196 In the Garden Villa (1/2)

Chapter 196: In the Garden Villa

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

In Douglas, Jerome’s garden villa.

”Your name’s also Lucien Evans?” a black-haired young man wearing a casual white shirt and a black vest grinned. ”K has always said that his name is very common, and I did not believe him. Now I see… haha.”

This young man was Rock, a second circle sorcerer. Rock was good at the school of Element and mathematics, and he was a cheerful young person who loved playing jokes a lot.

Before Lucien responded, Rock continued, ”I’m gonna introduce you to K. No worries, Lucien, K’s very easygoing, although he’s quite introverted. Unlike some people from Electromagnetics, K’s diligent, talented, and always willing to help!”

When Lucien was about to open his mouth to say something, Rock cut him off again, ”I know you must wonder why I say some people from Electromagnetics are arrogant. Trust me, Lucien, I’m not biased. In the last issue of Arcana, since Mr. Brook has proved that light is a special electromagnetic wave, those Electromagnetics people claim that spiritual power is also a certain kind of wave, and are laughing at us every single day, because we insist in the theory of particles! Come on… There are still quite a few magic experiments that cannot be explained by waves, and the president hasn’t responded to Mr. Brook’s theory yet!”

Lucien was amused, and he quickly cast a glance at Lazar. Lucien thought that Lazar was already very talkative, but now he realized that Lazar was not even close to Rock. From Rock’s words, Lucien got to know some new research trends in the congress, so he was listening quite patiently.

Lazar commented, ”Rock’s always like this. Well, since the last issue of Arcana was released, sorcerers like Rock who live in Allyn all the time and who insist to use Particle Theory in discovering spiritual power are facing quite a bit stress from the new theories. I have mixed feelings toward the new and old theories, sorry and proud at the same time.”

Jerome and his beautiful wife were just listening and smiling.

It seemed that elemental sorcerers were naturally supporters of Particle Theory. Without the great pressure from the Church, there might be an intense internal strife among the supporters of different theories.

When Lazar and Rock finished their discussion, Lucien and Jerome were sitting on the couch and having black tea made by Vera. Although the brown-haired, ordinary-looking man was not talkative, happiness could be found in Jerome’s eyes. His wife Vera was a red-haired pretty girl, probably around twenty-three or so.

”Mr. Evans, enjoy the tea. I’m going to prepare dinner,” said Vera politely and left the living room.

Rock sighed with emotion, ”How could you find such a nice lady, Jerome? The girls I know have no idea how to be a good wife…”

Jerome grinned shyly.

”Rock, how’s your project going?” asked Lazar.

”Rejected. The board thought I was joking,” said Rock with a bit dismay.

”What project?” asked Lucien curiously.

”A great project!” explained Rock excitedly, ”As a sorcerer from Tower, I think everything can be represented by numbers. What we can do is to figure out a standard number system to represent how powerful a spell is, or the level of a sorcerer’s defensive power. By measuring and recording, in the future, when two sorcerers want to fight, numbers can directly show the result, and no one will be hurt.”

”Then what if both of the two sorcerers have their advantages and disadvantages?” asked Lucien confusedly.

”That’s right.” Rock took a pile of paper and started writing, ”For example, the total amount of my spiritual power is… 105, and Lazar’s is 96…”

”Hey… Why mine is lower than yours?” Lazar was not happy with the set value.

And then they started arguing.

”They’re just like this, like kids.” Jerome smiled to Lucien.

”That’s why they’re good friends.” Lucien nodded. Those ”bad” words Lazar used to describe Rock were also quite suitable for himself.

Ignoring Lazar and Rock, Lucien and Jerome started discussing the school of Astrology and Element, and they enjoyed their conversation very much. The two people regretted that they had not known each other earlier.

”Dinner’s ready.” Vera came back to the living room, followed by servants pushing dining carts.