Chapter 101: The Second Girlfriend!
Yuto looked with some surprise at Kei, who had come to his side.
Right now, even the hands she used to hold his arm were trembling slightly.
'Kei, if you're that scared of Ryuen, why don't you obediently hide? Why jump out and speak for me?'
'Kikyo, if you're scared, hide farther away. Even if you hide behind me, Ryuen can still see you.'
'Huh? Airi, why are you holding the class broom... You weren't planning to hit Ryuen with it, were you?'
'When did you become so brave?'
'Horikita, why are you pointing your phone over here? Are you recording again?'
'But there are surveillance cameras in the classroom already...'
After Kei took the lead in snapping back at Ryuen, the Class D students seemed to receive some kind of order.
Without realizing it, they stood up one after another and gathered around Yuto, looking at Ryuen Kakeru and Yamada Albert with hostility and displeasure.
There were boys and girls among them.
If Hashimoto Masayoshi called Sakayanagi Arisu "Princess," then Yuto, supported by the students of Class D, was their king.
Seeing the Class D students support Yuto, Ryuen fell silent.
This kind of sincere support...
He was rather envious of it.
The students of Class C would never support him like this.
After all, Ryuen ruled Class C forcefully through violence and coercion.
Unlike Yuto, he had not made the students trust him sincerely through his personal charm and ability.
"Tch."
Ryuen clicked his tongue.
He had only planned to come to Class D and mock Shimizu Yuto.
Unexpectedly, he saw a scene that made him both envious and irritated.
Unable to mock him and instead struck by Class D's unity, Ryuen turned around and prepared to leave.
Yuto's eyes shimmered with a strange color as he spoke.
"Ryuen, you ordered Class C students to follow me half a month ago. Have you still not decided how to take revenge on me?"
Ryuen turned his head and gave Yuto a cold smile.
"Heh. Do you think I'd tell you?"
"And I'm doing it on purpose. I want you to live every day in unease and fear, never knowing when my revenge will come."
This was what people meant by not fearing a thief's theft, but fearing a thief's obsession.
Yuto did not fear Ryuen obsessing over him at all.
But being targeted by this delinquent did make him feel annoyed.
Ending his mind-reading ability, Yuto said in disgust, "A thug is still a thug. The only impressive thing about you is your mouth."
"You talk so big, but isn't it just because you can't find any way to take revenge on me?"
"Otherwise, would you obediently do nothing?"
Ryuen's face twitched.
This bastard had actually seen through him...
"Hmph. The one being stubborn is you."
"Shimizu Yuto, just wait. I'll let you experience my revenge very soon!"
Following the usual delinquent exit routine, Ryuen left behind a harsh threat and took Albert away from the Class D classroom.
...
Even after leaving Class D, Ryuen could hear the students inside cheering enthusiastically.
It was as if driving him away had been a great victory.
Ryuen wanted to spit to show his disgust.
But when he thought such behavior might deduct class points, he suppressed the urge.
Although Ryuen was a bastard delinquent, he seemed genuinely intent on fulfilling his promise to the Class C students and leading them to Class A.
Otherwise, why would he hold back from spitting?
"Only Class A graduates can receive this school's preferential treatment, and the four classes compete against one another?"
"Heh. This school really has nasty tastes," Ryuen said with a cold laugh.
After seeing the Class D students support Yuto, Ryuen felt an unprecedented pressure.
He had a feeling.
Class D, with zero class points, would charge toward Class C under Shimizu Yuto's leadership.
"I need to think of a way to deal with Shimizu Yuto. His threat is far too great," Ryuen muttered to himself.
But after thinking it over, Ryuen could only think of methods like violence and threats.
Aside from that, he could not think of any way to restrain Shimizu Yuto.
...
Yuto waved his hand, telling the cheering Class D students to return to their seats.
Then he turned to Kei, who was holding his arm.
Although this pretty gyaru currently had a strong expression, she was actually trembling slightly from fear.
If Yuto did not already have Sakura Airi, he might really have made Kei his girlfriend and spoiled her properly.
After all, even while frightened, Kei had still gathered her courage and stood beside him to face Ryuen.
When you met a girl who treated you like that, you should hurry up and marry her.
But Yuto had met two girls like that.
Was he supposed to marry them both?
He had no objection.
After all, being surrounded on both sides was something no man could refuse.
But Airi would probably object, right?
...Would Airi object?
Yuto could not help looking toward Airi.
She was putting the broom back into the classroom storage cabinet.
So Airi really had been planning to hit Ryuen with the broom just now!
After returning the broom, Airi turned around.
She noticed Yuto looking at her, then showed him a shy and sweet smile.
Yuto smiled back.
It seemed he would need to spend some time pampering her tonight too.
At that moment, Kei's weak voice entered Yuto's ears.
"Yuto, help support me a little. My legs feel weak."
Yuto withdrew his gaze from Airi and lowered his head to look at Kei, who was leaning almost half her body against him.
Gently wrapping an arm around her slender waist, he said with a wry smile, "Kei, you were clearly terrified. Why did you jump out and confront Ryuen like that?"
"I was scared, but I couldn't let him bully you!"
"Why do you think I would definitely be bullied by Ryuen? Do you have that little confidence in me?"
Afraid that Yuto would misunderstand, Kei hurriedly denied it.
"No, no! I have a lot of confidence in you!"
"Okay, I know you have confidence in me. I'll help you back to your seat."
Yuto smiled.
"Mm~"
Kei took the opportunity to lean into Yuto's arms, letting him half-support and half-lead her back to her seat.
Kikyo glanced at Yuto and Kei.
Her face did not have the cheerful smile everyone was familiar with.
After sitting down, Kei suddenly realized that she and Yuto were still in the classroom.
Then hadn't everyone seen her nearly burrow into Yuto's arms just now?
They had not only seen it.
They had understood it too.
They understood that Kei and Yuto were in a relationship.
Before this, Kei had always been the one-sided person holding Yuto's arm.
But this time, Yuto had half-held Kei, looking like he was protecting his girlfriend.
So everyone in Class D now regarded Yuto and Kei as a couple.
Kei noticed that her friends were looking at her with knowing smiles and a little envy.
Her cheeks could not help burning red.
With a sweet feeling in her heart, Kei turned around to face Yuto.
Yuto, who was chatting with Airi on Line, saw Kei turn around with a blushing face.
Her eyes shone with lively, bright light.
"What is it?"
"Nothing~"
Yuto saw that Kei's eyes were full of shyness and his reflection.
He shook his head helplessly. "Silly girl."
"Hehe."
Kei laughed without caring at all.
Then she suddenly remembered something important, and her expression became conflicted.
"Yuto, I'll leave for a bit."
"Mm."
Yuto looked curiously at Kei as she left her seat.
No longer weak in the legs, she took her phone and student ID to find her friends.
Kei chatted with her friends for a few lines, then embarrassedly handed them her student ID.
Her friends all straightforwardly took out their phones and scanned Kei's student ID.
"Are they transferring points?" Yuto said in surprise.
Because Yuto often made wagers with people, he immediately saw that Kei's friends were transferring points to her.
"Did Kei spend all her points? Is she borrowing points now?"
In truth...
That was exactly what was happening.
Kei's student ID did not have many points left.
She was different from Airi.
She was a normal high school girl, so she liked dressing herself up.
Because of that, nearly all of Kei's one hundred thousand points had been spent on cosmetics and pretty clothes.
The remaining points were spent with friends like Matsushita Chiaki and Mori Nene at karaoke, the cinema, and similar places.
Kei did not borrow much.
Two thousand points from each friend was enough.
Everyone, whether for Kei's sake or because Kei was Yuto's girlfriend, very readily lent her two thousand points.
After all, Kei had Yuto as her boyfriend.
They were not worried that Kei would fail to return two thousand points.
"Kei, why are you borrowing points from us?"
Mori Nene asked curiously, "Didn't Shimizu win a lot of points from other people through wagers? Can't you just ask him for points?"
"Well, even though Yuto and I are boyfriend and girlfriend, I can't just ask him for points because of that."
"So I came to borrow points from all of you," Kei explained.
"But don't worry! Yuto will definitely increase our class points, so I'll have points next month. When that happens, I'll pay you all back right away."
"You don't need to rush. We still have plenty of points left."
"And Kei, didn't you always treat us before? Just treat these two thousand points as my thanks for the times you paid before. You don't need to return it."
"Mine too."
"Same here."
"No, no. I'll return it. I definitely will. I'm going now!"
Kei hurriedly said goodbye to her girls' circle.
Then she looked toward Kikyo, who was chatting with other girls.
Smiling Kikyo looked so cute and heart-stirring.
And the warm, cheerful Kikyo would definitely lend her points without hesitation.
However, Kei gave a light huff.
She had no intention of borrowing points from Kikyo at all.
Because in Kei's eyes, Kikyo was her love rival.
If she borrowed points from her love rival, she would lose confidence when facing Kikyo later.
After walking around Class D, Kei returned to her seat.
The points on her student ID were 47,134.
Before borrowing points from others, Kei had 3,134 points.
In other words, twenty-two students had each lent her two thousand points.
That was not the important part.
The important part was that Kei had only asked twenty-two students.
In other words, no one in Class D had refused to lend Kei points.
They had all readily lent her two thousand points.
From this situation, it could be seen that Kei had decent prestige and trust in Class D.
However, Kei understood very well.
She knew everyone had lent points so readily mostly because she was Yuto's girlfriend.
If Kei did not care about Yuto, she would feel perfectly at ease dragging out the debt and avoiding repayment if possible.
But Kei's whole heart was tied to Yuto.
She could not refuse to pay back everyone's points.
Because Kei did not want anyone to tell Yuto that she was the kind of person who borrowed money and never repaid it.
Sitting in her seat, Kei happily looked at the personal points on her student ID.
With more than forty thousand points, she could still live comfortably this month.
Besides, she had already bought cosmetics and pretty clothes.
Kei no longer needed to spend points on those two things.
At that moment, a hand reached over from behind Kei.
Yuto used his phone to scan her student ID.
"Yuto, what are you doing?"
Turning around, Kei looked at Yuto, who was tapping his phone, in confusion.
"Kei, look at your student ID again."
"Mm?"
Kei subconsciously turned her head.
She glanced at her student ID, and the changed personal points made her eyes widen slightly.
547,134!
"Yuto, why did you transfer me five hundred thousand points?!"
Kei asked with both delight and surprise.
"How should I put it? Consider it pocket money for you," Yuto answered with a smile.
"Five hundred thousand is way too much to call pocket money!"
When the first-years entered school, the one hundred thousand points deposited by the school had been seen as a huge sum.
So how could Yuto's five hundred thousand points be called pocket money?
But in Yuto's eyes, five hundred thousand points truly could count as pocket money.
After all, his current personal points were as high as 18,747,565.
Even after transferring five hundred thousand points to Kei, he still had more than 18.2 million points left.
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