In the college corridor.
Locke was thinking about how to break the deadlock when the college's history teacher, Olde Franklin, suddenly came to the corridor.
Olde Franklin was about sixty years old, one-eyed, and wore a black eye patch on his left eye and gold-rimmed glasses on his right eye.
There was a student beside the old man.
Locke could tell at a glance that this student was also from the Kingdom of Anjou, the youngest daughter of Viscount McLincoln in the southern region of the Kingdom of Anjou, Angel McLincoln.
Before, he and the previous owner were in the same circle in this academy.
At this time, Angel was chatting and laughing with the old man, while Professor Old was talking to her with a smile.
"Angel, I know you can't afford the tuition for this term. I can't waive your tuition. But I can offer you a chance to make money. After the last class in the morning, you can come to my office and copy historical texts for me. You only need to do it for an hour every day at noon."
Professor Old said with a kind smile, "The reward is ten gold coins each time."
Angel's face showed an expression of excitement.
Ten gold coins a day is certainly not enough to pay for a semester's tuition at Aurelian College.
But ever since her family stopped supporting her financially, she has had trouble just maintaining her previous lifestyle, and all her former friends have turned against her.
So, she is indeed short of money now.
Angel said, "Professor, I am willing. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
"You are such a good man."
"I never realized before that you were so kind."
A smile appeared on Professor Old's face. He looked up and saw Locke Augustine. He immediately showed an expression of surprise and his eyes flickered.
"Strange, it's been more than a week."
"Could it be..."
Professor Older's smile widened as he turned to Locke and said, "Locke, you haven't been to my office for three days. Have you encountered any difficulties?"
"You are still welcome to copy historical documents for me for an hour every day. You have done a good job before."
"You are the most outstanding student I have ever met."
Locke frowned, and at the same time, alarm bells rang in his heart.
Because he knew very well that the reason he traveled through time was because the original owner copied documents for this old man, but died in less than a week, and then his soul traveled through time.
But the key point is that no matter how Locke looked through the original owner's memories, he could not understand how he could die just by copying history books for this old man.
But in the days before the original owner's death, he became weaker, more powerless and less energetic every day.
Until the last day, he was copying history books in Professor Old's office, in a daze. After returning to his dormitory room, he suddenly died, and he traveled through time.
Locke still didn't understand why copying historical documents for this old man was so dangerous, so he absolutely refused to work for Professor Old again.
This is too dangerous.
Locke put on a smile and tried to make his answer look normal. "Professor Olde, thank you for the compliment."
"It's just that I want to find another part-time job recently..."
Professor Old waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Then you can continue to work for me until you find it."
"It would be best to start today at noon."
"I'll wait for you in my office. I'm very pleased with the work you did."
Locke was shocked. As expected, this old man was unwilling to let him go.
The other party found someone from the Kingdom of Anjou to work for him, so he must have been specially selected.
Locke quickly refused, "Professor Olde, thank you again for your high evaluation of me. But I haven't been feeling well recently."
Professor Older smiled and said, "Being unwell doesn't affect your work. Young people always have to go through ups and downs and hardships. I know you've been in a bad mood recently, and I understand all that, but it's precisely because of this that you should work harder."
"Look, Angel will also come to my office to copy historical documents at noon today."
Angel thanked Professor Olde, "Thank you, Professor."
"I didn't expect that when I was in such a difficult time, it was the teachers at the college who helped me."
At the same time, Angel looked at Locke with confusion and suspicion.
She didn't understand why Locke rejected Professor Old's kindness.
They have obviously lost the support of their families, and now they are almost running out of money to pay for their living expenses. The daily expenses in the college are so high. If they don't accept the professor's kindness, do they have any better choice?
Professor Old nodded with satisfaction.
Locke glanced at Angel, the silly girl, and then continued to refuse stubbornly, "Sorry, Professor."
"I really can't leave for the time being."
The smile on Professor Old's face had disappeared, revealing an expression of obvious dissatisfaction. He stared at Locke coldly, "Well, Locke, history is a required course in the college. In addition to tuition, you'd better pay the history course fee for this semester as soon as possible."
"I hope that the next time I see you, you will have paid the six hundred gold coins for the history course."
"Otherwise, you don't need to come to class."
History, language, and swordsmanship are the three compulsory courses in Aurelian College. If you don't pay the fees for these three courses, you will probably be expelled from the college.
Professor Old took a few steps, thought for a moment, and said, "Of course, if you continue to work for me, I can let you wait another month to pay the tuition for this course."
"When you figure it out, Locke, you can come see me in my office."
"I still think you're doing a great job."
Professor Old deliberately acted angry, turned around, waved his hand, and walked away angrily.
Angel hurriedly caught up, walked a few steps, and then, as if he had thought of something, turned around and ran to Locke, unable to help but complain and scold: "Locke, what's wrong with you!"
"You actually made the professor angry."
"The professor is kind-hearted. Otherwise, who would give us Anjou such an opportunity? You really don't know what's good for you."
"You'd better apologize to the professor immediately. Things are different now. You are no longer the earl's son, and I am no longer the viscount's daughter."
Angel said, and hurried after Professor Olde.
Locke looked at her and shrugged.
Angel was originally a student in the academy of his circle. Because she was just the daughter of the viscount, she usually revolved around him... the original owner all day long. But now, after the fall of the Kingdom of Anjou, she naturally didn't need to flatter him anymore.
However, I originally wanted to give her a gentle and kind reminder out of humanitarianism, but now it seems that there is no need.
Character determines destiny.
If I remind her of her attitude, she might turn around and sell her out to Professor Olde.
Locke began to think. "History class is held twice a week. The next one will be in about three days."
"If I can't come up with a solution, I'll probably be kicked out of the academy next time I take history class, or I'll be forced to agree to continue copying history textbooks for Professor Old."
"I need to find a way out of this situation as soon as possible. Or, I need to figure out what to do after I leave the academy. I can't go back to the Kingdom of Anjou; it's too dangerous."
"Are you going to be a wandering noble?"
Locke took a look at the synthesis Rubik's Cube in front of him, which showed that it would take forty-five minutes to complete the synthesis.
"The language class is about to start. I'll go to the language class first."
"The most important courses at Aurelian College are probably the three required courses, but there are also different levels within the three required courses."
"The most important thing is probably the language course."
"Then there's history class, and then swordsmanship class."
Locke recalled that if it were in other colleges or other places, the status of grammar teachers would definitely be relatively low.
After all, this era is similar to the Middle Ages.
Among the knight class, military force is obviously much more important than culture, so swordsmanship classes should be more important than history and language classes.
But at Aurelian College, this is not the case at all.
In this college, the language teacher is not only the dean of the college, but also has a very high status. His words are final and sometimes he will take up other courses.
Therefore, if the number of outstanding graduates of the college is related to any course, then according to logical reasoning, it should most likely be related to language courses.
That might be the way to break the deadlock.