A Lower-Ranked Class Overturns a Higher-Ranked One: The Better Your Grades, the Fewer Points You Get; the Worse Your Grades, the More You Get!

And now, it was November 1st.

Everyone's living expenses had been distributed at 7:00 that morning, so all that remained was a special exam.

An Upset: The Higher Your Grades, the Fewer Points You Earned; the Worse Your Grades, the More Points You Earned!

Chabashira-sensei stood at the podium, her gaze calm as she fulfilled her duties as a teacher.

"This month's special exam will be a written test."

"In other words, it will assess your Academic Ability. I already informed you of this during the break and told you to study properly," Chabashira said.

That was what she said.

But the students below let out a collective "Ah."

Because most of them... hadn't studied during the break!

Chabashira-sensei, however, remained strictly businesslike.

"The exam will be held over two days, from the 22nd to the 23rd. It will be a showdown between two classes. The deciding factor will be the total score earned by each class."

"The winner may take 150 class points from the loser. In other words, the winner gains 150 points, while the loser loses 150 points."

"For the two-on-two matchups among the four classes, each class will select a class representative, just as they did during last year's Commander Exam."

"Go to the faculty office before noon tomorrow to draw lots."

Chabashira-sensei paused.

The rules were not difficult to understand. The previous Commander Exam had worked the same way.

Some were even thinking about whom they should send as their class representative this time, and whether, like the Commander Exam, the representative would face the opposing class's commander and risk expulsion if they lost.

They didn't want that. Or rather, they absolutely, absolutely did not want to become the class representative.

After all, no one in the class had any expulsion exemptions left!

"—"

Chabashira