I disliked the entrance ceremony and imagined many first years felt the same. The principal and the Students Exchanged Excessive Words of gratitude, There Was Far too mush Time Spent Standing in Lines, And With So many irritating Things to Deal With, It All felt Like A Huge Pain in The Butt. But Those Weren't Only My Complaints. The Entrance Ceremonies For Elementary, Junior High And High School All Meant The Same Thing: The Start of another major Trial For Children. In order for them to enjoy their School Life, They Have To Make Friends, Failing in doing so signals The Beginning Of a Rather Tragic 3 Years.
After The Ceremony, I Made My Way To My Classroom, After bidding farewell To Ichinose as she Went To Speak With Other Students in the Gymnasium.
I looked up to Read The Nameplate " 1-B Class " so this is Where i'm Gonna Spend The Rest Of My Year huh ?
<Alright How Should i do this ? Should i Burst into The Class With Energy and Instantly Go Chat With Someone ? Or Should I Pass A Sheet Of Paper With My E-Mail On it ? Or Should i Sit On My Seat And Wait For Someone To Approach me ? The First Option Is uncharacteristic Of Me, And The Second They Might Think i'm Weird And Creepy, My Only Option Is The Third, But Can i Trust That i will be Approached ?>
" Are You a Student Of This Class ? " As i Was Agonizing Over What to do , A Boy Came Behind me And Asked
" Ah , Yes What About You ? "
" Seems Like We'll Be Classmates , Im Kanzaki Ryuuji Pleasure To Meet You " He Raised His Hand For a Handshake , He Has A Violet-bluish Hair With Golden Sharp Eyes
" Ayanokouji Kiyotaka , Nice To Meet You Too Kanzaki " I Said While Accepting His Handshake
" Say Ayanokouji, Why Were you Standing Infront Of The Door And Doing Nothing ? "
" I Was Just Nervous About Meeting My Classmates "
He Laughed Alittle Before Putting His Hand On My Shoulder " you Don't Have To Be Nervous Ayanokouji. Besides, The Entrance Ceremony Just Ended , I'm Sure We Are The First Ones To Arrive "
He Went And Opened The Door To See an Empty Classroom
" I Guess You Are Right " Then We Both Made Our Way To Our Respective Desks, My Desk Had A Nameplate With My Name Over It , And It Was On The Back Of The Room Beside The Window, It Was A Good Seat, Since I'll Be Able To Watch And Observe The Whole Class Easily Without Being conspicuous About it.
Then Kanzaki Went And Sat On The Seat Right infront Of Me, Seems Like We Are Neighbors
" Seems Like We Are Seatmates Ayanokouji, My Back is in Your Care " He Said While Sitting And Turning Towards Me
We Chatted about some irrelevant things, While The Classroom Started Slowly Flooding With People, They Were All Busy Revising Their Study Materials Or Chatting With Their Friends. Since I'm Talking With Kanzaki Right now Does That Make Him My Friend ?
As i was Thinking About it, A Group of Girls Entered The Classroom, i noticed Ichinose Between Them.
<She Already Made That mush Friends huh ?>
She Started Scanning The Room Until Her Eyes Landed On Mine, She Then Started Walking Towards Me,
As these Thoughts Came To My Head, She Then Went And Sat On The Seat Next To Mine.
" What a coincidence Ayanokouji-kun, Seems Like We Are Seatmates, Lets Try To Get Along Well " She Said With Her Usual Bright Smile
" Likewise " I Said While Replying With a smile of my own
" You know her ? " Said Kanzaki Still Half-Turned facing me
" Yeah i Met Ayanokouji-kun When We Were On The Bus, He Is The First Friend i made In This School "
<Friend huh ? So how Exactly Do Friends Come From ? I Still Don't Get it, Since i Had An Encounter With Ichinose, That Made us Friends ? Does that Mean Kanzaki is My Friend too ? No, We Didn't Have a Big Encounter, but We Are Seatmates so That Works Right ?>
" I see, Well I'm Kanzaki Ryuuji By The Way "
" Nice To Meet You Kanzaki-kun , I'm Ichinose Honami "
The Three Of us Had A Little Exchange Before The Bell Rang, Signaling The Start Of Homeroom
At That Precise Moment a Woman Around Her Late Twenties Entered The Room , She Had a Wavy Brown Shoulder-length Hair That Made Her Look Mature.
" Good Morning To You Students I'm The Instructor For Class B, My Name Is Hoshinomiya Chie, At This School We Do Not Change Classrooms For Each Grade, For The Next Three Years I Will Be Acting As Your Homeroom Teacher, So I Hope To Get To Know All Of You, The Entrance Ceremony Will Be Held In The Gymnasium One Hour From Now. But First , I Will Distribute Written Materials With Information About This School's Special Rules I Will Also Hand The Admission Guide "
The Students In The Front Passed Back The Documents And Took A Look Around It
In Summary. This School Spread Around 600.000 Square Meters And It Came Equipped With Many Facilities, Contact With The Outside World Is Forbidden In Any Way, Leaving School Ground Is Also Strictly Forbidden, All Students Are Required To Live In Dormitories Within Campus. In Short , You Can Think Of This As A Small City. There is Also The Feature Called The : S System
" I Will Now Hand Out Your Student ID Card. By Using Your Card, You Can Access Any Of The Facilities On Campus, Purchasing Goods And So On. It Acts Like A Credit Card , You Can Buy Absolutely Anything, Anything Located On School Grounds Can Be Bought With Points "
Our Points Loaded In Our ID Cards Acts Like a Currency, And Apparently We Can Buy Anything using them. Do They Actually Mean Anything anything ? Naturally, There Would Be Restrictions, I Couldn't Imagine Buying A Staff Member Or Something Around That, But If They Mean it, Then ill Have To Test Out The Limits.
" Points Are Automatically Deposited Into Your Accounts on the first of every month. You should all have received 100.000 points this month Already, Keep in mind that one point is worth one yen "
The classroom turned into an uproar, Everyone was shocked about the number of points given to them, 100.000 yen per month is no small number, However, That's not what sensei said
I Turned to look at Ichinose. She had a skeptical expression on her face, So she had noticed it aswell.
" Shocked by the amount of points you've been given ? This school evaluate its students' merit. Everyone here passed the entrance exams, Which speaks of your value and potential. The amount of points you receive reflects the evaluation of your worth. You could use your points without restrain, They are also transferable to other students. However, Extorting points from your peers is not allowed, This school monitors bullying very carefully " There it was, Another piece of the puzzle.
I could notice some students were skeptical about this. It could be said to Kanzaki too.
" Does anyone have any questions ? " Hoshinomiya-sensei said indicating the end of her Explanation
I looked Around The classroom, most of the students were happy about the points they received while some were skeptical and confused.
" Alright then, it seems no one has questions, I'll be going the- "
" Hoshinomiya-sensei i have a question " I interrupted her
" Yes, Go ahead " She replied with a smile
" How Many Points Are We Going to Get Next Month ? "
All eyes turned to me, while most of them were staring at me intensely, i could hear some of them mocking me, but i didn't pay them Anymind and focused directly on Hoshinomiya's Eyes
I Could See a Grin Forming In Her Face Upon Hearing My Question
" Sorry. That i cant tell, But be careful teehee~ " She gave us a warning while posing in a childish figure
After That, A Tense Atmosphere Built up, The Warning Gagged The People Who Were Mocking Me, And Became Cautious Instead.
" If That's All I'll be Going Then~ , Don't Forget About The Entrance Ceremony In 30 minutes, Bye~ " She Said As She Strolled Out Of The Room.
<Well that Was Interesting. At This point, i Could Say For Almost Certainty That My Suspicions are True, Based On Her Obvious Scripted speech That Contained Hints And Her Warning. But i Still Couldn't See The Bigger Picture>
After That, Ichinose Stepped Up Gathering Everyone's Attention As She Spoke : " Alright Everyone, Since We'll Be Classmates for The Next Three Years, Its Important That We Get Along Together, So It Would be a Good Start To Introduce Our Selves " She Said
" Yeah " " That's Right " As She Got Words Of Confirmation Ichinose Continued
" Alright I'll Start By Introducing My Self " With a Beaming Smile She Introduced Herself " My Name Is Ichinose Honami, I Don't Have Any Particular Hobbies, But I Like To Do Just About Anything, Feel Free To Invite Me To Hangout, Also I'm Planning To Join For The Student Council, Its a Pleasure Meeting All Of You " She Ended her flawless Introduction With A Brilliant Smile
The Whole Class Was Clapping, Everyone Got Affected By Ichinose's Energy, I Kinda Envied Her Since my Introduction Wont Hold A Candle To Hers, I Already Have An Introduction In Mind. I Calculated The Chances Of Success And it Was Not Bad, All That Matters now is the Execution.
" Okay I'm Next ! " The Voice Belonged To A Blue Haired boy with Purple Eyes as he Stood Up " My Name Is Shibata Sou, Feel Free To Call me Sou, I Like Sports Especially Soccer And I'm Planning To Play in this school's Soccer Club, Pleasure To Meet You ! "
" I'm Kanzaki Ryuuji, I Don't Do Anything In Particular, Pleasure To Meet You "
After That, There Was Amikura Mako, Hamagugchi Tetsuya, Andou Sayo, Chihiro Shiranami And Minamikata Kozue, Our Class Had a Relaxing Fun Atmosphere, I Hope It Keeps Goi-
" Alright, Next iiiiiiss, Ah, Ayanokouji-kun Its Your Turn To Introduce Yourself " Said Ichinose Making The Whole Class Turn Towards Me.
<Damn it, I Forgot It Was My Turn and was focused Analyzing Other's Introductions, I Deduced That My Introduction's Chance Of Success is 40%, That's an unreliable Percentage But For The Sake Of My Reputation, Here Goes Nothing>
I Stood Up From My Seat and Faced Everyone " My Name Is Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, I Like Reading Books and i play abit of Sports, I Also Practiced Piano And Calligraphy, I Hope We Get Along Well " I Gave a Smile At The End
The Class Clapped Like They Did With The Other Introductions, Well Atleast it Wasn't an utter Failure
" Nice To Meet You Too Ayanokouji-kun, I Hope We Become Friends ! " Said Shibata
" Likewise " The Class Introductions Went On For The Rest Of Homeroom, Until The Bell Rang.
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