The familiar sound of the dismissal bell rang, and it’s finally time for school dismissal.
“Yuuji, can I discuss with you something?”
I asked my bad friend who was ready to pack his bag and go home.
“Hm? Akihisa, what’s the matter?”
“For today, can I stay over at your house tonight? There are a lot of things about homework and the types of questions that are to be tested at the end-of-term tests I want to ask you about.”
—ZAWAASH
The moment I said this, buzzing could be heard in the classroom.
“Oi…did you hear that…?”
“I heard that. To think that such an unbelievable thing was said…”
“How could those two possibly…”
“Yeah, how could that Yoshii and Sakamoto…”
““Actually know of end-of-term tests…””
I really want to argue back at them, but I’ll let them off for today. Humph, you guys managed to keep your own lives there.
“You want me to teach you?”
“Un.”
“Really there…haven’t you memorized the multiplication table for 7?”
“Hold on a sec! I don’t remember saying that I’m uneasy over being unable to recite the division table! Even I know how to multiply fractions there!”
“I see. Then tell me what’s the area of a triangle.”
“(Base) X (Height) = <Area>! Are you thinking that I’m an idiot on that level!?”
“Okay okay, you got it, Akihisa. Just remember to divide by two to get the correct area of the triangle.”
…
“Fuu, really there…you’re really a genius at being picky in such things, Yuuji.”
“Amazing! This answer is far more than what I even expected!”
Tha, that’s not it! I just answered too quickly and forgot about it. I will definitely be able to answer if there are questions related to the area of a triangle!
“Well, Akihisa-kun….”
Just when Yuuji and I were yapping away, Himeji-san with her hands carrying her bag arrived in front of us. She’s probably intending to go home directly today.
“What is it, Himeji-san?”
“I have to tell you that there’s a trick to memorizing the multiplication table quickly.”
“I can memorize it! Even I can remember that nine times nine equals eighty one!”
Himeji-san really looked worried. Am I really an incorrigible idiot in Himeji-san’s mind? This really shocked me.
“But why did you become so hardworking? If there’s no special reason, I don’t think you would study obediently.”
On hearing Hideyoshi, who’s sitting nearby, say the words ‘special reason’, Himeji-san stared at me in a gloomier fashion.
“No, that’s not it. Didn’t Yuuji announce it to everyone? The ‘summoning system’s data is being reset’ and that ‘we have to attend summer remedial if we don’t do well for the end-of-term tests’. I don’t want to keep carrying a wooden sword and wearing a school uniform until graduation, and I want to enjoy summer vacation as well, so I thought I should work hard.”
