Path of Light.

Chapter 13 13. Academy
Hearing what she said, Roy understood that the relationship between Jefferson and Ms. Gillian was unusual, and he said with some regret:
"Well, I'm guiding the crew, I should stand up and stop them."

Ms. Gillian wiped her hands on her apron repeatedly, then patted Roy on the shoulder and said:
"No matter who stands in front of a group of murderers, they will have such an instinctive reaction, Roy, it's not your fault."

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

"Well, there is a magician named Benjamin. I don't remember the names of the others, and I don'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 had high eyebrows that made her look heroic, a leather apron that was often exposed to the wind and rain, pale freckles on the cheekbones, and hands that were a little too rough.

She was still holding a short dagger specially used for killing fish, and the tuna weighing more than 100 catties at the fish stall was almost sold out.

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

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

"Yeah! What's up, Mom?" Sabrina replied, looking up.

The summer heat is very heavy, and her fair face has already turned red in a short while.

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

Sabrina frowned delicately and whispered:
"According to the dictation, it might not look very similar when drawn like this."

Ms. Gillian sighed softly, 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 dies, there should be something left behind. Maybe it will be used sometime in the future."

Sabrina hesitated for a moment, glanced at Roy, and seeing that he didn't respond, she agreed, "Okay."

At this time, Ms. Gillian turned to Roy and asked:
"Roy, would you like to help us?"

Roy stood behind the fish stall, and couldn't help complaining in his heart: When you talked to Sabrina just now, you didn't ask me if I would like it!But I still have to ask the last question, what is this...

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

"Ah! Of course no problem..."

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

Roy's eyes fell on Sabrina's slender white legs inadvertently, and after being spotted by the alert Sabrina, she gave him a hard look.

Roy rubbed his nose and immediately looked away...

……

Many buildings in the Temple of Liberty are old for a long time, including many doors and windows in the temple are very old.

There are large gaps between the windows.

To keep them from falling out, these windows are almost all nailed to the window frames, and even if they were originally hinged, they can't be opened at all now.

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

In the past, Roy just passed by the street at the gate of the temple, and the gate of the temple and the statue in the courtyard looked quite glamorous.

But now that he has become a trainee priest of the Temple of Liberty, he realizes that the temple is so dilapidated, even decayed.

This row of two-story buildings near the main hall is the dormitory for the priests, and the two apprentice priests are still in the front courtyard.

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

The privacy of this room is not bad. Although the wooden door looks tattered, there are many precious books in the room, and some protective magic circles were set up at the beginning.

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

"After Priest Felix Mitchell entered the Kingdom of God, the number of temples in the elf world has been decreasing, and now the temples in all regions of the elf world are struggling."

"Is there something wrong with the funding?" The young Priest Andison asked suspiciously.

Priest Reed shook his head slightly and said:
"Most of the funding for our Temple of Liberty comes from the output of some territories, and funding is not the biggest problem for us."

Priest Theodore on the opposite side knew some of the inside story, so I heard him say at this time:
"The Temple of the Moon God only respects Her Majesty Mitchell, but it doesn't have any affection for us priests. In some places, long ago, the elves and nobles collectively boycotted the believers of the Statue of Liberty and refused to hire the believers of the Statue of Liberty to work for them. That hasn't happened yet in Castleton City."

The young Priest Andison asked puzzledly:
"We are only absorbing the fringe people of the elf world, or those who have been abandoned by the Moon God Temple. Why do they reject us?"

Priest Reed touched his forehead and said, "This kind of battle for the temple without gunpowder has never stopped..."

"And the goddess seems to have difficulty taking care of the elf world recently. It is estimated that the war of gods is not going well."

"The news came from above that a large number of priests from the Roland Continent have begun to go to the Dark Land to participate in the battle of gods."

Speaking of this, the air in the entire room was stagnant.

Obviously the three priests had some psychological preparations.

However, when they heard Priest Reed say this publicly here, their faces changed.

"Does the bishop also want us to join the war?" Theodore asked High Priest Reid.

Seeing Priest Reed's acquiescence, Priest Theodore was a little emotional:
"But our manpower here is only enough for the basic operation of the temple. How can we spare the priests to participate in the battle of gods!"

Priest Reed took out a piece of letterhead at this time, and the stamp on it was the Statue of Liberty.

Just listen to him say: "The worst situation may be to leave a trainee priest to guard the temple, or simply give up here, 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 fell on Theodore and Andison's faces.

"The biggest trouble we are currently facing is the theft of the Holy Grail. Although the Holy Grail has no power, it is a holy vessel baptized by the goddess. Only by carrying the Holy Grail into the dark place will you not lose your way in that world."

Hearing Priest Reed's words, Priest Theodore's face collapsed because of this...

"Damn it, who stole the Holy Grail?"

……

When the school day of the Elf Academy started, Roy came to the gate of the academy alone.

This place is already full of new students who came to report.

In fact, the threshold for entering this college is very low. You only need to pay [-] Kohler, and anyone can study in it.

Of course, board and lodging and study materials are not included...

After each student enters the college, he needs to take at least three subjects each year, and can only choose six subjects at most. All subjects need a defense examination at the end of the term. Once the grade is rated as C-, then this will be regarded as unqualified. .

In this case, you need to retake this subject in the coming year. Unless you voluntarily give up and change to another subject, you will have to retake it until the final instructor judges you are qualified.

Of course, even if you retake the subject, the tuition fee of [-] Kohler per year is still fixed.

If there is a student who is full of energy and can reasonably arrange the order of the subjects, of course, the more subjects he takes each semester, the better...

But in the elf academy, almost most of the elf students complete their studies through part-time work and part-study.

That is to say, they will work part-time to earn money first, and then collect tuition and living expenses before going to school.

I have to continue to work while I am in 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 are spending their hard-earned money studying, they will take their lectures very seriously.

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 have at least [-] subjects approved by the instructors.

That is to say, everyone graduating from here at the fastest speed will have to study here for at least ten years.

The vast majority of part-time work-study students only apply for three subjects each year, so that they can spare part of their time to work off-campus.

Only in this way, it means that it may take 20 years for this group of students to graduate from the college.

Of course, to the elves, this amount of time is of course nothing...

Roy walked into the gate of the academy with the crowd. Among the many young elves, there was a guy who looked like a human. The scene was somewhat discordant.

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

At this time, it is inevitable that I feel a little regretful. If I knew that there were so many people, I would have come later.

The grass field in front of the college tower was quite large, and many elves lined up on the grass field here, and Roy also lined up honestly in the line.

With the [-] Kohler that Ms. Belinda prepared for him, Roy waited in line under the scorching sun for nearly two hours before paying the tuition fee, and then received his student number and a voucher.

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

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

Because each subject has an upper limit for the number of people, if you walk a little slower, you may not be able to get a good subject.

Roy stood in front of the rows of parchments hanging on the rope, looking at the introduction of various subjects, he was a little dumbfounded for a while, because he hadn't really considered what he wanted to learn before.

(End of this chapter)