Greetings, Mister Principal

Chapter 47: That name again

A few days ago, just when Reiner sent his latest paper to the review committee.

This paper, like hundreds of other papers submitted at the same time, was backed up after repeated review and then distributed to the hands of three mages.

And one of them happened to be Kanon again.

On this day, when he was enjoying the mellow coffee, the teleportation circle on the table jingled, and a paper appeared in the circle. Kanon picked up the pile of parchment and looked intently. This look almost made him fall off the chair.

The title of the paper was Analysis of the properties and compounds of the two new elements "Occles" and "Hydra" obtained by electrolysis of water, and several conjectures about combustion theory, and the author turned out to be the Reiner Ian Gray!

Kanon's hand holding the paper trembled a bit. He looked at the title of the paper again. This time, he finally couldn't hold back his shaky mood. The paper fell from his hand and scattered on the ground, while Kanon watched this all happen blankly, and after a long time, he let out a sigh of relief.

What would come would eventually come.

He stood up, picked up the papers, and arranged them in order. Before starting to review, he looked at the title again. He knew every word of the title, but when they were combined together, it was like the most vicious curse, slashing his spirit.

Kanon thought for a while, he called a crystal worm.

"Write down what I said, if I die because of the magic backlash while reading this paper, then all my inheritance will be donated to the mercury balance."

He prepared the will in advance, because subconsciously, he felt that this paper would have a huge impact on his soul.

The Crystal Worm recorded Kanon's words and drifted away slowly. The room was quiet again, and Kanon also slowly opened the paper.

The format of the essay was as neat and beautiful as the previous one, and it was pleasing to the eye, but the text inside was like the sharpest blade, piercing Kanon's heart continuously.

Kanon had heard about electrolysis before. It was the latest method of separating substances discovered by the Excellency Cornwall Penzance. He had published a paper on this basis and successfully separated the caustic alkali and extracted a very active metal element named "Kayla".

In this paper by Reiner, he also used electrolysis, but the object of electrolysis was water, which was known as one of the "four basic elements"!

It was known that in the theory of the modern alchemy system, the four elements: wind, water, fire, and earth were the smallest unit of material composition and were the basic elements that could not be broken down again.

If Reiner's previous paper was challenging the combustion theory, then this paper was undoubtedly challenging the entire modern alchemical system!

For three hundred years, countless alchemists have tried to break down the basic elements in various ways, but almost all ended in failure. The substance of the earth element and the fire element have not been found yet, and the water element has remained the same under various experiments. The element of wind was unpredictable. So no one could change the existence of these four basic elements.

But Reiner wrote clearly on the parchment that he had used electrolysis to split the water.

Kanon watched the description of the experiment intently. Clear and organized, if it weren't because the content of the experiment was too profane, he would have already clapped his hand to applause.

Now he had read the experimental process of electrolysis of water, and the following chapters were measuring the properties of the two new elements.

When Kanon saw that "Occles" and "Hydra'' were completely burnt at a volume ratio of one to two, and water was formed, he only felt sudden dizziness. It was obviously afternoon, but the world around him seemed to have changed to the dark night, countless stars were extinguished, and in the middle of the night sky, the stars belonging to Kanon were crumbling, as if they would fall in the next instant!

At this time, a hand grabbed Kanon, making him suddenly wake up, then everything disappeared. He seemed to have a long dream. From the palm on his shoulder, a magical power went into Kannon's body and circulated in his body continuously. Soon his chaotic magical power calmed down, and he finally overcame the magical backlash.

"Huff......"

Kanon let out a long sigh of relief before looking at the person who had helped him.

"Professor Fleming, why are you here?"

That person was his teacher, Fleming Ernst. The old man was wearing a gray robe as always. He pointed to the crystal worm that had appeared without him noticing it and said.

"This crystal worm found me and repeated your will, so I came here to check what was going on."

Fleming explained, looking Kanon up and down.

"Your foundation should be very solid, how could this happen?"

It was obvious that Kanon had suffered a huge impact on his long-established cognition and caused the magic backlash. If Fleming hadn't arrived in time and suppressed the turbulence in Kanon's body, then Kanon might have already been affected by the violent magic, and his head might have already been blown up by the chaotic magic energy.

"Professor, I..."

Kanon's voice was weak. After the sudden change, his rank progression would be delayed for at least half a year. He glanced at the paper on the table and didn't know how to explain it.

"Is it because of this paper?"

Fleming looked at the half-read essay on the table and reached out to get it, but Kanon stopped immediately.

"Wait, professor, there is a problem with this paper..."

Probably even Kanon himself was also unwilling to admit that the reason why he didn't want Fleming to read this paper was that he was worried that his professor would suffer a magic backlash like him.

"A problem?"

When Fleming heard Kanon's remarks, he felt even more puzzled. He ignored Kanon and wanted to read the title of the paper.

At this moment, all the mages in this high tower felt a slight wave of magical power.

Such fluctuations in magic power were not common to young mages, but Fleming immediately noticed the source of the fluctuations.

In the early days of modern magic, there were many ancient mages who were unwilling to accept new theories. This happened after they witnessed the proof of theories that violated common sense.

Cognitive collapse, magic backlash, and finally having their bodies being torn into pieces by the magic turbulence.

And in this building, there were only the reviewers of the review committee. In other words, some reviewers have fallen because of cognitive collapse.

This kind of thing hadn't happened in many years!

The last person who caused the cognitive collapse of the reviewers was Isaris Alberton. He proposed the three laws of motion in nature, which led to the death of the three reviewers who reviewed his paper. As for him, now he was the only legendary mage who has advanced in the magic of the law of creation, one of the Seven Fools of the High-Level Magic Council, and the leader of Spellweaver.

This situation reappeared once again after many years. But this time, who was it?