Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 157 Scholarly Questioning and Papermaking

The following day, with everyone's concerted efforts, the Pokémon School officially began operation.

The scholars sent by the old king served as teachers, responsible for instructing the forty-two children who had reached the required age to read and write.

The Knights of the Order, led by Geralt and Ryan, would go to the school in their spare time to teach the children about physical fitness and chivalry.

Anna took on the role of trainer instructor, responsible for teaching these children about Pokémon types, type matchups, moves, abilities, commands, battles, and evolution.

Raven stayed up all night yesterday and finally managed to write down all the Pokémon information on parchment before dawn, then handed it to Anna for her to teach.

Inside the classroom, rows of young faces sat attentively at neat desks and chairs, listening attentively to the teacher's lecture.

Some younger children, not yet ten years old, curiously peered inside from under the window with their Pokémon friends.

Their eyes were filled with envy.

"Ah Guang, can we come here to study in the future?" a little girl couldn't help but ask her companion.

However, before her companion could speak, a voice came from behind her.

"of course!"

The two turned around and saw Anna walking towards them.

Anna, an apprentice under Prince Raven, is also the first trainer in the entire territory besides Prince Raven!

"Ah! It's Sister Anna!" the young children shouted excitedly.

Anna chuckled, patted their fluffy heads, and said:
"When you turn ten, you can go to school like Alex and the others! Not only you, His Highness Raven advocates education for all, and everyone can come and learn!"

"Sister Anna, what does 'education for all' mean?" a little boy asked, looking completely bewildered.

"It means that no matter if you are poor or rich, whether you were a slave or a nobleman before, you can enter this school to learn knowledge!" Anna replied.

"Wow, that's great!"

The vast majority of people in the territory support the establishment of schools, but there are still some who think that His Highness is being too reckless!

For example, those scholars who came from the royal city.

Inside the college's office.

An old man with a white beard, dressed in fine clothes and looking quite old-fashioned, couldn't help but say:
"His Highness is really being too reckless!"

Yesterday, he thought His Highness intended for them to teach the noble children within the territory.

When I looked at them today, I found that more than half of these students were children of commoners, and many of them were even children of slaves!

Having received feudal education since childhood, this was something he could never accept.

Slaves are inherently lowly and contemptible; to bring them to school would be to defile this sacred place of knowledge!

“Howard, you can’t say that. His Highness must have his reasons for doing all this!” Another scholar, who came from a common background, was somewhat dissatisfied with the old-fashioned words.

"Hmph, then let His Highness be the judge!"

Several scholars eventually confronted Raven.

Having learned the whole story, Raven turned his attention to the scholar named Howard.

"Oh? You think those slaves and commoners are not qualified to go to school?"

Howard retorted, "Knowledge is sacred. Those lowly, lowly fellows only defile this holy place of the academy!"

As slaves, their very existence was their original sin!

Raven understood this time. He wasn't angry, but simply asked, "Do you think you're superior to them?"

Howard was slightly taken aback, but thinking of his background, he said proudly, "That's natural."

"Where is it noble?"

Howard was born into an aristocratic family. His father was a baron, and he was pampered by countless people from birth, enjoying the treatment of an aristocrat since childhood.

After reaching adulthood, he entered the prestigious Eindooc Academy to study, and later remained in the Royal Library for further education, until His Majesty sent him to this remote place. Now, hearing Raven's question, Howard wanted to say that he was nobler than those commoners and slaves in every way.

However, the prince before him seemed to have seen through his thoughts.

"If you disregard your birth and don't have a baron as your father, in what way are you different from them?"

"If those commoners and slaves were to be reborn into royalty in their next life, would that mean their status and position would be higher than yours?"

Raven's tone was very calm, but Howard couldn't help but feel nervous.

These words caused the other scholars around to fall into deep thought.

Howard's face turned red with anger, but he finally snorted, turned his head away, and stopped talking.

“You are all human beings at heart. In this world, no one is born more noble than anyone else. As commoners, they, like nobles, should also enjoy the right to education.”

“Howard, I think you should understand one thing: it is because of commoners and slaves that you are an aristocrat. Without them, how are you any different from those who are of higher status than you?”

"The people can carry a boat, but they can also capsize it. For a country, these ordinary people are the most important people," Raven said in a deep voice.

The people can support a boat, but they can also capsize it...

Upon hearing these words, everyone present was startled and began to ponder.

Just then, Elif arrived excitedly to report:
"Your Highness, we have successfully produced those new types of paper that you mentioned!"

A new type of paper? This question instantly interrupted everyone's thoughts. What new type of paper? Parchment?
However, the next second, they saw Raven happily stand up and say to everyone:

"Very good, you can all come along and take a look!"

Everyone looked confused.

They followed Raven and Elif to the Royal Workshop, located on the outskirts of the city.

As the group entered, they saw many craftsmen and magical beasts excitedly walking around inside.

Upon seeing Raven approach, they immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we've finished! These papers are absolutely beautiful!"

Raven followed their gaze and then saw sheets of paper as white as snow in front of him.

The group of scholars following behind him also noticed this scene.

Paper...wait! That thing is paper?!

The scholars' eyes widened instantly, and some even couldn't help but step forward and touch the white papers.

The next second, they were stunned by the feel and appearance of the papers and stood frozen in place.

"Your Highness, what are these?!" The scholar couldn't hide his excitement. Could it really be what he thought?

Raven smiled and nodded: "Of course, well done, everyone. Elif, give everyone a bonus later."

“Yes, Your Highness.” A smile also appeared on Elif’s face.

Upon hearing this, the craftsmen and Pokémon all showed happy expressions.

The papermaking technique given by the cheat code incorporates local characteristics of the Pokémon world.

This involves using the power of Pokémon to make paper.

For example, you can use the power of Water-type Pokémon to soak and soften tree bark and hemp plants, and then use the power of Fire-type Pokémon to steam and boil them to accelerate the decomposition.

Next, with the help of powerful Pokémon, such as Machamp, the fibers are manually pounded and ground into a pulp using a stone mill.

Pokémon's power far surpasses that of humans. In ancient papermaking techniques, it would take humans a very long time to complete the process, but with the help of Pokémon, this step can be completed in just a few hours, a speed that is in no way inferior to modern mechanical pulping.

Next, the pulp is repeatedly drawn up, layered, and then pressed and dehydrated.

The final step involves using the power of Fire-type Pokémon to simulate a drying device and dry the paper. The dehydration and drying process can be completed in a few hours.

(End of this chapter)