Whispering Poems.

Chapter 1161 Winter Exam
In the falling snow, on the third Friday of 1854 in the common calendar, the five people in the group were half looking forward to and half worried about the end-of-year exam, but they arrived as scheduled.

Early in the morning, Priest Augustus, Doctor Schneider, Luvia and Dorothy arrived at No. [-], Plaza Saint Teresa early.After the five people took out the spare tables and chairs from the basement, they set up the examination room located in Room [-] on the second floor, and then waited anxiously for the start of the examination.

Of course, since the test site was placed in Room [-] on the second floor, theoretically, Xia De could cheat by entering the [Hall of the Keeper], but he did not do such a bad thing.

Compared with the summer exam, Xia De has now been promoted from the second ring to the fifth ring, the doctor has been promoted from the fifth ring to the sixth ring, Luvia has been promoted from the third ring to the fifth ring, and Dorothy has been promoted from the fourth ring to the fifth ring. , all four of them need to take the upgrade exam, and Xia De skipped a grade to enter the fourth grade.Although Luvia also raised two ring warlock levels, she did not choose to skip levels.

Among the five members of the group, Priest Augustus, who was the only one who didn't need to take the upgrade exam, became a relatively leisurely person during the winter exam week.In addition, the old priest's mentality has always been very good, so before the college's invigilators arrived, he comforted the other four people not to be too nervous.

Xia De didn't have much nervousness at first, but when he heard the priest say this, he became nervous for no reason.

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

The exam starts at nine o'clock. Before that, everyone is sitting on the sofa in Room [-] on the second floor. No one wants to enter the exam room early.While waiting, Xia De thought about St. Byrence's anti-cheating methods, and then thought about Dorothy and Rezia.

Apparently, the academy failed to discover the bond between the souls of the two girls.Therefore, in theory, if you are not afraid of the excessive consumption of mental power, or if you deliberately choose the "Day of the Red Butterfly" that does not have to pay too much for the exchange, then Dorothy can pass the frequent soul exchange during the exam. Siya's body went to find the answer.

After all, although the exam time arranged by the Zarath College of Letters for local correspondence students is also this week, it is not the same day.

Thinking of this, he looked at the blond writer lady, who tilted her head to look at Luvia's divination results, not noticing Xia De's eyes.

With silence and wild thoughts, the time came to [-]:[-].Dr. Schneider was the first to stand up, and everyone else also stood up.Blue-eyed therapist in a very formal white shirt and tie in a warm house.He coughed, which meant he had something to say:
"I don't need to say that everyone knows the significance of this exam. Once we all pass the exam, it means that our group has the qualifications to go to St. Byrence."

Blue eyes look at each person in turn:

"Although we don't plan to leave in recent years, it also has a very important representative meaning. The time is almost up, so I won't say more, let's go."

Judging by the doctor's expression, he still doesn't seem to have much confidence in "Ether Mechanics" at this moment.

Five tables are evenly spaced in a circle, and five chairs are placed in the middle of the table, so that everyone faces the outside.At the same time, there are water basins in the middle of the five chairs, forming the projection ceremony of the college, while four chairs used for the ceremony are placed on the farther wall, in the four directions of east, west, north, south, for the convenience of the college professors who are in charge of the exam. Appear.

As a mascot symbolizing "luck", Little Mia was put on the windowsill by Shad to bask in the sun.The cat was lying on the soft cushion, although it was slightly annoyed that all the rings had been "confiscated", but considering that Shad seemed to be seen all day today, the cat showed a special docility.

At exactly nine o'clock, as the parchment for the projection ceremony was thrown into the water basin, a chilly wind gradually rose in the room with the closed doors and windows.The wind blew through Shad's and the doctor's shirts, the priest's gray cassock, and the girls' long black skirts.

In the wind, four transparent figures appeared on the four chairs. The five people who were preparing for the exam stood up to welcome them, and the teachers invigilating the exam also smiled and nodded to them.

Unsurprisingly, Professor Garcia, the vice-dean of the School of History, still appeared this time. He was sitting on a chair on the east side. On the south and north sides were Associate Professor Sarah Horns of the School of Folklore to which Dorothy belonged. , and Professor Earl Gulliver of the School of Mechanics to which the Doctor belongs.

The latter also appeared and acted as a teacher proctor during the summer exam week.

As for the lady sitting on the chair on the west side, wearing a red women's business jacket with a black skirt, she doesn't look very old.This is Ms. Triss, the secretary of the Student Management Office. She smiled and nodded to the five of them. Afterwards, Professor Garcia continued to speak. It seems that he will preside over the exam.

It is not the first time for the five members of the group to experience the exam week, and they are quite familiar with this process.Professor Garcia took out the parchment, coughed and announced:

"Sixth Era, 1854 in the general calendar, the third day of the First Moon, Friday. The college received the test application from Bill Schneider's team, and the winter test will be held at [-]:[-] am."

In the silence of others, he announced everyone's test subjects one by one. When it came to Shade, he wisely read only five subjects and said "waiting for subjects".

The five confirmed their test items, and then the parchment rolls were distributed, and the test officially began.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. From nine o'clock in the morning, Xia De was writing furiously while discussing with "her", while answering the questions on the parchment paper.

Priest Augustus was the first to finish his answers, and there were actually not a few exams left for his second-year exams, so he gained the right to eat lunch.Luvia was the second to finish the answer. 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 02:30. Although they shouldn't be distracted, Shad looked at their expressions when they stood up.

What's interesting is that Dr. Schneider, who thought he would be in big trouble, looked relaxed.Instead, Dorothy handed in the test paper hesitantly. Xia De, who is now very familiar with the blonde female writer, can see that she is very nervous at this moment.

In the summer, Xia De took eighteen exams at once, writing from 21:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm.This time, although it was a grade skipping exam, he only needed to take seventeen exams. After all, the first grade had the most courses, and the basic courses were too concentrated.

But even so, he still finished typing the last period with a long sigh when it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, when the setting sun had already made Littlea's fur on the window sill glow, letting the ink spread on the parchment.

For all the test subjects, the answers must be written on the same parchment roll, so at this time Xia De lifted up all the parchment papers that had fallen to the ground, checked the answers to each item in turn, and then submitted the test paper.

He knew that his answer was definitely not perfect, and he would definitely find mistakes and omissions after careful inspection, but at this time he was completely out of the mood:

"it is finally over"

The four invigilators left the table temporarily, and their figures disappeared into the room. Xia De also got up and hugged Mia, who had been well-behaved all day today, and then pushed open the secret door by the wall to Room No. [-].

"It's over, rest for half an hour, and then announce the exam results and the end-of-year assessment for the 1853 school year."

Xia De let out a long sigh and said to the doctor. The doctor was sitting on a separate small sofa, nodding with one hand on his side face, looking as if he was exhausted.The priest Augustus sat opposite him, reading from a little book.Of course, it is not the number of exams in the school, but the pamphlets of the Church of the Dawn.Luvia and Dorothy were sitting on the couch together. The girl with purple eyes was doing divination with a serious expression. Miss Writer looked at the stack of books on the coffee table in a sluggish way, seeming to confirm her answer .

"Doctor, how do you feel?"

He pulled up a chair with the cat in his arms, sat in front of the fireplace, and yawned when he sat down, so Mia yawned too, and seeing Shad looking down at it, he slapped Shad's back with his tail wrist.The doctor felt the urge to yawn, but he managed to hold back:

"It feels okay this time."

He said with unconcealable joy on his face.Xia De then looked at Luvia again, who had already opened the third card:
"It seems that our group's luck today is very good, but there may be some minor accidents, but it's not a big problem."

This sentence made Dorothy even more worried. She seemed to want to inquire about Luvia's divination results more carefully, but in the end she just sat there silently as if resigned to her fate.

They returned to the exam room on time, and when the five of them were seated, the four professors had already returned.

It is still Professor Garcia who announces the results of the exam. The exam will not give scores, but five ratings: "Excellent", "Exceeded expectations", "Pass", "Fail", and "Terrible".

What reassures everyone is that in the winter exam week, everyone has passed all the exams including elective and compulsory exams, which naturally includes Dr. Schneider's "Ether Mechanics".Although it was only a "pass" evaluation, he did pass the elective exam and was allowed to take further courses.

And Dorothy, just as she expected, among the 9 compulsory courses in the exam, three of them were "passing" evaluations, which means that her previous worries were completely normal.

It's not that Miss Writer hasn't studied hard, nor is she bad at taking exams, it just looks like she's just unlucky.

(End of this chapter)