"Elite education?"
Pollas clearly knew Gallo as well. After all, he was a Grand Mage's disciple. Even if Pollas had not known him before, he would have learned something about him before coming to Lainer World.
He took no offense at the rude interruption. Instead, he asked with considerable interest.
"Could you elaborate?"
"Of course," Gallo replied, then turned to Roland. "My apologies for interrupting your discussion, but I happen to have some thoughts on this matter. Mr. Roland, you don't mind, do you?"
Roland smiled faintly. "Of course not."
He even raised his wineglass, inviting Gallo to begin his performance.
The moment Gallo mentioned that term, Roland knew he intended to take a different path from his own.
Sure enough, Gallo laid out his central idea in a single statement.
"The Lainer Kingdom is currently devastated, with everything waiting to be rebuilt. If we wish to revive education and impart knowledge, we can only begin with the elite, and we must confine it to the elite!
The only viable approach is elite education on a limited scale, with strict quality controls.
Specifically, we should use recommendations from powerful families, drawing on the Lainer Kingdom's existing nobility to pass magical knowledge down through the ranks.
In fact, we once practiced this kind of education in Atrelin too. One could even say that all educational models began as systems for selecting elites.
Only after our nation grew strong and its education industry developed did we introduce universal education at a certain stage.
But clearly, this model of universal education does not suit the Lainer Kingdom's present society.
Neither East Lainer nor West Lainer has the money or resources for it."
He then cited several examples from Atrelin's history to support his argument.
He even drew on Seris history.
"Even your Romance