Looking around

Ning followed behind Jezeere until they both got to a place that was much quieter without that any teachers or students. 

Ning looked around at the emptiness and asked, "Why are there so few people right now. I assumed there would be thousands of students here."

"Ah, it's an entrance season, so the students have a week-long holiday until we get the new students acclimated to the academy," Jezeere said.

He then brought out 3 talismans and handed them over to Ning. "How did you know these things?" he asked. 

"Aren't these the talismans with my answers?" he asked and looked through them. "What did you mean by how I knew these things? I learned them."

"Is that so?" Jezeere said while making a scrutinizing face. "Then how come I, a 9th-grade Alchemist not know half of what you've written? In fact, I didn't even know there were answers to the first question. It was supposed to be something that the examinees answered with 'I don't know," he said.