first lesson
Many of these students have heard of Reiner's name, but their sources of information are different.
Most students from the magic world have heard of the youngest Hornheim Golden Cup winner in history. Without a deep understanding of the magic world, the title of this award winner is quite shocking, not to mention that since the bloody wedding of the Elbiore family, some parents often use the means of scaring children such as "If you don't sleep, find Ian Grey to blow your head" to urge children to sleep, and Reiner's name has become more widely circulated.
Another part, the children from the nobles and merchants' homes, who are more in contact with the Ian Grey family. Although this business empire spans several countries across the mainland seems to be invisible at first glance, if you look closely, you will find that there is the shadow of Ian Grey in every aspect of your daily life. Maybe your soap was produced by a certain alchemy workshop, but the raw material of the soap comes from a manor of the Ian Grey family. In this way, they are more curious about the school under the supervision of the Ian Grey family's third son.
At this time, Reiner stood on the podium, looking at the students who were different backgrounds and identities, but were all sitting in front of him, and sighed. The reason why he wanted to teach them the was on the one hand because he was originally a high school teacher on earth, and on the other hand, he also wanted to better convey his educational philosophy.
The students didn't dare to speak, staring at Reiner timidly, waiting for his reprimand.
But Reiner didn't speak, but picked up the chalk and wrote a sentence on the blackboard.
Why study?
After writing, he put down the chalk and patted the chalk dust on his hands. Naturally, Reiner could do it with the mage's hand, but in order to deepen the impression of these students, he still did it himself.
The floral characters written in common language are very beautiful, but no one answers this question.
Reiner looked at the silent student, as if he had returned to high school. He slowly walked towards the podium and knocked on the table of a girl sitting in the first row.
"May I have your name?"
He asked, the girl had beautiful dark blond curly hair and a freckled face, but she looked lively and cute.
"My name is Hathaway, Hathaway Luckford."
She replied, her voice was soft but her words were clear.
Luckford is a magic family, and her parents also hold public offices in the Magic Association, and are considered as a magical civil servant in this world.
"Hathaway, why is your purpose in learning magic?"
Reiner asked, causing the child to bite his lower lip and fall into thinking. After a while, he answered.
"As long as you can become a mage, you can work in the Magic Association...this is what my father told me."
Obviously, even though she is only thirteen years old, she has not had much contact with the magic world even though she is influenced by her parents in daily life. In her opinion, it is always right to work towards her parents' current direction.
"What job do you have to do after entering the Magic Society?"
Asked, Reiner thought that no matter in that world, civil servants were still quite popular.
"this......"
Hathaway couldn't speak anymore. She was very troubled, and she looked a little anxious, and was about to cry.
"It's okay, you sit down first."
Reiner didn't want to cry out for his student's reputation on the first day of school. Anyway, his goal was achieved, so he did not ask any more questions, but continued to walk forward and looked at a student sitting in the back row.
"what your name?"
The student's long dark brown hair was coiled up behind her head and even put on a light makeup. She was quite mature. There was a bracelet with jewelry inlaid on her wrist, which was very luxurious.
"I am Ashlua of the Heidegger family."
Baron Heidegger made a lot of money from the inheritance of his family. He was like other nobles, and he sent his daughter to the world of magic. Whether her daughter could become a mage is irrelevant to him.
Ashelua, who grew up in the social circle since childhood, naturally became more mature.
"What is your purpose in learning magic here?"
Reiner asked, the girl nodded and continued.
"After contacting magic, you can get in touch with the society of magic. As the daughter of the baron, I must maintain a good relationship with the mages in order to develop my territory in the future."
Her answer surprised Reiner, but then Reiner said again.
"If you were not the daughter of the Baron, but just from a personal perspective, would you learn magic?"
This unexpected problem made Ashlua speechless for a moment. She wanted to speak but stopped, but she could not organize the words, so Reiner asked her to sit down.
Later, Reiner asked the remaining students again, which was a simple self-introduction session. Some of them ended up because of the family's admonitions, while others were the expectations of their parents, but Reiner did not hear the answer they wanted.
During this process, Arimiya and Fina also came to the back of the classroom to listen. This was the learning process as teachers. When they heard Reiner's inquiry, they felt enlightened, and when they saw these students, they also showed a slightly helpless expression.
After asking the last student, Reiner returned to the podium. Facing these confused students, Reiner said.
"Just just now, we have already communicated this question. Why do we need to learn? Everyone's answers are different, but whether it is for the family's industry or the expectations of parents, it can be simplified into one answer, that is, you are learning for others."
Learn for others.
This sentence made these children who were not very familiar with the world suddenly feel a sudden realization, as if they woke them up in ignorance in one sentence.
"Of course, the motivation for learning is always for others, to comfort parents, to prove that you are stronger than others, to avoid the punishment caused by poor grades, but if you continue to do this, I dare say that it is difficult for you to become a formal mage, and even if you are lucky enough to be promoted, it is difficult to continue moving forward."
Reiner's words sounded quite terrifying, which made several students feel a little nervous.
"Why? Because if a person who learns for others loses the supervision of this 'other', he will lose his goal and sink. Everything he does is to get recognition from others and eventually forget his pursuit."
In high school on Earth, teachers often told students that when they arrived at university, everything would be fine, which made many students work hard to get into college, but lost their studies because they lost their goals and eventually became depressed.
Reiner didn't have this idea until after graduating from college. Sometimes the most difficult thing for people is not how to live, but not knowing what kind of life they want. This is the result of constantly learning to meet the expectations of their parents and family.
"You may not be able to deeply understand these words for the time being, but as a principal of a magic school, I have two things to tell you in the future of your magic learning process. The first is not to learn for others, please learn to improve yourself and enrich yourself."
Leonard paused and continued.
Chapter completed!