I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

79 – University (5)

The scene from the medical exam is repeated all over Dijon.

It’s okay because there are already proven talents in law, theology, and public administration, but magic alchemy, astrophysics, and mechanical architecture have to select talent through open examinations, so all kinds of unqualified people come to Dijon.

Of course, mechanical architecture is much better.

“Use a ruler and compass to find the center of gravity of an arbitrary triangular block of wood? Who can’t do this? Just draw a midline from the vertex to the side and mark the intersection.”

“So, I asked about the weight ratio of the lever. If I had known it would be like this, I would have applied for astrophysics instead of here.”

“To prove my abilities? Don’t you know that I participated in the establishment of the factory ordered by Your Majesty?”

In the first place, it is impossible to become a mathematician without a certain level of knowledge, and since craftsmen also have many real things that they have made, unlike magic alchemists and astrophysics tests, where there are many pseudo-alchemists and astrologers, the test site is very stable. Has been

As a result, a large number of people who met the criteria presented by Claude came out, which eventually led to a tournament between the people who passed and to select six of the best mathematicians and artisans.

Those who were eliminated were, of course, very regretful, but they went back with a smile even though they were eliminated, as if they were quite satisfied with finding out what they lacked while competing with other scholars and artisans.

“By reading the stars, you can roughly guess what will happen in the future, which means that the stars are closely related to human destiny.”

“So… Isn’t this land flat and the sun, moon and stars revolving around it?”

“The first minute is suspended, the second minute is eliminated.”

“What?”

The next best thing is astrophysics.

Because it is a world with magic, Claude decided not to completely rule out astrology, so he decided to accept the act of predicting the future through the stars. Of course, there is no such thing as a flat theory.

“Tsutz, getting stupid.”

“What? What did you just say?!”

“There is no way this land is flat. At the same time, the angle of the sun seen from here in Dijon and from Seonghwangcheong to the south is different, which means that the land is spherical.”

Above all, it is not only astrologers who have applied to the field of astrophysics.

There were many people who looked at the sky through the eyes of science rather than the realm of faith and magic.

A scholar who has been observing the stars for a long time laughs at the person who claims that the earth is flat.

And the scholar continues to speak in front of him as if showing off.

“That means if you set up a wooden stick of the same length at the same time and at the same time in Dijon and Seonghwangcheong, and measure the length of the shadow of the wooden stick and the distance between Dijon and Seonghwangcheong, you can also know the circumference of the land we are standing on. It means there is. It’s difficult to measure the exact distance, so I haven’t tried it yet, but with Your Majesty’s support, I think we’ll be able to do it.”

“What do you mean?!”

“Tsk tsk tsk…”

Scholars do not see that Seonmudang astrologer as a person equal to themselves.

The scholar, who clicked his tongue and glanced at the astrologer of Seonmudang asking for an explanation like a sick stray dog on the roadside, decides not to care about him anymore and enters the castle guided by a soldier.

“What is this smell…?”

“Ah, this is called fermented urine. If you combine it with mercury, it becomes an ingredient for making gold.”

“Ooh, ooh… Mercury is dangerous, so say no, ooh ooh…!”

The last is the most serious magic alchemy.

This is because, unlike other things that can be proved by theory or results, magic alchemy must show the supervisor all the process and results. Otherwise, there may be cases where gold is brought in advance, which is said to be molten gold.

As you can see from the extraction of potassium nitrate from feces, Claude has a lot of chemical knowledge thanks to his previous life, but that knowledge did not prevent this disaster.

“Now… Now, if we put magic into this, the material’s properties will change…”

Above all, the fact that it is a world with magic caught my ankle.

Scientifically, things that don’t make any sense, such as forging gold or that the strength of iron can be increased by pouring special water on it, can be possible if magic intervenes.

For that reason, Claude observed the whole process in detail and gave the order to let it pass once the claim was correct, and because of that order, the supervisors on the front line had to see all kinds of terrible things.

“Wait, I think something just fell on mercury from your sleeve?”

“What, what do you mean by that? I only put fermented urine into the mercury—ah, ahahahahaha…”

“…Take it out.”

Of course, among the alchemists who gathered here, there was no one who could really forge gold. If you can really forge gold, only you know, why would you tell others about it?

The swindler, who secretly puts a piece of gold into the mercury while blinding the inspector with fermented urine, is caught by another inspector, beaten by soldiers, and kicked out of the test site.

“This mixture of grass, straw, animal excrement, and half soil is sprinkled with bone meal and fermented urine, and left in the shade at room temperature. If you dig it up, you can make compost with excellent performance. Here, urine that has been fermented with bone meal plays the most important role—”

Of course, scammers aren’t the only ones.

There were a lot of alchemists who proved their abilities by showing supervisors the process of actually making something from start to finish, such as making compost.

“Okay, okay, so I passed… Uwehehehehe…”

Whether he was a cheater or not, the overseer’s displeasure did not change, though.

An alchemist who has received permission from the supervisor proudly carries the compost he has made and tries to enter the castle, but is stopped by the soldiers and enters the castle with only his body sulking.

…………

“The harvest is good.”

As expected, talented people are pouring out in rapid succession as they scour the country like teeth.

Very satisfied.

Astrology and alchemy are a bit suspicious, but early astronomy is no different from astrology, and it’s a world with magic, so we’ll have to wait and see.

“The castle is said to be completed within a month at the earliest.”

“It’s quite fast.”

We are mobilizing all available manpower for the conversion of the castle into a university, but it is still going faster than expected. Even considering that it is a castle that has been constantly managed.

Those who teach law, theology, and public administration are okay because they have systematized expertise, and astrophysics and mechanical architecture are better off thanks to the large number of experts, but magic alchemy and medicine are definitely problematic.

‘There are books that can be used in Magical Alchemy, but more than 95% of them are mostly novels with only settings, and the knowledge is not connected and everyone is playing separately, so the curriculum has to be rewritten from scratch. . The same goes for medicine.’

Current magic alchemy and medicine are just the result of countless experiments and experiences.

Of course, studies are created through such a process, but looking at the responses in interviews, they could not clearly distinguish cause and effect.

It’s a university with a name, but it only teaches “It happened like this when I did it this way” And “It happened like that when I did it that way” Without knowing the cause and effect? I can’t accept that—uuu…!

‘This, this smell… Is bitter.’

Claude, whose accident is interrupted by a terrible smell that suddenly bursts out, looks around to find the cause, and realizes that the cause of the smell is his own clothes.

The smell of the alchemists permeated my clothes.

The nose, which had been paralyzed during the interview with the alchemists, gradually recovered and regained its function, and the nose that regained its function immediately sensed the alchemists’ stench-soaked clothes.

Because Leclerc is old, his sense of smell hasn’t fully returned yet, so he doesn’t seem to notice.

“…Open all the windows.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

…I can’t use these clothes anymore.

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“Big, big trouble…”

The maid who brought clothes and food told me that not only doctors but also priests, judges, officials, mathematicians, alchemists, and many other smart people came to this castle.

Doesn’t that mean… I’m on the same level as them? I can’t believe it.

I’m not that smart…?

“And… I’m going to teach others?”

As the maid said, I will be directly taught by the King, no, like everyone else, and I will teach others based on those teachings and the knowledge I had.

And until I am taught by Your Majesty, I have to write down all the knowledge I know one by one on this blank piece of paper and show it to Your Majesty.

To think that I, a mere country girl, will teach you and teach others… It makes me sick to my stomach.

Are you saying you can’t do it even now…? No, that would incur Your Majesty’s wrath…

“aaa…”

Ellen let out a small scream and she drooped down on her bed in great despair of what was about to happen, and after a while she got up slowly and, as the maid said, she knew what she knew. Solve them one by one and write them down on a blank piece of paper.

It’s more dangerous to do nothing than to say you can’t do anything, so I have to show it to His Majesty, but I can’t just let go.