Saturnastra Karina Lesson 0 - Part 2
0Karina’s brother Marduke is the new King of Veragerung. With a new monarchy comes new responsibilities. During this time of transition, Karina was given the important task of teaching the new laws to Marduke’s citizens.
Karina has no teaching experience, and she feels that this new teaching position is just busywork. It isn’t the first time that Marduke has given his siblings a pointless task, designed to keep them out of the way.
In order to prove herself to her brother, Karina wants to become the best law teacher. Follow along with Karina’s misadventures, while she struggles to teach her students, while trying not to disappoint her older brother.
Lesson 0 Part 2
The prime material of all the buildings was cement made from volcanic ash, gypsum, quicklime, silica, clay, and seawater. Since it used seawater in the mix, all concrete buildings made by Berthame did not suffer from erosion when placed by the sea. All in all, the school right now had 7328 students, with a max capacity of 10,000 students. The original buildings had 200 classrooms. The additions had the other 300. The ideal classroom size was 20 students per teacher. To get the ball rolling, all the subjects had to be taught, even if at times, the classroom had only one student. In the center of the school, there was an eight-story high library. It was the building that towered over the others. Its position also served as a clock, as it casted its shadow over all the buildings.
It was in this tower were Karina was to teach. Karina had a love for high places. After repositioning some shelves here and there, a study room had been converted into a classroom for Karina. The maiden walked in the direction of the tower library. As was tradition, there was a number of small dragons perched there. The tower always had a good draft of wind, which made gliding to other parts of the city easily. The dragons were allowed to visit, so long as they did not disrupt class, or scratch or eat any of the furniture, plants, or buildings. Karina passed through the entrance hall, with its quaint little sitting area, with the tea sets, and small fireplace for heating up water, and the small faucet. There were some fellows from the smithy conversing on updating the kitchen areas.
There have been some development in the chimney and fireplace department. Marduke had introduced the technology of Japanese brick stoves. After explaining the idea of it, the blacksmiths of the palace were well on their way to creating the first cast iron, wood stove. Introduction of technology was a sketching business, but as long as it fell within the arts of peace, the auria master allowed a lot of leeway.
In the center of the room, there was an elegant office space. There was a book cabinet, and other office related items. There was the desk, and the office lady. Behind her, there was a pair of doors that led to the other side of the garden, and in the middle of the garden the library tower. The lady went by the name of Begonia Pureheart. Her parents did not know it at the time, but any lady with a flower name was associated with the cheap, criminal prostitutes of Sassari. At the age of 67, she manned the front desk of the school in order to have something to do with her time. At her feet, there was her faithful companion, a black pit bull named Malarkey. Pit bulls were super popular in Veragerung. Many noble ladies had their own pit bull companions. Veragerung had plenty of breeding standards as far as the pit bulls were concerned. They had gotten quite anal about it, due to their contact with Dragon Riders, who took breeding not as a recreation, but as a way of improving their stock.
Puppy mills had never been allowed, and under Marduke, the rights and protections of animals had been expanded. This did cause a bit of financial strain on the farming community, but it was quickly remedied through subsidies. The two biggest institutions that Marduke pumped the most resources was the army, and farming. Everything else was superfluous, and only supported if funds allowed.
Karina came to Malarkey and kneeled down to take a closer look at the dog. The dog rose from the floor and showed his back to Karina. Karina scratched his back, and the dog Malarkey smiled.
Begonia said, “Ahem!”
Malarkey returned to his spot, and Karina rose from the ground. Karina smiled when she looked at the doggie. Malarkey was a handsome pit bull, indeed, of quite the mild temperament. His coat was black, with the feet white. The clear, silver eyes were the most impressive. This was a bit unusual for his kind. At the moment, Malarkey was 17 years old. Like the humans, the dogs in Saturnastra had a longer lifespan. The smaller dogs tended to live till the age of 30, while the larger dogs died around the age of 22. Malarkey was getting on in years, but he still had another 5 more years left in him.
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