Although the blonde writer Dorothy Louisa was also here, the academy would still deliver the items that Shade needed to receive after enrollment according to the original schedule. So the four of them still had time to chat for half an hour before that.
As the nominal host of the correspondence ring magician group, Dr. Schneider was happy to bring up the topic.
Therefore, Shade learned more common sense about the ring magician, such as under normal circumstances, when touching a relic with unfamiliar characteristics, he would not get a prompt from "another self" immediately. Therefore, it was unrealistic to rely on "another self" to find relics. The identification of relics was the key research content of the library management major.
Shad is clearly not normal.
Stranger, your soul is particularly sensitive to the four elements, so I can easily identify the relics. This is not my uniqueness, but your uniqueness.
The whispering voice in his ear explained this. Xia De thought it was an excuse at first, but as he thought about it, he felt that this explanation made sense.
Even he himself is not sure whether the specialness of "another me" is really special or just because he is a foreigner.
The middle name "Su Lun" can be interpreted as the other party knowing her core rune in advance; the "Northern Common Language Gift Pack" given can also be interpreted as the other party, because of the characteristics of "another me", obtained the incomplete memories of the original owner that she did not obtain; the reminder to look at the ring was only because she discovered that strange relic.
Thinking of this, Xia De himself became confused...
"No, why is your voice female?"
Xia De almost got confused by himself.
Perhaps, even you yourself cannot fully understand your own personality.
"Don't talk nonsense."
Xia De thought that this was the other party hinting that he was a little feminine.
In addition to the fact that the relics could not be easily found, Xia De also knew that Dr. Schneider's group usually met every Saturday afternoon to share learning experiences, ask each other questions, and communicate with the college through Dr. Schneider's manuscript pages.
Even if there are no such important things, you can still share some information, exchange items, or complain about the heavy workload. The last one is usually the main content.
The group will not give members mandatory tasks, but if someone needs help, such as doing some college tasks that can earn practical credits, then others must first consider whether they have time.
Seeing that ten o'clock was about to arrive, everyone cleaned up the coffee table and asked Dr. Schneider to put the page of the poet's relic there. When the clock in the corner began to strike the first ten o'clock, as the light on the page flashed, a parchment roll tied with a red ribbon appeared.
Xia De picked it up quickly, unzipped the ribbon and unfolded the paper scroll. This was Xia De's correspondence course training plan for the first year.
St. Byron's College usually conducts unified grade promotion assessments at the end of each winter. Since Xia De enrolled in the summer, it is definitely impossible for him to complete all his studies this year, so he will need to spend more than a year and a half to complete the courses in the training program tailored for him.
"In fact, the first grade usually takes 1 to 3 years to complete. After all, it is a course that lays the foundation... Oh, you will be busy now."
Father Augustus sat next to Shade, so he could clearly see the first-year required courses listed in the training program:
Herbs We Know
Basic Potions
Introduction to Elementary Alchemy
Introduction to Astronomy
Introduction to Mysticism and Ritual Studies
《Theoretical Foundations of Spiritual Runes (Part 1)》
《The Ringmaster's Basic Course - Thaumaturgy》
《Cyclops Basic Course - Spells》
Introduction to Ancient Languages (Fifth Era 0-2000)
Introduction to Ancient Languages (Fifth Era 2000-4000)
Introduction to Ancient Languages (Fifth Era 4000-5793)
Ancient Literature (Select one from the three categories: serious literature, popular literature, or others. Completed before Grade 5.)
Folklore, Religion and Civilization
History (I)
"Basics of Time Travel Theory" (core academic course)
"Time Travel Practice Training" (academic core course)
"Accommodation and Management of Relics" (core academic course)
Basic Theology (Part 1)
History of St. Byron's College and General Education
There are a total of 19 required courses and 53 required credits. At the end of this year, Xia De can pass the year-end assessment if he obtains 15 credits and continue other first-year studies in the second year.
The number of books delivered subsequently exceeded 100, including textbooks, required reading materials and some course supplementary literature.
Xia De, together with the other three, kept taking down the textbooks that appeared from the pages of the manuscript and piling them aside.
Looking at the ever-increasing height of the "mountain of books", the stranger's anxiety about future life suddenly disappeared, and he seemed to have returned to his hometown and to school life.
"How about it? The 50 pounds tuition is worth it, right? These compulsory courses are tailor-made for you by the school. They are all quite basic. After all, the first year is the time to lay the foundation. But don't worry, except for the core academic courses, you have three chances to fail the assessment of other courses. If you fail three times, you must postpone the assessment for one year and need to pay the tuition again. You will not be expelled."
The old priest Augustus thought that Shade was afraid of so many books, so he comforted Shade. In this era of steam industry, the illiteracy rate was still high, and as an ordinary citizen, you probably won't be exposed to so many books in your lifetime, so the priest comforted the young detective who "has never seen the world".
However, this is the kind of life that outsiders are familiar with.
Xia De’s 19 first-year compulsory courses require submission of several papers or course assignments after self-study, and some require exams or practical assessments.
The end-of-year assessments are at the end of the year, but the exam season is in the summer at the end of July and the winter in December. If Xia De's learning progress is fast, he can also pass some exams at the end of July a month later.
The above are only the contents of the compulsory courses for correspondence ring sorcerers. In order to complete an entire grade of study, you also need to obtain enough practical credits.
The first-year practical credit requirement is 40 credits, but the History School has set strict regulations on the source of these 40 practical credits. At least 10 credits must come from "time exploration" activities.
The School of History is the school with the smallest number of students in St. Byron's College, and most of the students transfer to this school in their senior year.
Because the core of the History Academy is to travel through time relying on the time key, a relic of the old god the Father of the Infinite Tree, which requires spiritual runes related to time concepts.
Xia De's core course, "Time Travel Practice Training", is to use the key provided by the college to travel through time under guidance, and complete the course after submitting a report. However, the course does not provide practical credits for almost completely safe time travel.
You can search for or purchase relic time keys of varying levels from the academy. If you can bring back valuable information, history, and knowledge, you will receive high practical credits and other rewards, such as relics, magic, spells, or precious knowledge collected in the St. Byrons Library.
Therefore, the School of History and the School of Library Management, Time Travel and Relic Conservation can be regarded as the schools that are easiest to obtain practical credits and college awards.
"Although these basic courses may seem complicated, once you start you will know that they are not very difficult. Look, this is the list of elective courses you are allowed to choose."
After more than 100 books were finally delivered, a brand new parchment scroll appeared on the table. The doctor opened it for Shade, took a look at it, and handed it to him:
"Elective credits can be converted, 10 points can be converted into 1 practical credit. And these elective courses are truly valuable courses, and they are the real skills of those professors. Of course, elective courses require gold pounds..."
"Elective courses require gold pounds?"
Xia De was startled, and then realized that this was not the past world. Moreover, even in the past world, the elective courses in his hometown were free, but some schools in Western countries also required money for elective courses.