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Author : Kinugasa Shougo
Illustrator : Tomoseshunsaku

Kōdo Ikusei Senior High School, a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Kōdo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.

The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokōji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyō Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.

Classroom Of The Elite Year 1

"Kikyou-chan, do you want to stop by a cafe on the way home?"


"Un, let's go! Ah, but wait a bit. I want to ask one more person."


After inviting one of her female friends, Kushida walked towards Horikita while putting a book in her bag.


"Horikita-san. I'm going to the cafe with my friend—if you'd like, would you like to join?"


Horikita swiftly cut down Kushida's invitation with a few words.


Can't you just lie that you're planning on shopping or that you're meeting with someone else? Horikita bluntly rejected her invitation. However, Kushida was still smiling.


This sight wasn't anything new. Ever since the entrance ceremony, Kushida has periodically tried to invite Horikita. I thought it would be fine for Horikita to accept once in awhile, but that might be the perspective of a bystander. Nevertheless, no one has been able to invite Horikita successfully. .


"Is that so…. Well, I'll invite you some other time."


For some reason, Horikita called out Kushida. By any chance, did she give into Kushida's invitation?


"Please don't invite me again. It's a bother."


However, Kushida wasn't affected and continued to smile.


Kushida ran back to her friends, and they exited the hallway.


"Kikyou-chan, please stop inviting Horikita-san. I hate her——" (T/N Not sure if this is a mistake on the author's part—pretty sure I didn't mistranslate here. Names are hard to mistranslate.)


As the door was closing, the girl's voices could be faintly heard.


The words should have been heard by the nearby Horikita, but there was no indication that she heard them.


"You don't say unnecessary things like that, do you?"


"Yea. I understand you well enough. It's pointless."


Horikita, who finished packing up, walked out of the classroom at her own pace.


I was lingering around the classroom for a bit, but I got bored and stood up from my seat. Time to go home.


I ran into Hirata, who was still at school. In a small voice, I replied to Hirata. It's strange to see Hirata speak up to someone first.


"It's about Horikita—I was wondering if something is wrong. The girls were talking about her earlier. She's always alone, after all."


Rejecting Kushida's invitations, she was always alone.


"Can't you tell her to get along with the others more?"


"Isn't that up to the person themselves? Also, she's not troubling anyone else."


"Of course I understand. However, there are also other people that are worried. I don't want any problems about bullying to arise in the class."


Bullying? He did talk to me out of the blue, but with those words, it sounds like a bad omen. So were you warning me? Hirata was looking at me with pure intentions.


"I think it's better for you to say it directly to her, rather than saying it through me."


"… Yea, I guess. Sorry for saying something strange."


Horikita is always alone every day. If that continues, in a month, she'll probably become the tumor of the class.


However, since this is Horikita's own personal problem, it's not something I should involve myself with.


Chapter 4: Friend