203 Submission (2/2)
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On Monday morning, at nine, a coach slowly stopped in front of the headquarter of the Congress of Magic.
Wearing white shirt, dark brown vest, and long black jacket, Lucien put on his black top hat and stepped on the stairs calmly. As soon as he got off the coach, the undead creature totally disappeared.
When Lucien walked past the gate, Prospell greeted him in a dull tone, ”Welcome… You’d receive my warmest welcome if you made a female tower Djinni.”
Lucien did not respond, as Prospell said the same to every single sorcerer who passed this gate.
He went straight to zone four, to the Sorcerer Administrative Department.
Seeing Lucien, Cindy was a bit surprised. As she winked her beautiful brown eyes, she said to Lucien half joking and half complaining, ”I wonder who’s this gentleman… Ah, this is Mr. Evans, who was absent for a whole month!”
As Lucien was still in Allyn, Cindy felt that, as friends, they should see each other more frequently.
”Wow… This is our famous Mr. Evans, whose paper was cited by Mr. Fernando!” Dona also welcomed Lucien in a bit joking manner, ”We’re so lucky that you still remember us!”
Lucien smiled nicely and also felt a bit sorry, ”I’ve been overwhelmed in this past month, mostly developing papers. Please, don’t make fun of me, ladies. By the way, is Lazar here today?”
Seeing that Lucien was still this easygoing as usual, Cindy and Dona cheered up, and they hurriedly shared with Lucien what happened in the past month in the congress.
Lazar was in Rentato now, preparing an upcoming conference of the Will of Elements in next month. The grand arcanist, Mr. Brook, who proved that light was actually a kind of electromagnetic wave, recently won his third Silver Moon Medal, jointly awarded by Brianna Royal Magic Academy, Moonsong League and Tower, which was the highest award in the school of Electromagnetics, Light-darkness and Astrology.
Besides Holm Crown prize in the school of Element and Alchemy, Immortal Throne Award in Necromancy, Silver Moon Medal in the school of Electromagnetics, Light-darkness and Astrology, there was also Sorcerer Laurel, established by Calais Magic Academy and Family of Sorcerer in traditional Transformation, Illusion and Summoning, Ice & Snow Medal set up by the far northland and the Cabin of Palmeira, and Arcana Staff founded by Tower to recognize one’s achievement in Field Force, Astrology and Mathematics.
These awards all appeared following Holm Crown prize, and the congress only played a role of supervision there.
After chatting a bit with Cindy and Dona, Lucien got to know some latest news of the congress. Then he visited Eric’s office.
There was an imperceptible smile on Eric’s face, ”Evans, you must be here to renew your badge.”
Lucien nodded and smiled, ”Yes, please, Mr. Eric, but before that, I also have something else to do. First, I want to submit my arcana paper, and second, I’d like to take the assessment of basic arcana.”
Eric was not surprised that Lucien had already come up with his second paper. In his eyes, the young man would definitely work even harder after his first paper was cited by the grand arcanist.
However, he was very surprised to know that it was an arcana paper, and Lucien was already prepared to take the test, ”Really? Are you sure? As a beginner in arcana…?”
”Three months,” Lucien said confidently. ”I feel I’m quite talented with arcana. And after all, Mr. Brook passed his test when he was only eleven.”
”At that time, Mr. Brook had already studied arcana for two years, not three months!”
”I have solid foundation of magic theory, and I’ve got cognitive competence as an adult.” Lucien smiled, ”And I know how to study.”
Eric’s light gray eyes stared at Lucien seriously. Seeing that Lucien was this confident, he finally nodded, ”All right, then. We’ll see if you can pass the test.”
Before they headed for the test room, Eric sent Lucien’s arcana paper to the board using the iron cage again in his office.
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The same spacious room, the same bells ringing.
”Necromancy… To Mr. Pesor and Ms. Tina-Timos…
”Element… To Mr. Gaston and Mr. Overee.
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Then, in a room where there were lots of bottles of purified elements, an Earth Elemental picked up Lucien’s paper and quickly scanned it, ”The Periodic Relation between the Nature of Elements and Prediction of New Elements… Hum… again, periodic relation…” murmured it. ”No arcana level… Let me not bother Mr. Gaston then… Probably Mr. Larry’s available right now.”
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When Larry got the several papers for that day, after a quick glance at the papers, the man with rough yellow beard did not read them immediately but put them aside casually.
”Mathew, pick them up in three days.”
The brown owl named Mathew nodded and then flew away.