Chapter 3248: First Experience with Digital Blue Gold Coins

————A bit later~~

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Daxia Territory, Linshui Town.

Inside an ordinary house in the residential area, Marie woke up early from her sleep as usual. She rubbed her still-dazed eyes, then suddenly remembered that today was the day she started School.

Thinking of this, her sleepiness vanished instantly. She jumped out of bed with an agility that did not match her current age, then habitually recited:

"Thank you, Lord Territory Lord."

This was not just a habit, but Marie's most sincere thought. If not for the Lord, how could she live in a house with her own independent room, and how could she have the opportunity to come into contact with Magic?

Of course, she had not yet started learning Magic. According to her mother, she had to attend the introductory class for at least one year before she could learn Magic.

Although she did not know any Magic yet, and her understanding of Magic was merely like the neighbor's big brother turning her hair into various colors, Marie, who had just turned eleven this year, was already able to skillfully operate the Magic stove at home to make breakfast for her family!

"Thank you, Lord Territory Lord!"

As for her mother, she had to work several jobs alone. In the afternoon, she first went to help others wash clothes. Near noon, she had to go to the Territory Canteen to help prepare ingredients and cook. In the morning, she first went to the Slipper Factory to catch monsters, and in the evening, she worked as a Chef at a tavern, only returning home very late.

But the news Marie later received from her husband was that the school next to the residential area was a Middle School, a place to truly learn Magic, while the school the community notified children aged 10 to 15 to attend was an Affiliated Primary School, which would not directly involve contact with Magic.

She looked at her mother suspiciously, always feeling that this Gold Coin was somewhat unreal. Lady Marie did not explain too much; even she herself was somewhat uncertain, let alone Marie, who was still just an eleven-year-old child.

At the same time, she also heard that graduating from the Affiliated Primary School allowed one to be promoted directly to the Linshui Middle School; this was a benefit only available in the temporary community.

After a good while, Marie returned to her mother's side, lowering her head as if waiting for her mother's instruction, but Lady Marie just touched Marie's big head, then brought her own Identity Card in front of Marie, and said at the same time:

"Marie, Marie, I also have an Identity Card! Oh yeah, too good, too good!"

The mother and daughter finished breakfast in silence. Just before leaving, Marie asked cautiously: "Did Dad bring me a gift?"

Before the Midsummer Festival, the community notified that children between the ages of 10 and 15 this year must enroll in school, right at the school next to the Linshui Town residential area.

Marie certainly would not blame her mother. She knew her mother worked very hard and was very tired. Plus, her father had returned last night. Every time her father returned, her mother would take a day off the next day. She had long understood and was used to it.

Marie ran to the door of her mother's room and knocked a few times. Marie pushed the door open directly. By then, her mother, Lady Marie, was sitting up from the bed, still bleary-eyed.

"Marie is going to school today, you are a big person now, this is your Identity Card."

"Mom, wake up!"

Perhaps it was triggering a keyword; hearing Marie say "going to school," Marie also instantly sobered up. She looked at her daughter and said somewhat embarrassedly:

It was not that her family did not love her, but that her father had even more arduous work. Her father was a member of the Territory Guard and could only return home once every half month.

Speaking of this, Marie seemed to remember. She took out an Identity Card with a light blue luster on the surface from her pocket, handed it to Marie, and said:

……

After inquiring in many ways, Marie learned that because there was a lot of diversion from the Tower of Time side, and the Magic teaching environment at the Linshui Middle School side had not yet been completed, a portion was temporarily separated to establish an Affiliated Primary School.

"Bring your Identity Card close to mine."

"Let's go, I'll send you to school first. See if you have classes today. If you don't have classes, I'll take you to buy a few sets of clothes."

Under little Marie's skillful operation, the fragrance of steamed buns soon drifted out of the kitchen. Marie liked to eat steamed buns, and her family liked them too. After eating the white, soft, and fragrant barley buns, she didn't want to eat the hard white bread from the past at all.

"Ah?" Marie still couldn't understand how one could buy things through the numbers on the Identity Card.

Instead, one must first attend the introductory class for at least one year, and then be evaluated before being able to learn Magic.

"Although I really want to say yes, I cannot lie to you. Actually, there isn't. It's not that Dad forgot, but yesterday wasn't Dad's normal time off; he had other things to do when he returned."

Although listening to her mother, it seemed she now possessed one Gold Coin of pocket money, this Gold Coin was not a real Gold Coin, but merely a number.

"This——"

Marie shouted excitedly. If it were usual, Lady Marie would have started to stop her by now, but today she didn't; she just watched Marie quietly, her face full of maternal love.

"Sorry, I almost forgot that I still have to send you to school today."

"Mom, today is the day I start school."

Although Marie was young, she was very sensible. She knew her mother was hardworking, so she wanted to share the burden wherever she could.

Although with her eleven-year-old head it might be hard to understand what "preparedness averts peril" meant, out of concern for her mother, she also decided that she must study Magic well and strive to get more scholarships, so that her mother could be more relaxed!

She knew that her family actually had money. She had seen her father give her mother money more than once, and her mother saved all that money. And she had secretly heard that the reason her mother did this was to save money for her to learn Magic in the future.

Marie couldn't help but open her mouth wide. She couldn't understand how this was going on at all. Then she heard her mother explain: "This is the real reason your father came back suddenly last night. He told me that the number on this represents money."

"The number 20 represents 20 Blue Gold Coins. I can use this number to buy things, just like I'm transferring it to you now, as long as I transfer the corresponding number to the boss."

Then she saw the number in a glowing small box on her mother's Identity Card suddenly change from 【20】 to 【19】, and the number on her own Identity Card changed from 【0】 to 【1】.

Marie took the Identity Card. It felt a bit heavy in her hand, but not heavy, and it emitted a beautiful light in the sunlight. Two years ago, she had learned to read at the Territory Night School with her mother. She recognized all the words on the Identity Card; it was her own name.

When starting the Magic stove, Marie recited again. Before there was a Magic stove, she would struggle for a good while every day just to start a fire, not to mention that to start a fire she also needed firewood, and all of that required her to go outside to gather it.

……

It was just that she heard from the neighbor's big brother that learning Magic actually costs money. Not only does it cost money, but if one's academic performance is good, the Lord Territory Lord will even give money!

"Hmm?" Marie was a bit puzzled, but she still did as told.