Chapter 8 (1/2)
Chapter 8: Disparity
That next day, the students were still surprised about how well they were treated in the student dorm, being given rooms the size of 6 tatami mats.
After they ate the provided bento breakfast, Souji and his cla.s.smates went to the school building, only to receive a shock when they arrived at the cla.s.sroom that they would be using for the next year.
「W-WHAT THE h.e.l.l IS THIS-!」
It was only natural for Eisuke to be screaming.
Of the twelve cla.s.srooms in the building, the cla.s.sroom they were given, 1-D, was the only room that looked like it was from the Taisho era 1001 years ago.
All of the desks and chairs were designed for two people and made completely of wood, while the pitch black blackboard gave off a refres.h.i.+ng feeling.
Naturally, it wasn’t equipped with air conditioning, and there was only a petroleum stove that was usually used as a heater in a household.
「It gives off a nostalgic feeling, doesn’t it…」
「C-Can we really study in this cla.s.sroom…?」
The other cla.s.smates and Hinata were also perplexed and stood frozen stiff at the entrance of the cla.s.s.
Souji, who was the only one to enter the cla.s.sroom, sat at the seat in the back row of the room near the windows without being disturbed by the condition of the rest of the cla.s.s.
「Brother, how can you nonchalantly choose your seat!」
「My bad, did you want the window seat? 」
「That’s not it! Don’t you think there’s something wrong with the cla.s.sroom?」
「Nope… it’s more splendid than the school in my village」
「You, were you really raised in j.a.pan!?」
There’s a legend regarding the unexplored region of Gunma, which is this place. Eisuke wondered whether it was due to that.
「No no, this is clearly strange right!? The new school building in this place is around 3 years old, how can this cla.s.s be the only one experiencing a time warp!?」
Wondering if they’re mismanaging something, Eisuke rushed out from the D cla.s.s, only to freeze again when he peeked into the C cla.s.s next to them.
「THE, HECK IS THIS…!?」
Inside that cla.s.s was a standard cla.s.sroom with pipe desks and chairs like those from middle school.
「N-No way…」
The B cla.s.s he peeped into next to the C cla.s.s was reminiscent of a university, with long desks and a slightly slanted floor to let the one sitting at the back to easily see the blackboard. It exuded the high quality of a seminar room.
「Impossible…」
Looking into A cla.s.s, which he barely managed to reach with his wobbling feet, Eisuke finally used up all of his strength.
It’s desks and chairs were engineered to give the most comfort to the human body.
Latest tablet PCs served as notebooks and textbooks were distributed to each of its students.
It was comfortable to the point that at the back of the cla.s.s was a drink bar and light meals to relieve their fatigue in the middle of their study.
The blackboard was an EXO-DISPLAY[LCD] – the need for something as inelegant and boorish like blackboard and chalk disappeared since the lessons given to them were easier to understand with video.
That cla.s.sroom which was heavily infused with the latest technology was appropriate for a 21st-century cla.s.s.
「You’re f.u.c.king kidding me, HEY, I feel like jumping into the sea!」
「Calm yourself, there’s no sea in Gunma」
When Souji nonchalantly retorted to Eisuke who’s in the middle of raging, a sharp voice suddenly cut in.
「Be quiet! Don’t make a ruckus in hallway」
With a voice that made their spinal muscles instinctively straighten, the owner of the majestic voice was wearing a pair of s.h.i.+ny gla.s.ses, which when combined with her long black hair, was the embodiment of beauty called THE FEMALE TEACHER2.
「You are?」
「The teacher in charge of cla.s.s 1-A、[Iroshou Ayako]」
When the female teacher called Ayako introduced herself, she clapped the wall with the teacher baton that she took right from the gap between her big cleavage.
「Understood, we’ll go back to our cla.s.s」
「WAIT, if you’re a teacher then you can do something or other about this discrimination!」
Without being deceived by such a rare beauty, Eisuke pointed alternately at A cla.s.s and D cla.s.s.