Chapter 107 – An Unexpected Rank
“Would you all like to sit at one desk apart?”
At Miyuki’s words, standing in front of the desk, the students spread the distance between the desks.
Everyone is exhausted because it’s test day, but it’s kind of funny to see them swaying and dragging desks and chairs.
Tetsuya was staring at the note from the side.
I touched his old desk leg.
“Did you study hard?”
“Yes. I worked hard while receiving tutoring from Miyuki on weekdays.”
It was Miyuki.
After tutoring me, I went to my cafe for a while and met Tetsuya and studied together.
If it hadn’t been for a long time, Miyuki wouldn’t have taken care of me, but what kind of childhood friend is that guy… It can’t be anything but shackles.
“Do you have a confident voice?”
“Um… I think it will be much better than last semester’s final exam. Because I remember all the hard work you did at your house during vacation. How about you?”
“I think I’m going to fail again. So try to cheat.”
“Cheating…?”
“Miyuki’s.”
Tetsuya’s mouth opened slightly.
It seems absurd to say that he proudly copied Miyuki’s.
I giggled at his face, but flinched when I heard Miyuki’s voice approaching.
“Wake up the dream. What cheat?”
“Ah… Did you hear? Well then, please.”
“I’m begging you, please do me a favor…! Sometimes I get confused whether Matsuda-kun is serious or joking.”
“I’m serious today.”
“Okay? So, are you sad? The moment Matsuda-kun cheats, I’ll tell the supervisor. So, solve it with your own skills.”
“If you can’t solve it, do you even look at the vice-president’s?”
“You sound so shameless…? Isn’t it a waste of what I’ve been studying until now…?”
“Someone told me that if I was wrong once, I would be expelled. So, isn’t it right to do something?”
“I told you that was an exaggeration.”
Miyuki’s forehead wrinkled beautifully with her hand on her waist.
It looks like it’s trying to discipline.
I waved one of her hands at her with her sullen face.
“It was a joke.”
“You said you were serious.”
“It was like a joke.”
“I don’t think so at all… I’ll see.”
You even gave me tutoring, but if you cheat, you say it’s blasphemy.
Swallowing the words, I replied with a shrug.
Not long after Miyuki sat down in her seat with her anxious eyes on her, the door to her classroom opened and a supervisor with a shaggy beard entered.
“Everyone sit down.”
A voice that feels solemn.
All the students in the classroom were very nervous and kept their mouths shut.
When everyone was quietly seated, he walked around the classroom with a satisfied expression on his face, checking to see if the drawers of the students’ desks were empty and that there were no useless items on the desks.
Then he returned to the classroom and said.
“If you are caught cheating, you will be asked to leave the room, so keep that in mind. You can solve the problem on the test paper, but you have to write only the answers on the answer sheet. Even if I say this, one or two people scribble on the answer sheet.”
This time, with a friendly tone and a joke, did the tension ease?
The atmosphere in the classroom, which had been subdued, revived a little.
The professor had the students in the front row hand out the test papers to the back.
After making sure that everyone had received two sheets of thick paper, the supervisor looked at his watch.
“Five minutes left. The test time is 50 minutes, and students who have finished before that time should sit quietly and wait.”
I spent time exchanging glances with Miyuki and watching Tetsuya, who was taking deep breaths.
After about 5 minutes,
“The modern sentence test begins.”
The supervisor straightened his back and announced the start of the exam.
Students unfolding test papers in perfect order.
Miyuki… Has a relaxed expression.
It’s not that you’re underestimating, it means that you’re in control of yourself.
Will you be the senior again?
When I opened the test paper, it was clear that I had studied with Miyuki from the first question, so I felt much more at ease.
Watching Miyuki already start writing down answers on her answer sheet, I picked up the pen.
**
Gamjeom is a compulsory course for students.
The students of Yevoni Academy were no different.
“Miyuki! What is the answer to question 8?”
“Miyuki, did you think the answer to question 20 was pure poetry?”
In Class 1-A, most of the students were gathered around Miyuki and her vice-captain.
In particular, more than half of the students gathered around Miyuki’s desk after each subject test, and it was still the same now that it was lunchtime.
And Miyuki, as usual, calmed the excited students in a kind manner and gave provisional marks.
I was stretched out on my desk.
It was the first time I had taken a test with proper concentration, and it was because I was wasting my mental energy because I was not using my mind.
Are you glad that there are a lot of problems that you know about? Miyuki’s quick tutoring was very helpful.
“Matsuda, don’t you do the grading?”
Tetsuya’s question touched my motionless back.
I said, waving my hand as if to get rid of annoying flies.
“I only want to see the results.”
“Why? Didn’t you hit it harder than you imagined?”
This bastard makes the assumption that I didn’t pass the test.
If you keep doing that, does it really permeate your house?
I asked, raising my upper body.
“I think you hit well?”
“I… I think I’m better than last time.”
“Congratulations. I’m going to the store. Do you want something to eat?”
At those words, Miyuki, who was making a point, turned his head away from him.
“Matsuda-kun! Strawberry milk!”
It must have been noisy around, but I managed to hear it. It’s ridiculous.
When Tetsuya said that he would drink strawberry milk himself, I replied that I knew the basics. I tore up the test paper and threw it in the trash and left the classroom.
I am walking down the quiet hallway to the store.
“Brother! Junior!”
A cute voice unique to Chinami came from behind.
Chinami walks with Lenka with a carefree expression.
I greeted her with a smirk at her.
“Hello, Master. Did you pass the exam well?”
“I hit well! Who is your junior?”
Come to think of it, I’m curious about Chinami’s grades.
Lenka is in the upper middle class… But what about Chinami?
Looking at her usual stupid appearance, she says she hit well, but it seems to be in the lower ranks.
“I think I got through. Where are you going now?”
“I was thinking of stopping by the room for a while to clean it up.”
“Clean…? Today is a day without club activities. Why don’t you get some rest…”
“Cleaning is essential to keep the room clean. I’m doing it right now so I can go back right after the afternoon exam is over.”
“Then I will join you. I will stop by the canteen and then go.”
“No. Lenka’s close friend has decided to help, and it’s going to be simple, so it won’t take long.”
Shaking her head slowly, I looked at Lenka.
“Did the manager do well on the exam?”
“Me? Me too… I managed to see it. Are you going to participate in the camp training?”
“I have to.”
“Yes, be prepared.”
I’m already trying to fight.
You’d be surprised to know how hard I’ve been training up to this day.
Because he wanted to study at the same time, he said that even two bodies were not enough.
You are really dead
“Junior, I will send you the preparations you need to bring for today’s training camp via text message, so you should prepare well. Do you know?”
Chinami stretches out her arms and pats me on the back.
I replied with a soft smile on her face.
“All right. You really don’t have to help me with the cleaning?”
“Of course. Juniors, don’t think about anything, just focus on exams and rest.”
Our Chinami… She considers the convenience of her students well… She’s so kind.
You seem to have been wanting to get a massage lately, but I’ll set up a day and give it to you again.
Or do it during camp training.
**
“It’s up!!”
At the loud cry of a male student, all the students in the class rose from their seats and ran outside.
It was to see the test results posted on the bulletin board, which came out today, the day after the midterm exam.
This is one of the parts that I didn’t understand whenever I looked at the academy materials.
To reveal the ranks to all.
If this is the case, the self-esteem of the lower ranks will drop sharply… It’s a cruel genre.
There is the convenience of being able to know information about the main cast through the grades that can be seen at a glance, but readers don’t care about the grades of the extras anyway…
The competitive society is so scary.
“You worked hard, Matsuda-kun. I am very proud.”
In an empty classroom, students disappear in an instant.
Miyuki came to my side and patted my butt to encourage me.
During the two-day test period, they seemed happy to show that they were diligently solving problems.
I grabbed Miyuki’s wrist as she tried to get out, and she grinned as she looked up at me as if asking why.
“How many do you think you will do?”
“Well… Matsuda-kun didn’t have a provisional score, so I’m not sure… Shall I speak calmly?”
“Try.”
“Even considering how hard I worked, around 20th place.”
It’s lower middle class. You took good care of me.
Nodding her head, I left the classroom with Miyuki.
The bulletin board was crowded with students.
The hum was quite loud, and I couldn’t see the lower ranks because of the heads of the students, but anyway, the name at the top was this.
[Class 1-A]
[Chief, Miyuki Hanazawa]
[Second Seat, Natsume Honoka]
The top and bottom seats are Miyuki and her vice-captain. Expected result.
Is Bread Girl number 6? You’re doing okay
Tetsuya’s name is visible in the mid-ranking line.
[#16, Tetsuya Miura]
This guy who said he looked better than last time was just average.
Looking at the guy’s expression as he was checking his rank with his tiptoes up, he was slightly crumpled.
He said he hit better than last time… So you shouldn’t hit the excitement like this.
Looking at his face, I laughed inwardly,
“Uh…? Matsuda-kun…!”
I narrowed my eyes at Miyuki’s startled voice that had squeezed through the gap between the students.
“Why?”
“Look at this!”
Miyuki, who was making a fuss, pointed her finger slightly upwards from the center of the poster.
She followed her gaze with her fingertips,
[14th place, Ken Matsuda]
My name was stuck in the 14th place.
‘Yes…?’
