The Author's POV

Lock, Class A-25

The sound of scribbling pencils rang out in the classroom. Almost all of the students present were hard at work preparing for the upcoming written exams.

"Argh…why do we have to go through this when we don't actually use this stuff in real life"

Of course, there was bound to be at least one or two students who hated studying.

...but well, what he said did make sense. Most of the stuff we learned wasn't even useful for those of us who didn't plan on pursuing such a career path.

"Exams are next week. Study hard, or you're going to have regrets when the results come out."

Turning around, a student replied.

"yeah, yeah, it's not like you'd understand my struggles..."

Being reprimanded, the student that complained could only grumble to himself as he went back to studying.

In the end, it seems like he was just venting out his stress.

Lightly glancing at the duo, I shook my head.

Regardless of what world you were in, there would always be a guy who hated studying and a guy who loved studying.

I was neither.

I didn't dislike studying nor did I love it.

I just studied for the sake of it...well, that was what I initially thought.

However, looking at the question that was presented before me, I couldn't help but slowly start leaning towards the no-studying group.

[Suppose a ranked monster, Metal Fanged Magelodon attacked you in the middle of the ocean. How much force do they exert each time they bite, and point out their weak points on the diagram below. Extra point : What is the primary psyon flow of the Metal Fanged Magelodon and what is the fastest speed it can reach underwater?]

I was stumped.

I had no clue where to start. Was this really going to be on the exam?

...I don't even remember writing about this monster inside of the novel.

I mean, there were so many monsters that I had to remember that I could barely even think straight at this point.

I understand that they want us to learn this in case we actually met this monster in combat so that we would be able to deal with them accordingly if the situation presented itself.

...but with current technology, finding the information about the monster shouldn't be hard at all.

Just a quick cross-reference with the monster encyclopedia in the app and all the information would be presented before me.

...well in all fairness, I guess it did help in situations where the phone couldn't be taken out or that there was no battery left on the phone.

Dammit, world.

that I knew something regarding them. Don't give

me being the

Ding dong—

moment, the bell rang signaling the end of the

the students. In any case, as soon

planned to follow them back to the dorm. What was the point of studying in a classroom when you had

Kevin and a couple of other people, everyone left the

...

like that, it was

Surprisingly I wasn't nervous.

lake appeared beneath

you

I didn't sleep

think you'll

sure, hopefully, I'll

besides me conversing, the butterflies in my

...I didn't cram.

past experiences, I always tended to perform badly

something that worked

7:55 A.M.

at my watch, I knew that I had five minutes left before

long line had already started forming by the entrance

of them, a professor holding onto a tablet patiently waited for the students

I nervously looked around in hopes of finding something to distract

that could help me

thoughts, my eyes shot wide

...hold up.

think of this

rummaging through my bag, I took

-Flip! -Flip! -Flip!

beat, I flipped through the pages of

relativity. Write down

the papers, without pause, he quickly compiled the answers on

order to determine the circulatory flow of their psyon link in

"kukuku..."

find myself laughing histerically.

my worries washed

phone, I quickly memorized everything that I could

seems like the world had finally

a proper shot at

ranked 1550

minutes on the dot, the professor called for me. Helpless,

"Present"

entered the exam hall, and as I did. I couldn't help but be reminded of the hellish days when I had to enter the exam rooms back in my