Just now, a slender female leg came in through the open door of Class D of the first year. Of course, it belonged to the ruler of this Class D, Takano Mirei.

　This scene, which he should have seen often, looks to Ichigo like a movie that has been slow-played.

　Ichigo was under extreme tension, and he looked decidedly unnatural, as he was desperately trying to pretend to be natural. However, Ichigo doesn't even have time to notice it.

　His homeroom teacher, Takano Mirei, walked forward to the podium in front of him with her usual straight posture and without stagnation... but just as he entered the classroom, in front of Yuto's seat... he stopped.

　Ichigo's heart jumped.

　It was already......so far that he was hit by the strongest hitter in history with an out-of-field home run.

　

　She was astonished.

　But it was the students in the class that were astonished.

　Because that Takano Mirei........for a moment.......yes, just a moment. It was only because the students of Class D had been watching this super cool beauty for the past two months that they understood.

　That was because this female saint emperor, Takano Mirei........

　An upset face........was shown.

　And because of their astonishment, almost all of the students in the class did not notice Takano Mirei's subtle movements afterwards.

　Except for Ichigo.

　This was just a slight movement, too.

　A movement so slight that even Ichigo thought he might have seen it wrong.

　

　He bailed..........

(Huh!　

　Arrogant Hikaru sits in Yuto's seat just like Ichigo told him to........what a waste of time, he looks imposing. That's what he looks like, and that's what makes him look well dressed.

　Is coolness and cuteness something that is more influenced by the inside than one might think?　Ichigo can't help but think about it, but he doesn't have time to dig deep into such matters right now.

　However, Takano Mirei stands in front of the podium as usual with her usual face and takes attendance as if nothing happened.

　One by one, the students are called by name, and their classmates respond in a slightly upbeat voice. Although he doesn't say it aloud, the look of agitation on Birei's face that he showed for a moment probably gives the students a greater sense of agitation.

　At this time, Ichigo's head was confused by what happened to Gao Yao Mei-Li earlier, but he suddenly became calm.

　 Because he was worried about whether or not Aramitsu would respond firmly when Takano Mirei called him, "Do-Do-Kun,

　But when Ichigo noticed this, it was almost Yuto's turn to be called.

''Soma-kun, .......Tamada-san, .......''

(Oh, no!　But how do I tell them?　Mr. Arrogant, please!　Read the air!　(Please reply!)

　Ichigo prays.

　 And.........

"Du Du.

　That's what Takano Mirei uttered.

　Then a momentary pause washed over the class.

　.........The reply was slow.

　Bubbling, greasy sweat seeped out of Ichigo's entire body.

　Arrogant Hikaru, the fake Yuto, who was sitting right in front of him from Ichigo's point of view, didn't move even slightly. Furthermore, a slight pause passed, but even this small amount of time was not enough for Ichigo to endure.

　Preparing himself to not care if he was warned anymore, Ichigo tried to get up from his seat to get Aramitsu to notice him somehow, and then........

Hmmm, you're in there. Now Mr. Nagai.

　Takano Mirei said, and began to call the next student's name.

(Huh!　(Did you just forgive Miss Birei for not responding to you?

　Ichigo couldn't keep his head in the sand as he was surprised.

　The manner in which he seemed to not only forgive, but rather follow up on Yuto's apparent rudeness in not responding to the female Holy Emperor just now.

　Ichigo stifles his rising emotions as he plops down on the desk.

''........Oh, no way!　It's not possible!　There's no way that woman sazer is going to forgive this disrespect.......

　Unintentionally, both fists clenched, and as Ichigo muttered in a very small voice while looking down and shaking in a pull, for some reason, Birei's eyebrows twitched.

　For a moment, the fighting spirit put out by Birei rushed through the students, and the bodies of the students in Class D began to tremble involuntarily.

　The students who had been called by name after this one responded with tears in their eyes.

　Ichigo's situation was beyond all of them because of how many different ways he himself had expected it to happen, and he couldn't keep up with his understanding and didn't realize the fighting spirit that this beauty was releasing.

　Because right now, all of Ichigo's organs and all of his senses were focused on trying to analyze the inexplicable actions of the beauty.

　 He didn't know why this happened, but right now, Ichigo was completely in the position of being a fake Yuyin, or arrogant Hikaru's protector.

　Originally, Ichigo was the only one who knew who the fake Yuto was, and he was going to follow up on this. He was even prepared to spend all of today following up with Arrogant Hikaru.

　Although Ichigo had such a tragic resolve, if one only looked at the events that occurred, things were going well....

　 However, the content of the events is greatly contributed by the biggest obstacle, which is supposed to be Beautiful.

(What?　Why?　(What does that mean?)

　As a matter of fact, when Ichigo has a question, he tends to stick to the problem until he understands it....

　 Once he calms down, he begins to understand the situation, but he hasn't reached that point yet, because....

　 Because.........

　 It was because the other person was that Takano Mirei, that person.

　Ichigo's face is so close to the desk that his face almost reaches the desk, and he asks himself in a whisper.

　A good mood ... or was it just good luck?　No, but that's a beautiful woman, that's a b*tc*.　This is so convenient...

　The attendance book that Birei holds in one hand - the attendance book that is tucked into a thick cover - suddenly snatched the whole cover away.

''Hee!''

　The students of Class D don't understand the meaning of Birei's actions, and they get teary-eyed and scream in dismay.

　The only one who doesn't notice is Ichigo.

''.........Chuma-kun, .......Nose-san....''

　Gradually, Ichigo's turn to be called is approaching........

　And..........

Hakamada-kun.

I don't get it..... I have no idea..... (Today's Miss Birei is strange.)

Hakamada-kun.

　Unwillingly, Ichigo doesn't realize that he's being called by Birei.

　Then, Birei starts to move quietly........

　Mi-Li slowly walks towards Ichigo, holding the abducted attendance book with her usual blank expression.

　Everyone in the class froze, following Mi-Li with only their eyes. Shizuka tried to call out from behind Ichigo's left, but she couldn't do it.

　 Or rather, there was no way she could do it. Because the other person was Takano Mirei.

　Some of the class were already clasping their hands together for Ichigo, and others were cutting their crosses with their chests.

''........Hakamada-kun.

　Birei stood in front of Ichigo.

　At this time, Ichigo finally noticed the sign.

　 ...................An extremely cold sweat flows from Ichigo's forehead.

　His body began to tremble regardless of his intentions, and Ichigo........slowly.......raised his head.

　There......................and right in front of him.

(Ahh........I'm going to be disinfected..........

　Ichigo begins to look back on his short life....

　 At the same time, the entire class begins to pray for Ichigo's soul, somewhat preemptively.

　But then.........

　 A dignified voice came up from behind the female Holy Emperor, from Ichigo's point of view, from the right diagonally in front of him.

''Ichigo-dono, you've been called. Wouldn't it be better for you to reply?

"..........!

　Unexpectedly, the gaze of the entire class was focused on the appearance of the speaker in this situation.

　To their surprise, the speaker was Arrogant Hikaru in the form of Yuto.

　 That imposing Yuto, which is usually impossible, had a stern face and turned his body towards Ichigo without any ill will.

　Miura also turned half of her face to the back where Yuto was seated, and only shifted her eyes to the fake Yuto with no expression.

　 Ichigo used the slight pause created by that arrogant lightning word to reflexively reply.

''Excuse me!　Yes, sir!　Hakamada, I'm here!

　 It wasn't just one or two people who looked divine in front of that unabashed fake Yuto who was completely and unabashedly in front of that Takano beauty.

　 What a brave man," the classmates said, with expressions on their faces as if they were looking at the end of the century savior who suddenly appeared.

　But........even so, it was Takano Mirei.

　 Other than that, to most of their Class D classmates, it looked like the Female Saint Emperor's disinfection target had just increased.

''Gokuri........''

　All of us bite back.

　Silence in Class D of the first year........

　

Good..... Be quick to reply. Thank you, Mr. Du Du, thank you.


(((Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!)))


　Birei returned to the front of the podium as if nothing had happened, and once she had finished taking attendance, she conducted the subsequent homeroom with great skill and left the classroom.

　The homeroom teacher, Birei, walked out as the remaining students saw her presence moving away.

　 Class D of the first year was in an uproar as if it was a dam.

'Whoa!　Du, that's awesome!　In front of Dr. Birei!
'Du Du, you're amazing!　
Oh, I just saw Miss Beauregard upset!　Life expectancy!　I'll be a hundred years shorter!
''Miss Mei-Li's upset face was nice too... and... also... you, Dou Dou Dou...''

　A crowd of people from the class gathered around Arrogant Hikaru, it was already like a festival. Everyone is excitedly looking back at the earlier exchange and praising Aramitsu.

　All the boys are making a lot of noise and the girls are blushing their cheeks at Aragamitsu in the form of Yuto.

　The poor villager who was saved earlier (meaning Ichigo) looks at Arrogant Hikaru with a poke in his eye.

'No, folks, that woman doesn't seem like such an unreasonable person. She wouldn't be the kind of person to get angry over something like that.

　Arrogant Hikaru responded with one of his own calmness.

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

　Everyone gave him a uniformly surprised look.

　 Ichigo huffed and stood up, crowding the arrogant Hikaru, who was in the form of Yuto, and pressed his mouth down.

''Whoa!　You idiot!　Tone!　Haha, this guy is a midget... you know, a midget... sometimes, you know? This is the tone of voice, isn't it? Haha......

Mmmm, sorry. I'm sorry, I.... I forgot....

　Beside Aramitsu, who was reflecting, Ichigo laughed mischievously at everyone.

''......''

　Classmates are staring at the fake Yuto........

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "　I'm so cool!
""Hey, Mr. Du Du...................

　It's a big deal.

'Huh!'

　Unexpectedly, and contrary to Ichigo's imagination, his classmates have embraced Aramitsu with glee.

'Hakamada, what are you talking about?'
Hey, Hakamada-kun, get out of the way. You can't talk to me, Du Du.

　Ichigo is kicked out of the room by everyone else for being in the way next to the arrogant light.

　 False Yuto is already treated as a hero. Rather, Ichigo is treated like he's just a mob that was saved by that hero........

''Ohhh~?''

　Ichigo doesn't know what the hell this is........and he doesn't know why anymore.

　 In this case, there's no need to follow up at all, right?　And weakening.

　 And somehow, gradually, Ichigo was filled with a feeling of helplessness.

'Already!　What the hell? If this is what it takes to make me so nervous, then I'm going to have to do something about it. Brace yourselves! Give it back to me!

　Ichigo was already teary-eyed and glared at Aramitsu, who was revered in the center of Class D students as if to appeal.

''Uh~ My plan to super boost my likability! How did this happen!



　Later, according to Shizuka's story, Mari was fortunate enough to not be able to show up at Class D today due to her committee chair's work, which caused Ichigo to break out for the second time.

　As for the fake Yuto, played by Aramitsu, he received invitations from the girls every recess, and spent most of his recess time with those girls.

　Ichigo, who is completely bent out of shape, is mumbling to himself, "My favorability is...".

　Shizuka watched the situation with amusement and wrote something down.


　As for Birei after her morning homeroom........

　After leaving the classroom and walking down the corridor for a while, Miura gives a puzzled expression that she never lets anyone see, and speaks to herself.

''Totally......... What kind of a contract with you.........

　This was also a rare occurrence, and Birei lightly held her head down.





　After school, Aramitsu came to an exhausted Ichigo and together they walked to the back of the empty school building and bowed to Ichigo.

''Ichigo-dono, thank you for your help today,''

Oh, yeah, yeah, no problem.

I'm sorry, but I'll need your help for the next five days.

　Ichigo's eyes widen.

　That was it......... Today was only the first day that Yuto had taken a break. There are five more days to go.

　Gulp, Ichigo droops his head in a crouch.

''Ah, I'll be counting on you to continue like this tomorrow as well, Aramitsu-san.......''

What?　I'm done for today. I'll have something else coming tomorrow, so please come back again.

'What?　Hahhhh!　Isn't tomorrow Mr. Arrogant Light!

'Yes, I thought I told you that, but...'

Yeeeee!　Was it?

　There was so much going on that I forgot about it.

　Today, thanks to Arrogant Hikaru, he didn't remember taking a break from organizing the traffic of the girls who wanted to talk to Arrogant Hikaru in the form of Yuto every recess (Shizuka helped him with that as well). Moreover, if he didn't organize it well, he was going to get some resentment from the girls, which is why Ichigo worked so hard on it.

　Ichigo was desperate to not only increase his likability, but to not lose his likability. For some reason, Shizuka seemed to be enjoying herself and was willing to take the photo shoot the girls asked her to take.

　 As Ichigo recalled, Shizuka seemed to be taking pictures of Masato and the girls with her own cell phone as well.......but he could be mistaken.

　 Well, it was really good that Shirasawa-san hadn't come, and Ichigo was relieved that this was the only thing he could do.

　And what was particularly difficult was the physical education class.

　 Today's P.E. class was a baseball game, where Aramitsu handled the bat like a spear and pierced the ball with the pointy end of the bat, and it grazed the ears of Kamada-kun, a candidate for the next baseball team's ace at Yoshibayashi High School, sending him flying off the field, leaving the teacher gulping.

　 Later, Kamada said he was going to quit baseball, and Ichigo tried his best to quiet him down.

''Yes, something called white will be here tomorrow.''

'Haha................ So what does he look like?

Yes, he is an innocent and curious child. He has a little too much energy in him, so I'll remind him well.

....

　That's going to be tough...

　 Preferably a cheerless and indifferent boy.

''Of course, you do have the appearance of Yuto, right?

'Yes, of course. But I do have some concerns.

　It's still there.

'White is a girl, so if there is another subject tomorrow, PE, it would be difficult for her to change with other men.... She's a pure girl.

'What?　Girl-!

Yes, sir.

　This is going to be a hassle.

'Oh, by the way... every day from now on, whoever comes...'

'Yes, no. Starting tomorrow, Bai, Susan, Sally, Sally, Xuan, and lastly, the ones named嬌子 will come in turn.

　Ichigo's shoulders were trembling in small increments.

''Oh, all of them are female except for Gen........ And if I may say so........

Is there anything more, Mamma?

Particularly the women who are so rich in individuality.

He's got a lot of personality hahahaha.

I'll pass on what I've learned today to you as well. Ichigo-dono, I will definitely repay you for this favor one day.

Haha..........well, that's okay, it's fine....... Originally, I was going to follow up with Masato.

Oh....

　Hearing Ichigo's words, Arrogant Hikaru covered his eyes with his palms, as if he was moved.

''Quintessential........Mikate-sama.... What a wonderful friend you have........ This is also a result of Mikate-sama's humanity, isn't it.......

　Irritated.

　Ichigo could picture Yuto's noumenal face in his mind.

(Human virtue, huh? That bastard Yuto....

'Oh!　Speaking of which, Arrogant Hikaru. Why didn't you respond when they called your name?

　Ichigo asked Arrogant Hikaru about how he hadn't responded to Birei calling his name in morning homeroom, even though she had called him by his name.

　This is because afterwards, he asked Ichigo if he should reply. In other words, he knew that Arrogant Hikaru would reply if his name was called.

''No, it would be impolite for me, lowly as I am, to reply by Mikan-sama's name. That was something I really didn't want to do.

''Oh, I see, it's profane, haha. To that Yuto. I see........hahaha.

　Hearing that, Ichigo laughs dryly.

'Yes.'

(Is that why I almost got disinfected........ It's called disrespect to Yuto......... The one that doesn't feel worthy of anything........)

Well, I'll leave you to it. I can't wait to get home and report on my experience today...

Oh, I see. Be sure to tell them very, very carefully and securely!　In particular, tell them what I've said more than once!　

I understand. Ichigo-dono, some other time!

　As he said that, Arrogant Hikaru disappeared in a huff.

　Ichigo was surprised by the arrogant Hikaru's sudden disappearance, but he gave a soft, mature smile.

　And then.........Ichigo raised his fist.

''Coraaaaaa!　Go back to normal!　What if someone's watching!

　Then, Ichigo breathed in with his shoulder and took another big breath.

'Yuto-oooo!　When you come back, aaaaah!　I'm going to kill you!


　Ichigo let out a soulful yell to the mountains at the back of Jilin High School's grounds....