The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 1265

Chapter 1265: Power Grid

"Hmm... this is really pretty cool..."

Luca hovered in midair, his body fluidly straightening to the left and then to the right as he floated around while intently watching his good brother.

Ollie was still standing right in the middle of the clearing, clutching what Kyle had explained was actually more like a discharge rod than just a lightning one while standing atop a thick, dry slab of Ebonite.

Auntie Cece had mentioned earlier that there didn’t really seem to be any need for such a strong electrical insulator. And that while they weren’t quite sure about the full extent of Ollie’s electrokinesic abilities—given how her sworn brother couldn’t exactly control the electricity just yet—they were at least certain that he possessed some sort of electroimmunity.

That was great news for the blonde, who was still going strong despite how much time had passed since he first started discharging. At least they didn’t have to rush and risk making mistakes when his physical body wasn’t in nearly as much danger as they’d initially feared.

Still, Kyle, the star’s concerned husband, insisted on having Ollie use both the slab and the rod.

If not for any actual physical benefit, then maybe they’d at least have some helpful psychosomatic effects.

Thankfully, no one really questioned the experienced adjutant’s logic.

Sure enough, as someone who was deeply comforted by familiar things like Kyle’s oversized shirts, glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars, and fuzzy slippers, simply having something tangible provided by his loved ones made things much easier for Ollie.

Granted, that reassurance still didn’t stop the anxious blonde from verbally declaring his last will every so often in case he somehow didn’t make it.

And unfortunately, even if they wanted to give him a little more comfort, perhaps with some snacks or one of his usual favorite items, they couldn’t exactly risk bringing any of those things close to him either.

Not when Ollie was already at risk of frying or damaging anything that wasn’t part of their official cadet uniforms, which were thankfully rated for deep-space travel and could withstand far more punishment than ordinary clothing.

But surprisingly, of all the things Luca was currently evaluating as he tried to figure out what could possibly help his good brother, what everyone else hadn’t expected him to be so amazed by was a rather unexpectedly mundane thing.

And just what was that?

Well, in a sense, batteries.

But in more specific terms, the fact that even before this current era, people had already figured out how to harness lightning to farm and convert it into usable electricity.

"..."

The Imperial Crown Prince, or, well... basically everyone else present, listened intently as Luca excitedly explained what he’d just realized.

Apparently, unlike the people of the Hyperion Super Cluster, those back on that ultra-dubious planet called Tesseris still treated lightning as a rather uneconomical and inconsistent source of energy.

"The lightning rods I know used to go on top of buildings, and they were mostly for protection rather than energy generation," Luca explained. "So instead of being connected to batteries like the one my brother is next to, the metal rods are usually connected to another one that’s driven deep into the ground!"

But while everyone certainly enjoyed seeing his pure delight over the discovery, it didn’t take long before they started zeroing in on a rather startling contrast.

So what more if they learned that one elusive planet had all of those resources?!

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