"So, Your Majesty... Ahem, I have some reason to believe that the earth, uh... Round, haha..."

He waved his hand in a circle in the air, grinning nervously. He knew what was the fate of the heretics, who were considered scientists whose teachings contradicted the views of the church. He would probably have been burned at the stake, like everyone else, for his "Through the lenses of a telescope", if the queen had not suddenly become interested in him... "Through the lenses of a telescope" is his scientific work, which describes how he accidentally discovered a lot of evidence that the earth is a ball... He didn't think he could stand up for his ideas for the rest of his life, but it was so interesting... He was extremely inspired by this idea... And I'm genuinely amazed. He had always been sure that the earth was flat, and this discovery turned his world upside down. But he wasn't naive enough to think that the church would like it...

When people from the Inquisition came to him and asked if he was the author of these manuscripts, he already thought that he would be burned at the stake, but they brought him to the queen's chambers. Maybe... Well, perhaps the queen was interested in his work and would really like to listen? Oh, Dorian would have been delighted to talk about his discovery...