In the evening, a worried Sullivan left his office and went to a party in a villa.

This was a regular meeting between Sullivan and a few friends, who were not all members of the Mercury Scales, but from various factions, and only because they also graduated from the same group of high-level magic schools in the Rainbow Tower, so they also maintained a certain connection after graduation.

They would find a day every month to meet together to share some of their research and routines, and this habit has been maintained for several years.

"Sullivan, you're a little late today."

As soon as he stepped into the villa, he was greeted by a man in a bright robe, his name was Nicholas, and he was also the owner of this villa, he had been stagnant in the Third Ring Road for many years, and he probably gave up hope of promotion, so he earned a lot of money by working as a magic advisor for several counts, and bought many properties.

"Delayed by something."

Sullivan smiled a little helplessly, he had Reiner's thesis in his head all the way, and he was about to turn into Reiner's shape.

Some of the materials needed to verify the paper were available at the Rainbow Tower, but Sullivan decided that the experiment should be carried out more extensively, so he requested magic materials from the ten half-planes and prepared to repeat Reiner's experiment.

"It's okay, we're just getting started."

Nicholas ushered Sullivan into the dining room, where seven or eight mages of their age were already seated, talking loudly.

"I am really surprised by the papers of Lord Newington and Lord Holland, I didn't expect that there are such concise and beautiful equations, thinking that Lord Newington graduated only five years earlier than us, and Lord Holland is only one year higher than us, I really feel my own incompetence."

A man with glasses said, shaking his head and drinking the red wine from his glass.

"Luvas, you are married to the most beautiful girl of our class, and it seems a bit of a mockery for you to say this?"

Across from him, a burly man shouted, causing the woman next to the man with glasses to smile slightly, as if she was a little embarrassed.

"His Excellency Newington and His Excellency Penzance broke up because of a dispute of ideas, and now, His Excellency Newington has proved that light is indeed a wave, and I don't know how His Excellency Penzance will respond."

Another man in an old mage's robe said, catching a glimpse of Sullivan and Nicholas as they walked in.

"Hey, Lord Sullivan of the Mercury Scales is here."

Immediately, the crowd became lively again.

Sullivan is the highest-ranking of these people, and he also serves as a senior judge, so he is naturally the central figure.

Most of the topics of their mage gatherings are also related to magic, and the recent debate over the nature of the light is a good topic.

However, their level is not very high, and at most they can discuss the papers of high-level mages, and they can basically understand nothing, so they can only talk in generalities.

"Sullivan, why have you been sullen today?"

Nicholas was good at dealing with people, and soon sensed Sullivan's thoughts, he patted Sullivan, who was sitting next to him, and asked in a hearty voice.

"Nothing."

Sullivan shook his head, he didn't want to say anything, but seeing that everyone's attention was on him, it was not perfunctory, he thought about it and spoke.

"You know Reiner. Ian Gray? ”

His words caused the restaurant, which had been a little noisy, to fall silent.

"What did you say?"

The man known as Luvas asked, as if he hadn't heard Sullivan clearly.

"Reiner. Ian Gray, this year's winner of the Hohenheim Gold Cup, has obtained two new elements through electrolysis of water. ”

Sullivan explained that for a mage who was not on a mercury balance and did not have regular exposure to cutting-edge scholarship, Reiner's name was far less famous than his paper, and Sullivan added.

"I received one of his papers today, on the elements."

Sullivan then briefly explained the idea of Reiner's paper, and told several others that he was going to do experiments to verify the content of the paper.

"It's counterintuitive why the same element has different qualities."

The burly man said that although he didn't have much to do with the real elements, the theory of the elements was still the basis for his spells.

"But this theory has to find that, uh, isotope to prove it, right?"

Luvas said that he was a teacher at his alma mater and was still familiar with basic magical research.

"Who knows, we're still drinking bars."

Sullivan shook his head, since the annual meeting, he has always had a faint premonition that the times are about to take a big step forward, and whether he can keep up with this trend is still unknown, this sense of powerlessness may be the truest portrayal of Sullivan's heart when facing Reiner's paper.

"Yes, drink."

Nicholas raised his glass and drank the aged red wine.

"Speaking of Your Excellency Hollander, I remember that there seemed to be another student in the school at that time, and his grades were quite good, what is it called?"

After three rounds of drinking, Luvas began to reminisce about the past.

"Is there one?"

Nicholas touched his head and thought about it, but couldn't get an answer.

"It's Kelavin, Holland was first overall at the time, whether he was second or third."

The slightly drunk Sullivan replied that he was also an honor student when he was in school, and he still had some impressions of the people who were at the top of the grades.

"Yes, Kelaven, I don't know what happened to him, I heard that he didn't continue to stay in the Rainbow Tower after graduation because of his family, and went back to his hometown directly."

Luvas said, pausing, taking a sip of his wine, before speaking.

"I forgot where I was two years ago, I think I saw him say some theories about the mass of elements or something, but I didn't pay attention to it, and when I hear Sullivan talk about it today, it seems to be a bit similar."

"What did you say?"

Sullivan immediately came to his senses, and he stood up, his eyes wide.

"Well, I was on a business trip at the time, and then he, Keralvin, approached me and said that he wanted me to see his magic and be able to identify some special elements, but when I watched it, the magic failed, and I didn't pay much attention to it, so I left a contact information and went back."

Luvas's words caused Sullivan's flame to be extinguished instantly.

Sullivan sat down slowly, still in a trance.

He thought about it, although Kelavin's magic had failed at that time, maybe it had improved in the past two years, and he could still visit the other party.

Sullivan decided that after he had the materials to verify Reiner's paper, he would have to pay a visit to Kayla if necessary.