208 A Mistake (1/2)

Chapter 208: A Mistake

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

Rentato, Hexagram Station.

Seven in the morning, Lucien, dressing formally, got off the train in the cold wind.

After receiving the invitation, he hurriedly verified the credibility of the letter with the school and then took the very next train to arrive in Rentato.

Getting on the coach he hired, Lucien’s hands warmed up a little. After telling the coachman where he was heading for, Lucien’s heart was still beating quite fast.

After a while, hearing the wheels rolling, he gradually calmed down, and the tone of the invitation started to bother him slightly. In Lucien’s mind, if the people from the Will of Element and the academy really appreciated the great value of his second paper, his treatment should be better than that. However, if they did not understand the importance of the periodic table of elements, why would they even bother sending the invitation…?

An hour and a half later, the coach stopped in front of Rose Garden. On its left side, the beautiful Swan Lake was covered by a thin layer of ice. Snowflakes were coming down from the sky.

Two blond young knights were safeguarding the gate, looking rather serious.

But Lucien could tell that they were not real knights, as they used the potion, and that was why they were willing to serve the Will of Elements.

In the field of magic potion making, the schools of Element, Alchemy and Necromancy were the best.

”Morning, sir. Can we take a look at your invitation and arcana badge?” asked a knight politely.

Lucien nodded and showed them to him.

After using a mirror-like magic item and carefully verifying the badge and the invitation, the knight slightly bowed to Lucien, ”Welcome, Mr. Lucien Evans. The meeting will be starting soon, and all the guests are in the main hall.”

The other knight turned around and opened the gate.

Seeing that everything went on well, Lucien was a bit relieved. So, he followed the garden path patiently and then pushed open the grand gate of the house.

In the hall, people were talking to each other in low voices, and there was neither music nor quarrel. The arcanists were exchanging their studies politely, and many were lost in the world of knowledge.

Around two hundred and ten arcanists were invited today, and among them, they were mostly middle-rank arcanists, but there were also some accomplished junior-ranks as well.

All the chairs and tables were surrounding an elevated platform. Above the platform, there was a magic circle for amplifying the speaker’s voice, and there was a waist-high rostrum in the front of the platform.

Not many noticed that a new arcanist just entered the hall, but when more and more of them realized that they had never seen Lucien before, they started staring at him.

Lazar, at this time, was standing in the corner of the hall, feeling relieved that the long-prepared meeting was finally about to begin, and when he saw Lucien showed up here, he was more than surprised.

He hurriedly threaded through the crowd and grabbed Lucien’s arm, ”What are you doing here?” Lazar asked him in a low voice. After all, this was the annual meeting of the school of Element and Alchemy, and Lucien was not even a member of them!

When Lucien was feeling slightly nervous seeing all those strangers in the hall, Lazar’s appearance comforted him.

”I’m attending the meeting…” Lucien quickly waved the invitation in his hand in front of Lazar, ”You sent this to me?”

”Wait… You’ve got an invitation?!” Lazar hurriedly took over the invitation from Lucien and checked it. As he frowned, Lazar murmured, ”What have you done when I was absent? Is this because of your letter asking me to remeasure some of the elements? I did, and they were indeed not correct!”

When Lucien was about to say something, a young lady’s voice came from the magic amplifier, ”Excuse me, has Mr. Lucien Evans arrived? Please come over to the gate. Mr. Larry is looking for you.”

All the arcanists stopped their conversations and looked around curiously, wondering who was this Lucien Evans.

”Rebecca! Mr. Evans’s here!” Hearing his friend’s name, Lazar answered proudly and loudly. Then he pulled Lucien’s arm and walked toward the gate.

Many arcanists made way for Lucien, and in their mind, they wondered why such a young arcanist was invited to this important meeting.

There were three man and one woman standing close to the gate. The green-eyed lady was wearing a red long dress, looking rather pretty, but also a bit exhausted from arranging the meeting. A thirty-something, round-faced man was talking to her.

”Mr. Larry, Mr. Evans’s here.” Lazar bowed to the round-faced man politely.

When Lucien was about to put on a smile, Larry put on a confused look and asked, ”Who are you?”

His voice was not high but deep, and his question was heard by many arcanists. More and more arcanists turned around and looked in that direction.

Larry waved his hands a bit, ”…I’m sorry, sir. I mean… I’m looking for my student, Lucien Evans… ummm, Lucien Evans K.”