Duncan was sitting on the sofa in the living room, leisurely reading the newspaper he bought from the street this morning. Occasionally, he turned his head and glanced at Shirley, who was lying on the coffee table with a frown and writing hard, and Shirley who was lying next to Shirley holding a book. Ah Gou, who was engrossed in writing "A Compendium of Modern History of City-States", felt relieved.
In this strange and strange world, he finally found a little bit of the familiar rhythm of life.
On the other hand, bringing Agou, Shirley and Nina over could be regarded as realizing an idea he had been thinking about for a long time - Captain Duncan's small class has finally reopened.
He turned his head and looked at the other side of the coffee table. Nina was sitting there on a small stool, writing her winter vacation homework seriously. Morris was supervising next to her, occasionally helping her students correct some details. of errors and omissions.
"You are a good and conscientious teacher," Duncan said to Morris. "Nina is lucky."
"She is a hard-working child, and I don't want to delay her life," Morris laughed, then glanced at the homework book spread out in front of Shirley, with a subtle expression on his face, "But I didn't expect you to be like this. Good at... teaching others."
Duncan raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
"The study plan you prepared for Shirley, Alice and Agou is very reasonable, and even... somewhat professional." Morris said hesitantly, "I also saw the test papers you prepared for them before, and they were also very professional." , this is a bit... beyond my expectation."
The old gentleman was very careful in his words. He did care about this matter a little. When he first learned that Duncan was very interested in educating the three illiterate people on the ship, what he thought of was not vocabulary cards, word books and multiplication tables. At that time, he The first picture that came to mind was completely in the direction of "the relatives of the evil god gathering in a ceremonial ceremony to learn about forbidden knowledge", but in the end, I saw the frightening Captain Duncan taking out a pile of literacy cards... …
How should I put it, although now he has somewhat adapted to Captain Duncan's private peace and friendliness, but when he thinks that such a subspace shadow is really teaching people seriously (or literacy classes), he still feels awkward. Surge up in a controlled manner.
Of course Duncan knew what the old scholar meant, but he couldn't explain it, so he just smiled and waved his hand: "Maybe I once had a dream of being a teacher?"
Morris didn't know what to say for a moment, while Duncan glanced at Shirley's heart-wrenching handwriting again and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the learning progress of these three students is too different. It’s really a headache.”
Morris thought for a while and nodded: "Indeed. I think Agou can almost spend time in a library to study by himself until he graduates from college, but Shirley is still struggling with common words, Alice...Alice she..…"
Duncan sighed again: "Oh, Alice works hard, but she is Alice."
The learning progress of the three illiterate people on the ship was completely different from what he had originally expected. He had thought that Shirley, who had a better brain so she would learn faster, was still half illiterate. Her unswerving spirit and impressive The desperate attitude towards learning was the main reason. Alice worked harder than anyone else, but Miss Doll's head seemed to be really not suitable for reading and writing. In the end, the most illiterate of the three turned out to be a dog. With amazing diligence and understanding, Agou can now not only read literary works by himself, but can even solve quadratic equations in three variables...
There are thousands of deep hounds chasing knowledge - now it seems that Agou is the only one who has caught up.
To be fair, this is the biggest stain in Duncan's or Zhou Ming's entire teaching career.
Just as he was sighing in his heart, Alice, who had gone out to buy groceries, finally came back - nearly twenty minutes later than expected.
"I'm back!"
Miss Doll opened the door and entered the room. She put down the things in her hands and poked her head towards the living room to say hello. Then at a glance, she saw the top student, the bad student, and the bad student who were doing their homework next to the coffee table. She suddenly showed a happy look on her face. : "Nina! Shirley! Agou! Are you here?"
"I just came here this morning, and I've already done my damn homework for half a day..." Shirley raised her head, with tears in her eyes.
"The captain asked me to re-copy everything from page 16 onwards..."
"Three times," Duncan said calmly from the side, "Don't quietly reduce yourself to two-thirds of the task."
Then he ignored Shirley's subsequent reaction and looked up at Alice: "Why did you come back just now? Are you in trouble?"
"Ah, no, no!" Alice waved her hand quickly, "It's just a bustle...I didn't watch the bustle! It was something, I'm investigating.
This doll really can't lie, nor is he good at making excuses. In a few words, he revealed the fact that he wasted time watching the excitement on the way home.
"Investigation?" Duncan looked at Alice in surprise. He didn't want to pursue her for "watching the fun". Although he did warn her not to wander around on the road, it was just a small matter and he cared more about it. The strange thing is... Alice, who is usually dull, can actually say the word "investigation" with a serious face.
Even if it was just a temporary excuse she made, he still cared that the doll was investigating something.
"On the nearby street, there was a house. They said someone was dead, and everyone from the church was there." Alice immediately began to tell Duncan what she saw and heard on the road. "A woman said she killed her husband. , and then the onlookers said that the male owner of the house had gone out before... Ah, yes, yes, I also saw a woman who wore clothes very similar to yours! She was also wearing a bandage...
Duncan was stunned as he listened to the doll's confusing and unfocused narration, barely understanding what was going on. Then he noticed the last mention of the "bandage woman" and he frowned slightly. I wanted to ask for some details, but I saw Fanna who was sitting at the dining table feeding the pigeons not far away and suddenly stood up.
"A stranger is approaching," Vanna said quickly, "It's a priest."
Duncan immediately waved his hand, asking Alice to calm down and put on the veil again. Agou, who was squatting next to the sofa, retreated into the shadows in the blink of an eye. Ai flapped his wings and hid on a nearby cabinet, while Morris jumped from the sofa. Get up and come to the door.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a visitor." Duncan was quite calm. He waved to the nervous Vanna and Morris, then walked to the door calmly and opened it casually.
A young woman wearing a long black trench coat, bandages, a black bowler hat, and a cane stood outside the door, raising her hand to knock on the door.
She seemed to be frozen.
Duncan looked the young woman up and down, then down at himself.
"Ah, I'm wearing a different shirt." He said casually.
"She is her," Alice stood behind Duncan. At this time, she saw clearly the appearance of the person at the door, and immediately came over happily, "The woman in black I told you about was seen on the way back from shopping for groceries. ..."
Alice's voice made Agatha, who was in a daze, wake up suddenly. The muscles on her face trembled slightly. It took her a long time to move her eyes away from the tall and burly figure in front of her and look in the direction of the sound.
The blond woman with no breathing or heartbeat whom I had seen not long ago was standing in the room, looking here with curious and happy eyes.
She is indeed here.
Agatha took several deep breaths and tried to calm her heartbeat. The slight ringing in her ears gradually faded away in her mind, and the blackening of her vision and double images caused by suddenly looking directly at the "truth" finally dissipated from her eyes. Finally he breathed a sigh of relief and remembered his purpose in his confused mind.
A somewhat stiff smile appeared on her face: "I...I don't mean to interrupt, I just came to check on the situation. You...
"Come in," Duncan nodded calmly and stepped aside, "It's quite cold, so don't stand at the door and say it."
Agatha was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a moment.
Seeing this scene, Fanna, who had been standing by silently before, couldn't help but frowned, and stepped forward to look at the other person: "You rushed over knowing where this place was, didn't you even think about opening the door? Something about that, right?"
"Understand a little bit
," Maurice said hurriedly to the side, "After meeting the captain for the first time, my mind must have been confused. The higher the spiritual vision, the worse. This girl is confused at first sight."
When Fanna heard this, she immediately recalled her experience of joining the Lost Home and felt that the old gentleman was right.
Agatha finally reacted when Vanna was talking to Morris - her brain was indeed still a little confused, but reason had returned to dominance. Due to Duncan's conscious restraint, her mind was not greatly affected. As soon as he recovered, he nodded hurriedly: "Sorry, I was a little distracted."
Then she glanced at the path that Duncan gave way to, and after a slight hesitation, she finally took a step.
She knows where this place is.
She knew that the burly figure was essentially an indescribable person who had descended on the city-state and whose personality was most likely similar to that of an ancient god.
She knew she was stepping into a "place of arrival."
But from the moment the door opened, there was no room for regret.
Behind Duncan, Morris watched the tight young lady step into the room, turned his head slightly and whispered to Vanna: "Be better than you were before."
Vanna murmured in a low voice: "Don't blame me, the first time the captain fell asleep, it was too scary."
Morris nodded: "That's true..."
Fanna added: "But I was much calmer the second time."
Duncan listened to the two people muttering behind him, and finally couldn't help but turn around: "You weren't much stronger the second time - be quiet, the guests are here."
