The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

The next day, Lind brought Lena and Isa to visit Lisha, and also to confirm the research results of the Symbol Saint Society.

In fact, Linde had already prepared for the worst, which was that the research of the Rune Saint Society would be completely meaningless. But that would only mean that there would be one more first-tier rune master with magic disease in the territory. Although the territory was in a financial bind due to the increase in population and the single industrial structure, it was not at the point where it could not even afford to feed an extra mouth.

Good morning, Miss Lisha.

Linde casually walked into the house and greeted Lisha.

Lisa seemed at a loss when faced with the personal visit of the lord and his wife. Although Lisa's father's title was higher than Lind's, the family title had been inherited by someone else, and Lisa herself did not have any title. In addition, she had been treating illnesses and doing research since she was a child, so she was not familiar with the etiquette among nobles.

However, when she saw the lady of the house casually and without any manners pull out a chair and sit down, Lisha suddenly relaxed a lot.

This territory seems a bit different. The lord and his wife don't seem to care much about formalities, especially the lord's wife, who seems to have never even taken a basic etiquette course. She just wants to convey the meaning.

Good morning, my lord.

Lisha bowed respectfully to Linde while holding the research notebook.

Linde nodded slightly. After secretly glancing at Lena twice, Lisha relaxed, which made Linde realize that bringing Lena along was indeed the right decision. She helped the insecure person find confidence. Lena, you are so great.

Of course, bringing Lena along wasn't just to ease Lisha's tension. Lena and Isa were arguably the two highest-ranking professionals in the territory. Although Linde could also use magic and divine arts, those were because he inherited the heroine's skills from the save file. Linde himself didn't even know why he could use these magic and divine arts.

The divine magic that Linde currently possesses is a pure black box technology. Just like a bicycle, everyone knows that you can make a two-wheeled bicycle keep balanced and move by pushing off with your feet, but the specific principle behind it was not definitively established by the scientific community until Linde's time travel.

"Are you settling in alright? I don't know much about magic diseases, is there anything I can help you with?"

Faced with the lord's concern, Lisha lowered her head, hiding her expression behind her thick glasses.

"This is already better than where I stayed at the Holy Symbol Society. I will take care of the magic illness myself. Thank you for your concern, my lord."

This sounded like bravado, but Lin De didn't intend to delve into it. He pulled out the information the landlady had given him yesterday and said, "I looked at your detailed information last night. Although you are a first-tier rune master, you don't actually draw runes and magic circles by sensing magic power, right?"

Although Lind thought his tone was already very gentle, Lisha still immediately tensed up and replied anxiously, "My lord, please rest assured, although I cannot sense or manipulate magic, I will never make a mistake in drawing runes!"

Lind quickly noticed the key words in Lisha's words.

"Absolutely? How can you guarantee that the runes you draw will never have any errors?"

There is no standard template for drawing runes and magic circles, because each professional has their own personal habits when drawing runes and magic circles.

These runes, imbued with strong personal characteristics, rarely err because professionals who can sense and manipulate magic can continuously use magic to verify whether the rune can function, whether the flow of magic is smooth, and where adjustments are needed for the rune or magic circle.

If drawing a rune is like writing a piece of code, professionals can write and run simultaneously, constantly debugging.

But Lisha is different. Lisha, who cannot sense or manipulate magic, is like writing code in a notepad. She can only know whether the code will work after she finishes writing it and starts running it.

Even after the error message appeared, Lisha couldn't determine which part of the process had gone wrong.

"I'm very sorry, my lord, I... I'm not sure if the runes will malfunction. I just made it up because I was afraid you would fire me."

Lisha shrank back completely, which made Lind realize that his tone had been far too serious.

If Lisha were truly afraid of being fired, she wouldn't have said that; it's obvious the other party has other ways to ensure the runes don't go wrong.

Just as Linde wanted to comfort Lisha again but didn't know how to start, Isa gently comforted Lisha, "Don't be nervous. The lord just wants to know how you ensure the runes don't go wrong, not that he wants to expel you. This isn't a strict magic association, and there aren't many formalities. Just tell us what you know, and you can tell us directly if you have any difficulties."

Lena chimed in, "That's right, that's right. Isa was originally a rebel, and our Lars family isn't so poor that we can't even afford to support a single runemaster, right, brother?"

Linde looked at Lena speechlessly. If you can't speak, then don't speak.

Perhaps it was because of Isa's unique charm as the female lead that Lisha glanced at the notebook she was holding and said to everyone, "It's a pattern."

"law?"

This time it was Isa's turn to be surprised. As the only one of the three who had received a proper magical education in the capital and studied diligently, she knew how outrageous Lisa's words were.

The magic circles on the market today, even the runes and magic circles in textbooks, all bear the strong personal characteristics of those rune masters, and there is no unified rule or style at all.

Are there patterns in the arrangement of runes? Yes, there are, but unless you know all the runes and their arrangements in the world, it's impossible to combine the ever-changing runes based solely on patterns.

"That's right, it's a pattern, and patterns can be derived through logic and calculation."

Perhaps because they were talking about her area of ​​expertise, the girl suddenly became radiant and full of confidence.

"More accurately, it's a formula. Once the position of a rune is determined, considering its final use, output power, and available connection methods, the position of the next rune can be derived through the calculation formula. And once the positions of three runes are confirmed, theoretically, the positions of the other runes in a magic circle can also be analyzed one by one."

After explaining, to make it easier for everyone to understand, Lisha took out her rune-drawing tools and immediately began drawing a magic circle in the room.

"It's like we're drawing a water vapor magic circle now. We need to use Root Water, spray water grass powder, and Moonflower to make water-condensing runes. Then we can confirm the output power and connection method of the water-condensing runes made with these materials."

With complete concentration, Lisha crushed and mixed the materials she was told to make, then applied them to her carving knife and began drawing runes on the floor.

"Then, from all the connection methods of the Water Condensation Rune, confirm the positions of the other two runes that are not on the same straight line as the Water Condensation Rune."

As the carving knife danced across the floor, Lisha quickly finished drawing two more runes.

"Then the three runes that are not on the same straight line can determine the approximate shape of the magic circle. By combining this shape, we can deduce the remaining runes one by one."

Under the astonished gazes of Isa and Rena, Lisha, like a calm artist, was calculating on a draft paper while drawing a magic circle with a carving knife in her hand.

Linde looked at the draft paper next to Lisha and found it increasingly familiar.

Because when Lisha was carving the magic circle with her carving knife, she also drew a coordinate axis on the ground as an auxiliary line.

Then, they would write and draw on the coordinate axis using a bunch of numbers and incomprehensible formulas.

Mathematics... more precisely, geometry, equations, and linear algebra.

There were also many symbols and formulas that Linde couldn't understand at all. This draft paper full of numbers and symbols reminded Linde of the math professor in his previous life whose head was as bright as a light bulb and who was often stumped by students' questions, making him afraid to stay in his office.

While Lind was still in a daze, Lisha had already drawn the magic circle, taken off the necklace from her neck, and placed it in a certain position on the magic circle.

Immediately, the magic circle was successfully activated, and many water droplets condensed on the edge of the table, making the air in the room somewhat humid.

"That's about it... that's it."

After finishing drawing the magic circle, Lisha reverted to her nervous and insecure demeanor.

"May I take a look at it?"

Linde, snapping out of his daze, pointed to the draft paper on the ground.

"Of course, you are a lord, and you have bought me, so it is natural for you to do so."

Lisha respectfully handed the draft paper to Lind.

Lin De stared at the scribbles on the draft paper in a state of near collapse, cursing inwardly, "Damn it, I thought this world was all about metaphysics, and now you're telling me to believe in science?"