Chapter 638 Process of thepetition


    [Eon''s POV: ]


    The academy had dedicated ces, training grounds, practice areas, and even other special dedicated facilities for all the houses.


    One of these special facilities was an indoor joint training area where all of the house members could train or practice simultaneously.


    ''This ce is pretty amazing. It''s wonderful how those people had built these things thousands of years ago.''


    A vast room with an open empty area, some equipment areas on the sides of the room, ces dedicated tobs of indoor fields like alchemy and creation, storage rooms with all the recourses one could require during their training, and even some othermon facilities found in the other parts of our house area.


    ''All of these house areas were situated in the inner part of the academy and ours is one of the eight present here.''


    The inner part of the academy castle was divided into the ces with the house facilities, the ce we were in, the clubhouse areas for the different clubs existing in the academy, and the innermost part was dedicated to the sports activities, the academypetitions, and ces were some of the most important things took ce in this academy.


    ''The academy castle is a special structure so defining it by space and simple logical rules would be useless. But, putting it in simple terms, the academy castle is an awesome ce~.''


    We were inside our house''smon training area, and everyone was following the things that were mentioned in the file I had given them, some of them were doing as they pleased and needed a piece of my heart, but overall, they were doing pretty well.


    And, considering how we are the only house doing a group activity like this, their anxiety and worries are valid.


    ''Social loafing and ignorance of the direct orders of the vice-captain was something I had already expected however, these results are better than I had expected.''


    The students were doing good, Zoe was encouraging them with her sweet words of support while taking care of all the familiars of the house and training them separately.


    She was also helping out, so, things had be easier for me.


    "So… vice captain Lucifer. What is the special training you mentioned yesterday? And, if we do the special training now, when will we be doing the regr one like everyone else? Or is it alright if we don''t do it-"


    "Oh no, no. The general training ispulsory. You will have to do it on your own after the special training until the end of thepetition.


    It is for your overall growth so we can''t have you avoid it, and I have faith you will not neglect the regr training just because you will be receiving special training for the alchemypetition.


    You will do it on your ownter, right? Dear friends?"


    I smiled at my dear house members and they, well…


    ''Ball had asked that previous question because he was genuinely curious however, the others who were able to learn the answer to thismon question, were looking down with bitter smiles after looking at me ''warm'' smile.


    "Of course vice-captain. Don''t worry about it one bit~. Everyone here knows you are merciful and wouldn''t mind if we skip our training if there is a valid reason~."


    Lady Mia spoke for the others since she knew the regr training schedules were something that varied depending on the individual so, it might be difficult for them after they were done with their training for the alchemypetition.


    But she also did not give them any false hope.


    As she had said…


    "Of course, if there is a ''valid'' reason, I will have no other choice but to ept the fact that it was inevitable. Not that my precious housemembers would ever feel the need to even try to deceive their vice president."


    Their training for the alchemypetition would start from the basics and with the short span of three weeks, I had to teach them how to use their special abilities in the way that would produce the best results.


    I knew it would be difficult, and when they looked at my warmer smile after I said that, the chills they got down their spines were also enough to tell them that it was difficult, but now there was no way they could back off from this whole situation.


    "Alright then, everyone~. What do you all know about the processes of the alchemypetition and how it progresses?" I asked them the question after tapping on therge table before them, which was already covered with many alchemical equipment, materials, and things that shouldn''t usually belong together with these things, like small caged creatures and bacterial and fungal spices.


    "Thepetition itself?"


    They all should have a little idea about thepetition since they applied to be a part of it; however, even though I had asked them the question, no one other than Lady Mia seemed to be up to the task of answering that simple question.


    "Yes. How does thepetition progress."


    The annual alchemypetition of the Principality was an important event and was famous all through the continent.


    Many nations have actively taken part in it and since it was a freeputation that anyone could join, its scale had been a great tform to showcase the abilities of all the participants.


    It was one of the most prominent events of the year to see and meet some of the most famous figures of this world, and, also to witness the new rising stars of the world of alchemy.


    East is considered apetitor of the West, and some famous alchemists made that tform a stage for their own internalpetition, old elders and masters of the various fields also visited the Principality to feel the new winds of the present times.


    ''It was a fun experience for them, and, the way it took proceeded from start to finish was also a fun thing to watch all in itself as well.''


    All fifteen of us looked at Lady Mia with a curious look and, though a little burdened by my gaze, she cleared her throat and confidently spoke up.


    "The annual alchemypetition is a famous event that goes on for three days starting three days before the day of the full moon and ending on the evening of thest day.


    During these three days, apetition of six distinct phases takes ce, the first phase being the primary round where most of the people fail to identify and recreate the potion that was present by the lord of thend, or their closepanion which takes ce in the morning.


    In the evening, the main qualifiers take ce where the participants, whether it be individuals or the group that is participating, have to identify and analyze another batch of potions and write a detailed report of its use, the effects, and the method that was used to prepare it.


    On the second day of thepetition, the participants have to demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating any of the alchemical products of their choice. And, whoever passes the two rounds on this day goes to the fifth round takes ce on the third day.


    This is the main stage where the most important part of thepetition happens and thest remaining alchemists are asked to create the best thing they are capable of making.


    For most of the years, this is considered the end of thepetition however, thepetition reallyes to a conclusion in the evening after a unique segment of thepetition where anyone from the audience or from the people who had not participated in thepetition or were disqualified midway, could present before the others their skills and abilities that they could not in a normalpetition format.


    They are not participating in thepetition so they would be rtively free to show off their skills, some impotent guests, masters, and grandmasters take up this special chance to showcase their skills, however, they are still considered part of this wholepetition.


    The winner of thepetition is chosen from all six of these stages that take ce. The judges present their own suggestions and the elder judge then deres the winner of thepetition, the ones on the second to ninth ce, and though rare, there are times when they choose a special candidate as the ''one above the winner'' of thatpetition. Though, that happens very rarely. Perhaps only once a decade or something."


    "Excellent exnation, Miss Mia."


    She exined the whole process as properly as it could ever be. She even included the lesser talked about fact that there could exist someone who was above the winner of thepetition as well. Someone who appeared like a (Midsummer rain) or aet that only appears every few years in the night sky.


    This was a pretty perfect exnation and thanks to it, all fifteen of them at least knew how the wholepetition would progress.


    "The first day, mainly the first-everpetition that happens to filter out those not professionally qualified to be there, is considered the most important one since you will not be participating as a group at that time.


    You will have to achieve a passing grade on your own in that phase and, only after that will the remaining of you will be able to join as a group afterward.


    It won''t be too difficult of a task to get past the first round, however, it will not be anything less than a proper exam of our academy.


    It will be difficult, so, to tackle that, we will have to make sure all of you pass the first round, and to do that, to increase your understanding of the potions and their creation materials, I have prepared a special gift for all of you~."


    I took out a unique-looking magic tome from my storage space and ced it on the table before them, and though the other''s did not have any great reaction to the thick attractive book, as soon as Miss Mia saw it a little closely, her eyes widened instantly…


    "W-why do you have this thing?!"


    And she shouted, loudly, so loudly that she attracted the attention of over two hundred people in the vicinity around us.