Aptitude test Pt-1

Rosewood Kingdom was of minor importance to the Dark Magic Academy in terms of the talent it could bring to the kingdom. Most of the real magical talent is inherited through superior genes, thus low tier kingdoms with mostly normal human nobles in power would not usually produce a startling magic genius. As such, the representative from the academy was a low level-teacher. His name was Wilson Haber. While the Haber Family was a fairly powerful force in the Kingdom, Sadly for Wilson his talent was not outstanding and so the family did not support him, he still was able to push himself to the advanced third rank at his age 40. Wilson presence, in at the academy, was small. Therefore, he was always the first to volunteer for recruitment missions outside the academy since there was no shortage of families willing to bribe him. He would always gladly pocket their money for his personal funds and if the amount was enough he wouldn't mind doing some favors as well.

Wilson ended up arriving in the capital two days before the test started. Per usual, many aristocratic families came and bribed him with all sorts of rare magic herbs they found. he would never help them in reality. If their talent is inferior and he brought them back, the academy would be able to spot the discrepancy immediately. These families were all weak but they still made a lot of money as the local lords. Normally, magicians from higher tier kingdoms wouldn't pay attention to the magic herbs and gold that the low tier kingdoms provided, but Wilson had no other way to receive more funding for himself. He just treated these foolish families as money bags and when he broke his promise later he would just use his identity to pressure them to not speak out about it. most family think of a gift to make connections.

Merlin and his Guards found inn stayed their for weeks and wondering around the city. as test day came. Merlin ate his food left with Captain Pero to the city battle stadium where the exam was taking place. Merlin thought the city would be excited for an event like this and felt puzzled. Pero saw his confusion and explained, "Most people fail so no one comes to watch anymore so not many people have passed."

Merlin understood and nodded in agreement. Why would anyone want to come only to see their kingdom's people be embarrassed? In the midst of his thoughts, the stadium suddenly quieted down. He looked up to see why only to see a middle-aged man standing on top of the stage. He wasn't particularly charismatic or outstanding, yet he radiated a certain power that commanded respect.

Merlin understood that this man must be the examiner and started to guess at his level.

"Hello, I am Teacher Wilson Haber. The exam is short and simple. I only want to see your talent level and Elementel affinity test".

When the students heard that they were very nervous because this was the test that will decide their future. And at the back of the group stood Merlin with a complex expression on his face. " So this is the time to know if I"m talented or not" In these days on the trip he read a lot of books that talk about magus and their power, the former owner was a descended from a magus family and that was very helpful for Merlin. So he read a lot and obviously knew about the test but he did't know everything he only knew the known facts.