Ace was not idle either. Since he awakened his memory in his previous life, he found that his mother Marina was unable to control Romon, so he secretly saved money through various forms, bought wine for Romon, and reselled iron scraps, and so on, and was about to save up a piece of Jintale.

The cost of literacy in a month is thirty silver tales, and one hundred silver tales is equal to one Jintales, which is almost enough for three months to study.

The common word in this world is alphabetical characters. As long as you memorize the alphabet and phonetic symbols, summarize the grammatical structure, and combine the pronunciation environment of the mother tongue, three months are enough to learn and write words.

Ace never thought that he would use his knowledge in his past life to make money. Whether it is making wine, glass, or new farming methods, he did have dabbled in his past life.

But this is a world with gods, extraordinary, and temple priests. Before adulthood and citizenship, all abnormal innovations are somewhat dangerous. There are many free people sentenced to deportation by a citizen jury every year.

Only by becoming part of the city-state ruling class can one use the knowledge of his previous life to make money and provide funds for finding extraordinary ways.

Before he knew it, the sword blank had been sharpened into a sharp short sword. Ace placed the short sword on the wooden hilt and leaned against the extinguished fire. He looked out the door with his eyes firm and hopeful.

It was already evening, Marina and Ace were having supper, baking a little hard black bread, spreading a little butter, and serving it with oatmeal.

Ace was already used to such a simple dinner, and he ate it in one bite while chatting casually with his mother Marina.

Ace and Marina had just finished their meal, and Romon actually came back. This was not like him. Usually he had to wait until the moon was hanging in the middle before he would go home swaying in the moonlight.

Late at night, Ace tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

He got up and pulled out a clay pot wrapped in coarse cloth from the bottom of the bed, and opened it carefully. There were a pile of silver tales inside. He counted one by one, a total of 97 pieces.

The city-state has no public schools in its previous lives, and its knowledge is basically monopolized by nobles and citizens. Some knowledgeable citizens are willing to teach students for a fee, and the market price is about 30 silver tale per month.

In a city-state, choosing which teacher to learn to read basically determines your future career.

If the teacher is a judge in the jury court, he will definitely be engaged in judicial and litigation related work in the future.

If the teacher is a musician, he will also have to take the path of elegant performance in the future. As for the path of the future, Ace has confirmed that he wants to learn from Peter, a famous eruditionist in the city-state.

Peter is recognized as the most knowledgeable person in the entire city-state. He is a city-state scholar with a wide range of knowledge and has a lot of books at home.

Becoming his student is the best choice for Ace, you can maximize the acquisition of extensive knowledge and find extraordinary secrets.

The next morning, the summer sun rose early, and Ace was awakened by the movement of Romon's physical exercise.

He got up and put on his clothes, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and watched Romon exercise there. As a descendant of citizens, the Ace family has passed down the excellent exercise methods created by Ronamus for ordinary people, specializing in physical exercise and fighting skills.

Ace washed his face and started morning exercises with Romon. He was not resentful of this and studied very seriously. After all, this is a world with many extraordinary existences and very dangerous things. There is no harm in having more self-protection.

There are heroic guards in the city. If you live in the city all the time, there is no danger, but you don’t have the opportunity to contact or even capture extraordinary creatures.

Only by going to the remote wilderness outside the city-state can low-level monsters wander, which are as difficult as weeds to clean up, and the heroes disdain to do such troubles.

Young nobles and citizens with strong fighting skills or witch hunters will go there to fight with low-level monsters. In order to get exercise, witch hunters will be for bounty.

Seven or eight veterans who have been strictly trained like Romon can hunt no more than three low-level monsters in the wilderness at a time.

Ace is ten years old this year. He plans to exercise his fighting skills in recent years, hoping to have similar strength to Romon when he is an adult, organize a team of witch hunters to hunt and study monsters.

Ace's fighting talent is actually average, but diligence can make up for his weaknesses. He believes that as long as he persists in reasonable training, he will still have good strength when he is an adult.

After the two finished their exercise and had breakfast, Ace told his parents seriously:

"I am ten years old this year. If I want to become a citizen, it is already too late to learn to read. I have been saving money in the past three years, and now I have collected about three months of tuition fees. I want to go to the erudite Peter to learn to read. He will collect a certain number of students every summer. According to the rules I observe, students will start recruiting in the next few days."

After hearing this, Romon began to remain silent.

"It's not right for me. I have been drinking and indulging in the past few years, and I haven't saved enough tuition for you. I heard that Peter taught very well, and he had to study for about three years before he could pass the literacy test. Moreover, studying is a very hard and long-term thing, and money is essential."

He looked hesitant and looked at Ace with various complex eyes.

"Your grandpa once said that everyone has his destiny."

"Fate gives everyone the responsibility. I failed to pass the literacy test, so I lost my citizenship and delayed you. It was because I failed the trial of fate and I didn't become a good father."

"You don't have to worry about the future tuition fees. Our family is a descendant of citizens, and there are still some bottles and jars. Today, let your mother accompany you to Peter's place to sign up. There are still some blank parchment paper at home. I'll raise the remaining tuition fees."

Ace was surprised and moved after hearing what Romon said.

He always thought that Romon was a good man, but not a good husband and a good father, because he never planned well for his family, but just indulged in the glory of the past and numb himself with alcohol.

Unexpectedly, today, Romon actually planned to take on his father's responsibility, which made him feel a little warm.

Ace and his mother Marina came to the first block. This is the core area of ​​Medemus City, with neat and wide stone paving roads, olive trees planted on both sides of the road, and high-end shops along the street, which are lively and prosperous.

The two walked through the lively commercial area and came to rows of villas and beautiful residential areas.

"Ace, your father grew up here."

Marina held Ace's hand with some force, just as she was in her mood.

He not only admires the lives of citizens, but also hopes that his son can join the civic class, but also fears that he will put too much pressure on his children.

She doesn't talk much at home, and she works hard every day to do housework. Looking at her husband and son, it is a great happiness for her family to be together.

She also has many expectations, hoping that her husband will care more about the family and hopes that her son can stand out, but she has such a personality and rarely says it.

Ace also felt his mother's complex mood. He sighed and said, "Our family will come back here one day."

The two walked to the villa of the erudite Peter, and a clean and simple waiter came up, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Dear lady, young gentleman, are you here to study?"

Marina replied in a panic and said, "My child really wants to learn from the erudite Mr. Peter. I wonder if you can take us to see the respected Mr. Peter."

"Of course, ma'am, knowledge opens the door to every seeker." The waiter bowed slightly and led the two into the villa.

In the living room, Ace waited with seven other children. His mother followed the waiter to pay the three-month scholarship, which was paid in the first quarter.

These seven children are about seven or eight years old, five men and two women. Ace has no desire to talk to other children for the time being. His purpose is very clear, which is to learn to read and then obtain the qualification to borrow the private collection of books by the erudite Peter.

After a while, Peter came to the living room. He had a long goatee, a white robe and a red ribbon, with a serious expression, and looked like a stern elder.

"I am your teacher Peter, and your parents sent you to me to learn knowledge and enrich your mind."

"What you get from me depends on your efforts. Diligent people can surpass ordinary people even if they are stupid and persistent. Lazy people can use fishing nets to fetch water and are destined to gain nothing."

Peter's opening remark made several children nervous. Ace nodded slightly. This teacher was in line with his appetite. Although others praised him for his genius in his previous life, he hated the word genius in his previous life. All of them were just the word "diligence".

If you insist on it, it is the IQ and absolute diligence of ordinary geniuses. To attribute other people's success to geniuses is to erase other people's efforts and comfort themselves. Other people's success is not because of geniuses, because they are obviously smarter than you but harder than you.

Diligent in learning, diligent in thinking, diligent in summarizing, and diligent in reflecting are the only way to learn.

Peter then introduced an older disciple named Morton, who had a red-haired man with acne on his face, was Peter's assistant, responsible for literacy enlightenment for eight students.

The erudite Peter is a famous scholar in the city-state. His assistant is actually a disciple who is a family member in a sense. In the future, he will be recommended by Peter to become a middle- and low-level public office in the city-state.

The students' parents were sent away by Morton and they will pick them up at around 6 p.m.

Eight students followed Morton to the backyard, Morton said, "From today, I will teach you how to read. Please briefly introduce yourself, and then we will start learning to read."

After various introductions, Ace knew that there were three nobles among the eight people, and the others were descendants of citizens, and he was the only one who was a free citizen.

The children naturally gather together, not deliberately discriminating, but the subtle sense of alienation still exists. Fortunately, Ace did not come to make friends, but used the limited time to learn more knowledge.

"The so-called words are actually speeches of language. If we want to learn words, we must first learn thirty-two common letters and their phonetic symbols."
Chapter completed!