The Iron Maiden

Part 14

And so, Lia's first day of teaching Raiden went off incredibly well. Though she did notice some times in which he would look at him menacingly, she could only hope that it stops as time goes on

'If anything...this is going too smoothly'

Today was their second day of lessons in which they were studying mathematics. after testing Raiden's knowledge as she did with their previous subject, She had decided that going with fractions was a good start

The level of Mathemathics here was pale in comparison to Lia's old-world in such a way that Fraction was considered to be an advanced topic, one that is most certainly not thought to a noble child of his age

And yet, he was listening intently to their lessons with a solemn expression as he takes down notes with his quill and paper. He would occasionally get a bit stuck and would ask questions but other than that. It was going way too well for Lia's taste

"And to solve this problem, we need to multiply the numerator with the denominator here"

Lia was pointing at Raiden's paper while explaining the solution to a certain equation

"I see...It seems my equation was a bit off"

"It is, but your answer was incredibly close, so I would say it's a good try. My lord"

"Spare me your words. In mathematics, no matter how close your answer may be, if it isn't the exact one then it's still considered as wrong"

"That's true"

Both in her previous lives, Lia had experienced moments in which she would get a close answer but would ultimately be considered wrong because she forgot to put a certain sign or solved a certain part wrongly.

Whenever situations like those would happen, Lia would be reminded to always double-check on things, whether that be life or mathematics

"So if I subtract it here...I see..."

Lia watched Raiden mutter as he writes on his paper. She suddenly felt a bit guilty for suspecting him when she saw the determination in his eyes and hoped that everything was just speculations in her head

"Oi, what about for this part?"

His voice snapped her out of her thoughts and she scooted close to him

"Ah, this one is a bit tricky, you need to-"

Their lessons today proceeded on as smoothly as yesterday, and the same was also true for the next day

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"Hrmm..."

Raiden was staring at the paper blankly as he looked to be lost in thought. The subject this time was Language, and he was taking a written test in order to measure his ability as with the other ones

And he was quickly breezing through it, the questions weren't exactly difficult for him. After all, almost every one of them was discussed by his previous teachers that he found to be extremely dull

So what exactly caught his attention?

It was the sight of Lia who was sitting at the opposite side of the table. She was intently reading an enormous book with a solemn expression, Raiden could feel the amount of focus that she was directing on it as her green eyes seemed to rapidly scan each of its contents

There were about three other similar books at the side. With this, Raiden couldn't help but be a bit curious

'It doesn't seem to be used for academics...and judging from the cover, it similar to a record of some sort...but for what?'