Greetings, Mister Principal: Phlogiston theory

What came from Teacher Claire was confusion, but what came from Charlotte was surprise.

"Headmaster Ian Gray, are you serious?"

Teacher Claire first asked. In her opinion, this useless principal knew almost no magic, had never cared about academic matters, and did not care about students' learning problems. Now she suddenly said By saying this, are you making fun of yourself?

To be honest, Teacher Claire didn’t think that Reiner could understand any of the words on the test paper, so she seemed very impatient. She had not had many interactions with Reiner, and she could not see the soul of the principal in front of her. He has become a different person.

"Teacher Claire, I think we should be more tolerant of our students and not deny her ideas with such a tough attitude. At least, she has thought about it, hasn't she?"

The corner of Reiner's eyes glanced at the other test papers on the table, and he could see that the answers to the questions on several test papers were exactly the same. It was obvious that he had recited the description in the book.

To be honest, he was still in a trance of time travel, but his sense of responsibility as a teacher prevented him from making a special student lose his desire for knowledge. Reiner himself also had a lot of curiosity about the magic of this world. So, under the influence of various reasons, he decided to find out whether Xia Luo's statement was correct and how much of his knowledge on earth could be applied to this world.

"But her thinking is completely wrong. The fire element theory is a great theory discovered by Master Hohenheim three hundred years ago. It is the cornerstone of modern alchemy. I don't think a mage apprentice can overturn this theory so easily. ."

Teacher Claire was stunned when Reiner said this, and then she retorted, but her attitude softened a little, maybe because she felt that there was a little bit of truth in Reiner's words.

"If religion begins with belief, then magic begins with doubt."

Reiner changed the words he heard in the previous life and continued.

"Before denying Xia Luo, why don't we first hear how she came to this conclusion?"

Hearing Reiner's words, Xia Luo's eyes lit up, and she was immediately impressed by this seemingly unreliable principal.

Although Principal Iain Gray has a bad reputation, at least he is willing to listen to his own explanation instead of blindly denying it like Teacher Claire. From this point of view, Reiner's reputation has at least increased with Charlotte. Ten o'clock.

Of course, the perfect score is one hundred points.

"Okay, then Xia Luo, tell me."

Teacher Claire shrugged helplessly and motioned for Xia Luo to explain.

"Well, I first discovered this possibility because of an experimental error."

Xia Luo thought for a moment and organized her words before speaking.

"Originally, I wanted to heat limestone at high temperature to obtain white rock. Generally speaking, this experiment should use an unsealed container, but I made a mistake at that time and used a closed flask."

Reiner didn't understand what gray rock was and what white rock was. Seeing his confused expression, Teacher Claire sighed and explained.

“Limestone is a rock that can be seen everywhere, while white rock is a special kind of stone that can dissolve into water.”

As she spoke, she lamented why she had to listen to Charlotte's explanation here seriously with this principal. Teacher Claire felt that she had been truly fooled.

After hearing this explanation, Reiner quickly understood that the so-called limestone and white rock should be limestone and quicklime. This reaction is a basic experiment in junior high school chemistry. The gas produced in the experiment is carbon dioxide and clarified lime. The reaction of water is also one of the most classic enlightenment experiments.

"After heating, I found that some kind of gas seemed to appear in the flask, and when I used a catheter to lead it out, the flame of the alcohol lamp was directly extinguished."

Xia Luoyan explained briefly and concisely, looking at Reiner and Claire from time to time, paying attention to their expressions.

"According to the theory of the fire element, this is impossible."

Reiner immediately opened an alchemy book on the table and followed the table of contents to find the chapter about the fire element.

"The element of fire exists in everything. When matter burns, the element of fire is released to produce flames. When matter loses the element of fire, it becomes dead ashes. When the ashes gain the element of fire, the matter will be resurrected. The specific process of burning can be simple The expression is: matter (combustion) = fire element + ashes.

——"Introduction to Alchemy", Chapter 3, Section 1, by R.V. Hohenheim, Blue Moon Calendar 2036 Third Edition."

In this description, there is no mention of gas being produced during the combustion process. So what is this gas that can extinguish the flame, and where does it come from?

Of course Reiner could tell Charlotte that the gas was carbon dioxide and limestone, which is a compound produced by the reaction between the carbon element in calcium carbonate and the oxygen in the air, but if he said it directly, they would definitely not believe it. Reiner also needs more evidence to prove that the carbon dioxide in this world is the same substance as on Earth.

"How about we go to the laboratory to replicate this experiment?"

Reiner raised this opinion, causing Charlotte to slightly open her eyes. She originally thought that Reiner simply wanted to confront Teacher Claire, but she did not expect that the principal actually believed in her. This made this The girl felt a little weird.

"Experiment?"

Teacher Claire was obviously even more surprised. She looked at Reiner up and down like she was looking at a madman, and then spoke to confirm.

"The experiment you are talking about is an alchemy experiment?"

She didn’t even know if Reiner knew the meaning of the word experiment. In Teacher Claire’s impression since she was a child, the nobles were unlearned guys, especially when she was five years old, she was raped by an unknown person. After being bullied and cried by a famous little nobleman several times, this impression became deeply ingrained and could no longer be changed.

"Of course~IndoMTL.com~Mr. Claire, what do you think I said?"

Reiner's attitude was natural, which made Teacher Claire feel a little unhappy, as if he was the uneducated one.

"We will completely reproduce the experiment described by Xia Luo. If we can get the same results, does it mean that her conclusion is reasonable?"

"Impossible. If the theory of fire element combustion is wrong, then all alchemical papers will have to be rewritten in the past three hundred years, but we have accomplished so many great achievements on this basis. Do you want to deny it? The contribution of those great mages?"

Teacher Claire's tough attitude gave Reiner a headache.

This guy is too stubborn.

Reiner thought for a while, I'm afraid such a stubborn guy wouldn't be able to do it head-on, so he would have to take a detour.

"Teacher Claire, are you afraid that Charlotte will prove that your conclusion is correct?"

He used the aggressive method, which made Teacher Claire jump up immediately.

"Who said that? I won't be afraid. The people standing behind me are three hundred years of alchemy masters!"

The effect is outstanding.

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Teacher Claire knew that she had been plotted by Reiner, but after thinking about it, she felt that this was an opportunity to punish the unreliable principal, so she said.

"But if it turns out later that the fire element theory is correct, you will have to pay the price."

"Uh, sure, what do you want me to do?"

Reiner didn't expect this woman to be so straightforward, so he was stunned before asking.

"Well, why not... put on a skirt and run around the square ten times during next week's morning meeting!"

Teacher Claire thought for a moment and then said, but the content surprised Reiner.