Vita found the current state of this civilization a bit unsettling.
Did the people here have some kind of misunderstanding about the existence of humans?
After a casual chat with an android lady on the street, Vita discovered that she was just like an android—she had emotions and memories, but she lacked the appearance of a person.
The androids considered themselves non-human because they had lost the ability to interact and communicate with people, relying entirely on the White Tower network to compensate for this shortcoming. They were not independent beings; all their interactions were drawn from humans, and they lacked the power of independent thought and interaction.
But Vita was different. Vita believed she possessed this power.
This left her somewhat confused, unsure if she was even considered human.
Elysia took her to a school, where Noldrei had prepared a course for her.
"Yo! You're here?"
Noldrei warmly welcomed her to the academy, which was now without Principal Theresa.
Vita was momentarily dazed by his smile, not because it was particularly charming or handsome, but simply because she was scared witless by it.
As an agent, Vita experienced the human emotion of fear for the first time.
"So, um... what did you want to see me about? Am I not just a simple 'agent' communicator?"
Vita emphasized that her job was merely that of a Venusian ambassador to Earth, that she had absolutely no ulterior motives, and certainly no stupid dreams of ruling over other civilized worlds like Sa.
Noldrei was unhappy to see her being so cautious. He asked Elysia, "Ely, I told you not to bully these old seniors. We need to show them the results of our development properly, otherwise these people will remain trapped in their old, decaying ideas and won't be able to move on."
"Oh? Is that so? Then I'm truly sorry."
Elysia thought about the process of showing Vita around. She had already let Vita see a lot of Academy City's cutting-edge ideas and technologies. There was no reason for Vita to be unchanged by now.
A very apologetic smile appeared on Elysia's face.
Noldrei placed a hand on Vita's shoulder. Vita's body trembled slightly, but she didn't dare to refuse Noldrei's gesture.
In her mind, she was thinking about how this person had no sense of personal space.
"I don't have much time to explain some of the conditions of the native world's civilization to you. I'll arrange for a student who is currently doing well in their studies to explain the principles and ideas of Academy City's current civilization to you. Once you've read through and understood these things, you won't have to worry about having contradictions in understanding when you go out and interact with others."
"First of all, let me make it clear that we don't concern ourselves with the moral, legal, and authoritative concepts understood by ordinary humans here. For the most part, we focus on the average human's practical authority. The scope of this practical authority determines the degree of your personal freedom and rights. So, when you encounter any issue that infringes on your rights, you don't need to overthink it. Either use the power in your hands to reclaim compensation, or use the power in your hands to take the other party to court."
"We only guarantee that you have the ability to reclaim what's yours, and we guarantee the quantitative standard for judgment after you've reclaimed it. Understand?"
Vita immediately nodded and said, "Understood!"
In reality, she hadn't understood at all. In her heart, she even felt this place was a bit backward, like a primitive jungle. The Venusian, who hadn't seen much of the world, still held onto the moral and legal standards of her civilization's peak.
Noldrei didn't care if Vita truly understood. He had already said what he needed to say. The rest was up to Vita to handle in her own life.
"Yukinoshita, come over here!"
Noldrei called over Mei's friend from school and said to Vita, "This is one of our school's excellent students. She's currently making a name for herself in the Kengan Association and is a well-known ruthless fighter in the ring, successfully getting many people to accept her values."
"Although she still has some flaws when facing social changes, many people, when facing her, have become what she wants them to be."
"Hey, Yukinoshita, this is our new friend. I heard from Mei that you're very good at working with students. You'll be in charge of explaining our ideas and concepts to this... um, individual civilization product, Ms. Vita, who is new from Venus."
Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't expected to get this kind of job. She looked at Vita's appearance, which wasn't much different from an ordinary person's, and wondered what this 'individual civilization product' from Venus was exactly.
Although she didn't know the situation on Venus, it seemed this person was an ambassador-like figure from a parallel world.
"Hello, my name is Yukino Yukinoshita, a student at St. Freya High School. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'll do my best to explain what I can, and I'll be honest about what I can't."
'What a straightforward girl.' Vita could tell at a glance that Yukino Yukinoshita wasn't the type to lie or play mind games. She couldn't even hide her annoyance at the sudden, strange job in front of Noldrei.
"Alright, I'll be in your care then, Yukinoshita-san."
After handing Vita over to Yukino Yukinoshita, Noldrei left with Elysia.
Only after the two of them left did Yukino Yukinoshita relax a little. She was still very nervous in front of the top director of Academy City.
"Please come with me. I'll take you to the data room first."
Yukino Yukinoshita led Vita to the electronic data room of St. Freya High School. It was still connected to Schicksal's old data; the new Academy City data had already been moved by the security team and research institutes.
Vita asked curiously, "What do you teach here? It seems like everyone learns different things?"
Yukino Yukinoshita was not surprised by this question. Every newcomer to Academy City would ask similar questions.
"In the old days, we mainly taught knowledge that required tedious memorization. But ever since we got the Stigma Battlesuits, we've abandoned this inefficient method of education. Instead, we've opted for a method of memory and consciousness transfer in the Stigma Space to acquire this kind of data-based knowledge that requires rote memorization. In the traditional learning process, memorization occupies eighty percent of the learning process, with the rest being understanding and application."
Yukino Yukinoshita explained the process of people shifting from simple classroom teaching to memory transcription in the Stigma Space.
Vita roughly understood the learning efficiency of the people in Academy City. The content she needed to receive next would be relatively simple. As Sa's agent, Vita's own learning ability was not bad, and her weakness was not in memory.
"Come on, what kind of information do you need to know? You can just search for it in the database."