When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1050 Leonardo and His Graduate Student (Part 2)

"Kuswania is a girl, and she's doing experiments outside in this cold weather."

"You bunch of grown men, a decade older than her, should be stronger than that little girl, but instead you're just holed up in the greenhouse playing cards?"

Six graduate students stood in a row in front of Leonardo, all with their heads drooping and not saying a word.

Unlike King's University on the Riverfront or Newbridge University in Flanders, St. John's University is more modern.

At Xinqiao University, students are taught by a mentor who guides several students from the very beginning of their studies; it is essentially still the master-apprentice system of craftsmen.

However, St. John's University offers general education courses at the undergraduate level, without in-depth research, allowing students to quickly accumulate knowledge and experience to become cogs in the machine of society.

Engineering students either joined the Holy Industrial System or the Government System.

Priests, especially high priests, considered engineers highly sought after, with those specializing in water conservancy, civil engineering, or machinery all competing for their services.

Brother Julien is a typical example.

After graduating with a degree in theology, if one can pass the interview, one can enter a research institute, or what is called a theological and technical monastery.

This is the system under the jurisdiction of Saint Sylph, to become a glorious research monk.

It is not until the postgraduate stage that students will have a mentor to guide them in conducting research.

Most of the time, Shirley was quite tolerant, and she knew that scientific research could not be rushed.

However, Leonardo has very high standards for himself, and he is naturally a bit impatient. He gets even more furious when he sees the graduate students slacking off.

"Professor Leonardo, Kuswania did it too!" the caught graduate student immediately reported. "She was the one who led us in this."

"While others are having fun, have you done your work?"

"Uh……"

It's worth noting that many of these graduate students were Leonardo DiCaprio's students back in King's College, Riverside.

They were so well-behaved back then. In the dead of winter, they would stay in the shed every day studying machinery, and only think of eating when they were so hungry that their faces turned green.

After arriving at St. Regis, we moved into an apartment building with windows installed, a heater, and bread to eat.

Over the course of three years, he couldn't even get out of bed in the winter, and even when he did get up, he would just play cards and slack off.

It's all because of those player cards!

Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't against Horn's "Bread and Circus" project; he just felt it went too far.

The so-called "bread and circus" is, in Horn's words, pacifier entertainment.

The nobles and elders of Guel used cheap food and entertainment to bribe the lower classes in order to maintain social stability.

However, unlike the "bread and circus" in the history of the El Empire, the "bread and circus" movement recently promoted by the Holy Mechanism is just old wine in new bottles.

In the context of the Holy Alliance, bread refers to food, while circus refers to cultural and entertainment activities.

The former, spearheaded by Madeleine herself, is dedicated to developing various breads, pastries, snacks, and more, including the recently popular soft drinks and fruit wines.

The latter, spearheaded by Granpvin and Vlteva, is touted as a success in both arts and sports.

Culturally, serialized novels, new dramas, new musical instruments, and popular music emerged.

The sports scene is incredibly diverse, with traditional fencing and octagonal cage battles in urban areas, and horse racing in rural areas that can attract tens of thousands of spectators at a time.

Especially with the recent rise in football matches, there are several games almost every week in the county seat of each county.

It sometimes takes more than ten hours by ferry to get to the surrounding areas, and then you have to take another more than ten hours by ferry back overnight after you've finished visiting.

Even the local Franz people would come to join in the fun.

The cards these graduate students are playing with are sports trading cards printed by the St. Regis Commercial Printing House.

Generally, this type of card is obtained through a lottery at a store using football match ticket stubs, or it may be included as a bonus when purchasing various new merchandise from the Holy Relic Court.

Since Leonardo still has a seat on the Council of States, should we mention it at the next meeting?

As Leonardo pondered this, he looked around and suddenly realized a problem. He had eight graduate students in total: one was outside working on the Ratchet design, six were inside playing cards, and who was the last one?

"Go and fetch Lorton Wood over here right now! The second paper review meeting is just around the corner, and he's still so lazy!"

Leonardo couldn't hold back any longer; there was actually one person who hadn't even shown up, someone he'd almost completely forgotten about.

The six graduate students looked at each other, and finally the eldest brother, who was playing cards, spoke up: "Professor, Lorton was in the office all night and just went out."

Hearing this, Leonardo's expression softened a bit: "Then tell him to come see me after he gets up... Wait, he was in the office all night yesterday?"

"Yes."

Leonardo suddenly stood up and strode over to Lorton's table.

He knew Lorton's level of expertise, and even more so, the difficulty of his thesis.

For Lorton, it was impossible to work on this simple paper all night.

On the table, which was cluttered with scrap paper and various books and experimental data, Leonardo precisely pulled out a few sheets of draft paper.

He didn't say much, he just read silently line by line, but the more he read, the uglier his face became.

It was even more embarrassing than when he caught a few people slacking off earlier. Before he could even see the end of the draft paper, he slammed it onto the table.

Leonardo's chest heaved violently, but he remained silent.

The graduate students, however, remained silent, not daring to even breathe.

Sitting in Lorton's chair, Leonardo closed his eyes: "Go and wake Lorton up right now and bring him here."

"Professor, is there a problem with Lawton's thesis? Is the design not progressing smoothly?" A graduate student who was close to Lawton couldn't help but ask.

"This is none of your business. Call the people here and go now."

"okay."

Seeing Leonardo on the verge of exploding, the senior brother turned to leave, but as soon as he opened the door, he bumped into a thin, middle-aged man wearing round-framed glasses.

“Mentor, I’ve brought Lorton here.” The senior brother immediately pushed his junior brother, who was older than him, in front of Leonardo.

"Lorton stays; everyone else, leave."

With a crossbody bag slung over his shoulder, Lorton stood in front of Leonardo.

The graduate students exchanged worried glances and eventually left one after another, with the senior student even taking his sports trading card with him.

Before the office door was even fully closed, a voice, laced with suppressed anger, blurted out: "Do you know you're gambling with your future? If you fail three times, you'll have to pay a hefty review fee yourself!"

As soon as these words were spoken, even the few graduate students standing outside understood.

The senior player, who was carefully putting away the trading cards, was stunned: "He hasn't given up on that absurd theory yet?"

“Lorton is a stubborn man, we all know him.” Gazing worriedly at the closed door, another graduate student whispered, “Hopefully our advisor can snap him out of it.”

Lorton Wood was originally a student of Maester Kerburn and a core member of the Dragon Language Alchemy Society.

Unfortunately, their alchemical and magical theories were similar to those of the Secret Order of Balance, and they even believed that both the magical and sorceristic schools were wrong.

His final remarks angered the public, and he was expelled from the Dragon Language Alchemy Society.

But Kerpen, mindful of their past relationship, ultimately sent Lorton to Leonardo as a graduate student.

After all, this Lorton is a polymath, and he is also quite accomplished in mechanics. His level is definitely the best among all the graduate students.

However, he still clung to that theory, especially now that both Horn and Sylph seemed to be from the magic-based school, he still dared to use it.

Do you want to prove that His Highness Horn and Princess Sylph are wrong?

“I know.” Lorton clutched his crossbody bag tightly, “but I’m not wrong, unless Your Majesty slaps yourself in the face.”

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(This is the senior brother's player card. Don't doubt it, the player in the picture is wearing leather armor and shin guards.)
(End of this chapter)