"Before we discuss the grouping, let me ask something first. Does anyone in class have habits like grinding their teeth, farting, or snoring in their sleep?" Sawahara asked.
"After all, we'll be living together for eight nights. If anyone has such habits, say so in advance."
Hearing Sawahara's question, the class exchanged looks, but no one spoke up. How could anyone possibly admit something like that so openly? Even if it came to light during the exam, only the dozen or so people in their group would know. Saying it now meant all forty people in the class would know.
"Not a single one?" Sawahara frowned. Could it be that there was not one person in the class with bad sleeping habits? He might have to make some adjustments, then.
"Quit playing dumb." Ryuen flipped through the materials on the Forest School in his hands and spoke with exasperation. "Who would admit something like that in public? Are you planning to have someone drag down another class's group? I don't mind having some fun with the other classes."
Petty tricks were Ryuen's specialty.
"So, Ryuen-kun, do you grind your teeth and fart in your sleep?" Sawahara looked at Ryuen in surprise. "I never noticed it on the Cruise Ship. I thought you just liked sleeping naked."
"..." Veins bulged on Ryuen's forehead as he glared viciously at Sawahara.
You bastard, you're picking a fight on purpose, aren't you?!
"Just kidding. Ryuen-kun only likes sleeping naked."
"That's because you turned off the air conditioning in the middle of the night, you idiot!" Ryuen roared angrily. In thirty-seven-degree summer weather, Sawahara turned off the AC and still expected him not to take off his clothes?
"Because the temperature was set too low..." Sawahara skipped over the subject and began formally discussing the