Finding Stardust 137 Xion Became Very Confused

The atmosphere suddenly turned quiet. Therius enjoyed his food gracefully while Emma watched him from the side.

"You don't eat?" Therius asked without looking at Emma. Nevertheless, his voice sounded attentive.

Emma did not answer. She immediately finished her meal without saying a word. They all ended up eating in silence. Xion only observed the two people in front of him while shaking his head.

He saw that Emma and Therius looked physically very similar. Inwardly he could only think how these two looked like either siblings or a couple that had been married for a long time.

He did not lie when he told Emma that according to Akkadian belief, a man and a woman who had similar appearances, were said to be fated.

Maybe if their situation was different, Therius and Emma could like each other. This romance would not be a sad one-sided love story.

"All right ... let's study now," Therius said after finis.h.i.+ng his lunch. He rose from his chair and walked out of the lounge.

Emma followed reluctantly. Surprisingly, Xion also walked following them.

"I want to witness how Therius does as a teacher," Xion said nonchalantly. "It must be interesting."

Therius did not comment at all. While Emma's face suddenly brightened. She actually felt that Xion had deliberately joined them for her first lessons with Therius to help her feel more at ease.

"Thank you," Emma mouthed her thank you in Xion's direction. The young man just shrugged.

"I want to make sure you two don't try to kill each other again and destroy this s.h.i.+p," he said with a shrug.

The three of them walked casually to a room located at the end of the hallway. When Therius opened the door, Emma could see a s.p.a.cious room with a beautiful arrangement. One of the walls was a huge window that showed a fantastic view of the star-studded outer s.p.a.ce.

The library was equipped with comfortable chairs, a desk, and three large cabinets filled with books.

"Please take a seat," said Therius. He pointed to the desk. "You will always study with me here."

Emma saw the library was very comfortable, and she quickly compared it to the small and simple study room she used earlier. Ah, why didn't she study here with Atila and Anddara?

"I like this place. It looks very comfortable. Why don't I study here with my other two teachers too?" Emma asked Therius.

The prince looked coldly at Emma. "Because I use this room every day."

"Oh ..."

At first, Emma wanted to protest by saying that this library was big enough for them to use together, but then she coughed and canceled her words. She did not want to see Therius six hours a day when she studied with Atila and Anddara too. She could only suffer his presence two hours per day.

Therius took a blank notebook and pen and handed it to Emma. "We will start today's lesson by learning the Akkadian alphabet."

Emma knew learning a new language was not easy. However, teaching a language was far more difficult than just learning it. So, she was curious to see how Therius would teach her.

Xion sat in a corner, watching the teacher and student interact while enjoying a cup of hot drink. He was also curious to know how Therius would do as a teacher.

"The Akkadian alphabet consists of two types. The old alphabet, and the modern alphabet. The modern written language has been made simpler. However, our old written language is still preserved to this day and regarded as a form of art. You will still see many literary works from the past that are preserved in the original format."

Therius began his cla.s.s by writing down 50 alphabets on the board with a marker. "Our old alphabet has 50 letters, and the modern alphabet has only 35 letters. Akkadian is a tonal language, which means even though the letters might be the same, but the meaning of the words produced can be different, depending on the tones used."

Emma swallowed hard. This means she must learn two languages ​​at once, namely the old and the modern ones. Moreover, she had to work extra hard since Akkadian was a tonal language. The tonal languages are some of the most difficult ones ​​to learn. The emphasis and tone must be absolutely correct to produce the right words.

Examples of tonal languages ​​are Thai and Chinese. Using the wrong tone for certain words could make people misunderstand what you were trying to say and words could get mixed up horribly.

"Okay ... I understand," Emma said, taking a deep breath. Therius told her to rewrite each letter in her notebook, and then asked Emma to memorize the first ten letters. After that, he would write down ten words using the combination of those ten letters and ask Emma to read them. 

Once she did it, Therius asked Emma to memorize those ten words. He then displayed ten pictures on the screen that matched the ten new words that Emma had just learned and asked the girl to rewrite them from memory.

Emma didn't always succeed, and she made a few mistakes each time, but Therius didn't say anything at all. He seemed patient and relaxed, repeating his words and instructions. In just one hour, Emma managed to memorize ten new letters and write down fifty objects using a combination of those ten letters.

"You are very smart. If you continue like this and keep studying hard, you will be able to read those books in the cabinet within one month," Therius praised Emma after she successfully wrote down fifty new words at the end of the two-hour session.

Emma felt her rapid progress in her learning was due to her teacher's patience. She studied Mandarin in school since she was a child and it took years for her to understand it properly, even though she was a genius. Her teachers were not as patient as this guy in front of her.

However, she did not want to show Therius that she was grateful and how she admired the technique and the way the prince taught her. Emma just shrugged and pretended not to care.

And suddenly, two hours went by just like that. Therius closed his book and turned off the multimedia screen. "Cla.s.s is over."

"Hmm ..." Emma took her notebook and rose from her chair. "Can I bring my notebook so I can study it myself in my room?"

"Of course," said Therius. He also handed a tablet to Emma. "This is for you. It contains many important study materials."

"Hmm ..." Emma nodded. She received the tablet from Therius' hand and rushed out.

"If you want to see me and Xion practice our powers and take some notes, we will be in the training room an hour from now. Don't you want to see how he uses his aeromancy?" Therius asked suddenly.

Emma, ​​who had almost reached the door, halted her steps and then turned her head.

"Really? Then, I will be there.."

Xion frowned and was about to shake his head and murmured "No, I want to sleep ..."

However, Therius' sharp gaze made him snort and then nodded. "Fine. I'll train with you."

"Xion needs to train so he wouldn't turn into a sloth," commented Therius.

"See you in the training room in an hour," Emma said.

She then walked away.

After the girl left the library, Xion patted Therius's shoulder.

"You have a talent for teaching. I had no idea," he commented.

Therius coughed and shrugged. "It's not difficult at all. She is very smart."

"Hmm ... did you deliberately use this excuse to get closer to her?" Xion asked again. "This is a good plan. But what will you do if her husband wakes up from his coma?"

Therius looked at the window and watched the stars outside. His expression looked grave.

"Dr. Salas said that he was very unlikely to survive. I only brought him with us in the s.h.i.+p to coax her," Therius said. "He won't wake up."

"I don't really know Emma, ​​but I can guess that she wouldn't want to marry you if she knew that you killed her husband," Xion said.

Therius frowned at his best friend's words. "What do you mean? I did NOT kill anyone."

"Eh ...?" Xion was stunned by Therius' response. "I am your best friend and know you very well ... I know you are the highest level telemancer, and you can kill him secretly. Isn't that what you did?"

Therius now looked really offended. He furrowed his brow as he glared at Xion. "I'm not a coward who kills his rival secretly."

"You didn't ...?" Xion really didn't understand Therius's reaction now.

Was he really wrong to think that Therius had attacked Haoran in the prom? Was it true that Therius was not the culprit?

Xion became very confused. So... did this mean, Haoran was really sick?

But, he remembered that Therius clearly told him not to interfere, and the next moment, Haoran was suddenly lying unconscious with a brain hemorrhage.

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