Emilia Without Elf Ears Isn't the Real Emilia! (Part 1)

"Is it really okay to have Third-year students join the student council only now?" Kaguya immediately said.

After all, Third-year students only had a little over half a year left at school before they graduated.

"Because I'm her fan," Oreki said. "So I want her to join the student council."

"..." xN

Everyone instantly fell silent.

Because—was that actually a reason?

But still.

"She's about to make a comeback. But considering most of the roles she filmed before were from when she was a child actress, it should still be relatively safe. Now that she's grown up, though, taking on new roles might lead to problems. So she needs someone to protect her and keep bad people from setting their sights on her," Oreki continued.

However.

"..." Kaguya Shinomiya.

She felt that Oreki was one step away from directly naming her as the person in charge.

He was trying to borrow the Shinomiya Family's influence.

Just what did Houtarou Oreki take her for?

Some big banner he could use specifically to handle his problems?

As he continued making the announcement, Oreki paused.

"Beep beep!"

Because at that moment, his phone received an email.

It was a message from Mai Sakurajima.

[I went back to the set today. I'm a little nervous. It's honestly strange. I used to face the camera all the time without feeling scared at all.]

[I'll be appearing on the 8 p.m. entertainment news livestream tonight. The host will introduce my comeback.]

[If you're interested, you can come visit the TV station.]

There was also a string of addresses.

Oh.

So that was it.

Then it had nothing to do with him.

After all, Oreki had come here to complete missions, not to date his Bunny Girl upperclassman.

Especially since—

There was a thick stack of documents