Chapter 3 3 3 Qi: Preparation before admission
Since Sheldon was going to enroll Merlin in school, he must have to prepare accordingly. As the best magic academy in Yaris, the Imperial Capital Central Academy of Magic has countless children who come to take the exam every year, but only two or three hundred students end up studying in the school. The duration of the Knight Academy and the School of Magic is about the same, both of which are six years. Assuming Merlin enrolls this year, then the day he graduates is when he is sent to Merlin as a perfect vessel.
Now is obviously not the time to think about such a thing, if there is no way to get in, in terms of Merlin's qualifications, Sheldon thinks it is a tyrannical thing. They had no background, they didn't have enough connections, and Merlin's identity was of little use to the schools founded by the Yaris government. There is a test for admission, which is divided into four parts: the written test of magic knowledge, the test of magic potential, the test of magic control, and the actual combat assessment.
Sheldon doesn't remember what his exams were like, and his confused impression was that he felt "not too difficult", as if he was one of the top few in the exams to enter the school. He couldn't guarantee that the current exam would be any different from the previous one, but he felt that as long as he did a good job in the "Magic General Knowledge Written Test", there would probably not be any big problems.
The written test accounts for about 40% of the entire test, and if Merlin gets a bad score in these 40 percent, according to the principle of ranking, even if he gets a high score after that, according to the principle of ranking, there is a high probability that he will not be able to enter the school.
The written test of magic knowledge mainly includes the following aspects: history, introduction to the geomorphology of Yaris, philosophical observation, astrology, alchemy, magic practice, magic biology, and magic principle. Although these things are relatively superficial, they cover so many aspects of knowledge, and it is actually quite difficult to teach them to Merlin vaguely. Merlin is not a person who never forgets, on the contrary, according to Sheldon's observations, this guy is very forgetful, and he remembers the things he can learn very well, and the things he can't learn are basically what he eats and vomits.
Merlin doesn't like history, but he had read the landscape of Yaris in an encyclopedia before, and he remembered it quite comprehensively: in the east of Yaris is the [capital of all nations] Vatican, and in the east of Brahman is the Holy Land of Merlin; The southern part of the Vatican is the [Land of Desire] Sisg, the southeast of Sisg is the [Star Capital] Firabi, and the Orc Special Zone Shura is in the northeast of Firabi; The western part of the Vatican is the [Land of Twilight] Flatex, and its southern part is the [City of Motherhood] and the [City of Males], separated by a buffer zone called the Land of Communication, sandwiched between the [City of Males] and the [Land of Desire] Cassipote, and its northeast is connected to the [Sea of Chaos]; To the west of the City of Motherhood is the Gravel Land of Western Saharem, and further west of West Salem is an uninhabitable area called Storm Core Bieber, and it is this storm belt that separates the Primordial Zone Maya from the Gravel Land, and the two do not affect each other; The westernmost area of Yaris is the Czech Republic of the Cliff of Radiance, which is also directly connected to the Sea of Chaos. If you look at the specific landforms in each area, it will be too difficult for these children.
Sheldon didn't need to teach Merlin in philosophy and magic practice, probably because of some kind of self-confidence. Astrology and alchemy are probably about the color of the planets in the galaxy; and the question of the types of various alchemical materials and utensils. Merlin should be a little interested in these things, so that he doesn't listen to them at all. Magical Biology and the Principles of Magic...... Merlin didn't need to chant the Devil, and he was essentially a magical creature, and Sheldon didn't want to teach him anyway.
All in all, there are probably three directions that he needs to teach Merlin now, astrology, alchemy, and history, which he probably won't listen to. He had thought about putting Merlin in the so-called "written test" tutorial class, but now there were just over two months left before the exam. Parents who are so strict that they are almost perverted even when their children are two or three years old stuffed with a compact curriculum, and two months is just a sprinkling of water for them.
Now the tutoring class does not accept children who are only in school for two months, which is the point. In desperation, Sheldon had no choice but to buy "History Not for Children to Read—Comic Version" from the bookstore! "The Alchemy of the Exploding Little Angel" "Look, the stars can talk!" At least Merlin will be a little more interested in these subjects. He couldn't guarantee how high Merlin's written test score would be, as long as he barely passed...... As long as you pass, this should not be a high requirement.
Sheldon thought back to his late parents, who would have laughed at him for most of the day if they had seen that he had received a "barely" passing report card - to be honest, his parents had never asked Sheldon to do anything, and he had always been very young. His parents contracted a strange illness when he graduated from the Academy of Magic, and he died within only two or three days, and he didn't even know it......
If their heavenly spirits saw their own appearance, they would probably laugh out loud, right?
After getting his hands on the three books, whose names seemed ridiculous, Merlin spent half a day flipping through all three pamphlets, and there was very little to remember on them. But he didn't bother to bother with these things anyway, and the pictures above were quite interesting.
Merlin wondered how Sheldon could see himself so ambivalently...... These three books are all children's books for children, but he has taken himself through so many scenes that are shattering, which is not very reasonable from the logic of his personal thinking. Merlin is not averse to reading text books, and he also has the patience to read such large paragraphs......
It's true that Merlin doesn't like history very much, but what is this "History that Children Are Not Allowed to Look at - Comic Version!" Indeed, it refreshed his perception of the history of Yaris again and again - after all, anyone who sees a ruffian with no lower limit and a time of constant strife will think it is ridiculous. Charlie was forgivable for being king, and in his eyes, a madman and a ruffian were actually about the same. Yaris has been able to survive until now, in fact, it still relies on the help of the majority of "law-abiding" people.
And from this "Exploding Little Angel", Merlin saw one method after another that could blow up the laboratory, but he couldn't help but think, to blow up the laboratory in so many complicated ways, why not shoot a fireball directly at the experimental table? This obvious naivety couldn't help but surprise Merlin at Sheldon. Fortunately, the last book "The Stars Are Talking" is quite serious, but the knowledge in it is relatively rudimentary, and Merlin can't mobilize the star power in the main star position to curse others to death.
Actually, Merlin was quite smart, and Sheldon was just worried that he wouldn't learn. In fact, he was overly worried. Merlin immediately asked him to buy normal study books to read, but he couldn't read it.
"So, why do you want to be as childish as Sheldon thinks?" Nightmare was speechless.
Márquez shamelessly said, "Very good, I'm only seven or eight years old now." ”
"How old are you?"
"I don't remember, hee-hee." Márquez shamelessly said, "Almost nine years old." ”
"Here I suggest that you send yourself to the Merlin Sect to destroy yourself as soon as possible, so that I can be liberated."
All in all, in the last month or two, Merlin and Sheldon will be busy with this kind of thing. On the other hand, there was correspondence between Sheldon and Zarathu, on the one hand, to exchange Merlin's follow-up questions, and on the other hand, to learn about the content of the entrance exam.
Sheldon has always believed that Merlin is the best kid in the world.