Chapter 88 - 16. Royal Research Institute
Over the next ten days, Mr. Fisher finalized the draft of his paper on soul theory but did not publish it; instead, he wrote a brief letter that simply copied the title of the paper and signed his own name. The recipient was Mr. Damian, the principal of the Royal College.
Mr. Fisher believed he would take an interest in the content and would immediately send someone to contact him.
With the remaining time, Mr. Fisher stayed at home to finish writing another paper on the current state of South Continent demi-human society. This one Fisher wrote more casually because the study of demi-humans was not the mainstream of academic research, hardly noticed by anyone. If it had not been for Fisher’s authorship, the writer would probably have been mocked by other scholars for being ’unserious’ and engaging in ’futile work.’
After working on drafts for two or three days, Mr. Fisher sent this paper to the New Society, where the editor-in-chief, on seeing Fisher’s title, couldn’t be bothered to review it and passed it to a New Society scholar specifically tasked with handling Fisher’s submissions, instructing him to arrange for it to appear in the Nali Journal under the "Social Science Column."
Indeed, Mr. Fisher’s guess was correct. On the third day after he mailed the letter to Principal Damian, a messenger from the Royal College came to his door, stating that Principal Damian had invited Mr. Fisher to the Royal College for detailed discussions on the paper.
Mr. Fisher estimated they had received the letter the second day but he presumed they were in a frenzy upon learning of Fisher’s appointment at Saint Nali University at the time. Sending that letter over was like making them swallow a fly, uncomfortable either to invite Mr. Fisher or not to invite him.
It had been too long since the Royal College had produced any noteworthy research. Although Mr. Fisher was worried about being overshadowed by other scholars, they were more eager for this result than he, so his invitation was expected.
Mr. Fisher changed into his attire for going out but bumped into Martha who was just about to leave the house. Leaning on a cane, she had uncharacteristically brought her reading glasses along, slipping into her shoes while peering outside.