Chapter 47: Compensation / Grudges

Looking at Ying Ye Zhenshi who remained very calm and seemed to obviously know what was coming, Horikita decided to be frank with him.

"Based on the judgement by the school and the student council, all the second-year students who participated in this incident will each be punished with two weeks of suspension. They'll also face some further demerits, while the two of you affected will receive some compensation. In addition, their class will also have some of their points deducted because of this incident. This is the school's prerogative. If you agree, we can proceed to discuss the amount of compensation you wish to claim, and then you'll sign the letter of understanding. If you disagree with the punishment, you can apply for an appeal here, and we will renegotiate this concern of yours."

"Oh~ compensation, forgive me. It's just a misunderstanding with the senpais, and I don't think there was anything unacceptable about their impulsive behaviour, but if you insist."

Ying Ye Zhenshi underestimated the tolerance of this school a bit.

He had thought that there might be some permanent expulsions from the school or something.

But unexpectedly, the result was just a demerit and then a two-week suspension.

'Is it because I was not seriously injured, and the main offenders were all beaten black and blue? Or is it because after taking all recounts of the events that played out into account, they felt like I was swindling them somehow?'

While brainstorming ideas, he wondered about how many points would be a good sum as compensation.

"Kouhai, I'm here to discuss the points compensation on behalf of the second year's mistakes. As long as you are willing to sign the letter of understanding, we are willing to compensate you two million personal points and Karuizawa a further 200,000 for the emotional damages. You don't have to worry about medical expenses either, as we will take care of everything."

Nagumo offered politely.

As for how much he wanted to kill Ying Ye Zhenshi instead of compensating him, only he knew.

"Huh??? Two million personal points? I don't seem to be regarded so highly to be receiving only two million~. It feels so insincere on your part."

Ying Ye Zhenshi looked at Nangumo and frankly said.

"Well, we can discuss it if you'd like"

Nan Yunya really wanted to hit someone, but he suppressed his anger.

He knew that it would be impossible to succeed in dropping the issue so easily, but the two million was just the amount agreed to be paid out initially.

"We can talk about it indeed. How about 20 million for me, and 2 million for Karuizawa?"

Ying Ye Zhenshi opened his mouth shamelessly, revealing his ambitions.

"…Impossible. It is absolutely impossible to be given such an amount. That's a total of 22 million. Even if I tried to collect that amount from the entire grade, it would be impossible to collect it for you. If you really want points, you should be more serious about it. If it's 20 million points you want, we'd rather they are suspended from classes longer or drop out of school directly.

Nan Yunya directly shut down Ying Ye's bold ask.

He had underestimated the courage of this first-year student it seemed.

Ying Ye Zhenshi looked at the way Nagumo had visibly recoiled and knew that this sum exceeded their expectations.

After all, this was still a school, so it was impossible to earn tens of millions directly from just being beaten up like he was.

He then looked at Horikita Manabu.

"How much does the president senpai think is suitable?"

"Here is the document on previous brawls. You can refer to it."

As if he knew that he would be asked, Horikita took out a document from the binder in his hand.

It had, recorded on it, some previous mediation situations.

"Hm… it's only ever been as much as one or two million, or even hundreds of thousands. It seems that the senpai was being very sincere."

Ying Ye Zhenshi quickly scanned the sheet.

The highest-ever paid in compensation was 6 million points, but it seemed that his injury did not qualify for such an exorbitant sum.

It was a pity that there were only general descriptions of the injuries in the file and no details.

"As long as you understand. Kouhai, in this school, one rarely has the opportunity to receive so many points. I dare to tell you that there are not many people in the entire academy who have points in the millions."

Nagumo spoke quickly.

He wanted to take the opportunity to shut down the conversation.

"Senpai, don't be so hasty. Tell me, why do you want this matter dropped so fast? Does your reason also have something to do with the way the school works?"

Ying Ye Zhenshi's interest was taken away from the points, and his attention was shifted to the boy in question.

"I heard that Senpai is a very powerful person. You are not only the vice president of the student council, but you took charge of your original Class, class B, and in just one year surpassed Class A, before ruling over the entire year, and even the former second-year Class A. The students in your year seem to have to take your opinion into account before doing anything."

"...What do you want to know?"

Nagumo said, as he felt like he was getting a headache.

"So, did this incident affect your class? Or did it affect you? I heard what Senpai said before. It seems that Class C, Class D, and Class A are all involved in this case, but about Class B, or the former Class A, it seems that they have nothing to do with it."

Ying Ye Zhenshi thought long and hard.

'It's like that, isn't it?'

"So I was thinking… It seems that I accidentally did something bad, so I wonder if this will affect the ruling power of vice president over your year. If the points from Class A are deducted too much and you fall to Class B, I hope senpai won't hold grudges against me."

Holding his chin, he looked at Nagumo with a smile.

'This guy's deductions are just too scary.'

"Ying Ye-san, don't worry about this. I won't hold grudges against my kouhais. I am only here this time because I am the vice president of the student council. I need to be responsible for the conflicts between my classmates. In addition, I am a second-year student, so I was picked as the representative for dealing with the compensation."

Nagumo smiled half-heartedly.

He didn't want to leave traces of his grudges.

"So you won't hold grudges, but you don't deny that my situation has affected you this time… I understand."

Looking at the smiling Nagumo Miyabi, Ying Ye Zhenshi smiled back.

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