419 Divergence (2/2)

It sounded like that Barek came from a small noble family. Although he had no title of nobility, he was still a representative of those board members who were close to the nobles. After being introduced to the liberal group by Prince Patrick, Lucien had expanded his social networks.

”Evans, the electrons you discovered are very helpful in the electromagnetic field. A lot of theories now have a deeper meaning.” It seemed like Barek did not know how to interact with people. He went straight to arcana topics.

Lucien did not want to waste time on saying preliminaries anyway, so he started talking with Barek about the possible situations of the study in the electromagnetic field. Lillian and Issac decided to remain silent and just listen to their conversation on the side.

”Evans, have you heard of the experiment conducted by president Douglas?” Barek suddenly mentioned an experiment.

Lucien shook his head in confusion. ”You know, I spent most of my time lately analyzing spells and improving myself, so I had no idea what happened recently.”

”President Douglas designed an experiment, trying to validate that there is no relative movement against ether and the speed of light is the same in all direction.” Barek was speaking in a calm tone. It did not even sound like that he was talking about a trending hot topic.

Lucien finally understood what happened. Without other things interrupting, Douglas eventually completed the experiment he mentioned in the letter and confirmed that ether did not exist. Without the ether, there was no way that light could arrive at the ground if light had been waves, and the world should be completely dark.

He denied the wave theory of light from an opposite approach.

”Evans, what do you think of this experiment?” Barek's blonde eyes suddenly turned bright and his expression became even more serious. It seemed like Lucien's answer would decide if they could become friends or not.

Lucien struggled in his mind after seeing his expression. He did not expect the wave theory supports and the particle theory supports to hate each other so much.

Recalling in the magic school that the Electromagnetic faculties supported the wave theory and The Elements faculties supported the particle theory was the main reason for their conflicts, Lucien had a deeper understanding of this principle contradiction which persisted throughout the history of magic.

When they open their eyes for the first time, people could feel the light. By comparing the day time to the night time, the ancient human beings admired the light. They thought light represented life and divinity. Ever since magic was born, sorcerers never stopped exploring the truth of the light. After they found that light was similar to spiritual power, the study of light became one of the eternal topics in the field.

Compared to theories like the Energy Essentialism supported by Viscount Roland, the Atom Foundation Theory of the Element School, and the Theory of Life Force of the Necromancy School, the Particle Theory led by Douglas and the Wave Theory led by Brook were the two major theories that involved all sorcerers of the Congress. They were also the main conflict in research.

If the board were to be turned into a church, then aside from a few people who sat on the fence, the wave supporters and particle supporters would definitely condemn each other as ”heretics”!

In this environment, mentioning the wave-particle dualism would not be a compromise. Instead, it would just become a new heresy and was likely to be attacked by supporters of both theories.

Lucien thought for a while and smiled. ”Based on your description, Mr. Barek, it seems like the experiment is based on the current Astronomical Revolution System, which hasn't been validated by the discovery of a planet yet.”

Lucien repeated the same words he used to answer his teacher Fernando.

”That's reasonable.” Barek's expression loosened. It almost felt like that as long as Lucien did not support the Particle Theory and Douglas's experiment, they could be friends.

At this moment, all Duke James's guests had arrived, so he clapped and made sure that everyone was looking at the mansion. Sorcerer Lillian walked to the entrance and smiled. ”Everyone, with electricity, the magic crystal lights no longer need to be turned on by with spiritual power. Even the most untalented noble will be able to use them like using quills. Actually, it can be even easier. For example, I just need a single tap and the light in the whole mansion will be turned on.”

To make sure that Duke James could show off, Barek made a temporary master switch outside.

”Great, let's put out the campfire first.” James was satisfied that the gentlemen and the ladies were all staring at the mansion curiously. He waved his hands to put out the campfire.

Lillian pressed the switch hard intentionally in the darkness.

*PA*

After a soft noise, all the magic crystal lights in the mansion were turned on.

The bright light tore the dark apart and expelled the fear. The place was full of a ”divine” feeling. It was like the morning light driving away the night!

It was a big step in human's history!