Island Country School continues classes for a while even after the final exams are over.
Without exams, students who were just waiting for their report cards and holidays treated every school day like a reunion with friends.
These days, Dubian Che, Kunii Shuichi, and Saito Keisuke had taken up playing backgammon made of paper in the classroom.
The backgammon game was a magazine freebie that Ikeda Kazumi had bought. Girls didn't play with such things, so she gave it to them.
"Four o'clock, four o'clock," Kunii Shuichi prayed while shaking the dice in his hand.
During the wait, Dubian Che's phone vibrated.
At Goda School, apart from during classes, there were no restrictions on mobile phones. But when your grades dropped, the second thing discussed during a meeting would suggest gently:
How about trying to stay away from your phone for a while?
Might as well mention the first thing—XXX cram school is good, XXX student, would you consider it?
