It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 222

Chapter 222: World’s Top Magic Competition – Preliminary Round (2)

The phrase that caught Kyung-joon’s attention was as follows:

『Dedicated Anti-Scroll Magic Tool』

Economic feasibility, practicality, creativity, and so on.

An idea that showed only malice towards scroll programming, without any consideration for such things.

This was an idea aimed solely at Kyung-joon, the root of this whole incident.

“I’m sure this was Kalisberg’s idea.”

Just then, Edict, who was standing a little behind him, said with a look of disapproval.

“Kalisberg? Ah, that guy from back then.”

“You know, that elf who seemed to have a lot of complaints about society? Zot Kalisberg, the one who founded Those Who Tear Paper and opposed us.”

Edict immediately added an explanation.

Kyung-joon recalled the elf who had confronted Fairy King.

“I guess this won’t work, right? After all, if you start a magic tower with this kind of mindset, it’s bound to fail.”

Edict clicked his tongue, looking down on Zot’s anti-scroll idea.

“This is definitely going to fail, isn’t it?”

Edict said, subtly seeking agreement from Kyung-joon.

Perhaps he wanted to look good to Kyung-joon, whom he admired so much.

However.

“No?”

Kyung-joon was not thinking the same way as Edict.

“I think this is definitely going to work?”

On the contrary, he thought highly of Zot Kalisberg’s idea.

“Yes?”

Edict was taken aback, and Teclyn also widened her eyes slightly, as if she hadn’t expected that.

Both of them seemed to want to hear why Kyung-joon said that.

The reason why Kyung-joon liked the idea of 『Anti-Scroll』, which was no different from his enemy, was simple.

“True development comes from the results of confrontation, not from blind faith, right?”

Innovation and development stem from many things.

And the biggest part of it is 『opposition』.

In fact, Kyung-joon had a high regard for Zot Kalisberg, who had voiced his opposition in front of Fairy King.

Even if his motive was malice and opposition towards himself.

Because when hundreds of elves and fairies didn’t dare to voice their complaints in front of Fairy King, he was the only one who trembled and shouted ‘NO’.

Although the direction he pursued might be the complete opposite, Kyung-joon couldn’t help but admire his attitude.

Continuing on.

Kyung-joon took out his pen and began to circle the idea list.

“Here you go.”

“Ah, yes.”

Edict received the circled list with a bewildered expression.

Kyung-joon had circled a total of ten.

“I can guarantee you that at least five of these will pass the preliminary round.”

Among the ten circles.

Zot Kalisberg’s idea 『Dedicated Anti-Scroll Magic Tool』 was also circled.

“And then the 1st presentation, 2nd presentation… what will determine the outcome is probably not the idea itself, but the person. How well they can appeal it.”

Having said that, Kyung-joon started to walk away.

“So, good luck to your team too. I enjoyed the drinks.”

“Ah… yes.”

“Yes, please go in.”

Kyung-joon disappeared from sight, leaving behind Edict and Teclyn seeing him off.

“……”

Edict just blankly stared at Kyung-joon’s back.

“What? Are you disappointed in Kyung-joon-nim?”

Teclyn asked, nudging Edict’s side with her elbow.

“……”

Edict remained silent for a while, then.

He shouted.

But it wasn’t out of frustration that Kyung-joon-nim didn’t understand his heart.

“As expected of Kyung-joon-nim……! To be so accepting of even someone who’s practically his enemy……! He’s so much more broad-minded than I thought!!”

Perhaps.

Edict would probably praise Kyung-joon even if he messed up.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Kyung-joon successfully finished his preliminary presentation.

The place Kyung-joon headed to was the 『Liberal Arts Magic Hall』 located on the north side of Fairy-Elven Magic Academy.

Ezeri had told him during the campus tour that this was the most popular study spot for Fael University students.

Kyung-joon headed to the Liberal Arts Magic Hall to study with them.

“The biology performance assessment is next week, right?”

<•’ – ‘ •)و✧YES>

<You said it was going to be a dissection, right?>

“Yeah. I think it’s going to be either a pig heart, a rat, or a frog.”

The scoring criteria for the performance assessment were as follows:

Randomly select one of the three options: pig heart, rat, or frog, and dissect the chosen one as instructed.

Then, use stickers to label each corresponding organ with its name.

The teacher would then come and ask what each organ was, and the students would be graded based on their answers.

“My freshman year grades weren’t that great, so I need to do well on the performance assessments.”

<You need to practice separately.>

“Yeah. I can’t dissect anything right now, but I need to practice by recalling what I did during the lab session.”

<I can help you by displaying a 3D holographic window.>

“Oh, that’s great.”

Kyung-joon had only thought about going to the Liberal Arts Magic Hall to study for school, and hadn’t really thought about preparing for the 『World’s Best Magic Tournament』 he was currently participating in.

Worried about this, Teemo asked Kyung-joon just in case.

<But is it okay not to prepare for the Magic Tournament? Wasn’t the reason you went through all this trouble for your future business?>

After Kyung-joon made a big deal out of the World’s Best Magic Tournament.

It was because Kyung-joon needed to place within the top teams and receive Fairy King’s support “officially” as a formality.

If he received official support from Fairy King, starting with the Fairy-Elven Alliance, he would have access to the Dragonian-Elven Alliance, the Free Mercenaries, the Beastkin Alliance, the Flame Hammer Dwarf Clan, and so on……

He would have political and economic access to the entire Humanity Cantons.

This would allow him to sell not only his unique bread, but also the various herbal products that AngerManagementVodka and Ceram and his team were working hard to research and develop.

He would just need to pave the way first and leave all the troublesome work to TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant.

<But in order to do that, wouldn’t it be better to aim for a perfect first place, or rather, the best, if possible? Considering people like Zot Kalisberg with his Anti-Scroll Magic Tool, as we just saw, I don’t think anyone would argue with that.>

“Well, that’s true. But I have my reasons, so don’t worry. In the first place, according to my plan, there’s nothing I can do at this stage with just an idea.”

The idea that Kyung-joon brought to this World’s Best Magic Tournament.

There was nothing he could do with ‘that’ at this stage.

All Kyung-joon could do now was wait.

Because the time for him to truly step forward was after the ‘1st presentation’.

“So, let’s go study for now.”

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

By the time Kyung-joon said that, they had almost arrived at the Liberal Arts Magic Hall.

However, as they reached the entrance, it was a bit noisy.

“Hehe. Hey there, pretty elf and fairy. Are you going to study now? What year are you in? Hehe.”

A blonde elf with his hair slicked back and tanned skin.

“Hehehe… If you have time, why don’t you study with us? We’ve already booked a large magic room for 8 people with perfect soundproofing magic. Hehehe…”

Two elves with short black hair and sunglasses so dark that their eyes couldn’t be seen.

“Khehehe. Judging by your attire, elf miss, you must be a magic healing major. I’m a quad wizard who double majored in four elements, you know? Why don’t you have a deep discussion with me about the elemental identity of healing magic and the elemental affinity of each internal organ until late at night? Khehehe.”

And three elves with large, muscular bodies unlike elves and rough beards that connected from their sideburns to their chins.

Three thuggish-looking elves were hitting on women near the entrance of the Liberal Arts Magic Hall.

There were two women being hit on.

▼??? (NPC)

“Oh my, oh my. A quad wizard at your age? That’s amazing~”

One was an angelic elf wearing a white gown.

▼??? (NPC)

“Now, relax. Relax. Studying right after the festival is over. Isn’t everyone being too hardworking?”

The other was a fairy who looked very comfortable.

Kyung-joon gulped as soon as he saw them.

“…Their names aren’t showing up.”

The fact that their names didn’t appear meant that they were strong enough that he couldn’t just carelessly ask for their names.

TikiTiki in front of the Warp Gate was like that, and although Fairy King didn’t say anything, both of their names appeared as ???.

Wooong.

Kyung-joon deployed a very subtle amount of mana before passing through the entrance of the Liberal Arts Magic Hall for safety.

“Hmm… Hmm…”

However, it was difficult to sense, so he concentrated a little more.

Finally, he began to see it.

“……Huh.”

The immense mana that the two of them were hiding with 『Hide Casting』.

It was comparable to Fairy King’s.

‘Are they professors……?’

At least those two didn’t seem like students at all.

Maybe professors.

But even Department Head Frankel, the only professor Kyung-joon knew, didn’t possess such powerful mana.

And to be able to hide it so effortlessly……

‘……The world is a big place after all. I may be the best at the undergraduate level, but in reality, I’m weak.’

Kyung-joon decided that once his studies were somewhat settled, he needed to level up, do various things, and become stronger.

Because he needed to be able to face people like them without being intimidated.

Thud, thud.

Kyung-joon walked towards the entrance of the Liberal Arts Magic Hall with a bit of nervousness.

Then, the voices of the three elf thugs grew louder.

“Hehe. Don’t be fooled by our looks, all four of us have a 4.0 GPA and are aiming for the Dean’s List this time. Cackle.”

“Hehehe…… But there’s a limit to knowledge when you study alone, right? That’s why it’s necessary for students from different departments to have discussions with different perspectives. Hehehe……”

“Khehehe. Healing magic is truly amazing. I was completely captivated after reading MotherTeina’s thesis on the elemental considerations of healing magic. Khe…”

“Excuse me.”

“……Khehehe, hmm?”

Just then, Kyung-joon stood at the entrance.

“Khehehe…… Hey, you’re blocking the way.”

“Hehehe…… Ah, you’re right. Sorry about that.”

“Keuhehe…… Please go ahead.”

The three elf thugs immediately lowered their heads and made way.

They were model students and very polite.

Kyung-joon just nodded silently and passed by.

Fortunately, he was able to enter the Liberal Arts Magic Hall safely without any trouble.

But at this moment, Kyung-joon didn’t know.

▼Teina Sebra (NPC)

“Oh my, oh my. He’s here?”

▼Siam Tinya (NPC)

“Hoho?”

As Kyung-joon passed by the entrance.

That the two elves and the fairy had glanced at him.

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