Sherlock intended to visit the Theocracy to ask Lady Hypatia about his ancestor, Hermes.
If it was in pursuit of truth, then it could not be considered a waste of time.
Besides that, Sherlock was also calculating asteroid trajectories in his mind. Ever since Professor Moriarty's death, Sherlock had decided to inherit his mantle in astronomy. As it happened, he had read books on astronomy when he changed Paths earlier... and several of the textbooks back then had been written by James.
As for the remaining processing power, Sherlock also used it to calculate the exact parameters of reservoirs and railways in Avalon.
As long as the calculations involved a sufficiently large amount of data, they could more or less advance his compatibility with the Path of Wisdom.
Because he had previously lacked a Heart of Dedication, Sherlock had been stuck at the same level for far too long. By now, he had fallen far behind his friends.
To barely keep up with Iver and Isabel's rate of advancement, Sherlock now performed calculations related to the Path of Wisdom every moment of every day. Although the amount of compatibility provided by calculations of this scale was not high, in Iver's words, it was "experience on the level of a light drizzle."
But many a little makes a mickle—
This was how Sherlock had always gotten by.
His wisdom had not been innate. It was a fine wine brewed from his knowledge; and his knowledge, too, had been gradually accumulated, one book after another.
Since his talent was not particularly high, he would simply maximize his diligence—he had done this since childhood anyway. In a way, he had found his original purpose again.
On other Paths, this anxious feeling might have been considered a heart demon. But on the Path of