Chapter 460 Crossroads (Ⅱ)

Early on Sunday morning, Thomas and Edward argued endlessly in the living room on the first floor. After arguing for two hours, they failed to reach a consensus.

Joan didn't participate in their argument, and was dazed while holding a teacup.

In these short two months, he witnessed too many deaths, among which the death of the three teachers touched him the most.

The assassination of Colonel Harrison made Joan really realize the cruelty of war. No one is absolutely safe on the battlefield, and death may suddenly fall on anyone, including the supreme commander of the army.

Compared with the accidental assassination of Colonel Harrison, the death of Grandpa Joan was another extreme, which made him deeply feel how hard life is. There is no escape from birth, old age, sickness and death, and he can only endure it silently until the end of his life At that moment, the end of suffering and suffering is finally over, and finally get relief.

Regardless of whether they were killed in battle or sick at the end of their lives, Colonel Harrison and Grandpa can at least be regarded as long-lived people. They have lived to that age, experienced countless ups and downs, and are used to joys and sorrows. Nothing to regret.

But Robert Rawls was different.

The star professor at Leiden College is in his prime, and his body and energy are in the best condition in his life. He has no wife, children or family members to worry about. He devotes all his energy to the teaching and research work he deeply loves. The genius disciple he was proud of, had just made a major breakthrough in his academic research, and his career was about to reach its peak, but was suddenly interrupted, and his supposedly brilliant life ended silently, and all dreams came true. bubble...

Of course, Joan hated the murderer who assassinated his mentor, but what made him feel more deeply was the impermanence of fate. He couldn't help but feel a sense of anxiety that "life is short", and couldn't help silently counting how long he could live.

If one is lucky enough, one can live to the end of one's life smoothly, and it will only last fifty years.

Converted into days, it is less than 20,000 days.

In these short 20,000 days, how much can a person who is keen on knowledge learn in total?

If you simply measure learning efficiency by reading one book a day, you can only read less than 20,000 books in total.

If all the knowledge accumulated in the human world so far is converted into books, there are more than 20,000 volumes, perhaps more than two million to twenty million.

After the simple calculation, Joan couldn't help but sweat.

Even if he spends his whole life trying to learn new knowledge, he will never be able to master one-thousandth of all the knowledge accumulated by human society in the past thousands of years, let alone the civilization inheritance of other races.

In this short life, it is not enough to just learn the knowledge that has been handed down in the world, how can there be enough time to explore unknown areas, and how much new knowledge can be created?

Seeking knowledge is Joan's greatest pleasure, and this pleasure mainly comes from the sense of accomplishment.

If what you have learned throughout your life is only the knowledge created by others, it is like chewing on the food that others have eaten and reinventing the wheel, then what sense of accomplishment will there be?

When the infinite thirst for knowledge conflicts with the limited life span, Qiao An truly feels the fragility and shortness of life for the first time in his life. What is the meaning of such a short and fragile life?

Even if a person makes some achievements in his short life, it is just a fleeting small wave in the infinite river of history. It is indeed glorious to write in history books, but people are always going to die. When you close your eyes, what does the glory behind you mean to a dead person?

Joan had a vague premonition that he might not be able to find answers to the above questions at Leiden College.

Only by leaving the port of Leiden, leaving the familiar and comfortable environment, going to Midgard, and going to a more distant new world, can it be possible to understand the meaning of life.

Once this crazy idea came into being, it could not be suppressed, and it expanded rapidly, completely occupying Joan's mind.

When he came back to his senses, he found that Thomas and Edward were still arguing about which professor to go to, so he had to come forward to persuade them.

"You don't need to quarrel over such trivial matters. Since Edward thinks that Master Wordsworth is better, you can join his disciples, and Thomas appreciates Professor Hamilton more, so go and be his student. No one asks you to do it anyway. Studying under the same professor is not acceptable."

Edward and Thomas stopped arguing, and both looked at him, as if surprised by his indifferent attitude as an "outsider".

"Joan, the reason we quarrel is because we don't want to break up!" Thomas shouted excitedly.

"If it's just me and Thomas, frankly speaking, we don't mind going our separate ways. The question is you, Joan, do you choose Professor Wordsworth or Professor Hamilton?" Edward said solemnly, "If you If I choose the latter, even if I am reluctant, I will change my decision, after all, the most important thing is not which professor to follow to continue my studies, but the three of us will be together in the next two years."

Thomas smiled and nodded: "Edward finally said something human, Joan, you make the decision, choose Wordsworth or Hamilton?"

"I choose Robert Rawls." Joan replied softly.

"Don't be silly! Mentor Rawls is no longer alive!" Thomas beat the sofa angrily.

"Joan, we are also saddened by the death of Rawls' mentor, but people cannot be resurrected after death. We are still young, and we have to look at everything in the long run..."

Edward tried to persuade Joan to be rational and face the reality, but he soon realized that these principles were destined to fail to convince the stubborn boy.

"Since I can't continue to follow Rawls' mentor, I won't choose any of them!" Joan stood up and said firmly, "I plan to leave Leiden Academy!"

"Leave? What do you mean?" Thomas looked at Joan in surprise, "Are you going to transfer, suspend, or... drop out?"

"It's all possible." Qiao An lowered her head and said quietly, "I also want to leave decently. If I can't do it, it doesn't matter if I drop out."

"Joan, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Edward couldn't understand what Joan was thinking at all, and tried to persuade him to give up his impulsive thoughts.

"Take a step back, even if you really hate this school, you don't have to make fun of your own future. Why don't you just find a tutor to name yourself, and there is no need to go to class... You are already a level 4 mage now, and you can wait at most You can be promoted to a level 5 mage in one year, wouldn't it be nice to graduate with a good reputation?"

"What you said is very good, and the plan is very reasonable, Edward, but that is not the life plan I want."

Joan replied blankly.

"Don't say a year, even a month, a week, I don't want to stay here any longer."

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