"So you need to achieve that ambition within ten months," Nakano Yuu said.
"Um..." Horikita Suzune's expression had already begun to waver. She instinctively felt that Nakano Yuu was whispering something devilish, but she seemed unable to ignore it.
If she gathered twenty million points, perhaps that would be equivalent to earning her brother's approval.
But...
Twenty million points.
The school gave students Private Points as their living expenses, and those points had the same purchasing power as yen.
So in terms of buying things, converted into yen, that would be twenty million yen.
That was enough to buy a house outside the school.
And they had to gather it in less than a year. How could Nakano-kun say something like that so casually?
Still, her brother had casually transferred 500,000 points to her, so Horikita Suzune didn't really understand the purchasing power of the points.
"Right, twenty million. So work with me, and I can give you a share." Seeing that Horikita Suzune was already tempted, Nakano Yuu continued his devilish persuasion. "Don't think it's too little. Right now, there aren't many opportunities to earn points from the class, so we can only seize the chances we get and target certain Special Exams. After all, if we want to profit from the exams, we'll need partners."
"And if we do that once or twice, gathering twenty million will be easy," Nakano Yuu said.
"Can I really?" Horikita Suzune had wavered completely. She stared straight at the black-haired boy in front of her.
Of course.
That way, Nakano-kun could gather his twenty million points in full.
Horikita, on the other hand, would still need to look for more opportunities. But Nakano-kun wasn't going to say that now.
Perhaps because they had become "partners," "collaborators," or "companions working toward twenty million points together," the atmosphere between Nakano-kun and Horikita-kun had become much more cordial on the way back.
And Horikita Suzune no longer looked quite so grim.
Meanwhile, elsewhere...
Katsuragi was also heading back toward the dormitory. They had now reached the common area on the first floor.
"Great, Katsuragi. Now you can become a member of the Student Council too."
"But one million points is a little..."
"As the number of students who trust Katsuragi-kun grows, we'll soon be able to gather a million points by collecting 50,000 from each person. No, even 40,000 would do."
Katsuragi held two books in his left hand. They had library labels on them, so he had probably borrowed them from the library.
A tall boy with pale green hair was walking beside him.
He was Katsuragi's little sidekick, Totsuka Yahiko.
He was the one who had thought Class C was harassing him and had attacked Ryuuen. Of course, it had turned out that Ryuuen had baited him into it. Otherwise, the class wouldn't have been left with only 836 evaluation points.
You could say that he had acted impulsively and taken a wrong step.
The students in the class had probably seen the mistake too, and Katsuragi's popularity had suffered a little.
Totsuka Yahiko saw this and was anxious about it.
But now Katsuragi-kun had secured the position of Student Council Secretary, and that changed everything.
They had only learned the truth about the school today, but they were Class A students. As soon as they discovered that the restrictions on sharing certain information, which upperclassmen had been unable to discuss, had been lifted, they immediately sent students to gather information.
Then they learned that the Student Council at this school had much more power than student councils outside, and every class that had produced a Student Council President had graduated from Class A.
They still didn't know all the President's powers, but joining the Student Council was definitely a good thing.
Especially since there was a Special Exam every month. As a Student Council member, you could learn a lot just by chatting with the other officers.
And this was only the end of the first month for the new students, yet Katsuragi could already join the Student Council. Who could say a bad word about Katsuragi-kun after that?
This was the kind of achievement that could raise their standing in Class A.
If things continued this way, they could make up for the disadvantage caused by Yahiko's impulsiveness.
Katsuragi-kun had a chance to lead the entire class.
A few fantasies appeared on Totsuka-kun's face.
Katsuragi also looked to be in a rather good mood.
Although he had gotten the information from Ryuuen first, that also meant Sakayanagi didn't know about it yet, so he had beaten her to it. And he had heard from upperclassmen that President Horikita's Student Council screening was very strict, which made it especially impressive for a new student to get in.
Although it had cost him a million points, it should have been worth it.
Katsuragi thought to himself.
"Looks like something good happened to you, Katsuragi-kun." Just then, a voice came from beside the seats in the common area.
Katsuragi and Totsuka looked over and saw their classmate Sakayanagi Arisu sitting in one of the seats.
Her cane was propped beside her seat.
"Sakayanagi! How long have you been here? Or how much did you hear?" Totsuka's expression changed at once.
He looked wary.
And he had good reason to look that way.
The class had split into two factions, and some of the students were still watching from the sidelines. After the things Sakayanagi had said that morning, her side currently had the upper hand.
And Katsuragi-kun hadn't even taken up his Student Council Secretary position yet. If Sakayanagi found out, might she interfere?
So of course he had to be on guard.
"Hehe." Sakayanagi only smiled politely and said nothing.
"..." Katsuragi furrowed his brow, then walked over to Sakayanagi. "Actually, I just paid one million points for the Student Council Secretary position."
"Katsuragi-kun!" Totsuka looked nervous.
"Well, Totsuka-kun seems awfully wary of me." Sakayanagi Arisu stood up, taking hold of her cane. She glanced toward the dormitory entrance, then quickly looked away and said, "But does a mere secretary's position really make you this nervous?"
"The Student Council doesn't let people join easily," Totsuka said.
"That's true," Sakayanagi said. "But you don't need to guard your little prize so fiercely. I'm not interested in some mere secretary position."
"If I were going to join the Student Council, I'd at least have to be President. Only you people would be so fixated on a secretary's position."
As she spoke, the elevator doors opened and a student stepped out. Holding her cane, Sakayanagi walked into the elevator.
Katsuragi and Totsuka watched her go.
Totsuka probably thought Sakayanagi was arrogant, while Katsuragi silently felt that she really was different from him. He was cautious, but Sakayanagi was too aggressive.
Outside the dormitory, near the entrance, Horikita-kun and Nakano-kun had also returned.
But they saw students talking inside, so they didn't push the door open and go in.
Still...
"That girl. She's a lot like you—both of you are so arrogant," Horikita Suzune remarked.
Really?
Nakano Yuu looked over and saw only the back of a silver-haired girl who had already stepped into the elevator.
Delicate, with a cane, and wearing white thigh-high stockings.
An ordinary person who saw her would probably think she was an adorable girl from who-knew-where.
But...
Nakano-kun was different.
"That's probably Sakayanagi Arisu from Class A," Nakano Yuu said.
"You know her?" Horikita was surprised.
"Yeah." Nakano Yuu nodded. "Because she's my ex-girlfriend."
"Oh." Horikita Suzune nodded, then suddenly stopped.
She looked at him, as if wondering whether she had heard him correctly. After confirming that she hadn't, she studied Nakano-kun with a strange look.
She probably remembered thinking that Nakano-kun had deliberately approached her to play some kind of romantic game.
But he had kept turning her down. So... was this why? Was this the sort of girl he actually liked?
"..." Nakano Yuu.
Right.
It was easy for people to get the wrong idea when you liked girls with petite, loli-like figures. And Sakayanagi-san would probably still have that sort of figure ten years from now.
Of course, since she was his ex-girlfriend, she was just a woman from his past.
Still...
What Nakano-kun had to think about was that Sakayanagi-san seemed like a frail girl in the original story, but she was actually a nasty person. She was simply bored with school life, then discovered that the male lead, whom she had met once as a child, was also at this school. So she said things that would ruin him and get him expelled.
She was clearly a little devil.
Hopefully, she hadn't seen him just now. At least until he got his hands on some money, he hoped she wouldn't come out and cause trouble, making things harder for him.
Just then...
Beep.
Nakano Yuu noticed he had received a message on his phone.
It was from an unfamiliar number.
But...
[What a coincidence. I thought we wouldn't see each other again for three years.]
There was no name attached, but Nakano-kun knew exactly who it was.
Oh, crap. So she had seen him? His peaceful school life was probably over.
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Although he had gotten close to the Student Council President and even earned 1.5 million points, Sakayanagi Arisu had completely ruined Nakano Yuu's good mood.
That night, after returning to the dormitory and taking a shower, Nakano-kun lay down on his bed. He had school the next day, so there was no need to stay up late.
After all, the first month's Behavioral Norms Exam was over. He'd better start behaving himself.
Still...
Something didn't feel right.
First, he had no memories from the year before he transmigrated. That part was a blank.
Second, why had he been in a relationship with Sakayanagi-san, and then broken up with her? Given her attitude, she might make his school life difficult from now on.
But Nakano-kun could probably guess why they had gotten together. His father, Nakano Maruo, was a well-known doctor who even had his own hospital. And Sakayanagi-san had been in poor health since childhood. She even had a heart condition.
Right.
Although she walked with a cane, she might have had a congenital heart condition rather than problems with her legs. She probably used the cane to reduce the strain on her heart.
Her heart condition probably also meant she couldn't do any strenuous exercise.
He thought he understood why they had broken up.
No.
Nakano-kun hurriedly shook his head.
He pushed Sakayanagi aside for now. There was something else he was still concerned about.
After the first month's Behavioral Norms Exam ended, the first-year students' evaluation points were as follows.
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