The Astronomy Tower is the tallest building at the University of Cambridge. Standing on the top of the tower, you can have a panoramic view of the campus at night. It looks quiet and peaceful in the cool breeze.
As the best university in the Braden Kingdom, the top of the astronomy tower has complete star observation equipment. With the help of a huge telescope, Allen can clearly see every star in the sky.
"It's really a huge project to measure the trajectory of stars!" He stood on tiptoes and moved closer to the lens barrel, sighing silently in his heart.
Tonight, he specially brought Mr. Merlins's "Horoscopes and Prophecies" and a thick stack of scratch paper.
As we all know, Mr. Merlins, who is extremely talented, is involved in most types of magic, but what he is best at is astrology and prophecy.
The mysterious fate and elusive astrology, in the hands of Merlins, became truly predictable.
In the book "Astrology and Prophecy", Merlins used the gravitational formula to draw the most complete astrological chart so far. The data is accurate and the explanations are detailed. For beginners, it is the best textbook for introductory astrology.
But even with the help of a telescope, it is still not easy to match the vast starry sky with the charts in books.
So, throughout the night, Allen sometimes stared at the starry sky in the telescope, and sometimes scribbled on the scratch paper. The midnight bell rang quietly, and he was not aware of it.
Allen's mental strength is far beyond ordinary people, so he is naturally not afraid of staying up late. To be honest, he has long been mentally prepared to use the astronomy tower as a dormitory.
"When I get back, that guy Jeffrey will probably complain again that I made him stay alone in the empty room..." Thinking of this, a helpless smile appeared on Allen's lips.
In the next few hours, Allen entered a state of high concentration and devoted himself wholeheartedly to drawing the drawings, forgetting everything around him and the passage of time.
It wasn't until the blue moon disappeared on the western horizon that he put down the book in his hand and let his mind return to the real world.
The astrological chart on the draft paper has already taken a rough shape. Although there are some differences from the one in the book, it is only because of the movement of the stars.
He felt that he only needed to stay up for a few more nights on this high tower to perfect this drawing and select the destiny star from it.
This matter went more smoothly than expected, and he felt full of accomplishment.
But the happy mood did not last long.
Looking at the rising sun in the eastern sky, Allen's stomach suddenly growled, and it became a little difficult to concentrate. Then, he realized that he was already unbearably hungry.
"I actually forgot to bring midnight snack!" He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Driven by hunger, while debating whether to have a hot dog or a sandwich for breakfast, he stuffed "Horoscopes and Prophecies" into his backpack and turned around to leave.
However, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that on the other side of the astronomical telescope, there was a white porcelain coffee cup and a bag of toast!
The coffee cup is empty.
The toast bread also looked very dry.
But for some reason, Allen seemed to be driven by some mysterious power, and he couldn't help but walk towards the place where the bread was, picked up a piece, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
The bread tasted very dry and not delicious.
But Allen seemed to have not eaten for three days, devouring the food without stopping for a moment.
“It smells so good!”
This was his only thought at this time.
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After a few minutes, the toast bread in the bag was wiped out.
At this time, Allen finally realized what he had done.
He stood there awkwardly, staring apologetically at the empty bag with only the crumbs left, feeling that he had been in a daze just now.
“This bread must be abnormal,” he thought to himself. “Even if I worked overtime on a project in my previous life and didn’t eat for two days, I wouldn’t be so hungry.
"It's as if... there is a mysterious magic in this bread that can make people addicted to it."
Thinking of this, he frowned slightly.
A few minutes later, when he confirmed that his body had no other abnormal reactions, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"No matter what, I still ate other people's bread without their consent," he laughed at himself in his mind. "If my father knew about this, I'm afraid he would laugh at me again as 'the shame of the York family.'"
Allen doesn't like the feeling of being in debt.
After thinking for a moment, he roughly estimated the price of the bag of toast, took out a few bills from his pocket, and put them under the white porcelain coffee cup next to him.
"Three pence... Well, the toast bread on the market is about this price. I hope the owner of the bread is satisfied!"
He smiled bitterly and quietly left the tower.
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Afternoon.
A brilliant magical light flashed from the top of the astronomy tower, and then the ninth-level magician Merlins appeared next to the huge telescope.
In fact, Merlins had already been here yesterday afternoon. He had to admit that the weather at Cambridge University was clear and cloudless, making it a good place for observing astronomical phenomena. Of course, the disadvantage was that the temperature was a little higher.
Mr. Edward Lynn, the president of the University of Cambridge, was very polite to Merlins. After learning about his visit, he not only arranged the best campus for him, but also provided him with three meals a day.
The food at the University of Cambridge is exquisite in variety, shape and taste. On average, each meal costs about ten pounds. Therefore, the University of Cambridge is called the most expensive university in the country, and it is not for nothing.
But compared to the delicious food at Cambridge University, Merlins loves his toast.
Well... although these toasts look a little ugly and taste a little worse, they are produced by Mage Tower after all.
On these toasts, there is a magic spell called "mental focus" attached. This is a auxiliary magic that can improve the user's concentration and memory in the next few hours and help them be more efficient.
conduct study and research work.
Therefore, the toast bread produced by these mage towers is absolutely priceless. They are in short supply on the market, and sometimes they cost hundreds of pounds, but they may not be available.
In terms of price alone, there is always an insurmountable gap between the secular world and the magical world.
At this moment, when he was about to start a new day of research work, Merlins habitually reached into the bag next to him, trying to grab a piece of toast and stuff it into his mouth.
But he caught nothing.
Merlins' pupils shrank and he squinted his eyes, only to find that the bag containing the bread was empty, leaving only a few scattered crumbs.