Vol. 4 - Chapter 26 - A request from Imperial government
In the seat I was in, Riot Bernstein, the dean of magic knight academy, was bowing deeply at me.
"This was instigated by you, isn\'t it?"
I asked the fatty emperor, whose cheeks were slackened from grinning before my eyes, with my half opened eyes.
"Preposterous. It\'s also my first time hearing that you are selected as a member of the joint academic exam countermeasure committee."
He\'s lying. When his whole face is grinning like a child who has succeeded in his prank, there\'s no persuasive power.
"His Majesty is telling the truth. In the scandal this time, the academy\'s faculty meeting clearly understood the problematic issue about the academic exam. It\'s extremely unfair to have questions that vary class-wise. Therefore, the questions will be the same for each grade from next year."
"But why do I have to participate in this exam committee?"
"Clearing up the accusation of cheating, and then the great efforts of the students who were unable to keep up before. Voices of objection like it\'s unfair for only one class to monopolize your classes are rising up like a flood inside the academy after the exams are over."
There\'s indeed no contradiction in this logic. However, the shift to the forced merit system structure as a core. Furthermore, this way of using me up and knocking others down. Nine out of ten, the writer of this script must be that persona.
"What about the consent of pure bred aristocratic faction\'s professors? I\'m sure they will oppose me like a raging fire for making the exam paper, even if it\'s just a part"
Things are set up to this point. I am sure they must have already completely and already laid the groundwork for the professors from the aristocratic faction. I know in my heart it\'s useless but I still tried to ask.
"Naturally, considerable number of professors opposed but when I asked about the participation of His Majesty in the room in the tis time incident, they immediately took a u-turn and agreed"
"Ah, I see. Blackmail in other words"
I exhaled a deep breath looking at Dean who was scratching his head awkwardly.
"To say blackmail...... it will only damage our reputation. At the very best, we just persuade after informing them of our imperial government\'s plan."
Persuasion huh. If the emperor suspected you of involvement in cheating and still persuaded you, you have no choice but to accept it.
People usually call persuasion after they are deprived of their choices as blackmailing.
"I understood. Please give me the summary of your plan"
The academy Dean, whom Emperor Georg was giving a meaningful look, nodded deeply.
"In general, only practical training will be taught in each class from next year. As for academic subjects, either it will be taught by teacher that is not homeroom teacher or a delegated teacher"
In short, practical exam skills will still be taught by a homeroom teacher. However, instead of them teaching everything, Professors from the exam countermeasure committee that consist of non-homeroom teachers will teach them about the subjects they are respectively in charge of each grade as general. Then, the professors of the exam countermeasure committee will present the question paper about the subjects they have taught in each grade before the exam in the exam countermeasure committee meeting. If accepted, it will become common exam questions for each grade.
Indeed, if it\'s like that, at least the unfair factor will be removed from the study subject. But on the other hand, it will have to rely on the character of the professors group composed of exam committee members.
"What is the professor\'s composition of the exam committee members?"
"Half of the essential 10 courses are from aristocratic faction professor and the other half will be from the old professors group Lord Grey is in"
It turned out to be just what I thought. The reason why required courses are so many is to lower down the influence of the aristocratic faction as much as possible.
It\'s also in my approval that students, who will carry the future of the empire, should be given proper education. This is also my end goal. I don\'t have the slightest reason to oppose it.
"What are the subjects I have to teach?"
"Basic magic knowledge, a required subject oriented towards freshmans. In addition, I hope you can give a lecture on special magic once a week for all grades. You can manage them as you like, I don\'t mind."
It also has a power balance relationship with the professors of the aristocratic faction. It\'s impossible to teach all grades. In that case, I will have to teach the basic magic to freshman students who are like a blank white sheet and expect them to self study on their own efforts.
In contrast to this, special magic study targeting all grades is in consideration for the students who requested to take my classes after seeing the rapid progress of the G class. That\'s why it\'s only once a week. It\'s possible to teach if it\'s only once in a week which Dean and others are full aware of. It\'s all about performance.
In all aspects, I don\'t have a reason to deny.
"I accept"
Just as I rose up from my seat, Georg stared at me with an awfully solemn face.
"Grey, be careful. The unprecedented undead attack and then the appearance of the demon king which should have been only a few individuals confirmed in history. There are lots of suspicious things going on this world lately"
I know. The incidents that shouldn\'t have been possible normally no matter what are suddenly happening like surging waves. It would be foolish to think of them as coincidence.
"Umm, I\'m very well aware of this"
So I turned my back to Georg and walked up to the door.
"You\'re an exceedingly valuable person in this empire. Be very careful with your actions"
"I\'m very grateful for your advice"
I waved my hand without looking back and left the room.