The test questions were very simple for Amane.
After finishing the paper in less than half an hour,
Amane immediately buried her head in her desk.
Chabashira-sensei was patrolling, looking for potential cheaters.
Although these were very simple questions at the middle school level,
It was still possible for someone to fail.
After all, this was Class D.
Every year, Class D always managed to bring surprises.
Constantly refreshing her understanding of Class D... Chabashira-sensei moved to Amane's side.
She looked at the sleeping Amane with some helplessness.
She couldn't inform this student
that sleeping during a test would result in a deduction of class points.
But... even if she didn't remind her, as a student, she should be aware of this.
Chabashira-sensei picked up her test paper to check it.
Perhaps Amane was sleeping too soundly, or for some other reason,
Amane didn't even wake up during the entire process of Chabashira-sensei pulling the paper out from under her.
It seemed she was sleeping very sweetly.
Chabashira-sensei's gaze did not linger on her.
She carefully checked each question.
All correct.
That's right.
This was a perfectly answered paper.
Even excluding the correctness of the answers,
just looking at her handwriting was pleasing to the eye.
Chabashira-sensei carefully checked every question.
All were correct.
But this didn't mean much.
For questions of this difficulty, there should be many perfect scores even in Class D.
Sometimes, a perfect score isn't a victory.
This test was to assess each student's academic ability.
It didn't matter if they answered everything incorrectly and got zero points.
Their class points would not be deducted.
However, sleeping during the test would result in point deductions.
In other words, her perfect score was completely useless.
She wondered if, in a few days,
when they learned the news,
would they completely break down?
The more excellent a person is,
the more they cannot accept the reality that they are actually defective, right?
Chabashira-sensei thought.
She put the test paper back for Amane.
This cute girl could really sleep.
Chabashira moved her arm twice, and she didn't even stir.
Fortunately, the dorm rooms were singles.
Otherwise, if she were sold by her roommate, she probably wouldn't even know.
The morning test quickly ended.
Not only were the questions on the paper relatively simple to begin with,
but the number of questions wasn't very large, and they were mostly multiple-choice.
So, half an hour before the test ended, the entire class had already finished.
However, Amane slept straight until it was time to hand in the papers.
Only then did she groggily hand her paper, and Ayanokoji's paper from behind her, to Ooyu in front.
"Miyako-san, did you not sleep well yesterday?"
Ayanokoji actually greeted Amane during lunch.
Amane unhurriedly swallowed the udon in her mouth
before looking at Ayanokoji.
"Someone didn't tell me a bedtime story, so I had insomnia last night."
Bedtime story?
Ayanokoji looked at Amane in confusion.
Just then, Horikita subtly nudged Amane with her leg.
On the surface, she continued to eat her extra spicy udon expressionlessly.
Why extra spicy?
One should know by looking at Amane's flushed ears.
Amane, having received Horikita's hint, looked at Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who was eating omurice.
"Ayanokoji-kun, you wanted to say something, right?"
Seeing that Amane finally took his bait,
Ayanokoji finally let out a sigh of relief.
"As expected of Miyako-san. Have you noticed that more and more people are eating the wild vegetable set meal in the cafeteria?"
Amane looked around.
Indeed, the situation was similar to what Ayanokoji said.
The number of people eating the wild vegetable set meal had probably reached a terrifying four-fifths.
"It seems everyone likes green vegetables. Eating vegetables occasionally is very good for your health."
Amane responded to Ayanokoji half-truthfully.
Ayanokoji sensed what Amane wanted to say.
But he didn't have any clues right now.
Even if he said it, probably few people would believe it, right?
"I think perhaps their points have run out, and they have no choice but to eat wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. It's truly incredible how someone can spend 100,000 points without a care in a single month."
Horikita wiped her mouth with a tissue.
"And it seems there are more boys, too."
Amane, whether intentionally or unintentionally,
dealt Ayanokoji another blow.
If purely judged by spending power,
girls' spending power could completely outstrip boys' by a long shot.
Karuizawa was said to spend a terrifying 30,000 points just on clothes when she went shopping.
Yet, in the end, more boys were eating the wild vegetable set meal, looking quite penniless.
She even spotted the idiot trio among the crowd queuing for the wild vegetable set meal.
The idiot trio was the collective term for Sudo Ken, Yamauchi Haruki, and Ike Kanji.
Because the three of them all seemed a bit off and often hung out together, they earned this derogatory title.
Actually, it was originally supposed to be a quartet.
However, because Ayanokoji wasn't perverted enough, he lost out on the title of the idiot quartet.
"Hmm, although points will be issued soon, I still feel uneasy."
Uneasy?
It's hard to imagine such vocabulary coming from Ayanokoji.
Because unlike Horikita, Amane almost... no, he had never smiled.
He always looked gloomy.
Would such a person really use a word like 'uneasy'?
"Did Ayanokoji-kun discover something?"
Horikita, surprisingly, received the most important pass in social interaction.
The other person threw out a topic.
She received it, answered, and then threw out a topic back to the other person.
This is the simplest social logic.
But Amane never expected to see this miracle in Horikita one day.
"Suzune, you've finally grown up."
"What's with that look of relief? If your face is cramping, I can help correct it."
"Ugh, no thank you."
Seeing the two start bickering, Ayanokoji was forced to end the topic.
Instead, he looked at the two with a hint of envy.
Currently, the only people he could really talk to were probably the idiot trio, Horikita-san, and Miyako-san, right?
And apart from Miyako-san, it was uncertain if the others even considered him a friend.
Compared to Miyako-san, who was quite popular in class, he was truly miserable.
However... the issue of points would likely lead to even more tragic events.
Ayanokoji thought so.
Things unfolded exactly as he had predicted.
May 1st.
Chabashira-sensei entered the classroom very early.
She walked in holding a rolled-up poster tube.
Unlike usual, her ponytail was tied five centimeters higher... I mean, Chabashira was even more serious than before.
The students, who had been talking, fell silent upon seeing Chabashira's appearance.
No one knew why Chabashira had such a terrifying expression.
Finally, a boy named Ike bravely raised a question.
"Sensei, you didn't miss your period today, did you?"