Meet the principal - Scene 349. Reiner's theory

After Claire consumed a lot of food, she finally had enough to eat and drink. Several gentlemen from the Mercury Scale were delivering speeches in the front. Reiner listened for a while, and then took Claire, who wanted to eat, to the terrace.

The terrace is very spacious, and there are several couples snuggling in this relatively dark place, and some mages are discussing academic issues in low voices. Reiner and Claire are a little out of place.

Claire leaned on the railing, the night breeze was slightly cool, Reiner took off his coat and put it on her shoulders.

“Thanks.”

Claire whispered and silently pulled up her clothes. Reiner’s body temperature still remained on the coat, making the cold wind of early winter no longer chilly.

In the dim terrace, other people’s faces could not be seen clearly, only the white parts of the clothes were emitting a faint light. Compared with the lively banquet hall, this place seemed quieter.

“Look, those men’s shirts and ties, they are more shiny than women’s skirts.”

Reiner said suddenly, causing Claire to tilt her head and look at the other people on the terrace. Except for the lovers who were biting their ears, Claire blushed a little. She did notice that the male mage’s white shirt gave off a faint light at night, which was very special. special.

“Hey, it’s true.”

Claire had never noticed this before, but after Reiner reminded her, she suddenly became aware of it.

“Do you know why?”

Reiner asked with a smile.

“Why?”

Claire thought for a moment, but didn’t know why.

“Because of the laundry detergent.”

In reply, Reiner saw that Claire didn’t quite understand, so he added another explanation.

“Most of the laundry detergents produced on the mainland contain something called a fluorescent whitening agent. The property of this substance is that it emits fluorescence when exposed to ultraviolet light, making clothes look whiter.”

Glancing at Claire beside him, Reiner continued.

“Fluorescent substances actually exist in nature. Some moss, mushrooms, and marine organisms will emit light. The essence of this phenomenon is that the electrons in the substance are excited by ultraviolet energy, causing a transition, thereby releasing light.

This was the hypothesis I came up with in the afternoon. “

“Hey, is that so?”

To be honest, Claire didn’t quite understand Reiner’s research. She only knew that it was very important and had epoch-making significance.

But after Reiner’s explanation, she seemed to understand a lot. The seemingly profound research is actually about common things around us. Magic is not an illusory castle in the air, but a towering tower down to earth.

And Reiner is at the top of the tower.

This made Claire feel happy but also a little sad.

Whether they are themselves or others in Crescent College, they are already too far away from Reiner. This is a distance that they cannot catch up in their entire lives. As time goes by, they may end up being just the distance in Reiner’s long life as a high-level mage. a passer-by.

“When stars – like our sun – are born and die, they emit huge amounts of ultraviolet radiation, so if we could look at the night sky through an ultraviolet perspective, almost all of them would disappear. .”

Reiner said slowly, and his words made Claire raise her head and look at the clear night sky.

In the night with the stars shining brightly, Claire couldn’t imagine what it would be like after all the stars disappeared.

“What will be left in the night sky?”

Claire turned her gaze to Reiner. Almost just a second ago, Reiner’s gaze shifted from Claire’s body to the night sky.

“At that time, all we could see was the heroic life and death of the stars, just like these gentlemen in formal suits and ladies in long skirts dancing in the dim light.”

Claire saw Reiner’s side face, focused and serious. He seemed to be thinking about something. Claire had seen this expression many times, but today was the first time she felt how attractive Reiner was.

“It was a really lonely scene.”

Claire sighed.

“Actually, even the stars we see now may be just reflections of the past. Some of the light has not yet reached our eyes, and the stars themselves have died. On the scale of the universe, even the mage seems too small. Too small.”

Reiner shrugged. He turned his head and found Claire looking at him. There seemed to be a little ripple in his violet eyes, which was heart-warming.

“But, Reiner, you are already a high-level mage, and maybe you will become a new legendary mage. You can have a lifespan of hundreds of years, and I, and everyone at Crescent College, may leave early.”

Claire avoided Reiner’s gaze.

“Claire, do you think time is absolute?”

“ah?”

Claire couldn’t understand it again. What Reiner said seemed stupid, but when he thought about it carefully, he seemed to have other intentions.

“For high-level mages who live for hundreds of years, a few years may only be equivalent to a year in their perception. The toiling life of a mortal may be just a long experiment cycle for them. Do you think so?”

Facing Reiner’s question, Claire nodded in understanding.

“Then, try to imagine a creature with a lifespan of tens of millions of years. To them, even high-level mages are just ants in the river of time. There is another creature whose lifespan is It may only take a few minutes, and between people’s casual sighs, this creature has completed its life.”

Reiner’s words made Claire fall into deep thinking. After a long time, she raised her head again and looked at Reiner.

“Short-term and long-term can only be experienced by yourself. From the perspective of others, there is no way to evaluate it?”

She replied, and then she seemed to understand something, and her eyes became a little red.

“Yes, there is no difference between the hundreds of years of a high-level mage’s life and the one-hundred-year life of an ordinary human being. If it is only length but spent in vain, then it does not make any sense.”

Reiner smiled and said.

“It’s like sitting across from the stove for ten minutes in this cold winter, but it feels like an hour has passed. And I stood here with you for an hour, but it seems that only ten minutes have passed. Time is relatively speaking, long. And a meaningless life and a short but shining time have completely different meanings for each person.”

“Um.”

Claire nodded. She already understood what Reiner meant. This was a problem that she had always been worried about and a problem that she had always felt could not be solved, but Reiner told her the answer.

“So, would you like to spend the rest of your time with me?”

Reiner gently held Claire’s hand.