Dave’s Book Discusses Math And Science Classes In The Underworld

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School In the Underworld

While Jonathan reminisces about early school days, school in the underworld marches on as the demons attend their classes. Succubus finds his lessons easy, but his teacher hard to cope with. Dave has written a 3 book fantasy series called “The Demon Curse” that discusses life in the underworld and their connection to this world.

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Chapter 6 A Painful Lesson Learned Installment 29

That first day in the classroom, Borgin began to teach Succubus and the others the basics of math and science, telling them it was the foundation of learning the powers of demonkind. They learned that demons are eventually able to leave their burning world and go to a place where humans live. There they would further the work of their kind by subjecting those frail beings to their will.

A Difficult Teacher

As Borgin taught, he ridiculed the new demons for anything they didn’t do correctly. This was especially true for Succubus. He discovered in his new classroom he was subject to all kinds of abuse from his instructor. It wasn’t that he treated any of his pupils well; it’s just that he had a special dislike for the ‘prophesied one’. He saved his most vicious put downs for Succubus.

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Up to this point, Succubus had tried to keep his head down and not attract extra attention, but he was getting tired of it.

A Difficult Problem

On this day, he and the other students were bent forward working out some computations on the smooth floor in front of them. They had recently learned long division and the problem Borgin had outlined was purposefully long and arduous involving ten-digit numbers and decimal points.

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The concepts were not hard for Succubus to understand, but he was careful to check that he had not misplaced any of the numbers. He didn’t want to make a simple mistake and bring on more persecution.

A Difficult Punishment

Borgin sat sullenly against the wall eyeing the class. When Succubus glanced up at him, his teacher said with a sneer, “Keep your eyes on your own problem demon unless you would like to suffer the consequence.”

Succubus looked back at the floor.

Listening to this idiot instructor day after day seems like punishment enough, he thought.

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Read More: Jonathan Gets Sorted in the Previous Installment

Read More: Class Continues to Go Downhill for Succubus in the Next Installment