For the time being, I took her to the cursed forest and obliterated about a hundred-meter radius around us, and then the home tutor, a woman, performed a splendid prostration.
“I am terribly sorry, I have misjudged your power. Please, spare my life…!”
Hmm, a supersonic plea for life!
It feels good!
Is it so pleasant to hear someone else beg for their life?
And it’s not the unbearable pleas of a filthy man, but a beautiful young girl prostrating herself while incontinent, which is easy on the eyes.
You see, I’m the type of person who can shoot a fleeing woman in the back and laugh about it.
Ah, but of course, I wouldn’t kill a beauty.
On the contrary, I enjoy inflicting just enough pain without killing; it feels good.
“Come on, lift your head, teach. I wasn’t planning on killing you outright.”
“Yes…”
“Just that, you know, I get pissed off when I’m underestimated. If you behave properly, I won’t get angry, okay?”
“Thank you so much…”
“Well, teach, just spill all the knowledge you have. If you do anything unnecessary… you understand, right?”
“Eek! I understand! I won’t do anything!”
I let the completely frightened and incontinent teacher stand up and dried her clothes.
“Without incantation…”
I didn’t forget to mutter something interesting under my breath.
Well, then…
I reattached the mask of a smile.
“Now, Miss Margaret! Please teach me! I look forward to learning from you!”
I declared.
“Ha, haha, yes…”
I learned a variety of things from the half-crying teacher.
Yeah, the general history and international relations are not different from what I know. It’s mostly the same as what I’ve researched.
Also, it seems that the scholarship of this world is similar to the “Scholasticism” of 11th-century Europe.
That is, centered around the Bible, they seek the truth of the world through the verification and interpretation of the Bible.
Specifically, grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, arithmetic, astronomy, geometry.
And it seems that arts, magic studies, and ancient languages are also included.
By the way, alchemy is considered a lowly count.
As for grammar, it’s completely in Japanese, so there’s no problem.
Rhetoric and dialectics… in this world, they are what you would call agitation and oratory arts, but there’s no problem with that either. Adults are good with words.
I was raised well, seriously… I participated in English debate contests when I was a kid, and it helped…
Astronomy… well, now that I think about it, the arrangement of the stars doesn’t seem different from Earth’s, but I’m not an expert, so I want to learn.
Arithmetic? Geometry? That’s a specialty. How can someone who can’t do math write programs?
Music and painting… well, I practiced them to some extent. I can play the violin and piano, but do they exist in this world? I can paint too, but I don’t know the trends of this world.
Ancient languages… it’s English, isn’t it? I wonder why? Well, I can read it.
As for magic studies, I created my own analysis and developed the M language, but I don’t know what ordinary magicians are like, so I want to learn.
…I had become completely disillusioned with the flawed parts of this world, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to learn here.
I certainly know more than most people, but I’m not a god who knows everything.
There must be plenty to learn from this young magic teacher…
Half a year later.
Sorry, I take back what I said.
There wasn’t much to learn.
In the fields of mathematics and natural science, it’s inevitable that I surpass them.
I am a person who came from Earth, a world far more civilized than here.
It’s only natural for me, standing on the shoulders of giants of knowledge, to surpass the superstitious scientific views of this world.
After all, even though there are fantastical elements like monsters and magic, the basic physical laws are the same as on Earth.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius and freezes at zero degrees.
The acceleration due to gravity is 9.80665 m/s^2, and the laws of universal gravitation and the theory of relativity hold true.
Our bodies are written with the double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid, and the habits of living creatures are largely the same.
Therefore, there was no particular need to learn natural science from the people of this world.
At most, I gained insight into the general thinking ability of the people of this world and what is considered heretical common sense. No new facts.
The astronomy I was so eager to learn about also seems to have no more insight than the astronomy readers I read as a hobby on Earth.
That’s to be expected, as the mainstream in this world is geocentrism. Moreover, there are no telescopes for observation, and I, who can see far away with high precision through magic, know more about the stars.
I thought they might be doing ocean navigation by celestial navigation, but without the development of a chronometer (precision clock), it seems that ships are only splashing in the shallows.
Seriously? Haven’t found the New World yet?
…Well, they’re too busy with their little wars to think about colonization and expansion from mercantilism.
As for music and painting, it seems you’re highly esteemed if you can do even a little.
There’s no such thing as musical scores or small techniques.
Because it’s a craftsman-like “learn by watching” style, the average level is terribly low.
I tried playing the Turkish March on a violin created by magic, and I was told I could make a living off of it. I think I was quite off-key, though… is that okay?
And the worst is magic.
Apparently, incantations are “prayers to God,” and their content is not scrutinized.
In other words, the magicians of this world hardly understand the meaning of the spells they are chanting.
However, it’s true that simple magical incantations are written in books and are fairly well-known, and there are a few magicians who study incantation texts…
On the church’s side, there’s a faction that says, “It’s disrespectful to try to analyze the mystical power of magic given by God!”
Basically, magic considered advanced or higher is designated as “secret arts” and passed down only within families, so analysis doesn’t progress at all.
Also, I learned that magicians have something called “attributes,” and each person can only use one attribute.
The attributes are the four basic elements: fire, water, wind, and earth.
Hmm, my head is starting to hurt.
