Chapter 411 The Law of Conservation of Magical Energy
As the turmoil of the maze trial came to an end, the depressed Ophelia finally regained her former liveliness and cheerfulness.
As Ophelia's best friend, Ilana was the first to notice that she was different from usual.
One afternoon, the two of them were sitting on a bench in the backyard of the Great Sage's Tower. Ilana, who was concerned about her, finally couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Ophelia, have you...had any good things happen to you recently?"
"I guess so." Ophelia stretched and said in a chatty tone, "There's someone... well, someone I've admired for a long time. Recently, I found that I understand him a little better."
Ilana looked at her in surprise, and became even more curious.
"…What's the matter?"
Facing her best friend's question, Ophelia smiled slightly.
"secret."
secret?
Ilana tilted her head in confusion, but seeing that Ophelia didn't seem to intend to continue the topic, she didn't ask any further questions.
The leisurely time came to an end with the bell that marked the end of lunch break. The two stood up and followed the crowd, hurriedly walking into the busy Tower of the Great Sage.
Although the turmoil in the tower was far from over, it did not affect the magic apprentices who were busy with their studies, nor did it affect the prince who had no interest in pursuing fame and fortune.
Since the hearing was completed, the research of the Magic Science Laboratory and Corinta has returned to normal track.
Although during this period many ambitious magicians advised Colin through the "Virtual Realm Resource Reorganization Committee" to seize this once-in-a-lifetime power vacuum to expand the influence of the "Science" school in the Tower of Great Sages, they were all declined by Luo Yan with a smile.
From the very beginning, he never thought about making the scientific school bigger and stronger.
Otherwise, he would not have carefully selected every apprentice in the Magic Science Laboratory and would have let all those ambitious guys in long ago.
The Tower of Great Sages is not short of ambitious people with unappreciated talents, but the explorers who yearn for the truth are the real treasures hidden in the shadows.
That was what he really wanted to take away.
As for the dregs—
Just let them stay here.
Prince Colin's "content with the status quo" attitude made many ambitious people gathered around him feel lost, and many even alienated him.
This unexpected "relaxation" made Uriel, who was ready to take the challenge, feel like he was punching cotton.
In order to face the challenge of the scientific school, this "Ariste II" made many painstaking preparations, but now it seems that these preparations have become his one-man show.
Prince Colin didn't respond at all.
Want to take over Ariste's legacy?
Then take it.
…
As time passed, good news seemed to come from Bronze Pass. As the war became stable again, the great sage was finally coming back.
All the professors and tutors were looking forward to His Royal Highness the Great Sage returning to take charge of the situation, especially Professor Hector, who had been inexplicably beaten, and was waiting for His Royal Highness the Great Sage to come and seek justice for him.
Luo Yan was not interested in this at all. Instead, he was excited about the good news from Alberto, the shop owner on Artisan Street.
After more than half a month of twists and turns, the craftsman finally contacted his mentor James Wally.
This silver-level magician, whose theories he had studied were not taken seriously and who had been unable to make any breakthroughs, was forced to leave the tower with regret and go to a barony in the Kingdom of Rhodes to serve as the lord's tutor and bodyguard.
Now that he knew that an imperial prince had come to the academy and that the prince had a strong interest in his research, the disheartened scholar saw hope of giving his career a second spring. He immediately quit his well-paid job and rushed back from the Kingdom of Rhodes without stopping.
Obviously, he cares more about the exploration of truth and the unknown than worldly interests.
Since Mr. James was no longer a mentor at the Tower of Great Sages and it would take some time to go through the re-entry procedures, Luo Yan did not meet this "legendary" scholar in his own laboratory, but in his private study.
He was a middle-aged man with a square face and a monocle. He was wearing a simple robe that was washed to a pale color. He had a slightly hunched back due to years of working at a desk.
When he walked into the study, his steps seemed a little restrained, and he was holding an old felt hat tightly in his hand, as if he didn't know how to put it.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Luo Yan was very familiar with that uneasy look.
It was the same when Teach first saw him. He wanted to bet everything, including his life, but he didn't know where to start.
"Mr. Wall-E, please take a seat."
Luo Yan smiled and stood up from behind the desk, personally pulled out an armchair for him, then raised his right hand slightly and the teapot flew above the teacup.
"You're tired from the journey. Come and taste my treasures. I hope this cup of hot tea can dispel the cold wind from the north."
A cup of steaming hot tea was brought to him. James was flattered and waved his hands repeatedly, but finally took it.
"I don't deserve it, Your Highness, you are too polite..."
"Don't be so reserved. In the Mage Tower, I'm just a magician pursuing the truth, no different from you."
Luo Yan sat back in his seat and started talking in a gentle tone.
"Your student Alberto often mentioned you to me. He highly praised your talent, especially your ideas about 'artificial mind' and 'autonomous golem core,' which I'm personally very interested in. However, I looked through your research but couldn't find any further information. What a pity."
Hearing his research being mentioned so clearly by an imperial prince, a gleam of light flashed in James' eyes, which had been slightly dimmed by frustration.
His tense shoulders unconsciously relaxed a little, and he responded stiffly: "That...that's just some immature fantasy."
After a pause, he tightened his grip on the teacup and spoke again embarrassedly.
"As for the lack of follow-up... that's because it's truly unfinished. I'm sorry to bother you."
"Any great creation begins with a seemingly unrealistic 'dream'. Just because it can't be realized today doesn't mean it can't be realized in the future."
Luo Yan smiled slightly and did not continue the topic. Instead, he handed Ilana's draft of the paper that was rejected by the Sage Newspaper to him.
"Excuse me, one of my students has completed a paper, but encountered some...obstacles when submitting it. I know a little bit about arithmetic, but magical theory is not really my forte. Could you, a true expert, please give me some advice?"
These humble words completely dissipated the tension in James' heart, and were replaced by a feeling of being respected and trusted.
He took the manuscript solemnly and read it politely at first, but the moment his eyes swept over the first page, his expression froze.
He adjusted his glasses and put his nose so close to the manuscript that it was almost sticking to the paper.
His eyes moved quickly from word to word, his fingers tremblingly moved across the complex formulas, and he muttered to himself.
“Unbelievable…”
Luo Yan was not surprised by his shock, he just smiled and took a sip of hot tea.
"Your Highness, can you lend me a pen?" James suddenly raised his head, his excited eyes like a believer who had seen a miracle.
"Of course." Luo Yan nodded slightly, waved his wand lightly, and a feather pen flew out of his drawer and landed in front of James.
A piece of manuscript paper also floated away with it.
"Thank you!" James thanked with a red face, then hurriedly took the manuscript paper and pen and began to calculate at his desk.
Time passes by every second.
Luo Yan estimated that it would take him some time to understand the complex differential and variational theories, so he planned to suggest that he take the book home and study it slowly.
However, at this moment, James suddenly stood up with an excited look of uncontrollable shock on his face.
"This is unbelievable... Your Highness, are you sure this was really written by your student?! And not by you?!"
"I just did some auxiliary work, it's not worth mentioning."
Putting down the teacup in his hand, Luo Yan looked at his excited expression, raised his eyebrows with interest, and asked knowingly.
"However, I was surprised that you were so optimistic about this paper... Could you tell me what's so special about it?"
"Special? Your Highness... This is more than special! This is a truly groundbreaking achievement!"
James' face flushed with excitement. He pointed to the formula on the manuscript paper and spoke quickly in an almost trembling voice.
"For thousands of years, every magician on the continent of Os has known that the higher the level of magic, the more mana it consumes. The greater the miracle one borrows from the gods, the greater the price one must pay! However, this experience, which is obvious to all magicians, has never been explained in an axiomatic way, nor has anyone been able to prove or calculate it!"
He took a deep breath, his tone filled with infinite admiration for the author of the paper.
"But the 'path optimization equation' in this paper does it! It mathematically proves that 'conservation of magic energy' isn't just our intuition, but an objective axiom in the universe! It transforms a vague concept into a set of mathematical formulas that can be precisely calculated! Although I still don't fully understand how this formula was calculated..."
When he said this, James looked a little embarrassed. He had studied for a lifetime, trying to prove the conservation of magic energy in a mathematical sense, but he didn't expect that when someone put the answer in front of him, he couldn't understand what was written.
certainly.
Through a few simple sets of data and the usage of the formula introduced in the paper, he could tell at a glance that this formula was not made up.
James' eyes flashed with fanaticism, and he looked at Luo Yan almost pleadingly: "Your Highness, please tell me, who is the master who wrote this paper?"
Although he was very happy that his apprentice was evaluated in this way, James's enthusiasm still made Luo Yan feel a little embarrassed.
He coughed lightly and said.
"She's probably not considered a master yet. Mr. James, as I said before, she's my apprentice."
"Apprentice?" James' expression froze instantly, and he blurted out almost subconsciously, "You mean, a magic apprentice? Completed... the project I left in the lab?"
"Yes."
Luo Yan nodded slightly, with a hint of smile in his gentle tone.
"Besides, strictly speaking, she is still just a preparatory student."
"Preparatory student?! Saint Sith is above..."
James was completely shocked.
He stared blankly at the manuscript in his hand, then glanced at the calm and composed prince before him. He felt as if the academic knowledge he had built up over decades had been completely overturned at this moment...
However, the shock and ecstasy did not last long.
As his distant thoughts returned to the present, the blush on James' face gradually faded, replaced by a deep helplessness.
Luo Yan blew on the tea leaves floating in the cup and asked casually.
"What's wrong?"
James sighed heavily, put the paper back on the table, and said with a bitter smile.
"I... just feel a little regretful."
After a pause, he looked at the papers on the table with a complicated expression and continued.
"Even this great achievement, worthy of being recorded in the history of magic, isn't enough to impress the sages in the tower... I guess there's no point in me coming back."
Completing the law of conservation of magical energy is his lifelong pursuit.
The formula established in the paper in front of him not only perfectly filled the missing piece of the "Law of Conservation of Magical Energy", but also provided a theoretical basis for further energy conservation and "mutual transformation of different forms of energy".
If even such results are not enough to catch the eye of the reviewers of The Sage, then all his efforts seem to be in vain.
Looking at the depressed James, Luo Yan did not comfort him, but spoke after a little thought.
"Truth does not become truth simply because it claims to be truth, and a wise man does not become a wise man simply because he claims to be a wise man. Mr. James, I tell my students that when you feel lost, trust your own judgment and just be yourself... Now, I want to give this sentence to you."
"Since you acknowledge this is a great job, I think... completing it would be more meaningful than complaining and being frustrated. What do you think?"
James was slightly stunned, and his eyes, which were dimmed by disappointment, seemed to rekindle a glimmer of light because of these words.
Get it done…
Didn't I come back just to complete the unfinished research?
If it was for worldly benefits or people's admiration, he could get more with his magic in the Kingdom of Rhodes!
Why come back here?
He looked at the young prince in front of him, his expression more moved than ever before, and suddenly stood up from his chair.
Looking at His Highness Colin's surprised expression, he bowed deeply.
"Thank you, Your Highness. You helped me, who was once lost, find my direction in life. I think... this must be God's will."
Looking at the serious expression on James' face, Luo Yan gradually restrained the surprise in his eyes and nodded with sincere satisfaction.
"It's my honor to be able to help such a promising scholar. I believe that the future of the Great Sage's Tower will be different because of your return today."
"Perhaps, although I don't have such lofty ambitions," James grinned, paused for a moment, and then continued in a serious tone, "Although I am disappointed with the Tower of the Great Sage, if it is you... I am willing to follow you for the rest of my life!"
Looking at the speech pledging allegiance, Luo Yan smiled.
"I'm glad you think so, but... to be honest, I'm afraid I can't stay here for much longer."
James looked up in surprise.
"What?!"
etc--
Didn't you call me back?
What does it mean that I can’t stay long?!
Of course, James couldn't question the prince like this, but the look of astonishment clearly showed this on his face.
Luo Yan sighed and spoke softly.
"Things have changed. The letter you received arrived too late, and many things have happened in the intervening time. But don't worry, although I may not be here for long, I will definitely arrange for your reinstatement before I leave... And the Magic Science Laboratory, which is your original laboratory, you can continue your research there. Even if I'm not here, it won't have any impact."
He planned to have Miss Castellón take over the laboratory.
That guy, like himself, was not cut out to be a scholar, but as a lord, he was more than capable of providing shelter for scholars.
He had spent considerable time cultivating a "bond" between her and the other apprentices, and now that work was complete.
Not knowing what had happened during this period, James just looked at His Royal Highness blankly, and it was a long time before he uttered a word.
"But... why?"
"My reason is similar to yours," Luo Yan said, his eyes fixed on the unchanging snowfield outside the window. "Perhaps I'll pass by here again, but I don't belong here after all. Either I leave on my own, or... I can only wait for others to chase me away. Why not be more respectful?"
He did not explain further, but took out an exquisitely made business card from his pocket.
The front of the business card has "Roxy Colin" written in gold foil, and the back has a simple but accurate map of the Janna continent.
"Our world is vast, and the Northern Wasteland is just the tip of the iceberg. If one day you really can't make it here, you can also bring your project to Deadwood Harbor to find me."
Luo Yan smiled and placed the business card in James's slightly trembling hand. "Give this business card to the governor there, and he will bring you to see me."
After a pause, he adopted a serious tone and continued.
"Before that, I hope you can stay here, continue to complete your theory, and give some guidance to my immature students from the perspective of a magician."
“‘Science’ can do without Colin, but it can’t do without them… Well, you may not know what science is, but you can ask my students and they will tell you.”
James really didn't understand this word when he heard it for the first time, but he could feel the unprecedented solemnity in His Royal Highness's voice.
He took a deep breath, placed his right hand, which was used to hold the wand, on his chest, and saluted solemnly like a knight of the Kingdom of Rhodes.
"Your Highness, I swear in the name of Saint Sith! I will definitely complete your instructions and continue along the path you have guided me!"
"Just swear by your last name." Luo Yan smiled and nodded, looking into those pious eyes and continued, "I look forward to your future performance—"
"And our future reunion!"
(End of this chapter)
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