Act 222. Unexpected Visitor
The man looked only thirty years old, with slightly longer brown hair, and he was a dress with the latest style of robe, and only a gold edge on his cuffs.
But no one would think that this was a first-ring mage, because the gold edge representing his rank was much thicker than the ordinary one, like a streamer belt, surrounding the cuffs.
This is the symbol of the legendary wizard.
Legendary wizard!!!
Almost the moment when everyone recognized the other person, the person who was still rational in the presence immediately bowed his head and bowed.
No one could have thought that a legendary wizard would arrive.
"Your Mightiness."
Of course, Reiner knew each other. Although the two had never communicated, he had heard rumors about this honor from various channels, especially when people always compare Reiner with this one.
"I came here after interrupting my experiments, not to watch such a family ethics drama."
The other party scoffed at the emotional dispute between Pasival and Lesa, and mocked mercilessly, then looked around the people present, and his eyes fell on Reiner.
"Renner Ian Grey, where is the paper mentioned in your letter?"
Hearing the other party's inquiry, Reiner immediately presented Siris's paper. The people present were silent. Even the crying Lesa suppressed her tears. Everyone stared at the legendary wizard and did not dare to breathe.
After all, this person's temper is notoriously elusive in the mage world, and he is good at tit-for-tat and has no scruples in his words.
Once, in the conference hall of the Higher Parliament, he was still a high-level mage and fought with more than a dozen other high-level mages for three days, and finally won the victory, making him famous.
After becoming a legendary wizard, except for the founder of modern magic, Mr. Pragues, he had academic debates with almost all other legendary wizards, and was talented and sharp.
This is Isaris Alberton, the master of the law collection system. The three laws of kinematics proposed by him have become one of the cornerstones of the law system and have a profound influence. As the youngest legendary wizard, I have become the object of worship of many wizards.
Alberton casually pulled a chair and sat down, reading Siris' paper word by word, sometimes shook his head and sighed, sometimes falling into deep thought, his every move made the people present tense up.
Finally, half an hour later, Alberton put down his paper and sighed in a tone of unfulfilled desire.
“It’s so good to write.”
Then he added lightly.
“Have the style of my past.”
His words made Reiner feel ashamed. It seems that the rumors outside that Alberton is extremely conceited is not unreasonable.
"Your Excellency, what do you think of this paper?"
Reiner then asked.
"The unification of several major motion equations has been my wish for many years. I have tried many methods, which are not so beautiful, but this paper perfectly solves this problem, especially the definition of imaginary numbers, which is simple but extremely breakthrough."
Alberton was quite serious when he commented on the paper, he continued.
"It seems that Mr. Pragues is right. We cannot always use known methods to solve unknown problems. We must explore unknown methods to solve known problems."
After a pause, Alberton took another look at Pasival.
"Although such a paper is only mathematical, I think its value is enough to rank among the top ten of all papers in history. I didn't expect it to be rejected. Is the person who reviewed this paper already cooked into porridge? A waste, a fool, is a fool who can enter the museum to arrange and display!!!"
"His Excellency Alberton, I actually think that the burial of this paper has a lot to do with the long-standing prejudice of the mages."
Reiner said, his words made the others tremble, but he didn't expect that he would dare to say these words directly to the Legendary Mage.
"What are you referring to?"
Alberton put down his paper. He had been a little interested in Reiner before, but now he can patiently listen to the other party's statement.
"Most of our long-term research has been for the sake of feedback from the world and for the improvement of our own magical strength. Even high-level mages will not pay too much attention to things that cannot be profitable. Mathematics is one of them."
Reiner said carefully, observing Alberton's face.
"For a long time, mathematical research has been in a passive state. When mages encounter difficult magic problems, they will turn to studying mathematical tools, such as calculus. If it weren't for the difficulties in deriving kinematic equations, you might not have developed calculus."
Is this too bold?
When Igor heard Reiner's words, his heart suddenly pounded. He hurriedly looked at Alberton, but the legendary wizard nodded slightly, looking very understanding.
"Indeed, during the research, I feel more and more that the importance of mathematics is the most important thing, and many aspects of the topics are unsustainable due to mathematical troubles."
Alberton nodded and signaled Reiner to continue.
"Just like this paper, because it is purely mathematical deduction, even if it is recognized, it does not benefit the researchers. The magical strength cannot be improved, and it is even worse than some mages who have advanced by taking advantage of tricks. Over time, people will become increasingly alienated from disciplines like mathematics that cannot see applications."
In short, Reiner said that the current academic community is too utilitarian, and all research is only for practical use, and there is too little investment in the research of basic theories, and even a phenomenon of ridicule those who study basic theories.
"Although I know that the wizard's philosophy is efficient pragmatism, perhaps we can encourage more people who are engaged in research that cannot see practicality for the time being, or in other words, what kind of people should we reward?"
Reiner asked questions.
"I think they are all commendable for those who study magic, create colorful spells, and those who study mathematics and seek the truth. When we judge mages, we should not only use whether it is 'useful' as the only standard, but whether it is closer to the truth."
His words made Alberton think and devote his energy to studying a theory that does not know whether it has practical value or may not even have practical value. Is it meaningful?
Reiner saw Alberton pondering and continued.
"The ancient magician Thales Anakshi summarized the theory of trigonometric functions and conic curves. One thousand eight hundred years later, Mr. Wilder Regens formulated the laws of the movement of stars;
"Lincoln Woolthorp divided the sun into seven colors a thousand years ago. At that time, it was just a toy to please children, but it was not until recent decades that the wizards understood why the light was so colorful;
"And Siris Oldman, who proposed the concept of imaginary numbers ten years ago, created the Siris transformation, and it was only applied in the system of equations describing electromagnetic fields ten years later."
After pausing for a moment, Reiner continued to speak.
"Who can know that many years later, do people rely on some inconspicuous mathematical formula now rely on?"
His words silenced Alberton, and these theories, when they were proposed, were almost called useless theories, but time finally proved everything.
"Wings that cannot fly also have meaning."
Reiner glanced at Savros and continued.
Chapter completed!