I, the mastermind behind the scenes at Soubu High, refuse to be caught in a bloodbath.

"You bastard, how dare you toy with Lady Kasumigaoka's feelings?! We'll kill you today!!"

Suddenly, three people slammed their fists on the table, rolled up their sleeves, and walked towards him. Since it was all a misunderstanding and he didn't want to fight them, Himeko grabbed the still-fake-crying Kasumigaoka and rushed outside. The three guys behind him, who seemed to be part of Kasumigaoka's personal guard, pointed at the girl on duty at the door and shouted, "Don't let that guy get away!"

Fortunately, Kasumigaoka winked playfully at the girl at the last moment, which defused an unnecessary crisis. Himekoji pulled Kasumigaoka all the way to the rooftop. The setting sun was perfect, and the two of them leaned against the door, breathing heavily or slowly.

"Haruto, you...you're amazing, you're always...so fast."

"Hey! Don't say lines that could be misunderstood! And I'm not happy at all!"

"Oh, really?" She smoothed her hair, deliberately glancing at me sideways, then walked away, panting, stretching her body in the sunset. "So, what brings you here?"

"Join my student council and become my secretary!"

Ji Xiaolu extended his hand to her. This short run was no problem for him, who had extremely good stamina. Moreover, even if those three boys had tried to gang up on him, they wouldn't have been a match for him. Ji Xiaolu was very confident in his skills.

At least it can absolutely suppress Jing Ke'ai, right?

"Haruto's student council, huh~" Kasumigaoka spun around twice in the sunset, then obediently sat back down in his chair and stretched, saying, "Isn't that just a synonym for Haruto's harem?"

"No, you idiot!"

Ji Xiaolu felt like she was about to vomit blood.

"Oh dear, I got scolded." With that, Kasumigaoka's acting skills kicked in. She pulled out the small handkerchief she'd just bitten, held it in her mouth, and turned her head to the side, saying, "A girl, betrayed by a man, wanted to join his harem, but he was too forceful and uttered vulgar words. Unable to bear it, she had no choice but to submit to him... Sobbing, sobbing... The pure girl bloomed on the rooftop like the most beautiful, blood-stained cherry blossom..."

"Hey! Listen to me! Stop imagining all this forbidden content!! This isn't the train to Soubu High School!"

Ji Xiaolu blushed. This woman could sometimes say some surprisingly shocking things. Although she had seen a lot of such things while watching anime, experiencing them in person was definitely a different story from watching anime!

"Haruto-chan~ When did you become a tsukkomi (straight man)?"

Kasumigaoka stopped and put the handkerchief in her pocket.

"...Isn't it enough that you've forced me?" Himekoji slumped her shoulders, walked towards her with an expression that said, "I'm really defeated by you," and leaned against the sturdy barbed wire fence, saying, "If you don't want to join, I won't force you. There are a few other candidates. Hmm... Besides, that's not my harem, okay? The Disciplinary Committee member is Shinomiya Kyoya, after all. That guy is the one who should be building a harem! After joining the GJ Club, he does nothing all day but eat, wait to die, drink tea, complain, chat, joke, comb his hair, and grope people!"

"Are you envious?"

Kasumigaoka twisted her body and deliberately smoothed her hair.

"Absolutely not."

Himeko crossed her arms and turned her head to say that she only wanted to develop a sweet and exciting forbidden relationship with the mother of the maid from Senro Bansho.

"So, you already have popular first-year beauties like Gidou Mariya, Shioji Marika, and Touma Kazusa in your harem, right? I remember the secretary should be Touma Kazusa from Class E, so why did you suddenly come to me?"

"I told you, that's not my harem! That's the student council!" After making her complaint, Himekoji sighed and rolled her eyes, saying, "Because Kazusa quit today..." At the same time, she thought to herself: Gidou Mariya is still a boy! A boy! So the student council is in a state of gender balance!

"You call Touma Kazusa Kazusa, but not me Utaha, waaaaah, so am I really a second-tier woman? Waaaaah..." After performing for a while, Kasumigaoka noticed that Himekoji's expression had turned into →_→, so she put away her handkerchief again and said seriously, "So, what is the reason for her leaving the student council?"

"After venting her hysteria in front of me, she left."

Himekoji told a lie. She couldn't very well tell Kasumigaoka that she was the one who slept with Kazusa's mother at this point, could she?! No, it was clearly Yoko-nee who slept with her!

"Strange, there must be some kind of secret hidden here." Kasumigaoka stood up and approached Himekoji. With her hands on her hips and her head tilted, she leaned close and whispered in Himekoji's ear, "Right, my, spirit, sir?"

"Everything's really alright now..."

Why are women's sixth senses so accurate?! In my past life, I didn't have much interaction with women, but in this life, I'm surrounded by women. In the end, did I hurt someone I shouldn't have?

"Hmph," Kasumigaoka waved her right index finger in front of her eyes, causing her ample breasts to sway. Himeko turned her head away, and Kasumigaoka continued, "It's not impossible, but I'm afraid I'll be busy with other things for a while. Could you help me write an outline?"

What type?

"A coming-of-age romance about a shut-in boy who encounters an incredibly beautiful girl and what unfolds as a result."

"Ah, let me guess, it must be that your little fanboy Aki Tomo also wants your help, right?"

Chapter 006 Occasionally, the Student Council also has to do some of its regular duties.

Himekoji knew Aki Tomoya very well. Putting aside the anime they watched in their past lives, in this life, after the outline he gave Kasumigaoka made her an overnight sensation, Aki Tomoya was the first to line up early at her second light novel signing event. Afterwards, Kasumigaoka told Himekoji a lot about him in an email, and also expressed her guilt because—basically all the brilliant parts where Aki Tomoya praised Kasumigaoka were written by Himekoji!!!

"Pretty much, that's why I said that all the men who dumped me have come knocking on my door again recently. It's really nothing good."

Kasumigaoka stepped back, his tone full of complaints.

"Seriously, what do you mean by abandoning your man? Did I abandon you too? At least I've been providing you with the outline on time, haven't I?"

"Oh my, Haruto, you surprisingly like to argue with girls."

Kasumigaoka turned and gave himself a sideways glance.

"Phew—oh well, at this rate I'll really become the one who takes things too seriously," Ji Xiaolu sighed in relief, holding the back of her head and looking at the fiery sunset, "Shiyu..."

"what?"

"Join my... cough, student council, I guess."

I almost got led astray by Shiyu. It's really scary. All the different kinds of "zi" in this world are making me dizzy.

"Okay, do I need to fill out any application?"

“That’s not necessary,” Himekoji continued gazing at the sky, about to add his last sentence when Kasumigaoka suddenly leaned in and kissed him on the cheek, then covered his mouth and laughed as she stepped back. This made Himekoji extremely embarrassed, and he could only blush and loudly protest, “No application is needed, but registration and a public announcement are required!!”

So, Himekoji led Kasumigaoka, who seemed to have some difficulty walking, down from the rooftop.

???

Why are you pretending to have trouble walking?! Stop frowning, you jerk! And what's with the sudden blushing?!

"Knock knock," Himeko knocked on the door of the student council room, then gently pushed it open. Everyone was there except for herself and Kazusa, who had resigned from the council. The swivel chair in the middle was empty. Himeko let Kasumigaoka in and closed the door behind her. As she walked to her seat, Himeko said, "This is Kasumigaoka Utaha-senpai. From today onwards, she will be the new secretary."

"Eh eh eh eh————!!"

"I've sacrificed my club time to come here," Shinomiya Kyoya exclaimed in surprise.

"Is there a problem, Disciplinary Committee member?" Himekoji, who had sat back down, reached out to Kasumigaoka, who was still standing there, and said, "Please introduce yourself, Kasumigaoka-senpai. Also, please don't leave yet, I need to explain the main duties of the secretary to you."

“Okay,” Kasumigaoka nodded, smiling gracefully as she looked around the room, which was as big as a teacher’s office, and said, “I am Kasumigaoka Utaha, Haruto’s ex-girlfriend. As you can see, he called me here again today because in his eyes I am the kind of woman he can call and dismiss at will, his loyal dog, someone who can’t live without him. Also, to add, I really am that kind of person. That’s all. Please take care of me in the future.”

quiet...

"Bang!" Shinomiya Kyoya slammed his hand on the table and stood up. He pointed at Kasumigaoka and loudly argued with Himekoji, "No matter what, Himekoji-senpai, you've gone too far! This is Kasumigaoka-senpai! A beautiful girl admired by everyone! How could you do such a heartless thing! If you've given your feelings, you should treat them seriously!"

"...So that's why you're so easily fooled by those girls in the GJ club. As long as they're pretty, you think everything they say is right, right? I just can't do anything with you. Sit down, Disciplinary Committee member, and Utaha-senpai, you sit down too. I hope you won't suddenly blurt out such outrageous remarks in serious situations in the future."

Ji Xiaolu is now feeling quite a stomachache.

"Ahem, Kasumigaoka-senpai, please have a seat," Hayama Hayato stood up and gestured to Kasumigaoka's seat, then placed his hands on the table and asked Himekoji, "So, President, just who exactly is former Secretary Touma...?"

“She applied to withdraw from the student union today. A large part of her willingness to join the student union was due to family factors, and after those factors disappeared, she naturally did not continue to stay here.”

"By the way, the president and Touma-senpai are childhood friends, so of course he knows this."

Ju added from the side.

"Alright, Jasmine, give me the budget report submitted today. Shiyu, please take the meeting minutes. Juya, draft the adoption notice for the new members. Kyoya, Hayato, is there anything that needs to be reported or any obvious violations of rules and regulations?"

To be a qualified student council president, one must not only avoid favoritism and backdoors, but also do one's duties diligently.

Just as student councils in general Japanese high schools wield considerable power, the student council at Sobu High School also holds immense authority in student activities.

Firstly, the activity funds needed by all the clubs and departments within the academy are reviewed and allocated by the student council. All activities each year are also completed by the student council executive committee in cooperation with other departments, and the funds used are also allocated by the student council. Secondly, the student council also has the right to review and judge the punishment for violations of school rules. That is to say, if Touma Kazusa is found to have violated serious school rules, the student council will conduct a trial. Of course, she will be accompanied by a teacher, but the final decision rests with Himekoji Haruto.

These two powers alone establish the student union as the absolute pinnacle of the campus hierarchy. At each general meeting, the managers of various departments (referring to student-organized groups such as the football club) would come to their departments to discuss the monthly budget and various special applications.

Isshiki Iroha, a first-year student, is the manager of the soccer club. Himekoji has met her a few times already. As for special requests, for example, it's like Isshiki Iroha saying that a certain spot on the soccer field's grass has been kicked away and needs to be replanted.

In short, everything, big or small, had to go through Ji Xiaolu's hands, which gave him a certain amount of influence when talking to the teachers. As for the possibility that Ji Xiaolu might do something wrong and the teachers might want to dismiss him, that would be difficult. First, no matter what Ji Xiaolu did, they wouldn't be able to find enough evidence to impeach him and force him to step down. Second, even if they did find such evidence, Ji Xiaolu could find a way to smooth things over.

"The Astronomy Department has the highest budget request... What's with buying a new astronomical telescope? Are the old ones no longer usable?"

New astronomical telescopes are no small feat; what on earth are those guys in the Astronomy Department thinking?

Chapter 007 So, it's said that [Kasumigaoka Utaha]'s personal guards are all perverts.

"According to other students, the lens is so worn that it can no longer be used normally."

Jasmine took out her notebook, flipped through a few pages, and said...

"Is the astronomy department's advisor Mr. Otake? Wait a minute, I'll call Mr. Otake," Ji Xiaolu said with a headache as she pulled out her phone and dialed Mr. Otake's number.

"Moshi moshi, Professor Otake, it's me, Himekoji Haruto, student council president. Ah, yes, thanks to you, that matter has been resolved. Thank you so much. Actually, I called today to ask you about something... um, yes, the main issue is the worn lens, right? The students reported that they need to replace it with a new telescope, which is a bit of a problem. Do you know the lens model? No, okay, I'll go to the Astronomy Club tomorrow to register it. I'm so sorry to bother you at this hour. Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Himekoji decisively stamped the Astronomy Department's application with a rejection stamp, then slid it across the table and handed it to Mariya. Mariya kept it safe, planning to reissue it to the Astronomy Department tomorrow.

"Finally... the Service Department? She's applying for departmental funding too?"

When Himeko saw the application, her eyelids twitched. That woman with an excessive sense of self-importance really thought too highly of herself!

"Service Department? Does such a department exist?"

Shiyu, who was taking meeting minutes, looked up, flicked her hair, and asked.

"This application for departmental funding was just approved today. Although it's somewhat related to me, I still reject it!"

Himekoji stamped the rejection stamp heavily. He didn't slide the application to Mariya but kept it to himself. He decided that he would talk to Yukinoshita in person after he finished dealing with these matters.

"This morning, two students each from Class D (Grade 1), Class G and C (Grade 2), and Class E (Grade 3) were late. Among them, Eriri Sawamura from Class B (Grade 2) was more than 30 minutes late, which, according to school rules, counts as skipping the first period. A fight broke out in Class J (Grade 1), but fortunately, it was stopped in time by the teacher, and the people involved have been punished by the teacher. Let's not interfere in this matter, okay?"

Hayato Hayama took out his notebook and reported to himself.

"Okay, let's treat Sawamura as having skipped the first class. I'm sure the teacher doesn't want the fight to escalate to the student council's decision. Let's do this and file that person's name on file first, so we can use it as evidence if he retaliates in the future."

Himekoji said this while processing the reasonable budget requests.

"Sawamura? Isn't that..."

Kasumigaoka stopped writing, the pen cap resting on the corner of her lips, as if trying to create a small dimple.

"She's an illustrator from the blessing software club, a friend of Aki Tomoya, right? She helped draw a lot of posters during the school festival, she was a huge help. So, does Utaha-senpai want to have her absence record revoked?"

Blessing Software Club was founded by Aki Tomoya in his first year of high school. Because the minimum requirement for founding a club was three people, Aki Tomoya had to bring in Eriri and Kagome Yoshihiko (Aki Tomoya's friends) to join, and only then could he manage to organize the club with some difficulty. At that time, Himekoji was the accountant in the student council. Later, he was promoted to secretary, then vice president, and now he is president.

No...no, not at all.

Kasumigaoka shook her head and continued taking notes, while Himekoji knew very well why Eriri was late; it must be because the deadline was approaching and she had stayed up all night to finish her manuscript.

"Today, a couple from Class J of Grade 1 were found to be behaving too intimately in the library, seriously affecting students studying nearby. They have been warned. Their school uniforms were found to be normal. Two boys almost entered the teaching building shirtless after PE class. They have also been warned. Report complete."

Kyoya's report was finished, and Kasumigaoka was quickly taking notes.

Who are those two boys?

"Fuura Yuuto from Class 2E and Geng Chengji from the same class."