I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 78: Chapter 70: The Smile of the Mathematical Olympiad Professor

Half a month flew by, and since his arrival in this other world, Lynn had spent the most pleasant of days. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

He taught a few advanced mathematics classes at Yiyeta Magic Academy in the morning, checked the progress of the flying vessel construction at the halflings’ workshop in the afternoon, and at night he worked on high-level math problems and practiced the newly developed magic “Liquid Nitrogen – Frost Domain”.

It had to be said that doing these problems was somewhat useful, as the growth rate of his spiritual power had increased significantly compared to before. The only downside was that every day when he went out, he felt somewhat neurasthenic.

The pace of his advanced mathematics teaching progressed faster than Lynn had anticipated, and after just four days, the students, who were Wizard Apprentices, were no longer satisfied with a mere exponential sum formula.

They were all looking forward to more complex advanced math problems!

Lynn had no choice but to roll out his second big weapon: square roots!

If exponential growth was considered difficult for these Wizard Apprentices, then square roots were the stuff of pure nightmares!

The eager students, who were initially looking forward to new content, suddenly turned into wailing messes. Whenever someone passed by the advanced math classroom, they could always hear some odd exclamations coming from inside.

“I can’t do it, I can’t solve it…”

“Impossible, this can’t be my fault, the formula must be wrong!”

“This problem has no solution at all!!!”

…

Within two days of the course, Ailoke and others were already crying out that it was too difficult, unbearable, they could not square root…

All the supposed methods, long division, continued fraction, they tried them all, but still more than half of the students made slow progress.

A new term even started circulating within Yiyeta Magic Academy, known as “the smile of the advanced mathematics professor”. Rumor had it that once Professor Lynn cracked a smile, no one else in the classroom could smile anymore!

Lynn felt quite helpless about this; if they were having such trouble with square roots, what would happen when it came to calculus… He worried they might go insane.

In the following days, he could only start teaching from geometry, considering the different learning paces of everyone, he even divided the class into an elite group and a regular one…

After finishing a new advanced math class, Lynn was about to leave when Philip caught him square on.

“Professor Lynn, in the next two days, the Wizard Council and a ‘Magic Weekly’ correspondent will come to Yiyeta Harbor, you better prepare in advance!” Philip reminded him.

“Is it for the law of free fall?” Lynn was initially surprised but soon caught on.

“That’s right, and your planetary theory. Master Helram has already reported these theories, but whether they will be published depends on the ‘Magic Weekly’ correspondent,” Philip nodded.

“And the Wizard Council? What are they sending people for?” Lynn asked curiously, as it shouldn’t be for the same matter.

“They are here for your wizard rank evaluation!” Philip explained.

In Wizard Land, the title of an official wizard was not only a symbol of strength but also a status and privilege that could only be granted by the Wizard Council.

Generally, if it was confirmed that a foreign wizard planned to stay in Wizard Land for an extended time, the council would send someone to confirm their identity and wizard rank. There would also be a period of observation to determine if the foreign wizard posed no threat to the place before issuing an official wizard’s badge and robe.

Seeing Lynn’s expression appear somewhat worried, Philip quickly reassured him. “You needn’t worry too much about this; you teach advanced math very well, and passing the observation period should be no problem.”

Lynn nodded; his worry wasn’t about the observation period, after all, he had no plans to do anything bad in Wizard Land.

What truly concerned him was the evaluation for becoming an official wizard.

When he joined Yiyeta Academy, Helram had not tested his wizard rank, and Lynn thought it had already been decided by default. He didn’t realize that this was actually determined by the Council.

Even though Lynn had been solving high-intensity problems for the better part of the month, it would still take several days to reach the limit of Magic Power growth, which was why he hadn’t been in a hurry to figure out how to obtain the “Magic Source”.

“How is wizard rank usually determined in Wizard Land?” Lynn ventured to ask.

“Generally, testing for a wizard rank from one to three circles is done with a magic sphere, which rarely makes mistakes. Of course, if you are a Great Wizard, that thing is naturally useless,” Philip joked merrily, then curiously inquired about how ranks were determined in the “Secret Magic Society”.

“In the ‘Secret Magic Society,’ there are only scholar rankings and no power rankings; one’s status is not important, only knowledge is worthy of exchange,” Lynn bluffed casually.

Hearing this, Philip couldn’t help but long for such a place. Perhaps only there could a formal wizard like himself converse with Great Wizards or even Legendary Wizards on an equal footing, sharing his views and conjectures about the world…

“Are there any requirements to join the ‘Secret Magic Society’?” Philip asked in a hushed tone, curious. By Lynn’s account, the “Secret Magic Society” should only be a small group for exchanging knowledge without forcing members to do things they don’t want to do. Joining such a society seemed to have only benefits and no drawbacks.

“You must first contribute some new and novel knowledge to prove your capabilities, and you also need a higher-ranking person’s recommendation,” Lynn patiently supplemented his lie and mentioned that since he arrived in Wizard Land, he had temporarily lost contact with the “Secret Magic Society”, to discourage Philip from the idea.

After all, in the Sekas Empire, there was no such thing as the “Secret Magic Society”; he couldn’t just conjure one up, could he?

After his persuasive talk, Philip left with some regret and Lynn breathed a sigh of relief. The lie that had been made up to deal with Helram’s censure had brought him many conveniences, but it had also created quite a few hidden problems.

Lynn thought about countermeasures as he walked toward the halflings’ workshop, ready to check the progress of the flying vessel.

No sooner had he stepped through the door than he collided with Lydia, who was hurrying out.

Looking at the height difference, it was as if a little dwarf had bumped into a giant, but the result was quite the opposite. Lynn took several steps back to steady himself and avoid falling over.

Lydia seemed to have no trouble at all, immediately grabbing Lynn’s arm in excitement and dragging him inside.

“Come quickly with me, Professor Lynn…”

After days and nights of relentless work for over half a month, their flying vessel had been completed ahead of schedule!

(PS: Seeking support for the new book.)