Showered by the Stars
Aquarius9347
(All characters are purely fiction.)
Please be easy on me. This is my first work.
He's completely on a different level
So the rumor was true. Him being here in the same school, in the same room and sitting beside me is just too much a reality to be called rumor. But why did he suddenly want to experience High School life, as if it's to widen his knowledge, like I'd believe that. I snorted at the thought of it. For someone with an IQ of 180 and just received his Ph.D, why would he bother going back to High School? And like he said, it's his first time?
I decided to ask him about it after class.
His textbooks were piled up on his desk and beside it are two books completely unrelated to our subject.
I decided to let it pass for now. Grandfather specifically told me that as the young miss of the household, I should prove myself to be knowledgeable than an average student.
I listened to our Math teacher give a lecture about geometry. I picked up my math book from inside the desk when I noticed Konoe-san scanning the textbooks one after another then placed it under his desk. He then opened one of the two books and started reading it from the first page. I caught a glimpse of the title; it was 'George Washington's Sacred Fire'.
I just ignored it, listening to the lecture about Geometry while he read the book. The next time I looked at him, he was already near the end of the book. I was shocked. He's really a fast-reader. I might have thought it was a bit awesome but because of his action, Hideki-sensei was pissed.
He called out Konoe-san. But Konoe-san didn't seem to hear him.
"Konoe Eri!" Hideki-sensei said, loudly. The students flinched. Konoe-san seemed to finally hear.
"Yes? Hideki-sensei?" he said, innocently.
"I see that you were busy with other things other than my subject. Would you care to prove me wrong by answering this math problem?" The teacher challenged.
"Ah. I'm sorry if I bothered your class." Konoe-san said.
"Well, then answer this problem." The teacher said. "Come here in front, read the problem to your classmates and answer it on the board." He's really challenging Konoe-san. He must have wanted to make him a laughing-stock in front of us.
"Yes." Konoe-san said, following the teacher.
After Konoe-san read the problem, the class became silent. It was a really complicated one. The teacher kept on telling the whole class that this problem is the most complicated that just few people can answer it correctly. He made it a point that it was really hard to understand. He didn't even bother to look at Konoe-san.
After a few minutes, Konoe-san put down the chalk.
"So. Did you give up? See. If you're not listening to the discussions then you won't lear—" He was stopped in midsentence when he saw the board filled with equations and solutions. It was really complicated. I poked Ran who sat in front of me.
"Hey. Do you understand that?" I whispered.
"Yes. It was once in the National mock exam. But this is just the second time I've seen such a detailed solution." Ran replied.
The look on Hideki-sensei's face expressed confusion. He might be a math teacher but it's obvious that he doesn't understand what's written on the board.
"Mind explaining everything you've written to the whole class?" the teacher challenged. He's not ready to back down yet. But Konoe-san did as he was told and made it simple for us to understand. The whole class, including me was able to understand it after that. It was as if all the lessons that were tackled since we studied math came back to us with just his explanation.
"But then, when I looked this up, it doesn't look like the correct answer. Are you saying that the answer I found in the internet was wrong? I mean, math teachers check out that page as reference." the teacher said. Now he's saying that Konoe-san is just making it all up?
"Ah! If you mean that—" Konoe-san erased the writings on the board and wrote a new solution. It was really short but it looks more complicated. "This is just shorter version of the one I wrote awhile ago." He then explained the solution. We were able to understand it. "So this is what you meant, right?"
"Er—yes. But this is high level math. It's even set for those who are taking up Math as their major." The teacher said, dumbfounded.
"Ah. I came across this once when I studied in Oxford." Konoe-san said.
"Eh? Oxford? That famous university abroad? But you said this is your first time in High School, right? And the teacher just said those things awhile ago. When did you answer such a difficult problem?" one of our classmates asked.
"Um—As long as I can remember, I think that was 7 years ago. I was in my last two years of studying Business Administration when we had this on our pop quiz." He said, bluntly. 7 years ago, if he was of the same age as us then that would mean, he was 9 years old. The whole class realized as well and stared at him, mouth open.
"Argh! Konoe Eri, take your sit." The teacher said, annoyed.
Konoe-san just followed obediently. He sat on his chair and put the book he just finished inside his bag.
"That was really cool, Konoe-san." I said to him.
"Is that so? Oh! And please, just call me by my first name. It would be confusing if you were talking to my grandfather." He smiled.
"Ah! Yes. Then call me by my first name as well, Eri-kun." I said.
He chuckled. "Sure. Ah! Mizuki-chan, do we have our own lockers here?"
"Ah! Yes. Would you like it if I show you around during our break?" I offered.
"Eh? If you won't mind then thank you." He said.
"Sure thing."
The English teacher entered and was greeted. Eri-kun picked up the other book on his desk which has the title 'The Venetian Empire'. He read from the first page while I dozed off.
Itoh-sensei, our English teacher called out Eri-kun.
"Konoe-kun, please pay attention to our discussion. Can you please read to the class the short story in page 238?" she said.
"Ah yes." Eri-kun got up. He looked troubled when he realized that he placed his English textbook at the bottom when he put it under the desk. I opened my own book to page 238 and placed the book on his desk.
He picked it up. He looked at it for a moment. "What's wrong Konoe-kun? Would you like Minami-chan to read it instead? Minami-chan looked so preoccupied awhile ago herself." She said, giving me evil looks.
"Ah! No. It's okay." Eri-kun said.
"Then please read it. It looked like you're having trouble." She said. Gosh! She's so mean.
"Ah no. I was just surprised. I've read this once when I was 3 years old. It just brings back memories. So here it is, The Little Prince—" he read the whole story to the class, saying it all in English. After that, he gave the book back to me. "Thank you Mizuki-chan." He smiled.
