Chapter 53: Fond of Teaching

Chapter 53: Fond of Teaching

Unable to endure the scene any longer, Danitz decided to do something.

He coughed twice and said to Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards, “Captain, Mr. Gehrman Sparrow has some questions he would like to ask you.”

Whew… Klein silently let out a breath.

If the stalemate continued, his persona was going to collapse.

Edwina gave a very slight nod and looked at Klein.

“Mr. Sparrow, have you received an education?”

What kind of question is that? Klein’s expression remained unchanged. He replied coldly, “University graduate.”

Huh? Danitz stared at Gehrman Sparrow in shock, unable to believe that this insane adventurer and bounty hunter had actually attended university, much less graduated from one!

He simply could not connect a sacred hall of knowledge like a university with Gehrman Sparrow.

Unless it was a “Hunter University,” “Assassin Academy”… or perhaps a university that existed only in the delusions of madmen and lunatics… Danitz could not help silently mocking him.

Edwina showed no abnormal reaction and continued, “Which languages do you know?”

…Klein suppressed the impulse to frown and answered, “Giant, Elvish, Draconic, ancient Hermes, Hermes, ancient Feysac, Loenese…”

Edwina gave an “Mm.”

“Do you have any understanding of other fields of mysticism?”

For a moment, Klein felt as though he had returned to the time in his previous life when he entered primary school. Because his age had been barely enough, the teacher had tested him with a series of questions: how many Chinese characters he knew, whether he had learned the four arithmetic operations, whether he recognized English letters, how many Tang poems he could recite…

Calm down… You are Gehrman Sparrow right now… Klein once again said without expression, “Proficient.”

Edwina thought for two seconds, then explained in a tone neither fast nor slow, “I must take your level of knowledge into account before considering how to answer your questions, so that you can understand more easily.”

This… Klein was almost stunned. He felt that the beautiful lady before him did not resemble an adventurer who moonlighted as a pirate at all. She was simply a teacher with an icy expression but a patient, kind attitude, someone who guided others step by step.

Thinking of the vampire who reported to the Church of Earth Mother every day, he calmed down again.

This is the first pirate admiral I have officially met. As expected, she has her own distinctive qualities… Klein sighed inwardly and spoke.

“First question. Where do uncommon Beyonder creatures appear on the sea?”

He did not directly ask about mermaids, to avoid letting Vice Admiral Iceberg glimpse his true objective and bring about unnecessary accidents.

Edwina thought for a moment, erased the “Spirit Descent Ritual” from the blackboard, and began drawing and writing at the same time.

“Starting from Sonia Island, sailing twelve hundred nautical miles in this direction will take you into waters that humans have yet to formally explore.

“There, a naga tribe is active. They have long devoted themselves to searching for a legendary undersea city where a powerful monster is sealed. That monster is the object of their faith…”

Edwina continued one item after another. Some came from her own discoveries while pursuing treasures; others came from knowledge and rumors she had exchanged for.

She took quite some time to roughly finish. What left Klein frustrated was that, apart from the sea east of the Gargas Archipelago, none of the other places had legends of mermaids.

He swiftly adjusted his mood and instead asked, “Second question. Do you know a way to remove mental corruption from Beyonder characteristics?”

He did not hide that he knew about Beyonder characteristics.

For the first time, Edwina’s eyes showed a flicker, as if she had gained a new understanding of Gehrman Sparrow.

She shook her head.

“I do not.

“But I once had a hypothesis. By borrowing a sufficiently powerful external…