Chapter 44: Mid-term exam

After the East-West championship match, Kenji formally apologized to the four Kanto bosses and Baba-senpai, who was in the hospital.

　He stepped down from the position of Kansai General Boss.

　Kanto and Kansai were merged, and the title of East-West General Manager was created.

　The person who will take on this role is …… me……..

　I didn’t want to do this even if it killed me, but as usual, I was forced by choice to do it.

　However, it was agreed that it would only be an honorary position and that the villainous senpai would take actual control, so I managed to save my life.

　I thought it was going to be back to my normal peaceful life ……, but …….

“Fure!　Fure!　Yagami! Fure!　Fure!　Yagami!　Uooooooooooooooo!”

　Today I was at the prefectural track and field inter-high tournament.

　There was a group of manly men in the cheering section, cheering me on with loud voices.

“Hey, Yagami. What’s with those guys?　Why are the guys from the other high schools cheering for you?　And not all of them are Idiots.”

“Ah, ……, I guess they’re related to the villainous senpai. ……”

“Eh?　There are quite a few high schools in the Kansai area?

“Yeah, well. ……”

　Unbelievably, even the people from Kansai came to cheer.

　So, the size of the cheering squad is several hundred people.

“Soma-chan!　Good luck!”

　Kenji is dressed as a cheerleader, waving a bong.

“…… Who is that woman?　She’s calling you by your name, right?”

　Himari glared at me with a scowl.

“Kenji Kamada. He’s my childhood friend.”

“Kenji ……?　Don’t lie to me!”

“I’m not lying. He’s a man.”

“What?　That’s enough!　I’m not stupid enough to be fooled by a lie like that!”

“Take a look at his pants. You’ll see.”

“Haa?”

　I pushed Himari back and headed for the bleachers.

　Himari peered down at Kenji, who was standing just in front of the fence.

“…… A bulging?!”

“Na?”

“No!　I’m not going to let you peek into your pants!”

　Kenji held up his skirt with his hand.

　You don’t have to wear women’s underwear? For crying out loud.

　Was it because I was cheered so hard?　I came in first in both the 1,500m and 5,000m prefectural finals.

　Kinomura was defeated here, and Ichigaya-senpai only made it through the 5,000m.

　Even in the entire track and field team, only a very few were able to make it to the block meet.

　Now that I’ve come this far, I’m finally starting to recognize my own abilities.

　I had always had a talent for endurance sports, and the commute to school at Hell Pass had helped me develop it.

“If I hadn’t been cursed, I would have never realized it. ……”

　Should I be grateful to that fortune teller…..?

“Soma-chan!　Let’s go to the public bath!　I’ll wash your back!”

{ 1 [“Wash not only my back, but also the front.”]

{ 2 [“Give me a massage, too.”]

　I decided not to be grateful.

　In the latter half of May, the day of the midterm exam finally arrived.

　The night before the test, I was putting the finishing touches on Himari.

“Umu……, it may be difficult to avoid red marks in all subjects, but we should be able to do better than last year.”

“Well, Yagami, if I get less red marks, please give me a reward!”

　”Reward?　The one who wants a reward is me, for continuing to teach Himari so much, even though she’s a fool.

　…… But that’s okay. It’s important to keep her motivation high.

“All right. What do you want?”

“Buy me a Donburi Parfait!”

　Donburi Parfait ……?　You mean a parfait in a bowl?　I don’t know how many calories are in that.

“Well, I can live with that.”

“That’s fine.　Then I’ll do my best!”

　Parfaits are quite expensive. And if it’s a bowl of rice, so much the better.

　But Himari is not really in need of money. If she wanted to eat it, she could always eat it, right?　…… Well whatever.

　She then concentrated even harder on her studies.

　The midterm tests were over, and the rankings were posted.

　1st: Namba Bay

　2nd Seiya Ichijo

　3rd – Yuuki Hoshi

　7th – Soma Yagami

　64th, Toru Yoshida

　95th Yasuhisa Kinomura

　No.201 Mochitaro Shinagawa

　223 Sayaka Kitahara

　No.237 Reina Komatsu

　238th Himari Rurikawa

　No.239 Kento Kindaichi

“I did it!　It’s a billi escape!”

　Himari is shouting with joy.

　By the way, there are 239 second-year students in total. That means she is second from the bottom.

　She’s so happy, her head is really in a happy set.

“Look, Yagami!　I’m one step closer to Reina!”

“That’s right. So, how many red marks did you get?”

“Here it is!　Yes!

　Himari handed me a stack of answer sheets from the test.

“You got red marks in modern literature B, math II, math B, chemistry and biology. …… That’s definitely less than last year.”

“Right!?”　Well, as promised, please give my reward!”

　To tell the truth, I was hoping to avoid red marks in modern literature and biology.

　But at this point, I should praise her for the results she had achieved.

“You did a great job. “You’ve done well. How much do you want me to pay……?”

　It would be about 3,000 yen.　It would be enough to pay for one part-time job, but I had no choice.

“Wh?　You don’t think you’re just paying, right?”

“Eh?　I’m not?”

“Are you an idiot!　That’s not a reward!　Of course you’re going with me!”

　An idiot called me an idiot. I was shocked.

　I was shocked. Apparently, a reward is only a reward if the person paying for it also participates. I didn’t know that.

　I’m not very experienced in socializing, so I lack this kind of common sense.

“So, do you want to go after school today?”

“Uhm …… I’m available tomorrow Saturday. ……”

　Really?　That’s unexpected. I thought Himari’s personality would make her want to eat right now.

” I understand. See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah, I’ll meet you in front of the evil god statue in front of the station!　I’m looking forward to it!”

　And so it was that I was going to have a bowl of parfait for lunch tomorrow.

Author’s note:

Kenji couldn’t defeat Soma, so he couldn’t cure his cross-dressing habit.

But he doesn’t seem to be bitter about it.

Also, I made a “Donburi Parfait” thinking that there is no way there is such a thing, but I googled it and found that there is one.

Then I thought I’d make a bowl parfait, but I found that there was one too.

I guess we’ve all got ideas.