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The last class on Wednesday afternoon was Yoshiko Hasumi's English class.

This beautiful teacher, beloved by her classmates, is explaining the usage of tenses in her gentle voice.

Yuto Itsuka gazed out the window, his thoughts already drifting to Izu: training camp, beach, swimsuits...

Ever since experiencing those things with Mai in the simulated world, she seems to have had an epiphany, and sometimes she unconsciously thinks about strange things.

For example, is he still Chu Nan?

He felt he was.

After all, in the real world, he had never even held hands with a girl in either of his two lifetimes—not counting when he was a child.

"...Then, Itsuka-kun, please answer this question."

Hasumi Yoshinoko's voice pulled him back to reality, and all the girls in the class immediately turned their attention to him.

Yuto Itsuka quickly glanced at the sentence on the blackboard, stood up, and instinctively gave the answer.

"Very good, please have a seat." Hasumi Kinoko nodded in satisfaction. "Although the monthly exam is over, everyone should still pay attention in class!"

"Yes~"

Sitting in the front row, Yoshihiko Uego turned around, winked at him, and mouthed silently, "Izu—swimsuit—"

Yuto Itsuka rolled his eyes at him and retorted in the same way: "Shut up—pervert—"

He simply asked Kamigo if he had any good suggestions about his itinerary in Izu, and it was interpreted as him taking a beautiful woman to the beach for a summer vacation.

Although the outcome may not be wrong.

The school bell rang, and Yuto Itsuka and Megumi Kato finished getting ready and walked side by side down the corridor of the school building.

"Itsuka-kun, have you booked the hotel and train tickets?" Kato Megumi asked softly.

"Not yet, I was too busy watching them argue in the group last night." Itsuka Yuto smiled awkwardly. "I was thinking that during today's club activity, we could all check online together and finalize this."

"That sounds reliable."

"Don't."

Pushing open the door to the club activity room, one girl with blonde twin tails and the other with long, straight black hair were already sitting on either side of the long table, like the Chu River and Han border.

"Yo." Itsuka Yuto greeted him casually and placed his schoolbag in the middle of the table.

"You're too late, you idiot Yuto!"

"Itsuka-kun, it's not gentlemanly to make a girl wait."

“Two seniors, less than ten minutes have passed since the school bell rang.” Itsuka Yuto pulled out a chair and sat down, and Kato Megumi sat down next to him.

Eriri saw Kato Megumi sitting naturally next to Yuto and pouted.

"Alright, let's get down to business first." Itsuka Yuto took out his phone and opened the information he had searched for earlier.

"Based on Kato's suggestion, we'll stay in Ito City on the first day for easy access to Shirahama Beach, and then go to Kawazu on the second day to stay at a hot spring inn. I looked it up, and the 'Seaview Garden Hotel' in Ito City has a private pool and is not far from the beach."

"This is it!" Eriri's eyes lit up. She could already imagine herself drinking juice and sunbathing by the pool, enjoying the pampered life of a young lady. "Since the library is covering the expenses, I'll stay in the best!"

"Sawamura-kun, please don't forget that we're here to gather material, not for a vacation," Kasumigaoka Utaha said slowly.

She took out her phone and swiped it a few times with her slender fingers.

"I recommend this place, 'Tofuya,' a hot spring inn with a history of 400 years. Mr. Yasunari Kawabata also stayed here."

"Its architecture retains the style of the Edo period, and the courtyard design is quite Zen-like, making it more suitable for us to find a literary atmosphere."

"This kind of old and run-down place must have a lot of rules and be very troublesome," Eriri said with a look of disgust.

"If a painter can't even appreciate the artistic conception of traditional aesthetics, then his sensibility is really cheap."

"What did you say! You scheming woman who only knows how to nitpick over words!"

"You're quite outspoken."

"Humph!"

“Ahem, well…” Yuto Itsuka interjected, “I just asked Machida, the editor, on Line. The budget is probably not that big, so forget about ocean view hotels and Tofuya. Let’s find a guesthouse instead.”

Eriri looked a little disappointed. Actually, she wanted to ask if she could pay for it herself, but even she would consider Yuto's usually stingy personality.

Yuto Itsuka: I am a pragmatist.

Kasumigaoka Utaha had no objections and nodded in agreement.

“Alright, the accommodation issue is resolved. The rest is about the daily schedule and what we need to prepare,” said Yuto Itsuka.

"I want to buy a new swimsuit!" Eriri announced immediately.

"Oh my, does it matter what swimsuit someone with such a thin frame wears?" Kasumigaoka Utaha retorted sharply.

"Mind your own business! I'm happy to do it!" Eriri's face instantly turned red.

……

After the club activity ended, the four of them walked out of the school gate together. At the station intersection, Kasumigaoka Utaha said goodbye to them, as her home was in a different direction.

"Well then, goodbye, Itsuka-kun, Kato-senpai, and... Sawamura-kun."

Eriri turned her head away and ignored her.

After watching the wicked woman leave, she suddenly said, "You idiot, Yuto, let's go shopping together this weekend?"

"shopping?"

"It's just... swimsuits, sunscreen, and things like that... things you need for the trip!" Eriri's voice trailed off. "You, as the person in charge of this training camp, are obligated to accompany us, right? And... also act as an advisor."

Seeing her hesitant manner, Itsuka Yuto found it somewhat amusing and nodded: "Okay."

"Then... Kato, why don't you come along too?" Eriri turned to Kato Megumi, seemingly feeling a little uncomfortable going alone with just the two of them, and subconsciously wanted to find someone to accompany her.

"Okay, sure," Kato Megumi agreed. "I was just thinking of buying a sun hat too."

"It's settled then! See you on Saturday!" Eriri said, and quickly ran towards her home.

……

Volume One: Chapter Seventy-Two: A timely rain after a long drought, an old friend met in a foreign land. The wedding night, the day of passing the imperial examination.

A long-awaited rain after a drought; meeting an old friend in a foreign land; the wedding night; passing the imperial examination with flying colors.

For the first three, Yuto Itsuka has not made any progress yet.

...No, it seems like I've experienced the third one as well.

In any case, he is currently basking in the joy of passing the imperial examination with flying colors.

It was Friday noon, and the school's bulletin board posted the rankings of the monthly tests.

Yuto Itsuka and his two friends pushed their way through the crowded throng and saw their rankings.

"Rank: 1; Name: Yuto Itsuka"

……

Fortunately, nothing serious happened, otherwise he would have been too ashamed to face the vast number of transmigrators.

To be honest, he didn't work as hard as usual in the week before the monthly test, spending more time writing, which made him unusually nervous before the results were announced.

"Wow." Yoshihiko Uago exclaimed insincerely, showing no surprise at Yuto Itsuka's firm hold on the top spot in his grade.

"As expected of you, Itsuka." Onodera Kohei expressed his sincere admiration.

He ranked 87th this time, which is considered above average, so he can better understand how difficult it is to maintain the number one position.

"Two hundred and seven!! Oh no... My mom will definitely make me sign up for tutoring classes this summer! I'm doomed!"

Toyonosaki has seven classes in one grade, with about forty students in each class. Kamigo is already considered to be in the lower middle range.

Onodera patted his friend on the shoulder: "Don't be discouraged, I didn't do well on the test either."

Uego Yoshihiko tried to shake off the shoulder, but failed. He could only shout indignantly, "You bastard! You're over a hundred places ahead of me!"

Yuto Itsuka's gaze swept across the list, and he quickly found a familiar name in the middle.

"Rank: 114; Name: Kato Megumi"

……

He turned to look at the girl beside him, who was barely noticeable. She was quietly looking at the list, her face expressionless.

"Kato, you did pretty well on the exam this time."

Compared to the last test, they have improved by more than twenty places and are almost at the upper-middle level.

"Really?" Kato Megumi turned to look at him. "Itsuka-kun is the one who's amazing, isn't he? He's always so good."

"It's just a fluke."

Kamigo and Onodera looked at him with disdain.

"Itsuka is first in the monthly test again! He's so strong! He's never fallen behind since he enrolled!"

"Handsome, smart, liked by teachers, admired by classmates—how can someone be so outstanding? It's disgusting!"

"That's it!"

There were classmates and students in the same grade around, constantly talking about it, and many girls' eyes drifted over intentionally or unintentionally.

Yuto Itsuka was used to this. He tugged at Kamigo, who was still wailing, and said, "Alright, let's go back to the classroom."

"Itsuka... my dearest friend... you have to help me!" Yoshihiko Uesugi grabbed his arm, tears streaming down his face. "If you'll tutor me, I'll give you my treasured limited edition of 'Summer Sonata'!"

It was indeed a massive hemorrhage.

But Yuto Itsuki ruthlessly shook him off and said earnestly, "It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Go to the countryside."

"Sigh, never mind, I'll talk to my mom about it when I get home tonight, and maybe I can enroll her in a tutoring class."

“Count me in, Kamiko. Let’s study and improve together!” Onodera Kohei said.

"Kamping!"

"Go to the countryside!"

The two friends clasped hands tightly together.

Yuto Itsuka couldn't bear to look anymore and quickly moved away from the two idiots. Seeing this, the two of them quickly followed.

"Itsuka, if you can maintain this ranking throughout your three years of high school, you should be able to get a direct recommendation to the University of Tokyo without taking the entrance exam, right?"

"Perhaps, but if I really have that ability, it doesn't matter whether I'm exempt from the test or not."

"That's true."

"As expected of you, Itsuka."

……

After school, Yuto Itsuka was planning to go to the club building with Megumi Kato, as there was a club activity today.

As soon as he stepped out of the classroom, he was stopped by Hasumi Yoshinoko, who peeked out from the office.

"Itsuka-kun, could you come to the office for a moment?"

Yuto Itsuka stopped and turned to Megumi Kato, saying, "Kato-san, you go to the clubroom first, I'll be there in a bit."

"Okay, I'll tell Kasumigaoka-senpai and the others."

Inside the teachers' office, many teachers were still there. Kanoko Hasumi's desk was located by the window and was kept clean and tidy, with a succulent plant on it.

"Please sit down." Hasumi Kinoko gestured to the chair next to her, then pulled a form from the file rack.

Yuto Itsuka obediently sat down next to her and asked, "Is it about the monthly test?"

Hasumi Yoshiko shook her head with a smile, "No, there's nothing to say about your monthly test results."

"That's true."

"Bang!" Hasumi Kinoko habitually rolled up the form in her hand and tapped the student on the head.

"It's about the trilateral talks next week."

"what?"

The tripartite meeting, which involves the student, guardian, and homeroom teacher, mainly discusses the student's academic performance, college application intentions, and the requirements of the target school.