891 Ten Years Later (2/2)

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Ten years later, Rentato was warm and vigorous at the end of spring.

Fernando, still wearing his favorite red magic robe, ignored the knights and clerics in the city and soon reached the Roasted Fish Hotel.

”Old Green, you are still not dead!” he shouted the moment he entered the room.

Old Green narrowed his eyes and looked at him. ”I'll still be alive even after you are dead. Today's letters.”

He threw a thick pile of letters to Fernando.

Ten years ago, after the Sword of Truth was sent back by the Church along with two saints, the situation was stabilized. However, as time went by, since the Church was caught in an impasse with the coalition army in Aalto and Tria, and the legends of the Church were distracted by the legendary sea monsters in the Boundless Ocean, the nobles in Holm began to have second thoughts and did not work as hard anymore.

The new situation reached an apex two years ago when the Liege of Death fully recovered and killed a grand cardinal in a head-on clash. Later on, the nobles would turn a blind eye to those in magic robes on the street as long as they were not with clerics. Also, more and more of them were secretly working with sorcerers, hoping that the Church could be struck out and a balance among the nobles, the sorcerers, and the Church could be forged.

An invisible hand appeared before Fernando before grabbing the letters and tearing them open. As per his expectation, he found Hathaway's handwriting to be even more elegant now. On the letters were mathematical questions so complicated that even Fernando felt dazzled, having the illusion that he was not as good at mathematics as Hathaway.

Ten years might be too short to make a breakthrough in magic, but it was enough for a mathematical master with enough talents to rise!

”This girl is not too bad at mathematics,” Fernando remarked with his symbolic tone.

Green scorned. ”This is your 39th similar remark. Is it really so difficult to admit that her mathematical talents are better than yours?”

Fernando did not hear that, for he had already sat down and dwelt in the world of mathematics.

”She has such a profound understanding of fluxion, no, calculus… She made decisive contributions…” The more Fernando read, the more shocked he became.

He had been writing to Hathaway and offering mathematical guidance over the past ten years, but when it came to the most cutting-edge fluxion, she only asked the basic definitions. Fluxion had been renamed into calculus by Douglas. However, in one of today's letters, the knowledge on calculus that Hathaway gave was beyond his abilities, and he had to learn it first!

”When did she pick up calculus?”

Fernando thought suspiciously. He soon remembered something Douglas said, ”A young friend believes that calculus sounds better than fluxion, and she has made great contributions to the establishment of this system. So, let's name it as she says.”

At that time, he thought that Douglas was referring to Erica who dropped by a lot. He realized now that it had to be Hathaway. She had been writing to him as well as Douglas about mathematical knowledge!

Since when was she mathematically capable of co-establishing calculus with Douglas? Fernando grimaced, feeling that he had been left behind.

”Old man, Hathaway is still writing to Douglas?” Fernando raised his head and asked.

Old Green wiped the cup as usual and said casually, ”Of course, your mathematical abilities are nothing compared to Douglas'. She wouldn't have asked for your guidance if Douglas weren't in Allyn all the time.”

He certainly did not mind striking Fernando.

”Nonetheless, calculus has been completed years sooner than I thought. This will be the most dazzling achievement in the history of magic!” Fernando did not feel bitter but talked in excitement.

Old Green was stunned by how open-minded he was. He asked, ”The most dazzling achievement? Hehe. Who could've thought that one of the contributors is a little girl who is incapable of magic.”

He cared for Hathaway as a senior. Even though ten years had passed, Hathaway was still a little girl in his eyes.

”It seems that I need to treat her as an equal during our communication.” Fernando put the letters back, ready to study them further after he was back.

Old Green looked around. Seeing nobody here, he asked in a low voice, ”Are we taking action tonight?”

Fernando nodded solemnly before he said in slight discomfort, ”You… You'd better be careful.”

Having recovered his strength, the Liege of Death believed that it was high time that they occupied a major city with necessary infrastructure so that the defense he had been secretly worked on for decades could be established as soon as possible to resist God's Arrival. It had been ten years. Nobody knew how strong the pope was and how long it would take before he could perform God's Arrival. They could only make preparations as early as possible.

”Are you confident?” Old Green asked in concern.

Fernando nodded his head. ”Of course, because the nobles will be on our side!”