After a "pleasant" dinner, Lysa made two cups of black tea for the two of them, and took Arco upstairs to play, leaving the two men in the living room.

Percival subconsciously took out his pipe from his clothes, but quickly put it back away, and it seemed that his wife did not allow Parcival to smoke at home.

"This black tea tastes good."

Reiner took a sip of the black tea in the cup, the tea was fragrant and sweet, which formed a huge contrast with the beetroot soup.

"This is the tea that my father-in-law brought back from the Asra Kingdom in the eastern part of the continent, where the climate is very suitable for the growth of tea, almost the best quality tea in the whole continent is produced in the Asra Kingdom, think about the ancient magic empire era, such tea can only be drunk by the powerful upper class, now, even ordinary people, as long as they spend a little money, they can taste it, it is really a bit embarrassing."

Parcival explained, sipping his black tea and leaning back on the couch, looking relaxed.

"Ah, by the way, Lysa's father is a professor at the Asterl High School of Magic, although he has stopped teaching in recent years, but he still has a reputation, and this villa is also left to us by an old man who likes to travel."

"This is a magical family."

Reiner replied that he was thinking about Percival's intentions, and according to Igor, the main reason why Parcival served as the director of this thesis review committee was to accumulate capital in the Magical Society in order to obtain a higher position and thus improve the chances of advancement.

Judging from Percival's relatively direct persuasion of Reiner in the morning and the review of Duravin's perpetual motion machine in the afternoon, it seems that Percival is indeed a man of political savvy, and with his own good level of magic, it does not seem difficult to be promoted to the top of the Magic Association.

Being in the Magic Association, although you can't directly improve your magic power, you can get access to more resources, make friends with more high-level mages, and you can assist in advancement from the side, and there is a good salary in the Magic Association, at least, mages don't have to worry about not being able to afford a house.

"Reiner, the morning incident may be that my words are a little too crossed, here, I apologize to you, but you have to understand that I am not doing it for myself, but for your own good."

Percival said quietly, and Reiner did not speak casually, but listened quietly.

"I've seen many gifted mages who felt they could do anything because they were young, but they fell into the pit inexplicably, couldn't get up again, and finally lost sight of everyone, Reiner, what you've achieved now, to be honest, is much higher than mine, and you have an excellent starting point."

There seemed to be some envy in his words, but as soon as the conversation changed, Parcival continued.

"But let's be honest, not everything is going well in this world, you need to think about the future, and in this institution, you have access to cutting-edge papers, you have plenty of personal time, and you should focus on improving yourself and not wasting time on some trivial papers."

He was supposed to be referring to the morning, when the meeting was extended because of Reiner's repeated objections.

"If we as a review committee have enough weight to influence the approval of a paper, then maybe it's reasonable to take the time to carefully review every detail, but the truth is, this is just an experimental body, and the review opinions generated have no impact on the vast majority of papers, so I believe that Reiner knows what to do."

What Parcival is talking about is actually a situation that many people have encountered, when their actions don't matter, whether they take everything seriously or not.

As far as Reiner observed in the afternoon, in this paper review committee, except for Big Bear Bell, who is a little interested in papers, almost all of the other people come here to fish in troubled waters.

Igor didn't mention it first, Roger was almost not in the office all afternoon, busy taking his students in the laboratory, the paper in front of Hannah's desk was spread out for an hour without turning a page, I don't know what he was reading, and Safros, he simply put the paper on the table next to him, and there were dozens of cards with text written on his desktop, I don't know what he was doing.

In such a comparison, Reiner, who pursues the truth, seems a little out of place.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Parcival, but I don't think it's a trivial matter, but that doesn't mean it doesn't need to be done seriously."

Reiner replied directly.

"It may be that a paper is worthless in the eyes of most people, but if it is really innovative and inspiring, then even if we are soft-spoken, we need to convey this fact."

Hearing Reiner's words, Percival's face sank.

"What's more, maybe the author of the paper has major flaws in this paper and cannot prove it, but the idea is correct, after getting a pertinent evaluation, reorganize the thinking, and finally get the correct conclusion, although we can't change the overall evaluation of the paper by ourselves, but it is not difficult to point out the bright spots."

After Reiner finished speaking, he saw Parcival put down the teacup in his hand.

"Reiner, you're thinking well, but that's exactly the illusion you've had with your success, and in fact, most of the papers we receive here, like those in the hands of those at the gates of the manor, are the results of nothing, and the other part is difficult to verify by current means, and it won't be what you said."

Percival shrugged, but he didn't necessarily have to convince Reiner, for Percival that Reiner would only be here for a few days a month in the future, and that it was nothing.

"Forget it, I just want to remind you not to waste your time on meaningless things, but to use it to improve your own magical strength, in the past, when I was in the law department, I was also addicted to chasing some illusory things, but then I found out that I was wrong, only by becoming stronger, can I get what I want, in order to protect what belongs to me."

Parcival glanced at the stairs leading to the second floor and said lightly.

"Thanks, but I may have my own plans, Director Percival."

Reiner is neither humble nor arrogant, and said indifferently, Parcival's statement is actually not wrong, but it is too utilitarian, and even does not hesitate to violate some principles, of course Reiner will not do that, through the incident of Fina's father, he knows that he should not despise anyone, let alone stop shouting because of his small voice.

As the night wore on, Reiner got up from the soft couch and bowed to Director Percival.