Hōtarō Oreki in Class A!

Classroom of the Elite: Houtarou Oreki Author: Youyuye

Synopsis:

Oreki was admitted to High School of Advanced Education and assigned to Class A.

With his keen insight, he quickly realized that this school was different.

Just as he found it troublesome, he awakened a system. Completing tasks could earn him superpower rewards.

Teleportation would let him go home and laze in bed whenever he wanted, while Invisibility could erase his presence.

This life seemed pretty nice. Very energy-efficient.

Then he gained telepathy.

Sakayanagi Arisu: This school is so boring, but Classmate Oreki is very interesting. I can 〔play〕 with him a little.

Horikita Suzune: Oreki never studies, yet his grades are even higher than mine. Just as I thought—

Houtarou Oreki, in Class A!

High School of Advanced Education, Tokyo.

Funded by the government, it advertised a 100% advancement and employment rate, as well as completely free tuition.

That was right. They had heard correctly. Tuition was free.

It was simply unbelievable. In the eyes of students and parents alike, it was the finest school imaginable.

And April 1 was the day new students enrolled.

The freshmen lined up by class order, standing in the designated positions inside the Gymnasium.

Within Class A's line,

a handsome young man with green eyes was observing his surroundings.

He had already noticed something unusual.

For example,

the entrance ceremony went like this.

It was entirely hosted by the Student Council.

The Student Council President was a bespectacled man with sharp eyes. His speech was brief, yet forceful.

"Our school is an academy that values both academics and athletics, where ability reigns supreme—"

"By becoming a member of this school, I shall, for the time being, acknowledge your abilities—"

Judging from his words, he seemed to be repeatedly emphasizing [ability].

As if he were conveying some kind of message.

If one looked closely, one would notice things that felt out of place.

For example, despite this being an entrance ceremony, there was not a single teacher present.

There was not even a speech from the Principal.

The Student Council handled everything directly.

So was this also an expression of the "ability above all" that the Student Council President spoke of?

Perhaps the school had delegated authority to the students, granting them a high degree of autonomy.

The school had therefore become a stage for students to show themselves.

In other words, this was not an ordinary school.

So he really had come to a troublesome place.

That was the conclusion Houtarou Oreki reached.

Houtarou Oreki was an eighteen-year-old first-year student. He had been assigned to Class A's line.

He stood near the front of the boys' row in Class A.

He had soft short hair, emerald-green eyes, and exceptionally refined features. It was easy for him to draw the attention of some girls.

He had achieved a certain level of skill in academics and observation.

But Oreki considered himself nothing more than an ordinary boy.

He believed in "if something does not need to be done, do not do it; if it must be done, keep it as simple as possible."

In other words, he wanted to conserve energy.

This school was unusual, but the situation was not all that bad.

Because—

"Next, the freshmen will leave in the order of classes ABCD." The Student Council President put down the microphone.

The Student Council President, who loved revealing information, had given them another clue.

Among the class order, Class A had priority.

That could be understood to mean that Class A was the best. The quality of Class A's students was high.

So while he had been judged outstanding, the other thirty-nine students in Class A should not be lacking either.

Thus, even if there were troublesome matters or difficult situations, he had thirty-nine other outstanding classmates to support him.

After all, his classmates were excellent.

Thinking that,

he followed the line forward.

When Class A lined up, the girls formed one line and the boys another, but when leaving, the two lines moved together.

That meant the girls' line was on his left.

However,

after only a few steps,

he noticed that someone's footing seemed unsteady, so he instinctively reached out and grabbed her arm.

With a thud,

a cane fell to the ground.

"Oh my, I'm sorry to have made you worry."

She spoke in an exceptionally sweet voice.

And she was very polite.

She was a silver-haired girl.

The girl was incredibly beautiful.

Her skin was exceptionally fair, and her eyes resembled gemstones.

Her adorable face and lustrous silver hair made one want to reach out and touch it.

It could be said that she was the cutest type of girl Oreki had ever seen in his life.

She was a girl from his class.

And she appeared very petite.

She was not very tall, and she seemed to need to hold onto her cane in order to move slowly.

Her health was probably not very good.

Oreki crouched down, picked up the cane, and handed it to her.

Then he tried his best not to look at her face.

In truth, Oreki had been avoiding this point all along.

While standing in line, he had already noticed another unbelievable thing about this school.

That was...

there were many top-tier beauties at this school.

Top-tier beauties, meaning... the kind who would be called the prettiest girl in class or the school idol.

Oreki had attended school before and had seen enough to know that girls like that did not grow on trees.

But the truth was that this school was filled with beautiful girls like that.

Especially in the direction of Class 1-D, which the Student Council President occasionally glanced toward without thinking.

There were at least ten girls in Class D whose looks were exceptionally outstanding.

It was simply unbelievable.

But if they were judging cuteness alone, this silver-haired girl from his class might take first place.

"My name is Sakayanagi Arisu." After accepting the cane Oreki handed her, she introduced herself.

Sakayanagi Arisu seemed to regain some strength as she held her cane.

"My health was poor in the past, so I did not have many chances to go out. And now, seeing this, whether my frail body can continue remaining at this school may need to be reconsidered."

Oh.

So that was how it was.

Wasn't that rather pitiful?

And besides,

that made things slightly questionable.

From the Student Council President and the atmosphere of this school, Class A was clearly the highest priority and the best.

And Classmate Sakayanagi was also a Class A student.

In other words, she should have received an outstanding evaluation as well.

But her physical ability was almost certainly the worst... so how had she ended up in Class A?

No.

If the evaluation criteria were not limited to academics or physical fitness, then if the school had allowed Classmate Sakayanagi to join Class A despite her frail body, that meant she was frighteningly strong in other areas.

Her excellence in other areas outweighed her physical weakness.

In other words, was Classmate Sakayanagi actually the genius type?

"Are you sympathizing with me?" Sakayanagi Arisu seemed very skilled at reading other people's expressions.

"..." Oreki.

He did sympathize with her a little, but Classmate Sakayanagi might have guessed wrong.

Because what he was thinking was—

Classmate Sakayanagi before him looked cute and adorable, and she was very petite. Although her health was rather poor, she was probably the extremely intelligent type.

Then if Class A encountered anything in the future, Classmate Sakayanagi would have enough wisdom to deal with it.

And for Oreki, that was the most energy-efficient outcome.

Just as he was thinking that,

[Sakayanagi Arisu is a Tyrannosaurus.]

The notification suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Sakayanagi Arisu is a Tyrannosaurus.]

The notification appeared twice more.

"..." Oreki.