Path of light

Chapter 14 14. Registration

The main teaching building in the college was packed with people, and the hall was very lively.

Elves are a race that likes comfort very much. This kind of grand occasion is probably only seen during the Elune Festival.

Some young elven men and women wearing exquisite silk skirts and white shirts and leather waistcoats gathered around a row of parchments hanging on ropes, looking attentively at the introductions to various subjects.

Of course, how to choose a subject that suits you is very important for these young elves who have just entered school...

A simple course means that you will learn very few knowledge points.

If you take this kind of course, you will feel sorry for paying so much tuition.

Choosing difficult courses will not only make the learning process very painful, but also make people crazy when previewing notes before each class. Moreover, they will be even more irritable when it comes to the final graduation defense, and they may have to retake it...

Roy heard the inside story about these course selections from Moira.

Don't ask her why she knows, who gave Moira a sister who has been studying at the Elf Academy for two years!

Now Roy stood in front of a piece of parchment...

It seems that in front of every piece of parchment, someone is giving some popular science introduction to this subject.

Today is the freshman report, which does not involve senior students choosing courses.

Therefore, the recommended courses are basically entry-level and junior courses.

There are many courses underneath each subject on the parchment, making the courses look like a skill tree.

From the initial courses, we gradually progress to more advanced courses.

At present, the courses suitable for students who have just entered the school are all at the root of the skill tree. This knowledge is the basis of these subjects, and the basic knowledge of many subjects is accessible by analogy, which gives everyone many more opportunities to choose.

Roy had already considered the general direction of his studies before entering the Elf Academy.

He plans to study martial arts, navigation, literature and history at the Elf Academy.

He was very interested in these subjects, and they were some novel things that he had never been exposed to before.

Especially martial arts, he was very curious about this.

The reason is simple. Sabrina has been attending Elf Academy for two years and is now able to beat Roy.

This time Roy chose to apply for a junior martial arts training class.

As for navigation, Castletown is a port city. No matter what you do in the future, you will probably be able to take a boat.

Moreover, there are some sailing ships in the elf world, which are fundamentally different from the ships and yachts that Roy knows.

However, under this navigation subject, there was actually a course on Elf Continent Geography, so Roy filled in this course on the application form.

As for literature and history, Roy applied for the modern history of the Silver Moon elves.

If he has magic talent, he also plans to sign up for an introductory magic course.

Now it seems that there is no other way. He has to go to the Temple of Liberty to learn divine arts.

Although it is not what he wants most, paid study seems to be good too!

…

Squeezing in the crowd and listening to the senior students' explanations of various subjects, Roy finally selected three courses.

If the courses were not scheduled, he planned to sign up for a fourth course.

He can only study knowledge at the Elf Academy in the morning every day, and go to the Temple of Liberty to learn divine arts in the afternoon.

The hall was full of young elves. On the wall on one side of the hall, Roy filled out a form and handed it in. The person who received the form was an academy teacher wearing a scholar's robe.

He was a little surprised when he saw Roy's appearance.

"Are you human?" the college teacher asked.

Roy answered honestly: "Half-elf, my mother is a Silver Moon Elf."

He speaks Elvish very fluently and has a Castleton brogue.

The college teacher actually wanted to exchange a few sentences with Roy in Elvish, because the two courses that Roy filled in required a good foundation in Elvish.

If it were really those humans who couldn't even speak elvish language fluently, the course of elven language would be indispensable in the first year of school.

"Okay, these three courses are not full yet, so you have successfully filled in the applications. Remember to come to the academy training ground tomorrow morning for the physical assessment."

The college teacher flipped through a thick catalog and filled in Roy's name on three pages. After completing the filling, he spoke to him slowly.

Another good thing about the Elf Academy is that the elves believe that knowledge has no borders. Not only is there no restriction on mixed elves and half-elves, even if humans come to study here, as long as they pay the full tuition, there will be no problem.

Hearing what the college teacher said, Roy immediately saluted him respectfully and gave up his seat.

Behind him, there were many new elves lining up in a long queue.

…

Roy walked out of the teaching building. There was a long step in front of the door, and lush laurel trees were planted on both sides of the step.

The dazzling sunlight fell on Roy's face. After being exposed to the scorching sun for three seconds, Roy obediently got into the shade of the tree and walked to the side road. There was a slope paved with stones.

Many freshmen in the college are enjoying the cool under the shade of trees. In fact, elves are also afraid of being exposed to the sun. Their skin will change color after being exposed to the sun for a long time...

Young elves will even sit on the low wall by the roadside, usually men do this, and they will look at the passing beauties somewhat frivolously.

Some elf beauties with outstanding looks passed by, and there were even young elves who jumped off the low wall and trotted over to strike up a conversation...

Roy thinks this phenomenon is normal.

What he didn't expect was... someone actually came over to chat with him.

He was also a handsome-looking male elf. He wore a beige vest and a white shirt with a tie. The cuffs actually had a bloomer-like design, as if he had two large snow-white hydrangeas tied to his wrists.

And he was also wearing a pair of light-colored bloomers.

Elves like to wear silk very much, and this young elf is dressed in exquisite silk, with trouser legs tied at the ankles, and a pair of leather boots that are nothing special.

Silver Moon Elf men are generally very handsome, and this young elf is not ugly either.

Her short silver hair is neatly combed, her two pointed ears are exposed, her skin is fair and even a little transparent, and she looks very fresh.

He did not block Roy's way, but walked forward with Roy, introducing himself as he walked:

"Oh, hello, my name is Wagner Claire, may I meet you? I am also a freshman reporting here this year..."

"Roy."

Roy didn't stop, but he didn't refuse either and said his name casually.

Seeing that his nails were neatly manicured, there were no messy things like lipstick, foundation, or eyeshadow, and his eyes were clear, Roy felt that he should have a small social circle.

"I was just behind you in line, and I happened to see that you were also enrolled in the elementary martial arts training class. I also chose this course. It is estimated that we will take classes together in the next year, so I ran over to get to know each other in advance. ." Claire said quickly to Roy.

Only then did Roy stop and stretched out his right hand:

"Claire, nice to meet you."

In fact, there are no fixed classes in Elf Academy.

Only if everyone applies for the same course will they sit together and listen to the class. It is very likely that you will meet another group of classmates in the next course.

Claire and Roy walked side by side on the boulevard...

What makes Roy a little confused is that there are many elves in the hall. There must be a lot of elves enrolled in the junior martial arts training class, including many beautiful female elves.

Even if he stood in front of Claire when he signed up, this was not a reasonable reason for him to be accosted...

Along the way, the two chatted casually.

Claire has a good upbringing and likes to use honorifics when speaking. This is a habit only used by elf nobles. According to Roy's understanding, it makes her appear more powerful.

And it felt like he didn't have any ill intentions towards Roy.

At least the conversation was pleasant.

…

Regarding the books used in the course, the teachers at the college gave Roy two recommendations:

First, you can borrow them from the library. Of course, the number of such textbooks in the library is limited, and many of them will inevitably be damaged to a certain extent.

The second thing is that you can buy new ones in the bookstore, but these parchment books are still a bit expensive.

Roy felt that those new books were the first choice for those elf nobles who did not lack Kohler in their pockets. He actually wanted to go to the library to borrow two books first. Even if they were older, it didn't matter if they were missing two pages...

When Roy told Claire that he was going to borrow books from the library, Claire said to Roy:

"Why go to the library to borrow books? Why don't we go to the back streets to buy the textbooks used by the seniors? In many textbooks, even the class notes are neatly remembered, and the key knowledge is marked. They have learned it. After that, I felt that it was of no use anymore, so every year at the beginning of the new semester, I would sell it at a backstreet stall, how about we go and have a look together?"

"Okay." Roy said cheerfully.

Roy followed Claire through the Elf Academy, only to discover that the academy was really not that big, occupying three large steps on the hillside of Castleton City.

The tallest teaching buildings in the college look like ancient trees dozens of meters high from the outside, with dense branches and leaves on the tree crowns.

Now when Roy was walking on campus, he saw the ancient trees dozens of meters high and realized that they were all imitation tree-shaped buildings, and the trees on the top of the buildings were all plants growing on the top.

Even the main body of the building is covered with vines, making these teaching buildings look like giant trees.

The college does not have a canteen or dormitory, and all foreign students need to rent their own houses around the college.

As for how to fix lunch…

This couldn't be simpler for elves, because the only food they like to eat is fish and fruit. Just putting an apple in your pocket is a lunch.

The college has no real walls. There is an open lawn between the college and the street.

There are many art sculptures on both sides of these lawns. Many of these sculptures are based on the understanding of beautiful body curves, which opened Roy's eyes.

Houjie Street is dotted with various shops and workshops, as well as a small market.

Those second-hand books are placed on the stalls of this small market, and those stall owners are, as Claire said, young elves.

There are even some elves wearing robes from the academy.

Sure enough, the price of textbooks sold here is almost half of the price of new books in the bookstore.

The older they are, the cheaper they are. Many books are even densely covered with elven writing.

Of course, the elven words on these pages are not all class notes, but also essays recording moods, some nameless poems written on the pursuit of romance, or some random things.

It is likely that these elf students have inherited this old book and formed a unique culture.

But Roy couldn't accept it. After spending a long time shopping at the bookstall, he finally found two second-hand books that only recorded a few class notes. Each book was bought for 130 Kolers.

If they are new books, the price of these two books is estimated to be around 400 kol.

Yes, books are that expensive in Castletown.

It cost Roy about a week's salary to buy two second-hand textbooks that were 70% new, and Roy felt very good immediately.

After buying the textbooks, Roy planned to leave the Elf Academy and go to the Temple of Liberty to learn divine arts in the afternoon.

Before leaving, Roy finally couldn't help but asked Claire, who was standing on the roadside waving goodbye to him:

"Claire, let me ask you a question. If I don't ask it, I might not be able to sleep well tonight... Why did you choose me?"

Claire put her hands in her trouser pockets and held three art textbooks under her arms. In Roy's opinion, they should be equivalent to music scores for beginners like Canon.

He was leaning against a laurel tree, looking somewhat handsome, and his expression was not arrogant or annoying, and he was about to wave goodbye to Roy.

"What?"

Claire didn't react immediately to Roy's question.

Roy could only say it again:

"I mean choose me as your new friend at Elf Academy."

Claire chuckled, with a bit of cunning in her clear eyes.

"Want to hear the truth?"

"certainly!"

"Then you can't be angry, and you can't break off our relationship with me. I promise I don't mean any harm." Claire patted her chest and said.

Roy readily agreed: "Okay, I promise you."

Claire lowered her voice and said:

"I'm afraid of getting beaten in the martial arts training class. I have a friend who signed up for this elementary martial arts training class and was beaten by his sparring partners all day long until he gave up the course. It was a waste of time. It took a year.”

"..."

Roy didn't expect such a reason.

Saying goodbye to Claire at the intersection of Houjie Street, Roy held two books under his arm and trotted towards the lower city.

The college side needs to cross a city block from Brown Street, which is still very far. Fortunately, the road is almost downhill. It shouldn't be too difficult for Roy to get back to the Temple of Liberty on time.

…

Just as Roy's figure was about to disappear at the intersection of stairs, Sabrina and two of her best friends just turned out of the back street.

She recognized Roy at the corner of the street at a glance. Seeing him holding two books under his arm and running towards the downtown area, Sabrina couldn't help but stop and stretched out her fair neck to look over there. …

She inherited half the blood of a wood elf and was extremely tall, a head taller than her companions.

My best friend asked curiously: "Sabrina, who are you looking at?"

"No...no."

Sabrina paused slightly before answering subconsciously.

The best friend pushed Sabrina on the back and said, "Let's go..."

Another best friend held a thick stack of books in her hands and groaned in great distress: "It's really annoying, I have to retake it this year..."

I'm a little dizzy, but it's gone today.