Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Chapter 2: KATSURAGI KOHEI IS IN TROUBLE
For a long time, I thought the Japanese were very tolerant in terms of religion. Of course, putting aside the past, in modern times, no one cares what religion you choose to practice and you are free to do so. Even if you choose not to have a religion, that in itself does not matter either.
However, although they do not care about religion, in certain events such as birthdays or Christmas, it is undeniable that they are influenced by the Christian faith. Of course, you can say that it comes from the trust of those people, but others can also say that the success of the company also depends on these events. In recent years, the increasing trend of Halloween celebrations can also be attributed to this current.
For this school, birthdays are also a big event. In the malls and convenience stores in the schoolyard, there must be a corner prepared for all those events. The thing is, this incident happened a week before Ibuki and I got stuck in the elevator together. It all started with the chat I received from Kushida, the medicine for our class.
"Actually, next Wednesday is Inokashira-san's birthday. If you don't mind, will you celebrate with us?" he sent me a message.
Actually, such a message has been sent to our chat group. Inokashira, by the way, is a plain and reserved girl from Class D. Similar to Sakura. He doesn't have many friends, so the story here is to befriend him for his birthday. Of course, for Ike who received the same message, there was no reason to reject it. Because she really likes Kushida. She must have wanted to use this event to get a little closer to Kushida.
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"You also got a message from Kikyo-chan, didn't you? Let's prepare some gifts for Kokorochan!" Ike did everything he could to get us to give our consent, but Yamauchi's response was very slow.
“But even if you say that, I have no money.... Even though I get more money next month" Yamauchi said.
That's right, Class D Disciple is basically bankrupt right now. In the special exam that took place some time ago, certain results had been achieved and some disciples were promised a large number of personal points but unfortunately those points would only be awarded on September 1st. I've spent most of my points and currently I barely have any balance left.
In other words, I had to cope with the summer holidays by using the lifestyle as a poor person at the moment. If this is the case, inevitably I do not have a place to order things for someone's birthday. Or rather, for that reason, these people individually plan their birthday gifts.
If he was a close friend, it would be another matter, but I have no acquaintance who is also familiar with Inokashira. But even if the gift becomes a cheap gift, Inokashira will still be able to receive it if the gift comes in large quantities.
"It doesn't matter if people collect their points to buy one gift? In this situation, even if it is only with 500 points, we should be able to buy something worthy for him”
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I proposed it to them. If so, even Yamauchi could accept it as well, but it seemed like his monetary situation was within the minimal limits. It seemed like it would be very lacking and he himself was forced to live a poor life.
The points awarded in early August were 8700 personal points. Even using the Japanese yen as the standard, the amount still remains at 8700 yen. Although from the point of view of High School students, maybe a little less. If one would not be wasteful, there was still room to deal with it.
Fortunately, the school provides free food and free drinking water. In other words, if one did not waste anything, it would probably be able to survive without using a single yen.
However, most pupils often run out of money as the end of the month approaches. Not much different from the time when we received 1 00,000 points each month at the time of our registration. What I mean by all this is, people want to spend as much as they have. In the end, the three agreed with my proposal and we decided to buy this gift later on.
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I wiped the sweat off my forehead, feeling the overwhelming heat.
"And...why isn't the really important Kikyo-chan here? Huh, Ayanokouji ?!" And the first thing Ike asked me when I met him was to ask about the presence or absence of Kushida. But I want him not to ask me that.
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Neither Horikita nor Kushida, it doesn't mean that I always monitor their schedules. I thought it might be because I was an easy target for them to vent their frustration, but I was also a little sick of this kind of interaction.
"Think about it calmly, Kushida never said he would come with us. Maybe it is" I replied to him.
"I wouldn't be satisfied with such a reason! If Kikyo-chan is not here, there is no meaning to any of this" Ike said. That's too much. I want him to stop rejecting this meeting. Putting aside Ike and the others who were too excited by themselves, it seemed like Kushida had already invited her other female friends and went shopping.
"So I have no other choice but to go shopping with a bunch of assholes that I don't even want? that's pathetic!" Ike continued.
I could understand his feelings of wanting to scream, but I also didn't want to go for a walk with a group of pitiful men like this, I realized I was enjoying it a little.
During the summer holidays, in addition to school lessons (testing), this was the first time I had become friends with another male. But it seems like they assume that going shopping with friends and watching movies with them is normal.
"Go shopping miserably with these three bastards, Haruki, I will leave the rest to you, choose the items that Kokoro-chan likes" Ike said.
"Don't joke, you're the one who suggested this, hold your own words" Yamauchi replied.
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The two exchanged complaints. I entered between Ike and Yamauchi who were in the middle of their conflict.
"Calm down a bit, it doesn't matter if the three of us go and buy it, Sudou has entrusted us with dividing his points as well" I told them.
"That's true, but I feel that we don't need the three of us to do it"
"We've come this far, we can quickly buy it and come back" Because if we decided to disband now, I'd feel a little lonely. I tried to persuade them with those words.
"All this would be a waste of time and energy if we continued to argue in this scorching heat" I told them.
"Ahhhh.. alright, I understand, let's quickly buy and return. Ahh.... this boring” Unlike the two people who have already lost their excitement, I headed to the store with a bit of excitement. Even among the shops, normally one does not enter alone, we come especially to the stores where the women often spend their time. His attendant was a high-leveled and older woman.
Furthermore, the inside of the shop was pink. It emanated an aura that normally prevented someone from coming here alone. From doll toys to mobile phone accessories, everything that is not necessary for education is on display here. I think this can all be considered as the utilization of personal points of the disciples.
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"What are you talking about? Help us decide what to buy as well"
All I think about is that you two should feel ashamed, seeing the beautiful clerk and the other female customers in the store. Even though you both claim to hate doing this, you must have changed your opinion quickly.
After that we parted ways and went around the store to find a good birthday gift to buy. But of course, from the beginning I had no intention of choosing a birthday present. That's because I don't know what would make a good gift or not to choose.
"What he likes .. I don't know"
This is the first time I've given someone a birthday present. But since the three of us bought this item together, it became blurry lines in terms of whether it fit into the "first" category for me.
After all, I'm not experienced with something like this. In addition, my knowledge of the matter included superficial, and the only things I could consider a suitable gift were "Backet Rose" and "ring".
Something very different from logic. But by giving both objects, it is no longer a birthday gift but a proposal for the woman. After circling the shop once, I met Yamauchi. In Yamauchi's hand was a small white teddy bear. On the other hand, I held the phone cover in my hand. And after seeing this, Yamauchi pouted at me.
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"You know, drop that phone cover. First, Kokoro-chan already really has it and the selection rate between the covers is so great that it would trouble her too"
"... I see, then what about this glass template?"As a backup, I took out something else that I had chosen. But when I did, Yamauchi's facial expression turned sullen.
"No, no, no, that's something he doesn't need. Ayanokouji, you really don't understand for something like this"
"But something like a stuffed animal, isn't that the real problem for her?" Even if he obtained a stuffed beast, it did not fulfill any purpose. It'll just take up space in his room.
“Of course this might be a problem for her, but she could use it to decorate her room. Kokoro-chan liked this row of white teddy bears, so I thought she would be happy with this, more like, I don't want to hear that from someone who bought a cell phone cover and a glass template" yamauchi.
When I was insulted by Yamauchi like that, I don't know why but. But I was so impressed that Yamauchi was already seriously researching the tastes of the people we were buying. For me, I had enough difficulty to match Inokashira's name on her face, and I could clearly feel the difference in friendship levels between us.
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"So where's Kanji?"
"Stop that..."
When we both looked around the store for him, we found Ike standing by the keychain. He looked very serious, so without calling him, we quietly approached him.
Looks like Ike is holding an object called as character item with an orange motif on it. But in his hand, Ike was already holding something else, a cloth with the same white bear as Yamauchi printed on it.
"Oi, uh,
Starch"
"Young ?! D-don't surprise me like that"
After hearing us call out to him, Ike who was shocked in a panic and almost dropped the keychain he was holding. And then, for some reason almost as if hiding it, he instantly returned it to the shelf.
"W-did you decide?" he asked us
"Ahh, I thought we'd take this. towel white bear Hahaha ..."
"It's not like that, why do you see a keychain?" say
"Ehh? Not that I have a secret reason or anything. More importantly, let's see what's in there" Ike replied.
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In response to Ike trying to change the topic of such a conversation, Yamauchi turned his gaze in suspicion.
"Hey ...if not mistaken, someone who likes orange characters is not Shinohara?" he asked Ike. Again, Shinohara is an unexpected name to hear here. She was also a female from Class D and during the exams on this island, I remember her often arguing with Ike regarding their opinions.
"really? I was just thinking about Kikyo-chan and all this was really because of that" She did answer like that, but I could clearly see Ike's unease as she said it.
"You, this is impossible but are you thinking about Shinohara?" Yamauchi asked Ike again.
"Huuuuh? Of course not, that ugly woman. I didn't think about it at all ..." That's right, compared to someone like Kushida, it might be like that, but Shinohara is also a very cute woman. Her personality was not the best but it could also be counted as part of her charm.
"Are you telling the truth? There's something suspicious here, isn't there Ayanokouji?" Yamauchi turned to ask me.
"Come on.. certainly not a response very similar to Ike's"
Bungling..
