Chapter 5: Genius
"Let me speak frankly. Would you consider becoming a scholar? If you want, I could even be your advisor. Economics isn’t exactly my main field, but... I could introduce you to someone else.”
...That was a shocking offer.
“Right now? I mean, you’re not even a professor.”
“I could quit my job at the Blue House anytime. And as for becoming a professor... I’m sure someone would take me. I do have a fair bit of academic achievement, after all.”
...Did he like me that much? He was saying things that would make anyone else’s hair stand on end like it was nothing.
“You could take the equivalency exam and enter university early, couldn’t you? By twelve or so, no one would really question it.”
“Hmm... I kind of want to enjoy normal school life too. Honestly, I don’t even have a single friend...”
“Do you think you will?”
This guy had a way of striking where it hurt.
“Well, probably not... But connections are important, right? There aren’t many people like you who don’t care about age.”
“Do you know the name Isaac Newton?”
Kim Hae-ik began slowly, changing the topic.