Everyone pretended not to hear the Doctor's words:
"Next, we still have to apply for higher-grade courses. We definitely won't be free this year."
Dorothy lowered her head to look at her report card and spoke delightedly, while Priest Augustus gazed at the flames in the fireplace:
"Being busier is good. It's better than having nothing to do. If you waste time when you're young, it'll be too late to regret it at my age. At the end of this year, we can all try taking the Skipping Grade Exam, just like Shade."
"Priest, twice the grades means twice the courses and twice the exams."
Luvia reminded him, while Shade offered his own experience:
"The greatest difficulty in skipping grades is actually the extra course papers. They all have to be handwritten; you can't use a typewriter."
"Alright, alright. Since when did you all become so diligent and hardworking?"
The Doctor laughed and stopped the discussion from continuing:
"In any case, exam week has ended smoothly, and everyone can rest for a few days. Remember to give me your applications for higher-grade courses before the end of the month. Also, Annette, don't forget your joint training plan. Oh, make sure you take your souvenirs before you leave later. I brought them back from Winter Castle City in the North."
"How was the weather over there, Doctor?"
Dorothy asked:
"During the Year-End Festival, Tobesk had an enormous snowfall."
"The night after leaving Winter Castle and heading farther north into the Glacier Area, I spent the night in a sheltered place.
"The weather was fairly good during the first half of that night, but then a blizzard suddenly struck in the latter half. I had never seen weather like that before. The howling wind was even more terrifying than a Demon's roar.