Tenebrous Sovereign

Radiation Value

Dean nodded slightly. A few days ago, Mr. and Mrs. Gray had talked to him about this and both expressed their hope that he could inherit Gray's sewing skills and become an excellent tailor. But Dean already had a goal in mind and directly refused.

Mr. and Mrs. Gray weren't angry. It was a good thing that the child had his own opinions. They weren't serf families, worried that the child was too opinionated and would cause trouble.

"Unfortunately, it's too difficult to enter the medical field. If you had followed me since childhood, there would still be hope for you to learn." Jura pinched the vegetable roll and felt a bit regretful. Dean was a smart child, but it was too late to start. By the time he became an independent doctor, he would have passed the age when a doctor's senses were the most acute.

"Come on, tell us. What do you want to learn?" Gray smiled slightly.

Dean looked up at them and said, "Law."

"Law?" Mr. and Mrs. Gray were stunned. Jura immediately said, "Dean, do you know what kind of profession this is?"

"I know. It's one of the three major civilian occupations, just like being a doctor." When Dean first received the occupation list given by Gray, he immediately targeted this profession. For him, if he wanted to understand the differences between this world and the modern world as quickly as possible, this profession was the most suitable.

Gray said solemnly, "You have to think clearly. The Law College is the most difficult, even more difficult than becoming a doctor. It requires very flexible thinking and logical abilities. Although you are a smart and obedient child, you didn't receive basic learning in the orphanage. It's very difficult to graduate from the Law College and become a qualified cleric!"

Dean looked directly at him and insisted, "I just want to learn this."

Gray frowned slightly. This was the first time Dean was so persistent in front of them, making him not know how to refuse. Since they were rejected by the Ivy family last time, he had let go of some thoughts and regarded Dean as their real child. Therefore, he didn't want to easily hurt their feelings.

Seeing how serious Dean was, Jura pulled Gray's sleeve and said, "Since the child wants to learn, let him. Even if he can't enter the 'Tribunal' in the end, it's not bad to be an ordinary lawyer. At least being familiar with the law, he won't break the law knowingly. Just being safe and sound is good."

Dean glanced at her and silently thought in his heart, I'm learning the law not to follow it, but to break it!

Gray sighed and said, "Alright, let's listen to him."

Dean felt relieved in his heart. He took a deep look at them and said, "Thank you!"

Hearing Dean's words, Gray's face showed a smile again and said, "Since you've chosen, you have to persevere. If you don't want to learn in the end, come back and learn sewing with me. Being a textile worker can also support yourself."

Dean nodded slightly.

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When the Black Death Season arrived, the temperature warmed up quite a bit.

Three days before the start of the college, there was a specific festival called the "Prayer Day".

Every family went in groups to the Vya Cathedral in the center of the residential area to pray to the Father God for them to safely pass this Black Death Season and for plagues and diseases not to befall them.

It was a grand ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Gray took Dean to pray. Dean also saw the place of faith in this world, the Church of Light, for the first time. But this was only a branch of the Church of Light built in the residential area. A huge sculpture of a four-winged angel was built in the center of the square, seemingly embracing all believers with both hands, full of kindness and serenity.

After the Prayer Day passed, three days later, each college began to recruit and admit students.

Led by Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Dean came to the Law College about ten kilometers away from his home. He saw a bustling crowd of parents accompanying their children waiting here. These parents and children were simply dressed and had clean complexions, completely different from other ordinary workers who were sallow and emaciated or had rough skin. After all, the tuition fee of the Law College was also notoriously expensive. Ordinary working families without any background couldn't afford it.

"I heard that to enter the Law College, you also need to pass an assessment."

"I knew that long ago. Do you think it's the same as the Sewing College or the Geology College?"

"I don't know. What aspect is being assessed here?"

Some parents were whispering and discussing.

Gray wondered, "Does the Law College need an assessment?"

"Of course, it's the same as our Medical College." Jura blinked and lowered her head to Dean, "You have to do your best. I remember that some simple things will be assessed. In our Medical College, it's memory. It should be similar here."

Gray suddenly understood and chuckled to Dean, "Then it depends on your performance. If you don't pass, let's go sign up for the Sewing College."

Dean rolled his eyes in his heart, thinking that you two just enjoy yourselves. If it's really a test of memory, I can torture the examiner to death in minutes. His IQ was 142. In the old era, this could already reach the passing line for a "genius" IQ. Those with an IQ of 120 to 140 were considered smart people. Most people had an IQ of 90 to 110. As for his genius sister, her IQ was even 168. That was truly having a photographic memory. She was admitted to Harvard University at the age of twelve.

Their** had such high IQs completely inheriting the genes of their parents. Both were scientists who had won international awards. If the disaster hadn't broken out, with the invention of the "Cryogenic Chamber", they could have won another international award.

At this time, the parents in front went in one after another, and soon it was Dean's turn.

"Parents stop here. The child comes for the assessment." A middle-aged person who seemed to be an educational administrator stopped Mr. and Mrs. Gray and said.

"Dean, come on!" Jura encouraged Dean, but no matter how Dean looked at it, he felt that the smile in her eyes was too cheerful.

Entering this spacious room, he saw two middle-aged examiners, a man and a woman, sitting inside. They were wearing black robes with intricate patterns embroidered with golden silk. Simple yet magnificent. When they saw Dean, they smiled and said, "Child, come here."

Dean walked over.

"Let me ask you a question. You have a frying pan and can only fry two fish at a time. It takes one minute to fry one side. How long does it take to fry three fish at the fastest?" The middle-aged woman on the left smiled and said.

"Three minutes." Dean answered without thinking.

The two examiners were somewhat surprised. This question wasn't difficult, but even some smart children needed to think for a while before answering. But Dean didn't seem to have considered at all and directly gave the answer, and it was correct!

"You passed, child. You're very smart." The middle-aged man on the right showed a smile and said, "Take this and go to the side for a physical examination. If there are no problems with the physical examination, you can officially come to study at the Law College." Saying this, he handed Dean a small note with a few words written on it.

There's a physical examination too? Dean slightly frowned and nodded, then turned and left the room.

"It's so difficult!"

"I answered four minutes, but they said I was wrong. Isn't it four minutes? If you have to fry both sides, it must be four minutes!"

"This question is inherently flawed. Why do you have to fry fish? I don't even like eating fish. And what does frying fish have to do with law!"

"That's right. My father is a chef. It only takes one minute to fry three fish. They don't believe it. Humph!"

As soon as Dean came out, he heard several children coming out of several assessment rooms beside him complaining dissatisfiedly about the exam questions. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he pretended not to hear those words and turned back to Mr. and Mrs. Gray who were waiting beside.

"How was it?" Gray beamed and said. He also heard what those children said. Although he didn't know exactly what the exam question was, it seemed not so easy to pass.

Dean gave him a faint look and said, "I passed. Next, I need to go for a physical examination."

Gray's smile froze and he was somewhat deflated. But thinking that Dean was smarter than other children, he became beaming again.

"The physical examination is to test the radiation value in your body. Judging from Dean's complexion, the radiation value must not be high. There shouldn't be any problem passing." Jura seemed to know something and said with a smile.

Dean's heart moved. When global nuclear bombs exploded, the world was filled with nuclear radiation. In the silver-gray clouds in the sky, there were also a large amount of nuclear radiation dust gathered. That's why there was the rainy season. This was a rainy season, and rain was extremely dangerous and even fatal for this world. Being drenched would at least make you sick and at worst even lead to death.

However, he had only been out of the cryogenic chamber and lived here for only a few months. The radiation value in his body shouldn't be too high.

It's just that he was very curious. What did these people use to detect the radiation value?

Could it be an instrument? But this place hadn't even entered the Steam Age. How could they know about "electricity"?

At this time, Jura led him to a room marked "Physical Examination" beside. There was no queue inside. After all, not many people passed the first assessment. There was a middle-aged woman sitting inside. Seeing the small note in Dean's hand, she smiled and said, "Come here."

Dean stepped forward as told and looked around. He didn't see any instruments but a row of glass tubes like thermometers.

The middle-aged woman took the note from his hand and after looking at it and confirming it was real, she picked up a clean glass tube from the side. There were fine scales on it. She pointed the sharp end at Dean's small hand and smiled kindly, "Child, don't be afraid. It won't hurt."

Dean didn't expect that the thing to detect the radiation value was just such a small glass tube.

With a pop, the sharp end of the glass tube pierced Dean's finger. Soon, bright red blood seeped into the glass tube. At this time, Dean noticed that there was a hair-like red line in the scale of the glass tube, which rose slightly and stopped at the first grid at the bottom of the scale.

The middle-aged woman looked intently to make sure she wasn't seeing things and couldn't help but look at Dean in astonishment. Only then did she notice that Dean's complexion was much fairer than other children. Even girls of the same age weren't as fair as him.

A hint of realization appeared in her eyes and she said to Mr. and Mrs. Gray beside her with emotion, "Such a low radiation value, I've never seen it before. It's too incredible. I guess only in the business district would such a healthy body appear."

Jura obviously also recognized this radiation meter and was also shocked. Then she understood and said to her confused husband beside her, "This is a radiation meter, specifically used to test the radiation value in the human body. Dean's radiation value... is quite low. Even lower than ours. I guess it can be comparable to those noble children."

Gray knew the importance of the radiation value in the human body but didn't care. It was just the words "comparable to noble children" said by Jura that made him a little happy. He lovingly stroked Dean's hair.

Dean glanced at the little red line on the radiation meter and suddenly felt that the line was slightly twisting. It seemed... to be a living thing!

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On the night of Dean's enrollment, in a certain castle in the business district.

In a room as luxurious as if inlaid with diamonds, a shadow-like figure silently appeared in the room. Looking at the imposing figure reading materials on the desk in front, he respectfully said, "My Lord, this is the test situation submitted from the residential area today. There are twenty-seven qualified ones."