Chapter 879 – Week 9, Monday (5)
When Marei arrived in her classroom, she could tell that it was exam period as everyone was looking at her books without saying anything.
Marei sat quietly in her seat, staring blankly at the classroom with only the sound of her turning the pages, and hurriedly took out the books to study from her bag.
-Togak. Again. Ttogak.
It was time to visually solve a few problems based on Marey’s standards and check whether the solutions were correct. Less than a few minutes after she sat down, the classroom door opened.
-Drur.
The heels of my shoes made a regular sound as they hit the floor. When Marey raised her head, Julia was smiling slightly and looking around at the children studying. The children began to raise their heads one by one, perhaps realizing that their homeroom teacher had arrived.
“It looks like you disturbed the guys while they were concentrating.”
They laughed as if they weren’t children, and Julia nodded her head lightly with her arms crossed. Of course, her large breasts naturally rested on her arms.
“This exam is not the last for you guys, but I hope you will think of it as the last and work hard.”
Julia’s pleasant voice resonated clearly in her classroom. Her children put down the writing tool they were holding and looked at her homeroom teacher in front of her desk with her back straight, as if she was concentrating on Julia.
“The experience of doing your best is definitely valuable. I think it would be a waste to let the experience rot away. The most important thing to me is, ‘Can you do your best when necessary?’
This exam will be repeated several times as you go through the academy in the future, and it is just one of the exams that will continue endlessly no matter what you do after graduating from the academy, whether you go to the Imperial University, take the civil service exam, or go to the military academy.
So, I hope you don’t think of it as boring or something you want to avoid.”
Although Julia looks light, she taps the table a couple of times with a wide file.
“The words ‘do your best’ are heavy. But she doesn’t have to be afraid.
No one knows how far or what is best to do. Best is an ambiguous and undecidable concept. However, I believe that if you accumulate experience of doing your best, you will definitely be able to reach that limit someday.
Although there are individual differences, I believe that when you reach the concept of what is best, you will not regret any result. I think that tests in academies are about repeating and mastering the process.
You could do well on the test, or you could fail. But I believe you can try. There is no need to be disappointed even if you get bad grades this time. “Because others would have just tried harder.”
I felt like my eyes met Julia’s. Seeing him immediately looking around at the children, it seemed like he was mistaken.
“As a commander… No, I made a mistake. Don’t correct me. As a teacher.”
The children burst into small laughter. It wasn’t that Julia had made a mistake; it felt like she had said it on purpose.
“I believe that a test is an act that allows you to experience the act of doing your best over and over again. Let’s try to do our best.”
Julia’s tone was so harsh that it was hard to imagine when they were alone, but the warmth of her words was clearly conveyed.
“Class president, Guilia Marita.”
Julia quietly called out to Gilia.
“Yes, old times!”
“Don’t be nervous.”
“Four!”
Her children burst into laughter at Gilia’s energetic response. After receiving her letter of recommendation from Labella, the atmosphere and attitude had clearly become softer, and the children were now becoming close enough to call Gilia their class leader.
“Jinwoo Lee.”
When Julia called, the dark-skinned boy sitting next to Marey jumped up.
“Old!”
“The pathology professor was waiting. Prepare well.”
“Four!”
The children burst into laughter at the sight of him answering like a soldier. Julia called several children and repeated a few words.
Marey looked at Julia, secretly expecting when she would be called, but she could only droop her shoulders like a child who had not been called.
Cheeky on the subject of females…
“Maray.”
“Four!”
Marey answered out loud, completely forgetting what her own stream of consciousness was thinking.
“I should tell you first, but I forgot. The tactical exam has been changed to be held today. “Do you have any objections?”
Didn’t you say you would take the test next week? I heard that other professors were also planning to observe, but it was too sudden.
“Yes? That… No, it doesn’t matter… Is there any reason for the schedule?”
“It was a request from the professors who agreed to attend. Additionally, outsiders are scheduled to come in, and the exam content and process are scheduled to be made public at the academy. Any objection? If so, we will reject the requests of the observing and participating professors and reschedule the meeting or hold it on a designated date.”
Julia’s blue eyes were looking at her. It was awkward for Julia to suddenly bring up this topic and to offer to accommodate her in case of inconvenience.
“No, let me take the test.”
She didn’t understand the idea of having an outsider in the test, but it wouldn’t have been a bad thing if she hadn’t cut out Julia’s line.
“Then let’s move right away. Everyone, study hard.”
Julia left her classroom as if she had no regrets, and Marey took care of her luggage and walked side by side with Julia, who was waiting outside her classroom.
“Were you surprised because it was such a sudden story?”
Julia looked around and after making sure that no one was there she spoke comfortably. Is this a conversation between lovers?
“Because this is my first time hearing this story… “Didn’t the entrance of outsiders or something like that require approval from the academy director?”
“It was planned by the previous academy director, so I had no choice but to say that I also suffered. Well, I think it’s actually a good opportunity.”
Seeing Marey shrugging her shoulders a little nervously, Julia lightly patted her buttocks.
“Is this a good opportunity?”
“Before, he was the grandson of the academy president, but now he is the academy president. Even if she got good grades, she was in a situation where she had no choice but to say something, so I’m just thankful that she cleared the way.”
“… It’s burdensome.”
Julia covered her mouth with her fingertips and laughed softly.
“Just do it like you do when you play war games with me. No, at the current grade level, even half of that will give you a perfect score.”
“… I appreciate the praise, but I feel uneasy.”
“I’ll stop here as a lover… Speaking as her teacher, Marey de Pawen is not only an excellent student, but also a commander who can manage troops in a stable and disciplined manner. “If there were any commanders who could deal with you, she would be one of the few.”
Of course, compared to her management skills, she lacks bright ideas. Julia added. Even though she often won battles during war games, she always lost to Julia in her strategic battles, so it was difficult to believe what she said.
“Even in war games, it is rare for me to lose a local battle. He’s so talented that it often feels like I’m dealing with my past self, so don’t worry and just run wild to your heart’s content. Marey de Pawen.”
Julia stopped in front of her classroom. It was her first time here. Julia opened the door.
The first thing I saw was a huge table. Several objects were placed on top of it. And behind that, standing next to me were professors of military-related studies who I had seen on their resumes while working as academy directors, and there were a few people I had never seen before.
They were wearing military uniforms. A white military uniform that seemed to indicate that he was from the Northern Army. And some of them even had green uniforms that seemed to indicate they were from the Confederate Army. No, the green uniform was also the uniform of the Eastern Army.
People’s attention was focused.
“… The exam will be held three times in total. The method is a war game. Terrain is randomized and troops are given similarly. Deployment, supply, and operation are all handled by the player.”
Julia spoke next to her as if informing everyone and Marey.
“For the sake of fairness, as suggested by me, Julia Pahu, this is a war game with current officers who are not affiliated with the academy. Regardless of win or loss, the score will be used to determine performance. We will take into account the fact that you are still a first year student at Walter Academy, so I hope you do your best.”
Marey de Pawen. Julia called Marey’s name.
Marey stepped forward. Across from him, a colonel from the Northern Army was looking at him with a gentle smile.
“This is Colonel Ivan Gagarin. Nice to meet you “Director of Walter Academy.”
“This is Marey de Pawen, nice to meet you. “Colonel.”
Baron Gagarin. I remember hearing the name. I didn’t see it in the newspaper, but I remembered that Julia was one of the people who evaluated him as useful in the Northern Army.
As she listened to the troops and conditions given, Marey realized that the conditions were much more generous than when she played the war game with Julia. First, I thought that if the terrain was fully known before the start and the number of people was similar, it would be something that even active-duty soldiers could do.
In the case of the mock battle with Julia, neither of them even knew the terrain properly.
Troops were also given randomly, so sometimes there were more troops, and sometimes there were much fewer troops. Therefore, it was a peaceful condition compared to the too many risks involved in operating it.
