Chapter 274 Examination
After dinner, candlelight entered the castle hall early.
Whenever night falls, Mr. Scroll will give lectures in the hall. Unlike the aristocratic academies in big cities, the students who come here to attend lectures are all witches from the Mutual Aid Society.
But she was not the first to arrive at the "classroom". Evelyn was already sitting at the long table and waved to her.
"Did His Highness Roland give you any tasks recently?" Evelyn asked impatiently as soon as Candle sat down.
I remember that when she first came here, she still called him the lord dryly. Candle smiled secretly in his heart, "Yes, he asked me to use my ability on some strange-shaped metal bumps, making them solidify at room temperature, and I don't know what it's useful for."
"Yes...is that so?" Her eyes darkened, "Your Highness hasn't asked me to do anything so far."
"Is there no regulation on the content of the exercises?" Candle asked strangely.
"No, I practiced it at will," Evelyn shook her head. "He only asks me to taste the newly prepared liquor occasionally."
"Perhaps this is what His Highness is looking for. You have stayed in taverns before, and you are very familiar with the taste of all kinds of drinks. There are not many witches like this."
"You don't need a witch for wine tasting," she protested, "The salary of a golden dragon is enough to recruit a dedicated winemaker."
"Uh..." Zhuhuo patted the other party's shoulder, "I think His Highness must have his plan."
"Scroll also comforted me in this way, but even I don't know what this ability can do, and I can't turn water into wine out of thin air... Could it be that the best wine is prepared for sale? But the common people only drink it. The tastes of the nobles are different. 【】" Evelyn rested her chin on the table and said in frustration, "Besides, the wine made by His Highness is getting...more and more unpalatable. I once told him Adding water or juice is suggested, but he seems to just want to make the strongest drink possible."
Candle didn't know what to say for a while, and in this regard, she and Evelyn could be called sympathetic. After going to Sleeping Island, they can only do chores most of the time - as fish oil resources become more and more abundant, solidified candles become dispensable, and drinking alcohol is even more strictly forbidden by Lady Tilly.
When life was tense in the early days, supplies were often allocated according to ability. Sometimes the candlelight could only be allocated one grilled fish without salt in a day. She didn't think there was any problem with this approach, and she was willing to give more food to those witches who consumed a lot of mana, but the division of witches and the vague sense of rejection made her feel a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, Lady Tilly took good care of them and expressed apology for this distribution method, promising to make adjustments when the supplies became abundant in the future, so that those witches did not show their rejection too obviously.
But in Border Town, such a situation has almost never happened—the witches all sat at the same table, enjoying meals with His Royal Highness, and they wore the same clothes... Most importantly, they Regardless of whether they are powerful or not, they treat each other as a whole, which can be seen in their daily life. Although it was only two short weeks since she came to Border Town, she had already felt this deeply.
They really think of each other as their sisters.
This made Candle very envious.
After all the witches sat down one after another, Mr. Scroll walked in with a stack of blank papers, "I won't teach anything new today, and I will conduct a comprehensive test on everyone's knowledge."
"What's that?" Lightning was the first to raise his hand.
"Googoo?" Maggie followed closely behind.
"You have been studying for three months so far, and His Highness thinks it is necessary to test your learning results." Shujuan said with a smile, "All the questions have been listed on these papers, divided into three parts: Kingdom Language, Mathematics and Nature, a total of six Ten questions, correct answers give bonus points, wrong answers deduct points...Of course, if you don’t understand the questions, you can’t raise your hand to ask questions. I believe you have already mastered the basics of reading and writing, otherwise you won’t be able to answer even if you know the answers " She paused, "By the way, His Highness said that only those who answered more than half of the answers correctly can enjoy the ice cream dessert on the weekend afternoon, and those whose scores are lower than this limit will be disqualified from the afternoon tea."
Candle heard a rattling sound from behind, turned around, and saw Nightingale stunned, the charcoal pencil that fell to the ground broke in two.
"In addition, His Highness specifically explained that the five witches from Sleeping Island are not included, so you can stay and answer questions with everyone, or you can take a day off," Scroll looked at Candle and Evelyn and the others, "Whether you get No matter how many points you have, you can enjoy a delicious afternoon tea."
"Huh," Evelyn patted her chest, turned her head and whispered, "I can't even read the words, so I thought there must be no more ice cream."
Honey and Lian happily got up and saluted to Scroll before leaving the hall.
In addition to feeling unwell, Sylvie, who hadn't come in the first place, was the only one left among the witches of Sleeping Island with Evelyn.
"Do you want to stay?" Candle asked in a low voice.
"I want to try," the other party nodded, "Didn't His Highness Roland say that knowledge can make abilities evolve? If I don't work harder in this area, I'm afraid I'll never be able to compare with them." She showed a sly smile, "These days I practice calligraphy in my room after class, and Lily and Miyue will also teach me how to read and write some common words."
Mentioning this, the frustration in her tone dissipated a lot, and her eyes became sparkling, which made the corners of Candle's mouth curl up.
"Yeah, then I'll try it too."
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"Your Highness, the test results are out," Shujuan handed the summary sheet to Roland.
"Thanks for your hard work." The recent new discoveries in the North Slope mining area made him puzzled, and he couldn't even concentrate on his daily work, so he simply shifted his attention to lighter things first, "Hey, Nightingale's grades are actually qualified gone?"
"That's right, and the scores are still at the top, among which the Mandarin part is full marks," Shujuan said with a smile, "After all, most of the questions you asked are very simple, and she already knows how to read and write, which is naturally better than a witch who learned from scratch." up a lot.”
"Tsk tsk," Roland smacked his lips, "I thought this exam would make her eat less sweets." Before he finished speaking, he felt a sharp pinch on his shoulder. "In short, the results this time seem to be pretty good. All members of the Witch Union are above 60 points. It seems that your education has been very effective."
"This is also inseparable from their efforts."
Roland lowered his gaze, "Are there only two witches on Sleeping Island who participated in the test?"
"Well, among them, Evelyn scored five points, and Candlelight scored thirty-six points. The latter should have a certain foundation, and most of the points come from the Kingdom Language part." She replied.
After only two weeks of class, she was already able to get points from the assessment part other than the text. The witch's individual quality is indeed amazing. It is worthy of the continuous improvement of the internal and external magic power. Their own witches are also outstanding, for example, Lily, Hummingbird, Mystery Moon and others went from being illiterate to basically mastering the reading and writing in only three months, and this alone surpassed most ordinary people.
What would the future look like if everyone could put aside their prejudices and work together with witches to promote the development of society and civilization? Roland was full of anticipation. (To be continued.)