The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 257 Third Academic Year
Back in her dorm, Moran immediately started looking at the "Academic Year Plan".

Just like last year, the first thing was a notice:

"To all third-grade little witches, starting this school year, the food distribution point, Castle Warehouse No. 2, Castle Warehouse No. 3, and Greenhouse No. 1 will be closed to you."

The Castle Warehouse No. 1 is only provided to you for copying books and classroom paper.

For everything else required, please use what you have learned to solve it yourself…

Upon seeing this, Moran couldn't help but frown.

She already knew that the food distribution point was not open to witches in the third grade and above.

Why are Greenhouse No. 1, Castle Warehouses No. 2 and No. 3 also closed?
In the woods of Greenhouse No. 1, there are many low-level magical plants. The little fairies take care of them, and they can't pick them all no matter how hard they try, which is very convenient.

Castle Warehouse 2 is a clothing and fabric warehouse. Ready-made clothes are no longer provided for second-year students, but at least they can still get fabric and needles and thread.

Castle Warehouse No. 3 is a warehouse for daily necessities; all daily necessities are obtained from there.

These three places are no longer open to them. Does this mean they have to find their own medicine-making materials, cloth, needles and thread, and daily necessities?

That's fine, but in the inner area, you should be able to gather magical plants, cloth, and needles and thread, and you can also hunt and collect things.

Even everyday items can be transformed with magic.

This can be considered as training for them by the academy.

But Castle Warehouse No. 1 is the school supplies warehouse; you can get pens, ink, and paper here.

Now they're suddenly told that they can only get parchment from this warehouse for copying books and for classroom use, and they have to find their own way to get everything else. Wouldn't that greatly affect everyone's learning progress?
After all, third grade will be mostly about self-study!
Although they learned a little about papermaking at the beginning of the school year and some about processing animal hides in the second-grade hunting skills class, is it really necessary for the little witches to spend their precious study time dealing with daily chores?

No wonder Senior Lilith isn't participating in the entrance ceremony promotions anymore; she probably ran out of paper to make flyers!

No wonder many senior students, after a year of preparation, still couldn't find a place to stay in the inner area, allowing the astrological rituals to continue year after year.

We haven't even experienced a proper battle in the wild yet, so how could it be easy to solve so many mundane life problems in the wild!

"Dean, restricting basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation is fine as an incentive for everyone to learn magic, but restricting learning supplies seems a bit counterproductive. Having to prepare their own paper and pens will only waste a lot of time."

Moran didn't understand, so she called upon the guardian dean.

“There’s nothing to waste. We’ve provided you with paper for copying books, and the need for the rest isn’t large. Ultimately, you’ll have to take care of all your living needs yourself.”

It seems there's no room for negotiation on this matter. Moran thought for a moment and said, "Can I make the cards myself?"

"The cards represent your own innate abilities, and you may use them. However, you are prohibited from selling these cards to other little witches."

"Alright!" Moran silently offered a toast to the other little witches.

Fortunately, she can also make cards for herself.

Moran was willing to use magic, just like everyone else, to solve problems such as clothing, food, and shelter, all in order to hone his magical abilities.

The making of pens, ink, and paper does not involve magic at all. Moran has the memories of Blue Star, so making these things is not a problem for him. However, it is not worth wasting time on them.

Using cards to solve the problem would be best.

Moran continued reading.

"...From today onwards, the inner perimeter of the academy will be completely open to everyone. You may enter and explore once you are ready."

Be careful of your own safety. If you get into danger and are rescued by the Guardian Dean, you will lose all your supplies as punishment.

Note: Dormitory usage rights will be revoked at the end of this academic year. Only residences will be permitted within the inner perimeter area. Please prepare accordingly.

After reading the second half of the notice, Moran's vision went black again.

What does it mean that being rescued by the Guardian Dean will result in the loss of all supplies?
She quickly asked, "What kind of materials are included in this 'loss of materials'? Does it include those left in the dormitory? What about tools and cards?"

"The supplies include food collected and stored, cloth and clothing, self-made living and learning supplies, and shelter in the wild."

When Ms. Amisa's voice came through, Moran breathed a slight sigh of relief. Thankfully, they didn't even take the tool cards.

Basically, these supplies refer to the living supplies that the little witches have accumulated themselves.

No wonder Lilith has been so busy since she entered her third year; one wrong move and she lost everything!
I originally thought that since there were no magical beasts in the inner area, only wild animals, it wouldn't be too dangerous for a witch who had mastered magic.

It now seems that establishing a foothold in the inner area will not be an easy task.

You have to solve every aspect of life on your own, much like surviving in the wilderness with nothing.

Let's look at the course preview again.

The number of courses has decreased sharply this year.

The only two required theoretical courses are a guide to traveling in mainland China and a basic mathematics course.

There was only one elective course in theory, which was a follow-up to the alchemy theory course in the second year.

However, for this lesson, the second grade had already updated the entire set of teaching videos, which Moran had already finished learning.

She doesn't need to attend this class anymore.

The practical course consists of one compulsory course and one elective course. The compulsory course is a wilderness survival course, and the elective course is a magic Q&A course.

There are only five courses in total, including all required and elective courses.

"Wait, why isn't there a construction magic class?" Moran was extremely puzzled.

Didn't we say we'd start preparing for moving out of the dorms this year for fourth grade?
Why not teach architectural magic?

I clearly heard Lilith mention it!

“Architectural magic is included in the wilderness survival course.”

After hearing Ms. Amisa's explanation, Moran finally understood that it was all in this one course.

This year's curriculum is quite interesting; we're no longer having half a day of theory and half a day of practice.

The theoretical and practical classes were combined into one day.

Monday: Full-day guided tour of mainland China.

Tuesday is a full day of basic math class.

Wednesday is a full-day wilderness survival class.

Alchemy theory class on Thursday morning.

Magic Q&A session on Friday mornings.

There are no classes on Saturdays and Sundays.

Each class, like last year, is a three-hour lecture.

The class schedule is also the same.

For Moran, there are only three classes he needs to attend: a continental travel guide, a wilderness survival class, and a magic Q&A class.

She has two extra days of free time, Tuesday and Thursday, compared to others.

In addition, the longest period of use noted in the timetable is from the first week to the twenty-fourth week of the third academic year.

In other words, all third-grade courses will be fully completed in a maximum of six months.

Moran estimated that the remaining time would be for them to explore the inner area and prepare for the fourth-year students to move out of the dormitory completely.

At this point, if you don't get the penalty of having all your supplies wiped out after being rescued by the Guardian Dean, you should have plenty of time.