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Chapter 204: Comments
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
Sorcerer Administrative Department.
”All A+…?” Eric looked the young and good-looking man from head to toe several times, and said incredibly, ”How’s that possible…? Your reasoning ability and your arcana way of thinking are similar to that of a middle-rank arcanist. Did you really just start three months ago?”
”I swear, Mr. Eric.” Lucien grinned.
”I trust you, Evans.” Eric rubbed his face a bit with his right hand, ”There’s no way one could cheat in this test, unless they had some legendary level magic item. So, Evans, here I announce that you have passed the test. After the department director signs it, you will get one basic arcana credit. Please wait a little.”
There was one main director and three vice directors in Sorcerer Administrative Department, and the main director was also the member of Affairs Committee.
Watching Eric sending the test result to the director, Lucien asked expectantly, ”Mr. Eric, when do you think I can get the result of my arcana paper?”
Calm as Lucien was, he still definitely looked forward to it.
Undoubtedly, the periodic table of the elements played a very important role in the whole history of science development, symbolizing the end of human being’s disorganized exploration of elements, and it inspired countless further important studies.
Moreover, what was hidden behind the periodic order was an amazing, unimaginable, brand new area. In-depth study in this field could greatly shake the past knowledge of physics in Lucien’s original world, and might also overturn some major theories currently supported by the congress.
Therefore, it was not improper to compare the periodic table of the elements to the cornerstone and the throne in the world of element study. However, important as it was, when Mendeleev first put it forward in Lucien’s original world, no one paid attention to his research, and people even commented that his work was a total waste of time, including his teacher. Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the importance of his work was finally commonly acknowledged, Mendeleev still failed to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry by one vote.
Thinking of this, Lucien was inevitably a little nervous. He knew that his paper required the support of further researches, to be done by other sorcerers.
If no one was interested in his research, or the theories that Lucien brought from his original world did not work here in this magical world, his work would never pay off.
Even if there were arcanists who could see the importance of his finding, verification still needed time, but Lucien needed attention from the Will of Elements right now, or before that, he would be killed by some powerful group, say, the Hand of Paleness.
The best way to get enough feedback as soon as possible was to publish his paper on a very influential journal, but before that, the paper needed to get through the review of the board.
”It depends…” Eric answered, ”For an arcana paper, I would say that it varies between three days to a week or even a month. Your last paper was an exception, Evans. But there’s nothing to worry about as well, as your paper will be saved by the board, and no one could take your research result.”
”I see…” Lucien nodded. In a short period of time, Lucien believed that he was still safe, and the undead thing would not easily attack him. Although he did plan to somehow borrow the power of the congress to find who sent this thing to watch him, Lucien decided to be more cautious as he was still very new here.
A while later, the document signed by the director was sent back. Eric then renewed both of Lucien’s arcana badge and magic badge.
”Evans, you’ve got your basic arcana credit, while at the same time, in the latest issue of the journals, a total of nine papers cited your experiment and research result, including the one from Mr. Fernando, so that’s a total of nine arcana credits.” Eric looked at Lucien’s arcana badge and said, ”Now in total, you have seventeen arcana credits. Congratulations, Evans, you’re a level one arcanist now.”
Eric shook hands with Lucien, and handed Lucien’s arcana badge back to him.
There was a shining silver star on the black badge, looking mysterious.
Then, Eric gave Lucien’s magic badge back to him, ”Because Lord of Storm cited your paper, many arcanists are interested in studying your new magic. As it is an apprentice level magic, you get one point for each exchange. In total, you’ve got seven hundred and sixty-nine arcana points. Good for you, Evans.”
Lucien was very surprised with the points he had earned. He knew that this number meant that close to one tenth of the sorcerers in Allyn bought his magic!
The grand arcanist was definitely influential. As a teacher in Douglas, Lucien had to at least work for six or seven years to earn this many points.
As soon as Lucien got excited, he realized that when he stepped out of this building, the undead thing would be following and watching him around again, so he quickly calmed down.