Above the mage!

Chapter 125 The First Lesson of Life

Congratulations on your official admission to Ceres College - this is what the students of the Potions Department said to God after handing in the last three maid clams.

As he walked out of the Potions Department and headed to the committee, Godd once again experienced the feeling of being stared at by other students.

Among these gazes, there was surprise, envy, scrutiny, confusion, and all kinds of emotions mixed in.

Although other students would look at him like this every time the results of major exams were announced in his previous life, Gao De had long been accustomed to it.

But he found that in a different world, it was not bad to enjoy this kind of "baptism" of attention again.

While his thoughts were wandering, Gao De had already arrived in front of the committee's small building.

It was working hours and the committee door was open and unguarded.

After taking a deep breath, Gao De once again stepped into the door of the College Committee.

This time he was going to the service hall on the first floor of the committee.

It can be seen that in the spacious and bright hall, there are several wooden counters, two of which are currently open.

Several old students were queuing up obediently at the counter.

The student at the front of the line handed his identity card and a note to the counter.

After the staff at the counter took the ID card and note, they began to check them carefully.

He first put the note into an alchemical device similar to a "money counting machine" on the side, then pressed the wrench at the top, and the note came out from another opening.

"Dean, you passed the General Knowledge of Medicinal Herbs course and received 2 credits. This has been recorded."

The staff also put the identity badge into the alchemical creation machine and "swiped" it, then returned the identity badge to the student.

"next."

"Tyron, you have broken through to the middle stage of the 1st level mage. You will be awarded 7 credits. This has been recorded."

"Pillai, you have passed the third stage of the Potions course and obtained 3 credits. This has been recorded."

After Pillai, the senior student who was in front of Gaode, confirmed that he had obtained 3 credits, Gaode could clearly feel that he was relieved.

"There are only eight days left in this school year, and you have just collected 10 credits for this year," the white-haired old man at the counter raised his head and reminded Pillai, "You must hurry up for the next school year."

"I see!" Pillai scratched his head in annoyance and asked, "How many credits do I have left now?"

"Total credits: 53, 40 credits used, 13 credits left to be used."

"Okay, thank you." Pillai sighed, put away the identity card, and left with a distressed look on his face.

Seeing that it was his turn, Gao De quickly handed over his identity badge.

"Are you Gao De?" The old man behind the counter took Gao De's identity card, then raised his head and looked at Gao De carefully for several times.

Gao De nodded, not surprised.

He knew that whether he was admitted with the help of recommendation letters or had just broken the record of Dean Gavin Hogg, he was not a complete unknown in the college.

"Wait a moment." The old man picked up Gao De's identity badge and walked into the small room behind the counter.

About two minutes later, the old man appeared again.

He also swiped Gao De's identity badge on the alchemy machine on the counter, and then whispered:

"Gao De, second-class mage apprentice, first time to settle the mage level, 3 credits; completed the admission task, can get 2 basic credits; took 19 days to complete, breaking the original record of 25 days, according to the academy standards, an additional 5 credits will be awarded."

"10 credits in total."

"Any doubts?"

"No."

"Okay!" The old man handed Gao De's identity badge back to Gao De.

"Congratulations, you have met the required credits for the first year of study."

"But I still suggest that you take more courses in your first year when you don't have too much credit pressure."

“Understanding what you are more interested in and good at will be very helpful for your future college career,” the old man reminded.

"Okay, I will, thank you." Goder responded politely.

"Go upstairs and turn right, you will find the second academic office, where you can get your class schedule and be assigned a tutor," the old man said.

Gao De nodded, left the service hall and went to the Academic Affairs Office on the second floor.

After a knock on the door, Gao De entered.

"Hello, I'm Gao De, a freshman, and I'm here to pick up my class schedule and list of instructors."

There was a middle-aged man sitting in the office with a very cold expression. He casually threw two scrolls over.

"One is an introduction to the class timetable and course subjects, and the other is admission approval. You have a letter of recommendation from Dean Gavin. According to the regulations, we will arrange a senior tutor for you as your mentor."

“All the senior tutors in the college are the deans of their respective departments.”

"Your instructor is the head of the Rune Department and the chief rune instructor of this academy, He Xi."

"Remember to report to Instructor He Xi early."

"Okay, that's it, you can leave now."

Gao De took the two scrolls and didn't care about the indifference of the middle-aged male wizard.

After he bowed politely, he left the committee and returned to his "dormitory" at No. 30 in Area 1. As soon as he returned to the room, Gao De quickly opened the scroll introducing the class schedule and course information and looked through it carefully.

The courses at Seres College are divided into two categories: compulsory courses and elective courses.

The two major categories of courses are further divided into main courses and branch courses.

However, there are only three compulsory courses in Ceres College.

"Mage Fundamentals", "Spell Application and Combat", and "Basic Cultural Courses".

Its branch courses include "The Essence and Principles of Spells", "Energy Conversion", "Actual Combat Simulation", "Geography of the Nolan Continent and Geography of War", etc.

There are too many elective courses, the main courses are:
Runes, Potions, Alchemy, Linguistics, Scrolls.
The branch courses are even more overwhelming.

For example, under "Alchemy", there are branch courses such as "Mineral Material Identification", "History of the Development of Alchemists", "Ore Extraction", "Smelting Technology", "Rune General Knowledge", "Alchemical Item Design and Manufacturing", "Energy Storage and Conversion Technology", etc.

Under "Linguistics" there are branch courses such as "Basics of Ancient Misir Language", "Development of Misir Language", "General Knowledge of Elemental Elf Language" and so on.

The moment he opened the course introduction scroll, Gao De was dumbfounded.

But I was not shocked by the dazzling array of course designs at Seres College, but rather:

"Mage Fundamentals" (Required Course)
Instructor: Bo Weiyi
Course Introduction: Understand the theoretical foundation of magicians, the development process, the philosophical thinking of magic, understand the world system and plane system, and learn about earth vein creatures to help students improve their mental concentration and improve their practice efficiency.
This course is divided into three stages, one stage per academic year. Each stage is assessed once. Students who fail the previous stage will not be allowed to register for the next stage.

The first stage course has 1 credit, the second stage course has 2 credits, and the third stage course has 3 credits.

The first stage has 30 lessons, the second stage has lessons
Teaching time: The first phase of the course is scheduled on the morning of the third day of March in the Frost Gold Month, Fog Frost Month, and Ice Month; the second phase of the course is scheduled on the morning of the third day of March in the Frost Gold Month, Fog Frost Month, and Ice Month.
Course location: Garvan Building
Course fee: 10 gold coins for the first stage course, 15 gold coins for the second stage course, and 20 gold coins for the third stage course.

Credit requirements: None——
"Nolan Continental Geography and War Geography" (a branch course of basic cultural courses)
Instructor: Mawson

Course Introduction: Understand the basic geographical knowledge of the Norland continent, including natural environment, climate type, geographical features, political structure, ethnic distribution, and national composition; master the basic laws and strategic thinking methods of war geography; and master the interpretation and drawing methods of war maps.
There are 30 classes in total. If you complete all the courses and pass the assessment, you can get 2 credits.

Teaching time: scheduled on the afternoon of the 2nd day of March in the Frost Gold Month, Fog Frost Month, and Ice Month.

Course location:.
Course fee: 20 gold coins
Credit requirement: 10 credits or more
All courses at Ceres College, whether required or elective, require payment of course fees.

And the course fees are very expensive.

For example, to complete the required course "Mage Fundamentals" you will need 45 gold coins!

There are also a large number of branch courses that even have additional credit requirements.

If you do not have the required credits, you cannot take the course.

The cost of these courses is an astronomical figure for ordinary people.

Those “second generation law students” are lucky enough because their families are rich and they don’t have to worry about course fees at all.

But those civilians who pass the admission examination will probably have to worry about these fees.

No wonder Gao De always feels that the students in the academy seem to be very busy every day.

It seems that in addition to being busy studying courses and practicing, a large number of students may also be busy "making money".

Gaode’s first reaction was confusion.

He understands that in this world "knowledge is expensive and requires payment."

What puzzled him was that Seris College, as an academy for training mages, set such high tuition fees for its courses.

Isn't this unfair to those students who entered the academy through the admissions examination and who are of commoner origin but actually have higher talents?
These students will inevitably be unable to take courses due to lack of funds, and will have to spend a large part of their time trying to earn money.

According to the educational philosophy of the previous life, students should only focus on studying.

As long as you have talent for studying, you basically don't have to worry too much about tuition fees.

How could they set up "paid courses" like Seres College, adding obstacles to students' learning?

After all, for a country, the importance of talent far exceeds that little tuition fee.

But soon, Gao De noticed a sentence written on the title page.

This sentence made him understand the intention of the academy.

"The money we have is a tool to keep ourselves free; the money we pursue is a tool to make ourselves slaves."

The signature is the first president of Ceres College: Ronan Horry.

Money is a tremendous power and the foundation of freedom.

Without financial freedom, all other freedoms are castles in the air.

The first lesson that Seris Academy teaches to all new students is not some advanced spell knowledge class, nor some magical skills class, nor even a brainwashing patriotic ideology class.

It's about money.

The college wants all students to understand:

What should be your attitude towards money?

You can despise it, you can treat it as dirt, but the prerequisite is that you have to have it.

The best attitude towards money is to conquer it first, and then step on it and ignore it.

Instead of being oppressed by money and despising money at the same time.

The former is the attitude of the strong, while the latter is just the groan of the weak.

(End of this chapter)