Nineteen
Time seem to pass by. Despite him being an adult in a child body, it seem his thought process regressed more to a child the longer he stay in the body.
Thankfully, Ardent's previous knowledge and the likes was not affected, but it did make him wonder if he lose them as well.
'Hopefully not. It could be an an advantage in the future.' introducing changes that could lead to the Industrial Revolution would be impossible, as he did not know how to create some modern equipments or it's primitive counterpart that evolve into the modern one, but he could help push some inventors or researchers or whatever they called and create some substitute that will work like the original.
'In the first place, the key to the Industrial Revolution is the invention of steam engine, which spur the ability to transport resources.' he mused.
"What are you thinking?" a voice broke his musing. Ardent turned before giving the owner of the voice a slight smirk.