663 Open Class (1/2)

On the last Friday of April in 827, the thirty-first floor of the Allyn magic tower was crowded with noisy people.

”This is probably the place with the highest density of official sorcerers…” In the crowd, Heidi spoke to her friends, including Katrina and Annick, jokingly.

Lucien 'Atom Controller' Evans was about to have an open class about the microscopic world this morning. Most of the sorcerers had been captivated and searched for every opportunity to attend it. As a result, the leadership of the Holt Magic College had to issue a restraint: the teachers and students of the college were free to choose whether or not to attend it, but for the external sorcerers, it all depended on the time of their application whether or not they had the privilege to attend it whatever rank they were at.

Sprint frowned at Heidi. ”Why did you drag us here? If you have any questions, you can ask our teacher in private.”

Heidi chuckled. ”It's been a long time since we saw our teacher on the podium. How could we miss the opportunity?”

With her as the example, most of the arcanists in the Atom Institution had a part-time job in the Holt Magic College, returning the 'privileges' they enjoyed from their teacher to society.

”That's right. How I miss the carefree life when I studied in the magic school.” Layria followed Heidi into the classroom.

Prospell, the tower guard, had temporarily turned on a space-folding magic circle, allowing the classroom to accommodate thousands of people.

Unable to consider questions in such an environment, Annick defended Heidi's sudden idea. ”It's indeed a rare opportunity. Our teacher wouldn't hold the lecture systematically from the beginning on other occasions. This will help us pick up what we missed and what we were wrong about. Look. Mr. Gaston, Ms. Isabella, Mr. Larry, Mr. Dieppe, Mr. K, Mr. Samantha and Ms. Rachel… They're all here.”

He intended to speak the names of all the sorcerers he knew, but he soon discovered that it was even more troublesome than the studies of the microscopic world.

”Yes, exactly. What Annick said is my key point.” Heidi borrowed Annick's theory unashamed and led everybody to their spots.

Katrina took a breath. ”What is our teacher going to lecture on today?”

Even Layria and she were almost dazzled by the development in the microscopic world today and had to work very hard to keep up with the trend. Had it not been for the solid mathematical foundation that Lucien laid for them, they would've been left behind by the best arcanists in the microscopic domain.

”This is an open class towards all teachers and students. Mr. Evans certainly won't dive too deeply. It will probably be an overall analysis for everybody's understanding.” Alfalia had made remarkable progress after staying in the Atom Institution for four years, but she was still rather ignorant about the microworld and needed such a general review to help herself understand it.

Sprint, on the other hand, said hopefully. ”Will our teacher propose a new theory that answers why the microscopic particles have uncertainties?”

”Probably not… That's the greatest puzzle in the microscopic domain and perhaps represents the truth of the world.” Annick shook his head. ”According to the idea that our teacher persisted in, probabilities and uncertainties are the intrinsic qualities of the microscopic particles, not the unavoidable interferences caused by observation. So, if we find why the microscopic particles have such intrinsic qualities, it will mean that we have a full understanding about the microscopic domain.”

Heidi sniffed. ”Our teacher's explanation is at loggerheads with determinism. No wonder the arcanists of the school of astrology such as Isabella and Samantha have come.”

In everybody's whispers, Thompson, the vice principal of the Holt Magic College and a member of the Affair Committee, walked in. Pushing the gold-edged glasses on his nose, he said, ”Silence.”

Under the assistance of the broadcast rune array, the crowded classroom immediately fell quiet.

”The rest of the time will be given to Mr. Lucien Evans, who will interpret the mysteries of the microworld for us.” Knowing that he would be barraged with any further ado, he finished the introduction quickly.

Then, Lucien, in a double-breasted suit and wearing a bow-tie of the same color, walked in from a side door. He dropped the top hat on the desk.

”Everybody's time is precious. Let's get down to our business right now. The studies on the microworld dated back to the War between Wave and Particle about light. That's how we began to understand the specialty of the microscopic particles…” Lucien peacefully began with the classic wave experiment of the light and continued with the confirmation of the particle nature of light.

It was the information that the sorcerers were very familiar with. They understood it very well and soon submerged in Lucien's pace.