In order to keep himself focused, Xia De went to bed early on the Friday night before the exam and did not eat much for breakfast on Saturday, as he did in his hometown.
This made Mia, who was eating with him, look at him from time to time during breakfast, as if she was worried that he would die suddenly.
The original location of the examination was set at the doctor's clinic, and the doctor vacated an empty room and set up five tables for them to use for the examination. But later, considering that the space at the Shard was larger and more convenient, the examination location was finally set at Room 2 on the second floor of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square.
The doctor had brought tables, chairs and benches in advance and placed them in the empty living room on the second floor. Xia De held Mia in his arms and welcomed the friends one by one.
People generally believe that cats can bring luck, and Shade is the only one in the group who has a cat. The doctor sent a letter to Shade in advance, asking him not to send Mia away temporarily because of the exam. The presence of a well-behaved cat may help the five people who are facing the exam to perform better than they should.
Of course, Shade's view that "Orange Cat Mia can bring luck" is just a small hope that the doctor has when facing the despair of "Ether Mechanics". Although cats are related to "luck" in mysticism, this does not mean that people will definitely be lucky when cats appear.
The examination time for Dr. Schneider's team was 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, but the five members of the team had already gathered at Shade's house at 8:00 a.m. The group waited in the living room of Room 1 on the second floor. Even the oldest priest Augustus showed some nervousness at this time. The most anxious one was Miss Louisa. After the blonde girl sat on the sofa, she frequently flipped through the dictionary content that Shade helped translate last Saturday afternoon.
If the doctor fails the Ether Mechanics course, at most he will lose the qualification to continue taking classes with the professor. But Miss Louisa's Ancient Literature course is a required course. If she fails to pass it during the summer exam week, it will cause considerable trouble in the winter.
"Come to think of it, cheating with potions, spells, thaumaturgy, and relics is prohibited during exams, but is divination also prohibited?"
Noticing that Luvia wasn't nervous at all, Shade asked curiously.
Today, teachers from St. Byron's supervised the exam via projection, so all five of them were dressed in formal attire. Shad, the doctor, and the priest all wore black formal attire, while Miss Louisa and Luvia wore different summer dresses.
"Of course, divination is not allowed. Any supernatural means of cheating are not allowed... ...Non-supernatural means are not allowed either. Xia De, you must be careful and don't have any crooked ideas. The academy has nearly 5,000 years of experience in continuously fighting cheating students, and correspondence students have a history of nearly 2,000 years. Any cheating method you can think of, past generations of students can also think of it."
The purple-eyed fortune teller answered as she looked at Mia squatting on the cushion on the coffee table. The black cushion was a gift from Dr. Schneider, specially for Mia to have a place to stay, and the orange cat was very satisfied with the cushion.
Xia De thought of the night when he first met Professor Garcia. Professor Sanchez used "Charm Human" to obtain information. When it comes to opening a school, Saint Byron is really professional.
"So how come you're not nervous about the test?"
Xia De asked curiously, guessing in his heart that Luvia had a very strong mental state.
"Because I only have to take three exams... Oh, I see."
The female fortune teller smiled, and the other three people who were listening to their conversation all showed expressions that Shade couldn't understand:
"Shad, you don't think that I have to take as many courses as you do before I can enter the next grade, do you?"
"Isn't it?"
Xia De asked, and was surprised to see Miss Louisa actually made a very indecent gesture of pouting.
"I am different from you. Although we are all correspondence ring sorcerers, I am also a student jointly trained by the Prophet Association and Saint Byrons. I only need to take two-thirds of the courses."
Luvia lifted her hair and asked with a smile:
"I heard you have to take 18 courses at once? Oh, Shad, you are so unlucky."
Xia De lowered his head and said nothing. He finally understood why no one wanted to talk to Luvia after arriving at St. Teresa's Square today.
At 8:50, a group of five people came from Room 1 on the second floor to Room 2. Five tables were evenly spaced together in a circle, and five chairs were placed in the open space between the tables so that everyone could look out. At the same time, a basin was placed in the middle of the five chairs. Further away, against the wall, in the four directions of east, west, south and north, there were four chairs for ceremonies, so that the four college teachers in charge of the examination could appear.
Dr. Schneider had already obtained the parchment for the projection ceremony in advance. At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, he lit the parchment and threw it into the basin.
As the wind gradually picked up in the closed room, among the four professors who appeared in front of the five people, one of them was Professor Garcia, the vice dean of the School of History, who Xia De was very familiar with. It seemed that he came to announce Xia De's promotion application.
In addition to Professor Garcia, there is another professor among the remaining three. He is Professor Earl Gulliver, who has a big beard and looks very elegant. He belongs to the School of Mechanical Engineering, which is also the major that Dr. Schneider studied. The School of Mechanical Engineering is divided into two directions: alchemy and mind. Professor Gulliver is also a mind expert, and his eyes are very bright.
The middle-aged woman and the old gentleman who looked to be the same age as Reverend Augustus were both lecturers at St. Byrons Comprehensive College. Their names were Charlene Fonseca and David Radnor.
"Good morning, gentlemen and ladies."
"Good morning, Professor Gulliver, Professor Garcia, Mr. Radnor, Ms. Fonseca."
After greeting each other, the nine people sat down. The older Professor Gulliver was the main invigilator of this exam. He took out a folded paper from his pocket with his transparent arm, coughed, unfolded the paper and began to read in a very formal tone:
"Sixth Era, Universal Calendar 1853, Thunder Moon 27th, Yellow Moon Half-Wing, Silver Moon New Moon, Red Moon Full Moon. The academy has received the exam application from Bill Schneider's team and will prepare for the exam at 9:00 a.m. Bill D. Schneider, please confirm whether you would like to take the five exams of "Introduction to Advanced Psychology", "Ether Mechanics", "Dream Theory", "Spirit and Soul", and "Introduction to Chekal Psychology"? "
Professor Gulliver's language, the common language of Delarion, is more standard than that of the spokesperson at the city hall.
"Yes, confirmed."
The doctor exclaimed.
Professor Gulliver nodded, ticked a box on the paper in front of him, and asked:
"Iluna R. Luisa, please confirm whether you would like to take the five exams: Ancient Literature (Serious Literature), Sixth Epoch Folklore Examination (Part 2), Ancient Languages (Fifth Epoch 4000-5793), Fairy Tales Selection (Advanced Class), Enlightenment Element Theory Research (Elementary Course), and Relic Containment: Books?"
"Yes, Professor."
Miss Louisa nodded, and Professor Gulliver ticked the box again. Then Shad realized that he didn't know the middle names of the other four people in the group.
"Then it's Luvia F. Anat. Please confirm whether you would like to take the exams for "Seeing the Future through the Mist: The Price", "Registered Fortune Teller (3)", and "Registered Fortune Teller (5)"?"
"Registered Diviner" is both an examination subject for the academy and a professional examination for the profession of a fortune teller. There are a total of six examinations for registered fortune tellers, and all of them must be passed within five years to obtain the qualification certificate. Once you pass and obtain the qualification certificate, no matter where you come from, you can find a job in the three major thaumaturgy academies or the Five Gods Church.
After all, fortune tellers are very rare. This certificate is equivalent to ordinary people in this era obtaining the qualification certificate of senior steam machinery technician.
"Yes."
Luvia smiled and nodded, Professor Gulliver glanced at her. The exam week lasted for a week, from this Tuesday to next Tuesday, so several professors and teachers had already supervised other exams before the five people in Dr. Schneider's group that Shad was in. After seeing so many people, Luvia was probably one of the few who could laugh at this time.
The combat experience of correspondence ring sorcerers usually far exceeds that of the regular students of the academy, but they are also far surpassed by the regular students in theoretical courses. The theoretical courses of correspondence students can be called a disaster.
"Rat A. Augustus, please confirm whether you would like to take the seven exams: "Old World Extinct Plants", "Intermediate Magic Potion Preparation", "Cannibalism and Human Eating", "Continental Geography Atlas", "Use and Storage of Magic Potion", "Spiritual Magic Potion", and "Identification of Common Poisons"? "
"Yes, no problem."
Father Augustus gave a calm reply, and Professor Gulliver continued to tick the boxes.
In addition to Shade, the priest had the most exams among the five people in the group. But he had spent more than half a year preparing for these seven courses, so it was not surprising.
"And finally, Mr. Shad S. Hamilton."
Professor Gulliver read out Shad's name, and the four teachers at St. Byron's, including Professor Garcia, all looked up at him. Then, Professor Gulliver continued to read slowly:
"Please confirm whether you would like to participate in "The Herbs We Know", "Basic Alchemy", "Introduction to Elementary Alchemy", "Introduction to Astronomy"..."
The professor paused, then wisely didn't waste time reading out the full title of the course:
"... Waiting for the exams for eighteen courses?"
In the past history, there must have been students who took so many courses at one time, but there definitely had not been students who took so many courses within one month of enrollment.
Xia De nodded:
"Yes, Professor, no problem."
Ring sorcerers have all kinds of talents, and although what Shade did was strange, it wasn't particularly strange. Therefore, as long as they confirmed that he didn't cheat, the academy wouldn't care whether he was crazy because of too much pressure or really had the confidence to do so.
"Okay, Bill Schneider's team of five, confirm the exam content. Please ask Bill Schneider to distribute the exam supplies."
As the professor finished speaking, the scroll of poetry on Dr. Schneider's desk glowed, and a parchment scroll, ink bottle, and fountain pen appeared there. In addition, there were two stone charms for each person, which were also alchemical items for detecting cheating.
The doctor distributed these supplies to them, and then the parchment test papers were officially delivered from the college.
There is not a test paper for each subject. Instead, after each person reports the test content in advance, the college writes all the test content on a piece of parchment.