13. Ontology
Martha's dinner skills improved, and even Renee, who was not very fond of eating, poured several bowls of mushroom soup and then lay on the couch in Fisher's room as if she was very tired, looking like she didn't want to move.
Fisher, on the other hand, turned on the lamp and window on his workbench, where he liked to sit and blow the night breeze, especially on rainy nights in Saint-Nari, where the ticking of the rain unexpectedly quieted his thoughts. Of course, this also has the consideration that he likes to use cigarettes when writing articles, so as not to make the room dull and full of smoke.
Fisher picked up the quills and began to write on the letterhead.
"Why did you start writing again? Isn't your paper finished? ”
"I'm writing back."
"To that Elizabeth?"
Renee poked her head out, but she collapsed on the couch because she was too stretched, unable to float, so she had to turn in one direction to see Fisher's back.
Fisher nodded, then said,
"It's just business, I'm not familiar with her, I don't want to get too close to her."
"Godling, royal family, she waved her hand, even if you lie down and live a lifetime, how many gentlemen can't dream of this situation, but you are within reach, just steal the fun..."
Renee waved her hand, sour as she spoke, her mouth full of yin and yang, making it impossible to tell what she really thought.
Fisher didn't bother to bother with her, so he wrote a relatively short reply and put it in the envelope, and in his financial terms, he didn't think about the gold paper and fire seal sent by Elizabeth, and only sealed it in the official envelope he usually used for work.
Most of the rest of the letters were informative documents and did not require Fisher's individual reply, but what Fisher did not expect was that in addition to Elizabeth's letter, there was actually a personal letter, which was the one from the University of St. Narry.
It seems that this letter was actually written by the president of St. Narry University, Ken, to himself, and the content is probably that St. Narry University has been lacking excellent teachers recently, so he wants to hire Fisher as a professor, and invites Fisher to go to St. Narry's University on the outskirts of the city to discuss the matter in detail.
Fisher's fingers tapped on the table, and his brain recalled something about San Nari University.
To mention the University of Saint-Nari, it is necessary to describe the two parties currently in Parliament.
First of all, the current support rate is booming in the development party, that is, the new party, whose members are mainly new aristocrats and entrepreneurs, and the policies are known for being radical and innovative, and the family is big and large, and it is supported by the Nari Development Company, so it will favor the company in many bills.
The other party is the traditional griffons, or the Conservative Party, which has existed since the birthplace of Parliament, and its members are mostly nobles and traditional knowledge, and although it is weak but still in size, it has an influence that is difficult to ignore on many occasions.
The president of St. Narry's school, John Kane, was a well-known scholar with no political background, and was personally ordered by the king to build St. Narry's university three years ago, a process that required the nod of the Royal College in the griffons' den, and the university's funding was the Nari Pioneer Company, which provided the school with the best facilities and books in all of Nari.
Both parties nodded in agreement, and the last time Fisher saw such a spectacle was in the war against Schwally, only shows that the king was tough and forced the two parties to achieve unity, at least superficially, on the issue of schools.
Teaching there was a good choice, because Ken had spent a lot of money on recruiting outstanding scholars from outside the Royal Academy, and it was easy to find teachers in emerging theories such as the steam engine and chemistry, which were not recognized by the Royal Academy in the first place. But the traditional theory, teachers of subjects such as magic are more or less connected to the Royal Academy, and it is normal to find a suitable one.
It wasn't a surprise that Ken found him, but Fisher had to consider whether it would be appropriate to teach at this school, as the school had followed in the footsteps of the Royal Academy and was as disgusting as a second council battleground.
Fisher thought about it for a moment and decided to meet with Ken first to talk about it, after all, he was in a bad financial situation right now, and he needed a stress-relieving job.
"By the way, when are you leaving?"
Speaking of which, Renee said before that she was going to leave for the south of Kado to look for her home, and I don't know what her specific arrangements are, so I asked her.
"I'll probably leave tomorrow, after all, I've been with you for a long time, I'm tired of it."
This sentence is a response to Fisher's laziness to pay attention to her before, as if it was saying that their relationship faded and Fisher ignored her, but soon, she suddenly thought that Fisher brought up this matter to create some good memories before she left, such as asking her to watch a theater performance or something...
I didn't expect that Fisher to be in this mood, and it seems that there is no progress at all.
She laughed evilly, supported her cheeks with her hands, and lay on her side on the sofa in a beautiful and charming posture,
"What? Does Lord Fisher have any arrangements? ”
"Nope." Fisher looked back at her and pointed to the cane standing next to her, "The previous magic ran out, and some of the high-ring magic I carved was very troublesome, so I wanted to ask you for help." ”
"I'm sleepy, good night, see you tomorrow."
She slumped motionless on the couch again, her little white feet curled up, her black curls covering her face, and she looked sulking.
Seeing that she began to perform the tricks she had performed before, Fisher smiled silently,
"Tomorrow, I will take you to the drama theater to watch a play, as a farewell gift."
Renee raised her head, thought for a moment and laughed evilly,
"I'll leave tomorrow morning, so I'll forget about the drama or something..."
"In such a hurry?"
"Please, I've been with you for more than a month, and it's a pity that some people can't seize the opportunity at all."
Her fingers ran over her body, her purple eyes making her want to drink the charm of fine wine, "But it's not impossible to carve magic for you... You and that Elizabeth thing, let's talk about it quickly! ”
Sure enough, do you still care about Elizabeth's letter?
"She and I were students at the same level as the Royal Academy, alumni and classmates, and that's it."
"That's all?"
"That's all."
Fisher took a sip of coffee, and her calm appearance made Renee look at him suspiciously for a long time, and then her body relaxed again, pointing to the window in front of Fisher and the door behind her.
"Hmph, okay, lock the windows and doors so you don't attract the police when you engrave the magic."
As mentioned before, Renee is a [witch], a kind of subhuman unique to the Western Continent.
So now let's review the definition of subhuman beings, "subhuman is the general term for all humanoid creatures", of course, there are people who are close to humans, and there are also those who are far from humans, witches are similar to humans, but they are not human beings after all.
The common characteristic of witches is the large amount of magical power, and at the same time, the fact that they are not human also means that the shape of their magic circuit is very different from that of humans, and when they use magic or display their characteristics, their differences will fully bloom.
Fisher nodded, closed the window and door in front of him, and locked the door of the room by the way, telling Martha not to bother herself for the time being, she was too old to be scared of Renee into a heart attack.
Renee floated, took the cane from Fisher's hand, and looked at him,
"What do you want to engrave, there is only one night to estimate that you can't carve a few, you can come by yourself in the low ring, and we are together now in the high ring..."
"Well, just a gravitational ring and space refraction, and I'll engrave the rest myself."
Renee nodded, and her pupils, which were as deep as the starry sky, began to expand instantly, and her flesh was swallowed up by the huge magic circuit that lit up at this moment, turning into an entity like a purple galaxy, and the figure seemed to be full of feathers, and each feather was densely packed with the amount of three or four human magic circuits.
With the naked eye, the magic circuit at the end of the feather was still growing, and the moment Renee lit up the magic circuit, a feather fell off the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a purple lark, tilting its head to look at Fisher in front of her.
Outside, in the unknown corner, at the top of the pipe and the building, the eyes of the larks hidden in the dark also lit up purple in turn, as if they were responding to the magic circuit of their master.
This huge magical power shocked Fisher every time he saw it, and they were simply born for magic.
Fisher grabbed the cane, Renee's feather-like hand also landed on the top of the cane, and an upside-down purple ring was instantly engraved, which was the ring head of the [gravity] magic, and Fisher was already engraving the main ring magic, this segmented engraving method can reduce the risk of engraving, reduce the amount of mana output, many large high-ring magic needs this kind of cooperation to complete.
Renee's galaxy-like body kept flipping in the air, and the space could not limit her engraving at all, and the delicate coats of arms soon appeared on the surface of the cane, as beautiful as the most elaborate works of art in the world.
It took a long time to engrave the magic of the high rings, even if Fisher and Renee worked together, it would take almost a whole night to engrave the two high rings, and by the time Fisher exhaled and carved the end of the last ring, the Saint Nari outside was already clouded.
Renee's galaxy-like body did not pause at all, and in the next moment, she retracted into her flesh and changed back to her ordinary beauty, stretched her waist and floated on Fisher's bed.
"I'm so tired, I'm so tired... I knew I would have run away before I got off the boat, so I wouldn't have to help you carve magic. ”
"That's my bed."
Renee hugged Fisher's usual bedding, and then tapped her lips with her fingers.
"Please, I'm leaving, I'm going to have to leave some breath on your bed, so that when you go out to mess with the flowers, you'll come back every night and fall into a kind of self-blame..."Oh my God, how can I do this!'" It's so unfair to Renee, too! No, I'm going to correct it! Then you will be clean and become a true Nari gentleman. ”
"I'll take this futon off and wash it tomorrow, it doesn't matter if you sleep or not."
"Hey, Fisher, are you going to die if you follow my words!"
Renee just wanted to fly up and hammer his head, but before she could get up, she yawned, and simply lay down on his bed, her tone became blurred, "You can be angry with me, when I wake up and leave, you will never see me again!" You'll regret it! ”
Fisher sat cross-legged on the sofa next to him, looked at Renee who was still muttering with his eyes closed, and nodded,
"Sleep, we're sleepy."
Outside, Saint-Nari began to revive again, and the room was filled with the scent of the witch, her man sleeping in his bed, and the newborn Hart bird yawned and fell into Fisher's hand, and closed its eyes like her.
Fisher was about to squint for a moment, so he touched the head of the Hart bird in his hand, but he didn't notice that Renee and Hart on the bed had the same comfortable expression.
It's time for him to take a break.