When night fell, Roddy sat in the parlor of the mansion, thinking about how he should approach Kardashian later.
In the afternoon, Roddy had wanted to ask Kardashian about the search for the Magic Tower, but when he bumped into the Dragons in the research department, they had a serious discussion about the "principles of airplane flight" for several hours.
Come to think of it, ever since Tasman had met this dragon, Rody had never had such a serious conversation with her about a certain topic. This was because Kardashian had a "spoiled missy" personality to begin with. She would either do things her own way or be spoiled and lazy. In fact, she was quite similar to Merlinsera before the upheaval, but because she was more pampered, she acted more carelessly.
Roddy was already used to her careless personality. He thought she was just asking out of curiosity, but he didn't expect her to go through all the theoretical foundations of "aerodynamics". This wasn't a simple question, but a thorough explanation of "physics" by Roddy.
The laws of macroscopic physics were all taught in middle and high school, so it was a piece of cake for a university graduate like Roddy. Newton's laws, air pressure, pressure, and other concepts weren't very profound to him. After countless summaries by predecessors, these laws were easy for smart people to understand. But Roddy obviously didn't realize that "science" was far from being a tool for people to understand the world.
Even in modern society, "science" had become the mainstream tool for understanding the world, but it was only a short moment in the history of human civilization. For a person who had been indoctrinated with modern education for more than a decade, using 'science' to solve problems had become an instinct. For example, when Rody was designing the 'Fire Crossbow' or the 'Airplane', all the steps in the plan followed the scientific verification method. He observed, asked questions, made hypotheses, verified and confirmed that the results were repeatable and so on.
It seemed to be the same as other mages, but Kardashian clearly noticed the difference.
Although she didn't like to study, it didn't mean that her knowledge was shallow. After listening to Roddy's description of the various laws of physics, Kardashian quickly fell into a strange state. She found herself a laboratory and immediately began to verify many of her ideas.
Roddy had no choice. He didn't dare to interrupt the other party and request to search the Magic Tower. So, he waited until nightfall.
As a result, Kardashian seemed to have forgotten to eat. It was not until midnight that she walked out of the laboratory with a solemn expression.
"You haven't eaten yet? I've asked the restaurant to prepare dinner. Shall we go eat together? "
Roddy quickly came up to talk to her, but Kardashian's response was not as casual as usual. She just nodded and followed him to the Mage's Dining Hall downstairs without saying a word.
She didn't speak, and Roddy didn't know how to start the conversation. In the somewhat awkward atmosphere, Kardashian ate three steaks in a row before slowly saying, "Who told you all this?"
Looking at those calm eyes, Roddy thought to himself, "Is it a problem to know too much?" So, he replied, "According to the conclusions of the predecessors. After all, I like things that have a pattern. With a pattern, I can save a lot of steps and time, right?"
"How do you know that your conclusion is correct?"
Kardashian's voice was very calm, but this calmness contained emotions that Roddy couldn't understand.
"This is very simple. It can be repeated." Roddy took a sip of the warm milk tea and then pointed at the cup in his hand. "Use a flame to add water, and the water will become hot. This seems very common, but there is a pattern behind it. Heat can spontaneously transfer from a hot object to a cold object, but it can't spontaneously transfer from a cold object to a hot object. "
"There is this pattern. If I see a basin of cold bathwater, I can naturally use a flame to heat it up before taking a bath, right?"
Even a child could understand the example that Roddy gave, but Kardashian was obviously thinking about what he had just said. Her eyes flickered for a long time, as if thinking about these things made her lose interest in eating. She simply put the knife and fork aside. "What if it can't be repeated? Can't it be counted as a pattern that you agree with? There are many things that can't be repeatedly verified as you said. "
"If it can't be verified repeatedly, then it can't be a pattern. In fact, what you said, most people confuse 'correlation' and 'cause and effect.' Falling in the afternoon can be linked to three sneezes in the morning, and catching three fish today is the result of yesterday's prayer. " Roddy shrugged. "However, when it is really verified, praying every day may not be able to catch three fish tomorrow, so this can't be a cause and effect relationship. As for whether it is related or not, anyway, I don't believe it without evidence. "
In fact, he really wanted to say that this thing was not related at all, but there might really be gods in this world. Naturally, he could not blindly throw out the "materialism" theory.
After saying these words, Kardashian obviously became even more silent. She stared at the empty plate for a few minutes, and then somewhat dispiritedly leaned back in the chair. "… I suddenly realized that the things that we, the Dragons, claim to represent the mysteries of the world, don't seem to be as incisive as a few words that you said."
She was indeed stimulated — ordinary people would only feel surprised when they saw "planes" and "cars," but Kardashian saw infinite possibilities; ordinary people would think that the laws of physics couldn't be more simple, but she clearly felt the deeper meaning contained in it …
There was also a similar summary within the Dragons, but not only was it complicated and boring, it was also extremely troublesome to explain. There was no such concept as "mechanics." If you asked how fast a stone could reach if it was thrown from the air to the ground, and then asked how much buoyancy the stone would produce when it fell into the water, it could be calculated, but the time it took was a headache just thinking about it.
F = ma, such a simple and clear formula. When Roddy explained it in a few words, it was enough.
However, Kardashian found that there was no concept of "acceleration" in the ancient books of the Dragons — after thinking for a long time, she could only find a sentence that described an approximate state, and it was even vague.
She spent the whole afternoon verifying the formulas and theorems that Roddy had mentioned. With her superb magic control and perception, she could basically confirm that it was not aimless, but a kind of theoretical foundation that really put the Dragons to shame!
This kind of discovery was probably more valuable than the "space-time crack." However, at this time, she was worried about Roddy's situation. Suddenly, she said, "Sometimes, knowing too much is not a good thing."
After hearing what she said, Roddy suddenly frowned, and the phrase "treasuring a jade ring a crime" involuntarily appeared in his mind.
"Will the Dragons catch me and interrogate me because of this?"
He really did not think of this possibility. This was entirely because Roddy's realm was not high enough, and he did not realize how urgent the Dragons' desire for the "mystery of the origin of the world" was …
Looking at Kardashian silently nodding, Roddy swallowed his saliva, several thoughts flashed in his mind, and then he shrugged, "Well, my life is in your hands. You can punish me as you wish, and I will not complain. "
Although that was what he said, his expression amused Kardashian, who had been keeping a straight face.
She laughed out loud, "If not for you being smart, you would have already seen that I did not intend to expose you, right?"
This sentence really made Roddy feel relieved. He had indeed guessed so — if she wanted to expose the secret, it would be enough for Kardashian to directly fly to Victor in the afternoon. Why would she need to talk to him?
"It's useless to be smart, you still have the final say."
Roddy got up and was about to pour milk tea for Kardashian, but she stopped him, "I want to drink."
Calling the servant to pour red wine, Kardashian did not say anything, and directly drank a big glass of wine, and then said with some disappointment, "In fact, I think that even if I tell these things to the elders, they will not choose to believe it."
"The pride of the Dragons has been maintained for tens of thousands of years, and suddenly a nobody came out and said that 'the things you have believed in all these years are wrong', who would agree?"
Kardashian usually did not like to use her brain, but it did not mean that she was a fool. On the contrary, because of her noble identity as the daughter of the Lord of the Dragons, her vision was broader, and she understood the thinking of the leadership of the Dragons better.
Roddy was not surprised by this, after all, the process of "science" replacing the church was not achieved overnight, and many people were hanged for spreading science — thinking that he almost became a victim, Roddy could not help but rub his eyebrows, and smiled bitterly, "So … what do you want to do?"
"I only have one request."
Kardashian sat up straight, and slowly exhaled, "Teach me everything you know, and I promise not to let more Dragons know."
The more you know, the more power you will have. The way for a mage to improve their strength was not simply by relying on training and meditation, a mage could not master "Flame Blast" even after releasing "Lesser Fireball" ten thousand times. The breadth of knowledge and the depth of their own magic power determined a mage's highest achievement — the same principle also applied to the Dragons.
This was probably the most important decision Kardashian made since she was born … Basta's unremitting pursuit made her realize that if she continued to be the "daughter of the Lord" in the eyes of others, then she would never be able to escape the fate of "marriage". If the Dragons wanted to escape this fate, only the real existence was qualified.
Originally, she had neglected to improve her cultivation, but now, she saw this opportunity.
Kardashian never thought that a seemingly ordinary human could actually hold the "Key to the World" that mortals could not understand … In the face of this temptation, the difference in status was no longer meaningful, only knowledge was the eternal source of power.
Roddy had not forgotten the purpose of looking for Kardashian today, but he did not use this as a condition for the exchange, but nodded and said, "No problem, I will tell you everything I know."
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