"Heh—"
Tian Sheng raised his head from the bustling crowd and couldn't help yawning.
With heavy dark circles under his eyes, a nest-like mess of hair, and an old-fashioned jacket... if not for the admission ticket hanging from his neck as he stood outside the examination hall, people might have mistaken him for some homeless drifter.
In fact, because he looked so suspicious, the security guards nearby had been watching him in secret. Even as dull as Tian Sheng was, he could sense those intermittent stares prickling against his skin.
Awkwardly lifting the bottle of mineral water in his hand, he took a gulp and helplessly shuffled farther away from the crowd to prove that he was harmless.
He hadn't meant to make himself look like this. He truly just hadn't had the time to manage his appearance.
To prepare for the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau's recruitment examination, he had studied hard night after night lately. Other than his daytime work at the orphanage, nearly all his time had gone into reading and solving problems, leaving him with no energy to care about life's trivial details.
For most Mages seeking stable employment, the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau's recruitment examination was an important opportunity.
As long as they had no criminal record and a clean background, every Mage could try to pass the examination and enter the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau, becoming an official employee and enjoying conditions and an environment far superior to researching Spell Formulas privately.
As a law-abiding civilian Mage, Tian Sheng's Spell Formula proficiency might have been average, but that did not stop him from wanting to join the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau.
During this period, even his sleeping hours had been squeezed away. Though he knew he had an examination today and had deliberately gone to bed early last night,