The Earth kept turning, carrying time along with it. The bunny-girl problem remained unresolved, yet the day of the prestigious schools' joint examinations had already arrived.
"Haah~!" Even at this critical time, Sogo Doma walked into school yawning, his eyes bloodshot and his face looking as though he hadn't slept enough.
Utaha Kasumigaoka's mouth twitched at the sight, but before she could say anything, she heard Lady Umaru muttering beside her, "Onii-chan must've stayed up all night beating XX Legend..."
Utaha's eyelid twitched. "..."
Staying up all night gaming? Had Sogo really decided to become a slave knight? She thought about it. If he really did, that wouldn't be so bad. My first order would be for him to destroy that painting of Mashiro's! Her image!!
Setting that aside, this joint examination was being conducted quite formally. Even the students taking part had been shuffled around and randomly assigned to other prestigious schools for testing. It was nearly as strict as the national exams, and the proctors were no exception.
Of course, it was a different story when money and influence got involved.
For example, Kaguya Shinomiya, Ai Hayasaka, Chika Fujiwara... and others were all taking the exams at their own school, Shuchiin Academy.
As for Private Toyogasaki, Umaru Doma, Eriri Sawamura, Sogo Doma, Utaha Kasumigaoka, Yukino Yukinoshita, Mashiro Shiina, Ako Tamaki, and others were also taking their tests at their own school.
"Hey, you look sleepy." When Sogo Doma strolled into the examination hall looking utterly listless, yawned, and leaned against his desk, the boy seated in front of him turned around and glared at him with a fierce expression.
"Yaaawn!" Sogo lazily covered his mouth and replied, "Congratulations, your eyes still work~! You can tell I'm sleepy..."
The boy's mouth twitched. "This is the joint examination for prestigious