Chapter 420 Disagreement (Fourth Update)
The night of the ice moon came very early, and the small but sparse snowflakes jumped and danced like elves under the light of arc street lamps, holy and hazy.
There were quite few pedestrians on the street, and they changed into various thick coats, shaking off the snowflakes and hurriedly moving forward, refusing to stop to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
"It's beautiful...... But why do they melt?" Averis watched as the pieces of the "palm" quickly turned into water stains, and muttered heartache.
The shimmering and exquisitely structured snowflakes are very much in line with its aesthetics, and if it weren't for knowing the essence, it would have wanted to collect them, so Avery hated winter.
As Lucian's "contract partner who has been signed for a hundred years", Averis devoured half a raw roasted whole sheep, and happily followed him to Rentat, in order not to scare ordinary citizens, it used illusion to disguise itself as a seven or eight-year-old boy, with flaxen hair, amber eyes, wearing a small suit and a small tie.
In the carriage, Arthur Doyle, who knew the true appearance of this cute little boy, was leaning against the corner of the carriage, his body trembling slightly, even if he was well-informed and had a good status, he was still afraid when facing a legendary "monster".
"Arc lights are too hot and too expensive, even cities like Leontat cannot be popularized, only in aristocratic areas and the most prosperous market areas." Lucian, who was dressed in the style of the Holm Kingdom again, looked out of the carriage with a smile.
The desire for wealth made Arthur overcome his fear, followed Lucian's gaze to look at the night scene outside, and said eagerly: "When the magic crystal lamp stands the test of use and the cost is reduced again, I will talk to the archon of Rentat City Hall to make the entire city streets use our magic street lamps, which will be a great fortune and can be extended to other cities in other countries in the future......" He could no longer imagine.
Hearing the word "wealth", Averis suddenly turned his head and looked at Arthur with bright eyes, trying to figure out what they were talking about, so frightened that Arthur almost knocked over the white-glazed porcelain teacup on the table.
"This is a very lucrative business, Afrith, if you want to join, you have to take out your collection and take a stake in gold, gems and crystals." Lucian was purely teasing the Avery Tunnel, but if it really wanted to join, the elemental will shouldn't mind, the initial production and promotion were extremely expensive things, and it might not be popular until the cost was reduced again, which would definitely make the stingy Morris very heartbroken.
"Yes, take out gold, gems and crystals......" Afrith was not calm, unable to act as if nothing had happened, and fell into extreme contradictions and entanglements, on the one hand, the huge long-term returns, and on the other hand, the shiny lovely gold, gems, and crystals in the treasure house, it wanted both!
In the fierce inner battle, Avery didn't even notice that the carriage had arrived at Duke James's villa in the aristocratic quarter.
"Welcome to our youngest and most handsome Arcane Audit Committee member Evans, if it weren't for my daughters and granddaughters who are already married, they will definitely ask me to introduce you." Duke James, who looked like a bald villain, greeted him with a smile, and he and the guests were in the garden, waiting for something by the warm bonfire.
Lucian smiled and got out of the carriage: "It is such an honor to be greeted by Duke James in person, this is the treatment only available to kings and princes, why didn't everyone go in?"
The dark villa, without any lights, seemed to merge with the night.
"Because all the candlesticks in the villa have been replaced with magic crystal lamps, which will be lit up in turn in the dark night later. Such a commemorative event, of course, will not start until all the guests have arrived." Duke James's bald head reflected an orange-yellow glow in the light of the campfire.
Tsk, you are really a literary young man, no, literary old man, Lucian smiled secretly in his heart.
The garden is specially arranged, even if there is only a pile of bonfires, it does not feel cold, and noble ladies, ladies, and ladies not only do not complain, but are interested in this strange form of banquet.
"His Highness the Prince is not in good health and is not suitable for going out on cold nights, so I didn't invite him. Come on, I'll introduce you to a few friends." After Lucian greeted familiar nobles such as Duke Russell, Earl Seapine, and Viscount Harrison, Duke James led him to several people dressed as magicians, who seemed to be the electromagnetic mages who helped arrange the wiring and conversion devices mentioned by Arthur.
Walking up to the two men and one woman, James pointed at Lucian and said, "I don't need to introduce this one, you should all know this, the sixth-level arcane, five-ring magician, the youngest member of the Arcane Review Committee, and the genius Mr. Lucian Evans, who has won the two highest honors of the elemental and necromancy."
Lucian has not yet submitted his magic level, and plans to wait for the limelight to pass during this time.
"Hello, Mr. Evans." The old man with black and white hair combed back meticulously said, and two young people, a man and a woman, bowed respectfully beside him: "Hello, Commissioner Evans."
"This is the sixth-level arcanist of the electromagnetic department, Mr. Barek Peforth, the seven-ring magician, who is a student of His Excellency Brooke, the 'Emperor of Control'." James introduced Lucian to the serious old man with flaxen eyes, "These two are his students, the middle-level magicians Lillian and Isaac."
Lillian is a handsome girl with long brown hair, while Isaac seems to be of fire giant blood, tall, muscular, and flaming-colored hair.
"Mr. Pephos, Lillian and Isaac, it's nice to meet you." Lucian nodded in greeting one by one.
James smiled and said: "Barek was my childhood friend, and later embarked on the path of a magician because he could not stimulate the power of the bloodline.
"This time I tried a new alchemy item, which involves the electromagnetic field he is good at, so I just asked him to help."
It sounds like Barek is from a small aristocratic family, although he does not have a title, but he can be regarded as one of the representatives of the pro-aristocratic faction of the parliament.
"Evans, the electrons you discovered have a great role in the electromagnetic system, and many explanations have deeper meanings." Barek didn't seem to be very good at pleasantry, and talked directly about arcane issues.
Lucian was also happy not to say polite words, and talked to Barek about the possible significance of electrons in the field of electromagnetism.
"Evans, have you heard about Speaker Douglas' recent experiment?" Barek suddenly mentioned something.
Lucian shook his head blankly: "You know, I have been concentrating on analyzing magic and improving my strength during this time, and I haven't paid attention to the latest research."
"Speaker Douglas designed an experiment that 'confirmed' that there is no relative 'ether' medium movement, and that the speed of light is the same in different directions." Barek's tone was flat, not like he was discussing a topic that should be hot recently.
Lucian suddenly realized that without other interference, Speaker Douglas finally completed the experimental design mentioned in his letter and obtained the results, denying the existence of the "ether" medium, and without the "ether" medium, the light as a "wave" could not reach the ground from the sun at all, and the world should be dark.
This reverses the theory of light waves.
"Evans, what do you think of this experiment?" Barek's flaxen eyes suddenly brightened, and his expression became more serious, as if Lucian's answer would be the key to whether he could be a friend.
Seeing his expression, Lucian chuckled in his heart, the gap between the wave faction and the particle faction was so big?
Thinking about the main problem of the discord between the elemental teachers and the electromagnetic teachers in the magic school was that the electromagnetic department supported the wave theory, and the elemental system was more inclined to particle theory, Lucian had a deep understanding of this main contradiction throughout the history of magic.
Through the contrast between day and darkness, ancient humans were full of worship of light, believing that it represented life and sacredness, and magic has not lacked exploration of the essence of light since its birth.
Compared with the disputes in some fields such as the energy essentialism insisted on by Viscount Roland, the atomic basis theory of the elemental system, and the theory of human life force in the necromancy system, the particle faction and the wave faction, led by Douglas and Brooke respectively, are the two major theoretical factions covering all mages in the entire Magic Council, which are the main research differences.
If the council becomes a church, except for a few intermediaries, the wave faction and the particle faction will definitely attack each other as "heretics"!
In this case, the proposal of wave-particle duality is not a manifestation of sludge, but a "heresy" of another faction, which is likely to be attacked by both factions.
Lucian thought for a moment and smiled: "Listening to your description, Mr. Barek, this experiment seems to be based on the current celestial operation system, but this has not yet been confirmed by the discovery of the planet."
This was Lucian's reply to his teacher Fernando, and he repeated it again at this time.
"It makes sense." Barek's face softened, and it was very likely that you did not support particle theory or Speaker Douglas' experiments, we were friends.
At this time, Duke James saw that the guests had arrived, so he applauded and let everyone look at the villa, and then the magician Lillian walked to the door and said with a sweet smile: "Everyone, with the electric current drive, the magic crystal lamp no longer needs mental strength and will to turn on, even the most ungifted nobles can use these alchemical items like using quills, or even simpler, for example, I only need to press lightly, and the lights of the entire villa will all turn on."
In order to facilitate Duke James's display, Barrek deliberately made a temporary master control switch outside.
"Okay, let's put out the bonfire first." James saw that the gentlemen and ladies were looking at the villa very curiously, and his psychology was greatly satisfied, and he waved his hand to extinguish the bonfire.
In the pitch black, Lillian deliberately pressed the switch hard, and after a slight snap, the magic crystal lights of the entire villa lit up at the same time.
The bright light pierces the darkness, dispels fear, and is full of "sacred" flavors, just like the sunlight in the morning dissipates the night!
This is a big step in human history!
(End of this chapter)