334 Assistan (1/2)
Chapter 334: Assistant
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
Lucien finished his words. There was a total silence in the study.
Lucien knew that overthrowing Atom Theory, one of the fundamental theories in modern arcana system, was beyond crazy, and he was expecting Fernando's growl. However, the smile remained on his face, but Fernando did not make any comments yet.
Until Lucien felt the atmosphere making him slightly unable to breathe, the Lord of Storm slightly nodded, ”In fact, after you put forward the Periodic Table of Elements, I talked to Hathaway many times and we've reached the consensus: if we want to go deeper down into the field of elements and atoms, we have to abandon some of the ideas first, as they're probably not the truth, but they're restraining us from exploring further. Like what you mentioned, we also believed that the most fundamental existence should also be the simplest.”
”What…” Lucien did not expect that the two grand arcanists had already taken a big step in the micro-world. How came they were not afraid of the fact that their brain might explode because of such a cognition shift?
Recognizing the look on Lucien's face, Fernando put on his symbolic, sarcastic smile, ”Lucien, don't tell me that in your mind, we grand arcanists are just a bunch of fogeys who never want to accept new things and are reluctant to admit the mistakes we've made.”
Before Lucien managed to answer, Fernando continued as if he was just talking to himself, ”Standing at the top of the world, we're close to the nature of everything. However, we know that we've just discovered a few stars if the truth can be compared to the starry sky. We shall stay humble and determined. We shall be aware of things that should be abandoned. As long as we see problems, we can never just ignore them. Completely destroying a legendary archmage's cognition world isn't an easy thing. It has to be strong and fierce… totally out of expectation, or the worst scenario was just to add a limit for further progressing to the archmage. Of course, maybe what we've known is still too little. We haven't encountered anything like this so far that can shake everyone's understanding of the world.”
It seemed that what Fernando just said was a bit different from what Lucien knew.
”Meanwhile, legendary archmages' understanding of the world can never be easily shaken. Without solid, rigorous reasoning and profound exploring, most archmages would stick to their beliefs. It also took Hathaway and me a long time to reach the consensus.”
Lucien nodded thoughtfully. Fernando's words sounded a bit contradictory, but it was not. What Fernando was saying was about persistence and modesty.
Fernando concluded, ”There's a saying among every grand arcanist: 'sometimes, our past experience and knowledge can be our hindrance.'”
Lucien slightly released a sigh, and then put on a sincere smile, ”Then… since I'm not talking nonsense. Can you support me with setting up the institution?”
”Emmm… only one new point… maybe not enough. You have anything else to share?” grinned Fernando cunningly like an old fox. He wanted to see if Lucien still had more strange but creatives thoughts in his mind that could possibly inspire him.
”No.” Lucien shook his head in a determined way, ”That's why I'm applying for setting up an institution, sir.”
”Well… Let me put it this way. Before you reach the fifth circle, you work for me so I can tell if you can really accomplish anything with Atom Institution. You know, if I let you have a research group right away but you fail to find anything, you'd become a joke.” The fox-like smile on Fernando's face was still there.
Lucien knew what Fernando meant. He seriously nodded, ”I'll try my best.”
Before coming to senior rank, Lucien was confident that his knowledge if the field of math, element, and electromagnetism should be enough. Lucien's biggest problem was that he was still having a hard time combining his knowledge of astrology with celestial mechanics. Say, he still had not figured out how to understand these cursing and blessing spells.
As they had reached the agreement, Lucien asked, ”So… how can I improve this application then? I know it's too generous…”
”Why do you need to improve it?” Fernando made a surprised look, ”Your signature on it makes the application form look rather ambiguous and generous. But with Hathaway's and my signature, the application will appear to be very profound and provident.”
Lucien was speechless.
”Alright… Let's get back to the letters. Read them for me, one by one.” Fernando sat back in the armchair and closed his eyes as if he was meditating.
Although Lucien was not sure why Fernando did not want to directly read the letters himself, as he was not that type of people who always liked showing off, Lucien still picked up the first letter.
The handwriting on the letter was very beautiful and elegant. Lucien took a glance at the envelope and saw the name, Yaroran Hathaway Hoffenberg.
”This… this letter should be confidential…” Lucien was very hesitant.
”Hurry up,” Fernando urged.
Lucien nodded and started reading, ”Fernando, according to your suggestion, I have improved the design of the magic circle and now it can separate the substances even more specifically. This is the improved structure…”
As he was reading, Lucien was surprised and also a bit amused.