Class B Boys Group

"We are the Class B Boys Group. Next, please enjoy our debut song, Let Our Summer Become Melancholy. Music!"

Following this, Beppu turned on the background music, and a blast of intense sound erupted.

"..."

"Hey! You Class B guys! Stop singing! If you keep singing, watch out, I'll beat you up!" Veins were bulging on Ishizaki's forehead, but threatening them was useless.

"Hmph!" Ishizaki let out a cold snort and turned to leave. But before he had walked many steps, Ying and the others chased after him again.

"That day's Ishizaki, Ishizaki get up!

That day's Komiya, Komiya get up!"

"What on earth are you guys singing!?" Ishizaki covered his ears and quickened his pace.

But Ying simply placed the speaker right next to Ishizaki's ear.

"Ishizaki Daichi don't, don't go!

Could you please hurry, hurry and come back!"

"Ah!!! Urusai! (So annoying!)" Ishizaki angrily grabbed Ying's collar again.

Ying: "This is true music."

Looking at Ying's indifferent expression, Ishizaki could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.

As soon as Ishizaki turned around, Ying ran in front of him again.

"I am a trainee who has been practicing for two and a half years, Byakuya Kun. I like singing, dancing, rap, and basketball. Next, please enjoy the song I just created: Just Because Ishizaki Is Too Beautiful."

Ishizaki turned his head back and saw Hamaguchi looking melancholy.

"Ji ni tai mei! (Chicken, you are too beautiful)..."

"Melancholy, become melancholy!"

"Ji ni tai mei!"

"Loneliness, become lonely!"

"Chicken, you are melancholy..."

Ishizaki looked up. Ah, he really wanted to punch them twice just like that...

Ishizaki picked up his student terminal: "Hello, is that Brother Ryuen? I have four Class B students here. I want to ask if I can beat them up? I see... I'm sorry... I promise I won't hit them!"

Afterward, Ishizaki put the terminal back into his pocket with a dark face.

That night, Ishizaki dreamed of summer, chickens, and melancholy...

In the student cafeteria, Ishizaki was eating a standard student meal quite normally, but things stopped being normal after the Class B Boys Group arrived.

"Ishizaki Goshujin-sama (Master), seeing that you are eating the Fluffy Pure Miracle Heart-Throbbing Standard Student Meal, I can have this Hamaguchi-san cast a 'make it delicious' spell for you!" Ying said this while dressed in a butler's outfit.

"No... no need, get lost!"

"Fluffy Pure Miracle Heart-Throbbing Standard Student Meal, become delicious. Biu~." Hamaguchi performed a dance like a magical girl transformation, finally firing a heart into Ishizaki's standard meal.

"Ugh..." Ishizaki covered his mouth and started dry-heaving. Beside him, Komiya and Kondo were watching Ishizaki like this, holding back their laughter...

Then Ying and Beppu walked up to the two of them: "Fluffy Pure Miracle Heart-Throbbing Standard Student Meal, become delicious."

"Ugh..."

"Do, do you guys not eat!?" Ishizaki couldn't help but ask.

"As butlers, it is impossible to dine in front of Goshujin-sama." After saying this, the four of them performed a standard butler bow.

Ishizaki's eyelid was twitching wildly, but he could only endure the disgust in his heart and start eating. It felt like it had become even worse to taste...

Inside Dorm 402, Ying, Shibata, Hamaguchi, and Beppu were sitting around a round table.

"This will be a bitter battle from here on out. You might be looked at differently by others later. Even so, are you still going to follow me?" Ying said seriously, arms crossed.

"Ying, you're wrong. It's not following you; this is our collective decision. As long as it's for everyone in Class B, as long as we can let those people in Class C know that our Class B isn't to be trifled with! We will do anything!" Hamaguchi patted his chest, giving his word.

Ying looked around at the other two, and they nodded in agreement as well.

"Good! Then, Class B Boys Group, let's start rehearsing!"

"Princess! I will! I will definitely save you! Demon King, I'll fight you to the death!!! Haaah!" Ying held a sharp sword and slashed toward the Great Demon King Shibata.

"Ahahaha! Naive hero, do you think you can shake my demonic might with your meager mortal strength!" Seeing the Great Demon King Shibata lift his sleeve slightly, Ying was sent flying backward.

"Yuusha-sama (Hero)!" Princess Hamaguchi, who had been kidnapped by the Demon King, said anxiously.

"Hero! Go to hell!" The Demon King released dark magic, intending to press the attack and kill the hero.

"Ying! Watch out!" Beppu rushed over and pushed Ying away, but he was struck by the dark magic and fell to the ground.

"Ryota! What are you doing... why are you so stupid!" Ying knelt down and hugged the dying Beppu.

Beppu licked the ketchup from the corner of his mouth and said: "Cough, cough... Ying... that's good, you didn't die. It seems... watashi (I) am about to leave this world."

"No! Ryota! Don't die on me! Don't!" Ying wailed, pleading with Ryota.

"Cough, cough... In these final moments of my life, I... I have one thing I must... must convey to you. I have, for a long, long time... always been in love with you... Even though I always knew... that Ying, you loved the princess... but I wanted to know... even if just for a fleeting moment, Ying, have you ever liked me..."

Ying couldn't help but cover his mouth and swallow hard, then immediately dove back into character: "Ryota! Don't, don't say anything more!"

"Is that so... Actually, I knew it all along... It was just my own wishful thinking... I hope you and the princess can survive, you must... be... hap..." Beppu stopped mid-sentence, his breath fading away.

"Ryota! Ryota! Answer me! Ryota!!! Why! Why is this happening! Why is my summer so melancholic!!!"

The deceased Ryota turned on the MP3 player hidden in his pocket.

"The melancholy of that day, becoming melancholic..." (Sad version)

"Hey, Ishizaki, you have to admit, it's actually pretty good." Komiya said to Ishizaki while munching on popcorn.

"As much as I hate to admit it, they really are acting well." Ishizaki frowned, speaking reluctantly.

In the school park, a large crowd of Class C students had gathered, surrounding the Class B Boys Group as they watched their play, Brave Hero Fights the Demon King.

"Our Drama Club is exactly in need of such talent." A senior from the Drama Club said, wiping away tears as he spoke.

"Hahahaha! What a group of interesting boys! I shall have them join the Koenji Group and let them have a Gorgeous debut." For some reason, Koenji Rokusuke was also watching the performance by Ying and the others.

For the past few days, the four of them had been performing their talents in front of Class C, annoying the students so much that they had asked Ryuen for help more than once. Ryuen had initially dismissed it as mere child's play, but with the relentless persistence of the Class B Boys Group, they had successfully made Class C terrified at the mere mention of the word "melancholy."

Today, Ryuen finally confronted the four of them.

"Class B, whose idea was this plan?" Ryuen looked at the four of them with a sharp gaze.

The other three, excluding Ying, couldn't help but be intimidated by Ryuen's aura.

"Kanzaki Ryuji." Ying said, expressionless.

"Is that so? As I thought, it wasn't that bleeding heart Ichinose. Go back and tell Ichinose that Class B wins this round, but it won't be so easy next time." After saying this, Ryuen led the Class C students away.

"Ying, why did you tell Ryuen that this plan was Kanzaki's idea?" Hamaguchi asked, feeling curious.

"Because, good brothers are meant to be sold out." Ying stated that if Ryuen came looking for trouble in the future, he would have to get past his brother Kanzaki first.