Chapter 64: Special Treatment Even Chabashira Sae Didn't Notice!
Shimizu Yuto and Ichinose Honami chatted while eating lunch. Before Yuto left the cafeteria, Ichinose even exchanged contact information with him and added him on LINE.
After saying goodbye to Ichinose, Yuto began walking toward the teachers' office.
Since school had officially started, there were quite a few teachers in the office. Yuto retracted his gaze after scanning the room and lightly knocked on the open door.
The sound of the knocking made the teachers in the office look up. Upon seeing Yuto's figure, Chabashira Sae immediately stood up.
"Shimizu, come this way."
"Oh."
Led by Chabashira Sae, Yuto entered the relatively cramped counseling room.
Although the counseling room was small, there were no other teachers, so Chabashira Sae could speak with Yuto without any concerns.
"Sit." Chabashira Sae extended a slender, lily-white finger, pointing at a stool placed in the counseling room.
Sitting on the stool and resting his chin in his hand, Yuto looked at the mature and beautiful teacher and said lazily, "Afternoon classes are about to start, so if there's something you want to say, Chabashira-sensei, please hurry."
"How was the class discipline this morning?" Chabashira Sae asked, getting straight to the point.
"..." Yuto's expression paused for a moment. "Chabashira-sensei, please wait a second. Let me think about how to phrase this."
"Why do you need to choose your words, Shimizu?"
"Because I'm thinking—how should I say it so that you won't be too devastated, Chabashira-sensei?" Yuto replied with a smile.
Chabashira Sae gave Yuto an annoyed look and rubbed her temples.
"Shimizu, are you saying... their discipline is so terrible that it's enough to devastate me? Is that what you mean?"
"Yes," Yuto answered readily.
Chabashira Sae fell into a complete silence before saying with a wry smile, "Shimizu, do you know? The warning you gave the Class D students this morning has already spread to the other classes."
"Is that so?"
Chabashira Sae glanced at Yuto. How could this brat still have that same casual and relaxed, calm expression?
Yuto had already mentally prepared himself for the news to leak, and since Ichinose had also mentioned it to him just now, there was no reason for his expression to change at all.
"Chabashira-sensei, did you go out of your way to look into this?"
Chabashira Sae shook her head and explained, "No, Chie was complaining to me."
"The warning you gave to Class D somehow spread to Class B. Since Chie is the homeroom teacher of Class B, she found out about your reminder to everyone."
"Afterward, Chie came to me complaining, saying that your warning to the Class D students to follow discipline had already violated the contract signed with Class B."
"But don't worry, Yuto, your reminder didn't violate the contract at all."
After telling Yuto this, a melancholy expression appeared on Chabashira Sae's beautiful face.
"Now students from other classes have heard rumors that next month's individual points are related to following discipline... This is troublesome."
"So what if they've heard?"
Yuto said nonchalantly, "They probably haven't made a direct announcement to everyone like I did, so most students in the other classes likely don't know the truth about individual points and discipline."
"Mhm." Chabashira Sae nodded slightly. She hadn't heard any rumors of students in other classes following Yuto's example.
Although Yuto's warning to the Class D students had spread, not many students knew about it. Furthermore, because it was just a rumor, its credibility was low, so the students who heard it didn't pay it much mind.
"Alright, I'm mentally prepared now. Shimizu, tell me about the situation in class," Chabashira Sae said to Yuto.
"Fine."
Although Chabashira Sae had prepared herself, after listening to Yuto's explanation, she fell completely silent.
What a shock!
However, because she had prepared herself, the shocked Chabashira Sae quickly recovered.
"The Class D students clearly didn't take my warning seriously. So, Chabashira-sensei, what do you plan to do?" Yuto asked.
"What can I do? The school's regulations state that during the first month of enrollment for new students, I absolutely cannot provide reminders or interfere, so I can only stand by and watch. But you're different, Shimizu..."
Facing Chabashira Sae's piercing gaze, Yuto waved his hand dismissively. "I'm not a babysitter. I can't be bothered to deal with them."
"Besides, because I stood out so much in class this morning, the boys are already jealous of me; they won't follow my lead."
"But the girls will listen to your suggestions, right?" Chabashira Sae curled her lips at Yuto.
This morning, she had seen Yuto on the podium, looking so spirited that even she, as an adult, felt a slight flutter in her heart. So, how much more so for the young girls in Class D who were just experiencing their first stirrings of love?
"So what?" Yuto rolled his eyes. "The ones breaking the rules aren't the girls; it's almost entirely the boys."
"..."
That's right!
The girls in Class D didn't need Yuto to remind them to follow the rules; they followed them on their own!
...Well, except for Karuizawa Kei, who had been passing notes to Yuto.
Chabashira Sae stared intently at the handsome youth sitting across from her and spoke, "Shimizu, do you really not plan to step in and change those students in class who don't take discipline seriously?"
"Of course not," Yuto responded to Chabashira-sensei in a cheerful tone.
His tone made Sae grit her teeth. "We agreed yesterday that we would lead Class D to Class A together. Are you trying to back out now, kid?"
"What do you mean 'back out'?"
Yuto put on a helpless and innocent expression. "I don't believe I ever actually promised you anything, Sensei. I only said... I'll see, that I'd look into the situation of the students in Class D first, right?"
Chabashira Sae fell silent. This brat was right; he indeed hadn't directly promised her yesterday that he would lead Class D to Class A.
Yuto looked at his silent, mature homeroom teacher and said in a deliberate tone, "Some of the students in Class D haven't taken it seriously even when someone warned them. They're like mud that can't stick to a wall."
"You want me to help them up, Sensei? Don't be ridiculous."
Chabashira Sae took a deep breath, her full chest beneath her suit rising and falling slightly. She spoke up, "Shimizu, you should be well aware that if you leave them alone, the class points will be deducted heavily, and your monthly individual points will be affected as well."
"Is that really alright with you?"
"It's fine," Yuto replied without hesitation. "I'm the kind of person who never likes to place my hopes on others, and the same applies to individual points. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of earning points on the very first day of school."
Chabashira Sae fell into silence once again.
Although every student's individual points were linked to their class points, making every student instinctively want to maintain their class points to obtain more individual points...
However... Shimizu Yuto was an outlier!
Yuto held an indifferent attitude toward class points because his method of obtaining points was not through class points, but through contract betting with others.
Judging by the staggering number of points Yuto had yesterday, Sae could see that... even without relying on class points, this bad boy could earn a massive amount of points!
"Shimizu, you should know that only students who graduate from Class A can enjoy the 100% employment and enrollment rate that this school advertises," Chabashira Sae said slowly.
"Yes."
Yuto nodded, a playful smile on his face as he addressed his beautiful teacher, who had been trying to persuade him.
"Chabashira-sensei, you once told me that you almost led your class to Class A, but ultimately failed and graduated from Class B, right?"
Chabashira Sae looked deeply at the boy who had shifted the topic to her. Although she didn't know what this brat was getting at, she gave a nod.
"That's right."
"As a Class B graduate, you were hired by this school as a teacher and even serve as a homeroom teacher. In other words, this school..."
A smile spread across Yuto's face as he asserted, "Also grants preferential treatment to outstanding students."
"Even if that student didn't graduate from Class A!"
Chabashira Sae's expression froze. She looked at the handsome youth sitting across from her in disbelief.
This... this was something even she hadn't consciously realized!
It was true that because of her excellent performance during her three years of high school, the school had granted her preferential treatment. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been qualified to serve as a homeroom teacher here.
"This is a school where merit is everything. Students with true ability, even if they don't graduate from Class A, will still be given preferential treatment by the school. However, judging from your expression, Chabashira-sensei…"
Looking at Chabashira Sae, who wore a look of disbelief, the smiling Yuto continued, "It seems you haven't realized that you yourself have been given preferential treatment by the school."
Chabashira Sae took a deep breath. Shocked by Yuto, she pinched her own attractive fair leg clad in black stockings.
This was Chabashira Sae's habit: using pain to suppress her inner emotions and allow herself to calm down quickly.
She had forgotten how long it had been since she last felt the need to do this, yet today, she was forced to do it again because of the seventeen-year-old boy before her!
Shimizu Yuto… what a truly formidable bad boy.
The pain from her leg allowed Chabashira Sae to calm down.
Staring at Yuto, she spoke slowly, "Students who perform excellently during their three years of high school will also receive preferential treatment from the school… Did Chairman Sakayanagi tell you that?"
"No." Yuto shook his head. "When I spend time with the old man, we just play chess. We don't talk about school matters. After all, we're just chess partners."
"Is that so?" Chabashira Sae believed Yuto's answer, as she believed that such an unnaturally handsome youth would disdain lying about such things.
"Shimizu, I understand what you mean now."
"You're telling me that as long as a student performs excellently over the three years of high school, the school will provide them with preferential treatment and arrangements. Therefore, you have no need to reach Class A to enjoy the school's privileges."
"You were being indirect just now because you wanted to convey this message to me, right?"
"Exactly." Yuto nodded readily.
…Chabashira Sae looked at the handsome youth across from her, her eyes sparkling with admiration.
His powers of observation were truly terrifying; he had actually deduced from her, his homeroom teacher, that the school would grant preferential treatment to outstanding students regardless of whether they graduated from Class A.
Admiration was one thing... but Chabashira Sae still had to continue persuading Yuto to lead Class D to Class A!
Because reaching Class A was her long-held wish and obsession!
'But this bad boy is so outstanding that even if he doesn't graduate from Class A, he doesn't need to worry about his future and prospects, so the school's privileges can't entice him at all...'
Chabashira Sae thought, gritting her teeth.
At this moment, the privilege of graduating from Class A had lost its effect on Yuto.
What "bait" could Sae use to lure Yuto and make him decide to lead Class D to reach Class A?!
With a click, a flash of inspiration struck Chabashira Sae's mind. She had thought of the most tempting bait for Shimizu Yuto!
"Heh."
Yuto glanced at Chabashira Sae, who had suddenly revealed a smile. This mature homeroom teacher's smile was confident and beautiful, and her translucent lips exuded the boundless charm of a mature woman.
He felt a slight urge to taste them…
"Shimizu, whether it's your academic ability, athletics, or your observation skills and wisdom, you are excellent, truly excellent. I have never met anyone as outstanding as you."
Yuto looked at his beautiful homeroom teacher with a subtle expression as she praised him so bluntly.
"Chabashira-sensei, thank you for the compliment, but even if you flatter me like this, I won't get carried away and suddenly decide to lead Class D to Class A."
Chabashira Sae gave Yuto an annoyed look. "Who's flattering you? I'm just giving my evaluation of you, you bad boy."
Yuto's mouth twitched. Being called a 'bad boy' by his mature homeroom teacher immediately caused a subtle, tingling sensation to well up inside him.
After the words 'bad boy' left her mouth, Chabashira Sae also realized the impropriety; she seemed to be getting a bit too intimate with this handsome student.
"Ahem." Chabashira Sae coughed lightly, suppressing her strange thoughts deep in her heart.
Then, Chabashira Sae looked at Yuto with a serious expression and said, "Shimizu, you are indeed excellent. Even if you graduate from Class D, the school likely won't ignore you, but... what about that little girlfriend of yours?"
"According to the student records, Sakura Airi's personal data is quite mediocre, and she has a shy personality. If she were to graduate from Class D, the school probably wouldn't pay her much attention!"
Speaking confidently, Chabashira Sae wore a self-assured smile. She felt she had finally gained leverage over Yuto, giving him the motivation to lead Class D toward Class A.
This "bad boy" Shimizu Yuto was very formidable and had almost no weaknesses, making it impossible to entice him into leading Class D to reach Class A.
But!
Chabashira Sae had thought of Yuto's only weakness!
That was his childhood friend, Sakura Airi!
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