As time passed, the school that had once seemed so close grew smaller and smaller.
Until it vanished completely from the students' sight.
Breathing in the long-missed air of freedom outside the school, the Class D students were unusually excited. They chattered away, discussing the world outside.
But Suzuki Tsubame found it inexplicably noisy.
Not long after.
As the bus pulled up at the harbor, the students got off one after another to gather. A cry of surprise suddenly rose from the crowd.
"Look over there!"
They followed the direction of his pointing finger.
The azure sky merged with the boundless sea.
Several seagulls circled leisurely above the harbor, occasionally letting out sharp cries.
Not far away, an enormous white cruise ship moved slowly across the sea, like a mobile fortress.
As they gazed at the unimaginably huge cruise ship.
The students erupted into excited cheers, like country bumpkins seeing the world for the first time.
Once the cruise ship had come to a stop.
The classes boarded in order, still from Class A to Class D.
Suzuki Tsubame ushered everyone ahead of him and trailed unhurriedly at the very back of the crowd.
A police officer behind him suddenly tugged at him and discreetly handed him a note.
"Hm?"
Frowning, Suzuki Tsubame quietly clenched the note in his hand.
The luxury inside the cruise ship exceeded everyone's imagination.
There was an enormous open-air swimming pool, a restaurant with unlimited all-day dining, a massage parlor, a gym, a movie theater, an izakaya, and more. Every public facility one could want was available.
Most importantly, it was all completely free!
As he passed through the recreation area, Suzuki Tsubame noticed that several Class D students had not even put down their luggage before they started eating as though no one