Death... and me

Falangia couldn’t help but get nervous. She did know how to write and read, but it was only the basics. She didn’t know just how much better Roan was with it. Then again, she found out that quite quickly.

“You suck!” said Roan without holding back. “When you said you knew at least the basics, I thought it was related to grammar. But even the words you teach… did you really learn the basics? Holy shit, just who the hell taught you how to read and write?”

Falangia looked away before saying with a sad expression, “My dead mother…”

Rean, who was watching it all unfold, looked at Roan in dismay as he thought, ‘He just had to step on that land mine. No, wait! If it’s Roan…’

Rean was right. Roan was still Roan. “Your mother SUCKS! No, everyone who taught her before also SUCKS!” Unsurprisingly, he couldn’t care less about Falangia’s dead mother. The dead are dead, that’s all.

*Bang!*

Suddenly, a huge pile of books appeared on the table where Falangia, Rafatia, and Luan were sitting in front. “We are going to learn everything from the very start. Open the first book!” Roan even forgot about the Molten Divine Rock Flowers, the Third Grade Star Body, and the fact that they could go to the Under Desert Sea. He simply couldn’t take it anymore.

Roan then looked at Rean and said, “Of course, reading and writing isn’t everything. You will teach them math! You better make sure that they’re doing everything correctly.”

Rean sighed and nodded in response. “Sure, sure… so, how about the punishments?” Well, it turns out that Rean was still the same teacher as the one back in Varen Village. With that being said, he wasn’t exactly a very understanding one.

Roan had to admit Rean was right. “Hmm… whatever, let’s just give them a beating every time they make too many mistakes.”

Rean nodded, accepting Roan’s idea. With that, the spartan teaching class soon began.

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Surprisingly, the twins spent three more weeks in the hotel room. During that time, neither the twins nor Falangia nor the kids did anything else other than studying and teaching. Although the twins were fine after all that, Falangia’s group looked to be in a terrible state after those three weeks.

*Pah!*

*Ouch!*

Rafatia’s eyes teared up after Rean hit her head with a ruler. “Wrong! How the hell did you get to that result? Try again! ” Surprisingly, Rean was completely immersed in his spartan teaching. He didn’t forgive anyone, including Rafatia and Luan.

As for Roan… well, he was even more terrifying. All three students were scared out of their wits when Roan got mad because of their mistakes. Neither Rean nor Roan healed the injuries on the three, though. First of all, those were very superficial injuries that basically applied a lot of pain but dealt no actual damage. Second, they didn’t want them to think that it might be worth enduring the beating since they would be healed straight away.

Rafatia and Luan cried quite a lot at first. However, that only gave them one more reason to receive a beating. The rule was simple. If you cried after the strike, you received another one. If you continued to cry, you would receive two more. It would then double and double without stopping. The two kids quickly understood that tears were okay, but cries were absolutely out of the question. Then again, even Falangia teared up several times during these last three weeks.

*Pah!*

“Wrong!”

*Pah!*

“Wrong again!”

*Pah!*

“Wrong!”

*Pah!*

“Wrong…”

Even Falangia began to wonder if it was a good idea to follow the twins by now. This wasn’t teaching anymore. This was pure torture! However, the twins were both in the Elemental Transformation Realm, so escape was impossible!

Eventually, at the end of the third week, Rean and Roan gave them reading, writing, and math tests based on their age and achievements so far. “Anyone that gets less than 90% of the questions correct will receive the biggest beating they’ll ever experience. You’ll truly wish you were dead after it.”

None of the three students doubted Rean and Roan’s warning, so their focus was unprecedented!

“Don’t you try to use Divine Sense to ask the others close to you, understood? You all know that we can detect Divine Senses, so that will simply mean an extra beating and a completely new test with different questions for all three of you.”

In the end, Luan had the lowest score with 97%! Falangia got 97.6%, while Rafatia got an impressive 100%! Sure enough, Rafatia wasn’t talented with cultivation, but she was indeed intelligent.

Rean and Roan gave the tests back to the three before Rean finally healed everyone’s bruises. “Very good! It seems like all our effort wasn’t for naught. I’m pretty sure the three of you are scared of us but know that Roan and I had a lot of students before, and they all received the same treatment. It may be painful, but it’s a guaranteed learning method since no one wants to feel more pain.”

Falangia, Rafatia, and Luan nodded vigorously. Whatever Rean and Roan said, they would simply agree. No one would dare to refute the twins’ teaching methods at all.

Rean then smiled before he took out ten Rank Two Divine Stones from the Dimensional Realm. “Of course, you’ll also receive a reward for meeting our expectations.”

When the three saw those Divine Stones brimming with Divine Energy, they all felt like crying. “It wasn’t all in vain…” Those Divine Stones were something they wouldn’t even dream about getting in this continent, so it was more like ten pieces of treasures.

Roan also nodded after Rean did that. “Rewards and punishments are always the best methods of learning. Next time, you should focus so that you can get more.”

“N-n-n-next time?!” Falangia, Rafatia, and Luan’s happiness immediately disappeared like smoke after hearing that.

Roan snorted as he could tell what they were thinking. “Hmph! Do you really think three weeks is enough to teach you? We didn’t do anything else other than cover the basics. You’re still far, far from good enough.”

‘Let us die already….’ thought the trio.