Chapter 298 Magic Academy (1) - Inquiring about the mission
Ning Shu nudged Si Zhong's arm and whispered, "Go back to your side quickly and don't cause trouble. This is part of the plot."
Si Zhong reluctantly returned to the seat corresponding to the red badge.
After everything was arranged, the teacher on the podium first gave a speech to welcome the new students, and then respectfully invited the principal of the magic academy to speak.
Based on the speeches of the principal and teachers, Ning Shu drew the following conclusions.
Herlin Magic Academy is divided into four colleges: Spirit College, Phoenix College, Eagle College, and Serpent College, which correspond to white, red, blue, and green, respectively.
These colors are reflected in the collar, tie, and badge of the corresponding student wizard robes.
The symbol of the Spirit Academy is the unicorn, and the animal on its emblem is also a unicorn.
Unicorn horns are believed to have antidotes, and their blood is believed to prolong life, so unicorns represent healing magic.
The Phoenix is the representative of the Houin Academy. The Phoenix's flames are believed to be able to purify evil, so it represents the magical power to eliminate evil.
The Eagle School is represented by the owl, which is believed to be able to see hidden information and future trends in the dark and to deliver information to magicians, thus representing the magical power of prophecy.
The Slytherin Academy is naturally represented by the snake, which can molt and is believed to have the ability to transform, thus representing the magical power of shapeshifting. [1]
The students sitting here today are all newly enrolled this term.
The college had already tested the students' abilities and assigned each student to a corresponding college.
From now on, each student will major in the magic of their corresponding college and take elective magic from other colleges.
According to the principal, the reason for this division is to maximize the students' magical abilities.
Not wanting to restrict students' development too much, they let students choose to study the magic they were interested in.
However, students must be prepared that learning magic that is not their forte will not be very effective.
The above is the information Ning Shu summarized at this welcome meeting, and none of it is related to her task.
This assignment is a bit strange. It requires "achieving academic success and graduating successfully." She understands the second half of the sentence, but what exactly constitutes academic success?
This requirement is a bit vague. For example, if you are learning addition and there are ten problems in total, being able to do them all can be considered as "achieving mastery".
What if the standard isn't just knowing these ten questions, but rather knowing one hundred?
Furthermore, without specific standards, just because someone can only solve one problem doesn't mean they "haven't achieved anything," right?
Other people say that the exam paper is out of 100 points, with 60 points being passing and 90 points being excellent.
Ning Shu couldn't understand the first half of the sentence, so she put it aside for the time being and focused on the second half: "successfully graduating" is a very specific event.
This should be easy to do.
After the entrance ceremony, the group was dismissed.
Ke Ningshu didn't know where her dormitory was, so she raised her hand and asked, "Teacher, I haven't remembered where my dormitory is. Can you take me there?"
Ms. Aili originally wanted to say a few words to Ning Shu, but she found that several students had raised their hands and said the same thing at the same time.
As the saying goes, "the law does not punish the masses," so she could only swallow her words and resignedly lead the students who didn't know the way to go again.
Teacher Aili stood at the door of a dormitory room and said to Ning Shu:
"This is your room. Rest first. You'll have class at the Magic Classroom at 2 PM. The specific schedule and classroom information are in the notebook by your bedside."
After saying that, the teacher left with the other students.
Ning Shu glanced around her dorm room. The beds were evenly distributed against the two walls, and there was one bed left unoccupied. There was also a private bathroom.
She has already put all her things in the cabinet, which is very convenient.
The entire college is located in a large castle, which is divided into many areas. The northwest corner is the student dormitory, which is further divided into male and female dormitories.
Ning Shu saw that the girl in the bed next to hers was blonde. After greeting her, she learned that the girl's name was Lola.
The other party found Ning Shu's name difficult to pronounce, so in the end they just called her Ning.
Since everyone in the same dormitory was from the same college, Ning Shu wasn't curious about their courses.
The others shared the same idea, so their conversations were almost entirely unrelated to the course, focusing more on which boy was more handsome.
Si Zhong was the main focus of their discussion, mainly because his changing of seats during the entrance ceremony attracted everyone's attention.
Ning Shu could tell from their enthusiastic chatter that there were no players among them; what player would be in the mood to discuss such things at this time?
When they had finished their discussion, Ning Shu spoke up: "Do you know how to graduate?"
Everyone fell silent after hearing her words.
Ning Shu sensed that the atmosphere was not good. Had she brought up an unfriendly topic?
"……What's wrong?"
Perhaps it was too quiet, Ning Shu couldn't help but ask.
Lola replied, "Graduating here is very difficult. Those who fail to graduate can only go home and become ordinary citizens; they can't become magicians."
Huh, so this is where the difficulty of the dungeon lies?
Ning Shu was uncertain: "For example?"
Lola: "I heard that less than one-tenth of the students in each year graduate, and the rest all go home."
Each term? That word sounds familiar.
A year in university is four years, some majors are five years, but it's definitely not a year... and it's certainly not a month!
Ning Shu suddenly realized that things were very serious. She had just enrolled in school. How could she graduate in 30 days?
Ning Shu tentatively asked, "How long is each session?"
Lola looked at her strangely: "Three years? How come you didn't even know that?"
3 years!!
Ning Shu felt hopeless about graduating; this whole thing was a mess.
What's the difference between this and asking her to learn three years' worth of high school knowledge in 30 days and then take the college entrance exam?
After thinking it over, Ning Shu realized that the requirement to clear this dungeon might be—cheating!
Anyone who showed even the slightest respect for this instance would fail to pass it, so she decided... to observe it first.
For a model student like her, cheating requires some skill; she needs to figure out how to cheat in order to graduate successfully.
Seeing Ning Shu's furrowed brows, Lola comforted her, "Ning, don't worry, we've only just started school, we still have three years."
Ning Shu: "..."
If you don't know how to comfort someone, you can just shut up. Lola's words only make her more panicked. She herself hasn't even had three years! Ning Shu thought to herself.
Ning Shu inquired, "Do you know what exams we'll have to take to graduate?"
Writing a thesis? Or writing a thesis with magic? There has to be some kind of assessment to get a diploma, right?
Lola shook her head: "I don't know. I heard that the principal just assigns a task to the students based on the actual situation."
Some tasks are completed solo, while others are completed in teams; it seems the assessment tasks are different each year.
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