Act 201. Each has its own faults
"How's yesterday's dinner?"
The next day, it wasn't until noon that Igor came to Reiner's side and continued to inquire about his lace news.
"It's hard to ...... words"
Reiner looked at the lamb stew in the bowl and remembered the fear of yesterday, dominated by that bowl of Stanrian beetroot soup.
"While the other dishes tasted good, one of them was so horrible that I honestly felt a miracle that I lived to see the sun today."
He exaggerated, causing Igor's eyes to widen.
"Sure enough, I've heard before that although Director Percival's wife is very beautiful and virtuous, she often has accidents when it comes to cooking, especially when it comes to making new dishes."
Igor explained, he dipped the bread in his hand in the gravy from the plate and put it in his mouth.
"When the agency was first founded, we were invited by Director Percival to visit his house, and at that time, her wife also made a new dish, oh, it was really hard to remember, and for a moment, I even thought that a powerful curse had been applied to that dish!"
He said with that palpitating expression on his face, as if everything in the past was vivid.
"However, Director Percival is very doting on his wife, even if the cooking is terrible, he will eat it without leaking, as for their daughter, it seems that they have inherited their mother's strong sense of taste, and they don't care about those strange tastes at all."
Hearing Igor's explanation, Reiner suddenly realized, no wonder yesterday's scene made him feel that his sense of taste was out of order, it turned out that among the four people present at the time, only Reiner was a normal person!
"Director Percival was born in an ordinary magic family, and it seems that his grades in school were only at the upper middle level, and it is really lucky to be able to marry Miss Lysa, who is the daughter of the vice principal of the Asterl High School of Magic, it seems that it was also during that time that Director Percival's magical strength continued to improve, and finally reached today's level."
Igor said with some envy, he is still single so far, let alone a wife, not even a girlfriend, Igor often laughs at himself like a lonely old dog, but Reiner did not tell him, in fact, most stray dogs can find a partner.
"He did say yesterday that Madame Lyza's father was a professor at the school, but he didn't expect it to be the vice principal."
Reiner took a bite of the lamb, which had been stewed to a very soft tenderness, without any hint of mutton, and the flavor of spices penetrated into every inch of the meat, bringing an extremely rich taste enjoyment.
"Although I say envy and envy on my lips, I am really envious in my heart."
Igor sighed as his somewhat hunchbacked colleague Safros arrived at the diner, but instead of fetching food, he took out a square tin box from his pocket that had lost some metallic luster.
Reiner saw him open the tin box, and there were slices of shriveled bread and a stew that didn't look like a taste, but Safros picked up the bread and ate it with gusto.
Obviously there is free food in the restaurant, but he still insists on eating what he brought?
Noticing Reiner's doubts, Igor followed his gaze and saw Safros's strange behavior.
"Oh, he's always been like this."
Whispering, Igor used his pervasive gossip ability at this time.
"Safros is not very familiar with us people, he is more maverick, it is said that before, he was one of the editors of an academic journal, but because he did not get along well with his colleagues, so he has been ostracized, and this time he entered the paper review committee, which can be regarded as an escape from the past environment."
"You know ...... again"
Reiner shed a cold sweat, where did Igor get all this gossip from?
"He seems to have been working on his own research project, the one you've seen with a lot of cards, and I don't know what it is, it doesn't seem to be a useful thing anyway."
Igor added, then put the last piece of bread in his mouth and chewed it slowly.
Reiner glanced at Safros, who was eating the food he had brought with a blank face, and didn't ask any more questions.
He only thinks that the people on this paper review committee are really some strange guys.
......
For the next two days, Reiner continued to work at his normal time, and his responsibilities were simple, as Director Percival said, that is, the easy task of integrating the paper review opinions of the various reviewers, Reiner was able to complete the day's work in just one morning a day.
According to Igor, after the work is done, the rest of the time is free to spend, as long as there is someone in the manor at any time.
Naturally, Reiner spends his time studying, and there is a library in the manor, although the number of books in it is not as large as that of a regular library, but there are all kinds of books about the magic of various factions, and Reiner just uses it as a reference.
He had already engraved the Second Ring Magic Burst Technique in the Heart Lake, and at the same time, the construction of the Third Ring Spell had been basically proficient after many contacts, as long as he found the right time, he could try to engrave a Three-Ring Spell into the Heart Lake and touch the ceiling of the low-level mage.
However, the choice of this spell bothered Reiner a little.
Originally, he could follow the previous train of thought and continue to upgrade the Flame Burst to the Three Rings, if memory serves, there is a Pluto's Flame Burst in the Three Rings, which is an improved version of the standard Flame Burst in the Second Ring, which optimizes the casting efficiency and increases the destructive power.
But after reading some books about combat, Reiner changed his mind.
Spells engraved in the Heart Lake can be released immediately without chanting and preparation time, which is very convenient, for example, if the Second Ring Flame Burst is not engraved into the Heart Lake, then the shortest time to release this spell from scratch is 5.68 seconds, which is still the record set by the legendary mage Carl Davy, who is good at fighting, when he was in the Seven Rings.
But if it is engraved into the heart lake, it will not take more than a second from activation to release, and in the rapidly changing battle, such a gap is significant.
If Reiner continues to inscribe the Flame Burst Technique, then there is only one spell left in his hand that can be quickly released, which is not advantageous from all angles, at least, Reiner needs to add another means of attack.
Before, Reiner felt that he might not necessarily be exposed to combat for a while, but after the bloody wedding of the Elbiore family, Reiner had a vague premonition that he might face a challenge in the near future, although he had predicted using astrological spells, but because Reiner received too much feedback from the world, the road ahead was foggy.
Reiner has never believed in fate, but in a world full of mysterious powers, it's better to be careful.
So, after much thought, Reiner made a bold decision.
Relying on his abundant magic power and mastery of spell models, Reiner read all kinds of information, and finally, decided to create his own three-ring attack spell and engrave it in his heart.