Recaps

Ibuki Mio knocked Yagami Takuya unconscious after he threatened Kazehara Tetsu with evidence of their fight. Kazehara’s mother, Kagihara Misaki, arrived with Amasawa Ichika and assured them she had arranged to erase every trace of the incident.

• Yagami Takuya threatened Kazehara Tetsu with surveillance footage, witnesses, and physical evidence that could lead to their expulsion.
• Ibuki Mio kicked Yagami Takuya in the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious, and told Kazehara Tetsu that one hit was enough to settle things between them.
• Ibuki Mio worried that the School Authority would punish them, while Kazehara Tetsu stayed calm and joked that they could leave school together.
• Kagihara Misaki and Amasawa Ichika arrived, and Kagihara Misaki teased Ibuki Mio about her relationship with Kazehara Tetsu.
• Kazehara Tetsu asked Kagihara Misaki whether she had handled the matter he entrusted to her, and she said she had ensured no evidence or trace of the conflict would remain.

Kagihara Misaki assured Ibuki Mio that the school incident had been erased, revealing the influence behind Kazehara Tetsu. After meeting Mio, Misaki quietly asked whether she had special feelings for Tetsu, leaving Mio flustered.

• Kagihara Misaki told Ibuki Mio that every trace of the conflict had been taken care of, and Mio realized Tetsu had powerful backing.
• Kagihara Misaki remarked that Kazehara Tetsu had become far stronger than he had been before, while Tetsu blamed his victory on luck and catching the adults off guard.
• Kagihara Misaki asked Ibuki Mio her name, introduced herself as Tetsu's mother, and praised Mio's name.
• Kagihara Misaki took Ibuki Mio aside and privately asked whether she had special feelings for Kazehara Tetsu, making Mio blush and freeze.

Ibuki Mio struggled through Kagihara Misaki’s matchmaking teasing until Kazehara Tetsu stepped in, while Amasawa Ichika later lightened the mood by playfully accusing Tetsu of bullying her. The chapter ended with Kagihara Misaki saying she might not see the young people again until graduation, and Tetsu choosing to ignore Ichika’s exaggerated complaint.

• Ibuki Mio denied having special feelings for Kazehara Tetsu as Kagihara Misaki gently teased her about their relationship.
• Kazehara Tetsu stopped Kagihara Misaki from pressing Ibuki, and Misaki quietly urged Ibuki to make a move soon.
• Amasawa Ichika reassured Ibuki and promised Kagihara Misaki she would win over Kazehara Tetsu before they met again.
• Kazehara Tetsu lightly tapped Amasawa Ichika on the head, and she pretended to be hurt and accused him of bullying her.
• Kazehara Tetsu rejected Amasawa Ichika’s claims and then ignored her when she insisted she would keep accusing him.

After the disturbance at the Cultural Festival, Kazehara Tetsu walked with his mother, Kagihara Misaki, toward the school gate. They ran into Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi, and Tetsu introduced Misaki as his mother.

• Kazehara Tetsu left the tree-lined path with the others after Kagihara Misaki arranged for the mess to be cleaned up.
• Ibuki Mio said goodbye to Kazehara Tetsu and headed back to the Dormitory to change out of her maid outfit.
• Kazehara Tetsu sent Amasawa Ichika away, leaving him to walk alone with Kagihara Misaki.
• Kagihara Misaki told Kazehara Tetsu she regretted their brief reunion, and he said they would be together again in a year and a half.
• Kazehara Tetsu and Kagihara Misaki encountered Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi on the campus road.
• Kagihara Misaki recognized Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi as the top two girls on Kazehara Tetsu's special ranking, and Tetsu introduced her as his mother.

Kagihara Misaki met Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi, praised their importance to Kazehara Tetsu, and learned that Arisu had recovered from her congenital heart disease with Tetsu’s medicine. After the Cultural Festival, Misaki said goodbye to the three and invited Arisu and Masumi to visit her home after graduation.

• Kagihara Misaki told Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi that they ranked first and second among the girls Kazehara Tetsu liked.
• Kagihara Misaki praised Arisu and Masumi as special to Tetsu, while Kamuro Masumi reacted with confusion.
• Sakayanagi Arisu explained that she had recovered from Congenital Heart Disease with special medicine from Kazehara Tetsu.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi accompanied Kazehara Tetsu as he walked Kagihara Misaki to the school gate.
• Kagihara Misaki invited Arisu and Masumi to visit her home after graduation, then embraced Tetsu and said goodbye.

After the Cultural Festival ended, Kazehara Tetsu, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kamuro Masumi reviewed the results over a meal. Second Year Class A had placed first, beating Second Year Class C and securing Kazehara's victory in his wager with Horikita Suzune, before the three went their separate ways.

• Kazehara Tetsu, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kamuro Masumi left the school gates and went to a quiet shop in the Camphor Tree Shopping Mall for food.
• The three checked the final rankings, which placed Second Year Class A first and Second Year Class C second, with both classes earning 100 Class Points.
• Kazehara Tetsu recognized that Second Year Class A's higher placement secured his wager with Horikita Suzune and the promised personal maid service.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi praised Kazehara Tetsu's mother, Kagihara Misaki, as the three reminisced about the Cultural Festival over their meal.
• After finishing their food, Kazehara Tetsu, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Kamuro Masumi left the shop and parted at an intersection.

After winning his Cultural Festival wager with Horikita Suzune, Kazehara Tetsu returned to his dorm and found her waiting with a maid uniform. Horikita entered his tidy room and insisted on beginning her promised personal maid service immediately.

• Kazehara Tetsu replenished the daily necessities for his dorm at the Convenience Store.
• Kazehara Tetsu found Horikita Suzune waiting outside his dorm to fulfill the wager he had won.
• Horikita Suzune explained that she had come early to leave herself time to prepare, and Kazehara teased her by calling her Maid Suzune.
• Horikita Suzune entered Kazehara Tetsu's neat dorm and remarked that she had expected it to be messy.
• Kazehara Tetsu suggested that Horikita Suzune rest before starting, but she insisted they prepare now.

Horikita Suzune began fulfilling her bet with Kazehara Tetsu by serving him in a maid outfit, though she kept her usual commanding manner. As she prepared pour-over coffee, she learned that Kazehara Tetsu preferred ordinary beans despite his wealthy background.

• Horikita Suzune changed into her maid outfit and told Kazehara Tetsu to sit on the sofa.
• Horikita Suzune asked what Kazehara Tetsu wanted to drink and ruled out dessert service.
• Kazehara Tetsu requested pour-over coffee, and Horikita Suzune went to the kitchen to find the beans.
• Horikita Suzune questioned why Kazehara Tetsu kept ordinary coffee beans despite his wealth and plentiful Personal Points.
• Kazehara Tetsu explained that his family had once stocked only high-end coffee, but he had no personal preference for expensive brands.

Horikita Suzune carefully prepared pour-over coffee for Kazehara Tetsu, who praised her brewing after teasing her into calling him “Master.” She washed the equipment while he drank the coffee and enjoyed the quiet.

• Horikita Suzune asked Kazehara Tetsu about his preferred coffee ratio, but he told her to brew it however she liked.
• Horikita Suzune ground the beans and carefully made the coffee while Kazehara Tetsu watched from the sofa.
• Horikita Suzune served the coffee, but Kazehara Tetsu delayed drinking it until she called him “Master.”
• Horikita Suzune called him “Master,” then ended his repeated requests and went to wash the brewing equipment.
• Kazehara Tetsu tasted the coffee, praised its balanced flavor, and quietly enjoyed it.

Horikita Suzune questioned Kazehara Tetsu about the message he sent during the Cultural Festival and learned how he helped Class A win. She realized his plan used parents’ desire to benefit their children, but questioned whether the point exchange violated school rules.

• Horikita Suzune sat across from Kazehara Tetsu and asked how Class A had won the Cultural Festival.
• Horikita Suzune recalled that Kazehara Tetsu had sent a message when they finalized their wager and pressed him to explain it.
• Kazehara Tetsu explained that most festival visitors were students’ parents and relatives.
• Kazehara Tetsu revealed that he offered parents a two-to-one exchange of festival event points for their children’s Personal Points.
• Horikita Suzune understood how the exchange boosted Class A’s results and asked whether it counted as an unauthorized private transaction.

Horikita Suzune learned how Kazehara Tetsu had used stall sales to disguise the Cultural Festival point exchanges and win their bet. Although Kazehara ended her maid service after she washed his coffee cup, Horikita moved close to him and said she wanted to understand everything about him.

• Kazehara explained that the exchanges had been recorded as ordinary stall sales, and Horikita understood how he had exploited a loophole to win.
• Horikita admitted she had only wanted to know where she had lost, and Kazehara finished his coffee.
• Horikita washed the cup and returned from the kitchen to find Kazehara sitting beside the bed.
• Kazehara told Horikita she could leave because making coffee had fulfilled their bet, but she walked to the bed instead.
• Horikita braced herself over Kazehara and told him she wanted to understand everything about him.

Horikita Suzune told Kazehara Tetsu that her wager had been a way to spend time with him and that she wanted to understand the parts of him he kept hidden. After they spent the night together, she woke to find him already up and making breakfast.

• Kazehara Tetsu realized Horikita Suzune had designed the wager to bring them together whether she won or lost.
• Horikita Suzune admitted she would have visited him regardless of the wager’s outcome and said she wanted to understand him completely.
• Horikita Suzune and Kazehara Tetsu spent the night talking and resting together in his bed.
• Horikita Suzune woke the next morning, found Kazehara Tetsu’s side of the bed empty, and heard him preparing breakfast in the Living Room.

After spending a restless night sharing a bed, Horikita Suzune admitted she had been too nervous to take their relationship further, and Kazehara Tetsu reassured her not to rush. Over breakfast, she asked to taste his reputedly excellent cooking, and they agreed to cook together later.

• Horikita Suzune told Kazehara Tetsu that she had barely slept because she was nervous about sharing a bed with him and had been too scared to take another step.
• Kazehara Tetsu reassured Horikita Suzune that she did not need to force herself to change everything at once, and they sat down to breakfast.
• Horikita Suzune enjoyed Kazehara Tetsu's simple breakfast and recalled hearing that his cooking was as good as a professional chef's.
• Horikita Suzune asked Kazehara Tetsu to show her how well he could cook and said she had learned to make basic dishes herself.
• Kazehara Tetsu agreed that they could cook together at a suitable time, and Horikita Suzune accepted the promise.

Kazehara Tetsu told Horikita Suzune that his goal of earning enough Points remained far off and explained why he would not abuse Chairman Sakayanagi's favor. Horikita said she might transfer to Class A when she was ready, and the two agreed to wait for the school’s Educational Trip destination decision before planning further.

• Horikita asked Kazehara how close he was to his goal, and he said he would likely need the rest of the year to gather enough Points for one class.
• Horikita suggested using Chairman Sakayanagi's authority to obtain more Points, but Kazehara refused to push beyond the limited favor he had already received.
• Kazehara suggested that Horikita join Class A to increase its potential Personal Points, and she said she would consider transferring once she felt mentally prepared.
• Horikita asked about the Educational Trip, and Kazehara said he had no fixed plans because he had never traveled with classmates before.
• Horikita told Kazehara that her Class C had voted for Hokkaido, while his class had voted for Okinawa, and they agreed to wait for the remaining votes and the school's final decision.

As Kouyoku High School students speculated about their upcoming Educational Trip and the Special Exam likely to accompany it, Kazehara Tetsu told Shiraishi Asuka that he hoped to avoid Kyoto. Shiraishi said Kyoto was unlikely to be chosen, leaving the reason for Kazehara’s dislike unexplained.

• Ishizaki Daichi hoped the Educational Trip would take the students to Okinawa, while Tozuka Yahiko predicted Hokkaido and explained its winter activities suited the season.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi warned Ishizaki that the school would likely attach a Special Exam to the trip, dampening his excitement.
• Shiraishi Asuka stopped listening to a recording of Kazehara Tetsu because the noisy classroom drowned it out.
• Shiraishi asked Kazehara where he wanted to go, and Kazehara said he did not care between Okinawa and Hokkaido but would rather not go to Kyoto.
• Shiraishi told Kazehara that Kyoto was unlikely because students would be less interested in touring historical sites.

Kazehara Tetsu and Shiraishi Asuka discussed how her name connected to freedom and explored two ways of understanding it. He said she experienced both Positive Freedom and Negative Freedom, then admitted he personally favored Positive Freedom, leaving Shiraishi to consider his view.

• Kazehara Tetsu said Hokkaido suited Shiraishi Asuka because her name evoked a bird flying over a snowy plain, and Shiraishi explained that Asuka meant freedom.
• Shiraishi asked Kazehara how he defined freedom, and he distinguished Positive Freedom as the ability to act from Negative Freedom as freedom from coercion.
• Shiraishi asked which kind of freedom she had, and Kazehara said she had both because she could pursue her choices but could not stop others from spreading rumors about her.
• Shiraishi asked which kind of freedom Kazehara wanted her to become, and he said he favored Positive Freedom; she said she understood.

Majima Tomoya began announcing Class A’s Final Exam results before explaining the Educational Trip. The announcement started with the lowest scores, and the chapter ended as he continued reading the class rankings.

• Majima Tomoya entered the classroom and said the Class Meeting would first cover the Final Exam results.
• Kazehara Tetsu recalled that Chairman Sakayanagi had adjusted the schoolwide Class Points rewards and penalties, creating a more favorable environment for him.
• Majima Tomoya announced that Ishizaki Daichi ranked last with 56 points, safely above the expulsion threshold.
• Majima Tomoya announced Albert’s score of 60 points, which his strong English results had raised above Ishizaki Daichi’s.

Second Year Class A celebrated its Final Exam victory before Majima Tomoya explained the Educational Trip’s student-ranking form. The one-hour anonymous ranking task began, leaving the students silently judging classmates across all four classes.

• Majima Tomoya announced Shiina Hiyori’s third-place score of 93, Sakayanagi Arisu’s second-place score of 96.5, and Kazehara Tetsu’s first-place perfect score.
• Majima Tomoya told the class that Second Year Class A had won the grade’s Final Exam average and earned 100 Class Points.
• Majima Tomoya instructed students to rank every other student in all four classes from 1 to 44, while entering “myself” beside their own names.
• Katsuragi Kouhei asked about the ranking criteria, and Majima Tomoya explained that students could use their own judgments and personal impressions.
• Majima Tomoya said the rankings would remain hidden, forbade discussion and OAA System lookups, and started the one-hour timer.

Kazehara Tetsu quickly completed the class ranking forms according to his personal preferences while the other students deliberated. Majima Tomoya announced that Hokkaido had won the destination vote and began introducing the rules and itinerary for the five-day, four-night Educational Trip.

• Kazehara Tetsu ranked students from all four classes according to how much he liked them and submitted his forms.
• The second-year students finished submitting their anonymous rankings, and Majima Tomoya announced that Hokkaido had won the destination vote with three votes.
• Tozuka Yahiko welcomed the result, while Ishizaki Daichi and other Okinawa supporters were disappointed.
• Majima Tomoya told the students that the destination could not be changed and reminded them that the trip would have strict educational rules.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi asked whether the trip would include a class-versus-class Special Exam, and Majima Tomoya said it would not involve competition for Class Points.
• Majima Tomoya displayed the itinerary for the five-day, four-night trip.

Majima Tomoya announced that the Hokkaido Educational Trip would use the theme “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles,” and that students from all four classes would be reorganized into mixed travel teams. The chapter left the students realizing the trip was designed to test how well they understood people from other classes.

• The students reviewed the five-day itinerary and noticed that the fourth day’s Free Activity came with unexplained additional conditions.
• Majima Tomoya revealed the trip’s theme, “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.”
• Majima Tomoya announced that students from all Four Classes would be split up and placed in mixed travel teams.
• Ishizaki Daichi questioned whether students might be grouped with unfamiliar classmates or people they did not get along with, and Majima Tomoya acknowledged the concern.
• Majima Tomoya explained that the cross-class teams were intended to help students understand one another, since the school’s competitive class system had limited their social interactions.

Majima Tomoya explained how the Hokkaido trip’s cross-class Small Groups would be formed and what rules would govern their activities. The students learned they would have to stay together outside the hotel, while the details of the trip would be explained after they arrived; Katsuragi Kouhei then raised his hand.

• Majima Tomoya said teams would ideally include one boy and one girl from each of the Four Classes, making eight-person Small Groups.
• Majima Tomoya explained that four expelled students—three boys and one girl—meant two teams would have six members and that the teams’ gender ratios would vary.
• Majima Tomoya announced that students had to act together during outside Free Activity, but could make their own arrangements inside the hotel.
• Majima Tomoya described the Hokkaido hotel as famous and well equipped, and Katsuragi Kouhei raised his hand.

Majima Tomoya explained the rules for the Educational Trip, including how groups would be arranged and what would happen if members could not agree. After he left, the students discussed the trip while Kazehara Tetsu quietly considered the information.

• Katsuragi Kouhei asked how the school would handle group members who could not communicate or reach consensus, and Majima Tomoya said the whole group would have to stay in the hotel during Free Activity periods.
• Majima Tomoya explained that the school would use students' anonymous ranking forms to arrange groups without revealing its method.
• Majima Tomoya said students could use phones only to contact second year students and accompanying Teachers, and that the school would inspect communication records after the trip.
• Majima Tomoya explained that students could exchange Personal Points for cash, borrow up to ten thousand yen, and convert unused cash back into Points after the trip.
• Majima Tomoya left the classroom after allowing the students to discuss the trip or rest until the Class Meeting ended, and the students began talking excitedly while Kazehara Tetsu stayed quiet.

Kazehara Tetsu found Shiina Hiyori and Ibuki Mio discussing plans to collect a large order of books, and joined them for lunch. The three chose a quiet restaurant near the bookstore, where they began ordering their meals before picking up Shiina Hiyori’s books.

• Kazehara Tetsu left the noisy classroom and noticed Shiina Hiyori and Ibuki Mio talking in the hallway.
• Shiina Hiyori explained that she had ordered many books and asked Ibuki Mio to help carry them back to the dormitory.
• Shiina Hiyori insisted on treating Ibuki Mio to lunch as thanks, and Ibuki Mio agreed.
• Shiina Hiyori invited Kazehara Tetsu to lunch, and he accepted.
• Kazehara Tetsu, Shiina Hiyori, and Ibuki Mio went to a quiet restaurant near the bookstore and ordered home-style meals.

Shiina Hiyori asked Kazehara Tetsu what he thought of the upcoming Educational Trip to Hokkaido, and he said it would be his first school group outing. The three discussed skiing, with Tetsu agreeing to help Hiyori learn before their lunch arrived.

• Shiina Hiyori asked Kazehara Tetsu how he felt about the Hokkaido Educational Trip, and he explained that group outings were unfamiliar to him.
• Ibuki Mio questioned how Kazehara Tetsu could ski despite rarely going out, and he explained that he had learned at an artificial ski resort.
• Kazehara Tetsu offered to teach Ibuki Mio to ski, but she declined and said she could manage on her own.
• Shiina Hiyori asked Kazehara Tetsu to help her during the skiing lesson because she had never skied, and he agreed.
• A shop employee brought the three their meal trays, and they stopped talking to eat.

Shiina Hiyori picked up more than thirty books from the bookstore, and Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio helped her carry them back to the Dormitory Building. The three arrived at their floor by elevator with the books packed and ready to take to Hiyori’s room.

• Shiina Hiyori showed the bookstore employee her reservation and led Kazehara Tetsu and Ibuki Mio to the stack of books.
• Shiina Hiyori offered Kazehara Tetsu a few books to borrow and suggested they discuss them after reading.
• Shiina Hiyori counted the books and confirmed that all were present and undamaged.
• Kazehara Tetsu packed and carried the heaviest books, while Ibuki Mio packed the rest and refused Shiina Hiyori’s offer to help carry them.
• Kazehara Tetsu, Ibuki Mio, and Shiina Hiyori carried the bags to the Dormitory Building and rode the elevator to their floor.