With the conclusion of the opening ceremony, the academy's courses officially began.

Samuel Academy offered many courses, with Knight courses and Magic courses being the most important, requiring students to major in at least one of them.

Other courses included Theology, Culture, Etiquette, Alchemy, Cooking, and so on, which could be chosen freely.

Oh, and there was also a temporarily added "Appraisal" course. Though quite difficult to learn, it was said to be profitable once mastered.

To complete the annual learning requirements, one had to finish a certain number of courses, pass the final tests, and earn enough credits.

Many new students were confused by this "credit system," still unable to understand its meaning after much research, not knowing how to select their courses.

"Is it really that complicated? Both Dean Colton and I explained it during the ceremony!"

Sophia was not very satisfied, looking at those people as if they were fools.

"I think this system from the Kingdom of York is quite interesting. It allows students to freely choose courses that suit them, so I specially cop—ahem, no, I mean absorbed and transformed it!"

She cleared her throat lightly, looking toward Celitia who was contemplating which courses to choose, and asked: "Lily, what do you think?"

"Ah? Um... you're right."

Celitia's face showed a hint of peculiarity as she placated Sophia.

This credit system was one that Celitia had once referenced from modern universities when establishing a university in the name of the Church years ago.

The plagiarizer had danced right up to the original creator's face... Of course, Celitia couldn't claim to be the original creator either.

Might as well take Sophia's words as praise.

"I can only choose Magic courses; I probably can't handle Knight courses."

Celitia was very self-aware regarding her physical condition. After quickly browsing through the options, she gave up on Knight courses and checked off most of the remaining options.

Almost everyone who could attend Samuel Academy was elite; those who had the opportunity to double major in both Knight and Magic courses would choose to do so. Few would decisively abandon one like Celitia had.

In fact, even with Magic courses, Celitia felt she might not pass.

Celitia had tried to retrain herself, but no matter how hard she tried, it was as if there was a bottomless pit inside her body that would completely absorb any trace of battle energy or magic power she managed to develop.

Since her rebirth until now, Celitia had been striving every day, never giving up, but unfortunately, she still couldn't see any possibility.

Currently, she had a wealth of theory and experience but could do nothing in actual combat.

Yes, she would fail her courses.

She could only hope to score more points in Magic theory...

For the first time, Celitia grumbled about the credit system she had created.

Three heads crowded in front of Celitia, eagerly checking which courses she had chosen.

"Cooking?" Benita read aloud, looking at Celitia with confusion. "What's the use of learning that?"

In proper noble families, everyone had numerous servants. How could they possibly need to cook themselves? Benita really couldn't see the purpose of learning cooking.

A trace of almost imperceptible embarrassment flashed across Celitia's face. She casually said: "Nothing special. Unlike you all who chose Knight courses, I just need to find ways to earn credits."

She gave a proper reason verbally, but didn't speak the truth at all.

The real reason was simple: that morning she had messed up frying eggs, making Sophia's face wrinkle like a bitter gourd. Celitia remembered it very clearly.

As a perfectionist, Celitia wouldn't allow herself to have such a shortcoming.

Mere cooking—how difficult could it be?

Conquer it!!

"That's great, I chose Cooking too!" Shanie was very happy. "But I want to learn it properly, master a skill. Who knows, maybe I can open a dessert shop in Cassia someday!"

Sophia explained: "The introduction of Cooking courses was my mother's idea. She believes that making dishes and desserts in leisure time helps relax the mind and cultivate one's temperament."

She hesitated for a moment, then also checked "Cooking" on her course selection.

Although she had never touched pots and pans since childhood, perhaps she could give it a try?

"So it was Her Majesty's idea." Hearing this, Benita nodded repeatedly and decisively made a check mark as well.

Celitia: "..."

Wait, what are you all doing?

Shanie was understandable, but why were these two noble ladies, who had never lifted a finger in household work, also flocking to choose Cooking?

If they couldn't pass the tests and earn credits later, they shouldn't blame her.

Celitia hadn't even considered that she might not pass the final test herself, confidently submitting her course selection form.

After submitting the forms, it was almost their turn for attribute testing on the other side.

Regardless of which courses were chosen, attribute testing was to detect each person's adaptability to the seven attributes.

The more adaptability one showed toward a certain attribute, the easier it would be to master corresponding skills in future studies, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, this was also a basic test before formal learning began.

Sophia, Benita, and Shanie had actually already been tested for adaptability before, and the results this time were no different from before.

Sophia had water attribute, and Benita had earth attribute.

What surprised Celitia was that Shanie actually possessed dual attributes of wind and fire, which was relatively rare among ordinary people.

But upon reflection, Celitia realized this wasn't strange. After all, if Shanie didn't have some natural talent, the old man wouldn't have taken her as a disciple.

Shanie's aptitude indeed attracted much attention, and even the teacher in charge of testing looked at her several times before waving her away.

Finally, it was Celitia's turn.

Looking at the crystal ball placed in front of her, Celitia carefully placed both hands on it.

Honestly, Celitia had long been curious about which elemental adaptability this body possessed, but until now, she hadn't had the opportunity to test it.

"Teacher Grace," Celitia called out.

Grace's gaze was still following Shanie. When Celitia called, she hurriedly activated the magic power in the crystal ball, waiting for its color to change.

However, after waiting for a while, the crystal ball's color didn't change at all, remaining its original soft, translucent white.

Grace thought she had been distracted by the previous good prospect, causing the magic activation step to fail, so she quickly tried again.

To her surprise, the crystal ball's color still didn't change at all. The detecting magic power sent out failed to induce resonance with any attribute.

Grace looked at Celitia, then at the crystal ball on the table, frowning deeply: "What's going on?!"

Even without magic power, it didn't mean a person had no attribute adaptability. Having an affinity for a particular element was innate.

Grace stated that she had never seen such an extreme case.