"By this point, I'm sure everyone understands what we study at school for. We study the ability to learn."
Suye let out a soft sigh.
"I have to admit that when I was young, I didn't understand this principle. I was always studying facts, test points, and techniques. At most, I was learning some regular methods. Of course, I'm not blaming the teachers or the school. After all, most of my teachers had gone through the same process, and their teachers had never truly taught them the ability to learn either."
"After I left Plato Academy and faced society on my own, I suddenly felt out of place. Moreover, I discovered something strange."
"For example, back when we were at school, everyone felt that the gap between us wasn't very large. Why did that gap suddenly widen after we entered society, and widen even more after middle age?"
"In Demon Prison City, there were even many middle-aged craftsmen and mages who collectively suffered from a 'midlife crisis.'"
"So I observed these people and pondered the matter."
"In the end, I discovered that among those who believed they had fallen into a midlife crisis, some had indeed encountered accidents or misfortune, but the vast majority shared two traits."
"First, they had lost—or had never possessed—the desire to learn."
"Second, they lacked the ability to learn."
"Therefore, after leaving school, what truly caused the gap between people's lives to widen was the desire to learn and the ability to learn."
"Only then did I realize that I had once missed the most precious opportunity to acquire the ability to learn."
"Fortunately, learning has no end. Fortunately, I deeply understood the importance of the ability to learn. Thus, I risked a temporary decline in my magic and spent an enormous amount of time