A Sudden Confession / Is This How You Test a Cadre?

Before Shiraishi could express his thoughts, Morishita bent down to put on his shoes and changed the subject.

"It's simple, generally it only takes a little over half an hour." Agreeing to end the topic, Shiraishi gave the answer to the question.

Skipping time-consuming steps, it's not difficult to draw a sketch that clearly identifies the artist.

"Our class can add this activity to the cultural festival," Morishita, remembering his initial purpose for spying.

A few days later at the cultural festival, the class rankings were determined by each class's sales revenue. Portrait sketching, which could be completed with just a piece of paper and a pen, was practically a risk-free and highly profitable project.

Why not increase income by simply contributing one person's labor?

"Aoyama -kun draws even better than me!"

"A sketch drawn by the Student Council President himself would surely attract a long line of teachers eager to book it."

After thinking it over, Shiraishi decided to drag Aoyama down with him and have him do the hard labor too.

Before arriving on the Uninhabited Island in her first year, she had witnessed Aoyama's drawing skills. She wondered if Horikita had carefully kept the sketch Aoyama had given her.

"It seems pretty good." Morishita agreed with Shiraishi's reasoning.

The consumers of this Sports Festival included not only politicians invited by the school, but also faculty and staff of Kouiku.

Whether they are politicians or faculty members, they are unlikely to be uninterested in the Student Council President, who represents the school's most elite students.

"Can Sakayanagi draw?"

Drawing inferences from this example, Morishita thought that the sketches drawn by the Chairman's daughter might be even more sought after than those by Aoyama.

I'll collect points from two thousand people for each painting.

Imagining long queues, Morishita smiled smugly.

After a helpless smile, Shiraishi gently shook his head. "You'll have to ask Classmate Sakayanagi yourself. I haven't seen Classmate Sakayanagi draw anything."

"Aren't geniuses supposed to be good at everything? Sakayanagi Arisu always boasts of being a genius, so this shouldn't be difficult for her."

"That's hard to say."

Not wanting to shatter Morishita's fantasy, Shiraishi withdrew his gaze from Morishita.

Even if Sakayanagi were truly a master of sketching, she wouldn't agree to let Morishita draw for someone else.

The same goes for the Aoyama.

Given that this is a cultural festival with lots of fun activities, would these two, with their personalities, possibly do manual labor to get through it? Absolutely not!

Chapter 370 A Sudden Confession

Break time.

"Acting cute is out of the question."

Faced with Morishita, Aoyama refused her request without hesitation.

It's rare to have a cultural festival like this, a fun and special event. How could I possibly ask him to do the hard work of sketching?

A cultural festival should behave like a cultural festival; entertainment should be the most important thing.

This ranking is based on revenue. None of the students received any money points that could be used for the cultural festival, but the faculty and staff each received 10,000 points.

With Ichinose's help, it's easy to get the 10,000 yen from Hoshinomiya, and it's not difficult to get it from Mashima either.

"Let me pat your head?"

That won't work either.

Given the choice between going to a cultural festival with your girlfriend and being a janitor in your class, everyone knows which one to choose.

No matter what profound truths Morishita today, Aoyama Shiki will not agree.

"Then why did you put your hand on my head?" Morishita pouted and removed Aoyama's hand from her head.

"If it's not done carefully, then... well, whatever you say is out of the question."

Feigning innocence, Aoyama withdrew his hand, resolutely Morishita's unrealistic hopes.

Even if Aoyama Shiki were to die from cuteness, die outside, or jump off this cliff, he would never agree to Morishita's request.

"So even being your girlfriend isn't allowed?"

Suddenly wanting to see Aoyama go back on his word, Morishita casually unleashed his ultimate move.

She was interested in becoming Aoyama's girlfriend, and at this moment she also wanted to know what Aoyama thought of her.

Yes or no?

With a tense expression, Morishita stared intently at Aoyama's face, a face that was not unlikeable.

Are you serious? Confessing your feelings so casually, Morishita?

Amidst the noisy environment where students occasionally passed by, Aoyama thought with a mixture of helplessness and joy.

From Morishita's tense expression, he could tell that Morishita was serious, but was just using this seemingly joking opportunity to say it.

"You've really given me a big problem." Aoyama gently stroked Kamuro 'Aoyama slightly lighter purple hair, placing his hand back on Morishita's head.

Is this a difficult decision?

Morishita's eyes Morishita, revealing a look of sadness.

She felt that even though she had said all that to Aoyama, his hesitation about whether to agree was even more painful than a rejection.

It's not a difficult choice; you either agree or you don't.

"If I hadn't agreed to go on a trip with someone else, I would have nodded without hesitation, even if it meant being a laborer for a few days." Aoyama turned to face Morishita, sitting upright. "I think you wouldn't want that either, right, Ran? Your boyfriend is a man of his word."

The best way to solve a problem is to kick it back.

"How cunning."

Hearing Aoyama call her name affectionately, Morishita's cute face gradually turned red, and she unconsciously bit her lip while staring at Aoyama.

She's getting a good deal but acting innocent; this guy in front of her wants it all.

"You're the same way, Lan. You caught me completely off guard, and I was almost overjoyed."

"Liar." Morishita's lips curled into a slight smile.

"How about something old-fashioned?" Aoyama grabbed Morishita's hand and placed it on his heart.

Romantic movies often depict this scenario: if Morishita and there weren't many people around, he wouldn't have allowed Morishita to listen to his heartbeat using only his hands, instead of his ears.

"They say Aoyama Shiki is a wicked villain who wants both ways."

"Aoyama Shiki is a perfect egg that you want both."

"Don't change the words!"

Morishita pouted again and patted Aoyama's chest.

Just as she was about to say something more, the jarring school bell rang at the most inopportune moment.

"It seems we'll have to do it another time, Ran." Holding Morishita's hand, Aoyama pulled her up from her squatting position.

"I like you."

The instant Morishita stood up and they faced each other, Aoyama quickly spoke to the cute girl who was pouting.

After promoting her to the position of class leader, he had many more opportunities to interact with her and came to understand the endearing quality of Morishita, who usually liked to tease people but rarely showed any emotion.

Undoubtedly, Morishita is a unique and interesting girl.

"Me too."

He clenched his fists to control his facial expression, Morishita quickly returned to his seat.

Then, after the class, she hadn't even remembered who the teacher was or what the subject was.

"Did my senior skip work again? Where can I file a complaint, Sakayanagi- senpai?"

In the Student Council meeting room in the afternoon, Amasawa Ichika sat in his seat, feeling utterly bored. The Student Council work had been going on for half an hour, but the person in charge was nowhere to be seen.

She noticed that Aoyama had been skipping work more and more lately, leaving everything to Nanase.

Clearly, Nanase is his chosen successor.

"He might be busy with something," Nanase defended Aoyama.

After the Uninhabited Island Exam ended, she started preparing a hearty breakfast every morning to pay off her debts. She would bring the breakfast to Aoyama's dormitory early in the morning, and after Aoyama accepted it, she would go to school alone.

Later, after Aoyama discovered that the breakfasts she ate every day were worse than the breakfasts he ate, the breakfast delivery service turned into breakfast preparation at her home.

She often makes breakfast for three people, and the number of times she makes breakfast for four people is gradually increasing.

The ingredients were naturally provided by Aoyama.

Amasawa Ichika propped his cheek up with boredom. "Only Nanase would think that way. You're so naive."

I'm not as naive as you think, Amasawa Ichika.

When Amasawa Ichika called her naive, Nanase felt a faint sense of guilt, realizing that she was nothing like what Amasawa Ichika said.

Recently, she has found that negative thoughts are frequently appearing in her mind.

The idea was that she wanted to make two breakfasts every day so she could eat with her gentle senior and go to school happily together.

Whenever she was asked to make breakfast for more than two people, she would find herself alone in the dormitory room she accessed with her room card.

Only after she says it's ready will the senior come back to pack it up and take it to eat elsewhere.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and finish your work so you can go home early." Kamuro shared some of his work with Amasawa Ichika.

After returning from the Uninhabited Island, Amasawa Ichika demonstrated even stronger work abilities than Sakayanagi in the Student Council, truly making him an elite among elites.

She guessed that Amasawa Ichika was worried that Aoyama would abandon her, so he kept showing his value to Aoyama.

Amasawa Ichika pouted as he took the work, saying, "Why has Kamuro- senpai become just like senpai?"

"Isn't someone like your favorite senior a good match?"

The second-year girl who was most attached to Aoyama was Sakayanagi, but the first-year student Sakayanagi Amasawa Ichika, was even more so.

When there were no outsiders in the Student Council, she would even move a stool to sit next to Aoyama so that Aoyama could pat her head and praise her.

"What the senior said seems to make a lot of sense. I hope the senior will remember the junior's good points and have some time to whisper sweet nothings in her ear."

With a grin, Amasawa Ichika made no attempt to hide his feelings for Aoyama.

Chapter 371 Using this to test cadres?

"Can I become as strong as you?"

"Cannot."

"Didn't you save the life of the former Student Council President before? Why were you so kind to him when he was still in school?"

"Because his sister was in my hands at the time."

"So, the former Student Council President was a siscon (brother complex)?"

"And the hopeless kind."

On a bench outside the Keyaki Mall, Aoyama was having a pointless conversation with his new girlfriend, Morishita, who had a cute Morishita.

Each of them held a cup of iced milk tea of a different color.

"Eh, I couldn't tell from that." Turning his head, Morishita casually lowered his head, took a sip of the milk tea straw from Aoyama's hand.

The rich aroma of jasmine exploded in her mouth.

It tasted better than I expected.

Morishita nodded in satisfaction. "I'll drink this next time too."

"No need for next time, let's do it this time."

With a gentle smile, Aoyama took the cup from Morishita's hand and placed his own cup in hers.

For the price of one, you can experience two different flavors – that's the advantage for couples.

"That's right, that's why boyfriends exist."

Holding the milk tea that Aoyama had drunk from in both hands, Morishita took small sips.