He is the class leader of Class A. In the past, he would occasionally delay coming to the library due to class affairs. Today, he did not arrive on time because of an emergency.

But even so, the boy politely sent a message saying that he would be back later.

At that time, Shiina Hiyori didn't think much about it. After all, no one is immune to accidents in life, so she was very understanding and told the boy to just do his own thing first.

It's that simple. No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't dwell on such trivial matters once they've passed, and there's no need to get upset about them.

"What on earth is wrong with me?"

The literary girl looked at her favorite book in her hand, but she, who could usually easily immerse herself in the story in the book, was now upset and couldn't calm down. It was as if there was a breath stuck in her chest, and her mood became inexplicably low, and she felt unmotivated.

Aragaki Shun, who was sitting opposite, suddenly shuddered and looked at Shiina Hiyori with some surprise. She seemed no different from usual.

But relying on his instinctive intuition, he could vaguely sense something strange suppressed in the air.

Perhaps because of the literary influence over the years, whenever Shun Aragaki reads with the girl, he is always influenced by the girl's intellectual and ethereal temperament. He is easily immersed in this focused reading atmosphere and completely forgets the time.

This kind of time where he doesn't have to think about anything and can just enjoy himself in the ocean of knowledge is particularly relaxing and comfortable for Aragaki Shun.

In that state, there seemed to be an unspoken understanding between him and Shiina Hiyori. They could understand each other's thoughts naturally through the atmosphere without much verbal communication.

But now he found it difficult to get into that state. The girl opposite him, who should have given people the impression of being light and soft, now inexplicably made him feel heavy, like a feather soaked in water.

Aragaki Shun simply put down the book, supported his chin with one hand, and stared at Shiina without blinking.

Before long, the literary girl twisted her body uncomfortably, half covering her face with the book, revealing only a pair of purple eyes. She asked him with some annoyance, "Why are you looking at me, Aragaki-kun? Is there something on my face?"

"Because this is the first time I've seen Shiina so distracted since school started. It's a bit strange."

Shiina Hiyori was startled, but quickly reacted. She lowered her eyes, and her emotions were hard to detect under the cover of the book. "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Aragaki-kun. Was it because I was distracted that I affected you, Aragaki-kun?"

"It's not a big deal. I don't think anyone in this world can focus on one thing forever. Sometimes I find the teacher's lectures boring and I often wonder when the get out of class will end and what set meal I'm going to have in the cafeteria today."

"Shiina, let me tell you, for me, reading is a habit like jogging in the morning. The main purpose is to enrich myself and exercise myself, but food is my only true love. When I was in Chiba, I would go to various famous restaurants by myself and order food, just for a bite to eat."

"Pfft~ I didn't expect Aragaki-kun had this side to him. I really didn't see it."

Shiina Hiwa smiled. Outside the library, the two of them didn't have much contact. She didn't know what Aragaki Shun was like in his daily life, and she didn't know what his hobbies were besides reading.

Thinking of this, the smile on the literary girl's face froze.

So that's how it is. She finally understood why she was upset.

After all, she and he were just ordinary book friends. The only place where they met was in this small corner of the library, and the time they spent together was only for a little over two hours every afternoon.

Of course, the girl was not dissatisfied with this.

For Shiina, who has lacked friends since childhood and could only quietly read mystery novels alone, after arriving at Koukou Ikusei High School, being able to meet Aragaki Shun, a friend with similar interests, has become the biggest luxury that she could only bury in her heart in the past.

The literary girl feels that she is not greedy. She has never asked for more. She just hopes to maintain the status quo and spend a short and quiet time with her book friends every afternoon.

But even such a simple wish will always encounter various unexpected events?

Shiina Hiyori felt a little depressed.

As the leader of Class A, Shun Aragaki is sometimes busy with Class A affairs and it is impossible for him to arrive at the library on time every time.

She understood and accepted this situation as early as last month.

Today, Aragaki Shun was unable to keep the appointment on time because he had an unexpected encounter with another girl.

Shiina wasn't there at the time, so she naturally didn't know what was going on. She was just a little unhappy that her time was taken up by someone else...

Besides—"Anyway, we're just strangers who met by chance. If we're destined to be together, we might become friends. If not, it'll be hard to get to know each other in the next three years, let alone after that."

Thinking of Aragaki Shun’s attitude towards Sakura Airi before, the literary girl felt even more heavy in her heart.

She and Aragaki-kun should be considered friends now, right?

But the time when the two of them were able to communicate freely and without restraint as book friends was only three years.

Three years later, they will have to go their separate ways for their future, and maybe they will even lose contact through their cell phones, let alone see each other every day like they do today.

This kind of thing... this kind of future...

Looking at Shiina Hiyori's delicate fist that suddenly clenched the book, making the pages make a crisp sound, Aragaki Shun felt inexplicably frightened.

What on earth was imagined that would make Shiina, who is always elegant and calm, do something that is so inconsistent with her past image?

Aragaki Shun didn't dare let the girl continue to think about it, so he quickly brought up an important project to change the subject.

"Shiina, last night I invited you to transfer to Class A. You said you needed to think about it. Now that the day is almost over, it's time to give me an answer!"

Being awakened from her thoughts by Shun Aragaki and suddenly asked such a question, Shiina Hiyori's thinking paused for a moment. When the girl came to her senses, she subconsciously turned a page of the book in her hand, and then raised her head calmly as usual.

But the next moment, when she met the boy's expectant eyes, the literary girl appeared to be normal on the surface, but for some reason she suddenly forgot the response she had prepared before and instinctively asked the question in her heart.

"Aragaki-kun, do you really want me to go to Class A?"

80. Shiina feels like she is being kept

"Aragaki-kun, do you really want me to go to Class A?"

As soon as he said this, Shiina Hiyori already felt a little regretful.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and her eyes wandered unconsciously, as if she was looking for something to change the subject.

But the matter was done and the words were out, so the girl could only lower her head casually and pretend to flip through the pages of the book in her hand, trying to hide her embarrassment.

"I...I just mentioned it casually, nothing special."

She spoke softly, with a barely perceptible hint of shyness in her voice.

Shun Aragaki looked at the girl's fingers twisting the edge of the book page unconsciously, as if she was using this little action to relieve her inner tension, and couldn't help feeling a little funny.

Since there is no special meaning, why do we need to emphasize this sentence?

I really didn't expect to see such a cute expression on Shiina's face, who is always calm. Suddenly, I felt a sense of healing all over my body.

Of course, you definitely can't really laugh, otherwise, no matter how good Shiina's personality is, he might get angry and embarrassed the next moment.

Therefore, Aragaki Shun could only pretend not to notice the awkwardness on the literary girl's face and answered the other party's question calmly as usual, "For both public and private reasons, I hope that Shiina can transfer to Class A as soon as possible."

"From a public perspective, this will improve the overall strength of Class A. From a personal perspective, as a friend, I'm really worried about you staying in Class C for a long time. Shiina should know more about the problems in your Class C than I do, right?"

Seeing that the boy did not dwell on his slip of the tongue, Shiina Hiyori felt a little relieved, but he couldn't help feeling a little frustrated by Aragaki Shun's overly natural reaction.

And she's not a child...

But she didn't dare to continue thinking about it. After forcing herself to get rid of this strange emotion, she took the initiative to focus on the serious matter the boy was talking about.

"The problem with Class C?" Shiina raised her head and met Aragaki Shun's gentle yet strong gaze, a hint of just the right amount of doubt on her face. "Aragaki-kun, are you talking about Ryuen-san using violence to unify the class?"

"That's right. I admit that Ryuen Sho does have some strength, but I'm even more confident that his Class C can't possibly compete with our Class A. So, wouldn't it be better for you, Shiina, to get out of that quagmire of Class C as soon as possible?"

"Aragaki-kun isn't too confident, is he?" Shiina Hiyori smiled slightly at Shun Aragaki's high-spirited demeanor. "Although most of the people in Class C are not very strong, they are very dangerous under the leadership of Ryuen-san."

"Besides, my time in Class C was pretty good. Ryuuen-san would only use violence against those who disobeyed his rule. I just had to stay quietly by the side, and no one would deliberately cause trouble for me."

In fact, this is Shiina's humble statement.

As one of the few brains in Class C, Shiina is a top talent in terms of academic ability and intelligence. Her status in the class is still quite good. As long as she does not deliberately provoke Ryuuen Sho, the other party will not suddenly go crazy and attack her.

After all, there are not many qualified talents in Class C. No matter how much Ryuuen advocates violence, it is impossible for him to deliberately push out someone who can serve as a military strategist in the class.

It's a pity that Shiina herself doesn't like to fight with others and lacks the ability to communicate with others. As a result, more than a month after school started, she hasn't made any close friends in her class.

Otherwise, if the girl really worked hard, she wouldn't be able to compete with Ryuen Sho for the position of class leader, but at least she would be able to become the female leader or the second-in-command in the class easily.

"I believe that with Shiina's strength, she will have no problem protecting herself in Class C."

Aragaki Shun nodded affirmatively at first, then changed the subject and said bluntly, "But it's been so long since school started, and Shiina still hasn't made any decent friends in Class C, right?"

"In that case, why not just transfer to our Class A? Whether in terms of overall strength or daily atmosphere, our Class A is the best among the four first-year classes."

While Shiina still has no sense of belonging to Class C, Aragaki Shun decides that the class transfer must be finalized immediately.

Otherwise, given Shiina's cold exterior but warm heart, her desire for friendship, and her emphasis on relationships, once she finds her place in Class C and accepts the group of people in Class C as companions, it would not be so easy for him to recruit the girl to Class A.

After spending a month with the girl, Aragaki Shun realized that although Shiina looked cold and aloof and didn't care about anything, she was actually a person with a strong sense of collective honor.

Shiina may not care too much about whether she can graduate from Class A. After all, her family is not bad and her grades are among the best in the grade. Even without the school's recommendation, she can control her future with her own abilities.

But the problem is that the girl is a person who attaches great importance to teamwork. If she is allowed to stay in Class C for a long time, she may unknowingly regard herself as a member of Class C. At that time, the girl will definitely contribute her own strength to the common wishes of Class C.

Now that there is an opportunity to prevent such a future, Aragaki Shun naturally wants to eliminate this possibility, otherwise he is worried that when he launches an attack on Class C in the future, he will accidentally affect the girl.

After all, he is not the type of person who would show mercy to the competing class just because of personal relationships.

Or should we say that the girl has actually been affected by his attack?

——Under his planning, each member of Class C now only has 20,000 personal points that can be used freely each month, and Shiina is no exception.

"..."

Faced with Aragaki Shun's face-to-face invitation, for some reason, the girl still did not agree immediately. It was obviously the opportunity to be directly promoted to Class A that most people in the school dreamed of.

Even if you are confident in your own abilities, if it can provide an extra layer of security for your future, no one would refuse such a free good thing, right?

But Shiina really hesitated.

It's not that she completely disdains the treatment of Class A graduates, nor does it mean that she has developed feelings for Class C and feels psychologically burdened about someone transferring to Class A.

On one side is a book friend who has a good chat with him and is planning to help him transfer to another class; on the other side is a tyrant who rules the class with violence and his group of bad guys.

Any normal person can make the right choice.

However, if I accept the class transfer opportunity offered by Aragaki, it would be equivalent to 20 million personal points!

Even without counting the various benefits provided by the school after Class A graduates, the value of 20 million individual points alone is equivalent to 20 million yen in the outside world.

If they are not husband and wife or relatives, under what circumstances would a man give so much money to a woman for free?

I always feel that if I accept this gift, I will be kept by Aragaki-kun...

81. A critical juncture in life: placing an undercover agent in Class C

I always feel that if I accept this gift, I will be like being kept by Aragaki-kun.

Thinking of this, Shiina's face flushed slightly. In order to prevent Aragaki Shun from noticing anything unusual, she hurriedly and shyly looked away. In desperation, she could only continue to use the method of procrastination.

"Didn't Aragaki-kun promise me last night that I would give you the answer the day you wanted me to transfer classes?"

"But I want Shiina to transfer classes now!"

Aragaki Shun took out his mobile phone and showed the personal points in his phone to Shiina Hiwa.

"This is 5.2 million personal points, plus seven transfer tickets that can offset 14 million. I can also get a sum of personal points from the school within the next two days. If you are willing, I can immediately apply for your transfer to Class A."

When Shiina Hiwa saw the personal points in Aragaki Shun's mobile phone, his eyes widened in surprise and he was speechless.

In the more than ten years since the establishment of High School of Development, no student has ever successfully collected 20 million permanent transfer points, but this young man actually completed it in just one month?

"Is this the individual points accumulated by everyone in Class A? If so..."

Shiina was still trying to find an excuse to delay, but Aragaki Shun shook his head without hesitation, "That's not the case. Our class has a dedicated class fund manager. These personal points on my phone belong to me and are completely at my disposal."

If class funds are used to invite students from other classes to join, then even if the candidate is proposed by Shun Aragaki, the class must go through a voting process.

However, given his authority in Class A, this process simply demonstrated that the procedures were reasonable.

Unless the person he chooses is notorious in the grade and is unbearable for everyone in Class A, basically no one in the class will oppose the decision he makes.

"But if that's the case, wouldn't it be more like Aragaki-kun trying to pay for my support?"

Although he didn't say this directly, Shiina Hiyori's face clearly showed a troubled expression.

In Sakurajima, the annual salary of an average salaried worker is only about 4 million yen.

In other words, an ordinary person would have to go without food and drink for at least five years to save up 20 million.

Of course, as long as you are still human, living costs money.

Therefore, if a person can save half of his salary every year without any illness, disaster or accident, it will still take him ten years to complete the reserve of 20 million in cash.

To put it bluntly, if Aragaki Shun took the 20 million yuan out, he could easily find a good-looking girl and support her for at least three or four years, or at most eight or nine years, by paying monthly fees.

After all, if paid on a monthly basis, the maintenance fee for an ordinary girl is between 10 yen and 50 yen per month.

If you pay by the number of times, the minimum is about 5,000 yen per time, and 20 million is enough for one person to experience the different flavors of 3,000 harems.

How could Shiina accept such a huge amount of money with peace of mind?

Even between lovers, as long as they have not yet decided to get married, it is rare for them to directly entrust so much wealth to each other.

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