Students: We Don't Want to Make Friends; School: No, You Do

Upon hearing Shuichi Kanda's words, Chabashira understood what he meant. She glared at him fiercely, then pulled her hand away and walked off in her high heels.

Shuichi Kanda watched Chabashira-sensei's graceful figure depart before turning and heading to the Student Council Office.

Although the Cultural Festival has ended, the Student Council still has work to do, such as publishing an article on the official website about the successful conclusion of the Cultural Festival.

Normally, Shuichi Kanda would definitely delegate the work to others, but he saw it while visiting the Cultural Festival today. Everyone else was so busy they barely had time to breathe, so in the end, only Shuichi Kanda had to write the final summary.

Following this Cultural Festival, the point scores for the four second-grade classes changed.

Class 2-A (Shuichi Kanda): 2721 points

Class 2-B (Sakayanagi Arisu): 1336 points

Class 2-C (Ichinose Honami): 1223 points

Class 2-D (Ryuen Kakeru): 248 points

After delivering the Student Council's summary, Shuichi Kanda closed his laptop and left the Student Council room.

Before returning to his dormitory, he had to meet with the two people from the Kanda Family.

The agreed-upon location was a private room in a high-end restaurant at the Keyaki Mall.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Shuichi Kanda entered the door, he encountered Kanda Kyoji Shuichi Kanda, who immediately greeted him.

"No, it's you who have worked hard."

Shuichi Kanda referring, of course, to their help managing the tea room for Shuichi Kanda.

"Please come this way."

After following Kanda Kyoji into the private room, Shuichi Kanda discovered that not only the two from the Kanda Family, but also Tsukishiro and Daiki Koenji were there.

Besides these people, there was a woman who looked to be in her thirties, with her silver hair styled in a bun, wearing a well-fitting kimono, and still looking quite charming.

There was no one else besides him. Shuichi Kanda's expression remained unchanged, but he looked at Kanda Kyoji beside him.

Kanda Kyoji noticed Shuichi Kanda's gaze and immediately understood.

"This is the head of the Kiryuin Family, Kiryuin Miki."

Upon hearing Kanda Kyoji's introduction, Shuichi Kanda immediately looked at him in surprise.

Now that you mention it, you do have some similarities to your senior.

"Kiryuin, could it be...?"

"Yes, I am Maple's mother."

So, this is the mother-in-law?

Shuichi Kanda's heart tightened, but he didn't hold back too much and still greeted the other person politely.

"Hello."

However, the fact that the Kiryuin Family was headed by a woman surprised Shuichi Kanda. Moreover, the fact that she was able to get involved with the Kanda Family without his help meant she was quite a character.

However, Shuichi Kanda didn't say much, since he didn't know what the other party's attitude was.

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's attitude, Mrs. Kiryuin smiled.

She went to see her daughter today and heard from her that their relationship has taken a new turn.

For her, it was incredibly difficult to shoulder the responsibility of the Kiryuin Family as a woman. She had to defend against both external threats and internal ones; otherwise, she wouldn't have sent her daughter to this school.

It was precisely because they didn't have enough power to protect their daughter that they sent her here.

Otherwise, Kiryuin would probably have been arranged to marry someone by those old guys in the family by now, becoming someone's fiancée.

To her surprise, Shuichi Kanda also came to this school. So after the news spread from Daiki Koenji, she immediately used her connections to contact her daughter at the school, wanting to learn more about Shuichi Kanda.

Unexpectedly, her daughter had a good relationship with the other party, and her daughter also had a good impression of Shuichi Kanda, so she immediately encouraged her to get closer to him.

Surprisingly, it actually succeeded!

That's why she used this connection to get in touch with the current head of the Kanda Family, Kanda Kyoji, and then she was surprised and delighted to be invited here.

In this way, she successfully established contact with the Kanda Family, and those old fogies in the Kiryuin Family were no longer a threat.

So she was in a very good mood at the moment. Although she had taken advantage of her daughter, she didn't feel guilty at all, since her daughter had the same idea.

Besides, I'm helping her out. Who knows how many women this Kanda Family will have in the future? First come, first served!

Of course, Shuichi Kanda was unaware of these matters, but even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have believed that Kiryuin would obediently agree to a marriage alliance.

"Hello, Your Highness, I am grateful for your kindness."

Although she knew about her daughter's relationship with the other man, Lady Kiryuin did not lose her composure because of this.

Although the matter was brought up, the speaker placed himself in a very humble position, which was a very good point.

This made the two members of the Kanda Family nod in approval; there was a reason why this woman was able to support the Kiryuin Family.

This ability to know when to advance and when to retreat is enough to prove the other party's competence.

Little did he know that Shuichi Kanda was actually somewhat embarrassed, since his way of thinking was somewhat different from that of these Japan.

"No, it's all what I should do."

Hearing Shuichi Kanda's words, Mrs. Kiryuin became even more excited and relieved.

It's safe!

The dinner didn't last long, and nothing particularly important was discussed, especially the elixir of immortality, which no one mentioned.

However, Tsukishiro's future job was confirmed; simply put, she would stay at the school as a liaison between Shuichi Kanda and the Kanda Family.

However, he no longer serves as the chairman of the board, but instead serves Shuichi Kanda entirely. As for the chairman of the board, he simply calls back Sakayanagi.

Tsukishiro had no objection to this, because he understood that once Shuichi Kanda graduated, he could leave the school without any problem and then, with the help of the Kanda Family, go wherever he wanted.

After the meal, Shuichi Kanda left alone, as it wouldn't be appropriate for him to be seen walking outside with the guests.

Chapter 365 Students: We don't want to make friends; School: No, you do.

After the Cultural Festival ended, it quickly became the latter half of November, and there were only a few days left until the school trip mentioned earlier.

Furthermore, because of this school trip, the final exams for the second semester this year came earlier than before, and were held last Friday.

Today is Monday. Chabashira-sensei arrived at the classroom as usual and began explaining the precautions for the upcoming school trip to the students. As a result, the first two periods of the morning were canceled to free up two hours.

However, in order to successfully participate in the school trip, one must pass the Final Exam a few days prior.

The students in Class A weren't worried about this because they had genuinely put in a lot of hard work.

"Now, we will announce the results of the second semester's final exams."

Unlike last year's Paper Shuff, this year's Final Exam was just a regular written test, since the school couldn't possibly hold two events with Special Exam nature in a row.

Seeing the slightly nervous students, Chabashira-sensei wore a serious expression, showing no sign of relaxing.

"Then let's start with the last one."

Her appearance undoubtedly made students who lacked confidence in their academic abilities somewhat uneasy, but for Shuichi Kanda, who knew her well, it was immediately obvious that this was her quirky sense of humor.

"First up is the last-ranked student— the Hondo with an average score of fifty-six, that's you."

The person named in the Hondo was unsure whether to be happy or disappointed.

"Me? Ah, but fifty-six points isn't that bad, is it? Hmm, can I be happy?"

The passing score at this school is half the average score. With a maximum score of 100, 56 points undoubtedly exceeds half the average score.

Therefore, Hondo grade was undoubtedly passing, but he came in last place.

In other words, the average score of other students must be greater than or equal to fifty-six points, and the difficulty of this exam was definitely on point.

Even so, they still achieved such results, which shows that the study sessions held by Class A during this period were not meaningless.

Then, Chabashira-sensei announced the other students' scores.

"Finally, regarding the grade rankings, our class surpassed Class Ichinose average score to secure second place. You all did very well."

The first place went to Sakayanagi Class B, the second place to Shuichi Kanda Class A, the third place to Ichinose Class C, and the fourth place to Ryuen Class C.

Although Class Sakayanagi has fewer students, their basic abilities are undeniable. If they are surpassed even in pure academic ability by Shuichi Kanda's group of former Class D students, their dream of returning to Class A will likely be shattered immediately.

"Judging from your hard work in the final exams, you must be really looking forward to this school trip. But before we discuss the itinerary, there's something I need you to do first."

Chabashira-sensei said this, and then the image appeared on the screen.

At the same time, the students' tablets also displayed relevant content, a long list of familiar classmates' names.

All forty-one students in Class A are listed here. Each row contains three items: a student's name, gender, and a blank number.

"Um, teacher, do we have to fill in this number field ourselves?"

"Don't rush. This form lists the student data for Class 2-A, which is this class. You can see that next to the name and gender, there's a small column for numbers that's blank, right?"

There are forty-one students in this class. Please deduct your own number and fill in the number column with numbers from one to forty.

The same number cannot be used twice. First, please enter "Yourself" in the name field so that it is immediately clear to everyone.

The students in Class A were still completely bewildered. What was the point of filling out this form?

Seeing the students' blank expressions, Chabashira-sensei changed his approach.

"To put it another way, you can think of this form as an evaluation form. The numbers you fill in represent your own evaluation of that person. Number one is the best, and the higher the number, the worse they are."

Although the language was rather blunt, the purpose of this form was clearly explained.

"Um, are the evaluations filled out based on your own subjective opinions, or do we need to refer to the OAA...?"

"It's based on your subjective evaluation. You might fill in number one because the other person is very capable and you respect them, or because you have a good relationship with them, or because they are very interesting. It's entirely up to you to decide."

Or you can put "40" for someone you dislike, but the school will use this list for some purpose, so whatever the outcome, you'll be responsible for it."

That's quite direct, but won't people figure it out if I fill it out like that?

Furthermore, the school might use this list for some purpose; could it be for expulsion?

Before the students could think further, Chabashira-sensei continued his explanation.

"Furthermore, you don't need to worry about the information being leaked to other students. Even we class advisors won't know how you're grading, so don't worry."

In addition, you can see the forms for other classes by swiping the screen. Besides evaluating your own classmates, you also need to evaluate students in other classes.

At this point, Hirata- kun from the class could no longer hold back and raised his hand.

"You said, Hirata."

"Teacher, won't this evaluation affect the student's chances of being expelled?"

"I can tell you that this is not an expulsion evaluation, so don't worry."

Hirata, along with most of the students in the class, breathed a sigh of relief. Although they weren't worried about being expelled, since the class had a lot of money, no one wanted to use up a trump card for no reason.

Next came the enjoyable part: filling out the evaluation forms. Shuichi Kanda naturally started with Class A, and besides himself, the first name Shuichi Kanda wrote was Kamuro Masumi...

As time went by, the students in Class A gradually completed their evaluations of all the students in the four second-grade classes.

"Very good. It seems everyone has finished, so the form-filling assignment is complete. Now, let's talk about the school trip."

"It's finally here! I've been waiting for so long!"

The destinations for the school trips were determined by the results of the votes cast by each class. There were three places in total: Okinawa, Kyoto, and Hokkaido.

At the time, most of the students in Class A chose Hokkaido and Okinawa, but at the last minute, Horikita emerged and, by some stroke of luck, gained the right to speak, and then she chose Kyoto.

Therefore, Horikita is currently looking forward to the trip, hoping that Kyoto will be her destination.

However, there are four classes in total, and it's not so safe to rely solely on Class A's vote for Kyoto.

"First, based on the results of the Unanimous Special Exam chose the destination for the educational trip, Hokkaido, which received two votes, has been decided."

The classroom fell silent for a moment, because everyone remembered that the class had initially chosen Kyoto as the location, but now the final result was Hokkaido.

Upon hearing this answer, Shuichi Kanda looked towards Horikita and, sure enough, her expression was somewhat helpless, but not disappointed.

After a moment of silence, the class erupted in deafening cheers.

"Yay!!!"

Although only about half of the students supported Hokkaido at the time, the other half chose Okinawa.

But now almost 90% of the students in the class are very excited, especially those who want to go to Okinawa.