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.

to write questions regarding monsters, at least make it so that I knew

point of me being the author

Ding dong—

midst of my rant, at that moment, the bell rang signaling the end of

in reality, it was just a self-study class as there was no professor supervising the students. In any case, as soon as the bell rang, almost all of the students got up from

was the point of studying in a classroom when you

end, apart from Kevin and a couple of other people, everyone left

...

it was the

Surprisingly I wasn't nervous.

lake appeared beneath my feet, I really showed no sign of

did you cram

I didn't sleep the

think

hopefully,

the people besides me conversing, the butterflies in my

...I didn't cram.

to, but from past experiences, I always tended to perform badly when

something that

7:55 A.M.

I knew that I had five minutes left before

already started forming by the entrance of

a tablet patiently waited for the students before doing

hopes of finding something to distract myself from the wait. Five minutes

could help me determine what

my thoughts, my

...hold up.

think of

rummaging through my bag, I took out a thick red

-Flip! -Flip! -Flip!

a beat, I flipped through

monster relativity. Write down the

compiled the answers on the white answer sheet

determine the circulatory flow of their

"kukuku..."

but find myself laughing histerically. Almost like an evil dictator that

of my

I quickly memorized everything that I could memorize in that short time

like the world had finally

a proper shot

ranked 1550

for me. Helpless, I could only put the book and phone away

"Present"

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