Chapter 40

Although the blonde writer Miss Dorothy Lu Yisha also came, the academy would still send the items Xia De needed to receive after enrollment according to the original time. So in the half hour before that, the four people still had time to chat for a while.

Dr. Schneider, as the nominal host of the correspondence Ringed Shushi group, was very happy to pick up the topic.

Xia De therefore learned more common sense about Ringed Shushi. For example, under normal circumstances, coming into contact with a 【Relic】 with unfamiliar characteristics will not get the prompt of "another me" for the first time. So, it is unrealistic to rely on "another me" to find relics. The identification of 【Relics】 is a key research content of the library management major.

Xia De is obviously abnormal.

【Outsider, your soul is particularly sensitive to the four elements, so you can let me easily distinguish relics. This is not my specialty, it is your specialty.】

The whispering woman's voice explained this way. Xia De initially thought it was an excuse, but thinking about it, he felt that this explanation made sense.

Even he himself was not sure whether the specialty of "another me" was really special, or because he was an outsider.

The middle name "Suren" can be explained as the other party knowing his core spirit rune in advance; the "Northern Common Language Gift Package" given can also be explained as the other party obtaining the incomplete memory of the original owner that he did not obtain because of the characteristics of "another me"; the reminder of staring at the ring was just because she discovered that strange relic.

Thinking this way, Xia De himself was confused...

"No, why are you a woman's voice?"

Xia De was almost confused by himself.

【Perhaps, even you yourself cannot fully understand your own personality.】

"Don't talk nonsense."

Xia De thought this was the other party hinting that he was a bit womanish.

Besides the fact that relics cannot be easily discovered, Xia De also learned that Dr. Schneider's group usually holds gatherings on Saturday afternoons to share learning experiences, ask about their respective problems, and contact the academy through the manuscript pages in Dr. Schneider's hand.

Even if there are no such urgent matters, they can share some information, exchange items, or complain about the heaviness of their studies. The latter is usually the main content.

The group will not give members mandatory tasks, but if someone needs help, such as carrying out some academy tasks that can obtain practical credits, then others must consider whether they have time in the first place.

Seeing that it was almost ten o'clock, everyone cleaned up the coffee table and let Dr. Schneider put the paper page of the poet-level relic there. After the clock in the corner of the room began to strike the first bell for ten o'clock, with the light flashing on the paper page, a parchment scroll rolled into a cylinder and tied with a red ribbon appeared.

Xia De picked it up quickly, pulled the ribbon and unfolded the paper scroll. This is Xia De's first-year correspondence training plan.

St. Byrons Academy often conducts grade promotion assessments uniformly at the end of winter each year, and Xia De, who enrolled in summer, will definitely not be able to complete all his studies this year, so it will probably take more than a year and a half to complete the courses on the training plan tailored for him.

"Actually, the first year usually takes 1 to 3 years to complete. After all, they are basic courses... Oh, you have a lot to do."

Father Augustus sat beside Xia De, so he clearly saw the compulsory first-year courses he needed to complete listed on the training plan:

"Herbs We Know Well"

"Basic Magic Potion Science"

"Introduction to Primary Alchemy"

"Introduction to Astronomy"

"Introduction to Mysticism and Ritual Science"

"Basic Theory of Spirit Runes (Part 1)"

"Basic Course for Ringed Shushi - Wonders"

"Basic Course for Ringed Shushi - Curses"

"Ancient Languages (Fifth Era 0~2000) Introduction"

"Ancient Languages (Fifth Era 2000~4000) Introduction"

"Ancient Languages (Fifth Era 4000~5793) Introduction"

"Ancient Literature" (Serious literature, popular literature, others, choose one of three. Complete before the fifth grade.)

"Folklore and Religion and Civilization"

"History (1)"

"Basic Theory of Time Travel" (Academic core course)

"Time Travel Practical Training" (Academic core course)

"Containment and Management of Relics" (Academic core course)

"Basic Theology (Part 1)"

"History of St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy and General Education"

A full 19 compulsory courses, 53 compulsory credits. At the end of this year, Xia De can pass the year-end assessment by obtaining 15 credits and continue other first-year studies in the second year.

The books sent later directly exceeded 100, including textbooks, materials that need to be read, and some supplementary literature for the courses.

Xia De and the other three kept taking the textbooks that appeared from the paper pages of the poem manuscript and piling them aside.

Looking at the height of the constantly increasing "mountain of books," the outsider's anxiety about his future life suddenly disappeared. He seemed to have returned to his hometown, returned to school life.

"How about it, is the 50-pound tuition worth it? These compulsory courses are tailored for you by the school, and they are all quite basic. After all, the first year is the time to lay the foundation. However, don't worry, except for academic core courses, other courses have three opportunities to fail the assessment. If you fail three times, you must postpone the assessment for one year and pay the tuition again, and you will not be expelled."

Old Father Augustus thought Xia De was afraid of so many books, so he comforted Xia De. In this era of steam industry, the illiteracy rate remains high, and as an ordinary citizen, he probably won't come into contact with so many books in his life, so the priest comforted the "young detective who has never seen the world."

It's just that what the outsider is familiar with is exactly this kind of life.

Xia De's 19 compulsory first-year courses require submitting several papers or course assignments after self-study, and some require exams or practical assessments.

The assessments at the end of the grade are all at the end of the year, but the exam season is in the summer at the end of July and the winter in December. If Xia De's learning progress is fast, he can also pass some exams a month later at the end of July.

The above are just the contents of the compulsory courses for correspondence Ringed Shushi. To complete a full year of studies, one also needs to obtain enough practical credits.

The practical credit requirement for the first year is 40 credits, but the Academy of History has made rigid regulations on the source of these 40 practical credits. At least 10 credits must come from "time exploration" activities.

The Academy of History is the academy with the fewest students in St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy, and most students transfer to it in higher grades.

Because the core of the Academy of History is to rely on the relic 【Time Key】 of the Old God 【Father of the Infinite Tree】 for time travel, which requires spirit runes related to time concepts.

Xia De's academic core course "Time Travel Practical Training" is to use the key provided by the academy to conduct a time travel under guidance. After submitting the report, the course can be completed. But time travel that is almost completely safe through the course will not obtain practical credits.

Finding or purchasing relics 【Time Keys】 of different levels from the academy by yourself, if you can bring back valuable information, history, and knowledge, you will obtain high practical credits and other rewards, such as relics, wonders, curses, or precious knowledge collected in the St. Byrons Grand Library.

Therefore, the Academy of History and the Academy of Library Management, time travel and relic containment, can be considered the academies that are easiest to obtain practical credits and academy rewards.

"Although these basic courses look complicated, once you get started, you will know that the difficulty is not very high. Look, this is the course list of elective courses you are allowed to choose."

After all 100+ books were finally sent, a brand new parchment scroll appeared on the desktop. The doctor helped Xia De open it, took a look, and handed it to him:

"Elective credits can be converted, 10 points converted into 1 practical credit. And these elective courses are the truly valuable courses, the real skills of those professors. Of course, elective courses cost pounds..."

"Elective courses cost pounds?"

Xia De was startled, and immediately realized that this was not the past world. Moreover, even in the past world, elective courses in his hometown didn't cost money, but elective courses in some schools in Western countries also cost money.