Living in a Class-Ba Chapter 24: Yuuta Attends School ①

Chapter 24: Yuuta Attends School ①

For Yuuta the School Day in March marked his first attendance at school ever since the first School Day in the first term of junior high.

In the case of a junior high boy attending school, the female students permitted to attend the boys school would be inford about it in advance. That ant all the female students would know where to find Yuutas classroom on the appointed day.

Damn, Im so nervous

When attending school, boys were expected to wear the school blazer and pants. And although Yuuta had stayed away from school all the ti, his closet was always stacked out with a school uniform.

Because the nurses had taken his body asurents during the physical examination, a new uniform had been delivered in ti. Imagining how hed have been forced to wear the super-tight uniform from his first year while attending school caused Yuuta to thank himself for having accepted the physical examination a few weeks back.

Oh, theyre looking at

Theyre not glaring, are they? Hmmthe stares dont feel stabbing or anything, but anyway, Ill hurry to my classroom.

So of the female students had already arrived at school, but they werent surprised to see Yuuta. Because Yuutas attendance had been announced in advance, they used the opportunity of him attending for the first ti in more than two years to take a good look at him. So of their stares were kind while others were skeptical.

Even so, Yuuta drew more attention among the girls allowed to attendbasically, the high familys daughtersthan hed expected.

Of course, it was a well-known fact that Yuuta had reached E-Rank. The won would be imdiately inford if there were any changes in the male ranking.

The shut-in F-Rank trash Yuuta was attending school after rising to E-Rank; that piece of news caused a flurry of various information to spread among the female students hailing from high families. So said he had recovered his grounding and was now sincerely facing his Service Activities, so said he bought ratings by doing deals with common won, and so said he was a fool who relied on common won since he couldnt asure up to them, the daughters of high families.

While a few assessed Yuuta favorably, the majority remained doubtful of him. Even so, the number of female students outright shunning him was low with many girls staying on the fence as they couldnt quite believe his positive ratings.

If I rember correctly, the female students cant enter a classroom until the boy has gone in first, right? So, its not set that Ill spend my day here alone, even if the place is deserted right now.

Yuuta encouraged himself after opening the door to a completely empty classroom.

The boys seat was a comfy chair situated in the middle of the room. If any student of the Old World were to sit in such a chair, the people around them would imdiately ask them who they think they are to act like they owned the place.

Its not like were going to study at school, so I guess it makes sense to not have any blackboards in here either.

Because a boys school attendance at junior high wasnt about studying, the classrooms were set up as a lounge for the boys to interact with the female students.

On a side note: even the school regularly attended by the female students had no blackboards as Yuuta knew from his previous world. It was common for schools in this world to use electronic boards.

As he was reminded about the differences of this world with his old one, the door of his classroom was slowly opened. He imdiately turned his eyes in that direction, just to find a female student standing there.

Excuse my intrusion.

A dignified voice echoed through the room like the tolling of a bell. Yuutas eyes registered how the girl in her neat uniform entered the room with a gentle smile on her lips.

A Yamato Nadeshiko

those were the words crossing Yuutas mind as soon as he saw her. 1

Nice to et you, Yuuta-sama. 2

N-Nice to et you too

Adorable.

Yuutas face imdiately heated up when confronted with the smile of that neat and prim girl. This world was filled with nothing but charming won, but the student in front of him now was in a league of her own among the won Yuuta had t so far.

It has been a very long ti since I had the honor to et you, so please allow

the liberty to introduce myself once more. My na is Aoi. I am very happy about having been given the opportunity to converse with you on this fine day, Yuuta-sama.

Aoi-san Ah, Im Yuuta. Please treat

well. Im extrely happy that youd co to the classroom of a person like . Actually, I was quite worried that no one might visit

here today.

Hehe, how very humble of you. After looking at your recent, wonderful exploits, everyone is very curious about you. I alsowanted to talk with you by all ans. It embarrasses

to admit, but I have been eagerly waiting nearby for you to enter the classroom so that I would be able to visit your classroom as the very first person today.

Eh? You waited for ? T-Thank you very much.

As far as Yuuta could tell, this wasnt their first eting. Yuuta-kun had apparently exchanged greetings with her when he attended junior high for the first and last ti as first-year. However, apparently Yuuta-kun didnt rember that eting, and therefore Yuuta couldnt recall anything even when he tried to think back on the first eting with Aoi.

Yuuta-sama, your Ga Stream was wonderful.

Oh, so you watched it?

Yes. Youseed to enjoy yourself so much while playing the ga.

Y-Youre right. I like gas quite a bit.

I also tried God of War after watching your stream. But, I couldnt defeat that cow.

Realizing that Aoi was talking with him on a positive note, Yuuta also cheered up and started to chat about gas. After all, being able to talk about stuff you like was great fun for anyone.

Originally, Aoi wasnt that much of a gar, but she recounted how hard she had tried to defeat that cow, just like Yuuta had done. Hearing her proactively talk about a ga, Yuuta beca even happier and ended up giving her serious advice on gaming. He inford her of several gas besides God of War, which he believed Aoi would be able to enjoy as well, and got all excited talking about those recomnded gas.

But, despite having a friendly attitude towards each other, both were sowhat nervous. That nervousness of both groping for the right distance between each other continued to diminish and before long, their voices, as they chatted while cheerfully laughing, could be heard even outside the classroom.

Manami listened to their voices with a smile on her lips, but then she noticed that Moe was fidgeting nervously next to her.

Sorry, Moe-san. Its because Aoi-sama has been talking with him so cheerfully.

N-No, dont worry about it. I dont mind it at all. Ummis that really Aoi-sama?

Hehehe, Im sure youd think that her telling you how much she fears talking to boys during our recent cafe visit must have been a blatant lie, if you hear her now talking so happily with a boy, right?

I wouldnt go so far to call it a lie

As a matter of fact, Im a bit surprised as well. Aoi-sama seems to have perceived Yuuta-sama to be different from other boys after watching his Ga Stream Service. I also watched the stream, and certainly, hes different from other nhow to describe it best? Oh, right. It was very pleasant to watch him enjoy the ga so innocently.

Y-Yes. I watched the stream as well. Ummactually, my mother and grandmother watched it as well.

Oh my, is that so? In that case, Im sure your Grandmother would be cheered up if Yuuta-sama were to visit her.

I believe so as well. My mother and grandmother were both extrely delighted when Yuuta-sama read their nas after they posted a comnt.

Oh, I see, so they were even fortunate enough to have had him read their nas.

Did you and Aoi-sama comnt as well?

I didnt do it. As for Aoi-sama, she said that she had stared at the screen aaaaall the ti and completely forgotten to post a comnt. And when she finally ca back to her senses, the comnt function had been disabled, causing her to get quite depressed over it.

T-Thatsvery unfortunate.

The laughter, which could have been heard from inside the classroom, died down and the voices of its two occupants switched to a quiet talk.

We should enter soon. That Aoi-samashe must have forgotten about us because shes enjoying herself so much.

O-Okay!

Manami exchanged an eye signal with the female students blocking the ways leading to Yuutas classroom and then made a move.

End of Part 1

The door to Yuutas classroom opened, and two female students entered. The instant Aoi saw those two, she yelped, Ah!

Hmm? Are they acquaintances?

Manami-san, Moe-san, forgive . How silly of .

Hihi, its alright. It sounded like you had lots of fun and thats all that counts.

I enjoyed my conversation with Yuuta-sama so muchreally, Im so silly.

H-Hearing you say that makes it already worthwhile for

to have attended school today. I had fun too, Yuuta replied to Aois indirect praise while looking embarrassed.

Yuuta-sama, please allow

to introduce you. This is Manami-san. She is my best friend who has been spending a lot of ti with

ever since our childhood.

Long ti no see, Yuuta-sama. Having said that, we only t once during the first School Day of junior high and since I have rely been accompanying Aoi-sama on that occasion, I believe that you will not rember my presence.

S-Sorry. ThatsI dont rember.

The number of female students greeting you on that went beyond a hundred, so please do not worry about it since it is only natural for you to not recall .

Thank you. Ill be happy if I get the chance to get to know you better from now on, Manami-san.

Yes. I feel it would be an honor to have the chance to socialize with you alongside Aoi-sama, Yuuta-sama.

She resembles Aoi-san sowhat and she has that sa dignified aura which reminds you of a Yamato Nadeshiko, but Manami-san seems to be more like a reliable big sister and feels more energetic than Aoi-san. Seeing how shes adding a -sama to Aoi-sans na, there must exist sothing akin to a pecking order among the school girls here. It kinda feels like Manami-san is Aoi-sans adjutant.

I would be very delighted if you would be so kind as to beco friends with Manami-san as well, Yuuta-sama. And the other girl is called Moe-san.

I-Im Moe!

I dont rember you either, but please lets get along.

U-Ummit is our first eting, soactually I do not hail from a high family, but common descent.

Oh, okay. I understand.

Moe-san is a classmate at the school were usually attending. She attended this school for the first ti together with us during the last School Day. This makes it her second attendance.

I see.

A common female student whos started to attend only recently, huh? Hmm, if I rember correctly, almost no common students attend this school. Right?

Moe-san.

Y-Yes!

Hmm?

Once Aoi gently urged her on, Moe resolved herself and addressed Yuuta once more, Y-Yuuta-sama! U-UmmI know that it is terribly rude for

to ask this of you, but I asked Aoi-sama and Manami-san for the huge favor of bringing

along to School Day because I have a request!

Oh, okay. A request? To ?

Yes! As a matter of factmy grandmother has been hospitalized because shes sick.

Im sorry to hear that.

At this point, Yuuta could already sowhat guess where this was going. But he waited for Moe to continue.

She was operated on once, butdidnt manage to recover completely. Now my grandmother is refusing to get a second operation, saying that she doesnt want to feel any more pain.

What is going to happen to your Grandmother if she doesnt receive the operation?

We have been told that its unclear whether she would live for another year at this rate. The symptoms of her illness arent terminal yet, so she will definitely recover if she gets another operation, the doctor has told us.

Okay, so you have co here to make a request while wanting your Grandmother to undergo the operation, correct? But, what is it that I could do in regards to that?

Before Moe could say anything, Yuuta asked about the details of her request from his side. Aoi and Manami smiled all over their faces out of delight and admiration due to his words, but Yuuta was too focused on Moe to see any of that.

Eh? Ummwould you be willing to do a sick visit for my grandmother as a Service? I-I will definitely give you an A-Rating!

Huh? I dont really need an A-Rating.

Eh?

If your Grandmother gets encouraged by my visiting her, I wont particularly care about the rating. A D-Rating will do for all I care. Though Id be slightly sad if you gave

an F-Rating.

N-No way! A D-Rating for this sort of request is out of the question!

I dont mind.

Manami interrupted their debate.

Yuuta-sama, do you have a mont?

Oh, sure. What is it, Manami-san?

Thank you kindly for willingly accepting Moe-sans request. But, I believe it would lead to rather bad circumstances if soone learned that you told Moe-san to give you a D-Rating instead of an A-Rating after accepting her request.

If soone learned of it?

It goes without saying, but neither Moe-san, nor Aoi-sama, nor I would ntion a word about it. I doubt Moe-sans family would disclose it either.

Of course not!

Yes, I would never talk about your matters to anyone else, Yuuta-sama.

In that case

However, we do not know who might listen in or watch us. Maybe soone is eavesdropping on this classroom right now, too.

Oh.

In reality, the female students stationed by Manami were preventing anyone from approaching this classroom, so no one was listening to their conversation.

Besides, it will definitely beco a hot topic if you, Yuuta-sama, got to visit Moe-sans Grandmother as a Service in a hospital located outside the Exclusive Male Zone. Unlike other facilities, hospitals cannot clear out all people when a man visits for a Service because of their patients.

That makes sense.

If rumors spreadthat you have accepted a Service plea in exchange for a D-Rating, it will have a bad impact, I believe. Especially seeing how you are going to create your own class after being enrolled at high school, it is quite possible that many students with appeals similar to Moe-sans might appear. Naturally, it likely wont beco a huge problem if you deal with them by properly choosing which you will do in person, but it is my humble opinion that it is preferable to keep matters capable of worrying you as low in number as possible, Yuuta-sama.

Hmmmmm.

Yuuta considered Manamis view to be legit. It made a lot of sense. It was a way of thinking stemming from a value system far too commonplace in this world.

As such, itd be correct for a man, who lived in this world, to go along with Manamis opinion.

However, Yuuta wondered whether following his own heartwhile considering his current livelihood, environnt, and circumstancesas a man possessing the value system of the Old World would beco a felony that forced the unreasonable. He wondered whether his own heart would be able to co to terms with the words of the girl in front of his eyes, stating that shed fork over a ten million Yen for him to visit her sick grandmother.

Your view was a very valuable input, Manami-san. Thank you.

I will be happy as long as I can be of help to you, Yuuta-sama.

But, I still believe that a D-Rating will do for this tis sick visit of Moe-sans Grandmother.

Aoi couldnt help but feel overjoyed by Yuutas words. Manami was the sa. Because she was facing him as they were talking, Manami had to exert herself to not show it on her face. Only Moe looked all shaken up, obviously being unable to settle down.

Why is that so?

It is always important to keep the future in mind, but I wish to cherish the things currently existing in front of . And I want to value my own heart. I dont want to burden Moe-san with an A-Rating for visiting her sick Grandmother. Besides, I dont want to burden my own heart with the idea that I had perford a sick visit for the sake of obtaining an A-Rating. Even if things might beco disadvantageous to

now or in the future, that will be my very own responsibility.

Thank you kindly for explaining your line of thinking to , Yuuta-sama. Moe-san.

Y-Yes!

Yuuta-sama has said all that, but what is your take on it?

Eh? Umm, t-thatsare you truly fine with accepting my Visit Service request for a D-Rating?

Yes, answered Yuuta right away.

T-Thank you very much. Thank you sooo much!

Hehehe, isnt that great news, Moe-san? Even we were deeply touched to witness Yuuta-samas wonderful kindness.

Y-Youre going too far. Finally noticing Aois broad smile, that smile caused Yuuta to beco all bashful again. Umm, should I accept it here and now?

Oh my! What a marvelous idea.

Thats fine with you!?

Yes. Will it be enough for

to look up your na, Moe-san?

Ah, my mother has put forth the request. Her na is Sumire.

Sumire-san? Okay, Ill look her up.

Once he used his tablet to search for Sumires Service request, he imdiately found a Service request by a Sumire-san asking for a sick visit for her mother.

Oh, there it is. Let

see. Your Grandmothers na is Fumika-san, correct?

Yes! Thats the one!

Umm, Im free at any ti, but what ti would fit you?

Eh? Thatswe will accommodate you, Yuuta-sama.

How about tomorrow then, for example?

T-Tomorrow!? You can visit so quickly!?

Sure, I dont mind.

Yuuta-sama, please wait a mont.

Once again Manami interrupted their conversation.

Other hospitalized patients will be present as well. So, when it cos to a mans sick visit, the hospitals administration has a considerable amount of preparations to do. I think the earliest for them to be ready would be the day after tomorrow.

Oh, that makes sense. Okay, would you be okay with the day after tomorrow then, Moe-san?

Yes! Gladly!

Yuuta accepted Sumires Service request on the spot, scheduling it to take place in two days.

I have accepted it, so I will visit your Grandmother the day after tomorrow.

Thank you! Thank you so much! Moe couldnt do much more than repeatedly thanking Yuuta as she was crying out of joy.

Aoi had been watching Yuuta with a smile, but now she clasped her hands in front of her and started to fidget a bit. Because that whole behavior was so adorable, Yuuta almost felt like fainting.

U-Umm, Yuuta-sama.

Y-Yes?

It will be a sick visit for Moe-sans Grandmother, butI-I will co with you as well.

Aoi-sama! Manami instinctively stopped Aoi because she had concluded this to be a bad idea.

Even if it was Aoi, this wouldnt be permissible as it went too far. Aoi clearly knew that it ant for a woman to accompany a man to his Service Activity. Being a woman herself, Manami could understand how her friend felt about this, but that action would be extrely rash for the next family head of the Eternal Yoshiwara.

Ah

Aoi ca to her senses due to Manamis outcry and stopped speaking any further.

But.

Will you co with ? Yuuta offered to Aoi as if it was a trivial matter altogether.

Thanks to this, Aois face blood into a smile as bright as a flower while she cheerfully and loudly answered, Yes!

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Yamato Nadeshiko is a term describing the ideal of a traditional Japanese woman. It doesnt have any equivalents in English and thus has been adopted as loanword. You can google it if you wish to know more about its origin etc.The classical Gokigenyou youd expect of noble/high-class female students. Its a polite, semi-formal greeting among girls of higher standing.