The Last Alchemist

Little Alice hesitated to speak, her thin face seemed to have expectation and a hint of disappointment.

Rosen was slightly stunned: ‘What, did I forget something? ’

He carefully recalled what he had said to little Alice, and suddenly, he remembered the promise he made to little Alice this morning: ‘As long as you can recognize all these words, I will give you a reward. ’

‘The little girl is at the age when she loves to play the most, but because of her illness, she can only stay in the wine cellar all day long. Now that she has something to do, she must be devoted to it. If I break my promise, she will be very sad. ’

Rosen remembered that he was very naughty when he was a child. In order to make him quieter, his mother often wrote him some blank checks, which would be forgotten soon afterwards. Every time he looked forward to the reward, and when he was disappointed in the end, he felt so uncomfortable.

‘Ah~ There are too many things to do, and I am also busy and dizzy. Fortunately, it is not too late to make up for it now. ’

Thinking of this, he suddenly patted his forehead, turned around and walked to little Alice, squatted down and asked: "Little guy, do you remember the words you learned this morning?"

"I remember~I remember~" Little Alice smiled like a flower instantly.

She jumped up happily, turned around, ran back to the bed quickly, carefully took out the parchment given by Rosen from the bedside, and ran back to Rosen: "Brother, do you think I read it correctly?"

"Read it."

Little Alice pointed at the imperial characters on the paper with her little fingers and read them one by one: 'Mom, Dad, Brother, Sun, Moon, Little Grass.'

Rosen listened carefully.

He found that little Alice had a tender voice, but her articulation was very clear, and the syllables she read were quite standard, which made people feel very pleasant to hear. What surprised him even more was that little Alice read more than a dozen words in a row without making any mistakes.

You know, Sister Mary is illiterate. In this secret wine cellar, it is impossible for anyone to guide little Alice. Rosen is sure that he only taught her for less than 10 minutes, and he only read each word three times at most.

After reading it three times, Rosen can explain that she has excellent short-term memory ability. There are not many such people, but there are definitely many. People with this ability often do not have outstanding long-term memory.

But now, after a day, no one has guided or corrected her in the middle, and little Alice can still remember it accurately, which is beyond Rosen's expectations.

'You can learn like this after only teaching once. The so-called genius is probably like this. ' Rosen thought with some envy.

On Earth, he is also a top student, but he knows best that he can get excellent results mainly because of his unremitting efforts. Compared with those real geniuses, his brain is not much better than ordinary people.

He then thought: 'If he hadn't met me, this genius might have died before the age of 6. Even if she met me, if I only cured her disease and no one trained her afterwards. When she grows up by chance, I am afraid she will be just like everyone else. ’

According to the fate of ordinary women in this world, such a talented little girl will become an ordinary peasant woman when she grows up, dealing with soil and feces all day long, and having endless housework every day. If she is unlucky, she may marry a drunkard and give birth to a dozen children, and maybe one of them will die in childbirth. Even if there is no childbirth, if the drunkard has a bad temper, he will be beaten often.

When thinking of this, Rosen felt very sorry.

‘Alas~Since I have such a genius by chance, I will always feel unwilling if I don’t train him carefully! ’

A few minutes later, Alice finished reading more than 30 imperial characters without a single mistake. She looked at Rosen, with a hint of expectation and a hint of uneasiness in her big eyes.

Rosen reached out and gently touched the little girl's hair, smiling and praising: "You read very well. Little Alice works hard, and brother will keep his promise."

He reached into his waist bag and took out three blank parchments, a small bottle of ink and a quill. He first took the quill and wrote about 100 commonly used imperial characters on a piece of parchment. Then, he handed the parchment, quill and ink to little Alice: "Alice, here, this is your brother's gift."

Little Alice was stunned. In her heart, quills, parchment, and ink are very precious and sacred. They are things that only noble lords can have. She never thought that she would have the opportunity to own them.

For a moment, she was at a loss, looked at the quill eagerly, and turned to look at her mother Mary.

Mary was also stunned.

She had already seen that Rosen was teaching little Alice to recognize words. Like little Alice, she never thought that this would happen. When it came to the point, her reaction was not much better than her daughter.

Rosen walked over, put the feather pen in Alice's hand, and smiled, "Take it, this is a gift from your brother."

"Thank you, brother." Alice looked at a loss, but her little hand subconsciously clenched the feather pen.

"Come, I will teach you to write." Rosen held Alice's hand.

At this time, Mary finally reacted, and she said anxiously: "Sir, no, this gift is too expensive. You saved our lives, which is a great favor. We can't ask for your gift anymore. We can't afford it."

Rosen shook his head and said seriously: "No, compared with Alice's talent, these gifts of mine are just used to embellish flawless gemstone decorations."

"But my daughter is just..." She wanted to say that her daughter was just a farmer's daughter, and that she could live a peaceful life. Literacy was too luxurious and too far away, and they really couldn't afford it. But when the words came to her lips, she saw her daughter's eager eyes, and as a result, she couldn't say the last few words.

A thought that made her feel greedy and transgressive came up faintly: 'This is how my life is. I am not happy. Why should my daughter live a hard life like me? Since she has this opportunity? Why should I stop it? '

This thought was looming and not very clear, but it was enough to make Mary fall silent.

What happened now was completely beyond her knowledge. She panicked and didn't know what to do.

On the other side, Rosen began to teach little Alice to write.

He taught all 100 imperial characters, and then watched little Alice write again. Then, he corrected some of little Alice's mistakes and asked little Alice to write again.

Little Alice still performed very well. No matter how difficult the words were to write, as long as they were corrected once, they would never make mistakes again.

Rosen praised sincerely: "Very good. Alice, next, you have to write these words skillfully and remember how to read them. Tomorrow night, brother will continue to check. If you write well, brother will give you a reward."

"Okay, brother!" Little Alice nodded seriously.

At this time, Rosen was also tired. He yawned and said, "Then you have a good rest. I'm going to sleep first."

He was busy all night until dawn last night, and he didn't rest during the day today. He couldn't bear it anymore. He staggered back to his room. As soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep.

After a sweet dream, Rosen got up early the next morning. He felt that the fatigue in his body disappeared without a trace, and his energy was almost overflowing from his body.

"Well~ I should start preparing bullets for my big sprayer."

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