"Interesting."
The young Black boy had succeeded in piquing Xia Xu's interest.
Generally speaking, the poorer a place was, the more illiterate people it had.
Even the Xia Kingdom, where compulsory education had been widespread for years, could not claim that everyone was literate, much less the Black Continent with its exceptionally good matchmaking system.
Ordinary people here had few opportunities to receive an education. Graduating from elementary school probably counted as having an advanced qualification.
A child who had been scraping by on the streets from such a young age presumably could not have received any education. Teaching himself several languages certainly qualified him as extraordinarily gifted.
At the very least, he was sharp and willing to work hard.
Following the principle of giving the tree a few whacks whether or not there were any dates on it, Xia Xu immediately opened the young Black boy's status panel.
[Name]: Wanisi [Life level]: 1 [Fate potential]: [Protagonist: "Enkai: Origin"] [Talent potential]: Languages (four-star); mechanical engineering (four-star); combat (three-star) [Special]: Maasai eyes (one-star) [Obsession]: Learning [Affinity]: 30
"Huh?"
As soon as the status panel appeared, Xia Xu froze briefly in place.
A four-star talent for languages was a little higher than he had expected. Although the boy knew several languages, his spoken proficiency was actually rather poor.
Still, that was understandable, considering his lack of educational opportunities and an environment in which to practice speaking, leaving him to learn entirely on his own.
Talent was just talent. Without study and education, even someone with a five-star programming talent like Little White Flower was just a little dummy who barely knew how to turn on a computer. There were limits to how far even a four-star language talent could get without a teacher.
Aside from his language talent, the other