"Although I am very grateful for your care, after the summer break ends, I probably won't be coming back."
Inside the principal's office at Shuchiin.
The pink-haired girl adjusted the black-rimmed glasses on her face, which looked slightly heavy for her, and spoke to the principal of Shuchiin.
Shuchiin was the number one private high school in the country-dropping out from here to go to school elsewhere could only lead to a failed life!
The principal really wanted to speak to the girl in front of him in the same commanding tone he used with other students, but he couldn't.
No one knew better than him what the surname Fujiwara meant in the political world.
If he dared to curse Fujiwara Chika to her face here, the Fujiwara family could make his later years miserable.
"Fujiwara, are you really not going to reconsider?" The principal tried his best to make his attitude seem less sycophantic, only pleading bitterly: "Is there something about life at Shuchiin that makes you unhappy? I can have the teachers cooperate as much as possible to improve the situation... You should think carefully-even if you go to other schools, the situation probably won't be much better."
"I'm really grateful for your help, Principal, but there's no need. I've already made up my mind."
The girl said happily.
"Then at least tell me, which school do you plan to go to?"
The Shuchiin principal asked unwillingly.
"Sobu High. The high school over in Chiba."
"A public high school? Miss Fujiwara, have you really thought this through?"
"Mm."
The girl's answer without the slightest hesitation made the Shuchiin principal's expression look even more unwilling.
In fact, he had heard of the name Sobu High, and had even recently asked his secretary to look into the specific situation of this public high school.
In conclusion, although Sobu High could be considered a first-class high school in Chiba and even the entire island nation, it was still far inferior to Shuchiin in many aspects.
Funding, faculty, connections...
If one had to say, the average deviation value was only slightly higher than Shuchiin's, but with the generous scholarships for top students, the quality of high-end combat power on Shuchiin's side was definitely superior to Sobu High.
The fact was indeed so-most of the top-ranked people in the national academic proficiency tests over the past few years were from Shuchiin.
The gap between T1 and T0 is not that easy to bridge.
Even if he racked his brain, the principal of Shuchiin couldn't understand why Fujiwara Chika would give up Shuchiin to run to that kind of public high school that was (to him) obscure and nameless.
Could it be that she was bored with life at Shuchiin and wanted to go to a commoner school to experience the superiority of looking down on the masses?
What made him even more confused was that another person had told him the same thing a few days ago.
"Could it be that you've heard some strange rumors privately?"
"Principal?"
"Ah, I mean... three days ago, Shinomiya also mentioned the same thing to me." The principal snapped back to his senses and sighed somewhat helplessly.
"Kaguya? As expected of her, her mobility in important matters is indeed stronger than mine."
Fujiwara Chika admired from the bottom of her heart.
Seeing that she had no surprise or disdain at all, the principal of Shuchiin became more convinced of his guess-there should be some kind of information gap between him and them.
...It can't be that they're going there for a boy, right?
Don't be ridiculous. There are plenty of excellent boys in Shuchiin, including many upper-class scions. Girls from other schools would fight to get into Shuchiin-what girl would want to run to another school to chase a boy?
Not to mention that the two running away this time have the most special identities among all the girls.
Shinomiya and Fujiwara represent two powerful forces in the business and political worlds.
The Shuchiin principal's eyes flickered. He had already made up his mind-after the summer break ended, he would go to Sobu High to investigate: as an official representative of Shuchiin, going to a public high school for a "study exchange" with a lowered status, he imagined the school's top management there would surely welcome him with open arms and cooperate fully.
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Regardless of whether the Shuchiin principal tried to make her stay, Fujiwara Chika had already made her decision.
At the thought that after the summer break ended, she would be able to live together with that youth who had saved her twice, the girl's heart was full of determination.
"Oh 辣妹 Mister oh mister" Fujiwara Chika hummed a happy little tune, then suddenly seemed to remember something, clapped her hands and said: "Right, I have to go tell Kaguya too"
And so, she ran straight to the student council room.
And so, she ran straight to the student council room.
There aren't many members of the Shuchiin student council, and the other members are more or less busy with other things—for instance, Fujiwara Chika herself is a member of the Tabletop Gaming Club—only Shinomiya Kaguya stays in the student council office regularly.
Today was no different-she successfully cornered the other party in the student council room.
Shinomiya Kaguya, who was processing some documents, first frowned, but when she realized the person coming in was Fujiwara Chika, her expression became less cold.
"I still have work. If you want tea, pour it yourself over there."
"That's not it, Kaguya. I heard the principal say that you're also transferring to Sobu High? You're really naughty, not even telling your close friend about something like this!"
Fujiwara Chika complained to her with full momentum.
But rather than a complaint, it felt more like she was acting spoiled.
"Also?" Shinomiya Kaguya stopped the motion of her pen mid-writing.
"Mm, also!"
Fujiwara Chika made a gesture similar to a giant anteater trying to intimidate an enemy, making a triumphant sound.
But Shinomiya Kaguya didn't truly show a surprised expression-she just gave an "oh" and continued processing the documents.
"Eh, is that all? Aren't you going to ask more?" Seeing that she didn't get the reaction she wanted, Fujiwara Chika felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Do you think we've known each other for how many years? I've already guessed what kind of reaction you'd have-I just didn't expect you to run to the principal about this before the summer break even started."
Shinomiya Kaguya, still in her "Ice Princess Kaguya" state, didn't even lift her head to respond.
"No matter what, it's already decided! How about it, Kaguya? Do you want to go have ramen with me to celebrate~"
"Although it will soon be no longer... but do you really have the self-awareness of a lady from a noble school?"
"Jojoen is fine too."
"There's not much difference, is there?"
"Based on my pocket money, the gap is actually quite large... Kaguya, are you really not going?"
"Even if I wanted to go..." the girl raised her head slightly and tilted her chin.
Looking out from the window of the student council office, one could see that in the quite spacious front garden of Shuchiin, there was already a black sedan and others waiting at the door.
Shinomiya Kaguya's freedom had never been in her own hands.
Even transferring to Sobu High was a desperate attempt she had made with all her might.