Houtarou Oreki's Classroom of the Elite

Standing by the mailboxes on the first floor, one could see that the students' names had already been posted, with one for every individual.

Here, one could see the names on the mailboxes for all the students in the class, along with the lists for the other classes.

In other words, it seemed that each grade occupied one building.

The school had intentionally separated the different grade levels.

However, none of that was important right now.

"Thud!"

After swiping his room card, Oreki entered his room.

The room had a pretty decent layout.

There was a 1.2-meter single bed, a desk, and a chair.

Furthermore, there was a private bathroom and a small balcony.

There was even a small kitchenette.

It was a case of being small but fully equipped.

In terms of living conditions, it was actually quite alright.

However.

"Thud!"

He closed the door.

Oreki closed his eyes.

[Use Instant Transmission?]

[Go home.]

"Yes!"

Oreki did not hesitate at all.

Thud!

His body seemed to ripple like a wave, but it wasn't uncomfortable; however, the sound he heard in his ears changed to... a spacious courtyard.

Rustle, rustle--

Oreki opened his eyes.

What his eyes focused on was an ordinary courtyard, bathed in the brilliant radiance of the sun as it approached midday.

The sunlight fell upon the watermelons planted in the yard, making them glisten.

And this was his home.

He had really... come back!

Oreki pinched his cheek with his hand.

Ah.

Isn't this just great?

And so, for the entire afternoon, Oreki-kun lay sprawled out flat in his room.

Meanwhile.

On the other side.

After Teacher Majima accepted the students' deal to purchase the school rules for 2 million Points, he headed to the Chairman's office.

The school was funded by the government with the goal of cultivating talent to be sent out into society.

This was a pilot program.

It was also an effective scheme, as the school had already sent talent out into society over five graduating classes.

Teacher Majima was actually a student from two generations ago and had graduated as part of Class A, though he chose to stay on as staff.

Coincidentally, the homeroom teachers for the other classes of this year's first-year freshmen were all students from his own graduating class.

Among them, the homeroom teacher in charge of Class 1-B was a cute girl with slightly wavy hair.

She looked a bit scatterbrained.

However, don't be deceived.

This was his former classmate, Chie Hoshinomiya.

Despite having better career prospects, for some reason, she chose to stay at the school as a homeroom teacher.

Then, the homeroom teacher in charge of Class 1-C was Kazuma Sakagami, also his former classmate.

After they all graduated, Kazuma Sakagami seemed to have chosen to pursue higher education, but he was later played for a fool by a woman and swindled out of a large sum of money, apparently leaving him with some debt, which led him to choose to return to the High School of Advanced Education.

Yes.

It is not just the students who are meritocratic; the teachers are the same.

The treatment of teachers for the four classes, A, B, C, and D, is different; for instance, Teacher Majima receives a full 1 million points per month as a salary.

Class B receives 800,000, Class C receives 300,000, and Class D receives 200,000.

However, the Chairman only arranged for Digital Bandou to start as the homeroom teacher for Class C.

As for the homeroom teacher of Class 1-D, it is Sae Chabashira.

She is a tall, cold, and quite beautiful woman.

She was also a student in the same grade, though not in Teacher Majima's Class A, but a student of Class D who led her classmates to climb up, only to narrowly miss Class A and eventually graduate as a member of Class B.

But she was impressive enough to pass the exams and return as a staff member of High School of Advanced Education, serving as the homeroom teacher for Class 1-D.

However, she has already served as a Class D homeroom teacher for one term without achieving any notable results.

And Class D basically has no chance of turning things around.

The compensation and benefits are also very low.

She could clearly live better on the outside.

So, it makes one wonder what she is thinking.

"That is how things are." Teacher Majima is not a gossipy person, so he reported the situation of his class to the Chairman.

"This is truly incredible," said Chie Hoshinomiya, the homeroom teacher of Class B. "This year's Class A is a bit excessively excellent."

"Gathering class points right from the start to purchase rules—this hasn't happened in the past, has it?"

"Hmph!" Digital Bandou snorted.

As the homeroom teacher of Class C, his income is already in a relatively high bracket compared to the outside world, but he also has ambition.

To climb up.

As long as he climbs to Class B or Class A, the debts he still owes can be completely cleared.

At the same time.

He was also a student of Class A in the past, which is why he questions why he had to start from being a Class C homeroom teacher.

However.

Dissatisfied as he may be, he has also discovered that there are a few promising seeds among the students of this year's Class C.

The most outstanding among them is Kakeru Ryuuen.

During the class meeting, he had already begun to consolidate the class.

Presumably, it won't even take a week before he can fully integrate Class C.

This is quite excellent.

It makes him place high hopes on him.

So, while this would normally be a happy matter for Digital Bandou, the entire Class A cheated, didn't they?

If they knew the school's rules on the very first day, then what is the point of even trying!

Class C might as well just pack it up and go to sleep.

So, with this year's Class A being so fierce, isn't their Class C... going to be suppressed again?

"I called you here for this reason."

As the Chairman, he and other staff members had already discovered Class A's movements through the classroom cameras.

"They learned to use points to purchase rules right from the start."

"This has never happened in the past."

"Even Manabu Horikita did not manage to do this."

"Moreover, they purchased it with the participation of all members of the class, and they were willing to accept the loss of half their points."

"Although it is because they just enrolled and haven't yet treated the points as real money, so they don't feel the pain as much."

"However."

"After consideration by the Board of Directors, it has been decided to grant Class 1-A a perfect score in this behavioral conduct assessment."

"Therefore, Class 1-A is granted an exemption this time, and no points will be deducted for behavioral conduct," the Chairman said.

"If that is the case, I feel it is inappropriate."

Teacher Majima hurriedly interjected. "Since they have already learned the rules, my students will certainly do their best, so even if the Board of Directors does not grant special rewards, we will not have many points deducted; at most, we would lose within 50 points over the month."

As the homeroom teacher of his own class, Teacher Majima is also working hard to fight for the interests of his students.

As the homeroom teacher of Class A, he is also under pressure.

He cannot be biased and must maintain fairness.

But he also wants to do something for his students.

The chairman did not get angry.

"Yes."

"We have also taken that into account."

"Therefore, the reward has been modified to grant an additional 200 class evaluation points to Class 1-A."

"We are all looking forward to the development of this year's Class A," the chairman said, folding his hands on the desk.

In other words, school has only just begun, yet the school board already feels that this year's Class A is the most worth cultivating, right?

"It seems my Class B has been underestimated." The teachers soon dispersed after the meeting.

Chie Hoshinomiya, the homeroom teacher of Class B, latched onto Sae Chabashira, the homeroom teacher of Class D.

Although both of them were students at this school in the past, they were assigned to different classes.

But even further back, the two of them were best friends.

And now that they are working together, there is certainly no issue with them being close again.

Chie Hoshinomiya appeared carefree.

Then she began to complain.

Because even though the quality of students in the four classes of A, B, C, and D is divided according to their levels.

Class B is still very close to Class A.

And by saying those things, wasn't the chairman directly ignoring the students in her Class B?

Clearly.

Chie Hoshinomiya felt that the students in this year's Class B were quite good.