Volume 1 Chapter 10 (1/2)
The beginning
Walking into the classroom, Chiyabashi+ra-sensei looked around the classroo in suspense for the results of the midterms
”Sensei I heard that the results will be released today, but when exactly?”
”There's no need for you to be that excited about it, Hirata You probably passed”
”…When will they be released?”
”Well, now is a good time There isn't much time for certain procedures if we did it after school”
At the words ”certain procedures”, some of the students had a visible reaction
”What… what do you mean?”
”Don't be confused I'll explain it now”
After all, this school likes to explain the details all at once
She stuck the paper with everyone's names and scores on the board
”Honestly, good job I didn't think this class would do this well In math, japanese, and social studies, there were over 10 perfects”
Looking at the row of 100s, the students were cheering However, one group of students weren't s
The only grade is Sudou's English score
And then—
Four of Sudou's grades were a solid 60 points His english score was a 39
”Woohoo!!”
Sudou stood up and shouted in relief Ike and Yamauchi stood up at the same time and cheered
There was no red line to be found on the paper Kushi+da and I glanced at each other and breathed a s, but she appeared to be relieved inside
”You saw it, right Sensei? When we put our minds to it, we can do it!”
Ike had a triumphant smile
”Yea, I recognize that You did well However—”
Chiyabashi+ra-sensei had a red pen in her hand
”Huh…?”
Sudou let out a concerned voice
She drew a red line right above Sudou's name
”W-what the hell? What does this mean?”
”You failed, Sudou”
”What? That's a lie, right? Don't bullshi+t me, why did I fail!?”
Of course, Sudou was the first to protest
The classroory uproar in a split second
”Sudou You failed on the English exam”
”Don't lie to rade is a 32! I passed!”
”When did anyone say that the passing grade is a 32?”
”No no, Sensei said so! Right, everyone!?”
Ike shouted in support of Sudou
”Nothing you say will help This is the unrade was a 40 In other words, you were one point short Almost, but not quite”
”F-forty!? I never heard of this! I can't agree to this!”
”Then, should I tell you hoe decide what is a passing grade?”
Chiyabashi+ra-sensei wrote a formula on the board
She wrote, ”796/2 = 398”
”Last test, and this test as well, each class has a set passing grade And that grade was half the average”
In other words, anything lower than a 398 was a failing grade
”Well then, that sho you failed You got a lower score”
”Impossible… Does… does that mean, I am expelled?”
”Although it was a short time, you did well After school, you will be asked to fill out a dropout foruardian I'll contact them for you afterwards”
Seeing everything progress so casually, all the students knew that it was actually happening
”The rest of you, good job for passing On the final, please work hard to do the same and pass the test Well then, onto the next topic—”
”S-sensei Is Sudou-kun really dropping out? Is there no way to save him?”
Hirata was the first to reach out to Sudou
Even though Sudou hated him and verbally insulted him
”It's the truth He got a failing grade, so he will have to drop out”
”…Can we see Sudou-kun's answer sheet?”
”Even if you look at it, you won't find any uys to make a fuss about it”
Taking Sudou's English exam answer sheet, she passed it to Hirata
Hirata looked through every question with a gloomy expression
”There are… no mistakes”
”Well, if that's all, homeroom is now over”
Without any sympathy or any second chances, Chiyabashi+ra-sensei ruthlessly announced his expulsion Knowing that any co words would have the opposite effect, Ike and Yamauchi stayed silent Hirata was also the same And sadly, it looks like one portion of the class was relieved Are they happy a hindrance to the class has finally been kicked out?
”Sudou, come to the staff room after school”
”…Chiyabashi+ra-sensei Do you have some time?”
Although she had stayed silent until then, Horikita quickly raised her hand
In her school life, Horikita had neverclass voluntarily
At the new sight, both Chiyabashi+ra-sensei and the whole class were surprised
”That's unusual, Horikita You're raising your hand What's your question?”
”Earlier, Sensei said that the previous test had a passing grade of 32 points, which was calculated by the for the last test's passing grade?”
”Yea, no mistake”
”Then, I have one e to be a 644 Dividing that by two, you get 322 In other words, higher than a 32 Despite that, the passing grade was a 32 by truncating the decimal point That's contradictory from this time”
”Y-yea The passing grade should be a 39 then!”
In other words, Sudou's grade of 39 should've just barely passed
”I see You anticipated Sudou's grade to barely pass Only your English grade was low, after all”
”Horikita, you…”
Sudou noticed so The other students, in surprise, looked at the paper once again Even though four of her five grades were perfect, she got a 51 on her English score
”You really—”
Sudou realized what she did
And by no rade, she purposely lowered her own grades
”If you think , please tell me why the calculation differs between the last test and this test”
The last ray of light The last bit of hope
”I see Well then, letSadly, there's one error in your for, we rounded the tests Last test rounded down to 32, this test rounded up to 40”
”Tsk…”
”In your mind, you probably noticed that the score was rounded But holding onto that possibility… well, that's too bad First period will start soon, so I will leave now”
Horikita had no more ways to retort and stayed silent She wasn't able to counter her words, and her last hope was shot down After leaving the classroom, the door slammed shut and the whole class was silent
While trying to face the reality of having to drop out, Sudou looked at Horikita, who tried to stop hirades
”…I'm sorry I should've dropped my points even further”
Horikita slowly lowered her hand
Even 51 points was considerably low
If she dropped her grade to the 40s, she herself would be at risk for dropping out
”Why… You said that you hated me, didn't you?”
”I' this for h”