Silence.
The classroom, where people had been constantly rising to cheer until just moments ago, fell silent once more.
Everyone looked at Ike Koji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudo Ken, whose faces had gone deathly pale, and fell quiet.
Although those three were an unpopular trio in Class D, unless someone held a grudge against them, no one could truly be happy to see classmates expelled.
Besides, the expulsions of Ike Koji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudo Ken were only the beginning.
This class would face even more exams and trials from here on out.
When that time came, how many more people would be expelled?
With that thought in mind, who could keep cheering?
At that moment, even Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka were caught in the heavy atmosphere.
Only two people stood up as though they could not accept it.
"Are Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo really going to be expelled?" Hirata Yosuke asked Chabashira Sae as if making one last struggle. "Isn't it too harsh to impose such a punishment just because they failed one exam?"
"Yes, sensei." Kushida Kikyo seemed to be fighting for her friends as well, doing her utmost to protest. "Can the school's way of handling this really be accepted?"
The other students did not step forward for Ike Koji, Yamauchi Haruki, or Sudo Ken, but they kept nodding.
Being expelled for failing a single exam was an excessively harsh rule, one that would be outrageous at any school.
However, this school had every reason to do so.
"Don't forget that at this nationally run elite school, your tuition, housing expenses, and even living expenses are completely waived. The country is essentially supporting and training you for free."
Chabashira Sae coldly stated that fact.
"You failed to meet the country's expectations, yet you still want the