I am the protagonist of this world. If I am not there, the world is not there.
After savoring the ending sentence of the book in his hand, Katsuragi Ren put down the book and glanced at Hiyori Shiina beside him: "I say, Shiina-san, is it necessary to be like this?"
Hiyori Shiina, sitting to Katsuragi Ren's right, had her entire head resting on Mochi.
Her eyes stared blankly ahead, like a fish out of water.
Katsuragi Ren knew very well what was going on.
Yesterday, as soon as class started, Hoshinomiya brought the test papers graded by Ichinose into the classroom and wrote everyone's scores on the blackboard.
At first, no one understood what the teacher was doing, until Hoshinomiya circled the last student on the blackboard whose exam results were average.
Smiling, she said terrifying words: "If this exam were a formal exam, this student would have almost been expelled."
No longer hinting like before, Hoshinomiya's meaning was obvious.
Midterm exams. If you fail, you will be expelled.
Fortunately, Ichinose organized everyone to start a study group from the beginning, and everyone has made great progress now.
After being intimidated by Hoshinomiya, the study group, which was originally only held on Sundays, became both days of the weekend.
Even the current Class A has students who were almost expelled, let alone Class C where Hiyori Shiina is.
Seeing Hiyori Shiina like this, it seems Class C hasn't started any measures yet.
"Katsuragi-kun, congratulations on your class being promoted to Class A." Hiyori Shiina still didn't complain to Katsuragi Ren, but forced a smile to congratulate him.
Indeed, just as Katsuragi Ren thought, the situation in Class C was even worse.
A quarter of the class failed the monthly exam this time, which is a full ten people.
Kakeru Ryuen didn't express anything about this either, probably wanting to find a way to pass the midterm exam himself.
I hope Kaneda-kun can lead everyone in Class C to start a study group and study together.
Thinking of this, Hiyori Shiina looked enviously at the Class A students who were tutoring each other not far away.
Seeing that Hiyori Shiina didn't want to talk about her class, Katsuragi Ren didn't force it. He tried to keep his body still and started reading the next book.
"Who wants to continue boring make-up lessons here? I have a basketball club match later."
A very loud voice suddenly rang out in the relatively quiet library.
Katsuragi Ren frowned and looked at the source of the voice—the Class D study group.
The owner of the voice was the red-haired spiky head he met on the first day who was provoked by the upperclassmen. At this time, he was confronting a girl from Class D.
That girl looks familiar? It seems to be the one from the office before.
Called... Suzune Horikita?
Ichinose rubbed her sleepy eyes, nuzzling Katsuragi Ren's neck like a kitten, and asked in a daze: "Mmm... what happened, Ren-kun?"
The soft sunlight passed through the clear glass window of the library and shone on Ichinose, bringing her indescribable comfort.
Ichinose, wrapped in sunlight, felt warm all over. Coupled with the quiet environment of the library, she unconsciously rested her head on Katsuragi Ren's shoulder and fell asleep.
Obviously, Ichinose was woken up by Ken Sudo's voice at this moment.
"It's okay. If you're still sleepy, sleep a little longer." Katsuragi Ren patted Ichinose's back gently, speaking as if coaxing a child.
Seeing Ichinose's eyelids, which were about to open, close again with his words, Katsuragi Ren took off the earphone in his left ear, leaned sideways, and put it in Honami-chan's ear, blocking out the noise of Class D for the girl.
Everyone in Class A also noticed the abnormality in Class D and wanted to ask Katsuragi Ren what to do, but before they could open their mouths.
They saw Katsuragi Ren pick up the book on the table and wave it at them, signaling to ignore Class D and continue doing what they were doing.
After nodding to show understanding, the Class A study group continued in an orderly manner.
"Sure enough, it was Katsuragi-kun who led everyone to Class A." Hiyori Shiina naturally noticed Katsuragi Ren's actions and spoke softly.
"Is it important?" Opening the book titled Crime and Punishment, Katsuragi Ren asked back.
"Well... it's important, right?" Hiyori Shiina was speechless.
Is it important for a class to have a leader? Of course, it's very important.
If Kakeru Ryuen hadn't quickly unified Class C, they would probably be like Class D now, getting no points in the first class assessment.
This is not an exaggeration.
Hiyori Shiina knows very well what Class C was like on the first day. Everyone was doing their own thing, and only a few people followed the basic norms of students.
Kakeru Ryuen deducted a lot of points from the class because of violent behavior, but it was precisely because of Kakeru Ryuen's violent restraint that the current 360 points could be left in the later time.
So although Hiyori Shiina detested this kind of violent behavior, she had to admit the importance of this tyrant to Class C.
Katsuragi Ren turned a page gently, and the slight friction of the paper pulled back Hiyori Shiina's wandering thoughts.
"It doesn't matter who leads. What matters is unity and goals. Only by uniting can we do things well, and only by having goals can we do things right."
"With these two necessary conditions, anyone can be the leader."
This is a lie.
The page turned again, and Katsuragi Ren began to focus on the book in his hand, speaking no more.
"Unity and goals?" Hiyori Shiina tried to understand these two words.
Smooch~
Ichinose, who woke up, pecked Katsuragi Ren's neck and acted coquettishly: "But Ren-kun is the leader of our class."
"The leader of Class A is Honami-chan." Regarding the position of class leader, Katsuragi Ren still resisted.
Leaving Katsuragi Ren's side, Ichinose sat next to Hiyori Shiina. Noticing the listless Hiyori Shiina, she asked with concern: "Hiyori-chan, did something happen in your class?"
Ichinose, who was tutoring her classmates, saw Hiyori Shiina skillfully sitting next to Katsuragi Ren.
After greeting everyone, she also ran over.
After Katsuragi Ren introduced the two girls to each other, they quickly became familiar.
"Ichinose-san, it's nothing." Handing Mochi, who she had occupied for a long time, to Ichinose, Hiyori Shiina still chose to hide it.
"Alright, Hiyori-chan, if you need any help, you can come to me." Taking Mochi, Ichinose transformed into the helpful little angel again.
"You guys chat, I have something to do and need to leave for a while. I'll come back later to take you to dinner."
The vibration of the phone on the desk attracted Katsuragi Ren's attention. After checking the message sent by the other party, Katsuragi Ren entrusted Mochi to the two girls and decided to leave first.
The message read:
[Done]
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Note:
I made some adjustments to certain terms because several people said they preferred them this way. Please let me know if you like this version or if you'd like me to revert them to the previous one.