How To Live As A Writer In A Fantasy World[part1]

Chapter 22: Human (1)

If History was the major I was most interested in when I first arrived at the Academy, then Anthropology became the next major I found myself interested in. This world's anthropology included not only humans, but also various races such as elves, beastmen, dwarves, and demons. As a result, in anthropology classes, we learned about the unique characteristics of each race, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

Halo Academy, on the other hand, used an education method that focused on humans and compared them to other races. This was because it was a human-founded educational institution, and the majority of its students were human. Nonetheless, the people from different races who enrolled in Halo Academy were satisfied. The world is vast, and there are numerous races, but they are well aware that humans have always been at the center of events.

"According to a recent study, humans number approximately 1.6 billion, while the other races total only 800 million. Humans have gained the upper hand due to their large population and ability to develop endlessly. And..."

An elderly gentleman with thick grey brows stood in front of the lecture hall, enthusiastically explaining things. Meanwhile, I sat in the front row listening avidly to all his lectures.

Professor Roy Magnus was the name of the elderly man. He was, as one could guess, an Anthropology Professor. As passionate as Professor Beerus, the Humanities professor, there was not a single moment of boredom in Professor Magnus' class either.

"Of course, other races have their own strengths, so they are constantly keeping humans in check. Dwarves have complete control over the arms trade, and each elven warrior is as powerful as a Knight Commander. The same is true for beastmen. Finally, demons are unrivalled in terms of magic. But what about humans? There is nothing special about us by nature. The event that revealed all these strengths and weaknesses was the Tribal War."

Anthropology, by its very nature, was inextricably linked with the 'Tribal War'. The good and bad sides of each race were revealed in that war, and humans took the initiative in earnest. On this point, I completely agree.

But I had a question that was not related to that. When Professor Roy paused in his explanation to catch his breath, I gently raised my hand. Professor Roy's face lit up as I raised my hand.

"Oh, yes. Student Isaac. What question would you like to ask today?"

"......"

When I heard the professor's words, I smiled bitterly. Anthropology was the second major I was interested in these days after History, so from the first class, I asked questions like this. As a result, Professor Roy had a favorable opinion of me.

Of course, the other students' gazes were inversely proportional to his. It was because I received points for asking a lot of questions. Anyway, I'm going to ask him whatever questions I want.

"Didn't Professor say the number of humans is 1.6 billion? And none of the other races add up to 800 million."

"That's right."

"For the moment, I'm going to talk about elves. Elves have the lowest fertility rate of any race and as a result, they have the smallest population. I've heard that the population of elves is 100 million at the most."

"And there are 250 million dwarves, 350 million beastmen, and 100 million demons. It's a rough calculation."

Professor Roy had explained that the population of elves was quite small, even when measured as a percentage of the total population. Isn't 100 million out of 2.1 billion sufficient? That was true, but when viewed from the perspective of my previous life, there was something clearly odd.