Chapter 162: Two Letters

Lottie brought back two letters from the Magical Society, one for Dupont Arnold, the head of Nature and Magic, and one for Harvey, the author of The Functions of Photographic Crystals and Their Principles.

Lottie landed on a flying broomstick to the manor on the outskirts of Norton, came to the broken wooden door, and rang the bell that hung on the wooden door.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding~"

Not long after the voice sounded, the wooden door opened automatically, and as soon as Lottie walked to the front of the room, the door was opened by Dupont, and he looked at Lottie with a puzzled look: "Ms. Aimee, may I ask you something?" ”

"Mr. DuPont, the review letter for Nature and Magic has come down." Lottie bowed politely to him.

"So fast!?" DuPont was stunned, it used to take at least a week for Nature and Magic to be submitted to Modern Magic, but now it was only a day since he submitted it to Nature and Magic, and his mind subconsciously thought of Harvey's paper.

Isn't it related to the paper "The Function and Principles of Photographic Crystals"? He was sure that this was an excellent academic paper, but he didn't dare to imagine that it was because of this one.

Lottie looked embarrassed and asked, "Yes, this is a reply from Modern Magic reviewer Charles Bloomer, Mr. Arnold, can you please let me see what I think of Mr. Adrian's paper?" ”

DuPont knew that Lottie was a fan of Harvey's novels, and smiled and said, "Of course, ma'am, please come in." ”

The two came to Dupont's study, and DuPont opened the curtains to make the study brighter, opened Charles Bloomer's reply to him, and read it line by line: "Dear Mr. Dupont Arnold:

Thank you to Nature & Magic for your support over the years. ”

DuPont glanced at Lottie, skipped the useless greeting, looked at the end of the envelope to find the key words, and read: "My evaluation of the book "The Function and Principle of Photographic Crystals" by His Excellency Harvey Adrian is: It has a good groundbreaking, extremely high significance, and good practicality, and has a score of E! The contribution point reward is 10··· 1000!? Contribution points. ”

Dupont's old body suddenly stood up, the letter slipped from his hand, and he only felt like his heart had been hammered! There is excitement and envy, and a hint of unbelievable jealousy, and the E grade is a high score that all the papers in Nature and Magic have never received! In addition, there is a reward of 1,000 contribution points!

What is the concept of 1000 contribution points!? DuPont has been running Nature and Magic for so many years and has often published academic papers, and has saved more than 3,000 contribution points so far, and Harvey has received one-third of his life savings with a single paper!

"E-class!?"

Lottie's eyes widened when she heard this, her round-rimmed glasses were about to fall to the ground, and 1,000 contribution points was not a small amount for her as the head of the Magic Association branch, almost equal to her total salary for most of the year. She knew that Modern Magic was not a well-known academic journal for magic, but it was the first time she had seen it in so many years, and it was an immeasurable honor for a low-level spellcaster to receive this evaluation for the first time he published a paper.

Most of the spellcasters also started tinkering with papers when they became high-ranking spellcasters, and 99% of the papers published for the first time were ruthlessly rejected.

She had read Harvey's paper, and felt that it was excellent, but she never thought that she would directly get an E (Exceeds Expectations= Beyond Expectations) evaluation, although she was a civilian spellcaster, her talent was not bad, and she had studied magic since she was a child, so far she had only received an A (Acceptable=Pass) rating in a publication that was less well-known than Modern Magic.

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Lottie excitedly uses a broomstick to go to the city of Elroy to deliver a reply to Harvey.

In the living room of the mansion, as soon as Harvey came downstairs, Lottie couldn't wait to stand up and said with admiration: "Congratulations, Mr. Adrian, your paper has been awarded an E-grade evaluation by Mr. Charles Bloomer, a reviewer of Modern Magic, and a reward of 1,000 contribution points. ”

"E-class?" Harvey was stunned, and he didn't know whether this evaluation was good or bad.

"Ah, Mr. Adrian probably doesn't know either." Lottie was stunned when she saw that Harvey was not very happy, and thought for a moment to explain: "Mr. Adrian, there are academic papers on spells that have six regular ratings in major journals, namely O (Outstanding=Outstanding), E (Exceeds Expectations=Beyond Expectations), A (Acceptable=Pass), P (Poor=Below Average), D (Dreadful=Poor), T (Terrible=Extremely Poor), Most of the lower D grades are rejected processing, and those who have obtained an E grade evaluation or above can even participate in the selection of a certain award on behalf of the publication, and the E grade evaluation is already a great achievement for the average spell caster, and the first time you publish a paper can get an E grade evaluation, I have seen you one in these years. ”

Lottie's eyes lit up with envy, and she handed over a letter in both hands. "This is a letter from Mr. Charles Bloomer, a Modern Magic reviewer."

"Thank you very much, Ms. Aimee for coming here." Harvey bowed and smiled, Harvey didn't know much about the Magic Association, and he didn't have much sense of what Lottie said, but the reward of 1,000 contribution points was indeed much higher than Harvey expected, and he was worried that the photographic crystal was a technology that had long been played out in a magically developed area, and it could not be highly evaluated.

"Where, that's the duty of being the vice president of the Magic Society." Lottie's freckled little face flushed with shyness.

Harvey opened the envelope, the contents of the envelope were written in a simplified version of the astral script, which is the common script of the Magic Association, and does not have the three-dimensional mode of the astral script, and the content that can be expressed is limited, but it is more than enough as a communication language. The reason why the Magic Society uses simple astral script as a lingua franca is that many terms related to magic are recorded in astral script, and it is impossible to translate them accurately in other languages.

The contents of the envelope were mostly comments on Harvey's papers, covering various aspects, and were accompanied by a letter of invitation inviting Harvey to continue to publish in the journal Modern Magic.

After a cursory reading, Harvey put away the envelope and smiled at Lottie: "Now I'm finally relieved, Ms. Aimee, tomorrow is my wedding, if you can, would you be honored to invite you to it." ”

"Wedding!?" Lottie looked at Harvey in amazement, how do you think that weddings are words that have nothing to do with Harvey, Harvey is still young, a famous novelist, and now he is still a spellcaster, and now he is going to get married?

She thought for a moment and nodded vigorously: "Of course, if I have this honor." ”