Hida-sensei looked at everyone in the Misfit Class.
"This is this week's test."
After Shida handed out everyone's test papers, she saw Clara staring blankly at her own paper.
Clara's test score: 5 points.
Seeing this, Shida was about to comfort Clara when she heard Clara say,
"This is such... such perfect paper for folding paper airplanes!"
At the same time, Jazz saw the test paper in Lead's hand.
"Oh, Lead, your score is actually higher than mine!"
Jazz said, looking at Lead's paper,
"Hehe..., actually, I worked hard, you know. After all, I don't really stand out in Heart Rupture... If I can't even pass the written exam, that would be really bad, wouldn't it? After all, there's a risk of demotion. Now that I've reached Rank [4], I can't get such terrible scores..."
Lead's test score: 53.
Clara seemed to be deep in thought, but in the end, she happily ran over to Shesi.
Everyone ran over to Iruma.
"Wow! Iruma, you scored really high this time too!"
Iruma rubbed his nose when he heard this.
"Actually, because last year's study retreat was so fun, and my brother helped me with tutoring, I became interested in studying... I gradually added more study time."
Azu praised Iruma as usual.
"Hmph! Such excellent growth speed! As expected of Lord Iruma!"
"At this rate, the top spot... and second place will be within reach!"
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"At this rate, everyone should be able to avoid failing this year. It seems we can safely avoid remedial classes and welcome the End of Term."
Clara:...The world isolates me, let it mock.
Clara unfolded the paper airplane and glanced at the red '5' on it again.
"It's... it's fine. There's also Big Sister. I'm not the only idiot! There's also Big Sister, that last fort... the fortress has collapsed."
Kerori looked at Big Sister.
"Oh! Big Sister is amazing, 46 points? You improved so fast!"
"Hehehe, actually, it's all thanks to Shesi-kun. When he tutored Iruma, he pulled me in too~"
Clara pouted when she heard this: Shesi-kun! Favoritism... Huh?
Clara suddenly remembered that Shesi had called her when she was playing at home earlier? He seemed to have asked her something... Thinking of this, Clara looked at her test paper, feeling dejected.
"Clara?" Shesi looked around and found no Clara, so he started searching everywhere and soon saw Clara in a corner.
Clara was startled to hear Shesi's voice, and instinctively stuffed the test paper into her mouth.
...Inside the library.
"Honestly, if you failed, just say you failed. What kind of demon eats their test paper? Besides, your test scores haven't been good for a while now, have they?"
"But... but Shesi-kun told me to study, and I didn't. And everyone else did so well this time... I'm such an idiot... the King of Idiots."
Clara's distressed look made Shesi feel helpless.
"It seems our rare beast also has worries."
"I'm not a rare beast!" After saying that, Clara seemed a little reluctant to let go of Shesi's hand. Head pats were quite comfortable.
"Also, at this rate, I'll be the only one who has to go to remedial classes... I won't be able to spend the End of Term with everyone. No..."
Hearing this, the three exchanged glances.
"It's okay! There's still a little time until the End of Term exam! We'll help you!" Iruma looked at Clara seriously.
Clara was very touched, but knowledge isn't something that can be rushed; it needs to be accumulated slowly, especially since Clara is the demon who struggles with learning.
Clara tried singing, rote memorization, and various other methods.
"I don't get it."
Azu asked helplessly,
"What exactly don't you get?"
"I don't get anything..."
Shesi chuckled when he heard this, then looked at Clara.
"Clara, is there anywhere you want to go play during the End of Term?"
As soon as 'play' was mentioned, Clara immediately became excited.
"Muddy-Muddy Marsh! Clang-Clang Pond! Drippy-Drippy Forest!"
"They all sound very strange."
"That's just Clara."
"Then, after the exam, shall we go to all of them?"
"Huh! All of them?"
"After all, we didn't take Clara with us when we went to the banquet before. Clara must have been very lonely, right?"
"Really?" Clara looked at the three of them in disbelief.
Azu huffed and turned his head away tsundere-like.
"Then let's do that..."
Hearing this, Clara's fighting spirit was fully ignited. Shesi and the others seemed to see Clara's fighting spirit behind her starting to burn.
1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds. Okay, it burned out.
Shesi and the others looked at Clara, who had turned to ash.
"..."
"I'll go buy drinks first."
Iruma stood up and said.
Azu immediately followed Iruma.
"Then I'll go too."
Soon, only Clara and Shesi were left in the room. Clara, whose face was resting on the table, suddenly turned to look at Shesi.
"Shesi-kun..."
"Hmm?" Shesi put down his book and looked at Clara.
"What's wrong?"
"Will you look down on Clara for being stupid?"
Shesi smiled when he heard this and continued to pat Clara's head.
"Clara isn't stupid. Clara's intelligence just isn't used in this way."
"Is that so?"
Shesi nodded vigorously.
Suddenly, his phone rang. Shesi took it out and saw it was Ameri. Shesi answered the call and walked out.
"Ameri? What's wrong? Oh, this... Hmm... I'll go in a couple of days, okay? Okay, then just one afternoon."
Shesi's doting voice made Clara a little envious.
"Shesi-kun is really so gentle to Big Red-Red... I'm so envious..." Clara then slapped her face hard.
"For the End of Term, I have to work hard! But..."
Clara looked at Azu's jacket, which he hadn't taken with him.
"Hehe~ Azu definitely has smartening snacks! I knew it!" Soon, Clara pulled out a jar of eye-like pills from Azu's pocket.
"So pretty!"
At this moment, Shesi finished his call and turned back to look at Clara.
"Clara?"
Clara was so startled that her hand shook, and the pill happened to fall into Clara's mouth and she swallowed it.
"Huh? Clara, what did you eat?" Shesi still looked at Clara in confusion, when he saw Clara suddenly turn and hug Shesi.
"Huh? Clara?" Shesi looked at Clara, who had suddenly hugged him, still a little confused. Suddenly, a laugh came from Clara's mouth, and then Clara looked up at Shesi.
"Shesi-kun, do you like Clara?"
Shesi felt Clara's head wasn't behaving, rubbing him in a way that tickled a bit.
"Of course, Clara is so cute..."
Shesi was a little stunned by Clara's change, then looked at Azu's jacket on the table and the open jar next to it.
"Clara, you—"
Before Shesi could finish speaking, he was tucked into Clara's pocket.
"Shesi-kun belongs to Clara."
Then, the two who went to buy drinks returned and saw this scene.
"Clara, what are you doing! Where did you put Lord Shesi (Brother)?"
Clara giggled and ran over when she heard this.
"Do you want to play in Clara's pocket too?"
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