6 Why do I keep getting overestimated?
The moment we arrived at the staff room, we noticed both Chabashira and Hoshinomiya which if I remember right was slightly different from the original. It also sounded like they were slightly arguing just when we walked in.
'Here we have one change after another. If it continues this way, I won't be able to predict the future to protect myself.'
"Ah, you are here, good." Chabashira completely disregarded Hoshinomiya who was pouting at her but soon enough directed her attention to us, newcomers.
"Ike-kun, hii~ I have been wondering when I will get to see you again since you recently stopped coming here with Sae-chan. I even had to interrogate her about whether you two had a fight!" Hoshinomiya quickly returned to her cheerful mood as she waved at us.
Hearing her nonsense, I couldn't help but sigh, however, I could feel Ayanokoji's gaze linger on me as if he was wondering what is going on here.
"Stop saying nonsense and stop bothering my students. Go pay attention to your own students." Chabashira shooed her away with her hand which made Hoshinomiya return to her seat with a pouting expression.
"Um, why were we called here, Chabashira-sensei?" Ayanokoji asked making the teacher focus on us once again but not before giving the last warning glare to Hoshinomiya.
"Each of you was called for a different reason but first, Ike."
My body stiffened upon hearing her call out my name but I still subconsciously reacted.
"Y-Yes?!"
"Come with me to the guidance room, as for you Ayanokoji, wait here until I come for you. It probably won't take long." Chabashira explained before turning around to head to the guidance room. She didn't even check whether I was following after her but I couldn't really refuse her.
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"Can you explain this?" The moment we arrived at the guidance room, she went straight to the table before taking out some papers and spreading them over the table.
"Uh...my quiz sheets?" I replied in an uncertain tone while scratching the back of my head.
"Do I look like I don't know that much?" She narrowed her eyes and asked with a slightly aggressive tone making me feel like she was running out of patience.
"Your history and civics quizzes obtained absolutely worst results compared to the other subjects. To be honest, at first, I thought you to be yet another idiot in my class, however, your wide range of knowledge in history made me slightly reconsider it. After alternating my idea of you, you actually end up blowing through the history quiz as if you were even worse than during your entrance exam!" She continued in a strict tone, glaring at me as if I led her on which I never really did.
She is the one who assumed my knowledge of history is extremely wide, it never occurred to her that I might only know the history of Europe but not of Japan. So...technically, she was the one at fault but I better not say that aloud if I want to retain my will to live.
I closed my eyes for a few seconds before replying with a relaxed expression
"Sensei, I can assure you that I did not blow through any test on purpose. The questions just weren't to my liking and were not included in the scope of my knowledge."
"Hoh? That's a good neutral answer. It certainly can happen to any student, however, you still should have been able to answer 50% of these questions right. No...you should have at least tried to guess the answer and dates yet you didn't write anything in case of most of these questions." She was still overestimating my abilities which I did not like. The absolutely worst thing that can happen to me is being overestimated by others. This could also get me in trouble by getting involved in the main plot.
I couldn't help it and blurt out something I definitely regretted right after.
"If I were to ask sensei for example about Egypt's history, would sensei be capable of guessing the date Alexander the Great conquered Egypt or dates of Cleopatra's birth and death?" What I meant to say by asking this was how could I know dates of events I have never even learned of.
"Excuse me?" She narrowed her eyes at me.
"It's nothing...nevermind" I avoided eye contact with her since I didn't want to be on bad terms with her.
*sigh* "Alright, we can assume you unintentionally failed to answer even the easiest questions, let's move forward and explain this to me" Chabashira thankfully ignored my rude remark and instead put my math quiz sheet in front of me.
I could easily see that I have answered about 85% of the questions right.
"Ehm, sensei, I can assure you that I did not hold back in any previous tests on purpose. The questions in this quiz just were to my liking and were included in the scope of my knowledge" Hearing my composed answer seemed to send her into a momentary daze.
Silver Tongue lv. 1 (5/100, passive) -> Silver Tongue lv. 1 (7/100, passive)
However, when she recovered, her reaction was completely out of my expectation.
"Hahaha, you are a really interesting student. I won't even question how you almost managed to solve the question that only 3% of students managed to solve. That's all for today, you may go. Also, go fetch Ayanokoji and tell him to come here." She actually laughed and told me to leave without any catch.
Wait, didn't you tell him that you will come for him personally? Are you that lazy or what?
"What is it? Do you have perhaps something else to confess?" She asked with a faint smile seeing me in a daze.
"I-I can leave, right?" Upon hearing my question and seeing my face filled with a ray of hope, she raised her eyebrow.
"You may...unless you want to come back here together with Ayanokoji!" Hearing her confirmation, I brightly smiled at her.
"That won't be necessary, whatever happens in the guidance room should stay between student and their teacher. Thank you for your guidance today, sensei!" I bowed to her more sincerely than ever before since she didn't force me to get involved with those "two" who are about to go here.
While I was about to leave the room, I spared a last glance behind me just to see Chabashira showing a strange smile as if she was plotting something.
Anyway...
---Sae Chabashira---
Affection: 3.5 -> 4.5
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As I was on my way back to the staff room I was thinking about where Ike would have been placed in case his grades and attitude improved a bit and I could honestly see him being placed in class B due to his above-average social skills.
When I arrived at the staff room I could see Hoshinomiya lightly teasing Ayanokoji just like in the original. I had no time for this nonsense so I interrupted them.
"Ayanokoji-kun, you are the next" I said while pointing behind me at the door with my thumb.
"Why do you make it sound like I am on trial?" I could feel uneasiness in his tone but I just shrugged my shoulders. Thankfully he listened to me and did not question why the teacher didn't come here personally just as she previously mentioned.
Now that Ayanokoji left the staff room, I was left alone with Hoshinomiya which genuinely made me want to leave as soon as possible but before I could excuse myself, she approached me with a naughty smile.
"Say, say, what did you and Sae-chan talk about?" She brought her face close to mine and I could see her eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"I apologize sensei but whatever happens in the guidance room, stays in the guidance room" I practically repeated what I told Chabashira just a few minutes ago except changing some words.
"Oh?! That doesn't sound 100% legal! Do say more!" She immediately grinned and urged me to continue but I didn't intend to say more so she could pester Chabashira about it later.
I quickly excused myself from the staff room while malevolently smiling inwardly. I just thought of it as my revenge on Chabashira for making trouble for me.
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The moment I returned to the class everyone was staring at me intensely.
"Did they really catch you cheating, Ike?!" Yamauchi asked me when no one spoke a word to me.
"...No" I answered weakly since I was too mentally exhausted to deal with this idiot.
"So you managed to secretly cheat without getting caught? How did you do it? Can you teach me?!" He immediately assumed the worst of me.
"I did not cheat!" I raised my voice a bit out of annoyance. Finally, after I said my piece, everyone seemed to have lost interest in me.
When I looked around the classroom, I noticed that Horikita was missing so I must have missed her on my way back here. I don't care, I am just glad that I wasn't forced into doing anything troublesome. I hope I can continue living carefree life as a "normal student" Kanji Ike until I leave this body and world.
I rested my head on my folded arms on top of my desk. After several minutes passed, Horikita returned with Ayanokoji in a row. The moment she stepped into the classroom I noticed her looking my way.
I tried to ignore it but uneasiness spread quickly in my heart when I could feel her glaring at me even after a while passed.
'There is no way Chabashira would reveal my quiz results, right? No, even if she did, there was nothing unordinary, unlike Ayanokoji's results. Maybe she left them lying around on the table and Horikita noticed my fairly good math quiz results...
As for my plans for the coming days...I should finally move on with that quest. Maybe I could invite Inogashira to a cafe where I can finally treat her to some sweats I promised her some days ago, though, inviting a girl just like that out of nowhere could easily be misunderstood. I can try using the excuse of studying together.
For the last time, I discreetly glanced next to me and noticed from the corner of my eye that Horikita was still glaring at me which frankly made me sigh aloud.
Now, even Horikita might overestimate my abilities for crying out loud! Just let me live!
