Over the next several days, Jiang Han's life entered a simple cycle:
Wake up, handle work, grind through A2-level practice questions, take care of Cleya, practice operational procedures in the laboratory, sleep.
A fulfilling cycle, stuffed with the unease of student days.
At six in the afternoon on November 25th, Jiang Han arrived at the examination venue more than half an hour early.
It was on a beautiful Sky Island, built up with countless Victorian-style streets and little shops.
There were many categories of A2 examinations, held year-round. They were akin to professional certification exams: not standardized, nor assigned massive examination halls like a nation's A1 general exam. Instead, the venues and schedules for A2 exams were determined by the resources each country allocated and the importance it placed on them.
For example, in certain backward witch nations, witches who wished to take niche A2 exams such as alchemy or practical runes had to travel to another country that offered those exams.
The most popular specializations in the country at present were:
A2 Spell Research, A2 Potion Plants, A2 International General Legal Regulations, A2-C Adventure Rules and Guidelines, A2 Safety and Witch Industrial Research, A2 Advanced Specialized Management and Diplomacy.
—These were prized positions where, once one had obtained the certificate, there was no need to worry about finding a job or being laid off.
Likewise, these subjects did not require exceptional talent. Grinding practice questions was enough.
Thus, around 370 such examinations were held in China every year. At a rate of two sessions per day, there was practically a day open for registration every other day. Of course, the acceptance rate was a rigid 1%. In other words, even if all 1,000 candidates in a session scored full marks, 990 of them would still be cut, with only