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Eighth Volume: Fermat's Last Theorem

Coming up.

Looks like you've lost your concentration, Endou-kun!

No, I just reached a good stopping point.

And what are you reading?

Heh heh heh...

Ta-da!

One of Shincho Bunko's top 100, Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh!

Oh, I've read that. It's good, right?

What? Wait! No spoilers!

There's nothing to spoil. The theorem's been proven.

15 Minutes Later

"Fermat's Last Theorem is..."

Read it right.

When someone who's read it is in front of me,

I feel like they're thinking, "Oh, you haven't read that yet?"

in a condescending way, and my motivation drops.

She's really not cut out to be a reader.

Actually, I envy that you've yet to hit the good part.

Yes! That! The condescending things readers say all the time!

I admired you, and you just had to say that!

Man, she's a pain.

Hey, did you know that this cloth bookmark is called a "spin"?

It's only in Shincho Bunko books.

If you look closely at their books, the pages look uneven from the top.

Smug

That happens when they add the spin.

Smug!!

By the way, "spin" is an English word, but nobody knows why it's used this way.

She knows the most pointless stuff...

And she looks so happy after being all condescending.

It draws you in even if you don't know much about math, huh?

It's really good!

But I feel like any adults who read it would say the thing I hate most...

"I wish I'd read it when I was a student. Then I would've studied math more."

Adults do say that a lot!

They think they're in a position where they don't need to study!

They're just putting more pressure on us by implying that

students who read it will obviously study!

Just start studying math right now!

Fermat was an attorney, and he did math in his spare time!

Age makes no difference in learning! So...

That doesn't necessarily mean we're gonna study now!

That's what you meant?

You guys are too loud!