On the thirty-first floor of the Allyn magic tower …
Although it was already night and the magic tower was automatically closed, Lucien, as a grand arcanist, was not affected at all. He took Natasha to his library on the thirty-third floor from his demiplane, Atomic Universe, and stepped on the lift.
The magic tower was unusually quiet at night. When they walked in the silver corridor, their footsteps echoed loudly, creating a weird atmosphere of emptiness and silence.
Hardly had Lucien and Natasha entered the first zone where the Sky Radio Station was located when a white wolf ran out. After spotting Lucien, it whimpered and crouched on the ground, wagging its tail to please him.
"Good evening, Evans … Mr. Evans. Good evening, Your Majesty." Louise, who was wearing a simple yellow dress, saw Lucien and Natasha and almost called Mr. Evans out of habit.
Hearing her sweet and familiar voice, Natasha asked in surprise, "Are you Ms. Nightingale? I like your program very much. Huh, aren't you Louise? Louise, the missing musician from Aalto? "
She remembered the new musician from Aalto from the delicate face and the iconic white wolf.
"She's Louise, the musician. But I believe you're no stranger to her other nickname, Quicksilver, Magic Apprentice Quicksilver." Lucien introduced her to Natasha with a smile.
Natasha opened her mouth and intended to say something, but she could only shake her head in self-mockery. "The Aalto Musicians' Association should be renamed to Aalto Sorcerer's Association. Is it because musicians can easily become sorcerers, or do sorcerers like to use musicians to cover their identity?"
Before she met Lucien, she had learned about Quicksilver from the intelligence personnel who protected Sylvia. However, it never occurred to her that Quicksilver was also a musician who had escaped to Allyn!
This was not Aalto Sorcerer's Association at all. It was more like a "study abroad" training center in Aalto. Lucien secretly complained.
Louise smiled, "Because of the great musician and the great arcanist, Your Majesty, are you here to visit the radio station?"
Natasha looked at Lucien with a smile at first. He was indeed a great role model. Then, she smiled cheerfully and warmly. "Because I like your voice and Ms. Lark's style, I asked Lucien to bring me here to listen in. I didn't expect that I would run into you directly. Your voice in person is even more pleasant than the one on the magic radio."
"That's because the radios and broadcasts aren't clear enough," Lucien defended the radio.
Louise, who was already a third-circle sorcerer, smiled sweetly but politely. "It's my honor to be liked by Her Majesty. However, 'Arcana Voice' is about to begin. Please allow me to excuse myself. Mr. Evans, Samantha is waiting for you in the conference room."
"No, it's my fault for wasting your time." Watching Louise enter the stream room of "Arcana Voice", Natasha said delightedly, "I met Ms. Nightingale the moment I arrived. It seems that my misfortune is taking a turn for the better."
She was referring to the laboratory disaster in the morning, as well as the fact that she had finally surpassed Lucien in level and enjoyed the pleasure of suppressing him, only to be suppressed by him instead.
"It's been a long time since I saw you so polite and graceful." Lucien teased Natasha as he led her through the door of "Arcana Voice" to the conference room at the bottom.
Natasha glanced at Lucien with a smile. "My politeness and grace are only shown to ladies. Hehe. You will have a 'chance' too."
The two of them walked forward while chatting casually, but Louise in the stream room of "Arcana Voice" behind them sighed softly. "Her Majesty and Mr. Evans have known each other for a long time. They must've been lovers when they were in Aalto … Now, they've finally overcome all the obstacles and come together. How enviable …"
She clearly saw that Lucien and Natasha were wearing a ring on their left ring fingers. Natasha's ring, in particular, was a very famous dreamy accessory, the Holm Crown ring, "Element".
… …
Pushing open the door of the conference room, all the arcanists including Samantha stood up and bowed with their right hand on their forehead. "Your Excellency, you are the truth of elements and the scepter of time and space."
"There's no need for that. Just call me Your Excellency. Everybody's time is precious." Lucien suggested humorously. Then, he pointed at Natasha next to him. "This is my fiancée, Natasha, the queen of the Kingdom of Holm."
All the arcanists, regardless of their gender, were excited. It was first-hand news that Mr. Evans had directly acknowledged his engagement with the queen! In the meantime, they secretly complimented Natasha's beauty and temperament. Having seen all kinds of female sorcerers, it was hard for them not to be amazed by such a gallant lady, especially when Natasha was very attractive in the first place.
Samantha was briefly stunned. Her eyes flashed, and then she put on a sincere smile. "I just learned of your engagement. I wish you a happy life forever."
Natasha was briefly stunned. She smiled and said, "Are you Ms. Lark? Your voice is even more pleasant than a real lark. I'm your loyal listener. You are more intellectual than I thought. "
"It's my honor." Samantha became expressionless again. She looked at Lucien and said, "Your Excellency Evans, this is indeed the Church's radio station. It's called 'Voice of Salvation'."
As she said that, the arcanists gradually stopped whispering, and the voice from the magic circle entered Lucien and Natasha's ears clearly.
"We believe that there must be a truth in the world that is accepted by all races and all professions. It is the virtues such as benevolence, compassion, tolerance, honesty, courage, and so on. It is the holy light that the Lord loves. It can calm our mind and protect us from the corruption of this world that is full of evil. The evil sorcerers and the dark Knight who violate the universal truth are corrupt, brutal, and vicious. They must be destroyed …"
"… We are brothers and sisters. We embrace each other and recite the name of the Lord to be redeemed by our souls. This time, we have invited believers from all walks of life and asked them to tell you what faith is and what the virtues such as benevolence and compassion are. "
"… I am a believer from the slum. Here, as long as you are sick or injured, it usually means death. I suffered from such a serious disease a few months ago, but I was lucky enough to survive because my neighbors, the pastors of the slum, were full of the virtues of benevolence and compassion. They treated me and took care of me without asking for any reward. My body gradually recovered. My mind has never been so peaceful recently …"
"… I used to be anxious, impatient, and full of negative emotions, but as the pastors comforted me, as I confessed more and more from the bottom of my heart, I calmed down and enjoyed the tranquility that I had never had before. It was the harbor and home of my soul …"
…
"The next program is' Cruel Magic You Don't Know '. In the War of Renstadt, the evil sorcerers summoned demons from the abyss by sacrificing human beings. It was infuriatingly brutal. What are the details? I'll show you the details … "
One of the arcanists couldn't help but chuckle. "The Church is completely copying our ideas!"
"That's the only way to create it so quickly. The host is also a female cleric with a sacred voice." Another arcanist also replied with a smile.
"Don't underestimate the pope and the leadership of the Church's understanding of arcana. However, the program is still too rigid and not lively enough." Lucien nodded. "Ask someone to monitor this channel. You can consider responding to the sensitive topics in Arcana Voice, but don't follow their pace."
"Yes, sir." The arcanists replied at the same time.
"… Our fate has been arranged by the true God. Everything is predestined. Only by believing in the Lord can we be saved …"
Hearing that, all the arcanists put on a look of disdain, which made Natasha rather curious. "Everyone, this is the Church's definition of fate. I wonder, what is fate in arcana and magic? How accurate can the prophecies of the school of astrology be?"
Her mother was not good at astrology. Naturally, she did not know much about it.
As a senior-rank sorcerer of the school of astrology, Samantha said solemnly and solemnly, "In the school of astrology, fate is also predestined. Everything is predestined, but it has nothing to do with the God of Truth."
"Why?" Natasha looked at Lucien and Samantha in confusion. She found it hard to accept that fate could not be changed.
Lucien smiled and gestured for her to listen to it first.
"Why … I wonder, Your Majesty, have you ever heard of 'Thanos Demon'?" Samantha recalled what she had learned and tried to describe it as simply as possible.
Natasha shook her head. "No, I haven't."
Because Lucien had just studied astrology, he did not know much about 'Thanos Demon' either.
"In the last years of the Magic Empire, the sorcerers began to believe in determinism, also known as the law of causality. They believed that as long as they knew all the conditions, parameters, or factors of an event, they would be able to determine the outcome of the event through various patterns. Where there was a cause, there was an effect, and where there was an effect, there was a cause." Samantha briefly introduced the law of causality first. "As arcana developed, such an idea was even more deeply rooted. As long as the conditions and data were given, we would be able to reach a certain outcome based on the corresponding arcana theories."
Seeing that Natasha was still confused, a male arcanist added an example, "Your Majesty, if I have a Quintal in my hand and throw it out randomly, it can land on either side, can't it?"
"Yes." Natasha thought for a moment and looked at Lucien, before she replied solemnly.
"No, it's not like that. After I throw it out, as long as I know the strength I use, the center of gravity, the material of the Quintal, the wind speed, the humidity, and other conditions around, I will be able to calculate which side it will land on according to the motion system of the Douglas. There is no other possibility." The arcanist said proudly.
The arcanists explored the world and discovered and concluded the rules. Then, they predicted the trajectory of the world with the rules. The closer the rules were to the truth, the more precise they would be about the operation of the world. That was the charm of arcana, which made them feel like gods in the world!
Natasha thought carefully. "I understand it now. The moment when the Quintal is thrown out, all the factors are determined. Therefore, the outcome is predestined."
"It's good that you understand it. This is determinism. This is the law of causality. 'Thanos Demon' is a concept proposed by 'Sun King' Thanos, one of the four greatest sorcerers in the history of the school of astrology."
Samantha returned to the original topic. "He regarded the current state of the world as the effect of the past and the cause of the future. Therefore, assuming that there is a very powerful and intelligent demon that knows all the current states and rules and grasps the situation of every atom, well, every proton, neutron, and electron, it will be able to infer the cause with the rules and trace back everything that happened in the past accurately.
"Also, it can also predict anything that will happen in the future. The future will unfold in front of it as surely as the past. That's' Thanos Demon '. It tells every sorcerer of the school of astrology that the fate of the world has been predestined since it was born and will not change at all. We cannot predict the future precisely because we don't know enough, and the rules that we grasp are not complete enough."
Natasha could not accept the law of causality at all. "But everybody's mind is unpredictable."
"No. From the perspective of the school of illusion, everybody's personality is influenced by the environment around them. That is to say, their personality is shaped by many factors, and the confirmed personality, together with all the other factors when a decision is made, will give the predestined answer. Your Majesty, when you made the battle plan, did you not guess your opponent's reaction based on his personality and his past style? Is it because the more you know, the more accurate your guess about his reaction will be? "Samantha asked casually.
Natasha nodded, but she shook her head, not knowing how to refute it.
Samantha put on a rare look of pride and sadness. "Every arcanist of the school of astrology is proud that they can see their fate and sad that their fate cannot be changed. It is cruel and cold, but it is a fact. Everything has been decided by the past."
The discussion about fate came to an end. Natasha fell silent. It was not until they left the Allyn magic tower that she held Lucien's hand and looked at the starry sky. "Lucien, do you believe that your fate is predestined and cannot be changed?"
It was such a feeling that was too miserable and desperate!
"I don't." Lucien replied with a smile. After the seal of the Library of the Soul was unlocked, he had been reading and learning the knowledge of quantum mechanics.
Natasha did not expect Lucien's answer to be so simple and firm. She turned around and looked at him in shock, before she smiled. "Me too. I believe that we can change our fate in a limited way. Hehe. I should've known your answer. Your soul of resistance has never changed since 'Symphony of Fate'. That's what I appreciate and like most about you."
"Hehe. Subjective initiative." Lucien said in a low voice. Then, under Natasha's slightly confused eyes, he looked at the starry sky solemnly.
"The law of causality must die!"
Because we need to be born!
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