St Chaos Healer

Ch 23 - The First Test

We sat on the floor after our supervisor said to do so.

Thankfully the floor was made of wooden furnishing. Otherwise, we might all freeze our ass here because the full-body suit fabric was very thin.

The full bodysuit that we were told to wear was quite flexible and fit us perfectly. Although it was a bit breezy and some people might find it uncomfortable but not me.

When I was just a little brat back in the demon realm, I used to roam around the street almost naked most of my time. Even after I was promoted as the Overlord I still roamed around my castle naked from time to time. Thankfully my wife hammered on the etiquettes and I finally got rid of those habits.

This situation just brings back memories.

Hence that's why I felt comfortable.

It didn't take long for everyone to settle down on the floor.

"Alright folks", Ms. Thesia shouted,

"Now listen up, as Sir Salvador said before, you have to go through 3 tests to decide if you have the ability to become a mage. Failing any one of those tests means that you can't become a mage. I know that every one of you here wants to become a mage but life isn't fair. But keep in mind, even if you fail to become a mage, don't lose heart. There are many more other professions you can pursue besides being a mage. Life is not everything about being a mage, you can also become like~like... uh, becoming a merchant or a blacksmith, and many more such professions."

Everyone looked a bit disheartened hearing her words.

She was trying to motivate everyone but it was doing the opposite effect.

But her words do make sense.

It is said that only 1 out of every 20 people has the potential to become a mage. That's the average of people who successfully formed a mana core, the most vital piece to become a mage. Although most mages belonging to the commoner's background end up being low-tier mages. But they still are treated quite fairly compared to your regular citizen without mage abilities.

Few mages rose to the top mage tiers despite being born to peasants. Such people are quite popular with the populace and even revered for their ideals.

People that become a mage directly promote to higher family status. They are even given true citizenship which allows them to travel around the cities all over the kingdom without restriction. There are also many more benefits like tax evasion and getting government jobs for the mage's family members even if they are not a mage.

Hence why many people wanna be mages.

Meanwhile, those with royal blood and nobility have even higher chances to give birth to kids with strong mage abilities. Many powerful mages belong to nobility after all.

Hence why there is a hierarchy system in place which tries to keep the bloodline pure.

Right now there are about 500 candidates here and after the end of this test more than half of them would fail this test.

Miss Thesia just stated the truth here.

Seeing the depressed atmosphere, Miss Thesia scratched her head and let out a sigh.

"I just wanted to give some encouraging words to motivate everyone but it just backfired. What I meant to say was just good luck. I am no good with pep talk so let's just jump straight to the point. Let me explain your test first."

She turned around and walked towards one of the mana crystal balls placed on the pedestal.

"This here is a mana neuron crystal ball. This is a very low and diluted version of a mana replenishing item. Explaining will do no good, so let me just show you."