Classroom of the Elite: Houtarou Oreki

And so.

Sakayanagi's little princess maintained the attack power of a baby Tyrannosaurus because of a single text from Oreki.

Protecting Flowers Mission: Nagumo Miyabi Is a Pest! Part 1

The school's Student Council represented the highest authority among the students.

When he enrolled, Oreki had noticed that this school differed from others in that it handed the stage entirely to the students.

Manabu Horikita had also said that joining his Student Council came with benefits.

As the Student Council President, he stood at the pinnacle among the students.

And then.

He would have greater authority and convenience.

That was what attracted Oreki.

However, Manabu Horikita's earlier offer of a position and empty promises had most likely been meant to deal with Nagumo Miyabi.

And Nagumo represented the fighting strength of an entire grade.

As an apostle of energy conservation, Oreki did not want to take that on.

Under the school's rules, he definitely would not be able to settle it in one go. He would have to deal with it many times.

So it was troublesome.

Oreki stood outside the Student Council office and pushed open the door.

"I'm a first-year student."

"I have a few questions I'd like to ask the Student Council President," Oreki said.

He also noticed that there were not many Student Council members present at this hour.

There were several desks, but only two Student Council members, one male and one female, were there.

The male member was probably something like an Accountant.

The female member was rather cute.

She was about five feet tall and had two purple buns in her hair.

She looked small and delicate.

She was the Student Council Secretary. He remembered her from the entrance ceremony on the day they enrolled; she had handed the microphone to Manabu Horikita.

The job was probably similar to that of a secretary.

"You wish to ask questions..."

"There's a suggestion box to the right of the entrance. You may write down your questions and put them in there first."

"Then the Student Council will respond to your inquiry," the upperclassman said seriously.

As she spoke, Oreki noticed that there really was a suggestion box on the right side of the entrance.

But he did not think this was an actual office procedure, because the Student Council upperclassman was watching his expression as she spoke.

It was as if, if he showed annoyance, she would persuade him to leave.

After all.

The Student Council held the highest authority among the students at this school.

If anyone could come in and ask questions whenever they wanted, how could they do any other work?

So this was a screening method.

If someone was willing to stay, then perhaps they truly had business here.

Looking at it that way, this upperclassman was quite clever.

But from another angle, it also showed that the Student Council President was very busy. Even the Secretary wanted to help reduce his workload.

So.

To attain the Student Council President's authority, one also had to take on the corresponding work.

That was hardly ideal for an energy conservationist.

Rather, perhaps the energy-saving approach was to arrange work for the Student Council President to do while being able to command him.

"..." Oreki.

He felt as though he had just thought of something dangerous.

Since Manabu Horikita was not in the office, Oreki was already planning to take his leave.

"Come to think of it, you're Houtarou Oreki, aren't you?" Just as Oreki was about to leave, the upperclassman called out to him.

"I'm Akane Tachibana, the Student Council Secretary." She introduced herself. "I'm a Class 3-A student, so I suppose I'm your direct upperclassman."

"The President pulled up your information."

Akane Tachibana said, "I think the President values you highly, so he gave you a Secretary position."

"I'll do my best to pass on my experience to you."

I see.

So this Secretary upperclassman was actually trying to win him over?

That also meant Manabu Horikita must have told her that, although he had given Oreki a Student Council position, Oreki had sold it for money.

And Manabu Horikita himself knew about it, which counted as tacit approval.

So was this upperclassman bringing up some outdated matter?

Oreki glanced at the other Student Council member, who had not spoken.

The other person had placed his left hand beneath the desk.

That motion was either adjusting his trajectory or using his phone. In other words, he was probably contacting someone.

"..." Oreki.

Oreki watched the upperclassman's expression.

She lightly bit her lip, looking somewhat angry yet helpless.

Fine.

It seemed Manabu Horikita's Student Council was in rather bad shape.

What the upperclassman had said just now had merely been a test for the other Student Council member. Yet now, after she deliberately stirred up the slightest disturbance, the other person had immediately begun reporting it.

That meant the Student Council had been corrupted almost completely.

"..." Oreki felt that perhaps he should leave as soon as possible.

There were only two voices in the Student Council.

One was Manabu Horikita, and the other was Nagumo Miyabi, the person Manabu Horikita had tried to lure Oreki into the Student Council to fight against with empty promises.

But Manabu Horikita had not been honest either. He had tried to lure him into the Student Council with empty promises.

And yet, wasn't the Student Council already rotten?

So.

This was no longer about facing Nagumo Miyabi alone, but an entire second year, as well as... the Student Council members other than himself and Akane Tachibana.

However, Nagumo would probably arrive soon.

As he thought that.

"Isn't this Oreki?"

At that moment, someone entered from outside.

He had blond hair, a bright smile, and a condescending gaze.

He seemed to have run here and was slightly out of breath, but he still put on an easygoing appearance.

"It's no use coming to the President to ask about opening a shop."

"I bought out the right to open a shop. That much is true."

"At the same time, the price I offered was four million. There's no room for compromise."

"So it won't matter who you ask to plead your case."

"But didn't Suzune and Kikyo-chan come with you that day?" Nagumo looked around and found that Oreki was alone.

Then he revealed a trace of disappointment.

It showed that he had hurried over so eagerly and even maintained his appearance.

Because he thought girls would be coming.

"..." Oreki.

Yeah.

Nagumo was quite honest. They had met only once, yet he had remembered Horikita and Kikyou Kushida's names.

Since Nagumo had started talking about girls right away, Oreki considered it and decided to stay.

Protecting Flowers Mission: Nagumo Miyabi Is a Pest! Part 2

After considering it, Oreki chose to stay.

When Manabu Horikita had made empty promises, Oreki had felt that the Student Council would be troublesome. Now, it seemed that not only was the Student Council troublesome, even after Manabu Horikita graduated, things would remain troublesome.

Because.

Any random Student Council member would discover something happening and immediately report it to Nagumo Miyabi. The state of the other members was easy to imagine.

The Student Council was already rotten, so what basis was there to believe that Manabu Horikita could defeat Nagumo?

And then.

Even if Horikita's Brother did not want to give Nagumo the Student Council President position, it would be difficult.

Because he had a weakness.

Manabu Horikita was already a third-year student. Although he still held the position of Student Council President, the upcoming class-ranking competition would consume even more of his energy.

So.

Even Manabu Horikita might face a crisis.

After all, he belonged to Class 3-A, and the entire class wanted to maintain their position and graduate from Class A.

So the only thing that could force him to compromise was the class he had led with his own hands.

As long as someone created a dangerous situation for Class 3-A, Horikita's Brother would also be placed in a difficult position.

Looking at it this way, wasn't it certain that Horikita's Brother would lose?

Then.

Once Horikita's Brother graduated, Nagumo would become the next Student Council President?

But Nagumo.

He understood and excelled at using the school's rules.

Yet he was also a playboy.

From that perspective, if Nagumo became Student Council President, it would probably mark the beginning of bad times for the girls.

Oreki thought to himself.

He was not a champion of justice, but the Precognitive Dream had shown him that his future self would become involved with the cutest girl in the school.

Though those feelings were complicated for him.

But because she was a cute girl, Nagumo would most likely harass her, given his personality.