Planning the Paper

Fran's consciousness sank, and then she saw the ceiling she had seen when she lay down on her way to the Spirit Realm.

"At least I'm back. Things in the Spirit Realm were so tiring!"

"That [Heart of Quicksand] still consumes too much Mental Power, although its effect is indeed powerful..."

Fran rubbed her temples and sighed.

She experienced several major battles in the Spirit Realm, unleashing numerous spells and defeating multiple enemies using Combat Technique. Even an iron man would be exhausted after such a series of battles.

"I need to go see Anna again. It's about time; it's time to see if my idea was wrong."

Although she said that, Fran remained in bed without moving until she finally got up after another hour.

Fran slowly walked to the door, thought for a moment, and finally decided to go to Anna's place another day.

"Anyway, Black Horse will be Anna in less than a day. I'll rest for a day and get my energy back."

"Furthermore, the Black Horse is so fast. If I go there like this now, I'll probably be lying on my stomach by the time I get there."

Fran made up her mind, returned to her room, lay on her bed, and picked up the Snowflake Selection books that were lying next to her.

Although Fran is feeling mentally exhausted, it's because she used too many spells and Combat Technique in the Spirit Realm; in reality, it hasn't depleted her physical strength much.

Moreover, her physical condition had improved significantly when she first acquired the Sunflame Knight, so now is not the time for her to be physically fatigued.

Even if she sleeps or reads a book like this now, the recovery time is actually about the same.

As long as she doesn't use magic, her Mental Power recovers quickly, which is the difference between the Formal Rank and ordinary people in this world.

After opening the Snowflake Selection, Fran was taken aback, because there were some rather unexpected contents in this selection.

This Snowflake Selection is the latest issue, and it includes news that Fran's article, "Mathematical Analysis of Fireball," won the Silver Alchemy Award.

At the same time, the cover of this Snowflake Selection is also a diagram of the spell structure of Fireball, and it also includes some formulas that Fran used in that Paper.

Fran bought the cover because of a little vanity; seeing how well-made it was, she took a little time out of her preparations for the Sun Trial to buy it.

After all, when your work is wildly popular, no one can resist buying a copy to take a look.

Fran flipped through the Snowflake Selection, and after reading with satisfaction the author's analysis of his own Paper and the chorus of praise, she turned to the next section.

[Following the publication of this Paper, many mages have made attempts in the field of mathematics. Let's see what results these mages have achieved...]

To be fair, although the development of mathematics in this world is monopolized by the Alchemy School, the powerful minds of the otherworldly mages made it quite easy for them to understand and begin to analyze mathematics.

The three Paper Fran is currently seeing were carefully selected by the person in charge of Snowflake Selection, and all three Paper have certain value.

The previous two papers derived some commonly used conclusions based on Fran's Paper, resulting in some simplified mathematical formulas.

This is normal, after all, Fran has only published one Paper and has not yet systematically sorted out all the phenomena and derived mathematical formulas.

Fran's Paper inspired these mages, leading them to draw some conclusions while using Professor Fran's mathematical methods, which they then decided to publish.

The last Paper Fran saw was quite different. Fran rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things.

This is a Paper on the Transmutation School, which uses mathematical methods to demonstrate in detail how a second-order organ can be safely implanted into the human body...

This Paper is exclusive to the Transmutation School, and any Paper who is not Transmutation School mage would likely find it difficult to Paper.

Because this Paper uses too much terminology specific to the Transmutation School, as well as some procedures for Transmutation Surgery, it can be quite obscure for those who are not familiar with it.

However, in terms of mathematical achievements, this Paper is actually superior to the previous two. Let me explain the mathematical aspects used in this Paper and its specific application ideas...

After reading the Paper, Fran still felt like she hadn't woken up properly; how could she have come across such a Paper?

Admittedly, although the author of this Paper is more mathematically proficient than the authors of the previous two Paper, Fran believes that there are still certain limitations.

But what truly surprised Fran was not the application of mathematics in the Paper, but the author's specific methods of applying mathematics to the practice of Transmutation Surgery.

This greatly inspired even Fran: she didn't know there were such applications, which provided her with many ideas for analyzing the Fireball.

Another aspect of this Paper that surprised Fran was the knowledge of the Transmutation School mentioned above.

Logically speaking, a normal mage would not elaborate too much on the content of their School in a single Paper, even in the Northern Lands Society.

Although the knowledge of all School can be freely disseminated in the Northern Lands Society, this does not mean that every monk must write down every detail of the knowledge in a textbook-like manner when writing Paper.

When writing Paper, they assume that the readers have a certain level of background knowledge, and they deliberately omit the basic parts.

If you want to fully understand a Paper from another School, you will most likely not only need to use Contribution Points to buy the Paper itself, but also a bunch of Paper explaining the prerequisite knowledge, otherwise you simply won't understand what's written in it.

This is also why Fran's Paper on the Fireball was so popular; its basic knowledge consisted of only the spell structure of the Fireball, and everything else was written by Fran for the first time in this world.

The Transmutation School Paper in front of Fran was like a textbook, with explanations of all the terms used in Transmutation School, which was quite disconcerting.

Like an instruction manual, it almost completely abandons narrative techniques and instead begins to deliver knowledge to the reader.

Fran found a lot of helpful knowledge in it that could aid her in her Transmutation Studies, and she also saw some powerful ideas from the author regarding Transmutation Surgery, which greatly benefited Fran.

After Fran specifically sought out this Paper and read it, a prompt appeared before Fran.

[You have read a master's manuscript and gained a deep understanding of Transmutation Studies. Transmutation Studies Proficiency +500]

This made Fran raise her eyebrows. The last time she encountered a similar description was when she went to listen to Harbos's lecture. Harbos was a master in Foundry Studies, which was why he gave her so much proficiency.

And it's quite obvious that the author of the Paper in front of her might be a master of Transmutation Studies, which is quite remarkable.

According to Fran's understanding, those who can be called masters on the Panel must be at least third- Order, and it is obvious that the Northern Lands Society does not have any third-ranked Transmutation School mages.

This reminded Fran of the ' Song of the Deep Sea ' modification sequence she had obtained from the Battle Mage Corps, which undoubtedly indicated that a prominent figure from Transmutation School was driving this matter.

This led Fran to a bold guess.

"Could it be that some big shot from the Transmutation School has taken a liking to my Paper? That's why they've been making so many moves in the Northern Lands Society Transmutation School lately. No wonder Iris told me to switch to a different account last time..."

However, considering this, it seems there's nothing Fran can do...

Speaking of the account that published the Paper, Fran blinked. In fact, she currently has many completed Paper, including some that use mathematical methods such as linear algebra and functional analysis, wrapped in the shell of Fireball Paper.

But now she doesn't even know what the point of sending out these Paper is.

My own Paper on the Fireball is enough to feed me for years; I don't need the Paper to Contribution Points for viewing access.

I don't seem to have any obligation to publish Paper.

However, although Fran didn't find any conditions within the Northern Lands Society that required her to publish Paper, she found a path outside of the Northern Lands Society.

That means she should go for the awards from other School. Didn't she win the Silver Alchemy Award last time to get the [Heart of Quicksand]?

According to the answer she received from Iris afterward, the prizes of the Silver Alchemy Award were actually far more than what she had mentioned, and there were many hidden benefits as well.

As a recipient of the Silver Alchemy Award, she is entitled to apply to the Alliance for economic or military assistance, as well as the right to acquire a piece of land for experimental purposes.

This is just the reward from the Alliance for her receiving this award; within the Alchemy School, she also enjoys many other hidden benefits.

For example, she could use her status as an award winner to gain access to the Alchemy School's library, although it wasn't like the society's library, which had the latest and most comprehensive magical research materials.

In places like the Alchemy School Library, the newest books might not be added until ten years after their publication, but that's precisely what makes the library so appealing—she can find many ancient books on Alchemy there.

However, the Alchemy School's library might have to wait until Iris goes to the Floating City herself, and even then, she might not be nominated, or even be able to go...

Fran suddenly remembered the mathematical drafts she had hidden in the cabinet. If she released them, wouldn't that increase her chances of being nominated for the Gold Alchemy Award?

Furthermore, Fran might even win the Gold Alchemy Award based on these newly released findings.

Even a lower-level award can provide Fran with many useful benefits, so what about this higher-level award?

Fran licked her lips, immediately got out of bed, and headed towards the Mage Tower with the manuscript in her hand.