Finally out of the bossy girl's sight, I made my way to the ceremony, but then I felt a tap on the shoulder sending the goddamn oh-so-familiar shivers down my very spine.
[New mission: Befriend Ayanokoji Kiyotaka; Rewards: 100,000 Private points]
So the masterpiece is behind me huh... oh damnit. And please don't slap the mission onto my face while I'm dealing with my mental turmoil!
"Yes?" I turned around and greeted him in the most normal way in this situation.
"You're the one sitting behind me right?" Ayanokoji said with his usual apathetic voice.
"Oh yeah, I remember I did. The name's Yukina Yuzuki by the way! What's yours?" I said the name which the system gave to me since using a foreign name is a bit overwhelming for me and I won't blend in well enough.
"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, nice to meet you." We shook hands before continuing our way to the main hall. I will not repeat the destination since I've said it too much.
We did chat about some stuff along the way like dogs and cats, some other random topics and about the school. He handled the conversation surprisingly well even though I was the one who always takes the lead. I think this day won't be as rough as I thought-
*Ding*
[Host has received 100,000 Private points]
I'm having a good time here can you please shut that mouth of yours, System?!
"We're here." Ayanokoji poked my arm, snapping me out of my convo with the System in the progress.
I blinked once, twice then looked at the main hall, and oh boy that place is BIG like goddamn GIGANTIC! Add ten or more apartment rooms and it will still have more than enough space for a grand chandelier!! Watching the anime in person, it didn't look that big before but it certainly did now...
Once in the line of students, the Student Council President, Manabu Horikita, gave a speech to the first-years. Horikita looks pretty nervous, maybe because it's because she wants to talk to her brother. All in all, the ceremony was pretty boring, I would have finished reading all the COTE 1st year chapters with the crazy amount of time the speech took (also best wishes for Manabu Horikita and Akane Tachibana to have a happy marriage life together 😊).
I was pretty bad when it comes to navigation without a map so when I lost the class, I went through a series of zigzags, mazes and I even wondered how tf did I managed to get into the staff room. Thanks to Kushida who happened to be finding me, I found my way to class D.
"Thank you so much for your help, Kushida-san. Without you, I might have gone to who knows where..." I bowed down a bit, just to be polite.
"No problem! After all, we're classmates right? Also please call me Kikyo, there's no need for formalities, ne?" Kushida said with a cheery tone. But I knew that behind this friendly façade lies a monster feeding on attention and regconition. It stung me a bit but I hope she hasn't dug too deep and she can still get out of the rabbit hole.
"You're right." I smiled before heading to my seat.
The seat that I was assigned to was near the back, right in front of Ayanokoji. Oh what luck, seriously System are you trying to set up a romance plot?
[Would host like to unlock the romance plot with the MC-]
'No (censored).'
[System will put this on hold]
'Isn't there supposed to be a decline button???'
[System is programmed not to do that.]
'The Devil is cruel...'
[System will automatically turn on the romance plot.]
'WAIT WAIT WAIT DON'T YOU DARE-'
[Loading... Complete]
'SYSTEMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! (censored) YOUUUUUU!!!!'
I silently groaned in fustration, I felt bad for Ayanokoji having to put up with me it's like pairing up with someone who both are entirely different like night and day. I looked at Ayanokoji, he seems to be in deep thought, probably on how to make friends. I decided to start the conversation.
"Hey, Ayanokoji-kun. Whatcha thinking?" I poked his forehead for fun.
Ayanokoji got startled a bit but regained his composure in just a second. "Well nothing... Just thinking about how do people befriend people."
Ohhh, so he's an introvert. That's what he would want them to think. Too bad~ I already read the novel, no use hiding it from me... I think it's too OOC to say that so I offered to give him some advice.
"Hm... how about talk your problems out for me, I think I can give some advice."
"Really?" Ayanokoji looked like a lost puppy, I wanna pet him so baddd. But I must resist, FOR THE SAKE OF VIRGINITY!
"Mmhm!"
"Then... where do friends come from? Do people become friends after they eat with each other? Or do they become friends after going to the bathroom together?-" I nearly choked on my saliva on that one. I remembered vaguely on what he said about friends, but I did not expect him to blurt THAT out in PUBLIC!
"G-going to the bathroom? Only a pervert would do that! A PERVERT!" I didn't raise my voice completely, only enough to imply that it was so wrong. I leaned in too much that I nearly toppled over my chair. "You should try and get to know them. If it's hard, then think of them as a textbook that you should take care of."
As I rambled on a lecture on befriending people, our homeroom teacher walked in.
"Good morning new students. My name is Chabashira Sae, I teach Japanese history. The school doesn't rearrange classes so I will be your homeroom teacher for the next 3 years. I will now distribute the list of special rules and the matriculation guide."
The instructions are the same as in the original LN, we were passed with handouts with the school regulations, our ID card and phone.
*Ding*
[Private points have been transferred to your account, the estimated time will be 10 to 20 mins.]
The System even took precautions so no one would suspect that it exists... that's pretty smart of you.
I sighed, this is going to be very hectic.