Some magicians who are willing to take the examination as apprentices at Chengguo Eton College have the wishful thinking that as long as the first few people perform too poorly, they will give the remaining people in the college a failing grade with a stroke of a pen to save time. . And doing so is indeed within the scope of the inspector's authority.
The reason is simple. If a few people in the group fail, it is conceivable that others will not perform very well, so there is no need to waste time. This is why all groups participating in the assessment will rank the best people at the front to prevent these outstanding apprentices from being dragged down by poorly performing apprentices.
But those who have plans have plans, and in the end this troublesome job fell to the old magician. He knew full well that this was the result of some young juniors secretly stumbling upon his back. So when he got today's assessment list, he was holding his breath.
With his experience and knowledge, how could he not know what was going on in today's game? If I get impatient and directly remove the apprentices from the academy who participated in the assessment, I will hurt those children, big and small, and offend the great magician from Leon District who I may or may not care about very much. But judging from his appearance today, I guess he cares about it.
If, with an unconvinced spirit, I gritted my teeth and allowed all thirty apprentices to complete the assessment, it wouldn't be until dark or even midnight. After all, after only learning magic for four months, no one would believe that the process would go smoothly. The old magician had also been mentally prepared, hoping that the unexpected situation would not be something that was difficult to deal with.
It can be said that this is a double-kill game, it depends on who you choose to protect and who to abandon. But what no one expected was that the performance of these children was so good that people were speechless. Especially the magic they cast has no flaws to fault. Down-to-earth and meticulous.
If there is a fault, it is that the two secretaries responsible for recording never stopped writing. After logging in to the ten magic spells selected by the apprentices under test, they had to record the order in which they were cast and whether the results were successful or not. Finally, they also had to write down their own comments and the conclusion of whether they passed the assessment.
One of the younger secretaries could not help but complain about why these assignments were not conducted in a forum format. Typing is much faster than writing, not to mention copying and pasting.
I originally had the intention to work hard until dark, but I didn't expect to finish all the apprentice assessments I participated in today before noon. The old magician specially stepped forward to commend the apprentices of the academy. As for the original idea of recruiting disciples, they had long been thrown out of the window. A total of twenty-six people performed like this, proving that they were not geniuses at all, but that there was some way to train them.
Although the words of encouragement were commonplace and based on the experience of various people who had been there, and were not great principles or inspiring words, the children were deeply moved, with red eyes, and some even shed tears.
The old magician doubted that what he said was really that capable of moving people's hearts. Every time I come back, it almost always ends like this, and it hasn't changed in the past few years. It's just that this is the first time someone reacts like this.
"The Inspector praised us. Did we really do a good enough job?" "We were not scolded, really we were not scolded. The Inspector is a good person." With words like these, even if the children did not burst into tears, they still He said in a choked voice.
As everyone bid farewell respectfully, the old magician walked out of the assessment room. I was wondering in my mind whether what I said this time was because of the tone of my voice, which made it seem more emphatic and why it was so admired. But I heard from the assessment room behind me:
"You useless bitches. You just passed the first apprenticeship test. Do you think you have become an official magician? It's still early. You are such a coward. You just want to compete with those magicians who are really capable." Just like me, another hundred years of training will be enough. Hurry! The star officer on duty leads everyone to the square in front of the West Tower to assemble the team, and everyone is ready to run back to the academy. Those who are left behind will not have lunch today."
Wearing uniform clothes, the apprentices from Chengguo Eton College filed out, passed by the old inspector, and came to the square quickly. Under the leadership of the student cadres, they quickly organized the team and started running. At the sound of the password, the silhouettes of the children in the academy quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
The old magician looked embarrassed. I remembered someone on the forum had complained about how inhumane the life in the academy was. All the apprentices lived in dire straits and were scolded like dogs all day long. It seems those rumors are true...
It seemed calm, but in fact, everyone on the forum had already had a quarrel. The XXVI people of Chengguo Eton College, despite all kinds of unkindness, passed the apprentice level magic test with a strong attitude. And this is the project that everyone talks about the most.
The origins of this group of children, as long as you have stayed in Wulian City for a while, you will know the butt of jokes of this kind. They were originally a group of people who had been abandoned, but now they have a completely new look. Should this be down to their talent, or to the institution?
If the talents of these children were really that good, a magician would have taken them under his wing long ago, instead of leaving them to fend for themselves. Everyone was surprised that the academy, which was originally regarded as a wasteland in everyone's eyes, behaved like this. Naturally, he became even more curious about the various aspects of the academy.
A certain group of people who do not believe in evil insist that this is the credit of Juan Javier, the great magician who became a teacher in the college. The great magician who is unwilling to accept apprentices actually has some special teaching methods. It was this method that allowed him to accept only one apprentice since he became a magician, and that apprentice also became an official magician in a relatively short period of time.
Now the actual person in charge of the academy didn't know what kind of conditions he had to exchange with the great magician in exchange for Juan's careful guidance of these unwanted children, and then behaved like this. Simply put, everything is an illusion and the credit lies with others.
But in fact, what more people are wondering is, how should children with magical talents choose? Just like before, he asked someone to find connections and put the child under the door of a certain magician. In addition to hoping that the child will become successful, he also has to worry about whether he will die unexpectedly. Magic is never a safe game.
Or choose this new place, an academy that teaches magic?
Before the disturbing thoughts from the outside world invaded the academy, Lin took advantage of the night to gather all the students from 726 and 727 and put down a contract in front of everyone. The other two magicians originally planned to hold a celebration party, so they did not leave. Lin did ask the hired cook to prepare a table of good food for everyone to eat and drink. But after eating and drinking, we still have to talk about what needs to be said.
At the big table in the center of the library, all the children were sitting upright, but a few teachers were sitting more casually on the benches nearby. It was rare that Lin didn't start by swearing. This was something that had never happened since school officially started. So the children straightened their ears as if they were in danger, and some of them secretly glanced at the paper spread out in front of them.
"First of all, congratulations to all the students in Year 726 for passing the first level of the Magic Apprentice Assessment. Your achievements prove that the college's education is effective and it will be able to train more magicians in the future. But there is no such thing as a free lunch. , if you want to obtain it, you must make sacrifices. The reason why I have not made any demands to you before is because there is no real achievement and there is no persuasiveness. But the silver thread on your chest today did not fall from the sky. What comes down is the result of your hard work and study, and it is also the result of the manpower and material resources the college has put into cultivating you.”
This opening also aroused the curiosity of several teachers. Lin had not communicated with anyone about today's matter beforehand. So Juan Javier picked up the paper in front of the child and read the words on it. Lin continued:
"What you have in front of you is an enrollment contract, which details your rights and obligations. To put it simply, nothing you have in the academy is free. But considering that you are from Families who have no money to pay for tuition will not ask you to pay any fees. Instead, you will have to serve the academy for two years after you become an official magician or your term in the academy expires."
Juan Javier looked at the densely packed small characters and had to admire the person who wrote them. Look at this trace, it must be Halloumi. Since the words were too many and too small, and his head hurt when he saw them, he simply asked directly: "You said you would serve the college for two years. What did you do? Where did you write it?"
"It is stated in the fourth paragraph of the contract that the two-year service period is based on the tasks announced by the association, and does not involve life safety task levels. It may be refining potions, forging utensils, and increasing some income for the college. However, I am thinking that if the number of apprentices in the college will increase in the future, graduates should serve as counselors to assist the teachers in managing and guiding other apprentices. But the contract also states that if there is a life-threatening task, The service period will be reduced as appropriate. If due to force majeure, the college requires graduates to participate in the highest-level war mission, the completion of the mission will be the date when the service limit ends, regardless of how much time is left."
"What about the deadline for the academy? What do you mean?"
"The association provides subsidies for apprentices in each ring for three years, three years, and four years, corresponding to the apprenticeship assessment of the first, second, and third rings. In other words, the association also recognizes that if apprentices who are unable to advance beyond this time limit may be It is not suitable to continue on the path of magic. But that is when there are distractions from external affairs. I think that in the academy, studying day and night should be able to be completed in a shorter time. After all, this is just Apprentice-level magic, so I set the number of years as one, one, and two years. If you still cannot become an official magician after four years, you must also serve the academy for two years. Only these two years The time can also be regarded as the last chance to stay in the academy. Although you will not be able to concentrate on learning magic, at least you can still make use of the resources of the academy and make final efforts after the mission."
