Chapter 143: Three-School Joint Examination
Because there had been no opportunity for re-evaluation since her talent upgrade, no one knew about Jia Na's talent promotion except Anthony-Black Sparrow and a few Wizard Professors he had informed.
Even Vivian-Rose, who had always been close to Jia Na, only now suddenly realized that the calm-faced girl in front of her was hiding something from her again.
"You—"
Seeing Vivian-Rose's mouth wide enough to stuff an egg, Jia Na patted Vivian-Rose's leg under the table as she sat back down, signaling her not to make such an unladylike expression.
"You've been away for so long, naturally, I would also make progress. Besides, aren't you also hiding things from me?"
Seeing Vivian-Rose hesitate to respond, Jia Na, who knew her personality well, directly took the initiative and attacked first from a moral high ground.
"How is that the same? I signed a confidentiality agreement with my family! If I could tell you, I would have told you ages ago!"
Looking at Vivian-Rose's puffed-up appearance, Jia Na, although not showing it on her face, found it quite amusing in her heart.
"Then let's call us even. Moreover, powerful Wizards always have their own secrets; you need to get used to this early."
"Really? How come I've never heard of such a saying?"
"That's why I have to teach you slowly—"
"Vivian-Rose—"
Before Vivian-Rose could reply, Grace-Eva's voice came from the podium.
"Go for it!"
Seeing Vivian-Rose preparing to stand up, Jia Na also cheered her on. Seeing this, Vivian-Rose, who was only pretending to be angry, looked at Jia Na's smiling face and gave her a victory sign.
"Buzz—"
As Vivian-Rose walked up to the podium and placed her right hand flat on the crystal ball, seeing the blue and white light flashing on the crystal ball, Grace-Eva couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Apprentice Level 11, Mental Strength 20.5, Wizard Talent B-level 【Flash Freeze】—not bad, I wish you success."
Looking at Grace-Eva's sharp eyes, which seemed to see through everything, Vivian-Rose immediately lowered her head.
"Thank you, Professor Eva."
After leaving the podium, Vivian-Rose quickly returned to her seat.
"What's wrong? Did Professor Eva say something to you?"
Seeing Vivian-Rose's strange expression as she sat back down, Jia Na couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Hmm—indeed, nothing can be hidden from the eyes of these Wizards."
Hearing Vivian-Rose's cryptic remark, Jia Na didn't press further but refocused her attention on the assessment at the podium.
"Bell-Moonshadow, Apprentice Level 11, Mental Strength 20.2, Wizard Talent B-level 【Shadow Affinity】, C-level 【Gathering Mist】."
Looking at Bell-Moonshadow walking down from the podium, Jia Na nodded towards her.
When Bell-Moonshadow saw Jia Na, a moment of panic flashed in her eyes, then she glanced at Vivian-Rose next to her, nodded at Jia Na, and quickly returned to her seat in the back row.
"I didn't expect her to also be promoted to Second-level Wizard Apprentice."
Although they had teamed up before, after the mission ended, Vivian-Rose, who didn't particularly like Bell-Moonshadow, had no further contact with her. Even if they met halfway, they would only barely nod, not initiating conversation.
"She's actually a decent person. You'll know once you interact with her more."
"I won't—what? I haven't been around recently, have you been spending a lot of time with her?"
"Almost every day."
Perhaps it was because she hadn't seen Vivian-Rose for too long, Jia Na couldn't help but tease her. And Vivian-Rose's reactions were particularly cooperative, almost always falling for Jia Na's tricks.
"Don't you know that a friendship of three is actually very crowded? Something big might happen!"
"Stop being an alarmist."
After about an hour, the level assessment for the 【Black Magic Defense】 class was completely finished.
In the entire class, there were six people who had broken through to Second-level Wizard Apprentice. Besides Jia Na, Vivian-Rose, Bell-Moonshadow, and Andre-Green, the other two were also apprentices from Wizard families.
In addition, there were more than thirty people whose Mental Strength was still stuck at 9 points, unable to cross the threshold of First-level Apprentice. Therefore, these people would uniformly complete withdrawal procedures before nine o'clock tonight and leave the Turin Wizard Gathering Place by magic steam airship.
Life changes in an instant, and opportunities are fleeting. If you don't firmly grasp them, it's difficult to have a second chance to start over. "Alright, everyone, quiet down."
No sooner had Grace-Eva left the classroom than Mary-Margaret walked in with two exquisite small lottery buckets.
"In a moment, I will call names according to the list. Those whose names are called will come directly to me to draw lots—those who have broken through to Second-level Apprentice will draw from the left bucket, and the rest will draw from the right."
After quickly explaining the test rules, Mary-Margaret placed the two lottery buckets on the podium in order.
"Caw—Caw—"
Just as Mary-Margaret was about to start calling names, a large Raven quickly flapped its wings and flew to the side of the podium.
"Professor Margaret, I have a message from the Principal."
"Speak."
Hearing the Raven's noisy voice, Mary-Margaret frowned impatiently. Seeing this, the Raven quickly whispered the message into her ear using magical sound transmission, then, not daring to linger, the Raven that had completed its task flapped its wings and quickly left the classroom.
"How troublesome."
Seeing the Raven leave, Mary-Margaret couldn't help but put down the roll book in her hand and said somewhat irritably to the apprentices below:
"Listen up, in a moment, the Second-level Apprentices will draw lots first—after completing the spellcasting test, the few of you will go directly to the first floor to meet up with the Second-level Apprentices from other grades, and then follow the Principal directly to the Black Bone Forest to participate in the Three-School Joint Examination..."
"Of course, if you have anything left in your dorm, hurry and get it—but don't be late." Hearing this, Jia Na and Vivian-Rose quickly exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
"This is too rushed, right? Did something unexpected happen?"
Jia Na, who also had this speculation, didn't finish speaking but looked back at the podium.
"First, Malo-Haige, you start."
Looking over upon hearing the name, they saw a black-haired male apprentice with extremely ordinary features that, when put together, appeared unusually harmonious, stand up from his seat. He then walked to Mary-Margaret, bowed respectfully to her, and only then began to draw a lot.
"Malo-Haige... so he is the apprentice from the same family as the Black Bone Forest Principal, Losia-Haige."