Unlike the timetable Iver was familiar with, Royal Law University had no traditional "eight a.m. classes."
Classes at the School of Theology began at nine every morning and at three in the afternoon. There was only one class throughout the entire morning or afternoon, but it did not necessarily end at a fixed time.
Usually, the instructor brought along an hourglass lasting anywhere from forty minutes to an hour and a half, depending on the schedule for that class. Every time the sand ran out, it gave a crisp ding.
After taking a short break, using the restroom, or grabbing a bite to eat, the instructor would turn the hourglass over and begin the second lesson. Class ended once the sand ran out a second time.
Two rounds of sand, one upright and one inverted. This method of timing was a sign of the instructors' respect for the Pillar God of the Equilibrium Path, Hourglass.
It guarded the concepts of "knowledge" and "science." The earliest "professional educators" and "professional researchers" to emerge in every ancient civilization had been its apostles.
Although Iver had left fairly early, Lily was pushing his wheelchair, so they could not move very quickly. It was exactly ten when Iver reached the school entrance, and by the time he and Senior Hai Na arrived outside the classroom, class was almost over.
This lesson used a medium-sized hourglass, with each round lasting an hour. In other words, this history class, which consisted almost entirely of reading from the textbook, required them to sit blankly in the classroom for two hours even without counting the break in between.
Professor Bard's class was held only once a week. But that single class was already torturous enough.
Under normal circumstances, students would start getting restless about fifteen minutes before Professor