Victoria knew she was impolite, but she couldn't help but laugh when she saw the bright red marks on Collins' face. Collins pouted, rubbing his face with his hand, and then sat down next to Victoria. He deliberately positioned himself half a meter away from her, and both of them maintained their safe distance.
After laughing enough, Victoria lowered her head and hesitantly asked, "Were you the one I bumped into just now?"
"Yeah, while I was helping you organize the data, I scanned your experimental data with my psychic power. It was then that I found out what your experiment was about."
"Your research is not practical. I think you'd better change your research direction, otherwise you will probably never get the teaching position you want."
Victoria's experiment was titled "Research on Alchemical Purification Methods Data Formula," which belonged to fundamental magic research and itself did not have much commercial value. In fact, the more basic the magic research, the less practical value it had, just like Einstein's mass-energy conversion formula. It was a groundbreaking milestone research achievement, but no matter how amazing this achievement was or how long it could make Einstein's name endure, the mass-energy conversion formula itself was just a formula. What really made money were the various derivatives based on this formula, such as nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants.
Victoria frowned, her eyes scanning Collins up and down.
"How old are you?"
Her questioning voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, and it took Collins a moment to figure out what Victoria wanted to say.
"I'm 16 years old."
Victoria pouted, looking angry and emitting a hint of cuteness.
"Just, just 16."
Turning her head away, Victoria tried hard not to show her sense of victory, but the delight of that tiny victory could still be sensed by Collins.
After all, the petite girl who had started shaking her legs back and forth looked very happy.
It was this appearance that made Collins feel a desire to bully Victoria. (Go ahead and bully her to your heart's content, because you will be retaliated against in the future.)
"But I am an intermediate-level mage."
Victoria quickly turned her head back, looking at Collins' unbelievably young face. Collins pulled out his intermediate-level mage badge.
"I am currently studying at the Ruyates Magic Academy, where I am the chief of the Rune and Magic Array departments. Hmm, I was admitted ahead of my age when I was 15, and now I have been studying for a year with a specialized magic laboratory provided by the school."
Ruyates Magic Academy, just like the school where Victoria graduated from, was an internationally renowned institution, with numerous elites. Moreover, Collins was the top in the Rune and Magic Array departments, standing at the pinnacle among all the students in the academy. It must be noted that Victoria was only the second in her department in her own school, although she was also a first-tier mage among the students in the school, she still had quite a gap compared to the top talents who had already been reserved by various major magic laboratories before graduation.
In the face of Victoria's surprised gaze, Collins inexplicably felt a sense of victory.
"Putting aside everything else, I am also an insider. Even if I don't understand the data and experimental methods in your magic research, doesn't mean I won't understand the goal you want to achieve and the results that can be achieved from this goal, right?"
The corner of Victoria's mouth twitched.
"I can now say with certainty that your experiment has no future. Oh no, it's not that the experiment itself is not impressive, but rather that it doesn't have the qualifications to impress businessmen. Basic magic research is simply not respected."
Victoria lowered her head, her voice buzzing like a mosquito, with a touch of a crying tone.
"What do you know? My research, it's, it's groundbreaking and very impressive. As long as, as long as I succeed in my research, then I, then I...""But you can't figure it out," said Collins firmly.
Victoria looked up again, her gaze fixed on Collins' face. Collins met Victoria's eyes and slowly said, "Your stable runic framework is completely inadequate, and the optimization of various magic structures is also insufficient. You actually used the explosive flame magic extension framework for the basic purifying magic framework. Aren't you afraid that your laboratory will be blown up by your purifying magic halfway through?"
Victoria said angrily, "I've tried twelve different fire-based magic rune frameworks, and neither the flame halo nor the fireball produced the temperature of explosive flame. Only explosive flame can meet the basic requirements of my purification experiment."
