Despite her terrible magical talent, poor aristocratic upbringing, and troublesome personality, Rebecca was still the most favored child in the family. After all, the Cecil family had completely declined by her generation, and the elders in the family could not find any other heirs to nurture and care for.
So Rebecca had received many gifts since she was young, so many that she could not count them all.
But few of those gifts left a deep impression on her.
Whether it was beautiful clothes, new magic books, or history books, Rebecca found nothing new. Unlike ordinary aristocratic ladies, she did not like flowers and new clothes, nor was she interested in learning about history and etiquette. But since her ancestor opened the coffin and rose, she finally found someone who could agree with her and always brought her a sense of novelty — an ancestor from 700 years ago. Rebecca originally thought that Gwen would be the most old-fashioned and serious elder she had ever met, but she did not expect this ancestor to be so interesting. His mind was full of wonderful ideas that were not inferior to hers at all.
Even the gift he gave her was very interesting.
But Rebecca was still a little hesitant (or rather, she was angry with herself) as she held the telescope in her hand. "I don't like to look at the stars! I've never liked them since I was young — what's the point? "
Gwen just smiled and took the silly girl to the balcony on the top floor of the mansion. Under Heti's surprised gaze, he helped Rebecca fix the telescope frame and adjust the focal length of the lens. Then, he pressed the iron-headed doll's head and let her put her eyes on the eyepiece.
Half a minute later.
"Looking at the stars is so interesting!" Rebecca said in a spineless voice.
"Ancestor, is this … the gift you said to give to Rebecca?" Heti was also attracted by the noise. She could not help but put down the astrolabe in her hand and came over. "There's no magic wave … what is this?"
"You can give it a try." Gawain smiled. "Hmm … Although it doesn't come with a Star Map Disc, and it may not be as professional as the Star Observation Disc, it should be easier to use than your magic tool if you only use it to observe distant objects."
Heti finally squeezed Rebecca's head to the side with great effort. She then took a look in front of the eyepiece and suddenly showed a surprised expression.
In this world, Hawkeye and the astrolabe technology developed from it became the main way for people to observe distant objects and stars respectively. Although they were limited to the circle of spellcasters, these two technologies still prevented people from exploring the path of optics research. The basic physical rules of optics in this world were no different from what Gwen knew, but under the premise of casting a spell to observe distant objects, who would think of combining several concave and convex lenses to make a telescope?
After all, these two technical lines were too far apart.
Rebecca looked at the magical metal device in a daze. She circled it a few times but did not see a single rune or magic material on it. She could not help but scratch her head in confusion. "But why is it like this?"
Heidi also looked up curiously and asked, "Yes, why?"
Hearing their questions, Gwen could not help but smile.
They finally learned to take the initiative to ask why — to delve into the principle and not be satisfied with just being able to use it. This was the idea that Hao Ren had been trying to inculcate in the technical staff of his domain. Now, his efforts had finally paid off.
"This is the transmission of light." Gwen thought for a moment and decided to give a simple explanation first. "You should at least know about the magnifying glass …"
He explained the effect of the concave and convex lenses and the principle of the telescope, but he did not explain all of this too deeply and too firmly. He just tried to explain how the telescope worked with the attitude of solving conjectures, and this was because of the necessary caution.
The laws of physics in this strange world were so strange. Who could be sure that if the telescope worked, then the optical principle here would be in line with the standards of Earth? Perhaps in the macroscopic world, the transmission and refraction of light showed the appearance that he was familiar with. But one day, when he studied the microscopic world and found that the 'light' of this world was essentially something else, what would he do?
He knew how much influence he had on Heti and Rebecca. Even if they now had the spirit of doubt of qualified researchers, what he said would still leave a deep impression in their minds. So he had always avoided using an overly confident tone when talking about his conjectures about the principle of magic in front of the two, unless the knowledge had been fully verified by practice. This was to prevent himself from affecting their research one day.
Rebecca listened in a daze. She knew the theory of magic, and also knew the theoretical knowledge of mathematics, mechanics and some alchemy, but she had never thought that the way the world worked could be explained from this perspective. It brought her great novelty. "So the light that can be seen everywhere … has such an interesting place?"
As she spoke, she put her eyes close to the telescope and looked at the stars in the sky excitedly. She imagined that the distant stars had experienced a long journey, passed through the atmosphere full of magic, and finally fell into a set of lenses, and became clearer and more magnified images between the lenses. She saw more and brighter stars than she had ever seen when she was a child. She also saw the vague structure of the celestial bodies that were originally hidden among the stars.
Due to the limited technology of the first telescope, the magnification was not very high, so she could not see too many secrets of the stars through the lens. Even so, the starry sky that was more brilliant than she had imagined was enough to make her cry out in surprise.
"I used to want to throw big fireballs into the sky and blow those stars down," Rebecca looked up and blinked. "But they are so far away …"
"Actually, you know, most of the stars in the sky are burning big fireballs," Gwen said with a smile. But he quickly added, "Of course, this is just my guess."
"Stars are also burning fireballs?" Rebecca looked at Gwen in surprise. "Then what are they using as fuel? How can they burn for so many years? "
In his hometown, it was hydrogen, but God knows what the stars here were burning.
However, Gwen could not answer directly. He could only smile awkwardly and said, "I don't know."
"Ancestor, are you lying to me?" Rebecca looked at Gwen suspiciously. "How can the stars in the sky be big fireballs?"
"You can't talk to the ancestor like that!" Heti immediately looked at Rebecca seriously. But before Gwen could feel touched, she said, "The ancestor was hanging in the sky. He must have seen how the stars burned with his own eyes. Right, ancestor?"
Gwen said, "Err … Yes, yes …"
"Wow, that's amazing!" Rebecca exclaimed exaggeratedly. Then, she scratched her chin and fell into deep thought. "Then, do you think that the fireball will turn into a star if I make it very, very big and hit it very, very far away?"
"… That's probably impossible." Gwen spread out his hands. "The real size of stars is much bigger than you think. Of course, this is also my guess. "
Heidi showed a thoughtful expression and asked, "Ancestor, do you mean 'Ao' is also a big burning fireball?"
"Oh … I guess so."
Gwen crossed his arms and looked up at the brightest star in the night sky.
Of course, he knew what it was. Or rather, he could probably guess what it was.
That was the 'sun' that the planetary system was really orbiting around.
The planet under his feet (currently hypothesized as a planet) was not a standard planet. It was most likely just a satellite orbiting a gas giant planet. The gas giant planet was what people usually called the 'sun', but this gas giant planet was also orbiting another celestial body. According to the information currently available, the latter was most likely 'Oh', the brightest star in the night sky. It was a mysterious lone star that could occasionally be seen during the day. It was the 'ultimate mysterious star' that had a special place in the minds of sorcerers and astrologers.
Transcendents had a variety of explanations for 'Oh', but no matter who it was, they all seemed to agree that it had a special role in the field of occultism. It was the reference point for almost all astrological observations and the most common 'spiritual focus' used by sorcerers during meditation. Even in some religious legends, 'Oh' was related to the residence of the gods: it was the lighthouse that led to the residence of the gods.
Rebecca looked at the sky and suddenly found something. "Speaking of which … 'Oh' seems to be brighter today than before."
"When winter comes, the brightness of 'Oh' will increase. Don't you know? It's common sense in astrology! " Heti looked at Rebecca helplessly. "I really don't know where you threw away the things you learned when you were a child."
Rebecca straightened her neck and said, "I know that, but the brightness of 'Oh' in this winter's Day of the Stars seems to be brighter than before!"
"Really?" Heti looked at the sky suspiciously. She could not see such a subtle change with the naked eye, but she knew that Rebecca did have an amazing sensitivity to these inexplicable details. So, she was also skeptical. "Maybe there's a change … Speaking of which, I remember reading in some relatively unpopular magic books that when the position of the stars is correct, the connection between the ultimate mysterious star 'Oh' and the human world will become stronger, and the door between the realm of the gods and the human world will become loose. And the year when the position of the stars is correct in the prophecy seems to be the last few years."
Listening to Heti's strange words, Gwen had an inexplicable sense of deja vu.
The position of the stars is correct … Why does it sound so ominous?
And just as he was wondering whether the 'position of the stars is correct' was a wild legend or some kind of magical phenomenon, the door of the balcony was suddenly pushed open, and the panicked cry of the siren lady came. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!"
"What do you mean oh no?" Gawain had never seen Tyr so flustered before. This seafood, who was often in a hibernation state, was lazy no matter what he did. This gave Gawain a fright. "Someone wants to stew you?"
"The position of the stars! The position of the stars! " Tyr hopped up to Gawain with his fishtail and gestured with his hands and feet. "Today is the day when the stars return to their positions! Once the stars arrive at the correct position, the big squid in the deep sea … the big squid … "
Gwen was just thinking about the matter between the stars and the evil god of the deep sea. Now that he heard Tyre, a deep-sea creature, mention the thing that was suspected to be an ancient god in such a panic, he immediately broke out in cold sweat. "Be clear! What will happen to the 'big squid' in the deep sea when the position of the stars is correct? "
"The big squid will have no limit!" Tyre was so anxious that he was about to cry. "I missed dinner!"
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