Intro

"Everyone, can you please listen to me for a moment?"

A student with the air of an upstanding young man quickly raised his hand. His hair wasn't dyed. He looked like an honors student. Based on his appearance, I got the impression he would be popular with girls.

"Starting today, we're all going to be classmates. Therefore, I think it'd be good for us to introduce ourselves and become friends as soon as possible. We still have some time until the entrance ceremony. What do you say?"

He'd just done something incredible. The majority of students were lost in thought, unable to speak up.

His Charisma and Communication skills is over 9000! My scouter broke with that one.

"Agreed! After all, we still don't know a thing about each other, not even our names." someone shouted.

After the ice had broken, the previously hesitant students began to speak.

"My name's Hirata Yousuke. Back in junior high, lots of people called me Yousuke. Feel free to use my first name! I guess my hobby is sports in general, but I especially like soccer. I'm planning on playing soccer here, too. Nice to meet you!"

Hirata had effortlessly introduced himself to the class. He seemed exceptionally brave. His love for soccer made him even more popular.

With the first opening move, he established himself as the class' King.

"Well then, I'd like everyone to introduce themselves, starting from the front. Is that okay?"

Hmm... I guess I would do as much.

After Hirata, the first to introduce was a girl named Inogashira Kokoro. She was timid and shy, so she stuttered on her introductions. Her hobby is knitting and sewing.

Next was Yamauchi Haruki. A guy who spouts lies like nothing.

The next is the girl I met in the bus helping the old lady.

"My name is Kushida Kikyou. None of my friends from junior high made it to this school, so I'm alone here. I'd like to get to know all of your names and faces right away and become friends as soon as possible!"

"My first goal is to become friends with everyone. So, after we're finished with introductions, I'd love for you to share your contact information with me!"

"So, after school or during vacations, I want to make all sorts of memories with lots of people. Please feel free to invite me to lots and lots of events! Anyway, I've talked for a long time, so I'll end my introduction here."

Quite long introductions there huh. She would be the type to get along with boys and girls alike.

"Well then, next up is..."

As Hirata looked encouragingly toward the next student, that student glared back. His hair was dyed a fiery red. He both looked and sounded like a delinquent.

"What, are we a bunch of little kids or something? I don't need to introduce myself. People who want to do that can go ahead. Just leave me out of it."

The red-haired guy scowled at Hirata. He had quite a presence, his attitude intense and overpowering. I'd guess he's a guy who would be in lots of trouble.

"I can't force you to introduce yourself, of course. However, I don't think that getting along with your classmates is a bad thing. If I've made you uncomfortable, I apologize."

When Hirata bowed his head, some of the girls glared at the guy with red hair.

"Isn't it fine to introduce yourself?"

One of the students voiced.

"Yeah, yeah!"

As I'd expected, the pretty-boy soccer star had captured most of the girls' hearts in the blink of an eye. However, half of the male students started to look angry, probably out of envy.

"Shut it. I don't care. I didn't come here to make friends."

The guy with red hair got up from his seat. It seemed he had no intention of getting to know anyone. Several other students followed suit and left the classroom together.

Hirata apologized for making the mood awkward, but the girls sided with him making the other guy in the wrong.

Next one to introduce was another guy named Ike Kanji. Apparently he's been looking for a girlfriend, and it made the girls in class look at him in disgust. A girl made fun of him saying he's cool, and he really believed it. What a gullible guy.

Another one is the blonde haired guy in the bus, Kouenji Rokusuke. He arrogantly introduced himself as a rich guy and some girl's eyes sparkled. Apparently wealth is also a criteria for being a good love interest for them.

"Well then, time for the next person. Can you please introduce yourself?"

"Huh?"

The next guy... If I remember correctly, he's also in the same bus with me.

"Um. Well, my name is Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. And, uh, I don't really have any special skills or anything. I'll do my best to get along with all of you. It's, uh, nice to meet you."

I don't really have any comment with his introductions. It is as plain as it can be.

"It's nice to meet you, Ayanokouji-kun. I always want to be friends with everyone, just like you. Let's both do our best, okay?" Hirata responded with a refreshing smile.

Everyone clapped. Their applause felt somewhat like pity, which clearly pained him despite having the poker face all the time.

And then suddenly all my classmates looked at me.

Huh? What are you looking at? Are you picking a fight with me hey! If I'm such a delinquent then I would say it like that. Just this spring break I was into some delinquent manga.

Anyway I stood up.

"My name is Takamura Hayato. I dream to become a creator. Yoroshiku!"

With that introduction, I think I just did fine. It livened up the mood in class, and it seemed they accepted me.

I guess I'll play the role of an easygoing guy. I'll try levelling up my communication and social skills.

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I went to some stores buying groceries and necessities needed.

Also I noticed some free stuff in the corner, with lower quality. I got some, since they are free.

I got home in the dorms and read through the rules and stuff... Gas and Electricity usage are all free.

What a truly lenient school, some might think that way. But I have seen through it based on the information I have.

For now, I think I'll have to figure out how I ended up in Class D. If Academic abilities and Athletic ability alone aren't the criteria, then it should do something in communication/social skills.

In elementary, being a fast runner is enough to be in the top of the class hierarchy. But as you get older it doesn't mean anything. Communication skills would be more useful as you enter the society.

If I had to guess, this school doesn't necessarily accept excellent students. If so then a guy like that delinquent wouldn't be admitted here. They should have someone in the Junior high screening the students to be accepted in this school, with the entrance exam and interview as a smokescreen.

Back in junior high, I didn't really talk unless necessary. If I had the time, I'll spent it drawing on my notebook or thinking of an interesting short story.

With that said, it's still all a guess. There's no guarantee that it was the case.

Anyway I put that train of thought on the back of my mind for now.

Having character development and instantly changing my way of doing things is too sudden.

Let's take this things step by step.

First Quest for now should be to talk with multiple people normally.

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On the first day of class, we just spent running on our course objectives. Apparently, many of the students were quite surprised, if not a little disappointed, by how genuinely warm and friendly the teachers at this school looked.

There's already that red haired delinquent making a spectacle of sleeping in the middle of class. Apparently his name is Sudou Ken.

I on the other hand, spent the time passing by drawing my classmates and teacher's faces.

The things taught in here, my mother taught me when I'm still in kindergarten. Honestly what a waste of time.

Soon it was lunchtime and several students left with their acquaintances to eat together.

"Well, I was thinking of heading to the cafeteria. Anyone want to come with me?" announced Hirata as he stood.

I would like to join him, but after girls flocked over him I stopped. I also noticed Ayanokouji wanting to go with Hirata, but also gave up after seeing those girls.

Honestly, good looking guys have it tough. Though I'm quite good looking if I say so myself.

Anyway I decided to postpone making friends this time. I'm still a noob in socializing. If I immediately went to explore a high level dungeon, I would die.

I opened up my bento, that I prepared early in the morning. In there was some egg omelettes and vegetables.

"You're Takamura-kun right?" A cute girl caught my attention.

If I remember it right, her name was Kushida Kikyou. The one who asked the old lady in the bus for a seat.

"Yes, you're Kushida-san right? Did you want something from me?"

I asked her, adjusting my tone of voice and intonation. I practiced voice acting, so trying to express myself was easy.

"Can I ask for your phone number? I think I didn't get it yesterday."

"Really? Okay."

I didn't know what proper words to say, so I answered with only two words. Kinda embarrassing.

And so we exchanged phone numbers. I didn't really know wether to be happy or sad. This is the first contact info registered on this phone.