Chapter 149 (1/2)

Plans for Winter Vacation and Supplementary Lesson

TL: Daemon

ED: PuffyPyjamas

There are only a few days left until Christmas. One day during lunch break, that topic ended up coming up in our conversation between the home economic club members.

“What does everyone here normally do for Christmas?”

Hiiragi-chan casually asked the three of us. From our earlier talks, it was decided that our Christmas party as a club was going to occur on Friday, the 22nd. We just picked a day where it would be easy for all members to gather, as there was a slightly earlier closing ceremony that day.

“Normally…?”

What do I do… I don’t really do anything… Waking up at around 10, playing games, taking a nap, playing games—it usually goes something like that.

“Don’t you have something? Like decorating a tree, or eating this or that every year?”

“… At our place, my little brother and sister are both very small, so we bring out a small tree and decorate it together as siblings.”

That’s unexpected. Kanata is actually the oldest sibling.

“What does the Sanada family do?”

When we were asked, Sana, who had been quiet until now, finally lifted her head.

“… Can’t…”

“What?”

“Sana, can’t go…!”

Her lips were trembling as she looked about to cry.

“It’s because of supplementary lessons!”

Aah. She definitely did badly on those finals. It’s because she didn’t study at all and continued to play games with me…

As for me, I get somewhere between 65-80 points in every subject. Well, studying goes okay, and that’s fine. My entrance exams aren’t until next year anyways.

Sana, who had dropped her shoulders, let out a ghost like voice.

“The subjects with failing grades are math and english… both are things that Sana is very bad with…”

A failing grade at our school would be below 30 points. Sana had faraway eyes as her face paled.

“It was fun back then…”

Don’t run away from reality!

“… Saa-chan, that’s why I told you I would help you study. You kept saying that you wanted to play games with Seiji-kun though—”

“Sana didn’t say anything like that!”

While having a worried expression, Hiiragi-chan spoke after suddenly remembering something.

“What about the retake? There’s a retake exam right?”

“T-that’s true, but… it’s the day after tomorrow. It’s impossible…”

“The supplementary lessons are going to be during winter break, so a Christmas party would be hard, right…?”

Sana sniffled as she answered Hiiragi-chan’s questions.

“““…”””

It was a fun conversation that had suddenly dropped all at once. Geez, it’s because she acted like it was nothing… Even if it’s her own doing though, I still feel sorry for her. Winter break every year has been a fun time of us devoting time to playing the new games that we bought too.

“If it’s the day after tomorrow, then there’s today, and tomorrow. There’s still time. Saa-chan, don’t give up.”

“Don’t call me Saa-chan.”

“I’ll teach Sana. Studying that is. If she it’s the level of first years, I can’t exactly ask unrelated people to teach her.”

“Yeah. That sounds good. If it’s Sanada-kun, he’ll probably be able to teach better than me.”

Are you really okay with that declaration, Hiiragi-chan?

“…Then, I’ll leave Saa-chan to you.”

“Yeah, leave it to me.”

“S-Sana hasn’t said anything about agreeing to—”

“I’m the most suitable for this. We’re living in the same house after all, so I can accompany you any time.”

“I-if you do that—Sana will become smarter!”

“With that declaration you’re definitely stupid.”

Rather, is it a bad thing to become smarter?

“This isn’t just for your sake. It’s for everyone. This way we can have a fun Christmas party together. We can’t just leave someone out of it.”

“Uuu…”

That line seemed to have worked, as Sana stopped voicing any complaints.

“Now then, since we’re in a hurry, let’s head straight home and start studying.”

“Uuu… I don’t like it at all, and yet I can’t even say that…”

It seems she’s ready to put a bit of effort into it now.

Once we got home, I instantly did my job as Sana’s home tutor.

“Why are you in Sana’s room?”

“It’s because you’re the only one studying.”

Is that so, Sana said as she pulled out her textbook and notes.

“What’s the victory condition this time? How many points do you need to get?”

“As long as Sana doesn’t need to take supplementary lessons, an average score on the retake is necessary.”

“How many points did you get in the first place?”

“I-it’s fine. It’s just a failing grade. Since it’s a failing grade, it doesn’t matter how many.”

“Even if you say that, if I don’t understand what you don’t know, I won’t be able to teach you.”

Ah. I guess that’s her answer sheet? I was able to take a glance at a clear folder that was in her bag.