Chapter 1142: Winter Exam

In the flying snow, on Friday, the third day of General Calendar 1854, the year-end exam that the five members of the group were half-expecting and half-worried about arrived as scheduled.

Early this morning, Priest Priest Ao Gu Si, Doctor Shi Nai De, Luweiya, and Dorothy rushed to No. 6 St. Deran Square early. After the five people took out the spare tables and chairs from the basement, they set up the examination room in Room 2 on the second floor, and then waited for the exam to start with worry.

Of course, since the examination venue was placed in Room 2 on the second floor, theoretically, Xia De could cheat by entering the 【Secret Keeper Hall】, but he did not do such a bad thing.

Compared to the summer exam, Xia De has now been promoted from the 2nd ring to the 5th ring, the Doctor has been promoted from the 5th ring to the 6th ring, Luweiya has been promoted from the 3rd ring to the 5th ring, and Dorothy has been promoted from the 4th ring to the 5th ring. All four need to take upgrade exams, among which Xia De skipped a grade to enter the fourth grade. Although Luweiya also improved two ring mage levels, she did not choose to skip a grade.

Among the five members of the group, Priest Priest Ao Gu Si, who did not need to take the upgrade exam, became the relatively more leisurely person in this winter exam week. Coupled with the fact that the old priest's mentality has always been very good, he comforted the other four not to be too nervous before the invigilators of the Academy arrived.

Xia De originally didn't have too much nervousness, but after hearing the priest say this, he became inexplicably nervous instead.

Like last time, Xia De still didn't eat too much breakfast before this exam, but he fed Mia in advance to prevent this cat from making trouble at noon. Of course, the probability of this is very small, after all, Little Mia is still very sensible.

The exam start time was nine o'clock. Before that, everyone sat on the sofa in Room 1 on the second floor, and no one wanted to enter the examination room in advance. During the waiting period, Xia De thought about the anti-cheating methods of St. Byron's, and then thought about the matter of Dorothy and Lei Qianya.

Obviously, the Academy failed to discover the bond between the souls of the two girls. Therefore, theoretically, if one is not afraid of excessive consumption of mental power, or specifically chooses "Red Butterfly Day" where the exchange does not require too much cost, then Dorothy can completely find the answer through frequent soul exchange using Lei Qianya's body during the exam.

After all, although the exam time arranged by Zhalas Literature Academy for local correspondence students is also this week, it is not the same day.

Thinking of this, he looked at the blonde writer lady, who was tilting her head looking at Luweiya's divination results, not noticing Xia De's gaze.

Accompanied by silence and wild thoughts, time arrived at 8:50. Doctor Shi Nai De was the first to stand up, and everyone else stood up too. The blue-eyed psychologist was wearing a very formal white shirt and a tie in the warm house. He coughed, which meant he had something to say:

"The significance of this exam, I don't need to say, everyone knows. Once we all pass the exam, it means that our group has the qualification to go to St. Byron's..."

Blue eyes looked at everyone in turn:

"Although we don't intend to set off in the next few years, this also has very important representative significance... Time is almost up, I won't say much, let's go."

Looking at the Doctor's expression, he seemed to still not have much confidence in "Ether Mechanics" at this moment.

Five tables were evenly spaced in a circle, five chairs were placed in the open space between the tables, so that everyone faced outward. At the same time, a water basin was placed between the five chairs, constituting the Academy's projection ritual, and on the wall further away, in the four directions of east, west, north, and south, four chairs were placed for the ritual, facilitating the appearance of the Academy professors responsible for the exam.

Little Mia, as a mascot symbolizing "luck", was placed on the windowsill by Xia De to bask in the sun. The cat lay on the soft cushion, although it was a little angry because all the rings were "confiscated", but considering that it seemed to be able to see Xia De all day today, the cat showed special docility.

At nine o'clock sharp, as the parchment for the projection ritual was thrown into the water basin, the indoor room with closed doors and windows gradually had a cold and bone-chilling wind. The wind blew over the shirts of Xia De and the Doctor, over the gray priest's robe of the priest, and over the black long skirts of the two girls.

In the wind, four transparent figures appeared on the four chairs. The five people preparing for the exam stood up to express their welcome, and the invigilating teachers also nodded to them with a smile. M.

Unsurprisingly, this time Professor Jiaxiya, the vice dean of the History Academy, appeared again. He sat on the chair on the east side, and on the south and north sides were Associate Professor Sha La · Huo En Si of the Folklore Academy to which Dorothy belonged, and Professor Er · Ge Lie Fo of the Mechanical Academy to which the Doctor belonged.

The latter also appeared and served as an invigilating teacher during the summer exam week.

As for the lady sitting on the chair on the west side, wearing a red female official jacket and a black skirt, she did not look very old. This is Miss Te Li Si, the secretary of the Student Management Office. She nodded to the five people with a smile, and then Professor Jiaxiya continued to speak. It seems that he is presiding over this exam.

The five members of the group were not experiencing the exam week for the first time, and were quite familiar with this set of procedures. Professor Jiaxiya took out the parchment, coughed and announced:

"Sixth Era, General Calendar 1854, Third Day of the Month of New Birth, Friday. The Academy received the exam application from the Bill · Shi Nai De group, and will conduct the winter exam at nine o'clock in the morning."

In the silence of others, he announced the exam subjects for each person one by one. When it came to Xia De, he wisely only read five subjects and then said "other subjects".

The five people confirmed their respective exam items, and then the parchment rolls were issued, and the exam officially began.

Everything proceeded in an orderly manner. Starting from nine o'clock in the morning, Xia De wrote furiously while discussing with "She" and answering the questions on the parchment test paper.

Priest Priest Ao Gu Si was the first to finish answering. His second-grade exam items actually didn't have many left, so he also obtained the power to have lunch. The second to finish was Luweiya. At that time, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. The purple-eyed girl rubbed her wrists and handed in the parchment roll with the answers written on it.

The Doctor and Dorothy finished their respective exams almost at the same time at 2:30. Although they shouldn't be distracted, Xia De still looked at their expressions when they stood up.

Interestingly, Doctor Shi Nai De, who originally thought he would encounter big trouble, was in a relaxed mood. Instead, Dorothy handed in the test paper hesitantly. Xia De, who is now very familiar with the blonde female writer, could see at a glance that she was very uneasy at this time.

In the summer, Xia De took eighteen subjects at once, writing from nine o'clock in the morning to 4:21 in the afternoon. And this time, although it was a skip-grade exam, he only needed to take seventeen subjects, after all, the first-grade courses were the most, and the basic courses were too concentrated.

But even so, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sunset had already made the fur of Little Mia on the windowsill shine, before he sighed and finished the last period, letting the ink spread on the parchment.

All exam subjects had to be written on the same parchment roll, so at this time Xia De lifted all the parchment that had sagged to the ground, checked the answers for each item in turn, and then submitted the test paper.

He knew that he definitely didn't answer perfectly, and careful checking would definitely find mistakes, but at this time he had no mood at all:

"Finally over..."

The four invigilating teachers left their seats temporarily, their figures disappeared in the room, and Xia De also got up and picked up Little Mia, who had been very well-behaved all day, and then pushed open the secret door by the wall to come to Room 1.

"Over, rest for half an hour, and then announce the exam results and the year-end evaluation for the 1853 academic year."

Xia De sighed to the Doctor. The Doctor sat on a separate small sofa, supporting his side face with one hand and nodding, looking like his mental consumption was too great. Priest Priest Ao Gu Si sat opposite him, reading a small book. That was of course not the school's exam book, but a promotional booklet for the Dawn Church. Luweiya and Dorothy sat on the long sofa together, the purple-eyed girl was performing divination with a serious expression, and the writer lady was flipping through the pile of books on the coffee table somewhat listlessly, looking like she was confirming her answers.

"Doctor, how do you feel?"

He held the cat and pulled a chair, sitting in front of the fireplace. When he sat down, he yawned, so Little Mia also yawned. Seeing Xia De looking down at it, it slapped Xia De's wrist with its tail. The Doctor felt that he also had the urge to yawn, but he successfully held it back:

"I feel no problem this time."

He said, with joy that could not be covered on his face. Xia De then looked at Luweiya, who had already flipped over the third card:

"It seems that our group's luck today is very good, but... there will probably be some small accidents, but it's not a big problem."

This sentence made Dorothy even more worried. She seemed to want to ask about Luweiya's divination results more carefully, but finally just sat there without saying a word as if resigned to her fate.

Returning to the exam room on time, when the five people were seated, the four professors had already returned.

It was still Professor Jiaxiya who announced the exam results. The exam would not give scores, but five grades: "Excellent", "Exceeds Expectations", "Pass", "Fail", and "Terrible".

What made everyone feel relieved was that everyone passed all the exams including electives and required courses during the winter exam week, which naturally included Doctor Shi Nai De's "Ether Mechanics". Although it was only a "Pass" evaluation, he did pass the exam for this elective course and was allowed to take further courses.

And Dorothy, just as she expected, among the 9 required courses for the exam, actually had three "Pass" evaluations, which meant that her previous worries were completely normal.

The writer lady was not that she didn't study hard, nor was she not good at exams, it just seemed that her luck was a bit worse. ===== CHAPTER 1143 =====