Chaos Cycle: The Eye of Genesis

Professor Sarah was flabbergasted, and so was the entire class. In her experience as a teacher and a student, she had seen no student be so cocky and glib-tongued. She knew the one before her was the most extraordinary seed of this year, but this type of arrogance would turn any good seed to rotten.

Taking into consideration that she was the teacher, and it was her duty to straight cocky kids, she was about to yell at Elior when another student stopped her.

"Professor Sarah," Ileana said with a little uncomfortable expression. "I don't think you should continue with him. El, I mean, Elior is speaking the truth. He might have a cocky tongue, but he never lies."

"Huh? Since when did I have a cocky tongue?" Elior questioned nonchalantly. "I just speak the truth and it might appear a little cocky to someone, but it is not my fault."

"So you're telling me all of this is the truth?" the blonde professor asked, showing the calculation in the hollowbook. "You have level 12 in mana application, level 14 in Focus, Level 4 in spell mastery?"

Elior nodded. "Everything is correct there except the spell mastery—it is a little tricky," he said, considering he had not practised his spell more than half an hour in the entire three weeks.

The professor turned to Ileana. "You want me to believe that?" she asked. "You are the most capable student in my class, yet you might not have reached level 3 in spell mastery till now. How can I believe his deception—he did not even try to look convincing?"

"Ow, it has reached level 4," Ileana said. "I have some help from El and Senior Aanya."

"Really?" Professor Sarah raised an eyebrow at her, then shook her head. "That is not the important point. Even if he has level 4 in spell mastery, what about the other skills? How can I believe that?"

"Well, it sounded ludicrous to me as well." Ileana sighed. "But I can reassure you that El does not lie. He already got into so many trouble for this."

Ileana's firm response seemed to waver the young professor a little. She looked particularly at Elior, as if trying to find what was wrong with this boy. He was seven or eight years younger than her, and she was at the respectable post of a teacher. So many students feared her after only one yell from her, yet this boy barely responded. He didn't even flinch.

And his eyes were a little peculiar as well. She saw no fear in them or any reverence, and when he focused, it was as if he was already in a higher realm of understanding than her. She had seen a similar type of gaze in a few people. Professor Aleister was one example—that man had experienced and fought in the great battle a couple of decades ago and sacrificed so much. It was convincing, she found him to have such eyes and air. But it was entirely unconvincing for a teenage kid to have such a look.

"Don't think too hard," Elior opened his mouth again. "Even though I reached that level in the skills, all my hard work and excellence are not enough. I had some help."

"I guess there is only one way to prove that," the blonde professor said. "Why don't you show your skills and cast a few elementary fireballs? I can access them and will be able to tell what level of mastery your skills have reached."

"Do I have to?" Elior asked as if it was a bother.

"El, follow her instruction quietly," Ileana hissed at him with a glare. "If you don't want others to call you a liar."

"Fine," he said and raised his palm. A fireball condensed instantly in his palm. "Is this enough or should I make more?"

He did it anyway. He made another fireball on the other palm. And in the next moment, he cast two at the same time.

"Double casting?" Professor Sarah was bewildered.

"Oh, my spell mastery just reached level 5," Elior added, and he mashed all the fireballs into one, then dissolved it entirely. "Can I sit down now?"

"How can you double cast so easily?" the professor asked instead of answering.

"Isn't that easy? All you had to do was divide the focus into two places and cast. And there no need to be bewildered, it is after all elementary spells."

"El, I think you should stop talking now, or everyone will think you are just cocky," Ileana said, squinting her nose. "Well, I even think you are cocky, and I have been your friend since childhood."

"It is what it is," Elior sighed and sat down, seeing the gesture from the teacher. 'I am what I am."

"This type of talent could only be considered monstrous," Professor Sarah said, unconsciously looking at Elior. "A born prodigy."

'I wish that was true.' he did not say it out loud this time. He might be considered a prodigy in duels or battles, but he's not one in casting. All of this he had learned in the previous timeline.

"Professor, the double casting you talked about is about casting two spells at once?" Ileana asked, with the thought of learning and helping him, turning the focus of the class from him. "If so, how hard is it to learn?"

"According to your friend, it is super easy," the teacher said, and she moved back to her seat, giving back the hollow book. "For some, it comes naturally after they become adept in the spells, but be mindful the double casting is always different with different spells. So the easiest way to learn that is to train those spells so hard that you could cast it on instinct."

"I see," Ileana said. "Professor, how long did it take you to learn double casting?"

"I don't think it's a good question to ask here," the teacher said. "But I'll answer, consider many others wanted to learn it as well. The average time is about half a year when the student with above-average talent learns to double cast an elementary spell, but it is different for a prodigy like him who can already do it. It took me about three months to learn that and butt your senior Aanya has learned it even before a month, though I'm not so sure about the case.

"If you just wanted to learn double-casting elementary spells, that would not be that difficult. All you have to do is relentless practice with the spell all the time, but I advise you not to do that. As he mentioned, it is only an elementary spell—barely usable against a low-grade monster—and other than lighting candle it would have no use."

Elior did not agree with her last statement, though it was somewhat true for most students. He did not ponder for long, and raised his arm to ask a question.

"Yes?"

Elior stood up. "Professor, can I get exempt from your class until you finish teaching elementary magic? Don't get me wrong, your teaching is fairly good for everyone here, but it would be a waste of time for me. As you have seen, I don't need any education on elementary magic."

Sarah did her best to not flare up her anger at those cocky words. She reminded herself twice the one before here was her student. She sighed and calmed down. "I can't approve of that," she said. "If you really want an extempt you have to get a written from the head professor, though I would not recommend that. There are more things about learning the spells. I might even teach you the advance spells."

Elior nodded and sat down.

"Alright then, the time is almost up," she stood up again. "We did not get the things done today, but I'm glad to find out two prodigies in our class—if any student has a problem in understanding they can discuss with the two of Elior and Ileana. and work hard there might be an announcement for students who performed excellently. They might get a chance to advance to the next level."

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Thanks for that power stones and Golden tickets.