Roland had a deep impression of the Chief Astrologer, who not only scrupulously abided by etiquette, but also paid great attention to his duties. Although he did not make many achievements in stargazing, the Arithmetic Academy did a good job. He not only trained a large number of talents for Neverwinter, but also participated in the overall planning of various departments in the Administrative Office. It could be said that under his leadership, the Astrology Association had gradually reversed its previous predicament of being a scholar without any influence. Now, the Astrology Association was almost as influential as the Alchemist Association.
On the day when the Bloody Moon first appeared, Dispersion Star had repeatedly come to Roland's door to apologize for failing to send a warning in advance. However, Roland had been busy dealing with the emergency in Neverwinter at that time, so he had asked his guards to send Dispersion Star back. After all, no one had expected that the Bloody Moon would appear so suddenly. Moreover, Roland had never expected the Astrology Association to discover the Bloody Moon in the first place. He had only persuaded them because they could write and calculate.
Roland guessed that the discovery of the Bloody Moon must be extraordinary if such a well-behaved person used the word "must". After hanging up the phone, Roland immediately took his guards and rushed to the Arithmetic Academy in the south of the city.
The so-called observatory was just an attic in the Arithmetic Academy. Before the astrologers moved to the top floor of the Miracle Building, it had temporarily become their temporary place to observe the stars. Of course, due to the construction time of the spectacle exceeding expectations, in order to avoid the huge disparity between the initial expectations and the actual treatment, which would lead to a psychological gap, he also specially made a few large-aperture astronomical telescopes for these people and transformed the top floor of the attic into a professional stargazing venue that could rotate freely.
Astrologer of Dispersion Star had been waiting for Roland with a group of astrologers for a long time. When they saw Roland, they all knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty!"
"Get up." Roland waved his hand casually, indicating that he had important business to attend to. "Let's cut to the chase. What did you find?"
"Your Majesty, please follow me." The old astrologer solemnly led Roland to the top floor of the attic.
Pushing the door open, Roland saw that the floor of the room was covered with calculation drafts and hand-drawn lines. Based on his shallow knowledge of astronomy, it should be the calculation of the trajectory of some stars. In fact, his knowledge of astronomy was only enough to scare them at first. After he taught them elementary physics and mathematics, after two years of learning, these people's practical application level was already above his.
Except for Astrologer of Dispersion Star, the other astrologers did not follow him in. Instead, they stood outside the door. The moment the door was closed, Roland caught a very serious look on the faces of the white-haired people, as if what they were about to say was no different from their last words.
"Roland …" Nightingale couldn't help but secretly tug at his sleeve.
Roland nodded calmly. With Nightingale protecting him, he was not worried about any danger. However, he was curious about what kind of discovery could make these astrologers behave so cautiously.
"Your Majesty, these days, we have been observing the trajectory of the Bloody Moon and the changes it brings." After a moment of silence, Dispersion Star finally said, "Since we failed to accurately predict its arrival, we at least hope to make some compensation, such as determining its location and size. Otherwise, the mission given to the Astrology Association at the beginning will be meaningless. However, the results we have obtained these days are extremely frightening. "
"Extremely... frightening?" Roland frowned. This was not a word that could be associated with discovery. "What do you mean? Get to the point. "
"Yes, Your Majesty." The astrologer lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid that the Star of Extinction is a hoax. The Bloody Moon... doesn't exist."
Roland was stunned and then subconsciously turned his head to look out of the window. The scarlet sphere was still hanging high in the air, showing no signs of dissipating.
"You mean that thing... doesn't exist?"
"I also thought it was funny when I first thought of this conclusion. However, as the observation continued, no one in the Astrology Association could laugh anymore." Dispersion Star heaved a sigh of relief. Once he started, he seemed to be relieved of a burden and spoke more fluently. "Yes, Your Majesty. It doesn't exist. According to the observation data accumulated in the past 100 years and the knowledge you taught us, we can conclude that such a huge celestial body can't possibly not affect other stars. "
"However, according to the redrawn star chart, we've tracked and calculated the starlight in the original location of the Star of Extinction and found that none of the stars deviated because of its departure. This means that the Star of Extinction didn't affect other stars or us. "
"Not only that, it didn't even affect itself. Before this, the Star of Extinction didn't show any signs of movement, which usually means that it's rotating at the same time as us. But now, it's still at the same time even though it's getting closer to us. It doesn't make sense that the Star of Extinction doesn't show any change in speed. "
Roland quickly understood what the old scholar meant. "If we remove it from the sky..."
"Then everything makes sense." Dispersion Star nodded. "Everything will be normal when it doesn't exist. In other words, it doesn't make any difference to the world whether the Bloody Moon is there or not."
Roland fell into silence upon hearing this.
He roughly understood why the Chief Astrologer was so hesitant and cautious. The rumors about the Bloody Moon and the Battle of Divine Will came from the ancient Taquila witches. As the dean of the Arithmetic Academy, Dispersion Star had more or less heard some inside information about them when he contacted the central carrier. If these were all proven to be lies made up by the Union, it would cause irreparable damage to the relationship between the two parties.
However, Roland did not think about this at all. Other lords might feel uncomfortable when they heard this, but for him, watching Celine study the Rubik's Cube and taking the God's Punishment Witches to stroll on the pedestrian street were all fun things to do. Even if the basis of cooperation was greatly reduced, he did not mind maintaining this relationship.
Moreover, the threat of the demons was real.
"Are you sure that your judgment is correct?"
"Your Majesty, I've been thinking about this for a long time. It wasn't until I received a letter from a friend in the old king's city this morning that I dared to come to a conclusion." Astrologer Dispersion Star took out a piece of paper from his pocket and unfolded it. It seemed to be a map of the Bloody Moon. "Because of the different observation points, the positions of the stars will be slightly deviated. My old friend used to be a nobleman, but he's very interested in astronomy. Therefore, I asked him to check the star area of the Bloody Moon from another direction. It turned out that the answer he sent back was very different from the position we observed. It's almost inexplicable as an error! That is to say, if the Bloody Moon is used as a reference point, it means that it's fixed in one place no matter from which angle we look at it. It's not only stationary relative to the earth we're on, but also relative to everyone! "
Hearing this, Roland's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Your Majesty, everything in the world has a front, a back, a left, a right, a height, and a thickness. Something that doesn't change from any angle can't be an entity!" Dispersion Star said word by word.
Suddenly, Roland thought of the red spot he saw in the Dream World. Although its shape was very irregular, no matter how he looked at it, it always looked the same.
In the Dream World, it had another name.
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