Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: 17. Original Masters Sin (1/2)

“you have quite an imagination… no, i mean… your ideas are very profound, jarvis.”

sergeant mars snapped out of his contemplation:

“however, this is not for us to worry about, that is the job of sergeant major alvin stafford and his guards. while we are exploring the second underground layer, they should be deep into studying the skeletons at the first underground level.

“by the time we finish exploring the second underground layer, their investigation results should just be ready. by then, we’ll know whether the undead creatures on the first underground level possess the effects of ‘bone supply’ and ‘death supply’.”

“so that’s how it is… i guess i was over-thinking.”

noland lee breathed a sigh of relief. he sincerely praised the empire army’s cautious and meticulous working attitude, slightly improving his score for the empire army.

mars took strides forward, once again leading the team:

“jarvis, you’re very smart and eager to learn. can you tell me why you became a sin soldier? …honestly, i’m curious, because in your personal record, it only mentioned that you were marked as a sin soldier for violating the debt act.

“but honestly, i rarely see someone who is passionate about knowledge, eager to learn, defaulting on debts. i don’t see any traces of crime on you. your speech, habits, behavior, everything, gives me the impression of a bona fide scholar.”

all the soldiers looked at noland lee, their eyes all filled with curiosity.

a sin soldier like lee was really rare, almost a unique existence.

“as for me… huh… i’m unlucky, chief.”

lee chuckled bitterly.

whenever he had a spare moment now, he would flip through the original master’s memory to help himself assimilate into the new world more quickly.

the more he looked, the more uncomfortable he felt, this original master was an ill-fated existence, very bad luck.

noland lee strongly suspected that the continuous dangers he encountered after crossing over were entirely due to the karma created by the original host…

“my parents have three children, sir. i had the misfortune to be the middle one, the second child of the family.”

noland lee’s statement struck a chord.

most of the soldiers in the team had their own siblings.

they knew, except for the oldest and the youngest child, other children are often overlooked and blamed by their parents… these kids often end up being ostracized, none of their growth history is happy..

“i had a strained relationship with my parents, and my relations with my brother and sister were also very poor… so after i was admitted to bowerthain city’s city college, i moved out and lived alone, severing all contact with my family.

“while working part-time as a private home tutor to earn tuition, i also studied tatis history and archaeology at the college. after graduation, i became a teaching assistant at the college.”

noland lee saw a different glint in the soldiers’ eyes… it was a admiration and shock that a struggling student suddenly found before them stood an academic deity…

noland lee was clearly just over 20 years old.

at such a young age, he was able to complete his college studies on his own, without any help from his parents, and was retained by the college as a teaching assistant, a testament to his amazing iq and self-control.

it is worth noting, the college hires teaching assistants by written invitation, not by open recruitment to the public.

one must have a high level of scholarship to be valued by the academy.

it could be said, given a bit more time to gain seniority in the academy, publish a few papers in academic society, find a responsible professor to guide him, then it would only be a matter of time before he became a professor.”