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Chapter 19 - The Genius Antonio

"Yoyo, I miss you so muuchhh~"

Antonio stood motionless as his uncle wrapped him in a very warm and loving embrace.

He returned the hug and said.

"It's been a while Uncle Cesar, I've missed you too."

They stayed in that position for almost a minute with Brigitte staring at them with a gentle smile on her face.

After they parted from the hug, Cesar said in a very refreshing manner after enjoying his nephew's scent that reminds him of a baby's smell.

"Yoyo smells so good unlike those unhygienic people that I encounter every day."

Brigitte felt her mouth twitching upon hearing her finicky brother's remarks.

She commented frankly.

"I think you're the problem here, not those people around—"

"You also stink Brigitte, when was the last time you freaking took a bath? Did you go around with Yoyo with all that nasty odor of yours?"

Cesar cut off whatever his sister was going to say as he felt annoyed at Brigitte's scent.

Brigitte smelled herself and asked Antonio.

"Do I smell bad, Yoyo?"

"No, Aunt, you smell fine to me."

Antonio immediately replied, reassuring his aunt.

In fact, Brigitte exudes a sweet expensive fragrance from a popular brand that she was endorsing.

Antonio watched as his uncle and aunt began to quarrel like children.

Actually, Antonio knew the real reason why his uncle was like that.

It was not a secret to their family and the entire entertainment industry that his uncle, Cesar Del Rio, has mysophobia.

The famous movie director always feels disgusted with a lot of things, places, and people.

Only a few individuals can actually touch him or go near him without him feeling nausea.

One of those individuals is his nephew, Antonio, who he thinks is the cleanest and the most fragrant being in the entire world.

When evening came and Antonio's grandparents arrived, they began their dinner with a harmonious atmosphere.

After knowing that Antonio will be staying at Brigitte's house for three days, the grandparents and Cesar also decided to stay in the house.

Three days passed by in a blink of an eye with Antonio spending time together with his grandparents, singer aunt, and movie director uncle.

Right now, he is currently inside a dark blue coupe car driven by Christopher, who fetched him from his aunt's place.

"How's the stay with your relatives, Yoyo?"

Christopher inquired as he maneuvered the vehicle to the direction of their residence.

Antonio glimpse at his father's handsome face before answering.

"It was fun, Dad! They paid a lot of attention to me so that I won't be bored."

Christopher nodded his head as he listened to his son.

They soon arrived at the Legaspi mansion and Butler Carlson immediately welcomed them with maids and male attendants behind him.

"Welcome back, Master and Young Master!"

The servants, along with Butler Carlson, greeted Christopher and Antonio in unison.

Christopher nodded his head while Antonio smiled and returned the greeting of their servants.

He was about to go up to his room, when suddenly, Butler Carlson spoke.

"The teacher was already in the library, Mr. Legaspi."

"I see, let's go there."

Christopher replied.

Their family butler quickly leads the way for them and the servants disperse to go do their job assignments.

Antonio followed his father quietly, but curiosity made him utter his question.

"Did you hire a teacher, Dad?"

Christopher patted his head and gently answered to his son.

"Yes, let's greet him Yoyo … he seems to be waiting inside the library for quite a while now."

Antonio smiled and nodded his head.

He already has an idea on why his father hired a teacher.

'It must be to help me review for the acceleration test.'

He thought as he felt odd deep inside him.

In his past life, he had long finished his college then worked as an author for almost ten years before he died.

But knowing that he needs to take an exam so that he can complete his high school, he can't help but sense nostalgia welling-up in him faintly.

He remembered his days as a high school student in his past life … It was fun and sad at the same time.

To repay his maternal relatives who took him in, he made an effort to always excel academically, which made them proud of him.

He made friends here and there to cover up the sadness and loneliness that he was truly feeling.

Yet, his friends cannot compare to the warmness and love his parents and brother showered to him.

"Yoyo?"

Christopher called out to him upon sensing that he seemed to be zoning out.

Antonio snapped back to reality and smiled at his father.

He felt happy that in this life, although his mother already passed away, his father and brother are alive and healthy.

"Thanks Dad!"

Antonio cheerfully said as he clung to Christopher's arm.

His father looked at him with a puzzled expression before asking.

"What are you thanking me for?"

"Everything … thanks for not leaving me alone … and everything!"

He said with a very sentimental smile on his face.

Christopher gazed at him without knowing what to do with him, so he just decided to ruffle his son's hair.

"I don't know what you are talking about, but I won't leave even if you push me away, my dear Yoyo."

Christopher said as they stopped in front of the huge double door, located at the very end of the hallway on the first floor.

It was their library, where various books of different genres and subjects are stored.

Butler Carlson opened the door and bowed his head for his two masters to enter the room.

Antonio stepped inside the library together with his father.

No matter how many times Antonio visited this place, his admiration for the place doesn't fade.

The library is a very spacious room with couches, sofas, and a table near the entrance, and beyond them, are countless huge shelves filled with books.

One needs to use a ladder to get a book from the sixth row to the tenth row, the highest row of the shelves in the library.

"Good morning, Mr. Legaspi and sir Antonio … My name is Tom Jamotsky."

A man's voice interrupted Antonio's appreciation for the library.

Turning to face the man, Antonio smiled and greeted him back.

"Hello, teacher!"

Antonio said as he looked at the man with a big build that made him think of a gangster.

But, he soon erased the thought in his mind after seeing the gentle smile of the man.

'Oh, he actually looks like a caring neighborhood uncle.'

Christopher and Tom converse for a while as Butler Carlson instructed some maid to bring refreshments inside the library.

Once the teacher and Christopher finished what they were talking about, Christopher talked to his son briefly before leaving the room.

Butler Carlson also left the room, and only two maids stood behind where Antonio was sitting.

They stand by there in case their young master might need something.

"Let's eat some snacks before we start, Teacher."

Antonio said politely as he took a bite of the cupcake served to them by the maids.

Tom listened to his student and drank the apple juice in his glass.

After that, they started their review for the acceleration test that Antonio will be taking in the month of May.

'Hmm?'

Antonio stared amusedly at the workbook given to him.

It was a workbook that continued general knowledge, computation, theoretical, and historical questions.

He flipped the pages and smiled faintly.

The questions are very familiar to him.

No, it was not just familiar to him, they were all questions that he knew what their answers were.

Questions that he already had encountered and answered in his past life … he found them very easy to answer in this life, not that he really struggled with them in his previous world.

After he finished answering the workbook with a hundred questions in just an hour, he handed it to Tom.

Tom stared at the workbook handed to him and slightly raised his head.

'Did he give up because he can't answer them?'

Tom thought as he accepted it.

During his life as a teacher, there were quite a few students he had who had the tendency to just pay the school to go to another level instead of diligently studying.

He scowled as he remembered countless spoiled rich brats who don't have good scores in their academic performance and tests but can proceed to the next level because they have money.

'Tsk! Spoiled brat!'

He thought rudely as he gazed at Antonio with an emotionless face.

"Was the questions really hard that you didn't try to answer them all? They are just a diagnostic test, though?"

He asked as he opened the workbook.

His eyes widened as he saw the first page of the workbook filled with answers.

He read the questions then went back to looking at the answers.

'They are all … correct.'

He thought and then flipped the pages of the workbook.

He finds that there are no questions with no answers.

Not just that, but as he carefully checked every item, he couldn't help but gasp in awe as every answer was well-written, well-explained, and hundred percent accurate.

He stared at Antonio as if he couldn't believe it.

He was observing Antonio for a whole time while he was answering so he knew that the young man didn't use a gadget to search for an answer.

Antonio didn't cheat the whole time he was watching him.

"Genius! Wow!"

He muttered after he finished checking.

He turned to Antonio who was busy reading a huge book while eating a pie on the sofa.

'He seemed to have found a book in the library while I was busy checking.'

Tom thought and moved toward Antonio.

Antonio is so absorbed in his reading that he didn't notice his teacher walking toward him.

He then felt a gentle pat in his head, making him turn.

"Oh, teacher, have you finished checking?"

He asked in an excited voice, confident that his answers were all correct.

He then heard his teacher's reply.

"Yes, you did a good job … your answers are all accurate."

Tom said with a proud smile on his face.

He is actually feeling quite guilty that he initially thought that Antonio was a spoiled brat who relied on his parent's money to pass a grade.

Yet, contrary to his assumptions, he witnessed a wealthy genius in front of him.

Antonio also smiled upon receiving a compliment.

"Then, that's all for today … I'll come back the day after tomorrow to officially start the review."

Tom said, still smiling at Antonio.

Tom expected that Antonio would have given the workbook to him after three hours with a lot of items left unanswered.

After all, that was the usual outcome he experienced from his previous students.

But much to his surprise, Antonio finished answering everything correctly in just an hour, an occurrence that never happened before in the history of his eight years of teaching.

If he were to evaluate Antonio, he is sure that the latter will always be first place among his peers in the same grade level.

And his evaluation is very pinpoint.

Antonio was always the first place in his grade level in every school year … both in this world and in his past world.

"See you next time, sir Antonio!"

Tom bowed to show his respect to his genius student.

"Please have a safe trip and just call me Yoyo next time, Teacher."

Antonio said amicably and gestured to one of the maids to escort his teacher out of the mansion.

With that, the teacher and Antonio parted, with the latter remaining in the library to enjoy some good books to read.