189 Unqualified

“The historical figure I’m presenting is King Sejong the Great! King Sejong created Hangul, but he had many other achievements as well. During the Joseon era, circles were called daeryun (大輪), and, um... King Sejong’s Minyubangbon... I mean, Minyubangbon (民惟邦本) is Joseon’s most representative six-circle spell of the Six Great Circles (六大輪). Um... Minyubangbon means that the people are the foundation of the nation—”

‘Researching and presenting on a notable figure from history’ was currently underway as part of the performance assessment for the subject ‘Basics of Materialization.’ With a touch of magic, of course.

Being asked to choose one person and introduce at least two major achievements related to magic was not an easy assignment for second-graders.

That was understandable, since even the Pythagorean theorem and the concept of irrational numbers, which they would learn in middle school, had already been proven in the fifth century BC, while the method of exhaustion had also been studied in ancient Egypt.

Therefore, no matter how talented the children were—even if they were the best students in Korea—they were simply too young to understand the achievements of people who had lived only a few hundred years ago.

Thanks to that, the face of student number one, Kang Dohyeon, was about to break through the A4 sheet covered in his script.

It wasn’t a major problem, since the homeroom teacher had only asked for a general explanation, but unfamiliar words had come up, and he seemed flustered.

I gave the friend whose expression was growing darker a thumbs-up to cheer him on.

The stammering child then began reading Hangul, King Sejong’s true masterpiece, clearly and carefully, and managed to finish his presentation without incident.

“Hey, thanks...!”...