I'll Give You One Million to Leave My Sister (Mist)

"Good evening, President. Have you been waiting long?"

After the study session ended, Sawahara arrived at the cafe he had previously agreed upon. His response to Horikita Suzune earlier hadn't been an excuse; he truly had an appointment, and the one who had invited him was the Student Council President.

"No, I only just arrived myself." Seeing Sawahara sit down, the President reached out and handed him the menu.

Glancing casually at the menu, Sawahara had no intention of wasting too much time.

"You didn't bring your little secretary today. It seems you intend to talk about the President bullying his own sister." Sawahara spoke directly.

"Tachibana is not a secretary; she is the Student Council Secretary." Manabu Horikita first corrected Sawahara's mistake, then continued, "Regarding that photo, state your terms."

"One million points, how about that?" Sawahara offered his condition.

"Are you sure?" A hint of astonishment appeared on Manabu Horikita's face; he hadn't expected Sawahara to propose such a condition.

"Too much?" Sawahara frowned imperceptibly. According to his estimates, this figure shouldn't be considered much for Manabu Horikita.

"No, I just thought this condition was too simple." Manabu Horikita had originally expected Sawahara to make some other demands.

"I don't intend to waste time on impossible things." Sawahara looked at Manabu Horikita calmly, a calm gaze that made Manabu Horikita feel a chill.

Regarding this Student Council President, the profile Sawahara had drawn up was: upright, full of responsibility, seemingly cold and unapproachable, but actually quite warm-hearted... well, perhaps he was also a sister-complex?

When he had used violence against his own sister, he had already prepared himself to take responsibility. If this could help her make progress, or lead her to leave this school that was too difficult for her, it would be a good thing.

However, it was a pity that Horikita Suzune was both stubborn and had made no progress whatsoever.

On the other hand, while Manabu Horikita was willing to bear that responsibility, as the leader of Class A of the Third Year, he did not want his own affairs to cause a reduction in his class points. This was also the reason he had invited Sawahara out.

Even so...

"The President wouldn't allow himself to use his status as Student Council President to do me any 'small favors,' even if I were to hand over that photo in the end." Sawahara spoke; this was the conclusion he had reached. "Being able to get some points is already the best result."

"Phew, have you seen through me to this extent? What a terrifying insight." Manabu Horikita let out a breath, witnessing once again the terrifying insight of the underclassman before him. Moreover, the subject of observation was himself, which made it difficult for him to remain calm.

"But 'some' points—I'm surprised you could even ask for such a thing."

Noticing the dismissal in Sawahara's words regarding this amount of points, Manabu Horikita didn't quite agree. Even for him, this amount of points was not insignificant.

Sawahara only chuckled softly without speaking, completing the transfer of points via his phone while simultaneously deleting the photo. One million points was certainly not a small amount; even according to the class points at the start of the school year, it would take a year to save up that much.

However, compared to the goals he had set within his class, it seemed insignificant.

"By the way, speaking of which, I ran into the President's sister in the library today." With two grown men sitting face-to-face, the atmosphere was truly a bit strange, so Sawahara casually found a topic.

"Is that so?" Manabu Horikita said as if he didn't care at all.

"Never mind, let's order." Seeing the President's indifferent attitude, Sawahara was very 'tactful' and did not continue the topic.

"..." Manabu Horikita was silent for a moment, but eventually spoke up, "Did something happen to Suzune?"

Sawahara looked at the President's tightly clenched fists, thinking that the other party must have gone through quite a psychological struggle to say those words.

This strange and conflicted emotion was truly interesting.

"She wanted to organize a study session, but it disbanded quickly, and she even got into an argument with a classmate." Sawahara summarized it simply.

"Later, she also intended to ask me out; I suppose it was also because of that night."

"Let's leave it at that." Upon hearing Sawahara's words, Manabu Horikita spoke immediately.

This situation was just too terrible. If he hadn't been the one to invite Sawahara out today, then...

"You wouldn't want your brother to get into trouble either..."

Manabu Horikita's expression turned ugly; he could already imagine how terrible that scene would be.

"Saying such things to me is useless." Sawahara shook his head and said, "I have no interest in her."

After all, the other party had neither power nor money, and furthermore, Class D would soon...

"But I don't think she will give up easily."

Manabu Horikita didn't speak. He naturally knew his sister's personality; persistence was likely one of her few virtues.

"One million points. Don't make a move on her." Manabu Horikita said.

It wasn't that he thought Sawahara was a bad person... well, he did have some opinions about him. More importantly, he felt that Sawahara was too dangerous for his stubborn and headstrong sister.

Just because of a possibility, he was willing to spend one million points directly. For Sawahara, this deal was worth it; after all, he could get one million points just by doing nothing, but...

"Is this really okay? An upperclassman directly interfering in the class competition of lowerclassmen."

Sawahara's words made Manabu Horikita fall silent.

"Sorry, it was a slip of the tongue." Realizing his mistake, Manabu Horikita apologized directly.

In fact, he had never approved of interfering in the competition of other grades; this was also part of the reason he was at odds with the current Student Council Vice President. Just now, he had been too anxious about his sister and had spoken out of turn.

"It's nothing. I think it would be better if the President had time to talk to her more."

"I understand. Thank you."

"Starting from today, our class's study sessions will be held together with Class B."

The next morning, before class, Sawahara announced to his classmates the plan he had proposed to Ichinose yesterday.

On one hand, there were indeed too many underperforming students in the class; relying solely on the few students with good grades would make passing this exam quite difficult, so cooperating with Class B was a good thing for them.

Furthermore, Kaneda and the others had truly been working too hard lately, so easing some of the pressure on them was also a good thing.

"That shouldn't be the only reason." After class, Ryuen sat directly in front of Sawahara, scoffing at the nonsense Sawahara had just spouted about lightening the burden.

"The current leader of Class B, Ichinose Honami, is a good person—perhaps a bit too good." Sawahara revealed another purpose for his actions.

"I don't want her kindness to cause any errors in our previous plans."

"So, wouldn't it be nice to find a place for her kindness to shine and be put to use first?"