Chapter 1178 1160. Behind a book
?A calm, gentle and calm tone, naturally carrying a sense of magnanimity and style.
?Maintaining this tone in normal times will make people think that the speaker is knowledgeable and trustworthy.
Maintaining this tone during debates and disputes will make the other party feel that their strength is useless, and they may even begin to doubt whether they are really wrong.
??This is the situation now between Sakia''s tone and the man opposite.
?This man was killed on the battlefield of the Civil War. Of course he had seen through the cruelty of the Nilfgaardians.
??But when faced with the other party''s well-founded questions, his originally angry and impatient tone turned out to be hesitant and unable to say anything insightful.
?Just kept repeating words like ''black-skinned dogs'' and ''Nilfgaardians are all shameful liars''.
On the contrary, it makes him appear even more untrustworthy, and like an illogical and manic fool.
??But this man is not an unreasonable or messy person.
?He himself felt that his mind was in a state of confusion. He knew that he had nothing more to say, so he spat hard to the side, turned around and left.
?After walking out of the pavilion, he passed by Lan En who was approaching.
??But he didn''t argue. The suffocated mood made him just glance sideways at Lan En, and then continued to move forward.
The armor parts on his body and the scabbard of the half-hand sword made a clanging sound.
Lan En was chewing marigolds while looking at the back of the man walking away with his head buried in amusement.
?He stepped into the pavilion. Sachia, who had a black hardcover book open in his hand, was still sitting on the railing of the pavilion.
?The pair of slender legs, which are tied with armor parts but still retain the beauty of the body, are stacked, intertwined, and stretched out casually.
The page of the book turned with a clatter. The dark-blond-haired Sakia did not raise his head, but spoke calmly.
“That’s weird, isn’t it?”
“Hmm?” Lan En raised his eyebrows under his hood, “What are you talking about?”
“The man just now.” She raised her eyebrows from the page, glanced at the tall figure walking into the pavilion, and continued.
"He wanted to go to bed with me. I could feel that he wanted to go to bed with me. Because before our argument started, his eyes had been wandering on my chest, waist, and thighs. But he couldn''t even talk to me for a while. Neither. Weird, right?"
?This time Lan En did not answer the question.
He just tilted his head and looked at the cover of the hard-cover book that the other party was holding and flipping through.
"Sir Nelvin''s "A Study of the Customs and Institutions of the Nilfgaard Empire". The study of the Nilfgaard Empire is of reference value, but it is not great."
?? Lan En just took a look and then crossed his arms and spoke calmly and rationally, just like the tone Sakia used when speaking to the man just now.
And as expected, Saskia''s reaction was as expected by Lan En.
"Oh? It seems that you are a learned man." The woman closed the book and lowered it naturally, while her eyes were fixed on Lan En.
“So, can someone like you answer the questions I just had?”
“What is a credible book about the contradictions between Nilfgaard’s description and what the Nilfgaardians are currently doing?”
?There is a bit of gunpowder in these words, that is, a bit harsh.
This is normal, because when something a person believes in is impacted in front of her, most people will feel a little resistant.
Just now she said, ''What I''m confused about is the conflict between the Nilfgaardians in the books and the actions of the real Nilfgaards.'' But in fact, you can tell from her tone that she is actually leaning towards the Nilfgaards in the books. The appearance of virtue.
??But Lan En still had that calm and steady tone.
“First of all, we have to define what a ‘credible book’ is.”
"This book is a reliable book in the field of Nilfgaardian research." Sakia originally held the book between his arms, and raised his naturally hanging arm to signal to Lan En.
?Those strong and beautiful eyebrows were also staring at the other person''s face, which was mostly covered by the hood.
“King Vizmir of the North has awarded the author a medal. In other words, this is a book recognized by Nilfgaard’s enemies, right?”
“From a superficial perspective, the logic is correct.”
Under the hood, Lan En''s thin lips curved in a small arc.
??But this small arc was immediately keenly captured by Sakia, and an unknown fire burst out of his heart.
?Of course, in terms of tone, Sakia still suppressed this inexplicable anger.
“It seems you are saying that I am short-sighted?”
?Lan En smiled and did not say anything, just pointed at the hard-cover book in the other person''s hand.
“Sir Nerwin has used a very clever way of writing—forgive me that’s the only way I can describe his method—to bypass a lot of things that originally had to be said, and then let this book appear in front of you as it is.”
?Lan En took a step forward and turned to one of the pages just by the feel of his hand and Mentos'' record without even looking.
?His fingers wearing steel-plated leather gloves tapped lightly on one of the words.
"In this passage, he lightly ignored Nilfgaard''s slave system and described it in a vague way, as if he attributed all the glory and prosperity of the Golden Tower City to ''Nilfgaardians are born with the knowledge of glory and Praise for hard work."
??The capital of the Nilfgaardian Empire was called Nilfgaard City, also called the City of Golden Towers. It is rumored that the roofs of all the buildings in that city are golden, and the reflection of the sunlight is as brilliant as the divine realm.
?Sakia originally had a puzzled face, hesitantly following Lan En''s finger down, and re-examining this passage in the book.
But Lan En hasn''t finished speaking yet.
He quickly turned another page.
“And here, Sir Nelven described the Nilfgaardians’ concept of equality, as well as the friendship and solidarity between each other, and the elimination of discrimination. Sorry, I almost laughed just now.”
“But that’s really not good, because the joke is a bit inappropriate for Nilfgaard, just like telling a joke in hell.”
At this moment, Sakia no longer had the composure and decisiveness she had when she asked the male warrior down. She looked at the tall man wearing a hood and cloak in front of her with confusion.
“Actually.” Lan pointed out the three place names in the book and showed them to Saskia.
“In the Nilfgaardian Empire, the farther south and in the center of the empire, the more proudly people can call themselves [Nilfgaardians].”
"The people in Nilfgaard can say this, and although they are reluctant, they also allow the people living in Vicvaro to say this."
“But at most! At most, people from the Alba River Valley can be added. Except for people from these places, anyone who dares to say that he is a [Nilfgaardian] will have good fruits to eat.”
“But fortunately, most people in other places don’t want to be called that.”
"Ebin, a vassal state of the Nilfgaard Empire, had a rebellion just last year, and then an area there was directly wiped out. Do you think that if the people in that area were called Nilfgaardians, they would be What expression?"
??Sakia''s mouth was slightly open at this time. She first frowned and looked at the book in her hand, and then looked up at the lips that raised a cold smile under the shadow of the hood.
“But even if you say that, the author of this book may have used a vague narrative technique, but after all.”
?Lan interrupted mercilessly, Saskia''s tone changed from decisive and strong to hesitant and a little unsure.
“But after all, the author of this book was knighted by King Vizmir, right?”
"Yes, that is true. But, dear lady, have you ever found out whose financial support this book was written?"
Sakia opened her mouth: ". Funding?"
“Scholars who study the customs and systems of other places need to travel or even live for a long time to write books. And traveling requires taking care of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and these things all cost money.”
Lan En said with a smile.
“If a scholar is not so dedicated to writing his own book that he has to pay for it, then he must find an investor. Either the school where they work, or social funding or something.”
??As soon as Sakia heard about "School of Employment", he wanted to turn to the title page of the book to see if there was any relevant funding information.
?But Lan shrugged.
“But the sponsor of this book is not Ossenfurt University, but Prince Lavender Stesa.”
“A Temerian Earl who was very famous and had a high status in the past few years.”
“Stetha?” Saskia murmured the name thoughtfully. "The Statha who was killed by [Hunter Lord] because of human trafficking and close association with Nilfgaard?"
“But why would Vizmir?”
“For Statha was Foltest’s cousin, and was very powerful while he was still alive.”
Lan En was not surprised, and even spoke with a bit of boredom to Saskia, who was already in a daze due to receiving too much information in a short period of time.
“Vezmir would be happy to give Statha a little more publicity and face, as long as he can cause Foltest some trouble at the same time.”
?Sakia blinked.
“Even if this book and this author are saying good things about his enemies?”
?Lan En smiled and shook his head.
“Compared with making Foltest feel troubled and draining his energy, what is a book? What is giving an honorary title to a professor who is already famous?”
??The witcher''s finger touched the cover of the hard-cover book again, making a slight ''thunk'' sound.
“So, do you still have an explanation for the definition of ‘credible book’?”
The female warrior curled her lips and looked down at the book in her hand again for a while.
With a soft sound of ‘bang’, I finally pulled out the finger that was sandwiched in the middle and used it as a partition, and the whole book was completely closed.
“So there is so much complexity behind just one book?! Really”
?She hesitated for a moment, her lips moving, as if she was thinking about her words.
“It’s really a great experience.”
?Sakia raised her head and looked carefully up and down for the first time at the tall man in front of her, whom she had never seen before in the temple.
Finally, her beautiful eyes were fixed on Lan En''s left hand.
"Hmm, you''re not bad, you have flowers with you at least." She raised her eyebrows and said lightly with a little complacency, "You also want to sleep with me?"
(End of this chapter)