CH 138

“Nice to meet you all, I’m Momiji Shiraishi.”

The person in the middle of all this, the student who introduced herself as Momiji Shiraishi, bowed to us and smiled.

She has white gray hair, a petite build, and a face that looks somewhat young despite her well-defined eyes and nose.

She is Momiji Shiraishi.

A first-year student at Sakuranaoka* Academy, and is running for president of the next student council election.

(TL/N – I’ll be using this from now on)

She is still wearing her new school uniform, giving off the vibe of an honor student.

If she wore glasses in an assembly, she would no doubt be nicknamed “Prez”.

At first glance, Shiraishi looks as earnest as her reputation, and after greeting us, she turned her attention to the people in the room.

Her eyes move clockwise from the president to Koizumi, Miura, and Hino-kun before finally stopping at the two girls seated on either side of me.

I could see surprise in her eyes.

Of course if the two people that everyone in the school knew about, came at a place which they weren’t supposed to be.

For Shiraishi, it was natural to think, “Why are these two people here?”

However, she quickly returned her attention to president without asking any questions.

“I assume this is a pre-election briefing?”

“Aa, they are involved in the elections as well, that’s why they’re here.”

…I don’t think that these two have any work here, though.

My inner voice never reached her, and of course, Shiraishi didn’t questioned any further.

After president’s explanations, she nodded her head a few times and walked over to her.

“I see. In that case, I’ll give you this form first.”

“Thank you, I certainly appreciate it.”

The form that Shiraishi handed to the president read, “Candidate’s final confirmation.” It was a form which stated that it was the confirmation of the candidate’s final decision to run for the position.

In the original elections, this kind of form is probably used to confirm one’s intention to candidacy.

I could see that me and Hino-kun are a part of an unique case.

At the same time, I was also reminded that the school had given a great deal of trust and power to a student named Akane Hiiragi.

After president received this, she began to explain the real subject, the elections.

“Our school’s student council elections will be held in late September. With that, you and Koizumi will be required to start campaigning from the new semester.”

As she began to explain, Koizumi and Shiraishi listened to her explanation, occasionally exchanging a few words.

I felt the room become quieter as their look became more and more serious.

I wondered if Miura and Hino-kun sensed this, and they too were watching it intently.

However, there was not as much tension in the room as usual, probably because the conversation was irrelevant to Shizuku and Kirasaka.

Being sandwiched between these two people, for some reason, I also felt less strained.

In the first place, I wasn’t that nervous.

“There’s nothing wrong with making preparations during the summer vacation itself, but you have to be careful not to do anything that could be perceived as improper.”

“Improper? What exactly do you mean by ‘improper’?”

This was the first time Shiraishi asked president a question.

It’s true that even if you’re only told that it’s ‘improper’, you might accidentally do it if you don’t exactly know what exactly ‘improper’ is.

In response to Shiraishi’s question, president made a few remarks.

“First of all, candidates will not be announced until the start of the new semester, so don’t announce your candidacy until then. Also, this is a student council election, so please refrain from involving outsiders for commissions.”

I don’t think there’s such a thing as spending money on a student’s council election, but I guess it’s a required explanation.

Maybe someone did that kind of commission in the past.

In any case, there was nothing for me to do as I had listened to more than half of the discussions even when I wasn’t the one running for elections.

Even an elementary school student would know that it would be better to work on the assignment here.

The only thing I can do now is to observe Koizumi and Shiraishi.

I focused on Momiji Shiraishi again, but it was hard to know much about her intentions as the president asked.

The only thing that I can guess from are is her appearance she looked like a typical serious student.

In fact, at this point, I can only imagine that Koizumi will be overwhelmed.

“—fuu, there are a lot of things I’ve omitted, but that’s the gist of it. I’m sure the two of you have already gone over the precautions on your own. So I’ll leave it at that..”

“Yes.”

“I don’t have any problems either.”

After the president finished explaining the precautions to the two of you, she asked if there were any problems, and they both nodded immediately.

I’m sure they would confirmed these things on their own beforehand.

After confirming that there were no problems, president asked them one last time.

“Then, I would like to ask you both about your main slogans and goals for the election.”

I turned my gaze first to Koizumi and encouraged him to go ahead.

Koizumi’s expression tightened and he gave his typical answer.

“I want to strive to make this school a fun and comfortable environment for the students who attend it!”

“I see… what about Shiraishi?”

President wrote down Koizumi’s words on a piece of paper from her desk, then turned her attention to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi, who was standing opposite to him, announced something with an icy cold expression on her face that completely changed calm atmosphere which was present in the room.

“My goal is to completely renew the student council.”

Those words seemed extremely cold and devoid of any emotionless.