Act V. School Closure Crisis

"Coke?" "Funding?"

Teacher Claire and Charlotte asked at the same time, their apparently different focuses, which made Reiner smile.

"It's obviously a pleasant drink, so I named it Coke, and as for the budget, ......"

Reiner didn't say it directly, but glanced at Teacher Claire.

"Anyway, everyone should know about it at the morning meeting next week."

The young dean shrugged his shoulders, confusing Xia Luo, the only one who didn't know.

Reiner picked up the conversation and began to explain.

"In fact, Xia Luo, this school may be abolished soon."

At first, Xia Luo didn't react to this sentence, but soon, she understood the meaning of the word "abandoned school" in Reiner's mouth.

"Wait, wait...... What does it mean to be out of school? ”

However, Xia Luo still asked, but she wanted to know why this was the case.

For the first time, I had a place where I could live freely and with peace of mind, and for the first time, I had a best friend who could speak freely, and the two happy things coincided, but why did this happen?

"You can also feel that the teaching facilities of Crescent Academy have been abandoned for the most part, and there are fewer and fewer new students entering each year, there are even only three students in this class, and the academy's rating has been at the ninth level for many years, which is a red flag."

Reiner said, and the memories kept coming back.

The Crescent Academy has a history of nearly a thousand years, and it should have been a high-end aristocratic magic academy, but the reason why it was easily bought by Reiner was naturally not that he was the third son of the Ian Gray family, but because this school was indeed on the verge of abandonment.

After a hundred years of poor management, many school facilities have been abandoned, the number of students has been declining every year, and the rating has fallen to the lowest level of nine, and if the qualification inspection is not passed, then the Crescent Academy will be abolished immediately, and Reiner is in such a situation.

If the school is abolished, then not only will all the funds of Reiner be wasted, but there will be no place to take him in, I am afraid that even eating will be a problem, and you must know that it is only a month before the brothers leave the family.

"In three months, the Crescent Academy will be subject to the qualification test of the High Magic Council, if it does not meet the most basic teaching conditions, then the academy with the lowest rating can no longer be maintained, the Crescent Academy will become history, the existing students will be scattered to other colleges, and according to the current state of the school, the possibility of passing the qualification test is zero."

Teacher Claire added, looking rather helpless.

"So what to do......

Xia Luo was at a loss, she was just an ordinary mage apprentice, she didn't know anything about qualification tests and academy ratings, she only knew that she didn't want this school to close down and separate herself from her friends.

Teacher Claire shook her head, she had grown up in the academy since she was a child, for the orphaned Claire, this school was her home, she didn't want this school to go out of business more than anyone else, but it was the case, she had nothing to do.

"Actually, I was looking for a way to save the school during this time, and it wasn't until today that I found this opportunity."

Reiner said nonsense, in fact, he just thought of this plan, which belongs to the series of opening his mouth.

"That's the drink you're looking for."

Xia Luo was a little puzzled, this drink called Coke was indeed delicious, but how did it become an opportunity to save the Crescent Academy?

Reiner nodded, and then explained the two problems that Crescent Academy was facing now.

The first point is that Crescent Academy needs money.

As a prestigious school with a long history, many facilities of Crescent College actually have a great purpose, but they have no money to maintain, so they have been abandoned, and if you want to improve the comprehensive strength of the college and make money to repair the campus, purchasing materials is the fastest way.

As for how to make money, Reiner believes that Coke, a drink that has worked miracles on earth, will not disappoint him, he just needs to find a factory to process it and spend a little means to sell it.

The second point is the rules governing the grading of schools.

In this world, the rating of the Academy of Magic is based on a point system, and points can be obtained through various academic competitions, research results, and the easiest way is for a teacher or student in the school to publish a paper.

At the same time, if the paper is cited by others, then the corresponding points will also be obtained, so publishing an original paper can bring a lot of points, and academic points are also a hard indicator of the qualification test, which can also be counted as the biggest difficulty faced by Crescent Academy.

After all, there are very few people in Crescent Academy who can publish papers in regular journals every year, and the academic points of this year are still zero.

Therefore, Reiner's idea is to use the creativity of his brain from Earth to concoct a few shocking academic papers, earn points and improve academic achievements, and at the same time, apply some alchemical products to earn money to support the construction of the academy.

And the first paper is obviously an oxidation theory paper that overturns the theory of the fire element.

Reiner believes that science and technology are the primary productive forces.

After listening to Reiner's words, both ladies fell silent.

Claire never knew that Reiner had such a detailed plan, and from the current point of view, the feasibility is very high, originally she thought that Reiner was just a waste wood nobleman who spent a lot of time, but now it seems that as the third son of the Ian Gray family, this Mr. Headmaster does have two sons.

Xia Luo suddenly had a sense of closeness to Reiner, her father's authority in the family was very high, and he dominated almost all of Xia Luo's choices, and coming to Crescent Moon Academy was one of the few choices she made by herself, Xia Luo had a strong sense of belonging to the college, so she naturally had a good impression of Reiner, who proposed a perfect plan to save the academy.

"I'll be putting my plan into action in a few days, so I may need to go out and find a factory that can process Coke, Mr. Claire, I hope you can give me the recipe for this potion."

Hearing Reiner's words, Claire did not refuse, the potion was originally tried to be concocted by herself, and it was of no great use except to treat her own illness, if it could be used to save the academy, she would not have any hesitation.

"As for Xia Luo, I hope you can help me complete the thesis together, and at the same time, I will sponsor you to study alchemy with the school's funds, since this experimental phenomenon was discovered by you first, so the author of the paper will also have your name on it, if my guess is correct, you may become the youngest academic paper writer ever."

Reiner's words made Xia Luo's eyes light up, and she suddenly felt incredulous.