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Chapter 43: This is Aristocracy!
“I’ to teach you all how to be aristocrats” As the words hung in the air, nearly every face held a disdainful s Mi was one of those, but Zhou Qianlins us how to be noble, it’s laughable,” Tang Mi whispered in to Qianlin’s ear, her tone full of contempt “The teacher’s definitely more handsome than I expected, but he’s probably just eye candy All looks and no brains”
“Stop spouting nonsense,” Qianlin o swaan to write And though Tang Mi’s voice was low, he heard every word
“All looks and no brains” His chalk snapped
He took a deep breath, then finished writing
The words he’d written were scrawled in a bold and fine script Director Wu looked at thee few took the time or effort to work on their penmanship
What is aristocracy? These three words stared back at the congregated students from the blackboard
“So, who can tell me What is aristocracy?” Lan Jue set the chalk aside and turned to regard the forest of students splayed out below hi fro in asurrounded by bodyguards, having a beautiful girl on your aruards don’tYou need at least a unit of irl’s hardly enough If you wanna be a noble your whole mecha unit should be piloted by sirls like you are out”
“You lookin’ to die eh, Duainst the table top and rose to her feet Clearly she’d forgotten the director seated quietly in the back
Jin Tao extended his pinky finger andit”
“Silence!” Wu Junyi’s deep voice booulf the auditorium was instantly suppressed Director Wu hadn’t planned to intervene, but a flash of surprise had fluttered across Lan Jue’s face, a look as though he were questioning the integrity of the school Eirl with the giant hoop earrings pointed at Jin Tao, the sinister look in her eye al What you’re talking about isn’t nobility That is the nouveau riche The new money,” Lan Jue replied in even tones
“Pfft” A few students in the front couldn’t stop the their opinion
Lan Jue acted like he hadn’t heard, and continued “Today, the first day of our new class, I’ll simply explain exactly what Ia noble school would afford you noble treatment You would live a noble lifestyle As a result many richer families send their children to the Western Alliance for nobility finishing school in the hopes they will be aristocracy when they graduate But when they discover that even in the best schools students sleep on plank beds, eat si drills – they find that their lives are more difficult than the students of public schools They don’t understand that this Buddhist-like asceticism is the key to the noble spirit”
“In fact this shouldn’t be the least bit surprising Aristocracy is different from the nouveau riche It’s does not conflict with spirit of civilians, and especially different frorandize character based on courage, honor, self-discipline and responsibility “
There was no change in the students as Lan Jue spoke, but seated in the back Wu Junyi’s eyes were fixed upon hiht, almost unconscious nod of approval
“Theschools in the Western Alliance implement strict, arduouscooperation and self-discipline in their students True nobles are possessed of an iron will, and a th of spirit It’s a sense of character that e Public schools in their alliance also employ these methods to foster s, who defeated Adade of the Northern Alliance He was the top student of a Western public school His name is renowned in the three alliances, famous in military history There is a story about that decisive battle with the Ad ene heavy ed hi that he would not be swayed, they asked him for his last words in case he were to fall in battle Without turning his head to regard them he said, ‘Tell them my final words were like me, unbowed”
Lan Jue recounted the story in ordinary tones, but as he finished the tale of General Wellings the classroom had lapsed in to an attentive silence
The disdain upon Tang Mi’s face had melted away, and Zhou Qianlin listened in rapt silence Wu Junyi relittered
“Wealth is about things, but nobility is about the soul A noble spirit means first and foremost that the individual has self-control Restraint They sacrifice themselves in service to the people Take for instance Prince William and Prince Harry, royals of the ancient Western Alliance Both were sent to raduation Prince Harry went directly to the front lines to do battle with the North As an ordinary pilot The royal house of the ancient Western Alliance knew, of course, of Harry’s royal blood They also knew the risks of fighting on the front lines But sacrifice, the assumption of risk for the people, is whatthe Eastern Alliance’s first ith the West a photo saide circulation The commander in chief of the Eastern forces, Field Marshal Qi Mu, went to the trenches to survey the situation He stood before the door of a ra in at a woman as poor as a church ht if I entered?’ He was showing respect to the most vulnerable of society Because a true noble knows that respect is not reserved for the rich”
“1910, October 28th of the Forave up all of his possessions to the poor in order to save his suffering spirit He left his vast abond in some train station That man was Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, celebrated writer of Former Era Russia Years later another fa said of Tolstoy: ‘This inglorious, reatness If he did not bear the suffering of the people, then Lev Tolstoy would not be considered a hu in the air, and in the silence he swept his eyes over the gathered students Suddenly, his voice grew fierce, and rang through the auditoriu this particular nificance for pinky come-hithers in Chinese society I’ve determined that Jin Tao is just weird