Chapter 8 ā Villager A Skips Grades and Graduates
Chapter 13 ā Villager A Really Wants to FlyĀ Chapter 12 ā Villager A Plays Matchmaker (Part 2)Ā Chapter 11 ā Villager A Plays Matchmaker (Part 1)Ā Chapter 10 ā Villager A Meets Someone Unreliable in the Valley of the Flying DragonĀ Chapter 9 ā Villager A Increases His Guild RankĀ Chapter 8 ā Villager A Skips Grades and GraduatesĀ Chapter 7 ā Villager A Learns Alchemy in a Suspicious StoreĀ Chapter 6 ā Villager A Learns How to Use the SwordĀ Chapter 5 ā Villager A Engages in Item TradingĀ Chapter 4 ā Villager A Seeks the Treasure in the RuinsĀ Chapter 3 ā Villager A Sneakily Slips out of TownĀ Chapter 2 ā Villager A Cleans Sewers and Becomes a Master of ConcealmentĀ Chapter 1 ā Villager A Recalls Memories of His Previous Life.
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The day after I got the [Alchemy] skill, I came to school to take the school graduation exam.
Originally it was elementary school until the age of 12 and junior high school until the age of 15, but unlike in Japan, it was easy to skip a grade. I have memories of my past life, and so I graduated from elementary school when I was 9 years old.
And today is the graduation exam of my junior high school. Many children donāt attend this level of school, since itās basically a preparation for entering a higher school. They are taught the classic arts, advanced arithmetic, the names and coats of arms of royalty and aristocrats, the specialties of each territory, international affairs, and the etiquette of politicians, all of which are necessary to get involved in politics.
However, itās basically memorization and not much in the way of comprehension so if you study hard enough, you should be able to get a perfect score at this level.
Besides, the science content that everyone dislikes is only on the level of arithmetic and isnāt difficult at all. Even fractions were called āadvanced calculationsā, so it wasnāt hard if you were educated in the modern world.
Furthermore, I even had the cheat called the āappraisalā skill, so there was no way I could fail.
I didnāt really cheat, though.
I went into the small room and took a seat, then the teacher came over and handed me the test sheet.
āGood luck, Allen-kun. Do your best.ā
It seemed like I was the very first person to have skipped grades and graduated this young in the history of the school, so they were regarding me as a boy genius. But to be honest, I think that even most Japanese elementary school students can do this much.
āAnd so, you have 3 hours to finish the test. Begin.ā
At the teacherās signal, I start answering the questions. Itās the same no matter which one you start with, so filled in the answers from the top of the first page.
Q: What is the full name of His Majesty the King?
Answer: Bartille Manfred von Centraren
Q: What is the full name of the current Crown Prince?
Answer: Karlheinz Bartille von Centraren
Q: Name all three major dukes.
Answer: the Innoburg Family, the Ramslett Family, and the Schlestein Family.
It was just simple rote memorization.
Q: Calculate 22.3 Ć 11.8
Answer: 263.14
Show 3/4 as a decimal.
Answer: 0.75
Well, any Japanese person could do this.
It took me a while to learn geography, but Iāve managed to study it perfectly.
Which territory was the largest producer of wheat in the last fiscal year?
Answer: The Duke of Ramslett
Q: Which territory produced the most iron ore in the last fiscal year?
Answer: The Marquis of Wimlet
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Well, something like that. Once you read it, it was pretty easy to memorize these facts. There were probably more things you could learn in a standard Japanese elementary social studies class.
And so, like that, I finished answering everything in about an hour and a half.
āTeacher, Iām done.ā
āGood work, Allen, you did a really good job. Iāll let you know the results in a week.ā
With that, the teacher left. If you just want to graduate, you can just score 60 points in each subject, so itās not a problem.
But I was aiming for a score of 90 or higher in all subjects. With this, I could be recommended to a high school and exempted from the departmental exams.
Though it really was a strange system. Even if you had already graduated from skipping grades, you still had to be 15-years-old to attend high school.
This is my guess, but I think that the system of skipping grades is designed to make it easier for ordinary people to get a job, and to get talented people out into the world faster.
In contrast, high schools are for the aristocracy and the rich, so I think they donāt expect some students to skip a grade.
But that system works in my favor. I still had 3 years before I entered high school, and in that time, I could move around as an adventurer in order to get a specific item. I also needed time to practice for the sword and magic entrance exams. I also needed time to get enough money to pay for the entrance exam fee and the tuition.
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And a week later, I went up to school to see my teacher to hear the results.
āCongratulations, Allen! Perfect scores across the board! Even graduating at the age of 11 was already groundbreaking, but youāve also completed a feat no one else has done since the beginning of this kingdomās education system.ā
It felt like an exaggeration, but I wonāt say it doesnāt make me happy. Of course, I never used thećAppraisalćskill, so even if the content was easy, I still felt proud.
But I canāt forget to express my gratitude.
āThank you. But owe all of it to you, the teachers who taught me.
And so I expressed my gratitude and a slight smile appeared on their face.
āWell, Allen, your grades are such that I can recommend your admission to the High School without a problem. What would you like to do?ā
āPlease give me a recommendation. Iāll do my best to prepare until Iām 15.ā
āI was hoping you would say that. Then Iāll submit my recommendation to my superiors. How should I contact you?ā
āPlease go to the Adventurerās Guild. My mother is often away from home for work, so thereās a good chance youāll miss each other.ā
āAll right. Then I will let you know the results through the Adventurerās Guild. Congratulations on your graduation, Allen!ā
The teacher started to celebrate and the next thing I knew there was already a party with the other teachers.
āThank you, teacher! Iām going to do my best to enroll and thrive at the academy.ā
Thus, I skipped all the stages up to middle school and graduated.
Shortly thereafter, the Adventurerās Guild was notified that I would be allowed to participate in the high school entrance exam and that I would be exempt from the written exam.
There was only a bit more than three years left before I would need to step on the game stage. Just you wait, Iāll definitely change the future!