Chapter 199 Legacy (2-in-1)
Leaving the library, Gaode was in a happy mood.
Another big thing has been accomplished.
Gaode feels that except for the start, he has always had good luck.
Especially after entering Sires Academy, I met a lot of noble people.
Whether it was Jelika who gave him a large amount of financial aid, or his mentor Jose O'Kenley.
"It's time to tell the mentor the good news about being promoted to the first level." Gothe said secretly.
After the successful promotion yesterday, he first went to the committee to go through the process, and then went to the library.
After finishing these things, it was already very late, so he didn't bother He Xi.
For such a big event, the instructor should be informed as soon as possible.
Therefore, Gothe immediately walked towards Gavin Building, where the Rune Department belongs.
When he entered the building, he walked all the way in as usual.
However, Gavin Building, which was originally relatively deserted, was somehow so deserted today that no one could be seen.
It wasn't until he came to the door of the rune workshop that he realized that the door was closed.
In front of the workroom, he saw several people wearing the official uniforms of Siris College. They should be official staff of the college.
They did not have access to the magic circle of the rune workshop, so they could not go in. They just waited outside the gate.
“Student Gaode?” One of the leading middle-aged men asked when he saw the person coming.
"Yes."
"I have something to tell you, Director He Xi has fallen ill."
Gaode's hands were held tightly.
The word "sick" swirled in his mind.
He couldn't tell what he felt, but he felt an inexplicable soreness in his heart.
Maybe it’s because he clearly understands what it means for He Xi to fall ill at this age.
"Mentor. Where is he now?" Gothe asked in a low voice.
When we left Gavin House, it happened to be drizzling.
Gothe remained silent and rushed to the college's medical clinic.
"We must do our best to treat Director He Xi. Director He Xi has worked hard in the college for so many years, and now he is even more tired and fell to the ground. The college has treated him badly!"
Medical In the room, a middle-aged male mage with a sharp and mean look was spitting and shouting for fear that others would not hear.
Seems to be the vice chairman of the college committee.
The relatively spacious corridor of the medical clinic was crowded with people.
Gothe glanced over and saw many faces he had met in Gavin Building.
These are all tutors from the rune department, most of them are here.
In addition to them, there are also people from the college committee.
"Why are you here!"
The speaker was Donnie Urser, the current chief student of the Rune Department. He looked arrogant and accused him in a condescending manner.
"As Mr. He Xi's only student at the moment, he has been ill all night, and you are here now?"
With Donny Usher's accusation, everyone in the corridor looked at each other with confusion. He looked over consciously.
Gothe seemed unaware and did not choose to respond to Downey.
He walked straight to the door and asked the medical mage standing at the door about his situation.
“How is Teacher He Xi doing now?”
The mage shook his head, "It's not optimistic."
Gaode pushed open the door to enter, wanting to see He Xi's current situation, but unexpectedly a hand stretched out and held the door.
"Director He Xi said that I don't want to be disturbed and need to have a good rest."
It was the vice chairman, looking at Gothe with an unkind expression.
Although Gothe didn't know where his hostility came from, it was obvious that this person was not friendly to him.
Gothe frowned and was about to say something.
At this time, He Xi's familiar voice came from the door.
"Is it Gaode? Let him in."
This situation seems familiar.
It is also separated by a door.
But it was in the rune workshop before, and the old voice was not as weak as it is now.
Gaode raised his head and glanced at the vice chairman's hand holding the door, but did not speak.
“Huh!” The vice chairman threw away his hand dissatisfied.
No one stopped him, Gaode pushed the door open to enter.
His hand paused suddenly and his movements became much gentler.
In the room, the space is quite large, with a large bed and table.
Gaode took two steps forward and came to the bed.
He Xi was lying on the bed, looking not very good, with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was resting.
“Here we come.” Seeing Gothe come in, he opened his eyes and looked at Gothe.
"Mentor." Gao De looked at He Xi with mixed feelings in his heart.
It was in these recent days that he and He Xi really became familiar with each other and began to communicate beyond runes.
But this time is too short.
“I was successfully promoted to a first-level mage yesterday.” He said.
Hearing this, He Xi's cloudy eyes instantly brightened.
“Not bad, not bad,” he praised repeatedly. Halfway through, he waved his hand again: “Sit down first.”
At the same time, He Xi sat up with his hands on the bed.
He Xi is very old.
Gaode had previously noticed that there were more and more yellow-brown spots on the old man's face.
But what I didn’t expect was that the sick old man’s face turned out to be unusually radiant at this moment.
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive this time.”
As soon as he got up, He Xi's first words made Gao De silent.
"I asked someone to call you last night. Why did you come?" he asked.
Gaode was silent for a while and said slowly: "No one came to inform me."
"How could it be." He Xi's subconscious question stopped abruptly.
He understood something.
He Xi said "Oh" and took a long breath.
"The interference constant is right," he said: "I was afraid that I wouldn't have time to tell you, so I was anxious to have someone call you last night."
After saying that, He Xi smiled with satisfaction got up.
Smiling, there was a violent cough in his mouth.
While coughing, he groped around on his body, and then took out a piece of parchment and a deed.
"Here you go."
Gaode took the parchment and the deed.
The parchment is the will.
The date of signing is early this year.
The contract is the contract signed by He Xi and Dean Gavin.
The deed states that the rune workshop is permanently transferred to He Xi. Below it is the seal of Dean Gavin and the official seal of Siris College.
"The rune workshop is left to you, including all the things in it, including my information, materials and research results."
"In the last time , finding a successor can be regarded as an explanation for what I have studied for hundreds of years."
"This is the secret order of the rune workshop, please remember it." "It can still be done. I'll leave you some money." He Xi said, "But in the end, I spent all my savings in order to verify the interference constant."
"I also deposited something at the Oakenley Chamber of Commerce's St. Sean City branch, and I left it to you, but I didn't write it in my will."
"Don't let outsiders know about this thing. You also remember to keep it secret."
Gothe put down the parchment and looked at the old man with a strange look in his eyes, speechless for a long time.
He Xi murmured to himself:
"I have been studying alchemy with my father since I was a child. My qualifications are mediocre, neither above nor below."
"Later, when I was sixteen, my father passed away in an accident while testing alchemy weapons for the family. At this point, I developed a repulsion towards alchemy."
"But my family is... He is famous for his alchemy skills, but how can he reject alchemy as a member of his family?”
“I can only try to hide my rejection of alchemy”
“. When I was ten years old, I came into contact with runes for the first time, and I realized what I was really interested in. From then on, I couldn't control it." The old man's throat started to swell, and his eyes began to wander.
“When I was thirty years old, I became a second-level rune master. It wasn’t that it took me ten years to become a second-level rune master. It was the mage level that limited the speed at which I could become a second-level rune master.”
"At that time, I was thinking, why are all the arts of the mage, but the rune literature restricted by the mage level?"
"In 9326, when I was thirty-five years old, I discovered that there might be a logic to the arrangement of runes. and rules."
"I began to devote myself wholeheartedly to the study of rune rules."
"In 9365, I was seventy-four years old and had studied for thirty-nine years. The ground is not moving, but the six major rules have been initially discovered. Although it is not complete, it has taken shape."
"I took the results that I spent thirty-nine years to make and reported them to the family. That result didn’t even pass the family’s first review and was thrown out like garbage.”
"I came home devastated and was depressed for a long time. In anger, I threw the result into the trash, but I didn't know that my mother picked it up secretly."
"In 1936, when I was already When I gave up the six basic rules of runes, my mother came back to me excitedly and told me that someone in the family recognized my research results
I believed it to be true, but after waiting and waiting, I never got any follow-up. "
"Later, I put down my dignity and went to inquire about it, only to find out that it was my mother who took out my father's pension and bribed the family's auditors, so that the results I threw away were sent into the family's soul. Si Lou. "
"Don't you think it's ridiculous? The research results of the past forty years passed the preliminary review through bribery, but in the end they still did not escape being regarded as garbage. "
"Then, for twenty-three years, I locked myself in my room, never taking a step outside, and never touching runes, a subject I thought I would devote my whole life to."
" In the spring of 1938, my mother fell ill. Before she left, she held my hand and said that she believed that my research results were great and hoped that I could prove it to everyone. It was not that my results were not good, but their perspective. No."
"I know her intention was never to prove anything. How could she care about this?"
"The only thing she cares about is her children. She just knows that I give up. Rune wanted to help me free myself from the pain and get back on my feet after all these years."
"She never understood what I was studying, she just believed in her children. It’s good.”
"That year, I was already ninety-eight years old, but I was still naive. My mother even had to worry about me before she left. Gao De, do you think I am unfilial?"
He Xi His breathing has become increasingly rapid.
"Don't think about the past anymore." Gothe held the old man's hand tightly with both hands.
“But I can’t get through it.” He Xi muttered.
“After my mother passed away, I left the family and went far away from home, and continued to study the six basic rules of runes.”
"During this period, I traveled to many places and countries, and finally stayed in Sires Academy."
"I was really lucky to meet you in the last days of my life. "
"With your help, I did it. I proved that the six basic rules of runes are correct and exist, but it was too late, she couldn't see it."
< br>From 9389 to now 9656, there were so many storms and ups and downs, which finally turned into the few words in He Xi's mouth at this moment.
“She can’t see it anymore, and I did it, so what’s the point?”
"Others say I am stubborn, you say I am pure, but I admit it. In fact, I have regretted it. If I had never come into contact with runes and stayed with her, would the ending have been better?"
It is said that a gentleman has nothing to be ashamed of in his life.
But who can really live a life without any regrets?
"She never blamed you." Gothe comforted softly.
Mother's tolerance is the breeding ground for genius.
"But I blame myself." The old man's voice became unclear and his breath became shorter.
The old man's hands in Gaode's hands suddenly tightened.
“Mom—Mom——”
He used his last strength and shouted softly.
This is the first and last word He Xi said after coming to this world.
The clenched hands softened little by little.
José O'Kenley closed his eyes.
Gaode lowered his head and said nothing.
Birth, old age, illness and death are always sudden and unreasonable.
The light rain outside the window stopped suddenly.
The air felt as if it had been squeezed tightly, and it was very suffocating.
Gaode was stunned for a long time before he digested the sad news that the old man had left.
He stood up, opened the door, and said to everyone who was still waiting outside.
“Teacher He Xi is gone.”
Gaode was still immersed in a slightly confused and sad mood.
But it was different from what he thought.
Of the people who were noisy outside the door just now and seemed to be very concerned about the old man's physical condition, no one looked sad at this moment.
Among them, the vice chairman and Donny Usher are the most obvious.
The two of them were expressionless and silent, seeming to be thinking about something.
A moment later.
The Vice Chairman took a step forward, looked straight at Gothe, and said condescendingly: "He Xi should have told you the secret order of the rune workshop array, right?"
"Give it to me. ”
His tone revealed an unquestionable dominance.
Gaode was suddenly pulled out of his sad mood.
He squinted his eyes and looked at the cold and arrogant Vice Chairman.
Obviously, the other party was not sad at all because of He Xi's death.
Even the blustering instructions outside just now were just for fun.
This is normal.
What is abnormal is that He Xi’s body is not cold yet, or even buried, but the other party is already so impatient.
A little too naked and shameless.
Gothe knew that the other party was at least a mage of level three or above.
But it does not affect his anger.
"Why should I give it to you?" Gothe asked after being silent for a moment.
Gaode's answer obviously exceeded the Vice Chairman's expectations.
He laughed angrily, "The rune workshop is an asset of the college. It was only lent to He Xi before, but now that he is gone, it should be taken back."
"That's not the case." Gao De shook his head gently, "This rune workshop is not borrowed by Instructor He Xi, but belongs to him."
"Instructor He Xi has a relationship with Dean Gavin Signed the transfer agreement. "
"And now, the mentor has left the rune workshop to me."
"So, this rune workshop is now my asset. It’s not an asset of the college.”
“Haha. What are you?”
Seeing Gao De's rebuttal to him, the Vice Chairman pointed at Gao De and reprimanded loudly: "The things in the college have always been the assets of the college. Not to mention you as a student, even if He Xi is still there, there will be no Maybe it’s private.”
People who are “engaged in academics” are always prone to thinking about things too simply.
Even at the beginning, He Xi had already made things more complicated.
The living will never recognize the things of the dead.
People who are alive only care about interests.
(End of this chapter)