Character Story 2: Bad at Studying but Unrivaled in Skills

Scene: A street in Landsol.

Rino
Ummmmm...?

Rino
Um, the monsters that can be found at the Aural Mountains are...? Harpy... Balloon bird... And then, um... Shil... Shil-something?

Rino
Ugh, the answer was she-murg... Oh, I'm so bad at remembering the names of monsters!

Rino
Wah!? You startled me!

Rino
Oh, it's big brother! It's been a while!

Rino
Man, could you not call out so suddenly from behind me? You scared the daylights out of me!

Rino
(Uu... The guild master said that I shouldn't spend a lot of time with big brother. But this time, he was the one who started the conversation, so I'm safe, right?)

Rino
(But... Even though it feels sad, I should try to avoid getting involved with him whenever I can.)

Rino
So, is there something you need, big brother?

Rino
I'm in the middle of studying... I'm trying to focus, so I can't really keep you company right now.

Yuuki
1. "Studying? How great of you."
2. "What's studying?"

Option 1.

Rino
Eh? No, no, I'm not great at all!

Rino
I only start cramming desperately once the test is right around the corner! If I had just made a habit of studying regularly before now, I wouldn't need to do this right now!

Option 2.

Rino
Whaaat? You mean to say... You don't know what "studying" means?

Rino
You've never studied before? What a ridiculously happy life! I'm soooo jealous!

Rino
I guess you have amnesia, big brother, so it can't really be helped...

Rino
"Studying" is, even more than any monster, the scariest, most troublesome enemy of humanity!

End of branches.

Rino
Ha ha! Here's the thing...

Rino
I want to get into a fashion school here in Landsol, since I really like sewing.

Rino
It's really hard, but because I'm not from a rich family, I'm going to try to get a high score on the entrance exam, and get in with a scholarship.

Rino
Right, the top new students get scholarships. Though, because I'm not great at studying, even just getting in normally would be a rooster ^[1] for me.

Rino
Huh? Not a "rooster", but a "boost" ^[2]?

Rino
Um, heh heh... So, that's why I need to do my best at studying.

Rino
I'm super bad at remembering vocab, and it really causes me problems. When it comes to practical skills, I can pick up anything, but I'm awful at schoolwork.

Rino
I can't concentrating on studying at home, either, so lately I've been bringing my study goods out to other places...

Rino
I've been studying sooo much. The entrance exam is next week, so I'm really in a rush.

Rino
Big brother, you can help me study... no, you can't. Because you lost your memories, right.

Rino
I really want to ask someone from my family to tutor me. I wonder if I could ask Shizuru to do it?

Rino
Ha ha. On the other hand, do you have things that you want me to teach you?

Rino
You've lost your memories, so you don't understand most things, and it's probably scary for you. So anything that I know, I'll teach you!

Rino
If we're studying together, then we'll feel more encouraged! And we can also make sure that the other person doesn't slack off, so we'll be keeping each other in line! I think that'd be pretty good... So, do you want to study together?

Rino
Before, it used to be like this too... I used to sit next to big brother and study. How nostalgic, hee hee...

Rino
Um... When I said big brother, I didn't mean you, I meant... a different big brother...? Um... uh...?

Rino
You're asking... why I call you big brother? It's kind of a long story... But somehow it just ended up this way! Let's not get into it -- come on, let's study!

Rino
Okay, so. I'm trying to memorize the names and locations of these monsters.

Rino
Monsters are a good source of materials for making clothes, so it's important to be familiar with them.

Rino
That's why one of the topics of the exam is knowledge of monsters.

Rino
Even though you wouldn't encounter monsters often while living in the city, there's no harm in memorizing them.

Rino
But even if I try to use things like sound cues to remember, it's still so much trouble for me.

Rino
Even just counting slimes, there's already at least a hundred kinds! It would be easier just to exterminate all the monsters in the world!

Rino
But obviously, that's not realistic, so... I just have to try hard to remember them. All I can do is try to add them one by one to my vocabulary.

Rino
A long time ago... Big brother also said something like that to me. Since then, I've always tried to do things that way. Even if I can't do it that well!