The romance between a top student and a poor student was probably appealing because it was just a Cinderella-and-prince story in another skin—countless people wanted to become Cinderella, but what if the roles were reversed? If Cinderella became the princess of a nation, would she choose the servant or the prince? Or if Cinderella became the prince, would he still choose Cinderella?
Of course, princes and Cinderellas were too distant for ordinary people to project themselves onto. But top students and poor students were close—so close that they could be found everywhere around ordinary people, close enough that any parent with children could imagine their own child being gifted at studying, a top student...
And here came the question: would those parents be willing to let their top-student child be influenced by a poor student? Even if the odds of their own child becoming a top student were very, very low...
Did people really think everyone believed in that "happy education" nonsense? Did they really think parents did not care about their children's grades? If that were true, why were so many parents desperately trying to get their children into prestigious schools?
So, if Masuzu Natsukawa first established herself as a top student, then had paparazzi conduct a covert investigation and reveal that this genius student was constantly being disturbed, prompting public discussion... the first ones unable to sit still would definitely be the parent committee. Once the parent committee could not sit still, the school would have a massive headache. At that point, Sogo Doma did not believe anyone would still dare confess to her.
Masuzu Natsukawa: "..."
That could work too?
"As long as you stir up panic among top students—or rather, the parents of top students..." Sogo Doma said, "then, for their own interests, the parent committee