Ayanokoji (POV)
"Um, is Chiyabashira-sensei here?"
Ike - " why is it him again "
Shinohara - " yeah i don't want to here his thoughts they are annoying"
Hashimoto - " whats the problem i mean we don't have any choice to go with it ,right, so why don't you just try to let it end faster and if you guys aren't you can all just ignore right " Well lets see if i can get any information on him with these video
shinohara - " well i guess u r right "
Ayanokoji - "This is bad if my memory serves me right then ...crap" he thought
"What? Sae-chan? She was here until a few moments ago..."
Hoshinomiya- " Oh ! isn't this the first time me met ayanokoji -kun"
The teacher who looked back had wavy, shoulder-length hair that gave off an adult-like impression. She said Chiyabashira-sensei's name as if they were close. They also look close in age.
"Looks like she had something to do. Do you want to wait inside?"
"No, I'll wait in the hallway."
I don't feel comfortable in areas like the staff room. Because I didn't want to attract any attention, I decided to stay in the hallway. As soon as I thought that, the teacher walked out into the hallway.
"I'm Hoshinomiya Chie, responsible for class B. I've been best friends with Sae since high school. We're close enough to call each other Sae-chan and Chie-chan~."
I've never heard of her before, but it seems like some useless information.
Hoshinomiya sensei - "That's cruel ,you hurting my feelings you know"
Ike -" wait what the hell is happening "
Ichinose - " yeah is there a reason you approached ayanokoji-kun sensei"
kanzaki - " yeah i don't see any reason behind it"
In response hoshinomiya sensei just chuckled
"Ne, why did Sae-chan call you here? Ne ne, why?"
"Who knows. I don't know the reason either..."
"I don't understand. You were called out without being given the reason? Hmm? What's your name?
Shinohara-" yeah why did she call what did you do "
one of the class D students said - " yeah did you cause problem for class"
Haruka- " Don't go blaming kiyopon when you still don't know anything we should watch first "
unexpectedly i was saved by haruka
A barrage of questions. She examined me up and down.
"My name's Ayanokouji."
"Ayanokouji-kun? Isn't that a cool name~. You're popular, right~?"
What is this overly casual teacher. She's closer to a student than she is to a teacher like Chiyabashira-sensei. If this were an all-boys school, she'd probably capture the hearts of every student.
Ike- " yeah i would have really fallen for her but why are you getting this treatment " he said with little jealousy in his voice
some girls just labelled him a pervert
"Ne ne, do you already have a girlfriend?"
"No... um, I'm not really popular."
I tried to make myself look offended and hurt, but Hoshinomiya-sensei still assertively approached me. With smooth motions, she grabbed my shoulders with her slender, beautiful hands.
"Hmm? That's weird, I would've totally gone for you if we were in the same class~. Is it because you're too innocent? Or perhaps you like to play hard?"
She poked my cheeks with her fingers. I wasn't sure what to say. If I suddenly licked her fingers, she'd probably stop, but if it's brought up at a staff meeting, I'd probably be expelled immediately.
Hoshinomiya -" you shouldn't have worried about that i wouldn't have expelled you so i take you like to play hard a-ya-no-ko-ji-kun " she said in a playful tone
I could feel kei glaring at me
Ichinose - "You shouldn't do that with students sensei"
hirata- "isn't that inappropriate way for a teacher" he said with a little worried tone
Horikita- " I didn't know ayanokoji-kun you are such a..."
horikita stopped mid ways
Kiyo -" what were saying"
horikita- " nothing nothing at all"
why is she giving such incomprehensible aura
"What are you doing, Hoshinomiya?"
Suddenly, Chiyabashira-sensei hit Hoshinomiya-sensei's head with a clipboard. Hoshinomiya-sensei squatted down, holding her head in pain.
"Oww. What'd you do that for!"
"That's because you were doing weird things with students in here."
"I was only talking to him while he was waiting for you to come back!"
Mashima sensei - " I don't think you were just talking though"
Hoshinomiya - " Huh ! so you are also siding with them mashima "
"Just leave it at that. Sorry for making you wait, Ayanokouji. Well then, let's move to the guidance room."
"No, I didn't wait long. Also, the guidance room... did I do something? I thought I was living a non-conspicuous school life."
"A good response. Come with me."
I followed Chiyabashira-sensei while thinking "What's this about...".
Suddenly, Hoshinomiya-sensei walked up next to me with a smile. When she noticed, Chiyabashira-sensei turned around and looked at her with a look of a demon.
Hoshinomiya - " Tell her ayanokoji how sacry she was "
Ike and some other boys - " Why do i feel jealous "
"Not you, you stay back."
"Don't say it so coldly~. It's no big deal if I listen too, right? Besides, Sae-chan isn't the type to give one-on-one lessons, right? Also, to take Ayanokouji-kun to the guidance room out of the blue... do you have some kind of goal?"
Ryuuen-"Yeah i don't think it's for something related to advice either kukkukukukuku,i guess I will finally know something about him"
Sakayanagi-"fufufu i can't wait to see i feel like something interesting is about to happen"
kamuro-" she is creepy come on when will i be free"
Matsushita- " well looks i finally get some info on him"
Replying to Chiyabashira-sensei's question with a grin, she got behind me and put her hands on my shoulders.
I couldn't see Hoshinomiya-sensei's face, but I understood that there was electricity in the air.
Ichinose - " why do both looking at each other like that sensei"
Hoshinomiya -" It's nothing for you to worry about ichinose-san"
"By any chance, Sae-chan, are you looking for a younger man?"
Almost all the students who were drinking their drinks given by kirito spit all of it out
Ike -" AYANOKOJI YOU BASTARD YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING ALL THIS TIME"
A younger man? What do you mean by that?
Haruka -" Really !!!!you are too dense kiyopon"
"Don't say stupid things. That's impossible."
"Fufu, certainly. It's impossible for Sae-chan~"
Hoshinomiya-sensei kept following us.
"How long are you going to follow us? This is a problem concerning class D."
"Eh? Can't I go with you? Is that no good? Look, I can give advice too~"
As Hoshinomiya-sensei followed us against our will, a student suddenly walked up in front of us and blocked our way.
It was a beautiful girl with light pink hair that I've never seen before.
"Hoshinomiya-sensei. Do you have time right now? The student council has matters to discuss."
She looked at us for a moment, but went back to facing Hoshinomiya-sensei.
"Look, she's looking for you. Hurry up and go."
Chiyabashira-sensei hit Hoshinomiya-sensei's butt with her clipboard.
"Mou~. I think she'll get mad if I stay any longer, so see you later, Ayanokouji-kun. Well, let's go to the staff room, Ichinose-san."
With that, she turned on her heel and went back to the staff room with Ichinose.
After seeing off Hoshinomiya-sensei, Chiyabashira-sensei lightly scratched her head and continued walking towards the guidance room. Soon after, we arrived at the guidance room, which was right next to the staff room.
Hoshinomiya - " well looks like i will be able to see now why you called him sae-chan"she whispered it in chabashira's ear
"Then... what was the reason you called me?"
"Umu, about that... before I talk about that, come over here."
While glancing at the clock on the wall, she opened a door that was in the room. She put a kettle on top of the stove in the office kitchen.
"I'll be making some green tea. Are you ok with roasted green tea?"
A student - " why are offering him a tea "
shinohara- " really isn't he there for punishment shouldn't you be giving him lecture"
Horikita- " Could you all stop making your absurd assumptions"
I picked up the container with roasted green tea powder.
"Don't do anything extra. Enter quietly. Until I say it's ok to come back out, stand here quietly. If you don't, you'll be expelled."
"Ha? What do you mean—"
Ryueen -" kukukukukukukuku "
sakayanagi-"fufufufu" both ryuuen and sakayanagi burst into laughter but before anyone could ask them anything the video continued
Without giving me an explanation, she closed the office kitchen door. What the hell is she trying to do? I stayed quiet as she told me to, and before long, I heard the sound of the guidance room door opening.
"Here, come in. Well then, what do you have to say to me? Horikita."
It looks like Horikita was the one who was called into the guidance room.
"I will ask you frankly. Why was I put into class D?"
Ike - "Now i get this must be the day when sensei called all of us trash"
keisei - "yeah you are right someone like horikita-san obviously won't just accept that"
Shinohara- " yeah right i mean she is so talented "
Onodera -" but why did sensei called ayanokoji -kun"
"Are you really asking frankly?"
"Today, sensei said that the classes were divided by superiority. And that class D was the lowest collection of leftovers."
"I did indeed say that. It looks like you consider yourself as a 'superior' person."
I wonder how Horikita will reply to that. I'm betting that she'll confidently object to her words.
"I believe that I solved nearly all the problems on the entrance exam, and had no big mistakes during the interview. At the very least, I don't think I should be in class D."
Look, I got it dead-on. Horikita's the type to think of herself as the best. She isn't self-conscious either, and really thinks that she's superior to everyone else. On the results of the test, Horikita was also tied for first place.
Miyamoto -" what are trying to say ayanokoji i mean she is a superior student u can't even compete to her"
Ike - " yeah don't you think you are being too rude "
i decided to remain silent
"Solved nearly all the problems on the entrance exam, is it. Usually, we can't show the results of the entrance exam, but I'll give you a special exception. I have your answer sheet here by chance."
"You are thoroughly prepared, I see. ...Looks like you also knew I would come here to protest my placement."
"I'm a teacher. I understand the students to some degree at the very least. Horikita Suzune. As you thought, on the entrance examination, you were 3rd place among the incoming first-years. Your scores were behind first and second by only a small margin. You did very well. There were no particular problems that we observed during the interview either. Rather, you were highly rated."
"Thank you very much. Then—why?"
"Before that, why are you dissatisfied with class D?"
keisei - " Huh! what type of question is that, anyone would be unhappy from a incorrect evaluation"
"There is no one that would be happy when they are not correctly evaluated. Also, the differences between classes also greatly affect future prospects. It's only natural that I'm unhappy."
"Correctly evaluated? Hey hey, your evaluation of yourself is too high.'
Chiyabashira-sensei snickered, or rather, openly laughed, at Horikita.
Sudo -"Aren't you underestimating her sensei i mean well our class is still class D but we all have grown so much and that's thanks to suzune"
Onodera -" yeah he is right "
Horikita -" No, sensei was right at that time"
no one said anything after that
"I recognize that your academic ability is high. You are definitely smart. However, who decided that smart people were the ones who got into the superior classes? We never said that."
"That's—that's just common sense."
"Common sense? Didn't that 'common sense' create the broken Japan we live in now? Indeed, we used to separate the inferior from the superior using the test scores. As a result, incompetent people tried to make up the difference in desperation to defeat the truly superior people. In the end, it led to a heredity system."
The heredity system means that social status, honor, and job are all passed on and inherited.
Hearing those words, I unintentionally let out a low groan. My chest hurts.
"Certainly, you have the ability to study. I won't deny that. However, this school's goal is to produce excellent people. It is a big mistake to think that you can be assigned to a superior class by only studying. That was the very first thing we explained, at the entrance ceremony. Besides, think about it calmly. Do you think someone like Sudou would make it if we determined acceptance only by intelligence?
All students of class D realised that . If it would have been the class from year ago they would have snapped out at sensei but with all the special exam they all realised how important others things are too
"Tsk..."
Even though this is one of the best schools in Japan, they accept students that are interested in areas other than studying.
"Also, it's rash to say that there is no one that would be happy when they are incorrectly evaluated. Class A, for example, receives a lot of pressure from the school and a lot of envy from the lower classes. Competing under heavy pressure is harder than you think. There are students that are fine with being evaluated lower than they actually are."
"That's a joke, right? I can't understand those kind of people."
Ike - " yeah what kind of idiot would love to have incorrect evaluation"
onodera - " they had be stupid if they do that"
her saying so harshly sting my heart a little. kei make eye contact with she said something like "She is talking about you isn't she" to which i decided to avert my eyes
"Really? I think there are a few in class D. Oddball students that would stay in a low-level class with pleasure.
Ryuuen gave me a look as if mocking me saying what will you do now. He sure is enjoying himself.
It seemed as though she was talking to me through the wall.
Ike - " why had to say that"
"You still haven't explained clearly. Is my placement in class D the truth, and was there no mistake in my evaluation? Please double check."
"It's too bad, but your placement in class D was not a mistake. You're definitely in class D. You are a student only at that level."
"... Is that so. I will hear from the school at another time."
It looks like she decided that her homeroom teacher was not the right person to ask, and didn't give up.
"You'll get the same result if you try to talk to anyone in a higher position. There's no need to be that disappointed. As I said this morning, classes can overtake and surpass one another. Remember that there is the possibility of rising up to class A before graduation."
"It does not seem like a very easy path. How will the immature class D ever get more points than class A? No matter how I look at it, it is impossible."
Hirata - " Horikita-san that's a little too harsh"
other students just hung their heads low to horikita's remark
That was Horikita's honest opinion. There is an enormous point difference this time.
"I wouldn't know. It's your own choice whether or not to head down that reckless path. By any chance, do you have a special reason as to why you need to be in class A?"
"That is... I will excuse myself for today. However, please remember that I still do not understand."
"All right, I'll remember that."
I heard the sound of a chair being pulled. Looks like the discussion ended.
"Oh, right. I called another person to the guidance room. It's a person that's also relevant to you."
"Relevant to me...? No way... Niisa—"
"Come out, Ayanokouji."
Don't call me with such bad timing. All right, I won't come out.
"If you don't come out, you'll be expelled."
C-cruel. You shouldn't unfairly use expulsion as a weapon.
Hoshinomiya - " Looks like the secret is gonna be revealed sae-chan"
kanzaki- "well your homeroom teacher sure is strict using expulsion huh"
Mashima -" chabashira i don't think you should use your authority like that"
"How long will you make me wait?"
While letting out a sigh, I exited the office kitchen and into the guidance room. Naturally, Horikita was surprised.
"Were you... listening to us?"
"Listening? I know you guys were talking about something, but I didn't hear anything. The walls are pretty thick."
"That's not true. You can hear everything clearly from that kitchen."
For some reason, it looks like Chiyabashira-sensei wanted to drag me out into the room.
"... Sensei, why would you do that?"
Horikita immediately noticed that this was a setup. The anger was clear on her face.
Miyamoto - " yeah i don't understand the point in it"
Matsushita -" I am certain about it now ayanokoji isn't an ordinary student there's something about him that even chabashira can't ignore"she thought
"Because I decided it was necessary. Well then Ayanokouji, I'll tell you the reason I called you."
Chiyabashira-sensei shot down Horikita's question and turned her attention to me.
"Excuse me then..."
"Wait Horikita. It is better for you to listen to the end. This'll be a hint for how you can get up to class A."
Ike -" hint to reach class A how i can't think anything"
Horikita stopped in her tracks and sat back down in her chair.
"Please keep it short."
Looking down at her clipboard, Chiyabashira-sensei laughed.
"You're an interesting student, Ayanokouji."
"I'm not interesting at all, not as interesting as someone like Chiyabashira who has a strange surname."
Some students laughed at this while some said -" aren't you too rude to talk to sensei like that"
"Do you want to prostrate yourself in front of all the Chiyabashira-san's in the country? Hmm?"
No, even if you looked all of the country for other Chiyabashira's, there would probably be no one else other than you...
Chabashira-" wow ayanokoji i didn't expect you had go that far"
"After your entrance examination results, I was thinking about potential individual teaching methods, but after seeing your test results, my interest was piqued. I was surprised at first."
A familiar answer sheet from the entrance exam was on the clipboard.
"50 points in Japanese, 50 points in math, 50 points in english, 50 points in history, 50 points in science... and the result of the most recent test was also 50 points. Do you know what this means?"
Ike - " wait what the heck is that suppose to mean ayanokoji why did you lower your score"
onodera- " yeah are you an idiot or something"
Keisei- "what's this kiyotaka why are you hidings things from us aren't we supposed to be friends"
kanzaki-"Looks like you are really a big problem what else are you hiding"
Hoshinomiya -"hehehe, looks like the cats out of the bag huh sae -chan"she thought to herself.
Mashima- " Looks like it's true that ayanokoji is special student "
Ryuuen -" kukukukukuku so thats how he managed to get in class D huh, i know he is academically good since he scored 100 in that reacent math test, but listening to this makes it feel like this is top notch not only in fights but in all subjects to , my desire to crush him only increases day by day"
In surprise, Horikita looked over my test form then shifted her gaze to me.
"What a frightening coincidence."
"Haa? You're going to claim that your results are a coincidence to the very end? It's clearly intentional."
"It's a coincidence. You have no proof. Anyway, what benefit would I get from manipulating my own results? If I had a brain that could get high marks, I would aim for perfect scores in all subjects."
Onodera -"yeah that's right but you scored 100 in recent maths exam right i don't understand "
Shinohara - " really are you an idiot or r you like koenji holding the class back"
Ike -" yeah shouldn't you be helping the class"
I decided to remain silent
Watching me feign innocence, she let out a sigh with a look of amazement.
"Honestly, you're a really weird student. Are you sure? Math problem #5 was only solved by 3% of all students this year. Additionally, you included a complex formula and used it flawlessly. On the other hand, the correct answer rate of #10 was 76%. Did you make a mistake? Or is that 'normal'?"
"I don't know what's normal in this world. It's a coincidence, a coincidence."
"Good grief. I admire your attitude, but it'll cause problems for you in the future."
"I'll think about that when I have to."
Chiyabashira-sensei sent Horikita a look that said, "How was that?"
"Why do you... pretend that you don't understand?"
"No, like I said, it's a coincidence. It's not like I'm hiding that I'm a genius or something.
"What do you think? He might be more intelligent than you are, Horikita."
Horikita visibly flinched. Sensei, please don't say anything unnecessary.
"I don't like studying, nor do I want to try my best. That's why I get those kind of scores."
Keisei -" huh but why don't you want to why are you holding the class back"
"A student who choose this school wouldn't say something like that.However,some students may have different reasons for getting in .You,for example as well as koenji. I think you are fine with being in either Class D or A"
Koenji -"Thank you for the compliment sensei you are certainly right after all i am a perfect existence"he said
Miyamoto- "lets forget about koenji but ayanokoji , class A its a joke right"
fangirl of hirata - "yeah isn't hirata much better than him"
Sudo - "If sensei said that shouldn't you stop trying to make ridiculous accusations"
Ike-"Don't tell me you are taking ayanokoji's side"
Sudo -"Don't you remember kanji what suzune told the class when ayanokoji got perfect she said"he is like our trump card right"
Everyone was silence even i didn't expect sudo to say something like that he has grown significantly from the last time
It's not just this school, but even the teachers aren't normal. During their conversation earlier, Chiyabashira-sensei was able to upset Horikita with her words. It's as if they hold the "secrets" of all the students.
"What is it? What other reasons are there?"
"Do you want to hear about it in detail?"
I noticed that Chiyabashira-sensei had a sharp glint in her eye. Somehow, it seems like she's trying to provoke her.
"No, I'll stop here. If I kept listening, I think I would go crazy and destroy all the furniture in here."
"If you do that, Ayanokouji will be demoted to class E."
"There's such a class?"
"Certainly. Class E means expelled. In other words, dropping out of school. Well, the conversation ends here. Enjoy your student life from now on."
What a sarcastic remark.
"I will also leave. It's time for the staff meeting to start. I'm going to close this room, so let's leave the room."
She pushed the two of us out of the room. Why did Chiyabashira-sensei make the two of us meet? She doesn't look like the type to do meaningless actions.
Everyone were silent after that murmurs could be heard of students
Kazaki -"Ichinose we should look out for him , he is dangerous for our class"
Ichinose-"i don't know what to say if ayanokoji kun is really a threat to our class then the answer is obvious that we should fight against him but there's also a tight feeling in my chest i couldn't explain"she thought