Chapter 92: Day of Mond's Chapter
A day for the Knights of Favonius begins with teaching a disobedient child a lesson... No, it begins with persuading the child to go to class.
"Classes? Why should I go to class? Klee knows a lot of words and can read. Klee can do a lot of things. She doesn't need to continue studying."
The elf cub with long ears and emitting warm fire elemental power shook her head vigorously. As a child, she instinctively had a strong resistance to words like class and study.
Children will only be motivated to learn when they are doing something they are interested in.
"Klee, you are a smart and capable child, but there are many children of your age in Mondstadt who cannot read and write, and cannot even read fairy tales."
Jyn knew forcing Klee to go to class wouldn't work, so she took another approach.
"But everyone doesn't have enough confidence in our school. You are a Spark Knight of the Knights of Favonius, and the only relatively young child among us. If even you go to class, then everyone will believe that our classes teach real knowledge and can help more children."
"Aren't you willing to help more children who are your age but can't get an education for various reasons?"
Qin looked at her with sad eyes. Those eyes filled with pity and sadness made people feel that it was wrong to reject her. At least the simple little Klee was indeed tricked.
"Klee is willing to help everyone. Klee is a knight of the Knights of Favonius!"
She said loudly, feeling a sudden sense of responsibility.
As a Spark Knight specially hired by the Knights of Favonius, she has always been criticized by some people, who believe that she was able to join the Knights and occupy the position of knight only because of her mother.
Children's emotions are the most sensitive, and the malice of adults is obvious to them, so Klee doesn't like to stay in the Knights Templar for a long time. Although there are many older brothers and sisters who take good care of her, Klee doesn't like to be treated specially.
"That's great."
Qin smiled beautifully. When she showed such an expression, others would realize that she was just a young and beautiful girl, but she had shouldered such a heavy burden so early.
"Then, Spark Knight Klee."
"To!"
"I will ask Mr. Kaia to be in charge of the school's enrollment and assist you. The Knights will also mobilize everyone in the Order to actively serve as teachers. You will be responsible for comforting the students and ensuring everyone's safety."
Qin bent down and gently touched Keli's head. She closed her eyes and rubbed Qin's hand, and she saw pity in her eyes.
But when she thought of the trouble the child had caused, she hardened her heart.
"From now on, you will go to and from school with the children, complete the homework assigned by the teacher together, and actively encourage everyone to study hard. For the future of Mondstadt, can you do it?"
"No problem! Just leave it to Klee."
Kelly raised her hand high and agreed happily, not realizing that this was a trick used by cunning adults to coax her into going to school. When she is tortured by the vast amount of homework and wants to cry, maybe she will understand what Qin means now?
angel's gift
After the Windblume Festival, the number of customers at Angel's Gift surged again, and the price of alcohol naturally went back to where it was before. At least in Sora's opinion, if the price was really charged that night, that heavy drinker Wendy would have spent at least one-fifth of his savings.
"hiss--"
Kaeya sat at the bar, rubbing his temple. He could still feel the throbbing pain in his brain. He glared at Diluk unhappily.
"You are such a traitor, aren't you? I worked so hard to empty out the Star-Picking Cliff, and this is how you treat me?"
"Didn't I warn you? You can't finish the bottle of wine in one go. It was you who didn't listen to my advice."
Diluk turned his head away and ignored him, and he deserved it.
"Really? I don't know who gave Jyn the idea of setting up a school in the name of the Knights, calling on everyone to send their young children to learn all kinds of knowledge so as to make plans for Mond's future. This has added a lot of work to me."
The alcohol had not worn off yet, so Kaia could only order a glass of juice and drink it in a hurry, frowning and complaining.
"From a long-term perspective, this is a good idea. Mond people don't have the habit of educating their children early, which results in many poor but talented children wasting their time."
The language of Diluk's comments was as sharp as ever. In fact, he omitted one sentence, which is that almost all educational resources are monopolized by the rich and powerful people in the upper class, and the people at the bottom can only live in a muddle-headed way.
Whether it is the old Mondstadt that was overthrown hundreds of years ago, or the new Mondstadt ruled by the Knights of Favonius today, the only difference is that the living conditions of the lower-class people are a little better.
"It's not that easy."
Kaia sighed.
How could he not see that this was a far-sighted thing to do? But the key point is that the party being helped may not be willing to accept this kindness.
"Children can also do some work. Many families start helping with housework or running errands when they are seven or eight years old. It is harder than climbing a mountain to expect them to sit in a classroom and study boringly and learn to read."
Even when he was a child, his first reaction when he saw the tutor come in was displeasure, let alone a Mond child who had been spoiled by adults.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as we can find something that both adults and children are interested in, it will be easy to get them to join this school. I don't think this will be difficult for you, Captain Kaia."
Shui Qingli appeared from nowhere and interrupted.
He didn't know that Qin had actually given the matter to Kaiya. Seeing that the person involved looked like he had a headache, he couldn't help feeling guilty, so he said a few more words.
"He's right, and I think this job is meaningful, at least more meaningful than skipping work and hanging around every day."
Diluk glanced at the cavalry captain and sneered.
"Mr. Qingli seems to have changed a lot?"
Kaeya curled his lips and ignored his brother's sarcasm. Instead, he focused his attention on Shui Qingli. This man was obviously colder than him, the holder of the Ice Element God's Eye, when he first came to Mond. Why did he look a little different now?
"Well, I went to Liyue and traveled with Inazuma, and a lot of interesting things happened, so some changes are normal."
Shui Qingli sat next to Kaiya.
"I am now very interested in what Mr. Kaeya just said about the hard work of emptying the Star-Picking Cliff. So, those Cecilia flowers were given to Diluk?"
Did he really get hurt?