Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

Chapter 96 One Year

It has been almost a year since I arrived in Roya.

Daily literacy lessons have turned into dictation.

If you can't write it, read it again and then move on.

Learning ten characters a day may seem like a small number, but how many commonly used characters are there in total?

Around two thousand?

Rudius didn't know exactly how many words Alice had learned, but it was probably less than three thousand.

After he realized he had learned all the commonly used characters, he decisively stopped learning new ones.

In a world without jobs, this level of literacy is already more than sufficient.

Further study would involve the knowledge required by specialized priests and scholars. In China, only scholars who had passed the imperial examinations would learn so many obscure characters.

Actually, the literacy lesson could end here.

However, a daily dictation session takes less than two minutes, so why not do it?

You only feel a sense of accomplishment when you use what you've learned. If you don't test her, how can she experience the joy of overcoming hardship?

If you ask any child in a class who can recite ten ancient poems in one breath, the child who can will stand up proudly and recite them in front of everyone.

In his previous life, Rudius could easily name several first-class protected animals. Now, whenever he hears someone talking about this topic, he immediately goes over to them.

What's this called?

This is called stepping into your comfort zone.

This is sweetness.

Rather than calling it an exam, it's more like a daily treat.

The progress in mathematics is slower, and the end seems a long way off.

Is there really an end to mathematics?

In fact, teaching math and teaching literacy are two separate processes.

Excluding various symbols, there are only ten mathematical characters, while there are four or five thousand Chinese characters, and more are constantly being invented.

The stage of learning to read may end, and the stage of calculating may end, but the stage of honing one's thinking will never end.

If we're going to make a correspondence, the calculation process actually corresponds to the writing process.

But let's not teach that. Rudius considers his writing to have been taught by his math teacher, so he won't embarrass himself by showing off.

Modern math problems have evolved into addition and subtraction of four-digit numbers and multiplication and division of single-digit numbers.

The tool of "counting on your fingers" is no longer effective in the calculation process; instead, the calculation process is carried out on a sand table.

Rudius has no intention of increasing the number of digits in addition and subtraction; having learned this much, you've graduated from addition and subtraction.

There's not much to say about multiplication. As for division, Rudeus taught them integer division, which is the kind where if the division is not exact, you add a "————" at the end and write down the remainder.

It will probably be used to divide bread, for example, if there are five loaves of bread to eat over four days, the final result is that you eat one loaf each day, and there is one loaf left over after four days — when he learned this, Gilead looked very happy.

In terms of swordsmanship, Alice has already reached the intermediate level, while Rudeus is at the beginner level.

This is Gilead's assessment of him after the magical enhancements were removed.

Intermediate swordsmanship is the level of skill that allows a swordsman to compete with a knight of average skill.

Alice has reached such a level at less than ten years old. According to Gilead, she may be promoted to a higher level in just a few years.

According to Gilead's explanation, swordsmanship up to the advanced level seems to be only basic and applied.

To become a swordsman, one must perfectly master all the fundamentals and be able to apply them appropriately according to the actual situation.

In comparison, it becomes clear that Alice is a more talented swordsman than Paul.

is it?

Rudeus felt that swordsmanship up to the advanced level could be likened to the process of learning to read, while the process of writing was like going from the advanced level to the saint level.

That's not right either; swordsmanship is the opposite of language and mathematics.

The process of learning to read emphasizes diligence, while the process of writing relies more on talent.

If I divide swordsmanship into four levels, levels one to three (advanced) are the foundation, and levels three to four (saint level) are the proficient application.

Rudius believed that levels one to three required more talent, while levels three to four required more diligence—the exact opposite of academic learning.

Now that things have come to this, Rudeus finally understands the fundamental reason why Alice doesn't like to study—scratching his head.

However, this is just a matter of proportion.

The basic stages of swordsmanship, from level one to three, can be improved through hard work. If someone with good talent can learn it after practicing ten times, I, with less talent, can learn it after practicing a hundred times.

While the advanced stages of levels three and four do require diligent internalization of the basics, tactical intuition, or combat intelligence, is more easily elevated.

That kind of on-the-spot judgment and tactical intuition cannot be developed through repeated practice.

This corresponds to the role of the brain in martial arts.

Let's reconsider Paul's situation.

The journey from "advanced" to "master" is a process of moving from "knowing" to "mastering," requiring repeated training, meticulous attention to detail, solidification of muscle memory, and adaptability in different situations.

There are no shortcuts; you can only achieve this through a lot of practice.

According to that old man, all three sword techniques were of superior level, which is actually very close to the level of sainthood.

He even learned the quadruped form that Gilead used when moving quickly, which was a beastman's technique.

Anyway, when Rudyus saw Gilead running across the ground on all fours, he had the expression of an "old man looking at his phone".

I simply cannot accept that method of transportation from the bottom of my heart.

This is like assuming that a Tyrannosaurus Rex couldn't run faster by walking on all fours.

"I probably don't have any talent for swordsmanship," Rudeus thought.

Then, as the captain of an S-class adventure team, his strength is more than enough to meet the requirements. This might lead to complacency, and it's understandable that he might stagnate.

If Rudyus were in that position, even if he didn't consider himself the best in the world, he could still directly say "Who are you messing with?" to anyone he didn't like.

Ah—Rudeus doesn't have this kind of trouble.

He can't beat Alice anymore.

Swordsmanship, from level one to four, has always been accompanied by the use of battle aura, and the mastery that Kyrie Irwin spoke of also includes the use of battle aura.

Warriors can naturally regulate their fighting spirit according to the force exerted by their bodies.

Fighting spirit follows the muscles.

Rudeus, however, had to first figure out how to enhance himself with magic, and then adjust step by step in actual combat.

Therefore, Rudeus was multitasking during the battle.

How much body weight should you lose?

Where should you choose to exert your force?

When accelerating while running, where is the thrust of wind magic applied?

Is it the calf? Thigh? Hip? Waist? Or back?

How much force? Was it even?

Is an outbreak necessary?

Should rotation be considered?

Does slowing down mean moving backward from front to back, or pulling backward from behind?

How can a high-pressure air mass, while aiding its own movement, be transformed into a weapon? How can it influence the actions of its opponent?

What happens when the limbs move in complex spatial motions?

Magic follows the mind.

A whole host of problems.

Even if you want to automate it, you have to do it one step at a time.

Rudius didn't know if this path, if pursued to the end, would be stronger than fighting spirit.

All he knew was that compared to Alice, every step he took was incredibly difficult.

Without guidance, every step requires thought; one cannot blindly let the body make mistakes.

The problems are small and numerous, resulting in very little improvement.

It's like scattering a handful of millet on the ground and having someone pick it up one grain at a time with chopsticks.

My back aches, my eyes are blurry, and I've picked up hundreds of grains, but when I look at the bowl, it's only covered the bottom—I don't know how much longer I'll have to pick to fill the bowl.

If Rudeus hadn't practiced flight magic and had a foundation in posture control, he wouldn't even be qualified to be Alice's sparring partner.