It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 2

Chapter 1: Good Teachers Are Essential for Studying

It was when Kyung-joon was a high school student.

[You have changed your job to the Mythical Job 『Infinite Knowledge Seeker』.]

[A Mythical Skill has been generated.]

“What the, suddenly.”

Kyung-joon was flustered by the sudden message about changing to a Mythical Job.

His family couldn’t afford a private study room, and he hated the crowded library.

On top of that, his house was noisy because of his younger siblings, so he had been studying in the game for a year with a free pass he won from Seolha Mart.

Now he had become a Mythical Job holder.

“What’s going on, really.”

He opened his status window for the first time in a long time in the empty Beginner’s Village library.

[Kyung-joon]

▶Job: Infinite Knowledge Seeker

▶Race: Human (Player)

▶Level: 1

▶Experience: 0%

▶HP: 100/100

▶MP: 100/100

▶Strength: 10 Agility: 10 Intelligence: 10 Stamina: 10 Mana: 10

▶Remaining Stat Points: 0

The only thing that had changed was that 『Job: Beginner』 had been rewritten as 『Job: Infinite Knowledge Seeker』.

There was no change in his stat window.

“Oh, right, a Mythical Skill was generated.”

Kyung-joon opened his skill window with a slightly excited feeling.

First of all, there were two skills available.

[Infinite Reading]

▶Whenever you study something, the stat corresponding to the subject increases.

▶Skill Level: Lv.1

▶Skill Type: Passive

▶Skill Rank: Mythical

The first skill was very simple.

Study and your stats increase.

Countless The World users had attempted this before.

However, they all gave up because their Intelligence, let alone any other stat, didn’t increase.

That’s because they didn’t have a special skill like Kyung-joon.

“This is pretty amazing…”

To think that he could raise his stats just by sitting still and studying.

If this were possible for everyone, students all over the world would study and play games in The World.

Even kids who hated studying.

Then all the gifted kids would have gone to Seoul National University and Harvard.

“But the second one, hmm…”

[Just A Rather Very Intelligent System]

▶Helps the Infinite Knowledge Seeker to seek knowledge.

▶Skill Level: Lv.1

▶Skill Type: Active (ON/OFF)

▶Skill Rank: Mythical

“Helps me to seek knowledge…?”

Kyung-joon tilted his head.

Helping him seek knowledge… did that mean helping him study?

The skill name was quite strange, but assuming the developer named it carelessly, Kyung-joon decided to try using it.

[Mythical Skill 『Just A Rather Very Intelligent System』]

[Summons a magical engineering artificial intelligence to assist the Infinite Knowledge Seeker.]

A rhombus-shaped crystal appeared in front of him with a flash of light.

The only unusual thing was that it had a face on it.

<^오^>

<Greetings, Master.>

And then it spoke.

“……?”

The crystal used very polite language compared to its emoticon.

Kyung-joon was momentarily taken aback by the avant-garde situation, but decided to introduce himself first.

“I’m Kyung-joon. What are you?”

<I am the ‘Just A Rather Very Intelligent System,’ or ‘J.A.R.V.I.S’ for short.>

TL: LOL

<I was created by and served the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker, and now I am a magical engineering artificial intelligence that will serve and assist you, the current Infinite Knowledge Seeker.>

<Please take good care of me, Master.>

< (_ _) Bow>

In short, it was an artificial intelligence that would assist Kyung-joon.

Kyung-joon had no idea how it would assist him, but he continued the introductions for now.

“Really? But your name is too long. I don’t even know what to call you. If I take the first letters of your English name, it’s J.A.R.V.I.S, so if I continue with that, it’s Jarvi……”

<Anything further would be copyright infringement, Master.>

<ㅡ_ㅜ>

“Really…?”

Jarvis.

He thought it was a good name, but it was rejected for some unknown reason.

Then another name that came to mind…

Kyung-joon finished his thought and said the other name that came to mind.

“Teemo, how about that?”

<^오^>

<For some reason, it feels like the perfect name for me.>

<Please call me Teemo from now on, Master.>

“Okay, good. Teemo.”

After the introductions were over, Kyung-joon wanted to start asking some real questions.

What kind of skill are you, and what exactly do you mean by helping me?

But suddenly…

“Ugh, my head…!”

[You have consumed all your MP.]

[You have been afflicted with the status condition 『Mana Exhaustion』.]

[You will experience headaches until your MP recovers to a certain level.]

[You have experienced Mana Exhaustion for the first time.]

[Your Mana has increased by 1.]

[Insufficient MP.]

[Mythical Skill 『Just A Rather Very Intelligent System』 will be deactivated.]

<Mas…ter…>

< (X_X)>

Teemo showed a dying emoticon and then disappeared into thin air with a fizzling light.

All that was left was the librarian frowning at him.

‘Please be quiet in the library!’

It was as if the librarian was saying that.

What Kyung-joon felt at that moment was a sense of dissonance.

Suddenly, a light appeared in the air, a crystal spoke and even used emoticons, and then disappeared with another flash of light, and that was all the reaction there was?

“I guess only I can see it.”

“Shhh!”

The librarian wouldn’t even tolerate him muttering to himself.

‘Well, it’s an NPC librarian. It’s just doing its job. Should I study a little more?’

It was the weekend.

Unlike studying for two hours every day during the week, studying a little more wouldn’t interfere with his life.

So Kyung-joon picked up his Chemistry 1 textbook again.

[Mythical Skill 『Infinite Reading (Lv.1)』]

[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying.]

[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying.]

[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying.]

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🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Monitoring Team Branch 10 of The World.

“Team Leader! Team Leader! We have a Mythical Job change!”

“A Mythical Job change? Really?”

“Yes, it’s confirmed. Look at the logs.”

[Player Kyung-joon has changed his job to the Mythical Job 『Infinite Knowledge Seeker』.]

“……It’s real.”

“Right?”

“I thought there wouldn’t be any more Mythical Jobs after ‘Descendant of a Gourmet’ six months ago….”

The Mythical Job ‘Descendant of a Gourmet’ required players to eat continuously for a month, even if it meant dying from a burst stomach.

Although not as extreme, it was considered torture due to The World’s realistic sensations.

Mythical Job change conditions were known to be harsh.

And Kyung-joon’s was no exception.

“How did the remaining one acquired it……”

‘Infinite Knowledge Seeker’, the only one that remained unopened.

Its condition was ‘Study for more than 2 hours every day for a year’.

This was a much tougher condition than it seemed.

Because there was a hidden condition not shown in the status window…….

『Level 1, 0% Experience, study for more than 2 hours every day for a year without skipping a day.』

“Wait, you log in to the game, not to do quests or hunt, but to study for more than 2 hours every day? Does that even make sense?”

“I know, right……”

“Ugh, as if it wasn’t bad enough that Player got the Wanderer title and stopped by the starting village, now he has the Infinite Knowledge Seeker…”

The game had libraries and couldn’t create all the book content daily, so they mixed in real-world books. It was just a hidden piece, something they put in as a joke.

That was ‘Infinite Knowledge Seeker’.

And someone actually met those absurd conditions.

It was an incomprehensible act for Team Leader and his subordinate, Kim Bu-ha, both ordinary people.

“How much is the device and monthly fee? What kind of crazy bastard is this? Let’s see.”

“Judging by the nickname, I think they might be Korean.”

“We can’t be sure, it’s translated. Let’s see, Kyung-joon, Kyung-joon… Here it is. Nationality… South Korea… Another Korean? Man, why are there so many crazy people in Korea?”

“Because it’s Korea.”

The Team Leader nodded at the undeniably convincing answer.

“So, what’s this friend up to now?”

“Well, that is……”

Kim Bu-ha hesitated, unusual for him.

“Just show me the monitoring screen.”

“Yes.”

Kyung-joon’s gameplay appeared on the holographic projector.

And there he was……

“……As you can see, he’s studying.”

“What? Well, I guess it makes sense. It’s his job. Stats go up when you study.”

Infinite Knowledge Seeker’s first skill, 『Infinite Reading』.

Who wouldn’t study if their stats increased just by doing so?

Moreover, the scope of study was limitless!

Studying magic increased mana and intelligence.

Studying blacksmithing increased strength.

Studying thievery increased agility, and it was possible to increase all stats by studying various skills.

“So, what is this user Kyung-joon studying? Magic? No, there are many types of magic. Water? Fire? Wood? Wind? Or Light and Darkness? Could be swordsmanship. If we’re talking about swordsmanship books in the starting village library…”

“That’s not it.”

Kim Bu-ha interrupted the Team Leader with an awkward expression.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“It’s neither magic nor swordsmanship.”

Kim Bu-ha scratched his head and zoomed in on the monitoring screen.

What they saw were problems.

Practice problems.

『Practice Problem 1: Explain the definition of acids and bases and complete the chemical equation H2O+Cl2→□+□.』

“…What is that?”

“That’s a Chemistry 1 textbook published by our subsidiary, Seolha Publishing.”

“A textbook……?”

Indeed.

Kyung-joon wasn’t interested in fantasy elements like magic or swordsmanship. He was sitting there, studying for school just like he always had.

He had just entered his second year of high school and chose the science track, hence Chemistry 1.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

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[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying..]

[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying..]

[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying..]

Despite the constant notifications, Kyung-joon’s attention was elsewhere.

『Practice Problem 1: Explain the definition of acids and bases and complete the chemical equation H2O+Cl2→□+□.』

“Damn it, I really don’t get this. How is this a practice problem? This is clearly an advanced problem.”

Unable to solve the problem no matter how much he stared at it, Kyung-joon scratched his head in frustration.

“Acids, bases, acids, bases…”

It was only natural.

He wasn’t a genius, and he hadn’t opened a book until high school. There was no way he could be good at this after only a year of studying.

“Wait. Didn’t Teemo say he’d help me with things?”

A sudden idea struck him.

Kyung-joon opened his skill window and turned 『Just A Rather Very Intelligent System』 ON.

< (^_^)/>

<It’s been a while, Master.>

His MP had long since fully recovered naturally, so Teemo was summoned instantly.

“Yeah, it has been a while. I have a question for you. You did say you were here to help me, right?”

<That is correct, Master.>

“Then cut to the chase. Can you solve this?”

< (｀▼´)b>

<Let me take a look.>

<Analyzing…….>

Soon, the analyzing message disappeared, replaced by a different emoticon.

<-_-a>

<This is not world knowledge. It seems like knowledge from another world.>

“I knew it. Well, it was worth a shot.”

Kyung-joon sighed and was about to turn Teemo off again.

At that moment…

<◎_◎!>

<Please wait a moment.>

Teemo, displaying a surprised emoticon, approached the Chemistry 1 textbook again.

And this time, instead of ‘analyzing’, a new message appeared.

<Uploading…….>

<Scan and upload of all knowledge related to Seolha Publishing’s Chemistry 1, unique code 18742348, complete.>

<Complete. Now ask me anything.>

<￣▽￣)b>

Teemo’s emoticon instantly changed to one full of confidence!

Kyung-joon showed him the problem again.

“Same question as before.”

<The first blank should be filled with HClO, and the second blank with HCl.>

“Huh? That’s the right answer. Then what about the definition of acids and bases from the first question?”

<The definition of an acid is a substance that releases H+ ions when dissolved in water, and conversely, a base is…(omitted)…….>

All sorts of chemical knowledge poured out without a moment’s hesitation!

Kyung-joon was overwhelmed by the sudden influx of information.

“W, Wait. Too fast. Slowly. And even if I understand the words, I don’t really get it.”

< (≧∇≦)b>

<Let me explain it more easily.>

<But would it be alright if I consume a little more mana?>

At Teemo’s words, Kyung-joon checked his MP bar.

[Kyung-joon]

▶MP: 32/110

“It’s going to run out soon… but sure, go ahead.”

<Understood. Hologram explanation function ON.>

As soon as Teemo said that, the world of acids and bases unfolded before Kyung-joon’s eyes.

 

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