The assignment Belphegor gave Black Cat was not difficult. It was a question that could be answered as long as one carefully read the textbooks and reference books. However, the process and answers were too cumbersome. In addition to training the students' patience, it also required almost no magical ability.
No improvement at all.
Just like the question about drawing a star map.
These days, the standard star map outlined by the magic quill pen is sold at Green's Grocery Store for five coppers a piece. If it is a designated star field, you only need to pay five more coppers, and the owner of the grocery store will thoughtfully give you the star map.
Trim it with a soft edge - you know, the braised chicken sold in Jota's restaurant in Beta Town costs twenty-four coppers, including the skin and bones.
Except for the old academics of the First University, no one was holding brass telescopes and quills, lying on the parchment paper and sketching the stars of different brightness above their heads bit by bit.
Many students have privately speculated that the reason why the school retains this ancient and backward learning method is, on the one hand, the force of traditional inertia. On the other hand, there is also the idea of consuming the energy of young wizards with these detailed and tedious schoolwork, so as not to
They have too much free time and make trouble on campus.
But these are not reasons to let black cats help with homework.
Looking at the densely packed topics on the parchment, the black cat almost waved his big claws and slapped the bird-head mask in front of him - he couldn't even finish his own homework, and even wrote homework for others.
?
This birdman is thinking about peaches!
It was the fist-sized piece of gold shining brightly in the moonlight that barely suppressed the black cat's anger and made it jump up without impulse.
"I can't even finish my own homework." Black Cat refused coldly.
Belphegor touched the long beak on the mask, looked down at the parchment, quickly counted with his fingers, and finally dropped a small grain of gold: "No more, these homework are only worth so much gold.
...I am very sincere."
The black cat felt his pride was challenged and raised his tail angrily.
The guilty man wearing a white mask quickly tried to smooth things over: "During this period, the school is holding a hunting competition, and everyone is very pressed for time... Let's do this, both sides take a step back, Belphegor will give us more time, and we will
Those being assessed should not give up all their previous efforts just because of this small difficulty."
Black Cat rolled his eyes silently, wanting to tell this guy that he didn't put in much effort before.
Belphegor, on the other hand, hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly: "Then extend it for another week. These assignments must be handed in on Saturday next week."
The black cat tugged its ears and sneered. Just as he was about to refuse, he suddenly felt blessed and several thoughts flashed through his mind.
"How do I know if this is part of the assessment?"
It fully demonstrates the cunningness of a cat: "...Faced with the assessment of a 'lazy person', the correct answer should be 'I am too lazy to write for you'."
Snapped!
"Completely correct!"
The wizard wearing a bird-head mask snapped his fingers and concluded happily: "The answer is absolutely correct... Merlin, you are smarter than all the cats I have ever seen... Congratulations, you have passed my assessment!"
The black cat flicked its tail in surprise.
This is different from what it thought before.
"but!"
Belphegor emphasized his tone slightly, squatted in front of the black cat, and plucked the two pieces of gold on the ground. His voice was full of temptation: "The mission represented by these golds is not false... If you are willing... these golds are still yours."
"Ahem."
The wizard wearing a white mask coughed softly and interrupted: "Let me confirm first that tonight's assessment has indeed ended...my candidate has passed your assessment, right?"
"Without a doubt!" Belphegor confirmed firmly.
The sinner shrugged and put on his hood: "In that case... then I don't have anything to do here... I wish you a happy transaction."
Before he could finish his words, his whole person had turned into a fragment of broken light and disappeared into the dark night.
The black cat looked at the light fragments that had not completely fallen to the ground, then at the gold that shone brighter than them, and then glanced at the birdman squatting aside.
"make a deal."
It raised its paw, pressed it on the two pieces of gold, and agreed in a rough voice: "Since you are so sincere... It just so happens that due to the school hunting competition, there are few tasks in the laboratory recently... I can take this opportunity
It’s an opportunity to consolidate and consolidate these magical knowledge from previous school days.”
Snapped!
Belphegor raised his hand and high-fived the black cat, and nodded with satisfaction: "This is a win-win night... By the way, out of kindness, I would like to remind you that next time you pretend to be a researcher, you must remember not to talk to anyone you said before.
It’s a contradiction.”
After saying that, he held up the sharp beak on his mask - like an old-school wizard holding up the pointed brim of his hat - and then jumped up, disappearing among the shadows of the lush trees in an instant.
The black cat blinked and froze in place for a while.
After carefully recalling the previous answers, it took me a while to realize where I had made a mistake - there should not be times when a researcher can't even finish his homework.
Of course, this slight flaw does not affect Black Cat's gains tonight.
It felt that what it got was far more than those two pieces of gold.
Unfortunately, this complacent idea was ruthlessly shattered by Dr. Xiao Da early the next morning.
"This is not a one-man job."
After Dr. Xiao Da carefully looked at the parchment, he gave his opinion: "It contains both extracurricular exercises for fourth grade magical cosmology, first grade modern history of magic, and our second grade potions class.
Assignment...don’t you recognize the word Bailu? We just learned it last month!"
last month?
His mind is filled with all kinds of messy things every day - especially this month there is a school hunting competition - Zheng Qing feels like the last month has been a lifetime ago.
"That is to say, there is no way to lock the identity of the publisher through these assignments?" The young public-funded student was a little frustrated.
"It's possible for everyone." The doctor replied euphemistically, shaking the parchment with interest: "Where did you find this thing?"
"There is an old bulletin board near the cat fruit tree, and the tasks posted on it." Zheng Qing smiled and glanced at the short wizard: "For these tasks, the other party is willing to pay twenty golden beans..."
"It's really inhumane." The apologetic fortune teller commented: "This question requires a little effort. You don't even need to look up the information. You can complete it by spending some extra time outside class."
That is to say, you don’t need to look up the information, the young public-funded student cursed in his heart.
"I guess some unknown hunting team needs time to train, so let's raise money and let others help with homework." Zheng Qinghanhu gave his guess, then looked at Xiao Xiao with a look of hope: "...otherwise, I will
Can I transfer this task to you?"
This chapter has been completed!