The morning of the last day of the second semester was a rare sunny day.

Looking at the long-lost blue sky beside the clouds, Naruse shuddered and followed the team in front of him into the gymnasium to participate in the graduation ceremony.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the sun." Naoko said.

"Over there, can you get the sun in the morning? When the class meeting is over, let's go and stay there. ”

"It should be able to get a little bit of sun."

Waiting in line, the second year on the highest floor came in last, and the students of all three years were shrouded in an irrepressible excitement.

The reason is also very simple, in addition to the upcoming holidays, there is another thing that stimulates the eyes directly in front of the eyes - the Christmas party, which will start this afternoon.

Naruse looked up at the reindeer cart hanging in the air, and no matter how many times he looked at it, he was still amazed by the craftsmanship of the maker.

"The handicraft club has been poached so many backbones, but it can still make works of this level."

“……”

Naoko raised her arm and bumped him lightly, "We didn't dig it up, we're still members of the handicraft club." ”

"Ah, right...... But the seniors didn't participate in their production this time. ”

Naoko nodded, and also tilted her head, looking at the huge reindeer cart overhead.

"That's a good thing."

Naruse looked at her and asked:

"Are those people involved, it's called ...... Hmm, what's the name of the second grade who cut Naoko's puppet? ”

Naoko was stunned for a moment, then looked at him as well, and couldn't help but smile.

She hadn't told him about it yet, and he should have "not known".

"Harumi is talking about Takahashi-senpai, right?"

"Yes, it's Takahashi."

"It is said that after the cultural festival, that group of people did not go to the club very much, so they should not have participated."

Naruse nodded, looking up again.

"Then it's a clean piece."

Naoko smiled and didn't say anything.

After a while, Mr. Principal, who is usually rarely seen, took the stage under the introduction of the dean of education and kicked off the closing ceremony.

“…… Now as soon as you look up, you can see that today's gymnasium has undergone unprecedented changes, which is really amazing.

In particular, the reindeer cart hanging in the air is made entirely of cardboard, which is amazing. Everyone is really attentive.

But it's a bit dangerous to get carried away because you're happy. I have a few things to say about this afternoon's Christmas party......"

In his speech, Mr. Chancellor was full of anticipation for the first Christmas party in the history of the prefectural Tsu High School, but at the same time, he repeatedly emphasized issues such as safety and commuting.

Subsequently, the directors of each grade who came to the stage summarized some changes and gains of this semester, and it took a lot of time, and the whole closing ceremony lasted nearly half an hour before it ended.

"I can finally go back......

"My feet are numb."

"That's coming."

"'That'?"

"That."

Back on the third floor, Naruse was walking, and two boys suddenly squeezed up from behind, one left and one right, and put their hands on his shoulders, and Naoko glanced at it.

"I'm optimistic about Naruse." "Me too."

"What?"

"Of course, I was the first in my grade for the final exam."

Naruse smiled and glanced back.

The team of Class E was still behind, and he couldn't see anyone if they didn't keep up.

"I hope so."

Back in the classroom, as a teacher, Nakahara Xue quickly came over and continued to be interrupted by the closing ceremony for the last class meeting of the semester.

Another more important thing was also put after the closing ceremony.

"Next, this flower."

Nakahara Yuki reported her name, and Naoko got up on stage and took over the semester's report card from her position as a teacher.

Returning to her seat, she opened it to glance at it and smiled at the apparent Naruse.

"Not bad, right?"

"Are you in the top ten?"

"That's too hard...... This time it's twenty-one. ”

"That's not bad, it's improved a lot."

"Uh-huh."

The score card lists the scores and rankings of all the important exams in the second semester, and the average score in the final exam column is used as a reference to determine whether you have passed.

The students of Class C went up one by one, and soon after Naoko, it was Hikaru Takikawa's turn.

She strode onto the stage and opened the report card as soon as she took it.

"Huh......"

"What's wrong?" Nakahara Xue looked over.

"There's a misprint here, Xiaoxue."

"Huh?" She didn't care about the title, and hurriedly leaned over to take a look.

Hikaru Takikawa pointed to the scores of the final exam on the transcript, "If you look at the English score, it doesn't seem to have reached the passing line, so it's really a mistake." ”

“……”

Naruse at the bottom glanced up and looked at Naoko.

Naoko was also a little surprised, and didn't know what to say, "This is really ......"

This exam was not difficult, and a study meeting was specially organized before the exam, but she actually failed.

Zhongyuan Xue on the stage was full of helplessness, "I have checked everyone's report card, and it will not be misprinted." ”

Hikaru Takikawa looked down at the report card, "Something must have gone wrong." ”

“…… You go down first. Next, Tanaka—"

She walked down and stopped next to Naruse.

"Chunhai, something is wrong."

"Show me."

He took the report card and glanced at it, the corners of his mouth twitching.

“…… Something did go wrong. ”

"Sure enough!"

"The average score in English is sixty-two, isn't the passing mark thirty-one, you have already passed."

Hikaru Takikawa was stunned.

"Isn't half of sixty-two thirty-six?"

“……”

The real problem was her math.

Naruse glanced at it again, but she also scored more than 80 points in the math test.

Realizing that he hadn't failed, Hikaru Takikawa regained a smile on his face.

"It's dangerously passed again."

Class C students took the stage one after another, and after a short while, it was finally the turn of Naruse who was at the end of the list.

Taking the report card from the teacher who nodded slightly, he already had a premonition and opened it directly on the podium.

Bottom right, school year order: 1st.

He closes his report card, and the rest doesn't matter.

And in the classroom of Class E, looking at the second place in the previous grade on the report card again, Morimi still inevitably felt lost.

And along with it, there is also a sense of relaxation for no reason.

"Second in the grade......

She is the second, and the person who can be ranked before her can only be him.

In this final exam, she only lost to him.

If he hadn't come back, she would still have been at the top of her grade...... Can you think so?

Morimi took a deep breath, not knowing how to describe how he felt at this moment.

"All passed!"

On the other side of the classroom, the starfish, who carefully opened the report card, carefully calculated the average of all subjects, and blurted out the excitement in his heart.

Morimi looked at her, and a clear hint of joy welled up in her complicated emotions - at least the starfish didn't have to retake the exam this time.

Her goal is to pass all of them, even if it's not too high, and she will be satisfied when she achieves it.

And feeling the sense of relaxation that could not be ignored in his heart, Morimi asked himself:

There is only a ranking on the report card, there is no other person's score, and she can't see the specific gap, and now she has reached the second place in the grade second only to him, is she satisfied?

Or is it that in the mental torment of the past few days, I have quietly lowered my expectations?

“…… That's it. ”

While she was distracted, the last class meeting of the semester was finally over.

"One leaf."

Before the teacher stepped off the podium, Starfish ran over, "I passed them all!" ”

"Congratulations." Morimi smiled at her, "There's no need to take the retake now." ”

"Uh-huh!"

Starfish looked at her, "What about Kazuha?" ”

Morimi didn't know what to say, so he showed her his report card directly.

"Second in grade...... It's amazing. ”

"'Awesome'."

"Of course."

Morimi chose to smile.

Starfish raised her bright eyes, "Christmas party in the afternoon, will Ichiha come?" ”

(End of chapter)