71 Welcome to S Class (1/2)

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Lunchtime.

Maron made herself scarce before it was officially time for the break because her phone had been going off too much and she opted to answer it. Her departure loosened up the tension in the room as everything went back to normal.

The relieved people from class 5-B didn't know however, that Maron's arrival was only the prelude of the true storm that was about to befall them. Kazuya was warned by the eye of the storm beforehand so he was already prepared to have a headache. He had actually prepared himself a long time ago but he was given two long years before the girl actually had gotten herself admitted to the same school.

”Hey Kouzuki, did you know that today has been full of surprises?” Takaya wasted no time and immediately tried to open a conversation.

”Do you mean that girl?” he turned to Takaya who was shaking his head.

”No. Us members of S class have usually stopped by the classroom for members of the class so that we can check in. We don't need to meet with the staff members because we use the pin that was given to us to activate the machine where it will confirm that it was us who used it. That room doesn't really look like a classroom but more like a lounge for members of our class”

”Rich people sure are weird” Kazuya commented. ”What does it have to do with anything though?”

”You hardly see anyone there because as what the S class members are most famous for is their absence. We just need to use that room to sign in and then sign out or in some cases, use the machine to ask some of the staff members to prepare the stuff we need” he continued.

”Get to the point” Kazuya already started eating and really wasn't interested in knowing more about such things.

”I checked in this morning and you know what I found? Almost all of the members from S class were present. Even 6th graders were present as if they were waiting for something. I didn't know what it was about but only after I heard the name of the girl who was here earlier did I understand” This time, Takaya's explanation caught his interest.

Kazuya pondered for a bit and gave a dry laugh. This was what Mei hated about this school. It looked like the members of S class were the people who were involved the most about these things. The arrival of the daughter of the head of Stockton International made all of them wait for her arrival.

He hadn't expected to encounter this sort of thing until he made it to middle school. It looks like either these children understood the concept of making connections with influential people or their parents made them do so. Either way, this was going to be Kurumi's problem. She had Maron with her so he didn't think there would a problem because from the way Kurumi described her, she was very protective of her.

”Maron-chan! I can't believe you actually left me at home while you went on ahead to meet Kazuya-kun!” Kurumi puffed her cheeks as Maron arrived to meet her in front of the school building.

The boys who were passing by couldn't help but stare at the two eye catching girls who were standing in front of their building. They wondered why they haven't seen such students until now. Even though they were wearing S class' pins, these two were not the ones they were already familiar with.

”You can't blame me, you were the one who couldn't get to sleep because of excitement. It's just going to another boring school” Maron laughed.

”But you left me and went on your own! You made me come half a day late already! Dad called home and scolded me for oversleeping too…” Kurumi sighed. She really couldn't put all the blame on her cousin since it was true that she couldn't sleep after imagining different scenarios when she finally met Kazuya in person again.

During their phone conversations, she would often ask him about random things like his preferences and such. Kazuya didn't try to hide anything and answered most of her random questions. What Kurumi didn't know that although he answered, his current environment would affect most of his answers since he really didn't focus much when he talked to her.

One example was when she tried asking him if he preferred girls who had long hair or short hair. Back when they were in second grade, she kept her hair short so she was disappointed when Kazuya that he preferred girls with long hair since he was with Mei at that time.

”I know you're excited to meet up with that annoying guy but you still remember we have to stop over that room everyday right?”

”Yeah! Let's go!” Kurumi couldn't wait to see Kazuya so she urged her cousin to quickly get it over with.

”I hope those annoying people aren't there anymore” Maron murmured. She didn't like the people who tried to suck up to her when she checked in for attendance. If it were her old school, she would have already beat them away but this school had too many restrictions that it made her feel troubled and worried for her cousin.

”Annoying people?” Kurumi tilted her head.

”You'll see” Maron led the way and both of them entered the luxurious looking classroom that only looked like a classroom from the outside. The inside was like a VIP lounge that didn't look the least bit like their other counterparts.

What bothered Maron right away was that not only did the previous people not disappear, the number of people wearing S class pins increased instead.

All of their eyes landed on the two girls who entered the room. Most of them stood up and walked towards the two to welcome them to their school. Kurumi immediately understood what Maron meant when she said 'annoying people' as these kind of people were what her father wanted her to avoid when he allowed her to go to a regular school.

Though these kinds of people weren't at all nonexistent in normal schools, there were a lot more carefree people compared to this one. These students intentions were clear enough as the members of S class had a reputation for only going to school when it required them to do so or if they had their own agendas to attend to.

Kurumi hid behind her cousin after they started introducing themselves. She felt extremely uncomfortable around these people. She could tell that they were not being genuine and their smiles were the same type of smiles that people flattering her father had.

”She's already late so move aside and let her check in” Maron didn't care for what they thought. She already met some of them in the morning but could care any less about their intentions. She tried to push through the crowd and led Kurumi to the device.

”I say, aren't you being too overprotective Stockton Maron-san?” One of the girls who were sitting near the device spoke as soon as they came close. The two girls knew this person's identity as she was always present when they attended banquets together with Kurumi's father.

This girl was called Muimina Ringo. The eldest daughter of Ringo corporation, one of the most popular companies when it came to computers and cell phones. They have been trying to collaborate with Stockton International so that they could release their products more conveniently internationally.

”I have to agree. All we wanted was to politely introduce ourselves. We are in the same class so don't you think you're being too rude by simply brushing off your classmates?” A boy who was the same as Ringo, made his way through the crowd and stood beside her.