Puppy

When Beihai woke up, what he saw was Class D's homeroom teacher Sae Chabashira collecting exam papers one by one, and she had just arrived in front of him.

Because he had fallen asleep slumped over the desk, the paper was naturally pinned under his arm. If no one reminded him, who knew what homeroom teacher Chabashira would do—she might either yank the paper out from underneath or smack Beihai awake.

But in the end, Airisu Sakura watched as the teacher drew closer and closer with her collection. She had just mustered the courage to touch Beihai when Kiyotaka Kiyotaka beat her to it.

The effect of their earlier seat swap now showed itself directly. Ignoring the teacher's gaze, he simply shook Beihai awake.

Airisu Sakura's half-extended hand could only silently withdraw, and then her face flushed bright red.

After Beihai woke up, if it had been Airisu Sakura, he would have wanted to say thank you and use that opportunity to advance their relationship.

Then how to navigate the relationship, how to build goodwill? It would be as easy as a galgame.

But seeing that it was Kiyotaka Kiyotaka who helped him, for some reason, looking at that expressionless face before him—ever since Beihai had known him, there had been no emotion in his eyes, but this time he could detect a hint of expectation.

Unfortunately for Beihai, this guy was a considerable nuisance, so he simply got annoyed instead.

"You didn't call me during the exam earlier. What's the point of waking me up now? They're already collecting the papers."

"You..."

Beihai had just opened his mouth, but he didn't expect the other's movements to be faster than his.

"No need to thank me. This is what a friend should do."

Just as he was about to say something, one sentence choked Beihai off again. Who said I was going to thank you?!

"How long was the exam?"

"Don't worry, it's already over."

Only the words "it's already over" remained in Beihai's mind. That meant his side was still on the first subject—math—while they were already on the last subject—national language, right?

So what exactly was this guy telling him not to worry about? Worry about scoring zero?!

Beihai nearly passed out again, but now his skill Indomitable was in effect.

The reason Beihai could just drop his head and sleep was precisely because he had been studying frantically, sleeping less than four hours a day. Over time, this fatigue had accumulated.

As for the benefit, it was that worldly desires had been eliminated. Even if a girl stood naked in front of Beihai, he wouldn't have even the most basic physiological reaction.

As the saying goes, if you're about to become an immortal and still have reactions, then you're truly impressive.

He had stayed up another entire night, and the Indomitable effect hadn't refreshed, so he had slept like the dead.

Beihai walked on the road back to the dormitory, like a walking corpse, too lazy to even eat.

This exam had been a complete disaster. He could only get some points in math; the rest he hadn't even taken. It was supposed to be a stage to test his own ability, but instead, he was going to become a laughingstock.

Thankfully, it was just a pop quiz. If it had been a real exam, he would definitely have been eliminated and expelled.

Like a ghost, Beihai drifted into the convenience store.

The store clerk saw it was Beihai and quickly pulled out several exercise books from under the register. He was used to it by now—Beihai was a regular.

Other people came to the convenience store to buy pineapple buns or daily necessities, or at worst, eel rice. But Beihai? He came straight for exercise books.

With such an oddball coming every day, it was hard not to remember him.

The clerk was just waiting for Beihai to speak. He had already scanned the barcodes; as long as Beihai paid the points, he could just grab his stuff and leave.

But he never expected that this time, the clerk was being presumptuous. The moment Beihai spoke, the clerk froze, his brain not yet catching up.

"I want to buy a Shiba Inu. Do you have one here? If not, go get one."

Buy what? A Shiba Inu?

If it weren't for the fact that Beihai had pulled out the points—over a million in total—the clerk would have thought he was deliberately picking a fight.

Sometimes he even wanted to go outside and check if this was a convenience store or a department store. Even a department store wouldn't sell dogs!

"Wait, this student, do you want a plush toy or a Shiba Inu? A live one? One that barks?"

He seemed extremely unsure, even feeling like he might have misheard. What do you take this place for? You just blurt that out?

The clerk thought to himself, he'd been here for at least half a year, if not a year. Working this long, this was the first time he'd heard such a thing.

I wouldn't say anything if you wanted exercise books, but a dog?

Beihai didn't understand the clerk's inner turmoil. He just wanted to get a pet, then dump it on Kiyotaka Kiyotaka so the two of them could deal with each other.

Being entangled with that guy was nothing but trouble. Mainly, the guy couldn't talk properly and had no common sense. Half the effort would just piss you off.

"Is it not possible? That shouldn't be. With points, I should be able to buy anything within reason. Or is it that my million-plus points can't even buy a dog?

Is your pricing a bit too expensive here? Aren't you afraid of inflation?"

The clerk snapped out of it. It seemed the guy really wanted to buy one.

Damn it! Why don't you go find a teacher? Why pick on me? And I have no choice but to carry it out.

He quickly scanned the items, but he couldn't bring a dog today.

The earliest he could have the dog delivered was tomorrow; it wouldn't take too long.

"By the way, do you need a dog crate and some dog food?"

The shop assistant kindly reminded him that this kind of thing was still too abstract, and if he was going to buy it, he'd better get the full set early to avoid making the operation troublesome.

Beihai nodded without objection—it actually saved him the trouble of repeated purchases.

"Of course, that works. Thank you for your trouble."

As for buying the dog, he wasn't going to look for his class advisor.

Are you kidding? Buying something and going to find your teacher?

That was completely unnecessary unless you wanted to show off; otherwise, it was just like buying some shampoo.

Telling your teacher after you bought it—was there something wrong with your head?

Buying it here was not only convenient, but even if the other party knew he was a new student, they wouldn't know which class he was in, let alone who his class advisor was.

As for them reporting up the chain—they had no authority to know that, right? Just a small shop assistant; do your job honestly and keep your nose clean. That was the path most people would choose.

The matter went very smoothly, so smoothly that Beihai carried the dog cage wrapped in black cloth and knocked on Kiyotaka's door.

The moment the other party opened the door, Beihai handed the dog cage forward.

Kiyotaka Kiyotaka hadn't even figured out what was happening when a fluffy little creature was placed in his hands, and he heard Beihai say, "I found you a companion. You won't be so bored from now on."