Chapter 143: The Cool and Aloof Makima

Chapter 143: Chapter 143: The Cool and Aloof Makima

Makima, who had created such a huge problem for Kotone Asaba, calmly returned to her seat with an indifferent expression, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with her at all.

Kotone Asaba had no way to deal with Reze and Makima either, so he could only let them do whatever they wanted.

"All right, everyone, quiet down."

At that moment, Reiko Harano spoke.

Although Reze and Makima’s behavior had been a little outrageous, they still had not broken any school rules, so there was nothing she could really say about it.

The students were still very obedient, and the classroom soon quieted down.

After that farce, they continued with what needed to be done today.

Since today was only the first day back at school, there were no classes. After tomorrow’s opening ceremony, formal classes would begin the day after that.

Today’s main purpose was to let classmates who had not seen each other in several days get familiar with each other again, as well as to check summer break assignments.

In fact, Japanese high schools did not give much summer homework, because schools did not want to put too much pressure on students. And the students in the college-prep class were fairly disciplined, so the vast majority had completed everything normally.

After that, there was basically nothing else to do. The students could either get to know each other or choose to go home right away.

Because of Reze and Makima’s self-introductions earlier, many students who had originally wanted to get properly acquainted with the three transfer students now had to carefully think it over.

The boys only dared approach Asaba, while the girls only dared approach Reze and Makima.

However, there were also a few students of the opposite sex who were relatively simple-minded and did not care about such things, so they came over too.

"Asaba, what’s going on with your eyes? Why are they so red? And there’s a pattern in them too."

"How did you know Reze and Makima before? Did you study abroad in the Soviet Union?"

"You said your dream for the future was to become a Devil Hunter, right? Perfect, we have a Devil Hunter Club. Asaba, do you want to join our Devil Hunter Club?"

"..."

The boys gathered around Kotone Asaba and asked all kinds of questions.

"My eyes are just colored contacts. They look pretty good, right?"

"Yeah, I studied abroad in the Soviet Union before and only came back recently, so I transferred here."

"The Devil Hunter Club, huh... that does sound pretty interesting. I’ll think about it seriously."

"..."

Kotone Asaba answered these normal questions. In any case, he just came up with all sorts of reasonable excuses to fool them.

That being said, this school had a Devil Hunter Club too. It was probably made up of a group of enthusiasts. He just hoped there would not be any strange people in it.

He was actually interested in checking out that Devil Hunter Club.

Reze was also chatting and laughing with those classmates.

Makima, on the other hand, was relatively cold.

After their first day of interaction, the classmates already had a rough understanding of the three transfer students.

Reze felt like the easiest to get along with. Asaba was fine too.

Makima was just too aloof and not very easy to approach.

When they left school, Kotone Asaba happened to run into Quanxi and Fang Rou again. He could see Quanxi holding Fang Rou’s hand as they prepared to go home.

"How did the first day of school feel?"

Kotone Asaba immediately asked Fang Rou.

"It felt pretty good. It’s just a shame my Japanese is still really bad, so I still can’t communicate normally with my classmates. I need my teacher beside me to help."

Fang Rou said with a smile.

"You don’t need to rush with Japanese. Just take your time learning it. And now that you have such a good Japanese environment, you’ll learn it faster too."

Kotone Asaba said.

"Mm-hm!"

Fang Rou nodded.

When they returned home, they found Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo had already come back. Kotone Asaba did not need to go to the cram school to pick them up.

That was because Quanxi had driven her supercar to pick up the stitched girl and had brought Pingtsi and the other two back with her while she was at it. A supercar was much faster than Kotone Asaba and the others walking, so Pingtsi’s group of three had arrived home even earlier than him.

As soon as they got home, Reze and Makima began preparing dinner. Kotone Asaba helped as well, and they naturally prepared enough for several people.

Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo also came over to freeload dinner every day as usual.

While they were eating, Kotone Asaba said to Pingtsi’s group of three, "You’ve been going to cram school for supplementary lessons for a while now. How is your Japanese coming along? You should at least know the kana by now, right?"

Fang Rou had also started learning Japanese around the same time as Pingtsi’s group of three, and she had only been taught by Quanxi and studied on her own, yet she already had N5-level ability.

Pingtsi’s group of three, meanwhile, had specifically gone to a cram school. However, Long and Cosmo could barely speak in the first place, so even if they had only mastered the kana, that would already count as decent.

As for Pingtsi, if she had not even mastered the kana, then she definitely had not studied seriously at all.

"Of course. I learned the kana ages ago. Right now, I’m pushing toward that N4 thing."

Pingtsi said proudly.

She also looked like she was waiting for Kotone Asaba to praise her. The expression on her ponytail made that especially obvious.

"Very good. Pingtsi really is smart."

Kotone Asaba naturally noticed what Pingtsi was thinking and praised her right away.

Pingtsi immediately became extremely proud, and she was very happy to be praised by Kotone Asaba.

"Then what about Long and Cosmo?"

Kotone Asaba was asking Pingtsi, not Long and Cosmo.

Because even if Long and Cosmo had already reached N5 level, they still did not have any real speaking ability.

"Long and Cosmo are both more or less at N5 too, I think. But they still can’t really say much."

Pingtsi said.

"Then I’ll test you later and find out."

Kotone Asaba said.

Although the cram school held small tests from time to time and issued grade reports, there was no guarantee the teachers there had not changed the grades to be much better than they actually were because Pingtsi’s group of three were Fiends and they did not dare offend them.

So he had to test Pingtsi’s group of three himself to know exactly how they were doing.

Naturally, he had already prepared the test papers. They tested N5-level ability.

After dinner and a short rest, Kotone Asaba gave Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo each a test paper and set a time limit for them.

Long was the last to finish.

Kotone Asaba had no need to look up the answers. He graded the papers himself directly.

In the end, as expected, Pingtsi had the best score, followed by Cosmo, with Long last.

However, even Long, who had the lowest score, still passed, so Kotone Asaba did not say anything more.

"Very good. All of you passed."

Kotone Asaba did not deliberately say who had the highest score or who had the lowest.

[Cosmo Affinity +5%]

"Of course. We all studied properly."

Pingtsi said.

"By the way, what about that Stitching Fiend? How is her Japanese coming along?"

Kotone Asaba asked while he was at it.

"She’s about the same as Long, I guess. But even if she learns it, she probably won’t want to talk. Long and Cosmo at least make some sounds, but she never says a word."

Pingtsi said.

Kotone Asaba felt the same way.

Late at night, when everything was quiet.

Kotone Asaba was lying in bed and getting ready to sleep. Reze was on his left, Makima was on his right, and both of them were using him as a body pillow.

Reze and Makima seemed to have already fallen asleep.

But at that moment, Reze suddenly spoke.

"I’ve never experienced what going to school feels like. This time, I finally got to experience it. And Koto is the one who gave me that chance."

"That’s nothing. Forget just going to school, even if you wanted to build a school, I’d find a way to make it happen for you."

Kotone Asaba said with a smile.

"Mm..."

Reze smiled softly and immediately hugged Kotone Asaba a little tighter. She had already been clinging to him like an octopus.

Today was the opening ceremony.

First, the students entered one after another. Then Principal Yoshimura gave a speech, followed by the student council president speaking on behalf of the students, and so on.

The whole process was both tedious and boring.

The opening ceremony only ended after the entire morning had passed. There was nothing else to do today, and formal classes would begin tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Kotone Asaba had nothing to do, so he decided to check the overall Affinity situation in the Codex, especially to see which people still had Affinity below eighty percent.

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity: 60%]

[Himeno Affinity: 70%]

[Angel Devil Affinity: 70%]

[Gun Devil Affinity: 70%]

[Snow Woman: 60%]

[Cosmo: 75%]

As for Quanxi and Master’s Affinity, of course they had not reached eighty percent either, but Kotone Asaba had already chosen to give up on raising those two, so he did not count them.

Just then, the phone in Kotone Asaba’s pocket suddenly rang. He saw that it was Himeno calling.

"Captain Asaba, in a few days, I’m planning to go to Hokkaido with Aki to visit the graves, so I need to ask you for leave."

"That’s no problem, of course. You can arrange the time yourselves when it comes. It’s not like you absolutely have to come back at a certain time."

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity +5%]

Clearly, Aki Hayakawa was probably beside Himeno listening, which was why his Affinity had risen.

"Mm-hm. By the way, if you’re free then, Captain Asaba, could you come with us? Aki doesn’t have many friends. You count as his best friend."

"That depends on what day you’re leaving. Ideally, it should be on the weekend. The mission I’m carrying out right now requires me to stay at school long-term."

"It’ll be Saturday. It won’t take long. We can come back on Sunday."

"Then there’s no problem. Tell me in advance when you’re about to leave."

[Himeno Affinity +5%]

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity +5%]

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity progress has reached 70%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

Himeno and Aki Hayakawa’s Affinity both immediately rose.

If he interacted with Himeno and Aki Hayakawa often, their Affinity would rise very quickly. It was just that Kotone Asaba had not interacted much with Himeno and Aki Hayakawa recently.

Himeno and Aki Hayakawa’s Affinity was basically only a matter of time now. The others’ Affinity was also really only a matter of time, except for Quanxi and Master, who he had already excluded. Those two were not people whose Affinity could be raised just because he wanted it raised.

Speaking of that, there was also Snow Woman. According to the Snow Woman’s legend, Snow Woman would come to find him in the near future. Once that time came, it would not be too late to raise her Affinity then.

Kotone Asaba thought he should raise Cosmo’s Affinity first. The method was very simple. He would directly take Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo out to eat, drink, and have fun.

[Pingtsi Affinity +5%]

[Long Affinity +5%]

[Cosmo Affinity +5%]

[Pingtsi Affinity progress has reached 90%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

[Long Affinity progress has reached 90%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

[Cosmo Affinity progress has reached 80%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

Not only had Cosmo’s Affinity risen enough, but Pingtsi and Long’s Affinity had also risen along the way.

When they had more or less played enough and were going home, Kotone Asaba, Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo each had an ice cream in hand.

He had to admit, ice cream really was a good thing. Whether human or Devil, anyone would end up liking it.

And so, the day came to an end.

Another day passed, and it was time for formal classes.

Before the first class began, homeroom teacher Reiko Harano specifically said, "We are already in the second semester right now, so Asaba, Reze, and Makima will probably have trouble keeping up with the pace. If there is anything you don’t understand after class, feel free to ask the teachers. And if the rest of you can, please take good care of these three new classmates."

"Okay!"

The students immediately answered in unison.

After that, Reiko Harano officially began class. This period was the English class she was in charge of.

The homeroom teacher meant well, but this instead brought Kotone Asaba some unnecessary trouble.

With his learning ability, there was basically nothing in the class that he could not understand. He could easily grasp every single knowledge point.

Especially since the class just now had been English. There was no language in this world he did not know, and he had complete mastery of all of them.

But the classmates did not know that. As soon as class ended, they enthusiastically lent their class notes to Kotone Asaba, each set more detailed than the last.

Looking at the dazzling array of class notes in front of him, Kotone Asaba could not help feeling a little helpless.

Kotone Asaba could not very well say he understood everything, and he also felt too embarrassed to refuse everyone’s kindness, so he accepted them with a smile.

At the same time, Reze and Makima were in the same situation. The classmates all lent their class notes to them and showed all kinds of care and concern.

Reze handled it the same way as Kotone Asaba, but Makima was different. She directly said she understood everything and did not need them.

It was not that Makima lacked social awareness. With her extremely high intelligence, even if she really did not have social awareness, she could pretend to have it. It was just that, in her eyes, these classmates were not worth deliberately acting for.

However, the classmates did not mind. After all, they already clearly understood that Makima was very aloof. Instead, they only thought Makima was truly impressive. On her first day of classes after transferring in midway, she could already keep up with the teacher’s pace.

Some of them had played too much during summer break, and after going so long without classes, they felt a little unused to it and even found it hard to keep up.

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