Elysia in Another World

Chapter 11 - You're Elysia?!

An hour or so after Michelle cried herself to sleep, she stirred again. Kye was prepared to wake her if she had taken too much longer since they had school. The three quickly bathed and got ready for class.

Their third class of the day was a science class, specifically astrophysics. Kye was quite bored since she had yet to learn a single thing she didn't already know in any of her academic classes. Considering her wealth of knowledge, it wasn't likely they could teach her academically, but the fact that she was an immortal was not public knowledge.

"And so, while we have a great number of inhabited planets orbiting our own Avalon Galaxy's-"

Wasn't Avalon one of the flying islands in ancient Atlantis?

"-supermassive black hole, Avalon Alpha, we do not yet know what is within the depths of a black hole."

I wonder how close those planets are to the black hole. Too close and time dilation gets pretty extreme.

"It is well known that the gravity of a black hole is powerful enough to trap light."

The hole in spacetime around a black hole is quite deep, yes.

"Even the most powerful royals in the empire cannot yet cast gravity magic that can compare to the natural gravity of a black hole."

That's because you have no understanding of what a black hole really is. I almost want to explain it, but that would just cause me grief afterward. "Kye, how do you know?" "I don't believe you." Ugh, just imagining the responses gives me a headache.

"Miss Kye, are you paying attention?" the instructor asked. "You seem to be bored. Perhaps my class isn't stimulating enough for you?"

What the hell...?

"Yes, I'm paying attention, and do you really want me to respond to the second question? That hardly seems appro-"

"By all means, go ahead and answer. I've noticed-"

If you want me to answer, don't interrupt me.

"-you seem bored in every class of mine that you've taken. I'd like an answer."

Because sitting through classes I have no need of is boring. I'm literally just sitting here until there's something to do that's gradable, then I do that something and get a perfect score. There's a reason I have perfect grades in every year.

Kye snapped her fingers, and an overlay of mana appeared at the front of the class over the wall. The mana formed letters, and it spelled out every word the instructor had spoken since class began. "There's the proof that I'm paying attention. As for whether I'm bored, that hardly matters. But if you must know, yes, I am bored."

I probably shouldn't be honest about why he might get angrier.

"Academic classes in general are boring to me. I'm not particularly fond of sitting at a desk doing paperwork. I'm more of a hands-on girl."

"If our academy's classes are so boring, perhaps you would do better at another institution."

Do you not realize you're speaking to the top student in the academy?

The class gasped. Even the commoners were shocked at the instructor's comment.

Kye sighed. "Just get back to your lecture."

"I would rather not lecture a bored student such as yourself."

For crying out loud...

"Instructor Hansen, this really isn't appropriate," said Alaira Marshall.