As time entered June, the first semester of Aki Tomoya's second year of high school was coming to an end in the blink of an eye.
If it were at this time in the past, he should have been preparing for the Summer CM in August. However, since the beginning of the school year, he had been preparing for the entrance exam and couldn't spare too much energy for the two-dimensional world he used to love.
"Huh, Keio University? Tsubota-sensei, is this fraud?!"
At Aomine Cram School, Harumi Junko, a new cram school Teacher who had just joined for half a month, couldn't suppress her excitement and asked Mr. Tsubota.
There was a student at the Academy who was preparing for the Tokyo University entrance exam, which Harumi Junko already found astonishing. Now there was another girl who was going to take the Keio University entrance exam. What was going on? Were prestigious universities that much easier to get into now than they were when she was a student?
Mr. Tsubota, who was in front of Harumi Junko, smiled helplessly and said, "This is just a way to encourage students. By aiming for Keio, if the Teacher works harder and the students put in effort, even if they don't get into Keio, they might be able to get into other good private Universities. Moreover, Kudo is not in her third year of high school yet."
Today, Aomine Cram School welcomed a new student, a female high school student who had been suspended.
Harumi Junko had heard of the high school that the female high school student attended. It was a high school that went straight to University. Basically, if there were no problems, there was no need to worry about exams.
Of course, this was not the key point. The key point was that the girl's deviation value was a bit subtle.
A deviation value of thirty meant that she basically didn't study. It wouldn't be easy to get into University.
"Harumi Sensei, instead of worrying about this, why don't you think about your own matters? Besides Aki-kun, all the other students are complaining to me. If you keep being like this, it will make things very difficult for me!"
At this moment, Mr. Tsubota changed the subject and talked about Harumi Junko's current situation.
It wasn't that the students disliked Harumi Junko, but her negative attitude really affected people. She would sometimes be absent-minded when tutoring others.
Perhaps they wouldn't say anything at first, but if it continued like this, the students' complaints would increase.
Now, most students were unwilling to accept Harumi Junko's tutoring and preferred Mr. Tsubota to tutor them.
Upon hearing this, Harumi Junko was speechless. It was just a kind reminder, but it caused her a ton of damage.
At Aomine Cram School, Harumi Junko's career as a cram school Teacher had not changed at all. The only person in the entire Academy who could accept her tutoring was Aki Tomoya.
Harumi Junko also found this strange. Logically, shouldn't that male student preparing for the Tokyo University entrance exam be the student who resisted her the most in the Academy?
But the fact was, only Aki Tomoya hadn't said anything.
"I'm sorry..."
Harumi Junko, whose weakness was exposed, lowered her head weakly.
As a cram school Teacher at the Academy, Harumi Junko was indeed unqualified, so she also knew that she had no right to have any opinions on what others did, and Mr. Tsubota was already very lenient.
Quietly walking out of the office, Harumi Junko, on this Saturday, still couldn't get out of the gloom.
Patrolling the students in the Academy, she once again noticed the female high school student who was still waiting for Mr. Tsubota. Harumi Junko sighed in her heart, and her final gaze rested on Aki Tomoya, who was taking a break and relaxing his mind.
"Aki-kun, do you need any help?"
Harumi Junko walked over, her beautiful face showing a smile that was sadder than crying.
After being complained about by almost all the other students, Harumi Junko, who still maintained her status as a cram school Teacher at the Academy, could only find a little comfort from Aki Tomoya now.
Although the other party's ambition always reminded Harumi Junko of her failure on the day the results were announced.
But at least, this young man didn't seem to show any signs of disliking her.
"Um... can you take a look at my short essay?"
Aki Tomoya's eye twitched, a little startled by Harumi Junko's appearance. Out of sympathy, he handed her the short essay he had written.
She took the short essay, and although she hid it well in her eyes, Aki Tomoya still saw that hint of pleasant surprise.
"Thank you, Harumi Sensei!"
Aki Tomoya was quite moved to have such a reminder by his side.
This was also one of the reasons why Aki Tomoya didn't reject Harumi Junko. The other party was already pitiful enough, and she was here as a reminder to everyone. Aki Tomoya felt there was nothing to complain about, and instead felt that this was heaven motivating him.
At the same time, Aki Tomoya also noticed the girl sitting at Mr. Tsubota's desk who was curiously looking around the Academy.
The girl was dressed fashionably, or rather, a bit provocatively. She had long blonde hair and a sweet face with nice makeup. She must be a new student at the Academy, right?
Aki Tomoya didn't pay too much attention, but it wasn't until Mr. Tsubota assigned her to sit next to him later that he learned the girl's name.
"Kudo Sayaka, nice to meet you!"
"Aki Tomoya, nice to meet you."
One aimed for Tokyo University, the pinnacle of national universities, and the other aimed for Keio University, the pinnacle of private universities.
In Harumi Junko's eyes, Mr. Tsubota putting these two together was quite intriguing. Was it to encourage each other, or was Mr. Tsubota planning to let Aki Tomoya motivate Kudo Sayaka?
Perhaps it was both, Harumi Junko thought to herself. As a cram school Teacher, she still had a lot to learn from Mr. Tsubota.
"Harumi Sensei, could I ask you to also be responsible for Kudo's tutoring? She's in liberal arts, so you should be fine, right?"
Mr. Tsubota's voice came from the side. His kindness made Harumi Junko feel a little ashamed.
From what she understood now, Kudo Sayaka still had to review from elementary and junior high school. If she couldn't even handle this kind of work, she might as well completely write off her career as a failure.
"Kudo, I'm Harumi Junko, and I'm also a cram school Teacher at the Academy!"
"Pfft, you're not kidding, are you?"
However, after Harumi Junko came into contact with Kudo Sayaka, the latter couldn't help but burst out laughing the moment she saw her.
It wasn't that she was rude, but she just couldn't help it.
It was already funny enough to believe Mr. Tsubota and set her goal on Keio. Now what was going on with this depressed cram school Teacher?
"Sorry, but is everyone serious? Keio or whatever, I really can't get in, right? You're so perfunctory, Teacher!"
Kudo Sayaka couldn't help but complain with a smile. Setting the goal on Keio was one thing, but the current Harumi Junko made her really dare not have any extravagant hopes. It was just a perfunctory effort, right?
Harumi Junko, who was hit hard, became a little anxious and replied without thinking, "No, Kudo can definitely get into Keio, just like your deskmate Aki-kun will definitely get into Tokyo University!"
"Don't bring others into your arguments, you idiot woman!"
Aki Tomoya looked up and complained inwardly.
However, because he learned that the girl next to him was going to take the Keio entrance exam, he couldn't help but glance over.
Then, if he was not mistaken, those were elementary and junior high school English reference books, right?
In a way, this girl seemed to be even more ruthless than him...
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