"Just talking wasn't going to be enough, so I chose this." Hachiman said, then picked up his phone and showed Sakayanagi Arisu the screen.
It was the school forum page.
[Which cafeteria counter has the worst free food?] by Hachiman Hikigaya.
When she opened it, she found replies from upperclassmen.
They said that she absolutely should not go to Counter No. 3, because the free meals there were terrible today.
"I had the students in my class get free meals from Counter No. 3 and bring them back to the classroom," Hachiman said. "One serving each. Everyone thought they tasted awful. If you had to eat that every day, you'd go insane."
"If you don't have points, the school does provide relief rations, but the taste is terrible."
"The food is even cold."
"You could buy a microwave and heat it up, but people who genuinely have no points can't afford a microwave either."
"I let them experience that kind of meal for themselves. After that, they had motivation to restrain themselves."
"After all, suffering for one month now is easier than possibly suffering for the next three years," Hachiman said.
"Oh." Sakayanagi Arisu understood.
So that was why he had invited her here, only to watch her eat.
She had thought he had awakened some strange fetish, but it turned out he had already eaten.
Because Class D's dinner tonight had been a free mountain vegetable set meal.
While gathering information about the school, Sakayanagi Arisu had also learned about the free relief program. Katsuragi had even gone out of his way to try it.
But Classmate Sakayanagi had not even spared it a glance.
After all, given her affluent upbringing and the fact that she had entered Class A, there was no way she would ever be reduced