Volume 6.5 Chapter 24: Is Teaching Hereditary?

"Hah, I can't do anything here." Keith was forced to sit out again. But it was something he had gotten used to. He watched the others use magic,

"Herrick! Concentrate on your magic more!" "Melor, ease your shoulders!" "Alfia, stop being a scatterhead!"

From the side, Keith started to coach them. It was easy to see what they needed to improve from afar.

"I'm trying my best."

Keith shook, "You're not. I can tell you're not concentrating hard enough. The mana you gathered isn't dense enough. Get twice the amount."

"Fine." Herrick gritted his teeth as he continued to focus even more. More mana started to pull towards the center of his body.

"Good." Keith nodded. As he continued doing this, Shire said, "Keith, can you do something for me?"

"Hmm?"

"I can tell you have a knack for teaching. How about you teach the class for a bit?"

"You want me to teach?" Keith tilted his head. Shire nodded and explained, "Mmhmm, I've seen your skills. Now I'm beginning to wonder whether or not the Marquis or Marchioness are great teachers?"

"..." Keith blinked; what did he mean by that?

"Your brother also taught a few classes before he graduated."

"Alvin taught before?" This was news to him.

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"Alvin was one of the best students in the magic department. From time to time, he would teach other students."

"I see. I will try. But don't expect me to be like my brother." Keith scratched his head. He was nothing like Alvin.

"Don't worry." Keith got up and stretched himself. While he did, Shire chuckled. Your teaching abilities are better than your brother's. Keith thought he was a worse teacher than Alvin. It was the opposite.

When Alvin taught the students, they were all underclassmen. But Keith was doing it with people the same age as him. It was a different spectrum.

"Alright! Our class representative taught us together for the last half of the class!" Shire clapped his hands.

Everyone paused.

Hah? He's going to be the one teaching us?! Everyone's expression changed when they heard that. This was unexpected. Herrick and the others nodded their heads to this.

"Good afternoon, class. I will be teaching you all today." Keith pushed up his non-existent glasses. That just caused everyone to look at him funnily.

"The lesson I will teach everyone is the concentration of elemental magic." That was something Keith had a good grasp on.

"Most of you have seen me discuss with student Ophelia how to increase the power of lightning magic." Keith had taught her how to improve her lightning magic.

"Mmhmm." The students nodded. Keith added, "Good. I shall explain some others and how it works. The first one I shall talk about is earth. Earth is simple as it's a condense rather than an increase of mass."

"Hmm?" "An image should help you guys see it clearer." Keith looked around and picked up some soil.

"Soil is a good representation of earth magic."

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"Let me explain first; right now, the soil is how everyone uses earth magic."

"..." Okay.

"However, do you see how loose it is? You can't really do anything with this." It was loose, and pockets of air could enter.

"..." The students stayed quiet as they stared at him. Keith continued, "But if you concentrate by compressing it, it makes things different." Crushing the dirt in his hand, he made it into a small ball.

"The earth will become sturdier and harder."

"This is the same concept with wind magic. You compress the wind rather than expanding it. However, there are downsides to this."

"Downsides?"

"By increasing the power through compression, you decrease the area of effect. To mitigate this, you must increase the amount of mana." It was a simple method.

"That's all I have to offer. You all can try it out yourself." Keith sighed as he went back and sat down.

"Alright, you heard what your representative said. Now, do it yourself." This kid. He has better teaching abilities than his brother.

It was not close at all.

Keith sat on the sidelines as he watched them. As he did,

"Representative, can you help us?" A couple of students had called out to Keith.

"Sure." Keith nodded as he walked up to them. He taught them step by step.

"Can you help me as well?" Scarlet walked up to Keith. But Keith's brow raised, "Are you sure you need my help?" He saw her practice, and she knew how to do it.

"I want your take."

"Same here," Ophelia walked up to him.