6 Episode 6 - Mysterious Book
After a few hours….
Lady Lin: …. That's the how you can read these words…. Can you understand them now?
Xu Fan: *visible confusion* uhh.. uh… somehow, I can get the words now but not entirely mother…. *In his thought* uhh how hard was the writing in this world!? It's much harder than Chinese language!
Lady Lin: *noticed Xu Fan's learning ability* in her thought* --- this… Fan'er's learning ability is high enough! Most children who can learn reading were at minimum of 5-6 years old…. Even the 1st prince didn't show his learning capability until the age of 5! This… This…
Xu Fan: *Looked at his mother* uh.. mother .. is there a something on my face?
Lady Lin: *sigh* then Fan'er… do you want to learn more?
Xu Fan: of course mother! I want to! I'm now so excited to learn more of all the books in this depository!
Lady Lin: *sighed again* --- will this son of mine really read all of these books? *doubts* ----- Okay Fan'er… I will then call teacher Sun tomorrow and you will start your lesson here. Is that alright?
Xu Fan: ehh.. why not you mother?
Lady Lin: Your mother, Fan'er, is not too good at teaching you.. teacher Sun will teach you much more than I, I also trust teacher Sun as he was your father's teacher before becoming an emperor…. Are you excited Fan'er?
Xu Fan: Huh? Father's teacher? How old was he then!? Isn't he too old? *confusion*
Lady Lin: *Laughs discretely* this.. you will learn why teacher Sun can still teach at his age tomorrow.. how about you ask him of this?
Xu Fan: oh oh… okay! Then.. mother! Mother! Can I go to there? *points to the bookshelves on the corner*
Lady Lin: … okay then… just take care of the books not having any accidents okay? *looked at the servant beside her*
Xu Fan: Okay mother!
Servant: My Lady.. this servant will assist the young royal prince… *bowed and left with Xu Fan*
Lady Lin: *sees off his son with the servant* sigh* I am now expecting what my son will be like in the future… *looked outside through the window*
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While Xu Fan's mother was wondering of his future….
Xu Fan: uhhh,,,,, *looks at the multiple books in the shelves* …. Hmmm....
Servant: ...
Xu Fan: *keeps looking and walking to the shelves* I can't read much... but….. can you read?
Servant: ... Yes your royal highness prince! I can read them for you…
Xu Fan: Oh! Okay! Since I will start learning to read tomorrow, then, can you read this book and what it's all about? *points to the book with a sword, axe and blade carving*
Servant: My royal highness prince… this is about the weapon techniques of how to incorporate the blade, sword and axe as a tripartite weapon mastery…. This is called Tri-Weapon Mastery.
Xu Fan: oh… weapon…wait! There's no gun in this world!?
Servant: G-gun? What is that?
Xu Fan: oh… oh,, never mind me… drop that thought… let's see...….
Servant: *visible confusion*
Xu Fan: *keeps on walking* …. *stopped* huh? Science? Is that a flask used in science department? ---- uhh.. can you read that book for me and what is it about? *pointed to the book located at the 3rd layer of shelf*
Servant: oh… *surprised at Xu Fan's choice* *took the book and opened* Uh… this my royal highness prince… This book is called Basic Alchemy and it talks about on how to make pills and potions…
Xu Fan: ohh… return the book and let's take a look there…*points toward the end part of the shelves* --- in this thought – I'm not interested in learning medicinal subjects…. Those are too hard for me to learn…maybe….. in the future if I'm bored…
Servant: *in his thought* -- oh.. it seems that my young royal highness prince is not interested in alchemy? *continued to walk behind Xu Fan*
Xu Fan: *keeps on walking* huh? What's that glowing? ---- Uhh did you see that book? It glowed! *pointing the to book placed at the end part of the shelves*
Servant: huh? It glowed? I never noticed….
Xu Fan: huh? It didn't? How come I saw it glowed? Wait.. let's go and pick it up and read what it is about! I'm sure it glowed!
Servant: *confused* okay your royal highness prince! *took off the book and opened it* … uh…. It…..
Xu Fan: it?
Servant: ….. I… *keeps on flipping the book's pages*
Xu Fan: I? *confused as well*
Servant: ... I can't understand any word at all…. I'm truly sorry my young royal highness prince… *confused again at what the book was*
Xu Fan: huh??? You can't understand it? Hmmm…. Let's take this to mother so she can tell me! Let's go! *curiosity and excitement flowed through Xu Fan at this moment*
Servant: yes, your highness prince… *followed behind Xu Fan*
(to be continued)
