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| Diplomacy and Government Exam [SC0404] |
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- Sponsor: Adventurer's Guild
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- Prerequisite: Tax Collection
- Study for the Diplomacy and Government Exam.
- Take the Diplomacy and Government Exam.
- Pass with a score of 90% or above.
| All government officials in Scribel must pass an exam to attain their posts.
The exam has a written component and a practical component.
Oral examiners may have unique ways of administering the practical exam.
If you pass this exam, you are recognized as an "Official Guild Representative". |
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- Other: Official Guild Representative License
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She had been holing up in the library, studying for the exam for two weeks without break. Though, at this point, she felt like she couldn't cram any more knowledge into her head. She was sure she had forgotten content of the first book she had read at this point. Grabbing the book, flora and fauna of scribel region, she began to read another book.
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Her third week in the library turned her head into a mush. She wanted to stop, but there was still ten shelves of book she hadn't read. Grabbing the book, "cults and you, how to attain the most benefit from a cult", she continued to read. She technically did not need to sleep, nor did she have a need for sustenance. Thus, she spent all of her days with books. Her eyes saw nothing but words, words, words, with the occasional diagrams.
The librarian offered her a beverage called "coffee", to help with her tiredness. She appreciated the offer, truly. But she gained nothing from that, different biology and all. Thinking about biology, was she even alive? To quote from one philosopher she had read in the book, he said that, "I think, therefore I am." But, she did not breathe. The book "Identifying Evil Around You, a step-by-step Guide for Prospective Paladin", had classified her into undead, since no one considered water alive, and she moved using unknown force.
She thanked him, and continue her reading.
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She felt sad, when reading the Snape guy sacrificed himself. After Dumbledore's gambit, Snape's memory revealed that it was all to protect Harry. At first, she hated the character. How he pinned after Harry's mom, despite the mom being happily married with the guy named James. Though, after the devotion Snape showed to Lily, she felt that it was a mistake for her to marry James. They were childhood friends, they grew together, then he was bullied by this gang of students, and then she left him for the bully? She really hated James.
Her head during the last few days were filled with stories. Picking up the next book, Harry Potter and the Cursed child, she continued to read.
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She looked at the librarian's hand. using the chalkboard and chalk, he began to write.
"So... if you look at this diagram, you can see the radius of the fireball spell is determined by the parameter x in the spell formula ..."
She listened at his voice, looked at his face, smelled the perfume of his. He was what she wanted. She wanted him to be beside her after this, helping her, guiding her, giving her the answer to every question she asked.
"Do you understand, Watery?"
she nodded.
"Then... let's try to solve this problem. Please design the spell circle for the fireball spell, 1200K, fire duration 5 minutes, speed 30 m/s, and diameter 5m."
she began to write on the board. The spell circle she needed for this has radius of 31 cm, which she could slot with 17 runes at maximum. Taking 13 runes should be possible to solve this question. She began to write the solution on the board.
"Hmm... okay. That would achieve that. This might be an advanced chapter for this, but you can use seven runes for this, like this..."
He began to write his own solution, explaining the interaction of each rune with each others and with the circle.
"Okay, you seem to understand this chapter. Let's move on to the next."
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After reading and solving so much problem involving the numbers, she felt enjoyment when she encountered the problem described in the book. She felt like she had gained enlightenment after all this time. The world felt simple to her, when everything could be described in numbers.
Returning to that shelf, she placed the latest book she had read, "The Theory of Everything". She looked at the bookshelf.
"Mastering the Thunder magic, by Ramuh" seemed to be the last one on this bookshelf. After she read this book, she had to move on from this part. She had to part from her beloved numbers. A little bit of melancholy filled her (metaphorical) heart.
She began to read.
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The first book in the last shelf was titled "Diplomacy 101". Reading it, she was reminded of her original purpose.
How many days had passed? She asked the librarian, what date it was.
"12th of July. Why?"
Three months... she had been reading the book in the library for three months almost non-stop. What about the exam?
"I haven't studied for diplomacy exam..." she said, her volume low.
"You're here to study for diplomacy and government exam?"
She nodded.
"Then... what you've been doing, it's to study for it?"
she nodded once again.
He facepalmed. He then rose from his chair and went outside his desk. She followed him, as he moved to the last shelf.
Taking that exact diplomacy 101 book, he gave it to her.
"Okay. You just need to learn from this book. Almost all of the people whom I've suggested that book passed that exam in one to two tries. No need to read the others in the shelves. I thought you just like book, that you've spent everyday here reading everything."
"Thanks."
"If you have any question, just ask me. I'll be on my desk as usual."
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She felt like she aced the written portion. Now, she just have to solve the oral portion.
"Alright. The Holy Human Empire is known as a place that discriminate against non-humans. Suppose that you are asked to be an envoy from here to there to establish relations between us, what do you propose?"
She had no idea. That book diplomacy 101 did not cover her case of non-humanity and establishing relationship with hostile opponent.
Alright, there should be a book that talked about this case. She began to dig her memory.
Question, is the belief pervasive in the empire? Does the empire taught their children to discriminate? She assumed yes. From "Brainwashing for Fun and Profit", as long as the leader's image stood perfect, majestic, unassailable, and larger than life, the leader could easily control the masses with his charisma. The "The dissection of Gamer - a Threat Analysis of the Gamer-type Otherworlder" had said that the charisma build was the most profitable, even if it was not physically powerful. Each of their word was a mind control.
"We kill their higher up, sir."
"Huh?"
"To remove the brainwashing of the citizen from that empire, we have to inject them with our own brand of brainwashing. Therefore, we need to install a puppet of our own whom aligned with our interests. It is best if the puppet figure is charismatic, as the figure before it was."
"Can... can you speak that once again?"
"Establishing a relationship between us and them is frankly, impossible. The Scribel City had the characteristics of the enemies that they hate. Otherworlders with their various races are getting stronger everyday, and it is inevitable that the otherworlders would spread from this city instead of staying here.
Knowing that, what do they think of us? The belief in the supremacy of human may be threatened by the growing power of otherworlders. I observed that the adventurers are the people who had the drive to be stronger the most in this city. A lot of them are not content with this status quo of weakness. Sooner or later, we will clash."
"I... I see. So, you are saying that it is impossible?" The examiner said.
"Not necessarily. Like I've said before, a long-lived race like elf can carry out this plan of transforming the empire to our liking. Our first target is the children, and for that, we need the education in that empire to change. Thus, firstly, we need to kill the empire's officials and gain access to the material taught to the children, and modify it.
To complement that, we need to assassinate the king too, and make sure that the empire is controlled by a regent of our choosing. To be honest, this plan is simply impossible to do with our strength. But in the future..."
"Alright. I've heard enough. You can go now."
she left.
