The children who had just moved into the dormitory building of Gallop Academy were called up at dawn to assemble as a group and begin the day's training and lessons.
According to Landen's newest order, all children in the territory over the age of six had to enter school. Within Night-Kirin City, elementary schools had been opened in the northern barbarian residential district and at the Iron Mine.
The elementary schools provided the most basic foundational education in writing, arithmetic, hygiene, physical training, territorial history, and so on. After the children turned ten, they would also offer skills training and secondary education. In addition, the children would gradually come into contact with magical equipment, to screen out those who could sense mana.
Children aged ten to fourteen who had been confirmed able to perceive the flow of mana, all youths aged fourteen to sixteen, and all Mana-Wielders aged sixteen to eighteen were required to enter Gallop Academy to study.
According to age and level, all Mana-Less children were divided at the age of fourteen into two grades, upper and lower. Mana-Wielders, meanwhile, were divided by rank into three grades—Mana-Wielder, apprentice, and junior—for separate instruction.
Because of the lack of teachers, courses, and teaching equipment, Landen had originally planned to spend three months hiring mages and knights in the Royal Capital and Imperial Capital, then officially begin school in September. But recently, Kaiyi, Wendy, and the others had all discovered that in an environment rich with magical elements like the Honeycomb, children awakened their bloodlines more easily. Therefore, all children over fourteen near Night-Kirin City had already entered Gallop Academy to live and study.
Teacher Nancy had also brought the Mana-Less teachers from the former territory to settle in, teaching all the children courses like arithmetic and writing. As for magical