My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World - My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World chapter 72

72 – Entrance Exam (2)

Soleil is named ‘Magic Academy’, but it does not teach much specialized knowledge about magic.

In the first place, Soleil was nothing more than a facility to capture the children of princely states and hold them hostage.

It was a bit too much to call it a concentration camp, and since the war was in full swing at the time, it was simply called ‘Mado’.

As time passed, the chaotic era of war came to an end, and there was no longer any need for the Magic Academy to exist.

A genetic disease called black spot developed in the royal family, and from then on, the Magic Academy began to emerge as a new meeting place.

So, even though it is called ‘Mado’, it is nothing more than an ordinary academy that refines academics.

In fact, it can be said that the door is open to anyone as long as they have money and can read text.

So most of the test questions are easy, and scores are not disclosed on the bulletin board like in Korea, which is famous for its hellish entrance exams.

But this is definitely an academy attended by the children of nobles who like to show off to others.

So, the grades of the top students are made public on the bulletin board, and difficult questions are prepared to help them differentiate.

─ The trick is to solve simple problems in less than one minute and invest the remaining time in high-scoring questions.

Martin’s explanation sounded like an instructor from an entrance exam academy that I was very familiar with.

Honestly, I wasn’t that worried.

This is because the homework Martin usually assigned was similar to this.

That’s why I prepared for the entrance exam by solving Soleil’s entrance exam questions for the past 10 years.

And finally the entrance exam began.

“I’ve said it again and again, do your best.”

“Yes, Maximilian.”

As I am the crown prince of the empire, I was given consideration to take the exam separately at the Biryong Pavilion.

Of course, Priscilla, who had to contact me every three hours, also received the same consideration.

“Your Highness, may we begin the exam?”

“Begin.”

“Then let’s start the test now.”

Professor of Soleil is a fairly honorable position, but it is not at the level of someone who would come to the Biryong Hall where the Crown Prince resides.

So, if it’s natural to be that nervous, then it’s only natural.

‘Hmm….’

Thanks to this, I felt like the remaining tension disappeared in an instant.

“Please hand over the question paper.”

Following the supervisor’s instructions, I opened the first page of the question paper.

The problem was easy, as expected.

Most of the problems were difficult enough to be solved in less than a minute.

However, there were some tricky parts at times, and these were probably questions prepared for discrimination.

However─

‘Is this a problem given to students to solve?’

Issues related to the primary industries of agriculture, livestock farming, forestry, and fisheries.

Issues related to secondary industries such as industry, mining, and construction.

These were difficult questions to which answers could hardly be found even if the officials were asked.

For example, look at the problems related to agriculture in the primary industry.

They ask us to present our opinions on crop rotation and ways to improve it, but isn’t this a problem for which even officials working in related ministries cannot easily come up with a solution?

For a student who has just turned 16 to solve this problem….

‘Is this the kingship of a feudal lord?’

The nobles of the islands consider the royal family of the feudal lords to be little more than paper dragons in the countryside, but they can be said to be kings who are respected by the empire.

As these are the people who will be responsible for the future of the country, there may be a need to think deeply about issues that may be difficult for these officials as well.

I made that decision and calmly filled in the answers to the problems one by one.

‘Is the economy next?’

After finishing the problem about industry, this time it was about the economy, a closely related topic.

This topic was about expressing opinions about the Empire’s unusual collection of taxes in imperial gold coins.

‘I underestimated you a little.’

I had no idea that the problem would be this deep.

Maybe Soleil is a more proper educational institution than I thought.

‘Hmm….’

Crunchy.

The first goal of collecting taxes with imperial gold coins was to simplify the administration, which had reached its limits in the finance department.

However, this is only the primary goal, and the ultimate goal is to establish an economy that uses paper money rather than coins.

‘Coins are heavy.’

It is too heavy to use the teleport gate, so it has no choice but to charge a huge fee like a special product.

However, there are risks involved in transporting it by horse-drawn carriage or ship, and even that costs a lot of money.

Therefore, the princely state gives up its right to mint currency to prevent unnecessary consumption of freight and administrative power.

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If this is successful, it will ultimately create an economic system using banknotes rather than coins.

If this happens, the cost of using the teleport gate will be significantly reduced, and the flow of currency throughout the empire will flow much more smoothly.

‘I guess I’ll just have to write this down here.’

If I wrote down the method in detail, there seemed to be no time to solve the remaining problems.

‘This is military science… ‘Patton River?’

I guess Soleil is recommending the academic field in which the student has talent based on the results of this entrance exam.

For example, Count Abarka would not have scored more than a perfect score on this military science question.

‘Isn’t this a bit too much…? .’

I glanced sideways at Priscilla and then wrote down the answer to the problem.

‘Patton River War. It was clearly a war where the main tactic was to build bridges out of wood that did not float on water due to its high density.’

The area called Patton River was an area where the river water swelled tremendously when it rained.

One of the generals who fought here was from near Patton River.

He knew that among the trees here, there were trees that were so dense that they did not float on water.

So, it is said that they secretly buried a tree in the river and used it as a stepping stone to cross the river.

This is a tactic that is no longer used.

Nowadays, knights are mobilized who are practically like walking castle walls, and wizards who act as tactical batteries are also present.

Isn’t it honestly a very malicious problem to come up with a solution to an already obsolete tactic?

‘Is this a problem to waste time? Hmm….’

It was a series of slightly embarrassing problems, but I don’t think there are any problems I don’t know about.

Thinking like that, I continued to fill in the answers.

***

The exam that took quite a long time has come to an end.

“Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty!”

The professor took away our answer sheets, and we sighed and slowly got up from our seats.

“Thank you for your hard work, Maximilian.”

“Yes, you had a hard time.”

As the supervisor left the study, the waiting maid came in and offered us tea.

As we sipped her tea served by her maid, we talked about the topic of her entrance exam that she had just taken.

“How was the test?”

“Honestly, I was surprised. “He raised quite a deep question.”

“I was surprised too. “I had no idea this problem would arise.”

As Priscilla said this, she began to point out the problems she found most difficult one by one.

“To Emperor Maximus, the sixth sun of the empire—”

‘Ha…. ‘You got hit.’

When I was about to make a bewildered expression, Priscilla shut her mouth, wondering what she was mistaken about.

I guess they decided that I didn’t get very good grades.

“The test questions are different.”

“Yes?”

“I didn’t come up with such a problem. In my case, it was a question of explaining why the taxes of the princely state were collected only in imperial gold coins and the consequences that came from that.”

“Uh… that….”

“Yes, the officials were probably pranking me because they wanted to see what I was drawing.”

The Patton River War was probably a problem caused by Count Abarca.

He’s a guy who doesn’t have much of an intellect in these areas, so he literally came up with an old-fashioned problem that students would find difficult.

This is a problem that cannot be solved in the first place.

I guess this was just luck.

‘I never thought Citra would be so helpful.’

This is an additional fact that I learned while researching the infectious disease called Citra that came from the West.

Dense wood cannot be used to make ships, and the ‘Patton River War’ was described as a way to utilize it.

I personally studied because I wanted to know something about it, and it was exactly what appeared on this exam.

“Is that okay?”

“It seems like the outcome was decided from the beginning.”

No matter what answer I submitted, I would have planned to put my name on the top of the Academy from the beginning.

“… “Something feels empty.”

As Priscilla said, it was a meaningless ending.

I didn’t study that much just for this ending.

“Your Majesty, do you remember the difficult questions?”

“Of course. “It was full of quite novel things.”

“Then what about overtime?”

Priscilla lifted her pen with a confident expression on her face.

“Ho…. “That’s fun.”

I followed Priscilla and lifted her pen.

So we wrote down the most difficult problems that we both remembered and handed them to the other person.

To be honest, the difficult questions written on the paper Priscilla handed over were exactly the level of Soleil’s level.

‘I was so nervous.’

This was a problem that anyone could aim for a perfect score on, unless they made a mistake due to nervousness.

I calmly solved the problem given by Priscilla.

“Whoa.”

After solving all the problems and putting down the pen, I could see Priscilla still struggling with the problem.

‘If this is the case, there will be no talk of equity.’

Even Priscilla, who is considered to be a talented person, has this problem that causes her to break out into a cold sweat.

This was a significantly more difficult question than the original test question, so even if there were any controversy, there would be no talk of fairness.

I calmly brewed a new cup of tea and waited for Priscilla’s additional test to finish.

“… “I lost.”

After about 30 more minutes had passed, Priscilla put down her pen with a completely mesmerized expression.

Priscilla roughly filled in the blanks, but even those answers were only scratch the surface.

Still, this was an answer worthy of being evaluated as written.

Yes, it is an answer that is worthy of being evaluated as a description.

“hehehe….”

“Ugh….”

“Khahahahaha!!!”

Priscilla made a statement that seemed like if I did my best, I would never win.

The expression she made back then was still visible to this day.

When I thought of that, I couldn’t help but laugh.

As she was laughing madly at him, Priscilla’s body trembled with an expression of exasperation.

“This, this! In the first place, the officials were asking Maximilian about future policies… !”

How do I know that!!!

Priscilla looked like she wanted to shout.

“Then why couldn’t you solve this, Priscilla?”

As I said that, I pointed to the question about the Battle of Patton River that Priscilla had written down with plausible nonsense.

“Well, that’s…” .”

Ah, it feels so good.

I nodded with a warm expression.

“Don’t be ashamed, Priscilla.”

“….”

“There is no shame in losing to a strong person. hahahahaha!”

It’s something to be proud of.

hahahahaha!