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As I stepped out, I saw
Chabashira-sensei some distance away. She’d clearly been waiting for our
conversation to end. I gave her a slight bow and tried to walk past, but she
walked alongside me, matching my stride.
Ike : Is it just me or does sensei look a little nervous.
Sudo : I think you are right.
“How did it go with your father?” she asked.
“It’s pointless to probe me so clumsily. I understand everything,” I told
her.
“You understand what, exactly?”
“Almost everything you’ve told me has been a lie, Chabashira-sensei.”
Hoshinomiya : Ufff it looks like you are finally exposed sae‐chan.
“What are you talking about?” She wasn’t looking me in the eye.
“Chabashira-sensei. Almost everything you’ve told me has been a lie.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You’re trying to hide how shaken you are, but it’s obvious just from
looking at you,” I told her.
The fact she wasn’t looking me in the eye. Her choice of words. She
was trying to conceal her emotions from any outside observer to the best of
her ability, but even so, she couldn’t hide her unrest completely.
Matsushita : You really analyze people really well ayanokouji‐kun.
Kanzaki : Really observant.
Kiyotaka : Thanks for the compliment.
“That man never contacted you. And he didn’t push you to expel me,
either.”
“Umm…no. Your father wanted my cooperation. I’ve been trying to
get you expelled.”
It was certainly true that my father was pushing for me to drop out.
However, judging from his behavior, and that this was the first time he set
foot on school grounds, I was fairly sure he’d never been in contact with a
teacher. I didn’t have any solid proof, though.
Keisei : Yeah from their talk it looks like his father had come to this school for the first time.
Haruka : So it is true that what sensei was lie.
“Look, stop lying to me. Chairman Sakayanagi told me everything. He
informed you about me the minute the school admitted me.”
“The chairman told you?”
I chuckled wryly.
In that moment, Chabashira-sensei understood her mistake.
“Ayanokouji, did you trick me?”
Sakayanagi : Fufu, good move there ayanokouji-kun.
Ryuuen : Kukuku, she completely fell for it.
“Yes. The chairman said nothing about you, Chabashira-sensei. But
your involvement in this matter has become clear.”
The second Sakayanagi said he was aware that I deliberately scored
fifty points on all my tests, I’d known for sure.
“Allow me to explain,” I continued. “First, I wanted to come to this
school. Chairman Sakayanagi knew of me, and acted independently to
confirm my enrollment, as well as my assignment to Class D. He put me in
Class D because you, Chabashira-sensei, have shown no real drive to rise
through the class ranks. At least on the surface. Every other teacher
desperately wants to have their class promoted.”
I’d attract attention in a high-performing class. Sakayanagi had wanted
to put me somewhere I could lay low.
Horikita/Ryueen/Matsushita/Ichinose/Kanzaki/Manabu/Kiryuuin/Nagumo: ' So that's why he's in Class D.'
Kei : ' Well Kiyotaka doesn't like to stand out at all. So I guess it makes sense why he is in Class D.'
Hoshinomiya : So that's why ayanokouji-kun is in Class D.
Sakagami : From what I've seen so far he is definitely capable of being in Class A.
Mashima : Indeed.
“But Sakayanagi made one mistake. You, a teacher who shows no
affection for her class and appears apathetic, secretly desire to reach Class A
more than anyone else.”
Hoshinomiya : Bingo !! So you still have it in you huh sae‐chan.
Mashima : Chabashira, you should forget about the past already and move on.
Sakagami : I'm not so close with you three so I don't know anything about your past but I agree with mashima.
Chabashira : Yes, I understand.
“………” Chabashira-sensei remained silent, probably because she
knew she’d lose the argument if she responded carelessly.
There was one more thing I wanted to be certain of.
“You’re obsessed with Class A. However, the students the school’s
assigned you so far have been subpar. That’s why you act indifferent,
concealing your feelings. Am I wrong?”
Ryuuen : Kuku, Talk about dealing with a bunch of defects every year.
Sakayanagi : Fufu, must be really hard for sensei.
She was now totally unable to look me in the eye. “That’s just
speculation, Ayanokouji.”
Her denial had no force behind it.
“Your situation changed because of my arrival. Although many Class
D students have various character defects, you did luck out on a few fronts.
Horikita, Kouenji, Hirata, and Kushida are all students who, if guided well,
have a chance of being promoted to the upper classes. They gave you hope.
Your concealed desires began to burn brightly once again… It all makes
sense when I think back to Hoshinomiya’s comment to you around the time I
started school here.”
Hoshinomiya, who was an old friend of Chabashira-sensei’s, knew her
hidden desire to rise to Class A. I remembered her teasing Chabashira-sensei
about wanting to “be dominated by a younger man,” and how that wasn’t
possible for her. Maybe she’d actually been implying that Chabashira-sensei was incapable of submitting to authority. That she desired for a lower class to
supplant a higher one; the inferiors overthrowing their superiors.
Hoshinomiya : So you really understood the hidden meaning behind my teasing.
Kiryuuin : Hahaha colour me impress kouhai‐kun.
Ike : Hey wait that's just a simple teasing right who would even think of like that in this way.
Koenji : Hahaha, Anyone who has a brain inside their head unlike you ugly creatures.
Ryuuen/Sakayanagi : Kukuku/Fufufu
“You want me to be your ticket to Class A. And now the chairman has
said he’ll watch over me. Put it all together, and you’re at my mercy. All you
can do is stand there and pretend not to hear any the abuse I’m throwing at
you right now,” I added.
Haruka : Woah you are being quite rude their kiyopon.
Kiyotaka : Well I had to.
“You’ve been stuck with Class D for an eternity, all
the while hankering to rise u to Class A. You can’t pass up on this
opportunity. You even decided to lie about being in contact with my father in
order to use me. That was the reason why you contacted me, and Horikita
was nothing more than a pawn for you to use to that end. However, things
aren’t so simple.”
Ryuuen : Kukuku, the poor puppet leader being toyed around all the time.
Sudo : Oi shut up bastard.
Horikita : ' So she really had some ulterior motives when she told me about ayanokouji‐kun.'
I’d had no desire to excel when I first started at this school. I never
intended to aim for Class A. Even though she hadn’t yet known what to do
with me, Chabashira-sensei made her first move during the test on the island.
Horikita/Matsushita/Nagumo/Manabu/Ichinose : ' He really has no intention of reaching Class A at all.'
“You knew we had to win when the special exams started, or we’d
never catch up to the other classes. You panicked and made up a story to tell
me. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose.”
Class D had done pretty well, ever since. But Chabashira-sensei had
miscalculated. And now my father had finally contacted the school directly,
and all her lies had been laid bare.
“You probably intended to corner me,” I said. “Instead, you’re the one
with your back to the wall.”
“I see,” she said. “Your abilities certainly aren’t those of an ordinary
first-year high school student. ‘Wise beyond your years’—isn’t that how the
saying goes? I guess that describes you pretty well.”
She took a deep breath and nodded. Her shoulders slumped.
“You’re right,” she continued. The composure she’d so struggled to
maintain had collapsed. “I never met your father before today. But I really
could have you expelled if I wanted to. I could claim you committed a serious
violation of the rules. Expulsion is the one thing you absolutely want to
avoid, no?”
Kei : ' She's still threatening kiyotaka.'
Ryuuen : Kuku, What an interesting teacher you have there.
Sakayanagi : She really doesn't want to loose her ticket to Class A.
Hoshinomiya : Sae-chan really doesn't wanna give up her only hope of reaching Class A. How persistent of you sae‐chan.
Really, to do all this and now threaten me more? “So, you’re not giving
up on your ambitions?”
“Exactly.”
“Unfortunately for you, you can’t get me expelled.”
“May I ask why you’re so certain?”
I’d allowed myself to appear to grow agitated to ascertain her true
intentions. Now, I calmed down, returning to my usual tone of voice. “The
current situation. This year’s Class D is unusual. Compared to years past,
we’re doing well. Horikita and the others are getting stronger. They might
still reach Class A, even without my help.”
Class D had risen for months. We were on the cusp of overtaking Class
C, and if the school expelled one of us now, it would ruin that. This meant
Chabashira-sensei’s hands were tied.
Ryuuen : kuku, totally a fucked up situation for her.
“Even if I step down, the fight will continue. You still have reason to
hope, Chabashira-sensei, and that means you’re going to leave me be.”
“So even though you know everything now, you’re still done trying to
reach Class A?” she asked.
Of course. The teacher who’d tried to manipulate me into aiming for
Class A had turned out to have no secret connection to my father at all. I had
nothing to fear from her now. Still, I didn’t completely shoot her down.
People will cling to the tiniest ember of hope, given the chance.
Class D : ?????
Matsushita : So will you won't help the class anymore ayanokouji-kun. ' If he won't help then our class is doomed.'
Horikita : So will you help the class ?
Kiyotaka : Well yeah quite a bit maybe.
“At the very least, I think I’m done taking my turn onstage,” I said.
“Now, please stay back, stay quiet, and watch me. If you try to manipulate
me to the tune of your personal desires again, it’ll only hurt the other
students.”
“And if I keep after you? What then?”
“You’ll never see your dream come true. Not a smart choice.”
“Allow me to rephrase the question. Are you so certain that I won’t
take you down with me when I do lose hope?”
“Not at all. It’s certainly possible that something in the future will
devastate our class points. If that happens, and you lose all hope, feel free to
come at me.” She wouldn’t stop even if I asked her to. Better to let her do as
she pleased. “Just remember that your position as a teacher isn’t rock-solid,
either.”
Hosen : Hahaha, that beast is threatening a teacher now.
Ryuuen : Kukuku, what else would you expect from a monster.
It was an empty threat for now, but it should be at least somewhat
effective against Chabashira-sensei, given what she knew. As I walked away,
she said nothing, so it seemed as she was out of ammo.
Katsuragi : You made a threat by guessing she knows about the consequences.
Kiyotaka : Yeah.
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