"ah?!"
Niya was shocked, and quickly cast [Identification Technique] to check carefully. After a long time, she interrupted the spell, and said somewhat thankfully: "That's true. Fortunately, you discovered it in time, otherwise the spell book might have been damaged!"
"The subsequent bridging experiments need to be recalculated and adjusted. It's not a big problem. However, what happened to you just now? Why didn't you even notice this?" Sha Duo finally couldn't help but ask.
In fact, at the beginning, he felt that Niya's state was a bit strange, but Niya didn't say anything, so he couldn't ask more questions. Fortunately, casting a spell requires a state of concentration, and Niya did not make any mistakes during the casting stage.
Otherwise, Xia Duo felt like crying. If he encounters this kind of situation again next time, he must ask clearly in advance. Even if he doesn't ask, he must find a reason to postpone the experiment.
Niya didn't know how to explain Sha Duo's question. Could it be that she had just finished casting the spell and was thinking about how to reproduce? How could she say such words?
So, she could only use the trick of changing the topic, "Let's not talk about it anymore. What do you think about the decrease in the oscillation amplitude of the earth element in the second bridge?"
I must go back and sit and watch! Xia Duo complained in his heart that he couldn't stand here and give an immediate conclusion. It takes repeated calculations and even additional magic experiments to figure out the specific reasons.
In this regard, he could only say: "I think we'll stop here today. I think you may need to rest."
These words made Niya feel very embarrassed, and she quickly followed Xia Duo's words, "Well, that's it for today. I have opened the corresponding permissions of this laboratory to you. You can come over by yourself when I am not here. Conduct bridging experiments, or of course you can wait for me to come back.”
Xia Duo was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll go back first. It's getting late, so you should rest early!"
He was still a little disappointed that Niya was unwilling to tell the reason for her abnormal state, but everyone had privacy. He didn't want to pry into Niya's privacy. Both parties needed to respect each other, but he just hoped that it would not affect the experiment next time.
Returning to his residence, Xia Duo patiently studied the anomalies of the bridging experiment for a while, and then went to bed to rest until his sleepiness became more intense.
…
Early the next morning, Xia Duo came to the teleportation room early. Niya was leaving today, and Xia Duo came to see her off. Although he only watched her step into the teleportation circle, when people get along with each other, sometimes formality is also essential.
However, just after Niya entered the temporary access key to Giles Tower, activated the teleportation circle, and waited for the response from the magic circle, she suddenly said to Shado:
"Next time we come back, let's have a baby!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a white light flashed, and Niya disappeared on the teleportation platform, leaving Xia Duo standing there with a blank look on his face.
Want a child? Niya said she wanted a child?
He couldn't believe his ears that Niya would say such a thing, but that was the fact, and Xia Duo had to believe it.
Although he didn't know why Niya said that, Xia Duo didn't make a "call" to ask her directly. He just made random guesses about various possibilities.
Until the afternoon, when Xia Duo went to the public floor to meet with the members of the Institute, he was still thinking about this issue. His heart was in a mess. After being married for so long, it would be pure self-deception to say that he didn't desire Niya's body at all. .
But Xia Duo has already transcended ordinary physical desires. "Thinking" is one thing, and "doing" itself is another.
No matter he was in the past or he is now, he believed that it would be best if this kind of thing happened naturally. Although his relationship with Niya was quite close now, they were not close enough to have children together.
Xia Duo thought about it and still felt that he couldn't accept such a thing, at least for now.
So, before entering the conference room, he sent a message to Niya, to the effect of asking Niya why she said that, and expressed his resistance euphemistically.
…
Meanwhile, Severton, Giles Towers.
Niya, who was checking documents in the library, suddenly received a piece of information from the Tower of Time through the essential link with the Tower of Time. Just after checking it, Niya's face turned red and white.
Feelings of embarrassment, anger, and grievance suddenly surged into my heart, but I gritted my teeth and as if I had thought of something, I hummed lightly and sent a reply to Xia Duo.
On the other side, Xia Duo had just entered the conference room, but he couldn't help but paused. Talling sent him a reminder, and Niya sent him a message back, with just one sentence -
I never said that, how could you think so?
Niya's denial was expected by Sha Duo, but at the same time, a thought of regretting asking flashed through his mind. As is human nature, this thought was quickly suppressed by him.
Without teasing Niya, Xia Duo walked directly to the main seat of the conference room. He had made an appointment with people who entered the academy to meet here today to discuss a series of issues regarding the transformation of the Tower of Time. This was business.
This is still the same large conference room where the collective meeting was yesterday, but there are many more people here today than yesterday. In addition to the formal mages, there are also many apprentices who have entered the society.
In other words, apprentices make up the majority.
Xia Duo had no intention of forcibly fabricating an organization where everyone was equal. The society was actually divided into several levels——
For example, [Formal members], including Shado, Dean, Sammy, and Tilak, are all official mages;
[Preparatory members] refer to apprentices who are just short of becoming a formal mage by raising a level. If necessary, they can learn the scrolls through level 1 in a short period of time and quickly become an official mage.
But this is not necessary. The goal of those who are selected to join the academy is not just to get the title of official mage. The most reasonable way is to upgrade step by step, and maybe take a chance on the possibility of advanced arcanist in the future.
Under [Formal Members] and [Preparatory Members] are [Associate Members], or people who are development targets of the Association and have already joined the Association.
Under [Associate Members], there are more people who are interested in getting closer to the Association, but have not been recognized and accepted by the Association. They can be called "activists". Strictly speaking, at this level, they are He is no longer considered a member of the society.
However, the Tower of Time was undergoing transformation, and the Apprentice Management Office was about to be established, so Xia Duo called these activists over.
…
The conference room, which was originally very spacious for the formal mage meeting yesterday, was packed with people entering the academy today. Xia Duo didn't even need to count them. The access permissions for entering the academy that were specially set up in the Tower of Time made statistics very simple.
There are 8 formal members, 5 reserve members, and 24 associate members. As for the activists, there are even more, which exceeds the sum of the previous levels, with a total of 54 people.
Looking at these thriving seeds of change, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel complacent.
