I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 76: Chapter 68 The Excited Wizard Apprentices

Just as Lynn thought, the high requirements didn’t scare Lydia away. Instead, it ignited the halfling girl’s fighting spirit, and she seriously began looking at the design.

Upon learning that making an airship required some light yet tenacious materials, Lydia immediately suggested using camel beast hide that had been soaked in water and dried to make the airship’s gasbag. This material very much met the requirements, and it was usually used for the sails of large warships.

Aboard a warship on the Mist Sea, their sails were made of camel beast hide, and no storm could destroy them—they were extremely durable and reliable.

And the frame of the airship’s gasbag could be made of magical pine branches, which had high tensile, compressive, and bending strength…

Lydia spoke nonstop; while she was no match for Lynn in the area of aircraft design, she knew all there was to know about the characteristics of various materials from this other world.

Lynn silently did some calculations in his head, realizing that if they used all the materials Lydia mentioned, the airship’s performance would definitely improve significantly, but the cost would also become incredibly high.

At least a hundred magic Gold Coins…

Considering his own savings, Lynn couldn’t help but cough lightly twice, interrupting the girl’s monologue. “Actually, this airship is just a prototype; we don’t need such high-quality materials. Something average will do!”

“How could that be okay? This is the first airship that can fly and steer in the sky,” Lydia said, filled with longing.

“I can only give you twelve magic Gold Coins as a down payment,” Lynn said a bit helplessly, pulling out a coin pouch—his not so plentiful wealth. The rest of the funds would have to wait until he had more students in the math class and he could apply for some teaching funds from Helram to cover the rest…

Lydia shook her head and didn’t accept it. Just the novel knowledge Lynn had imparted to her was worth more than a hundred magic Gold Coins, not to mention that this airship was directly related to whether she could enter Yiyeta Magic Academy or not.

“Let’s consider the down payment as tuition for the lesson just now. I’ll use the best materials to build it, starting right now!” Lydia wiped the grime off her face and asked Darren to call the rest of the halflings from the workshop. She wanted to finish making the airship within a month.

Lynn wanted to help, seeing the halflings bustling about energetically, but he was stopped.

Using magic might leave traces, and it wouldn’t be good if Master Helram suspected that the airship was made using magic. Besides, Lynn was a customer, and it wasn’t right for customers to do the work themselves.

Therefore, with nothing to do, Lynn could only be responsible for giving directions, watching the halflings, who were half his height, running back and forth with wood that was heavier than themselves.

…

The progress of making the airship was a bit faster than Lynn had expected. After working for one evening, one-sixth of the overall framework had already been built. If it weren’t for the significant amount of time needed to specially treat the large quantity of camel beast hide for the gasbags, they might have been able to finish the airship in less than a month.

However, such a fast pace also came at a cost; the group of halflings was almost exhausted, having poured their full enthusiasm into their work.

Darren was sprawled out on a sturdy plank, snoring, while Lydia was even more exaggerated, directly sleeping on the airship framework, tightly hugging a beam, drool at the corner of her mouth and mumbling something now and then.

Lynn shook his head and immediately stopped a few halflings who were still prepared to work. He moved Lydia and the others, who had fallen asleep from exhaustion, inside the house and told them to get some proper rest.

After becoming a Wizard Apprentice, staying up all night had no effect on Lynn’s spirit, so after settling the exhausted Lydia, he promptly left the workshop.

After an entire day, Lynn was somewhat excited to see if the Wizard Apprentices had been able to solve the exponential formula he had left them.

He pushed the door and entered the classroom, surprised to see the coins collected piled up on the lectern, not a single one missing. What surprised him more was that the classroom, which had seemed somewhat empty in the last lesson, was now packed to the brim.

A quick scan revealed there were 150 to 160 people. If the classroom hadn’t been large enough, it probably would not have fit everyone.

Could a mere exponential game really be this useful?

“Good morning, everyone!” Lynn’s thoughts were churning inside, but he showed no signs of it on the surface.

However, the students’ reactions were a bit more enthusiastic than he had expected.

“Professor Lynn, are there any other math puzzles?”

“I’ve already worked out the numbers for the thirty-six and forty-nine square grids…”

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Watching the incredibly excited Wizard Apprentices in the classroom, Lynn was utterly shocked. Could it be that all the students of Yiyeta Magic Academy are masochists?

They actually have such a high enthusiasm for doing math problems…

No, something must have happened that he wasn’t aware of.

Thinking this, Lynn did not rush to verify but instead turned to Ailoke and asked, “A day has passed now, I believe you should have an answer by now, right? Ailoke?”

“Professor, the sum of the thirty-six squares is sixty-eight billion seven hundred nineteen million four hundred seventy-six thousand seven hundred thirty-five…” Ailoke hastily stood up, answering tremulously.

He had already checked the number many times, filling up twenty sheets of draft paper, but the figure was so large that he only had one chance to answer. If he got one digit wrong, he would be done for.

Under Ailoke’s anxious gaze, Lynn nodded.

“Very good, the answer is correct.”

“Have you figured out the meaning of the formulas I gave you?” Lynn asked again.

“I’ve worked it out—the sum of the squares added together is equal to twice the last digit minus one!” Ailoke said confidently. Now that he was rid of the hundreds of billions in debt, his lost confidence had returned.

He had spent all of last night calculating to arrive at the correct result, and it was in the repeated confirmations that he discovered this trick.

Lynn nodded again. Given the lack of a strong foundation in math, finding this pattern in one day’s time was barely satisfactory.

“Professor Lynn, can I get the reward now?” Ailoke asked hopefully.

Pearce and the others looked at Ailoke with envy. That was a full twenty Magic Gold Coins. They had also spent a long time calculating the day before, but they had not been as desperate as him and had not found the pattern first.

Lynn of course knew about the reward money Helram had set up for solving his formula, but due to a professor’s pride, he couldn’t just take it himself.

But just finding that bit of pattern was far from enough to claim the money!

“Ailoke, my summation formula isn’t that simple. What if I were to slightly alter the rules of the square game, such as the next square needing to be three times the value of the previous square? Would your theory still apply?” Lynn asked with a smile.

The proud expression on Ailoke’s face immediately froze, and he began to mentally calculate, then picked up a feathered pen and began scribbling on papyrus paper…

“What if I add another rule, that you need to place seventeen copper coins in the first square?” Lynn asked further.

Ailoke completely broke down, his mind filled with countless numbers…

This is too hard!

He couldn’t work it out at all!

(PS: Begging for everything for the new book.)