For other people, publishing a paper on this or on the next issue of a journal might not make any difference, as long as the journal itself was influential enough. However, for Lucien, the reason why he forced himself to complete this paper at the beginning of this month was that he wanted it to be read by most arcanists as soon as possible.
"Any chances that my paper can still be published on this month’s issue?" Lucien was still looking for some hope, "What about putting my paper at the end?"
"I’m sorry, Evans, but I can’t. We’ve already informed the sorcerers that we’re gonna publish their papers,"said Woods decisively. Although he thought Lucien was a promising young man, it was not enough for him to run the risk of pissing off other more important sorcerers because of a level one arcanist.
