436 Progression (2/2)
He turned the magazine to the last page and read Artil's ”War Declaration” carefully. He shook his head, then stood up and walked to the window. Staring at the twisted magnetic filed, running electrical current, jumping electrical arcs, and the invisible electrical waves, he muttered,
”What is the problem with the lightspeed experiment?”
”The result is correct, but Ether might still exist. Maybe Ether is all over the sky in a way that we can't imagine.
”We should thank teacher for the experiment. It helped us filter out many thoughts we had about Ether. We are getting closer to the truth.
”In what way will the existence of Ether fit in the result of this experiment?” Brook immersed himself in thoughts.
Unless faced with irrefutable evidence, every Grand Arcanist extremely persistent in their theories.
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In the Theatre of Destruction.
Oliver Constantine was lying leisurely in a chair in his pajamas. His wife, Florencia, was feeding him grapes while he read Arcana.
”Heh, Artil is challenging us?” Oliver smiled and looked at Florencia.
Only about a dozen years after Brook became Douglas's student, Artil also became Douglas' student. He thus had a deep background and was familiar with every Grand Arcanist and legendary archmage.
Florencia raised her brow. ”Challenge? What challenge?” Her magazine was taken away by her husband after she just finished reading the first article by Douglas.
Oliver spoke after murmuring two lines of opera, ”he offered a reward for a theory that could explain the lightspeed experiment, but the theory must include the Ether.”
”Hehe, it's a good thing, isn't it?” Florencia had a charming smile on her face. As a high-level arcanist, she quickly understood the relationship between Douglas' artificial star and the lightspeed experiment. As a sorcerer specializing in Element, she supported the particle theory, which contradicted the wave theory that Oliver supported.
Oliver smiled. He raised his hand and squeezed Florencia's nose tip.
”Why? Are you going to argue with me again? Regarding the wave theory and the particle theory?”
”Of course, I think you can't explain the lightspeed experiment.” Florencia was very firm when it came to arcana theories.
”If I can explain it, you'll have to do one thing for me.” Oliver chuckled.
”No problem, if you can't explain it, you must do one thing for me too.” Florencia helped Oliver turn the theory argument into some fun bet between a couple. That was how they stayed peaceful when they had different opinions on various theories.
Olive straightened his back and smiled. ”I think I'm filled with motivation now!”
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Lauren, the winner of the Silver Moon Medal and authority in the Electromagnetics, stared at the journal in front of him gloomily.
”Damn Artil!” He shouted in a low voice.
He did not only support the Energy Essentialism but also promoted the wave theory. The two theories had no contradiction as the energy theory was about the materials, while the other one was about light and spiritual power. He even believed that wave was the only way to represent energy other than the materials.
”Damn Norman, damn Luciana, damn Lucien!” He dare not to say anything bad to Douglas and Fernando, but he cursed everyone else that was on Douglas' appreciation list.
He finished swearing and started to focus on the paper again. He paced around in the room and tried to find a way to explain everything.
Every arcanist who believed in the wave theory and who was above the mid-level was doing everything they could to find a way to explain the experiment after they calmed down.
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However, Lucien remained silent this time, which was rare as in everyone's eyes he loved to cause arguments and solve difficult problems. He did not make any valuable comment on the wave theory and the particle theory.
When the Congress of Magic was once again lost in a debate war between the wave theory supporters and the particle theory supporters, the second artificial star successfully revolved once around the world, and the third communication star entered its track secretly. The Allyn Telephone and Telegraph company was founded.
The theory war became more and more intense as the end of January approached, when Lucien received an invitation from Tower. Levski and Lucien would be awarded the Arcana Staff at the Tower's headquarter in Allyn.
The carriage carrying Lucien, Lazar, and several other people from the Atoms Laboratory stopped at the entrance, encountering Levski, who arrived at almost the same time.
”Good evening, Levski.” Lucien greeted Levski as he got off the carriage.
Levski had a bitter smile on his face.
”Not good at all. The new geometric system was hard to analyze and my friends were always arguing about the wave theory and the particle theory. I'm in dire need of some peaceful time.”
Lucien was also a bit speechless as he did not expect to hear about the debate war here.