15 Cut It Out Already! (1/2)

”A mess?”

Solon carefully thought back to what he had heard and hesitantly continued, ”It seemed to be about the seven string theory.”

It had only been some mumbles under the breath, and Solon himself hadn't taken it to heart. However, he hadn't expected that these words would make the old mage resting with his eyes closed suddenly sit up straight and give him a sharp look. ”Are you saying that he looked at the Fanrusen Formula and assessed that the seven string theory was a mess?”

”Yes… That should be what he said, more or less.” Solon was a bit overwhelmed by his teacher's sudden reaction.

”That's not completely implausible…” Solomon smiled and then chanted an incantation. A bony finger softly slid through the air as huge amount of mana gathered at his fingertip. A light that was visible to the naked eye streaked across the air in front of him, and immediately after, the entire region of space before him seemed to be torn apart, exposing a curtain made of white light.

In this light curtain, a young mage was sitting at a desk, leisurely looking at a book, a smile appearing on his face from time to time while he seemed to be mumbling some things to himself.

This was a replay of everything that had happened in the library earlier.

The High Mage's Temporal Recall could even track a scene that had happened more than ten years ago, let alone a scene that had just taken place nearby.

Of course, the more recent the event, the clearer the scene would be.

Even now, the scene in the light curtain was so clear that each hair of the young mage could be clearly seen. Even Solon had no problem seeing all the details from behind his teacher. That young mage was holding the book about the Fanrusen Formula, flipping through the pages very quickly while having a weird smile plastered on his face, as if he was looking at something ridiculous.

'What is so ridiculous about it?'

The young Solon thought for a long time, but he couldn't understand. But the High Mage before him seemed to have noticed something as amazement suddenly appeared on his old face.

When he reached the 12th page of the book, the young mage on the light curtain put the book down, and the smile on his face on his face seemed even more derisive as he mumbled some things while facepalming.

At first, Solomon's face was filled with amazement, but when he realized what the young mage had mumbled, the High Mage suddenly paled, and the right hand casting the Temporal Recall suddenly shook, causing the curtain of white light to flicker, making the image lose focus.

”Teacher, you…” The young Great Mage was worried. It was the first time in many years that he had seen his teacher forget himself in the Sage Tower.

”It's nothing…” Solomon shook his head as he scattered the Temporal Recall spell, which had already lost its stability. ”Okay, you leave first, I need to think about something.”

”Yes, Teacher.”

After Solon walked out, the study became quiet once again.

Solomon sat still for a bit before getting up. He went to a desk at the edge of his room and sat down to begin writing a letter.

This letter was written to Star Sage Jouyi, one of the three Archmages of the east. He was also the one who had taught Solomon for twenty years. Solomon wrote down everything he had just seen while using Temporal Recall.

Solomon didn't tell Solon that Mafa Merlin wasn't the first mage who had said that the seven string theory was a mess.

The words had made Solomon remember that he had heard at least one other mage say that before.

And that was Star Sage Jouyi!

A few years ago, there had been some research done on the seven string theory in the Cloud Tower, and the one in charge of that task was the Star Sage. At that time, he had said the same words, that the seven string theory was simply a mess. It had sent who-knew-how-many mages down a winding road… But the research into the seven string theory in the Cloud Tower didn't make much progress. They lacked a few crucial pieces of data, causing the whole project to stagnate.

But just now, upon seeing the 12th page of the Fanrusen Formula, that young mage had mumbled a few sentences to himself.

Temporal Recall didn't reproduce any sounds, so Solomon didn't actually hear what the young mage had said. However, he had become very good at lip reading because of how often he had used this spell. The mage had muttered something in the Nesser Language. His words contained four key pieces of data, and those four might be the key points that could prove the seven string theory wrong.

This was why Solomon had been so agitated...

After finishing the letter, Solomon sealed the envelope and called for Solon to come back in.

”Send this letter to the Cloud Tower, it is for Star Sage Jouyi.”

”Yes, I will ensure that it is done.”

”Oh right, tomorrow when Mafa Merlin comes, invite him here. I have some things I want to ask him.”

”I will, Teacher.” When Solon withdrew from the study room once again, his mind was full of doubts and amazement.