Layria, Chelly and the rest of them stood outside of the small laboratory. Looking at the "portal" and the magic patterns that had dimmed, they were reluctant to leave. Their hearts seemed to be scratched by a cat's claw, and they could not hold back their curiosity.
After a long time, Alfalia finally said, "It's useless for us to stand here. Also, we don't know when they'll be back. Let's do our own business first. After all, Heidi will certainly tell us what they saw after they return."
As long as it was not confidential, Heidi could never keep secrets.
"Yes. There are still a lot of scheduled experiments to be done, data analysis, new experiments to be designed, and magic analysis to be performed …" Layria only meant to agree with Alfalia, but as she spoke, she felt that her life was so 'gloomy'.
Lazar nodded and clapped his hands hard. After everybody's attention was shifted, he said with a brilliant smile, "Let's not wait here. Who knows where Evans and the rest of them have gone and how long it will take for them to return? Let's go back and finish our experiments first."
When he talked to Lucien and his friends, he always called him "Lucien", but in the Atom Institution, to respect the director, he called him "Evans" when he talked to the apprentice-level assistants about Lucien.
"Yes, Mr. Lazar." Lowi and the other apprentice-level assistants looked at the small laboratory reluctantly and slowly walked back to their own laboratories while holding back their curiosity.
"I wonder where our teacher and the rest of them have been teleported to?" Chelly asked Layria in confusion.
Layria thought for a moment and said, "It should be related to the studies in the microscopic domain, or our teacher wouldn't have put it in the institution. He could've applied for a new magic research project."
While talking, the two of them turned around and passionately guessed the "destination" of their teacher's magic circle. Although they would certainly know the destination after Heidi and the rest of them returned, wasn't the most interesting part of such a curious thing the guessing part?
Layria and Chelly had only walked a few steps when they suddenly sensed magic waves bursting out behind them. In the senses of their spiritual power, the magic patterns in the small laboratory glittered one after another, absorbing energy from the "Allyn magic tower" and emitting silver and pure brilliance.
In the dreamy scene of light, the lackluster "portal" glowed again, transparent and dazzling.
"They're back?"
"Sir Evans and the others have returned?"
In confusion and excitement, Alfalia, Lowi, and the rest of them, who were slowly returning to their laboratories, jumped back like rabbits. They reacted so quickly that they seemed to have been waiting for this moment.
The Gate of Light suddenly exploded, and the pure and flawless light flooded the small laboratory.
When they disappeared, the portal disappeared as well. However, five figures appeared in the center of the magic circle. They were Lucien, Annick, and the others.
"Heidi, where did you go?"
"Heidi, what did you see?"
Layria and Chelly blurted out their questions to Heidi. After all, she couldn't control her mouth at all!
Heidi had not yet adapted to the dizziness of the teleportation when she heard the question of her two friends. Rubbing her forehead, she chuckled and said, "You will never guess where we went. What a 'romantic' place."
"Romantic?" Lazar couldn't help but repeat. The keyword didn't seem right.
"Romantic …" Layria and Chelly found it hard to imagine. They had speculated a lot of places, but none of them were "romantic". This was the Atom Institution!
Heidi smiled in satisfaction. "Yes. It's a very romantic place. More romantic than any romantic scene that I've ever seen!"
Seeing the confusion on her companions' faces, her dizziness was quickly gone.
"Well … Is it the cosmos?" Asked Alfalia uncertainly.
After a brief daze, Heidi asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
"Is it really the cosmos?" Layria asked back in shock.
Seeing that everybody was looking at her, Alfalia said shyly, "I just remembered an issue of 'Allyn Impression'. It investigated the romantic scenes in the minds of many sorcerers, and the best one was to look at the cosmos at night. It could make people feel the vastness of the universe and their insignificance, as well as the transcendence of the river of fate. That's why I boldly speculated that you went to the cosmos …"
"The targets of the investigation must've been the sorcerers of the school of astrology!" Heidi mumbled. "Alright, Alfalia, your guess is correct. We did go to the cosmos. Our teacher established a cosmic observatory there for us to study cosmic rays and observe the passing asteroids. Layria, Chelly, you can't imagine the feeling of being in the cosmos. It's boundless darkness. The stars are embedded in it like dazzling white spots without the slightest flicker. It's like a picture that will never change."
As she spoke, she became excited. "Only when we have truly been to the starry sky can we understand our own insignificance. Only then can we understand the vastness of the entire universe and develop a sense of awe from the bottom of our hearts. We feel that the universe is incomparably sacred, countless times more sacred than any spoken word of the gods! It's only now that I truly understand the words of Mr. President when he sternly rejected Pope Viken. How can a person who has experienced the sea of stars and set it as his goal possibly take a fancy to a 'god' who is nestled on this small planet? "
Heidi's description made the eyes of Layria, Chelly, Alfalia, and the other relatively sensitive sorcerers blurred, as if they were also in the cosmos and had the indescribable feeling. The sorcerers of the school of elements such as Lazar and Jerome were also touched.
Lucien, who was next to him, shook his head in amusement. Did the cosmic observatory have such educational significance? It could help the sorcerers establish a healthy outlook on life, worldview, and values so that they would not be bewitched by the Saint Truth?
"Master, when … When can we go to the cosmic observatory?" After hearing Heidi's description, Layria looked at Lucien with glittering eyes. Both her expression and her movement suggested that she couldn't wait to go.
Chelly, Alfalia, and the other ladies were the same. Although Lazar, Rock, Lowi, and the other men did not say anything and tried to control their feelings, their scorching eyes betrayed them deeply.
Lucien chuckled. "This is for you to do experiments. Also, in order to save the cost of teleportation, you have to stay up there for a week every time. It is indeed romantic to be in space for only one or two hours, but what if you stay in space for a long time? The boundless darkness, the emptiness, and the eternal loneliness will make you feel that you are about to go crazy. Even though you have four companions, it is not a feeling that can be offset by romance. You have to get used to it slowly. You have to be mentally prepared, too, or I won't let you go up there. "
"Master, rest assured. I can stay silent for a month." Annick expressed his attitude first.
Heidi, who was lively, slightly frowned, but she still hurried to say, "Master, when we are up there, most of our attention will be focused on the experiments. However empty, dark, and lonely the environment is, it will not affect us."
"Then, each of you will draft a research plan. I'll choose the few who are most prepared." Lucien smiled.
Heidi whispered to Katrina and the rest of them, "It is indeed the smile of a devil …"
For the romance of arcana studies, they quickly dispersed and began to prepare the experiment plans to study cosmic rays and the vastness of space.
"Layria, after we reach the cosmic observatory, you will really understand the feelings that I described just now … I imagined a scene before. I was sitting on the ground holding my knees in the cosmic observatory by myself, surrounded by the boundless darkness and the clear stars. There was no creature except for me … If only we could see the planet we were on. The sense of aloofness and indifference to everything will be even better!" Heidi couldn't stop talking to Layria. Everybody had their own romantic feelings in their heart.
Layria did not feel that Heidi was nagging. Instead, she listened attentively and said with mixed feelings, "Even if the scene you imagined is not there, the fact that we can be in space alone is enough to make most arcanists envious."
"Haha. The guys in the Tower and the school of astrology will be so jealous that they want to bang their heads against the wall. After all, we have a great teacher!" Heidi remembered some of her friends and smiled even more delightedly.
… …
In the Tower …
Samantha was studying the latest astrology map wholeheartedly, when she suddenly heard hasty footsteps coming close and knocking on her door.
"Rachel, why are you in such a hurry?" When Samantha raised her head, the door was automatically opened.
Rachel said excitedly and eagerly, "Mr. Evans has established an observatory in space for the study of cosmic rays and astrology maps!"
"Space? Observatory? "Samantha repeated in shock.
"Yes. Heidi and the rest of them have been to the cosmic observatory and been in space for real. The feeling that she described was really, really …" Rachel could not finish her sentence for a long time, but she could not hide the envy on her face.
Samantha stood up immediately and mumbled to herself, "In space?"
The vast space was the most sacred place for every sorcerer of the school of astrology. Being able to roam in space was one of the motivations for them to strive to become a legendary sorcerer. But now, they could be in space in advance?
"Yes! The arcanists in the Tower are all excited. Somebody proposed that we build one ourselves, and somebody has applied to the research committee, hoping to borrow the Atom Institution's cosmic observatory! "Rachel said excitedly," Hurry up. Let's draft a research plan too! "
Although Lucien's' cosmic observatory 'was an enormous level-nine item that was close to legendary and consumed a lot of materials, and the Congress of Magic could not support too many of them, it was not a legendary item after all. The Tower could still afford one or two of them.
Samantha was somewhat confused. "Have we started the journey in the sea of stars so soon?"
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