Thinking back to that day many years later, Professor Gilbert couldn't help but feel regretful.
So close.
They were so close.
His supervisor almost became the Darwin of the new century, the Mendel of archaeology. He also almost became the apprentice of the master of archaeology in the new era. They could have dominated the archaeology department at the University of Oxford.
Professor Gilbert thought about this many times. If it wasn't for the shoe that flew toward the podium that made the elderly Professor Vernal feel embarrassed, history would be different…
Although fighting was sometimes a part of academic discussions, it was unfair to let an elderly man and a young man fight hand-to-hand.
At a suburb of Oxford, England, North Sea Alliance, Earth.
Professor Gilbert was wearing reading glasses. He was babbling in an old mansion.