People bring their own maids to the training camp

"This... okay, okay." Seeing Hayasaka's serious eyes, Chihaya surrendered. Anyway, it was just cold medicine, so there wouldn't be any problems.

Surely it couldn't be someone badmouthing him behind his back, could it? Who would be so bored!

"By the way, Miss, I've recruited a high-level thug for you. He's the kind who'll work for a few points."

"what?"

"And she's a beautiful second-year student."

"..."

"She's even taller than you? Don't you want to experience the thrill of conquering her?"

Chihaya admitted that he now somewhat misses the reserved Hayasaka of the past.

Author's Note on Launch (Includes Group Number)

Remarks on the launch.

First of all, I should mention that because my job only allows one day off a week, I don't have much time to write. Tomorrow's release will likely include three chapters, totaling 6000 words, which will then be combined into one long chapter for everyone to enjoy. Otherwise, the computer's upload schedule only allows one chapter to be uploaded every 10 minutes. Also, this is to ensure a better first chapter subscription rate—I'm sure you won't mind this small difference, right?

hehe~

By the way, the extra 2000 words don't count as bonus chapters; I still owe everyone 4 chapters, which I will definitely make up for with an extra chapter on top of the 2 chapters. Also, the chapter that was supposed to be posted in the group is gone. Here's the group QR code again, and the group number is also in the description. Everyone is welcome to join the group.

For those who find scanning QR codes troublesome, here's a group number: 857964652

As for the reward, for now, we'll keep it at the standard of 5000 cat cookies and 100 blades per chapter. Feel free to donate as you like; it's valid indefinitely.

Now that we've covered the important stuff, let's briefly talk about this book.

While still in school, I suddenly developed a liking for playing visual novels (galgames). Since I couldn't freely use a computer back then, I learned to download an ONS emulator on my phone and then search for resources on online forums. After playing some visual novels, I stumbled upon the "girl falls in love with her older sister" genre.

The two games in this series are really interesting; I've played each one about three or four times. Surprisingly, my favorite character is Chihaya, the male protagonist (laughs). This is probably my most profound understanding of the trope of portraying a female character as a male.

As for *Classic of Fiction*, I first watched the anime, then read the original book, and then saw *The Mad Hatter* on the then-unnamed Happy Bookstore website, Hedgehog Cat. Many people probably followed a similar order to mine.

At the time, there were relatively few Classroom of the First Class fanfics, but after the second season aired, there were quite a few more. Fanfics featuring characters like Hachiman, Sakuta Azusagawa, and Oreki appeared frequently. I've read almost all of them, and naturally, I felt a bit itchy to write one myself. So, following this line of thought, I chose Chihaya as the protagonist and entered Classroom of the First Class.

The maids in the original work are actually quite interesting, but Hayasaka is more familiar to everyone. If strength is paramount, Hayasaka's presence would make the story even more exciting. Based on this consideration, Hayasaka has appeared as the female character with the most screen time so far. Personally, I think Hayasaka seems a little strange right now—but who cares! Just keep going! More female characters will be joining Chihaya's family in the future, so please stay tuned.

Subsequent special exams will be modified as needed, and small, original exams will also be arranged between them. For example, an exam that doesn't involve class points will be arranged between the Sudo incident and the deserted island event. This arrangement also provides more opportunities to get closer to the girls from other classes and our own class!

In short, that's about it. The new students in the second-year arc didn't really resonate with me, so I don't have any plans for a second-year arc for now. However, I already have enough material for the first-year arc to write about for a long time, so I'll leave the rest to my future. Maybe I'll suddenly want to write about the second year later. But thinking about it a bit, the scene of the upperclassmen introducing Chihaya to the new students as "This is my older sister" is quite amusing.

Oh, by the way, the thread for soliciting extra chapters is still ongoing, between chapters 52 and 53.

See you tomorrow!

71. B and D, please subscribe! (6K)

In Class 1-B, Honami mysteriously led Chihaya to a secluded place.

"What's wrong, Honpa? Why are you being so mysterious?" Chihaya pretended not to know, but he had a pretty good idea that Honpa had probably gotten his hands on an archaeology problem and was planning to ask him for advice.

"There are some things I wanted to discuss with you first." After looking around to make sure no one was around, Fanbo finally took out his phone. "Look at this."

"...What is this?" Chihaya feigned shock perfectly, then lowered her voice, "An old question?"

“Yes.” Fanbo nodded. “I heard the questions are the same every year? Of course, that only applies to the first midterm exam of the first year.”

"I've heard about this too, and I did receive the email, but I deleted it as spam because it was anonymous."

"Well, Chihaya definitely doesn't need something like this, but I'm hesitant right now." Honami looked conflicted.

"Are you hesitant about whether to show it to the students in Class B?"

“That’s how it is.” Fanbo nodded. “Distributing these answers feels like cheating, and I don’t want to do that, but I’m really worried that some students will drop out because they fail…”

These words perfectly match Chihaya's understanding of Ichinose Honami: extremely upright and never abandoning anyone.

Of course, that's a high-EQ way of putting it.

Low emotional intelligence is described as a lack of strategy and poor decision-making ability.

Such a leader is only suitable for favorable circumstances. Once faced with adversity and desperate situations, his shortcomings will be exposed. This is also why Chihaya previously speculated that Honami was not assigned to Class A but was instead assigned to Class B.

However, there are also many students in Class A who are not living up to their reputation. If we were to choose a deputy instead of a leader, Ichinose Honami would definitely be someone who is no less than Katsuragi—not only is she academically superior, but she also has a strong affinity that Katsuragi can hardly match.

In this respect, only Kushida can probably match him, but Kushida is not suitable to be a leader.

Therefore, Honami Ichinose is in a league of her own among the first-year students.

If there are no other people hiding their strength.

"Fanbo, you mean well, but I've heard that the popular exam papers these days might have a few problematic questions. If you just memorize and copy them, there might be issues." Chihaya pulled out the "rumor" she had prepared beforehand. "Besides, it doesn't make sense that the midterm exam questions won't be changed at all, right? Even if you're being lazy, you should at least modify the numbers, right?"

“But…”

"Could it be..." Seeing the girl's stammering, Chihaya suddenly realized her mistake, "This isn't an archaeology question bought from that anonymous email, is it?"

"You've discovered it, Chihaya..."

"You received this exam paper from someone who has a lot of influence, so you believe the questions in your hand are genuine, right?"

"Yes, I got it from a senior in the second year. He didn't charge me any points. He just told me that whether I kept it for myself or sold it, I just needed to give him 5000 points and treat him to a meal after the exam."

These terms are quite generous. Not only is there no deposit required, but the points charged after the authenticity was proven are not much, even lower than the price listed by Chihaya.

This is clearly not a transaction, but rather an attempt to curry favor with Fanbo. As for the purpose of currying favor with the beautiful girl, it's most likely for the purpose of pursuing her; the 5000 points plus a meal clearly indicate that's the intention.

"The senior you're talking about, could it be the second-year vice president, Senior Nagumo?"

Without even thinking twice, it's obvious that this was done by that lecherous Nagumo. His influence and personality make him the perfect candidate.

In particular, Honami sought to join the student council and did indeed have contact with Nagumo. Since Horikita could not be relied upon, the only way to enter the student council was through Nagumo.

"You could even guess that?" Fanbo was greatly shocked.

"Well, how should I put it? I know a little bit about Vice President Nagumo's usual behavior." Chihaya feigned a conflicted look. "But it's not a very high evaluation. Honami, do you want to hear it?"

"Chihaya actually knows about Nagumo-senpai? To be honest, I don't know him very well. I only know that he was also assigned to Class B, and within a year he led Class B to Class A and became the vice president," Honami said. "I feel that his experience is very valuable for us."

Both starting in Class B and both wanting to join the student council, Fanbo probably saw his future self in Nagumo's experience, which is why he developed a certain degree of trust in him, which is quite reasonable.

People with successful experiences can boast endlessly. Chihaya could understand this perfectly well, although he personally had a prejudice against Nanono Masako.

No one can have a good first impression of someone who is obviously a lewd and doesn't know how to hide it.

Chihaya had a terrible first impression of Nagumo, and after discovering various rumors about him, she despised him even more—although what she did to Kushida was far more egregious than what Nagumo did, it didn't stop her from despising him.

At least he didn't act like Nagumo, trying to have his cake and eat it too, and using his position to harass female students in the same grade.

However, it is highly likely that Fanbo is unaware of these matters. The mainstream opinion is that Vice President Nangumo is a rare talent with strength that is no less than that of the current president, Horikita Manabu.

Once you have a preconceived notion about someone, you feel that whatever that person does is wrong or problematic.

On the contrary, when Fanbo truly respected Nanyun, everything he did was meaningful in her eyes.

Chihaya knew she couldn't change Honami's mind. After all, although Nagumo was a pervert, his impressive record of rising from B to A was undeniable.

He considered Fanbo a friend and therefore didn't want her to have too much contact with Nagumo, as this would also pose a threat to Class B in the future.

"Leaving aside the matter of Senior Nagumo, I think it's best not to release this set of exam papers," Chihaya said after thinking for a moment. "Although I'm not sure if anyone else in the class tried to buy the past exam papers, I completely understand your concerns."

"So, does Chihaya have any good ideas?" Honami asked quickly.

"It's very simple. We just need to change the numerical values ​​in the questions and rewrite the wording to make the questions look different. That way, the questions will test the same content, but their appearance will be completely different."

"Well, it seems there's no other way to have the best of both worlds."

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When making the plan, Chihaya did not include Class D in the preparation scope.

Class D actually has quite a few high-achieving students. If they were to actually get the archaeological questions, even if they were fake, it would be enough to help them take their studies to the next level.

Furthermore, considering Class D's meager budget, most people who would need this set of practice questions probably wouldn't have enough points. Although the 2000 points are a deposit, the person buying the test paper doesn't know that the person selling it has no intention of collecting the remaining 8000 points afterward.

Therefore, after learning that the other three classes had actually purchased past exam questions, the students in Class D were dissatisfied with the differential treatment they were being given – after all, whether I bought them or not was one thing, but whether you gave them to me was another.

As the saying goes, even if you don't steam buns, you should at least have some pride. At least I need to send an email before I can properly explain how noble and proud I am—once, a sincere archaeology question was placed before me, but I resolutely chose to give it up! I was determined to conquer the exam monster with my own strength! How great and praiseworthy!

Although Hayasaka didn't send an email to Class D, that didn't stop them from buying exam papers from other first-year classes. For students like Hirata and Kushida, who had good relationships with others in the grade, it wasn't impossible for them to ask a friend to buy an exam paper from them.

However, Kushida had already received word of this and warned her not to buy past exam questions without permission, as that would only waste points. He also reminded her that the past exam questions should really only be used for reference and not to try to pass the exam by memorizing them.

Hirata, on the other hand, was a little slow to realize the situation—he tried to organize a study group, but the number of participants was limited, and the few people who actually needed tutoring didn't seem interested in participating.

This put Hirata in a very difficult position, but he didn't have any good solutions, because Karuizawa, Sato, Shinoen, and others were also in some danger, although they were not as critically ill as Sudo and Yamanouchi.

Because of these hectic matters, Hirata was unable to find the time to immediately finalize the archaeological questions, especially since he also needed to participate in the soccer club's training.

Horikita Suzune had planned to organize a study session, targeting the three idiots, but it was clear they didn't intend to agree, as all three refused to participate.

Horikita thought of using Kushida's power.

"So, Horikita-kun needs my help?" Kushida asked Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who had come to deliver the message.

"That's it, can I ask you for a favor? Otherwise, I think Sudo and the others might really get expelled, you know?"

"Of course! I don't want to see anyone drop out of school either!" Kushida readily agreed. Although she was currently burdened by Chihaya, it didn't stop her from taking action against Horikita: as a "former friend" from junior high, it was better to deal with this potential threat as soon as possible.

Or... give her to Chihaya? A bold idea popped into Kushida's mind.

If Chihaya can handle Horikita, the potential problem will definitely be resolved, and given Hayasaka Ai's directorial ambitions, Horikita will surely document it all. Even if Horikita doesn't care what others think of her, she can't possibly be indifferent to adult films and those revealing photos, right?

Kushida thought about it and it made more and more sense, and his smile grew even wider.

"Ayanokouji-san, since I helped Horikita-san, it wouldn't hurt for me to join this study group, would it?"

Kushida proposed his terms of exchange.

“No problem, I agree on Horikita’s behalf,” Ayanokouji readily agreed.

"Well, Ayanokouji-san is so straightforward. In that case, I can't put you in too much of a difficult position~" Kushida said with a smile. "You can go back and tell Horikita-san that I can get some help from outside help, okay?"

"Okay, I understand." Ayanokouji nodded. "By the way, Kushida, are you familiar with those so-called archaeology questions that have been circulating widely lately?"

"I have heard about it, but I didn't receive that email. It seems that it wasn't sent to everyone. I chatted with my friends in Class B and found that not everyone in their class received it either."

The selection of Class B members was not decided by Chihaya, but by Hayasaka "taking care of it". So she sent emails to several people who were not good at financial management. Chihaya had previously helped Honami register class fees, so she knew very well who had not paid the full amount of class fees.