Whispering Poems

Chapter 3201 1854 Year-End Examination
Although the college introduced many regulations for "skipping grades" at the end of 1854, it was not realistic for Luvia and the other three who had not originally planned to skip grades to complete the courses that required skipping grades in one month. So everyone decided to disclose their grades to the college appropriately after the exam week this year, and then choose some appropriate courses.

However, taking senior courses not only requires meeting the requirements for upgrading, but also requires a comprehensive evaluation at the end of the year, and out of the five major ratings of "excellent", "exceeds expectations", "pass", "fail", and "terrible" and the three minor ratings of "upper, middle, and lower", at least a level of "exceeds expectations/upper".

Last year, only Xia De and the doctor met this condition, and the doctor's rating was even raised because of his status as team leader, otherwise he would not have met it.

Anyway, this winter exam week is very important to the other four people except Shade. After everyone arrived, the atmosphere became tense as the doctor asked Luvia to predict the results of today's exam:
"Doctor, please don't say such nervous things every time!"

But no matter what everyone thought, the promotion examination in late winter of 1854 was still held at nine o'clock on Sunday morning in the living room of Room .

In addition to Professor Garcia, the vice-dean of the School of History who took good care of Xia De, and a secretary from the Student Affairs Office, there were also two professors from the School of Astronomy and the School of Political Economy who came to supervise the exam this time, but Xia De had never met the latter two.

Five tables were evenly spaced in a circle in the middle of the living room. The exam began with the sound of writing and ended at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Xia De was still the last person to finish the test paper, and this time he did not take the test until the evening, not because his writing speed had increased, but because the courses in the higher grades had become more difficult, but the number of them was obviously much smaller. After all, many basic courses were completed in the fifth and sixth grades.

"I feel much better this year than last year. I'm sure I'll be fine this time."

After the exam, we had to wait half an hour to receive our transcripts and year-end evaluations, so we all sat in the living room of Room 1 and chatted.

Dorothy was in a very good mood. Last year, she had passed three courses with "pass" grades, and her final comprehensive evaluation was only "Exceeds Expectations, Lower Grade", which was the same level as the priest who had been stuck in the second ring for several years.

"Everyone has prepared very well this year. And don't forget, we also have the reward of raising everyone's rating by one level in the spring of 1854 for taking care of and transporting the angel-level relic [The Wreckage of the Nameless One]."

Dr. Schneider smiled and reminded:
"There was also last month's card experiment mission, and Annat herself had a chance to improve her rating. I think the only suspense this year is whether Shade can still get the 'Feliana Medal'."

"That's impossible."

Shade shook his head hastily. This special award would not normally be given to the same person repeatedly unless he had made a very significant and indelible contribution to the college. He had indeed done a lot of great things last year, but it was a pity that he had not used the identity of Shade Hamilton.

When everyone returned to Room 2 next door, Professor Garcia came to read out the test scores and academic year evaluations. The final results were indeed not much different from expectations:

"Team leader Bill D. Schneider has successfully passed the sixth grade exam and has enough practical credits to be promoted to the seventh grade. Based on the number of rewards he completed throughout the year, the number of practical credits he assisted students in completing during the summer, and the additional evaluation by the elective course teachers, his overall evaluation for this school year is [Exceeds Expectations·Superior]. Because of his status as team leader, his evaluation was adjusted up by one level; because of the special off-campus tasks he completed in the spring, his rating was adjusted up by one level. The final rating is, Excellent·Medium."

This evaluation is the same as last year, but last year was also a special case. The doctor's evaluation was improved by two levels because of recruiting Xia De.

However, although the ratings were the same as last year, the school year assessment rewards were much higher than last year. This was also what the doctor had said in advance. Both the college and the church had increased the level of various rewards because of the changes in the world.

"After discussion at the academy, the annual assessment rewards are: choose a relic below the keeper level, a relic below the clerical level, and three free thaumaturgies, and provide ritual materials. Several professors have opened additional elective courses for you, please check the letters yourself later. Please contact the School of Mechanics within two weeks to discuss the seventh-year courses. Due to your outstanding performance, you will be awarded the title of 'Outstanding Student of St. Byron's Comprehensive College in the Sixth Era of 1854'."

After the professor finished speaking, the doctor's performance report, the year-end evaluation report, and the purple gold medal in a small red box were delivered on the pages of the manuscript. This was the second time the doctor had received this honor.

Dorothy was promoted to the sixth grade, Luvia to the fifth grade, and Reverend Augustus to the third grade. The final ratings of the Reverend Augustus and Dorothy were [Exceeded Expectations·Upper Grade] and [Excellent·Lower Grade] respectively. Dorothy's grades this year were quite good, and she published a paper titled "The Resonance of Modern Popular Novels and Enlightenment Elements: A Case Study of "The Detective Knight's Biography", so she almost reached the rating of [Excellent·Lower Grade] based on her grades alone.

However, Luvia's final rating was [Excellent/Medium], the same as the doctor's, due to the additional rating upgrade. Unfortunately, Luvia did not receive the "Excellent Student Medal" because she was not a team leader and her contribution to the academy was not as great as the doctor's when they had the same rating.

And finally, here are Shade's results:

"Shad Suellen Hamilton, you have successfully passed the advanced examination and have enough practical credits to be promoted to the eighth grade. Based on the number of rewards you have completed throughout the year, the number of extracurricular activities you have assisted students with, the number of extracurricular credits you have exceeded, additional evaluations by teachers, the number of special extracurricular tasks you have completed in the spring, the additional praise from the college library for your time survey report, and the number of papers and books you have published, your overall evaluation for this school year is [Excellent·Superior]."

Professor Garcia smiled at Shade:

"The two papers you published at the end of the year, titled "Three New Uses of Moonlight Water" and "The Time Echo Hypothesis Based on Flame Resonance Theory", caused quite a stir in the School of Chemistry and the School of History. If you hadn't published them so late, I think you would have been eligible to participate in the school's outstanding paper awards this year."

Shad responded with a smile. Although he could hear what the two papers were about, he knew very well that unless there was really a mysterious power controlling him to sleepwalk to write the papers and submit them to the college, these two papers must have been written by Danister after combining the 3 points of inspiration he provided with her own 97 points of research.

Needless to say, the two corresponding authors and the first author of the book are the academic achievements of "Denister Gustav". It is a small year-end "surprise" that the administrator gave to her student and lover. Although Xia De also accepted Denister's help, he still felt that he was a gigolo.

However, the evaluation of [Excellent·Upper Class] also earned him the title and medal of "Outstanding Student of St. Byron's Comprehensive College in the Sixth Era of 1854" just like the doctor. In fact, whether it is a student on campus or a correspondence student, as long as the year-end evaluation is [Excellent·Upper Class], you can get this award, while the doctor's [Excellent·Medium Class] requires additional consideration of his specific contribution to the college.

However, despite his excellent grades, rapid grade improvement, and even additional papers and books published, Xia De did not receive the "Feliana Medal" this year. Xia De was not disappointed at all. The reward given by outstanding students was generous enough, and he would not greedily desire more rewards that did not belong to him.

At present, the true relationship between Shade and Danister is probably only known by Professor Pigman, the principal who witnessed the two. Therefore, Professor Garcia and others only guessed that the "Red Moon Witch" gave their students certain conveniences and help, and did not think much about it. After they read out the test results and evaluation results, they also praised all members of the 1854 group for getting good grades above average, which is a remarkable achievement.

As for the last thing, the two Keeper-level relic rewards from last month's [Fate Observer Card] mission can finally be handed over to the team after approval - cash and credit rewards are not that troublesome.

The doctor successfully obtained the healing relic [Thirsty Blood Lamp] that the team had purchased. This relic was kept in his hands as the team leader, and anyone who needed it could borrow it in the future. The second relic belonged to Luvia, who gave up the cash reward. As expected, she chose a relic exclusive to fortune-tellers - the Keeper-level relic [Mercury's Echo].

This relic is actually a delicate silver card box with a push-top lid. When opened, half of the volume of the card box is liquid mercury that cannot be removed. Its characteristic is that after the cards are immersed in the mercury in the card box, the relic gives the cards inside a "destined" effect, that is, the result of the divination card will become more accurate.

There is an Ouroboros symbol on the front of the box lid, but this does not mean that this relic belongs to the ancient Fate Cult. This relic was used by a fortune teller in the Second Age, who believed in the ancient god [Mr. Huan]. There are some meaningless decorative patterns on the side of the card box, and on the back of the card box, there is a reminder left by a fortune teller in the Second Age for future generations:

【Destiny is unpredictable.】

Luvia was very satisfied with this relic. After seeing off the professors, the five people, relieved, returned to the sofa in Room 1.

"After taking these exams, I felt like 1854 had completely waved goodbye to me. Everyone's grades were good, and together we put a perfect end to 1854."

The doctor picked up the teacup:
"I really want to remind you now that the summer exams don't seem too far away, but since you did well in the exams this year, I will wait until next month to remind you."