This is not the date I wanted.

"Putting Tohka and Origami in the same group!? Are you serious, Meng Yue?"

Just a few days ago, after listening to Mengyue's study session plan, Shidou looked at her in surprise.

"I've always been serious, Shidou." Meng Yue nodded and answered with certainty, "If we want to find a way to prevent Tohka from getting in trouble, aside from those backdoor methods, isn't it the best way to ask Origami, who is the top student among us, to teach her?"

"No, no..." Shidou shook his head hastily and said hurriedly, "Mengyue, you know that Origami and Tohka, the two of them-"

"Bad relationship?"

Meng Yue asked back.

"Yeah, if we put them in the same group without permission, they might start quarreling."

"It's not that we might, but we will definitely quarrel."

After correcting Shidou's statement, Mengyue sighed helplessly.

From Meng Yue's perspective, the relationship between Yatogami Tohka and Tobiichi Origami can only be described as "awkward".

At first, for Origami, Tohka was the one she vowed to take revenge on. For Tohka, Origami was the enemy who was chasing her and hindering her. It can be said that they were completely hostile to each other.

Of course, if this was the only reason for the disagreement, the two would have reconciled long ago. In fact, although Origami is still on good terms with Mengyue and others, she has always been somewhat hostile to Tohka.

In terms of personality, habits, and behavior style, both of them have more or less dislikes about each other. In addition, the opposite sex they like is the same person, so it is easy for them to quarrel over trivial matters when they meet.

However, having said that, Mengyue felt that the two of them did not really hate each other from the bottom of their hearts.

"Although the tension is not as strong as before, I still feel like there is a wall between us."

"So Mengyue, are you planning to use this study session as an opportunity to build a good relationship between Tohka and Origami and the others?"

After hearing Mengyue's words, Shidao vaguely understood Mengyue's intention.

"Yeah. It's fine that they were enemies before. But now that they're partners, I'm worried that their relationship is still so strained. Even if Tohka fails the exam, Reine will be there to protect her. Wouldn't it be better to take this opportunity for the two of them to get to know each other better?"

"I see."

Shidou nodded in understanding. Indeed, if possible, he would rather have a more harmonious relationship between the two of them than to be careful to avoid a quarrel.

This study session is obviously a good choice.

"I understand. I will help too."

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"Wait Origami, don't leave in such a hurry."

Shidou quickly stopped Origami and tried to persuade her with kind words.

"It was me who suggested that you tutor Tohka. After all, Tohka really wants to pass the exam, so I wanted you, who has the best grades, to help her. Please, can you help tutor Tohka?"

"...I understand. Since it's Shidou's request, I'll try."

After hesitating for a moment, Origami nodded and agreed.

After successfully convincing Origami, Shidou turned his attention to Tohka.

"Tohka, Origami is actually very good at teaching people. With her help, you will definitely be able to pass the exam."

"Hmm... well, since Shidou said so. I'll try my best. Please, Tobiichi Origami."

"I'm on this side, let's work hard together."

Seeing the two finally compromise, Meng Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, if it was Shidao who made the request, the two of them would choose to agree even if they were somewhat reluctant.

(However, Tohka really wants to study hard, while Origami... obviously has no motivation.)

Even though it was Shidou's request, Origami was obviously still a little reluctant about teaching Tohka.

(No choice but to use some strong medicine.)

“Origami.”

Pulling Origami aside, Meng Yue whispered in her ear,

"If you teach Tohka seriously, I'll give you one piece of Shidou's underwear and two pictures of Shiori changing clothes."

Hearing this, Origami's eyes flashed, and after thinking and weighing for a moment, he slowly shook his head.

"Too few, seven pieces of clothing and nine photos."

"You really are such a big shot. Two pieces of clothing and three photos."

"Six pieces of clothing and seven photos."

"Three pieces of clothing, four photos. That's my bottom line."

"...five pieces of clothing and six photos."

"Tsk... four pieces of clothing and five photos."

"make a deal."

Seeing these two people ignoring his human rights and using his personal belongings to trade without his permission, Shidao's forehead was filled with black lines.

"Hmm? What happened to Shidou?"

Facing Tohka's worried gaze, Shidou tried hard to put on a smile.

"…Nothing. Study hard, Tohka. I'll buy you some kinako bread later."

"Mmm! I'll try my best!"

Mengyue Exam (Part 3)

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At this moment in Laichan High School, in Class 4, Grade 2, in the silent and empty classroom, there was a tense atmosphere that made people hold their breath.

Itsuka Shido and Yamaiyakuya sat facing each other across a desk.

"Then tell me, Yakushi, your answer."

Gokawa Shido looked at Yakuya and said seriously.

"Kuku--it's okay!"

With an evil smile on his lips, Yajuya chuckled and answered confidently.

"Open your eyes and see clearly! This is the hidden ability of the Son of Hurricane, the Mystical Eye - Future Vision! Activate!"

As he said this, Yakuya covered his left eye with one hand and swung the other hand forward aggressively, stopping above the textbook.

Shidou could see that the pages of the textbook were shaking slightly due to Yakuya's palm wind.

Then, a second passed—

Two seconds passed—

Five seconds passed—

Ten seconds passed—

As time passed, as he looked at the math problems in the textbook, more and more cold sweat appeared on Yajuya's forehead.

"Um...Yakushiya, what are you doing?"

Looking at Yakuya's inexplicable behavior, Shidou couldn't help but ask.

"It's really strange--"

Looking down at his hands, Yakushi muttered to himself in disbelief.

"According to my power of future vision, I should be able to see the answer I have filled in ten seconds later!"

"how could it be possible!"

"Oh woo~"

Shidou decisively hit her head with his knife and complained, causing Yakuya to let out a small whine.

"Besides, you didn't even start writing in those ten seconds, so how could you possibly see the answer ten seconds later?"

"Uh..." Yakushi turned his head away awkwardly and said hastily, "No, no need to worry about such trivial details. This is my property! The Wind Fairy will solve this kind of thing for me."

"Yeah……"

Even Shidou couldn't really believe Yakuya's explanation, so he sighed, pointed at the textbook and continued.

"Then please continue to write down the answer to this calculation problem. This is just a basic inequality solution. The method has just been explained. If you calculate carefully, you should be able to solve it."

"Well……"

Pursing his lips in frustration, Yakushi stopped arguing and picked up a pen to start calculating on the draft paper.

After about forty minutes, Yakuya slumped on the table with a look of exhaustion, and handed the exercise book to Shidao with trembling hands.

"Shidou... I've finished writing... Please accept it... This is my last..."

"oh oh!"

He stopped the practice he was doing, and as if he was influenced by the tragic atmosphere of Yakuya, Shidou carefully and solemnly took the exercise book.

"let me see……"

Shidou checked the reference answers in the textbook and found that more than half of the answers were wrong.

"how?"

"This one……"

Shidou hesitated for a moment, but because he was worried that it would dampen Yakuya's enthusiasm for studying, he decided to praise him.

"Not bad, you've improved a lot compared to before. If you keep going at this pace, you'll have no problem passing the final exam. You're really worthy of being called Yakushi."

"I see." After hearing Shidou's answer, Yakuya regained some light in his eyes and said proudly, "Well, this level is just a piece of cake for me. Okay - let's continue to sprint at this momentum!"

Seeing Yakuya regain his energy, Shidou breathed a sigh of relief.

(No, I have to work harder too.)

Looking at the difficult English words and sentences on the exercise paper, Shidao couldn't help but feel a headache.

"Shidao, your grammar is wrong."

"Eh? Where?"

“This one.”

Yakuya pointed to a translation on Shidou's paper and explained.

"Here, 'I finished it yesterday' should be in past perfect tense, but you wrote it as present perfect tense. Also, the suffix of the verb here should be 'en', but you wrote it as 'ed'."

"Ah...really?" Shidou looked at Yakuya in surprise, "Yakuya, are you good at English?"

"Of course, this is necessary in order to chant the spell accurately. A single syllable deviation in battle can be fatal."

Feeling Shidao's admiring gaze, Yakuya couldn't help but raise his head proudly.

Of course, Yakuya would never tell others about the fact that he had secretly studied English hard because the other members of the "Sages' Council" pointed out the grammatical errors in the spell he created when he first entered school.

"Come to think of it, Yakuya's Mandarin seems to be pretty good too."

"Kuku - because the special moves written in Chinese characters look very cool, for example, 'Four Beast Formation', '働砍', and '霸王气' are very cool just by looking at the written form."

"That's exactly right - ahem! I see. Let's continue studying."

Shidou almost had his old problem again, and he quickly coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.

Soon, as he continued to learn more, Shidou gradually understood why he and Yakuya were grouped together.

Yakuya is better at liberal arts, while I am better at science. The subjects we are good at and weak at are different, so we can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses when studying.

but--

"Shidao, do you know how to do this?"

"Um... sorry. I don't know either."

Looking at the physics problem in Yakuya's hand, Shidao frowned and thought, then shook his head.

They are students, not teachers. Even if they are good at a certain subject, their grades are at best above average. They themselves have not fully understood many difficult points, let alone teaching others.

"Ah... I remember the teacher talked about this question in class... but I didn't take notes."

Shidou scratched his hair in annoyance, trying to recall what he had learned in class.