To be honest, Li Wei was somewhat surprised that the Queen allowed Ovelia to use this power in public. But on reflection, he could see why she might have done so.
Li Wei had always worked to eliminate things like these, so he instinctively assumed that the Empire primarily sought to suppress and destroy such supernatural phenomena. Yet Ovelia's answer hinted at something else. Perhaps the Empire's attitude toward these things was not simply one of blanket suppression, as he had imagined?
Instead, did it pick and choose?
If so, this Queen really was impressive.
Li Wei had considered this question himself: was simply covering everything up really useful? Especially if other countries discovered they could not defeat the Empire through steam machinery, they might try to overtake it by another route. For instance, the Republic of Francis might already be secretly harnessing supernatural powers alongside the Holy Lord Church. Once those things actually appeared before the public, it would no longer be a problem Into Science could solve.
And now, it seemed the Queen's approach to the supernatural might be one of acceptance and integration rather than outright rejection.
That also meant the newspaper Exploration might be more than a simple Into Science joke.
Li Wei had considered this issue as well. Into Science had become a meme precisely because everyone knew that, whatever the phenomenon, it would ultimately twist things into a scientific explanation. It was like a movie whose ending everyone knew from the start. Watching it once or twice was fine, but after enough viewings, everyone knew the formula and stopped caring.
Besides, if supernatural incidents happened too often, relying solely on Into Science would be useless.
But what if some were real, and officially acknowledged?
Suppose Exploration published investigations into ten supernatural incidents each year,