A New Batch of Apprentices, and the Possibility of Earning a Scholarship!
It was another new quarterly assessment.
But there were many more newcomers this time.
Sitting in his seat, Ian looked behind him and saw that there were now eight additional Wizard apprentices.
These apprentices all exuded the aura of zero-ring Wizards.
Dressed in the attire of Elemental Mysteries and wearing relatively youthful faces, they were clearly disciples from Elemental Mysteries' main branch.
Gwen, whom Ian had seen yesterday, was among them.
When she saw him looking over, Gwen immediately gave him a sweet smile.
Ian nodded back at her.
Yet inwardly, he was rather surprised.
There are this many in this batch?
The previous batch had included Wizards from both the Academy and outside, yet there had only been ten people in total. This time, there were already eight.
Including the nine people present, that made seventeen—already exceeding the maximum of fifteen Peter had mentioned before.
Ian wanted to ask Peter beside him, but found that Peter was equally puzzled.
"Don't look at me. I don't know what's going on either. In previous years, the Academy only had three or four."
Sensing Ian's gaze, Peter turned around and shrugged, indicating that he had no idea either.
It was not just him.
The other Wizards were also somewhat surprised. The number of apprentices recruited this time was indeed far greater than usual.
Everyone exchanged quiet words until Kieran arrived, at which point they finally fell silent.
Yet Kieran acted as though nothing had happened.
He began this lesson.
The topic concerned points requiring attention when researching natural runes, as well as specific efficient methods.
Ian listened carefully.
After all, this was precisely what he was currently researching. Since Kieran was speaking about it, Ian believed there had to be