Chapter 21 The Entrance Test with the Characteristics of the Times
Shade nodded and wrote down what the doctor said about Rhodes card identification.
But in fact, he didn't really expect that the cards in his hand were genuine. Although judging from the performance of the former detective before his death, he was definitely an avid Rhodes card lover, but after all, he was just an ordinary person, and his income was barely middle-class.
, it is impossible to have such a precious thing.
As for the museum that the detective introduced before he died, it was probably a black market distribution center for counterfeit Rhodes cards, so Shade thought that if he had time, he would go to the Prophet's Association for appraisal first, and then go to the museum after he felt completely at ease.
After confirming the loan from the group and settling the tuition issue, the enrollment process officially started.
Shade originally thought that the college would send someone over, but all the procedures were handled by doctors:
"Remember, we are correspondence sorcerers. The academy provides us with knowledge. 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 pay too much attention to the academy, at least not until 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 fully understand this in a few weeks.
The two formal ring magicians need to inform the college that a new correspondence course ring magician is about to enroll, and the way to contact St. Byrons Comprehensive College is the measure of the poet-level [relic] [the poet Cohen's manuscript].
The poet Cohen was also a student of St. Byrons Comprehensive College, but that was in the last era. Although there were only female spellcasters in the Fifth Era, the college also recruited a small number of male students to conduct certain research that did not require extraordinary powers.
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. Byrons Comprehensive College to communicate with correspondence teachers, distribute textbooks, and submit homework. Among them, the manuscript pages of Doctor Schneider's group are kept by the senior doctor in the group.
It was a parchment roll, but it was quite large, almost the same as an unfolded book. There was no word on it now, and it looked very old. You could even see threads shaking on the page.
"The first is your basic information and tuition fees."
The doctor asked Shade to use a blue pen to simply write information such as address, age, occupation, past experience, etc. on a piece of letter paper, and then placed the envelope containing a stack of banknotes on the manuscript page.
As the light flashed, the envelope containing the gold pounds and the paper with the message disappeared.
After dozens of seconds, a receipt emerged from the manuscript page. The receipt was written in the two languages of Delarian and Kasonric that are currently used in the Old World. The amount of the payment was written, and there was even the name of the college.
Official seal.
“Really professional.”
The receipt was temporarily left at the doctor's office until Shade paid back the money and got it back.
"Then there is the trust test. The academy needs to test whether the correspondence magicians who are admitted are cultists, or people who have hidden ulterior motives in the past. The academy also has its own secrets, which cannot be easily known to outsiders."
The doctor said easily.
"How to test this?"
Shade is a little worried. The original owner's brain is not working well in the past. There is no need to worry about it. He is worried about his status as a time traveler.
When the doctor heard Shade's question, the doctor had not yet spoken, but Miss Dorothy Louisa answered first, with a smile on her face:
"I really miss you. This is already a standard procedure - please write an article of no less than 800 words about your thoughts on good, evil, and disorder."
"Um?"
Shade thought he heard wrongly.
"This step is also to ensure that the enrollees are literate. The college does not accept illiterate students. Shade, I know you don't know much about literacy, so you can simply write."
The doctor said kindly.
"But why write an article? I thought it was a polygraph-type Q&A."
Just writing the article gave Shade a sigh of relief. What he was afraid of were polygraph questions and answers. Once the questions "passed", he might be in big trouble.
"After all, there are ways to cheat in polygraph tests, but the article reflects a person's continuous thoughts, attitude and nature that one does not know. This is more reliable and more characteristic of the times.
Oh, detective, this is not an era of chaos, an era of civilization and steam, so of course the entrance exam must be more civilized."
The writer lady leaned on the sofa slightly relaxedly. She enjoyed watching others being forced to write articles.
So Shade was forced to take an "entrance essay test" of 800 words. He could listen and read, but speaking and writing relied on the knowledge given by the voice in his head, so it was still very difficult. But this
It also allowed Dr. Schneider, who was watching this scene, to confirm that his investigation on the original owner Shade was correct.
Good and evil and disorder is a relatively big proposition. Eight hundred words may seem like a lot, but if you really write it carefully, you may not even be able to finish the beginning.
In line with the principle of writing less and making less mistakes, Shade divided this entrance test into four paragraphs. The first paragraph is about beautiful words, the second paragraph is about good and evil, the third paragraph is about order and chaos, and the fourth paragraph is a summary.
This way the ideas flow much more smoothly, and Shade is very good at writing in this way.
While Shade was writing the entrance exam, the doctor was not idle either.
The standard admission process of St. Byrons also includes having the ring wizard of this group lead the gifted person to solve a mystery-related incident to determine whether the gifted person's character is suitable for becoming a ring wizard.
It is enough to collect the [Life Countdown Pocket Watch] in the morning, but you also need to submit a report to explain the performance of the talented person.
So Shade had to write a short essay, and the doctor had to write a report, which might be a little more troublesome. But Miss Louisa was quite happy, because she was the only one who didn't have to write anything.
While the two men were lowering their heads to write, she sat there holding a teacup and looking at them, with an indescribably comfortable expression.
The essay and report were sent away in manuscript at the same time. It took half an hour before an admission notice with Shade's full name was sent. The admission evaluation was "Excellent". During this period, the three of them kept talking, asking for advice.
Shard spreads some basic knowledge.
"In fact, the entrance assessment only has excellent and unsatisfactory results, rather than being divided into excellent, exceeding expectations, passing, failing and terrible like the school year assessment and year-end summary."
The doctor also said softly.
"This is the academy's little trick to gain your favor."
The blond writer also added.
Shade felt funny about this, but he also realized that the academy was indeed very formal and not a small organization.
"Then next step, I will help you officially become a ring warlock and open the door to the extraordinary. Only after you obtain the core runes can you determine the professional academy you will join. As for the textbooks and study materials, they will be sent in three days. After all, the academy