Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger? Then the Tiger Has to Play the Pig.

Advanced Nurturing Library.

The students of Class 1-D arrived at the meeting spot at the appointed time.

"Damn, all the spots near the air conditioners and outlets have been taken. They only left us such a tiny area."

Ike Kanji hugged his thick workbook and complained in a low voice. They had rushed over right after class, yet they had still arrived a step too late.

"A sparrow may be small, but it has all its vital organs. As long as everyone can sit down and study, it doesn't matter where we are. Everyone, let's work hard."

Hirata Yousuke smiled as he pulled out a chair, patiently helping everyone arrange their seats.

"The other classes are working so hard, so we need to study even harder. Let's all get through the midterms safely."

Kushida Kikyou clasped her hands together and encouraged everyone in a lively voice.

At the class representatives' call, the formerly scattered Class 1-D students quickly settled into studying.

Even the usual trio of failures, who treated studying like poison, had unbelievably begun studying seriously for the sake of the "date wager" and avoiding expulsion.

Studying was difficult for them, of course, but it was still a good start.

"Hey, Hirata... how exactly am I supposed to read this English sentence?"

Sudo Ken awkwardly scratched the back of his head, unusually taking out his English textbook to ask a classmate for help.

Although Sudo Ken was a little jealous of Hirata's popularity among the girls in class, he clearly still could not bring himself to ask Horikita Suzune to tutor him.

After all, having Hirata Yousuke tutor him put far less pressure on him.

"This one? I'll read it aloud for you."

Hirata Yousuke lowered his head, glanced over the example sentence, and read it aloud according