Catherine Jia led Lant to register in the office of the assistant principal and provost. Without saying anything, she took him directly to the door of the classroom where the qualification examination was held.
On a bright morning, the sun shines through the crystal windows and onto the wooden floor of the classroom.
The exam room is very small. There are only three rows of tables and chairs in front of the blackboard. The huge tables and chairs in the first row are for examiners, facing the back two rows of the classroom, and the second and third rows are for candidates.
Now there is only one junior mage sitting on the examiner's chair. This mage is not young, his hair and beard are already gray. He is reading with a book in his hand.
Catherine Jia brought Lant into the classroom, and Lant discovered that the examiner was reading a novel called "The Knights of Hamilton in the Royal Capital."
"Master John, have you found a new novel?"
"Yes." The mage glanced at Catherine Jia. They were obviously very familiar with each other.
"This is the latest novel by Miss Louisa, a cutting-edge novelist in the imperial capital. It tells the story of a palace knight and a group of female magicians.
"Sounds good, but I don't know what kind of knight can win the favor of a group of female magisters."
"It's probably the blood of the gods," Lant said in his heart.
"By the way, this is Viscount Lant, come here to complete the qualification exam."
"Ah, hello, Viscount. What qualifications do you need to pass?"
"Start from scratch. I was just a knight's apprentice before, and all the qualification exams are required."
"You didn't bring your Territory Scholar with you?"
"There is no dedicated scholar in my territory yet, so I will take the exam myself."
The mage found a pile of paper from the table. It looked like there were 5 or 6 pieces of paper. "Then let's start with arithmetic. You can write as much as you can. We will evaluate the level based on the overall score."
Lant got the paper. The first page was all about addition and subtraction within 20, which was very easy. The second page was about multiplication and division within 5. Lant wrote out the answers while looking at it.
The third page starts to get a little difficult, it is a mixture of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within 20. On the fifth page, there is a system of equations. Naturally, Lant answered such a simple question very quickly. When the old mage saw that Lant had finished answering, he handed the paper to the back. On the seventh page, there were trigonometric functions.
Although Lant had taken the postgraduate entrance examination for the engineering major he studied in his previous life, he had long forgotten about trigonometric functions and could only solve the questions bit by bit based on his impressions.
The eighth sheet had some calculus questions, which Rand still remembered a little bit, and the ninth sheet was about probability.
At this moment, Lant had serious doubts about whether the border nobles and these rough guys could understand the content on the paper. Looking back at the Galloping Horse Territory, not to mention Huck, even Albert could only get the sixth picture at most.
When it came to the 10th piece of paper, Lant discovered that the probability questions on this paper had to use points to calculate expectations. This reminded Lant of the days when he was reviewing for the postgraduate entrance examination.
The question on the eleventh paper is to find the speed of movement of some magical element that is locked on the boundary of a complex surface. Based on the remaining knowledge of advanced mathematics, Lant guessed that this question requires first finding the equation of the surface and finding the special point. tangents and normals.
I didn't know how to solve this kind of problem even after reviewing it for several months. Now I have been neglecting it for several years, let alone thinking about it.
"I really can't do it," Lant gave up. "Which noble can do it?"
"There are a large number of spellcasting effects in magic that require probability calculations. When designing large-scale puzzles, it is indeed necessary to calculate the problem of magic dissipation at the boundary. These precise tasks are not as random as a knight's slashing.
Generally speaking, if you want to be recognized as a Grand Mage by the academy, you must be able to do these things."
"Great...Magister?" Aren't I taking the qualification test for a knight?
"Yes, there is a set of exam papers from the most basic knight qualification to the Grand Mage qualification examination. You will get the corresponding recognition qualifications wherever you can. Your math foundation is really good. You can basically study the Grand Mage's courses. .”
So I actually took four exams? Lant probably understood, but he didn't know why the qualification examination of Blue Dragon School was so casual.
"But isn't the qualification to become a magister a sense of the magic net? Why are there such high math requirements?"
"Indeed, feeling is the most basic requirement, and being able to use the magic power in the magic network to accurately express magic is the mark of a magister.
Although there are actually a few geniuses who can depict magic by feeling, more magicians need to rely on precise calculations. Their calculation ability determines how far they can go on the road of magic. "
"So, Wendy and the others don't want to go to the magic school because they have a headache with the math teacher?" While listening to the wizard, Lant imagined that his math teacher knew magic. If a student dared to sleep in class, he would fly a small fireball over. . .
In another world, Lant defended his numeracy ability that he had been admitted to college. Later, he also passed the grammar and advanced document writing exams. After all, Lant had also passed the civil service examination. The style was similar, but the words were replaced by Over here.
Imperial History and Imperial Law are mostly multiple-choice and true-false questions, as well as a small number of essay questions.
To be honest, Lant had never seen a textbook. Even if Albert taught him the family history intermittently for two months, it was impossible to cover the entire Blue Dragon School textbook.
However, the liberal arts exam in Alivia is limited by local characteristics. When it comes to the gods, the examiner will never dare to write anything on the test paper that distorts the gods or tampered with history, so the true or false questions will basically not be wrong. ,
The answers to multiple-choice questions can be seen at a glance, because history and laws are made by legends. If the answer is wrong, the names of great people cannot be written down, so all answers are visible to the naked eye.
The essay questions are a bit difficult. Most of the essay questions discuss the relationship between the empire's departments and the kingdom. Lant is not sure whether such a question will be sent to the local government or directly to the imperial capital. He can only write ambiguous and inconsistent. Offending answer.
For example, the last question is about the proportion of territorial tax revenue turned over to the kingdom and kept for oneself.
This topic is extremely sensitive. Supporting a high proportion of tax revenue may not necessarily be in line with the king's preferences, because supporting self-payment means supporting a high proportion of the kingdom's tax revenue being handed over to the empire's tax department. However, emphasizing a high proportion of self-retention will definitely make the king I am dissatisfied that no matter how I answer the questions in this kind of paper, I will dig a hole for myself.
Therefore, Lant can only emphasize the importance of taxation, emphasize that nobles should pay the full amount of taxes required by the kingdom, and assume more obligations when the kingdom is in crisis. In the end, he must also emphasize that the Dragon Kingdom assumes the responsibility of fighting against the orcs. For important tasks, the kingdom and border nobles should also keep sufficient reserves to prevent unexpected wars.
Lant's caution is indeed correct, because everyone's imperial law and imperial history answer sheets will be backed up in both Dragon Tooth City and the Imperial Capital, and the Zhengshen Knowledge answer sheet will be double backed up in Dragon Tooth City and the Holy City of the Holy See. The answer to the question written today is uncertain. The sky has become my own black material.
When Lant finished all the written tests, it was already noon. The remaining combat and riding tests were practical tests. The tests would be held in the academy's fighting hall and racecourse in the afternoon.
Since Lant was not a student at the school, the school did not care about his food, so Lant had no choice but to run to the market outside the school to help himself.
Several streets outside Blue Dragon School are filled with various restaurants, hotels, pubs, magic potion and equipment shops, as well as various small shrines, temples, etc. These shops are all 20 meters high, with each floor 6 meters The three floors above are specifically targeted at the rich and expensive students in Blue Dragon School.
Lant chose a barbecue restaurant. As the Chinese New Year was approaching, there were not many people in the restaurant, and the few students eating did not notice Lant. When Lant sat down, he heard the students whispering.
"I heard that a nobleman came to the door with private soldiers?"
"You won't cause trouble for civilian professionals like you did five years ago, right?"
"I heard that Teacher Gu Leiya solved it."
"With Teacher Gu Leiya in the past two years, no one, whether dragonborn or noble, dares to cause trouble."
"Yes, it's such a pity that girl named Wendy back then. If she were still in school today, she would at least be a senior mage."
"No, I heard that it was the young lady from the Feilong family back then. She didn't want Wendy to be better than her. She first found her boyfriend to harass her, and then sued the family for Wendy seducing her fiancé."
"Is it so mean?"
"I heard about it too. I only know that the lady from the Feilong family later returned to the Feilong Nest, and then seemed to go to a certain magic tower in the Imperial Capital."
