From Space Idiot to Professor

19 – Practical Evaluation (1)

The long written exam is over.

Me and Seti returned to the accommodation we had reserved. I will stay here for a few days until the first round of admission results come out.

The Rhineland family is close to here, so I wouldn’t mind going back home, but Seti stubbornly refused. It was because it had been a while since she had seen her older sister, Lu Stilla, and she wanted to be with her a little longer.

“Wow.”

I was amazed by the well-landscaped scenery outside.

The celestial sphere had already made a half turn, scattering the evening glow across the sky. It was a beautiful scenery, like a scene from a movie.

This is the universe.

This is romance.

We cannot allow foreign media to destroy such a beautiful world.

[— ‘The God of Wisdom and Curiosity’ laughs.]

When I looked back, I saw Seti unpacking his luggage.

She fell down as if diving into her own bed.

“Wow, I’m tired….”

Me and Seti decided to share the same room.

Originally, we had planned to book two rooms and share them separately, but her younger brother said he needed to save money and changed it to one room with two beds.

Seti pretended to draw a line in the space between the beds.

“Do you understand? This is the border. “Don’t fall.”

“I’m not going.”

It looks like Seti still disapproves of me.

Sonia, who was next to her, opened her mouth.

“Don’t worry, lady. I will be watching your every move. “If she does anything strange, I will stop her immediately, so please sleep with her feet stretched out.”

“That’s so reliable.”

Seti yawned one after another, probably because she was tired. I turned off the light and came out as soon as her sister lay down.

“Turn on the lights, you bastard!”

I turned it on again and came out.

“Gi Ji-bae, look at your temper.”

8 PM.

It’s still too early to sleep.

Before I was possessed, I always ate at this time.

When I went down to the first floor where the cafeteria was, there was a girl with particularly striking beauty eating a late dinner.

Blonde hair and blue eyes. It was Rustilla.

I sent Sonia to her kiosk and approached her cautiously.

Lu Stila, who was eating her soup like a child, raised her head.

“You….”

“Hello. “Did you do well on the test?”

“… Huh. So so.”

She continued eating in silence. Lustila was a quiet person, so it wasn’t easy to get her to talk.

My gaze landed over Rustilla’s shoulder. There was her android, guarding and watching over her. I greeted him lightly as well.

“Don’t get too close to the lady.”

Somehow the face looks familiar.

“Are you that guy from last time?”

“This is Jermel.”

When Lu Stila came to my house, she was one of the five poor androids who had been threatened by me.

Jermel, unlike a robot, showed an uncomfortable expression without filtering. It seems he doesn’t like me and Rustilla being together. In fact, Rustilla remained quiet as if it didn’t matter.

“You don’t have to worry. “I won’t do something like that again.”

“It is difficult to trust that word.”

“That’s right.”

Idel already has a reputation for being a b*tch. Unless it is a very special situation, you must behave well. Otherwise, your already low reputation will fall into the abyss.

So I declared.

“I plan to change my image after passing Stellarium.”

Then Jermel caught his surprise and came in.

“Living a clean future does not mean the past will be washed.”

“You know.”

It wasn’t even something I did.

“… “That is correct.”

Lou Stilla, who was cutting her steak, nodded her head shallowly. She echoed what Jermel had said.

“If you made a mistake, you have to apologize anyway. Even if it wasn’t what he intended. Because the person harmed does not know what the perpetrator is thinking. “People can’t get to know each other until they put it into words.”

Rustilla looked at me with warm eyes. The warm Mediterranean sea seemed to be contained in her pupils.

At that moment, I remembered that I had decided to agree with Sonia.

She opened her mouth with that in mind.

“I don’t know why… Sometimes I have a seizure like last time. Although they say it can’t be helped, I’d like to take this opportunity to say this.”

I looked at Jermel and respected him.

“I was sorry back then.”

After saying that she would be careful next time, she lowered her head.

Jermel was silent for a while and then opened her mouth.

“He is a fun person. “You’re apologizing to an android like me.”

“Whether it is an artificial neural network or neurons, they all operate with the same structure, so why discriminate between people and machines?”

“It is not I who should apologize, but Lady Rustilla.”

I offered the same apology to Rustilla. I’m sorry for making a fuss back then. She remembered saying something similar once before, but she formally bowed her head in front of Jermel.

“Yes, it’s okay.”

Rustilla received a short answer.

She was smiling slightly.

Just then, Sonia brought her food. She placed a thick rib steak down in front of me.

“This is a pretty expensive guy. “I chose it because it seemed like the perfect food to eat after taking the written test.”

“Ah, thank you.”

I lifted the fork as politely as possible.

I tried to slice the steak in an old-fashioned way if possible, but it wasn’t easy. It doesn’t work out. No matter how hard I tried, my skills were above the average of students in the physics department.

Rustila laughed when she saw me like that.

“Shall I help you?”

“… “Sonia.”

“I’m embarrassed. “You take care of it, Master.”

“… ….”

I barely had lunch, so my stomach was full of hunger. I wanted to put the whole thing in my mouth and munch on it. But that would be unsightly.

In the end, I nodded to compromise.

“Now, look.”

Lou Stilla took out her spare knife. From the way he held it, he was at an expert level. In an instant, she cut her meat into pieces along the grain and cut it into bite-size pieces.

“Wow.”

“You can’t cut what you see. You have to pay attention to the position of the tendon. “Depending on the grain, there are parts that cut well and parts that don’t, so it’s important to find it right.”

“You are amazing.”

At the same time, I feel embarrassed.

***

As soon as the day dawned, Sethi and I headed to the nearby playground.

Rustila and the androids who served her were also here.

“I can’t believe you came this far…. What should we do if a passing robber harms Lady Rustilla? .”

“Don’t worry. “I, Sonia, will solve it then.”

Her friends, including Jermel, still seemed worried about Lu Stila’s safety. However, due to Sonia’s loud words, I had no choice but to take my owner outside.

Sonia added her words to Jermel, who was spitting into her mouth.

“In the second exam, you will inevitably have to use your body. In particular, we evaluate how to use a plasma sword. “You have to train and get a feel for it before the announcement of your written test results is announced.”

“That’s true, but the head of the family said it was dangerous….”

“Everyone faces danger once they enter the world. Miss Lu Stilla’s parents are overly protective of their daughter.”

You speak well, Sonia.

I lightly swung the wooden sword I brought from my family. I had no idea whether my body had become stiff again in that one month.

On the other hand, Seti drew a clean trajectory as soon as he grabbed the sword.

“You really can’t hold a sword.”

Seti approached and sarcastically said.

“Because I learned it through attributes.”

I responded.

“There is no talent in the world that blooms without effort. Even if I had the talent to use a sword, it’s natural that I wouldn’t be able to because I haven’t used it much. “I am prepared to take a minus in practical skills.”

“Just say you’ve been lazy all this time.”

Seti shrugged her shoulders. I laughed in bewilderment.

I have no interest or talent in swordsmanship. My specialty is research. I am proud to say that I think more about physics than others, and that I have thought about gravitation for longer than anyone else.

And I couldn’t pay much attention to other areas. Human time is equal for everyone. Because it cannot be used equally in various fields, the word ‘expert’ was created.

Everyone lives by helping each other with different characteristics and talents.

At the same time, each of these people came together to create a civilization.

It was true in the past, and it will remain the same in the future.

I can do what others cannot do. What I cannot do, I leave to others. So they depend on each other and defeat foreign forces.

[— The ‘God of Wisdom and Curiosity’ has a positive curiosity about your thoughts.]

[— 200 Pron was sponsored!]

At some point, Seti turned her head and looked outside her grass field. There Lu Stilla was brandishing her wooden sword with her smiling face.

A sound like tearing the air.

The moderation felt in every movement.

Like the poomsae practiced by a Taekwondo master, the sword strike continued without any disruption. I felt like I would lose my life if I entered the range of that road.

“Rustilla, you look happy.”

“Yes.”

“I heard that my parents did not allow me to hold a sword until the practical content was announced. “Ru Stila loves practicing swordsmanship more than anything in the world.”

“They are strange parents.”

“… “Write, you can’t write if you say things like that.”

I scratched my head. As expected, even if the words were said in a normal way, it didn’t feel like a pad lip because it was said through Idel’s mouth.

Still.

But still….

“This is a little unfair.”

“I know what you mean. Still, you need to be careful for now. Ha, Mr. I’m also quiet, so why did you come first… ….”

Seti scratched the back of his head and frowned.

Anyway, we can’t just talk like this.

I swung the wooden sword a few times and shouted.

“Who wants to spar with me?”

At that moment, Rustila looked back with her eyes sparkling.

“I, I…” !”

Seti said in horror.

“Hey, do you want to die?”

“Why?”

“I don’t know if you know, but that girl’s sword hurts a lot. “If I get hit once, my bones will be crushed, right?”

“That’s the only thing we can do while controlling each other well. Or wear protective gear.”

“That’s because it doesn’t work!”

After listening to Seti’s words, I looked back at the contents of the novel for a moment.

I don’t know if it’s accurate because it’s an epic with over 1,800 episodes, but I think there’s a saying in Rustilla that people sometimes change 180 degrees when they catch a sword.

“There’s a reason I don’t cross swords with Rustilla and her sister. So do you, and so do I. Genetically, my bones are not that strong. “If you do something wrong, you will scream and die.”

“… “Isn’t that too much of an exaggeration?”

“If you don’t believe me, go out and have a competition.”

Seti pushed my back forcibly. I sighed and looked back. Seti looked like he didn’t know me, and Sonia clicked her tongue.

Now that I think about it, I was behind when I sparred with Sonia.

Still, it was fine.

To be exact, recovery was quick.

He survived being stabbed by a robot with greater physical strength than a human for a whole month, only to be struck down by the sword of a 16-year-old girl at most?

This is absurd.

Even if it happens, it’s the same as saying it’s at a level worthy of a failing grade in the practical test.

Lu Stilla was adjusting her sword blade in excitement. A perfect waiting posture so that you can’t see any gaps. In response to this, I also lightly relaxed my body and took a stance.

“I, I, am so nervous.”

“Why?”

“It’s been a long time since I sparred with another person….”

“… ….”

“Then…” Shall we begin?”

A.

…… Surely I have to die?

The moment she thought that, a flash of light rushed before her eyes.