Seeing Chabashira-sensei really bring out two cups of tea from the tea room, Horikita Suzune was speechless. Are you serious? How did you really start drinking tea?
Although thinking this, Horikita Suzune still picked up the cup of tea in front of her. From the color, it seemed to have milk added.
And touching the edge of the cup didn't feel hot, so it was drinkable.
At this moment, she just wanted to ask the question that had been bothering her for days. She was anxious, but if she didn't drink, the other party seemed unwilling to tell her.
So she took a sip.
Delicious!
Although she didn't understand the tea ceremony, she could tell this tea was excellent, better than what she had in stores.
But, could this really be made by this nearly thirty-year-old single teacher? If she had this skill, opening a shop outside school would make more money than teaching, right?
"Horikita, your gaze is very rude."
Chabashira also took a sip of tea, and her surprise was no less than Horikita's. What kind of person is Ayanokouji, how does he even know the tea ceremony?
Kanda Shuichi in the tea room also found it unbelievable.
As for Japanese tea, to be honest, Kanda Shuichi wasn't used to it. It's made by grinding tea leaves into powder and then brewing it, which he found unusual.
So he just wanted to try it, but it gave him a pleasant surprise.
The milk made the brewed black tea smoother, and the sugar balanced the bitterness of the tea.
Although he still preferred the slightly bitter taste of jasmine tea he had before, he had to admit that this tea was very good.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, well done!
"So, Horikita, you've had your tea. What do you want to talk about?"
Speaking of Horikita, Kanda Shuichi thought that her image was very much like the heroine of a popular light novel from a few years ago, with long black hair and an unapproachable aura.
By the way, the Ichinose student we saw today is very much like the "loser" character in light novels, the kind who is excellent in many ways but always loses in some inexplicable way.
"I'll get straight to the point. Why was I assigned to Class D?" Horikita's elegance from drinking tea was gone, and her tone was full of dissatisfaction. "Sensei, you said today that excellent students are selected into Class A, and Class D is the last fortress of the school's bottom. But I don't think I'm the same as those people."
Hearing this in the tea room, Kanda Shuichi silently put down his teacup.
Sorry, light novel heroines, I was wrong. This person is different from you. At most, she's a supporting character.
Sorry, Ichinose, this is the punishment for my gossiping about you. Please forgive me!
But Horikita probably wanted to ask Chabashira-sensei these questions since last Friday, right? But because Hirata was going to announce the solution to the point crisis, and it was Friday, she held back for three... no, today is Monday after school, so four days?
Well, it must have been tough, not even having a good weekend. Poor thing.
While thinking quickly, Kanda Shuichi picked up the remaining half of his tea, his expression relaxing.
"You look dissatisfied. Do you think you're very excellent?"
"Of course!" This affirmation from Horikita Suzune almost made Kanda Shuichi, hiding in the tea room, spit out his tea.
Girl, do you have a misunderstanding about what it means to be excellent?
Wake up, the student council president Horikita is the excellent one, not you.
"I was confident I solved almost all the entrance exam questions, and I don't remember making any major mistakes in the interview. I can't imagine being assigned to Class D."
The girl continued to express her dissatisfaction in front of Chabashira-sensei.
"I see. Normally, the results of the entrance exam are not shown to others, but since you insist, I'll make an exception. I happen to have your test paper here."
Liar!
How could there be so many coincidences? Chabashira-sensei, you're not a good person! And you must have known Horikita would come, right?
Indeed, and she had prepared it last Friday, but Horikita didn't come, so Chabashira was disappointed for a long time.
This morning, Horikita sent Chabashira a message saying she had something to ask and hoped to have some time after school.
"You're well-prepared. You must have known I would bring this up."
"As a teacher, I have some understanding of students' personalities. It's not difficult to predict what students will do next."
Liar. Then why didn't you predict I would really come to make tea?
"Horikita Suzune, in this year's first-year entrance exam, you tied for third place, with scores very close to the first and second places. There were no significant issues in the interview, and all the interviewers gave you very high evaluations."
So, but?
"Thank you, then—why?"
...
Horikita Suzune, why are you not following the rules!
"Before this, why are you unhappy about being in Class D?"
"No one would be happy about not being properly evaluated. Besides, the difference in class here will greatly affect the future, so it's natural to be unhappy about it."
"Proper evaluation? Hahaha, you have a high opinion of yourself."
Hearing Horikita Suzune's words, Chabashira-sensei laughed as if she thought of something, like mocking Horikita Suzune's naivety.
In the break room, Kanda Shuichi put down the empty cup of tea, took out his phone, and started typing.
[Chabashira-sensei probably know a student like Horikita before, she has her completely under control.]
Seeing what Kanda Shuichi typed, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka replied the same way.
[How would I know that?]
Can't you just agree with me? Like saying maybe or probably, Ayanokouji, you won't make friends like this.
But Ayanokouji's fingers didn't stop, he seemed to be typing something else.
[Maybe she was like this before?]
Seeing what Ayanokouji typed, Kanda Shuichi was stunned.
[That makes sense!]
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