Chapter 66: Chapter 48: Even if the World Ends, Homework Must Be Done (Please Recommend)’

“Now that we’ve nearly resolved the issues of agriculture and housing, our next task is to arrange military training for adults and provide the right education for the children in the village,”

“Military training has been done by the Yatun Clan for many years, just leave it toNors,”

“As for education, we still need to discuss what kind of curriculum to prepare.” Uncle suggested to Bailuo that he must prioritize education above all else. The school had already started construction, and there were about 50 children aged 6 to 13 in the Yatun territory.

This included the Tree Elves’ Descendants as well as the original members of the Yatun Clan.

Although the Tree Elves’ Descendants did not appear as young as they looked Bailuo still hoped they could enter the school together and receive Yatun’s education.

Of course, they would definitely class the Tree Elves separately and even establish an academy for them in the future.

For now, it was naturally about deepening the relationship between the two races.

So, when we talk about education, there was also an element of indoctrination. When Uncle raised this point, Bailuo hesitated for only a moment before agreeing.

National and ethnic pride, the Yatun must be united; this ideology was never wrong, no matter where it was applied.

Loyalty to the monarch was no exception!

‘The construction of the school will take two days, and it will be finished the day after tomorrow. These are busy times indeed, Lilith.”

“Not busy at all.”

Hearing Bailuo’s thoughts, Lilith, who was modifying the environment immediately responded through the air: “lam very happy working for my master.”                                    ’

“Hmm.”

The Master of Miracles and the Miracle Power need not be separated; they were one.      J

“But is it really okay to focus on education now,” Bailuo said, “when we don’t know when the pirates might come.”

“So should we do nothing if the pirates don’t come for a day?”

Bailuo could not refute Uncle’s words, only listening as the old man said, “Even if tomorrow is the end of the world, today’s books still need to be read, and today’s homework, if it needs to be done, must be done!”

At that moment, Bailuo thought of Uncle’s demonic teaching style from the past: “You are right, Uncle, I agree!”

After all, it wasn’t Bailuo who had to do the homework.

For children, learning more never hurts.

The curriculum will mainly be divided into two parts.”

“Cultural classes, reading and writing. If one cannot write or use the mother tongue of Yatun, it would be too much.”

Uncle said, “The culture of the Tree Elves’ Descendants, their language and script, we will certainly preserve.”

The Tree Elves and the Yatun Clan had quite a big problem in terms of communication.

Many things could only be understood through established concepts and gestures, or by having Grandfather Andrew, Uncle, Lu Anya, and others translate using the common language of the continent.

This was as if both had their own dialects while the common language was the standard language.

“However, in the future Yatun, we need a new language to replace this common one.”

Of course, everyone could also directly learn the common language for daily

But the common language was not actually ‘standard language’; it was in fact the mother tongue of the Holy Empire, and because the Holy Empire was powerful, everyone was compelled to use it.

Yet the problem was that using someone else’s mother tongue as the primary language of one’s nation was a great blow to the self-esteem and confidence of a nation and an ethnicity.

Therefore, Uncle, Elder Shan, and Grandfather Andrew spent a long time together and finally perfected a new language system.

This language, in fact, had been prepared by Uncle and Elder Mountain Grandpa for a long while, and today they took it out for Grandfather Andrew a language master proficient in over a hundred languages, to review and make any amendments.

The new language resembled the Yatun mother tongue somewhat, but had little relation to the language of the Tree Elves’ Descendants.

However, Grandfather Andrew did not mind because the culture of the Tree Elves’ Descendants could still be preserved and could serve as a local dialect of Yatun, taught within the family.

At the same time, Bailuo also assured Grandfather Andrew that Yatun would have dedicated personnel to preserve, study, and pass on the history and civilization of the Tree Elves in the future.

The old man could rest assured!

Bailuo was a person who liked culture, arts, and customs.

He could not wait for Yatun to have more diverse races join in the future to establish a truly profound nation.

“We have finished discussing the first course,” Bailuo said. “This Yatun language, with its beautiful pronunciation and a considerable vocabulary holds great potential.”

“Later, we will cultivate some artists to sing, dance, and write magnificent articles.”

Bailuo always felt that the beauty of culture lay in art, and the beauty of art was multifaceted.

The choice of words when speaking, the motion when making a gesture even the placement of an object in a room, all these were aspects of culture worthy of appreciation.

He very much hoped that one day Yatun would become rich and colorful, not only in material enjoyment but also filled with innumerable spiritual nourishments.

“Actually, I composed the national anthem for Yatun twenty years ago, come come, come, here’s the score I wrote, let’s have a look.”

Uncle was eager to try and very excited, always this passionate and energetic when it came to the construction of Yatun.

“What exquisite beauty!”

Bailuo didn’t understand songs, but Grandfather Andrew, who had traveled far and wide for many years, did!!

And even Grandfather Andrew was deeply attracted by the melody and lyrics while Elder Mountain Grandpa showed an ‘I understand, I understand’ expression, looking every bit the dedicated fan of Uncle.

Uncle, did you use to dabble in music?”

“Eh—”

Uncle waved his hand, expressing modesty: “Just slightly involved, a little understanding, a little.”

However, looking at Elder Mountain Grandpa’s reaction, Bailuo thought that perhaps when they were younger, they might have actually formed a band, traveling the world like minstrels.

“Then it’s settled.”

Bailuo couldn’t see the appeal of the song because he hadn’t heard it sung but since all three elders said it was good.

Oh, and his senior sister, she also thought the national anthem was quite distinguished.

There was nothing more to discuss!

If the senior sister liked it, then it must be faultless!

What about Inya?

Inya didn’t have a clue about art; she couldn’t even differentiate the musical notes do, re, mi, fa.

“Cough, cough.”

Let s settle on the national anthem for now, but as for the musical instruments…”

Yatun lacked musical instruments, and that was a problem, yet Uncle quickly indicated, “This too, I have a little knowledge of.”

Bailuo: ”    ”

The location where everyone was situated was a temporary council hall specially built by Lilith for everyone.

The building had only one floor, but it was spacious.

Bailuo had wanted to place a round table, but could find no suitable reason.

Because in this world where miracles reigned supreme, it was too blasphemous to royal authority.

With no alternative, Bailuo had to adopt a confrontational style, with him sitting at the head and seats placed on both sides.

Although old uncle suggested that they shouldn’t sit with Bailuo, this was dispelled by Bailuo’s reasoning that they were old and couldn’t stand for long. If the conversation went on till midnight, were they supposed to stand untilthen?

Respecting the elderly and caring for the young was a virtue of the people of Yatun.

Faced with Bailuo’s arguments, the three elders reluctantly accepted.

Then for the second subject, I suggest mathematics. What do you all think?”

“It makes sense,”

“Your Majesty is right, if even arithmetic is not mastered, eventually the people of Yatun would be completely taken advantage of by others.”

Logical language is important, and numbers are the most deceptive of all. Therefore, learning mathematics was essential for exercising the brain.

“Next, we come to the three most important elective courses,”

Old uncle said, “The first is the study of our Yatun’s martial arts techniques.”

With Yatun’s emphasis on military training for all citizens, the pursuit of strength was naturally of utmost importance.

However, it wasn’t compulsory but an elective course.

In fact, Yatun’s compulsory courses were limited to just two for the time being.

One language arts, one mathematics; quite bleak.

If the students from his past life were to come to Yatun and find out there was no foreign language instruction, they would probably denounce Bailuo’s unjust decisions.  ’

This was because in his past life, Bailuo had suffered greatly due to foreign languages!

So now that he had the chance, Bailuo was determined to let the citizens of Yatun live in a world without the torment of foreign languages.

Foreign languages could be learned, but they should only be necessary in some professions, just as with German, French, and Japanese majors in his previous

Bailuo wouldn’t allow foreign languages to become a standard by which to judge whether the people of Yatun were excellent or not.

“As for enrollment, it already began yesterday. A 4-year-oId child secretly submitted his own name.”

This was the attitude toward enrollment. It seemed everyone greatly admired the strength of the older children and was eager to develop their own abilities early in order to fight for Yatun.

What pleased Bailuo was that the Tree Elves’ Descendants felt the same way. The children seemed to be attracted by the strength of Nors and his senior sister, eagerly signing up.

“The second elective course: Magic.”

This course saw an exceptionally enthusiastic turnout for enrollment.

It was not only the kids; even some older girls and teens went for it.

“For this course, for the time being, Miss Lilith is the only teacher. Her main aim is to find suitable candidates for Fairy Magic to select future Fairy Mages in preparation.”

Anyone who had experienced Lilith’s magic would probably be captivated by it. It was indeed marvelous and miraculous.

Everyone thought about whether they could one day wield such magical power themselves.

The people of Yatun were truly loyal to Bailuo.

Even the newly joined Tree Elves’ Descendants (now also part of the people of Yatun) were recognized by the miracles.

Lilith’s Miracle Power would surely choose them, but whether they could succeed m the end and adapt to this power would depend on their individual talents.

“The last elective course we will establish as a free activity class,”

Old uncle said, “Children can choose whatever they want to do. They can be their own teachers and join with friends who share the same hobbies to explore their own talents.”

Just like the clubs in his past life, if they liked cooking, they could study culinary arts; if they liked music, they could form bands and research singing. Bailuo indicated that if you liked sleeping or eating, the free activity class could still satisfy your needs.

“That’s all for now.”

Old uncle said, “We don’t have many people now, and there isn’t much choice so the educational framework can only be this way.”

“It’s already quite good!”

Compared to the previous Yatun, where the concept of classes didn’t even exist and teaching was always done on the fly, with only the old uncle drafting military training plans, Bailuo had brought knowledge from his past life such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry theories quite early on. Some children from the clan, like Gonnia and Beya, had already benefited from Bailuo’s foundational teaching.

But Bailuo himself wasn’t a professional teacher, so his teaching level was just passably average.

Under the circumstances back then, it was difficult for Yatun to form a structured curriculum.

After all, with a group of children, some as young as six or seven or even one or two years old, the difficulty of starting a class could be imagined.

The rest, like Nors, Jiera, John, Fiona, and others, because of the small number of people, one old uncle was enough.

This also led to Yatun finally formally initiating the school and class system

Bailuo had discussed with old uncle many years ago.

This also included suggestions from Bailuo.

Of course, as to how to implement and arrange things specifically, professional matters had to be entrusted to professionals.

Now, they had even compiled a new language.

Particularly old uncle, who now had learned an additional skill – linguistics.

“Let’s implement it this way then.”

Bailuo said to the three elders: “Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen.”

After the meeting, the three elders went their separate ways.

Old uncle continued with his research, Elder Mountain Grandpa found many new herbs on the island and was studying their pharmacology.

The Tree Elves weren’t much help in this respect.

Because their physical structures were different from humans, what was toxic to humans did not necessarily affect them.

Grandfather Andrew also had matters to attend to, mainly sorting out the culture of the Tree Elves and then handing it over to Bailuo.

Bailuo was fond of the Tree Elves and held the concept of promoting and elevating their customs and practices.

If it was the essence, Bailuo expressed his commitment to passing it down properly.

Conversely, if something was not favorable, now that the Tree Elves’ Descendants had formally pledged allegiance, Bailuo had the right to demand their correction.