So Hachiman felt that Chabashira-sensei was still rather lacking in romantic experience.
And there was only one year left in their teacher-student relationship, so Hachiman did not mind giving her a little more experience, lest she pursue a brand-new life without any experience at all.
And that was not a good thing.
Thinking that way, Hachiman felt he had done a good deed, and his mood improved.
"Then, Sakura, shall we go eat together?"
"Since Classmate Sakayanagi is treating us anyway, it's fine to indulge ourselves a little," Hachiman said as he invited her.
"Eh, i-is that okay?" Airi wavered, clasping her hands together as though swaying from side to side.
"Classmate Sakayanagi isn't short on points right now," Hachiman said. "And she allowed it herself. We completed the makeup lessons she assigned, and this is our reward."
"Th-then, okay."
And so it was.
After finishing editing his message, Hachiman left the room with Sakura to get something to eat.
But inside the room now—
"..."
Kamuro, who had failed to solve the problems today, had no lunch. So she sat there staring blankly ahead.
But Karuizawa felt as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
Because once Hachiman left the room, Sakayanagi's gaze, which had previously been more focused on Hachiman, now fell upon her.
Was she peering at her, probing her, taking pleasure in it, or mocking her?
Indeed, she often stayed by Hachiman's side and contacted him privately, so perhaps Sakayanagi had noticed that.
And her grades were poor too. Though she wanted to study hard, she always felt as though something was missing.
Even Kamuro, who was currently spacing out, was actually beyond her. Kamuro was distracted because she could not solve the problems Sakayanagi had given her, but Karuizawa could never solve problems of