"Universities in the Loen Kingdom have a tradition that graduates do not stay in the school directly... The instructor gave a recommendation letter from the University of Tingen and the University of Backlund..."

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As Zhou Mingrui silently "watched", the crimson moon outside the window slanted westward, gradually sinking, until a faint light lit up in the east, and the horizon was dyed golden.

At this time, there was movement from the room inside, and soon, footsteps were approaching the isolation door.

"Melissa is awake...she is really on time as always." Zhou Mingrui smiled slightly. Affected by Klein's memory, he felt like looking at his own sister to Melissa.

However, I don't have a biological sister... He immediately complained.

Unlike Benson and Klein, Melissa did not complete her initial education in the Sunday School of the Evernight Goddess Church. When she reached the school age, the Kingdom of Loen promulgated the "Elementary Education Law" and established the Lower and Secondary Education Committee. , and specially provided appropriations to increase investment.

However, in three years, under the premise of incorporating many church schools, many public elementary schools were established, strictly maintaining the principle of religious neutrality, and not involving disputes between the Lord of Storms, Goddess of the Night, and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.

Compared with the Sunday school, which costs only one copper penny a week, the tuition fee of three pennies a week in a public elementary school is quite expensive, but the former only studies on Sunday a week, and the latter has a full six days a week. Come and see, cheap to almost free.

Unlike most girls, Melissa loved gears, springs, bearings and other things since she was a child, and she aspired to be a steam mechanic.

He himself has suffered cultural disadvantages, and his elder brother Benson, who understands the importance of education, supports his younger sister's dream just as he supports Klein to go to university. After all, Tingen Technical School can only be regarded as a secondary education, and there is no need to go to grammar school or public school. Do accumulation.

In July last year, 15-year-old Melissa passed the entrance examination and got her wish to become a member of the steam and mechanical department of Tingen Technical School, and the weekly tuition fee was increased to nine pence.

At the same time, the import and export company Benson worked for was affected by the situation in the Southern Continent. Both the profit and the business volume had shrunk significantly, and had to lay off more than one-third of the staff. In order to keep his job and make a living, Benson had to Can accept more arduous tasks, must often work overtime, or travel to places with harsh environments, just like these days.

It's not that Klein never thought of helping his brother to bear the burden, but he was born as a commoner, and he was admitted to an ordinary grammar school. As soon as he entered university, he strongly felt his own shortcomings. For the children of the aristocrats, for the children of the wealthy class, it is something that has to be learned since childhood, but he didn't get in touch with it until university.

There are many, many similar aspects. Klein almost exhausted all his strength, often staying up late and getting up early, barely catching up with others and successfully graduating with medium grades.

Memories about his brother and sister jumped in Zhou Mingrui's mind. He didn't wake up until he turned the handle and the door of the inner room creaked open, remembering that he was holding a revolver in his hand.

This is a semi-controlled item!

Will scare little kids!

Also, there's the wound on my head!

Seeing that Melissa was about to come out, Zhou Mingrui pressed his temple, hurriedly opened the desk drawer, threw the revolver in, and smashed it with a bang.

"What happened?" Melissa looked over suspiciously when she heard the movement.

She is at the most youthful stage, even if she can't eat any good food, her face is thin and pale, her skin is still full of luster, exuding a girlish atmosphere.

Seeing his younger sister's brown eyes looking inquiringly, Zhou Mingrui forced himself to be calm, picked up the things close to him, and then calmly closed the drawer to conceal the presence of the revolver, while the touch of the other hand on the temple made him sure of the wound. Already healed!

What he took out from the drawer was a silver-white pocket watch with a pattern of vines and branches and leaves. The top of the watch was lightly pressed, and the watch cover popped open.

It is the most valuable item left by the sergeant sergeant of the Royal Army, the father of the three siblings, but second-hand goods are second-hand goods, and problems have occurred from time to time in recent years, even if they have been repaired by a watchmaker. Benson, who used it to raise his status, made embarrassment many times, and simply left him at home.

It has to be said that Melissa may really have a mechanical talent. After mastering the theoretical knowledge, she began to use the tools of the technical school to tinker with this pocket watch, and recently claimed to have repaired it!

Zhou Mingrui watched the watch cover pop open, saw that the second hand stood still, and subconsciously turned the top, intending to wind the pocket watch.

However, he twisted it a few times, but there was still no sound of the winding being tightened, and the second hand remained motionless.

"It seems to be broken again." He looked at his sister without words.

Melissa glanced at him expressionlessly, walked over quickly, and took the pocket watch away. JrNovels.com