Yukinoshita Yukino, who originally thought Tanaka Masao was a completely clueless slacker, now felt incredibly relaxed.
Tanaka Masao only needed tutoring in two subjects: History and Civics (Politics).
His grades in these two subjects made Yukinoshita Yukino wonder if Tanaka Masao was truly a Japanese person.
Tanaka Masao: My outward appearance is, but my spirit is not.
Tutoring for these two subjects was quite simple; memorization was enough.
...
Ten minutes later.
"Oh, sh*t, this damn Japanese government, how can it have such a system?"
Tanaka Masao, who was diligently trying to memorize civics knowledge, couldn't help but curse.
The various convoluted institutional rules gave him a headache.
Looking at Tanaka Masao, who was scratching his head, feeling pain and irritation as knowledge entered his brain, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but smile.
Was this the joy a top student felt watching a slacker study?
Regarding this, Yukinoshita Yukino didn't have any good methods to help Tanaka Masao; things that relied on memory required his own effort.
Fortunately, the painful period didn't last too long.
After staying in the Service Club for another half an hour, it was past five o'clock, and the two of them tidied up and went home.
As they parted ways, Yukinoshita Yukino said, "Tanaka-kin, remember to diligently memorize the exam scope when you go back. I will be testing you over the next few days."
With a week left until the exam, if Tanaka Masao only tutored in History and Civics, it would still be fine.
"Okay..." Tanaka Masao responded weakly.
Memorizing such dry and uninteresting knowledge was truly too painful for him.
...
Upon returning home, Tanaka Masao found Kashi in the living room, looking just as disheartened as he was.
"What's wrong with you? You were so cheerful when you came back yesterday, but today you're so listless. Are you already tired of school life?"
As he spoke, he also slumped onto the sofa, looking quite dejected.
Hearing this, Kashi glanced at Tanaka Masao and sighed helplessly.
"Don't even get me started. During Japanese class today, the teacher called on me to answer a question.
She asked me, 'What is Yuki thinking right now?'
I told her very clearly that I am Kashi, not Yuki. If she wants to know what Yuki is thinking, she should just go ask Yuki. Why ask me?
And do you know what the most important thing is? Those little brats actually dared to laugh at me! Was I wrong?"
Tanaka Masao couldn't help but laugh when he heard Kashi's ordeal. His previously not-so-good mood suddenly brightened.
He had thought that studying this afternoon was difficult and painful, that he was very bad at it.
He didn't expect there was an even more 'heavyweight' one.
Suddenly, he thought of something and asked Kashi, "By the way, can you understand everything in your classes these past two days?"
"Huh? Are you looking down on me?" Kashi crossed her arms, looking quite proud.
"I didn't listen at all."
Tanaka Masao: Good thing I didn't have any expectations for you.
He knew that with Kashi's level, studying was impossible.
His previous life was similar to this, and with the original owner's foundation, he could adapt relatively quickly.
Kashi, however, couldn't. She came from the Demon World and had never been exposed to human knowledge.
And because of her age, she started school in the third grade, so integrating wouldn't be a quick process.
Thinking of this, Tanaka Masao felt a bit of schadenfreude.
"Hehe, you probably have midterms over there too, right?"
"Midterms? What's that?"
"It's a regular test to assess students' learning progress during this period and give them grades."
"Assessment, I know that."
"Assessments will definitely have rankings. With your current level, if nothing unexpected happens, you'll definitely be last."
"Last!" Hearing this, Kashi stood up with a start, as if she had been provoked.
"How could I possibly be last!"
Kashi's pride would not allow her to be last, not even in a human world assessment.
"No one can be ranked ahead of me except for the Demon Lord."
"Just you wait, I will easily defeat those ordinary humans and get first place."
After saying that, Kashi returned to her room and began to study seriously.
Watching Kashi's retreating figure, Tanaka Masao shook his head.
"Tsk tsk, she's really full of fighting spirit, but sometimes effort doesn't necessarily yield results."
Kashi's image as a silly, brainless, and gluttonous girl was already deeply etched in his mind.
So he didn't believe Kashi when she said she would get first place.
However, influenced by Kashi's high enthusiasm for learning, Tanaka Masao also decided to return to his room and continue reading.
...
The next day, in the Service Club.
Under Yukinoshita Yukino's supervision, Tanaka Masao studied diligently and completed the corresponding tests.
Tanaka Masao's improvement was quite significant.
He had at least now sorted out the chronological order of various eras in Japanese history.
As for information on various famous figures, and the time, content, meaning, and impact of important events, that would still require a bit more time.
Yukinoshita Yukino took out her notebook that she used for class and handed it to Tanaka Masao.
"These are things the teacher talked about in class. They are more concise than the content in the textbook and also include the teacher's detailed analysis of various topics, which is very helpful for the exam."
It's impossible for the exam to simply take content from the textbook and put it on the test paper verbatim.
It will ask you from a different angle, making you analyze and understand deeply based on the textbook.
This requires the teacher's instruction during class.
Tanaka Masao held Yukinoshita Yukino's notes as if they were a treasure.
In his previous life, this kind of thing had a very famous name: "Top Student Notes."
In his impression, the notes of a top scorer in the college entrance examination in a certain region were bought at a high price, and those who couldn't buy them regretted it immensely.
Tanaka Masao opened the notebook. The records inside were clear and organized, the handwriting beautiful, looking even more pleasing to the eye than a printed book.
He read a few sections, which happened to be the content he was currently tutoring in.
Just by reading for a short while, he had new insights.
This made Tanaka Masao excited.
"Did Xuezhixia Classmate prepare this specially for me?"
"Of course not, these are my own notes." Yukinoshita Yukino didn't know why Tanaka Masao would be so shameless.
"I still need them for reviewing, so I'm temporarily lending them to you to copy."
Hearing this, Tanaka Masao looked up in surprise.
"Xuezhixia Classmate's grades are so good, yet she still needs to review?"
"What kind of thinking is that?" Yukinoshita Yukino was quite speechless.
"Good grades don't mean you don't need to study. Although I can get good grades without reviewing, to get a satisfactory grade, I still need to review a little."
The satisfactory grade Yukinoshita Yukino spoke of was, naturally, a perfect score.