Act XXXVIII. Thesis with cats
In the evening, Reiner sat in his room, dipped his quill in ink, and wrote the title of his thesis on the parchment spread out in front of him.
"Analysis of the properties and compounds of two new elements obtained by electrolysis of water, "Ocles" and "Hydra", and several conjectures on the theory of combustion.
Originally, he was still thinking about whether to make the title more euphemistic, but then he simply followed the common format, and since he had to throw out these conclusions, it was better to start with the title to attract attention.
Subsequently, Reiner began to write the abstract in the usual format.
"Experiments were carried out on water by electrolysis, from which two gases with unique properties were electrolyzed, one of which was capable of promoting combustion and reacted with a variety of combustibles to produce a compound named 'Ocles', and the other was extremely flammable and reacted with the combustion of 'Ocles' to produce water, which was named 'Hydra'......
After writing the abstract briefly, Reiner's remaining work was to put the experimental notes that Charlotte had helped organize into the paper step by step.
The candles flickered, and before I knew it, the Crescent Academy, which had been a bit noisy, had fallen silent, the primrose moon (March) had come to an end, and as summer approached, the night had gradually become muggy, and the open windows blew a breeze that made the edges of the parchment tremble slightly.
Reiner wrote hard, and the words that had been brewed in his mind flowed down like a waterfall, turning into one word after another and imprinted on the parchment.
In the process of his writing, Reiner's heart lake is also quietly changing.
A little ripple rose on the originally calm lake, followed by a fierce storm, in which the thunder and lightning flashed and hit the very center of the lake!
The raging waters of the lake were swept under the power of thunder and lightning, and the excessive amount of energy was transmitted through the water, even causing the collapse of some kind of stable structure.
In the water, two gases are quietly formed.
One of the gases caused a fire in the thunder and lightning, and the arc of electricity was like a dragon in the humid air, and in the next moment, a blazing flame ignited around the entire lake, and the orange light shone on the dark storm like the light of life.
The other gas soared up, containing an even more terrifying power, but undiscovered, quiet, light, yet imminent, forming a canopy of thunder and lightness.
Finally, the storm that washed the world gradually stopped, the clouds cleared, and a rainbow appeared over the lake.
Around the lake, the unquenchable flame turned into a sacred flame that burned silently, while in the sky, a sun rose and shone on the earth.
Although the water in the lake has not increased much, it is clearly perceptible that the purity of the water has risen by a notch, due to the fact that Reiner's understanding of water as a substance has risen by another level.
The tranquil lake, the burning flame, the vast earth, the endless gusts of wind, the four elements turned into entities, formed in Reiner's heart lake, which is a sign that the irregular magic has gradually settled down, and at this moment, Reiner is only one ring away from the official mage inscribed the next ring of spell models in the heart lake.
After writing the final thanks, Reiner stopped writing, everything in the heart lake did not directly affect his body, Reiner simply felt refreshed, even if it was late at night, he was not sleepy at all.
After sorting out the paper, he plans to send it out in a few days, hoping to get a higher evaluation this time.
Standing up, Reiner found that at some point, there was already a tiger-striped kitten in his room.
The cat probably slipped in through the window, nibbled on Reiner's supper, a small half of roast chicken, and then slept soundly on Reiner's pillow in a lazy position.
"You're naughty."
Reiner didn't pursue it, reaching out and caressing the kitten's head, scratching the back of the cat's neck as he had seen it before.
"Whew-"
The kitten woke up, opened its mouth and barked, glanced at Reiner, and closed its eyes again, not caring for the original owner of the room.
With Reiner's petting behavior, the kitten also quickly purred and snored, and the little tail waved and seemed to enjoy it quite a bit.
After a moment of comfort, the kitten seemed to realize something, got up, lay on the bed and stretched, and then deftly jumped off the bed, jumped up on the window edge, and disappeared with a smoke.
"It always feels like this cat is the master here."
Reiner muttered to himself, cleaned up the kitten's messy plate a little, and lay down on the bed.
He picked up the newspaper on his bedside table, which was the Daily Priest, the third issue of The Lonely Gourmet.
According to Oriana's feedback, this serialization is quite popular, and even brought many young female admirers to the character prototype Baron Goode, this kind of middle-aged uncle with gentlemanly demeanor and full of interest in life has simply poked at the pain points of many young girls.
As a result, the original author, Charles, has received the favor of many publishers, inviting him to publish the collected volume "The Lonely Gourmet" at home.
As for "Daily Priest", it has gradually regained its former status because of this serialization, and after experiencing the purely eye-catching headlines of those newspapers, people soon found that they still had to read "Daily Priest" if they wanted to know the full news, and the newspaper's market share began to recover rapidly.
Reiner's copy was not only the newspaper featured in the third issue of "The Lonely Gourmet", but also in the corner of the front page.
"Recently, Crescent Coke launched a new campaign, on the first day of next month on the sale of Coke, you can exchange the label on the bottle to the merchant for a beautiful card, the card is the portrait of the famous ancient mage, according to the investigation of this reporter, the number of such cards is large, if collected, then the manufacturer of Crescent Coke will give the collector a mysterious card......"
Yes, the cards of the archmage made by Reiner and Xia Luo are about to be officially released, in the past two weeks, they have printed the cards of twenty mages as the first batch, and at the same time the frequency of these cards has been adjusted, as for the mysterious cards in the news, Reiner and Xia Luo have not considered it, anyway, no one will be able to collect them for a while.
"Hopefully this strategy will work."
Reiner is not absolutely sure in his heart, the Coke produced by the Atelier Piram in the past week has obviously adopted Antoine's alchemy circle, relying on the powerful retail store, and gradually selling around Priest, so that more people know about the existence of Coke.
On the other hand, Reiner has asked Antoine to gather all the information that is enough to report Piram's theft, and is ready to wait for the right time to detonate this time bomb in one fell swoop.