Chapter 14

**Chapter 14** is the first chapter of the second season and the 15th chapter overall of *Sweet Elite*. It was released on May 7, 2021, and was developed and published by Dulcet Games Inc.

## Summary

Winter break is over and it's time to return to Arlington Academy! You are stressed of upcoming preliminary ranking results as well as your complicated love life.

## Plot

Scholar returns to Arlington Academy after three weeks long winter break and finds it as a welcoming old friend compared the first time they arrived there. Scholar unpacks their backpacks and calls a video call to their dad, confessing that they are stressed about upcoming preliminary results. Their dad reassures them, reminding Scholar's previous successes. Dad also correctly guesses Scholar's crush which makes Scholar feel awkward.

After the call Scholar proceedes to make their way to auditorium to hear official opening speech of second season. Lady Arlington, however, looks perpexled, having hard time keeping herself together. She then announces that preliminary results are to be released tomorrow with some extra criteria considered in them - a new that makes all scholarship students even more worried of their ranking. Lady Arlington is unwilling to reveal what those extra criterias are and is asking everyone to trust to decision makers. Lady Arlington completes her announcements and excuses everyone from auditorium. Scholar stays behind to talk with Main 10 (excluding Tadashi who is furious to know why student's board didn't have any information of these changes). Axel declares that something is definitely very off, Scholar agrees and that does not reassure Axel as he mentions Scholar to have generally very good insticts.

Eventually Scholar returns to their dorm and due to their nervousness can't get much sleep. Scholar wakes up all groggy and anxious and heads to first class of the day. They sit beside their crush and just before the clock is about to ring for the class to end, an unnamed senior student rushes in loydly yelling that preliminary results are out. Students, including Scholar, hurrily proceed their way to cafeteria where Scholar, to their immeasurable horror, finds that their ranking is 22nd - nowhere near enough of silver tier which is needed to them to keep their scholarship status at the end of the first year. In a state of shock, Scholar rushes to their dorm and cries for whole lunch break. They then are readying themselves to go to next class but is relieved to see that Tadashi got her a medical leave for the rest of the day. They will take a nap instead and wakes up seething and being ready to fight.

Later Scholar proceedes to meet up with their crush and both of them end up confessing each others. Sadly, Scholar admits that they can't be in relationship right now because they must first ensure their place in silver tier. The crush refuses to give up and is willing to help Scholar any way they can. After the conversation Scholar bumps into Lady Arlington from whom Scholar asks help to her situation. Lady Arlington cryptically whispers: "Make it so that they have no choice but to keep you". Scholar has no idea what are those "they" she mentioned so they head up to lunch instead. There they see their crush being furious to other character within Main 10 about Scholar's unfair situation. It is calculated that considering Scholar's multiple successes during first half of the semester, they should have been placed in gold tier. Scholar silently listens this conversation and decides to eat in their dorm instead.

## Characters

* Scholar
* Main 10
	+ Alistair Drew
	+ Axel
	+ Claire Durand
	+ Ellie Collins
	+ Neha Rao
	+ Karolina Nováková
	+ Raquel Pereira-Carmago
	+ Tadashi Nakano
	+ Tegan Novák
	+ Tyler Williams
* Lady Amelia Arlington

## Objectives

**Get prepared for the new semester!**

Go to the Dorm Hallway. You will automatically enter Scholar's Dorm after a brief dialogue.

**Get to the assembly! It's in the auditorim.**

Head to the Auditorium.

**Go to class!**

Go to Classroom 1.

**It's time... Go meet your crush.**

Go to Classroom 1.

**Go get food.**

Go to the Cafeteria.

## Dialogue Guide

### Key

* Green answers will raise a character's infinity. +
* Red answers will lower a character's infinity. -
* Blue answers won't have any effect on a character's infinity. =
* Black answers are unknowns; the affect that answer has on a character's infinity has not been discovered.

NOTE: The amount of infinity given/taken per answer can change between a friendship and romance choice.

### Notes

There are five possible illustrations. You can only get one per playthrough, and which one is unlocked depends on which route you are on.

* The illustration with Alistair, Tadashi, and Tegan will unlock if you are on one of their routes.
* The illustration with Tadashi and Axel will unlock if you are on Axel's route.
* The illustration with Tegan, Ellie, and Tyler will unlock if you are on Ellie or Tyler's route.
* The illustration with Neha, Karolina, and Tegan will unlock if you are on Neha or Karolina's route.
* The illustration with Raquel and Claire will unlock if you are on one of their routes.

### Alistair

**—**

* When do I not at this point? Haha! -
* I could say the same to you. You look like you've been up all night! +
* It's nothing a conversation with you won't fix. +

### Axel

**—**

* Maybe I *do* want your autograph this time. +
* Someone has to check up on you. -
* I just wanted to talk to you a bit, before class starts. +

### Claire

**—**

* Hey, Claire! What are you drawing? +
* (I take a peek at her notebook.) -
* (I poke her on the shoulder.) That's my seat. +

### Ellie

**—**

* (I laugh.) Don't tell me you've actually run the numbers! -
* One day, you're gonna have to teach me how you always manage to be ten steps ahead of everyone. +
* (I blink.) I-I meant it in terms of it being next to the window... +

### Karolina

**—**

* Aren't you the one who went to math camp? +
* If you think that's nerdy, you should see the way I planned my calendar for the semester. -
* Oh? What's that I hear? You're ready to concede the victory to me? +

### Neha

**—**

* It's about time I steal Karolina's spot as your math buddy. +
* And yet you don't look too sad about it. +
* The *real* tragedy is me having to give up the best seat in class. -

### Raquel

**—**

* (Nah, I'll leave her alone.) -
* (Maybe I can try going up to her and asking? There's no harm in that, right?) +
* (...Screw it. I'm sitting next to her.) +

### Tadashi

**—**

* How about we just talk a bit? +
* (I chuckle.) Are you gonna hand me a detention slip? +
* I can find another seat if you want. -

### Tegan

**—**

* You know, I've always admired that about you. +
* I hope you didn't lose too much sleep over this. -
* Come to think of it, you did seem really upset about that, yesterday. +

### Tyler

**—**

* I know you have a flair for the dramatic, but that's a bit much, don't you think? +
* Haha, did you put him up to this? -
* If you wanted me to sit next to you, you could've just asked. +

## Illustrations

Alistair, Tadashi and TeganTadashi and AxelTegan, Ellie and TylerNeha, Karolina and TeganRaquel and Claire

## Trivia

* Lady Arlington mentions to Scholar that the cafeteria is serving "her favorite (food)" today. Only one food is specified in this chapter, that being lasagne which Scholar took to their dorm to eat. In Chapter 12, Scholar's father mentioned that he was having someone over and was preparing lasagne for them.