----Kouki Arakawa Viewpoint

　Today, you have your first exam at the institute. Depending on how well you do in this exam, the number of lecture hours will change. It's a good idea to take the first exam of the year and the subjects with the highest scores will be excluded from the curriculum, for example, Saito's specialty is electronics, so he'll probably be exempt from PC and math. For example, Saito-kun will be exempt from computer-related and math-related subjects because electronics is his field of expertise, while Alice is exempt from chemistry, English, German and other language courses because pharmacy is his field of expertise.
　　I mean, I don't think I'll be able to keep up with the classes at the Academy. What should I do, give up gracefully?　No, I've made some friends now, so I'll do my best. We've been texting with Alice almost every night lately, and I don't want to quit the institute now. I don't want to quit the school now. After that, I studied hard. It doesn't matter if it was on the weekends or not, I even pulled out my old textbooks and studied!　And the first day of the test is upon us.

..........




I can't even read the test questions!!!!



　Huh?　Why is the question even written in English?　I don't know what to do when I'm asked a math problem in English like that!　It's not even about bilingualism, you idiot! It's the international standard language, but the places that use it are more like this... Oh, that's right, it's the International Institute of Technology. That's right, it's basically English. But then, why don't you usually use English? It's okay to use English in class explanations. I don't want you to use it, but.... I watch the test in front of me as I think about this.

I look at the test in front of me, thinking about this. ...no, the name.

　I probably found a place to write my name, but I don't really know if it's right. No, I can usually tell, can't I?　I can string together a few simple words, but when you go to a pink site for adults, you're suddenly thrown into a place that's written in English!　It's hard to know what to do in a situation like that, isn't it?　Go!　That's what I'm doing now. But I can't rush back to the browser, I can't do it after so much trouble.



Let's get a clean slate....　I decided that.




　I sip my lunch ramen in the school cafeteria. It's a good idea to be able to have pasta in front of you, or you can hear the onomatopoeia of "mokyuu, mokyuu, mokyuu. It's a good idea to eat more elegantly in front of the lady, as Saito-kun next to her is devouring katsudon like a starving animal.　I looked back and saw Alice.

What's going on? You look like you've been thinking about something.

　What did he ask me? I can't answer honestly and can only fool myself appropriately. Alice can speak English normally, so that's fine, but I can't do it!　Inwardly, as I looked at Alice with teary eyes, I wondered, does Saito-kun speak English? So I asked him about it.

'You're making fun of me too much!　As expected, you need to be able to speak English at least to get into the academy.

　Saito-kun and Alice are looking at Koch with a 'what are you talking about?' look on their faces.







----The homeroom teacher, Roberta's point of view ----.


　It's happening again, I thought as the test began. Also, Arakawa-kun crossed his arms in front of the blank test and made a difficult face. This test is to check basic knowledge and is not particularly difficult. But I left my answer sheet without even writing my name. I wondered if I was sick, and when I approached him, Arakawa slowly opened his eyes and said, "You're not feeling well.

....

Whew!　He stared at me with a sharp look in his eyes. It was as if those eyes were



Get away from me.



　I was too scared to look at Arakawa during the entire test period, as he seemed to be saying so. After the end of the test, I reported this to the headmaster, who then rushed to make a phone call. And then he turned to me and said

I'll talk to Arakawa-kun, and you'll take care of all this.

　That's what I was told. I'm his homeroom teacher, for one thing.... I'm losing my confidence more and more.





----Kouki Arakawa's Viewpoint ----.


　During the afternoon test, I was trying to think of an excuse but couldn't come up with one.... And on the way, Roberta teacher came to check on me, I think it was because she didn't write the answers and kept quiet, but the moment she saw my face, she went back to her teary eyes, as if in trouble. That's right - it's a test and I can't handle a student crossing his arms instead of writing his answers. I can quit the academy, it's not the right school for me to begin with. But I feel bad for my mom for expecting me to be admitted to the school. While I was wandering around the academy thinking about this, before I knew it, I was at the teacher's tower. Let's go home..., I'll go home and tell my mom honestly. When I was about to go back with that thought

1-S, Arakawa Koju-kun. Come to the dean's office as soon as possible.

The broadcast came on. I'm not sure if this is it, but I knocked on the headmaster's office right in front of me with a feeling of resignation. When I entered the room, the head of the school, who looked somewhat surprised, immediately

Sit there.

He offered me a chair. I was looking at the headmaster sitting across from me and wondering how to start a conversation, but in the end, I stopped embellishing and said honestly

'I'm going to quit the academy. I don't think I deserve to be here.

When he said that, the headmaster's expression clearly distorted........ That's probably true, no matter how much he's the son of a world-renowned genius, he had to admit me, who clearly had no talent or ability, to the academy. It's not quite a stain on the academy, but it would have hurt the dignity of the academy in its own way. It's not a problem that can be apologized for, but let's bow and leave for now. Just when I thought that, the headmaster said

I'm sorry, Arakawa-kun!　It's because I didn't properly explain it to the head of the high school.

He suddenly bows his head. I'm so startled that I freeze, and he continues to explain to me.

You didn't have to take the test in the first place. It was a mistake, and they didn't contact me, and I'm going to have the person in charge fired immediately, so please, just forget this ever happened.

What do you mean I don't have to take the test? I mean, what's the point of getting rid of it?

I don't need it, but that's just misleading. As a scholarship student, you are free to take whatever class you want, just make sure you take the ethics class. That's the only thing the school wants.

　I see. So the only reason I got into this academy was because I was treated as a special student, regardless of my grade number! That's right, there's no way you can enter the International Technical Institute because of your mother's word. It was something I could understand if I calmed down, so why didn't I come up with such a simple reason?
　I think that we have to attend the ethics class to do something like 'Let's stop doing bad things together'. Oh, that's a relief. Now I don't have to worry about my mother, and I can see Alice every day. As for you, Saito-kun........well, it's okay. Yeah, I don't need to get rid of the person in charge or anything like that! Everyone makes mistakes, and next time, just be careful. When he said that, the headmaster looked relieved.

Thank you.

He gave me his best smile.





----The Dean of the school, Kaoru Yamamoto Viewpoint----


　When I heard about the test from Arakawa-kun's homeroom teacher, Roberta-sensei, I almost swooned. He had that 'Arakawa Koki' take the Academy's test! He didn't seem to get the information properly despite me telling him it wasn't necessary.... Moreover, according to Roberta-sensei, he was cross-armed and unhappy with a blank answer sheet. He said he was so scared of being stared at that he couldn't do anything else. After complaining to the person in charge over an internal line, I asked Roberta-sensei to step back and use the secret line prepared for the institute since Arakawa-kun entered the school to contact him.

''This is Yamamoto, there's an emergency situation. Are you ready over there?

　The conversation was with an operator from the Self-Defense Force General Staff.

'Three units currently in readiness are available for immediate deployment. The orders are being issued at the same time as this line is being used, and we have eight minutes until the advance party arrives.

　About 200 fully armed soldiers - not a reassuring number by any means, but I have to believe we can handle it.

I'll leave you to it. Please take care of it.

　I said and cut off the communication. The only thing left to do is to find a way to calm Arakawa-kun down somehow...

1-S, Arakawa Koju-kun. Come to the dean's office as soon as possible.

　You're a little early! He doesn't want me to come over yet. Prepare yourself.



Knock, knock.



　Arakawa-kun, how come you're here so quickly too! You need to be calm and collected. He's not going to hit some kind of trigger button. It's important that we talk this through.

Sit there.

I suggested a chair to him and he took a seat quietly. What shall we do? When I couldn't get him to talk to me, he talked to me.

'I'm going to quit the academy. I don't think I deserve to be here.

　His expression was stern, as if he was going to shoot me to death. He must be thinking, 'How can I stay at such a low level? But that's not the case. Arakawa, who has made numerous new discoveries and technological developments since he was a child, is just an anomaly, and that test was just for the general public. I want to scream it out, but if I said that, I would die for sure. On the contrary, the academy itself might be blown up.
　I couldn't stop my face from distorting in despair as I thought about that. At that moment, text information flowed into my contact-type display.


'The advance team has arrived, evacuation of students.......complete. In addition, students will be notified of the evacuation drill and notification.''


　Now we can finally get into real negotiations! I began to talk to Arakawa with that in mind.

I'm sorry, Arakawa-kun! It's because I didn't properly explain it to the head of the high school.

　He apparently has an ear for listening. That I don't have to take the test, as I continue. That I don't have to be tested, and that I don't have to get rid of the person responsible. I asked him to just forget this ever happened. He thought about it for a while, and then he seemed to agree to everything. And finally, to my surprise, he told me that there was no need to get rid of the person in charge. I was genuinely grateful to him for this matter, because the person in charge is a veteran who has been teaching in this school for many years.



Thank you.

I was able to thank him.




(Viewpoint ---- Kouki Arakawa's Viewpoint ----)

　When I came out of the president's office, I found that an unannounced evacuation drill had been conducted, which meant that Alice and Saito had already gone home for the day. I thought I'd better go home too, so I got in the car to pick them up as usual.

Welcome home, Kunugi-kun.

　There was a skinhead from some time ago.... I tried to get out of the car, but there were already double skinheads sitting on either side of me. I mean, there are more skinheads out there!　What?　You're going to self-propagate. It's been all women lately, so I was caught off guard. And yesterday, when I tried to look at my favorite files on my personal device, there was a strange data growth on it... a horror!　But I think I've seen that woman in a swimsuit somewhere before. I went home shivering again while escaping reality.