212 Reevaluation (1/2)
Chapter 212: Reevaluation
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
”I believe that nothing in this world is of periodic pattern for no reason. Why stars follow certain tracks all the time? The answer is gravity. Then what’s the answer for the elements?”
Lucien’s deep and serious voice lingered in the hall, and his question directly hit every arcanist’s heart. Yes, the never-ending pursuit of truth and the endless curiosity of asking why was the major drive of the development of arcana!
Lucien did not go too deep with this topic. Before the arcanists could respond to his question, Lucien put on a gentle, humble smile, ”Of course, as a beginner who just started his exploration in arcana and the contemporary magic system, in most cases, I can only ask questions, not having enough knowledge to answer them. I hope that my questions can be helpful to all arcanists who are striving to move forward in this area.”
Any shifts happening in one’s knowledge and understanding of the world should proceed step by step. The last thing Lucien wanted to see at this point was the members of the Will of Elements having their heads exploded in front of him on the conference, simply because his speech was too shocking for them to handle.
Lucien was even a bit amused by the thought that he might be able to beat his future enemies by simply giving them a speech.
Raventi started applauding first, bad-tempered as he often was, this time he said to Lucien nicely, ”Very rarely, I see a not stupid question here. Evans, although your speech isn’t long, it’s the most valuable one on today’s conference, and this might turn into a new research direction in the school of Element.”
Following Raventi, all the arcanists present started applauding excitedly, as this conference was totally a surprise to them!
”All right Evans. I have to go now. I’m gonna check my collection of ores, and hopefully I can provide your periodic table of elements with more support,” said Raventi to Lucien, and then he took back his alchemical lab and hurriedly left the hall.
Within five minutes, following Raventi, Gaston, Overee, Timothy, and Larry, almost all the arcanists left the hall to start their experiments, for no one wanted to miss the great opportunity to be remembered by history.
Lazar walked to Lucien and said with emotion, ”The major reason why those senior-rank arcanists can have great achievements should be their passion and dedication towards arcana and magic.”
Lucien smiled and nodded, ”One doesn’t have to be super smart, but he has to be diligent.”
Some junior-rank sorcerers, including Rebecca, were still here, and were looking at Lucien from afar with curiosity and admiration. However, they did not have the courage to talk to him.
”Congratulations, my friend.” Lazar hugged Lucien sincerely, ”I can see a future Holm Crown prize winner standing in front of me.”
Lucien patted Lazar on the shoulder for encouragement, and then he asked, ”By the way, Lazar, do you know if there is any lab here?”
”What do you mean…?” asked Lazar confusedly.
”I’m looking for a lab to continue my studies. I’ve bought quite a bit of ores.” Lucien rubbed his chin.
”What a monster… You’re surely like those senior-rank arcanists.” Lazar was a bit speechless, but he still told Lucien where the spare labs were.
When Lucien left, Lazar murmured to himself, ”Lucien… I was about to celebrate with him a bit tonight. This kind of guy would never be popular among girls!”
”Hey, Lazar, can you tell us some stories about Mr. Evans?”
Turning around, Lazar found that Rebecca and a couple of pretty girls were standing behind him and waiting for more information about his charming and talented friend, with their faces slightly flushed.
”Oh jerk…” Lazar could not help swearing.
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When the news arrived to Rogerio, he was pissed off, ”What am I doing here?!”
He had spent so much time on watching Lucien but didn't find a single clue suggesting the possible relationship between him and some important middle-level leader of the Will of Elements, but now, Lucien was definitely under their protection!
More importantly, just by playing with those cards, this young arcanist worked out such an influential paper, and Rogerio had the feeling that this finding would lead to the fast development of the Will of Element.
At this point, Rogerio did not really care whether people would doubt his measurement of Termirick because of Lucien’s finding.
After closing his eyes to calm down for a while, Rogerio opened them again and sighed, ”What an arcana genius… But this makes sense, or Professor would not have this young man to be his student.”
Then he turned around, ”Adol, you don’t have to follow Evans anymore. He might be soon getting some attention from the grand arcanists from time to time, and if they found you, we’d be in trouble. You know, Hathaway doesn’t like what we’re doing.”
Adol made some noise as if he was giggling, ”Glad to hear that. After all, it’s quite boring following a little boy around.”
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It was still early in the morning when Lucien arrived at the main hall on the second day. He did not get much sleep last night, and neither did many other arcanists who were already in there.
”Any findings, Lucien?” As soon as he showed up, Lazar hurriedly asked.
”Not really…” Lucien shook his head, ”I’m not there yet. My power isn’t enough to allow me to do many researches within a night.”
”I’m the same…” Another arcanist joined their conversation.
After a while, Gaston, Overee, Larry and Timothy all arrived, and then the arcanists found their seats and sat down.
Despite the fact that Leandro really did not want to do this, he still added a seat in the second row for Lucien.
After a long wait, the seats belonging to Raventi and Ulysses were still empty.
Many arcanists looked back at the hall gate from time to time, looking a bit irritated.
”Mr. Raventi and Ulysses might have stayed up too late with their experiments last night.” Gaston stood up, trying to comfort the people, ”Maybe we can send someone to find them…”