A Certain COTE Slice-of-Life Player! [3]

Standing at the podium, Hoshinomiya Chie looked around the room. When she saw that no one had any questions about the rules, she sighed inwardly and focused her gaze on a certain boy who had curled in on himself, desperately trying to lower his presence.

“An-kun, you were about to raise your hand just now, didn’t you? Did you have a question?”

An Xiao, whose name had suddenly been called, shuddered from head to toe. Then he forced a smile onto his face and said to Hoshinomiya-sensei, “Sensei, you’ve got sharp eyes…”

I only hesitated for a few seconds and you noticed?

“Of course. Your teacher pays very close attention to all of you,” Hoshinomiya-sensei said, her eyes crinkling with her smile.

Seeing that there was no avoiding it, An Xiao let out a soft sigh and finally stood up. But for a moment, he had no idea what he should ask.

It wasn’t as if he could come right out and ask whether this school was a scam. Or whether there was something wrong with those one hundred thousand points.

Come on. Even if there really was a problem, would they tell you just because you asked?

Wait. Points!??

Looking at the words “private points” on the phone screen, An Xiao seemed to remember something. He raised his head, weighed his words for a moment, and chose a question the other party would be able to answer.

“Um, Sensei, what are class points? What are they used for?”

As soon as An Xiao said that, the other students in the class all looked somewhat confused. Ichinose Honami, who was sitting in front of An Xiao, also turned around with a puzzled expression.

Unlike the confusion of the students below, however, Hoshinomiya-sensei’s expression contained some puzzlement as well, but more than that, it showed curiosity and pleasant surprise.

“An-kun, how do you know about class points?”

“Huh? Well, when I was wandering around the school earlier, I saw them on an activity bulletin board for the upper years.”

“And I saw that their classes were ranked according to the number of class points they had. The classes were ordered A, B, C, D, from most class points to least. Are we the same?”

An Xiao answered honestly, then waited for her reply.

“It seems you’re very observant, An-kun,” Hoshinomiya-sensei said with a smile. But if one looked closely, the smile at the corner of her mouth had grown even more eager.

At the same time, the school’s evaluation of An Xiao quickly flashed through her mind.

…

[NAME]: AN XIAO
[CLASS]: CLASS 1-B
[ACADEMIC ABILITY]: B+
[INTELLIGENCE]: A+
[JUDGMENT ABILITY]: B
[PHYSICAL ABILITY]: C
[TEAMWORK ABILITY]: C

[ADMISSIONS OFFICER’S EVALUATION]: THIS STUDENT POSSESSES INTELLIGENCE FAR BEYOND HIS PEERS AND AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMORY. HOWEVER, BASED ON AN INVESTIGATION OF HIS PAST EXPERIENCES, THIS STUDENT DOES NOT PUT EXCESSIVE EFFORT INTO COMPETITIVE MATTERS WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON HIM PERSONALLY. IT IS PRESUMED THAT AFTER ENROLLMENT, HE WILL NOT HAVE MUCH INTEREST IN RISING TO A HIGHER CLASS.

BASED ON ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF HIS PERSONALITY, THIS STUDENT BELONGS TO A RELATIVELY “PASSIVE” CATEGORY. HE WILL COMPLETE ASSIGNED TASKS WELL, BUT WHEN SOMEONE HE IS ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH ASKS FOR HELP, OR WHEN HE SEES A FRIEND IN TROUBLE, HE WILL STILL TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.

[COMPREHENSIVE JUDGMENT]: ASSIGN THIS STUDENT TO CLASS B.

…

“S-Sensei?”

“Ahem. An-kun, that really was a good question.” Hearing An Xiao call out to her, Hoshinomiya-sensei coughed a few times. Her eyes held both delight and complexity.

After all, she couldn’t simply state those rules outright. The school had placed restrictions on every teacher in that regard.

At the very least, they couldn’t be the ones to say it.

After thinking it over carefully, Hoshinomiya-sensei once again put on a smile and said, “As for the question you asked, the answer I can give you is…”

“This is a school built on meritocracy, you know!”

“Are you satisfied with that answer, An-kun?”

?????

An Xiao did not understand. An Xiao was greatly shocked.

No, hold on. Did you just naturally skip right over the question I asked about class points?

And you’re asking whether I’m satisfied with that?

But seeing that Hoshinomiya-sensei clearly had no intention of explaining any further, An Xiao could only continue grumbling inwardly while outwardly saying he understood. Then he sat back down.

When Hoshinomiya-sensei saw that no one else seemed inclined to continue asking questions, she had everyone briefly introduce themselves. After going over the dormitories and relevant matters concerning tomorrow’s classes, she left the classroom and let everyone do as they pleased.

Once Hoshinomiya-sensei disappeared from the classroom, the room gradually grew noisy. Even so, one or two students would glance over at An Xiao from time to time.

After all, everyone was still very curious about the question An Xiao had raised and Hoshinomiya-sensei’s riddle-like answer.

“Hey, An-kun…” Unable to hold back his curiosity, Shibata beside him scooted his chair a little closer and asked with obvious interest, “What kind of coded conversation were you and Sensei having? Why did it sound so mysterious?”

“An-kun, did you notice something?” Ichinose Honami, seated in front of him, had also turned around and asked with the same curiosity.

She was not stupid. Although the enormous sum of one hundred thousand points had indeed stunned her at first, after listening to An Xiao’s exchange with the teacher, she had felt something strange as well.

Maybe it was just An Xiao’s imagination, but he felt that the moment they asked their questions, the other conversations in the classroom suddenly quieted down.

Looking at the two figures—one pink, one orange—who had somehow both popped up in front of him, An Xiao scratched his cheek a little unnaturally, especially under the intense gaze of a beautiful girl.

He rubbed his earlobe to slightly ease the flutter in his chest before finally speaking. “After listening to what Sensei and I said, did anything about this school feel strange to you?”

“Did it?”

“It did.”

An Xiao looked at Shibata So in speechless exasperation. Shibata was still rubbing his chin, thinking about what exactly felt strange. In the end, An Xiao turned his gaze to Ichinose Honami instead.

As expected, athletic idiots weren’t exactly suited for thinking.

T/N: mmmm ichinose

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