Chapter 1322
Ethan walked in and looked around. His gaze eventually rested on the two assistants.
“These are Professor Aronnax’s students and they are here to assist him,” explained Butler Zed.
Ethan nodded. “Where’s Professor Aronnax?”
“Professor Aronnax is resting, he’s too tired,” said one of the students.
They looked rather curiously at Ethan. They didn’t expect the usually stern and authoritative Butler Zed to be so respectful towards Ethan.
Ethan didn’t say anything and walked towards Enoch’s rest lounge.
“Professor Aronnax is resting,” the same student called out to Ethan. “Could you let him rest for a while first? He hasn’t slept in days.”
Ethan stopped and turned to look at the student, to find that the student looked extremely haggard and his eyes were also bloodshot. There were a lot of books and documents on the table, and they had been looked through several times.
All this was done in an attempt to just find any sort of clues.
“Sure, I’ll come back to look for him after he wakes up. Both of you should rest too.” Ethan turned to Butler Zed, “Let’s go.”
Just as he finished saying this, the door of the rest lounge opened. Enoch’s hair was a mess, but his eyes were filled with excitement.
He heard Ethan’s voice and immediately woke up and came running out.
“Ethan!”
“Professor Aronnax.” Ethan smiled. “Why don’t you take a longer rest first?”
“It’s not important now,” Enoch waved his hands to stop his students from persuading him otherwise. “I can always sleep later.”
“I have a new discovery! Come with me!”
He quickly led Ethan towards his own office. The two students exchanged glances and decided not to say anymore.
Enoch was very excited.
He felt that the feeling of having someone to share his findings and to be supported and trusted by someone was better than just researching for his own sake.
He had just told Butler Zed that he had a discovery and Ethan had come rushing over already. This made him feel like he had found a buddy in Ethan.
“Professor Aronnax, you still have to take care of yourself. If you want to continue your research, you have to make sure you’re healthy enough to do so,” said Ethan with a laugh.
“Don’t worry, I’m in very good shape!”
Professor Enoch Aronnax wasn’t too concerned. He pulled out a notebook from the mess of documents and he was probably the only one who could read any of the things written inside it.
“Look at this.” He pulled out paper with the picture of that red cloud printed on it and placed it in front of Ethan. “I told you the last time that this is a word and that it could represent a form of civilization, right? I’ve found the word.”
“Oh?” Ethan glanced up at him. “You’ve found it?”
“That’s right!” Enoch was very excited. “I’m 100% sure!”
“Ethan, why don’t you guess how to read this word?”
He pointed at the red cloud.
Ethan laughed and shook his head.
There was no way he could guess it.
“Professor Aronnax, why don’t you tell me what it is? I didn’t even graduate from elementary school, you know,” said Ethan jokingly.
“Hahaha! You’re being too humble!”
Enoch was a stubborn man, but since he could become a professor, he wasn’t stupid. He could tell that Ethan was definitely way more intelligent and capable than his peers to be able to have the position and identity he had right now.
He didn’t tease Ethan anymore and rapped his fingers hard on the table twice as his voice became very serious.
“This red cloud looks like a picture, but it is really a word!”
“According to the Chinese characters we have today, this word should be read as ‘Drake’!”
Enoch paused for a moment. His excited expression carried a tinge of resolution. “I’m guessing that this is possibly referring to a surname.”
“Drake?” Ethan narrowed his eyes slightly.
“That’s right! That character, ‘Drake’! The same word as the surname ‘Drake’!” said Enoch with great confidence.
