Until Iver began the lecture, Isabel had yet to appear at her seat.
She had said earlier that she would come observe Iver's lecture and even paint a portrait of him.
So when he did not see her in the classroom, Iver felt somewhat disappointed.
But Iver quickly composed himself and began helping Professor Bard teach in earnest. The process of lecturing was also a process of deepening his own understanding.
The content of this lesson was still related to the Stibium Kingdom. It covered the many effects Valentine I had had on Stibium, with Iver mixing in a few of Valentine I's personal experiences for variety.
This was not some secret information from the game in his previous life—Valentine I had no secrets to speak of. As the founding monarch who had risen from the common people, the various stories passed down among the populace could only be more numerous than the true history, never fewer.
This was what Iver had studied on his own this week. He had used a biography of Valentine I as reading material to review the Stibium Language. Although Iver's command of the Stibium Language was sufficient to support reading Alchemical Cipher, his reading speed was still somewhat slower. A language needed constant review, or it was easy to forget.
Fortunately, Iver learned quickly enough.
He had already finished the entire Ordinary Ritual Studies, and he was nearly done with Valentine I as well.
He planned to borrow and finish Six Classics Unraveled and Dissection Theories this week.
Both were works from the Imperial era, mystical texts of the Path of Adaptation and the Path of Twilight respectively. The Stibium Language was essentially the Imperial language. Aside from a few slightly different conjunctions, the two were basically interchangeable.
The former provided an overview of