Hachiman's Meritocracy Classroom

Of course, she was using the Cultural Festival preparations of Second-year Class A as an excuse.

In other words, she was once again willfully abusing public authority for personal purposes.

But Sakayanagi already collected a portion of her class's points as tribute, so a little selfishness like this was perfectly normal.

After all, true selflessness was deeply admirable.

But this world was neither kind nor right.

Although changing the world was also an option, most people chose to bow their heads to it, then discovered they could live better that way.

And Pacific saury.

This fish was extremely expensive and exceptionally delicious. Hachiman had only ever seen it on television.

So, faced with Classmate Sakayanagi's invitation, Hachiman was somewhat tempted.

But.

Tonight?

He shook his head.

"If we're having dinner together tonight, that might not work. Also, once this is over, I need to make a trip to the Shopping Street to buy ingredients."

"I'm cooking in the dorm tonight," Hachiman said.

Was that so?

Then he really was a busy man.

Classmate Sakayanagi seemed a little displeased.

Still, Sakayanagi knew that Hachiman usually ate dinner with Suzune Horikita at night. More accurately, Horikita cooked for him.

So.

The state of their relationship looked strange.

If they were dating, they had none of the other intimate gestures one would expect.

But if they were not dating, who kept going to the other person's dorm room like that?

Still.

Classmate Sakayanagi felt that Hachiman was someone who valued results more than romance, so ordinarily he would not date during high school. That was reassuring enough.

Thus.

After leaving the Student Council, Hachiman headed toward the Shopping Street.

The refrigerator had run out of ingredients.

He needed to restock.

Because that was his promise with Ichika Amasawa. After the exam ended, he