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Sakurajima, Koudo Ikusei High School. In the April breeze, pink sakura drifted down like rain, and a luxurious black sedan was parked in front of the school gates.

Once the car had stopped and the door opened, a girl in a maid outfit stepped out, carrying a schoolbag. She stood respectfully to one side, waiting.

Then a boy with tousled black hair and strikingly handsome features stepped out of the car. He wore a radiant smile, and his clothes were immaculate.

"Today, I'm finally starting school here."

The smile on Tenyo Yuyuki's lips grew brighter.

The sixteen-year-old boy named Tenyo Yuyuki had not originally belonged to this world. He was a reincarnator.

The surname Tenyo represented the Tenyo Family, one of Sakurajima's Six Zaibatsu. Behind the scenes, they controlled thirty percent of Sakurajima's economy and wielded considerable influence abroad. Their vast resources were plain to see.

Having displayed extraordinary talent from the moment he was born, Tenyo Yuyuki had been able to understand anything at a glance from a young age. The Tenyo Family had given him the best education and groomed him as one of the next generation's potential heirs.

But things weren't that simple.

Sakurajima's families were far less glamorous than they appeared. Simply put, the people at the top of Sakurajima were all gentlemen. Including the branch families, their descendants numbered well over a hundred.

As a result, the Tenyo Family had developed numerous methods for selecting an heir, and attending Koudo Ikusei High School was one of them.

Run by the state, this school was one of the fairest places for the various zaibatsu to choose their successors. Here, aside from Sakurajima's laws, the School Rules took precedence over everything!

Even if some zaibatsu could use their influence to replace the school's Chairman, they still had to abide by the school's rules. The Chairman was no exception. The rules were laid out in painstaking detail, applying to everyone from the Chairman down to the students.

Koudo Ikusei High School was also completely different from other schools. It upheld the absolute supremacy of ability, and each year, it admitted students through a specific selection process.

Each year's students were divided into A, B, C, and D Classes. Only those who graduated from A Class could receive the school's promise: the freedom to choose any career they wanted!

Those who wanted to become professional athletes could go straight onto the National Team. Those who wanted to continue their studies could enter Sakurajima's top university without taking an exam. And those who wanted to enter politics could choose a department they liked and start at the bottom.

Thus, over the course of three years, the four classes would compete fiercely, striving for the chance to graduate from A Class and make their dreams come true!

The competition was fierce!

It was one of the best places for the various zaibatsu to select their successors!

Naturally, graduating from A Class couldn't be the only requirement. After all, dozens of students graduated from A Class every year. That was far too easy—and far too frivolous a standard for a family controlling enormous wealth!

So.

Graduating from A Class was only the basic requirement.

Three years later.

The family would test how many A Class graduates were willing to give up their dreams and still follow Tenyo Yuyuki.

The test was of their ability to win people over and lead their subordinates!

Those were the qualities a family's leader needed. Personal ability was secondary!!

"Young Master, I'll take my leave now!"

The girl in the maid outfit handed him the schoolbag, then bowed slightly. After receiving Tenyo Yuyuki's permission, she slipped back into the car.

Only then did Tenyo Yuyuki have a chance to look over the school before him. Since he had arrived early, only a handful of young men and women in red uniforms stood in front of the gates.

The speeding luxury car caught the attention of several young men and women, who all turned to watch it drive away.

At the same time, a beautiful figure on the steps caught Tenyo Yuyuki's eye.

A lovely girl stood looking in his direction, her manner open and confident and a radiant smile on her face.

Her waist-length hair was pink, and her blue eyes were like sapphires. Her features, framed by her bangs, were exquisite. Together with her bright smile, they gave her an irresistible warmth.

Most striking of all was the ample figure that strained against her burgundy school uniform, along with her slender waist and long, straight legs.

Ichinose Honami!

Having read the novel, Tenyo Yuyuki recognized her at once.

The future leader of B Class.

She was no slouch in a fight, and on the surface, her grades ranked first in the entire year. She treated everyone with gentleness and tolerance, had a strong sense of justice, and possessed a powerful capacity for compassion that could overwhelm anyone's nature.

In an instant,

all the information about Ichinose Honami surfaced in Tenyo Yuyuki's mind.

He had learned all of it from the novel.

His greatest advantage wasn't his identity, talent, or fighting ability. It was his knowledge of the story.

At that thought, Tenyo Yuyuki gave Ichinose Honami a radiant smile. She smiled back and gave him a slight nod.