A Childhood Friend, Reunited After 10 Years Acts Deredere With Me - Chapter 48 - Career Consultation

The midterm test rankings are posted in front of you. Many students are looking at it. Me, Alice, Shiina and Shunya are no exception.

“Oh, 23rd place! I’m up 10 places! How about you, Shiina?” (Shunya)

“Oh! I’m in 18th place too! Hey, hey, what about Sora?” (Alice)

They asked, and we pointed in a certain direction. There, I was in fourth place in my grade, and Shiina was in sixth.

“That’s a lie! Shiina aside, how can you study so well!?!”

“To be good at soccer, you have to train your head first.”

So I studied hard in junior high school and became a smart, athletic, high-spec boy.

“You bastard! Alice-chan, say something to him…”

“Sora, you’re so amazing! Fourth place in your grade is amazing!”

“No, it’s because Alice taught me English. I’m grateful.”

“Ehehehe.”

When you pat Alice’s head, she will grin happily. Hah… cute. I want to hug her.

“Ha ha ha! You guys are close.”

Tanaka-sensei, who was nearby, says so. Then he turns his attention to me alone, not to the whole group.

“Sora, got a minute? I need to talk to you.”

“Well…okay, but did I do something wrong?”

I’m not some unaware protagonist. I don’t know what I’ve done.

“No, it’s nothing like that. Just come with me for a minute.”

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“Sora, the college you’re going to, why don’t you try moving up another rank?”

I was called into the guidance counselor’s office and suddenly asked such a question. The university I wanted to go to was a private university with a standard deviation of 60 or higher.

But what Tanaka-sensei offered me was one of the most difficult national universities in Japan.

“What is…”

“Our school’s score is 69 at this point, and it’s a fairly advanced school. The top achievers among them can also go to this university. Our past graduates are good examples.”

It is true that I have heard a lot about going to that university from my home. But….

“No…I only want to go there with Alice.”

I want to go to that university because I can’t be without Alice. It’s such a childish reason. Alice can also enter this university.

But…Alice is a returnee from abroad, so she can’t speak Japanese very well. She is getting better recently, but there are less than three months left until the entrance exam. There is no time to waste.

I want to spend the next four years with Alice, no matter how smart I am, no matter how much I want to graduate from a good university and live a secure life.

“I understand. Then I’ll think about that too. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to call you out of the blue.”

“No, it’s fine.”

I left the room after saying these words.

But I don’t know what I want to do or what I want to do, because I haven’t yet decided my dream for the future.

“Ah…”

A doctor. It’s the only thing I’ve had on my mind for a while…the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do.

Maybe because my dad does it…I don’t know. I don’t know why. But…somehow I want to do it.

“I mean… I can’t underestimate it too much…”

There are only a handful of people who can become doctors. I made excuses to myself and returned to the classroom.