Kousuke returned to the management layer from Colette’s mansion and asked Mia, who happened to be there, to summon Towa and Luca.
However, since it was unlikely that Towa could come so easily, he asked her to come as soon as possible.
Furthermore, while asking Mia to relay the message to Towa, he also had her obtain the textbooks used by the new students at the academy.
Naturally, Seiya and Shia’s textbooks were actually in use, so they were not brought to the management layer.
Kousuke asked Mia to do so, even though she tilted her head, as he needed Towa and Luca to confirm them.
Incidentally, he had Mia, who brought the textbooks, look at the textbook related to the magic circle he had seen at the mansion and ask, “There’s a problem with this, can you tell me what it is?”
Unfortunately for Kousuke, Mia didn’t seem to understand the problem well.
Floria also looked at it, but her answer was the same as Mia’s.
In the end, the problems Kousuke felt were not understood by most people.
Only Cecil and Arisa, who wrote the book on Spirit Arts, seemed to have noticed the problem and cast a gaze towards Kousuke as if they wanted to say something.
However, since Towa and Luca were scheduled to come later, they were asked to refrain from making any remarks at that time.
And so, two days later, as promised.
Towa arrived at the management layer, accompanied by Luca.
Kousuke rarely summoned them like this, so Towa’s face showed tension.
In fact, when she saw that most of the members of the management layer were gathered in the meeting room she was suddenly guided to, her face twitched.
“….We received a summons, what in the world has happened?”
Towa tremblingly asked, given the unusual atmosphere.
Luca, who was summoned with her, had a face that looked like it was about to tremble.
Kousuke offered an excuse to Towa and Luca with a wry smile.
“No, sorry, sorry. It’s not like some emergency has happened. …Or, well, if you call it an emergency, maybe it is?”
“Kousuke, don’t say things that could be misunderstood. You just need to honestly explain the reason for this situation,” Floria said, as if to help, seeing Towa’s face contort at Kousuke’s slightly misleading remark.
In fact, Kousuke hadn’t summoned Towa and Luca to blame them, so he briefly explained the current situation.
“—And so, there’s a problem with this textbook, can you tell me what it is?”
After a brief explanation, Kousuke said so, and handed the textbook related to the magic circle that Mia had gathered to Towa and Luca.
Upon receiving it, Towa and Luca exchanged glances once and began to read the textbook.
Mia had prepared not just one textbook, but multiple.
Among them, Luca, who looked at the textbook related to magic circles, showed a clear reaction.
“…Is this really what you’re using now? For first-year students?”
After flipping through it and confirming it to the end, Luca clearly asked Towa.
His face looked a mixture of confusion and astonishment.
Even Towa didn’t know about the current textbooks, so it was Mia, who had gathered them, who answered Luca’s question.
“Yes. There’s no mistake. We had it specially prepared by someone involved.”
As Mia declared so firmly, Luca let out a big sigh.
“I see. Now I understand why Father summoned me. And by the looks of it, Cecil and Arisa have also noticed.”
Hearing Luca’s remark, Towa focused her attention on Cecil and Arisa.
The others, already aware of this, didn’t bother to look.
Rather, what Luca said was more important.
Ignoring Towa, who was looking at Cecil and Arisa, Silvia, speaking on behalf of the group, asked Luca.
“Is that true? What exactly is the problem?”
“To me, it’s more surprising that Mother hasn’t noticed,” Luca said, then pointed to the textbook he had been looking at.
He continued, “The first half is fine, but the second half is too specialized. I wonder if many students won’t be able to keep up by the end of the semester?”
To Luca’s nonchalant statement, everyone except Kousuke, Cecil, and Arisa widened their eyes and let out dumbfounded “Huh?” sounds.
At Luca’s words, Towa hurriedly began to reconfirm the textbook.
Mia and others also started checking other textbooks.
Seeing them, Luca continued with a wry smile.
“I haven’t looked at the others, but the fact that Father specifically brought this here means the situation is similar, right?”
Kousuke nodded firmly at Luca, who was watching him as he said this.
“Yes. The first thing I noticed was from a magic-related textbook, just like Luca.”
Kousuke had checked all the textbooks used by first-year students when he had Mia bring them.
As a result, although the degree varied, he found a similar tendency.
The problem that Kousuke and the others noticed was, as Luca said, that the content was too advanced for first-year students to learn.
Specifically, in extreme cases, there were textbooks that taught elementary school students in the lower grades algebra.
Since it was a textbook related to magic circles, it was even more reason for Kousuke to notice it first.
Hearing Luca’s words, everyone reconfirmed the textbooks and understood that the situation was indeed as described.
“…This is certainly awful,” Towa, who was still the principal of the academy, said in a voice that sounded like she was half holding her head.
While the first half was certainly geared towards younger students, the further one progressed, the more difficult it became.
At this level, it wouldn’t be strange for students to be unable to keep up with the classes, as Luca had said.
Kousuke cast a somewhat sympathetic gaze towards Towa.
“This is a guess, but perhaps the teachers in charge of the lower grades started teaching their own research to the students? What is the evaluation system for academy teachers in the first place?”
“Well, in order to ensure that teachers produce research results… Ah.”
Towa, while answering herself, immediately realized the problem.
If a teacher’s evaluation is based on their own research results, it is not strange for the subject they teach to be related to that research.
Rather, it could be said to be a natural progression.
Towa, realizing that the problem was not just with individual teachers but also with the academy’s management policy, truly buried her head in her hands this time.
Even though she was busy with other matters, for Towa, who had studied at the academy, this problem was unacceptable.
If the goal was to cultivate children with specialized skills, the current system would not be a problem (ignoring the students who would be weeded out). However, when operating a nation, it is meaningless to only cultivate specialists.
Especially for graduates of the academy who would be deeply involved in national politics in the future, cultivating only specialized skills would be meaningless.
To put it bluntly, diplomats, who need to be involved in various topics, require diverse knowledge, and simply strengthening their specialization is meaningless.
In this world, as those in power cannot escape social gatherings, diversity is inevitably necessary.
These textbooks completely destroy that.
Even if you train a handful of intelligent individuals, the operation of a large organization like a nation cannot be managed.
Looking at the textbooks, Towa understood all of this in an instant and buried her head.
So, the problem was with the textbooks.
Rather than teaching the majority of students, it could be said to be a consequence of a world that aims to take on many disciples.
If you want to have your own disciples, it’s pointless to just teach basic things.
This problem has intensified over time.
Therefore, the next discussion will be about how to improve it.
