Kiyotaka then muttered 'he might lose' as Manabu walked away. More accurately, he won’t slip up and would eventually be able to overcome the challenge, yet, that isn’t all there is to the special exam. A major change might soon be at hand. in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022 . Retrieved September 25, 2018. The series has been published under Media Factory's MF Bunko J imprint since 2015; as of July 2021, 19 volumes (including 4 short story collections) have been released. in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021 . Retrieved October 25, 2021.

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Everyone is terrified of the special exam where expulsion is on the table. And it's up to the students to decide how they will divide themselves up into groups. Emotional entanglements where mutual enemies will have to join hands causes a stormy situation! During dinner, Kiyotaka saw Ichinose walking alone while carrying her tray and calls out to her. It was not out to extract information but rather, Kiyotaka could sense that something was off about her and asked if she was in any trouble. Ichinose was startled and attempted to downplay her situation not wanting to burden him, but Kiyotaka saw through her ploy and guessed that she has ran into a rather difficult challenge. Finally relenting, she begins to share her thoughts and fears with Kiyotaka, primarily with how the exams were progressively getting harder and asked for his thoughts on the matter.She began refuting his statements and denies that she was crying which would had implied that she was suffering. She then says that she just wants to be alone which Kiyotaka understood as they weren’t given much alone time to themselves. Kiyotaka added that he was on Manabu's side to ease her mind, but she refutes that even if that was the case, he still be much help. She then reprimands him for striking such a casual tone when speaking to his seniors and started envying a first year's optimism. Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (Manga) Vol. 1