Ch.308303 – Fame

# Problem 19 on Alchemy Formulation: Understanding the Arabesque Formula

“Shouldn’t the Arabesque formula originally simplify its form through Reidemeister transformation, and twist the circuit formula once like a Möbius strip? I’m not familiar with the curriculum.”

Contrary to what I expected, it was a question about understanding the Fibonacci sequence and further converting curves and surfaces into parameters.

That was the examination board’s claimed intention.

Apparently, you need to arrange 10 runes corresponding to the Fibonacci sequence from 1 to 89 in a long line and then apply curve transformation.

“Hmm… you could solve it that way, but it’s a difficult approach to come up with.”

I couldn’t have imagined it either until viewers explained the solution to me.

“What I’m saying is, there’s this most complex part of the circuit formula, right? If you apply Reidemeister transformation once, twice, three times, and then four times, it becomes an unknot. That means it’s a part you don’t need to consider at all when activating the alchemy formation.”

With a few mana manipulations, the fragments of the alchemy formation find their places.

-WHAT!!!!!

-lol it’s ridiculous how quickly it’s solved

-Even academies didn’t teach this, how are we supposed to know!

-Dark dark skillsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Actually, students who thought simply probably got it right.

-It’s super easy if you know the method tbh

[User ‘QBS Official’ donated 10,000 won!]

-Hello NoName. This is reporter Jang Seongmun from QBS editorial department. We’re currently investigating the KGSAT curriculum-external questions. I was wondering if we could use today’s broadcast footage for our news report.

“What? Oh, I don’t mind, feel free to use it. But many other instructors are already complaining, do you really need my comments too?”

-(QBS Official): My acquaintance has a child in senior year haha

-(QBS Official): I have to maintain professional relationships too.

-lmao definitely one of the bosses

-Wolf Prize nominee says, “difficult approach to come up with”

└ lol how did they resist clicking this headline

└ Fact) NoName is actually an authority. Alchemy formulation is close to mathematics.

-Why would the examination board include this kind of problem in alchemy formulation rather than magical formation studies? Sigh.

-NoName is legendary… she’d still get all 1s except Korean if she took the test now…

└ It’s not Korean, it’s reading comprehension, mister;;

The next day, requests from other broadcasting stations to share the video poured in.

***

The QBS editor-in-chief was practically guaranteed a promotion after consecutive scoops about NoName and Walpurgis.

But as the saying goes, after sweetness comes bitterness.

As workplace joy ended, family sorrow arrived.

His beloved youngest daughter received a grade 4 in Alchemy Formulation, putting her at risk of not meeting the minimum requirements for all the universities she applied to.

[All grade 1s except Alchemy Formulation at grade 4! Do I have to repeat a year just because of one subject! *sob*… WAAAH! At the academy… I’ve been locked up in the academy studying for 12 years since elementary school because of you, dad… why did I even go there if this happens!]

His daughter’s wailing drove a stake through her father’s heart.

It hurt all the more because she had never caused her parents any trouble before.

[So if you got just one more question right, you’d be grade 3?]

[Yes…! *sob* *wail*!]

The editor-in-chief steeled his resolve.

Issues about curriculum-external questions are even harder to overturn than marking errors.

He knew it would be a difficult battle, but he had to restore peace to his family.

The world is a zero-sum game anyway.

And the first victim of this zero-sum game was the head of the examination board.

[Next news. Regarding KGSAT Alchemy Formulation question 19, which has been identified as beyond the curriculum, the examination board has maintained there is no issue. However, backlash continues from the private education sector and even among scholars. Reporter Jang Seongmun reports.]

Korea’s high educational fervor was instrumental in the country’s miraculous growth into a developed nation in just a century.

During the compressed growth period, citizens quickly learned technology and knowledge to build the industrial foundation.

The belief that children should never go hungry, even if parents starve, has been passed down through generations.

In a country that takes education so seriously, setting one problematic question that affects people’s lives is practically a mortal sin.

[“You could solve it that way, but it’s a difficult approach to come up with.”]

Name’s voice plays on the news.

The tearful student who had been crying since last night suddenly raised her head.

[A streamer expressed on her broadcast that it’s an approach difficult to conceive generally. Even a Wolf Prize nominee candidate who proved the twin prime conjecture stated it cannot be considered a standard solution.]

“Heh… the mosaic is useless.”

The editor-in-chief handed his daughter tissues while chuckling as they watched the 9 PM news.

Her small stature couldn’t be hidden by the mosaic, and the reporter’s subsequent comments made her identity obvious to anyone.

“Why is Name on the news…?”

His daughter tilted her head in confusion.

The editor-in-chief carefully opened a beer can while thinking.

If challenging authority is difficult, use reputation instead. He was clever enough to utilize this strategy.

‘If even she thinks this way, are you still going to stand your ground? Who do you think you are?’

Even though Name rejected the Wolf Prize, all Korean citizens essentially consider her to have won it.

Korea’s greatest genius said it would be difficult to solve the problem that way.

As the editor-in-chief predicted, public reaction was intense.

-Even the girl who solved a centuries-old problem is shaking her head? Game over. Take him down.

-For real, the question is ridiculous. How is this different from asking to construct a 300-sided polygon to find a circle’s circumference?

-Public opinion completely flipped the moment NoName entered the pictureㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-It’s more amazing that some students actually solved it through advanced study.

└ There’s no problem Name can’t solve, I’m telling you

-Examination board head? Time to resign?

“Trust daddy. They won’t last a week.”

And one week later, Kim Su-young, the head of the Korea Educational Curriculum Evaluation Institute, resigned and announced that question 19 would be marked correct for all students.

No one could deny that Name had played a significant role.

***

“Why is it thanks to me that everyone got full marks? It was just a problem that deserved to be marked correct anyway.”

I’m now afraid to say anything.

Even this morning on the bus, seniors kept saying embarrassing things like “Thanks, awesome Name.”

“You really have a tendency to downplay yourself, sis! If it were me, I’d be like ‘Look everyone! I made it correct! Praise me! Worship me! Everyone clap! Give me money!’ you know?”

Adella adjusted her glasses and turned to look at me.

“That’s just being shameless. Stop talking nonsense and solve more problems. Your hands are idle.”

“No, I’m right. Didn’t you want that kind of fame too? Or are your body and mind disconnected?”

“What?”

“Haha forget it… Anyway, my point is! Enjoy it while you can.”

“Your hands are idle. And that answer is 3. How long are you going to make calculation errors? You’re not in elementary school.”

“No way! Why is this wrong! ARGHHHH!”

Adella threw off her non-prescription fashion glasses and messed up her hair until it was completely disheveled.

I said I’d help her until she could function properly…

But this feels less like having a younger sister and more like raising an immature daughter.

“You know, Name sis.”

“What? Another problem you can’t solve?”

“No, that’s not it. You always seem to know everything.”

“What do you mean? There’s plenty I don’t know.”

Adella hesitated for a moment, then turned her chair halfway to face me.

“Since I brought it up, I’ll tell you. At first, I thought everyone in your world was as smart as you. Because I knew absolutely nothing about people. Which makes sense, right? I’ve been living in a fake world with fake memories.”

“Yeah. And?”

“But that’s not the case. After meeting many people, I found there are plenty of adults dumber than me, and I haven’t met any adults smarter than you.”

As she spoke, Adella’s tail and ears drooped lifelessly.

“My initial common sense was right all along. Eight-year-olds don’t act like you. They don’t have such deep thoughts. And all that knowledge you have, as if you’ve visited some chamber of time and mind… Do you know what I even started thinking?”

Adella got up and lay down next to me.

She grabbed my shoulder and gently pulled me toward her, making me fall back with her.

“You’ve always made me call you ‘sis.’ So I was wondering…”

Adella’s breath kept tickling my ear.

Could she have noticed my reincarnation?

Other people have a firm belief that reincarnation doesn’t exist, so they don’t question it.

But Adella doesn’t have such prejudice.

If she asks about reincarnation, should I confirm or deny it?

If I deny it, how should I cover it up? Do I show signs when I lie?

While all these complicated thoughts were scrambling my brain, Adella finished her sentence.

“Are you perhaps a game character like me?”

“Huh?”

I was completely dumbfounded by this unexpected question.

“You were actually the smartest character in a virtual reality game created by terrorists, but you got a body by chance! Now for some reason, you have to hide this fact even from me! Your mission is to bring all game characters out into the real world! Ta-da! How’s that? Pretty sharp deduction, right?”

“Sigh.”

I couldn’t help but sigh at how perfectly wrong she was.

“What? Am I wrong? Did I get it wrong?”

“Yes. Not even close.”

“Damn, then what is it…! Are you really eight years old?”

Does she even have a brain or not?

Oh right, she doesn’t, that’s why we’re in virtual reality now.

The reason I’m reluctant to reveal my reincarnation is simple.

In my previous life, when I revealed it, people’s reactions fell into exactly two categories.

Either they treated me as mentally ill, or they pretended to believe me for some ulterior motive.

Especially that scum Fayran, the Second Prince, who attempted to rape me, claiming that if I was a man in my previous life, I would better understand men’s feelings.

This silly but kind cat probably wouldn’t do that, but I didn’t want to reset our well-established relationship.

“I just learned more and matured earlier than others in virtual reality.”

“I see… I was hoping you were someone like me…”

“You were?”

“Yes. Then at least there would be a precedent. What if I enter the body you create for me and then vanish forever? I have these anxieties.”

“Don’t worry. The magic is all safety-guaranteed.”

“Wait… how do you know such magic? I couldn’t find Dragonia Nascientia anywhere on the internet. And is it even possible to create a human body with the Akashic Record?”

Adella suddenly became sharp in an unexpected area.

That’s right, if I use Dragonia Nascientia, it would be tantamount to acknowledging my past life.

Moreover, the fact that I possess complete human data is information that must never be revealed to this world.

That’s why I planned to bring Adella into the world without anyone knowing… but why didn’t I realize that “anyone” couldn’t include Adella herself?

I hugged her and stroked her head.

“I’ll explain everything someday. Someday…”

***

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

“I’m going to accept advertisements.”

“Ads? Suddenly?”

“You said it earlier. You’re right that I do want that kind of fame. But because of my shame, I can’t express it well myself. So someone else can express it for me, right?”

“You’re accepting ads just for that reason?”

“I also need to earn money to create your body.”

“Let’s do it right now! Why haven’t we been doing this all along!”

Adella immediately changed her stance.

Until now, I had been putting all advertising inquiries in the spam folder and ignoring them, but there must be thousands of them accumulated.

“Since it’s our first time, we need to charge a lot! Remember that, sis!”

[NoNaMe_11]

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