In Classroom of the Elite, My Future Daughter Gives Me a Helping Hand

Join the Student Council.

It could serve as a deterrent to some extent.

But.

President Horikita is kind of interesting.

He's completely different from his sister.

Meanwhile, the Narration System sprang to life in Classmate Shirogane's mind.

Classmate Shirogane agreed.

President Horikita was indeed kind of interesting. He always said cold things, yet he was actually a thoughtful person.

The reason was that Horikita Manabu had agreed to let Ichinose join the Student Council, then immediately arranged for Tachibana Akane to help her with the paperwork to receive her allowance.

But when it came to Classmate Shirogane, it was, "Classmate Shirogane, why are you still here? You won't officially join the Student Council until tomorrow."

So since Classmate Shirogane was joining the Student Council tomorrow, his allowance wouldn't start coming in until next month.

Yet Ichinose was getting special treatment.

The reason for that special treatment was probably that Ichinose planned to follow Horikita Manabu's path of spending 20 million points to protect her classmates. It was a difficult road, so he'd offered her a little, insignificant support.

However.

There was something else on Classmate Shirogane's mind: did the Narration System really think President Horikita was super cold?

He seemed perfectly approachable when you interacted with him. Unless you were thinking of Kushida, you wouldn't get the impression that President Horikita was cold.

"So, what are you trying to prove this time, Shirogane?" Horikita Manabu turned his attention to Shirogane.

"Do you think the General Affairs position is too low?" Horikita Manabu asked.

Judging by Ichinose's performance just now, she was already outstanding in terms of quick thinking, decisiveness, and the social skills she'd demonstrated.

On top of that, she'd placed second in the written entrance exam out of the 160 new students, earning her extra points.

And Shirogane's General Affairs position ranked above that of a Disciplinary Committee Member. Did he still think it wasn't enough?

"My goal is to join the Student Council," Classmate Shirogane said. "But I've realized that President Horikita judges people by their abilities."

"In that case, it should be possible to raise my position a little, shouldn't it?" Shirogane said.

"...?" Tachibana Akane looked over in utter surprise.

"..." Horikita Manabu.

Horikita Manabu looked at him. "If your abilities really meet my standards, I have no objection to promoting you."

"Tachibana Akane, is the Secretary position still vacant?"

There were only a few positions on the Student Council, but they could have multiple people in each one.

At present, the Student Council had only one Secretary, and Tachibana Akane held that position.

It was true that they could add another.

Still, it seemed they'd underestimated Classmate Shirogane's ambition.

After seeing Classmate Ichinose successfully join the Student Council,

Classmate Shirogane thought he might as well make a big gamble.

Besides,

he'd learned from the Narration System about Senior Nagumo's ambitions. Once President Horikita resigned or graduated, it would probably be difficult to find anyone capable of standing up to Senior Nagumo, who had control over an entire year.

So,

Classmate Shirogane was certainly going to make a big gamble.

"My goal isn't to become Secretary," Shirogane said.

?

"What are you trying to say?" Horikita Manabu asked again.

"I want to join the Student Council," Classmate Shirogane said. "Then I want to become Student Council President."

Author's Note: 40,000 Words of Updates!

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Horikita Manabu: Shirogane Miyuki, Are You Trying to Take My Place? 10k

A soldier who doesn't want to become a general isn't a good soldier.

But does that mean a Student Council member who doesn't want to become Student Council President isn't a good member?

"Are you trying to take my place?" Horikita Manabu asked, his eyes growing deep and sharp.

"Not at all," Classmate Shirogane replied. "I want to succeed you when you leave office and become the new Student Council President."

"That's too bold," Senior Tachibana Akane said.

Ichinose, who hadn't left yet, also stared at Classmate Shirogane in amazement. When President Horikita had mentioned that there was another Secretary position, she'd already thought that was impressive.

But Classmate Shirogane, your goal was to become Student Council President right away?

"Let him finish," Horikita Manabu said, settling down. "Tell me what makes you qualified."

"As you said, I judge people by their abilities. That's my standard, and it's this school's standard too."

"So..."

He paused, then added, "If you want to become the next Student Council President, show me what you can do!"

"You need at least five points that can convince me," Horikita Manabu said.

"..." Shirogane.

Classmate Shirogane began organizing his thoughts.

Wanting to become Student Council President wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. The position came with advantages.

The Student Council at this school—and the Student Council President in particular—had considerable authority. What's more, among the graduates over the years, the presidents had all come from Class A.

In other words, having the Student Council President as a classmate made it much more likely that your class could maintain its standing.

Of course, it wasn't about becoming president and then abusing your authority for personal gain. Rather, if you held the highest authority, you could stop anyone from trying to abuse theirs.

It was clear that securing the position of president would be a positive thing.

And, of course, he could also put a stop to Senior Nagumo's strange ambitions and protect the students he knew from being harassed by him.

"From a class perspective, my class rose from Class C to Class B in a single month. I don't think any class has ever managed that before," Shirogane said.

"Acceptable." Horikita Manabu rested his chin on his left hand and considered the point.

"On an individual level, I ranked first in the entrance exam," Shirogane continued.

"The entrance exam you took was only moderately difficult. You shouldn't be proud of placing first or second in it," Horikita Manabu said.

"Mm." Ichinose, who still hadn't left, felt as if she'd been hit right in the knee.

She made a sound, and everyone turned to look at her.

"N-no, it's nothing," Ichinose said hurriedly, motioning for them to continue.

She felt a little down, actually.

Ichinose was pretty good at academics, and she'd placed second in the written entrance exam this time. She'd thought that was already quite an achievement, only for the president to say the test hadn't been very difficult.

However.

"Even so, regardless of the test's difficulty, placing first or second is still worth recognizing. After all, you were competing with other students," Horikita Manabu continued. "And you stood out among more than a thousand applicants."

Though the president had said that, Classmate Shirogane found something a little strange.

Many students had taken the written exam, but only 160 were ultimately accepted, divided evenly among four classes.

However, it wasn't as if those 160 students had been so strong that they'd crushed the other 800 or so applicants.

Take Classmate Shirogane's Class C, for example. He hadn't known them well at first, but after spending a month together, he could basically confirm that... 90% of his classmates were academic failures.

Some students couldn't even score more than twenty points.

Could results like that really beat more than 800 other people who'd taken the written exam? Ikusei High School was famous, and the number of places was fixed, so only students confident in themselves would apply.

So the school's admissions criteria probably weren't based solely on academic performance after all. If they only considered grades, some students wouldn't have ended up at this school.

But now wasn't the time to think about that.

"I have another reason for wanting to run for Student Council President."

At that moment, Classmate Shirogane took out the small notebook he carried with him.

It contained two sets of data.

A 1210

B 780

C 430

D 200

And

A 1400

B 780

C 500

D 350

As Student Council members, both Tachibana Akane and Horikita Manabu knew exactly what they were looking at.

These were the class evaluation scores for the second-years over the past two months.

"The first set shows the second-years' scores when the new students enrolled. The second set shows their scores after they went through the April Special Exam."

"Senior Nagumo is the Student Council Vice President," Shirogane said. "After the second-years' recent Special Exam, Classes A, C, and D all gained points, while Class B gained none. Class A even pulled ahead of Class B, opening up a gap of more than 600 points."

"And Senior Nagumo only joined the Student Council this year, after you invited him, President Horikita. Given the timing and these results, I have strong reason to suspect that Senior Nagumo abused his authority as Vice President to cheat."

The air around them fell silent once more.

While Ichinose, who'd been idling, curiously watched President Horikita's expression, the president didn't speak right away.

"I thought you'd bring up some other advantages," Horikita Manabu said after several minutes of consideration.

"But what you brought up was this." Horikita Manabu rested his fingers on the table and tapped it three times.

"Second-year Class A's Miyabi Nagumo led Class B to promotion into Class A last year. Based on the data you've provided, he's already helped his class secure its position in Class A. But does this exam result qualify as cheating?"

"There's no need to worry about that."