NOVEL WEB Chapter 10: Classroom
Chapter 10: Classroom
Suddenly, Robert noticed something on the notice board, walked closer to it, and soon saw an important announcement.
"Teacher Maxwell is taking a leave?" He couldn't believe what he had read and turned towards Raven.
"Haha, your luck is shining today! Let's finish the homework during the second period." Robert laughed out loud as if he had achieved something significant and soon entered the second classroom.
Then, both walked past many desks and were seated on the backside. Some other classmates also waved their hands at them as they walked in.
Raven finally arrived at the last desk, placed the school bag under it, and sat on the wooden bench that was placed near it.
Robert also sat beside him and took out the Language book.
"Did you already finish memorizing the thirteenth equation table?" Raven asked as he also took the language book and placed it on the desk.
"I completed it two days ago but still face difficulty when writing. Raven, do you want to go to the Crystal Theatre this evening?"
"No. My sister won't allow it." As he spoke, he saw a 60-year-old man with grey hair walking inside the class with a notebook in his hand.
He was the Art Class's Teacher, Derrick.
"Good morning, Sir!" Raven and all the other students stood up from their seats and greeted him.
"Morning. Sit down, please." The old man said with a nod and continued.
"Today, I'm going to teach you how to draw an elephant using circles." The old man, Derrick, arrived before the blackboard and started to give a lecture.
Meanwhile, the students did as he told them in the extra notebook and started drawing the elephant. Following that, he also told everyone to draw something natural using their imagination and checked everyone's drawing skills.
Raven also tried his best to scribble on the white sheet using colored pencils and tried to draw an image of a sun ascending to the sky in between two mountains. There was also a river flowing between the mountains, flowing through land while giving water to crops and entering the sea.
[Even after eons, this nature picture hasn't disappeared at all.] Zera commented in a dumbfounded tone.
But Raven didn't mind her comment and focused entirely on drawing the picture in his mind.
On the other hand, Derrick walked towards every desk, looked at different drawings, and gave positive comments from time to time.
Due to his jolly nature, he also made silly jokes from time to time and made the students laugh continuously.
Before they could even finish nature drawing as they had imagined, the Art Class ended.
"When you get home, finish the nature drawing and bring it back tomorrow. I'll evaluate all the drawings and give extra points." Saying so, he left the class in a hurry, causing murmurs of students to rise.
"Let's do the homework now." Robert nudged his arms with his hand and took out a homework notebook from his school bag. Then, he also finally took the two books from below and placed them on the desk.
Raven also took out the homework notebook and opened the logistic Calculation book.
"I wonder which substitute staff will come today." Just as he spoke, he saw a familiar pale-white-faced woman entering the classroom and opened his mouth wide.
“Sh*t!” Robert also went wide-eyed and looked at Teacher Elizabeth in shock.
"Good morning, ma'am." Students stood up from their seats one by one and greeted her in unison.
"Morning," Elizabeth nodded calmly while signaling them to sit down and took out the attendance book.
Then, she opened the bluish pen and started calling out names.
After that, she finally stood up with a stern face and spoke.
"Now, take out your homework and submit it at the front desk. Those who didn't finish the homework should go and stand outside the classroom." Her words made the class go into abrupt silence.
Among 56 students, a total of 17 people slowly stood up from their seats.
"Seventeen people didn't do the homework? Haa, is it that hard to write the thirteenth equation table 10 times?" She asked with an annoyed look and soon froze as her gaze landed on Raven.
"Raven? What happened to you today?" She made a deep sigh and shook her head.
She had thought of Raven as a genius and hardworking child but was disappointed today.
With no other choice, Raven, Robert, and all the other students walked out of the class and stood outside in the hallway.
But as time went on, some students started to ask for forgiveness as they noticed Elizabeth had started teaching the Fourteenth Equation table.
"Haa, if you guys manage to tell the thirteenth equation table without any stutter, I'll allow you in."
Her words made the students raise their hands one by one.
On the other hand, Raven slowly opened the book while standing and started reading the Thirteenth Equation table once again.
The equation table covered the whole page, making it impossible for even a third-grade student to memorize it in a week.
But Raven didn't face any difficulty at all.
Unlike all this time, he felt that the whole image of that page was imprinted in his mind in a span of a few minutes.
'Is it due to the 'Instant Memorize' skill?'
At that moment, he noticed all the students had already made mistakes while reciting and returning to the hall.
"Can I recite now, ma'am?" Raven asked as he stood outside the classroom.
"Go on." Elizabeth didn't even turn her head and said a word.
On the other hand, Raven took a deep breath and started to recite the equation table steadily.
But as time passed, Elizabeth stopped what she was doing and turned her attention to him to check whether he was looking at the book or reciting.
'He memorized the equation completely? Even the normal Third-grade students will find it hard to recite without any stutter, though.'
By the time Raven finished reciting the whole equation, the whole classroom went into abrupt silence.
'But I knew he was struggling to memorize this equation during the last semester, though. Did he gain enlightenment and get any unique skills? Although it is not a rare occurrence in the mainland, it is not possible here due to lack of mana density.' Elizabeth furrowed her brows and soon spoke.
"You may enter the class and start reading the fourteenth equation table from today onwards."
After that, Elizabeth focused on the next page and started to explain the principle of how the Fourteenth Equation Table works.
At that moment, Raven noticed a drastic change within his mind as he started listening to the 'Logistic Calculation' Class.
'I managed to memorize the Fourteenth Equation Table only after reading it a couple of times?' He was beyond shocked by this absurd ability.
At that moment, Elizabeth suddenly looked in his direction and asked.
"Can you recite the Fourteenth Equation Table up to the point you memorized till now?"
Although Raven was confused by her words, he didn't mind anything and stood up before reciting.
But as he continued to recite the 'Fourteenth Equation Table,' Elizabeth's face turned more serious.
"Eidetic Memory." Subconsciously muttering, she soon stood up from her chair.
"Raven, come here." She said in a solemn tone.
Meanwhile, Raven suddenly felt nervous inside and slowly walked closer to the front.
On the other hand, Elizabeth gave the skinny child a deep look and placed her hand on his head.
"You have a good memory, too, Raven. As a reward for already memorizing the fourteenth equation, I'll grant you my silver pen." As she spoke, she took the silver pen from the table and placed it in his shirt pocket.
After that, she looked at the other students and spoke.
"You guys also should work hard like him and try to surpass him quickly. Anyway, I'll end today's class. And my afternoon period is free too. Use the time wisely and focus on studying."
Saying so, she hurriedly walked out of the classroom before the class even ended and disappeared from there.
Although the other students were amazed by Raven's amazing reciting, nobody took it seriously.
Raven also entirely focused on what the other subject teachers taught him during the following classes and got greatly startled.
'I can recall each and everything that happened in the class. Now that I think about it, why did Teacher Elizabeth say 'Eldritch Memory' before leaving the class in a hurry?' Although he was still confused by those words, he didn't put too much thought into it and focused on the other classes.
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On the other hand, Elizabeth returned to the two-storied guest house located on Nobles' Street and entered her living room.
But as soon as she stepped inside the living room, multiple tiny, round-like white crystals lit up and illuminated the whole room.
She slowly walked past the sofas and coffee table and soon arrived before a unique hand watch was placed on the farther wooden table.
She calmly picked up the watch, wore it in her left hand, and spoke in a strange foreign language.
"Activate CoreCirclet 45355325."
Just as she spoke, the watch started to glow in a dim bluish light and soon made a unique music.
A few seconds later, a bluish holographic screen appeared before her eyes, followed by the image of a moving image of a mouse.
"Hello, my beautiful Eli. It's been a while since I saw you." The mouse said while moving its mouth strangely and gave her a wink.