You're too old to act cute

After a brief period of student chatter, Honami Ichinose realized time was running out and spoke up to remind her classmates.

"Everyone, please return to your seats. We want to make a good impression on our homeroom teacher."

The students of Class B were very obedient, returning to their seats without any fuss.

The classroom, which had been quite lively just moments ago, suddenly quieted down significantly.

Seeing this, Makoto Nishikado couldn't help but draw a comparison to Class D.

In terms of discipline, the gap between the two classes was just a little bit massive.

Not long after, an adult woman dressed in pink entered the classroom.

"Could everyone please listen to a request from your teacher? I have some very important things to discuss."

The older young woman in pink stood with her hands on her hips, her voice so sugary it could make one's teeth ache.

The students watched their homeroom teacher with great curiosity.

Although she didn't seem particularly reliable, she appeared to be a teacher who was easy to approach.

For high school students, such a teacher was surely a hundred thousand times better than a cold, aloof one.

The students of Class B felt a sense of affinity, but Makoto Nishikado alone shook his head secretly.

"Teacher, may I say something?"

Makoto Nishikado raised his hand.

He was a good student who followed school rules; he would always raise his hand before asking a question.

"Couldn't you wait until the teacher is finished speaking? Go ahead, student."

Chie Hoshinomiya pouted, though her smile returned in an instant.

If one had to say, she was actually somewhat cute.

"Teacher, stop putting on that voice. At your age, acting cute doesn't suit you."

Makoto Nishikado wore a serious expression.

As soon as he finished, a muffled sound of suppressed laughter erupted from beneath the podium.

But what was truly worth noting was the notification from the S-System.

Makoto Nishikado remained calm on the surface, but he was overjoyed inside.

"...Student, your teacher is forever seventeen, you know. You are not allowed to say such bullying things to your teacher again."

The smile on Chie Hoshinomiya's face was beginning to falter.

This was the first time she had encountered a student who was so tactless.

"Understood, teacher."

As Makoto Nishikado sat back down, the way the surrounding students looked at him changed instantly.

A Champion!

The students of Class B provided Makoto Nishikado with quite a few more emotional points.

On the podium, the female teacher took a deep breath to compose herself, then stood on her tiptoes and skillfully wrote her name: Chie Hoshinomiya.

"Chie Hoshinomiya is my name. You can all call me Chie-chan from now on. If you can't remember it, your teacher will be so sad she won't be able to sleep at night, so you must remember it!"

The students below were stunned.

Chie Hoshinomiya was still pinching her voice to act cute.

Even after Makoto Nishikado had said those things, she was acting as if nothing had happened!

In that regard, Chie Hoshinomiya certainly possessed the thick skin expected of an adult.

Fortunately, Chie Hoshinomiya finally became a bit more reliable, proceeding to explain the school's rules to the students.

"In this school, classes will not change for three years. Therefore, for these three years, I will be your homeroom teacher, learning and growing alongside you. Please treat me well in the future~"

Chie Hoshinomiya put on her cutest expression before distributing the student handbooks and the student ID cards, which functioned similarly to mobile phones.

"This school is a boarding school. You are not allowed to leave the premises without permission, and you cannot contact the outside world, including your families."

"Furthermore, this school does not use cash. It operates on a unique S-System."

"By using your student ID, you can purchase anything on campus with the points stored on it."

The students of Class B checked their student IDs and discovered they each had 100,000 personal points.

"One point has the purchasing power of one yen. The school will deposit the appropriate points every month."

When these words left Chie Hoshinomiya's lips, the entire classroom fell silent for a moment before erupting into an uproar.

According to this, 100,000 points meant 100,000 yen in purchasing power!

Makoto Nishikado took in everyone's expressions, feeling a slight sense of regret.

With this news out, everyone's emotional fluctuations were quite significant.

However, the system provided no prompt, indicating that if the emotion wasn't triggered by him personally, the system would not grant him points.

Another hundred million lost.

System, I've noted this grudge!

"Chie Hoshinomiya, are you sure there isn't a mistake? Is it really one hundred thousand?"

A tall, well-built boy didn't bother raising his hand and stood up on his own.

His name was Ryuji Kanzaki.

At this time, before he had developed his fear of crowds, he looked quite reliable.

"With 40 students per class, 12 classes across 3 grades makes 480 students. That's an annual expenditure of 570 million. Is this really reasonable?"

Ryuji Kanzaki couldn't understand it.

Even if the school was funded by the government, would capitalists ever share their money with the poor?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Coming from a wealthy family, he knew that capitalists would rather burn their money to light a cigarette than give it to the poor.

For an average student, five thousand in monthly pocket money was already a lot, let alone for students from impoverished backgrounds.

Many adults could earn three hundred thousand a month, but they had to support an entire family; they wouldn't have one hundred thousand in disposable income.

So, why give students so much money?

"Whether it's reasonable or not, hasn't everyone already received their points? Also, Ryuji Kanzaki, remember to raise your hand before asking questions next time~"

Chie Hoshinomiya blinked playfully.

"...Understood, Chie Hoshinomiya."

Ryuji Kanzaki ignored Chie Hoshinomiya's malicious attempt at being cute.

He sat back down, his face full of lingering frustration, failing to grasp the hint Chie Hoshinomiya had dropped.

"Chie Hoshinomiya, may I ask a question?"

Makoto Nishikado raised his hand again.

[Triggered Chie Hoshinomiya's emotions, gained 1032 emotion points.]

Seeing it was Makoto Nishikado, Chie Hoshinomiya's eyelid twitched, and she nearly failed to maintain the sweet smile on her face.

"Of course, please go ahead, student."

Her voice was forced, laced with a slight tremor of fear.

This move, this was what you'd call a black-bellied person suppressing a green tea.

"On the first of next month, will it still be one hundred thousand points deposited?"

Makoto Nishikado's question was very serious this time.

He had a better way to earn emotion points now.

"Why do you ask that?"

Hearing this question, Chie Hoshinomiya breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, she realized that being able to ask this question was enough to prove that Makoto Nishikado had guessed the correct answer.

On the other side, Makoto Nishikado didn't shy away.

He couldn't spoil the plot directly, but he had a way to make all the students realize something was wrong.

"There are students from poor backgrounds in this school. Letting such people have one hundred thousand points of disposable income a month for three whole years is enough to change their daily consumption habits."

"Spending money to help students develop bad habits—this malice is far too great."

"This is a school, a place for teaching and nurturing people; such things should absolutely not happen."

"Moreover, what Chie Hoshinomiya said just now wasn't that one hundred thousand points would be deposited every month, but that the points we deserve would be deposited every month."

"May I ask, Chie Hoshinomiya, how many points should our Class B receive next month?"

[Triggered Honami Ichinose's emotions, gained 1611 emotion points.]

[Triggered Ryuji Kanzaki's emotions, gained 3109 emotion points.]

[Triggered Chihiro Shiranami's emotions, gained 483 emotion points.]

[...]

With this wave, Makoto Nishikado had once again raked in over thirty thousand!