"We... do we really need to invite someone like that?"
Standing behind the window, the Great Imperial Son of Gefra watched Akumali giving a speech in the auditorium below, finding it somewhat difficult to understand.
He was different from the students below. More than half of those students came from the lower and middle classes of society, and there was an obvious gap between Gefra and the Federation when it came to education.
That gap was reflected in the education monopolies' understanding of education, as well as in the way they treated it.
In the Federation, education and knowledge themselves were not monopolized. Put simply, as long as you had money, you could obtain an education and knowledge.
Anyone could do it. He could be a man, she could be a woman, or it could even be an animal!
None of that mattered. As long as someone was willing to pay for that person or animal, a private tutor would come and put knowledge into their heads.
Animals included.
The Federation's animal stars had clearly undergone training as well. In reality, that was also a form of education—a form of knowledge being instilled.
Animals could not possibly know how to do everything from the moment they were born. They had been trained after birth as well.
No knowledge was absolutely confidential. What the Federation's Education Group actually monopolized was the network of relationships built around education and schools.
Alumni associations, fraternities, sororities, the Student Union... the Saint and Harmony Society!
These various organizations and institutions were where the Education Group's true core value lay. Jobs that were difficult for ordinary people to obtain were easy to get for those who managed to squeeze into these circles.
No one could reject the employment application of an official member of the Saint