The blonde man said those words to me.

As I heard those words, my composure cracked a bit and my eyes widened. How... Did he know? Has he visited me before? Was any of his family members related to my father in some way?

Alright, I need to calm down and breathe. I regained my composure quickly and replied to his words.

"Masterpiece? What do you mean by that?" I feigned ignorance. When I spoke those words he just looked at me for a bit then made a smug expression.

"You should be grateful that a divine being as I even took the time to compliment you. I know just how capable your abilities are compared to these defective mongrels. Ah, but don't get ahead of yourself boy, while I've acknowledged you, you'll still never come close to the perfect existence such as I." The blonde man replied to my question. His remarks angered a lot of my peers since they had felt they had been insulted but he paid no mind to the others.

"Know how capable I am? Sorry, but do I know you from somewhere?" This time I asked genuinely confused.

"AHAHAHAHAHA! Of course, you wouldn't know me but I definitely know who you are boy. I am Koenji Rokusuke, the next heir of the Koenji family. Be grateful as I don't introduce myself to people I deem as peasants. Show me something interesting Ayano boy for the years we'll be attending this school. I look forward to seeing what you truly are capable of." He declared.

As he was just about to leave my desk, he looked back at me once and our eyes met. He just gave me a smirk and I just looked at him with my apathetic face as a response. He returned to his seat later on.

I could see everyone in the class had different expressions. Some of them were conveying worry, anger, or ease that the situation had not turned into any unnecessary conflict. Some of my friends also looked a bit worried while the professor just smirked. I also noticed my Neighbour had her mouth opened with a bit of a surprised expression. I thought this was an opportunity to strike up a conversation with her and took it.

"Uh... Is there something wrong?" I asked my neighbor.

"Ah, it's nothing, sorry." She apologized. I wasn't gonna let the conversation end so I introduced myself.

"I'm Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. It's nice to meet you." I spoke to her.

"Suddenly introducing yourself?" She asked.

"Well, I wanted to get to know my classmates more especially since your gonna be my seatmate. Ah, but if you don't want to introduce yourself you can just ignore me." I replied to her. I thought she wouldn't want anything to do with me so I didn't want to make a bad impression on her. She stayed silent for a few seconds before finally opening her mouth.

"Horikita Suzune."

"Hm?"

"That's my name. Although I've introduced myself to you, please do not think of us as friends. We are merely just seatmates. I've decided to tell you my name because I find you a bit interesting." She informed me.

"Ah, of course. But wait, what do you mean by you find me interesting?"

"The boy that just spoke to you, we rode the same bus to school, and he, that girl Kushida, and a passenger was making a fuss over a priority seat in the bus." She answered. But it was strange, how did she know the short beige-colored-haired girl's name, we haven't even done an introduction yet. Perhaps they had already greeted each other before coming here? Although that could be possible, it was unlikely considering she gave the impression of someone who didn't want others to trouble her. Though, don't judge a book by its cover they said.

"From what I saw on the bus, he seemed to have a large ego and you could even call him a narcissist of some sort. But you, he acknowledged you. That piqued my interest a bit." She continued.

"Well, I guess you could say our parents had passed ties. Though, I don't remember doing something to gain acknowledgment from him." I answered with a half lie and half-truth. As I said those words, she grabbed a book from her bag and averted her eyes away from me, and read her book. Although I wanted to continue the conversation we had going, I didn't want to cause any more trouble than I already did with Koenji suddenly approaching me.

Suddenly a feminine voice came out of the speakers.

"Would all first-year students please make their way to the gymnasium where we'll be having our entrance ceremony. Please don't run in the halls nor come in late. Thank you for your understanding." The voice informed us.

Everyone then stood up from their seats and made their way out the classroom door. I invited Miyake and Yukimura to walk together and they bombarded me with questions about the situation that took place between me and Koenji. I explained everything to them to calm them down as I didn't want any more trouble. As we were talking, we had finally made it to the gymnasium.

In the gymnasium, I could see the teachers trying to organize and order their class to make a line. Chabashira-sensei did the same and I stood in the line behind a male classmate in front of me and behind me was none other than Koenji himself. Today's gonna be a troublesome day, isn't it?

I looked to my left and saw students from other classes finally arriving at the gymnasium. I looked behind and from my field of vision, three people caught my eye.

One was a well-built young man of above-average height. He appeared to be bald as I couldn't see even the tiniest string of hair on his head. He had quite a large body frame with a stern and serious expression. Though, his wasn't as hostile as what Horikita's looked like.

The next one was a young man of average height with shoulder-length magenta hair that is styled on either side and sharp magenta-colored eyes. Part of his uniform was unbuttoned and I could guess that he had a slim and muscular physique. He looked quite intimidating as he had an expression that said "don't talk to me or I'll beat you up." Or something like that.

Finally, the last one was a girl with long, light pinkish-type hair which travels down in length to her waist or hip. Besides having an average height, she possesses an extremely well-endowed figure. She also had blue eyes which I must say made her quite hard for me to look away from. I didn't wanna be labeled as a pervert by my peers so I quickly averted my gaze so people wouldn't have the wrong idea about me.

The last person to arrive was Arisu. She probably arrived last due to her physical disabilities but it was nice that some people had stayed behind and followed her pace to appear polite. Our eyes met and I saw her giggle a bit before waving at me. I just raised my palm in response as I didn't want to attract any unwanted attention.

Finally, after everyone had arrived at the gymnasium, the entrance ceremony started. Honestly, it was a bit boring for my taste but I tried my best to make it look like I was paying attention. They explained the basic rules of this school and this school's goals and dreams.

I took the entrance ceremony as an opportunity to analyze all of the students of each class. We were ordered to line up with class A on the very left and class D on the very right.

I glanced at my classmates and I could tell most of them weren't paying attention to the ceremony. Some of them were talking with the people near them, some were sleeping in broad daylight, and some were just looking somewhere else.

I then turned my head to look at the classes beside me and was pleased with my observation. Class C also had some people that weren't paying attention but not as much as class D had. Class B seemed to have almost everyone paying attention but I could see a few students talking once in a while. Finally, the students of class A were all looking at the principal with their utmost attention. Well, except one boy who was... Picking their nose...

Yuck.

From monitoring the students of each class, class A was the most organized and quiet while class D was the messiest and noisiest of the bunch. With this observation, it further supports my theory of students being sorted into classes by the school's evaluation of them and that this school truly did have a hierarchy system ranging from class A being the best to class D being the worst. Though, class D did have people who truly paid attention to the entrance ceremony like Horikita and Yukimura. Although it's just speculation, this proves that we weren't sorted solely based on our behaviors, academic ability, nor physical abilities considering Keisei proclaimed himself as an academically gifted student but admitted his faults in his physical abilities and social skills.

As what I thought was the ending of the ceremony, the headmaster whispered something to the principal which shocked the principal a bit. He then regained his composure and began to speak.

"Before we end our entrance ceremony, I would like to personally congratulate three students from the newly enrolled batch of first years. The first two are Sakayanagi Arisu of class 1-A and Koenji Rokusuke of class 1-D for scoring the highest marks in the history of Advanced Nurturing High School and tying for second place out of every first year with an average score of 96." The principal informed everyone in the gymnasium.

Everyone was surprised by this sudden announcement, especially class 1-D. I could see Koenji behind me smirking with delight as some people were staring at him with shock. Then the principal announced something that would turn my world upside down.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka The principal announced while clapping his hands.

And with that, my limited peaceful life had gone down the drain. I could hear claps from other people with them looking around to see who was the student named Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. I also noticed a lot of my friends staring at me with shocked expressions and some of them with respect and admirement. From the corner of my eye, I could see Horikita at the corner right of my vision starting at me with an expression of shock and a bit of respect? I pretended to be oblivious and ignored the stares I was getting from my friends.

And with that, the entrance ceremony ended. We were all ordered to back to our classes as we had an introduction lesson. as I exited the gymnasium, I saw Arisu staring at me with a smug expression on her face.

"You've impressed me Ayanokouji boy." Koenji suddenly said behind me. He then quickly fasten his walking pace and went back to the classroom walking past me. I returned to the classroom silently and sat back at my desk in peace.

Miyake and Yukimura came back together and stared at me for a while. They looked like they wanted to say something to me, but noticing how Chabashira-sensei was nearby our class, they chose to keep quiet and went back to their respected seats.

My neighbor had also just come back from the gymnasium. I could feel her staring at me intensely to the point you could mistake it for a glare. Was she mad at me or something? But from the look on her face, she didn't seem mad. She'd probably want to talk to me later so I just ignored her for now

"Good morning class," Chabashira-sensei said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"My name is Chabashira Sae and I am in charge of class D this year. I teach Japanese history. This school doesn't rearrange the classes every year, so over the next three years, I hope I get to know all of you. Best regards to all of you. I will now distribute the list of special rules of this school and the matriculation guide." Chabashira-sensei spoke as she handed out the pamphlets from the front till the pamphlet reached my hands.

At this school, there are special rules that make it different from every other high school. All students are required to live on campus and are forbidden from contacting anyone outside the school. Even contacting immediate family is impossible without the permission of the school. Leaving school grounds is also forbidden.

However, there are also many other facilities so that students don't suffer from being restricted. There are karaoke, theater rooms, cafes, and even boutiques- you can say it made up a small town. And in the middle of the big city, the huge campus took up more than 600,000 square meters. There's one more special characteristic of this school, though. The introduction of the system.

"I will now hand out student ID cards. With this card, you can buy anything from any of the shops and facilities around campus. It works like a credit card. However, be careful of how many points you use.

Interesting...

I felt like sensei purposefully emphasized those words leaving us with a clue about the point system. Chabashira-sensei said that we can buy in this school. If my theory was correct, we could even buy marks or maybe even switch classes.

"Student cards can be used by swiping them on the machines. Using the machines are really easy, so you won't have any trouble with them. The points will be automatically credited on the first day of the month. Everyone should already have 100,000 points on their card. Also, 1 point is worth 1 yen. Any more explanation is unnecessary."

The classroom then suddenly got louder.

A 100,000-yen monthly allowance was no joke. If students receive them unconditionally, it will surely pose future problems, even for a government as rich as Japan's. That's not even counting the cost of maintaining every top-tier facility inside the campus.

"Shocked by the number of points you've been given? This school evaluates its students' talents. Everyone here has passed the entrance examination, which itself speaks to your value and potential. The amount you've received reflects the evaluation of your worth. You can use your points without restraint. After graduation, however, all of your points return to the school. Because it's impossible to exchange your points for cash, there's no advantage to saving them. Once points have been deposited into your account, it's up to you on how to spend them. Do as you like. In the event that you don't want to spend your points, you may transfer them to someone else. However, extorting money from your peers is not allowed. This school monitors bullying very carefully." Chabashira-sensei finished.

As bewilderment spread among the students, Chabashira-sensei looked over the room.

"Does anyone have any questions?" Chabashira asked everyone in the room but I saw her cast a glance at me. Alright, I guess I'll have to do this.

I raised my hand as I noticed I was the only one who did so. I then spoke, "Sensei, if I may, I would like to ask you a few questions. Is that alright?"

"Your Ayanokouji Kiyotaka right? The first person to score 100 on all of the subjects in the entrance exam. I must congratulate you for your achievements." Sensei said while clapping her hands. As she said those words, all of my classmates now knew the face and looks of the student named Ayanokouji Kiyotaka who scored all perfect marks in the entrance exams.

"Now, on to your questions. If you can't tell, we teachers have a very busy schedule so, please state your confusions about the school now." Chabashira-sensei said.

"Sensei you said that we would receive 100,000 yen this month, but you never mentioned anything about next month. Would you mind telling us how many points we would receive next month?" I asked.

"...That is not a question I'm willing to answer," Chabashira-sensei answered.

"And why is that sensei? Don't we as the students currently enrolled at this school have the right to know the allowance we would receive to fulfill our daily needs and wants?"

"Look Ayanokouji, there are some questions I'm not permitted to answer. I'm sorry but even if we are teachers, we have rules that we have to follow to keep our jobs, you do understand that don't you?"

"Of course sensei, then for my other question, could you explain more about the point system to us?" I asked again raising my tone a bit.

"Again we are not permitted to answer that question. Is there anything else you would like to ask? Or is that all?" Chabashira-sensei said in a provoking tone. It was as if she was challenging me to ask her more questions. Well if that's what she wanted, then it's what she'll get.

"Sensei you said we can buy in this school right?" Chabashira-sensei just nodded in response.

"Then, sensei..." I took out my phone and opened my point balance which said had 100,000 points on it and showed her my phone.

As I said those words I could see shocked expressions on all my classmates and even heard some gasps and murmurs from other people. Well, except Koenji of course who was looking at his own reflection with delight.

Chabashira-sensei looked at me for a while before letting out a big smirk.

"BAHAHAHA, Brilliant Ayanokouji! To think you would notice that little detail from my explanation." Chabashira exclaimed. She felt like a different person once I asked her that question.

"So, is that a yes Chabashira-sensei?" I asked. I wanted to get this over quickly as I wanted to go to the convenience store to buy some ice cream and go back to my dorms and rest.

"Not quite. Although you did figure out you could buy information about the system, mere private points won't be enough." She responded.

"Mere private points? Chabashira-sensei, Are you implying there's another way to buy the information without using private points?" Horikita catches on and asked.

"Although I won't tell how you can pay, let's say it involves your classmates losing some of their allowances." With that being said, the whole class came to an uproar.

"So what if we don't get the information?! I don't want any of my allowance to be cut!" A gyaru type looking girl shouted.

"Yeah! Can't we just end this conversation already? I wanna buy stuff already using my points!" A brown-haired guy also shouted impatiently.

"Of course, we can't just let you decide on your own Ayanokouji. How about this, if you can convince your classmates to purchase information regarding the S-system, then I'll explain to you in full detail what the S-system truly is?" I just nodded in response and stood up from my chair.