Academy

  Hearing what she said, Roy understood that the relationship between Jefferson and Ms. Gillian was unusual. He said with some regret:

  "Well, I'm serving as a guide for those crew members. I should stand up and stop them."

  Ms. Gillian wiped her hands on her apron repeatedly, then patted Roy's shoulders and said:

  "Anyone who stands in front of a group of thugs will have this instinctive reaction, Roy, this is not your fault."

  Then she asked: "Then do you remember the names of those foreigners?"

  "Well, there is a magician named Benjamin. I don't remember the names of the others. I can't understand the Imperial language they speak."

  Roy said to Ms. Gillian.

  The fish market was very noisy, and no one cared what they were talking about.

  Ms. Gillian has a pair of high eyebrows, which makes her look very heroic. She wears a leather apron and is often exposed to wind and rain. The cheekbones on her face have light freckles, and her hands are a little too rough.

  She also held a dagger specially used for killing fish. The golden spear fish weighing more than 100 kilograms at the fish stall was almost sold out.

  Ms. Jillian wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, turned to her eldest daughter and asked:

  "Sabrina, did you take the art and sculpture electives at the Academy?"

  "Yeah! What's wrong, mother?" Sabrina looked up and replied.

  The summer heat was very strong, and her fair face was already turning red at this moment.

  "If you have time, go find Roy and ask Roy to describe their appearance, and you can make some portraits of them." Ms. Gillian said casually.

  Sabrina wrinkled her delicate brows and whispered:

  "According to the oral description, it may not look very similar when drawn like this."

  Ms. Jillian sighed lightly, glanced at her somewhat reluctant daughter, and said:

  "It doesn't matter if it doesn't look like it. I just think that after everyone is dead, there should be something left behind. Maybe it will be used in the future."

  Sabrina hesitated for a moment, glanced at Roy, and when he saw no reaction, she agreed, "Okay."

  At this time, Ms. Gillian turned to Roy and asked:

  "Roy, will you help us?"

  Roy stood behind the fish stall and couldn't help complaining: When you just told Sabrina, you didn't ask me if I wanted to do it! But at the end I have to ask, what is this...

  Although Roy thought so in his heart, he said quickly:

  "Ah! Of course it's no problem..."

  It seems that Jefferson who died in the tavern really had something to do with Ms. Gillian. No wonder Moira said such sad words last night.

  Roy's eyes accidentally fell on Sabrina's long white legs. After being spotted by the alert Sabrina, she gave him a fiercely look.

  Roy rubbed his nose and immediately looked away...

  …

  Many buildings in Liberty Goddess Temple are old, including many doors and windows in the temple.

  There are large gaps between windows.

  In order to prevent these windows from falling off, these windows are almost all nailed to the window frames. Even if they were originally hinged, they cannot be opened at all.

  Roy's closet was filled with a strong musty smell, and the wooden boards behind it were even covered with some mildew spots.

  In the past, Roy would just pass by the street in front of the temple. The gate of the temple and the statue in the yard looked pretty bright.

  But now that he has become a trainee priest at Liberty Goddess Temple, he realizes that this temple is actually so dilapidated and even decayed.

  This row of small second-layer buildings near the main hall is the dormitory of the priests. The two trainee priests are still in the courtyard in front.

  The three priests were sitting around a round table in the study room. The light in the room was a little dim. The sunlight shone in through the gaps in the wooden door, forming several beams of light in the dim room.

  The privacy of this room is quite good. Although the wooden door looks shabby, there are many precious books in the room, and some protective arrays were originally set up.

  Priest Reed sat in front of the round table, frowned, and whispered:

  "After Priest Felix Mitchell entered the Divine Kingdom, the number of temples in elf world has been decreasing. Now the temples in various regions of elf world are struggling."

  "Is there a problem with funding?" Young priest Andyson asked doubtfully.

  Priest Reed shook his head slightly and said:

  "Most of our funding for Liberty Goddess Temple comes from the output of some territories. Funding is not the biggest problem for us."

  Priest Theodore opposite knew some of the inside story. At this time, I heard him say:

  "The Temple of the Moon only respects His Majesty Mitchell, but does not have any good impressions of us priests. In some places, a long time ago, the elf nobles collectively boycotted the believers of Liberty Goddess and refused to hire believers of Liberty Goddess to work for them. This situation has not yet occurred in Castletown City."

  Young priest Andyson asked in confusion:

  "We are just absorbing the marginalized people of the elf world, or are we abandoned by the Moon Temple. Why do they exclude us?"

  Priest Reed touched his forehead and said: "This kind of smokeless temple battle has never stopped..."

  "And Goddess seems to have difficulty taking care of the elf world recently. It is probably because the Goddess War is not going well."

  "There is news from above that a large number of priests from the Roland continent have begun to go to Dark Land to participate in the divine war."

  At this point, the air in the whole room became stagnant.

  Obviously the three priests were mentally prepared.

  However, when they heard Priest Reed talking about it publicly here, their expressions changed.

  "Does Bishop also want us to join the war?" Theodore asked High Priest Reed.

  Seeing Priest Reed's acquiescence, Priest Theodore became a little excited:

  "But the manpower we have here is only enough for the basic operation of the temple. How can we spare the priests to participate in the divine war!"

  Priest Reed took out a letter at this time, and the stamp on it was the image of Liberty Goddess.

  Just listen to what he said: "The worst case scenario may be to leave a trainee priest to guard the temple, or simply abandon this place. There are already temples doing this."

  "Now this is not the biggest trouble for us, even if we give up the temple!"

  Priest Reed paused, his eyes falling on the faces of Theodore and Andyson.

  "The biggest trouble we are currently facing is that the Holy Grail has been stolen. Although the Holy Grail has little power, it is a Saint Artifact that has received Goddess baptism. Only by carrying the Holy Grail into the Dark Land can we not get lost in that world."

  Hearing what Priest Reed said, Priest Theodore's face fell...

  "Damn it, who stole the Holy Grail?"

  …

  When the elf Academy started, Roy came to the Academy gate alone.

  The place is already crowded with new students coming to register.

  In fact, the threshold for entering this Academy is very low. You only need to pay 4,000 kohler. Anyone can study in it.

  Of course, food, accommodation and study materials are not included...

  After entering the Academy, each student needs to take at least three elective subjects every year, and can only choose Six Sect subjects at most. All subjects require a defense examination at the end of the semester. Once the score is rated C-, then this will be considered unqualified. .

  In this case, you need to retake this subject in the coming year. Unless you voluntarily give up and change other subjects, you will have to retake it until the instructors finally judge that you are qualified.

  Of course, even if you retake the subject, the tuition fee of 4,000 kohler per year is still fixed.

  If there is a student who is energetic and can arrange the order of classes in various subjects reasonably, of course he will study the more the better subjects every semester...

  But in elf Academy, almost most elf students complete their studies part-time.

  In other words, they will work first to earn money, and then collect tuition and living expenses before going to school.

  I have to continue working during school. In addition to maintaining daily expenses, I also have to save for next year's tuition.

  The benefits of this open system are obvious. At least when students spend their hard-earned money to study, they will pay very serious attention to the lectures.

  Otherwise, if you fail the final exam and retake it next year, you may have to pay for yourself more.

  In addition, if students want to successfully graduate from Castletown elf Academy, they must obtain the approval of tutors in at least 60 subjects.

  In other words, students who graduate from here as quickly as possible will have to study here for at least ten years.

  Overwhelming majority Work-study students only enroll in three subjects each year so that they can free up part of their time to work outside the school.

  But this means that it may take twenty years for this group of students to graduate from the Academy.

  Of course, for elves, this little time is nothing...

  Roy walked into the Academy gate with the crowd. Among the many young elves, there was a guy who looked like a human being. This scene was somewhat disharmonious.

  Roy didn't know these elves either, so he squeezed into the crowd and headed to the registration location.

  At this time, it is inevitable to regret that I had known so many people would have come later.

  The grass field in front of the Academy tower is quite large. Many elves lined up on the grass here, and Roy also lined up honestly.

  With the 4,000 kohler prepared for him by Ms. Belinda, Roy waited in line under the scorching sun for nearly two hours to pay the tuition, and then received his student number and a voucher.

  Following Roy, he followed the crowd into the main building lobby.

  Freshmen can fill in their subjects here, so of course the earlier they come here, the better.

  Because each subject has an upper limit on the number of students, if you go a little slower, you may not be able to get good subjects.

  Roy stood in front of the rows of parchments hanging on ropes and looked at the introductions to each subject. He was a little dumbfounded for a moment because he had never thought about what he wanted to learn before.

  (End of chapter)