Shard nodded and noted down the doctor's words on the Roder Card appraisal.
But in fact, he hadn't held much hope that the card in his hand was genuine, even though the deanor of the previous detective on his deathbed had shown him to be a fervent Roder Card enthusiast. But after all, he was just an ordinary person, with an inco that barely qualified as middle class, so it was unlikely that he possessed such a precious item.
As for the museum introduced by the detective before his death, Shard guessed it was probably a black market of sorts for counterfeit Roder Cards. Thus, he thought about visiting the Prophet's Society for an appraisal when he had the ti, to set his mind at rest before heading to the museum.
Once he had ensured a loan from the group to resolve the issue of tuition fees, he officially began the admission process.
Shard had thought soone from the Academy would co to him, but all proceedings were handled by the doctor:
"Rember, we are Correspondence Circle Mages. The Academy provides us with knowledge, and we need to et mandatory credits through study and exams, as well as earn practical credits through Academy tasks. This is the nature of our relationship with the Academy, sowhat like a special employnt system.
There's no need to pay too much attention to the Academy, at least not until you climb the glaciers of the Far North with us and enter the Academy."
Dr. Schneider gestured dismissively while Miss Writer believed that Shard would deeply understand this point after a few weeks.
The two official Circle Sorcerers then had to inform the Academy that a new Correspondence Circle Mage was enrolling, and the way to contact Saint Byrons Integrated Academy was through a Poet-Level Relic, the asuring item "Poet Cohen's Manuscript".
Poet Cohen had also been a student of Saint Byrons Integrated Academy, but that was a story from the last Era. Although the Fifth Era had only female Spellcasters, the Academy still accepted a small number of male students for certain research that didn't require Supernatural Powers.
His Relic Manuscript had more than a hundred pages, and each page could be used to transmit information and small items to the cover of the manuscript.
This was the main thod Saint Byrons Integrated Academy used to communicate with Correspondence Circle Mages, as well as for textbook distribution and assignnt submission. Within the Schneider Group, the highest ranking doctor was responsible for keeping the manuscript pages.
It was a large Parchnt Roll, about the size of an open book. It was currently blank and looked quite old, to the extent that one could see the frayed edges moving on the paper.
"First is your basic information, as well as the tuition fees."
The doctor had Shard use a blue Fountain Pen to write down basic information such as address, age, occupation, and past experiences on a piece of stationery, then placed an envelope filled with banknotes on the manuscript page.
As the Glimr flickered, both the envelope filled with Gold Pounds and the paper with information vanished.
After a few dozen seconds, a receipt erged from the manuscript page. In both Draleon and Carsonrick languages commonly used in the Old Continent, the receipt listed the amount received and even bore the Academy's official seal.
"Quite professional."
The receipt was temporarily kept with the doctor and would be returned to Shard once he repaid the money.
"Next is the trustworthiness test. The Academy needs to test whether the Correspondence Circle Mages enrolling are Cultists or individuals concealing ulterior motives. The Academy has its secrets as well, which can't be easily disclosed to outsiders."
Dr. Schneider said this quite casually.
"How is this test conducted?"
Shard was a bit anxious, not worried about the original owner's dull-minded past, but his own identity as a transmigrator.
Upon hearing Shard's question, Dr. Schneider had yet to speak when Miss Dorothy Louisa preempted with a smile on her face:
"Ah, the nostalgia. This has already beco the standard procedure—please write an essay of no less than eight hundred words on your thoughts on good and evil, order and chaos."
"Huh?"
Shard thought he had heard wrong.
"This step is also to verify literacy. The Academy does not accept illiterate students. Shard, I know you are not very literate, so you can keep it simple," the doctor kindly said.
"But why an essay? I thought it would be a kind of lie detector test."
Just writing an essay relieved Shard, who was fearful of lie detector tests. If asked about his "past
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