Stelle frantically waved Firefly over, signaling that there was an empty seat here.
Firefly felt as though a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Keeping low, she used the backs of the students in the front row as cover and quietly slipped into the crowd, successfully taking the empty seat beside Stelle.
"Why are you only getting here now?" Stelle asked curiously.
"As the outstanding student representative, you're supposed to give a speech onstage today." Sitting beside her, Silver Wolf chewed gum and blew a pink bubble.
"Sorry, sorry... There was a little accident on the way." Firefly pressed her palms together, looking apologetic.
"Dropping the ball at a critical moment. That's so you." On the other side, AR-214 adjusted her glasses and complained helplessly.
As for the so-called "outstanding student representative," she had not actually been chosen. It had been decided through a prize wheel drawing. That was Origami University's style.
Just as Firefly had settled down and had not even caught her breath, Chen Li onstage finally wrapped up his lengthy "three-point" speech.
"...In summary, I hope everyone has a pleasant semester. Next, let us welcome our outstanding freshman representative, Firefly, to the stage for her speech!"
"Here!"
Firefly, who had just sat down, sprang to her feet like a coiled spring.
Firefly hurriedly straightened the slightly rumpled hem of her clothes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm her pounding heart. Under the gazes of the entire school, she walked toward the stage with somewhat stiff steps.
As Firefly passed Chen Li, dressed in a Golden Honkai-Moe King costume, on the stairs...
"Firefly, you made me wait far too long. I was almost out of things to make up." Chen Li's slightly resentful whisper came from beneath the King of the Honkai Beast headpiece.
Firefly