The old man was stunned for a moment. Even he was at a loss when facing such a straightforward answer.

Bai Ye was actually full of uneasiness. What is this and what? He didn't know the old man in front of him at all, let alone passed the test, but the result of the failure was obvious. If he couldn't go up to the sixth floor, he would probably not have the chance to meet his real father in name in this life.

"Child, what's your name?" the old man asked slowly.

"Bai Ye, Bai Ye Liville, where are you?" Bai Ye replied calmly, his heart was actually full of MMPs. He had limited time, so would he still introduce himself?

"So that's it. I know why you came here. My name is Gran, the former director of the Royal Capital Library." The old man sighed softly, his tone full of sadness and helplessness, "Do you want to go to face it?"

"Yes!" Bai Ye didn't care about being shocked. The director Medice had never seen was locked up here. It was really a waste of time to search for it. Unfortunately, he now needs to go to the upper floor instead of slowly asking about the information Medice needed.

"After listening to this story, you go up." The old man saw the anxiety in his eyes and said with a smile, "Then I will not waste your time. The story starts eighty years ago."

Damn, eighty years ago, when will this be discussed? Bai Ye complained in his heart, but he was still very respectful on the surface. After all, you can pass it by just listening. Is there any better thing?

"Eighty years ago, I was born in a farmer's house. Since I can remember, I have known my status in this huge royal capital. We live in the outermost circle, parents, family, relatives and all the people I know do the most basic farm work, and we provide food for the entire capital. Although we have a low status, we still have basic royal citizenship and will not starve to death like the farmers under the unscrupulous lords."

The old man's gaze seemed to float to the distance, as if the memories of the past were reappearing in front of him.

"The old king at that time did not suppress the study of civilian children. As long as you could afford the tuition, you could even go to the best Wangdu Public School in Wangdu to study and teach with the noble children. Unfortunately, my family couldn't even afford the worst suburban public school. I could only squat outside the public school every day after I finished farm work with my parents and listened to the teacher's lecture. At that time, my favorite was Professor Molia of Kingdom History. His voice was so loud that even I could hear it clearly."

"That's it, during the day, during the class, and at night I sneaked into the public school to read the books that were not taken back by the students. At that time, I made up my mind that as long as I had the opportunity to learn knowledge, I would not let it go. After five years, I finally ushered in an opportunity. The unified recruitment examination of Wangdu Public School can take the exam with just 1 silver coin. Five years, I saved money and tried my best to save enough of this silver coin. When I entered Wangdu Public School, I saw the extremely grand palace-style school, and I told myself that I must get in! Must go in! That was my only opportunity. As long as I got the first place, I could waive any fees and go directly to Wangdu Public School."

Speaking of this, Gran was obviously very excited. Obviously, this incident meant a lot to him. From his description, Bai Ye seemed to see a young man wearing a cloth and a firm look yearning for the magnificent palace-like royal school.

"Maybe my talent is really good, but in those five years of greedy study, I actually got the first place in the entire public school recruitment exam! The day I saw the list, I almost fainted, it was unbelievable! It was unbelievable! In my opinion, those noble ladies who drank black tea and bask in the sun every day and the noble young masters who always went to the suburbs to hunt and ride horses were born smarter than me. Until I really entered Wangdu Public School as a civilian, I felt like a beautiful dream, afraid of waking up."

"You should be the first to enter Wangdu Public School as a civilian." Bai Ye couldn't help but interrupt. This was simply a genius like cheating, right? He was right. For example, Bai Ye, a noble young master who had no worries about food and clothing since childhood and had various elite educations, even if he was useless, his comprehensive qualities were thousands of times better than those of ordinary children.

This is the result of resource accumulation, nothing else.

"That's right. I am the only civilian in the entire Wangdu Public School. Soon I discovered that even if I entered the public school and studied and lived in the same place, they never looked at me directly, or I was completely separated like a transparent person. At that time, I was full of self-esteem and pride. I worked harder and more knowledgeable, and I greedily absorbed all the knowledge I could obtain. One day, I would also like them, instead of being treated differently as an alien."

Bai Ye could still feel the deep desire and aggrievance of Gran. Perhaps in the eyes of the nobles, no matter how powerful a civilian was, he was still just a inferior person. Just like people from the Central World looked at him, he might just be a relatively strong ant.

"Since then, I have become more and more greedy to learn knowledge. I know that only by understanding more and understanding more can I get the life I want. In the four years of study in public school, I am far ahead of all students. You should also know that after graduating from Wangdu Public School, we will be assigned to important positions in the entire Wangdu Capital. As long as I have the opportunity, I will get the title of aristocratic. I waited and waited every day, and finally waited for graduation and was assigned. However, as the best student, I was assigned to Wangdu Library, a job that had nothing to do with power, and could even be said to be the lowest level. The generous work in the chamber that should have been to me was replaced by a noble young master. Then I watched him go from weak to strong, step by step to the position of the director of the chamber, and finally established an extremely prominent family. And I..."

This is a tragic life. Bai Ye complained again in his heart. He originally thought he was going to tell a counterattack model story, but he didn't expect it to be a tragedy.

"I have mastered the richest library resources in the entire capital. I have carefully run the Wangdu Library. For fifty years, I have read all the books in the entire library. I am called the omniscient teacher by the students. In their eyes, I grew from a farmer's son to a director of the Wangdu Library, married a lady from a small noble family, had a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life, but I didn't know that my entire eighty years of life was just a joke in the eyes of those nobles and my former classmates. A joke that I have struggled all my life but was proven again."

Bai Ye was silent.
Chapter completed!