MTL - Dark Demon Warlock-Chapter 13 Professor Hughes (on)
Chapter 13 Professor Hughes (Part 1)
After Yate left the office building, he didn't leave immediately, but went to Professor Hughes' home.
Professor Hughes' full name is Amos Hughes. He was his ancient Chinese teacher for four years in college. He is an old white man who is obsessed with ancient history and can hardly tell his real age.
The position he fought for was the teaching assistant of Professor Hughes.
And he was personally recommended by Professor Hughes, that's why he thinks it's pretty close.
But I didn't expect it, and there was an accident.
But no matter what, he still wants to thank Professor Hughes and inform him of the results by the way.
I am no longer planning to seek the position of a teaching assistant, otherwise I would not have done that in the Academic Affairs Office.
Although there are many benefits, once he becomes a teaching assistant, he will become the subordinate of that arrogant guy, who has plenty of ways to torment him.
In contrast, he wants an environment where he can practice quietly, rather than intrigue every day and guard against being plotted against.
This time I went to Professor Hughes, firstly to thank him, and also to ask for help.
Something about those 3 sailors.
Since the three dead sailors can operate in the outer city openly, the fleet they belong to will definitely not be pirates, and the style of those three guys cannot be the navy, so the only possibility is maritime merchants.
Professor Hughes can handle small maritime merchants of this level.
What's more, he is not a murderer.
As for why you didn’t choose to ask Professor Hughes for help from the beginning, it’s because the favor needs to be repaid!
He is just a student that Professor Hughes prefers, not a direct disciple. How can he not repay the favor he owes?
He can't be that shameless yet.
Professor Hughes' home is a very distinctive building in the corner of the professor's residential area.
Similar to the dome of Christianity in his previous life, the circular dome, the doors and windows are all arc arches, and the house is covered with complicated plant patterns. Compared with the house in which he lives, it is more like a mini church.
But it is impossible for any normal person to live in such a house.
Especially still alone.
Only a person like Professor Hughes, who is obsessed with studying ancient history, dares to live in such a house.
It was also because of him that he did not attract much criticism.
Otherwise, I am afraid that people from the church will come to arrest people.
Although the architectural style is completely different from that of several major mainstream churches, his behavior is already a blasphemy against the gods.
Professor Hughes’s obsession with ancient history is well known. Occasionally, the government and the church will ask him to help identify some things. In addition, he didn’t start a Protestantism, but just lived in such a weird house, so everyone turned a blind eye.
The 50 square meters of land in front of the house belonged to Professor Hughes, but he didn't take care of it at all, and didn't even build a fence, so he just left it abandoned.
"1, 2, 3, 4." In front of the main entrance, there are a total of 4 steps.
In his previous life, odd numbers were yang, and even numbers were yin, so the number of steps in a general yang house is odd, and the number of steps in a yin house is even.
The substantial increase in mental value brings not only the enhancement of perception, but also the high activity of thinking. Many memories of previous lives that were only a glimpse will always pop up involuntarily.
"Boom, boom!" Art knocked heavily on the door.
Not important, I'm afraid Professor Hughes inside won't hear it.
"Mini" is only compared to the church. The actual house area is very large, probably nearly 400 square meters, not counting the yard, and naturally there is no shared area.
Also, the roof is high.
Being in it, there is always a feeling of smallness and desertedness. According to Professor Hughes, this is conducive to his focus on work.
Nearly half a minute later, there was the sound of the door opening.
"Yate." A figure appeared, and Yate, who was 178cm tall, looked like a thin bean sprout in front of this figure.
He is more than 2 meters tall, with a standard hulking back, a broad body that is as thick as Ater, short gray hair, and a scrawled beard that covers at least a quarter of his cheeks. He looks more like a mountain scissor than a scholar bandit.
Stronger than that sailor!
For such a person, it is difficult to estimate his age from his appearance.
Looking at the body shape and rosy face, some people believe that he is 40 to 50 years old, but judging from the gray beard and hair, he seems to be 50 to 60 years old, or even older.
Art doesn't know his real age either.
It is said that he looked like this 10 years ago.
Anyway, this is what Art looked like when he first entered school, and he still looks like this now.
"Teacher." Arthur greeted.
"Come in." Professor Hughes said, before turning back to the room.
Art closed the door and followed in.
The lighting in the house is very good, and you can even see dust flying in the sunlight, but there is an inexplicable gloomy feeling.
When there is light, there is shadow, and the light and shadow intertwine. The weird patterns carved in the house seem to come alive, which is very permeating!
All students don't like to come to him, and the predecessor is no exception.
It's just that the predecessor never showed this emotion, and even came here on his own initiative to ask him for ancient knowledge, which is why he won his favor.
After entering the door, there is a rectangular hall with a long corridor separated by two rows of columns. The wider middle corridor is the middle hall, which is connected to the bedroom. There is a semi-circular vault on the west side, and a stone dining table is placed below it. There are two rows of four. There are 5 seats in total, plus one for the main seat.
But except for the main seat, the other 4 seats are covered with dust, obviously they are not often used.
On the east side, various tools such as knives, files, rulers, and shovels are placed in a mess, as well as some stone slabs, stone tablets, wooden stakes, and bones.
Professor Hughes is an archaeologist, and ancient text research is only one of his skills. Few people came from the family, and he was single, so the work place naturally extended to the living room.
On the pillars, roofs, and walls, there are also some exquisitely carved and religious patterns, such as circles, ellipses, squares, triangles... The lines fluctuate with various regular and irregular geometric shapes, seemingly chaotic, but There is some kind of rule faintly running through it.
Appears to be some kind of ancient script.
is also a source of eerie feeling.
Thanks to the memory of his predecessor, Art did not show a surprised expression.
"I'll go to the Academic Affairs Office tomorrow to ask you. That guy has been avoiding me recently." Professor Hughes thought he was here to ask about the teaching assistant, so he said it before he could open his mouth.
"Thank you, teacher, but no need, I just came out of the Academic Affairs Office." Art replied.
"What's going on?" Professor Hughes suddenly turned around and asked.
As a professor, his IQ is beyond doubt.
A strong sense of oppression came to his face, and Yate couldn't help but twitched his eyes.
Professor Hughes just asked casually, and he didn't have any emotions like anger, but with his overly strong figure and his face covered by a beard, as long as he didn't smile, it was easy for people to think he was angry .
Yat organizes his language and tells about his experience and his plan.
Including throwing a face at Mavis Hansen himself.
There is no need to hide.
"That's right, instead of wasting energy on these messy things, it's better not to be this teaching assistant!" Professor Hughes nodded in approval.
Didn't care about Yate's fling at a deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office.
To him, that was just routine.
However, the old man immediately added: "Since the teaching assistants I recommend are rejected, I don't have to accept the ones they recommend!"
He's not a bad tempered guy.
On the contrary, his temper is still a bit stubborn.
This is not just about Yate, it is also related to his face and whether he will be safe in the future.
Although he doesn't like those messy things in the workplace, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand. He has been teaching at Moya University for more than ten years, and he is very aware of the bureaucratic nature of those guys. Once he backs down this time, those guys will make progress next time.
He is too lazy to push and pull with those guys, and he agrees with Art's choice, so he simply has a "lose-lose".
After all, he is his teaching assistant, and he has a veto power.
(end of this chapter)
