There was silence once more and it looked like none were willing to divulge the secret for some strange reason.
'Your class can't be stretched on any further, just forget about it.' Tenji consoled himself.
"Alright, since none is willing I would let this sl–"
Pop!
A student had her right hand raised while she made yet another pop of her chewing gum.
All attention was drawn to her table and murmurs ensued about the transfer student from the rival academy of Kireth.
The reason for her transfer had been kept a secret from the students and professors. With a grade score of 27, she had one of the best and fastest rises aside from Rumi in Erīto.
She had her light brown hair in a shoulder-length bob with her bangs framing a pale-skinned oval-shaped face. On her bangs were bobby pins placed in a crisscross and another below horizontally.
Having her fringe covered a part of her blue right eye which she constantly blew on but refused to tuck behind her ear.
Tenji had a frown as he observed she had not worn her name tag like the rest.
"Professor Tenji, it's not proper to stare at a female student's chest." She brought her hand down and had them over her chest protectively, pulling on her pink button-down sweater decorated with flowers and bows.
"Kim Ara..." Tenji's voice broke off as he stared at the student with keen eyes.
Ara did a double take on his precision on knowing who she was even though this would be their first official interaction and she intentionally didn't have her name tag on.
'Artist identified.' Tenji analyzed his options and tilted his head with a smirk on his lips.
"You're bold, I like that." Tenji commended her.
'What is going on? You were meant to react differently, why are you so calm?!' Ara frowned and folded her arms under her bust.
Clapping his hand to get everyone's attention. He implored the students to conjure their spellbooks so they could add to the knowledge they had gained over time.
There was yet another murmur that erupted by how easy it was for Ara to escape punishment.
"Ara, could you get in front of the class and stand by me for the demonstration?" Tenji suggested with a smile.
Ara pointed at herself, unsure what he needed her help for in the presentation that was the first trial.
"Yes, you. Do get here within a thirty seconds time frame." Tenji affirmed.
Reluctantly she got to her feet and slowly made her way toward Tenji.
"Today we would take things further and progress to reading the body language of a target." Tenji placed his hand on the whiteboard and channeled a fraction of his mana into it.
The page number boldly flashed on the board in bold black numbers.
A little green spell book, the size of a notepad materialized and hovered above each expectant student.
"This would aid you with the steps to perform this effectively." He explained to the joy of most of the students.
All had gotten theirs carefully dropped on their palms except Ara who had hers hit her head and dropped onto the floor.
Ara had her teeth gritted in anger and glared daggers at the opened book spread out on the floor.
"Professor Tenji, your book tried to mess with my head," Ara complained with a pout.
'Your head is already messed up from what I can see, I'm just surprised it wasn't corrected instead.' Tenji rolled his eyes at her lame attempt at trying to guilt trap him into reconsidering selecting her.
"Professor Tenji, why was I called out? My ankle hurts." Ara whined and batted her long lashes at him.
Ignoring her questions, he chose to focus on the little he could impact the ones who would be willing to focus on his teachings before his twenty-seventh minutes were up.
Most of the females had their attention on his face and not on the specified page number given to them and continued with a lovesick smile and audible sighing with no attempt of hiding it.
"When faced with an opponent, knowing even if it's their first move and objective is essential in gaining an upper hand as it's a crucial part when handling confrontation."
Before giving a brief preview, he turned toward Ara and whispered to her. "Aren't you curious as to how I knew your name?"
Ara's head whipped up to meet his gaze on her.
"Professor Tenji?!" A student among the others raised his hand, his thick brows the center of attraction of Tenji's focus once he looked to his left.
The words Tenji had asked her kept ringing in her ears and thoughts.
She watched with curiosity as Tenji effortlessly explained what had been wrong with the student's spell before doing the same for others who had numerous questions about the new formation.
She began to understand not only did his looks captivate the females, his knowledge just seemed so vast to speak on.
"Ara?" Tenji called out again for her to snap out of her trance-like state while she stared at him.
Taking three steps back, she became worried she might have made a fool out of her action.
Grateful for her bangs, she hid her eyes hoping for some interaction with him.
"This is a technique I had developed while training, so I would make a demonstration of a mediocre version of the original capacity this skill gives each user," Tenji explained and made a defensive stance.
"What?!" Ara jumped back and hid her nervousness with a chuckle. "You wouldn't hit a female, would you?"
'I sure can do if the situation calls for it, but this is but a show on what needs to be taught.' Tenji thought with a smirk.
Getting tired of her series of complaints and questions, "I can assure you, you wouldn't land a hit on me and this is just a demonstration."
The corner of Ara's lips is raised at the challenge, and her eyes glow as she makes a mental preparation so she doesn't give away her actions to be read.
"How far can you keep up?" Tenji clenched his fists and questioned with a grin.
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A/N
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