“That’s only a hypothetical possibility—and an extremely slim one at that.”
After a long silence, Daniel finally spoke.
“Besides, Sir Adventurer is hardly an ordinary case, is he? Even if that research had survived, no one can say for certain that it would have helped him.”
The words sounded somewhat cold precisely because they were objective and clear-cut.
“No, we can’t know that either. Filtration magic is right in the middle of being developed, remember? If that research had survived, I’m sure this research would’ve progressed faster too.”
At the same time, Meister’s rebuttal was equally dry and sharp.
“I find it difficult to believe that research would truly have been used for proper purposes.”
“I agree with you there. But just as developing medicine can sometimes create a new poison, working on a poison can sometimes produce medicine. I’m saying there’s no downside to having a technology in and of itself.”
“There is far too much room for abuse.”
“Yeah. But I’m telling you, that’s a secondary issue. What matters right now isn’t how the technology would have been used if it existed. It’s whether having that technology would’ve helped with this or not.”
“So what I’m saying is—”
“That is enough, both of you. This is hardly the place for a debate over the morality of technology.”
Only after Archmage intervened did the two finally close their mouths. Ironically, the very person…