After seeing Miss Annette off, Shade spent the morning studying Origin · Silver Moon, only to admit that the card might truly possess no mysterious power.
He even held the card out to the cat to test it. But the orange cat merely sniffed it, then walked away in disgust.
He went out for lunch at noon, then whiled away the time reading and continuing to translate Miss Louisa's book. His progress was not bad; he should be able to finish all of it before tomorrow afternoon's group gathering. This way, he would not have to worry about delaying Miss Louisa's affairs because of it.
As he flipped through his textbooks, Shade suddenly realized that he might truly be able to complete the exams for some subjects during exam week at the end of the month.
Though he did not possess the sort of memory that never forgot anything he had seen, the Outlander was well versed in exam techniques—and even more adept at completing, in just a few weeks, studies that took others half a year.
More importantly, the theoretical courses—whether the classification of otherworldly plants, introductory alchemy, or even stargazing and divination—were all subjects that greatly interested Shade.
Interest, hard work, and a few techniques gave Shade full confidence that he could pass several exams by the end of the month.
Of course, the subjects he was best at should have been "Introduction to Ancient Language (Fifth Epoch 0–2000)," "Introduction to Ancient Language (Fifth Epoch 2000–4000)," and "Introduction to Ancient Language (Fifth Epoch 4000–5793)." The three courses introduced most of the important languages of the Fifth Epoch, covering more than thirty languages in total.
The courses only demanded a basic introduction; mastery would have to wait until higher grades. But after flipping through the books several times, Shade