Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Paul’s Letter
Roa scoffed. Didn't he have any idea how he treated him on weekdays? He could say such things shamelessly.
Roa said slowly, "Don't look at me, I can't help you either. Educating children is very troublesome."
Rudeus wailed. He could already see his bleak future.
He didn't know if his tutoring mission would be successful, he wouldn't be able to see Sylphy for a while, and now he couldn't even send letters.
However, after calming down and thinking, Paul's claim was indeed very reasonable.
If Sylphy continued to grow up in this state, she might become the childhood friend character that appears in old-fashioned adult games. That is, the kind of character who always follows the protagonist, becoming like a satellite revolving around the protagonist as the center of the world, lacking self-individuality.
If it were the real world, the state of over-dependence should gradually be lifted as they go to school, interact with friends, and learn, but Sylphy couldn't make friends because of her hair color.
Even after five years, she would very likely still be clinging to Rudeus.
Although Rudeus didn't care about that situation, the adults around him didn't seem to think so.
After thinking clearly about these things, Rudeus couldn't help but sigh. Understanding was understanding, but it was still too difficult for him to accept.
Ghislaine and Roa watched the commotion from the side. Ghislaine suddenly asked, "What's wrong, Rudeus? Did you break up with your lover?"
Rudeus sighed and said, "I was just kicked out of the house by Paul."
Looking at the letter, Rudeus continued to read, "Regarding the remuneration, you will receive two Asura silver coins each month. Although this amount is lower than the market rate for tutors, it is already a lot for a child's allowance. You need to find time to learn how to use money in the town. Because if you don't try to spend it normally, you won't know how to use it properly in an emergency. However, I feel that my excellent son should be able to spend money well even without learning… Ah, no matter what, you can't use it to buy women."
Roa's eyes narrowed slightly, and he exchanged a glance with Rudeus, both revealing a strange smile.
"Tsk." Ghislaine looked at the expressions of the two and knew what they were thinking without saying anything.
Also, so Roa was this kind of person.
He was really deceived by his appearance.
Should he say, as expected of Paul's seed?
"If you can persist for five years and properly teach the young lady reading, writing, arithmetic, and magic, then it is stated in the contract that the other party will pay a special reward equivalent to the tuition fees for three people to attend magic university."
Rudeus continued to read, "However, five years later, Sylphy may not be willing to be with you anymore, and you may have changed your mind because your feelings have cooled down. So we will communicate with Sylphy properly."
When he saw this part, Rudeus felt that his whole body was not well. What did he mean by communicating properly? But no matter what, things had already happened. He looked down again, stopping at the very end. Rudeus glanced at it, but this time he didn't read it out, because it was nonsense.
[I hope that in these five years, you can stay in a new environment to learn all kinds of knowledge and achieve a leap forward to a higher level. Written by Paul, a father full of intellect and too great.]
Rudeus didn't want to say this self-praising sentence.
He put away the letter and handed it to Ghislaine. Ghislaine waved her hand and said, "Just read it out. Keep this letter."
Rudeus turned his gaze to Roa, his eyes as if asking the boy if he wanted this letter.
Roa curled his lips and waved his hand. He didn't want Paul's scum letter.
Rudeus had to put the letter in his arms himself. He didn't really want to hold this letter either.
How bad Paul's reputation was could be seen from here.
After thinking for a while, he turned his gaze to Roa and said, "That's not right, big brother, you don't seem to have anything to do. You just learn swordsmanship from Ghislaine every day."
Roa said lazily, "You also said that I have to learn swordsmanship from Ghislaine every day. How can you say that I have nothing to do? Please, I'm very busy, shouldering the rise and fall of the family. In case something happens to you one day, I can still rely on my strong strength to help you."
Rudeus nodded. This reason was well-founded and convincing… Not!
Rudeus said loudly, "Big brother, you are too despicable. You are taking all the benefits. No, you have to contribute too."
Roa fell into deep thought. He frowned involuntarily when he thought of Eris's personality.
She was not an easy person to get along with.
But just as Rudeus said, he couldn't just do nothing and stay at the other party's house all the time.
After thinking for a moment, Roa said, "How about this? I'll teach for two years. When I'm there for the first two years, I'll teach Eris magic, and you'll teach Eris arithmetic and other things. Is that okay?"
Rudeus still wanted to bargain, saying something like just teaching magic was not enough, but he was glared at fiercely by Roa, and the idea of bargaining was instantly extinguished.
Rudeus thought about it, considering the pros and cons. His arithmetic level was definitely not bad. After all, he had transmigrated from the Blue Star island country, and he was definitely a genius-level figure in this world where there were no multiplication tables, so there shouldn't be a big problem.
As for magic, although he was also very good at it, he seemed to be no match for Roa. It was not bad for him to teach magic.
But he might not know that what awaited him ahead was a nightmare. Knowledge also had to be learned willingly by the other party.
Roa didn't know if Eris would learn magic, but she definitely wouldn't want to learn arithmetic.
At least she wouldn't learn arithmetic and other things so honestly.
Magic could still be linked to novelty, so Eris might not be too noisy, as for arithmetic and the like, wasn't he making things difficult for their future mad dog?
Because of this, Roa pushed the most troublesome task to Rudeus.
Looking at Rudeus's happy face, he thought he had taken advantage, but in reality, it wasn't. If magic and arithmetic were taught by one person, the other party might try to listen patiently, but if it was just teaching arithmetic, hehe, Rudeus would have a hard time anyway.
The carriage was driving slowly and steadily. In the middle, because it was too boring, Roa took a nap.
When they arrived, it was already dusk. Buena Village and this big city were separated by a distance that took a day to reach by carriage.
Converted into actual time, it was about six or seven hours. It was a bit far, but it seemed close.