Chapter 17: Public Magic
The mage Gareth, who had been assigned as the examiner for the current general disciple selection, carefully reviewed the two pieces of paper in his hands.
These were the answer sheets of the final candidates who had passed the general disciple exam.
One of them was exactly as expected, showing the efforts of an ordinary person. It met the expectations, so there was no reason not to pass it.
The problem was the other one.
"Hmm... Interesting..."
The more Gareth read it, the more impressed he became. But at the same time, he grew suspicious.
"Is this really possible at the level of an ordinary person?"
The exam question this time was to create a logical structure based on the regular flow of patterns. Whether the answer was correct or not didn't matter.
It was designed to see if the candidates, all of whom were expected to be ordinary people with a single attribute, possessed the intellectual capability to grasp the basics of mana.
However, the answer written on the paper Gareth was holding far exceeded those expectations.
It didn't just hint at basic water magic—it went as far as suggesting the concept of fluidity. Though the final conclusion wasn't explicitly stated, the logic leading up to it was nearly perfect.
The logical structure was incredibly clean, as if the candidate fully understood the essence of the magic but was deliberately pretending not to.