Ren’s Lack of Confidence
Late evening, Nakano residence.
"Today is a joyful day."
Nino opened the door and looked very happy.
Even though her four sisters had been tricking her about the grades, it didn't stop her from being happy about her own.
Since the final exams were over, today was the last day of school for this semester, so Ren and Fumino returned home together.
"Since you're happy, do you want to celebrate today?"
Ichika who came up behind her, suggested.
"It's not impossible to celebrate, but it still depends on Kamikawa-san if you have time."
After saying this, Nino turned to Ren and asked, "Kamikawa-san, Fumino, and Rizu, do you guys have anything to do later? If not, let's find a place to celebrate."
She initially thought of properly thanking him, but now that Ichika had taken the initiative to celebrate, it was impossible for her to refuse.
"Your grades look pretty good."
Asumi, who was behind them, asked with a chuckle.
Just being able to choose to celebrate already showed that their results weren't much different.
"Um, we all made it into the top fifty." Yotsuba said proudly, "So, we should celebrate."
"Top fifty, that's amazing." Asumi sighed.
Her score didn't even reach the top fifty in her second year.
"I'm fine with it. The final exams are over. It's okay to relax a bit." Fumino said with a smile.
This time she ranked 16th in her first year. As long as she maintained this grade, she could basically apply to any school she wanted.
"I can participate too." Rizu agreed.
After the two of them finished answering, everyone's eyes turned to Ren.
"Is Ren going to go?"
Miku was still waiting for Ren's answer.
"Sorry, I have to go home early and there's something I need to do."
Facing their gazes, Ren said somewhat shyly.
Originally, it was planned to give Satania a birthday present after the final exam, but Gabriel and Vigne chose today as her birthday.
Especially since tomorrow was the student council meeting. After that, the summer vacation would officially begin, and Gabriel and the others would be leaving.
In this case, the activity of giving birthday gifts in advance could only be done today.
"Since Kamikawa-san has something to do, let's wait until the summer vacation to celebrate."
Seeing him refusal, Nino couldn't say anything and could only postpone the celebration for a while.
As the most important protagonist in this celebration, Ren couldn't participate, so there was no need to celebrate.
"Don't rush. Summer vacation only lasts for a month, so there's still plenty of time." Ichika said soothingly to ease Ren's disappointment when he refused due to other reasons.
"Um."
Both Fumino and Rizu didn't mind and accepted Ichika's statement very naturally.
"Okay, let's change the topic."
After inviting them to sit on the sofa, Nino took the initiative to change the topic of conversation.
Asumi took the initiative and said, "By the way, the final exam results are out. Is it time to finish the competition you discussed earlier?"
"I almost forgot about this. You guys need to rank them according to your grades."
Nino remembered her role as the referee.
"Let me think. Fumino and Rizu are both ranked 16th, so among us, they are the first and second. Itsuki is ranked 30th and third, fourth is me, and fifth is Miku, and last is Yotsuba." Ichika sorted out the items quite neatly and seriously.
Nino's eyes swept over their group: "Does anyone else have an opinion? If not, it's decided like this."
"Yes!" Miku raised her hand, "Ichika and I are both ranked 39th. Why is Ichika fourth and I'm fifth?"
There's a big difference between fourth and fifth, fourth not only can receive gifts but also give them, while fifth can only give gifts.
"It seems so."
Nino also remembered this after being reminded, and then asked, "Miku, what do you think is a fair arrangement?"
"Switch Ichika and me, and I'll be fourth." Miku said seriously.
If so, she didn't mind at all.
"If you rank it like this, then I'll protest!"
Ichika was very dissatisfied with Miku's selfish attitude, even though she did it first.
"How about a tie? Rizu and I are tied for first place, Itsuki in second place, Ichika and Miku in third place, and fourth is Yotsuba."
After observing the situation, Fumino took the initiative to give her own suggestion.
"It's unfair to Kamikawa in this case. He needs to give gifts to all six of us, but he can only receive three gifts."
Rizu disagreed as it violated the principle of fairness promised at the beginning.
"That's true."
As the referee, Asumi still had to uphold fairness in this match.
"How about the three of us who are in first and second place also need to give Kamikawa a gift in return? This way, Kamikawa can receive six gifts and give six." Fumino said this long-considered suggestion.
"But in this case, everyone will be treated equally, and there won't be any special treatment for first and second place."
Ichika guessed the meaning of Fumino's suggestion.
Fumino continued, "What about for first and second place, we can choose whether Kamikawa will give us a gift or not, and let Kamikawa give it to us himself, but how about for third and fourth place, they can't choose?"
"It's fine."
Rizu agreed; this was a very fair proposal.
"Okay." Yotsuba agreed.
She was the person with the lowest score among them. According to her original ranking, she couldn't receive a gift from Ren.
But now she had a chance to receive it, she definitely agreed.
"I don't have an opinion."
Itsuki accepted Fumino's proposal.
Originally, she was in third place, so even if she agreed, it wouldn't affect her.
Miku whispered, "I agree too."
As long as she could exchange gifts with Ren, she didn't care at all about her ranking.
"The minority obeys the majority, and Fumino's suggestion applies." Nino acted as the referee and said, "Does anyone else have an opinion? If not, the rankings and awards will be determined."
"There is."
Ren suddenly spoke up.
In an instant, everyone's attention turned to him.
"What do you think?" Nino asked curiously.
"I might not be able to choose six gifts."
Ren was very uncertain about this.