Irregular [3]

A new thesis submission had just arrived, and one of the scholars, Tristan, began reading it. It had been a while since they'd received a new submission.

"...."

As he read, his expression changed several times. When he finally finished, his eyes went wide.

"This… is this real?"

"What's wrong, Elder Tristan?" another scholar asked.

"Just read the first page and you'll see."

Tristan handed the paper over. The other scholar read the first page, then kept going until the end. When he finished, he turned to Tristan, equally stunned.

"I see what you mean. If the rest of the contents are similar, we need to do a cross verification."

"Exactly." Tristan nodded.

A cross verification meant they had to summon the author to verify that the thesis was truly their work.

"Who's the author? I don't see a name anywhere."

"It's on the last page," Tristan said.

The scholar flipped to the final page and read it carefully.