Today is the joint study session of Class A and Class C.

Waking up in the morning, he pulled open the curtains, letting the morning sunlight stream through the window into the room.

After already washing away the stains left from last night and casually wiping the water droplets off his body, Yuki Gyakukai stood by the window with a pleased expression, basking in the sunlight.

This was the look of confidence—his physique was flawless.

Suddenly.

"Mmm..."

From the futon beside him, the drowsy Tomie struggled to reach a hand out from under the covers, her smooth skin glowing white under the sunlight.

At the messy head of the bed, her pitch-black hair sprawled out without restraint.

"...Just... five more minutes..."

Like a sudden shutdown, our Lady Tomie, after barely shaking off her drowsiness, was once again defeated by the sleep demon.

Steady breathing filled the room.

Then, Yuki Gyakukai, who had already finished washing up, picked out a suitable set of clothes from Tomie's wardrobe and put them on.

Immediately after, he grabbed his phone from the pile of scattered clothes on the floor to check the time.

It was still early—he could let his fiancée sleep a little longer.

He tidied up all the messy clothes, then picked out a school uniform from the wardrobe and set it by the bedside.

After finishing all that, he quickly made his way to the kitchen, doing his best to keep quiet while preparing breakfast.

Once everything was done, he walked over to the bedside with light steps, a playful look on his face as he watched his fiancée, still wrapped up in the futon, sleeping.

Carefully pulling back the covers, Tomie's stunning face finally came into view.

A few strands of hair rested delicately on her exquisite features, her butterfly-wing-like lashes trembling slightly, and her small lips moving rhythmically with her breath.

"...Like a little piggy. Cute."

As if she had heard him, the sleeping Tomie furrowed her brow slightly, as if displeased by someone calling her sleeping face cute.

The entire morning, After hastily attending to Lady Tomie's needs—washing up and eating breakfast—he was then subjected to cruel punishment under the pretext that Tomie had a nightmare.

In reality, it meant carrying Lady Tomie on his back, enduring the envious gazes of everyone along the way, as the two of them flaunted their relationship all the way to the Class A classroom.

After that, Yuki Gyakukai listened attentively during class and spent his breaks teasing Chihiro Shiramami and Amikura Asako.

"Amikura, I noticed you're pretty bold today.

How about handing over the spare key card to your room? Tonight, I'll use it to sneak into your room and ambush you."

Amikura Asako, caught up in the banter, felt a strong flutter of temptation—but temptation was one thing, her persona was another.

To maintain her image in everyone's eyes, she sternly rejected the proposal, even criticizing Yuki Gyakukai's idea.

"In a school where boys and girls live together, handing over your room key card to a stranger is way too dangerous."

Watching the surrounding female classmates nod in embarrassment, Yuki Gyakukai pretended to be hurt as he asked:

"So in your eyes, I've always been a stranger?

I thought that over this past month, we'd already become close, inseparable friends."

Just then, Ichinose, who had finished communicating with Class C, walked over. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked at Yuki Gyakukai with a serious expression:

"No way. It doesn't matter if you're friends or not—unless it's for discussing something important, handing over the spare key card to your room to someone else is a very dangerous thing to do. I hope you understand that, Gyakukai."

"Is that so?" Looking at Ichinose's gullible expression, Yuki Gyakukai smirked at her:

"Ichinose, as the vice-class leader I appointed, I have many things I need to discuss with you on a daily basis. So I'm ordering you to hand over the spare key card to your room by today..."

"Eh—!!!"

Not expecting the topic to suddenly turn to her, Ichinose couldn't help but cover her mouth with both hands in surprise.

"How sneaky—I never thought you'd be that kind of person, Ichinose."

"Making a move behind our backs—way too sly."

"..."

The girls gathered around instantly started teasing her with mischievous grins.

Ichinose, who had originally been helping the girls deflect, was suddenly put on the spot by the crowd.

A bit embarrassed, a faint blush crept across her pretty face, and she instinctively waved her hands in front of her chest.

"How could I ever do something like that? And don't forget, Gyakukai has a fiancée."

"When Tomie comes back and sees us messing around like this, she's definitely going to be upset."

Ichinose delivered a finishing blow.

The moment the girls of Class A heard Tomie's name, a nameless pressure swept over them.

The earlier clamor instantly fell silent.

They exchanged awkward glances, and upon realizing Tomie had not yet returned, they all let out a faint sigh of relief.

Back in her seat, Amikura Asako deliberately cast a glance toward Yuki Gyakukai behind her.

Her mind was still turning over the possibility of slipping him the room key.

It should be fine to give him the key, right?

They were just pure friends; handing over the key would only deepen their bond.

As for crossing the boundary of friendship, Amikura Asako couldn't help but fantasize about Yuki Gyakukai launching a midnight raid.

R-rated images surfaced in her mind, and she felt they were a bit beyond the syllabus...

At the library, Yuki Gyakukai had arranged for Ichinose to go discuss the study session with Class C that morning.

Now, both classes were occupying one area of the library simultaneously.

What could be seen was that the top students of Class C were tutoring the weaker students of Class C, while the mid-tier students of Class A were tutoring the weaker students of Class C.

As for the top students of Class A, they were naturally tutoring the slightly weaker students of Class A.

The arrangement was quite reasonable.

"Gyakukai, how do you solve this problem?"

Across from Yuki Gyakukai, Sho Ryuuen stared at the test paper in his hand, wearing a troubled expression for the first time.

Doing math problems felt like mental pollution—even when you couldn't solve them, you still had to keep at it.

Though he was a delinquent who liked using violence, that didn't mean he was bad at studying.

Yet his grades still only placed him at the middle level of Class C.

Looking at the visibly frustrated Sho Ryuuen, Yuki Gyakukai took the test paper, paused briefly, and said:

"...I don't know how to do it either."

It was worth noting that in Class A, where academic performance was generally excellent, Yuki Gyakukai's grades were only slightly above average.

After all, though he seemed to listen attentively in class, his mind was actually wandering; during breaks he chatted with others, and when he went back to rest, he was either gaming or keeping Tomie company.

In his own words: Can't study a bit.

Seeing him like this, Sho Ryuuen let out a cold laugh, but just as he was about to speak, he was cut off.

"What are you laughing at? I don't know how, but my fiancée and my assistants do. Do you have any?"

Seeing his arrogant demeanor, Sho Ryuuen was about to retort that his class had talented people too, but he was distracted by a commotion in the distance.

"Class D people again?"