535 Fond of Teaching (1/2)

Unable to tolerate the situation, Danitz decided to do something about the situation.

He coughed twice and faced Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards and said, ”Captain, Mr. Gehrman Sparrow has some questions for you?”

Phew... Klein let out a sigh of relief.

If this stare down continued, he felt as though his persona would collapse.

Edwina gently nodded her head, looked at Klein, and said, ”Mr. Sparrow, have you received education?”

What kind of question is this? Klein's expression didn't change as he indifferently replied, ”University graduate.”

Ah? Danitz looked at Gehrman Sparrow in surprise, unable to believe the fact that this crazy adventurer and bounty hunter had actually gone to university and even graduated!

He had no way of putting a university—a hallmark of wisdom—with that of Gehrman Sparrow together!

Unless it's some ”Hunter University” or ”Killer Academy”... Or a university that exists only in the fantasies of madmen and psychopaths... Danitz couldn't help but lampoon silently.

Edwina didn't seem surprised. She continued to ask, ”What languages have you mastered?”

...

Klein resisted the urge to frown and said, ”Jotun, Elvish, Dragonese, ancient Hermes, Hermes, ancient Feysac, Loenese...” Edwina responded tersely.

Do you understand the other domains in mysticism?

Feeling adrift for a moment, Klein felt like he had returned to his previous life's elementary school days. Due to his age handicap, he had been asked a series of questions by a teacher, such as how many Chinese characters he had mastered, if he had mastered the four arithmetic operations, whether he knew the English alphabet, and how many Tang dynasty poems he could recite...

Calm down... You're Gehrman Sparrow now... Klein once again said without emotion, ”Adept”

Edwina thought for two seconds and then explained in an unhurried manner, ”I have to combine your standard of knowledge with how I would answer the questions so that you can understand the answers more easily.”

This... Klein was surprised to find that the beautiful lady in front of him was nothing like an adventurer acting as a part-time pirate. She was basically a teacher with a cold expression but a kind and patient attitude.

He calmed down after thinking about the vampire that headed for the Church of Mother Earth daily.

This is the first pirate admiral I'm officially meeting. She's indeed unique... Klein secretly sighed and said, ”First question, where do Beyonder creatures appear at sea? The commonly seen ones.”

He didn't directly ask about mermaids, as he didn't want her to see through his real purpose, which would lead to unnecessary accidents.

Edwina thought for a moment and then wiped the ”Soulfall Ritual” off the blackboard. She then wrote and drew:

”Set off from Sonia Island, sail 1,200 nautical miles in this direction and you'll enter the depths of the sea which humans have never explored. There is a Naga tribe active there. They've been working hard to find the underwater city which is rumored to have a powerful demon sealed within. That's the entity of their faith...”””

Edwina spoke in detail, partly from her own efforts to find the treasure itself, and partly from the knowledge and rumors she had exchanged.

It took her awhile to finish the general story, but to Klein's dismay, there were no mermaids anywhere except in the eastern waters of the Gargas Archipelago.

He quickly calmed his mood and said, ”Second question, do you know how to remove the mental corruption from a Beyonder characteristic?”

He didn't hide the fact that he knew about Beyonder characteristics.

Edwina's eyes flickered for the first time, as though she had a new understanding of Gehrman Sparrow.

She shook her head.

”I don't know. However, I once imagined that it's possible by borrowing the power of an external force and completely crushing the corrupted Beyonder characteristic to reduce it to the smallest specks of light This way, whether it's corrupted or cursed, they will scatter having lost their vessel. They would rapidly or slowly vanish. As for the shattered Beyonder characteristic, it will gather bit by bit due to their particular traits, eventually taking form again.”

Unfortunately, only gods can do this. If you get the favor of any god, you can try to please 'Them' by offering enough sacrifices and pray for a response.

The law of convergence of Beyonder characteristics... In his mind, Klein filled in what Edwina had purposely left out.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh. This Vice Admiral Iceberg, Captain of the Golden Dream, was extremely knowledgeable in mysticism. She wasn't worse than him, someone who had read many of Roselle's diary entries and had experienced many things.

It was said that Vice Admiral Iceberg can replicate or simulate the Beyonder powers of her opponents when they use them in front of her…This is rather similar to Mr. Isengard Stanton's 2-081 ring”. As soon as Klein's thoughts began to wander, he forcefully reined them back, and he nodded as if he was thinking about something.

I agree with this hypothesis.

Regretfully, I haven't done it in practice. It's only a conjecture. Edwina rarely used a word that described emotion.