"Point transfer complete."
"Your current private account balance is 90,000,500 points."
Looking at the prompt on his phone, Oreki handed the Private Points Card to Horikita Suzune.
???
Horikita was completely baffled.
"This is how your brother and I evaluate you," Oreki said. "You're still weak, so we're both worried about you. That's why we're giving you enough chances to get back on your feet."
"Welcome to Class A."
"But your abilities still haven't fully met Class A's standards, so you might stumble a few times."
"And we've already decided that we'll foot the bill," Oreki said. "So don't worry about it."
"?"
"..."
What did that mean?
Frowning, Suzune took the Private Points Card and scanned it with her phone.
[Available balance: 60,000,000.]
"..."
Twenty million points could exempt someone from expulsion once, or directly transfer them to the class they wanted. It was a route to advancement into Class A.
And now, sixty million meant... she had three chances.
Did that mean her brother and Houtarou Oreki thought she would stumble three times?
!!
How could they!
She had always felt that although Oreki was relatively close to her, he rarely revealed what he truly thought of her.
And now, he had finally made his stance clear.
But wasn't this assessment far too heartless?
Suzune decided to ignore him for the time being.
As the final batch of graduates left the school, High School of Advanced Education welcomed a new day. Out with the old and in with the new—it was the day new students entered the school.
April 1st.
"Next, a speech from the Student Council President."
The entrance ceremony for the first-year students was held in the Gymnasium.
The new students stood in lines according to their classes.
Still, the freshmen found something strange.
There