Light Novel 2nd Year Volume 7/Summary

Prologue
Hasebe Haruka monologues about how she evaluates herself as a bad person. From an outsider's perspective, her past might not be regarded as significant enough to warrant a 'bad person' title, but because of it, she decided since then not to cultivate any friendships and to distance herself from old friends. That was why she came to this school where she had no prior connections with. She did not expect to make new friends such as Kiyotaka and especially Airi. She was happy to regain her youth, but that same blessing was unceremoniously taken away from her by Suzune Horikita and Kiyotaka Ayanokōji. She was the victim of their selfishness and action, being powerless to stop them and save her friend. Henceforth, she vows to never forgive them and promises to exact her revenge against them.

Chapter 1
Kiyotaka wonders if the view that comes from his seat will be changed in the not so distant future. For now, he appreciates the scenery as Chabashira enters the room. The students all but rid their chatter. With discipline being of utmost importance for class points, unlike when they first came, most wore a serious attitude. She was proud at how far they come as she gave a nod. She then began to inform them about the cultural festival.

Chabashira proceeded to elaborate on the additional funds. A total of 12 people were eligible to earn these funds. The three most notable earners that gained an extra 10 000 points were Suzune Horikita for her student council membership bonus as well as Ken Sudo and Onodera Kayano for their club activity bonuses. Hirata was recognised with 3000 points for his club activity while Akito received 100. Seven other contributors were announced.
 * First grade students will be given 5500 private points per student, 5000 points for second grade students, and 4500 points for third grade students. These funds can only be use to prepare for the festival, with the expenses being at the discretion of the students as long as it's within budget.
 * Additional funds will be awarded for those that have contributed in community services, club activities and in the student council. The sum will varies depending on the event.
 * Initial and additional funds will not be included in the tally of final sales, and will be forfeited if unused.
 * The classes for all years will be completing with each other. 100 class points will be awarded to classes that comes in 1st through 4th. 5th to 8th position will receive 50 class points. No changes will be reflected from 9th to 12th place.

As such, this class had a total of 39 400 in additional funds, placing them first in this aspect. Second place was Ichinose's class with 26 600 points, third was Sakayanagi's class with 18 800 points, and fourth was Ryūen's class with 17 000 points. Kiyotaka ponders how the student council member bonus came in crucial for the top two classes. With this, their class could plan an event that cost as much as 229 400 private points. An absolute advantage right from the preparatory stage, though he knows not to be too conceited. Being too confident and not wisely utilising the points to their maximum potential may turn out to be a liability.

Chabashira went on to explain the guests attending and advices the class that catering to their needs will be an essential step in earning high sales. The guests of honour will be the school leaders and their families, ranging from toddlers to elementary students and even elderly. The age demographic graph showed that there are 283 adults and 202 minors. Adult guests of honours will have 10 000 points, minors 5000 points, with a total sum of 3 840 000 points. Teachers will also be allowed to act as participants with the only rule being they are forbidden for using points on their own class. To monitor sales, there will be a special app developed that will monitor sales and collect transactions for each class.

The result of the recent written exams was then displayed. Keisei was first with a perfect score for all subjects, Horikita was 3 points behind him. Everything was considered normal until 11th place was shown. Sudo scored an impressive 367 points in 5 subjects, all of it being 70 and above. Despite the exam being considered easy, and the difference between his score and last place being 15 points, it was nonetheless an impressive feat. Currently his academic ability rose to C+ from a D, and could potentially be B in the near future. Kiyotaka was ranked 14th, only scoring a perfect exam in mathematics. It was better for him to allow the class to feel they’ve grown rather than think there’s another person with perfect scores. On average the class scored better than the other classes and even the bottom few showed improvement, likely spurred on by the expulsion of Airi and the fear of it happening to them.

Satō, Matsushita, Mii-chan, Maezono, Horikita and Kiyotaka stayed back after school to discuss the maid event. The topic of Hasebe and Miyake was brought up where they have been avoiding everyone lately. Matsushita speculates that she may do something problematic soon, purposefully keeping Horikita on edge and trying to elicit a reaction out of Kiyotaka. The latter remained silent while the former understood the possibility. However, as a leader, she states that she won’t condone revenge without good reason, and that chances are high she'll act in the festival. Kiyotaka agrees with the latter part of the statement.

They began scouting for a place to set their stall. The third floor being the furthest was also the cheapest at 1000 to 13 000 points. The first floor being the nearest could be rented for 50 000 points. Satō was being uncharacteristically taciturn, with Matsushita saying she’s the type of bottle things up. Kiyotaka replies that if it's true, she'll eventually talk to her about it. Arisu, Kamuro and Hashimoto appears, as he asks whether they are scouting as well. Kiyotaka dodges the question but Hashimoto continues pressing. Horikita decides to interject saying Kiyotaka isn’t aware of the details, though Hashimoto quips that he may just be enjoying his harem. Horikita retaliates saying he’s in a similar position with Arisu and Kamuro being with him. Hashimoto then changes the subject effortlessly as if ignoring what she said.

He inquires whether it was wise to team up with Ryūen and tells them to exercise caution. Sakayanagi was strangely silent throughout the entire engagement as they left. They began questioning Horikita whether they should really trust Ryūen as she answers that they should believe in her if it was easier. It was hard to swallow for but they eventually relented, as they discussed the possibility of a leaker. There after, they decided to play rock (1st floor), paper (2nd floor) scissors (3rd floor), to decide the venue. The results were 4 rocks and 2 papers, it being Kiyotaka and Matsushita. With that settled, Horikita began to share her research on maid and butler cafes, saying they should focus more on the maids since the major demographic were men. Kiyotaka agrees and shares how the girls should show some skin and balance erotism within limits on their uniforms, flabbergasting Horikita.

He rationalises that showing too much like underwear is out of the question, but it was prudent not to turn down hopes either, shocking Horikita who did not think it in that way. She comments that he’s awfully knowledgeable. He continues by saying that they should allow pictures to be taken by a specialised camera and sell them to customers that are interested at 800 to 1200 points depending on quality. With nothing else to add, the silent Horikita could only approve.

Kiyotaka visited Keyaki mall to survey the ingredients needed for their class snacks, choosing not to bring Kei as it would turn into a date. He bumps into Sudo and praises his improvements in the midterms. However, Kiyotaka fear that Sudo's momentum would slow down now that the topics are becoming harder. Sudo reveals that he took time off from his club activities and is here to look for glasses after his eyesight deteriorated from studying. He shares how his dream is still becoming a professional basketball player, but currently, he also wants to enter a normal university. Just then, Akito and Haruka walked past. Sudo empathises with them on the Airi situation since he was once like that with Yamauchi, but he wouldn’t had resolved himself to be expelled in his place. He tells Kiyotaka that if there’s issues facing him, he would be glad to help but added that he probably won't need it. Kiyotaka agrees with the second part of the statement as they bid farewell.

The next day, Kiyotaka met up with Kei downstairs. It seemed that on the previous night, she stayed up past the curfew at his room and had ascended up one step on the stairs of adulthood. She grabbed his hand naturally as they began to walk. Kiyotaka asks if it hurt, which she replied as if it was a rhetorical question. That said, she thought that she had grown accustomed to it but since it was her first time, she felt reassured that he was there for her the entire duration. He agrees as there’s no telling what would’ve happened if he wasn’t there. In other terms, she was able to stand with her hands off the ground with him supporting her back. It was a big improvement from where she wasn’t able to stand anymore. He finds it important for her to learn to get up by herself when she stumbles and that it was a special case unlike other students that could do so in one night.

As they entered the class, they were greeted by Satō. Generally the class has been shaping up. Kiyotaka reflects on how Horikita's leadership skills are awakening though she is a far cry away from being able to unite the entire class. This achilles heel was made up by Kei who was able to create, attract and integrate all the small cliches of people. Kei certainly had the quality to do so, and if they were able to combine their talents, it would be fruitful for the overall strength of the class. Suddenly, an issue that could cause significant problems for the festival arose owing to a particular person that came into class.

Epilogue
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