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Well, universities are founded during the middle age Europe in the form of guilds. Besides teaching Greek classics, universities also taught mathematics. One notable adventurer form that time and place is Leonardo of Pisa(later known as Fibonacci). Since Leonardo introduced Hindu-Arabic numeral to Europe, abacus is falling out favors among merchants. The merchants had calculation competition for abacus and and Hindu-Arabic numeral, and Hindu-Arabic numeral won every time.
In the anime, the magician is the dropout of the university-like institution and the priest is qualified to teach. So, they ought to know math. They really want to make the competition hard by using the dragon girl who has no institutional training. The party could cheat better since they can communicate secretly due to the holy sword's mental skill, as demonstrated in the previous episode. Instead, they are stubborn(?) by trying fight fair and square.
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