Throne of Magical Arcana

"Congratulations, Mr. Evans, you are the only low-level arcanist I know who passed the first two arcane theses."

Lucy's polite congratulations made Lucien's sense of absurdity disappear. Yes, in fact, it is something to be thankful for being able to pass the review of the Arcane Review Committee. Maybe the gentleman in charge of the review will send the paper back when he sees his doubts about several recognized and correct atomic weights, and that is the worst situation.

Now that the paper has passed the review, it is up to you to find a way to get it taken seriously.

This requires an arcanist who can discover new elements from all kinds of strange magic minerals according to his own description-I have already guessed them in detail, and at the same time describe that aluminum-like elements can be discovered through spectral analysis, and silicon-like elements can be found by using The method of alchemy reaction replacement purification, and even the possible properties of minerals have some assumptions.

And in order to have such an arcanist, you must buy magic minerals to experiment, and at the same time let more arcanists see this paper-the larger the base, the more likely there are more arcanists according to the paper's guess , to re-examine the strange magic ore in his hand.

Only "Arcane", "Elemental", "Alchemy", "Holm Magic Newspaper", "Colette's Arcane Theory" and so on have such influence and are willing to publish theoretical articles of the element system. Arcanist Monthly.

As for "Arcane Discussion" and "Magic Research Monthly", they were not considered by Lucien, and their influence was too low.

Here, several journals that do not publish non-solicited manuscripts and papers by people other than magicians are crossed out. The only ones that Lucien can choose from are "Arcane", "Elemental", "Alchemy" and "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly".

The best choice among them is "Arcane", but the hope is extremely slim, but Lucien has never been someone who would give up without even trying, so he stood up and said goodbye: "Ms. Lucy, thank you for your congratulations."

After coming out of the office, Lucien chatted with Cindy and Donna in the lobby of the magician management department, and inquired from them about the exact location of the headquarters of the journal "Arcane" on the tenth floor, and then took the elevator in the lobby of the magic tower ladder to go.

Inside the yellow-green mask, the silver-gray disc rose slowly. Lucien tried his best to calmly watch the figures of magicians and apprentices coming and going in the hall getting smaller and smaller.

When the elevator passed the ninth floor, Lucien pressed his right hand into the yellow-green light, and it burst into thin strands of light that fell into the silver-gray disk.

After absorbing the fine light, the silver-gray disc vibrated slightly when it was connected to the fourth-floor central hole, and stopped, and at the same time, the yellow-green mask slowly opened a door-like opening.

Stepping out of the elevator, Lucien easily found the hall with the word "Arcane" written in silver according to Cindy's description.

The hall is paved with bright floor tiles, giving it a majestic, bright, quiet and elegant atmosphere.

Walking up to a man and a woman who were in charge of the reception, Lucien asked politely: "Hello, I would like to know which gentleman do I need to contact if I submit an article to the "Arcane" journal?"

The man who was chatting happily with the beautiful lady carefully looked at the arcane and magic badge on Lucien's chest, his smile disappeared, and he asked seriously: "Excuse me, sir, is it your arcane thesis, or is it your teacher or teacher?" A friend's arcane treatise?"

Both men and women wore arcane badges with two silver stars on a black background, and nameplates with arcane words and their respective names, but there was no magic badge. It seemed that everything here was arcane.

"Mr. Gavin, it's my own paper that I want to submit to the journal "Arcane." Lucien glanced at the man's nameplate. He had a more popular name than himself.

Gavin's expression became more serious, and he said in a business-like manner: "I'm sorry, sir, the "Arcane" journal does not accept submissions from low-level arcanists."

"Really? Why can't I find this article in the regulations of the "Arcane" journal?" Lucien would not be dismissed by him in one sentence, and he seriously mentioned the regulations on the surface.

Gavin was a little annoyed, did the magician really not know, or did he pretend not to know? This is an unwritten but absolutely true rule. Could it be that your thesis can compete with those high-level arcanists, or even grand arcanists?

"Among the middle-level and low-level arcanists, there are indeed papers that have been published in our journals, but they were all assessed as having great significance during the review, and we directly invited them to submit papers. No low-level arcanist has ever submitted a paper to us And the example that was included." The lady who was also called Heidi was worried that Lucien was the kind of stubborn and rigid magician who was serious to the end, so she explained it a little politely.

Her worry was soon "confirmed", and Lucien said relentlessly: "There is no precedent in the past, but it does not mean that there is no such thing now, and there will be no future. As long as it does not violate the regulations, why not accept my submission. Mr. Shi called back, it was because the standard of my thesis was not enough, it was rejected according to the regulations, I have no objection.”

"Mr. Magician, you give me the arcane papers, and I will send them to the reviewing arcanist office. Today is the fourth day at the beginning of this month. Except for the papers that were confirmed to be published in the next issue last month, there are not many new ones. Papers, I think the results of the review will come out soon." Gavin spoke faster, obviously annoyed, as if he wanted to get rid of this lunatic magician who couldn't communicate as soon as possible.

Lucien handed him the paper in his hand: "That's up to you, Mr. Gavin."

Gavin took Lucien's paper, entered a corridor at the back, and read it carefully after reaching a place where no one was there.

The idea in his mind is that if he is not sure of the value of the paper, he should really send it to the office of the reviewing arcanists for them to evaluate, and if he can confirm it, there is no need to bother a few senior arcanists , so as not to be scolded.

When he first read it, Gavin was still very serious, because the periodicity of the description was so obvious, and those properties were similar to horror, but after watching it, he sneered: "The 'Temirik' element How is it possible that the atomic weight is still wrong? Only a few high-level arcanists used several different methods to re-measure and correct its value in the past few years. Can such a paper pass the review of the review committee? It must be the two gentlemen who will It gives its own newly admitted students a review!"

The Temeric element is a strange element that makes up the soul.

Without reading any more, Gavin came back directly and returned the paper to Lucien: "Sir, the examiner scolded me severely. Because your paper is full of mistakes and omissions, it is not worth including at all. He even Doubt how you passed the committee review!"

Lucien gritted his teeth and couldn't find any signs to continue, so he had to return to the first floor with the thesis, and then entrusted a messenger with a harpy body in the magician management department to send the submission letter containing the thesis to Rentat Elements journal headquarters.

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As Gavin said, the reviews of the journals at the beginning of the month were not busy, and on the third day after they were sent out, the letter returned by the "Element" journal was delivered to Lucien's garden villa in the Douglas School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

It happened to be Saturday afternoon, when Lucien saw the letter arrive, he casually arranged a few questions, then ignored Leilia and Heidi's distorted expressions, walked aside and opened the envelope.

"Dear Mr. Lucian Evans:

Your paper has a certain value for discussion, but there will be an "Annual Conference on Elements and Alchemy Magic" jointly held by the Elemental Will and the Royal Magic Court of Holm in Rentat at the beginning of next month. We have confirmed to include the papers published at the conference All papers, so sorry that your paper cannot be published.

All Elements and Friends of the Alchemist The Elements Journal

January 6, 817"

Lucien looked at the letter silently: "It seems that this is the legendary letter of rejection. To put it mildly, if you really want to publish it, you can ask to arrange the paper in the next issue. But such a rejection is true. Very polite, not too hurtful."

Thinking of the successive setbacks he suffered after the New Year, Lucien carefully examined his own destiny star, and found that it was still vague, neither getting better nor worse: "The fortune has not changed, could it be that after Aringe? Due to various reasons, I couldn't write letters to Natasha and John, so my character has become a negative number?"

After making fun of himself, Lucien assigned a practice test paper to Annick, Sprint and other apprentices without being too affected, and then went to the headquarters of the Magic Council to submit an article to the journal "Alchemy".

This time, the review speed was much slower. Nearly two weeks later, when Lucien had purchased two hundred arcane points of magic ore that matched his description and failed to discover any new elements, the "Alchemy" journal was released. Replied to Lucien. It's a pity that it was still a rejection letter, and the tone was not as polite as that of "Element", directly pointing out the problem of atomic weight in it, and asking Lucien not to submit it again.

Lucien, who was holding the rejection letter, was a little nervous. If he couldn't publish it in the journal by the end of this month, he would have to wait for the end of next month, and the feedback from the arcanists would be postponed for another one to two months. The longer the more dangerous.

However, Lucien took the carriage calmly, came to the "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" headquartered in Allinge, and submitted the paper directly to its "Review Department".

To Lucien's surprise, what he received four days later was neither a rejection letter nor an acceptance notice, but an invitation from a fourth-level arcanist named Woods.

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"Common Arcanist Monthly" headquarters, in the bright office.

"Actually, Evans, I was one of the reviewers of your bat experiment paper, and I also sent the letter of invitation." Woods with a golden mustache leaned back in his chair, clasped his hands and looked at Lucien with a smile .

Lucien on the opposite side of the desk held his black top hat and said sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Woods, for your high evaluation, otherwise it would be difficult for my thesis to be seen by His Excellency the Grand Arcanist."

"That would be the loss of the entire magic council. Your Excellency the Lord of Storms has already constructed three prototypes of magic, the Eye of Thunder, Fernando's Lightning Furnace, and the Invisible Crematorium. They are very magical and the latter two are also extremely powerful. But now the spell The model is still very complicated, requiring seven or eight rings to construct and release, and he is slowly trying to simplify it."

Because the papers published in the "Common Arcanist Monthly" were quoted by the Grand Arcanist and produced excellent results, Woods, who made the decision to evaluate and invite manuscripts, received great praise and rewards, which was very helpful to Lucien. Good impression.

Lucien said modestly: "This is all inspired by His Excellency the Great Arcanist. By the way, Mr. Woods, did you invite me here to discuss the publication of my current paper?"

"Yes, I read your Evans paper, which is very interesting and worth discussing. Without these bold guesses, it would be a compelling paper."

Woods pointed to the papers spread out in front of him, implicitly expressing that he did not agree with the correction of some of the atomic weights, so he was not very optimistic about other predictions. thinking, but today is already the 22nd, and this issue of papers to be released at the end of the month is already full, if you don't mind Evans, I would like to arrange it in the next issue, do you agree?"

He obviously decided to publish this paper because of his good feelings for Lucien, and the reason for inviting Lucien to tell him personally was to let him know the reason and understand who he needs to be grateful for. No one can guarantee that when Lucien grows up, he will be accepted as a student by His Excellency the Storm Master who has an impression of him. Although the hope is slim, Woods thinks it is a good deal to invest a little unimportant resources.

next episode? Lucien hesitated.