for the children.

 The children need help with chores, but they are not the main workforce.

 Just getting them to make time for studying is not difficult.

 Moreover, the system does not have many requirements for non-regular students.

 Dumina wants to teach them, mainly hoping to improve the average level of his territory.

 Dumina also told the other children that only Belinda and Arthur need to come to him every day to study like Dora and Jade, while the other children will follow the schedule once it is arranged.

 The children whispered to each other.

 Then they all accepted this arrangement without any objections.

 Sali happily pinched Arthur's arm and said in a volume that he thought was lowered but was clearly audible to everyone, "Will you only need to study with the teacher in the future? That's great! I used to worry that you were so thin, would it be too hard for you to go up the mountain with us.

" Arthur indeed looked underdeveloped.

 He stood out from the other children.

 Even the little girl Dora, who had just recovered from an illness, looked much stronger than him, so it's no wonder Sali was worried.

 This is one of the reasons why the children had no objections to Dumina's arrangements.

 Belinda was the first among them to request to study with Dumina, along with Dora's invitation.

 Belinda is good at herbs.

 Just for this reason, they were impressed.

 Arthur, on the other hand, was too weak.

 Anyone who looked at Arthur would worry about his health and fear that he couldn't keep up with the other children's learning pace.

 Dumina clapped his hands to get the children's attention and then asked them to quiet down.

 He briefly explained the classroom rules for the children in the future.

 During class time, students should not be noisy or move around freely.

 If there is something that needs to be addressed, raise your hand first and let the teacher notice before speaking to the teacher...

 These are all basic things.

 It's not difficult to remember.

 The children had received training from Hausman and others before, so they knew that when adults were teaching them, they should not interrupt.

 But they didn't understand the rule of raising their hands.

 After the basic education was over, the children continued to play freely in the stone house.

 This time they were hiding early, as the monsters had not yet arrived, and villagers like Ges were still setting up traps on the mountain to obstruct the monsters, so they didn't need to rush to the basement.

 Tait, who had brought Dumina over, had already gone to join the other villagers to prepare for the hiding.

 However, Dumina had Old John, who had lived in the Gray Rope Village for a while, by his side.

 While Dumina was busy greeting the children and confirming their desire to learn, Tait and Old John had told him what to watch out for when they were hiding here.

 If it was time for them to hide in the basement, a villager would come to notify them.

 Dumina and Old John stayed here just to keep an eye on the children and make sure they didn't wander off.

 It was fine for them to play inside the stone house or in front of the stone house.

 The children also knew what they should and should not do.

 This was a matter of life and death.

 Since they were born, they had no idea how many times they had heard adults say this.

 The first shelter is large enough, and the children are playing obediently in the stone house now.