[WP] Chapter 21: Entrance Test with Characteristics of the Times

[WP] Chapter 21: Entrance Test with Characteristics of the Times

Shade nodded and wrote down the doctor's words about the identification of the Rhodes cards.

But in fact, he didn't expect the cards in his hand to be genuine. Although the former detective's performance before his death showed that the other party was an avid Rhodes fan, he was just an ordinary person after all, and his income was barely considered middle class, so it was impossible for him to own such a precious thing.

As for the museum introduced by the detective before his death, it was probably a black market for counterfeit Rhodes cards, so Shade thought that if he had time, he would go to the Prophet Association for identification first, and then go to the museum after he was completely relieved.

After confirming that he had borrowed money from the group and solved the tuition problem, he officially started the enrollment process.

Shade thought the academy would send someone over, but the doctor was in charge of all the procedures:

"Remember, we are correspondence ring wizards. The academy provides us with knowledge, and we need to meet the required credits through study and examinations and obtain practical credits through academy tasks. This is the relationship between us and the academy, which is somewhat similar to a special employment system. You don't need to care too much about the academy, at least not before you climb the glacier in the far north with us and enter the academy."

The doctor waved his hand, and the writer thought that Shade would be able to deeply understand this in a few weeks.

The two formal ring wizards had to notify the academy that there were new correspondence ring wizards who were going to enroll, and the way to contact St. Byron's Comprehensive College was the poet-level [relic] measure [poet Cohen's manuscript].

Poet Cohen was also a student of St. Byron's Comprehensive College, but that was in the last century. Although there were only female spellcasters in the fifth century, the academy also recruited a small number of male students to conduct some research that did not require extraordinary power.

The number of pages in his relic manuscript exceeds three digits, and each page can transmit information and small items to the cover of the manuscript.

This is the main way for St. Byron's Comprehensive College to communicate with correspondence ring wizards, distribute textbooks, and submit homework. Among them, the manuscript pages of Doctor Schneider's group are kept by the highest-grade doctor in the group.

It is a parchment scroll, but the area is quite large, about the same as an unfolded book. Now there is no word on it; it looks very old, and you can even see the thread shaking on the page.

"First, your basic information and tuition."

The doctor asked Shade to use a blue fountain pen to simply write down information such as address, age, occupation, experience, etc. on a piece of letter paper and then put an envelope containing a stack of banknotes on the manuscript page.

As the light flashed, the envelope containing gold pounds and the paper with information disappeared.

After several tens of seconds, a receipt emerged from the manuscript page. The receipt was written in the two languages currently used in the Old World, Delarian and Carsenrick, with the amount of money collected and even the official seal of the academy.

"Professional."

The receipt was temporarily placed with the doctor, and Shade returned the money.

"Then there is the trust test. The academy needs to test whether the enrolled correspondence ring wizard is a cultist or someone who hides his past with ulterior motives. The academy also has its secrets, which cannot be easily known by outsiders."

The doctor said easily.

"How do you test this?"

Shade was a little worried. He didn't need to worry about the past when the original owner's brain was not working well. He was worried about his identity as a time traveler.

After hearing Shade's question, the doctor hadn't spoken yet, but Miss Dorothy Louisa answered first with a smile on her face:

"I miss this; this is already the standard procedure. Please write an article of no less than 800 words about your thoughts on good and evil, order and chaos."

"Huh?"

Shade thought he had heard it wrong.

"This step is also to confirm that the students can read. The college does not accept illiterate students. Shade, I know you don't know many words, so you can write a simple one."

The doctor said kindly.

"But why write an article? I thought it was a lie detector test."

Shade was relieved just to write an article. He was afraid of lie detector tests. Once the question "past" was asked, he would probably be in big trouble.

"There are ways to cheat on polygraphs, but the essay reflects a person's continuous thoughts, attitudes, and nature that he or she doesn't know. This is more reliable and more in line with the times.

Oh, detective, this is not an era of chaos but an era of civilization and steam. The entrance exam must be more civilized."

The writer leaned back on the sofa with a little ease. She enjoyed watching others being forced to write essays.

So Shade was forced to take the "entrance essay test" of 800 words. He could hear and read, but speaking and writing depended on the knowledge given by the voice in his head, so it was still very difficult. But this also made Dr. Schneider, who was watching this scene, confirm that there was no problem with his investigation of the original owner, Shade.

Good and evil and disorder are relatively large propositions. 800 words seem like a lot, but if you write carefully, you may not even be able to finish the beginning.

Based on the principle of writing less and making fewer mistakes, Shade divided this entrance test into four paragraphs. The first paragraph said some nice words, the second paragraph wrote about good and evil, the third paragraph wrote about order and chaos, and the fourth paragraph was a summary.

In this way, the train of thought was much smoother, and Shade was very good at writing this way.

While Shade was writing the entrance test, the doctor was not idle.

St. Byron's standard admission process also includes asking the ring wizards in this group to lead the gifted to solve a mystery-related incident to determine whether the gifted person's personality is suitable for becoming a ring wizard.

The time when the [Life Countdown Pocket Watch] was recovered in the morning was enough, but a report was also required to explain the gifted person's performance.

So Shade wrote a small essay, and the doctor had to write a report, which might be more troublesome. But Miss Louisa was very happy because she was the only one who didn't need to write anything.

While the two men lowered their heads to write, she sat there with a teacup and looked at them with an indescribable, comfortable expression.

The essay and report were sent away by hand at the same time. Half an hour later, an admission notice with Shade's full name was delivered. The admission evaluation was "excellent." During this period, the three of them kept talking and popularized some basic knowledge to Shade.

"There are only excellent and unqualified admission evaluations, not like the academic year evaluation and the year-end summary, which are divided into excellent, exceeding expectations, passing, failing, and terrible."

The doctor also said it in a low voice.

"This is a small trick of the college to gain your favor."

The blonde writer also added this.

Shade felt funny about this, but he also realized that the college was indeed very formal and not a small organization.

"Then the next step is that I will help you officially become a ring wizard and open the door to the extraordinary. After you obtain the core rune, you can determine the professional college you will join. As for textbooks and learning materials, they will be delivered in three days. After all, the college also needs to prepare these things."

(End of this chapter)