11 Teachers And Redemption
Camilla leaked a bitter smile as she watched Soma listen seriously to her story.
Because that's what I thought when it was really a big deal.
I don't know what Soma himself understands, but talking to Soma right now is not usually like talking to a six-year-old.
Especially when it comes to the Demon Nation, it's like what you hear when you become a high ministry instead of a middle ministry.
The Ministry of Higher Education - that is, the supreme school where only academics and researchers, or those who occupy the main points of the country, are allowed to proceed.
Being spoken to there means that the majority of the public does not know information.
Instead of confidentiality, there is information that I don't understand in the first place to avoid confusion, but it is a late treatment… This six-year-old has the same face and understands and talks about it.
After all...
"... I guess that's what this is all about"
"Yeah? What is it?
"Nha, don't worry about it because it's about this way. Whatever it is, the Demons are certainly not evil, as you say. but its fighting power is certain. They say you need at least intermediate skills to fight the Demons."
As she continued her explanation, Camilla recalled that she had taken over the charge from those who had tutored Soma.
... No, technically, isn't that right?
Because Camilla almost never took over from them.
Especially how much soma study is going on...... there was nothing even taught about its progression.
arithmetic, general education, foreign history, etc.
Though Soma has always had a different tutor in charge, the same is true of all of them.
Well, Sophia's idea - it was the range I dared to exclude so that I knew early on that it was the Duke's head, that it would not grow, or constrict the other way around, but otherwise it was truly total annihilation.
I didn't tell you anything, that's impossible.
They are those officially employed by the Duke's family.
I hear you're involved in educating Lina, Soma's sister, as it is now, and it's hard to think that she was abandoning her job.
So Camilla first thought it was because she hated Soma.
Some people will care about the way Soma talks and attitudes, and those who can tutor the Duke's family, for example, are basically prized accordingly.
I was wondering if there might have been some kind of collision there.
But when it came to all of us, it felt strange, and the next thing I thought about it was that pride was about something else as well as pride.
There is no other way for the situation to be accidental, but the tutor told me that it would be enough along the way.
I thought that might have bothered you... but think about it, then you'd leave here in the first place.
Given the transition to Lina as it is, I feel this is also different.
Consider the next possibility… but I got stuck there.
There were no other possibilities, because there were, but most importantly, it wasn't if you were thinking about it.
As in harassment, reference books, etc. were left up to the equivalent of a higher ministry, but it is as if I do not know how far I have studied in any case.
How should we do the class?
Just thinking about it has filled me up.
Well that made me think too much about it and I needed a change of mood, so I was going to run into Soma in the backyard...... I could say that it did mean something.
Because I came up with the easiest solution right after working with Soma.
It worked for a change of mood... or why I didn't think of it until then. That was really easy...
It is a simple matter.
I asked Soma how far the class was going.
Really, why didn't you think of that?
Excuses can vary, but they mean nothing more than being an excuse.
Anyway, that's how they taught me... it was about that moment that all sorts of things went together.
What was available for the Higher Department is nothing.
Truth is, that's where they were going to do it.
They gave it away just as it was.
Yes, Soma had already finished the whole range up to the middle.
Needless to say how surprised I was by that, but at the same time I felt I guessed their intentions.
That's why they didn't tell us how far they were going at all.
Maybe that's what this is all about.
It was a message from all the tutors, not to mistake this talent.
I don't have to do such a roundabout, I think it would be quick to tell them directly by mouth... well, in a way it would be like this country.
And then, I guess it also has to do with Camilla being a skill appraiser.
Whatever.
"Hmm... the Demons basically seem to have a high level of skill in their possession, is it"
"Oh. At least our country thinks the Demons are strong because of that."
"... the level of skills, no, what skills they have in the first place, etc. shouldn't have been so easy to understand though?
"Well, that's right. Sure, we skill appraisers can appraise the person's possession skills, etc., but it needs to touch the person's body."
"Then why are you making such a decision?
"It's a simple story. You're just associating that with being strong. You've never actually tested a demon's skills before."
"Mmmm..."
So I can imagine why Soma roared, and Camilla probably wouldn't be wrong.
Perhaps this is what Soma thought.
It's too...
"... It's something I've been feeling for a long time, isn't this country looking a little too definitely at skills? Sure, skills are easy to understand… or maybe it's not limited to this country."
"No, you're right about what you felt. I'm pretty sure other countries are using it as an indicator, but I'm pretty sure it's about this country that's definitely looking at it so far."
"Hmm... does that mean there is some cause?
"Sort of. It's no big deal."
This country's overemphasis on skills stems from how this country was made.
Originally this country was part of an adjacent country, but it became independent because it was treated too poorly.
However, there was one reason for the poor treatment, and the land was not very rich... No, it was clearly poor land, so the tax revenues were poor.
Because of that, even though the Devil's Forest was adjacent, this place was not so important.
On the contrary, it was even treated as a buffer to keep the Demons contained.
Knowing that, some of the butchers have moved here, getting rid of all the demons they wanted. Instead, they bogged it down and declared independence and statehood here with a knife to return.
One of the people who had emigrated became king and the first thing I started to do to protect this place, which became a country, was to use my skills as a reference point to gather a variety of talent.
"Based on your skills, are...?
"Oh. Ever since I became absolutely reference to that, I guess it was the soldiers who clearly improved the quality. It's a famous story to say that at least you need to possess martial arts skills in return for a tenth of what your country attacked you with."
However, it was possible because this country, which had just been made, had been driven into it.
It's not what I want to do, because I wouldn't stand if I didn't put the utmost emphasis on what I could do, and all the residents understood that.
If we try to do it in other countries, we must be fiercely rebelled and failed by our citizens.
The fact is that it turns out to be valid, but no other country has followed it yet.
"Hmmm... is that why this country has come to view skills so absolutely..."
"No, if that was all it would not have happened. I told you. We used it as a standard to attract talent."
"... I see. Speaking of which, it's supposed to be a poor place, but I've never felt that way before in my life. I was wondering if it was because it was our home… did we allocate people based on their skills in order to get out of it?"
"... you're still good at guessing, that's too much. Are you sure you're a six-year-old?
Camilla turns a frightened gaze, but she was right.
And that succeeded poorly...... no, because it was too successful, the inhabitants of this country came to think it would be absolute if they still believed in their skills.
"I see... well, if that's the case, I'm satisfied with the current situation..."
"Am I asking you any other questions?
"No, the teacher seems familiar," he said.
"… is something to be dealt with in domestic history, and this country has not been founded in the first place for more than a decade. You're not old enough to forget."
I can't forget if I want to.
"Hmmm..."
"What, you still got something on you?
"No, it's just that I was even more convinced about my current situation"
"Oh...... that's what I mean"
Yes, Soma probably had nothing wrong with being born in another country.
Even where I didn't remember any skills, I would have been able to continue being a duke's man.
But that is unacceptable in this country.
The inhabitants of this country will not allow it.
That's where Sophia wanted it, and there's nothing she can do about it.
And that's why...
"... you have the right to complain about me"
- In the first place, it was for redemption that Camilla undertook Soma's tutor.
No, rather, Sofia has prepared an opportunity for that.
Once, when I drove the life of a girl who was ten years old at the time crazy, who would later be called a brave man.
Just as you picked up Camilla, who offered to resign because she couldn't stand that sin, as a dedicated skill appraiser.
That's nothing, I guess I wasn't going to let Soma take revenge... but at least Camilla thought it wouldn't matter.
Or maybe he wanted it at the bottom of his mind.
But.
"Hmm...? resentment, is it?
The look on Soma's face was, once in a while,
I don't know what you're talking about.
All over Soma, that's what he said.
"... No, 'cause you do, don't you? Only a skill appraiser will know the details of who has and remembers what skills. So if I lied...... if I made up the right skill that you could remember, your life would never go crazy. So..."
"No, honestly, I don't care?
Surely the face seemed to mean it.
Keep your neck tilted, unchanged from earlier.
Yes, for real... I slashed and threw away Camilla's troubles.
"... doesn't matter? Are you saying that you don't care about what's turned you into a turning point in your life?
"Hmm... I know I've already said this, but all I want is magic knowledge... so I can use magic. Given that, it's only joy that I've got more time, no reason to complain...... Mmm, maybe my senior year should rather thank my teacher?
On the contrary, my face caught a strange breeze when I said thank you, etc.
Camilla didn't really know what that look was like while she was talking about herself... but there's only one thing I found out.
For some reason, it was just that I wanted to laugh asexually.
"Right... right"
So, nodding pointlessly, Camilla thought.
I intend to do so from the beginning, and I was motivated enough as a result of the matching.
Apparently I'm even more motivated, he said.
Camilla loosened her mouth as her mind commanded.