"Senior girls, I was wrong. You're both voluptuous beauties. Please don't hold it against your junior."
Feeling the two small hands at his waist twist nearly three hundred and sixty degrees, Chiba Yeyou's mouth kept twitching.
"Hmph!"
A soft snort expressed the girl's displeasure.
On the other side, Mari Watanabe couldn't help lowering her head to look at her own little mounds, sinking into thought for a moment.
"Hiss..."
"You two really are ruthless!"
Chiba Yeyou lifted his shirt and looked at the red marks at roughly the same height on either side.
"Heh!"
"You know, they're pretty symmetrical!"
Chiba Yeyou laughed at the sight himself.
"Really?"
"Let me feel."
Mayumi Saegusa reached out her small hand and stroked Chiba Yeyou's waist.
Chiba Yeyou didn't have an eight-pack like Tatsuya Shiba, but he had a decent physique. Mayumi Saegusa not only found it novel but became hooked on touching him. It was her first time touching a boy's body, and she occasionally poked him with a finger, leaving Mari Watanabe dumbstruck beside them.
"Senior, I've discovered you really have a talent for being a female hooligan!"
Chiba Yeyou gave Mayumi Saegusa a strange look.
"I'm just showing concern for you!"
Mayumi Saegusa withdrew her little hand like lightning, looking disdainful. If her face hadn't started turning red, Chiba Yeyou really would have believed her.
"To think even the president has started having desires for the opposite sex."
A voice came from behind the three of them, startling Mayumi Saegusa.
Turning around, she saw the strange looks on Suzune Ichihara's and Azusa Nakajo's faces, and her face couldn't help flushing even more.
After all, Chiba Yeyou stood between Mari Watanabe and Mayumi Saegusa, so Mari couldn't make anything out. But the two behind them had seen everything clearly: the president was taking advantage of her position in the Student Council room...
Hiss...
How exciting!
Pah!
How shameful!
Bang!
Mayumi Saegusa slammed her head straight onto the desk, feeling too ashamed to face anyone.
She kept asking herself why she had lost her head just now!
This was definitely my junior seducing me!
Right!
It was all his fault!
"President, what's wrong?"
Hattori had been exchanging looks with a dark-faced Miyuki Shiba when he suddenly heard the noise behind him and turned back to ask in confusion.
"Nothing!"
The instant Hattori turned, Mayumi Saegusa raised her head and composed herself. She didn't want Hattori to see her looking embarrassed. Otherwise, how could she tease their esteemed vice president in the future?
Watching Mayumi Saegusa's godlike reaction speed, Chiba Yeyou inwardly marveled. He couldn't help thinking women seemed to possess an innate instinct for maintaining their image.
"Don't just stand over there. A-chan, sorry for the trouble!"
After addressing the people at the door, Mayumi Saegusa gave Azusa Nakajo an instruction.
"All right."
Azusa Nakajo nodded and rose from her seat.
"Then let's go together!"
Mari Watanabe gestured to Tatsuya Shiba and Erika Chiba, then led the way toward the side door, preparing to take them to the Public Morals Committee.
"You stay here for now. I'll ask for your help in a couple of days!"
Having turned around, Mari Watanabe tilted her head to address Chiba Yeyou.
"Where are we going?"
Tatsuya Shiba was a little puzzled.
"Public Morals Committee headquarters!"
"You'll understand better once you see it."
With that, Mari Watanabe headed toward the side door.
"Senior Watanabe, please wait!"
Seeing that the matter was about to be settled, Hattori Gyoubu finally couldn't hold back.
"What is it, Vice President Hattori Gyoubu Shoujou Hanzou?"
Mari Watanabe looked at Hattori Gyoubu with interest.
"Please don't call me by my full name!"
Hattori Gyoubu looked as though she had touched on something embarrassing, his face even turning a little red.
"Why does he react like that when he hears his full name?"
Chiba Yeyou found Hattori Gyoubu's behavior strange.
"Because addressing someone that way among people who spend a lot of time together expresses intimacy. But Mari is clearly teasing him, especially in Vice President Hattori Gyoubu's case."
Mayumi Saegusa explained quietly.
"Are you Japanese?"
"Or do you have no friends?"
"Why would you ask that?"
Only after finishing her explanation did Mayumi Saegusa react, staring at Chiba Yeyou suspiciously.
"Ahem, I really don't have many friends."
Chiba Yeyou coughed awkwardly.
Mayumi Saegusa looked astonished, then a hint of pity entered her eyes, making Chiba Yeyou bristle.
"Then, Vice President Hattori Hanzou."
"It's Hattori Gyoubu."
"Isn't that an official title rather than a name? Your family's..."
"That official post no longer exists."
Hattori Gyoubu walked up to Mari Watanabe and stressed this agitatedly.
"At school, just call me Hattori Gyoubu..."
"No, that's not what I wanted to talk about!"
Hattori Gyoubu finally remembered what he had meant to do.
"Then what did you want to say?"
Mari Watanabe asked him.
"Although Chiba Yeyou recommended them, and I spent a long time thinking it over after going back, I still can't accept those two becoming members of the Public Morals Committee."
Hattori Gyoubu frowned at Tatsuya Shiba and Erika Chiba.
"President, I oppose recommending those two first-years for the Public Morals Committee!"
Hattori Gyoubu turned to Student Council President Mayumi Saegusa and spoke solemnly.
"There has never been a precedent for appointing 'Weeds' to the Public Morals Committee. I don't believe we should break with that precedent."
After speaking to Mayumi Saegusa, Hattori Gyoubu looked at Mari Watanabe again.
"I only just emphasized last time that Course 2 students must not be called 'Weeds.' You seem to have quite a problem with me as Public Morals Committee chair, Vice President!"
Hattori Gyoubu still dared say it to her face after her last warning, so Mari Watanabe no longer looked at him kindly.
Meanwhile, hearing Hattori Gyoubu disparage her brother in every way, Miyuki Shiba's expression grew darker and darker, and she was on the verge of erupting. Tatsuya Shiba hurriedly tugged her sleeve, and only then did her expression ease somewhat.
"It's a fact. What meaning is there in trying to cover it up?"
"Do you think the 'Blooms' will listen if you have 'Weeds' discipline them?"
"I understand your thinking: if only Course 1 students punish Course 2 students, and never the reverse, this divide will only deepen. I also know you don't want the committee under your leadership promoting such discriminatory ideas."
"But doing this will only intensify the conflict between them."
"Do you want to anger more than a third of the school's students?"
Looking at Mari Watanabe, Hattori Gyoubu earnestly analyzed the drawbacks.
"Besides, members of the Public Morals Committee use strength to stop students who break the rules. Weeds who lack strength can't handle the job. Can they do it?"
"Just because he can analyze magic sequences during activation, do we have to assign him a bodyguard too?"
"I admit I can't beat Chiba Yeyou, but how long has Chiba Yeyou even known them?"
Hearing Hattori Gyoubu say this, the Shiba siblings and Erika Chiba all looked surprised.
Although they hadn't known him long, the three of them had experienced just how arrogant this unlikable-looking fellow was. Yet he had actually admitted he was inferior to Chiba Yeyou, which was surprising in another way.
"Can you guarantee that their combat ability is enough to subdue rule breakers?"
Hattori Gyoubu directed his question at Chiba Yeyou, who sat beside Mayumi Saegusa.
"I..."
"Please wait!"
Miyuki Shiba finally couldn't hold back and interrupted Chiba Yeyou outright.
"My brother's practical test scores were indeed lacking, but that's only because the school's tests don't suit him. In actual combat, no one can beat my brother!"
Miyuki Shiba defended her brother hysterically.
Miyuki Shiba's actions startled Tatsuya Shiba. Instinctively, he didn't want to join this Student Council. As Miyuki's guardian, and with his other special identity, he really didn't want to attract too much attention.
"Shiba, magicians must consider problems rationally and logically. Because we possess the ability to turn the impossible into the possible, we must strictly discipline ourselves as people who contribute to society. Someone who wishes to become a magician cannot let emotions control them."
Like an elder imparting experience to a newcomer, Hattori Gyoubu lectured Miyuki Shiba in an instructive tone.
"You're mistaken. I'm not letting my emotions rule me!"
"If my brother used his true strength..."
Miyuki Shiba tried to emphasize her point again, but a hand stopped her words.
Seeing his little sister's aggrieved expression, Tatsuya Shiba finally couldn't hold back.
"Tatsuya Shiba has decided to make his move!"
"Show him that his daddy is still his daddy!"
Chiba Yeyou whispered into Mayumi Saegusa's ear, his voice somewhat excited.
"..."
This peculiar commentary left Mayumi Saegusa utterly speechless, and she rolled her eyes at Chiba Yeyou in annoyance.
"Vice President Hattori, would you have a mock battle with me?"
Tatsuya Shiba walked to the window and straightened his collar. With his back to everyone and his figure set against the lingering glow of sunset, it was quite a sight!
It made Chiba Yeyou inwardly exclaim, Holy shit!
"What did you say?"
Hattori Gyoubu asked incredulously.
"Oh, count me in too!"
"I've been sick of you for ages!"
A voice suddenly rang out. It was Erika Chiba.
"What?"
Hattori Gyoubu was shocked again.
Losing to Chiba Yeyou was one thing. He really couldn't afford to mess with him, after all.
What?
Just because you heard I lost to that freak, you think anyone can challenge me?
This is blatant provocation!
"Don't get so full of yourselves, you two mere 'Weeds'!"
Hattori Gyoubu's face twisted with anger, and his whole body trembled.
Although they had anticipated it, the people in the room still couldn't help feeling a little surprised.
Oh, except for Chiba Yeyou. He was laughing. There was a good show to watch, after all.
Tatsuya Shiba went without saying, but the Chiba family's youngest daughter was no pushover either.
One could say that, apart from Chiba Yeyou, the two strongest people at First High School in actual combat had both been picked by the vice president. That had to count as a talent in its own right.
He really was carrying a lantern into a toilet-looking for what, again?