Horikita Suzune was someone who excelled at clocking in and clocking out on time. She arrived at Shikime Natsu's dormitory a little early, and the moment time was up, she immediately changed out of the maid outfit and left.
To be precise, Horikita Suzune even set an alarm to prevent serving as a maid for even a single minute longer than necessary. It was truly quite disappointing.
However, it didn't matter. The days ahead were long; there was plenty of time.
"It really is tough being in Class D."
Watching Horikita Suzune's retreating figure, Kamuro Masumi couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
As for the fact that Shikime Natsu made Horikita Suzune extend her maid service by fifteen days in exchange for the solution, she didn't find it strange at all.
For some reason, Kamuro Masumi felt as if Horikita Suzune's maid service was more important than Class D itself.
"Mn, indeed."
Shikime Natsu remained noncommittal. If he were to lead Class D, Shikime Natsu felt he could handle most people.
However... the uncontrollable factors were far more numerous than in Class A.
Class A only had one Sakayanagi Arisu, a mere smug brat, whom he could handle quite easily. Class D, on the other hand, had Kouenji Rokusuke, Yamauchi Haruki, Ike Kanji, and Sudou Ken.
During the exchange student activity, Shikime Natsu had specifically observed everyone's behavior. Of course, Kouenji Rokusuke was stronger than the other three. After Horikita Suzune stated the point deduction rules, he did restrain his behavior somewhat, but usually, he still maintained a state of isolating himself from the entire class, and then flirted with senior girls after school.
Kouenji Rokusuke carried an unparalleled arrogance. Wanting him to submit would be somewhat difficult, and since he was the only son of the Kouenji conglomerate, the difficulty was truly not small.
The Yamauchi Haruki trio, however, was invincible. The most invincible one had to be Yamauchi Haruki; he was simply like a pseudo-human. Even Shikime Natsu couldn't guess what was going on inside that guy's head. If Shikime Natsu had to carry someone like Yamauchi Haruki to success, he would be absolutely unwilling. Class D was where Yamauchi Haruki belonged, but... Class D also had beautiful girls, so... the best solution was to ask Yamauchi Haruki to leave.
As for Hirata Yousuke, although Shikime Natsu hadn't interacted with him much, he had some understanding through the people around him.
He was an out-and-out good person, one could even say a bleeding heart. Even though his own points were low, he still treated Yamauchi Haruki to good food.
Shikime Natsu felt that if he insisted on demanding one-third of the Yamauchi Haruki trio's points, Hirata Yousuke might plan to take out all of his own remaining points.
No, no, no, it was enough to just think about such things. How could that be possible?
Shikime Natsu shook his head. No matter how good a person was, they wouldn't be good to that extent.
Besides, becoming a creditor to a man wasn't nearly as interesting as becoming a creditor to a beautiful girl.
"Masumi, do you plan to stay?"
Shikime Natsu looked at Kamuro Masumi. It was already nine o'clock, though there was still a full hour before curfew.
"Do you not welcome me?"
Kamuro Masumi raised her head to look at Shikime Natsu, her purple eyes staring straight at him.
"Of course I welcome you. Rather, I'm quite happy staying together with Masumi," Shikime Natsu said with a grin.
Smooth-talker. However, the girl didn't feel any aversion listening to it; instead, she felt a little happy in her heart.
"Continue teaching me. You don't want to lose to Sakayanagi either, right?"
Kamuro Masumi spoke, directly changing the subject.
Good grief, she's turning it around to threaten me.
"No problem."
Shikime Natsu nodded and continued to display his teaching mastery.
He held expectations for Kamuro Masumi. As for the papers Horikita Suzune would get from the upperclassmen, Shikime Natsu planned to use them later.
After all, if they only relied on memorizing answers to defeat Sakayanagi Arisu, there would be no way to raise Kamuro Masumi's lower limit.
Besides, if he could increase Kamuro Masumi's understanding, then memorizing the answers when the time came would be quite easy.
Shikime Natsu was quite serious about improving Kamuro Masumi's academic grades. Coupled with Kamuro Masumi being very motivated, Shikime Natsu had to give it his all.
A mere smug brat would be easily captured.
However... the fact that Sakayanagi Arisu didn't come today exceeded Shikime Natsu's expectations.
Today was the first day Sakayanagi Arisu ended her brief maid career. Logically speaking, shouldn't she come over to show her face?
For example, coming over to mock him, or coming over but not giving him a massage.
Could it be she went to study hard?
No, Shikime Natsu ruled out this idea alone. Although Sakayanagi Arisu was quite serious during class, that smug brat had her own pride.
In the eyes of that smug brat, presumably only he was her opponent. If her opponent in the exam was him, she would probably be quite serious. But if it were someone else, it would likely be hard for her to get serious.
Of course, Sakayanagi Arisu had paid the price for that arrogance. During the exchange student exam, she lost to Horikita Suzune by a difference of one point.
At the time, Shikime Natsu had mocked Sakayanagi Arisu for quite a while. Could it be because of this reason?
No, no, no. No matter what, a smug brat wouldn't be that petty, right?
Besides, she had issued a challenge directly to him today.
Casting aside the matter of Sakayanagi Arisu, Shikime Natsu refocused his attention on Kamuro Masumi.
After spending another half hour, Shikime Natsu felt that Kamuro Masumi's strength had been greatly enhanced. Was this the power of 100% absorption?
As long as enough time was spent, Kamuro Masumi's learning ability could definitely rank among the best in Class A.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Kamuro Masumi spoke to Shikime Natsu. This guy was completely different when lecturing compared to his usual behavior; he was quite serious, and that charm was quite attractive to the young girl.
No, rather, as long as it was Shikime Natsu, whatever expression he showed, the girl probably felt it was quite good.
Mn, of course, except when he was communicating with other beautiful girls. At that time, Kamuro Masumi would feel Shikime Natsu was quite wretched!
"No need to thank me. Masumi, you must defeat Sakayanagi. Let that arrogant fellow see your strength."
Shikime Natsu chuckled lightly. A mere mortal actually dared to challenge him, who possessed a cheat. She was simply tired of living.
"Mn."
Kamuro Masumi nodded, but she didn't leave immediately. She remained standing to the side.
"Masumi isn't planning to leave yet? Do you intend to spend the night here with me? Although the bed is a bit small, I don't mind squeezing."
Shikime Natsu looked at Kamuro Masumi with a face full of smiles. He saw a mist seem to rise in Kamuro Masumi's purple eyes, and her entire face flushed red.
"I just felt you worked hard and wanted to massage your shoulders, but seeing the situation now, forget it!"
Saying this, Kamuro Masumi dashed out the door, slightly flustered.
Those words had far too much lethality for the young girl.
Hearing Kamuro Masumi's words, Shikime Natsu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Subsequently, he revealed a faint smile. What a cute deskmate he had.
The next day, Class 1-D.
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