At noon, Sawahara learned some information about the girls from Shiina, gave a few instructions afterward, had lunch with Shiina, and then returned to the dormitory arranged by the school.
The Forest School dormitories had wooden bunk beds arranged according to the number of occupants. The furnishings looked somewhat old, but there was barely any dust, indicating that the rooms had been cleaned before their arrival. That saved them quite a bit of effort.
After asking about everyone's circumstances, Sawahara assigned beds to everyone. Albert, for example, was too large and was better suited to a lower bunk. One Class C student had a mild fear of heights. Although the height of bunk beds should not have been an issue, Sawahara still assigned him a lower bunk.
There was not much to say about such trivial matters, but as for making the team more harmonious, honestly, Sawahara was not particularly good at that sort of thing. He could not exactly tell them a couple of bad jokes, could he?
Fortunately, Shibata from Class C was good at this sort of thing, quickly breaking the somewhat heavy atmosphere.
Shibata was one of Class C's athletic standouts. He had a cheerful, sunny personality, enjoyed helping others, and possessed an approachability only slightly inferior to Ichinose's.
"Why don't you go talk with them? With Shibata's personality, it'd be easy for you to make friends," Sawahara said, looking at Ayanokoji, who was sitting alone on the lower bunk near the door.
"Give me a break. That kind of thing is a little too difficult for me," Ayanokoji sighed. "But aren't you going to join them?"
"If I went over, things would probably go quiet immediately." If Sawahara approached, the Class B boys would stop whatever they were doing and wait for his instructions.
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