The Magic Academy’s Physicist Chapter 10 Discussion

I registered an account just for the misunderstandings about this novel and the false review above. This novel REALLY has potential.

The novel is about an academic/researcher which is asked to peer review a paper (academic paper, not novel) about the science of magic. Ofc MC says its unscientific nonsense. Afterwards a golden eyed girl comes to her/him and the MC gets thrown into another world as that golden eyed girl named Aether. And bad news? Bad news is that Aether is a real sl*ve. (This isnt a genderbender novel btw, dont believe the tags, bec we dont know the researcher's gender in real world.)

I liked the worldbuilding at first, a world that is between ww1 to ww2 era with magic and science. Yes magic isnt just saying ✨️magic✨️ and be done with it, most novels expect you to not question the magic unlike this one. ✨️magic✨️ why? Dont ask. Lmao. Anyway, back to the topic. In this novel magic still follows rules and science albeit fictionally ofc. And bec rules are scientific, Aether has a great advantage as a person who knows modern science. This type of realistic magic is the best worldbuilding in my opinion. Let alone the unique timeline of that world.

But then came the cliches. Demon lord bla bla [insert cliche world building], rescuing some youngsters by running into them bla bla [insert cliche character introduction]. Thankfully it looks like mild cliches. Also its just recently mentioned and we are at the start of the novel, so I cant say whatever it will be reaaaaly cliche or not. Tho I have high hopes for this novel.

For the characters, its still early, most characters have no defining characteristics bec well... 10 chapter is too short to actually build characters. The only characters that are more than just names are the MC and the owner of the MC. Aether is a Golden-eyed which means she cant use magic naturally and had to rely on scrolls and similar tools. But her race is rare, beautiful and rumored to be genius etc. Her personality becomes jaded, exhausted and just burnout from her new life. She just want to return to Earth and to do that she work hard to learn and research magic and combine it with science. Basicly an academic sl*ave both figuratively 🤣 and literally.

But the owner of her. Real problems start with her. She is someone who can do anything to improve her Fire Magic. She doesnt even care about her status as Duchess and just want to get better at fire magic. She desperately needs a breakthrough in that magic field and see that breakthrough in Aether. So she buys Aether and overworks her to the bone. She always give harder and harder tasks related to magic to Aether. Everything is great until this point. An evil that isnt for the sake of evil. She has her own motives and agendas. BUT, this supposedly rational woman is in fact isnt rational. She gives menial labors and chores to Aether, doesnt give her enough food etc. Why are you using an invaluable sl*ve in such a cheap way? Why dont you buy another cheap one to do these chores? Why dont you give food to Aether so can use her brain more? Why? Why?! Dont ask. Its just a cheap tactic to make the MC's personality artificially.

Another problem arises⬇️ Spoiler

after a womanizer prince saw Aether's goddess-like beauty. He ask the king to send a letter to the Duchess to buy Aether from her. And Duchess decides to accept it. Why? Sure enough money is always a good reason and you can use that money for research but why are you selling the golden goose? Thats such an irrational choice. At least consider the possibility of buying back Aether after a few days when that womanizer got bored of bedding her. It may or may not occur but at least consider the chance. Or just make a counteroffer to rent or gift Aether for a few dozen nights instead of selling. Why arent you rationale anymore? Why? Why?! I tell you why, this is another cheap way, progressing the plot artifically.

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All in all it has great potential. Although author may ruin it, and makes some mistakes, they arent massive mistakes, I still believe in author. I still beleive it has great potential. Tho mistakes make it 4/5, I will still give it 5/5.