Event Story – Study Diligently, Dear Students, ch.9

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Male student C: Bye, Mx. Bianchi!

Bianchi: Good bye. Remember, the report is due our next class.

Female student B: Bye bye, Mr. Jude!

Jude: Yeah. I'm not sure who you are, but good bye.

Female student B: Hehe, you tell the best jokes, teacher. I'm excited for our next class!

Jude: ? Joke...?

Bianchi: It seems that things are going well for you as well.

Jude: Of course. It's still boring, though.

Bianchi: All thanks to Sage's advice. I need to go thank him right away.

Female student A: Ah, Mr. Nico...

Nico: What?

Female student A: N- No, it's nothing...!

Nico: Okay.

Bianchi: That's one of your students, right? Was there a problem?

Nico: Not really.

Bianchi: ......



Licht: I cleaned the table, Sage...

Sage: Thank you, Licht-kun. I'll do the dishes, so you can go take a shower.

Licht: Okay... I will when I finish putting away the laundry.

Nico: Licht.

Licht: What is it?

Nico: You did a great job cutting the vegetables today. I'll probably need your help again.

Licht: ...! Sure...

Sage: Hehe, it's really great that he helps out, but I should be the one looking after him, not the other way around.

Nico: Licht is a good kid.

Sage: Nico, your phone.

Nico: Leave it. It's probably Billy.

Sage: ... You still haven't contacted him?

Nico: Yeah.

Sage: I see.
... Do you mind telling me what he asked of you?
If you can't tell me it's fine...

Nico: It's okay.
He wanted me to show him how to hack.

Sage: Hack?

Nico: Yeah. He seems to need it right now. 

Sage: And why are you on the fence about it?

Nico: ... I think I told you I have a younger brother, right?

Sage: Yeah.

Nico: He asked me to teach him how to crack in the past.
I just taught him the basics; he studied and improved on his own after that...
And he's doing horrible things with those skills right now.

Sage: Huh-

Nico: That's what I'm capable of. Others shouldn't learn from me.

Sage: ... Oh.
Is that... why you taught nothing in class today?

Nico: Bianchi told you?
... Sorry, you even tried to help.

Sage: Nico, you have nothing to be sorry for. I should be the one apologizing for not noticing.
So that's why...

Nico: ......

Sage: Remember when we taught Licht-kun how to use a kitchen knife?

Nico: Yeah.

Sage: Rather than teaching him how to use it, I believe the first thing we did was explain its purpose to him.

Nico: You mean when you advised him to only use it for cooking?

Sage: Yeah. 
It might sound silly, but I wanted to emphasize that...
there are many different ways to use something.

Nico: ......

Sage: The fact that knives are obviously used for cooking must have confused Licht-kun...

Nico: He actually listened to you.

Sage: Hehe, that's good then.
That's what you shoud be teaching them right now.

Nico: So what matters is why you do it, not how...

Sage: I think that's something only you can teach, Nico.

Nico: ......

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