"Computational Enhancement Winter Camp—"
Outside a teaching building at Saint Dero, several students stood before a bulletin board, looking over the latest recruitment notice.
A young woman of about twenty, with red hair, wearing Saint Dero robes and carrying an armful of books whose covers showed their age, peered through delicate glasses at the contents of the notice with great interest.
"No way. You're interested in a winter camp? We just finished our exams, and you're already voluntarily looking for more studying to do."
Her companion clearly could not understand her behavior.
At Saint Dero, the only real long break of the year came after the year-end exams. Most students chose to go home or travel during this time—either way, they needed to unwind.
Even those looking for something productive generally picked commission-style field assignments. As long as they did not choose a task that looked impossibly difficult, they could travel and earn some internship credits at the same time. Those hoping to join an adventure party in the future could also accumulate some adventuring experience.
Of course, Saint Dero graduates who joined adventure parties followed a completely different path from ordinary rogue mages.
With the school's name behind them, they could easily join renowned large-scale adventure parties across the continent. After joining, they would receive extensive onboarding training to help them understand every aspect of adventuring, and even when they were not taking jobs, they received a base salary.
Their treatment was worlds apart from low-level adventurers who had to start by hacking at goblins one at a time, stumbling through every obstacle on their own, and risked going hungry if an injury kept them from taking work.
Thus, becoming an adventurer was considered a barely acceptable post-graduation option for Saint Dero students.
The most common kind of winter