Tearmoon Empire: Volume 12 [Parts 1 to 11] by Nozomu Mochitsuki

Author:Nozomu Mochitsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 26: Someone Is Hit by a Stray Arrow...and It’s Keithwood!

“Abel, just what are you planning?” asked Mia.

“Don’t worry. I’ll explain later. First, I want to hear what you have to say. Filling us in on Bel’s identity and her return wasn’t the main reason you called for this meeting, is it?”

With that, Mia could ask no further questions. While it did weigh on her mind, she returned to the issue at hand. “Abel is right. Bel isn’t why I called this meeting. I have already discussed this with Miss Rafina, but I plan to establish a Special Elementary Education Course here at Saint-Noel Academy.”

“And what exactly would that be?” The new phrase had Sion tilting his head in puzzlement.

Mia looked at Rafina, trying to remember how she had explained it to her. Rafina gave a gleeful nod, as she had mistakenly assumed Mia was asking for her to take the reins in explaining. She was happy to see Mia relying on her.

“Well, I shall explain then. Are all of you aware that the Central Orthodox Church offers education to impoverished children at our orphanages throughout the continent?”

All of them nodded in assent. The Central Orthodox Church strongly forbade the monopolization of any wisdom that could lead to salvation. Priests taught literacy so that the fortunate and unfortunate alike could equally receive the Holy Deity’s grace. In other words, they taught with the goal of allowing all to read the Holy Book through their own efforts.

“The education they provide is both assuredly necessary and valuable, and that will never change. However...” Rafina shook her head. “That has led to the mistaken belief that it is enough—but it could never be. If we allowed ourselves to be content with just those efforts, it would be the same as forcing children to abandon all hope of proper studies just because they were poor or lacked parents. We would be spurning them, demanding them to be satisfied with just literacy alone.”

Her words put scowls on Abel and Sion’s faces.

“They would become the weak, and as the weak, the Serpents would approach, welcoming them into their numbers,” Rafina continued. “Then, we would have to pass judgment upon them as those who commit evils, which would only become the grounds for the creation of more Serpents. However, Mia has taught me the means of severing this unending chain...isn’t that right, Mia?” Rafina looked at her. “I heard that you invited Selia, a girl who dedicated herself to her studies at her orphanage, to attend your academy.”

After a moment of silence, Mia gave a humble nod. “Yes, I did.” The truth was that she only forced Selia’s involvement in order to avoid having to do all the hard work herself, but she threw that inconvenient truth out of her memories.

“When I heard that, I was deeply impressed. I realized that this could be a method we adopt.”

“I see. We would be destroying the Serpent’s breeding grounds, bringing it completely over to our side and nipping any possible future troubles in the bud.

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