The high school that Karasuma attended had been established for decades. It was a comprehensive girls' school that specialized in providing "aristocratic higher education." To put it simply, it was a "school for aristocratic girls."
The students in the school basically came from the upper-middle-class families in Tokyo at that time, and the purpose of its teaching was to train these female students to be good wives and mothers like the "Yamato Nadeshiko" that was generally recognized by the Japanese public at that time.
The gimmick of "aristocratic education", very beautiful school uniforms, and active catering to the "Yamato Nadeshiko" that the Japanese public yearned for, once made this girls' high school a quite famous star school in Tokyo at that time.
Although this type of school has largely ceased to exist decades later, at least it was still very popular in Japan at that time.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Karasuma Renya sent little Karasuma to study there.
And this girls' high school is not just a show of "all talk but no practice". In order to maintain the school's own external image and reputation, the school does have quite a lot of cumbersome rules that are like cultivating "noble ladies".
The most typical one of these is probably the school's rules for students to eat lunch.
It is completely different from other schools. According to the rules of this school, students' lunch time is limited to half an hour after the fourth class in the morning.
After the fourth period, all students will sit in the classroom. Then, according to the school's pre-meal etiquette, the head teacher of each class will come to the classroom they are responsible for. Only after the class leader says "I'm starting" can the class start. meal.
The school does not have facilities such as shops and canteens, so both students and teachers must prepare lunch for the day at home.
At the same time, eating in advance during class is also strictly prohibited.
After the meal, the students would have more than an hour of free time. Karasuma used to take advantage of this time to go to the university to find Keiko Hatoyama and the boy.
"But, the murderer's identity was exposed in the end because of the monkey. As the saying goes, 'Success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He'..."
At this time, the head teacher of Karasuma's class had already walked into the classroom with his lunch box.
The original noise in the classroom gradually became quieter, and the students each took out the lunch boxes they had prepared.
Karasuma-chan was no exception and quickly took out the lunch box from his drawer and opened it.
Speaking of which, when she first came back to Japan, she disliked Japan's "lunchbox culture" very much, but now she has gradually become accustomed to it. I can only say that the environment is really a terrifying force...
"Akuna?"
Suddenly, Karasuma suddenly noticed that his good friend and classmate Akina had been silent since unknown time.
She turned around and found that Qiunai didn't know what she was thinking about. She kept her head down and stared at her desktop with a sad expression. She didn't even notice that the homeroom teacher had come in.
In fact, from just now, Karasumaru has noticed that Akina-san seems to be a little absent-minded today. When listening to her talk about the previous case, Akina-san has also been distracted.
Xiao Karasuma originally thought that this case failed to attract the interest of his good friend, but now it seems that this is not the case?
Suddenly, Karasumaru's mind suddenly recalled the murder case of Kyoko's classmate that she personally experienced a year ago.
Before Kyoko-san was killed in the end, a situation similar to Akina-san's happened...
"Akiuna!"
Feeling very worried, Karasuma called her in a suppressed voice and patted her shoulder hard at the same time.
"Eh?!"
After being slapped like this by Kokarasuma, Akina-san finally came to her senses. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Kokarasuma in panic.
"What's wrong, Karasuma-kun? Where did you just talk?"
But Karasuma just stared at her with an "I'm very angry" look, and at the same time glanced at the class teacher who was already sitting behind the podium.
"H-Sorry!"
Reacting instantly, Akina-san quickly took out her lunch box from the drawer.
"I'm starting." At this moment, the monitor's voice sounded, indicating that all the students in the class could now use chopsticks.
Opening the lid in a panic, Akina-san, whose ears were already red, carefully looked at Karasumaru next to her, and then said in a low voice:
"I'm sorry Karasuma-kun, I didn't mean to..."
What she was talking about was that even though Karasumaru was talking to her about the case, she was distracted...
"Hmm? So it was unintentional? This means that my friend is not that important in the eyes of Akina-san..." Karasumaru replied in a pretentious tone.
"No! I just, just..."
Akina wanted to explain, but she was suddenly stunned when she was halfway through her words. In the end, she just sighed quietly and said nothing more.
"What happened?" Xiao Karasuma stopped teasing her and asked with worry on his face.
"No, it's nothing... It's just a little thing about myself..." But Akina-san shook her head and said nothing.
But looking at the embarrassed and sad expression on her face, it didn't look like a "little thing", which made Karasuma even more worried.
"Akiuna...you won't be like Kyoko-san, right?"
Karasuma spoke very straightforwardly. If it were anyone else, she might be offended, but she knew that Qiuna could understand what she wanted to express.
"No, nothing, just, just..."
Akina-san shook her head quickly, but she still had a hesitant attitude. It seemed that what she was holding in her heart was something she couldn't say out loud no matter what.
"I...I seem to have done something wrong..."
But under the intense gaze of Karasuma, Akina finally let go. She sighed quietly and said:
"Something that seems to hurt others should obviously not be like this, but I..."
However, just after saying this, she shook her head violently and stopped talking.
"Karasuma-kun, please stop asking me and let me think about it myself..."
When she said this, she didn't even dare to look into Karasuma's eyes.
"……good."
Seeing her distressed and troubled expression, Karasuma no longer asked any more questions, but just looked at her worriedly and nodded.
"But Qiuna, if there is anything I can do to help you, you must come to me. You can't just think about it by yourself. Do you understand?"
"Well, I know, let's eat first..."
Akina-san nodded vigorously towards Karasuma, and a smile appeared on her face.
Just like that, the two of them didn't talk about it anymore, but each had their lunch.
Then, the unexpected happened.
"Well……"
Just when Karasuma was still worrying about Akina's classmates' abnormality, the suppressed moans coming from beside her pulled her consciousness out of her thoughts.
"Akina?"
She turned around when she heard the sound, only to find that her good friend Qiunai was lying on the desk at the moment, raising her hands to cover her chest with a very painful expression. The moans she heard came from Qiunai's mouth. .
"Akiuna?!"
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(End of chapter)
