Chapter 99 - The Academy Or The City? (1/2)

”Assignments? ”Moon Coins?” Evan asked puzzled.

In his mind, the Academy of Magic was something boring, but useful. Lessons, training, and the library- he couldn't imagine other activities in a place like this.

Nevertheless, he had too bad an idea of what an Academy of Magic was, especially ”The Last Moon”. If all the students did was go to classes and the library, then what was the point of the Academy? It would be much easier to hire a teacher and that would be it.

Sana nodded: ”Yeah, the Academy of Magic, you know, gets resources and money not out of thin air. Any student can take assignments from the notice boards and get ”Moon Coins” for doing so. Of course, assignments can also be given to you by your teachers. Usually their tasks are easier and they pay more.”

<Hmm, that's a pretty good system. Students do assignments, gain experience and knowledge, and get rewarded for it. Whereas the Academy gets various resources all the time and if there's a problem to solve, it can be just assigned a reward for it>.

”I see, but what to spend these ”Moon Coins” on? For spell books and artifacts?” Evan asked.

The girl looked at Evan in surprise and said: ”You don't seem to know anything at all about ”The Last Moon” or how the Academies of Magic are set up. Where are you from?”

Evan quickly replied, ”I'm from Mossy Vulture.”

”Then why is your knowledge so limited? Last year, the newbie magicians from Mossy Vulture were among the best ones.”

Evan frowned and replied, ”I was suddenly able to enter ”Nirvana” and become a newbie mage. My case is pretty unusual and I haven't had much time to learn more about the Academy of Magic.”

”Okay, don't worry, as a senior I'll tell you all about it!” With a satisfied smile on her face, Sana said.

Evan was the first person she had ever taught and she was glad for such an opportunity. The thing was, Sana herself had joined ”The Last Moon” a year ago, so she still had a lot to learn herself, before she could act like a teacher.

The young man smiled and nodded. On one hand, he was grateful to Sana for all the information she had given him, but on the other, he was amused by the way, the second year student was acting.

”Any Academy of Magic is not really an Academy. It would be more correct to say that it is a special mini-city with its own infrastructure, and the more popular the Academy, the richer the city.

”So, the ”Moon Coins” are the currency of this city?”

The girl nodded: ”Yes, furthermore, our Academy even has its own cards, you can't use regular coins. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.”

”What's so funny?” Evan didn't understand why Sana suddenly laughed.

”Sorry, I`ve just remembered that some students didn't know that and brought thousands of gold coins with them. Later they had to nearly throw them away.”

”Okay, then how big is this town?”

Although Sana called the Academy a city, Evan thought that was an exaggeration, because he couldn't imagine that everyone in the city was a magician.