Soon, the day to set off for the Nine Schools Competition arrived.
In the parking lot.
"I'm really sorry," Mayumi Saegusa said apologetically as she came jogging over, wearing a lace dress and a white sun hat.
"Mayumi, you're way too late," Mari Watanabe complained.
"You're a whole hour and a half late."
"Sorry, I'm late," Mayumi Saegusa apologized.
When Baifeng Uesugi saw Mayumi Saegusa arrive, he checked off her name on his terminal.
"Sorry, Bai Feng. I kept you waiting here for so long just because of me."
Mayumi Saegusa looked at Baifeng Uesugi apologetically.
"It's all right, President. I've already heard why."
Baifeng Uesugi smiled.
"Something urgent suddenly came up at home, right?"
"Bai Feng, what do you think of my outfit?" Mayumi Saegusa asked.
"It looks great. It suits you very well, President," Baifeng Uesugi said with a smile.
"Bai Feng, you don't have to call me President. You can just call me Mayumi-senpai."
Mayumi Saegusa seemed to have only just realized that Baifeng Uesugi had always called her President, so she spoke up.
"Yes, Mayumi-senpai."
Though he was a little reluctant, she really was his senior, after all.
"Thanks for the compliment, Bai Feng," Mayumi Saegusa said with a smile.
"But it would have been even more perfect if you'd been a little shy when you said it."
As Mayumi Saegusa spoke, she moved much closer to him.
"Mayumi-senpai, have you been under a lot of pressure lately?"
Baifeng Uesugi asked.
"Huh? What?" Mayumi Saegusa froze.
"Work for one of the Ten Master Clans, especially the Saegusa Family, must have been exhausting for you."
Baifeng Uesugi said.
Back when he was at the Yotsuba Family, he had seen Maya Yotsuba so busy handling family affairs that she could barely keep up.
Mayumi Saegusa had now begun trying to handle family affairs, and Koichi Saegusa had already started to step back somewhat.
"If you're tired, you can get some rest on the bus later," Baifeng Uesugi said considerately.
"I didn't expect you to have such a caring side, Bai Feng," Mayumi Saegusa said with a smile.
"I don't hold back my kindness toward people I consider important," Baifeng Uesugi explained.
"Oh? Can I take that as a confession, Bai Feng? But I should tell you in advance, I already like someone."
Mayumi Saegusa smiled.
"Really? I wonder who you like, Mayumi-senpai?"
Hearing Mayumi Saegusa say she liked someone, he was a little curious. In the original story, the person she liked was Tatsuya Shiba, but Tatsuya Shiba was a siscon.
Now, though, his arrival might have caused a small change, but he didn't know whether that small change could change who she liked.
"Hey, President, Bai Feng, are you two done yet?" Mari Watanabe urged.
"Coming, Watanabe-senpai," Baifeng Uesugi replied.
"Mari, stop rushing us. We're coming, we're coming," Mayumi Saegusa said with a smile.
The two boarded the bus together as if nothing had happened.
After getting on the bus, they found that all the seats were taken except for one pair.
"Bai Feng, you don't mind sitting with me, do you?" Mayumi Saegusa asked with a smile.
"It would be my honor," Baifeng Uesugi said with a smile.
After they sat down, Mayumi Saegusa let out a sigh of relief without realizing it.
"Looks like you really are tired, Mayumi-senpai," Baifeng Uesugi said.
"I'm all right, just a bit of a headache," Mayumi Saegusa explained.
"Mayumi-senpai, why don't you get some rest? I'll wake you when we arrive," Baifeng Uesugi said.
"All right, then. Sorry for the trouble, Bai Feng."
Mayumi Saegusa was already somewhat tired, and before long, the faint sound of her sleeping could be heard.
Seeing that Mayumi Saegusa was dressed lightly, Baifeng Uesugi thoughtfully took a blanket and covered her with it.
Mari Watanabe had been watching them the whole time. Seeing Mayumi Saegusa fall asleep right next to Baifeng Uesugi, she muttered.
"What's the president doing?"
Seeing that Kanon beside her also seemed to be sleeping, she spoke.
"What is it?" Kanon replied.
"It'll take two hours at most to get to the dorms. How can you not wait even that long?" Mari Watanabe said.
"Ah, that's too much! Of course I can wait that long, but, but I was really looking forward to today," Kanon complained.
"I thought I'd get to enjoy the bus trip with Kei."
"Yes, yes," Mari Watanabe replied helplessly.
"Besides, isn't it normal to want to spend time with my fiancé?" Kanon said indignantly.
"Why can Uesugi ride on this bus when the other magic engineers can't? There's clearly room for plenty more people on it."
"Kanon, that's enough," Mari Watanabe said helplessly.
"But... but..."
Before Kanon could finish, Baifeng Uesugi interrupted her.
"Sorry to bother you two. Mayumi-senpai is resting. Could I ask you to lower your voices?"
"Ah, sorry, sorry." Kanon finally realized that she had gotten too worked up and had unconsciously raised her voice quite a bit, so she hurriedly apologized.
"Honestly, Kanon, watch yourself," Mari Watanabe said helplessly.
"But, Bai Feng, you seem to care a lot about the president."
Mari Watanabe looked at Baifeng Uesugi with a mischievous grin.
"Watanabe-senpai, Mayumi-senpai is beautiful and kind, so isn't it normal to care about her? Don't you think so, Vice President Hattori?"
Baifeng Uesugi smiled.
Ever since Mayumi Saegusa had boarded the bus, Gyoubu Hattori had been staring at her, and it annoyed Baifeng Uesugi.
"Ah, Uesugi, what do you mean by asking me that?" Gyoubu Hattori said awkwardly.
"Haven't you been staring at Mayumi-senpai ever since she got on the bus? So I thought I'd ask you."
Baifeng Uesugi smiled.
"What? Uesugi, I don't know what you mean," Gyoubu Hattori argued.
"Really? Do you actually not understand, or are you pretending?"
Baifeng Uesugi naturally understood what Gyoubu Hattori was thinking. It was just that he was a little selfish: how could he let someone else ogle what was his, even if Mayumi Saegusa wasn't his yet?
But seeing Gyoubu Hattori look at her like that annoyed him, and he wanted to CPU him.
"Wow, is this a shura field? A shura field between Vice President Hattori and Uesugi over the president."
Kanon's interest in gossip immediately flared up, and she exclaimed.
"All right, Kanon, honestly..." Mari Watanabe said helplessly.
"Bai Feng, you too. Don't be so hostile to Vice President Hattori. Besides, the president is still resting. You don't want to wake her, do you?"
Mari Watanabe motioned for Baifeng Uesugi to look at Mayumi Saegusa.
Baifeng Uesugi looked over and saw that Mayumi Saegusa's delicate brows were slightly furrowed. She seemed about to wake up, so he had no choice but to let Gyoubu Hattori off for now. He only hoped Hattori would keep his eyes under control and stop looking around.
"All right, Watanabe-senpai."
After venting some of his dissatisfaction, Baifeng Uesugi didn't want to make a bigger issue of it either. Besides, Mayumi Saegusa was still resting, and it wouldn't be good if they made enough noise to wake her.
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