Episode 5 – Learn with me!
After the celebration, 2 months has passed and…
Xu Fan: ahh!! Now I can speak and understand their words!!! My efforts are not in vain! *proud*
Maid: My royal highness! Congratulations! *happy*
Xu Fan: hahahahaha! If it not for you and all the others including my mother… then I won't get here! Thank you! Thank you! *smiled*
Servants: Our royal highness! Do-don't thank us! It's our job! If the others heard you thanking us, we will be in trouble! *worrying and sweating*
Xu Fan: huh!? Why is that?
Servants: I-it's just the way it is for us your royal highness… our life.. belongs to the empire and most importantly.. to be Lady Lin and royal prince's lifetime servants.... *smiles* It is our honor as well!
Xu Fan: ahuh… is that so? *confusion* hmmmm… *in his thought* --- is this really how monarchy works? I did not search on how monarchs acts so… I'm not used to this kind of treatment…. It's just like a young master of a billionaire's son! Ahh is this karma? We were not rich on earth so.. I died and born as a prince instead? Right? Right? *excitement shows*
Servants: Your highness prince? *showed concern when Xu Fan went silent*
Xu Fan: *snapped back* ahh ahhh *looked at the worried faces of all servants in the room* Ahh ahh.. wait! I want to learn more! Do we have something like a library or book depositories? Or something like that?
Servants: *!* ahh yes your highness royal prince!
Xu Fan: okay! Let's go!
Servant: yes your royal highness! *excitement appeared in her face* ---- she thought --- we must let Lady Lin know about the royal prince's interest in learning! This is a big news!
Xu Fan: Okay…uh… since we will be too slow to walk if we walk in my pace…. Is it alright for you to carry me there? *in his thought* --- there's no strollers in this world, right?
Servant: *shocked at Xu Fan's words* No your royal prince! We can't do that! We would die if we did! Don't worry your royal prince… we can walk there at your pace… or… we can have Lady Lin go with you at the library…. She knows a lot and she can teach you as well!
Xu Fan: *surprised with what his servant said* My mother do? That's great! That's great! Let's go to mother then! *happy* ----- Xu Fan thought---- This is great! I can learn much faster than alone… atleast my mother will be able to teach me a lot as I ask questions…
They walked out of his room and went to Lady Lin's courtyard.
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Lady Lin: … you said you want to learn so you want to go to the library? *shocked face*
Xu Fan: yes mother! I want to learn! I can speak now so….. I need to read as well!
Lady Lin: … but you're just a year old Fan'er…. This… you can also now speak straight….. *a happy and worried face appeared on her face interchangeably*
Xu Fan: does age matter in when we need to learn?! *confused* -- in his thought – is this world some backward world? I even remember during university, I saw a high school student accelerating and became a university student!
Lady Lin: *shakes her head* It's not like that my son… Fan'er.. you're too young to learn much but since you wanted to read some books.. let me take you there alright? *worry and happiness showed on her face*
Xu Fan: *in his thought* -- ahhh is this the monarch politics? Such a pain in the ass politics! We'll also be killing each other for the emperor seat? Bahh! Let's not care about this right now… I just want to learn okay!? ----- Okay mother! Let's go! *excitement shows*
Lady Lin: *took Xu Fan in her arms* *kissed him in the cheeks* Let's go Fan'er *smiles*
The two along with the servants behind started traveling to the Empires' royal book depository.
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After arriving at the empire's royal depository...…..
Xu Fan: *looked all over the depository* woahhh…. Is this real? Woahhh… *in his thought* --- so big! How large was this? This is much larger than my university's whole auditorium!
Lady Lin: *smiled at Xu Fan's amazement of this depository* Fan'er… stop day dreaming.. let's go in.
Xu Fan: Yes mother!
(to be continued)