Friday afternoon at Kuoh Academy.
After the last class ended, most students grabbed their schoolbags and happily gathered with friends, discussing where to go for the weekend.
Even more were preparing for their upcoming club activities. As everyone knew, this country's high schools were much like Shenzhou's universities: there weren't many classes. School let out early in the afternoon, and what followed was mainly club activities.
Even so, most people were still in high spirits on this day.
Except...
Issei Hyoudou lay sprawled across his desk, looking utterly bored and dejected.
Ever since meeting that angel-like girl, he had thought he was about to embark on a dreamlike journey—first getting to know her, then getting a girlfriend he wouldn't even have dared dream of.
He would become one of those winners in life he had once envied and resented.
Ever since then, he hadn't even gone peeping on classmates with his buddies anymore. After all, he was about to have a girlfriend. Naturally, he couldn't keep acting like he used to.
At first, Issei Hyoudou had indeed been incredibly excited, full of energy every day. But that state hadn't lasted long. His excitement began to fade day by day.
Until now, when he had become completely listless and depressed.
The story of his dreams hadn't happened. Since his last encounter with that angel-like girl, he hadn't seen her again at all, nor had she ever come looking for him.
Girls, you know!
Maybe she was just too shy to make the first move. But it wasn't as if Issei Hyoudou hadn't tried looking for her. Yet every time, she just happened not to be in her classroom.
When he asked others where she was, the upperclassmen had directly laughed at him! They simply didn't believe that Issei Hyoudou, one of