By late June, the date when students would receive their personal points in July was drawing closer.
In addition, students in every year had been notified by their homeroom teachers that final exams for the semester would be held in late July.
After that, the long-awaited summer vacation would begin.
The first-years had also realized that they wouldn't be able to buy answers from upperclassmen for these final exams like they had for the midterms.
In other words, this time they really would have to study on their own, master the material, and face the exams.
This was undoubtedly bad news for the students in Class 1-C and Class D.
After all, students in both classes had poor academic records.
So those who were struggling had already started reviewing.
But for students with excellent grades, who could pass their exams easily without studying, there wasn't much to do.
That was certainly true of Sakayanagi Arisu.
If she went even one day without seeing Chihaya Rei, school life felt dull.
Lately, Chihaya Rei had been popping into her thoughts even more often.
She felt that unless she got even with Chihaya Rei, he might become an obsession.
Even though rumors were spreading throughout the year that she was pursuing Chihaya Rei, Sakayanagi Arisu herself paid them little mind.
How could those ordinary students understand her burning desire to bring Chihaya Rei down?
So, after asking Chihaya Rei and learning that he knew a little about chess, too,
Sakayanagi Arisu hurried to the library, eager to play an intense, thrilling game of chess against Chihaya Rei.
"Then why is Kamuro here, too?"
Chihaya Rei had been looking for a chance to torture Sakayanagi Arisu, so when she came practically offering herself up, he naturally wasn't going to turn her down.
But his