Classroom of the Elite, I Also Want to Be a Good Person

"Chihiro and Mako, please go find Kanzaki-kun right now and prepare according to Aoyama-kun's suggestions." After only a moment of thought, Ichinose immediately gave instructions to Shiranami and Amikura.

Entrusted with this important task, Shiranami and Amikura obediently accepted the assignment and set off without a moment's delay.

They were scheduled to depart at five o'clock tomorrow morning, so the remaining time was neither long nor short.

"How should I thank you, Aoyama-kun?"

After the two left, Ichinose looked at Aoyama with a troubled expression; she wasn't the type of person who could comfortably accept favors from others.

Although she often helped others without asking for anything in return, she couldn't bring herself to accept help for nothing.

"We already agreed on the compensation, and it's too late to take it back now." Realizing that Ichinose wouldn't have much free time tonight, Aoyama stood up from the bench.

"But the value is completely unequal."

"Whether it's worth it or not should be up to the seller to decide. Don't dwell on such trivial matters; I have things to do, so I'll be going now."

Not giving Ichinose time to fret, Aoyama patted Sakura on the shoulder, signaling her to follow him.

"Then goodbye, Ichinose-san."

"Yes, goodbye, Sakura-san, Aoyama-kun."

They waved goodbye to each other, and the three parted ways at the entrance of the gym.

On the way back to the dorms with Sakura, Aoyama could clearly sense her distraction, perhaps due to the news she had just received.

"You don't need to tell her; Horikita Suzune already knows. I trust she has made some preparations as well."

"Ah, I see."

She nodded, looking slightly surprised, her confusion fading a little as her ice-blue eyes gazed quietly at Aoyama.

"For a fourteen-day trip, it's impossible for the accommodations to be single rooms." Aoyama ruffled the hair of Sakura, who seemed lost in thought. "I have a task for you: bring a friend to me by the time the trip ends."

"As a reward, I will grant you one request that isn't too difficult to fulfill."

Although she still wasn't very good at initiating conversation, Sakura was no longer nervous when interacting with Ichinose and the others.

He felt it was time to take the next step.

Chapter 66: Motion Sickness and Boarding

The next morning.

At the school gate, where yawns could be heard from time to time, four buses slowly came to a stop on the road.

After the four homeroom teachers of the first-year classes boarded their respective buses, their students followed in lines to board one by one.

As the tallest student in Class A, Aoyama Shiki naturally walked at the very back. By the time he boarded, there was only one empty seat left on the fully loaded bus.

"Teacher, may I request that three of us squeeze together?"

Seeing Yamamura and Kamuro sitting together, Aoyama made an immediate request to Mashima-sensei.

The remaining seat was in the front row, protruding into the aisle, while the person sitting by the window was the somewhat mischievous little brat, Sakayanagi.

"What are you thinking? Sit down, we're about to leave." With black lines appearing on his forehead, Mashima flatly refused.

With no other choice, Aoyama had no option but to sit silently beside the brat.

This was the first time their bodies had been this close.

Comparing them at such close range, he felt that Sakayanagi Arisu seemed even smaller. Her high-quality silver hair looked even more vibrant under the sunlight, giving her the appearance of a large doll.

What would it feel like to hold her in his arms?

Unable to stop himself from thinking that, Aoyama closed his eyes to feign sleep, signaling that he didn't want to be spoken to.

With a slight push against their backs, the bus began to slowly accelerate toward their destination.

Over half an hour later.

"Ugh—"

Inside the bus, where students were whispering from time to time, the sound of a girl feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit reached the ears of Aoyama, who had been lost in his own thoughts.

Based on the voice and the direction it came from, even with his eyes closed, he knew it was Sakayanagi.

No wonder she had been so quiet.

Finding it somewhat amusing that someone as seemingly strong-willed as Sakayanagi would actually suffer from motion sickness, Aoyama opened his eyes and turned his head.

Sakayanagi, who had a hint of a smile on her face when she first boarded, was now deathly pale. A layer of fine sweat covered her snow-white forehead, with a few stray silver hairs sticking to it.

The ethereal, fleeting quality typical of someone physically frail was even more pronounced now.

"If you don't mind, give me your hand. I'll massage your pressure points to help alleviate the motion sickness." Aoyama spoke to Sakayanagi, who had her eyes tightly shut.

Although he didn't care for Sakayanagi's arrogant, self-centered personality, he had once been a victim of motion sickness himself and couldn't just pretend not to see it.

Besides, Sakayanagi Arisu was quite cute; from a purely selfish perspective, touching those pretty little hands wouldn't be bad either.

"Aoyama-kun knows about this?"

Opening her eyes halfway, Sakayanagi's voice revealed her weakness. At the same time, she reached her left hand out into the air.

Her delicate, slender hand, with its clearly defined finger bones, gave off a sense of helplessness.

"I know a little, just a little," Aoyama said calmly.

He turned her palm upward, half-supporting Sakayanagi's hand, and used the thumb and index finger of his other hand to grip the web between her thumb and index finger.

He had her close her fingers, and the Hegu Point was located at the highest point of the muscle near the web.

It was an acupoint that, when massaged, could alleviate motion sickness.

"Rest your head against the seat back and keep it steady."

"It's best to keep your eyes open and look straight ahead, ignoring the scenery on both sides of the window; that can also help with motion sickness."

Seeing Sakayanagi close her eyes again, Aoyama continued to share tips for relieving motion sickness while massaging her Hegu Point.

"Aoyama-kun, you really know a lot." With a faint smile, Sakayanagi obediently cast her gaze forward.

"I used to get motion sickness when I was a kid, so I specifically learned a few things."

Answering indifferently, Aoyama massaged the Hegu Point for two to three minutes before flipping her small hand over to find the Neiguan Point located near her wrist.

"Is it any better? If it's still not working, pressing on your Temple can also provide some relief."

After massaging for the same amount of time as he had for the Hegu Point, Aoyama asked again.

"No need, it's already much better." Looking up at Aoyama's calm face, the corners of Sakayanagi's mouth curled up slightly.

"That's good."

Placing Sakayanagi's hand back on the center armrest, Aoyama closed his eyes once more.

Then, after another ten minutes or so passed uneventfully, the bus slowly came to a stop, signaling that they had arrived at Tokyo Bay.

"So huge!"

As soon as he got off the bus, Aoyama heard Ike Kanji, one of the Three Idiots from Class D, shouting.

His raised hand was pointing at a massive cruise ship that appeared to be dozens of meters high and wide.

The figures of the staff on the top deck of the cruise ship looked tiny, making it almost impossible to tell if they were thin or stout.

"Are we going to travel on such a big cruise ship?"

"We definitely have to take photos to commemorate this."

Amidst the hustle and bustle, many students took out their phones and held them up to take pictures of the cruise ship.

There were also quite a few asking their companions to help them take group photos.

"I'll take one for you two as well."

Noticing Yamamura, who was following beside Kamuro, looking tempted near the bus, Aoyama walked over and spoke up.

"No need."

"Mm."

As expected, Aoyama received two completely different answers.

With her arms crossed and watching coldly, Kamuro looked like she had no interest in taking photos.

"Don't force me to beg you." Facing the uncooperative Kamuro, Aoyama chose to be 'aggressive'.

"What's there to take a picture of?"

Sighing helplessly, Kamuro moved her feet and headed toward the pier.

Seeing this, Yamamura also showed a happy expression and followed closely behind her without delay.

For Yamamura, traveling with a friend and taking photos to commemorate it was a very happy thing.

"Winter melon!"

"It should be eggplant, right?"

At a spot near the pier suitable for photos, Aoyama used a little trick to trick Kamuro into retorting.

At the perfect moment, he pressed the shutter button, and a fresh photo of two beautiful girls, both with smiles on their faces, was produced.

"My turn."

Knowing that Yamamura wouldn't mind taking a picture with him, Aoyama handed his phone to Kamuro.

By the time the school finished communicating with the cruise staff and they were allowed to board, his phone had quite a few more photos on it.

Gathering, lining up, and boarding.

Located in the accommodation area on the second floor of the cruise ship, students from each class were informed by their homeroom teachers that they were required to share a room with four students from their own class.

As for how the rooms were assigned, that was left to the students to decide.

"Aren't there so many empty rooms?" A girl dressed like a gyaru from Class C questioned the school's decision.

As a massive luxury cruise ship, accommodating a mere hundred or so students was a piece of cake.

Even if everyone had four rooms to themselves, they would still fit.

"The school naturally has its own considerations; this is also a part of training your communication skills."

"If you can't even get along with your own classmates who are on the same side, then that is your own problem."

Replying calmly to Nishino Takeko's questioning through the megaphone, Mashima handed the room keys to the homeroom teachers of each class, who then passed them on to their respective class leaders.

Soon, amidst the murmurs of discussion, student groups temporarily formed into teams of four received their room keys from their leaders.

In less than a few minutes, the vast majority of the dense crowd of students in the lobby had dispersed.

Class A had four boys left, Class C had four girls left, and Class D had four boys and four girls.

There was no need to say which class was the most united.

Chapter 67: The Sneaky Amikura Mako

Koenji Rokusuke, Yukimura Teruhiko, Nishino Takeko, and Kito Hayato—the lone wolves in the lobby showed no intention of taking the initiative to strike up a conversation or form a team.

Even though there were clearly no other choices left.

"Is it possible to purchase a single room using private points?" Aoyama asked Mashima, who was clearly the person in charge.

It wasn't that he couldn't accept sharing a room with three other people, but he had his own little agenda.

If there were outsiders around, how was he supposed to trick the little lamb Yamamura into getting intimate?

"One million private points."

As if he had been waiting for that exact question, the corners of Mashima's usually stern face curled up slightly.

The other three homeroom teachers looked on in disbelief when they heard the price.

Aoyama gave a bitter smile, "Isn't this a bit too targeted, Mashima-sensei?"

This was ridiculous; charging one million private points for a single room that could only be occupied for seven days was clearly unreasonable.

It was easier than robbing a bank.

"Why would the school target anyone? This is entirely for your own good; communicating more with your classmates is never a bad thing."

"That sounds completely unbelievable, but I have one more question." Desire made Aoyama's brain spin rapidly, "The school shouldn't interfere with who stays in a teacher's room, right?"

You have your strategies, and I have my countermeasures.