Just as they had at lunch, Yunyi and Tatsuya Shiba first went to pick up Miyuki Shiba, and the three headed to the student council office together.
Yunyi didn't really need to come, but people liked watching the show. According to the plot, Tatsuya Shiba and Vice President Gyoubu Hattori would have a clash. Yunyi also needed to make his presence known to the Ten Master Clans, so Mayumi Saegusa, a member of one of the two Ten Master Clans openly represented at First High School, was someone he needed to interact with often.
After receiving permission, the three entered the office. To Yunyi's surprise, however, Vice President Gyoubu Hattori, who should have been posing with his back to the door and trying to look cool, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there was a tall, heavily built giant.
"Katsuto Jumonji!?" Yunyi's pupils contracted slightly, and he called out the name without thinking.
"Oh? You know me?"
Hearing Yunyi, Katsuto Jumonji turned to look at him.
Yunyi pressed his lips together, a somewhat reluctant expression appearing on his face.
"The elders in my family often mention the next head of the Jumonji family. After hearing about you so often, I naturally learned a little. Sorry, I lost my composure."
No one present could find fault with his answer. But everyone had also seen the reluctance on Yunyi's face, and they couldn't help wondering about it.
"It seems you really don't like your family, Yunyi?" Tatsuya Shiba suddenly spoke up from beside him.
"Don't like them? Of course I don't! A fallen noble family should accept its situation! Even if they want to rise again, they should find the right way to do it, instead of pinning those unrealistic hopes on someone as incapable as me!" Yunyi immediately showed a look of disgust.
Everyone present, including the Shiba siblings, knew something about Yunyi and the family behind him.
The Liu Family had indeed enjoyed a glorious period in Japan's history, but that had been in the days of the emperor. Besides, the Liu Family's main branch had emigrated long ago, then vanished into the depths of history. Those who had remained in Japan were merely members of a branch family at the time.
The Liu Family's descendants wanted to reclaim their ancestors' glory, but the family had never produced any talented magicians, nor had it made any notable achievements in its business ventures. As a result, it remained a minor, insignificant family to this day.
There was no telling how much effort they had spent getting Yunyi into First High School this time. But judging by his attitude, Yunyi was extremely unhappy about it instead.
"Um, Yunyi? May I call you that?" Mayumi Saegusa suddenly asked.
Yunyi was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled. "Of course! In fact, I'd rather everyone called me that. I really don't like that surname."
"All right, then I'll call you that. But Yunyi, let's get down to business first. Jumonji-kun doesn't have much time," Mayumi Saegusa suggested.
"Okay~"
Yunyi answered, then stepped aside, letting everyone focus on the Shiba siblings.
Mayumi Saegusa said no more about it. She turned to Tatsuya Shiba and paused for a moment before asking, "About what we discussed at lunch, Tatsuya joining the Public Morals Committee: Mari and I talked it over, and we'd still like to see what Tatsuya can do. I invited Jumonji-kun to serve as the referee. Miyuki, Tatsuya, do you have any objections?"
"I have no objections," Tatsuya Shiba said.
"Neither do I," Miyuki Shiba said.
"All right, then let's move to the training room. Oh, Yunyi, will you come too?" Mayumi Saegusa said.
"Of course."
Led by Mayumi Saegusa, the group arrived at the training room.
Mari Watanabe, Suzune Ichihara and the others were already waiting there. Of course, Vice President Gyoubu Hattori, who should have been in the student council office but hadn't been, was there too.
Seeing him, Yunyi instinctively wanted to laugh. He had thought Gyoubu Hattori might avoid this match, but it seemed he couldn't escape after all.
To his surprise, however, Gyoubu Hattori didn't start mocking and needling him and Tatsuya the moment the two Course 2 Students appeared. Instead, he stood quietly to one side.
Huh? Has this guy turned over a new leaf? No way, right? Yunyi wondered, glancing at Gyoubu Hattori from time to time.
Mayumi Saegusa, standing nearby, noticed his behavior. Thinking Yunyi didn't know who Gyoubu Hattori was, she introduced him. "This is the student council vice president, Gyoubu Shoujou Hanzou Hattori."
"Ahem, President, please don't call me by my full name." Gyoubu Hattori looked a little embarrassed, seeming to feel ashamed at being called by his full name.
"Oh, right, Vice President Hattori," Yunyi replied without thinking.
Though there was no respect whatsoever in his tone, Gyoubu Hattori seemed quite pleased with the title.
"All right! Everyone's here, so let's begin!"
Mayumi Saegusa clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention.
"President, how will the test be conducted?" Miyuki Shiba asked.
"Mari?" Rather than answer the question, Mayumi Saegusa passed it to Mari Watanabe.
"The Public Morals Committee's main duty is to maintain discipline, and sometimes that requires the use of force. So it should be a match," Mari Watanabe answered.
Neither Miyuki Shiba nor Tatsuya Shiba raised any objection. When it came to choosing an opponent, however, Mayumi Saegusa and the others were at something of a loss.
According to the plot, Gyoubu Hattori should have stepped forward here. But for some reason, he was just standing there dumbly watching the show today, with no intention of volunteering.
As for the others present, Suzune Ichihara and Azusa Nakajo weren't good at fighting. That left only First High School's big three: Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe and Katsuto Jumonji.
It was clearly somewhat inappropriate to have Mayumi Saegusa or Katsuto Jumonji, both from the Ten Master Clans, take part in a match like this. Mari Watanabe, as chair of the Public Morals Committee, seemed to be the best choice.
Just as Yunyi was thinking this, he noticed that Mayumi Saegusa and the others were all looking at him.
"Wait, what do you mean by this!?" Yunyi blinked blankly and asked in confusion.