There Are Too Many Bugs in the Academy

Episode 81

26. End of term exam (3)

It was late at night when all the students returned to the dormitory.

As of today, the fire in Arthur’s Faculty, which has completed the end-of-semester exams, shows no sign of extinguishing.

Numerous faculty members who are busy moving their hands.

In their seats, answer sheets for each subject are stacked, including many students’ test papers.

A wave of desperate exam papers.

No matter how the semester ends, it is not easy for anyone to adapt to such a terrible situation.

Arthur’s Faculty Associate Professor Kehlyn Morris was also swept away by the waves and burned to the ground.

“It’s not something I do once or twice. It’s like hell at the end of the semester.”

He drank the energy recovery potion brought by one of the assistants at once, and spit out a tired word.

To those words, Assistant Professor Edmer, who was also working next to him, retorted.

“I’ll have to do this for three more years before I can barely rise to the rank of associate professor… just thinking about it will kill me.”

“Is there anything special? Being a professor is like that.”

This is also the reason why Kehlin, who has already achieved the level of ability and achievements of a full professor, still holds the title of associate professor.

Just as the responsibilities assigned to assistant professors and associate professors are different, there is a big difference between full professors and associate professors.

The full professor of Nakwon School leaves the island several times a week for external events, including academic conferences and national events.

You will also have to prepare classes, synthesize grades, and even manage students.

Kehlin wasn’t the type to enjoy life like that.

Because he wasn’t interested in fame.

Rather, he enjoyed staying at school, observing the students, and establishing close relationships.

In that respect, he was more like the dean Irkhan Bradamante than other full professors.

Kehlyn Morris relaxed his tired wrist muscles and moved his gaze to the next test paper.

The owner of the test paper is Camilla Lilly.

He was in charge of the sophomore year, but he knew her name well because he was such a famous person.

As he proceeded with the grading, he touched the problem prepared for the limited express class with a pen.

“You solved this. As far as I know, Camilla was a spearman rather than a sword, wasn’t it?”

“You mean Camilla Lilly in freshman year? I’ve only seen it once, but I remember using a spear back then.”

At Professor Edmer’s words, Kehlin nodded with satisfaction.

This is purely the product of hard work.

“Average 95 points. I’m sure the express train will be confirmed.”

“Yeah?! Wow… All the first graders this year have good grades, right?”

“That’s right.”

He entered Camilla Lilly’s grades into a crystal ball that recorded each student’s information.

It was a pretty high score, so, as expected, Camila will be transferred to the express class from the next semester.

He scanned her exam papers again before confirming the results.

It is a thorough check to see if the score has been missed.

‘No problem.’

Pararala.

Kehlin, who completed the final inspection as if swiping a book, entered Camilla’s grades.

While I was synthesizing the rest of the scores-

There was a test paper that particularly caught his attention.

[Arthur 1st grade intermediate class Baek Sanwoo]

It was a gem I had been keeping an eye on since I was admitted. He thought back to Dalian, when he was using an empty sword in a messed up posture.

Now, it wasn’t an empty sword, but a technique that was closer to something else.

From the rumors circulating often and from first-year professors, he seemed to be quite a super rookie.

Isn’t he a talented person that even Isabella, who was anxious for not being slandered right away, recognized him?

‘After all, my eyes were not wrong.’

It felt good to hear that news, as it was Kehlyn Morris who had strongly advocated placement in the upper classes from the start.

However, he is a student who does not have any acquaintance with him, who was originally in charge of the sophomore year.

So I got even more curious.

Originally, I would have just checked the answer and flipped it over to get things done quickly.

Kehlin carefully read each answer written by Baek San-woo.

‘Ah, even though I wrote down all the answers, there were a lot of unexpected mistakes.’

However, the score was lower than expected by Kehlin. The average is 59 points.

‘I’m not completely short of 80, the pass standard for advanced classes. It looks like I made a few mistakes. I’m sorry.’

Kehlin exhaled bitterly, writing a score on the crystal ball.

[Baeksanwoo: Average 59 points ＞ Intermediate level]

People can’t always be perfect. Even those who pride themselves on being perfect every time have minor flaws without realizing it.

Perhaps the written test was a weakness for Baek San-woo.

The moment I was about to confirm the grade with an average of 59 points.

“…?”

With a sense of incongruity clearly felt, Kehlin read the test paper of Baeksan-woo once again.

“How did you solve this problem?”

The problematic part was problem 6 and problem 14.

Question 6 was a very basic problem at the beginner level. A problem that simply lists the basic moves of long sword swordsmanship.

However, Sanwoo Baek submitted a mix of one-handed swordsmanship and longsword swordsmanship. So I could get a partial score, but I didn’t get it right.

Up to this point, I could have thought it was a simple illusion.

Because the problem itself is strong in theory in the first place.

Unless you study separately, there are some people who don’t memorize all the normal postures one by one.

But the moment you see the answer written in question 14.

Kehlin realized that Baek San-woo had written question 6 that way on purpose.

Question 14 was about swordsmanship with a two-handed sword.

An advanced level difficulty problem that describes the correct counterattack method by giving a special situation.

However, the answer that Baek San-woo submitted was near-perfect.

Two-handed sword and long sword have little difference in terms of swordsmanship.

Therefore, there are many parts related to posture and counterattack methods that are commonly used as longsword knowledge.

‘I couldn’t describe the long sword posture properly in #6, so why are they explaining those postures as an in-depth process in #14?’

It wasn’t even just a description based on my own experience.

Baek San-woo approached problem 14 in a canonical way, just as it appears in the textbook.

It’s just a coincidence that it doesn’t seem right.

As Kehlin was about to panic, Assistant Professor Edmer, who was quietly grading, approached.

“Who is it? Sanwoo Baek? Oh, that famous friend. He also held a triad.”

“That’s not the problem. Edmer, do you think this kind of solution is possible without the narrator’s intention?”

“Uh… it’s a bit strange. I made a mistake in the beginner class problem, and for a much more advanced problem, it’s 10,000 points.”

Professor Edmer’s brow narrows.

“How many points is this in total?”

“It’s 62 points.”

“Did 2 points go into a partial score?”

“okay.”

Like trail-tracking hounds, Kehlin and Edmer began checking the other test maps of the white ox.

And the shocking thing I realized was that all the tests took a similar context.

57 points, 60 points, 59 points, 61 points, 60 points.

Questions with partial scores lower the score by strangely mixing correct and incorrect answers.

For advanced questions that are more difficult than normal, the score was raised by submitting answers close to perfect scores.

“Professor Kehlin, this student…”

“Yeah. That’s intentional. No matter how you give it a partial score, in the end, the average won’t go over 60.”

“Hey, what do you do now?”

It was Edmer, who was originally a teaching assistant. I’ve gotten tired of grading tests, but this is the first time I’ve seen it this way.

“There is a professor I know in Ortana. Last time he told me a very interesting story.”

Kahleen Morris reworked her monocle and continued speaking.

“Hey, have you ever seen a student who scored zero on an exam?”

“You mean 0? I don’t think I’ve seen it since I was a student. Oh, I’ve only had it once. When I was a teaching assistant, a failing student just gave it a blank page.”

“Except for submitting blank papers. If you write down all the answers and get 0 points.”

“Then you mean you got 0 points by taking it? There are narrative forms, and there are partial scores, but it’s almost impossible.”

“That’s right. But if you want to, you can get zero enough points. It’s simple if you know all the answers to the polynomial problem based on the polynomial problem. You only need to write down the correct answer.”

“…I guess so. It certainly is.”

“But still, it’s still harder than getting 100 points. But if you get 60… how would you feel?”

“Isn’t it harder than getting 100 points? Because I have to calculate the scores one by one.”

It was natural. It is probable that it is less likely to get a certain score than to score 100 or 0.

Because I had to correct the problems that should be correct, and only choose the ones that should be wrong and get them wrong.

“Yeah. This student was going to have an average of 59 from the beginning.”

“Why should I…”

As Kehlin’s explanation continued, Edmer’s expression became even more incomprehensible.

What the heck do you mean that a student gets a vague 59 score?

“Probably to avoid the graders’ suspicions. 59 points. Only one point difference. If I hadn’t felt uncomfortable, I would have thought I missed 60 by mistake.”

At that moment, Edmer’s eyes widened as he understood the meaning of Kehlin’s words.

“Does this mean that you thought of the professors once?

“Yeah. This student got a perfect score. He must have known all the answers.”

Both Kehlin and Edmer were amazed at Baek Sanwoo’s thoroughness.

The reality was completely different.

This result came about because Baek San-woo did not accurately grasp the ‘purpose of the question’ and concentrated only on calculating the score.

Since I had never studied separately, I had no theoretical knowledge.

Since it was the correct answer written by cheating simply by taking notes, it was natural not to know that the two-handed and long sword swordsmanship are the same.

However, at the same time, the professors have no way of knowing that Baek Sanwoo is like that.

So they were thrilled by the appearance of a colossal genius (fake).

“Perfect score!!! Ha, but it’s only with this score that I can’t blindly be assigned to an advanced class…”

“No, no. Leaving such talented people in an intermediate class is something that shouldn’t be happening.”

“Doesn’t the result look horrendous? No matter how Professor Kehlin is, it’s undermining fairness.”

“That’s right, Professor Edmer.”

Kehlin Morris skillfully manipulated the crystal ball and inspected the performance scores of Baek San-woo, a first-year student at Arthur Faculty.

Even if it was intentional, the score was so high that it contrasted with the death of Sun’s handwriting.

The evaluations of professors and teaching assistants are both praiseworthy.

Even if the score was at least 70, it would have been easy for the advanced class.

“Practical grades remain even after going to the advanced classes. That’s why I’m going to select Baek San-woo as a faculty support scholarship student.”

Faculty Support Scholarship.

It was a kind of privilege given to professors with more authority than associate professors.

He is already a student who is nothing more than a preliminary scholarship student due to his work during Hisperiiff.

Even if he decides to become a scholarship student a little earlier, no one will object.

“Professor?! Are you serious?”

“Why, what can’t I do? Professor Isabella also selected and raised Bernax Hollando as a faculty support scholarship student since her freshman year.”

“You’ve never had a professor support scholarship student, have you?”

“He’s the first student who touched my heart since I took office as a professor at this school. I want to keep him by my side.”

“…if the professor thinks that way, there is nothing we can do about it. Then Sanwoo students should register for the advanced class.”

“I’ll pass it on to the dean and the head of the grade.”

Didn’t they tell you to remove the horns at once?

Kehlin got up from the spot and opened the door to the professor’s room.

“I ask for the scoring.”