Chapter 42: The Troubled Aristocrats

"Did you review it yourself?" asked Fernando with a smirk.

How could Lucien not understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "Teacher, there is nothing subversive about this paper, it is just a supplementary paper of electronic discovery." As you know, it was through the induction of electron flow that I discovered that the vase was hiding a curse, so I verified the special material made of the vase by studying the cathode ray method. ”

Only then did Fernando take the paper and complained casually: "Every time I read your paper, I have to deal with the troublesome things for you, can't you write an ordinary paper normally?"

For Fernando, as long as it is not a terrifying hypothesis of the level of "energy discontinuity", he would be happy to see a general subversive point of view as a way to advance the process of exploring the world, but if it is necessary to clean up the aftermath of a subversive paper, his irascible and eager personality will give him a lot of headaches, and he would like to sit back and wait for Lucian's paper to be exchanged, like Douglas and others, without worrying about it.

There is a teacher to help deal with the consequences that may blow up the magician's head, Lucien is very happy, and he doesn't want to bear this kind of trouble himself, so after hearing Fernando's complaint at this time, he smiled and didn't make any arguments.

After looking at it, Fernando's expression gradually became serious, and he read it carefully, and after a long time, he only finished reading the small halfway, and couldn't help but shake his head: "Maurice will definitely hate his own, and if he doesn't help Barack when he does something, he will trap Afrith." ”

The title of the paper was "A New Element Capable of Radiating Electron Streams and Two Other Classes of Rays," according to Fernando. The new element named "uranium" by Lucien is not important, but its radiation confirms that the electrons come from the atom, thus confirming that the atom has an internal structure that illuminates a path through the dark microscopic world, an achievement worthy of the Holm Crown Prize.

"Teacher, that's not the point. Lucien whispered a reminder.

Fernando raised his head, his red eyes were unusually sharp, and that wasn't the point?

"In addition to electrons, I don't know what special material will radiate a new element. Lucien tried to keep his language "wrong" and avoid revealing more.

"Radiating new elements?" Fernando suspected he had misheard. Can one element radiate another?

So he read more and more carefully. Looking at it, his tone became stern: "Has the composition of the special material been analyzed, and is this new element itself contained in the special material?"

"After analyzing it, after using the 'Convergence Technique' and other magic arrays to purify a small number of special elements. I found that it still emits this new element that I named 'helium'. Although the purified material may still contain other trace elements that have not been discovered. But it can be determined that it does not contain this gas or its alchemical substance. Lucien pointed to the back pages of the paper.

"What is the secret of the change of the elements, and can they transform each other?" Fernando pondered deeply, and after waiting for a few minutes, he said in the same tone as ever, "You are really shrouded by Lady Luck. Even assassination attempts can be made to obtain this special material, and I believe that after exploring the most subtle, this will definitely allow us to understand the mystery of the creation and appearance of the elements, as well as the mystery of the birth of matter. ”

In the tradition of the ancient Magic Empire, the Council likes to use the names of various goddesses to describe certain things, such as the essence of magic is called "Goddess of Magic", and the harshest cold is called "Goddess of Ice", which is completely different from the gods of different churches such as the God of Truth.

"Teacher, I don't want to submit this paper for the time being, and I plan to seal it for a few years like a miracle experiment. Lucien made his request.

"For what?" Fernando wondered if this was a paper that didn't have any subversive views, and without angering the magicians and the church, it wouldn't be better to let more arcanists devote themselves to the exploration of the microcosmic world and the essence of matter earlier.

As he spoke, he flipped through the last few pages and saw Lucian's idea of curse magic based on the curse ray, the contribution of helium to ultra-low temperatures, and the construction of two magics, "Evans's Extreme Cold Ray" and "Ice Goddess's Whip".

"Just for the secrecy of these few spells?" Fernando was well aware of the difficulty of the latter two spells, and he was a pioneer in the field of heat, "lowering the lower limit of ultra-low temperature by more than ten degrees...... If you publish it, you can get the Ice and Snow Medal right away, so you don't submit it?"

Hearing Fernando's words, Afrith looked at the paper with burning eyes, as if he wanted to pick up the quill and add his name to it.

"The principle of ice and snow magic is relatively simple, as long as helium is discovered, someone will soon construct it, and I want to use it as my hole card. Lucien said his reasoning.

Fernando smiled and shook his head: "This simple magic also wants to be kept secret?It's hard, Lucian, don't you forget that Atlante also took some of the materials, and another part is in the Punishment Department, guess when, when will they find out?"

"Within three or four years. Lucien offered his own judgment.

Fernando said with a smile: "The next five or six years is the time for you to concentrate on impacting the high-level, I don't approve of you going out often, so it doesn't matter if you have a unique magic as a hole card at all, hey, the power of this magic is not small, it can allow you to have the hole card to turn the tables when facing a high-level magician, even if you are promoted to the sixth ring and the seventh ring, it will be of great use, and you will use the extreme cold ray to kill Barack, right?

"Yes, preliminary materialization when it is confirmed that the electron is the internal structure of the atom. Lucien didn't dare to mention that it was when the energy was not continuous, but fortunately, discovering electrons and confirming the relationship between electrons and atoms was also a shocking breakthrough in the minds of the arcanists, bringing about a certain possibility of the initial materialization of the world of cognition, so Lucien said again in his heart, "Thank you for the vase, Mr. Barack. ”

Sure enough, the Storm Lord did not doubt, and nodded slightly: "Then you have the possibility of being promoted to a high rank in three or four years, if the materials are not enough." You can look for it in my half-plane warehouse. This paper can be temporarily sealed for two years, but I will inform Atlant that he will not rush to submit the paper when the time comes, hey, it is better to publish it two years later, submit it now, and Morris will definitely give you an 'electron' ring under the pretext that the discovery of the electron and the confirmation that the electron belongs to the internal structure of the atom are the same before and after the result. ”

However, this paper should not be kept secret for a few years, and it is said that Timothy and Yurissey are both working on the composition of gases. It seems that there is already a suspicion that there are gases in the air that have not yet been discovered. ”

Hear the words of the Storm Lord. Afrith's eyes lit up as he stared at Lucien, as if trying to encourage him to clean up the half-dimensional warehouse of the Storm Master.

Lucien pretended not to see its gaze, even though he was greedy for money. But you can't be greedy in this kind of thing. If your wealth is sufficient. If there is no shortage of materials in the parliament, it is better to rely on yourself.

"In the past few years, let's focus on improving our magic strength. Fernando said a word of advice.

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Rentat. Nexus Palace.

"We must stop the conflict between the Church and the Magical Council!" said the bald Duke James.

The great nobles of the Kingdom of Holm in Lentat were urgently summoned by King Feltis and King Patrick to discuss what happened today.

The Speaker of the Noble Council, Duke Rex of Flenburg, looked at James coldly: "Stop? We are trying to maintain the balance so that those damn magicians can survive, and they are rewarding us with such a thing? I think it would be a serious mistake to support them again!"

He wore a white wig, a cleanly shaved beard, and the deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes contrasted with the sharp blue eyes, but he was still as fierce and powerful as his title, "The Griffin of Kings".

"No matter how enlightened the aristocracy is, no matter how conservative the aristocracy is, they should also understand that without the Magic Council, there would be no authority and status as we have now!" Russell, Duke of Wolfsburg, did not ramble in vague words, and directly put on the table the facts that everyone knew in their hearts but would not bring up.

Suddenly, the conservative and enlightened nobles stopped arguing, and the palace was eerily quiet.

"Ahem, Russell, pay attention to your words, our position and glory come from the blessing of the Lord, the gifts of the Lord, and our own efforts. Chancellor of the Exchequer saw King Feltis's eyes narrowed slightly, and his words broke the silence.

Prince Patrick also said solemnly: "This incident is mainly caused by the church, we can't blindly blame the Magic Council, we can't watch our beautiful and rich territory destroyed under the big war, mediation is what we must do." ”

When it comes to their own territory and the high status they have attained under the balance, the nobles slowly reach a consensus, and a few old and confused ultra-conservatives are powerless to resist the overall situation and can only leave in anger.

After arranging the mediation tasks of the great nobles, in addition to the attendants, only the king and the prince are left in the palace.

The old Feltis glanced at Patrick deeply, shook his head, turned to leave, and said slightly dazed as he walked: "The future of the kingdom, the future of the family, where will it go?"

The balance is too fragile for discerning nobles to see this problem, but this is the best choice for them, so they can only pretend not to see it and try to maintain it.

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On the carriage,

The Duke of Frenburg suddenly sighed.

Another nobleman who was sitting across from him and discussing matters with him asked suspiciously, "Your Excellency the Speaker?"

"The Magic Council is too strong, continue to indulge them, sooner or later they will be late, James, they are too short-sighted!" Rex looked out the carriage window.

"Then what are you trying to do to mediate, and why not let the church and the magical council go to war in an all-out way?"

Rex shook his head: "It is not in our interest to start an all-out war, we must wait for a proper opportunity, the United Church will cripple the Magic Council in the shortest possible time, and then we will support this crippled Magic Council to fight against the Church, with the Northern Church here, this is our best choice." When the Magic Council develops again, it will repeat the previous method, and its strength must be kept under control. ”

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"How long can this balance be maintained?" asked the bald Duke James in Russell's carriage.

Russell's eyes deepened: "One day, we will have to make a choice, whether to destroy the Magic Council, or to uproot the power of the Southern Church like the countries controlled by the Northern Church. Until the Cult of Truth is destroyed, the Magical Council will certainly not change our status and power, and such a large balance is easier to maintain, and it is most difficult to maintain a small balance within our own country. ”

"In this way, we will not be able to go up to Heavenly Mountain. Count Seapine sighed.

"Heavenly Mountain? James laughed.

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A few days later, Alinge did not wait for an all-out war of the Cult of Truth.

Lucien received a "call" from Florenza: "Lucien, this weekend, at the Alinge branch, we will present you with the Holm Crown Award." (To be continued......)

PS: Change first, then change.

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