I (30), Who Works for a Black Company and Died While Regretting My Gloomy Life, Started Over From High School!

Chapter Commemorating the Release of Book 1 of the Manga: In the Classroom Where Sugar is Spit Out for Sweetness

Note: Recommended to have read up to Web Chapter 25 or Novel Volume 1.

My name is Ryouko Tanaka.

Being called a name thats too ordinary to be memorable, Im an entirely average high school girl in terms of appearance, height, grades, and social circle.

And so is the class I belong to, its safe to say its pretty average.

Boys can get rowdy, fashionable girls stand out, quiet kids have their own fun within their circle Its just a typical classroom.

Well, that was until recently.

After the cultural festival, the atmosphere in this class has become anything but normal.

(Specifically Im suddenly attacked by sweetness every day)

The cause is obvious.

Its all thanks to the most famous girl in school and the boy who has been attracting attention recently.

Ah, Niihama-kun. About the math class earlier, could you show me your notes?

Sure, but my handwritings not that great.

No, its fine. Its a neat handwriting that reflects Niihama-kuns personality.

The two in question are in my line of sight.

The boy is Shinichirou Niihama. He used to be quiet and reserved, but at some point, he transformed into a completely bright and dependable person, to the point that he seems like a different person.

The girl is Haruka Shijouin. Shes the most famous girl in this school, and shes so beautiful that its hard to believe shes even the same species as us. Moreover, shes a princess to the extreme, coming from a super wealthy family. Naturally, shes become the object of admiration for the boys.

Ugh, I didnt get the board. I have no idea what I was writing.

Hehe, Niihama-kun, you were nodding off a bit, werent you?

You, you noticed? Ugh, embarrassing Did I drool or anything?

No, not at all. Your sleeping face looked so cute and peaceful I couldnt help but gaze at it a bit.

(Ugh!)

Seeing Shijouin-san say this to Niihama-kun with a pure smile, I felt like I had just spat out sugar.

To be clear, its impossible, but these two are not dating.

I repeat, these two are not dating.

(Aaargh! Seriously! We all know that those sugary lines are just pure, innocent affection without romantic feelings! Come on, Niihama-kun is blushing and his breathing is all weird again!)

Whats currently torturing me is the special situation that this class is dealing with.

These two unexpectedly shower the class with sweetness.

(In the first place, the main problem is Shijouin-san)

Shijouin-san is like a fairy, so pure and absent-minded that youd wonder if shes really human. Because shes so soft and kind, combined with her beauty, shes been making various boys misunderstand things.

(But recently, shes been sticking to Niihama-kun and the way she interacts with him is clearly different! Every chance she gets, shes like, Youre cool! or Youre wonderful! or Youre cute!! Is she seriously doing this unconsciously!?)

Actually, to begin with, even her smiles are different.

When she talks to us, its like nicoco, but when its Niihama-kun, its like pekaa, and its more obvious than a puppy.

So, after the cultural festival, the unofficial lovey-dovey (lol) couple started emitting an atmosphere that was impossible to ignore, and the members of the class were in an awkward situation, smiling wryly.

Ryouko, what are you looking at? Oh, those two. Seriously, theyre just too sweet.

A friend who came over to my side said in an exasperated tone, following my gaze. Its not that her insights are particularly sharp; its just common knowledge in the class about those two.

Well, but, Niihama does his part too. Even in that state, none of the guys in the class get jealous and pick on him.

Yeah, I really think so.

I nodded deeply in agreement with my friends words.

Shijouin-san is the object of adoration for boys all over the school. But because shes so overwhelmingly popular, we girls also know that theres an unspoken agreement among the boys that anyone who tries to approach her will get a hard time.

So, when Niihama-kun, who was originally shy and didnt have any particular strengths, tries to get closer to Shijouin-san, hed probably get a beating from the boys in the class first

(But Niihama-kun somehow manages to create an atmosphere where its allowed, doing this and that What happened to him? Whether he awakened the power of love or not, hes changed too much, hasnt he??)

The biggest turning point was probably the cultural festival. At that time, the criticism directed at Niihama-kun, who effectively became the leader of the class, was probably mixed with jealousy over his growing closeness to Shijouin-san.

But with his mysterious planning ability and leadership skills, Niihama-kun led the classs inevitably messy project to a great success. In the process, he managed to pacify and even win over the anti-Niihama forces in the class. Ultimately, he became someone everyone looked up to.

(Not only that, but its clear as day that hes hopelessly in love with Shijouin-san You can tell hes so serious, to the point that he cant just admire her half-heartedly.)

As a result, now theyre all lovey-dovey like this, and nobody in the class complains. Outside the class, there are still some who aim for Shijouin-san, but in this class, most people are either in cheerleading mode or have given up.

So, although Ive been grumbling a lot since earlier, I do hope things progress for those two

Hehe, I just remembered. After the cultural festival ended, Niihama-kun fell asleep here, and I made a lap pillow for him

Wait!? St-Stop it, Shijouin-san!? You absolutely cant say that in the classroom!

(I support them, but seriously! Stop showing off your poisonous lovey-dovey stuff to us poor, single folks! And whats with the lap pillow!? Just what were you two doing after the cultural festival!?)

Oh geez! Even now, being just friends is seriously frustrating

Just get together already!

The voice I accidentally let out caused the classmates around me to turn their gazes towards us

Everyone unanimously nodded deeply as if to say, We understand.

TLN: Uhhh.. so um.. some stuff got released. I was just minding my own business and decided to just check. Theres like a weeks worth of chapters or so. Soz. Tehe pero. I translated them ALL last night and you can read them right now on Ko-fi. This is the only bonus chapter I translated, the rest are actual chapters. Also, that (lol) wasnt me. Thats part of the story.