Page 209
Page 209
"Yes,"
Hayakawa nodded casually, turned his head and said softly, "Probably tomorrow, I'll go pick them up."
"Oh, those two friends you mentioned before, right?"
As soon as Hayakawa finished speaking, before Aoba Yuzuki could even reply, Mia chimed in confidently, "Isn't this great? They're both girls, so coming here won't be a hassle. They can chat together in their free time, and maybe they can even make friends."
As she spoke, she glanced meaningfully at someone beside her.
"..."
Isn't this just a subtle way of saying that he, as a boy, is not only a nuisance in the temple, but also unable to make friends with the girls?
Hayakawa ignored her and turned to Aoba Yuzuki, saying, "I need to pick them up tomorrow morning, so my training will have to be put on hold for a while. I'll make it all up when I get back, that should be fine."
"It's okay if you don't make up for it. It's permissible for those who have attained enlightenment to temporarily leave the temple during their spiritual practice. As long as there is a reasonable reason, there is no problem with how long they can stay."
Aoba Yuzuki smiled and said, "The style of the temple is disciplined and gentle; it has never been so impersonal."
"That's good."
Hayakawa felt relieved and raised the axe in his hand again to chop down. His proud body and powerful movements made Mia next to him glance at him and silently turn her head away.
Kagura, who had been standing beside Mia, took in all of this, and her expression brightened slightly for a moment.
This feels like a rare opportunity to gather materials.
……
In the evening, Hayakawa finished her day's training and returned to her room. She took a shower first, and then looked at the messages Ogata had sent her on her phone while drying her hair.
"Dong dong dong..."
The door suddenly rang.
"Who?"
As Hayakawa spoke, he opened the door.
Standing at the door was someone he hadn't expected.
"Good evening, Hayakawa,"
Mikazukiji's third sister, and also the youngest of the Aoba sisters, is a pretty and lively third-year junior high school student. Aoba Kaigetsu is standing prettily at the door. When she sees Hayakawa looking in the door, she looks up and greets him calmly.
"Isn't this the moon?"
Hayakawa was taken aback: "What are you doing here so late?"
"I need to talk to you about something."
Haiyue calmly said, "I need your help with my studies."
Chapter 322 Everyone's a bit silly
Tutoring?!
Upon hearing this, Hayakawa slightly opened his eyes, his expression becoming somewhat strange.
Isn't this a professional match?
Who are you?
Oh, you're a genius!
Is there anyone in the world better at teaching students than me, who could teach Fumino Furuhashi and Rizu Ogata to their current barely human level in such a short time?
It's impossible.
"Oh dear, really."
Hayakawa scratched his head, revealing a very reserved look of distress.
This is a real problem. I had decided beforehand that I would not study at the temple, but now some children at the temple have asked me to tutor them, and I really can't refuse.
There's no other way. Although I don't want to study at all, I'll have to force myself to look at the textbooks for the sake of the younger generation in the temple!
“Miss Haiyue, is there something you don’t understand?”
Hayakawa came up with a whole bunch of reasons for himself, revealing a confident expression: "Go ahead and ask."
Before the unparalleled teaching master, Hayakawa, no matter how difficult the question you ask, you will be unable to…
"It's this one,"
Aoba Kaigetsu calmly took out a workbook, and Hayakawa glanced at it and was immediately dumbfounded, his eyes wide open.
It wasn't that the workbook was difficult; on the contrary, it was so simple that it surprised Hayakawa, and he was quite shocked.
Because it was a math workbook for elementary school students, full of two-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. What was even more terrifying was that not only were the problems simple, but the accuracy rate was also extremely high. The book was covered with dense errors, and at a glance, Hayakawa noticed that there were far more wrong answers than correct ones.
"that…"
Hayakawa looked at Aoba Kaigetsu in front of him with a puzzled expression and asked, "I remember you're in your third year of junior high school now, and you'll be graduating and going to high school soon, right?"
"Yes."
Cangye Haiyue calmly said, "There are still six months left."
In other words, you're a junior high student about to enter high school, and you still need to ask someone for help because you can't understand elementary school math problems?
And the accuracy rate is so low.
"..."
You're really something. You're almost in high school and you still can't do elementary school math problems. Even Furuhashi and Ogata aren't this ridiculous.
I thought Fumino Furuhashi and Rizu Ogata were invincible, but I didn't expect there to be someone even more valiant than them. Whose subordinate is this?
How am I supposed to teach this?
Hayakawa's resolve shattered instantly. He was incredibly confident in his teaching skills as a student emperor, but that didn't mean he could teach a stone to become a spirit. And without a doubt, Haiyue was just a stone in his eyes at this moment, the kind of stubborn rock that couldn't be carved.
"Miss Haiyue, when you applied to high school,"
Hayakawa's usually expressionless face, as rigid as a tombstone, revealed a rare hint of ingratiating gentleness as he said, "Please don't leave this city. Even if you do leave, don't go to high school in the north. If you absolutely have to go to high school in the north, please don't go to a high school called Ichinose Academy, okay?"
"That's your school, Hayakawa, right? So, Hayakawa, are you looking down on me?"
Aoba Kaigetsu looked at Hayakawa expressionlessly and said coldly.
Hayakawa turned her head to the side: "No."
"Then why don't you look me in the eye when you speak?"
Aoba Kaigetsu shook her head: "From the beginning, Hayakawa, you seem to have misunderstood something. This workbook is not mine. I asked you to help me teach someone else."
"Teach others?"
Hayakawa was taken aback: "Who?"
"she."
Aoba Kaigetsu stepped aside, and the petite figure that had been blocked by her instantly appeared.
It was an adorable little girl with chestnut-brown braids neatly tied around her face. Her pink princess dress was spotless, and her shoes were clean too. Her face was cute and round, but she was looking up at Hayakawa with teary eyes, saying aggrievedly, "Mommy... let me come here, but I have to finish the questions first, otherwise I'll get angry..."
"A primary school student...?"
Hayakawa breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw the little girl in front of him, and his expression softened.
As expected, it's normal. If all the high school students in this world are at the level of not being able to answer even elementary school math questions, then Hayakawa wouldn't mind destroying this world with his own hands.
"Yes, this is Chako,"
Aoba Kaigetsu explained, "She is the daughter of a neighbor nearby. She is currently in the sixth grade of elementary school. Her mother has a very good relationship with our temple. They were close friends when my mother was the abbot of the temple. However, she is too busy with work and often does not have time to take care of her, so she entrusted her to Mikazuki-ji Temple."
"Is that so?"
Hayakawa glanced at the adorable little girl in front of him, her face streaked with tears, and calmly looked away.
He has always been a cold-hearted person. Ordinary people would feel some affection for cute cats, dogs, or human children, but Hayakawa has none of that. Keeping pets would only delay his study time, and human children would be a big problem. They would cry and howl and need to be comforted. Hayakawa naturally kept his distance. After all, as the Great Emperor, he regarded all living beings as ants, which is the so-called true equality of all people. He would not hesitate to use flying kicks on women and children if they hindered his progress.
However, since it was Haiyue who asked me to do this, I can only do my best to comply.
Where should we teach this child?
Hayakawa looked at Haiyue and said.
"How's your room, Hayakawa?"
Haiyue thought for a moment and said, "Your place is relatively remote, far from Jieyue's place, so even if you make a loud noise, it won't disturb them."
"If you don't mind, that's fine with me."
Hayakawa casually stepped aside: "Please come in."
"excuse me."
"Sorry to bother you..."
Two girls with loli-like figures, one a true loli and the other only half a loli, walked into the room one after the other. Haiyue looked them up and down and then naturally sat down on the tatami mat, commenting, "It's not badly tidied up. It's bright and clean, and there's no strange smell."
Little Lolita Chika didn't dare to be so unrestrained at all. Like a kitten that had just arrived in a strange environment, she cautiously looked around at the walls of the room, standing timidly in place without even daring to sit down.
"Stop talking and sit down."
Hayakawa, with a gloomy face, gestured for Sachiko to sit down: "Hurry up and teach her."
What other strange smells are there? Don't say strange things in front of elementary school students.
"In short, let's take a look at the question first."
Aoba Kaigetsu took out the workbook and opened it to Hayakawa, who once again saw pages full of red elementary school math problems.
Hayakawa's face darkened immediately, but the next moment his brows furrowed slightly.
While the question is indeed of elementary school level, upon closer inspection, it seems to be at the level of a third or fourth grader. And according to what Haiyue just said, this little girl, Qiazi, seems to be in sixth grade.
Chapter 323 Cannot be taught
Hayakawa studied the questions carefully again and determined that the content in this workbook was at most at the math level of third or fourth grade elementary school students.
In other words, they're already in sixth grade and about to enter junior high school, yet their math is still so difficult in third and fourth grade?
Hayakawa couldn't help but glance at the little girl, Chikako, feeling a mix of emotions in his heart but remaining outwardly calm.
Luckily, I was mentally prepared for the misunderstanding, otherwise my face would probably be black by now.
Even with good mental preparation, it's still quite exaggerated to think that someone who's already in sixth grade can't do well on third or fourth grade math. Hayakawa remembers that when he was in fifth grade, he was already unbeatable in the school and aiming for the top spot in junior high, and he had easily achieved that before.
Incidentally, he was aiming for the top spot in high school when he was in his third year of junior high.
But now the sword is broken.
But it doesn't matter. No matter how bad your foundation is, a true strong person can ignore any environment.
It would be better if she were a little girl. Hayakawa likes elementary school students! ...Because elementary school students' thinking is not yet fixed, they are easier to teach. And he can even teach useless people like Furuhashi and Ogata who have already reached the end of their minds, let alone this little girl in front of him.
As a top student, no one in the world understands education better than me.
Hayakawa undoubtedly had unparalleled confidence in his teaching abilities. He smiled as he looked at the uneasy little girl in front of him: "Chika, sit here with me."
As he spoke, Hayakawa gently patted the seat next to him. His gentle and mild attitude immediately relieved Qiako, who was so nervous that she was stuttering. She carefully sat down next to Hayakawa.
Hayakawa's lips curled up slightly upon seeing this; with just that gesture, he knew he had already won over this adorable little girl.
Children tend to sit close to those they are close to because they are usually simple-minded and sit close to their parents—as educational guru Hayakawa observed.
"Come on, come on,"
Hayakawa was very satisfied. He took the workbook and said, "What questions do you not know how to do? Tell me, and I'll teach you one by one, step by step."
Qiako glanced at the workbook, then at Hayakawa, and whispered, "You don't even know how to do the questions you got wrong."
"..."
Hayakawa's expression froze. There were far too many questions he couldn't answer. He had just glanced at each page and found that almost every question was wrong. If he were to explain all of these questions, what would be the difference between this and going through the entire elementary school science curriculum again?
"Um…"
Hayakawa looked up at the nervous Sachiko in front of him and had a vague feeling that trouble was coming.
Teaching the little devil doesn't seem to be as simple as I thought.
……
One hour later:
area51novel