Poaching Requires Tearing Down the Entire Wall

Hearing Fermi choose to join the research on nuclear weapons, Arthur nodded with satisfaction. But upon hearing Fermi say he could get to work right now, Arthur said with a slightly wry smile:

"There's no need to rush quite so much, Academician Fermi. Research on top-secret projects is certainly important, but settling you and your family in is equally essential.

How about this, I'll give you five days off. You can use it just to get settled in Saint Arthur's Fort, and then take your family out to properly tour the city.

Five days from now, your work will officially begin. By then, because of the confidentiality of the research project, the time you get to spend with your family will be much less.

Rest assured, though, as long as the project is successful, all researchers including you will be heroes of Australasia."

Hearing Arthur put it this way, Fermi stopped pushing and nodded to show he understood.

One of the reasons Fermi came to Australasia was actually that Italy's anti-Jewish policies had made Fermi's wife the target of arrest.

From this point it was also clear that Fermi still attached great importance to his wife and family. Being able to give up his title as an Academician of the Italian Royal Academy and the position of Professor of Physics at the University of Rome to come to a new country and start over, this single choice already proved the depth of feeling between them.

Looking at Fermi, who wore a grateful expression, Arthur also understood that the atmosphere had been set up quite enough, so he smiled and spoke: "If I remember correctly, when you were in Germany, your teacher was the famous physicist Max Born, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Although Fermi was slightly puzzled, he quickly answered.

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