Chapter 126

Below the quote from the first dean on the title page, there is also a warm reminder.

The academy's logistics department will provide a rich selection of academy tasks with good rewards for students to take on.

In addition, the academy has also established a special trading area for internal transactions among students.

Students who have mastered magical skills can completely earn money by manufacturing corresponding magical items.

Gao De calculated his savings: there were still 212 gold and 15 silver.

This certainly cannot compare to those "second-generation magic users" supported by families.

But at least it can ensure that he doesn't need to worry about course fees in the first academic year and can choose the courses he is interested in at will.

If it weren't for these savings, the thing Gao De would have to do now is go to the logistics department to take on academy tasks to earn tuition.

And limited by "tuition," he certainly wouldn't be able to take all the courses he is interested in, and could only slowly select them one by one like squeezing toothpaste.

Instead of like now, where choosing courses only requires considering whether he is interested, and nothing else.

This precisely validates the first half of the first dean Luo Nan Hori's sentence: "The money in our hands is a tool to maintain freedom."

For the next hour, Gao De carefully read through all the course introductions opened by the academy.

He also gained a deeper understanding of the situation at Sairisi Academy.

Subsequently, he put down the scroll introducing the courses and opened the other scroll serving as the "enrollment approval."

It recorded Gao De's basic information as well as the academy-approved enrollment information and mentor information, and finally, the stamp of the Academy Committee.

After this, Gao De must use this scroll to go find his mentor to report.

"He Xi Aokenli, senior mentor, 3rd-circle magic user, head of the Rune Department, chief rune mentor, 3rd-rank rune master, skilled in rune analysis and reorganization, rune construction."

On the scroll, there is only this simple sentence of introduction for the mentor assigned to him.

Gao De frowned slightly.

It wasn't that he was dissatisfied with the mentor assigned by the academy.

With a 3rd-circle magic user as his mentor, how big would his face have to be to still be dissatisfied?

The reason he frowned is that He Xi Aokenli's identity is the academy's chief rune mentor.

Gao De had already learned in advance that at Sairisi Academy, mentors are a very important existence for students, even concerning the students' development and future achievements.

The most direct point is that if students want to successfully "graduate" from the academy, they must first have the mentor's nod.

Because according to the regulations of the Sairisi Magic Academy, to "graduate" from the academy, one must meet the following conditions:

1. Complete all required courses and achieve a passing grade or higher.

This is the most basic condition; if one cannot even complete this, one cannot be considered a qualified magic user at all.

2. Earn more than one hundred credits.

This is the minimum credit requirement, ensuring that every student can reach a certain depth and breadth in their knowledge.

3. Magic user rank must reach at least 1st-circle magic user.

This is the minimum rank requirement; if one cannot even be called a formal magic user, one is indeed not qualified to "graduate" from Sairisi Academy.

4. Complete a graduation project and pass the review of the Academy Committee.

If students want to graduate, they need to comprehensively apply the knowledge, spells, and even theories they have mastered to conduct in-depth research and practice on a specific problem, completing a concrete design or research project.

This is a comprehensive test of the students' knowledge and skills.

And the mentor plays a crucial role in this process.

Not only providing knowledge, resources, and opportunities, but also directly determining whether the student's graduation project can be successfully submitted for review, as well as the final evaluation received.

According to Gao De's understanding, at Sairisi Academy, the relationship between mentor and student is equivalent to the relationship between a mentor and a graduate student in his past life.

And if inferred from normal circumstances, as the head of the Rune Department, He Xi Aokenli will most likely teach students knowledge about "runes." Even the research direction provided for the student's graduation project will very likely be in the field of "Runology."

In other words, since he has become He Xi Aokenli's student, Gao De will inevitably have to come into contact with and learn "Runology."

The problem lies right here.

"Rune master," as one of the three royal families among magical craftsmen, has always been the most mysterious, and the threshold is also recognized as the highest.

Gao De had never come into contact with "Runology" before this, and didn't even know what "Runology" was about.

He is not sure whether he will like this course and whether he can master it.

However, the mentor assignment has already been set.

Even if Gao De discovers later that he is not suitable for "Runology," there is almost no chance to change his path.

"Sigh." Gao De sighed slightly.

At least in his past life, choosing a mentor as a graduate student was a mutual selection.

Here, it became a blind selection directly.

He can only accept it as it comes.

Fortunately, Gao De, who has had extremely excellent grades since childhood, has not yet encountered a subject he could not master, so he still has a little bit of confidence deep down.

All course and subject selections at Sairisi Academy are arranged by the students themselves, with no compulsion.

Even for required courses, you can drag them on until you are ready to "graduate" before learning them.

Of course, wanting to "graduate" from the academy without completing the academy's course and credit requirements is wishful thinking.

After Gao De understood all the courses set by the academy, he came to the Committee's small building again, entered the hall, and walked to the course selection counter.

The staff member responsible for reception is an old man wearing a blue robe, about fifty or sixty years old.

He is sitting behind the wide counter, leisurely sipping tea; the tea fragrance is lingering, making one smell it as soon as they get close.

As soon as Gao De approached, the old man put down his teacup and asked with a smile: "Young man, are you here to select courses?"

"Yes." Gao De nodded and handed over his identity badge.

The old man took the identity badge and swiped it on the alchemical machine in front of the counter, "Oh, a new student, what courses are you preparing to take?"

Gao De had already made a decision in his heart and slowly reported the names of the courses he prepared to take in the first academic year: "Magic User Basics," "Spell Application and Combat," "Basic Cultural Studies"..."

First are the three required courses; there is no doubt they must be selected.

"Magic User Basics" and "Spell Application and Combat"—the first two required courses are both divided into three stages, and it will take at least three academic years to complete them all.

The first stage course has a uniform price of 10 gold coins, and the credits are also 1 point each.

"Basic Cultural Studies" can actually be completed in one academic year, and the credits are as high as 3 points, but the course fee is also a bit more expensive, requiring 20 gold coins.

In addition, Gao De also selected a branch course under "Basic Cultural Studies": "Nolan Continent Geography and War Geography," with 2 credits and a course fee of 20 gold coins.

A branch course under "Spell Application and Combat": "Introduction to General Spells (0-circle to 3-circle)," with 1 credit and a course fee of 10 gold coins.

These two courses are knowledge-based courses, and the assessment is just taking a test paper.

As long as one attends the lectures and spends some time memorizing the textbooks, there is almost no situation where one would not pass the "assessment."

This type of course is called a "water course" by students in the academy and is the best choice for "watering" credits.

However, the reason Gao De chose these two courses was not to "water" credits, but simply because he felt the content of these two courses was very useful to him.

"Nolan Continent Geography and War Geography" can allow him to better understand this world.

"Introduction to General Spells (0-circle to 3-circle)" is to make up for Gao De's weakness in spell cognition.

(End of chapter)