The weekend regular meeting was as dull as ever.
Collecting homework, reading weekly journals, Old Yao's long and boring lectures, and the students below letting their minds wander in every direction—every kind of behavior was on display. Besides that, there were plenty of students secretly catching up on homework, quietly flipping through newspapers, or folding two paper figures and making them fight inside their desks.
At regular meetings, students could always find something to pass the time.
Of course, where there was routine, there would naturally be change and development.
For example, the following week—the seventeenth week of the semester and the fourth-to-last week before winter break—would be a particularly lively one.
Wednesday was Christmas Eve. As usual, Alpha Academy would hold a grand costume ball and a moonlit parade, while Atlas would conduct large-scale blessings and prayer ceremonies.
Thursday was Christmas, which went without saying. Although for some traditional wizards, whether Christmas was celebrated or not made little difference, First University had not canceled this relatively well-known holiday for the sake of social unity.
Furthermore, the following Friday through Sunday would be First University's three-day winter hunt.
Because the Silent Forest had been less than peaceful this year, the winter hunt had been scheduled a few days later than usual. Yet those few days conflicted with everyone's final exam review period—Zheng Qing had heard more than one person complain about the timetable set by the Professor Joint Conference, and more than one person declare that they would give up the winter hunt to devote themselves fully to preparing for finals.
Fatty Xin was one of the wizards considering giving up the winter hunt.
"This is my first time taking final exams. If I mess them up, am I supposed to repeat my freshman year like Nicholas? Even if I