Chapter 03-08 (1/2)
TL Note: Fosta -> Foster That's the official translation No, it's not licensed, the author just provided an English word, so… yeah
03-08 The Common Sense of the Academy
”Now that Padyuel-san is done, let's talk about Foster” Frank spoke as if nothing at all was out of the ordinary, but that in and of itself was the sa heart
”To think that of all people, I would…”
It ard for herself, but she did not appear down
He really should repent a bit h
”So, what is that Foster thing?” shi+nichi asked
This was ht now, so shi+nichi decided to let her off
But then, with how bad he is at reading the at him a zero
”…You're starting there? I' with the same name, but anyway… Foster is short for Foton Use Tero, as well as the one Padyuel-san has with her – those are both fosters”
They showed shi+nichi those tablet-like terain One was A4-sized, while the other was just sh to hold with one hand
”It's a product resulting from the fusion of Garesto's portable inally created for the students of the academy
The abbreviation fosuta is foster in English, and since thefits perfectly, it was decided that it would be called that from then on”
”…Sorry, but what does it lish?”
Frank carefully explained what the tool was and the origins of its nae was brought to the equation
And the translator he had with hiin with
”Oh? Isn't foster a colish word?”
”Unfortunately, I never got to finish middle school because of my situation, so…”
This had been bothering shi+nichi for a long time now
He'd already had difficulties with English, so when the burden of having to learn so e to see hoas able to forget most of what he'd learned
At lish alphabet
”I see Then… I'll translate it for you Basically, it's a 'terht
Foster means to raise or to rear So, when you think about it in a mental sense, it's exactly on the sa)”
”And byto the one from the status?
That odd one out of the bunch that's hard to understand”
He was surprised to find that hus when he came back here
And fro the different statuses listed, the one he couldn't understand at all was the ”Mental” or ”Mind” stat
”You really don't know anything, huh? But, well… You did enroll as soon as you returned, so I guess it can't be helped”
For a moment, Frank looked fed up, but it was only for an instant before he put up his teacher act again He did look annoyed though, not that shi+nichi minded
”How much do you know about photons?” He asked
”Uy Garesto uses But, nowadays, it's gottenlimited,” shi+nichi replied
A se was all he had
Frank nodded ”Photons aren't just crystallized energy, however It's rare, but sometimes they also possess a special trait which allows the creature”
”How cliché…” shi+nichi mistakenly said
”Orthodox?” Frank didn't understand
The cliché setting of a th when the hero is in a pinch The proreat evil
A common story in shi+nichi's childhood days, but it's also exactly the kind of power one would expect from a different world But, a power like that was just too cliché as far as shi+nichi was concerned
”Sorry, it's nothing Please –continue”
A poor attempt to move the conversation
”A-Ahem!
The ”Mind” status indicates how easy it is for a person to gather energy Of course, the higher the Mind, the greater the energy Literally, ishi+ no chikara (power of the will) So, it was translated to ”Mind”
Meaning-wise it didn't really match, but with this, shi+nichi finally understood what the ”Mind” status was about
No wonder I have a D on it, he thought to himself As untalented as ever
”…Since you didn't know anything aboutabout the other statuses either?”
While shi+nichi was at a lost on whether he should be relieved or sad, the voice of a certain girl who had finally gotten over her slump reached his ears
It's fine, he caught hied his mind and asked her to explain
”Very well Consider this as an apology for Rizet's behavior earlier
Sensei, please take care of the foster's initial settings
Let's start Status Open”
She spoke as if to coer to touch it, aappeared between her and shi+nichi
Status
Name
Aristel F Padyuel
Age
17
Height
165cm (5'4”)
Strength
A
Stamina
AA
Mind
AAA (MAX)
Resistance
B+
Agility
A-
Three Sizes
B89;W54;H85
shi+nichi felt so he needed to point out first
”So, the ringlet curls were heavy…”
”Can you please drop the hair stuff already!?”
The difference in their height wasn't(265lbs) difference in their weight That couldn't possibly be all es of hers Woht as he looked at her with pity
This was, after all, her apology for having intruded his privacy earlier
”Calm down, calm down… A member of the Padyuel House must not lose her coan her explanation shi+nichi also refrained fro
”Fuu… The following status can be described as follows—”
Strength pertains to the maximum power the physical body can produce unaided
Stath
Mind pertains to the greatest ay a person can muster
Resistance pertains to how e a person's bare flesh can endure
Agility pertains to one's speed and reflexes
”—And that about sums it up”
shi+nichi nodded It was the same standard as Falandia
And one of those statuses was the status said to be the most important
That's probably the reason why shi+nichi saw statuses differently from the people here
”As for the hierarchy of ranks, E is the lowest theoretically, but in actual practice D is the lowest and S is the highest There is also the Double A Rank and the Triple A Rank between A Rank and S Rank
In my case, for exareater than just B, but not enough to be called an A- So, it's called B+
The sah to be called an A, but it's still greater than a B+, so it's given an A- Rank instead”
”…It's the same up here, huh”
”H?”
Strange… The definitions and the ranks are the same
Does that mean there's not much difference between the three worlds? Or is that as far as their sio?
”It's nothing I just thought it ih values in strength, endurance, and resistance It's not a feat you can accoer talent alone or effort
You're pretty a, aren't you?”
He didn't want her to ask so troublesome, so, he steered the conversation away At the sahts
The easiest way to train was to build up uarantee an increase in stat, as muscles and statuses weren't directly related
It was for the saht in the front lines were ht from the back
There was only one way to h a long period of calculated training There was no other uts and perseverance, which is exactly why shi+nichi praised her Yet by doing so he had inadvertently confessed that he knew more than he let on
”Eh—-!?”
Padyuel went beet red, and she failed to notice the oddity of the fact
Here was a htest clue about ”Mind”, yet somehow so one's appearance with a high status
Moreover, she was a high ranker with a high social status It shouldn't have been possible for her to lose composure with just a compliment or two
Yet that would only prove true if what he praised was so else
Yes, it was neither her beauty nor her status that he praised, but her effort
It was odd, but for some reason, she felt pride in ”his” praise
Enough to make her heart beat
”B-But, of course!
It's basicallyand beautiful, you know!”
”Yep, you're a”
She tried to hide her eaze of that supposedly younger boy dyed her flush deeper
”Kyu~ Kyu~” A certain girl who had been watching fros and took on the pose of a person shrugging his shoulders as she shook her head 'Same as ever, huh', she seemed to say
”You see the status Shall we return to the original topic?”
”Ah, y-yes By all means!”
After co back to her senses, Aristel stepped down and let Frank explain
From what shi+nichi knew, that was none other than a tablet
But the senses he had that had been trained in Falandia clearly felt the presence of ”power” inside it
shi+nichi was stunned
”Is this!?”
”…I guess with this much photon even a useless returnee can feel it, huh”
That ever expressionless face of shi+nichi broke when Frank took the tablet out
His eyes ide as he felt the surge of photon
”This is Foster It can be used as a portable terminal, but as far as the academy or this city is concerned, it's an indispensable tool for studying
Just like that, see?” Frank pointed to the other students who had their tablets equipped on their arms as they sparred with one another It was the place with the greatest concentration of photon
The students fought under the protection of the photon energy They hit and kicked, and were hit and kicked in turn It was s that had grown a pair of ar each other But what surprised hiht
”That thin layer of light is a barrier It comes from the foster and it protects the students