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Classroom Of The Elite Volume 1 - Chapter 31
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It was Thursday. Tomorrow, the midterm would be upon us. Class had ended for the day. After Chiyabashira-sensei ended the homeroom period and left the classroom, Kushida immediately leapt into action. She took out printed copies of the old test that I’d made at the convenience store and brought them up to the podium.
“Everyone, before you return to the dorm, would you mind listening to me for a moment?”
Everyone, including Sudou, stopped and listened to Kushida. This was a role that neither Horikita nor I could play. Only Kushida could do it.
“I know that you’ve all been studying a lot in preparation for the test tomorrow. I have something to help you. I’m going to hand out some papers.”
Kushida distributed the question and answer sheets to the students in the first row.
“Test…questions? Did you make these, Kushida-san?” Horikita was visibly surprised by this sudden turn of events.
“Actually, these are the old test problems. I got them from a third-year student last night.”
“Old test problems? Huh? Wait, will these questions be on the test tomorrow?”
“Yes. To tell you the truth, I heard that the midterm test from the year before last had almost exactly the same problems as this one. So, if we study what’s on this test, it’ll surely come in handy.”
“Whoa! Seriously? Thank you, Kushida-chan!” Overjoyed, Ike hugged his test paper. None of the other students could suppress their elation, either.
“What the hell? If we had these, then wasn’t it pointless to study so hard?” Yamauchi complained, even as he laughed.
It looked like I’d been right.
“Sudou-kun, do your best when you study today!”
“Yeah. Thanks, you really helped me out.” Sudou also happily accepted the test papers.
“Let’s keep this a secret from the other classes! Don’t be scared, everyone! Do your best and aim for a high score!” Ike shouted with joy and determination. I was inclined to agree with him. We didn’t need to send supplies to the enemy. Everyone returned to the dorms with high spirits.
“Kushida-san. Excellent work.” Horikita gave Kushida genuine praise, which was unusual.
“Eh, really?” Kushida said.
“I’d never even considered trying to use the old tests. I’m also grateful that you verified that the questions were still useful.”
True. The always-solitary Horikita hadn’t come up with that idea.
“I just did it for my friends. It was nothing special,” Kushida said.
“Also, I think that you were correct to announce that you had it today after class. If you’d carelessly let word get out about this test, it’s possible that everyone would have lost their motivation to study.”
“That was only because I received the test papers so late. If many of the same problems are featured on the test tomorrow, then everyone will probably manage to get pretty high test scores.”
“Yes. It also means that the last two weeks we spent studying weren’t for nothing.”
The past two weeks had probably been tremendously long for Sudou and the other failing students. Hopefully they’d gotten more into the habit of studying now.
“It was hard but fun.”
“I don’t think the Idiot Trio found it the least bit fun.”
Well, we’d done as much as we could. The next step for those three simply came down to effort.
“I just pray that I don’t draw a complete blank during the actual test.”
Well, I couldn’t really do anything about that part. No matter how much they were taught and what they demonstrated during the study group, everything came down to their performance on the actual test. At least the previous questions were one crucial bit of help.
“Well, should we head back?”
Horikita quietly looked over at Kushida as she put her textbook into her bag. “Kushida-san.”
“Hmm?”
“Really, thank you for everything you’ve done. If you weren’t here, the study group would not have succeeded.”
“Don’t worry about it. I just want to get into the higher-ranked classes together with everyone else. That’s why I did it, and why I agreed to help with the study group. I’ll help you again any time.” Smiling, Kushida grabbed her bag and stood.
“Wait. There’s just one thing I want to confirm,” Horikita said.
“Confirm?”
“If you say that you’ll continue working with me for the sake of our class, then I need to be sure of something.”
Horikita looked straight at Kushida, who was still wearing that dazzling smile.
“You hate me, don’t you?”
“Hey, hey…” I’d wondered what she wanted to ask, but that was ridiculously unexpected.
“Why do you think that?” Kushida asked.
“You’re not answering my question because it’s true. Right?”
“Ha ha, you got me.” She shouldered her bag and lowered her hands. Kushida faced Horikita without losing her smile.
“That’s right. I really hate you.”
She answered clearly, making no attempt to hide it. She was direct.
“Do you want me to tell you the reason?”
“No. That’s unnecessary. Knowing that is good enough. I can continue working with you without hesitation.”
Despite what she’d just been told, Horikita spoke calmly.
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