Greetings, Mister Principal

Chapter 148: Generous Reiner

After a few more conversations with President Demetrius, Reiner filled his stomach a little and then went to the balcony to have some fresh air.

Ernest's nights were much more refreshing. The city was built along the river, so it had abundant water sources. The climate adjustment brought about by this made Ernest's day and night temperature difference smaller. At this time, although it was midsummer, the wind on the balcony was slightly cool.

"I don't know if Fina and the other students have been carefully reviewing the studies." Reiner said to himself.

When he decided to stay in Ernest to wait for the meetings to end before returning to school, he sent a letter to Luna Nova Magical Academy and asked Claire to make sure that those students who were going to take the exam this year were able to successfully complete the magic test. Of course, in the letter, he also specifically urged Fina to help Claire a lot.

Counting the days, it was also the time for the magic test. Reiner couldn't help but recall his college entrance examination, with some emotion while he drank the red wine in the glass.

"Mr. Ian Gray, do you have time?"

An unfamiliar voice came from behind. Reiner turned his head and found that it was a male mage with five golden stripes on his cuff. This was a middle-level mage.

"Uh, how may I help you sir?"

Reiner hurriedly greeted. No matter how casually he chatted with high-level mages, he was still a first-ring low-level mage. Facing a mage who had a higher rank than him, it was very necessary to maintain respect.

"No need to be like that. My name is Sullivan, the senior reviewer in the thesis review committee. In fact, I wrote the final review opinion of your first paper."

Sullivan smiled slightly bitterly to Reiner.

"And your paper on the periodic table was also sent to me."

"Oh, this is really a coincidence."

Reiner exclaimed. His first paper was evaluated well, at least the paper review committee passed his paper. Otherwise, maybe his second paper on electrolyzed water would not have attracted attention and the series of subsequent experiences would also be different.

"I wanted to explain to you that I am not deliberately delaying your papers, but have been collecting materials to verify the isotopic phenomena described in your papers. You must know that it will take a certain amount of time to test elements from various demiplanes."

Sullivan said carefully, while watching Reiner's expression, as if the other person was a high-level mage, and he was just a little student who made a mistake.

"I can understand. I didn't come to His Excellency Demetrius directly because I didn't get a reply quickly, but because I happened to be invited to the Ernest conference. You must understand that when you get a new discovery, you will want to share the feelings with others immediately."

Reiner quickly understood Sullivan's meaning.

He could now be regarded as the hottest new star in Mercury Balance and his future was boundless. Sullivan was probably worried that his actions would make Reiner feel neglected and be retaliated against in the future, so he apologized gently.

Naturally, Reiner would not give seniors a hard time.

"Sir Sullivan, just now you said you've collected elements from various demiplanes in order to verify the paper?"

"Yes, after many different methods of measurement, I did find that there are isotopic phenomena in the elements. However, the part about the law of the elements afterwards, I can't verify it at my level, which is really a shame. I originally wanted to seek a high-level mage's help, but I didn't expect you to be one step ahead of me."

Sullivan saw that Reiner didn't mention anything about his dereliction of duty, but started to care about academic issues. He was relieved a lot. At the same time, he felt that Reiner was a little bit more agreeable.

This was indeed a mage of excellent character.

"I think that isotope phenomena are widespread in various elements, but one thing I can't figure out is why some elements have a multitude of isotopes while some have only one or two, and additionally, whether there are regularities among them."

Reiner's words seemed to strike Sullivan as a flash of lightning.

He had never considered this issue before. In fact, along with the several elements mentioned in Reiner's paper, Sullivan also collected several other elements for measurement to rule out particularities, which took him a lot of time.

Sullivan did find that a large number of isotopes existed among various elements, but he did not count the types of their isotopes. It was not until Reiner reminded him that he suddenly began to recall and found that there were indeed some elements with a lot more isotopes.

"This is indeed a question worth studying."

With some emotion, Sullivan nodded in agreement.

He has been engaged in research and paper review in the alchemy department for many years. Even though he had done experiments to verify the isotope phenomenon, he had not considered the problems mentioned by Reiner. From this point of view, this mage not only had a creative thinking, but also flexibility. The important thing was to have a heart that always kept the spirit of inquiry.

When discovering a phenomenon, Reiner not only verified the phenomenon, but also paid attention to the reasons behind the phenomenon, which was lacking in many mages.

Just like when Madame Maria discovered new elements and advanced, other mages tried to follow suit, but very few succeeded. Many mages had lost the spirit of seeking truth and instead, they only thought about how to be promoted to higher-levels to gain greater strength and longer life.

"Due to my strength, this question will be difficult for me to study thoroughly for a while yet, but I think Sir Sullivan may try to investigate it."

Reiner added. Exploring the number of isotopes may involve the internal structure of elements. There should be many people involved in this kind of research in the near future. He wanted to remind Sullivan early to sell him a favor.

"This... if I have the opportunity, I will try to study it."

Sullivan nodded slightly. He didn't expect Reiner to directly hand over such a promising and compelling subject to him. Between mages, only teachers would have this kind of generosity towards their students. Even the relationship between mentors and apprentices could be severed because of academic disputes.

Was the reason for Reiner being generous really because he couldn't study it or was he not interested in this kind of topic?

Indeed, such isotope-based research was an excellent topic for low-level and even middle-level mages, but for Reiner, who had written a periodic table paper, it may indeed not be worth his time.

Obviously, he was only a first-order mage, but Reiner's vision was already on the same level as those of high-level mages.

The wheels of this history were rolling forward, making Sullivan feel a deeper sense of urgency