Colin walked into the classroom.

Unlike usual, he carried a rectangular suitcase in his other hand.

This kind of suitcase for documents is very common among the faculty members of the academy, after all, most teachers want to go through the materials during class, and one or two books are not enough.

The number of students who came today was a record again, the classroom was full, the back was full of students, and even the windows outside the classroom were crowded. To make matters worse, Colin discovered that the first row was sitting with Lord Iris and several faculty members, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Since his paper on the Burning Demon Pattern Group was published in Mechanics & Engineering, his reputation within the school has risen to a new level, and the number of people attending each class has become so large that it is difficult to guarantee the quality of the course.

For this reason, he specifically proposed to the college to limit the number of people who could take his courses.

For the first time in the history of the Academy, such a request has been made.

However, Principal Hans understood that in the end, students who chose Cohen Snape's program must make an appointment in advance, and the total number of students should not exceed 250, on a first-come, first-served basis.

That's barely enough for a classroom with a capacity of 200 people, and many people bring their own benches.

With this measure, the number of students in class has finally dropped.

Today, however, was a special case, because at the end of the previous lesson, Professor Cohen Snape had foretold the next lesson—on the improvement of the energy conversion rate of the Burning Demon Pattern—which was exactly what he had done before, and which was the main focus of his published paper.

The author himself explains this most popular academic topic recently, and of course there will be no shortage of interested people.

Therefore, even those students who did not make an appointment for the course could not get the corresponding usual credits, they still rushed to listen to the class, and even Iris and other teachers of the Demon Pattern Department also came here after learning the news, and used their identity to forcibly occupy the front row seats.

Colin couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

I didn't pay much attention to it, though.

"As we all know, the Burning Demon Pattern Group is the most basic and widely used power magic pattern group in magic engineering, and with it, many magic machines can really work......

He said as he wrote on the blackboard behind him.

"Since 130 years ago, His Excellency Hamas of the Principality of Gilman completed the fifth technological innovation of the Burning Demon Pattern, and its energy conversion rate has been increasing from 0.4% before, but until a few months ago, it has not been able to exceed 1% ......"

An hour and a half was only enough time for him to explain the basic concepts of Cheverell's formula, and the other three derivative proofs, which Harold had done with all his might, could only be put into the next lesson.

To really give a rough idea of what his thesis was about, it would take four classes.

But apparently no one felt that the progress was slow, because the content of this lesson alone made many people's minds rise and they couldn't understand it.

On the second day, the number of students dropped significantly.

Obviously, most people just came to join in the fun, while others felt that they couldn't really understand and chose to give up.

On the third day, the number dropped again.

On the fourth day, with the exception of Iris and a few other instructors, the number of people in the class had basically returned to the previous level of less than 300 people.

At the end of the day's lessons, Colin suddenly asked for an assessment.

Use the half hour after the class to do a simple test, which is considered an assessment after listening to the first four classes, but it is completely voluntary, and those who do not want to participate can leave at any time.

Yet almost all of them stayed.

Colin glanced at Iris, who was still sitting in the front row, and said with a smile while also handing him a "test paper":

"Lord Iris, being assessed once in a while may make you feel like you're back in school."

"That's exactly what I mean." Iris smiled and happily took the test paper.

The examination papers used for the assessment are all provided by the college, and they are only the most ordinary paper, so it is impossible to print too many questions.

Half an hour ended quickly.

Colin asked a few assistants, including Harold and Burke, to help carry the papers back to his office.

Professor-level faculty members have their own private offices, and Professor Cohen Snape's office is located on the second floor of the same building as his group's studio.

Today's eleven assistants are still continuing the project on the improvement of the earth-based magic pattern, because there are enough manpower, the workload is not large, and they will no longer have to stay up late to catch up as they did at the beginning, but the progress of the project has been very slow.

Harold and Burke are now Colin's most relied on assistants, and after putting more than 200 papers in the office while the others left, Colin kept them.

Colin took out a standard answer from the table and said to the two, "Just correct it according to this answer." ”

"Okay, Professor." The two were clearly used to doing such things.

"Professor Snape." Harold was much more talkative than Burke, and before he started work, he asked curiously: "It's been almost a month since your paper was published, why is there still no news from the Blue City, I heard that this is an achievement that will definitely win the Albert Medal." ”

"Who do you listen to?" Colin laughed.

"Teacher Iris, Lord Ackermann, and several of the instructors I have chosen to take the course have all said."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Colin sat down behind his desk, ready to start his work for the day, and said, "But not so quickly." ”

"Why?"

"There are two main principles for awarding the Albert Medal, one is groundbreaking...... Colin explains.

"Your paper fits that very well." Harold interrupted impatiently.

"Yes." "But there's another principle, and that's that in addition to elemental theory, other groundbreaking discoveries must have been validated by practical applications," Colin laughs. ”

"I think I've heard of that." Burke joins the discussion.

After all, the Albert Medal is still too far away from these students, and they usually only know how powerful this award is, but many details are not clear.

The Burning Demon Pattern Group's paper is undoubtedly groundbreaking, but in terms of practicality, there is no real case yet.

The main reason is that Professor Snape has not authorized it to any chamber of commerce, so until then, the Albert Award selection committee in the Blue City can only prepare for the actual application of this discovery before considering whether to award the medal.

"In fact, even elemental theory now requires a certain practicality." Colin went on to explain: "The fourth conjecture of the anonymous author proves that the original nomination was also open to debate, and it was not until His Excellency Felix used it to solve the problem of the hydroelemental high-energy collapse that it really became uncontroversial.

"And the reason why His Excellency Felix's paper was nominated for the Albert Award that year is because the improvement of the spell can be verified on the spot."

"Professor, wouldn't it be better to have another paper on your paper that increases the casting speed of water arrows by 10%?"

"Indeed."

Colin sighed slightly: "Of course, it is good to win two Albert Awards, but the other one may not be won until next year, in this case, you have to go to the Blue City twice, and it is really troublesome to think about it." ”

Burke: "......"

Harold: "......"

(End of chapter)