Final Exam

Today is the Final Exam for Prayer Studies.

The Final Exam at the Royal Law University weren't like the "exam week" Iver had experienced in his Previous Life —where everyone took exams over a few days after all the courses were completed. Instead, they were fancy and varied.

Each lecturer decides on the format and grading criteria, as long as the department head signs off.

Ms. Maya was somewhat lazy and disliked trouble. So she simply created a test paper consisting entirely of fill-in-the-blank and short-answer questions, testing students on whom to pray to and how to pray in various situations, and handed it out to Iver and the others during her last class. She herself was responsible for proctoring the exam.

There isn't much content on the test paper. If you write non-stop, you can probably finish it in less than half an hour.

There were no particularly difficult problems or complicated situations that would drive anyone crazy.

The content of the exam paper consists entirely of situations that pastors are very likely to encounter in their daily work.

For example, if Xiao Shuai died at the age of thirty, stabbed to death, how should one pray at his funeral? If Xiao Mei remarries, how should one pray at her wedding? If Xiao Shuai's father, Lao Shuai, also died after Xiao Shuai died of illness, and his family is now wiped out, how should one pray at his funeral?

Or, if a pastor wants to track down someone through a prayer ceremony, how should he do it? Or, if a pastor wants to break someone's petrification state through prayer, how should he do it? There are even short answer questions, such as who to pray to and how to pray to help a postmenopausal middle-aged or elderly woman regain her ability to conceive.

Iver even saw some questions that resembled those of Ms. Maya —for example, the last major question involved a complex mathematical calculation that couldn't afford to go wrong, such as a tax return. At this point, the priests couldn't solve it themselves, but because the data was highly confidential, it wasn't convenient to hand it over to someone else. So, how should the priests handle this situation using prayer? —The answer is to respectfully ask an apostle of the Equilibrium Path to help them calculate it.

This question is quite misleading.

Although the Path of Wisdom is named after wisdom, it is actually closer to philosophy, logic, and strategy. While the Path of Wisdom also includes some areas of theoretical mathematics... matters like tax processing, which belong to the applied field, definitely fall under the Equilibrium Path. The apostles of the Path of Wisdom will certainly not pay you any attention.

Follow the proper ritual procedures, place the offerings, explain the situation clearly, and then put the form to be filled out. If the apostle deems everything acceptable, he will fill in the numbers for you.

It can be considered a type of computer.

If there's no response, it just means the apostle is in a bad mood today. Then try summoning another apostle, just make sure you don't summon the same one repeatedly.

In any case, for high-level superhumans, this level of calculation is just a matter of glancing at it.

Like Iver —he arrived a few months late, so he hadn't originally planned to get Seven Petal Flower. He estimated that he would be able to get around a Five Petal Flower.

However, after his promotion last night, he felt a significant enhancement in his thinking ability. Even the knowledge he had memorized before the promotion now flowed clearly into his mind. He practically didn't stop writing and easily finished the exam. After handing it in, he pushed his wheelchair to the door to bask in the sun and wait for Lily.

He was absolutely certain that he would get a perfect score.

Aside from the first two faculties for general students, the entrance exams for other faculties at Royal Law University are not calculated based on deviation scores or proportions.

Because they don't need to "screen talent," they only need to teach these students.

From this perspective, their Final Exam are actually more like certification exams.

The test creators won't deliberately set difficult questions to differentiate students' abilities; all the knowledge covered is within a reasonable range. As long as you have truly mastered the knowledge, regardless of how many people have the same level of understanding, you can get high scores or even perfect scores.

When it comes to mysticism, you either know it or you don't. There's no such thing as "I know it better than anyone else."

Even if there's one student in a class who comes closest to mastering the Illumination Spell or Blessing Art, if they haven't actually mastered them, no matter how close they are, they still don't know them. Even if they knew nothing about Illumination Spell before, but suddenly learned it one day, then they know it.

Generally speaking, schools expect students to reach the peak of the First Level or the Second Level after graduation.

If one only begins to encounter the extraordinary after entering university and reaches the Second Level before graduation, it means that by the age of thirty, one will almost certainly reach the Third Level. That would make one a pillar of the nation.

After a while, Ms. Maya strolled out on her own.

Do you know how you did on the test?

Meiya ran up behind Iver and asked with a smile.

Iver didn't answer, but instead asked, "Aren't you sure you're okay with not watching?"

"The Spirit Guardian is proctoring the exam inside. I set a rule for it: 'If it sees anyone doing something that doesn't conform to the examinee's behavior, knock them unconscious.'"

Meiya replied cheerfully, "This is also a way to solve problems using prayer."

"If I use a prayer spell to fill out the exam paper directly, would that be considered cheating?"

"Yes, but I'll still give you full marks."

Meiya said with a smile, "But you mustn't tell them this."

As she spoke, Meiya took out a small notebook, about the size of her palm.

That serves as Iver's student handbook and also as his graduation certificate. He will receive it upon graduation.

At this point, a Seven Petal Flower was already printed at the back of the first year's "Prayer Studies." And a Seven Petal Flower was also printed at the back of Iver's "Modern History" and "Elven Language."

"I've finished grading your paper."

Ms. Maya exclaimed, "You're not going to get a perfect score, are you?"

"No," Iver. "My Iris Language is still not very good; I'd be lucky to pass."

"What about the Stibium Language?"

"It's not a big problem."

"That's normal. It's a lot of pressure to learn three languages right from the start of first grade. But for us, it's enough to have a basic grasp of Iris Language and Stibium Language – basically enough to understand books with a dictionary and have daily conversations. But we still need to study Elven Language properly."

Meiya said earnestly, "After these two semesters, Iris Language and Stibium Language will no longer be tested. But Elven Language will be taught until you graduate, and you'll even have to continue learning it after graduation."

"Like that book I was planning to lend you... it's written in Elven Language. If your Elven Language isn't fluent enough, you won't be able to read it even if you get your hands on a book like that later."

Iver was her favorite student—not only because he became a link that allowed her to reconnect with her brother Samuel, whom she hadn't spoken to in years; nor just because Iver had earned the approval of the Red Hilt Holy Sword, or because he was handsome.

Of course, some of these reasons may exist, but none are comprehensive.

To be honest, it's because Iver is good enough.

She had no biological children, and neither did Samuel. But the reasons were different—at least for her, it was because she didn't want to get married, while Samuel's reasons remained unknown.

But she doesn't dislike children; in fact, she adopted one herself. Or rather, very few extraordinary individuals Dedication Path dislike children.

Because the process of raising children is itself a Path of Dedication —parents sacrifice their own flesh and blood, time, energy, and money to dedicate themselves to others.

As Professor James's adopted son, Iver had lost his parents long ago. This filled Ms. Maya with pity.

At the same time, Iver reached the Third Level at the young age of eighteen... Barring any unforeseen circumstances, such as death or soul damage, he is certain to reach the Fifth Level.

—That's the best group of people in the world!

Although Ms. Maya was not Iver's mentor, she was still proud to be a part of it.

She treated him like her own child. He was also well-behaved, sensible, beautiful, adorable, and exceptionally talented...

The only pity is that Iver and Mina have a very good relationship. This makes it difficult for her to complain about her brother in front of Iver, as it would be impolite.

She had previously said she wanted Iver to go see his brother and then lend him her Grimoire. It wasn't really because she was particularly interested in knowing about Samuel's situation. Otherwise, even if she didn't like Mina, going to see him wouldn't have been a big deal.

Meiya was actually just looking for an excuse to show her book to Iver.

She went out for a stroll for a bit, then went back to proctoring the exam. After the final exam, she packed the papers she hadn't finished grading into her bag and went home with Iver.

It's called home, but it's really just a dormitory.

Although Meiya Maya was also a bishop, she was not like Samuel; she was not assigned to her own church. She was the kind of bishop who taught full-time... but because of her distinguished status, she also lived on Ronin Street.

Iver is at 14 Ronin Street, and Meiya is at 38 Ronin Street.

From Iver's house, it's about a 15-minute walk west to Meiya's house.

Upon entering, Iver was stunned—

At first glance, he thought he had arrived at Meg's dormitory.

"... Why is there so much alcohol and junk food?!"

"Oh no! I forgot to pack!"

Meiya clutched her head and screamed like a groundhog.