The all-powerful middle schooler

"Shinomiya-kun, I choose to stay in the class you're in."

Yukino Yukinoshita turned her gaze to the girl who had left a deep impression on her.

"why?"

Kaguya Shinomiya narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Because I think you should be the best student in the first year of Shujiin Academy."

She made no attempt to hide it.

"I'm sorry, Yukinoshita, you're wrong... I'm not the 'strongest'."

For some reason, Kaguya Shinomiya's business-like smile seemed somewhat happy.

Under the Snow of 89, will you become a partner of justice?

This is... a lie, right?

The students at Soubu High School were incredulous.

In their eyes, the girl in front of them, with her aristocratic demeanor and elegant bearing, must be exceptionally outstanding as a student representative. It would be no problem for her to top the entire school's deviation score ranking, just like Yukinoshita.

But judging from the fact that the others in Shuchiin all seemed to agree, it was clear that this was not a joke.

There really is someone who is above this Miss Shinomiya!

"Oh, I see. I was wrong."

Yukino Yukinoshita was a little surprised by this, and her expression of shock quickly disappeared.

Humans are not perfect beings, and obviously her judgments cannot be completely accurate, which is not something that is hard to accept.

"So, do you still want to choose my class?"

Kaguya Shinomiya's expression returned to normal, and out of politeness, she asked again.

"I'm sorry, Shinomiya-kun, since I've come all this way, I'd still like to choose the person with the best academic performance to talk to."

Yukino Yukinoshita is not putting on an act; she is simply being herself.

First of all, she and Shinomiya-san were not the kind of people who would have common topics. It was against her nature to be so eager to please her, even though the other person was the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family.

Secondly, she was genuinely curious about just how powerful someone could be to defeat their opponent.

After all, to improve oneself, one must challenge limits and continuously learn from those who are more outstanding.

Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes showed some surprise; she had thought that the girl in front of her would take advantage of the situation and choose to go with her.

Because she is the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, many powerful local families want to get to know her and make her a familiar face, and the Yukinoshita family should be among them.

"Since you've put it that way..."

Kaguya Shinomiya's wine-red eyes flickered, gazing at the languid figure with hands in pockets not far away.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Hasegawa-san, our number one."

Although it was said in a serious tone, there was clearly a hint of mockery in it.

'Shinomiya-kun is more active than before?'

This is the feeling of Izumi Hasegawa.

However, he had no time to care about any of that, because almost everyone's attention was focused on him because of those words.

Gold will always shine.

Even if he wants to slack off, he will occasionally steal the spotlight from others.

"I just happened to get first place in the exam."

He straightened his expression and said.

However, while these words sounded like humility to outsiders, they sounded like mockery to Shuchiin and the others, who couldn't help but roll their eyes at him.

"what?"

Only then did Yukino Yukinoshita take a good look at the boy in front of her.

At first glance, his short hair was a bit unkempt, and his appearance was fairly handsome, but otherwise unremarkable. However, upon closer inspection, one was subconsciously drawn to his dazzling eyes.

This is a very special person.

Although it was only their first meeting and she didn't know him very well, her intuition told her so.

"By the way, was there really such a person before?"

She was truly astonished.

The other person suddenly burst into her world as if a passerby had transformed into a dazzling protagonist.

This is really quite illogical.

"Hello, Yukinoshita-san, I am Hasegawa Izumi, and I am currently the number one student in Shuchiin."

After introducing himself, he asked, "Besides Yukinoshita, is there anyone else who wants to choose our class?"

Surprisingly, none of the students from Zongwu High School had this intention; they shook their heads and chose other classes.

"Oh?"

He raised an eyebrow.

It's clear that it's not that others don't want to improve; the problem likely lies with the snow-white girl beside them.

……

"Yukinoshita-san, you seem to have a lot of bad interpersonal relationships?"

On the way to Class C for the next year, Izumi Hasegawa raised this question.

"This shouldn't be within the scope of the exchange meeting, right, Hasegawa-kun?"

The girl's voice was indifferent.

"No, I was just saying."

He didn't take it to heart at all, but the girl continued talking to herself.

"I've always been cute..."

Shall we start here?

Seeing that the girl had the right to be narcissistic, he didn't interrupt and listened as if it were a story.

"The guys who approach me are mostly because they like me, but it would be fine if everyone liked me... My indoor shoes have been hidden by people about sixty times, fifty of which were done by girls, which made me have to bring my indoor shoes and recorder home every day."

He was somewhat moved upon hearing this.

The other person's long speech was trying to express that the reason for their isolation stemmed from their personality formed by life experiences since childhood.

"I understand what you mean."

He nodded slightly.

"What do you understand?"

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at him for no apparent reason.

"What you're trying to say is that it's because you're too outstanding that others treat you as an oddball, and are afraid to approach you or even reject you, right?"

He spread his hands and said leisurely.

Although it sounds like Versailles, it does depict the girl's current awkward situation.

"In a way, you could say that..."

A hint of helplessness flickered in Yukino's eyes.

"However, I think this is inevitable, because no one is perfect... Weak, ugly, and prone to ostracizing others out of jealousy, the more outstanding a person is, the harder it is for them to survive, which is simply unbelievable."

That must mean you're not good enough!

He silently complained to himself.

So what do you plan to do?

Sensing that the girl was still not satisfied, Hasegawa Izumi smiled and asked another question.

“I think this is just so bizarre! So I want to change it, to change people and the world!”

Yukino Yukinoshita continued speaking very cooperatively, seemingly because she had always lacked someone willing to listen.

"Haahahaha..."

Hearing the answer she had prompted, Hasegawa Izumi pressed her right hand to her forehead and laughed with great pleasure.

The students passing by were initially surprised, but after seeing his appearance, they naturally withdrew their astonished gazes.

"You're not some weirdo, are you? Looks like I'll have to change my mind about my first impression of you."

Yukino Yukinoshita was startled by this situation.

Suddenly, she felt something was off.

Why did I so easily blurt out those words?

We just met.

Is it because you think that since they are strangers who are far away, it won't cause any impact?

No, that's not right...

This person has a strange trait.

Her gaze sharpened, and she quietly fixed her eyes on the person beside her.

"Izumi-chan, why are you suddenly laughing? Did you hear a really funny joke? Share it with me!"

The cherry-haired girl, who was chatting with her friend in the corridor, noticed the commotion not far away and ran over.

"Huh? This school uniform?"

Fujiwara Chika quickly shifted her attention to the person next to him, someone with a similar aura to Kaguya.

Are you an exchange student from Soubu High School?

She remembered this.

"Ah."

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded, seemingly noticing that the girl's doubts hadn't been resolved, and added, "Next, I'll be auditing his class."

"Oh, I see."

"It's obvious," Fujiwara Chika said, suddenly realizing.

"That's it."

Hasegawa Izumi's expression returned to normal.

The two of them brought Yukino to Class 1-C.

The arrival of the beautiful girl initially caused a gasp, but after Chika-chan explained, the situation quickly calmed down.

"Rikka, what do you think?"

At this moment, Izumi Hasegawa pulled her ally to the back door and whispered something to him.

"To be honest, wise one, I don't sense any special potential in her."

With one hand in a V-shape placed on her chin, Rikka Takanashi looks at her with a scrutinizing expression, her head swaying left and right, her brows slightly furrowed.

"But I trust your judgment! Now I'll use the Evil King's True Eye to confirm it!"

As she spoke, the girl removed her blindfold, revealing golden eyes that shone with golden light.

There were some unused tables and chairs at the back of the classroom. Yukino Yukinoshita was taking a chair down so she could listen to the lesson later.

Is there anyone referred to as a sage?

What, then, is the Evil King's True Eye?

After noticing the behavior of certain people out of the corner of her eye, her worldview was inevitably shaken, and she felt slightly ashamed.

Could it be that I really made the wrong choice?