342 The Reply (1/2)

Chapter 342: The Reply

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

The sunlight at noon was warm and bright. The study was all covered in a layer of gold. Both Douglas and Lucien had left the office. Right now, Fernando was sitting in the armchair by himself quietly.

Earlier the two grand arcanists had discussed how Lucien should submit and publish this paper. They decided to publish a few more papers first on the next month's Arcana about how the grand arcanists tried to explore the law behind the formula but all failed, so that they could prepare them for the next upcoming shock from Lucien's paper.

They were not trying to make the arcanists accept Lucien's theory right away. After all, this was still an assumption. By reading the articles, the two arcanists were trying to infuse the idea into the rest of the arcanists' brain gradually and slowly. That was why they kept mentioning the word ”assumption”.

”Shocking… Queer… Subversive…” Fernando murmured. These words were all his comments on Lucien's theory. Then he put on a mysterious smile and said, ”I wonder who can first come up with the shocking conclusion from the first half part of the paper… Hathaway, or Brook?”

Hathaway was the founder of atomic theory, so she was more of a supporter of Douglas' particle theory, which made her the one who was most likely to get the same conclusion. The rest of the four grand arcanists were the typical proponents of wave theory, and among them Brook was the most loyal one. However, Brook was the most profound and powerful grand arcanists among the five.

”Let me guess… Who's gonna be the first one to visit me?” said Fernando rather casually.

As he was saying that, Fernando's eyes glanced at the mirror in the corner of the study. In the mirror, there stood an elderly man in a bright red robe. His black and white hair mixed, however, there was way more white than black.

The smile faded on Fernando's face. He raised his right hand, slightly touched his hair, and released a sigh. Taking out an old notebook from the drawer, he turned it to the last few pages and then started to write down the words:

”July 6th. Sunny. A bit windy. All of a sudden, I feel old.”

Putting down the quill, Fernando looked out of the window, and the bright sunlight made him squint slightly.

...

Lucien had got back to his place.

Leo saw the difference on Lucien's face, but he did not say anything, while Sprint who just finished his study asked curiously, ”Mr. Evans, you don't look so good. Did Mr. Fernando give you a hard time today?”

Sprint did not ask directly if the Lord of Storm yelled at Mr. Evans.

”I don't look good?” Lucien was a bit confused. However, when Lucien looked at himself in the crystal statue, he saw his face as pale as a piece of paper, as if he had just climbed out of the tomb.

Lucien did not expect that the power of a legendary archmage would be this horrible.

”Yes… Those were very tough questions.” Lucien put on a smile, ”Questions related to the peace of the whole world.”

The corner of Sprint's lips twitched, ”Are you joking, Mr. Evans? Was the Lord of Storm trying to destroy the world and you stopped him?”

”No… it was the opposite. I was trying to destroy the world, but Mr. Fernando stopped me.” Although Lucien's face was pale, he was in a pretty good mood, since he just successfully presented the terrifying assumption to his own teacher without exploding his teacher's head.

Sprint was not good at playing jokes. He looked up at the ceiling and said, ”Mr. Evans, it's time for lunch…”

Seeing the same steak dish on the dining table, Lucien rubbed his forehead. It was time for the cook to come up with some new dishes.

At this time, Katrina, led by the servant, walked in. A big smile was on her good-looking face.

”Mr. Evans! The result from our application for Atom Institution is available now!” Katrina waved the document in her hand and said aloud.

”It's been only a few days…” Lucien was very surprised.

In most cases, the examination should take more than two weeks.

”Your application has the signature of the grand arcanist on it! Of course they wouldn't delay it.” Katrina said excitedly, ”Mr. Evans, open it and let's see the result!”