The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Vasita and Sylph suddenly remembered that when they were in their first year, they were indeed taking exams when they went to the fifth-year students to promote magic.

"Did they specify what the exam would cover?" Vasida asked.

Without a second thought, Moran repeated the rest of the notification:
"The survival trial will end a week before Independence Day, at which time all the little witches will be teleported directly back to the academy castle, rest for three days, and then begin a three-day graduation exam."

The exam content mainly covers basic knowledge related to life, survival, history, mathematics, and other areas.

Those who achieve excellent results in the graduation exam will be rewarded with magic coins.

The graduation ceremony will be held on Independence Day, the day after the graduation exams. After the ceremony, all fifth-grade witches will officially leave school.

[Attached is a list of recommended books for the graduation exam]
"Valen Continent" (complete), "The Wilderness Encyclopedia", "Valen Continent Travel Guide", "Valen Common Language", "Valen Magical Plant Encyclopedia", "Valen Monster Encyclopedia"...

"So many?" Vasita listened to the endless list of books:

"Is the Dean serious? Is this really a graduation exam that a normal little witch can pass? I haven't even finished reading many of these books once! How am I supposed to study in the environment of the survival trial?!"

Moran said, "Don't worry, it's an open-book exam. If you fail, you'll just get a set of 'Common Sense Workbook' as a reward. We don't recommend leaving the wilderness until you finish the workbook. These are all the exact words from the notice."

“Workbook… Moran, this isn’t your idea again, is it?” Vasita accused.

The other little witches also looked at Moran, after all, the ideas for the exams and workbooks all came from her!

They haven't taken any exams or done any practice workbooks for over a year.

I thought I had escaped exams and workbooks for life! But I never expected to have to go through this again right before graduation.

The exam was open-book, and they even gave away workbooks as a reward, which shows just how difficult it was!
It's even more terrifying than a survival trial.

Moran immediately expressed his determination:
"I assure you that the graduation exam will be Ms. Amisha's personal performance. I only provided some technical guidance at most... Actually, it's good to have an exam. It can help everyone review the basic knowledge. After the fourth year, everyone will be more focused on magic studies. You've probably forgotten most of the theoretical knowledge you learned before. It's very dangerous to leave the wilderness like this."

Even so, the fifth-grade witches were still not in the mood, and felt that the coming year would be bleak.

Looking at the freshmen who had just enrolled this year, their faces filled with confusion and ignorance, the girls couldn't help but look on with envy: "It was so much better when we were kids!"

After feeling envious, I quickly ate as much as I could, because after this meal, I'd have to start living a life of hardship.

During the dinner party, Bertha and Anna Anne came to the fifth-grade long table to find them:
"Senior, the dean said that little witches aren't allowed to stay overnight anywhere outside the East Gate Square in the core area tonight! Could this be how this astrological ritual came about?!"

"You didn't just find out now, did you?" Moran asked in surprise.

The fifth-grade witches looked at each other, their eyes full of questions.

"Didn't you say?"

"You didn't say anything either?"

……

Well, everyone is quite concerned about saving face, so none of them told the female students in advance.

Bertha and the other two: "So, it's just that our year doesn't know anything?"

“Well… it was originally meant to be a surprise for you! We’ve all been through this before,” Sylph said.

“You didn’t want the female students, especially the first-year students, to know that you’re staying at the East Gate Square because you have nowhere to stay, did you?” Vasida said.

"..." Bertha and the other two were speechless.

However: "We're not staying in the small square tonight! We can go down the underground river and stay by the river! Senior Moran, let's go together later! We're going to stay in Wild Boar Valley for a couple of days. By the way, when do you guys start your survival trial?" "Hmm... I probably won't be able to go with you guys."

Moran said, "The dean required us fifth-graders to go to the outer area alone within seven days after the entrance ceremony to begin our survival trials."

And our residence was reset at noon today.

"The passage I dug in the underground river is gone. Can your water shield magic support you as you swim against the current to the exit of the underground river?"

None of the three—Bertha, Anna, and Annie—are skilled in water magic. The water shield spell they practiced specifically for traveling by water can only maintain a water shield bubble for a short period of time.

But that little time wasn't nearly enough for them to swim upstream through the entrance to the underground river.

"We're doomed. We can't go through the underground river, and we can't go through the grassland either. The yellow sand area is too far from where we planned to build our settlement, and we don't know how long it will take to take us by taking a detour. We don't dare to venture into the Lone Peak Forest either. Are we going to have to participate in an astrological ceremony tonight?"

"Pesa said in despair."

Anna and Anne glanced back at the younger female students and said in unison, "The secret of the astrological ritual must never be revealed!"

They will also be part of the astrological ceremony tonight.

The three little witches came with great enthusiasm, but left dejectedly.

“I don’t know whether they are more pitiful or we are more pitiful,” Vasida said.

No matter how reluctant we were to leave, the dinner was finally over.

Most of the fifth-grade witches flew towards the yellow sand.

Ais, Alba, and Cheryl were not confident in facing the giant eagles of the Lone Peak Forest alone, so they prepared to enter the outer area from the yellow sand.

Vasita and Sylph were quite confident in their abilities, and considering they were more familiar with the grasslands and the forests outside the Lone Peak Forest, they flew towards the Lone Peak Forest.

Only Moran, as usual, flew towards Moon Lake.

She used the water shield bubble to go upstream and entered the underground river tunnel.

She noticed the difference as soon as she came in.

The steel door she had dug out and placed next to it was gone.

After flying into the inner area, the distribution of the surrounding ore changed under the gold-probing technique.

The place, which had been completely depleted of even ordinary ore, is now seeing new ore deposits, and all traces of their mining have disappeared.

However, the quality of these newly discovered ores was not very good, and Moran only glanced at them before continuing on his way.

They flew all the way to the outer area outside the tree root wall before realizing that they had passed the entrance to the mine below Wild Boar Valley without even noticing.

It seems that the gemstone she had previously set as a marker in the doorway has also been reset.

If we want to get to the surface, we'll have to dig through the rocks.

Moran decided not to adhere to the seven-day deadline and go to the outer areas.

She took out her {Space Tent Card}, placed it on the spot, ate two slices of bread and fruit cake, then crawled into the tent and fell asleep immediately. (End of Chapter)