Chapter 29: Supplementary Glasses (2)

“Hmm… So, do you have any parts you don’t understand?”

After guiding the Supplementary Class Club members to the abandoned annex’s Supplementary Class Club classroom with Hifumi-senpai,

I explained the purpose of the Supplementary Class Club, which will be together for several weeks, and what we will do.

I explained everything, including that there are three opportunities, and if all four members fail to pass the first test, they will eventually have to live together in the annex.

“No, I understand it perfectly. After regular classes, we have to come to this annex every day after school for additional special training, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s not necessary to aim for the top or second place, it’s enough to simply avoid failing grades for all four members.

Sensei will fully assist in this part, from management and supervision to schedule adjustment, so if everyone does their best, they can definitely pass.”

[Huh? Sora… Are you pushing everything onto me? You have to help too.]

“Tsk…”

[You clicked your tongue!]

“As Sensei just said, I will also assist you by Sensei’s side and do my best to improve your grades… Let’s all work hard together?”

It’s clear that some of the Supplementary Class Club members will find the difficulty of this test or the scope of study burdensome,

so I try to relieve everyone’s tension and lighten the atmosphere with explanations and answers mixed with banter with Sensei.

It feels like I’m using Sensei, but Sensei probably prefers this relaxed atmosphere to a stiff one, right? And…

“…I want to die…”

“Huh? Koharu? Didn’t you say you were preparing for the 2nd-grade advancement exam~?”

“…I really want to die now…”

Koharu was depressed in a corner of the classroom.

The reality that Koharu, who said she was preparing for the 2nd-grade advancement exam before, has become a member of the Supplementary Class Club, is probably unacceptable to Koharu.

Regardless of her grades, it would be shameful for Koharu, who evaluated herself as an elite and showed herself off, to be in the Supplementary Class Club.

Even more so if her friend found out… Well, it’s also fun to continue teasing her in this state, but I don’t want to make her sulk, so I’ll encourage her.

“Well…I… You did take the 2nd-grade advancement exam, right? Take advantage of that experience and gain an advantage in the 1st-grade exam.

Then you’ll overwrite the dishonor of failing with high scores in the 1st-grade exam. How about that?”

“…Yeah… That’s right. I’ll be the first to pass and get out of this club full of problem children!”

Well… Even if Koharu passes alone, she can’t leave alone, and I don’t think she’ll be the first to get a passing score, but she has a will, so that’s enough.

“You don’t have to worry about Shirasu-senpai, who is a transfer student, because I will help you with various things separately.”

“Oh? Shirasu-san is a transfer student? To Trinity? That kind of case is rare…”

After Koharu, it’s Shirasu-senpai.

From the time Shirasu-senpai was first caught by the Justice Task Force, to the time I explained about the Supplementary Class Club, she said things like “siege”… I wonder if she’s from SRT?

Anyway, she seemed to be unable to adapt, so I need to relieve her burden as well.

No, she didn’t seem burdened at all, but whatever.

By the way, it seems that except for Hifumi-senpai and Sensei, no one knew that she was a transfer student.

“Huh…? Did I say something I shouldn’t have?”

“No, it’s not something to hide. You don’t have to worry. It’s true. It’s a matter of adapting, and it’s a matter of trying.”

“Yeah, then can I call you Azusa-chan too?”

“? It doesn’t matter…”

I was thinking that I shouldn’t have mentioned the transfer student, but she answered that she didn’t mind, and Urawa-senpai asked if she could drop the honorifics, and the atmosphere naturally relaxed.

“Come to think of it…. The knight is rumored to be, but I don’t know much about her?”

“Ah? Me? It seems to have become a self-introduction place, so let’s start with me~”

At Urawa-senpai’s light suggestion, self-introductions began.

“I’m… Yumetsubasa Sora, working as a bodyguard for the Tea Party faction leaders.

Well… As you can see, I was injured a little while ago, so I’ll be temporarily stepping back from practical work and assisting as a kind of instructor for the Supplementary Class Club? Nice to meet you.”

“Oh… A bodyguard… What kind of work do you do?”

“It’s close protection for external work or normal work? Ah, I’ll tell you in advance, but this is all I can say?”

I appropriately say what I can say about the bodyguard work, up to what comes to mind when you think of a bodyguard, and then I make an excuse that I can’t say anything after that.

“Close protection and… Work that can’t be said… I see! Is it that kind of thing?!”

“N…Yes?”

“High-ranking people always live with suppressed desires, but there’s manpower that has to listen to their orders and is constantly in close contact for protection? The escapades of high-ranking people are honest to their desires…”

I smile, taking out Daedalus from my pocket. Urawa-senpai… No, Hanako’s lewd talk stopped there.

After a brief self-introduction time, everyone gathered after school from that day and studied together.

“Yeah, Koharu, this part is with this formula….”

“Ah, I see…”

“Hanako, I don’t understand the meaning of this sentence.”

“This is the first verse of an ancient epic. To interpret it….”

Hifumi-senpai’s original grades were decent, but she failed due to absence.

Hanako seemed to have ruined the exam due to a simple bad condition, and she was helping other members’ studies.

I also assisted as an instructor and Sensei’s assistant, teaching tips for the studies I’ve done or helping others’ studies.

If this is the case, everyone can pass without much worry.

No, wait, if it ends this quickly, there’s no point in establishing the Supplementary Class Club, right? With such thoughts, the first test day finally arrived.

[…What do you think?]

“Hifumi-senpai’s previous grades were decent, so I’m not too worried… Hanako was at a level where I didn’t understand why she came to the Supplementary Class Club.

She was very good at helping other people. The only ones I’m worried about are Azusa-senpai and Koharu, but they both worked hard, so I have to believe in them.”

The difficulty of this test was ridiculously easy, so I had hopes that it would be enough to improve the grades of the members, regardless of the purpose of establishment.

Sadly, my expectations were completely betrayed.

No, it’s not perfect, is it? One person succeeded.

Ajitani Hifumi – 72 points Pass

Shirasu Azusa – 36 points Fail

Shimoe Koharu – 16 points Fail

Urawa Hanako – 2 points Fail

“Haha…”

[Hahaha…]

“Koharu?”

“Y…Yes?!”

“This test…was easy, you know?”

“…”

Koharu silently looks away.

“Hanako… 2 points? You… weren’t you good at studying…?!

Hanako’s score… is disastrous… No… Why…? The way she taught other seniors was definitely not the level of cramming…

“2 points?! 2 points?! 2 points?! Was such a score possible? Wait a minute. You seemed to be very good at studying?! Hanako-chan?!”

Hifumi-senpai started to run wild next to me.

“I have that kind of feeling. Apart from grades.”

“Feeling?! Was it just a feeling?! Was it a feeling apart from grades?!”

“Feeling?! Does such a feeling exist?!”

“Ahaha…”

“Haha… I’m going crazy…”

-Thud, flop-

I felt that the road was long and my legs lost strength.

Hifumi-senpai… collapsed…

On the evening of the day the first test ended, I was called by Nagisa and visited the Tea Party office again with Sensei.

“I’ve brought him. Nagisa-sama.”

“Oh my, thank you for your hard work. Sora. And…

Welcome. Sensei. You’re working hard. Is the management of the Supplementary Class Club going well?”

[No… I don’t think it will be easy…]

“I heard the news, but… It seems that the first test didn’t go well. But there are still two remaining tests… Yes.

“….”

[Hmm? Is that a strange chess game?]

“Ah. This is… a hobby. It’s a form of so-called special rules.”

[Were you playing it alone?]

“Yes, I’m alone now. Mika is noisy, and I have something I want to say at this time… But it seems like Sensei has something he wants to say first?”

[How is the Supplementary Class Club going to be handled if they fail all three tests?]

It started there.

Nagisa and Sensei’s private conversation.

Even though I was there, as if my presence in that space was meaningless, a private conversation between the two took place.

Sensei’s expression wasn’t particularly angry… No, it’s clear that he wasn’t angry… But his will was firm, to the point where I felt a slight pressure.

So, after a private conversation that continued with a heavy atmosphere, I came back to the original annex with Sensei again.

[Wait a minute… Can you come into my room?]

“…Yes…”

I wonder if Hanako will go crazy again? But the conversation in the room was not like that.

[…Did you know about the expulsion of the Supplementary Class Club this time?]

“…Yes… The reason I was attached as Sensei’s assistant is also to find traitors and insiders, the first being the improvement of the members’ grades.”

It’s a bit heavy.

From Sensei’s point of view, even if there is an order from above, she would be seen as a child trying to bury other students, or students.

It will be difficult to stay away from Sensei’s side as long as Nagisa’s order is there… The daily life in the Supplementary Class Club may become mentally difficult…

[…I see… Was there any progress?]

“…No, y…Yes?!”

Absurdly, the first thing he said after hearing my words was enough to make me flustered.

What will he say… Will he try to persuade me? Or will he exclude me altogether? While I was thinking about that, how embarrassing is it to ask if there’s been any progress, if it went well?

[Why are you doing that?]

“No… A little… More… What… That… Persuasion? Or scolding? Don’t you do that?!”

[But Sora, from what I’ve seen so far, you don’t seem like someone who would bury someone~]

“Wh…What?! Just for that reason?!”

[Even with such a small reason, you can see the appearance of a student? And… Isn’t it actually like that?]

Ah, I can’t beat him.

This is why the General Student Council President chose this person… I was pierced in an instant.

And… Yeah, I have to admit it.

This person is different from the damn teachers who were only teachers in name that I’ve seen so far.

“That’s right… I want to save the seniors, Koharu, at least the innocent people… So… Those people are not traitors… Haa… Yes,

I’m also looking for evidence…”

[I see… Sora, can you listen to me for a moment?]

Sensei started to persuade me, seriously, with a relieved face.

“…Yes”

[I think that students can make a few mistakes? In the process of going through trial and error… They become adults.]

Sensei explained to me what he thinks a student is.

[It might be too early to say this to Sora… But an adult’s responsibility is like that.]

Sensei explained what he is, and what he should do for students as a Sensei.

[So I want to solve this matter in my own way, but can I get a little help?]

Sensei… asked me.

“Sigh… You have to take responsibility if I get fired?”

In the end, it’s persuasion… It’s not persuasion that relies on authority, telling me to endure it, but persuasion that says I’ll make a better ending, please trust me once.

At least a person whose ability is guaranteed to some extent. Yeah, it’s worth believing once more, isn’t it?

[Haha, I’ll try.]

So, the fight between me and Sensei to protect the Supplementary Class Club began.