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"The Ferryman" chuckled and said: "Sturk's famous playwright Jeros Astal, a scholar who has six popular operas." He didn't pay attention to the boatman paddling a pointed boat in front of him, because he was also a scholar.
The core of the Magic Council in Stork.
"Magician?" Lucien asked with a little curiosity, thinking of his apparent identity.
"The Ferryman" looked sideways at Lucien, with respect in his tone: "Yes, he is a shadow mentor."
Lucien was a little surprised: "Mentor?"
In the ancient magic empire, those who could be called mentors were at least high-level magicians.
"Of course, although I don't know the specific level of Mr. Astaire, he is undoubtedly a high-level magician. In fact, the Council has several similar gentlemen in Sturk, and they all have apparently prominent
Identity, but long-term 'outing', taking turns to return to Sturke." The ferryman turned his head and looked at the rippling water of the canal in front, "The parliament has more power in Sturke than you imagine, but they are just like this
A strong person will definitely not take action just for trivial matters."
"The stronger the parliament is in Stork, the more secure I feel." Lucien replied humorously. Although Stork is very important, there are several high-level magicians here alone, which is enough.
A description that proves the expansion of the power of the Magic Council in Rhineland Discourse.
Amid the hustle and bustle on both sides, the pointed boat cut through the water like a sharp arrow and turned into a quiet and beautiful urban area of Sturke.
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The boat stopped in front of a three-story villa with a large garden. Lucien and the ferryman walked to the gate on stone steps that were slightly slippery due to water.
"Mr. Tom, you're here." The guard guarding the door obviously knew the ferryman, so he opened the iron door without asking any questions.
Lucien followed the ferryman with a smile. He never expected that he would give himself such a common and ubiquitous name, and it would always remind him of that poor cat.
Ferryman - Tom walked through the gardens and lawns without paying much attention to the authenticity: "The more common the name, the less likely it is to be noticed by others, and for people like us who cannot walk under the light, it is difficult to be noticed by others.
Attention often means death. Haha, Mr. Evans, you also used a common name wisely, didn't you?"
"In fact, sometimes it is safer to be noticed and taken seriously by others, such as Mr. Astaire." Lucien looked around the ordinary-looking villa and found no trace related to magic.
Meow, a tiger-skinned cat crossed in front of the two of them with its tail erect, proud and elegant.
Suddenly it said in a hoarse voice: "Astar asked you to go directly to the second floor. He is studying arcana and has no time to come down to greet you."
The cat spoke so suddenly that it almost startled Lucien.
Tom replied with some fear: "Yes, Ms. Mercedes."
Then, he introduced to Lucien: "This is Mr. Astar's familiar, er, companion, Ms. Mercedes."
"Hello, Ms. Mercedes." Lucien greeted politely.
The tiger cat snorted in reply, and then walked into the garden next to him with unhurried steps.
When he and Tom walked to the door of the villa hall in silence, Lucien looked back idly and unexpectedly saw the proud tiger cat jumping around trying to catch a butterfly. He was having a great time without any traces.
Signs of using magic.
"Sometimes, humans don't enjoy happiness any more than animals." Tom said softly, and then opened the wooden door.
Lucien turned his head and smiled: "But the wealth of life is not just happiness."
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Under the sunlight, the second floor was bright and clear, but when Lucien followed Tom through the corridor, he always felt like it was covered in shadows. This feeling was inexplicable, and it seemed to be caused by the "Crown of the Sun" he was wearing.
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Arriving at a dark wooden door, Tom knocked gently: "Mr. Astaire, we are here."
"Come in. The door is unlocked." A deep, hoarse voice came from inside the door.
Opening the door carefully, Tom turned around and motioned for Lucien to go in with him.
There were many paper balls scattered messily on the heavy gray carpet. This was Lucien's first impression of this study. Then he was shocked to see an unheld quill on the mahogany desk, sitting on a piece of snow-white paper.
He wrote quickly, occasionally reaching into the ink bottle bouncing next to him to dip in ink.
"Where is Mr. Astaire?" Lucien was slightly shocked by this magical scene, and then he was confused. He looked around, but he only saw bookshelves filled with books of various styles, and did not find the shadow mentor.
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Tom next to him bent down, picked up the paper ball on the carpet and put it into the wastebasket.
Lucien, who had not found Astal, was moved in his heart. Curiously, he imitated Tom and bent down to pick up an un-crunched paper ball. Through the gaps in the paper ball, he saw the dense mathematical formulas and calculation processes inside.
Since peeking into other people's arcane research may lead to dire consequences, Lucien did not unfold the paper ball, but threw it into the wastebasket after taking a look at it, reaffirming the basic role of mathematics in arcane research.
"Wait a few minutes." The deep and hoarse voice just now seemed to come from every shadow corner of the room. However, Lucien saw outlines protruding from the shadows between the curtains and the desk, forming a gentle and elegant figure.
The image of a black-haired man. At first glance, I think he is a young man in his twenties, but upon closer inspection, I think he is in his forties.
The black-haired man was sitting on a recliner, concentrating on a book with a black hard-cover cover. There seemed to be countless shadows of quills writing and calculating in the faint shadows around him.
Lucien and Tom didn't speak. After waiting for about ten minutes, the quill on the desk stopped and was inserted into the pen holder like an ordinary quill. The shadow of the quill completely disappeared. That person might be Asta.
The black-haired man closed his book and turned to look at the two of them: "Welcome, my new companion on the path of arcana and magic. I am Astar."
"Hello, Mr. Astaire." Lucien saluted and saw clearly the cover of the book. On it were two words with special meaning composed of bright silver lines: "Arcane?"
Astaire raised the book: "Have you seen the Arcane Journal?"
"The gentleman who told me the location of the Magic Council once showed me an issue of "Arcane" from many years ago." Lucien couldn't suppress his curiosity, "Mr. Astaire, can you let me see it?"
Is this the content of this issue of "Arcane"? Is this the latest issue of "Arcane"?"
Astar got up from the recliner with a gentle smile: "You are studying the ancient magic system. I'm afraid it will be difficult to understand the content published in the "Arcane" journal. And if you can't understand the "Arcane" journal, you are sure
I can't understand the various new magical ideas in the "Magic" journal." He pointed to another hard cover book with a six-pointed star on his desk, "However, you are the only one in the past ten years.
A magician who asked me to read the journal "Arcana", I am very satisfied with your studiousness, so you can read it as you like, but don't hold on to the hope of understanding it."
As he spoke, he handed the "Arcane" journal to Lucien, and then looked at the ferryman: "Tom, what should I call this magician?"
"He is Mr. Evans, a magician of one ring." Tom always felt a little nervous when facing Astaire.
Lucien took the "Arcane" journal and turned to the catalog page. The expression on his face suddenly solidified, because the first article was: "A complex variable function capable of describing and calculating the mental force field."
"Has the Magic Council studied complex variable functions so deeply?" Some of the unsealed books in Lucien's Soul Library contain complex variable functions. But Lucien, who was not a math major or a physics major before, started to study this aspect.
The knowledge is very difficult, and I believe that the Magic Council should still be in the calculus-dominated stage of the late 18th century and the early 19th century. At best, it has just begun the study of complex variable functions, so it is not too urgent to learn. "The Magic Council enters the complex stage."
Is the variable function in the stage of comprehensive development? It seems that I have to seize the time to learn..."
The complex function is a function with complex numbers as independent variables. The research on it has produced many results, such as the calculation of plane fields, such as Riemann surfaces, etc. Riemann later constructed a curved geometric space based on non-Euclidean theory as a starting point.
It is a mathematical tool of Einstein's general theory of relativity, used to explain the relationship between gravity, time, and space.
Seeing Lucien's frozen expression, Astal chuckled and said: "It's normal not to understand. Ever since the Great Arcanist Brooke discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism and proposed the concept of electromagnetic fields, many people in the Council started to
Research on various 'fields'. For example, when we cast magic and sense the surroundings, mental force does not appear in the form of separate lines, but there is a mental force field. But we want to accurately calculate the intensity of each point of the mental force field, etc.
, and we lacked mathematical tools, so the complex variable function appeared."
"This is different from the emergence of complex variable functions on Earth. Demand determines mathematical results." Lucien thought thoughtfully.
Astaire continued: "The shadow field I am researching needs to be transformed. Well, discussing this latest arcane knowledge with you will make you dizzy. In short, when Evans arrives at Aline, the parliament will give you
Your current basic books on arcana and magic will allow you to transform from an ancient magician within two to three years. Of course, this requires your own efforts. I have seen many intermediate magicians who study ancient magic always resist the current situation.
The arcana and magic, the result could not be changed until old age and death."
"The council will give me basic books for free?" Because of the Pale Hand incident, Lucien was particularly concerned about similar matters, fearing that there would be some irresistible request.
"I have a small request, but I won't let you do anything dangerous. The council's long-held view is that magicians below the intermediate level should study and research with peace of mind. Your growth will be the best reward for the council." Starr responded kindly, "Tom, take Evans to the room on the third floor of the villa."
After he ordered Tom, he looked at Lucien: "On the third floor, there are more than a dozen magic apprentices who passed the examination and were sent to me in the name of studying drama. They either have good mental strength or have good talents in arcane arts. At that time, I will go to the Kingdom of Holm with you. Haha, if you are not afraid of embarrassment, you can learn the basics of arcana from them now."
Saying goodbye to Astaire, Lucien and Tom headed to the third floor. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)