Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 437: Jike’s inferiority complex

Su Lun and Sabina were led around the academy by Jike.

Originally, they thought that having a guide would save them the trouble of asking for directions and reading signs.

Unexpectedly, while walking, Jike actually said that they were going the wrong way.

After passing another intersection, Su Lun and the others saw a gorgeous small chapel with a steeple. Through the glass window of the auditorium, I happened to look at a group of beautiful female students in ballet costumes rehearsing.

But this is not the library I expected.

Jike looked at the surrounding environment, finally showed embarrassment, and said: "Ah, teacher, we seem to have arrived at the small auditorium, which is in the opposite direction to the library."

Su Lun and Sabina looked dumbfounded when they heard this.

At first glance, this outrageous mistake can only be made by students who just stay at home and never participate in group activities.

Jike also felt quite embarrassed and explained, "I haven't visited the campus much. The archives and laboratories of the School of Pharmacy are the ones I visit most on weekdays. I don't know why I was transferred to the side."

Su Lun also smiled and reassured: "It's okay, the scenery of the college is very good, it's good to go shopping more."

The three of them took the wrong path and went back in another direction.

Suellen asked some topics related to Jike's life in the Royal Academy.

But there are very few interesting things that Jike can say.

His life seems to consist of laboratories and libraries. Apart from studying and searching for information, he also does experiments, which is boring and boring.

After all, this is the Royal Academy, and Su Lun can also see that his disciple only gets high-spirited when talking about explosives, and he has a kind of loneliness and inferiority from the bottom of his heart in life.

The three of them had not walked a few steps when Su Lun also noticed a gaze searching from the direction of the small auditorium behind him.

Then I heard the sound of light footsteps.

Looking back, I saw a girl chasing him out. She seemed to recognize Jike, who lowered the brim of his hat, and greeted in a tentative tone: "Jike?"

Su Lun stopped when he heard someone shouting Jike's name.

Jike glanced back, his expression becoming a little evasive.

It seems that he knows the girl, but he doesn't want to meet her.

The girl excitedly ran over, still wearing her rehearsal tutu, "Jike, is it really you?"

She looked really Jike, and she couldn't hide the joy on her pretty face and said: "Are you here to see our rehearsal? Just now Sibel said she saw you, I thought she was wrong."

Jike appeared a little at a loss, deliberately turning his face sideways to hide the burned left side of his face, "I, I don't"

Looking at his evasive expression, Su Lun failed to understand that he had met a girl he liked. He chuckled and asked: "Jike, is this your classmate?"

Jike looked slightly embarrassed and nodded, but wanted to escape from here.

The girl didn't care, and cheerfully curtsied like a noble lady, and introduced herself to Su Lun: "Hello, sir. My name is Phoebe Shelley, and I am Jike's classmate."

Jike was afraid that his teacher would offend a nobleman without knowing it, so he quickly introduced: "Phoebe's father is a distinguished hereditary baron of the empire."

Su Lun didn't say anything as he listened, but he immediately understood why his disciple had low self-esteem.

In Luying, nobles and commoners are two different classes of people.

For nobles, marriage is the most stable and lasting way of exchanging interests. So usually their children will never marry commoners. Such secret feelings are usually destined to be fruitless.

Su Lun thought of the love story between the great writer Fujiwara Hayabusa and his grandmother Katyusha. They were beautiful and beautiful, but in the end they couldn't make up for the difference in status.

"Oh? Noble"

Sabina on the side heard this, with a smile in her eyes: "No wonder Phoebe is so good-looking and well-educated."

"Thank you for your compliment."

The girl's cheeks turned slightly red after being praised. She also showed her good tutoring and responded politely: "You are also the most charming lady I have ever seen."

Sabina looked at the little girl and smiled with her eyebrows arched, as if she was very satisfied.

Su Lun also thinks it’s pretty good.

At least she didn't mind Jike's civilian status, and she clearly saw the scars on Jike's face but didn't mention it.

This is a kind-hearted girl.

After Phoebe greeted me politely, she looked at Jike again and said with a sly smile: "Jike, did you secretly come to see me rehearse just now?"

Her little naughty toothy smile directly resolved the embarrassment of being caught in the act, and said openly: "Actually, you don't have to come here secretly, tell me in advance, and I will be very happy for you. Come to see my rehearsal."

A girl's feelings were boldly expressed in two simple sentences, but Jike probably didn't understand them.

However, he did not come to see the rehearsal, he hesitated: "No. I am accompanying the teacher"

Phoebe looked at Suellen and Sabina again, blinked: "Teacher?"

Children in upper-class society have various tutors, and it is not surprising to have teachers.

Sabina smiled and corrected: "We are Jike's family."

Hearing this, Phoebe felt slightly surprised.

Although neither Su Lun nor Sabina had any heraldry to show their noble status, their clothes and demeanor were unusual at first glance.

I have never heard of Jike having such a family.

But she didn't care, and then found another topic, saying: "Jike, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you still staying in the laboratory? I told you that you have to come out and look around. Turn."

Jack looked very unnatural, especially in front of his teacher. He was so embarrassed that he almost stuttered, "Well, I. I."

Although Su Lun didn't know what experiences the two had before, he could see that they looked at each other with light in their eyes.

Obviously because of his low self-esteem, his disciple did not dare to respond to the girl's enthusiasm.

Su Lun felt that he should help Jike build some confidence, and originally wanted to ask the little girl to have lunch or something. But at this moment, a group of young students saw several people in the exchange hurried over.

There are men and women. From the coat of arms on the buttons of their clothes, it can be seen that they are some minor nobles.

These people walked over with arrogant expressions.

Someone called Phoebe: "Phoebe, the next rehearsal is about to start, why are you here?"

As they got closer, the brown-haired boy in the lead pretended to recognize Jike, and said in a strange tone: "Who is this? Isn't this the 'ammunition genius' Jike in our class? Tsk tsk. He's not your handyman. Stay in your room, why are you here? Oh, what happened to your face, your fingers were blown off?"

I originally came to see the holiday celebration rehearsal of Miss Phoebe, who I would most likely become my "fiancée", but unexpectedly I met a toad. Naturally, the mood will not be good.

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Jike remained silent after hearing this obviously sarcastic remark. His low self-esteem made him unable to hold his head up.

Seeing this, the brown-haired boy sneered again, his eyes full of disdain. He turned to Phoebe and said, "Phoebe, why are you with this kind of person? If my uncle knew about it, he would definitely say that I didn't take good care of you in the academy."

Phoebe obviously knew that these people were here to taunt Jike, just like they had done many times in the past.

She said with a bad face: "Classmate Tim, I'm not that familiar with you!"

As she said that, she took Jike's hand and said, "Let's go, Jike, let's go somewhere else."

"You!"

This protective action made the brown-haired boy named Tim look even more gloomy.

At this moment, the skinny yellow-haired little follower next to him suddenly caught a glimpse of the gold pocket watch hanging on Jike's chest, and quickly pulled it off.

After being able to see the trademark on the pocket watch clearly, the little follower immediately seemed to have discovered some new tricks, and suddenly said in a strange way: "Look, our classmate Jike is actually wearing the 'Philippe Warriors' Heart'! Wow, here's a limited edition pocket watch worth more than one million liso."

After saying this, the students immediately began to mock.

“Tsk, tsk, classmate Jike is really rich. I didn’t even buy this limited edition mechanical pocket watch even though I was putting off the relationship, but you actually have one?”

"Haha, maybe someone picked it up. After all, I heard that he often goes to the college's waste processing room to pick up materials."

"Hahaha, the Jike family is a big fur businessman. How can you say that someone picked it up?"

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Satire is like a sharp sword, stabbing people's dignity to the point of bleeding.

Jike mustered up the courage, snatched the pocket watch, and shouted angrily: "Give it back to me! This is mine!"

It's okay for him to be humiliated, but this is a greeting gift from his elders and must not be defiled by others.

The little follower understood Master Tim's hint and was not willing to let it go easily. He grabbed Jike by the collar and said aggressively: "Hey, I just lost a valuable pocket watch, and now I suspect it was stolen. Come with me to the school office!"

Although he knew that the other party was deliberately causing trouble, Jike still argued: "This is the pocket watch given to me by my elders! It is not the one you lost!"

The little nobles naturally noticed Su Lun early on.

But seeing that neither of them had any signs of noble status, they ignored them.

What's more, this Jike is a notoriously poor man, the son of a fur trader. If he really had a big background, he wouldn't have lived in the handyman's house for so long.

They thought, if these two people really dare to come forward, they must let these two people know the consequences of offending the nobles!

The yellow-haired little follower said reluctantly: "Huh, it's you who has the final say. Come with me to the school affairs office, and of course someone will judge!"

It doesn't matter what the truth is, he just wants to humiliate this ungrateful toad in front of Young Master Tim.

"Don't go too far!"

Phoebe on the side shouted anxiously.

She was shocked when she heard this. It would be difficult to explain clearly if she really had to go to the school office.

She knows very well that civilian students like Jike can’t explain why they are right. If they really make a big fuss, they will most likely be expelled from the academy!

But such an expensive pocket watch.

She suddenly looked at the two elders of Jike.

Su Lun has been watching indifferently. After listening to the conversation, he knew that this was probably Jike's love rival.

Phoebe is a pretty girl, and she looks like the type that boys would like.

But it is normal for people at this age to be jealous.

He had no intention of ending, so he just watched silently.

But now, I can't help but intervene.

School bullying does happen everywhere.

Under normal circumstances, some noble students bully civilian students. This is also part of daily fun, and no one will care.

Civilians were bullied and could only endure it.

Because in Lu Ying, even a look that offends a noble is a serious crime that will lead to imprisonment.

This is even the use of recruiting civilians into the academy. Raising a few silver carps will stimulate these noble fishes and give them a place to show their sense of superiority.

Unfortunately, they messed with the wrong person this time.

Before Su Lun could speak, Sabina said lightly: "I gave this pocket watch to Jike."

She has no interest in embarrassing a group of underachievers.

Unexpectedly, these little nobles are not at all fuel-efficient.

Although Sabina was wearing a wide-brimmed hat with black gauze covering half of her face, the little yellow-haired boy was also shocked by her beauty, but he deliberately mocked: "Auntie, you are again Who?"

As a professional intelligence officer, Sabina has long been able to identify the family backgrounds of these people from their noble coats of arms. Hearing this, she retorted coldly: "A baronet who bought meritorious service, a hereditary little viscount. Is this low-level noble status the basis for your arrogance?"

Nobles are one level above common people.

But in fact, there are also taunting chains among the nobles.

Dong, Hou, Bo, Zi, Nan, the title level is a chain of contempt.

Those above the earl level are called high nobles, and those below are called low nobles.

Then Tim is the hereditary viscount.

Huang Mao is a baronet, and can only be considered a pseudo-noble.

Sabina's condescending and arrogant tone really calmed the young men.

Lower nobles who offend higher nobles will also be in big trouble.

Then Tim looked at Su Lun and Su Lun seriously, and then he showed the etiquette that a noble should have. He introduced himself first: "I am Tim Price. Who is your wife?"

Sabina vividly interprets the arrogance of high-ranking nobles. When she heard the question, she didn't even look at the boy. Instead of answering, she asked: "Do you really want to know who I am?"

After a pause, she said in a deep voice: "If I remember correctly, the Price family is a small lord of Bletya, a border city in the east of Luying? Your family seems to be engaged in iron ore mining? Youying There is a big problem with the quality of the newly discovered mineral deposits in Zhishen. Your family is in a state of distress. It’s good that you still have the energy to bully your classmates here.”

As soon as these words came out, Na Tim turned pale with fright.

Little lord?

He didn't expect that he just said his name, and the other party told him clearly about his origin.

With this cold and arrogant tone, there is no need to doubt that the person in front of him is definitely a high-ranking noble!

Sabina is a professional intelligence officer, and she knows almost everything about Lu Ying's nobles.

Not to mention how much money is needed to deal with these young men?

She sneered and continued: "Classmate Tim, right? It seems that you have the consciousness to cause trouble for your family? Haha, do you know that you have offended me. Once I say my last name, Both you and your father have to come and apologize."

Before he finished speaking, Tim was sweating on his forehead, and the panic in his eyes could not be concealed.

He quickly bowed and saluted, and explained hurriedly: "No, madam, I think there may be some misunderstanding here. I never meant to offend you."

If his father knew that he had offended a high-ranking noble in the academy, his legs would probably be broken.

Sabina was not interested in talking any more and said expressionlessly: "Apologise! Then, go wherever you need to go."

At this moment, Tim was so frightened that he lost all his strength. He decisively protected his chest and performed the aristocratic salute, saying: "I'm sorry for offending the noble lady."

The yellow-haired follower on the side also apologized in panic.

Sabina shook her head, "You're not apologizing to me. It's Jike."

Listening to these words, Tim and others' faces became very ugly, but they could only do as they were told and lowered their noble heads towards the civilians they looked down upon: "I'm sorry, Jike. We wrongly blamed you."

Tim and the others came here proudly, but now they left dejectedly.

Jike stood there with a dumbfounded expression on his face.

He never expected that the noble classmate who was so overwhelmed in his eyes would actually be forced to apologize and run away by this lady in just a few words?

But at the same time, Jike also realized that his teacher's friend was actually a distinguished high-ranking noble!

As soon as Sabina opened her mouth to express her position, she suddenly felt like an elder speaking, her aura was overwhelming, and there was no room for Jike to speak.

Phoebe on the side suddenly became cautious.

Facing a high-ranking nobleman, the young masters of the Viscount family apologized and ran away. She, a young lady from the Baron family, could not dare to be too presumptuous.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange, and Phoebe also knew that she should leave, so she used honorifics and said: "Well, I'm sorry, distinguished Madam and Sir, although it's very rude, but... I should go to rehearsal. ”

Staying here any longer would appear to be shameless.

"Yeah."

Sabina smiled and asked: "Phoebe, if you are free, would Jike want to invite you to dinner together someday?"

Phoebe glanced at Jike out of the corner of her eye and nodded with a restrained expression, "Yeah."

As she spoke, she quickly bowed slightly and saluted, then turned around like a deer and said, "Then I'll leave first."

The two Su Lun nodded.

Sabina looked at the girl's back and said with emotion: "A very kind girl."

Su Lun smiled and agreed: "Yeah."

Sabina naturally understood Su Lun's attitude and revealed a little bit of her identity, which also gave Jike some confidence.

What's more, Su Lun's current status and strength are not comparable to those of any noble.

What happened just now can only be regarded as a small episode, and the three of them continued to walk in the academy.

Probably because facing a high-ranking noble, Jike seemed much more reserved than before.

At this time, Sabina asked curiously: "Jike, you and classmate Phoebe seem to be quite familiar?"

Jike responded: "When I first entered school, the college organized a 'Warcraft Hunting Practice Class', but there was a little accident. The Warcraft went crazy and hurt someone. Other students were scared, so I helped her. Later, we met several times in the library and chatted several times, and we became friends. Phoebe was also my only friend in the college. Later, when I encountered difficulties, she always helped me."

The acquaintance process was vivid in his mind. Jike sounded a little emotional, but at the end of the sentence, his eyes dimmed and he said: "But you can't keep causing trouble to others."

"Oh, so you saved her?"

Sabina did not understand the deep inferiority in these words.

At this time, she said something meaningful, "Jike, you are Mr. Su Lun's disciple, but you are no worse than any noble."

Jike also mustered up some courage and nodded seriously, "Yeah!"

After talking about this, Su Lun felt a little strange.

Logically speaking, as a teacher, even if he is not a noble, shouldn't he, who is nicknamed the "God of Death", give his disciples some confidence?

When his old friends saw him, they all made fun of his majesty in the battle in the Moros city-state.

Sulun once displayed the [Eight-Armed Spider Spear] breeding outfit in Blizzard City. It stands to reason that Zike shouldn't be able to guess such a highly recognizable breeding outfit.

But I, my disciple, didn’t react at all?

Is it possible that he thought I was the second-level professional in Blizzard City?

Su Lun thinks it is probably so.

He thought of something and asked: "Jike, haven't you read the newspaper recently?"

Jike didn’t know why his teacher asked such a strange question, but he admitted: "Ah, yes."

"I have been in the laboratory for most of the past six months. I rarely pay attention to practical matters and have little time to read newspapers."

He thought he had missed some major event worthy of attention, and asked: "Teacher, did the newspaper say anything major happened?"

Hearing this, Su Lun chuckled and shook his head, "Oh. That's okay."

Jike doesn’t communicate with others or read newspapers, so he has to know.

Looking at Jike's blank expression, Sabina covered her mouth and smiled softly, saying, "If you have read the newspaper, you will know what a great teacher you have."

Jike was a little confused, "Huh?"

After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that he seemed to have heard something extraordinary.