Chapter 887: Chapter 885: Personal Choices
After a moment of silence, Harry looked at Cathy strangely, “You’re going to refuse eventually, aren’t you?”
“Of course,” Cathy said seriously, “Both you and I are going to become wizards, how could we be entangled by emotions? Of course, we can fully take the initiative and experience it a bit.”
“According to you, wizards don’t need emotions?”
“Naturally,” Cathy affirmed, “Look, neither Teacher Vici nor Wizard Richard has a partner.”
“But—” Harry subconsciously felt something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint what it was.
At this moment, a servant suddenly ran in from outside and announced to both of them, “Master Harry, Miss Cathy, there’s someone looking for you outside.”
“Who?” Cathy asked.
“He says his name is Jia Lie, and he’s from the Blue Lake Estate,” the servant replied.
Harry suddenly looked up, his eyes brightened, “Could it be the teacher has come?” He said, then quickly ran outside, with Cathy following behind.
The two of them quickly ran outside and met Jia Lie in the corridor.
Harry asked, “Jia Lie, how is it, did the teacher come?”
“I’m sorry, Master Harry, Miss Cathy,” Jia Lie spread his hands and said, “My master has matters to attend to, so he cannot come to Marquis Vian’s banquet.”
“But today is the ‘Agricultural God Festival’. Even the teacher doesn’t take a break?” Cathy frowned, a bit puzzled.
“I don’t know about that either, but my master did indeed say he had matters to attend to. Also, he asked me to tell both of you that for the recent period, he won’t be able to teach you knowledge. If you wish to learn, you can look at the handbook he gave you.”
After he finished speaking, Jia Lie took out the handbook Richard had given, handed it to Harry and Cathy, and turned to leave without any fuss.
Watching Jia Lie leave, Harry and Cathy exchanged glances, with a hint of curiosity, they opened the scroll. Just a glance made them pause, then they quickly read on.
They saw that on the papyrus scroll were some slightly scrawled words:
“This time it’s about Scott’s issue of ‘self-boundary’.
To talk about this issue, let’s start from infancy. You need to know that in the first seven months after an infant is born, they cannot distinguish between themselves and the outside world. They believe they are one with the world, when they cry the whole world cries, when they are hungry the whole world hungers…
Later as the infant grows, by the age of two or three, they begin to recognize their limitations. Before that, though they might have recognized the world isn’t one with them, they still attempt to make the world operate according to their will.
For example, they want unlimited candy, endless stories in ‘-an-imation-‘ (crossed out unfamiliar word), and people who will always be around them…
The understanding and development of self-boundaries continue into adolescence and even adulthood. In adolescence comes a kind of test, known as ‘falling in love’…
In a certain sense, ‘falling in love’ is a kind of psychological regression, where people unite with the one they like, echoing the state of infancy, making them feel omnipotent again…
However, ultimately, reality will defeat them, one discovers various flaws in their partner, the hardships of life, at that time ‘falling in love’ transforms…
The only function of ‘falling in love’ is to eliminate the loneliness in one’s heart, which is different from true satisfaction of the soul. True soul satisfaction should be finding something more real, something you can wholeheartedly invest in. Like a person who truly aligns with oneself, or an endeavor to which one can fully dedicate oneself…
Only this can mature the soul and complete self-growth. Simply put, the choice of where one invests their energy to some extent determines the belonging of one’s soul…
Of course, the above is just one perspective, you don’t need to accept all of it, I just hope you can see a richer world from it, to enhance your worldview. Next, let’s talk about reason and emotion…”
After a long while, having finished reading a full section of the scroll’s content, Harry and Cathy had somewhat strange expressions and didn’t speak for a while.
After remaining silent for a long time, Cathy finally spoke, tentatively asking Harry, “Say, could the teacher have anticipated our situation today and wrote the handbook especially to educate us?”
Harry cautiously looked around, thought for a while, and then denied, “How could that be possible, it’s just a coincidence. You see, the teacher also said, we don’t need to accept all of it, but just like before, to improve our worldview.”
Halfway through speaking, Harry paused, thoughtfully said, “But honestly, the teacher’s words indeed helped me gain some insights. The content on the scroll is quite valuable for reference. Like it says, the choice of where one invests their energy to some extent determines one’s soul’s belonging.
If I choose to be like ordinary people, spending energy on emotions, on wasting time socializing, maybe I can still become a wizard, but I definitely won’t become a wizard as powerful as Teacher Richard.
Just like Teacher Richard once said: ‘In life, we may receive many gifts, which seem exquisite and free, but in fact, they have long been secretly priced.’
Now that I think about it, Emily is such a gift, I do like her a bit. But seriously thinking about it, she is not really the one I truly like or am willing to spend my life with. She’s like a sweet pastry, indeed tempting but can’t compare to some other things—at least in my view, the pursuit of the wizard’s path is much more important than she is.
Previously, my father forced me to learn extraordinary knowledge with Teacher Vici, which I was somewhat resistant to, not really wanting to become a wizard. But later, learning philosophy with Teacher Richard, I realized that maybe I do like the idea of becoming a wise wizard because this way I have the ability to change many things around me and fulfill some of my pursuits.
Now if I had to choose, between Emily and being a wizard, I would choose the wizard without hesitation.”
Finishing speaking, Harry looked at Cathy and asked, “What do you think?”
“Well…” Cathy pursed her lips as if deliberating on the words.
Suddenly the sound of footsteps was heard, a young boy walked out, it was Mino who liked Cathy.
Mino spoke out nervously, “Um, Cathy, may I ask you for a dance?”
“This—” Cathy hesitated for a moment, then looked at Mino and said, “I’m sorry, Mino, I cannot dance with you.”
“Are you feeling unwell? Or maybe another time…” the boy named Mino said.
Cathy shook her head, “Mino, it’s not that I’m unwell, I just simply don’t want to dance with you.”
Mino’s expression froze, subconsciously tugging at his clothes, “Did I do something wrong to make you upset, or do you think I’m too short?”
“Neither,” Cathy shook her head again, walked closer to Mino, and said seriously, “This has nothing to do with you and everything to do with me. Because I’ve realized, I don’t like you, so I don’t want to waste your time nor mine. You’re a good person, you should pursue better girls, like Emily, she’s both gentle and beautiful, most suitable for you.”
After saying this, Cathy lowered her head slightly, kissed Mino on the forehead like an elder sister, and said, “Alright, go, I wish you both the best.”
Mino looked up, his expression bewildered as he stared at Cathy, eyes wide, mouth open but at a loss for words. In the end, he left looking completely dumbfounded.
Cathy smiled and looked at Harry, speaking up, “Harry, didn’t you want to know what I think? Well, you’ve seen it, this is my answer.”
Harry: “Uh…”