Shiina Hiyori

"Congratulations to our classmate Amasawa Yuto for joining the student council, and as the first first-year vice president at that!"

Today, Mashima was exceptionally happy as he announced this good news to everyone in Class 3-A.

At this moment, in Class 2-B, Hoshinomiya was likely announcing the news of Ichinose joining the student council to her class as well.

Everyone cast looks of amazement toward Amasawa Yuto.

After his impressive display during the swimming lesson and his perfect score on the quiz, the vast majority of the students had guessed that Amasawa Yuto was likely a very capable person, and he also had a close relationship with Sakayanagi, one of the class leaders.

Amasawa Yuto stood up and acknowledged everyone: "I will do my best. Thank you, everyone."

Amasawa Yuto noticed that Katsuragi Kohei was casting a somewhat complex look his way.

The student council room was exceptionally lively today.

"Since everyone is here today, I would like to introduce our two new first-year members." Horikita Manabu gave the opening remarks from the center.

The current members of the student council were all present:

Three third-years:

Student council president Horikita Manabu, Class 3-A

Secretary Akane Tachibana, Class 3-A

Executive committee member Fujimaki, Class 3-A

Two second-years:

Vice president Nagumo Miyabi, Class 2-A

Secretary Kiriyama Ikuto, Class 2-B

Two first-years:

Vice president Amasawa Yuto, Class 1-A

Secretary Ichinose Honami, Class 1-B

"Welcome to our new classmates!" Akane Tachibana said with a bright smile, livening up the atmosphere.

However, Horikita Manabu, Fujimaki, and Kiriyama Ikuto were all the type to not crack a smile.

And Nagumo Miyabi, in particular, looked displeased.

He had originally intended to use his vice-presidential privileges to bring Ichinose Honami into the student council, thereby making the girl dependent on him.

It seemed the first step had failed; Ichinose Honami had managed to get into the student council on her own.

However, it didn't matter. He was still a senior member of the student council, and there would be plenty of opportunities to interact with Ichinose.

The only thing that annoyed him was that Amasawa, that guy, had actually made Ichinose his secretary.

Looking at the way Ichinose chatted and laughed beside him, then looking at the stern-faced Kiriyama Ikuto beside himself, Nagumo couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

If only his childhood friend, Asahina Nazuna, were willing to join the student council, he could have made her his secretary. Wouldn't that be much more pleasing to the eye than a grown man like Kiriyama?

"Thank you for your kindness, President. We will do our best moving forward." After Amasawa Yuto gave a brief statement, he left everything else to Ichinose.

Ichinose lived up to her reputation as the social butterfly of her grade. Working in tandem with Akane Tachibana, she filled the entire student council room with a cheerful atmosphere.

The daily work of the student council involved handling disputes between students, and as exams approached, they would participate in setting the rules for the tests.

Joining the student council granted extra private points. Student council members received an additional 10,000 points per month, the vice president received 15,000, and the president received 20,000.

Just like that, Amasawa Yuto and Ichinose Honami officially joined the student council.

After school, Amasawa Yuto came to the library once again.

Yesterday, because he had been reading too late, he had missed the librarian's closing time and hadn't been able to check out The Da Vinci Code.

Today, he intended to borrow that book.

He arrived at the reading area on the second floor.

In front of a bookshelf filled with mystery novels, a petite girl was standing on her tiptoes, trying to reach a book on the fourth shelf.

However, because she was too short, her body swayed as she could only touch the bottom of the book's spine, unable to pull it out.

It was the little bookworm from yesterday.

Amasawa Yuto walked up and reached out to help her get the book.

The focused girl didn't notice that Amasawa Yuto had already stood beside her and continued to reach out persistently. As a result, their fingers touched in front of the book's spine.

The girl didn't pull back; instead, she just looked at Amasawa Yuto with a dazed expression. "Ah, it's the 'Da Vinci' gentleman from yesterday."

"Sorry, I'm not very good at painting."

Amasawa Yuto took the book down and handed it to her. "Here you go. Is this the book you wanted to read?"

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, a story about Heathcliff, a man driven mad by love, who unleashes a storm of revenge across two generations.

The girl took it with both hands and stared blankly at the title, then shook her head. "It's not that I want to read it. It was just misfiled, and I wanted to put it on the correct shelf."

So that's how it is. Wuthering Heights is a romance novel; it really is a bit out of place in the mystery section.

"Are you here to borrow that book from yesterday?" she asked Amasawa Yuto.

"Yeah. I didn't finish it yesterday, and it was too late by the time I reached the librarian, so I couldn't check it out. I wanted to borrow it today."

"I see." She nodded. "Thank you again for helping me reach that book."

Amasawa Yuto quickly found The Da Vinci Code in the same spot as yesterday and headed downstairs to find the librarian to complete the checkout process.

However, upon reaching the first floor, he discovered that the librarian who had been there when he walked in was now nowhere to be seen.

There was still some time left before closing.

While waiting, Amasawa Yuto leaned against the counter and began reading the book.

"Is something wrong?"

Someone asked him softly. Amasawa Yuto put the book down to find the girl with long, water-blue hair standing beside him, their eyes meeting.

Her eyes were large and the color of amethysts.

"The librarian seems to have stepped away for something, so I can't check out my book yet," Amasawa Yuto replied.

"The lady had to leave for a moment, so she asked me to watch the counter and handle any checkout requests," the girl said. She stepped behind the counter, sat down, and began operating the computer.

So that's why she came down from the second floor.

"I come to the library often, so I'm quite close with her. Let me help you with the checkout." The girl, now seated, held out her hands to Amasawa Yuto.

Amasawa Yuto handed over his student ID and the book.

The girl's movements were practiced; she finished the checkout procedure in no time.

She looked at his student ID to input the information. "Amasawa... Yuto... Finally know your name (whispering)..."

What on earth was that second part?

"Here you go." The girl returned his ID and the book with a smile.

"Why are you suddenly so happy? Did something good happen just now?"

"Eh? Ah... I suppose it's a good thing, Amasawa-kun. Oh, right, would you like one of these bookmarks, Amasawa-kun?"

Amasawa was busy wondering what the girl's name was. Had she ever actually told him?

The girl pulled a paper bookmark from the counter and handed it to him.

"I don't think I know your name yet, do I?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry. I'm Shiina Hiyori from Class 1-C."

The girl said this with a gentle smile. She took out a pen, wrote two strings of characters on the back of the bookmark, then took a new bookmark and handed both of them back to him.

Amasawa Yuto looked at the characters on the bookmarks. There were numbers on the top one and letters on the bottom one.

"23·13·34·11·58·21"

"ii"

(A small riddle; it's actually just a Fibonacci sequence arrangement.)