Outside of JD secondary school, light rain drizzled down. Outside the school gate, parents crowded under umbrellas, their faces filled with anticipation.
Today was a big day for their children's education. Whether they could get into Gate of Magic High School and eventually get into a good university depended on their children's performance today!
Yes, it's a magic high school!
In this society, magic is supreme!
All children need to receive nine years of compulsory magic education. After completing nine years of basic magic theory and magical life skills, they will take an exam similar to the high school entrance examination. Those who pass the exam can enter magic high school and become a real magician!
Osmanthus flowers fell straight down onto the school's straight path in the rain. After the bell rang, students poured out, either walking alone or looking for their buddies to discuss today's exam.
"Hey, Henry, the seven elements of elemental magic, have you solved this question? Ice, fire, earth, water, wind, light, and thunder?" asked a white-faced boy wearing a small tie.
"Perfectly solved!" Henry, the epitome of a perfect male in terms of hairstyle, height, and appearance, replied.
"As expected of our top student. You can even solve such a difficult question... Hey, isn't that Morvan who only scored 6 points in the mock exam?" Daniel, with his face full of freckles, said.
Henry immediately cast a disdainful glance at the boy who was walking alone with an umbrella and said, "This guy is about to end up like his old man, as a pickup truck purchaser."
"Isn't that the servant of your family? Hahaha!"
These three spoke insolently, not afraid that the boy named Morvan beside them would hear.
After mocking him, the three of them left swaggeringly, apparently confident that they would pass the magic high school entrance exam.
Holding a black umbrella, Morvan walked out of the school gate by himself.
Turning back to glance at the soon-to-be-farewell campus, Morvan's thoughts condensed into two words: screwed up!
Could it be any more screwed up?
Morvan didn't belong in this world to begin with. He was a genius student who didn't really care about exams on normal days and always turned in blank papers.
It was normal for classmates and teachers to regard him as a slacker, just like a college student who had no reason to waste over an hour sitting there for a little red flower.
Originally, Morvan planned to take the high school entrance exam a bit more seriously and casually become the top student in the school, stepping on Henry's foolishness in the most humiliating manner and entering the best high school in the city...
Who knew an accident would happen?
A good student like himself, sleeping on the back mountain of the school one day, suddenly ended up in this world!
Magic!!
His classmates, teachers, dad, and sister remained unchanged, but what changed was the whole world.
His science-worshipping world had turned into one that worshipped magic.
Physics, chemistry, and biology turned into black magic, white magic, and extradimensional magic!
What used to be academic departments turned into fire, ice, and thunder!
Let it change, Morvan actually didn't resist this magic at all. He even knew that magic truly existed, and he was all spartan about it. But it had to happen when he was about to take the exam.
He found himself completely ignorant of magic knowledge!
So, from a genius student wanting to play possum and eat tigers, he suddenly became a true slacker, enduring ridicule and mockery!
The only thing worth celebrating was: compulsory magic education for nine years covered all sorts of theoretical knowledge, just some things related to magic and life. Real magic would only be touched upon in high school.
To become a true magician, one must go through an important step, which is "Magic Awakening"!
Magic awakening would be conducted at the high school opening ceremony, witnessed by all the school leaders and teachers. At that time, even if you hadn't learned the theory in advance, it was still possible to awaken your own element!
Morvan actually liked magic. This was undoubtedly a perfect fantasy rebirth for him.
He also wanted to become a supreme magician who could dance with fire and summon thunder above the tallest skyscrapers, making a small contribution to saving the world.
But unfortunately, this exam...
Let's put it this way, after his unremitting efforts before the exam, he finally reached the state of understanding the questions. As for whether the answers were correct... well, as long as he was happy.
"Morvan, Morvan..." In the crowd, a middle-aged man with a pale face waved his hand at Morvan.
Morvan looked at the familiar face with some surprise and called out, "Dad, why are you here?"
"I'm here to pick you up. After the exam, you'll graduate. I've found you a temporary job running errands in the neighboring district. Your Uncle will take you. After running for a few years, you'll gain experience and be able to do it on your own. If you're lucky, you can make four or five thousand a month. It's okay to start working early." Morvan's father, Alexander, said with a smiling face.
The world had changed, but Dad was still Dad. Morvan could feel that unchangeable warmth.
Morvan had mentioned the idea of running errands to his father before. Originally, Morvan wanted to give his dad a surprise, but now he could only accept the reality that he was indeed a slacker.
The problem was, now he wasn't willing to accept it.
In this society, there were cars, phones, computers, and refrigerators. Technological products hadn't changed at all because of the replacement of magic. If you couldn't become a magician, you would become a worker producing these things. Damn it, what was the difference between this and his previous world? I want to learn magic!!
According to the theory that everything else in this world wouldn't change, his talent should remain unchanged. As long as he worked harder in high school and made up for the things he missed in the past, he could still become a true top student... no, a magic hegemon!
"Dad, I want to continue studying." After a long silence, Morvan finally told Alexander what was on his mind.
"Don't you dislike studying magic?" Alexender raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled.
"Um..." Morvan felt a bit awkward. He didn't know if his father would believe him if he told the truth. Sigh, it's frustrating.
Alexender looked at his son, who was about to turn sixteen, and his face showed a kind smile. "It's okay, Dad won't blame you for not studying magic hard. Everyone has their own aspirations."
"No, I really want to learn."
"Can you pass the exam?" Alexender asked.
"No." Morvan replied confidently.
"Then it's okay. Although ancient people often said, 'All things are inferior, only magic is supreme,' there is also a saying that 'every profession produces its own excellence'..." Alexender continued.
Morvan couldn't help but smack his lips after hearing Alexander's words.
Nowadays, Morvan had to automatically convert a lot of information, but during the conversion process, Morvan felt particularly speechless. For example, Morvan remembered one day when the history teacher told the students that the founder of the light magic was "Edison," at that moment, Morvan felt like there were millions of grass-mud horses galloping in his heart!
While comforting Morvan by patting his shoulder, Alexander suddenly noticed that his son remained silent, his expression seeming somewhat off.
Like father, like son. Alexander slowly retracted his smile and lowered his voice a bit, "Are you serious?"
"Yeah, I want to get that awakening opportunity. Although I know it's too late to regret now, but I really want to learn well and become a magician." Morvan said sincerely.
All he needed was a chance!
Alexander remained silent for a moment.
Morvan didn't say anything more.
"Do you really want to learn?" Alexander confirmed again.
"Yes." Morvan nodded without hesitation.
At first, Morvan felt like he was dreaming, like the world was playing a joke on him, but the fact proved that the world had really changed. This wasn't a dream!
"Well, I'll figure something out." Alexander didn't say much more.
"Dad, I found a temporary job at Gate of Magic High School for the summer vacation, watching over the library. I'll start working the day after tomorrow." Morvan said.
Since he had decided to learn magic, Morvan had to put in all his effort.
Whether he could get himself into magic high school and obtain the awakening opportunity depended on his father's side, while his lack of knowledge needed to be filled by his own efforts. So, knowing that he had no hope of getting into magic high school, Morvan took this job in advance.
This job barely paid any salary, just providing food and lodging, but it was really important to Morvan. In the library, he could find too many knowledge he needed to catch up on.
Fortunately, he was indeed a genius. In a short period, he had finished the courses of the first and second grades of elementary school... Damn it, why did he always feel like an idiot saying this!
On the side, seeing his son so determined, Alexander was also moved.
Since his son was determined to pursue magic, what was there for him not to be happy about? After all, in this society, only magicians truly had a status. Even if he ran errands all his life and had a house and a car, it wouldn't compare to the value of a magician who graduated from a magic school, and it wouldn't earn him as much respect.
"Let's go home first. I'll take care of this matter!" Alexander nodded and didn't say much more.