CH 160

Upon opening the door, I was speechless with astonishment at the sight which was in front of me.

My brain completely stopped working, unable to catch up with the situation.

The woman sitting in a room at the inn looked up and smiled as she sat down when she noticed my presence.

“Why…?”

“Why, you say …I can only say it’s because I’m the one with whom you’ve been arranged the meeting with.”

The one who was waiting for me in my room was Akane Hiiragi.

She is my senpai at Sakuranaoka high school and is the student council president.

There is no other student in the school who fits the word “perfect” as well as she does.

She was sitting proudly in front of me right now.

What’s this? a surprise, a joke …no, no!

She would never do such silly things.

That, I know.

I know what it means for her to be in the same room with me in this situation.

President laughed at me as if teasing me as I stood there stunned, and pointed to the seat in front of me.

“Won’t you sit down? You didn’t come here to stand around and talk, did you?”

“Uh, ah, …yes.”

I sat down across the table from her.

President is the same as usual, but I was honestly bewildered.

However, behind my face, my brain was fully occupied as I tried to interpret this situation again and again.

The conversations I had with the president in the past, and the triggers to this situation that could be derived from them.

However, nothing came to mind.

Until I find out how long the president has known about this situation, I will not be able to grasp this situation accurately.

“Don’t look so scary, be more carefree and act like you are.

“Even if you say so, I can’t act as usual in this situation.”

Rather, it seemed strange to me that the president was acting as she usually did.

President opened his mouth when I was silent.

“First of all, let me greet you, I am Hiiragi Akane.”

“…Shinra Minato.”

“…It’s awkward.”

President then smiled wryly.

She must be feeling really embarrassed because her cheeks were slightly red.

After a brief greeting, president said proudly with her chest out.

“Now, you can ask me any questions you want. That’s what our private time is for.”

President, who announced as if she was enjoying the situation, relaxed into a comfortable position and then waited for my words.

What I knew from the situation so far was that the president knew that the marriage partner was me.

…The reason for this strong request was because they knew each other from school?

“When did the president …get to know about this story?”

“Well …I heard about the marriage proposal from my father before the new school term started.”

In other words, you heard about it earlier than I did.

However, before this term, I had no contact with the president, so she would only recognize me as a student who attended the same school as her.

When I reached that point, my mind stopped working again.

No, it is more accurate to say that I stopped thinking because of the spine-chilling and horrifying sensation that hit me.

“…So you wanted to keep me in sight?”

“…”

This is something I had dared not ask until now.

That is, why did she make me join the student council by exercising her special authority as the president?

The reason was explained to me when I joined, but it wasn’t enough to convince me.

Unlike others around me, I do not let my emotions cloud my judgment.

When I was told that the future student council needed someone who could make objective judgments, I showed some understanding on the spot.

However, I still didn’t completely believe her.

If it is the kind of person the president was talking about, there were a number of people who would be suitable.

Kirasaka would be the best person for the job.

Although she has some lack communication skills, she should be able to work without any problems as long as the president, who she adores like an elder sister, was around.

This was made clear to me by the presence of the president at today’s meeting.

There was a real reason why this person made me join the student council.

When I think of it that way, it all makes sense.

The president, who had been contemplating my question for a while, raised her eyelids and said without hesitation,

“Yes.”

No denial, no excuse.

She answered without hesitation, stating just the facts.

It was so graceful that it made me chuckle.

Not because it was funny, but out of emptiness and dismay.

Disappointment with myself.

Maybe I had been thinking that somewhere, just even it were a little…

I had the ability to do what that Hiiragi Akane needed me to do.

I was ordinary, but I still had something different from others around me.

But I was wrong.

I was able to join the student council because she was offered a marriage proposal and she wanted to see what kind of person the other party was like.

“That’s right, if it wasn’t …there’s no way I would have joined the student council.”

I muttered to myself self-condemned, to which the president called out to me in a gentle tone.

“But I wasn’t lying …I certainly had my reasons for wanting to observe what kind of person you are up close and personal. But when I actually spoke with you and invited you into the student council, there was no other intention there.”

“…”

Why is she so compassionate?

As I was thinking that, president continued.

“For the process of getting to know the person Shinra Minato, the marriage proposal acted as the trigger, and the reason I invited you to the student council was because I found myself attracted to you.”

The smile on her face was a gentle one and her voice sounded calm.

I did not sense any lie in her words.

I was still listening to the president’s words, as she began to tell the story of how everything had come to this point.

“My father told me about your marriage proposal and I got to know you. At first it was pure interest, and then when I actually talked to you, I became interested in a different way, similar to the way Ren likes you…”

“That isn’t on the level of liking, though.”

That girl already uses me like I’m her own property, like one of her own limbs.

In fact, she has even said several times that I belong to her.

“So, first of all, I’d like to say that this marriage story and the story of your recruitment to the student council are two completely different things …I put you in the student council because I felt we had a unique need for you, so you can rest assured about that.

“So… well, I’m satisfied with that, at least for the time being.”

I have not yet come to the point where I can believe her words, but I still have to be at least somewhat convinced in order for the conversation to proceed.

I nodded in reply to the president’s words and chuckled, she sighed as if in relief.

“I was honestly worried that once you found out that I was the other party, you would be offended …you tend to be a quick thinker, but your self-esteem tends to be particularly low, so I was afraid you would misunderstand me.”

“Ha ha …no way.”

Ha ha …no way.

(<TL>: Yeah, it was the same in the raws.)

I don’t quite think the way such the president thinks I do …No, it’s a lie, my thoughts were exactly as she expected.

Sorry.

“Frankly speaking, I am positively considering the marriage proposal with Shinra.”

Those words were no joke.

It was easy to see that the president meant what she said.

Her eyes, the tone of her voice, and the way she was sitting did not give the slightest hint of a joke.

That’s why I also asked her the questions I needed to without making any hints of jokes.

<Author>: Finally, I was able to write the president’s story. I will write about the reason in the next chapter.

Finally …all the heroines have appeared, it took a long time.