My love game is too abstract

"Alright, starting today, I'll begin teaching you the basics of magic. To ensure you meet the entrance standards for Horologium Academy within three months, I'll be very strict. Any objections?"

In the study, Serena, holding a pointer, stood before a small blackboard, saying this to Yarrow with a serious expression.

"No problem! Please, feel free to push me hard."

Yarrow said firmly.

"Yes! Chickadee has no problem either!" Ji Xiaofei, sitting at another table, also raised her hand.

Originally, Serena was only supposed to tutor him, but then it was suddenly discovered that Ji Xiaofei couldn't even do arithmetic within ten, so Serena had to tutor her separately after teaching Yarrow.

Originally, he wanted Peach Fox to teach her, but with Peach Fox's personality, they would just end up playing together while teaching, so he had her come along as well.

"Very good," Serena nodded.

"Now, to get a clear understanding of your current knowledge level, we'll start with a small test. It's only twenty questions, and they're quite simple."

Serena pulled a test paper from the desk in front of her and placed it before Yarrow. The handwriting on it was neat and elegant, arranged in twenty orderly lines.

"Why a test right away? I haven't learned anything yet!" Yarrow asked, looking at the test paper in front of him.

"And when did you prepare this test?"

"I stayed up last night writing it for you. As I said, this is a necessary assessment of your abilities. Only by understanding your level can I better tutor you," Serena said seriously.

"Don't worry, this test is untimed. You can focus on answering the questions."

Yarrow sighed and picked up the pen, beginning to answer the questions.

Serena took advantage of this time to start teaching Ji Xiaofei.

More than half an hour later, Yarrow handed in his test paper.

He sat in his seat as Serena graded his paper. In this moment, it felt like he was back in high school, anxiously awaiting the teacher's verdict on his report card.

Gradually, he noticed bad signs. Serena's hand holding the test paper began to tremble slightly, and finally, she slammed the paper on the table with a 'smack'.

"Are you kidding me?! Only one out of twenty questions correct! And that one was a multiple choice! You don't even know the three fundamental laws of magic!" she exclaimed loudly.

"Didn't I tell you before that my foundation is very weak?" Yarrow quickly said.

After all, he had only been in this world for two years. Learning the language was already difficult enough. His understanding of magic was limited to conversations around the campfire with fellow adventurers.

The only opportunity he had to learn a spell was with an old mage who was almost toothless. He mumbled for a long time, and in the end, only taught him a half-baked Fireball spell.

"Tsk," Serena rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming on. "I thought that wanting to apply to Horologium Academy meant you had some confidence. Now, I don't know where that confidence came from."

"My confidence? Isn't it because you're here?" Yarrow chuckled, tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Even if I'm amazing, I can't possibly train a complete newbie to the level of a Bronze-rank mage in three months, can I?" Serena said helplessly. "Bronze-rank is the minimum entrance standard for Horologium Academy."

Then, she remembered something and looked at Yarrow: "Speaking of which, you do know the ranks of mages, right?"

"Of course, I know that."

After all, he was very familiar with the concept of combat power levels from the novels and anime he read in his previous life, and he quickly understood it in this world.

The initial rank is Apprentice, and the Apprentice rank is divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower levels. After reaching the Upper level, it's Bronze, then Silver, Crystal, Amethyst, Radiant, Saintly Radiance, and finally, Sage.

Despite so many divisions, most people only reach the Crystal level in their entire lives. Someone like Serena, who reached the Silver level at the age of 16, was already exceptionally talented.

The Kingdom of Will reveres mages, and all professions driven by magical power are collectively referred to as mages.

A swordsman is a mage who wields a sword.

A shieldbearer is a mage with a ridiculously high health bar.

A priest is a mage who only knows how to heal and buff.

A rogue is a mage who sneaks around.

Basically, anyone who knows magic is a mage.

"Are you saying that it's very difficult to get in with my current level?" Yarrow asked.

Serena sighed:

"Let me explain it to you,"

"The entrance exam for Horologium Academy is divided into three parts. The first part is a written exam, testing magical theory. Only after passing that can you proceed to the second item, basic magical power testing, and finally, the interview with the three deans."

Serena looked at him with her arms crossed: "And you, it's already difficult to pass the first step, the written exam, let alone the magical power test afterwards. Although I don't deny that you possess some mysterious magic from who knows where, your application of general spells is simply at a child's level."

"Can you stop hitting me so hard?" Yarrow said, covering his face in pain.

"What do you think I went through to get here?"

Serena sighed and picked up the textbook.

"Then, let's start with the most basic things."

She cleared her throat:

"First, the three fundamental laws of magic: the Law of Conservation of Magic, the Law of Magic Elements, and the Law of Magic Resonance. First, the essence of magic is the caster's perception of the surrounding magical power. Magic, like matter, is neither created nor destroyed. What the caster must do is use magical mediums, namely incantations and staffs, to gather them and utilize them, and while utilizing them, transform them from original magical power into elemental magical power for release. This begins to involve the second point, the Law of Magic Elements. The magical power in nature is collectively referred to as original magical power, which cannot be used directly. To use it, you need to extract isotopes that can react with you from the original magical power. Here, you can also see that the strength of a mage's rank depends on the degree of perception of the surrounding magical power. Among the magical elements currently discovered, the most used are fire, water, light, earth, lightning, life, and shadow. And to make good use of the elements you want, you need to involve the third law, namely the Law of Magic Resonance..."

"You... slow down a bit..."

The morning's lesson had almost overloaded Yarrow's brain.

Honestly, the image he originally had of learning magic was just learning a few incantations, then reciting them to cast spells.

But now, he actually needed to memorize twenty-plus magical reaction formulas! To memorize the amount of magical power required for different types of spell releases!

For example, Ice Cone Technique. You have to calculate how much magical power needs to be released to stably condense into an ice cone. Too much or too little won't work.

After that, it even involved physical laws similar to thermal energy formulas and mass equations!

And he needed to learn all of this within three months to cope with the upcoming entrance exam.

Only during the learning process did he realize how difficult the path of magic was. Learning magic was not such a simple matter.

He originally thought that with Serena's talent and then getting an overpowered ability from Ze西亚, passing a small academy wouldn't be a problem, but he didn't expect there to be a damned magical theory!

Now, for him to enter Horologium Magic Academy is almost like an elementary school student reviewing Bai Ran and then sprinting towards Wudaokou Vocational Technical College.

A heavy rain ruined my magic dream.