Royal Academy/Curriculum


 * 2 1/2 bell: Start of first morning lessons
 * 4 1/2 bell: Start of afternoon lessons

All first and second year students learn a general curriculum, regardless of their future career choices. Upon entering the third year however, each student has to decide which specialization they will go into.

The exception to this are the archduke candidates who are obligated to attend the archduke candidate course.

Any student is free to take on other courses in addition to their chosen main profession, if they wish.

For written lessons and also some practical ones the first unit each year is an exam where any student who is confident that they already know what is going to be taught that term may participate. Those who pass the exam do not have to attend any lessons of this subject for the remainder of the term. If the student fails these early exams, they have to continue taking the lessons like those that haven't taking an early exam at all.

Similar exams can also be made at any point of the term, but those have to be arranged by each student individually with the professor.

Subjects in which a student has not passed an early will have a final exam at the end of the regular term. Should a student fail to pass a final exam on any subject at the end of the regular term, they will have to take extra lessons for that subject during the rest of the year until they pass. Should a student fail to pass even those extra lessons before the start of the next term, they will fail to graduate and lose their chance to become a true noble and be reduced in status to the same state as those who were sent to the temple as children.

The following schedule is in order of the first day on which the respective lesson started during Rozemyne's stay at the royal academy.


 * Math 1
 * Magecraft 1
 * History 1
 * Geography
 * Theology 1


 * Mana Flow Control
 * Mana Compression
 * Highbeast Creation
 * Schtappe Aquisition
 * Schtappe Fundamentals
 * Music 1

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 * History 2
 * Law
 * Math 2.
 * Theology 2.
 * Magecraft 2.
 * Poetry in literature
 * Sociology

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 * Review of fundemantals.
 * Music 2.
 * Schtappe transformation.
 * Basic potion brewing
 * Feystone armour making 1

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 * History: Notable historical figures and their achievements relevant to the respective course.

This lesson teaches basic calculations equivalent to the first and second year of Japan's elementary school system. Noble children are expected to already know all numbers by the time they attend the academy.

In the first year lessons the focus is on the general flow of Yurgenschmidt's history.

After learning to control how to move mana within their own bodies in the preceding course on mana flow control, nobles are taught how to compress it. For general information on mana compression itself, see mana compression.

For this lesseon great care is put into safety measures to reduce the risk of self-harm to the students. Among these is an especially large number of professors being present than in any other lesson, so they can more quickly spot and help any student in danger. Despite all the extra measures, each year multiple students end up fainting, though serious injury or worse are very rare.

Mana compression much depends on a persons own way of thinking, so the process can't ever truly be "taught" in the classical sense of the word. The professor in charge will explain the basics of what mana compression is, it's advantages and the dangers inherent in it. Afterwards the students are told of various common methods in which nobles compress their own mana, but ultimately it is up to the students to find a mental image that suits their own personality and way of thinking.

For the exam the professors come equipped with specialized magic tools that can measure the grade of compression a noble is using at that moment. When the tool is put on, it locks the current mana density of the wearer as the 0 value. To pass the test, a student must compress their mana to a certain degree, resulting in the pointer of the device moving to the right.

Students are taught how to control and move the mana within their own bodies and between their bodies and magical objects in direct skin-contact by pouring mana into a feystone and then withdrawing it again.

In this course students are taught how to create and use a highbeast.

The first step is to take the provided feystone and dye it in one's own mana. After acomplishing this, the student is taught to change the size of the stone and keep the connection with the stone even without direct skin-contact. Once a student is able to do that, they learn to morph the stone into simple shapes and to lock a shape, so the stone does not return to it's original shape the moment the student stops paying attention.

Following this students are encouraged to think up and visualize a mental image of their future mount and to train to shape the stone to that image.

To pass the exam a student is required to form their highbeast and follow the professor in charge on a flown course around the outsides of the academy.

Schtappe Aquisition is not a lesson in the classical sense. After being told what to do and cautioned to be extra careful to avoid physical contact with anyone else to avoid accidental contaminations from other people's mana, students are sent into the Farthest Hall, where they are going to find their divine will.

One they received it, the students withdraw to their respective dormitories where they spend however long it takes to dye it in their own rooms. Once the divine will is fully dyed it will be absorbed into the students body at which point they become able to manifest their own Schtappe at will.

Depending on the mana capacity of the person in question, this process can take various amounts of time. The higher the mana capacity, the faster less time it will need to finish.

In this lesson students are taught how to manifest the base-form of their Schtappe as well as how to cast basic spells.

Due to now being used to manifesting their schtappe and having little experience in mana control, most students end up wasting a lot of mana and stamina for just manifesting their schtappe, resulting in them being too exhausted to move on to casting lessons on the first day. This is also exasperated due to few children having the mindset to just go with the most efficient shape and ending up trying to add ornamentations to their schtappe. This makes it more difficult to visualize a clear image, which is a necessary step to manifest a schtappe and also increases the amount of mana required to do so.

To pass the exam a student need to manifest their schtappe and use it to successfully cast rott and send an Ordonnanz.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 Just like in the first year, history class in the second year too focusses on the general flow of history of the country.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 This lesson teaches the student about the national-level law of the country.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 This lesson teaches the basics of magic circles, mostly consisting of simple single-element circles and a select few circles made with multiple elements that work well together when combined.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 In this lesson students learn math equivalent to Japan's third through fifth year of elementary school as well as how to use a mechanical calculator, similar in appearance to Earth's abacus.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 This lesson teaches a combination of ethics and economics.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 This lessons is on the primary gods of each season and their subordinate gods. For the exam each student has to write about the god of their birth season and one other god and their respective subordinates. The students may freely choose the second god they write about from among those they have an affinity for. Students with only a single affinity may choose from any of the gods.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 In this lesson students are taught the basic techniques and spells required to brew magic potions, as well as the recipy for the weaker of the two most common rejuvenation potions. This lesson is held in the small hall with students of all statuses taught together.

It starts with general information on how to use and clean the required tools, as well as teaching waschen and beimen, followed by the potion recipy.

The front row of tables are reserves for six brewing pots and all the other tables provided with seperate cutting boards for each students and a single measuring device per table, similar in appearance to scales.

Students are told to use messer - which they have already learned in schtappe transformation class the day before - to morph their schtappe into a knife to cut the ingredients. The more evenly and smaller they are cut, the more evenly and easily they will dissolve during the brewing process later. When the cutting is complete students are to measure them out as per the provided recipy.

Once all the ingredients have been prepared, the students approach the professor to use one of the six pots to do the actually brewing, after which the professor will use a magic tool to measure the produced potion's quality and efficiency.

To pass the exam a certain minimum level of both is required.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 In this class students are taught how to create a feystone bodysuit. The process is quite similar to that of making a highbeast.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 For the second year music exam a student has to play a song handed out by the professor, as well as a song of their own choice.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 A review of the schtappe fundaments and highbeast creation and presentation of the ingredients required for following lessons.

Since all further lessons on magic are building on the schtappe fundamentals, the second year practical lessons start with this review to make sure all the students can participate in the lesson of this year.

Likewise the presentation on the ingredients is essential, since the students are expected to bring their own ingredients to brewing and crafting lessons. To make it easier on the students the royal academy only teaches recipies made out of ingredients that grow around the academy itself, so students can obtain all they need from their respective home dormitory's gathering spot.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 6 This lesson teaches students how to transform their schtappe into shields and various melee weapons. To pass the exam the students schtappe transformed into a shield needs to withstand a thrown feystone and they need to successfully transform their schtappe into a weapon of their choice and attack a target dummy. Future knight apprentices are required to transform their schtappe into a sword and an additional weapon of their choice. Everyone else can just do a single transformation of their choice.