I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

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“What on earth have you been through?”

Kyousuke sat up and thought about his spring break. He sighed and said, “I’ve been through everything.”

Hachiman patted Kyousuke’s shoulder and said with a hint of sympathy: “My condolences.”

Kyousuke didn’t say anything. After a long silence, he said, “Why should I be sympathized by you, Hachiman?”

“Who knows!”

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After the last class in the afternoon, Kyosuke was packing his textbooks and preparing to go home as soon as possible. He hadn’t been home for almost a month, and he didn’t know if Kirino would kill him when he returned.

“So, I’m really good at that.”

Kyosuke looked at Mordred who was talking loudly in the group, and he envied her for no reason. He didn’t envy her for being carefree and heartless even though her IQ was zero, but he envied her for her familiar personality.

There is no class division in the new school year at Sobu High School. The school’s explanation is that it allows students to become more cohesive after three years of study and life, and is more conducive to cultivating deeper relationships. Unfortunately, for someone like Kyousuke who was unpopular in the original class, it might be better to re-divide the class. If the class is divided, he may be able to trick one or two classmates who have not heard of bad rumors about him into becoming ordinary friends.

In this class where they have been together for a year, the small groups in the class have long been fixed, and Kyosuke can never fit in. In the first grade, Kyosuke did not manage his classmates’ relationships at all because of his part-time job, which made him and Hachiman the loneliest people in the class.

Compared to Kyosuke who is somewhat lonely in the class, Mordred, the silly Husky, is doing well in the class. He ranks third in the class among the current group headed by Hayato Hayama (the first is Hayama, and the second is Miura).

Looking at Mordred standing there and talking to the young people, Kyosuke thought that Mordred was a fool with good fortune. Mordred was the kind of idiot who had her thoughts written all over her face. Coupled with her good looks and outgoing personality, she could easily blend in with these 17 or 18-year-old boys and girls.

But compared to Mordred who has good popularity, Mashu is a different case. It’s not that she is unpopular, but because of her slightly timid personality towards strangers, she rarely takes the initiative to approach others. At the same time, Mashu is the kind of person who is very polite to everyone. This will make others have an illusion of being aloof and keep their distance from her, but people who are familiar with Mashu know that she is just a little clumsy (except when she is with Lancelot and Kyosuke).

However, after tutoring at the end of last semester, Mashu and Eriri became friends, which made Kyosuke feel relieved. After all, both of them were the type who were not good at making friends, and it was indeed a good thing for them to become friends with each other.

After the tutorial, Eriri began to teach Mashu how to draw comics. After a simple training, Mashu has now become Eriri’s number one comic assistant (the second is Kyosuke). Compared to Kyosuke, who can only help completely, Mashu can complete a complete comic manuscript by herself after just one spring break.

Kyosuke knew very well that this was because Mashu would have a strong sense of novelty about things she had never come into contact with before, and after becoming a little familiar with them, she would not back down from new things, so as long as Mashu liked something, she could quickly get the hang of it and master it.

Eriri was very impressed by Mashu’s enthusiasm for comics, and she had already begun to plan to develop Mashu into her own otaku friend, and began to open up to her and introduce all her own otaku things to her. So after Kyosuke paid the price of being beaten by Mashu for several consecutive days (Eriri showed Mashu the script written by Kyosuke), Mashu and Eriri became close friends.

According to the report of Mordred, the spy Kyosuke planted next to Mashu – in fact, after Kyosuke had drained all the cash, Mordred had no choice but to follow Mashu to Eriri’s house to eat and drink for free – Mashu now has such a good relationship with Eriri that they sleep in the same bed when they spend the night at Eriri’s house.

By the way, when Mordred and Matthew were staying at Eriri’s house, they slept together with Sayuri. According to Kyousuke’s observation, Mordred seemed to want Sayuri to kick Uncle Spencer and marry the store manager. “They are all British anyway, so there is no difference at all.” These are Mordred’s original words.

There is no difference! Looking at Mordred who was chatting and laughing, Kyosuke couldn’t help but feel pity for Uncle Spencer. But what he cares more about now is that Mordred told him before that he would bring Sayuri to the store to see. Kyosuke wanted to dispel Mordred’s stupid idea since he knew about it, but the other party directly responded with a sentence “As long as Sayuri sees her father, she will definitely dump that man and live with me.”

Kyosuke always felt that his future would be dark. He was worried about how to get the other party to give up the plan of destroying other people’s harmonious families. At this moment, a girl he had never seen before shouted into the classroom from the door.

“Kousaka-san and Hikigaya-san from Group F, Hiratsuka-sensei wants to see you.”

Kyosuke looked at Hachiman behind him and found that he was also looking at him with some confusion.

Did you do anything to offend that female Tyrannosaurus? Don’t drag me into this.

Kyosuke and Hachiman both read this from each other’s eyes.

PS: For some reason, most people find this volume extremely toxic. If you are a new reader and cannot handle it, you can skip the second half of this volume and start reading from the third volume after reading the ending outline of the second volume given by Mi-chan. I am really sorry for causing trouble to everyone. _(:з」∠)_

Chapter 2 Xiao Jing: I don’t need you to remind me that I’m single

When Kyosuke and Hachiman came to the teacher’s office, Kyosuke met the teacher he least wanted to meet in school – Yokoshima Naruko. The reason why he didn’t want to meet her was because she had the evidence that he was a male host.

The cause of the incident was very simple. Naruko Yokoshima happened to visit Camelot that day. She hadn’t noticed Kyosuke at the time, so it was Kyosuke who took the initiative to talk to her. The reason why Kyosuke took the initiative to talk to her was that he mistook Yokoshima for Enkidu. Enkidu would occasionally turn into a woman Kyosuke knew when he was testing Kyosuke, so as to do various exercises. So when Yokoshima appeared, Kyosuke subconsciously thought that Enkidu deliberately turned into Yokoshima to test his reaction when he saw the school teacher.

Therefore, after chatting with Yokoshima for a long time, when Kyosuke saw Enkidu coming in from the bar door, it was really awkward. Fortunately, Yokoshima did not do anything to Kyosuke. After confirming that Kyosuke’s position was in full compliance with the procedures (materials provided by Merlin), Yokoshima said that she wanted him to keep it a secret and asked Kyosuke to buy her a drink every time she came over.

Kyosuke now blames himself for being too young and agreeing to this shameless woman. After that day, Yokojima came almost every day. Every time she drank a lot of wine after the one Kyosuke bought her, and at least 10 out of 3 times she bought on credit. Kyosuke is a little scared when he sees Yokojima now. Although after the first time she bought on credit, Kyosuke gave her the cheapest wine in the store, she couldn’t resist him.

So far, this guy has a lot of credit in the store. The manager has already told Kyosuke that if Yokoshima doesn’t pay back the money before Kyosuke’s payday, then these credits will be deducted from Kyosuke’s salary. Kyosuke roughly calculated that if he had to pay with his own salary, then at least two-thirds of his salary this time would be used to pay for Yokoshima’s drinks. This is even if this guy doesn’t continue to buy on credit.

“Ah, Kyosuke. Long time no see.” Yokoshima seemed very happy to see Kyosuke.

“Teacher Yokoshima, if I remember correctly, you just saw me in the store the day before yesterday.” Kyosuke felt something was wrong when he saw the other person’s excited look.

Hengdao was very familiar: “Don’t be so distant. There is a saying in China that goes ‘One day without seeing you feels like three autumns’. We haven’t seen each other for three autumns.”

“I can guarantee that this is definitely not how it was interpreted, and you are definitely not happy to see me, but you want to come to the store tonight.”

Although Yokoshima didn’t say anything, he kept nodding.

Hachiman, who was standing by, was a little surprised to see the interaction between the two. Although he knew that Kyosuke was working outside, he didn’t expect Yokoshima to be a frequent customer of Kyosuke’s store. If I remember correctly, wasn’t Yokoshima only interested in wine, men, and S*X?

“I’m sorry, Mr. Yokoshima. I’m not at work today, so it’s impossible for you to buy on credit today. I believe that no one in our store will allow you to owe money except me.” Kyosuke ignored Hachiman’s strange look and ruthlessly broke Yokoshima’s fantasy.

Hearing Kyosuke’s words, Yokoshima burst into tears. She knelt on the ground, hugged Kyosuke’s thighs and begged, “Kyosuke, you can’t do this! You are depriving me of the only pleasure after a day’s work! Are you so cruel to abandon me?”

Kyosuke was impressed by the other party’s shamelessness. Among all the people Kyosuke knew, only Merlin could be as thick-skinned as her.

“Let me go! If you really want to come to the store, go by yourself. You clearly just want to keep writing IOUs! Don’t you think about how much credit you have in the store? I have to pay more than half of my salary to pay for your debts!”

Hachiman was also frightened by Yokoshima’s actions. He didn’t want to know what attracted Yokoshima to Kyosuke’s store. He only knew that these two people had attracted the attention of other people in the corridor. Looking at other people pointing and talking here, Hachiman felt that his patience was about to reach its limit.

So Hachiman opened the office door and wanted to go in, but saw Shizuka Hiratsuka standing at the door and wanted to open it. Hachiman guessed that Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was inside, must have heard the noise outside and was planning to come out to see what was going on.

“That Hiratsuka teacher…”

“Naruko, what are you doing?” Shizuka ignored Hachiman and glared at Yokoshima who was kneeling on the ground.

Yokoshima felt a little weak when she saw Xiaojing’s unhappy face. She immediately stood up from the ground. She touched her head and said with a silly smile: “Um… Xiaojing, I was just joking with Kosaka. You want to find Hikigaya and Kosaka, right? I’m leaving first. Hahaha.”

After saying this, Yokoshima ran away before Xiaojing could react.

Shizuka Hiratsuka watched expressionlessly as Yokoshima ran to the end of the corridor until he disappeared. She hooked her finger at Kyousuke and Hachiman and said, “You two come here.”

It can be seen that Xiaojing was in a very bad mood, and there was no sign of improvement, especially after Yokoshima left. Kyosuke felt that something must have happened between him and Hachiman that made her very angry.

Xiao Jing returned to her seat and sat down casually, looking up at the two of them.

“Do you know why I called you two here?”

“I don’t know.” Hachiman didn’t dare to look directly into the other person’s scary eyes. He rolled his dead eyes and turned his head to the side.

Kyousuke saw two sheets of draft paper on the other person’s desk. He guessed that it must be their holiday homework that pissed Xiaojing off. Kyousuke noticed that the last sentence on the first sheet of Yawata’s composition was “Explode all the cash!”

“Pfft~” Kyosuke roughly knew what was going on. Although his memory of the plot was not very clear and he only remembered the general outlines of a few main characters, Hachiman’s words were so famous that even after so many years, Kyosuke still had some impression of it.

Wait, so the plot of Oregairu is about to begin? Is the life of the Great Sensei’s harem about to begin?

“Oh, is that so? Does our great writer Hikigaya still remember his masterpiece?” Xiaojing picked up Hachiman’s article on the table and began to read: “It seems that Lord Hikigaya is a forgetful person, so I will help you remember it a little. Youth is a lie, a sin…”

As soon as Xiaojing started talking, Hachiman broke out in a cold sweat. Kyosuke could see that this guy was not the kind of person who didn’t have Uncle B in his heart. He probably wrote this kind of article to vent his emotions after the first year of high school. After all, teachers generally don’t take homework seriously during long vacations, so it’s not a big deal to add some personal opinions. However, Xiaojing happened to be the kind of teacher who would take homework seriously. It can only be said that everything is destined.

But wait, why don’t I have the memory of writing this essay on the theme of “Review of High School Life”?

Kyosuke didn’t listen carefully to Hachiman’s composition. He was thinking about why he was called here. It seemed that he was also called here because of the holiday composition. What did he write?

If I remember correctly, I finished my holiday homework a few days after Valentine’s Day. After that, I completely forgot what I wrote because of various trainings. I just vaguely remember that I had completed all the homework, so I turned it in directly. At that time, my composition seemed to be… Oh my god, it’s not good.

After thinking for a long time, Kyosuke finally recalled the content of his composition, and then he was afraid. He thought that after everyone’s training, he would not retreat even in the face of a battlefield full of gunfire, but he still felt afraid. If Hachiman’s composition was at most a terrorist declaration + a second-year syndrome, then his own composition was completely a dark history.

Kyosuke no longer had the time to laugh at Hachiman. His mind was now filled with only one thought: he was dead.

“… Explode for me!” Xiao Jing finally finished reading the essay written by Hachiman. She looked at Hachiman and said, “Hachiman, do you still remember the title of the essay?”

“…I remember, it was ‘A Review of High School Life’.”

“Since you remember, what did you hand in? A criminal declaration? Are you a terrorist or an idiot?”

Xiao Jing lifted her hair and sighed, then looked to the other side with an expression as if her son was really disobedient during adolescence.

“Well…” Kyosuke felt that he could more or less guess what the other person wanted to say.

“Then, another great writer from Takasaka, do you know what you wrote? I don’t care if you want to write about love in high school life, but what are the contents of your writing? Is this the young love of adolescence? Why is it similar to the twilight love of an elderly person?”

The problem is that you have neither experienced adolescent love nor had the opportunity to experience the twilight love of the elderly, right?

“Well, Kyosuke…you’ve told it all.” Hachiman kindly reminded Kyosuke out of moral obligation, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Kyosuke at this moment was no different from that of a dead person.

“Um, Hiratsuka-sensei. I think that can be explained… haha~”

Kousaka Kyosuke died.

PS2: Mi Jiang, who is sleeping in the crystal coffin, needs a kiss from Piao Piao to wake up. ——by Mi Jiang who cosplays Snow White

Chapter 3 Xiaojing: Only when you have something to hold over you can you take the initiative.

The stomach is a relatively soft part of the human body. Unless you have eight abdominal muscles as armor, your reaction after being hit hard will be the same as Kyosuke Kousaka’s current reaction – feeling severe pain and wanting to vomit out of disgust.

“Teacher Hiratsuka, you’re going too far.” Kyosuke, who took three minutes to recover from the attack, looked at Xiaojing and felt that he was really innocent. He was clearly blessing her to get married before she got old.

“Hmm?” Xiaojing’s eyes suddenly became sharp when she looked at Kyosuke.

“Nothing at all.”

“Pfft~haha.”

Hachiman, who was standing next to him, saw Kyosuke’s misfortune and felt a bit gloating. He couldn’t help but smile slyly, and the next second a whole stack of papers fell down.

“Don’t smile like that.”

Xiao Jing sat back in her chair, holding the two people’s “great works” and said casually: “You two little devils listen carefully to me.”

“Yes.” The two men, who had made enough noise, stood up and listened to the judgment of their own national language leader.

“Can’t you two show a kinder look? Both of your eyes look like rotten fish. Could it be that you two are brothers who have been separated for many years?”

After hearing this, Hachiman whispered to himself, “Doesn’t that mean it’s rich in DHA? It sounds like you’re praising my intelligence.”

“My eyes are clearly not dead anymore.” Kyosuke was very dissatisfied with Xiaojing’s remarks. Does this female Tyrannosaurus have a bad temper and also problems with her eyesight?

“That’s just because you’re wearing glasses. Won’t your eyes still be dead fish eyes even if you take them off?” Shizuka Hiratsuka’s mouth corners slightly raised.

“It’s not the same now even if you take off your glasses,” Kyosuke retorted loudly.

“Oh, then take it off and have a look.”

I’m afraid if I take them off, you’ll accuse me of harassing you. Kyosuke originally wanted to take off his glasses to show off to Xiaojing, but after thinking about the look that Merlin had magically transformed into him during the holidays, he decided not to do it. Kyosuke didn’t think Xiaojing would be more resistant to this than Maeve, although it was more likely that Maeve was faking it.

Xiaojing ignored Kyosuke and regarded his words as a weak resistance.

“Hikigaya, Kosaka. What’s the matter with these two messed-up essays? I’ll be magnanimous enough to listen to what excuses you two have.”

“No, no, I really did look back on my life in high school. Is the recent high school Nishibutsu like this? I don’t think I wrote it wrong!”

Hachiman seemed to be frightened by Xiaojing’s murderous eyes and couldn’t even speak clearly.