Lunch with Horikita Suzune.

Soon, time came to the third day.

Akasaka Ryunosuke was attending class as usual.

But honestly, there was no longer any point in attending the current lessons, because...

Akasaka glanced around at the students slacking off and playing on their phones, shaking his head.

Fortunately, he had abandoned these hindrances from the very beginning. Otherwise, if he really had to lead this trash class, even if he could do it, he wouldn't want to.

Akasaka hated people who got something for nothing the most. They could even blow up at critical moments and drag him down.

Whether it was Kushida or Hirata, they were like time bombs, liable to detonate at any moment.

Promoting this class to Class A? Let the protagonist of this world, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, worry about that. He just wanted to make money right now.

Just as Akasaka was lost in thought, unbeknownst to him, most of his classmates' attention was on him.

Because of a broadcast announcement after school yesterday, everyone knew that this person had joined the Student Council on his second day of enrollment, so they were all full of curiosity about him.

Especially Horikita Suzune.

She kept looking towards Akasaka, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Soon, the class bell rang, signaling the end of the lesson.

Akasaka stood up, about to leave, but was called back by their homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae.

"Akasaka Ryunosuke, come to my office after school. I have something to tell you."

Tsk, this woman has her eyes on me, as expected? Akasaka felt a headache coming on, but he had to face it.

"I understand, Teacher."

Chabashira Sae nodded and left.

Seeing this, he also prepared to leave for lunch.

Although the free lunch here was not tasty, it was not to the point of being inedible. It was better than eating steamed buns with pickles in his previous life.

Moreover, it was free. He hadn't spent a single cent in the past two days, saving to the extreme.

Just as Akasaka Ryunosuke was about to leave, Horikita Suzune, who was in the seat in front of him, also stood up and came before him. Without any regard for the gazes of others, she boldly said to him, "I have something to tell you. Let's have lunch together today."

The other boys and girls' mouths dropped open in shock.

Kushida, in particular, looked vacant.

And Kuroya's Masterpiece, Yamauchi Haruki, has already started bragging.

"You're kidding me?! How could someone as beautiful as Horikita be interested in that guy who looks worse than me?!"

Veins bulged on Akasaka's forehead as he cursed inwardly. [While I admit I'm not exactly handsome, I'm not worse than you, you degenerate.]

[As expected of Kuroya's greatest masterpiece, you really know how to get under people's skin. I've decided, I'm definitely going to get you expelled!] Akasaka thought to himself, but his expression remained calm.

Facing the murmurs and pointing fingers from the crowd, Horikita Suzune remained indifferent, like a block of wood. She even extended another invitation to me.

"Akasaka, are you going to eat with me or not? Answer me."

Horikita Suzune, not receiving a response, became visibly impatient.

I couldn't help but click my tongue. How could this Horikita Suzune in front of me be so dense? Saying something so easily misunderstood in front of so many people, anyone who didn't know better would think she was interested in me.

If I didn't know her personality from my past life, I might even have the delusion that she liked me.

Facing the curious, jealous, and angry gazes of the crowd, Akasaka calmly nodded in agreement.

The other boys immediately drooped in dejection.

Although Horikita Suzune was aloof, something I had noticed over the past two days, I had to admit she was indeed very beautiful.

Even though she was difficult to get along with, like a flower on a high mountain, her beauty was still top-tier, even in Class D, a place filled with beauties.

Soon, Horikita and I headed to the school cafeteria.

We both unconsciously gravitated towards the free meal counter.

Akasaka Ryunosuke found it a bit strange.

"You said you were treating me to a meal... and you meant this free one?"

I pointed at the free cafeteria with my finger.

Horikita Suzune, however, didn't seem to care. She casually ordered a free meal, a pork cutlet bowl for 400 yen, and placed it on my tray, saying expressionlessly.

"This is for you. Eat up."

Akasaka Ryunosuke...

[Heh, you think you can dismiss me with 400 yen? How naive.] But I still started eating. After all, he who doesn't take advantage of a good deal is a fool. There's no reason to send away food that's delivered to your mouth.

Horikita Suzune and I sat at a table in the cafeteria and began our lunch.

Seeing me eating the meal she paid for, Horikita Suzune put down her spoon and asked me.

"Did you... join the Student Council?"

I ate and nodded. "That's right. Do you want to join too? I can help you."

I pinched my chopsticks together, indicating I could help.

Horikita Suzune hesitated. "Maybe not..."

Seeing Horikita like this, I stopped the topic. I probably understood what was going on. This awkward guy, just like his sister-complex brother, wasn't very straightforward.

Soon, the two of us finished lunch and parted ways.

Horikita Suzune treated me to lunch for 400 yen, all to get information out of me and probe her brother's thoughts. Unfortunately, this sister backed down in the end, losing 400 yen for nothing.

Soon it was time for school to end.

I arrived at the homeroom teacher Chabashira Sae's office and gently knocked on the door. A pleasant yet somewhat stern voice came from inside.

"Come in."

I walked in and found someone else inside: the homeroom teacher for Class B, Hoshinomiya Chie.

When the two saw me enter, they stopped chatting and looked at me with the eyes of a hunter, making me shiver all over.

Seeing me enter, Chabashira Sae looked at Hoshinomiya Chie, who had been clinging to her. "Chie, can you go out for a moment? I need to talk to this child."

Seeing Chabashira trying to kick her out, Hoshinomiya Chie immediately became displeased.

"Little Sae, what can't be said in front of me? Are you still trying to get promoted to Class A?

I suggest you give up early, because it's impossible.

Hoshinomiya Chie said hurtful things with a smile. But Chabashira Sae wasn't angry at all, as if she was already used to it.

"If you're done talking, hurry up and leave."

Seeing that Chabashira had no reaction, Hoshinomiya pouted her cute little lips and playfully swung her arms around Chabashira Sae's.

"Come on, Little Sae, just let me stay and listen."

Chabashira Sae impatiently pushed her out of the room, then closed and heavily locked the door.

Outside the room, Hoshinomiya Chie's face darkened. "Trying to get promoted to Class A, Little Sae. You're too naive. I won't let you succeed."

With that, she left.

The two inside the room began their conversation.