Chapter 933 - Entrance Ceremonies 1 (2/2)
Tsuzura Hanatemari is a beautiful girl with a very kind personality. She has long dark blue wavy hair with bangs and light blue eyes. She comes from a very wealthy family and has known Mary Saotome ever since elementary school.
Mary calmed herself and decided to ask the question which she had been wanting to ask. ”....Hey, do you mind if I ask you something? What is everyone doing?”
After coming back to her class, Mary saw that every student in her class was playing poker, roulette, etc. If she didn't meet Hanatemori in this class then she might think that she had entered the wrong class and entered a casino by mistake. She could also see everyone exchanging money with each other which somehow confused her. 'What the hell is going on with this school?'
”Ah, that is....”
Hanatemori started to explain to Mary about the rules of this school. In this school, gambling was allowed and it had become a tradition. Everyone was even encouraged to gamble in this school to train their competitive mind.
”Be careful, Mary-chan. There's a rumor a student that enters this school from a high school is targeted every year. I heard that they're not used to gambling and are an easy mark....”
(Hyakko Acadademy isn't only a high school, but also a high school).
”...”
Shrugged her shoulders, Mary said, ”What the hell, I'm not interested in gambling. Gambling is just a waste of money.”
”Well, if you say so....”
”Good day, miss scholarship student~~”
Mary and Hanatemari turned and saw a girl with light hair that was tied into two curly short ponytails.
”I'm Aiura Kokoro. Pleased to meet you.”
Smiling as best as possible, Mary said, ”Right, pleased to meet you too.”
”I see you're talking to Tsuzura. You must not know the rules here yet, huh?” Kokoro said.
”Rules, what do you mean?”
”Look.”
Kokoro pointed at the tag on Tsuzura's neck and said, ”See the tag Tsuzura's wearing? The tag is a sign that she is a ”housepet.” It's her ”housepet tag” and this school runs on a class system.”
”Class system?”
”The student council solicits donations from the students. In reality, the 'donations' are basically mandatory so we call them 'taxes'. We're all ranked by how much we give for these 'taxes'. Anyone in the lowest 100 ranks is deemed to be a 'housepet'. Boys are called ”pochi”, and girls are called ”mike”.”
”I see....”
Mary felt that this school was quite weird.
Chuckling, Kokoro took a bottle filled with water and said, ”If you become a housepet it is going to be pretty rough. I mean....” She opened the bottle and poured all of the water on the top of Hanatemari.
*Splash!*
Hanatamari could only sit without being able to do anything.
Kokoro smiled coldly and said, ”Housepets aren't allowed to oppose us, humans. It doesn't matter what we do with them~~”
”Wh... What the hell are you doing!”
Mary couldn't comprehend the situation in front of her. Look at Hanatemari, who didn't even fight back against Kokoro, and everyone who didn't care about this situation, she felt that this school was messed up for the first time.
”So, do you have any money, Saotome-san? If you can't pay the taxes you'll end up like this. It depends when they're due, but I'd say if you can't pay at least 100,000 yen you'll be a housepet for sure.”
”100....!”
Hearing that number, Mary was in shock.
”I know that number is a bit too much, but you can earn that by gambling.” Kokoro smiled and said, ”How about I teach you about gambling?”
It was her first time gambling, but Mary knew that she needed to do it or else...
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Student Council.
Everyone gathered together since it was the first day of school and of course since it was a new year there was a change within the position of the student council.
Kirari Momobami as the student council president.
Ririka Momobami as the vice president of the student council.
Sayaka Igarashi as the Secretary.
Aoi Miboumi as the treasurer.
Runa Yomozuki as the Head of the Election Committee.
Sachiko Juraku as the Public Morals Committee chairwoman.
Sakura Miharutaki as the Beautification Council president.
Kasugano Haruka as the General affairs.
There were also two new members such as Kaede Manyuda and Yuriko Nishinotouin.
Well, his position didn't really matter since he didn't have any job, but Kirari's words caused him to be speechless.
”Well, Haru, you can step down from your General Affairs position,” Kirari said with a smile.
”.......”
No one was sure what to say for a moment.