Considering that.
He chose to use all the third-years' Points and borrow money from teachers to open stores, partly to tie the third-years to his ship.
He had sold the third-years a dream.
Look, they had opened three stores in total. Though the returns were not obvious yet, these stores could be converted into cash when everyone graduated.
In other words, everyone would receive a share of the money then.
It was both a promise and a means of self-protection.
Horikita-senpai had already graduated, so the Student Council was under Arisu Sakayanagi's control. Nagumo did not believe she would be completely impartial.
So he was worried that if he saved up Points, Oreki would trick him out of them too.
In that case, he might as well spend them all.
"There are still two private rooms available," Nagumo said.
He glanced at Kakeru Ryuuen and Housen, then finally looked at the newly enrolled first-years. "There would normally be a private room fee, but I'll waive it for you today."
In truth, Nagumo had discovered that this year's freshmen were unusual when he came to settle the accounts.
In previous years, the Behavioral Standards Exam came right after enrollment, and most freshmen knew nothing. They would start spending recklessly.
The stores on campus could make a tidy profit.
But business had been mediocre these past few days.
That meant the freshmen were already treating their Points cautiously.
So there were still plenty of empty seats in the store.
Those words were merely for show.
"Then we'll gratefully accept Nagumo-senpai's generosity," Oreki said, leading the group toward the private rooms.
"..."
As someone who controlled an entire grade, Nagumo had suffered a few setbacks, but there was no denying that he could not have gotten this far without some skill.
Oreki had