Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (LN) - Volume 10 - Chapter SS2

Yue’s Magic Lessons: Part 2 

While everyone was lounging around Vandre Schnee’s living room and recovering their strength, Suzu suddenly walked up to Yue. 
“O-Onee-sama! Can you tutor me in magic!?” 
Suzu clasped her hands together in front of her chest, looking almost like she was praying. Her eyes gleamed with expectation. Yue, who’d been attempting to seduce Hajime, turned around with a “Huh?” Embarrassed, she quickly straightened her back and pretended she hadn’t been about to pounce on Hajime. 
“You want me to teach you magic?” 
“Yep. I managed to get myself a familiar, but metamorphosis magic is still hard to control...” 
“Why are you asking me?” 
“Because you’re the best, Onee-sama!” 
Suzu’s looked at Yue with something akin to hero worship in her eyes. Yue blinked a few times, then puffed her chest out proudly. She was enjoying the praise. 
“Mmm... Well, I wouldn’t say I’m the best,” she muttered, but she was kicking her legs back and forth happily. However, her elation was short-lived. A second later, two of her friends came to rain on her parade. 
“Suzu-san, I’m saying this for your own good. You shouldn’t ask Yue-san to teach you.” 
“I concur. Suzu, you would be better off learning from me than Yue.” 
“Shea!? Tio!?” 
Shea and Tio each laid a hand on one of Suzu’s shoulders. Yue gave them a hurt look, while Suzu just turned around blankly. 
“U-Umm, Sheashea? Tio-san? Why’re you saying that?” 
“Because Yue-san is the worst teacher ever!” 
“Furthermore, she is such a natural genius that you will only be discouraged!” 
“Shea!? Tio!?” Once upon a time, Shea and Tio had attempted to learn magic from Yue. But in the end, Yue had been stumped, wondering why concepts that seemed exceedingly elementary to her eluded her pupils. The fact that she hadn’t been acting out of arrogance had actually crushed Shea and Tio’s spirits and made them feel stupid. Incidentally, this was how Yue had tried to teach Shea and Tio: 
“So, you gather your mana with a bwaaah, then you go all pew pew! After that, you need to follow up with a fwoosh! Simple, right?” 
It was little wonder that Shea and Tio had been stumped. Yue turned to Hajime with teary eyes. She pointed at Shea and said, “They’re being mean to me.” 
“Taniguchi. I’d recommend learning from Tio too. She’s the best teacher among us.” 
“Huh!?” 
Yue slumped to the ground. She’d never expected Hajime, of all people, to betray her. 
I see... Everyone will betray you eventually... That’s just how people are. You were right, copy... she thought to herself. She crawled over to a corner of the room and huddled there, hugging her knees. And as she sulked, she glared at Hajime, Shea, and Tio. 
“I hate you guys...” she mumbled. Then, she buried her head in her knees. Suzu looked from her to Shea and the others, while Shizuku laughed dryly and Shea and Tio just shook their heads in exasperation. Hajime, on the other hand, looked pained, as did Ryutarou and Kouki for some reason. Kaori alone seemed happy by this turn of events. Grinning, she walked over to Yue, humming to herself as she did and looking absolutely ecstatic. 
“Yue-sensei!” she exclaimed in a singsong voice. Shizuku looked up at the ceiling in exasperation while everyone else took a few steps back, expecting another fight to break out. 
“Die, Kaori...” 
“See, there’s your problem! It’s because you’re always so mean to people that you suck at teaching.” 
On the surface, it seemed like Kaori was giving sound advice, but it was obvious from her expression that she was glad to have finally grasped one of Yue’s few weaknesses. It was only around Yue that Kaori was ever this belligerent. Still, Hajime missed the days where she was the gentle goddess of his high school. 
“Hey, I have an idea! Why don’t you try teaching me? For example... how about you teach me how you changed your hair color with metamorphosis magic? What do you say?” 

“Tch... You’re just going to laugh at me and call my explanations incomprehensible!” 
The only thing Yue was willing to teach Kaori was the meaning of pain. She lunged at the healer, but Kaori was used to Yue’s violent outbursts, so she simply caught Yue’s fist and said, “Now now, stop playing around and teach me properly.” 
Yue glared at Kaori for a few seconds, but then seemingly changed her mind and decided to play along with Kaori’s charade. 
“First, you squeeze your mana like all bwaaah. Then, you start kneading it like paaa. And finally, all that’s left is to drop it out with a fwoosh!” 
Shea and Tio turned to Suzu, as if to say “See, her explanations are incomprehensible.” Suzu’s expression stiffened and she gave them a nervous smile. Shizuku’s reaction was much the same. Neither of them had expected the perfect vampire princess to have such a glaring flaw. However— 
“Umm, so I just go bwaaah, then paaa, then fwoosh... I did it!” 
“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?” 
Everyone’s eyes practically popped out of their skulls as they stared at Kaori. She’d actually succeeded in turning her silver hair black by following Yue’s incomprehensible explanation. 
“See, you’re not bad at teaching at all, Yue. I got your explanation right away!” 
“R-Really? You understood what I said?” 
“Of course! You just go bwaaah, then paaa, then fwoosh! It’s a piece of cake!” 
“Yeah... It is!” 
Yue’s depressed expression transformed into a grin. She got to her feet and pointed at Shea and Tio, puffing her chest out so hard that it looked she was about to bend over backward all the while. 
The two of them were still reeling from this revelation when Kaori added, “What’s gotten into you two? Why’re you being so mean to Yue?” 
“W-We’re not trying to be mean, we just...” 
“I-Indeed... How is it you can understand Yue’s explanation, anyway?” 
Kaori cocked her head and replied in a confused voice, “I mean, her explanation’s just so simple, isn’t it?” 
Tio clutched her chest and pitched to the ground while Shea’s eyes glazed over. 
In the silence that followed, Suzu timidly said, “You really are good friends with Yue-oneesama, Kaorin.” 
This time, Yue and Kaori didn’t deny it. They couldn’t. For once, they were in agreement. And so, Yue-sensei descended once more. 
“Shea, Tio, Hajime. Shizuku, you too. On your feet!” 
Yue’s damaged pride had recovered, and she was raring to teach once more. No one could stop her now. Hajime and the others exchanged glances, then wearily got to their feet. 
“Alright, now repeat after me! Bwaaah, paaa, and fwoosh!” 
Of course, no one repeated those words. After all, it would have been far too embarrassing to say meaningless sounds like that. However, Yue was a merciless teacher. 
“I said repeat after me! It starts with bwaaah! Got it? Bwaaah! Now say it!” 
“B-Bwaaah....” 
“Bwaaah!” 
Only Kaori seemed to be enjoying the impromptu lesson. Smiling, she raised her hands up in the air, making what was presumably a ‘bwaaah’ motion with them. 
“I can’t hear the passion in your voice! Again! This time, say it with heart!” 
Yue’s lesson continued for quite some time, making Hajime and the others all die inside.