The Martial Unity

Rui didn't know how, but word quickly spread throughout the town of the Martial Squire attempting to take the general science exam. Apparently, that was revolutionary news for some reason.

Everywhere Rui went, he could feel the gazes on him from the people around him.

('Ugh, maybe this wasn't the best of ideas,') Rui groaned.

He disliked being the center of attention, it was annoying and at the end of the day he would rather be left alone, but he decided to stick with the course of action that he had chosen for Kane's sake.

He could understand where it came from, of course. It came from the idea that Martia, Artists could not be adept at any intellectual field because it contradicted what it took to become a Martial Artist. And they were mostly right, Rui had dedicated most of his life exclusively to Martial Art and nothing else.

The whole town grew absorbed in the topic as various opinions flew across the entirety of the little society.

"I respect Martial Squires, but it is arrogant for him to believe that he could just take on an exam that we spent many years studying for and pass it with ten days of preparation."

"It's as insulting as if we scholars thought that we could fight and defeat a Martial Squire in combat after just ten days of Martial Art practice!"

"Do you think he'll cheat? Since he obviously cannot succeed? Martial Squires have extreme senses far beyond that of the human body."

"I heard that there will be Martial Squires inspecting the exam in addition to other measures. Cheating should be impossible, right?"

who cares why he wants to write the exam? He's willing to stay here and serve as protection from the surrounding states. As long as he is willing to do that, I don't mind entertaining his

opinions flew across the people who came across the news. Rui even heard what many were saying because they

didn't fault them for feeling the way that they did. It was only natural, and he would have felt the

to obtain a bachelor's degree in any major field despite a shallow educational background, with only ten

at hand. He had gotten access to the study materials needed for the exam so that he could thoroughly understand what it was that

Rui's eyebrow rose up when he skimmed through

suspicions due to the lacking theoretical science

is some esoteric material science through,') Rui noted as

that he did need to study since his previous

meant that this was the one area that he

In ten days.

cramming worked, it only worked when one had a

Rui did not.

had studied some esoteric material science, but these were hype niche research avenues that he had looked into when

considerations in mind in regard to his exam. He was a little worried about doing too well. That was problematic because he didn't want to do anything that

the probability that Chairman Deacon finding them through

he discovered an annoying

you get dictates your access clearance to the scientific literature," The mayor stated. "Thus a lower score means less scientific