Reiner couldn't move for a moment, and he didn't relax until the other man raised his paw and licked it.

It was the little wildcat.

The kitten licked its paws very carefully, from the small pink pads to the light yellow fur on the back of the paws, and from time to time wiped the back of its paws on its head, as if it was washing its face.

Reiner just watched as he washed up, then looked to his side.

"Whew-"

It screamed and looked around, as if looking for Reiner's supper.

"I didn't have anything to eat today."

Reiner shrugged, the weather was getting hotter, he didn't like to eat greasy food in the middle of the night, and the only apple tonight had been in his stomach before he could build the spell.

"Huh?"

The kitten tilted its head, as if he did not quite understand Reiner's words, but when he could not find food, he lost interest, jumped to the ledge in twos and threes, and soon disappeared.

Without looking into it, Reiner was still immersed in the wonderful feeling of the magic he had just constructed, as if his soul had been enriched, which was more enjoyable than enjoying food or listening to music.

Now Reiner can almost be said to be an official first-ring mage, and after passing the corresponding written examination and magic test, he can receive a certificate and some rewards issued by the association, and become an official mage on the register.

Reiner had previously investigated that there were two magic tests a year, the first on the 7th to 8th of the Light Green Moon (June) and the second on the 23rd to 24th of the Dragon's Sleep (December).

There are several mock exams before the exam, allowing students to identify their shortcomings so that they can perform better in the exam.

There are four subjects in the two-day exam, the first day is the basic subject, the morning is the mage code and the history of magic, the afternoon is the magic runes, the second morning is the comprehensive written test of each faction, the mage apprentice can choose the subject he is good at, and the second afternoon is the spell casting test.

In the end, the results of the four subjects are combined, which is the result of this test.

Those who pass the exam will receive a certificate from the association to become a full mage, and the results of this test will also serve as a basis for proving their abilities when looking for a mentor in the future.

To put it simply, this is the college entrance examination or graduation exam in the mage world.

After passing the assessment, most of the mages will look for their own mentors to engage in research work, while a small number of mages, believing that their assessment results are not satisfactory and hope to get higher scores, will not casually go to the tutors with slightly inferior resources, but choose to review and take the exam for another year.

This kind of repeat students usually have a shortcoming, if the written test subject is good, there will always be improvement after years of learning, and if there is a huge flaw in the spell casting test, then even if they pass the test with a high score in the written test and get beautiful results, they will still feel difficult when they enter the real study.

On the one hand, the rules of the association require that all students be treated equally, and they cannot openly say that they will not accept repeat readers, and on the other hand, it is indeed difficult for these repeaters to keep up with the progress of research, and most of them may only be a part of their lives.

To Reiner say, this is the sadness of test-oriented education.

Exams exist only for quick selection, but not the whole of life, many people have put the cart before the horse, they see magic as not a wonderful thing, but just to pass the exam exists, they do not enjoy the pleasure that magic brings to themselves, but only sink into the test papers.

Reiner believes that necessary practice is indispensable, but he attaches more importance to the student's own willingness to learn, because interest is the greatest teacher, and only when the student understands that what he is learning is fun and can he get pleasure from it, Reiner will do his best to help her.

"Still, it seems like you can do a little business here."

Reiner looked at the test paper he had put together in his hand, and a thought came to him.

......

Dana was distressed.

She looked at the exam paper on the desk in front of her with a sad face.

This was the third paper Reiner had assigned her, and the questions on it were already halfway done.

After that day's teaching, although Dana developed a certain interest in mathematics, her early foundation was too poor, and it was difficult for her to remedy it for a while, so she still had to take more than three hours to complete this test paper, and the accuracy rate was worrying.

Dana didn't give up, though, because at least Reiner gave her hope.

Since she was a child, Dana has not been very good at magic, and has not inherited the excellent blood of her parents at all.

It wasn't until she was six years old that she cast her first spell, and Dana vividly remembered that it was the hand of a simple mage, who used it to break a rudimentary paper crane that nearly tore the whole paper apart.

However, when Dana excitedly brought the tattered but still recognizable shape of the paper crane to her father, the four-ring mage, who was obsessed with the study of the half-plane, did not praise him a word.

"You're blocking my notes."

Yatlu. Christine said sternly to her daughter, gently stroking Dana's brainchild to the corner of the table.

Dana burst into tears, her efforts completely unappreciated by her father, a blow that she could not bear as a six-year-old girl at the time.

She went to another room to find her mother, trying to find comfort, but her mother was just like her father.

"What are you happy about? It's not magic at all! ”

Reprimanded Dana like this, and then her mother buried herself in her work.

Perhaps only Dana's uncle Chester can understand her, Chester's magical attainments are far worse than his brother's, and until now he is only a second-ring mage, perhaps it is the similarity of the situation that makes Dana feel that he is particularly kind.

When Dana's parents had an accident, Chester was the first to stand up, block all external talk for Dana, and take out his savings for Dana to study.

Chester often told Dana that her parents didn't love her, but that they were just clumsy parents, which caused Dana to misunderstand.

He also told Dana that on her seventh birthday, Atru and Elena would give Dana a special birthday present for her to look forward to.

But what the truth is, Dana has no way of knowing.

With that unknown birthday present, Dana's parents have been annihilated in the void and can no longer be found.

Perhaps it was this environment that made Dana have a big shadow on magic, she was not confident in herself, and she was not confident in the magic she cast.

Of course, Dana still felt that she might not really have any magical talent, and tomorrow was the day when Reiner and her agreed to recast the lightspell, although Dana had completely imprinted the magic model of the lightspell in her head, and had done many simulated spells without injecting magic power, the girl still felt uneasy.

She fears that the explosion will happen again, and by that time, even Reiner will have a disappointed look on her face.

Just like your own parents.