Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 200: Sakayanagi Says “A Simpering Dog Has No Future,” Komachi, Hurry and Save Me!

Chabashira had already experienced what it meant to be a “sis-con” from Hikigaya.

And now, Chabashira’s next stop was to visit the Hikigaya household, to meet his sister.

At this moment, another “sis-con” from Chiba came knocking.

“Chabashira Sae, a friend of Hiratsuka, and also a former classmate.”

Although she found Haruno a bit dangerous, Chabashira still introduced herself.

“Mm-hmm,” Haruno nodded lightly, then said, “I’ve heard about you from Shizune.”

“Although, from the looks of you, it seems like you’ve already moved on from the past,” Haruno added.

“Hiratsuka actually told you something like that?” Chabashira asked, surprised.

She thought her relationship with Hiratsuka was good, but now, it seemed like Hiratsuka had a best friend with whom she shared everything.

“After all, Shizune and I are really close friends,” Haruno said, then voluntarily wrapped her arm around Shizune’s.

“Alright, Haruno,” but Shizune appeared somewhat distant. “You must have something you want to discuss, right?”

“Just as expected of Shizune,” Haruno immediately let go of Shizune’s arm, and her playful expression turned serious.

“Actually, something happened to me,” Haruno said.

“If it’s something involving you, then we might not be able to help,” Chabashira said. “After all, our identities are different.”

She had just made a small profit while at university with Hiratsuka, but when it came to matters like inheriting a family business, they were out of their depth.

“It’s not my own issue,” Haruno shook her head. “It’s something related to the things you were discussing, about my younger sister.”

“Yukinoshita Yukino.”

Haruno introduced her sister to Chabashira. “She’s a good kid, but it seems like she’s been putting in effort in the wrong direction, always chasing after me.”

“At the current rate, she won’t grow at all.”

“And this year, Shizune took a new action,” Haruno continued. “She sent a student named Hikigaya to Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High.”

“I was worried that Hikigaya would be ostracized after returning to school from hospitalization,” Shizune added.

“Shizune really is such a good person,” Haruno remarked. “But right now, it’s probably too late. Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High doesn’t accept transfer students.”

“What do you mean by that?” Chabashira had regained her focus.

This Haruno lady had introduced herself and talked about her sister, and now she was mentioning Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High, sparking a thought in Chabashira’s mind.

“Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High is a school that simulates society,” Haruno explained. “My sister has always wanted to replace me, but she can’t do it.”

“In other words,” Haruno continued, “Yukino hasn’t experienced the harshness of society, and the reality of it would be too cruel for her, so I want her to go to Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High and experience a few blows.”

I see.

Chabashira felt like she had guessed correctly.

But…

“Although I work there,” Chabashira thought for a moment before politely declining, “I don’t have the authority to arrange for someone to enter the school.”

“And the reason Hikigaya was able to enter was because a student had dropped out, and that opened up the opportunity for him.”

That meant Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High had a high entry threshold.

At the same time…

Chabashira also knew that students were selected in advance.

“As for this,” Haruno said, “I’ll handle it. When I graduated from middle school, I was actually invited by the principal to ask if I wanted to go to Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High.”

“But I refused at the time.”

“Because as the heir to the Yukinoshita family, I couldn’t casually attend a fully enclosed school. I needed to spend time learning what was required of an heir.”

“I see.”

“That sounds tough.”

Chabashira now understood why Shizune and Haruno had become friends.

Shizune was too kind-hearted to let Haruno continue like this.

“And as for Yukino’s entrance pass, I’ll take care of it myself,” Haruno said. “After all, that school isn’t completely inaccessible. Although my family’s influence isn’t enough, we still have a few connections.”

And these words made Shizune immediately realize that Haruno was likely trying to make some kind of deal.

The supporter of Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High was the Prime Minister.

This meant that it wasn’t entirely above board, and using connections to get someone in was indeed possible.

This was probably why Haruno could only maintain her position as Yukinoshita Haruno, as her family’s business couldn’t be abandoned.

No one could help her.

“And then,” Haruno said, “as a return favor…”

“I think it’s pointless for you to keep dwelling on the past, Chabashira-san.”

Huh.

This made Chabashira look at her.

So, this Haruno lady was trying to have a conversation with her?

“You’ve been holding onto the past, thinking about how you couldn’t advance to the next class, right?” Haruno said. “Shizune told me about your exam back then.”

“Three months before graduation, there was an in-class vote.”

“If someone was sacrificed, they would earn extra points and narrow the gap with Class A,” Haruno said. “And at that time, Shizune…”

Haruno paused, and Shizune added, “At the time, my suggestion was to support the idea and sacrifice a classmate.”

“Of course, no one was willing to do that, so my choice was…” She paused for a moment, then added, “I chose to sacrifice myself. At that time, I was the class representative.”

“If I had dropped out back then, the class would have been very close to Class A, and with two more special exams remaining, I thought everyone could still make it through,” Shizune said.

“And my approach was to not want Hiratsuka-sensei to sacrifice herself, because she had guided us all the way from Class D to Class B,” Chabashira said. “It didn’t make sense for her, the class representative, to be sacrificed.”

“So, when the whole class voted to have Hiratsuka drop out, I kept voting against it, and eventually, the exams ended.”

“And our class lost the possibility of becoming Class A and graduating as Class A.”

“So everyone blamed me, and I couldn’t get over it from that time.”

“Until now, as the homeroom teacher of Class D, leading with Hikigaya’s guidance, we’ve been promoted to Class A. Only now has my obsession been fulfilled,” Chabashira said.

“Heh…” Haruno laughed. “Here it is.”

“And Chabashira-san, do you really think you were wrong?”

“I think your obsession is meaningless.”

Despite being quite a beautiful and cute person, Haruno now said such cold words.

“Haruno!”

Shizune noticed Chabashira’s current state.

It seemed like Haruno had attacked her.

“Shizune, be quiet for a moment. You’re too kind and don’t want to tell Chabashira-san this harsh truth,” Haruno said. “But the truth is, often more cruel than expected.”

“And Chabashira-san…”

Haruno said, “I can be certain that if you had really gone through with voting Shizune out of the class…”

“Then you would never have graduated as Class A.”

“What do you mean?”

“Do I really need to say it?” Haruno said. “On one hand, Shizune was your class representative. If the representative was voted out, and there were still two special exams left, do you really think you could beat Class A?”

“A capable general can account for 50% or even 70% of the importance. Without your general, do you think you could win? How shallow.”

“Of course, you might not agree with this, because this situation wasn’t tested. There’s no definite conclusion, so let me put it another way.”

Haruno said coldly, “That is, you completely misunderstood this school.”

“Since the school aims to cultivate talent, do you think they would like to see talent voted out?”

“If I were the principal…”

Haruno said, “Even if you had succeeded in voting Shizune out and promoted to Class A, I would find a way to bring you down.”

“So, for the next two months of special exams, I’d raise the scores. As long as you win even one match, the original Class A would absolutely crush you.”

“And why would I do this?”

“Because the purpose of this school is to cultivate talent and send them out into society.”

Haruno said, “A representative who led the class from D to B, nearly to Class A, is an important talent, yet they were voted out by the entire class.”

“Then what am I supposed to cultivate?”

“I might as well support the class representative from the start, the one from Class A, to graduate.”

“Is there any other solution?” Chabashira quickly asked.

Haruno’s explanation seemed to negate the actions of most of the students in the class back then.

But Chabashira didn’t think her own actions were necessarily correct.

She just felt that Hiratsuka-sensei shouldn’t have been voted out.

“Of course there is,” Haruno said. “The option Shizune chose, voting someone out of the class, was reasonable. But it shouldn’t have been Shizune. Instead, you could have voted out a student with the lowest average grades in every subject. Then, everyone would offer compensation.”

“Essentially, have him/her voluntarily drop out. The cost you paid would also need to change. If you didn’t graduate as Class A, then you could compensate that person. But if you did graduate as Class A, then that person would have sacrificed for everyone’s future, so the compensation would have to increase.”

“However…”

Haruno shook her head. “I don’t think even if you chose someone else, you would have graduated as Class A.”

“Because…”

“Although you climbed step by step, the fact that you climbed means the overall quality wasn’t enough. So, sending out a representative from such a class would still be difficult,” Haruno said. “In other words, I admit you worked hard, but a representative from your class still wouldn’t be enough.”

Huh.

This statement left Chabashira speechless.

Because the students were initially divided into classes based on quality, with Class A and B being the focus of the school’s training, while C and D were used as control groups to stimulate change in A and B.

These were the truths she had only just discovered and confirmed.

But Haruno had already figured it out herself.

Truly terrifying.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Haruno blinked cutely.

She looked quite adorable.

But Chabashira no longer dared to underestimate her.

Because…

If Haruno were invited to Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High, she would definitely graduate as part of Class A.

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After parting with Haruno and Shizune, Chabashira headed to the Hikigaya household.

“Hello. Beautiful big sister.”

“Here is some black tea.”

“And this is my family’s cat, Kamakura.”

“Ah, don’t mind me. I’m sure Hikigaya has been receiving your care at school.”

Hikigaya’s younger sister was a girl with short black hair.

She had a pair of small fangs, which made her quite cute.

At the same time, her personality was lively.

It was hard to believe that someone like Hikigaya had such a well-mannered younger sister.

Chabashira herself was an only child, so she didn’t have any sisters or brothers.

She was somewhat envious of those who had siblings.

However,

She hadn’t forgotten the reason she was here.

“This is from your brother.”

Chabashira pushed the suitcase forward.

“Suitcase?” Komachi didn’t understand.

“It contains 8 million yen in cash that he earned at Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School. He asked me to be sure to bring it to you,” Chabashira explained.

“……” Komachi.

“……” Komachi.

“Hikigaya?” Chabashira looked at Komachi and noticed she was in a daze.

“Ah… am I dreaming?”

But Komachi shook her head.

“So, my Oni-chan really made money at school!”

“Not only was his tuition waived, and his living expenses covered, but he even made money!”

“Komachi…”

“Komachi was always worried about him being in an unfamiliar place, at a new school, alone and not getting used to it, but now it looks like…” Komachi suddenly cried out loud.

“Oni-chan doesn’t need me anymore…” She then started wiping her tears with her hands.

Uh.

The scene left Chabashira at a loss for words.

It almost felt like witnessing a younger sister crying, saying that her brother had finally “married off.”

“By the way, did Oni-chan ask me to bring anything else to Komachi?” After crying for a while, Komachi asked in a sniffly voice.

“There is,” Chabashira quickly handed her the envelope Hikigaya had given her.

Hikigaya had said that Komachi needed to keep it safe, so Chabashira hadn’t opened it to see what was inside.

She could imagine what it might be.

“Mmhm.”

Komachi quickly took the letter.

It was written by her brother.

[Komachi, please keep this safe. Oni-chan’s future is in your hands. –Hachiman]

“……” Komachi.

So, was this something important?

Komachi then opened the envelope.

Inside was a document.

To be precise, it was a letter of guarantee.

[I,

Kushida Kikyo, pledge on my honor and integrity,

That if I graduate from Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High as a student of Class A, I will voluntarily marry Hikigaya Hachiman after graduation.

Whether I continue my studies in college or start working directly, I will choose to take responsibility for supporting the family.

Signed: Kushida Kikyo.]

There was also a thumbprint next to it.

“……” Komachi and Chabashira both looked shocked.

They never expected that what Hikigaya wanted Komachi to keep safe would be something like this.

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On the other side.

After sending Haruno off and dropping Chabashira at the Hikigaya household, Hiratsuka Shizune returned to her apartment.

To be precise, she brought the bouquet of fragrant roses back to her apartment.

Although they were from a student.

This was the first time she had received flowers, well, at least from someone of the opposite sex.

She thought she should preserve this moment.

Even though no one had seen it, Shizune’s mood was really good.

That guy, Hikigaya, was really considerate.

From now on, when her classmates teased her about no one pursuing her, she could show them a photo of the flowers she received, saying that she had indeed been given flowers, and that too from someone much younger than her.

It will infuriates those guys.

Hmph.

Miss. Hiratsuka’s vanity was greatly satisfied.

…

At Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High school,

It was already the sixth day after the holiday had passed.

Hikigaya had been leading quite a regular life: he went to the cafeteria in the morning to eat, brought lunch to Horikita, and although he didn’t like studying, he knew he couldn’t keep neglecting it.

So, from 3 to 5 PM every day, he dedicated time to studying, with Horikita helping him fill in the gaps.

The main reason was to try and integrate into the boys’ circle, only to find that they were all playing games.

Hikigaya wasn’t good at socializing.

Thus, he began to study.

“Looking at this, there’s no problem with mathematics now,” Horikita Suzune said after checking the problems Hikigaya had worked on, putting down her red pen.

There seemed to be a faint smile on her face.

“You still have a talent for studying,” Horikita Suzune said. She had been the leader of the study group twice, once directing the Karuizawa team and other teams.

But she always felt that the results weren’t very high, and she was also criticized for not understanding the psychology of struggling students.

However, Hikigaya had a good temper and was easy to teach, so it was easier for her.

“I’ve already studied half of next semester’s math. If you want to start learning now, I could consider it as reviewing…” Horikita Suzune said, trying to increase the difficulty.

“That’s not necessary,” Hikigaya immediately refused.

He just needed to build a solid foundation and then study in next semester’s classes. He didn’t want to study in advance and then have to repeat it in class next semester.

That would be double the study load.

No one liked torturing themselves like that.

Besides,

Horikita, you’re studying for yourself, but Hikigaya is just trying to avoid being expelled from the school.

He earned 1.5 million yen every month—wouldn’t that be a huge loss if he got expelled because he failed an exam?

“By the way, why are you studying so hard?” Hikigaya seemed curious. “Your brother said he wants to keep studying and has his own plans. He might even go into politics in the future.”

“So, wouldn’t that mean no one will inherit the family store?” Hikigaya asked. “So, do you also want to climb higher in life?”

“Me?”

The question made Horikita Suzune pause for a moment, but she didn’t seem like she hadn’t thought about it. “I guess I want to continue studying in university.”

“When I was younger, my mother’s health wasn’t good, and she was often hospitalized. Back then, I thought I would become a great doctor in the future.”

“So, maybe I’ll study medicine.”

Becoming a medical student was a great goal.

Doctors earned a lot, and the work they did, saving lives, was very meaningful.

But,

So, you don’t want to inherit the family store after all.

Then, in the end, wouldn’t you have to marry and let your husband run the store?

Hikigaya originally thought Horikita Suzune was a good person—hardworking and ambitious. Although her personality had some shortcomings, she was able to listen.

Her aloof attitude from the beginning had softened a lot.

Especially since her cooking was so good.

And now he could often see her in casual clothes.

He increasingly thought Horikita Suzune was a good person.

It was just that these days, when she cooked, he did the dishes, even preparing his own special tea cup. The atmosphere felt like he was back home.

But,

He really couldn’t accept it.

So, Hikigaya and Horikita Suzune agreed to continue studying the next day and left.

“Thud!”

He habitually went to the vending machine, but instead of going outside the dorm building, he stopped at the first-floor lobby.

It was already six o’clock, and the sky had darkened. Kushida didn’t have to go kick the railing today, so there was no need to go to the vending machine near the railing.

Instead, he bought a can of coffee in the lobby and sat on a nearby chair to drink it.

This time was a bit special—it was when everyone was either eating or heading back to their dorms.

He could see many familiar and unfamiliar faces.

“So, that means…”

“Thanks, Ichinose…”

Like Ichinose, the angel, she was still surrounded by her classmates.

The students from Ichinose’s class were in a good mood during this holiday and had been very diligent.

Right.

Despite her excellent academic performance, she still persisted with study sessions.

They applied to the school for holiday use of the classrooms and were now in the classroom for supplementary lessons, and now they were probably finished and eating in the cafeteria before returning to their dorms.

However, Ichinose hadn’t noticed him.

After all, this corner was inconspicuous.

And soon,

Hikigaya noticed the elevator doors opening.

Several girls walked out from inside, and the one leading them was an incredibly cute girl with short silver hair.

She held a cane in her left hand, still dressed in white stockings.

This was Sakayanagi Arisu.

Her pace wasn’t fast, but the girls around her seemed to be in complete admiration of her.

They only moved when Sakayanagi moved.

Sakayanagi had only taken a few steps when a student slightly lowered their head and whispered something in her ear.

Then, she gripped her cane and walked over to the resting chairs near Hikigaya.

Soon, the only one remaining by her side was Kamuro Masumi, who had a leash on her hand, and the other girls automatically dispersed.

“Still as impressive as ever.”

Hikigaya noticed that Sakayanagi seemed to have noticed him and was walking over in his direction, then remarked.

“Still?” Sakayanagi responded. “It seems that Hikigaya has been paying quite a lot of attention to me recently.”

“Not really,” Hikigaya immediately denied. “It just reminded me of the first time I saw you, back at the shopping street mall, surrounded by your classmates.”

“Hehe—” Sakayanagi recalled that scene.

“At that time, I could tell that someone was watching me,” Sakayanagi Arisu said. “I’m very sensitive to other people’s gazes, and back then, I thought that Hikigaya might be a unique person. Turns out, my judgment wasn’t wrong.”

Oh, so that was her first impression of him.

That’s a bit unexpected.

Hikigaya thought she might have said something like she saw a delinquent boy with dead fish eyes.

“At that time, I thought Sakayanagi had a very strong leadership aura,” Hikigaya said.

Sakayanagi didn’t believe him.

At that time, he had been staring at her out of curiosity.

Meanwhile, she had already noticed that Hikigaya’s gaze had shifted from her to the ground, precisely onto the cat that Kamuro was holding the leash for.

“This is a cat I just got recently.”

“Don’t be fooled by how small it is now, but in a few months, it’ll probably grow into a cat weighing 10-20 kilograms.”

Sakayanagi said.

The cat Kamuro was holding was a Ragdoll cat, which had mostly white fur with black tips on its ears.

Ragdolls are small and cute, and they make very adorable sounds.

“Meow meow meow~”

At the moment, it was about the size of a small rat. However, Ragdolls are large cats and can grow as big as a pig.

Moreover, the cute and small phase doesn’t last long; generally, it will lose its cuteness in about two months.

“Nice.” Hikigaya put his canned coffee aside and crouched down.

“Can I pet it?”

He looked eager. Hikigaya also had a cat at home, but it was just an ordinary cat, named Kamakura.

It had been given to him by his sister’s classmate.

They had been raising it for four or five years, and as a shut-in, he spent quite a bit of time with the cat.

In other words,

Hikigaya was a cat slave.

And this cat was so cute.

“Cats are meant to be petted,” Sakayanagi said.

Her words were a bit awkward, but that seemed to mean she agreed to let him pet it.

“…” Kamuro.

“Kamuro, is something wrong?” Hikigaya asked, looking at the girl with purple hair holding the cat’s leash.

“It’s fine.” Kamuro said flatly.

After all, it was her cat.

Why did Sakayanagi act like the cat’s owner?

But for now, she decided to stay silent.

“So, has the cat been given a name?” Hikigaya asked.

The cat Sakayanagi had was very affectionate. When he lowered his hand, it came over to him on its own, making a very cute sound.

“Meow meow—”

“Meow meow—”

“It doesn’t have a name yet,” Sakayanagi said. “This cat was applied for through the student council and outsourced for purchase.”

“I only just received it yesterday.”

So the student council could do so many things, Hikigaya thought. This was something he hadn’t paid attention to before.

But Hikigaya also had Chabashira, who was currently out, so if Chabashira could leave the school, things would go even smoother. After all, she was very hands-on.

“As a member of the student council, the cost is also reduced accordingly,” Sakayanagi continued.

“…” Hikigaya.

He felt like Sakayanagi was implying something. Was she trying to use her position as a student council member to tempt him into supporting her?

“If you’re trying to get votes for class B,” Hikigaya said, “I can’t make that decision.”

“Yes, that’s right.” Sakayanagi didn’t continue to mention this matter.

She had already secured 100 votes from the third-year students.

As for the first-year students, her own class would definitely give her full support.

If she could win votes from two more classes, her election as the next president would be nearly guaranteed.

Of course.

She also didn’t think she could immediately secure the votes.

“Hikigaya, how about naming this cat ‘Hikigaya’?” Sakayanagi asked.

“…” Hikigaya replied. “This is your cat, so there’s no reason for anyone else to interfere with the name.”

“Don’t worry,” Sakayanagi said. “I’m not the kind of person to give it such a name.”

“Let’s just call it ‘Suzune’ for now.”

Suzune?

Was she referring to Horikita Suzune?

No, no, no.

That’s actually a bit much.

Though naming a cat is someone else’s freedom, and many people in the world are named Suzune, most of them are unknown to him.

Looking at it this way, although it’s vacation, Sakayanagi’s personality was still as bad as ever.

“Speaking of which,” Sakayanagi seemed to suddenly remember something as she watched Hikigaya petting the cat. “I received a report from a student that on the 1st, you seemed to have bought two bouquets of flowers from the flower shop and delivered them to the chairman’s office.”

“Eh…” Upon hearing this, Hikigaya just rubbed the cat’s head. “Am I still being followed by your class’s students?”

“Probably because some people still see you as a dangerous presence,” Sakayanagi said. “But I can confirm that I didn’t arrange for anyone to follow you.”

Indeed.

In the pen-and-paper battle with Sakayanagi’s class, was it possible for Hikigaya’s class—full of academic underperformers—to win?

So the results of the final exams seemed very reasonable to everyone.

However, Hikigaya’s class was the one that had successfully achieved the A rank, and most of the students from the original A class had lost their A-class positions, so they didn’t think Hikigaya could be taken lightly anymore.

Therefore, there might still be some former A-class stalkers around.

In fact, Kushida had been talking about how some students from the former A-class had been following her recently.

In other words,

Sakayanagi’s class viewed them as formidable opponents.

“Although I didn’t arrange for anyone to follow you, they came and reported to me on their own,” Sakayanagi said. “Although it’s unfortunate, I think that someone who is a ‘doormat’ will never be loved.”

“…” Hikigaya.

The students from the former A-class following him were partly due to concern for their class, but also hoping to show themselves as useful in front of Sakayanagi.

But Sakayanagi seemed to think of them this way.

Which meant that Sakayanagi probably looked down on “doormats.”

Fortunately, Hikigaya was not one of them.

“I bought the flowers earlier because I wanted to send them to the teachers who helped me,” Hikigaya said. “It was my way of repaying their kindness.”

“I see,” Sakayanagi said, but she didn’t seem too satisfied with this response, showing a bored expression. She then gripped her cane and seemed ready to leave.

Kamuro quickly took the cat and followed her.

“…” Hikigaya.

Hikigaya watched their retreating figures.

Sakayanagi remained as cold as ever, indifferent to things that didn’t concern her.

However.

Now that he thought about it, it seemed like Chabashira would be returning soon.

It cost Hikigaya 500,000 points to leave the school for a day, while Chabashira needed 100,000 points.

Although she had been accumulating points and even had some savings, she had already freed herself from the past and now had to consider the future.

So, she would probably start conserving her points.

And Hikigaya was not mistaken.

About two days later, Hikigaya’s phone, which he had left aside, suddenly vibrated.

He received a special message.

[I’ve returned to school. Your sister asked me to bring you something. Since it’s inconvenient to give it directly, come to the railing place tonight.] – by Chabashira.

??

Upon reading Chabashira’s message, Hikigaya was a bit puzzled.

Because.

Wasn’t Komachi’s request through Chabashira something that couldn’t be given directly to him? Was it something that couldn’t be seen in the open?

In that case.

That night, considering the safety of their private meeting, Hikigaya asked Kushida to keep watch.

“Don’t say I’m disturbing your time, Hikigaya, you’ve helped me quite a bit before, haven’t you?”

Kushida was still quite cute.

Even though it was vacation, she had a lot of things related to friendships and maintaining relationships. She had to go here today and attend another event tomorrow. She looked very busy.

Then, she was also forced to study for two hours every day to maintain and improve her grades, which was also very hard for her.

And now, she had voluntarily come out to help, so it seemed… she probably didn’t like studying either.

But this was something that couldn’t be undone.

At the beginning, Kushida had been pointed out by him that Sakayanagi wouldn’t give her the exam papers, so in her bet with Horikita, Kushida would likely be expelled.

And facing expulsion, Kushida herself had taken control of her future.

Then, when her expulsion crisis was resolved, it was natural for her to fulfill her agreement with him.

As long as Kushida graduated as an A-class student, she had to keep her promise and marry him.

If it came down to marriage, then besides the benefit of graduating from A-class, she couldn’t be too useless herself.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to do anything in a job.

So, she needed to be somewhat excellent herself.

And as an average student, her mind wasn’t sharp enough, and Hikigaya didn’t force her to become smart, so the only option was to improve her academic performance.

That’s why, while being tutored by Horikita every day, he also forced Kushida to study.

Of course.

In the end, he might not give Kushida 20 million points for her to graduate from A-class, but he believed that after three years of studying, Kushida would become more excellent.

It would also benefit her own life.

So this was a win-win situation.

Thus, he had to force her to study.

“You’ve arrived.”

Chabashira walked over to the railing and handed Hikigaya an envelope.

“This is something your sister asked me to bring you,” Chabashira said.

“Oh.”

Hikigaya took the envelope, which had handwriting on it.

[Idiot big brother, you actually ended up in such a situation at Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School. Are you really going to go down the path of a househusband?]

[But Komachi thinks your actions aren’t stable. After all, with your character, the possibility of dying alone is high, so you must seize any chance to get married.]

[So, I took the liberty to add a buff for you.]

[How about it? Komachi’s score is really high now, right?]

There was no doubt that it was his sister’s handwriting.

But it left him puzzled.

What kind of buff had Komachi added to him?

Hikigaya had asked Chabashira to take the agreement between Kushida and him back to Komachi so she could keep it.

This agreement might be useful in the future, or it might not be, but if it was useful, it should be well-kept.

With that in mind, Hikigaya opened the envelope.

And just by glancing inside, Hikigaya knew.

This was something Chabashira couldn’t give him openly.

Because.

Inside the envelope were several registration forms.

Marriage registration forms.

On the male side, although his signature wasn’t there, the seal had already been stamped.

Only the female side needed to sign her name.

Then, after graduating from high school, they could take it to the civil affairs bureau, and it would be good to go.

This was a one-step assist.

“…” Hikigaya.