章 26: Chapter 26: Mid-year Exams... (II)
"So you should do this..."
"I see..."
"Bring this over here..."
"I see..."
"And translate this. You can cancel out parts that are unnecessary..."
"I see..."
"..."
"I see..."
"..."
"I see..."
Fuutarou's eyes twitched and his hand reached forward towards Kaori. Pausing for a moment, his index finger bent forward and he immediately released it towards her forehead.
"OW!!"
Kaori immediately jumped out of her seat and rubbed her forehead in pain. Her eyes were brimming in tears from the pain.
Fuutarou paid no mind to her tears. He looked at her and sighed,"Why aren't you paying attention to what I'm teaching you?"
"Moo...but it's so boring..." Kaori muttered softly, but Fuutarou, who was right in front of her, could hear her clearly.
'Boring?' Fuutarou thought.
Fuutarou sighed and knew that he couldn't entirely blame her either. The way a teacher teaches affects how much a student has the motivation to study on her own initiative.
Imagine a boring teacher who drones on and on being compared to a fun and interesting teacher who finds different ways to deliver their knowledge. Both spend the same amount of time teaching, and taught the same topics, yet there would be a visible difference between the two classes.
The latter who obviously are more appealing to the students rather than the former, making the students in the latter's class pay more attention and learn more.
Since Kaori thought that his lessons were boring, it was time to change his way of teaching. However, the question was, what should he change in his way of teaching to make Kaori pay more attention when he's teaching?
Fuutarou remained quiet and thought for a while.
Kaori and Shouko, who were near him, suddenly heard him go silent and saw him close his eyes.
"Is he angry...?" Kaori whispered to her friend nervously. She had never seen him become angry yet. He was always smiling and joking around with her, making her feel...fulfilled.
A normal school life while surrounded with normal friends. No crying parents, no trips to the hospital, no worries about her illness. What a nice life.
It might not last forever, but at least now, she wanted to enjoy what it felt like to be normal. She had gotten used Fuutarou's bright smile, his warm touch, his very existence. She could not imagine what life she would have if she hadn't followed his music on that very day.
She didn't want Fuutarou to ever get angry. She feared that Fuutarou would get angry, but more than that, she feared that she would disappoint Fuutarou's expectation.
Shouko didn't know what she was thinking and shook her head,"No. I've also never seen Fuu-kun get angry for real. At most, he got annoyed, but never truly angry."
Kaori sighed with relief, but her worry didn't fully dissipate.
"Sorry, Fuutarou-kun..."
Fuutarou heard her words and woke up from his stupor.
"Huh? What are you sorry for?" He asked confusedly.
"Huh? Aren't you disappointed in me?" Now it was her turn to become confused.
"What are you talking about? Yellow hair can never disappoint me." Fuutarou smiled cheekily and continued, ignoring Kaori's pouting,"Anyways, I was thinking how to teach you better."
Shouko heard his words and thought with a smile,'As expected, he's kind and caring as always. Always thinking of ways to improve himself to help others...'
Kaori was stunned at his words as she didn't think that Fuutarou would change himself because of one of her complaints.
"N-No need. You don't have to do this for me." Kaori frantically waved her hands in front of her and shook her head.
Fuutarou was amused at her actions and smiled gently,"You don't have to worry. It doesn't cost me much to change a little. It's not like my teaching will get any worse if I choose to change it a little."
"But..." Kaori didn't look convinced but Fuutarou interrupted her before she could continue,"No buts. Besides, I'm sure that if I don't change my way of teaching, your brain isn't going to absorb anything that I teach you."
"It's more annoying if you phrase it that way..." Kaori's cheeks inflated at his tease but Fuutarou merely laughed and started poking her cheeks.
'Cute.'
"Anyways, let's motivate you. Since your favourite thing in life is music, I shall use music to teach you!" Fuutarou announced.
Both girls looked at him with visible confusion and Kaori asked,"I'm not tested for music though? And I thought you banned music?"
"Nope. I didn't ban music. I banned you from playing with me." Fuutarou purposely left out a loophole for himself to use since he didn't think he would be able to survive without at least playing once a day.
Addicted? No one cared, in fact, his mother encouraged him to take up more extracurricular activities so that his intelligence would not be wasted.
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[Quest: No Failures!]
Description: Since you have already started teaching Kaori, you might as well go all the way!
Passing criteria:
1) Level up <Intermediate teaching proficiency (250/300)> to at least <Advanced teaching proficiency (100/500)>
2) Ensure that Kaori passes and gets at in the top 200 rankings in your grade
Rewards: 4x premium gacha spins
Failure: None.
System tips: Even if you fail, it's not really your business. I mean, if Kaori gets the 201st position, does it affect you in any way?
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'Wow, this system is getting cheekier by the day. And I haven't gotten a quest for almost two years now...' Fuutarou thought to himself as he read the system tips.
'Since I have nothing to lose either way and everything to gain if I complete my mission, let's just get on with it.' Fuutarou decided.
"Fuu-kun?" Shouko waved her hands in front of Fuutarou since she saw him suddenly go into a daze.
"W-What?" Seeing the girls' worried face, he immediately put on a reassuring smile and said,"Don't worry, I'm fine. Now back to the topic. Using music to teach!"
Kaori looked particularly interested since, as Fuutarou had said before, the thing she loved most would be music.
Fuutarou saw her eager look and knew that he was heading in the correct direction.
"Basically, I'll be teaching you english, Japanese and history for now since I don't know how to incorporate the other subjects with music."
Kaori didn't seem disappointed by the news, and was in fact, more interested.
Fuutarou took that as a good thing and continued his explanation,"Since you like music so much, you must have remembered all the names and parts of famous songs."
Kaori hesitated slightly before nodding. Even though she's very talented in the violin and in music in general, it didn't mean that she had memorised each and every famous song that she had heard before.
Fuutarou saw her hesitation and reassured her,"Don't worry, if you don't recognise the song, I'll play something else that you will know."
Kaori let out a sigh of relief and allowed him to continue.
"Now, translation. Part of your English paper, no, majority of the English paper in our year would be about translation. I won't touch much about grammar and vocabulary for now, we'll just concentrate on translating first.
So, I'll give you a random Japanese word or English word and it's your job to translate them into English and Japanese in the respective scenario. If you are not able to do so, I'll play a piece with the title containing the correct translation."
Kaori didn't understand a single word of that but she nodded nonetheless.
Fuutarou knew exactly what Kaori was thinking and just smiled wryly.
"Let's give you an example first. Number one,(Shiki)"
Kaori thought for a while before eventually shaking her head.
"Alright then. This entire song consists of four parts, but I'm just going to play one part first."
{BGM: Vivaldi - Winter (The Four Seasons)}
Fuutarou started to play the song. He started slow, with one finger. Slowly over time, he increased the speed, playing the notes with a skip.
Fifty seconds in, the number of notes he needed to play suddenly increased before Kaori finally nodded.
"Ah! I know! It's the Winter part of the famous classical song by Vivaldi, Four Seasons! Shiki means <Four Seasons>" Kaori announced happily.
"Good! Now you know what to expect. Let's continue."
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A/N: Sorry for the late update. Almost forgotten that it's Sunday and it's time to write this shitty fanfic. When it's a holiday and you stay home all day, you would eventually forget the time. Well, enjoy this!
PS: Yeah, I know. I'm dragging the mid-year exam arc quite long. It was supposed to be just one or two chapters before heading off to Kyoto, but it is what it is. To those who were looking forward to Kyoto arc, I'm sorry...
PPS: Also, I've uploaded a status sheet in the auxiliary chapter. Go and check it out if you want, but honestly? It's not very relevant and does not have much impact.
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