Chapter 67: Unexpected Newcomer

"Ah...what the heck happened the night before yesterday? I slept for a whole day and night. Such a rare weekend wasted. Hiyori is nowhere to be found this morning, I wonder where she went. The guard duty seems to be over, so she must have gone back."

"Who knows what you did, you idiotic brother."

Asuka, sitting in front of him, glared at Ryuto and said angrily.

Yesterday evening, when Ryuto woke up, he found Asuka sleeping by his bed. Although he tried not to wake her up, Asuka woke up before he could even sit up. He then endured hours of interrogation. When Ryuto asked Asuka why she was by his bed, she only answered with the inexplicable reason, "to interrogate you as soon as possible."

As Ryuto reminisced about the miserable experience from yesterday, the classroom door opened and the homeroom teacher, Kobayashi, walked in with a happy expression on her face, and energetically spoke.

"Good morning, everyone."

"Tea...cher...good morning," the students below replied weakly.

Seeing the students' reaction, Kobayashi couldn't help but display a troubled expression. Ryuto couldn't help but feel admiration for her endurance in the face of such difficulties.

"Looks like everyone had a hard weekend! So, the next things I'm about to tell you might interest you."

The noisy classroom immediately fell silent.

"I have both bad news and good news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Bad news."

"Good news."

"..."

There were various answers, but none were definitive. Kobayashi, seeing the lack of a clear answer, decided to announce it herself.

"Then let's start with the bad news, because we should have some bitter before the sweet! Mr. Ishida Riki, a teacher, will be leaving from today due to certain reasons. However, we will have a new teacher soon."

"..."

The reaction from the students below was muted, well, it's unrealistic to expect a big reaction when they've only met him once. Even though Ryuto had met him more than once due to certain reasons, he could only remain silent. Soon enough, people will forget about him. But Ryuto couldn't forget.

Kobayashi quickly moved on as if she had already anticipated this. She announced with a louder voice.

"So, on to the good news, we have a new student joining our class today!"

"Huh...?"

"Is that true?"

"A new student on the first day of school? What's going on?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

The classroom immediately erupted into a discussion. How different their reactions were, Ryuto couldn't help but mourn for some poor middle-aged man.

Facing the students' speculations, Kobayashi raised her hand excitedly and said with joy.

"Get excited, guys! Take it easy, girls!"

And indeed, all the boys were quite excited.

Kobayashi then looked towards the door and said, "Come in!"

Click-- the classroom door opened and the new student walked in from the corridor. Long hair swayed in the wind, and she was wearing a brand new school uniform.

"Ah..."

Asuka and Ryuto unconsciously exclaimed at the same time.

The girl slowly walked to the front of the podium and smiled.

"Nice to meet you all. I'm Tsuchimikado Hiyori. Please take care of me from now on."

"Oh...she's a beauty! This is great!"

"How lucky to be in the same class with her! I can die without regrets now!"

"My youth has arrived! Thank you, heavens!"

"This child is really adorable!"

The whole class erupted in cheers, but the two siblings at the back remained astonished and silent.

Hiyori, standing on the podium, silently scanned the classroom. When she saw Ryuto, she raised her hand happily.

"I didn't expect to be in the same class. This is great, Ryuto-sama."

"Yes, it's really great. Sigh..."

In response, Ryuto suddenly felt a strong sense of hostility, as he realized that everyone else was staring at him with anger, each emitting a powerful and deadly aura that could easily kill a person.

"Oh! My God! Jesus... Amen!"

Praying silently in his heart, Ryuto broke out in a cold sweat, involuntarily moving backward, while worrying about his future life.