Supreme Magus novel Chapter 93

Lith spent his last free days studying Alchemy and Forgemastering.

Both the crafting disciplines were very hard to convert into true magic.

Alchemy was a weak subject for him.

He barely managed to understand the basics, leaving most of the work to Solus, while he studied his clothes, amulet and magic storing rings, hoping to understand how to replicate and enhance their pseudo cores with true Forgemastering.

Before leaving, Lith managed to pay a social visit to Protector, Reaper and Lifebringer. He wanted to be updated about the situation in the Trawn woods, but more importantly he was fishing for Alchemic ingredients.

During spring, animals would change their coats, and deer would shed their antlers. What for him was a treasure for them was garbage, so they had no reason to deny his request.

By simply grooming them for a few minutes, he had enough to stuff several pillows.

After returning to the Academy, life once again resumed its routine, with only a couple of changes. Lith obtained from Phloria and Friya training in sword arts, and in exchange Phloria would take part in his silent magic private lessons.

Adjusting their schedule proved to be a bit hard, but thanks to Soluspedia, Lith didn’t need to study much. Worst case scenario he would not sleep and Invigorate himself to cram through the night and leave the afternoons free.

That, coupled with Phloria attending to only one specialization course, allowed him to practice often.

Months passed, and so the end of the first trimester came.

Many students were afraid of the finals, and started to compile a list of all the possible trials that could be required for them to perform.

Lith couldn’t care less. If it was a written exam, with Soluspedia it would be a walk in the park. If the test was of practical nature, he was quite confident to be able to screw it up just enough to be in the top 10, but avoiding the top spots.

The day of the finals, they were all assembled in the compulsory courses’ class, the only one that could accommodate all the fourth-year students, waiting for Professor Trasque to arrive.

Yet the one that entered the room was Headmaster Linjos.

"Good morning, my precious students. This time, I bring you only good news.

There will be no finals, because you have already taken all of them."

Most of those present went into panic, thinking that the mock exam had actually been a real one. All those that reached this conclusion, cursed the Headmaster inwardly, for the unfairness of crushing their grades after only a month of preparation.

"This is one of the changes that I have made to White Griffon system, that no one was aware of. You have been judged daily for three months, based on your preparation and the effort you put into the lessons.

I want you to know that rather than failure or success, special importance has been attached to your progress. To how you learned about your weak points and worked on fixing them.

After such prolonged and careful evaluation, any further test would be useless, especially written exams. They would only serve to see who is better at cheating, like often happened in the previous years.

The only way to get good grades with my system, is through hard work and perseverance, not by goofing off a whole term and hoping for a mad rush to be enough."

His tone became harsh during the last sentence, looking straight to some students that cowered behind their desks.

"Also, there will be no ranking, not until the end of the year. It’s another toxic relic of the past, that only managed to sour relationships and turned friends into enemies. I will now give you your report card, but it’s for your eyes only."

In front of each student appeared a blank piece of paper.

"To read its content, just imprint it with your mana. To those who have passed all their courses, you have my congratulations. For those who have failed one or more classes, you’ll have to retake them entirely in the second trimester.

If you have problems with your timetable, I suggest you to drop a specialization, if you are taking more than one. Is better to achieve less than failing entirely."

Scared murmuring filled the air.

"To those that find such judgement unfair, feel free to bring the matter up to the Professors or to me, if you prefer. We’ll give you impromptu make-up tests.

In case you succeed, the votes will be changed accordingly. There will be no punishment in case of failure. Dismissed. Take the rest of the day to plan your future properly. You have only until the end of today to ask for a second evaluation."

Linjos had yet to reach the door that everyone was picking his own report card, infusing it with magic.

Lith’s one was as following:

Theory of Combat Magic: A; Principles of Advanced Magic: A; Forgemastering: A; Healing: S-. School points gained from daily evaluation: 3,365.

- "F*ck! What did I do wrong to get that S?"

"Do you mean aside from sharing your spell, proposing brilliant ideas on daily basis and removing the Clacker’s venom from your body and weaponizing it in front of the whole staff?" Solus sneered.

"Dammit, Linjos keeps screwing up my plans. I can’t ruin my average score during the finals if there are no finals. That man is diabolical."

"What is done is done." Solus mind-shrugged. "Let’s see how the others fared." –

Looking around the class, watching the student’s faces was enough to get an idea of their grades. Those who cried or cursed loudly had clearly failed at one or more classes.

Lith didn’t have to go far, his four "friends" had taken the habit to sit next to him as soon they had returned from the four days break.

"What’s with the sour face?" Yurial asked looking worried.

"Did something go wrong?"

"Let’s get out of here." Lith replied with a whisper.

"To not betray Linjos’ expectations, is better to talk somewhere private." He pointed with his thumb to the heart broken students.

Everyone nodded, then they got up and exited the room unnoticed. Yurial’s place was the closest one, so they headed there

After closing the door behind them, Lith activated his Hush spell. He was almost certain that all the rooms were soundproof, considering the philandering style they were built for. But he wasn’t the type to take chances.

"Well? How did it go?" Phloria prompted him.

"Mine is: Theory of Combat Magic: B+; Principles of Advanced Magic: B; Mage Knight: A+. School points gained from daily evaluation: 2,254."

Everyone gave her a short round of applause.

"Thanks, but I bet I have less points than you lot, since I got only a specialization."

Lith sighed, pondering if to tell them the truth or tune down his votes. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}