After dinner, candlelight went into the castle hall early.
Whenever night falls, Teacher Shuju will give lectures in the hall. Unlike the aristocratic colleges in big cities, the students who come to listen to the lectures are all witches of the mutual aid society.
But she wasn't the first to arrive at the "classroom", Evelyn was already sitting at the long table and waving to her.
"Has His Royal Highness Roland explained any tasks to you recently?" Evelyn asked impatiently as soon as Candlelight sat down.
I remember when she first came, she dryly called him Lord Lord. Candlelight smiled secretly in the bottom of his heart, "Yes, he asked me to use the ability on some strange-shaped metal bumps to solidify them at room temperature, and I don't know what it is useful for."
"Yes... Is that so," her eyes darkened, "His Royal Highness has not asked me to do anything yet."
"Is there no regulation on the content of the practice?" Candlelight asked strangely.
"No, I practiced it at will," Evelyn shook her head. "He will only occasionally come to me to taste the newly prepared baijiu."
"Maybe this is what Your Highness likes. You have stayed in a tavern before, and you are very familiar with the taste of various drinks. There are not many witches like this."
"You don't need witches to taste wine," she protested. "The salary of a golden dragon is enough to recruit a specialized winemaker."
"Uh..." Candlelight patted the other person's shoulder, "I think His Highness must have his plans."
"The scroll also comforted me in this way, but I don't even know what this ability can do, and I can't turn water into wine out of thin air... Is it possible to prepare the best wine for sale? But the commoners can only afford it. Poor-quality ale, and nobles have different tastes." Evelyn put her chin on the table, and said in frustration, "Also, the wine brewed by His Royal Highness is getting worse and worse, I once suggested adding water or juice to him. Blend, but he seems to just want to make the strongest wine."
Candlelight didn't know what to say for a while. At this point, she and Evelyn could be called the same sympathy. After going to Sleepy Island, they could only do chores most of the time. With the increasing abundance of fish oil resources, curing candles became optional.
In the early days, when life was tense, materials were often allocated according to ability. Sometimes candlelight could only allocate one grilled fish without salt a day. She didn't think there was any problem with this approach, and she was willing to give more food to the witches who consumed a lot of magic power, but the group divided among the witches and the vague sense of exclusion made her feel a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, Lord Tilly took good care of them, and apologized for this distribution method, promising to make adjustments after the supplies became abundant, so that those witches did not show too obvious rejection.
But in Frontier Town, such a situation has almost never been the case where the witches sat at the same table, enjoying meals with His Royal Highness the Prince, and they were dressed and used the same way... Most importantly, regardless of their ability Strong, they regard each other as a whole, which can be seen from the daily life. Although she had only been to Border Town for two short weeks, she had already felt this deeply.
They really see each other as their sisters.
This makes Candlelight feel very envious.
After all the witches sat down one after another, Teacher Scroll walked in with a stack of white paper, "I will not teach new content today, I will conduct a comprehensive test of what you have learned."
"What is that?" Lightning was the first to raise his hand.
"Gugu?" Maisie followed closely.
"You have been studying for three months now. Your Highness thinks it is necessary to test your learning results." Shu Scroll laughed, "All the questions have been listed on these papers, divided into three parts: Kingdom Language, Mathematics and Nature, a total of six There are ten questions, plus points for correct answers, minus points for wrong answers... Of course, if you don't understand the question, you can't raise your hand to ask. I believe that you have already mastered the reading and writing of words, otherwise you will not be able to answer even if you know the answer. She paused, "By the way, His Royal Highness said that only those who answered half of the answers correctly can enjoy the ice cream dessert on weekend afternoons. Those with scores below this limit will be disqualified for afternoon tea."
Candlelight heard a clicking sound behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that Nightingale was stunned, and the charcoal pen that fell to the ground was broken into two pieces.
"In addition, His Highness also specially explained that the five witches from Sleeping Island are not included, so you can stay and answer the questions with everyone, or you can take a day off," Scroll looked at Candlelight, Evelyn and the others, "No matter what you get in the end. No matter the score, you can enjoy a delicious afternoon tea."
"Huh," Evelyn patted her chest, turned her head and whispered, "I can't even recognize the words, I thought the ice cream must be gone."
Honey and Lotus happily got up and saluted the scroll before leaving the hall.
Coupled with some physical discomfort, Sylvie, who had never come, was left with only her and Evelyn among the witches of Sleeping Island.
"Are you going to stay?" Candlelight asked in a low voice.
"I want to try," the other party nodded. "Didn't His Highness Roland say that knowledge can make ability evolve? If I don't work harder in this area, I'm afraid I'll never be able to match them." She showed a sly smile, "These days, I practice calligraphy in the room after class. Lily and Mystery Moon will also teach me how to read and write some common words."
When she mentioned this, the frustration in her tone dissipated a lot, and her eyes became sparkling, which made the corners of her mouth twitched.
"Yeah, then I'll try it too."
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"His Royal Highness, the test results are out this time," Scroll handed the summary sheet to Roland.
"It's hard work." The recent discovery of the Beipo mining area made him puzzled, and it was difficult to concentrate on his daily work, so he simply shifted his attention to easier things first, "Hey, Nightingale's grades are actually qualified. already?"
"Yeah, and the scores are still in the forefront, among which the Wang Guoyu part is full marks," Shu Scroll said with a smile, "After all, most of your questions are very simple, and she already knows how to read and write, which is naturally better than a witch who learned from scratch. a lot."
"Tsk tsk," Roland smacked his lips, "I thought this exam would make her eat less sweets." Before he could finish his sentence, he felt his shoulders being pinched hard. "Anyway, the results look good this time. All the members of the Witch Union are above 60. It seems that your education has been very effective."
"This is also inseparable from their efforts."
Roland lowered his gaze, "Are there only two witches from Sleeping Island who participated in the test?"
"Well, among them, Evelyn has five points and Candlelight has thirty-six points. The latter should have a certain foundation. Most of the points come from the kingdom language part." She replied.
After only two weeks of class, she was already able to get points in the assessment part other than the text. The witch's individual quality is really amazing, and it is worthy of the continuous improvement of magic power both inside and outside. Their own witches are also excellent. People like Lily, Hummingbird, Mystery Moon, etc. have gone from not knowing a word to basically mastering writing and reading in only three months. This alone surpasses most ordinary people.
If everyone can completely put aside their prejudices and work together with witches to promote the development of society and civilization, what will the future look like? Roland was full of expectations. (., Your support is my biggest motivation.)