Ordinary I and Extraordinary Them

quiet.
There were no students in my line of sight.

 

I went back the way I came and arrived in front of the room I wanted.

I knocked on the heavy iron door, making a loud sound, and opened it without waiting for an answer.
The air in the room was cool and pleasant from the hot and humid summer temperature.

 

I closed the door quickly to keep the cool air inside, and turned my gaze to where the boss this place was.

There she was, after all.

 

“Shinra, you’re back earlier than I expected.”

 

“I don’t remember saying that I was coming back.
…Well, I guess the president already knew that I would come back.”

 

Akane Hiiragi, the head of the student council, was sitting on her seat with the same smile on her face as when she sent me off.
She was seated just like the last boss.
I sat down at my seat in the student council room, which was empty except for the president, and looked at her.

 

“So, how did the conversation go?”

 

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“Well…”

 

I knew without being told that she was referring to the conversation between me and Shiraishi.
In order to explain, I had to find out how much president knew before I could go any further.

 

“How much does president know?”

 

“How much… well, at least I don’t know what Shiraishi and Shinra talked about today.”

 

In other words, she know everything else.
She knows the true character of Shiraishi.

 

“Does that mean the way she was acting when she came to the student council room yesterday was also an act?

 

The surprised look on her face, the slightly angry tone of her voice, if it was all an act, it was a genuine performance.

I couldn’t see through it.

 

“I’m proud to say that I’m a little better at this than most of you…”

 

From the expression with a bitter smile, president probably didn’t mean to know about it either.
Sometimes a position requires us to hear or know something that we don’t really mean to.

 

And when we didn’t see it coming, it was our fault too.
I’m not going to say anything because president had her own ideas and intentions.

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“I’m investigating what kind of student Shiraishi is, not to mention her lifestyle and her academics …I immediately noticed that she was acting differently than her usual self.”

 

“So …do you know what motivated her to run for the position?”

 

“No, as I said earlier, I only know what I heard yesterday.”

 

She asked again, ‘What did you talk about today?’

 

How much should I tell her?
I had to sort through the information and find the correct words.

It’s going to take some time.

 

“No problem, we have plenty of time.”

 

President smiled and said so.

If I talk too much, it will be difficult to understand.

The first thing I said was my idea of how I would lend her a hand.

 

“I’m thinking of having Shiraishi run for the head of the executive committee of the Sakura Festival*.”
(TL/N – Cherry Blossom Festival)

President nodded happily at these words.

 

: The Sakura festival will be continued in the next chapter.