528 Manifestation of Influences (2/2)

After seeking his revenge and settling his life, he had a plan of reestablishing a family and was now dating a middle-aged lady who studied magic.

After he left the magic tower, Lucien went to the Atom Institution, intending to continue the analysis on 'Magic Order', the eighth-circle magic, after a brief visit, so that his magic strength could be adapted to his cognitive world sooner.

Hardly had he entered his office when Lucien saw Annick, Sprint, Katrina and other students waiting for him, each holding one copy of Arcana.

”Katrina, Layria, has your paper on superconductivity been published?” Lucien thought that it was the reason for their excitement. After all, they had never published any paper on Arcana before.

Katrina said with a delightful smile, ”Yes, it has, master. It's on the third page of Arcana of this issue.”

”Also, many sorcerers of electromagnetics wrote letters to us. Some even visited us in person.” Layria was also very happy. She was flattered by such treatment.

Lucien checked the arcana badge of the two girls. Realizing that they had been successfully upgraded to level four, he nodded his head in approval, ”You will have to continue on the work. Right, is there anything else?”

Sprint, the most impatient of all, opened Arcana and said, ”Master, take a look at the paper on page one. His Excellency Oliver has proposed a solution to the problems in Mr. President's light speed experiment. He has offered a transformation formula on the length reduction of materials in the motion against Ether.”

”A solution?” It was not until then that Lucien realized that they were excited about Oliver's paper. Therefore, he took over the journal and browsed through it, checking if it was in accordance with their previous discussion.

His students looked at Lucien expectantly and solemnly, hoping that he could point out the problems of the paper. They were frustrated, however, because Lucien closed the journal calmly after skimming through the article.

”Master?” Heidi couldn't help but ask.

Lucien raised his eyebrow. ”What's up?”

”Do you have any… thoughts?” After a brief hesitation, Heidi asked straightly.

Shaking the journal in his hands, Lucien asked back, ”What thoughts do I need?”

After a brief silence, Sprint said anxiously, ”Master, this is an explanation on Mr. President's light speed experiment with Ether! It's a strike on the particle theory! Now, all the sorcerers in Allyn who support the particle theory are waiting for the opinions of Mr. President, His Excellency the Lord of Storm, Her Excellency Hathaway and you.”

After he broke the silence, other people immediately chimed in.

”The supporters of the wave theory are cocky again. They've found a new weapon!” Said Heidi in dissatisfaction.

”Master, did you find any flaws in this paper?” Annick asked cautiously.

”I feel something is wrong with the paper, but I can't tell what it is.” Chelly rubbed her hair.

”It seems to be only an assumption…” Katrina and Layria said simultaneously.

Because their teacher had proposed the light quantum hypothesis, and they belonged to the elemental school, they were all supporters of the particle theory.

But after they wrangled for a long time, Sprint and his lot discovered that Lucien was as tranquil as before, as if the paper they read was just an illusion.

Heidi asked in confusion, ”Master, are you not mad? Do you not want to refute them?”

”Why would I be angry?” Pointing at the journal, Lucien smiled, ”I just checked it. His Excellency Oliver has only proposed a theoretical explanation that is still an assumption. It only suggests that things can be like this but cannot explain why things are like this. Also, it hasn't been proved by any experiment or phenomenon yet. Why should I be angry?”

Heidi patted her chest in relief and said, ”That explains a lot. I thought you betrayed the particle theory, master.”

The other students looked more or less the same.

Lucien looked at them and said solemnly, ”When did I say that I support the particle theory?”

Huh? Heidi, Sprint, Chelly, Katrina's jaws almost hit the ground. Even Annick and Layria, who were usually calm, were stunned, too. Weren't you the one who came up with the light quantum hypothesis?

”Until the interference and diffraction can be explained from the perspective of particles, my opinion on the particle theory and the wave theory is the same. They are both flawed and cannot explain the nature of light.” Lucien took the opportunity to inculcate his ideas into his students.

Dazed, the few young men did not know what to say.

At this moment, Lucien's monocle became hot. Somebody was reaching out to him.

”Lucien?” a loud voice echoed. ”Have you read today's 'Arcana'? What's your take?”

After hearing that, Lucien suddenly smiled. No matter how many prizes he won and how many revolutionary theories he came up with in the past, he was never considered a real authority compared with the renowned specialists such as Raventi or Gaston, but only a genius who had earned something through inspiration. Therefore, when there was any problem that they wanted to discuss, they would never talk to him first. However, after the 'new alchemy' was submitted and he had a complete system that belonged to himself, everything had changed subtly.

One's influences in most cases were best manifested in other people's subconscious reaction.