Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party in Another World-Chapter 643:
Chapter 643:
TL: Rui88
Nathan and Edward had not walked more than a few steps when Nathan, who was speaking with his head turned, was bumped into heavily by someone and nearly fell.
He steadied himself and wanted to see who the reckless person was.
The person who had bumped into him was in a worse state, having fallen directly to the ground.
But the person immediately bounced up from the ground and began to shout to himself.
“It is round! It is really round!”
His face showed no pain at all; instead, it was full of excitement, even madness.
He waved his arms and legs, like a drunkard who had been drinking all night.
“Since it is round, then everything can be explained! The moon, and the stars, the doubts about them, now all have answers.”
“Woooo! My teacher, if only you were still alive. If only you could have witnessed this moment in person.”
The man was both laughing and crying, seeming completely irrational.
Seeing the other person in this state, Nathan and Edward consciously kept their distance from him.
“Look, Edward.”
Nathan looked at the madman with pity and tutted, “What a poor fellow.”
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Kebur was feeling excited right now.
It was really worth it for him to travel thousands of miles by boat from Horn Bay to the Northwest Bay.
He had never been so excited since becoming an astrologer… No, perhaps he had been once, but life had been too bitter these days, so much so that those good old days had become a distant memory.
As the astrologer of the Kingdom of Collins, he was taught by the long-famous astrologer Viscount Brar. He originally had a bright future and, if nothing unexpected happened, would have become a court favorite like his teacher in a few years, with wealth and status at his fingertips.
But an assassination put an end to all that. Viscount Brar, who opposed the war, died under unclear circumstances.
The official investigation gave a very ridiculous reason…Viscount Brar had died from holding in his urine.
Finding it absurd, Kebur insisted on a reinvestigation of his teacher’s death.
Then he fled after being warned by a mysterious note.
Kebur later found out that after he had escaped, he had become the murderer of his teacher. The reason for the murder was that he coveted his teacher’s stargazing records from over the years. ꭆÁ𐌽ǒ𝖇ĚＳ
Falsely accused in his homeland, Kebur was very indignant.
He fled Collins and came to the Horn Bay Alliance, finding a job doing accounts with his knowledge of mathematics.
As for his original profession of astrologer, he could forget about it. How could the Horn Bay Alliance use a Collins man as an astrologer.
He thought he could settle down for a while, but as the conflict between the coastal countries and the inland countries began to rapidly intensify, life became increasingly difficult for Collins people like Kebur in the Horn Bay Alliance.
He accepted the advice of his Ordan friend, Liszt, and left Horn Bay before the war officially broke out.
It made sense. After the war started, if he were in an inland country, he would be arrested as a murderer. If he were in a coastal country, there was a high chance he would be arrested as a spy for the inlanders. So he could only run to a place outside Horn Bay.
And so, Kebur boarded a passenger ship to the Northwest Bay of Ordo. From Liszt’s introduction, Kebur’s impression of the Northwest Bay was not bad, and there were a large number of Horn Bay people making a living there.
As an astrologer, Kebur and his teacher, Viscount Brar, had always been supporters of the round earth theory, because many of the celestial phenomena they observed could only be explained on the premise that the earth was round.
For example, some stars would rise higher the further north one went, and new stars would appear on the northern horizon, while some stars would set on the southern horizon.
Another example was that during a lunar eclipse, the shape of the earth’s shadow cast on the moon was circular.
Although there were various theories, the astrologers had always been troubled by the lack of direct evidence.
And today, in this land thousands of miles away from Horn Bay, Kebur finally welcomed the direct evidence for the round earth theory.
The Ordans had actually sailed around in a circle.
What evidence could be more direct than this? It was magnificent!
Kebur was so excited that after accidentally bumping into someone and falling to the ground, he could not feel any pain and forgot to apologize.
He ran towards the docks with all his strength to welcome the returning heroes!
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“Look! They are all here to welcome us!”
The deputy waved his arm at the surging crowd and said loudly to Gran.
“Yes, we are finally home!”
Gran also could not hide the excitement in his heart.
“The earth is round, we have proven it!”
“We went around the earth!”
The team members around them kept shouting to the crowd, and each time they received an enthusiastic response.
When they sailed their almost-falling-apart ships into the port and explained that they were the returning exploration team, the people did not seem surprised.
After all, the other two exploration teams had already returned before them, and Port Fran had experienced similar events several times.
But when they said that they were the Western Exploration Team, which was rumored to have been completely wiped out, and that they had circled the earth and returned from the east, the people who heard the news began to get agitated.
Due to Alda’s emphasis on education, most of the people here knew that there was a strange theory in the world called the round earth theory. Although it was very counterintuitive, it could indeed explain many phenomena.
And in Alda’s previous propaganda, the lord had sent out the exploration fleets to verify whether the round earth theory was true or not.
Since the lord placed so much importance on it, if it could be proven to be true or false, it must be a remarkable achievement…this was what most people thought.
And circumnavigating the world was in itself a remarkable feat…something the other two exploration fleets had not done.
Now the locals could puff out their chests and show off to all outsiders: Listen up, you country bumpkins, the first to circumnavigate the world were Aldans, and they also proved that the earth is round.
So the news spread from ten to a hundred, and from a hundred to a thousand, quickly spreading throughout the entire city.
More and more people flocked to watch. Gran and the others had been off the ship for a long time but were still stuck in the port area and could not get out.
Shaking hands, hugging, waving, and even signing autographs, they repeated these actions over and over.
“Make way! Everyone make way!”
A path was forcefully pushed through the dense crowd.
A team of police officers came before Gran and the others.
“Hello, Mr. Gran!”
The leader said to him with an admiring expression, “The mayor invites you and your team members to the central square. That place is very spacious. I think everyone is very curious about your experiences. You can tell the public about your adventures there.”
“Thank you, I would be very happy to!”
Gran took off his hat and saluted the police chief before him.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the team members who had been captured by the natives on another continent.
I hope the Heavenly Father blesses them and keeps them safe.
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