Hermione's Worries

Chatting along the way, the group soon arrived at a spacious courtyard.

"This is the living quarters of the Upper Academy."

Those of you who need to go to the Upper Academy, I'll take you in first to put your luggage away, then we'll go to the Dining Hall for a meal, and afterwards I'll take the rest of you to the Middle Academy.

It's already past 8 p. m., and Ma Jingjing is starving.

"By the way, Senior Ma, what exactly do you mean by the Upper Academy and the Middle Academy that you mentioned before?"

Seeing the bewildered looks on the other people's faces, Bell, the unfortunate Team Professor, had no choice but to step forward and face the gale once again.

"Huh!? Isn't this how it is in Britain?"

Ma Jingjing said in surprise again.

As for this Senior Ma's tendency to overreact, Bell was too lazy to even bother commenting on it.

It seems he needs to pay more attention to these kinds of "common sense" questions in the future.

"After Cultivator is born, the fluctuations of spiritual energy within his body will be sensed and recorded by the Nine Provinces Guardian Array."

The Cultivator Alliance has assigned personnel to specifically observe and compile these records, and to notify the parents of these infants.

When the children reach the age of 5, they will enter the Lower Academy of one of the four major Academy, depending on their region, to receive basic education.

Six years in the Lower Academy, three years in the Middle Academy, and three years in the Upper Academy. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, students will complete all their studies and graduate from the Academy at the age of 17.

So normally, those aged 15 and above enter the Upper Academy, and those aged 12 to 15 enter the Middle Academy.

According to the information I received, there shouldn't be any children under 12 years old among those who came this time, right?

Of course, I don't know the teaching pace at Hogwarts. If you feel you can't keep up or find the class content too easy, you can apply to transfer to another house.

After all, this is only the first time for this kind of exchange program, and the Academy doesn't know much about your situation.

Ma Jingjing explained in detail.

"I want to be transferred to another hospital! I want to be admitted to the Upper Academy!"

As soon as Ma Jingjing finished speaking, Shanna immediately jumped up.

She didn't want to be in a different college from her Gege.

God knows how much she regrets all these years for being misled by her parents and listening to the advice of that damned Sorting Hat, choosing to go to Slytherin House!

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't bear the pitiful, abandoned puppy-like looks in Lis and Lei Lei's eyes, she would have gone to them to ask to transfer to Ravenclaw as soon as Dumbledore went home to retire and Snape became the Hogwarts Headmaster!

And to be honest, back at Hogwarts, she always felt that the lessons were too easy and there was no need to listen to them at all.

It was her Gege who repeatedly told her not to be impatient and to calm down and carefully hone her basics, which is why she listened attentively in every class.

Of course, the A History of Magic is an exception.

Like her Gege, she was more interested in Professor Binns Professor Binns was saying, and wanted to capture him and study him thoroughly.

I wonder if Professor Binns would be so angry that he'd want to go on strike if he found out that two of his students, one big and one small, were lusting after him.

Ahem, let's get back to the main topic.

Shanna was overjoyed to hear that she could skip a grade.

She wants to skip to her Gege's grade!

You know, sitting in the same classroom with her Gege was a dream she had for many years.

"I can't make that decision myself. You'll need to apply to the professors and pass the tests before you can be promoted to the next department."

If you really want to transfer to another department, you can bring it up during tomorrow's test. Maybe then we can take the test together, which would save a lot of trouble.

Ma Jingjing said.

At the same time, she gave Shanna a rather surprised look.

She thought the blonde girl was from the Upper Academy.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the little girl with the reddish-brown curly hair is younger, right?

Wow, these Britain girls have such vibrant hair colors! Especially the one with the reddish-brown hair, with those wavy curls, she looks so beautiful! I really want to have a hairstyle like that!

It can only be said that no matter how much a woman enjoys sparring and fighting, she is still a woman at heart. She simply cannot resist certain innate attraction.

"Tomorrow's test? What kind of test?"

Before he knew it, Bell had overheard yet another "common sense" statement.

"The college conducts an ability test before the start of each academic year."

Unlike the written exam at the end of the semester, the aptitude test mainly assesses the ability to cast spells and the student's practical combat skills.

Students will be divided into Sorting based on the results of the aptitude test. Each grade level is typically divided into 5 classes, with approximately 20 students per class.

Ma Jingjing patiently explained again.

Seriously, aren't these Britain hungry? Couldn't they just put their luggage in first and then go to the canteen to eat and chat?

On the surface, Ma Jingjing appeared patient, but inside she was on the verge of losing her temper.

However, she had indeed heard that some foreigners do not like to discuss business at the dinner table.

So she was really hungry!

"Then the final exam scores will be useless, won't they?"

As a top student, Hermione is extremely sensitive to words like exams and tests.

Especially from what the other party just said, it seems that China Academy doesn't place much importance on the written test scores.

This made Hermione immediately uneasy.

You know, her forte is written tests!

Actually, Hermione was being a bit modest here.

She excels not only in written exams but also in spellcasting.

However, she had always been comparing herself to the Bell siblings, which gave her the illusion that her spellcasting ability was a weakness.

"Although strictly speaking, what you said wasn't wrong."

In reality, those with strong practical skills and spellcasting abilities generally have excellent theoretical knowledge. Only very occasionally might an exception occur.

Conversely, it is not uncommon for students to have excellent theoretical grades but perform terribly when actually casting spells.

The Academy does not advocate rote learning, but rather encourages students to combine theory with practice, which is why this Sorting method was developed.

It would have been better if Ma Jingjing hadn't explained; Hermione panicked even more after she did!

Isn't she exactly the kind of person who's good at theory but bad at practice?

What should she do? She didn't want to embarrass Hogwarts!

And most importantly, Bell is guaranteed to be assigned to the best class. If she performs too poorly in the test, wouldn't she be unable to be in the same class as Bell?

No!

Seeing Hermione looking so pitiful, almost in tears, Bell chuckled and ruffled her hair.

He knew perfectly well what Hermione was worried about. But in his opinion, Hermione was completely overthinking things... or maybe not?