Chapter 161 Draft (Ⅰ)

Joan withdrew his hand in embarrassment, looked around, trying to find something to step on.

"Mister mage kindly, just use this!"

A plump woman who looked like a cook from a rich family stood up with a smile, and dumped the tomatoes, asparagus, onions, and a listless fat wild duck in the basket on the seat. Then he turned the empty vegetable basket upside down on the ground, signaling Joan to step on it.

The vegetable basket made of rattan was strong and flexible. After thanking Joan, he stood up and was able to calmly cast a spell to repair the crack on the top of his head. Looking back, Thomas had already repaired the other cracks, and came up to him and held out his right hand.

With Thomas' support, Joan jumped off the basket, took out a handkerchief, wiped the basket and returned it to the kind aunt.

"Joan, you are so thin, as light as a little ballet girl, are you picky about your meals?" Thomas asked casually.

Joan shook his head in embarrassment.

He is not a picky eater, but he has been frugal for a long time, lacks nutrition, and is often too busy to eat, so it is strange that he is not thin.

It was difficult for him to explain these things to Master Chap who had never been hungry since he was born. Fortunately, the bell of the carriage arrived at the station rang at the right time, distracting Thomas' attention. He glanced out the window and said excitedly to Joan, "Leyton College is here, let's get off the bus!"

The carriage stopped slowly, and Joan followed Thomas out of the car door. Sure enough, he saw the east gate of Leiden College on the opposite side of the platform. Countless immature faces came into view, which made him feel a little relieved, as if he had found something in the young crowd. Belonging.

Thomas waved his cane, parted the crowd, and led the way with his head held high.

Joan followed behind him, moving with the flow of people until he reached the auditorium where he had taken the entrance test.

There is a group of senior students at the entrance of the auditorium, who are responsible for receiving freshmen of various majors. The receptionist of the Austrian Fa Branch was the most showy, and directly released a "phantom sound spell". The sound created by the spell was as loud as a choir, calling the first-year rookies to follow her with an aria.

Joan and Thomas mixed into the crowd, followed the senior sister around the auditorium, and came to the campus where the Alpha branch is located.

The first thing that appeared in Joan's sight was an ancient castle-like building, which reminded him of the barracks where Major George Vassar was stationed.

This castle is the main teaching building and library of the Offal School, and the surrounding two-storey buildings are dormitories for the students.

In front of the castle gate is a wide square. At this time, colorful ribbons have been tied up, and the "wind element" enslaved by spells is dragging a long banner floating in the air. The banner shows a rainbow-like cool Luminous text - welcome new students!

The rookies were deeply shocked, and obediently lined up in the square, waiting for the mentors to come to the "draft" with a feeling of worrying about gains and losses.

That's right, according to the tradition of the Austrian Law School, freshmen have to participate in a public interview on the first day of admission that will affect their fate in the next five years—the so-called "draft meeting".

While waiting for the mentors to arrive, Thomas introduced the interview rules of the Arcane Branch to Joan:

"First of all, all freshmen will participate in the lottery, and arrange the interview order according to the lottery. When it is someone's turn, they will go to the center of the square to introduce their name, place of birth, and family situation, and then they will perform their own spells in public. Twelve instructors who act as examiners will review and score, and the total score will be the candidate's final score."

"When all the candidates have been interviewed, the tutor group will announce the interview results, and then the tutors will select the freshmen in turn according to the order, and collect them into their own sects. Students with excellent grades will often be selected first-this is the so-called 'Draft'."

"The mentors with the highest draft picks tend to select better students, but the influence of 'nepotism' cannot be ruled out. This is an open secret in the draft." Thomas noticed that Joan's face was blank, and asked him: "See what 'nepotism' means?"

"I don't understand." The endless buzzwords in the city always confuse Joan.

"It's actually very simple. You can understand it with an analogy. For example, if a freshman's grades are poor, it is logically unlikely that he will be selected by a top-ranked tutor, but this student's family is rich, and his father wants to arrange for his son An outstanding tutor got in touch with that tutor through social relations, and offered to provide a large donation to Leiden College and the laboratory run by the tutor himself. In name, it was to support the teaching career, but in fact it was a disguised bribe. You and your mentor both have a lot of money in their pockets. Of course, you have to treat the son of the sponsor differently, so you will see that a certain freshman's grades are far inferior to yours, but in the end he is appreciated by the mentor in the draft. Was elected before, do you feel baffled, even feel a little wronged? In fact, this is just a behind-the-scenes transaction, which is the "nepotism" I just mentioned, there is no way, the current social atmosphere is like this, and the academy is no longer A pure land!"

Thomas shook his head seriously and sighed.

"Thomas, you know a lot!" Joan deeply felt that there was a huge gap in vision between himself, a poor kid from the countryside, and the young master in the city.

Seeing the admiration in his eyes, Thomas somehow felt more honorable than being invited to dance by a famous daughter at the ball, and couldn't help grinning.

"Actually, it's nothing. I only heard about it when the elders in my family were chatting. I don't fully understand these nonsense things myself!"

After listening to Thomas' explanation, Joan gained a deeper understanding of the draft and at the same time created new confusion.

"Freshmen are ranked according to their interview scores, which is reasonable, but what indicators does the instructor use to determine the order of selection rights?" Joan asked Thomas.

"Oh, that's a good question!" Thomas rubbed his nose. "Actually, not only are the students ranked high and low, but the tutors also have clear levels and qualifications. To be eligible to participate in the draft, the title of full professor is only awarded to mages of level 9 or higher, and to obtain the title of associate professor must be at least a level 7 mage, and tutors who do not meet this standard are just "teaching assistants" and have no right to be drafted."

"There are only twelve professors and associate professors in the Austrian Law Branch of this school. These respectable gentlemen are the interviewers and are responsible for scoring the freshmen. These twelve tutors are all outstanding figures, but there are differences between them. , Professors have higher draft picks than associate professors, and they have the right to give priority to students with better grades."

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