Without servants to serve them, without family members to take care of them every day, how long could a group of spoiled children last?
Answer: Less than a day …
On the first day of registration, most of them were busy arranging beds, personal belongings, distributing uniforms, and letting their families or servants take away personal belongings that were not suitable for staying in the academy, or valuables that were not useful for learning magic. In addition, they were being shown around by the 726 students and familiarized with the academy, so on the first day, the new children were only curious about the shouting outside.
Then came the morning exercise the next day. Of the ten new children who registered, nine of them sniffed and shook the small bell at the door with red eyes. The remaining one was either paralyzed with exhaustion or fear. In short, he couldn't even walk to shake the small bell.
Marco Lin was not surprised at all by such a casualty rate. Thinking back to his time on the Ghost Island on Earth, the better a person's background and education were, the more unaccustomed they were to the environment of the army.
However, he also kept the original agreement and sent the abandoned children back to their respective homes, along with the tuition fee of CCC Kiel (three hundred gold coins). As for the children's clothes and used bedding, they could still be used after washing them. The lost people were not so particular.
Of the ten children sent back, about six would be silent forever, treating the memories of the academy as a nightmare. The remaining four would be forced back to the academy by their parents and officially start a life of misery.
The children sent by their elders were also not used to it at first, especially Old John Goodman's words that cut into people's hearts.
By the way, the children who could come to the academy in the past were the children who were abandoned because no Mage was willing to take them in. But as time passed, such "encouraging" words were no longer suitable for the academy, because some people were sent here voluntarily.
However, Old John's talent as a sergeant major was like a torrential flood, rampant and disastrous. Lin only had to give the old warrior a hint, and he had a new set of tricks the next day. Even the children who thought they had strong resistance and were used to all kinds of cynicism gritted their teeth and sometimes secretly shed tears.
Of course, in addition to these children sent by the elders of the family, the Charlie Richard Foundation also sent children who had self-taught magic to remote places. These people also held the dream of magic and hoped to get rid of their past lives. So, as long as there were predecessors as role models, they would show the same enthusiasm.
As for the group of children who were not used to it and were sent here by their parents, they gave up a few times and were escorted here by their parents. They also realized that there was only one way to escape this sea of suffering. That was to become an official magician and graduate from this academy. Even though he would be forced to drop out of school after five years, he still had to live here for five years! They would only want to commit suicide immediately.
Under the circumstances where everyone had their own goals and motives, all the children were working hard to learn. Even though there was a rest day every seven days on Sunday, the children whose families lived in Wulian City would go back a few times in the beginning. After that, unless it was necessary, they would stay in the academy to study by themselves or spar with their peers.
A few times, Lin Fan had a feeling that these kids were all masochists who enjoyed being abused and never got tired of it.
And it was precisely because of this enthusiasm that came out of nowhere that the academy's outstanding results came one after another. Two months after the 726 students passed the first circle examination, the 727 students who were given the opportunity to study in Wulian City because of the foundation also passed the first circle examination.
In the second half of the 727 year of the Aran calendar, as long as the children who joined in the first half of the year passed the first circle examination. There were even people who passed the second circle examination in the second half of the year. This shocked everyone in Wulian City, including the few magicians who taught the classes.
By the way, the number of teachers in the academy had increased. Now, the classes were divided into two classes, the elementary class and the advanced class, so that the children with different levels of progress could be separated.
What did it mean to spend less than a year to pass the second circle examination? Excellent talent, flexible thinking, and hard work that others could not imagine were all indispensable.
Especially magic talent. To cast ten second circle apprentice level spells in a row, the magic power and energy required was unimaginable for a first circle apprentice. It was not a simple gap of several times. And this kind of accumulation, to be completed within a year, it was not an exaggeration to call it a 'genius'.
Such a genius would shine brightly in an academy that no one was optimistic about. And from the beginning, it was just a place to gather people that no one was willing to take in. This made many magicians who took in a large number of apprentices and flaunted that they would carefully screen apprentice candidates feel ashamed.
However, not only did these magicians not dare to make a move, even the forces that were originally targeting the academy stopped their actions and quietly watched. It couldn't be helped. The power of Gabrach Tripwood now could not be underestimated.
At the end of the year 727, the Orange Eaton Academy had 27 ordinary apprentices, 46 first circle apprentices, 3 second circle apprentices, 5 magicians as teachers – not including himself – and 1 great magician with a small attendant, who was also a magician. With such strength, it could be ranked as a large force among the unofficial organizations in Wulian City.
Some people said sourly that such a force must not be loyal enough to fight a tough battle. But the point was, no one dared to bet on this and provoke the people of the academy. If the bet was wrong, it would be a flattening.
In this year, in addition to the children repeatedly breaking everyone's perception, the academy also came up with a rather attractive result. That was the calculator that was created by the cooperation of Grand Magician Juan Javier and Magician Eli Huber. It was a physical machine, not a program interface on the forum.
It was inspired by the small card used to store written records and the pocket watch designed by the two authors of Language P. Juan and Eli used the minimum amount of materials to make a basic calculator with ten number buttons and five buttons for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the equal sign. Coupled with a horizontal number screen, it could display nine digits.
It was such a simple and crude toy, yet it was selling like hotcakes!
Of course, it was different from the products on the forum that were almost universal to everyone. Anyone who did business without a calculator would be laughed at for not being professional. If those who managed the accounts for the nobles did not carry a calculator, the nobles would suspect that they were too stupid or that they wanted to do something unspeakable, such as taking some money from the nobles' wallets to fill their personal pockets and so on.
Although the calculator's structure was not complicated, it used magic materials to carry several magic arrays and a small red glare magic stone. In addition to containing the main calculation program, it also bore the heavy responsibility of providing energy. However, since the consumption of Authority was minimal, it could theoretically be used without limit.
The structure was simple, and most of the mages who had touched it could imitate it. And the most important magic stone program, to be honest, even if they did not know how to write Language P., they could still copy it. The lost people did not have the concept of anti-copying and encryption, so as long as they had a calculator, they could copy it and make a second or third one.
But even so, no one dared to do such a thing blatantly. After all, the person behind the calculator was a great mage and the disciple of the president of the Leon District branch. That was an official organization that owned an airship. If his interests were infringed upon, would the string of connections behind the Great Magician be blown out? This was what made people hesitate to shoot the rat for fear of breaking the vases.
It was also because of such an example of fame and fortune that everyone's enthusiasm to learn Language P. was even higher. Those who came to listen to the lectures and those who crammed on the program trampled on the turf of the academy again and again.
In addition, in the second half of the year 727, there was also a reason that made someone not know whether to laugh or cry. That was, mages brought their apprentices to the academy to receive magic enlightenment.
As everyone knew, the most difficult part of magic was the initiation. As long as they stepped through the door of magic, although the road behind was not smooth, it would not be dark.
And this mage sent his apprentices here for a very honorable reason. That was, as a warrior, he did not reject accepting apprentices, but at least they had to have the ability to protect themselves. Apprentices who had not passed the first round of the examination would only be a burden on his journey. So in order not to waste time, the master and apprentice went forward separately. One was responsible for adventure and money, the other was responsible for learning. Neither side was left behind.
Of course, according to the mage, the apprentices who were sent here did not seem to have the intention to stay in the academy until graduation. The most troublesome part was the magic enlightenment education, which was done by the academy. After passing the first or second round of the examination, they would return to their respective teachers and contribute their own strength.
Of course, Lin had no objections to these plans. He was even willing to lend his hand and cooperate with others. The focus of the academy's long-term operation was never how well it performed or how much money it earned, but how many people it met and what kind of backing it had. In the end, what kind of network was weaved out?
Thus, the year 727 was coming to an end. Thinking back to a year ago, it was also during this time that the Orange Eaton Academy was established. At that time, no one was optimistic about it.
In just a year, the academy had become an organization that no one could easily ignore.
Perhaps there were some obstacles in the process, but overall, it was developing in a good direction. But if one had to pick out some faults, it would be that after coming to the academy, Lin had to pull a long face. For a long time, he felt like he had facial paralysis.
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