Act 375. The daily life of the Rainbow Tower
The turmoil on the first day of the High Council quickly subsided, and for ordinary people, they had no access to the existence of a High Mage at all, and naturally they didn't know about Levin.
For his colleagues in the High Council, the fact that Levin was a member of the Chaos Serpent was surprising, but it was nothing more than that, but the news of Reiner's promotion to the High Order quickly spread among the High Mages, and people were very much looking forward to this genius who had been promoted to the High Order as the fastest in history, and some mages even believed that Reiner was currently the most promising mage to be promoted to Legend.
Coupled with the influence of Rainbow Tower's latest front-page feature, Ian Gray's Miracle Year, even low- and middle-level mages and ordinary people have invested considerable attention in Reiner.
It seems to be to catch up for Reiner. Ian Gray's report, another newspaper of the Rainbow Tower, The Great Alchemist, also soon launched a supplement with a very gimmicky title: "Reiner. Ian Gray - He Changed Magic", this supplement sold five times the average daily sales of "The Great Alchemist", and in almost two days, Reiner's name spread throughout the Rainbow Tower. The posture of Lord Alberton.
Of course, the storm didn't bother Reiner, who attended the meeting as usual, offering his own opinions on existing magical theories, and spending his time off reading books or experiments, or simply researching new recipes to satisfy Claire's bottomless stomach.
On the evening of the fourth day of the High Council, Reiner returned to his lodgings after attending a meeting on the systems theory of mechanical mages.
He had moved out of the inn and into the villa provided by the Mercury Scales and the High Council for each of the High Mages.
This three-storey villa is located in a corner of the floating island where the mercury balance is located, and the nearby residences of other lords are located, and the terrace of the villa can see the huge lake in the middle of the island, opposite the headquarters of the mercury balance, even if you don't rely on flying, it only takes fifteen minutes to get to the opposite side by the bulletin steam carriage line that surrounds the island, and the transportation is very convenient.
The villa's backyard is planted with magical plants that bloom even in winter, relying more on the magic of the soil than on sunlight and temperature, and only need to be regularly supplemented with magic stone-treated fertilizer to keep them evergreen.
Before Reiner could enter the gate, he heard a sound from the backyard, and he pushed open the door and walked in, just in time to see Claire watering the flowers with a watering can, humming an unknown but somewhat familiar little song in her mouth.
Even in the Rainbow Tower, the temperature was much cooler, Claire changed into slightly thicker black stockings and a short skirt that covered her knees, and an off-white cardigan on her upper body, of course, she also wore a brown-green plaid apron, looking like a housewife.
Although Reiner was tempted to tell Claire that the plants barely needed to be watered and survived by daily rainfall, Reiner dismissed the idea when he saw her happy.
"I'm back."
Reiner made a sound that caused Claire to turn her head.
"Ah, it's so early today, it's still a while before dinner is ready."
When Claire saw Reiner, she hurriedly ran over.
"It's okay, I can have a cup of coffee first."
Reiner smiled, then looked at the backyard with colorful flowers.
"Looks like you're enjoying it here."
"Well, Mrs. Field next door, ah, it was His Excellency Field's wife and Mrs. Dmitry and her daughter who came to the house today, and they told me a lot of tips about living in the Rainbow Tower......"
Claire nodded as she followed Reiner into the room.
Reiner took off his coat, and the long trench coat flew to the hanger at the door, as if it had a will, and he smelled a rich aroma, the smell of stewed meat.
"It's a pity that we can't live here for long, it's such a nice house."
Claire couldn't help but feel a little lost at the thought that in a few days, they would be back at Crescent Academy.
"In fact, at least one-third of the residences allocated to the high-level mages in the Rainbow Tower are vacant all year round, and conversely, there are many low-level mages who study here who need to squeeze four people into a room, and although we are also the beneficiaries of this policy, it always feels a bit wasteful."
Reiner shrugged, went to the living room and sat down, taking out the minutes of today's meeting from his storage bag.
"In the future, bring Arimia and them over to play, and we can have a barbecue in the backyard."
Claire expertly brewed the coffee, and despite the magic auto-brewing coffee machines that most mages use to save time, Claire insisted on doing it for Reiner.
A few minutes later, Claire served a cup of coffee with a mellow aroma and returned to the kitchen to take care of the stew being cooked.
Reiner took a sip of coffee, the familiar taste of Claire.
Beside him, the minutes of the meeting floated up, and a few quill pens were automatically sorting out the contents.
In the afternoon, he attended a meeting of the Department of Mechanics, which surprised the high-level mages of the Department of Mechanics, including the organizers of the conference and the Gear Guild, because in their opinion, Reiner had almost no research results related to the Department of Mechanics along the way, and it seemed a little strange to directly participate in the high-end conference of the Department of Mechanics.
In fact, Reiner originally wanted to find some entry-level conferences, but the time was not coincidental, and those relatively low-level mechanical academic conferences clashed with the meetings of other factions that Reiner wanted to attend, so he could only choose this highest-level conference.
Reiner had to study the mechanical magic of this world in order to build his own magic computer, and this was the reason why he made such a move.
Of course, Reiner was glad that he had taken the plunge to attend this meeting, because he had gained a lot of knowledge about designing computer systems in the study of mechanical mages, after all, he only knew some basic knowledge, and had no idea how to build a computer from scratch, and now, with the foundation of mechanical magic, it seemed that he could really start preparing.
Dinner is a potato stew, pan-fried cod, grilled to the right, crispy bread on the outside and soft on the inside, and vegetable soup, a very simple but homely dish.
After dinner, the two of them threw the utensils to the auto-cleaning circle and sat in the living room, Claire was reading the Rainbow Tower newspaper, she was very interested in Reiner's report, read it over and over again, and now indulged in the serialization of the Rainbow Tower Prophet Weekly.
And Reiner, he took out the loot that Lord Alberton had given him before, Levin's half-dimensional storage box.
He wanted to look into this thing.