18. Sorting Hammer: Department of Civil Engineering
"It has to do with your prophecy. The core courses of the third year of the Department of Necrogency and Life may be ...... Uh, not quite for you. Professor Black Amber said, but there was no direct answer.
"The prophecy that I was destined to defeat the Demon King?" Russell asked.
"There are three lines of prophecy, the first of which is 'Russell will defeat the king of demons.'"
"If you can make it to the second grade, I will tell you the second sentence of the prophecy. When you get to the third grade, I'll tell you the third sentence. ”
Black Amber said, looking at Russell's eyes, but there was a bit of inexplicable strange feelings.
But the prophecy says......
"If I really am the Child of Prophecy, of course I am happy. But I'm still worried that you're looking for the wrong person. Russell said suddenly.
Black Amber couldn't help but smile:
"Every child of prophecy who thinks he is ordinary has a process of self-denial. Don't be presumptuous, kid. Anyone can be a hero. ”
"Professor, you misunderstood, I'm not arrogant. In most stories, the only function of prophecy is to be misinterpreted. A prophecy that is correctly interpreted, and that goes exactly as it should, and comes true naturally, is simply too boring for the story. ”
If the prophecy is not directed at himself, but Russell who wrote the "History of Western Philosophy", then I can only hope that Professor Black Amber of the Department of Necromancy and Life knows how to summon the souls of the dead. Russell thought.
"You don't have to worry about this, Mr. Headmaster has confirmed that the prophecy is directed at you." Professor Black Amber explained.
Before Russell could say anything, he heard a sound of majestic cascading voices.
"The Sorting Ceremony has officially begun!"
How exactly does the sorting ceremony work?
Russell was curious about this and looked at the wooden chairs on the countertop at the front of the auditorium.
Behind the wooden chair is a large wooden hammer suspended in the air.
What a strange arrangement...... Russell frowned slightly.
"Please come to the stage one after another and accept the branch." A teacher directs the students.
Many freshmen lined up and prepared to take the stage one by one, talking to each other.
Because the assignment of majors will take into account the subjective will of the freshmen to a certain extent, the specific majors are also related to the aspirations of the freshmen.
"I don't know what major I'll be assigned to."
"I hope to go to the Department of Creation and Summoning, to be able to create extraordinary items, and to have a secure job."
"Come on, that's what a third-grader can do. If you can be a super genius who can make it to the third grade, you still have to worry about employment? ”
"How cool the Necromancy and Life Department is, necromancer. I don't even have to look for a girlfriend. ”
"My family is from Xiangxi to drive corpses, and now there are too many cremations, and there is no way to catch the corpses. Although I don't know what is the difference between the teaching content of the Necronomicon and the Life Department here in the academy. But it's estimated that it's also a sinkhole, don't enter! ”
"I heard that prediction is already a sunset industry, will the prospects of the astrological and numerology system not be good?"
"Don't believe in alchemy for employment, what the 21st century is the century of alchemy. Transformation and transformation system giant scroll, really don't touch ......"
A girl with short aqua blue hair walked up first, sitting on a wooden chair, it was none other than Nanami, who had teamed up with Shiro before.
Bang!
The large wooden hammer suspended in the air suddenly fell and smashed into Nanami's head.
Nanami gritted his teeth and held back without screaming in pain.
In the back seat, Russell showed some doubt:
"What is the sorting ceremony like?"
"In order for the Sorting Hammer to better connect with the students' minds and understand the talents of the students, the Sorting Hammer needs to be close enough to the students' heads. Knocking on the head is a ritual that extends from the Zen method of 'stick drinking', which allows the recipient to understand what he really wants, and the occult principles in it are quite profound......"
Professor Black Amber explained calmly.
The Sorting Hammer resurfaces into the air.
A human face appeared on the wooden hammer, hesitated for a moment.
Nanami held his breath and waited for the results of the sorting.
The faces on the Sorting Hammer announced the results loudly:
"Nanami, Department of Civil Engineering."
Russell turned his head sideways and asked Black Amber again:
"What is the major in civil engineering? Doesn't sound like it has anything to do with the Academy of Magic. ”
"Earth and wood elementals, magic and the occult architecture engineering department, a new major opened in the college. Although the number of majors is still small, the prospects are very attractive. Professor Black Amber confidently introduced.
"Oh, that sounds pretty good." Russell nodded.
On stage, Nanami stepped down from his seat, his brows furrowed, and his expression looked bad.
It must have hurt a lot in the head.
Other teenagers and girls also sat on wooden chairs one after another, and were smashed on their heads by the sorting hammer in turn.
After knowing what major they were assigned to, some people smiled, some people were worried, some people cried, and some people cried in pain.
Russell noted that Professor Black Amber's Department of Necromancy and Life appeared to be the second least enlarged, only more than the Department of Civil Engineering.
Soon it will be Russell's turn to take the stage.
Russell's predecessor, a girl with a gloomy temperament, was now sitting in a chair, waiting for the Sorting Hammer to announce the results.
The girl was dressed in pure black, and her bangs hung down, almost covering half of her face, making it difficult to see her eyes and subtle facial expressions.
Her temperament was gloomy, as if the temperature would drop a little when standing beside her.
Russell's heart moved:
This girl looks like a female ghost and has highly recognizable salient features, which may be a plot character!
"Nocturne, Necromancy and Life!" The Sorting Hammer announced the results loudly.
Nocturne? It's kind of familiar.
Russell suddenly remembered that this pseudonym had been heard when the list of candidates for clearance was announced earlier.