After agreeing on a meeting time, Dr. Schneider handed Shade a file bag containing the college's information, and left the room in a hurry, apparently having something to do.
After the doctor left, Xia De did not open the file bag, but leaned on the sofa and looked at the ceiling. Just as he said, he could not make up his mind immediately. He summed up what happened today and recalled every detail in his memory:
"In the worst case, the whole thing is a scam, and the doctor is actually a cultist who wants to drag me into sacrifice. But this possibility is unlikely..."
He thought to himself and patted his head:
"What do you think?"
You can believe it.
"But can I trust you? For example, can you tell me who you are?"
I am you.
"You are definitely not the alter ego of the Ringwitch, I am sure of that."
Shade looked melancholy at the ceiling pattern made up of blocks of color and geometric patterns, and then looked at the rather nice crystal chandelier. He guessed Mr. Bill Schneider's income, and then realized how much gold pounds it would be.
"No matter what, there is too little information at hand, or there is no information channel at all, so all we can do is listen to what others say."
In Xia De's own opinion, doctors can be trusted. All the information he has received so far this morning has not been contradictory or illogical.
What the doctor said also made sense. It was not easy to encounter a force willing to guide ordinary people to contact the extraordinary and mysterious. Xia De had a preliminary understanding of this era. The extraordinary and the mysterious were not obvious. The light of human civilization made the steam industry flourish. Mystery and the extraordinary were only a small part of the shadow of civilization.
Looking at it from this perspective, Xia De should thank the doctor for revealing such valuable knowledge without asking for any money.
Xia De knew that he was attracted to Saint Byrons Comprehensive College, and he would not deny it. The three major thaumaturgy colleges and the five orthodox churches were the only formal ways to train ring magicians, and he would only consider these methods.
The academy and the church each have their pros and cons, and now it was the academy that contacted him first, and Shade was also doubting his identity as a time traveler. Compared with the more relaxed management of the ring warlocks, the church was more likely to see through his identity, especially since the doctor had clearly said that God really existed.
The power of the gods is not known yet, but it cannot be ruled out that they are "omniscient".
"St. Byrons Comprehensive College is acceptable, but we still have to see what information the so-called relic can provide."
He had made up his mind and knew that this choice might not be the best one, but Xia De would not regret it as it was his own decision.
"Then take a look at this."
Thinking about this, he was about to open the document bag. But the door suddenly opened. Because it was opened without knocking, Xia De thought it was the doctor who came back early. But it was a young woman who opened the door, and she was also surprised that it was Xia De who was sitting there.
"I'm sorry, I thought Dr. Schneider..."
She looked to be around 20 years old, and was the most beautiful girl Shade had ever seen since he came to this world. She had long blond hair and green eyes, a real "blonde with blue eyes". She looked very quiet, like a student or teacher. She was wearing a very ordinary dark blue dress, and the only accessory she had was a butterfly-shaped hair ornament in her hair.
"Feel sorry."
The blonde lady said, and apologized immediately after being surprised. She wanted to close the door again, but suddenly stopped, and looked at Xia De with her green eyes in confusion, which made Xia De feel a little embarrassed.
"This light is... Are you a gifted person who is awakening?"
Now Xia De understood why the doctor discovered him at a glance at the door of the newspaper office yesterday. It seems that the vision of the ring wizard is different from that of ordinary people.
"Is he really a gifted one?"
Although she was surprised, the blonde lady remained calm. She looked at Shade with her beautiful eyes and curled her lips:
"Bill actually found a gifted person? When did he get so lucky? Did he use a strange relic to advance his luck?"
"I... ... "
Xia De wanted to say something, but the other party shook his head at him:
"I'm sorry, but in our group, only fifth-year doctors are eligible for admission, so I can't reveal anything to you before you officially enroll. This is part of the contract with the academy, and we have to abide by the rules."
He took a step back, held the door handle with his hand, and a kind smile appeared on his face:
"But the conditions at St. Byron's Comprehensive College are really good. You are very lucky to meet a doctor within 72 hours. You can consider it carefully. Oh, and if you really join St. Byron's, remember not to choose a major in the College of Chemistry."
After saying that, he nodded gently and said goodbye, closing the door from the outside.
"One of the four people in the correspondence ring magic group that Dr. Bill Schneider is a member of... Did he really just happen to run into me, or was he acting on me?"
Sometimes Xia De also thinks that he is suspicious, but when he comes to a completely unfamiliar world, he thinks that he can live a better life this way.
"But, a school that teaches the occult actually has a chemistry major?"
I unwrap the file bag and see more detailed information about the college. At the top is the promotional paper that the doctor took out this morning, and at the back are the actual enrollment documents of the college.
Xia De flipped through a thick stack of information and finally understood. St. Byrons Comprehensive College has 10 professional colleges, and different colleges have different learning methods and professional knowledge.
The School of Chemistry, specializing in herbal medicine and potion making;
The School of Mechanical Engineering specializes in psychic abilities and cultivates alchemical abilities;
The Astronomical College, a training ground for fortune-tellers and stargazers;
The Academy of Ancient Literature, the Academy of Spirit Rune Interpretation and Analysis, and the Academy of Ancient Language Inheritance;
the School of Mathematics, the School of Rites and Incantations, and the School of Thaumaturgy;
The School of Folklore studies history before the Sixth Age, collects ancient and modern literature, and is proficient in the elements of enlightenment;
The History Academy trains investigators, time travellers, and experts in profane elements;
The School of Library Management is a training school for secret keepers and caretakers. The containment of relics is the main responsibility of the school. It is also the strongest major of St. Byrons Comprehensive College, and is proficient in the whispering element.
The seminary teaches theology, studies the history of the old gods, and is proficient in the elements of miracles. Cooperation with the Orthodox Church is usually also the responsibility of the seminary;
The School of Political Science and Economics is not open to correspondence ring sorcerers, so there is no information.
The reason why the professional colleges under Saint Byrons were called by common subject names instead of simply "containment colleges" or "thaumatology colleges" was to allow the correspondence ring sorcerers to reasonably describe their study life in the world of ordinary people, and reduce the possibility of exposing the college to ordinary people.
It was also through these materials that Xia De realized that the ring wizard system explained by the doctor actually missed some important content.
For example, once a ring warlock is fully awakened, he will produce spiritual runes belonging to the soul based on the characteristics of the soul, also known as "core runes".
The core rune is engraved in the hollow center of the fate ring, not on the life ring, which is related to the advancement of the ring wizard. The content of the core rune is also the basis for the college to recommend joining the professional college.
For example, Dr. Schneider, Shade guessed that his core rune was most likely related to "mind", so the doctor should belong to the School of Mechanical Engineering.
"So, before I become a ring wizard, I can't decide what I will learn. But, I can actually travel through time?"
He shook his head, because of these admissions documents, he once again felt the culture and system of this steam age.
He looked through it carefully, taking careful note of the important information, then put the documents he had read back into the bag and stood up to put them on the desk in the room.
This reception room was only used to receive important guests. There were a lot of papers scattered on the desk. The doctor probably didn't have time to clean them up, and he wasn't afraid of Shade snooping because most of them were about the clinic's business operations, and a few of them were not in the common language of the Northern Kingdom.
Unfortunately, for some reason, Xia De could understand those strange words. He did have the special ability to understand words.