In the cold winter night where snowflakes were floating, the magical lamps in different colors illuminated Duke James' villa, making it look like brilliant stars in the deep night sky.
Even senior-rank sorcerers would not decorate their magic towers with crystal lamps. Most of the time, they would use magic candles to illuminate their magic towers.
For most of the nobles present, they finally understood what it meant to be dazzling and beautiful. They did not expect that there could be such a dreamy scene in addition to the natural scenery. It was a magnificent scene that could be popularized by the power of human beings to change the world!
"Dear guests, please enter the villa." Barek's female student, Lillian, seemed to be the emcee of the banquet. She smiled and signaled everyone to enter the "dazzling" villa that looked like the palace of the Sun King.
Many noble ladies who loved to look beautiful walked into Duke James' villa with their hands holding their skirts. Their eyes were filled with longing. The gentlemen followed them closely, full of curiosity and admiration.
"The effect seems to be great. It seems that the initial promotion of the magic crystal lamps will be successful." As a man who devoted himself to making money, Arthur soon came back to himself from the shocking scene.
Although he had never seen such a magnificent scene before, he still focused on observing the nobles' reactions to the magic crystal lamps.
"I'm going to install them in my magic tower!" Alferris had no resistance to shiny things. The dazzling lights made it drool. "I'll pay with arcana points!"
It was very difficult to take out the gold, gems, and crystals that Alferris had put into its vault. Lucien even suspected that Alferris had "embezzled" most of the materials used to build the magic tower to make it look like an ugly mountain. After all, it was located in Allyn, and there was no need to worry about being attacked.
"But it's only limited to the nobles. If we can't reduce the cost again and popularize it to the citizens, it will lose its purpose of simplifying the promotion. This is the fruit of civilization that every human being should enjoy." Lucien said with emotion. Whether a civilization was advanced or not should be judged by the changes and improvements it brought to the lives of most of the members of the society. Now, the age of electricity was about to begin.
Arthur interrupted Lucien, "But I don't think it's possible to reduce the cost again in a short time."
"Yes, we need a large number of skilled workers to separate the steps that don't require magic and reduce costs through assembly lines, standardization, and other methods." Lucien nodded like a capitalist, thinking of the descendants of the dwarves on the Night Highland. However, since he had caused such a big change in the vampires, it was not suitable for him to pick them up for the time being. He had to wait for at least two or three years, when everyone's attention was completely diverted to the new unknown space.
"It takes a long time to train a large number of skilled workers …" Arthur did not understand what assembly line and standardization were, but he was not interested in asking for the time being, because he did not even meet the basic requirements.
At this time, Lillian turned off the main crystal lights in the banquet hall, leaving only a few small ones. The light immediately became dim and hazy, bringing out a warm and romantic feeling.
She smiled humorously. "You don't have to worry that the popularity of magic crystal lamps will make us lose the romantic atmosphere of candlelight dinner. What's romantic is always the heart and the feelings. As long as you do it sincerely, you will certainly create the feeling you want. "
"When you pass through the corridors of the castle at night, you don't have to worry that the candlelight is too dim or that the environment is too gloomy. The feeling of brightness will accompany you forever with the use of magic crystal lamps."
Tsk. Lucien clenched his teeth. She must've been paid by Arthur to go all out to promote the magic crystal lamps. However, he liked it! It could bring significant annuities!
After the visit to Duke James' villa, the banquet entered the elegant court dance segment. The circle dance from the court of Tria had not become popular in the conservative Kingdom of Holm yet. The dance where people put their arms around each other's shoulders was cursed by many conservative nobles. Only some young people would dance such a dance, which was labeled as erotic, in private gatherings.
"Mr. Evans, the magic crystal lamps you designed are so beautiful. I've ordered a set from Mr. Arthur. I didn't know that they could be so popular." A dignified girl whose collar was buttoned walked to Lucien with a glass of water in her hand and said with admiration.
The set that she mentioned was the one that was needed to renovate the entire villa. The price was only equal to that of a magic crystal lamp in the past.
Lucien swirled the Sky Blue in his cup and smiled. "It's all thanks to the convenience of energy transmission through electricity."
"Well, to be honest, when that lady pressed the switch just now, I was shocked by the bright light. I had an indescribable feeling. I felt that it was dreamy and beautiful, but also proud. And all of this was your masterpiece. You really are a miraculous magician." The noble girl blushed, her eyes as clear as water. "Even someone like me who has no talent as a sorcerer or a Knight can use it. There's no need to envy other people."
Lucien grinned, "It's my dream to popularize some of the alchemical items so that most people can use them without any obstacles." Especially when it came to daily life.
"You're truly a great man." Even Lucien, who was rather thick-skinned, could not help but blush a little.
"Alchemical items that most people can use … Evans, you're really far-sighted …" Duke James and Barek, the seventh-circle sorcerer, walked over. After hearing Lucien's words, Duke James sighed in a low voice, as if he had seen through Lucien's intention.
Seeing Duke James, the noble girl blushed even more. She hurriedly said to Lucien, "Mr. Evans, I won't disturb your conversation with the Duke."
"Hehe, Evans, why are you standing aside and watching like us old fellows? Just now, little Julie's face was full of 'Ask me to dance' and 'Ask me to dance'. Why didn't you do anything? Don't you like our lovely little Julie? She's the precious granddaughter of Count Henson. " James joked with Lucien. "I noticed that you purposely ignored a few beautiful ladies?"
Lucien sipped some Sky Blue and said half-exaggeratedly, "Maybe my mind is really old. I don't look like a young man anymore."
Lucien was young, handsome, gentle, and talented. He had a high social status and a bright future. In the eyes of the noble girls, many of them were attracted to him. Also, this was a party for the liberals who were in favor of magic. They were not prejudiced against marrying a sorcerer.
Duke James chuckled and continued, "When the magic arrays of water flow that can be transformed into electricity increase, and when the electric lines are popularized, the citizens will probably be able to use part of the simplified alchemical items cheaply and conveniently. When they get used to such a life that is brought by magic instead of gods, I believe that you will have achieved your purpose, Evans."
Lucien felt that it was time for him to reacquaint himself with Duke James. Although the guy appeared to be a ferocious and reckless bald man, he was quite keen and open-minded. He had guessed a lot of things from Lucien's casual remark. Thankfully, he was an ally.
"When electric wires and electricity are popularized, we will have to consider an important problem. Electric current is much more dangerous than candlelight. If you touch candlelight, you will be burnt at best, but if you touch a broken electric wire, you may be killed, which will make the Church demonize electric current and prevent it from being popularized. "Lucien proposed the problem that he planned to raise. At present, electricity was the cheapest and easiest energy to transmit. It was not comparable to spiritual power, solar energy, or tidal energy.
James looked at Barek and got an affirmative answer, "Every year, there are sorcerers who forget to set up electric shock protection in the laboratory of the school of Electromagnetism."
In the fiftieth place of the stupidest way to die in Allyn, there was this one, "Poor sorcerer Osan. He discovered a more powerful lightning spell during an accident in a magic experiment, so he went to meet it in excitement. Only then did he realize that the balls of lightning that were rolling all over the room were beyond the limit of his protective spell. Let us thank him for his outstanding contribution to the improved ball lightning spell, and also thank him for telling us that we must stay away from the out-of-control electric current with his burnt body. "
"Then what should we do? Evans, since you have thought of it, you must have a solution. "James looked at Lucien with a smile, as if he believed in Lucien's ability.
Lucien said unhurriedly, "The damage caused by electric current to human body cannot be eliminated. We can't force all users to be sorcerers, and we can't isolate every electric wire with magic. I hope that Mr. Barek, the sorcerers of the school of Electromagnetism can write a 'Safe Use of Electricity Handbook' to teach people how to use electricity safely and avoid possible dangers."
"Faced with an unknown thing that can be both harmful and beneficial, we shouldn't blindly reject it like idiots. Instead, we should try to avoid it, reduce its harm, and make use of its benefits. This is the mature and good view of arcana. Otherwise, we shouldn't use fire. Although it can provide us with cooked food, it can also burn down houses and burn people to death."
"If the Church and the conservatives demonize electric current and instigate people to fight against it, we must open the minds of the people and make them understand electric current, its harm and benefits, and how to use it safely. It will be a difficult but meaningful struggle to restore the demonized electric current to its original state." Lucien's tone was becoming more and more like an arcana board member.
Duke James nodded slightly, "Very enlightening. Barek, can you organize the sorcerers of the school of Electromagnetism to write the handbook?"
"No problem." Barek agreed.
In their eyes, although Lucien's teacher was the Lord of Storm, he hadn't shown any talent in electromagnetism yet. The sorcerers of the school of Electromagnetism believed that electrons were just a side result of Lucien's exploration of elemental magic, and it couldn't reflect his real level in the field of electromagnetism.
"Evans, when are you going to simplify the sound recording magic circle? It's definitely something that the nobles will like." James mentioned the purpose of his visit to Lucien. The problem of simplifying electromagnetism messaging had reached a bottleneck, and they didn't think that Lucien was good at it, so they didn't mention it.
Lucien shook his head, "I need to find the right materials, and I'm still experimenting again and again. Alchemy material science can't be rushed. I can only try it slowly. "
In this regard, Lucien had saved a lot of trouble because of his experience on Earth. He already had some ideas, but he didn't want to bring it out so soon. He wanted to wait until the magic crystal lamp was popularized. In the early stage of the electric revolution, people needed to concentrate their efforts and work steadily.
"What a pity." Duke James sighed.
…
In the Sorcerer Administrative Department, Eric looked at the familiar but depressed middle-aged man in front of him and said, "Levski, long time no see. Are you here to submit a new paper?"
"Long time no see, Eric. It's the improvement of my previous paper," Levski said bitterly. His hair was like a yellow bird's nest, his blue eyes were full of exhaustion, and his body was as thin as a bamboo pole.
Eric frowned, "Didn't you say that your previous paper was rejected by the other committee members?"
"I've improved it …" Levski's eyes were firm, "And I heard that subversive papers that go against the current theory can be submitted to Mr. Evans."
"But so many committee members think that your paper is just imaginary geometry. It's all fallacies and ridiculous." Eric was in a dilemma, and it seemed that he wanted to persuade Levski to give up.
Levski clenched his fists and lowered his eyes. He said in a trembling but firm voice, "I don't think I'm wrong. I want to show it to all the arcanists. Eric, please submit it for me. "
Eric took over the paper and saw the title:
"Rigorous Proof of the Principles of Geometry and the Parallel Line Theorem."
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