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He thought for a moment and decided to give it a try: "Great, Broheim's problem is very constructive. It seems everyone is very concerned about this issue. Why don't we do an experiment?"
Robert: "What experiment?"
Dark suddenly shouted, "Broheim, deduct five points!"
Robert's expression changed instantly!
He quickly picked up his college card to check, and sure enough, he had five points deducted!
Dark asked, "So, were any points deducted?"
Robert nodded with a grim expression and said, "Deduct it."
Dark smiled slightly: "Broheim, add five points."
Although the exact principle behind this is unknown, he clearly possessed the power of professors in this class, allowing him to allocate students' credits.
He, as a substitute teacher, has finally gained recognition.
Sure enough, when they realized that this classmate could actually deduct points from their scores, those students who were dissatisfied with him became much more subdued.
Dark said, "Now that everyone has no questions, let's begin the lesson. Please take out your workbooks and turn to page xx. By the way, I don't think anyone has forgotten to do their homework, right?"
Faced with his questioning, the students of the Magic Academy showed slight disdain, and some from the Knight Academy even unfolded their exercise books to show him.
Speaking of which, the last arithmetic class was last Thursday, which was five days ago.
No normal student could possibly not have finished, right?
Impossible, impossible, right?
Professor Lily would normally collect the workbooks before the end of class, grade them, and then distribute them in the next class, along with assigning homework for the new week.
But Dak wanted to kill more time, so he decided to go over the homework today.
Anyway, he was the one who graded most of the first-grade homework.
That's all for today, saving me the trouble of grading!
But just as he was about to open the exercise book, he suddenly looked up and noticed that Robert's expression seemed a little off!
……
Robert was more than just not right; he almost wanted to cry!
Because he genuinely forgot to do his homework!
Of course, Victor, who was next to him, didn't write down a single number either!
However, Witte had better emotional control than Robert, so he didn't show it much.
Arithmetic homework is assigned on Thursdays because it's close to the weekend. So, many students used to do it all at once over the weekend.
But last weekend was the first time Traveler's Street was open to the public!
Witt and Robert spent a fortune on the latest Magic Chess set. They spent the entire weekend fiddling with it, starting Friday afternoon.
Having become so engrossed in their hobbies that they neglected their studies, how could they possibly remember their homework?
By Monday, which was last night, they were trying to borrow credits, so it was even more impossible for them to do their homework!
"Hey."
Robert suddenly felt a pain in his thigh and instinctively turned to look at Witt.
Witt withdrew his hand and quickly gave a wink: "Just pretend."
Ah, trying to put on an act!
But how could she possibly keep up the act any longer...?
Dark originally didn't want to get involved—he was genuinely too lazy to care—but Robert's behavior was so obvious that even the students from the academy across the corridor noticed.
One student even looked at him with ill intent and slowly raised his hand!
If we don't do something about it now, then it's really unacceptable.
"Powell, is there anything you want to say?" Dak asked helplessly.
Powell slowly stood up, pointed at Robert triumphantly, and said, "Dear Dimon, I saw a mouse hiding its workbook in its crotch."
Dark turned his gaze to Robert, then glanced at Witt beside him, and said simply, "God, check Broheim's homework."
Witt lowered his head helplessly and reached for Robert's workbook.
I have to take it!
Because he didn't do it either!
At this point, the only option is to sacrifice the pawn to save the king!
After pretending to check, Witt said helplessly, "Sorry, he seems to have really forgotten to do his homework."
Dark's face darkened: "Very well, Broheim, do you remember how many points you lose for not doing your homework?"
Robert gritted his teeth.
Dark said expressionlessly, "Broheim, deduct ten points!"
Witt gripped the corner of the exercise book tightly.
A very ominous premonition suddenly arose in my heart!
……
Instead of delving too deeply into the matter, Dak copied the exercises onto the blackboard and explained them one by one.
He would occasionally ask questions and use stories to explain difficult concepts, making them easy to understand and far more sophisticated than Professor Lily's rote learning!
The students gradually discovered that those unusually difficult problems suddenly seemed to have become easy!
Robert, sitting in the audience, looked ashen-faced.
Witt tried his best to pretend that he was listening to the lecture; he had never hated himself so much for not doing his homework.
They are both first-year students.
They are both sons of the kingdom's two swordsmen.
Now, one of them is lecturing on stage, while the other is sitting in the audience, afraid of being discovered for not doing their homework!
He gripped the pen with unprecedented force.
……
The explanation of the exercises went much more smoothly than Dark had expected, especially in terms of time management =_=!
Ten minutes of asking questions, half an hour of doing exercises, and forty minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.
Dak glanced at the clock and knew it was time for him to share some useful information.
So he went along with his initial line of thought and began telling the story of "exponential explosion".
Of course, he couldn't actually talk about indices, since that would be far beyond his expertise.
This idea came about because I happened to witness yesterday Emma's debt dispute with Witt and Robert.
Although Dak didn't hear the specifics clearly, it didn't stop him from recalling a story about a millionaire going bankrupt.
Now that he's standing on this platform, he should leave something behind.
So he continued, following his own train of thought: "The famous dragon egg mage Leonardo da Vinci once said that arithmetic is the foundation of all magic! Some of you think that arithmetic has little impact on magic duels, so you don't study it diligently, and you don't even do the few assignments you have. This behavior is extremely foolish!"
"If you can't even do basic arithmetic, let alone magic duels, you might get played for a fool even in normal life."
"Once upon a time, there was a millionaire named Jamie who went bankrupt because he couldn't do arithmetic!"
One day, millionaire Jamie encountered a strange thing.
A man named Weber said to him, “I want to make a contract with you. I will give you 10 Holy Coins every day for a whole month. On the first day, you only need to give me 1 cent, and after that, you will give me twice the amount of the previous day every day.”
Jamie, seeing only the difference between 1 point and 10, exclaimed in surprise, "Really?! You mean it?"
The contract was now in effect, and Jamie was overjoyed.
On the first day, Jamie spent 1 cent and earned 10.
The next day, Jamie spent 2 cents and earned 10.
By the 10th day, Jamie had earned a total of 100 million, while only paying out 5.12 Holy Coins.
By the 20th day, Jamie had earned 200 million, while Webber had only earned a little over 5.
Jamie couldn't help but think, "If only the contract could be for two or three months!"
But starting from day 21, the situation changed!
On the 21st day, Jamie spent over 1 and earned 10.
By the 28th day, Jamie had spent over 134 million and earned 10.
As a result, Jamie received 31 million Holy Coins in one month (310 days), while paying Webber more than 2100 million Holy Coins!
Jamie went bankrupt!
Chapter 31 Witt Roberts Attempts to Get Back on the Right Path
Robert regretted it the moment he cried it out.
But once something has been created, it can never be taken back.
He braced his hands on the table, half-standing, enduring the gazes of almost all his classmates. Suddenly, he regained his senses and understood his situation.
……
"Bloheim, do you have a problem with Emma Metis?"
Dark's voice remained flat and devoid of any warmth.
Robert, however, sensed something different in his words, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, his legs almost trembling.
The story of that millionaire Jamie is remarkably similar to his.
He was already emotionally unstable after being caught not doing his homework, and this incident made him feel like he himself had been scammed out of over 2100 million credits by Emma, causing him to completely lose control and go berserk!
"It's over, we've completely messed it up!"
Robert was utterly despondent and didn't even notice Witt desperately tugging at his clothes.
"Broheim, I'll ask you one more time, do you have a problem with Emma Metis?"
Dak stood on the podium and asked the question for the second time.
Robert then forced a smile and replied, "No, no."
Dark: "Well then, Broheim, minus ten points."
……
The arithmetic lesson is over.
Dak packed his textbooks and headed to Professor Lily's office, intending to tidy it up for her, at least to throw away all the wine bottles.
After he left, the first-grade students suddenly became restless!
The students of the House of Nobles were the most excited because Dak's lecture was absolutely fantastic!
They were all saying that they would rather have Professor Dark give the lectures from now on than Professor Lily!
Even students from the Magic Academy had to admit Dark's performance in this class.
The students of the Fool's House also expressed their admiration in a very simple and genuine way.
Only the students of the Knights Academy endured the strange looks from the other three academies, their hearts filled with mixed feelings.
In this lesson, they were like negative examples, clowns in a circus.
Robert, who plays the clown, almost crawled under the table!
I lost a full twenty points in this lesson!
Not only did they deduct all of his basic points for this lesson, they also deducted all of Witte's basic points!
The two brothers had scored a combined 75 points and were only 5 points away from paying off their debts, but those 5 points became an insurmountable barrier!
Whose fault is this?