• 8656
• Instructor Andrea
  ...
  Nice spirits, kid. You look like you have potential. By the way, your name was...
  Ah yes, Player. Good to know you, Player.

• 8657
• Instructor Andrea
  Very well, let's discuss the studies and skills necessary to make discoveries. Do try to keep up.
  Broadly speaking, there are six kinds of skills: Geography Skills, Archaeology Skills, Theology Skills, Biology Skills, Art Skills, and Appraisal Skills.
  Personally, I think they should add Pick-Up Skills to that mix, but that's just me.

• 8658
• Instructor Andrea
  Now, where shall I begin?

• 8659
• Which do you want to hear about?

• 8660
• Geography Skills

• 8661
• Archaeology Skills

• 8662
• Theology Skills

• 8663
• To Next

• 8664
• Which do you want to hear about?

• 8665
• Biology Skills

• 8666
• Art Skills

• 8667
• Appraisal Skills

• 8668
• That's enough

• 8669
• Instructor Andrea
  Geology Skills, eh.
  These are the skills that are necessary for making geology-related discoveries. They are used to gather and appraise information.
  There are many different ways to use them too. Investigating how life came about in rivers, islands with a large variety of developments...
  Ocean studies, mountain studies; geology has a hand to play in all of these.

• 8670
• Instructor Andrea
  Archaeology Skills, eh.
  These are skills related to making historical discoveries. They are used to gather and appraise information.
  Listen up, Player. Archaeology is practically stuffed with dreams and aspirations.
  Ruins and artefacts of ancient civilizations that sleep in the darkness of history, the mystery of their true purpose...
  Archaeological Skills are all about solving those riddles and bringing them to life in the modern age.

• 8671
• Instructor Andrea
  Theology Skills, eh.
  These are skills related to making religious discoveries. They are used to gather and appraise information.
  ...For as long as human history has existed, humans have expressed their faith for God, the supreme being that surpasses human knowledge, in many different forms.
  Giant temples, statues, canon... Each of them is a form of worship created at that time.
  And thanks to the discoveries made by adventurers, those spirits continue to live on. Don't you think that's kind of beautiful?

• 8672
• Instructor Andrea
  Biology Skills, eh.
  These are skills related to making discoveries about creatures. They are used to gather and appraise information.
  This may be the field of study most familiar to you. I'm sure you've seen the dogs and cats around the city. I think of biology as an extension of them.
  Small and cute animals, large and fierce animals, gorgeous animals, poisonous animals...
  There are no shortage of targets to investigate, but as long as you don't forget what I'm about to tell you, you'll surely be able to overcome any difficulties you may come across.
  We face irreplaceable life.

• 8673
• Instructor Andrea
  Art Skills, eh.
  These are skills related to making art-related discoveries. They are used to gather and appraise information.
  There are countless different kinds of paintings, sculptures, and receptacles who make us forget their original purpose with their unusual forms.
  Even as we speak, people are creating new works of art.
  I suppose adventurers who go around performing art-related investigations would be successors of art.

• 8674
• Instructor Andrea
  Appraisal Skills, eh.
  These are skills related to making treasure-related discoveries. They are used to gather and appraise information.
  Jewels, treasured swords, ornaments, furnishings... Any and all items that can be called treasure have always attracted people's attention.
  Astonishing beauty, historical value, those with fantastical stories behind them, even cursed jewellery...
  As for whether or not you take these beautiful treasures for yourself, or let yourself be swallowed up by their beauty, is up to you.

• 8675
• Are you sure that's enough?

• 8676
• What will you answer?

• 8677
• I'm sure.

• 8678
• No, sorry, not yet.

• 8679
• Instructor Andrea
  Good, good. I knew you had potential.
  All right then, Player, let's take a break here. They were some rather difficult topics, after all. When you're ready to pick up, just let me know. Next I'll tell you about skill ranks and discoveries.

• 8680
• Instructor Andrea
  I'm expecting a student that wanted to attend my lecture...
  I wonder just how many women I hit on the other day.

• 8681
• All right then, break time is over. Let's talk about skill ranks and discoveries.
  The different discoveries in this world can be made using the six types of skills I taught you about earlier.
  But, just knowing lots of skills won't be enough to make a discovery that will wow other adventurers.
  For that, you'll need something important called skill ranks.

• 8682
• Instructor Andrea
  Let me ask you a question. Which do you think is harder to find: a pebble, or an ancient ruin?

• 8683
• How will you respond?

• 8684
• An ancient ruin

• 8685
• I'm gonna go with the non-obvious answer and say...pebble!

• 8686
• Instructor Andrea
  Ha ha, is that right! There are certainly times when that kind of thinking is important too.
  But since I'm a teacher, and this is a lecture, let's just go with the standard answer and say the ancient ruin.

• 8687
• Instructor Andrea
  Exactly.
  ...You may in fact already know this, but the more valuable any given discovery is, the higher ranked skill you will need to both discover and investigate them.
  In other words, if you're going to make a discovery so big the whole city will be talking about it, you'll need the rank to match it.

• 8688
• Instructor Andrea
  So, how do you go about raising ranks? ...What do you think?

• 8689
• How will you respond?

• 8690
• Hit on waitresses

• 8691
• Hard work

• 8692
• Ha ha ha!
  Player, I understand painfully well how you feel.
  But since this is officially a lecture, let's wait until it's over before heading to the bar. I'm doing my best to be patient too, you know.
  As for the correct answer...

• 8693
• Instructor Andrea
  That's right, hard work. There is simply no other way to raise skill ranks but this. Start out by making easy discoveries with low ranks, then keep investigating and making more.
  Keep using your skills in this way, and you'll find your skill rank increasing.

• 8694
• What do you say?

• 8695
• Sounds like it's really worth it!

• 8696
• That seems pretty boring...

• 8697
• Instructor Andrea
  Mm... Well, however you feel about it is of course up to you. But let me just say this.
  If you stop at money and fame, fold up your sail and stop exploring, your adventure will end right then and there.
  But, there's no reason to be hasty about making lots of new discoveries.
  Don't worry, Player, I won't betray your trust.

• 8698
• Instructor Andrea
  ...At least, that's what my master used to always say. But thanks to those words, I continue to adventure even now.
  And if I were to add to them, I would say to always win the heart of at least one girl in any city you visit.
  That means it'll be even more fun to go back, after all! Ha ha ha!

• 8699
• The academic skills necessary for making discoveries are Geology Skills, Archaeology Skills, Theology Skills, Biology Skills, Art Skills, and Appraisal Skills.

• 8700
• When you use your skills repeatedly to make discoveries, your ranks in those skills will go up. The higher a skill's rank, the more precious discoveries you can make.

• 8701
• Instructor Andrea
  Are we clear so far?

• 8702
• What do you say?

• 8703
• No questions.

• 8704
• I don't understand.

• 8705
• Instructor Andrea
  There are six kinds of skills necessary for making discoveries: Geography Skills, Archaeology Skills, Theology Skills, Biology Skills,
  Art Skills, and Appraisal Skills.
  All of these skills have ranks, which will increase as you use them
  to find and investigate new discoveries.

• 8706
• The academic skills necessary for making discoveries are Geology Skills, Archaeology Skills, Theology Skills, Biology Skills, Art Skills, and Appraisal Skills.

• 8707
• When you use your skills repeatedly to make discoveries, your ranks in those skills will go up. The higher a skill's rank, the more precious discoveries you can make.

• 8708
• Instructor Andrea
  Are we clear so far?

• 8709
• What do you say?

• 8710
• No questions.

• 8711
• I don't understand.

• 8712
• Instructor Andrea
  Very good. All right, that concludes this lecture. Head back to the school and make your report.
  ...Now, I must be off for my date... Uh, I mean...my latest adventure.

• 8713
• Instructor Andrea
  What is it, Player? Aren't you here to attend my lecture?