episode_0070

How should I prepare to pass the test of wisdom?

In some ways, the answer is simple.

It is about constantly reviewing and confirming what you have learned and what you know so far.

The Test of Wisdom is conducted under highly structured magic, so it is conducted thoroughly within the scope of the challenger’s knowledge, inference, and thought.

Therefore, rather than being anxious about what might come out, a confusing situation like “Was it A? Was it B?” can be seen as more dangerous.

However, there is a difference in this test of wisdom, which can be summarized as the ‘curse of knowledge’.

It comes from the scope of what the subject knows, so the more you know, the more different things come out in the test of wisdom, while those who are relatively lacking will come out within a limited scope.

However, knowledge and wisdom are completely different things, so it is not an unbalanced test where those who know a lot are at an advantage and those who don’t know much are at a disadvantage.

“Still, it’s not easy to review what you’ve learned over and over again. Just look at Elfin.”

As Lulu said this, she looked at Elfin, who was busy piling up books on the study table.

The number of books Elfin has stacked is more than double the number of books I have stacked, so you can see how much effort she has put in so far.

“Can I see this again even once within a week?”

At my worried words, Elfin answers, “About twice,” without taking his eyes off the book. His concentration is truly amazing.

“If you look at it from the perspective of a first-year student, Ain’s amount is above average.”

As the night said, I took a lot of classes during the free lectures and I also know level 5 magic spells, so I’m bound to be above average.

“Still, I think I can do it? It’s at a level where Elfin is amazing.”

“That’s right. If it were me, I would have given up right away.”

Hoyo also looks at Elfin’s mountain of books and nods in agreement. Hoyo is the only one among us who has ever attempted Tri-Conflict.

“By the way, you said Hoyodo participated in Try Conflict, right?”

Night and Bandi nodded at my words.

“Yeah, I passed the test of strength without a hitch, but I failed the test of wisdom.”

According to Hoyo, he doesn’t remember the details of what happened during the Test of Wisdom, but he said it was extremely difficult.

“I don’t remember exactly what they asked me inside… I heard that there was a leak issue so my memory would be blurred after I left. But I remember it being incredibly difficult because I gave up right away.”

Hoyo seemed to remember that time as he munched on the candy.

“It was probably a weird question like which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

“So, Hoyo, what do you think?”

“Um… chicken?”

“…Yeah…”

Night looked at Hoyo with a very regretful expression, but Hoyo didn’t care at all about the gaze and muttered, “Ah, I guess I’ll have chicken and beer for dinner tonight.”

“I’m glad I have time to prepare thanks to the free classes. If I could meet my past self, I would tell him to put his cheek up and do whatever he tells me to do.”

Elfin lets out a small sigh and says.

“No, in the end I did as I was told, right?”

“That’s because you were making a fuss about establishing authority for no reason. You shouldn’t have done that back then.”

She looks away and says so, giving him an apologetic look. The other females seem to be curious, as if they don’t know better.

“What happened?”

When Elfin confessed the incident of course registration between him and Elfin to the females in the group as if he was making a confession at Ion’s words, each of the females showed different reactions.

“Status means that sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do. At the time, it wasn’t too much or anything, and even things that were lighter than what Ain did could have bad consequences depending on your status. Plus, the genders were different.”

This reaction was the opinion of Bam, Ion, and Lulu, who were in high positions.

“Ah, but it’s a bit much to do that to a male. They’re not the same gender, and I’m just thinking of the elfin.”

This reaction is the opinion of Hoyo, who is (relatively) low in rank, and Bandi, who prioritizes me over others.

“I agree with Hoyo and Bandi. That’s why I apologized to Ain…”

“You should have just apologized.”

It seems like there might be more complicated opinions, but Hoyo, who always comes to a clear conclusion without thinking too much, ends up responding with a simple ‘That’s true’.

If it weren’t for Hoyo, I think we would have argued a bit more.

“Well, now that it’s too much, it’s okay. It’s more of a problem if you do that after it’s too much.”

As Ion said, after becoming a group, everyone was nice to me, so there was no big problem. If it had been like that after becoming a group, it might have been difficult… but it would have been more fun.

“Actually, our group is unusually peaceful. If Ain hadn’t organized the hierarchy, there would have been quite a bloody fight.”

According to the females, it is said that normally, females fight for rank through force, power, and intrigue.

After that, except for the females whose ranks are clear, the battle for rank ends when the males directly rank the females in ambiguous positions, but we don’t have that. To me, everyone is number one in the ranks. If I had to be picky, I’d say Hela is number two.

“I actually thought that the condition I set would be the most resisted by the one that said no hierarchy, but surprisingly, everyone considered the condition that said no overprotection to be more important. Is there a reason for that?”

While we were on the subject, I asked a question I had always wondered about, and surprisingly, all six of the females (from the looks of it, I thought Hela, who had been outside the door, would have reacted the same way if she had been here) gave the same response.

“It’s obvious that a group can’t be formed without a male, right?”

Lulu comes to a clear conclusion.

“Ain, in fact, it is rare for a group to completely eliminate any fights over hierarchy within the group, but it is not uncommon… The Empress did the same, even though the target was males.”

“They say that especially when commoners gather together, they tend to do this more than nobles.”

“The purpose of the group is to preserve the species, but the purpose of protecting the males is also strong.”

“I see.”

After hearing the females’ explanation, I became curious about the most fundamental thing.

“Why are there more females than males in this world?”

To my fundamental question, the females look at each other.

“Nothing is known about that exactly.”

“But there are myths, or should I say folk tales, that are widely spread. There are regional differences, though.”

When I asked for an explanation of a story I was hearing for the first time, Bandi cleared his throat and told me a story.

“Long ago, there was a time when the creator god X and his sons and daughters still walked the earth. At that time, there were equal numbers of females and males.”

However, even back then, the gender roles were reversed, with females greedily taking care of multiple males, while weaker females were unable to have mates and fought alone.

This tone rather influenced the god who created humans, causing a female god to lead several male gods and even male humans, offending the creator god X.

“Males are precious beings and a place of spiritual rest created for females, but females have monopolized many males with their desire for conquest and greed, so from now on, males will be born in smaller numbers than females. Humans will not perish but survive if you females form groups under the males you have greedily taken.”

It is said that after the declaration of the Creator God X, children were born in a ratio of 7~8 females and 2~3 males, forming groups with one male and several females as they are today.

“That’s an interesting story. So that’s why there are fewer males born.”

“As I said before, Ain. This is just a tale. Only God knows the real reason.”

I nod at the night’s remark. I almost believed it was true.

“What would it be like in a world where males and females were born in equal proportions?”

When Hoyo tilted his head and spoke, I thought for a moment and then answered.

“Then the group will disappear and monogamy will take place.”

In this case, since the male is closer to the socially weaker group, it will be monogamous rather than monogamous.

“Wow, so every female has her own male?”

“Is that so?”

“That would be great. What will happen?”

The females have a hard time answering Hoyo’s words. It seems that the concept of a pack has been ingrained in this world for too long, making it difficult for them to express their opinions on monogamy.

“Well, a male and female pair would live together and focus on each other. They always sleep together, the female goes to work, and the male takes care of the children and guards the house.”

It’s not hard for me to imagine, since I come from a monogamous world.

Instead of imagining it in the first place, you can just switch the roles of the man and woman and then say it as is.

“Wow, this is amazing? Isn’t this a complete mess? A mess??”

Hoyo, who is always talking about everything in the world, gets very excited and starts talking, and Bam and Bandi also seem to think that this is a very interesting topic and ask for bait.

“Which writer would be good at covering this topic?”

“Well, the author of ‘Mountain Girl’ comes to mind first, but that author has so much going on…”

“Then what about the author of ‘Male Foot Cleaner’?”

“Well, since the original work is almost finished, it might not be so bad.”

To the three members of the miscellaneous book research group who were having such a heated discussion, Ion unexpectedly offered his opinion.

“Does the author of ‘Ear-folded Fatty’ not write any more books? I saw the unfinished book he wrote when I was alone in the club room last time, and it was quite interesting. If he doesn’t have anything to write, I wish he would write one.”

The expressions of the three people change at Ion’s words.

Night and Hoyo’s faces turned red as if they were about to burst into laughter, and Bandi’s face was filled with shock.

What can I say, the pen name ‘Gwijeophin Ttungtaeng-i’ is Bandi’s pen name.

Perhaps Ion had seen Bandi’s sketches that were stuck in a corner of the study room. I saw them too, but I was watching them quietly and secretly.

“That… probably won’t be difficult…”

I chuckled at Bandi’s crawling voice and then focused on the textbook I was reading.