Chapter 67 Income and Expenditure, Annual Assessment, Manuscripts
Time is always short and fleeting in the eyes of the world, and it is even more so for a mage.
Unknowingly, it has been a year since Moriarty came to Hockenheim. During these twelve months, Moriarty has always strictly followed the established study outline and daily progress to arrange his work and rest. Except for the occasional
During his two outings, his scope of activities never exceeded the boundaries of Hockenheim, and he basically made "repeated movements" between the wizard's tower and the library.
However, Moriarty's hard work did not attract much attention and curiosity from the outside world. In fact, most of the mage apprentices in Hockenheim worked so hard, and some were even more desperate and extreme. This
On the one hand, this is because mages are driven by their natural thirst for knowledge, and on the other hand, they are forced to do so under huge economic pressure.
Only after truly immersing himself in the world of magic did Moriarty realize that being a mage was really a costly profession.
In just one year, Moriarty spent more than 8,000 gold coins on magic learning, including 3,000 gold coins for fixed annual tuition, 4,000 gold coins for borrowing magic books, and 4,000 gold coins for borrowing magic books, paid to Uncle Schmidt.
The cost of food and lodging is one thousand two hundred gold coins. The sum of these three items alone has basically exhausted all the funds around Moriarty. And this is because Moriarty does not need to conduct magic experiments at this stage, otherwise his expenses will be
It will be a much larger number.
In terms of income, Moriarty's current fixed income is only the assistant remuneration of thirty gold coins per month from Schmidt Studio. Of course, if this money is not in his hands, it will be included in his accommodation bill.
It will be deducted directly, and the shortfall will need to be made up by Moriarty. In addition, there are the tuition fees and living expenses that Baron Ensberg promised to sponsor. However, the payment for the second year has not yet arrived, but it is almost time to calculate.
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The only thing that brought Moriarty a large amount of cash during the year was the batch of Lockton Ranch five-leaf black tea and mint leaves purchased from Fort Ford. After secretly processing and blending all these raw materials in batches,
Moriarty produced a total of about two hundred pounds of "Ivy Leaves." Except for keeping one tenth for his own use and as a gift to Hyena, the rest was sold to Schmidt.
Moriarty gained 10,000 gold coins in one fell swoop, which also allowed him to temporarily get rid of the impact of bankruptcy and be able to breathe a little. However, such a good thing can only happen once, otherwise once word spreads, the Ivy League will
I'm afraid Ye's secret will no longer be kept.
In addition to financial pressure, what worried Moriarty most this year was White's injury.
Seven months after Moriarty arrived in Bracada, he received a letter from Fort Ford, and the sender was White. In the letter, White briefly introduced his physical condition and living conditions. But in the end
The main thing is that White expressed the hope in the letter that Moriarty would give him another two years or so to recover. Because of a broken arm, White's strength as a divine crossbowman has been reduced to 99%. And since Moriarty is still
Treat him as a follower, so in order to continue to perform his duties as a follower in the future, White needs to find a new way to restore his combat power as soon as possible. Otherwise, he would rather die alone in the wilderness than follow Moriarty
Behind him, he becomes a foodie in name only.
Moriarty could only understand and support White's request. In addition to entrusting the Doro Chamber of Commerce to send a reply to the Roland Bar in Ford Fortress, Moriarty also sent an additional two thousand gold coins. But in
After that, Moriarty never received any information about White.
In this way, a year passed in the blink of an eye. When Moriarty was about to usher in his second winter in Bracada, the annual assessment of the mage apprentice also arrived as scheduled.
As usual, mage apprentices studying in Hockenheim will have the opportunity to participate in the annual assessment once every school year according to their different progress. The content of the assessment is mainly determined based on the course schedule that the previous apprentice applied to the academy. The assessment
The process is usually presided over by two low-level mages, and the methods mainly include spell casting and defense.
Of course, such an annual assessment is not mandatory. Mage apprentices have the right to choose to participate or refuse, and the exam results will not have any substantial impact on the candidates, even if they do poorly. But on the other hand,
If the mage apprentice obtains good results in the annual assessment, he may in turn receive special rewards provided by the academy, such as a tuition exemption for the next academic year, a discount card for the magic library, good magic props, etc.
Of course, it is impossible for Moriarty to give up on his annual assessment.
"Generally speaking, since the mage who serves as the examiner is different every time, the content of the exam will be very different." Haiyanna has participated in several annual assessments, so she is considered to have rich experience, so she
His thoughts were told to Moriarty one by one: "If it is a spell-casting exam, it is relatively simple and there will be no special tricks. But for an exam like yours, which is a full year of basic magic theory, it is hard to say where the test points will be."
"Haha, it's okay, Haina. You look more nervous than me." Moriarty raised his head and smiled at the black-haired girl and said.
"Oh, Morty, you." Three days later it was the day for Moriarty to take the test, but the guy in front of her looked as calm and calm as ever. Haiyanna didn't know whether to be worried or relieved.
But seeing Moriarty's smile, the girl couldn't help but smile: "I know that with your current strength, it is impossible for you to pass the apprentice-level theoretical examination. If I weren't with you every day, I wouldn't
I can't believe that in just one year, you have revised the study syllabus three times, almost doubling the learning content. Now, you have even begun to study, for example, "Analysis of the Fire Element Decay Model" and "Magic Equations Volume 1"
, "Extracurricular readings" such as "Conjectures on the Outer Elemental Plane". You know, these are knowledge that even low-level mages may not necessarily understand!"
"Hayana, you praise me a little too much." Moriarty shook his head, and at the same time carefully closed a large open book in front of him. On the cover of the book, "Od" was written in ancient elven script.
It contains the words "Magician's Notes", and the author's signature is "Gilisana Dorita", the name of a typical elf woman.
"Oh, is that the notebook? Didn't you just read it a few days ago? Why did you borrow it again?" Heina asked after seeing the cover.
Because Moriarty has a habit of never reading a book until he has thoroughly read it. After he had read it thoroughly, he would not look back again. So when he met Moriarty
Di borrowed this manuscript from the college library again, and Heyana felt quite strange.
"Nothing. I just thought it was interesting, so I wanted to read it again." Moriarty smiled lightly, but he was a little unclear.
"Forget it, it's up to you. Anyway, I've told you everything I need to say. Now I should go back and prepare for today's dinner." Seemingly dissatisfied with Moriarty's perfunctory expression, Heyna pouted.
With pink lips, she stood up, glanced at Moriarty, and said, "You don't have to help with chores these days. Just concentrate on preparations." After saying that, without waiting for Moriarty to answer, he picked up his own book on the desk.
He picked up the book, turned around and walked out of the reading room.
"Haha." Looking at the door that closed silently, Moriarty chuckled.
After more than a year of getting along day and night, Moriarty and Heyena have become very familiar with each other, and the relationship between the two has become very close, even a little intimate. Therefore, there are some noisy moments on weekdays.
It is quite normal to laugh and laugh.
Now, even though Heyna lost her temper and acted coquettishly at herself, Moriarty also found it interesting. Of course, there was no need to say anything on the spot. After returning home, she would naturally find a way to make the girl happy. Of course, these
They are all small adjustments in life, harmless. But when it comes to big things, Heyana has always been rigorous and measured, even making Moriarty marvel.
Moriarty, who put aside the matter of Heyena for the time being and was left alone in the reading room, once again focused on the "Arcanist's Notebook" in front of him.
This manuscript must have quite a history. Although it obviously cannot be the original from the Elf Empire era, it is at least a copy copied more than a hundred years ago.
The identity of the scribe is unknown, but he is certainly a knowledgeable master. Because in this manuscript, in addition to the original text written in ancient elven script, there is also a common language translation translated by the scribe himself, as well as mixed in
There were summaries, comments, reflections, interpretations, etc. in the blank spaces between the pages. Moriarty counted them in detail, and the number of words added by the transcriber even exceeded the length of the original text of the manuscript. After seeing this clearly, Moriarty asked Moriarty to
Ti was both emotional and benefited from it.
The content of the handbook is actually not complicated. It mainly records that the elf Gilsana Dorita started practicing magic as an apprentice, and then gradually grew into an intermediate arcanist, and finally participated in the Elf Empire and Pan
A personal experience of the epic war that broke out between the continental race alliances. Therefore, it is not a bad idea to call this manuscript a mage's diary.
Perhaps because it was so long ago that the manuscript was written down, or because of the destruction of the war, this manuscript is actually just a fragment, and the content of the autobiography is only until Gilisana Dorita was promoted to level four.
It stopped shortly after the Arcanist. As for some of the later records, they were all briefly added by the transcriber, and most of the content was missing. It seems that there is really no way to verify it.
