"That woman... there's something unusual about her!"
A hint of tension appeared on La Di's face as she focused her attention on the white-haired female scholar, who seemed to have a familiar aura about her.
"You mean that white-haired female astrologer?"
Catherine and Eileen followed La Di's gaze and quickly located Coleridge, recognizing him from his clothing.
"Yes, all the other astrologers are crowding downstairs arguing heatedly, but this guy is so leisurely watching the show upstairs."
Eileen thought La Di was referring to this.
Catherine glanced at her sister. "Maybe she's just a person with a calm and unassuming personality. But it's certainly rare to see someone so young with a full head of white hair."
La Di smiled apologetically at the two sisters: "This is the first time I've ever seen someone with such a full head of prematurely white hair in real life."
She went along with Catherine's words.
For a fleeting moment, she suspected that the other person was one of her own kind, but she was not entirely sure.
Before long, the green-haired witch regained her composure. She was confident that few spellcasters in the world could escape her detection, except for powerful spellcasters like her teacher, Ms. Marianna.
Coleridge quietly walked through the corridor and down the stairs to her seat, which was very close to the podium. Fortunately, the audience on the first floor was so engrossed in the cable on the podium that no one noticed her.
"For the derivation of the second law, I initially used a geometric division method. Although it was later proven to be a crude and clumsy method, it is still the method I used to derive the law, so it's better to explain it..."
"Let me give you a heads-up: at tomorrow's meeting, our Lord Marquis Glaeman will introduce a powerful mathematical tool that is unparalleled in its ease of use for calculating the area enclosed by curves. Of course, its applications extend far beyond that, and you will all love it..."
Coleridge pretended to want to listen to Cable better, and slowly moved closer to the podium, but actually closer to the older scholar, the one she suspected was Alvis.
She first locked onto it with the corner of her eye, then her starry eyes flickered.
The white-haired witch's heart skipped a beat. It was him, Alvis, the one she had been searching for across half the continent!
This former prominent figure in Scholars Tower was speaking quietly with Paul Greiman, who was sitting next to him, occasionally glancing at the podium.
"I really didn't expect that Aldor's academic community has come this far?"
Completely absorbed in the novelty and surprise, Alvis was oblivious to the fact that someone was secretly watching him. He was so engrossed in hearing about the heliocentric theory and the " Cable's three laws" that he had reverted to his identity as a Scholar, and his long-dormant thirst for knowledge was fully rekindled.
Many years have passed, and Alvis, who has been reading extensively in the Scholars Tower, believes that few things in the world can stir up much emotion in him. The magic of those wizards is one of them, but the knowledge he heard at the meeting today is also among them.
He confided his excitement to Paul: "This will be revolutionary. You know, the geocentric model has dominated the astronomical community for so many years, no, it should be said that people have believed this since ancient times. Even the Light Church considers it part of the creation myth—that the world was created for mankind by the Lord of Light, and that all visible things, including the sun, moon, and stars, naturally revolve around the human world as the center."
" The first chapter of the scriptures says, 'The earth is God's dwelling place, and the stars revolve around it like subjects paying homage'..." Alvis suddenly chuckled. "This child doesn't know that he just used a piece of chalk to shatter the Papacy's millennia-old cosmology."
"And those three laws that follow... how can I describe them? They're practically... legislating the heavens! The stars move in an orderly fashion according to the established rules—how wonderful!"
"Oh…" Alvis was quite gloating. "I think the Vatican will be furious when they hear what was said today. If it gets out, it will cause great damage to their interpretation of the world view. The Vatican is not afraid of those unfounded heresies, but the evidence for today's heresy is quite substantial, hehehe."
Paul was quite pleased with what Alvis said, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up.
He laughed and said, " Master Alvis, this is nothing, just an appetizer. There will be more and more things that will leave those charlatans speechless in the future!"
In fact, many of the scholars attending this conference are clergy members from the church. They are now caught in a huge struggle between the old and new worldviews. Many of the people who were angrily cursing Cable in the chaos were also from the church.
This is not surprising, as "refined pastimes" such as mathematics and astronomy in this era were not something that ordinary people could easily engage in; they could only be pursued by wealthy and leisurely classes such as nobles or clergy.
Coleridge kept a close eye on Alvis, carefully trying not to let the other man see his face. Luckily, Alvis wasn't with his highly vigilant guard today.
She calculated in her mind what the chances were of escaping successfully if she made a move now.
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In the end, she gave up the idea of taking action immediately. Although the chaos caused by killing Alvis would help her get away, security at the academy was very tight today. Perhaps it would be better to quietly follow this guy and wait until there was no one around before making her move.
At this point, the speech on stage came to an end, and the meeting entered a short break. Many people got up from their seats and walked around to stretch their muscles, while many scholars were still immersed in the shock, discussing the profound impact of planetary laws in small groups.
Suddenly, a scholar rushed in through the door and scrambled onto the podium. He picked up a wooden mallet and banged it on the table, attracting everyone's attention.
Just when people thought he was about to offer some profound insights, he said instead, "Ladies and gentlemen, I just heard some explosive news in the restroom!"
"The Papacy's Crusader Army suffered a disastrous defeat within Gabella, with even the War Elephant Legion completely annihilated!"
The hall fell into a brief silence, but then a heated discussion broke out.
News of the war between Light Church and Gabella Empire had spread throughout the continent, with the Crusader Army advancing triumphantly while the Gabella people suffered repeated defeats.
How come the Crusader Army kept winning and then lost, while the Gabella Army kept losing and then won?
Amid the discussion, those attendees with clerical status all turned pale and looked embarrassed.