The monthly exams are coming as scheduled.

As Poki has said before, the monthly exam is divided into two parts: the theory exam and the spell exam, and if any of the subjects do not meet the required minimum score, then there is a risk of being demoted, and if it is extreme enough, it is possible to even be expelled from the school directly.

The main reason for setting such strict rules is to urge apprentices to study hard.

Like many of the magic schools in Valari, Ceylon was a national school of magic, and if it weren't supported by state funding, how could Ceylon be able to recruit so many apprentices, hire so many teachers, build such a magnificent complex, and purchase so much magical equipment?

It is precisely because the empire is paying for it that the pitiful little coins that Al carries can be supported, otherwise, let alone classes, Al can't even rent a dormitory for a few months.

Similarly, it is precisely because the empire is paying for it that the elimination rate of apprentices in Ceylon is getting higher and higher.

And because of this, even apprentices who are also in Ceylon can be treated very differently.

For example, the class that Al is now in is the light seeking level, and below it is the dark search, candle flame, and no light, and every time the level goes down, the treatment is very different.

Al's light-seeking class is free of tuition, and provides a luxury single apartment building, and even a certain amount of food allowance and study allowance every month.

And if you are looking for a class, although the tuition is also free, the accommodation is a four-room apartment building, and you don't have to think about other subsidies.

If the candle is lit, you will need to pay 30% of the tuition fee.

The lowest level of the matte class is completely self-paying, you must know that the tuition fee announced by Ceylon to the outside world, even if it is only the tuition fee of the first year, it will cost more than 100 gold coins, and if you spend this money in Valari City, you can live a very luxurious life for a year.

This difference in rank is unavoidable, and it is the best strategy for the Empire and for a National Academy of Magic like Ceylon.

After all, you know, learning magic is a great deal of talent.

And resources are always limited.

Rather than distributing the limited resources equally among all the magic apprentices, it is better to allocate the vast majority of resources to the elite apprentices, after all, the input-output ratio of the elite apprentices is much higher than that of the average ungifted apprentice.

This is a very simple multiple-choice question, and if you look at it in terms of fairness, you might have to be egalitarian, but if you look at the return on investment, the return on investment that applies the Pareto law is much higher than the average investment that is completely equal and does not discriminate.

Not to mention the upper echelons of the empire or the academy, on this obvious multiple-choice question, I believe that even an ordinary person will choose the most advantageous way.

That's why all the apprentices in the previous class studied so hard, because all of them were afraid of being eliminated to the next class.

Not only because of money or conditions, but also honor and dignity, if you can stay in the light class all the time, you can undoubtedly enjoy the best qiē.

The subject to be tested first is theory.

The approximate content is what you have learned these days, including the history of magic, introduction to alchemy, introduction to the theory of magic, elementary incantations, and introduction to the application of magic.

Al wasn't worried.

For Al had long since discovered that he could clearly remember every book he had read if he wanted to, and although it was not enough to memorize completely, there was no problem in clearly remembering more than half of the central idea that had been developed around it.

Even if there were books that had to be written down in their entirety, Al would have been able to do so with just a little more effort.

Perhaps this is also the usual sense of forgetfulness.

On the first day, the theory exam ended.

Al didn't feel anything special when he came out of the exam room, if he had to say anything, then maybe it was-

Maybe you're good for the exam?

That's what Al had in mind.

Because when answering questions on the test paper, Al almost did it in one go, and almost didn't even pause, so that the exams for each subject were almost the first few to be handed in in advance, which attracted a lot of side-eyed attention.

Of course, there may be some people who maliciously speculate whether these people who mentioned the submission of the paper gave up because of broken jars.

After the first day of the theory exam is over, the second day is the spell exam.

Spell exams don't take the spectator mode like the usual practice of spells, because there is no need to do that, and there is no teacher who will instruct the apprentice to do it right during the exam, the apprentice only needs to release the spell and wait for the teacher to score it.

The spell test room is set up in the spell training room, and the group test system is adopted, after all, the places where spells can be cast are not everywhere.

Wouldn't you be able to pretend to be a group exam?

Turning his head around to look at the furnishings and layout of the hall of the spell training room, Long Chen thought of it jokingly.

It's a pity that no one in this world may be able to understand his fun.

But this world, and it's the people in this class who actually care about Longchen.

Long Chen's gaze looked at an apprentice who was standing alone, his entire body covered tightly with a cloak.

What will he do in this exam?

Before Long Chen could have more thoughts and speculations, his name was already called out on the loudspeaker.

It's time for his set of exams.

Long Chen walked into the examination room with the same group of apprentices.

……

Sometime, the other side.

"Al. ”

Al raised his head at the sound of the voice, and at the same time, many eyes around him were focused on him because of the voice.

"El, is that him?"

"Who is he?"

"It's the chest masseur in the light-seeking class!"

"It's him!hahahahahaha

"Haha, in fact, I have long suspected that it is him, after all, I have not heard that there is a second person in this class of freshman apprentices who is dressed like him. ”

"Hey, what the hell are you talking about, why don't I understand?"

An apprentice anxiously asked his companions.

"Marco, your news is too closed, haven't you heard of the legend of the chest masseur in the light seeking class? This guy has just entered the school and sent a request for chest massage to Banhua, so he is called a chest masseuse!"

"So there really is such a guy in this world!hahahahaha-"

Because it was far beyond normal human hearing, these sounds came clearly into Al's ears.

It seems that many other people in the class have also heard of Al's 'glorious deeds', and in a sense, this can be regarded as a so-called fame, right?