People bring their own maids to the training camp

The three class leaders, who were also the top three in the quiz, were responsible for guiding the participating members.

The first learning session is scheduled for the next day at the library. Today, Fanbo needs to collect the class fees.

After discussion, to maintain secrecy, the two chose a corner of the classroom and then proceeded one by one according to student ID numbers. Those who needed to leave early could transfer funds online, as not everyone had time to wait in line.

Honami was in charge of collecting the money, while Chihaya was responsible for registering it.

The vast majority of people directly transferred 50000 points to Fanbo, and those who didn't have enough said they would make up the difference next month.

It took 40 people more than an hour to complete the final statistics.

After the last point was confirmed, the two looked at each other and smiled, revealing expressions of relief.

"This is the first time I've handled such a huge number," Fanbo said. "My phone feels really heavy now."

"It's not just about the points; it also reflects the trust that everyone in Class B has in Fanbo."

"This is too heavy. Why don't you help me share half of it, Chihaya?" Honami joked.

"That won't do, Honami. Running away is shameful."

“Escaping may be shameful, but it’s useful,” Fanbo said seriously.

"Don't think I haven't watched TV dramas!"

"Unexpected~"

"You've already accepted that Miss eats tempura smothered with mayonnaise, but don't you think Miss watches TV dramas?" Chihaya laughed. "What do you think Miss should be doing on a daily basis?"

"Hmm... horseback riding? afternoon tea? Or maybe ballroom dancing?" Fanbo blinked and mentioned a few things she thought a young lady of high birth would do.

"Of the three options Fanbo mentioned, I'll only choose afternoon tea, okay?"

"Hahaha, this is so awkward."

"I've basically never attended any large banquets, and I've never actually learned ballroom dancing. I have learned horseback riding, but we don't have a horse farm at home, and I don't really like riding horses."

"...So it's not that you can't do it, but that you don't want to?" Fanbo said helplessly. "So I guess I'm right?"

"It was clearly a typo. The point is, isn't it that I actually watch TV dramas?"

"Speaking of which, does a young lady like Chihaya really need to learn all sorts of things every day? Tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and so on. Oh, you were learning archery too."

"I would say I've studied it, but my skill level is just average. The only thing I've practiced over the years is archery because I like it."

"So there's still a dojo at home?"

"Honami, your focus is so strange," Chihaya chuckled. "There is indeed a dojo, but it's completely different from the kind of dojo Honami is thinking of. It's a small dojo that was renovated because of my request."

"Was that a humble statement? Or perhaps a little rude—how much area does a small dojo occupy in Chihaya's eyes?"

"Have you ever been to the archery club's dojo? Aside from the distance from the target being the same, the area covered by the wooden planks is less than a third of that place, you know?"

"Hmm, it really is a small dojo?" Fanbo laughed. "Sorry, sorry, it's probably because my impression of the young lady comes from movies or novels, so I might have some stereotypes."

"As far as I know, many rich young ladies not only watch TV dramas, but some might even invest in getting their idols to act in them, right?"

"Wow, that's outrageously extravagant! By the way, does Chihaya have any favorite idols or actors?"

"Hmm, I personally prefer Satomi Ishihara. I think she has great fashion sense; she's had some really nice outfits in the dramas I've watched." Chihaya gave her answer after a moment's thought, "She's quite inspiring to me too."

"Haha, then I'll have to take a good look at Chihaya's casual clothes next time."

"Okay, but it will probably have to wait until autumn. Summer is too hot, and the outfits are all relatively simple. Autumn will allow for more variety."

"It's such a shame that Chihaya isn't a fashion blogger. Putting aside whether there are sales assistants or not, just watching you wear different clothes and makeup is so pleasing to the eye!"

"You're starting to sound like an old man, Ichinose Honami-san!" Chihaya deliberately put on a stern face. "Should I call for help?"

"Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out!" Fanbo also played the villain in a very cooperative manner.

"Are you two done? I bought some milk tea."

"Pfft." Chihaya couldn't help but chuckle, because Hayasaka's timing was just too amusing.

"..."

"Huh? Maybe I came at the wrong time?" Hayasaka blinked, but still walked in carrying the milk tea. "The Palette color palette was sold out, so I went all the way to the Beechwood Shopping Center to buy it, you know?"

"Thank you, Hayasaka-san," Honami said, accepting the milk tea.

"So what was Qianzao laughing about just now?"

"Fanbo just told me, 'Even if I scream my lungs out, no one will come to save me,' and then Ai-Nai came in, huh?"

"You guys are playing role-playing games behind my back! Are you going all the way? What role is Ichinose-san playing? Is she the kidnapper who kidnapped the young lady?" Hayasaka suddenly became interested, and all sorts of classic Edo-era dramas flashed through his mind.

"Shouldn't Hayasaka-san see a doctor?" Honami turned to ask Chihaya, only to find that Chihaya had already stuck a straw into her milk tea cup and started drinking.

"...Hanami, are you sure? That's Hoshinomiya-sensei in the infirmary, you know? It might turn into a consultation session."

"...Just imagining it sent chills down my spine."

"You two are going too far! I even brought you milk tea! And this is how you make fun of me!" Hayasaka was very dissatisfied. "And wasn't it supposed to be role-playing, as you said?!"

"Where are you playing role-playing games? Chizuru was just lying to you!" Fanbo explained.

"I don't believe it. Otherwise, why would such a line appear? No one but a kidnapper would say something like that, right?" Hayasaka argued vehemently. "Or are you saying, Ichinose-san, that you've been eyeing Chihaya for a long time?!"

"What does this all mean?"

"Xiao Ai—"

With a snap, Chihaya slammed the pad in her hand onto Hayasaka's head, finally stopping Hayasaka's "bullying" of Honami.

57. Kushida fishing

May 1st, Class D, Year 1.

After the truth was revealed by Teacher Chabashira's sarcastic remarks, Class D became dejected. The students, who had been dreaming of earning 100,000 yen a month, had to accept the reality that they would earn nothing throughout May and beyond.

It has to be said that high school students who can squander 100000 points in a month are absolutely exceptional, because they naively believe that they will receive 100000 points every month—a situation that feels like being kept by a sugar daddy doesn't even raise a shred of doubt in them.

The classroom was filled with wails; the distance from 100000 to 0 was like the distance between heaven and hell.

"Ugh! I don't want to drink bottled water and eat vegetable meals every day anymore!"

Yamauchi and Ike cried their eyes out. Yamauchi, in particular, was filled with regret because he had just spent 20000 points to buy a game console. He even openly tried to sell it in class, raising the price without hiding it from others. He loudly asked for 20000 points, and when he was rejected, he raised the price to 22000 to find the next person.

No one would buy it unless they were an idiot, let alone someone trying to make money off a used game console.

Kushida now observes with indifference, his heart filled with disdain and a sense of superiority.

Even without the 50000 points Chihaya gave her, she wouldn't be as annoying as someone like Yamauchi Ike, howling and barking like a stray dog.

As for Class D being called defective or flawed, Kushida didn't care at all.

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Kushida knew perfectly well why she was assigned to Class D—given her dark history of disrupting the order of a school, she would inevitably be assigned to Class Z no matter what.

In terms of ability, Kikyo Kushida definitely has the strength of Class B or even Class A. Unfortunately, her personality is like a ticking time bomb, and she has no objection to being placed in Class D.

Or rather, there's no need to have any opinions anymore. Now that she's connected with Chihaya, whether or not she graduates from Class A is no longer important—if possible, she doesn't even plan to pursue further education. After all, further education is just a stepping stone to finding a high-paying job, and if she can directly join the Mikado family's company with Chihaya, there's no need to waste time going to university.

Kushida didn't dare to have any ulterior motives; she knew exactly what she was worth.

So Kushida comforted the students in Class D while inwardly despising these guys who wished they could take a pill to change their minds.

If high school students develop a habit of living paycheck to paycheck, what will they be like when they start working and entering society? So useless!

"Um, Kushida-san, may I bother you for a moment?"

"Karuizawa-kun? Is there something you need?" Kushida blinked, but he already understood the other person's purpose.

Although Karuizawa was implicitly considered the leader of the girls in Class D, Kushida genuinely felt that she was a complete idiot, no different in essence from Yamauchi and the others. If anything, she could say she had a pretty face and a good boyfriend; otherwise, she wouldn't have a voice in Class D at all—Horikita Suzune was pretty enough, right? Yet, almost no one paid her any attention, and even the boys didn't have a crush on her.

"Actually, I... I've spent too many points and I'm really short on money. I'm currently trying to borrow points from the girls in my class, and I hope Kushida-san can help me too. We're friends, right? Really, it only takes two thousand points per person."

Karuizawa asked Kushida to lend her points with a grin, her attitude completely unlike that of someone asking for a favor. Normally, such an attitude would definitely be rejected.

However, Kushida wouldn't refuse, because she was Kushida Kikyo, and the person borrowing the money was Karuizawa Megumi.

2000 points is indeed just a small amount of money for Kushida at this stage.

On the other hand, Chihaya had told her that if anyone in Class D needed to borrow money, she could be introduced to him, preferably an influential girl—wasn't that Karuizawa Megumi right in front of her?

“Sure! I’ll transfer it to you right away,” Kushida said with a smile.

"Thank you, Kushida-san. I still have to go look for other things..."

"Karuizawa-san, aren't you short of money? Most of the people in our Class D are not well-off." Kushida interrupted Karuizawa, stopping her from leaving.

"I know, but..." But she was too embarrassed to borrow points from other classes.

"Actually, Chihaya-san messaged me this morning, didn't she?" Kushida leaned closer to Karuizawa and lowered her voice. "She said she could help if I needed points."

"But I'm not very familiar with Princess." Karuizawa was a little embarrassed. Although they knew each other, they were just nodding acquaintances who would greet each other when they met.

Karuizawa Kei was only a big shot within Class D, and she was incomparable to Chihaya, a famous figure known throughout the entire grade—in fact, her influence in the grade was not even as great as Kushida's.

“It’s alright, Chihaya-san is happy to make friends with everyone, isn’t she?” Kushida added. “Isn’t this great? We can borrow points and make friends with Chihaya-san at the same time.”

"Really?" Karuizawa was intrigued. Class B had earned 65000 points this month, and they had also reportedly earned a considerable number of points as the first-place winner in the previous knowledge competition. Therefore, if Chihaya were willing to lend money, it would definitely be much easier than borrowing several thousand points from each person in Class D.

Even borrowing 10000 points at once is not a problem.

Not to mention the chance to become friends with Chihaya.

“Of course, you know that Chihaya went to an all-girls middle school, right? So she actually prefers to make female friends,” Kushida said. “I was introduced to Chihaya by Hayasaka-san, and now we can call each other by our first names, right?”

"Well......"

"She's a really nice person, with a good personality and a great sense of style and makeup. We often chat until very late."

That's true, it's just that they chatted in the same bed, and part of their conversation consisted of onomatopoeia, and they would occasionally sing songs or something—Kushida Hideaki's soprano voice.

The more Kushida talked about Karuizawa, the more smitten she became. That was Chihaya Himegami, you know? She was the undisputed number one in looks across the entire grade, and she was popular with both men and women, unlike some girls who were only popular among boys, while their reputation among girls was quite ambiguous.

"Then, could you please ask Kushida-san to take me to meet Chihaya-san?" Karuizawa finally made up her mind.

“No problem,” Kushida said with a smile.

Great, the fish is hooked.