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

Kazusa ignored Himekoji's antics and turned her face toward Kasumigaoka.

"At first, he was going to call the police, thinking I had been kidnapped by some bad guys. Well... in general, he's a good person. Later, I emailed him to tell him I was fine and would attend the meet-and-greet the next day as usual, and he seemed relieved. Looking at it this way, it's kind of annoying, like I'm just a wordsmith writing light novels for him."

"It must be really unpleasant to be treated like that by a man. I feel a little sorry for you, Kasumigaoka."

Kazusa smiled slightly and casually twirled the ballpoint pen in her hand.

"So, who are the other famous figures from the General Martial Arts Academy?"

Ji Xiaolu asked casually without even looking up.

"First and foremost, of course, is the heartless and cold-blooded student council president, Himekoji Haruto. Well, of course, the reason why you've become the subject of these comments is also due to your exceptional popularity with girls, since boys are bound to be jealous."

"Heartless and cold-blooded student council president..." Himekoji pressed her hands tightly to her chest, feigning a devastated expression as she lamented, "I have rendered meritorious service to Soubu High School, I have shed blood for the student council... How could they treat me like this?"

"What are you doing? You're so stupid."

Although Kazusa was cursing, her face was full of smiles.

"The reason why not many girls take the initiative to come to you and show themselves off is probably because the girls you usually hang out with are so good-looking that they feel inferior."

"So you've included yourself in the praise now?"

Himekoji Asakagaoka blinked.

"Of course, Touma is also one of the rumored girlfriends of this heartless and cold-blooded student council president."

"Huh—? Me? How could I..." Kazusa glared at Himekoji angrily, pointing at him and arguing, "How could I possibly associate with such an idiot..."

"Well, that's why it's called a scandal," Kasumigaoka shrugged casually. "It's fine if you don't care. The other famous ones are 'School Idol' Ogiso Yukina, 'Playboy' Iizuka Takeya, 'Soccer Prince' Hayama Hayato, 'Ice Queen' Yukinoshita Yukino, 'Blonde Fairy' Sawamura Spencer Eriri, 'Hellfire Queen' Miura Yumiko, 'Fallen Angel' Gidou Mariya, and 'Harem King' Shinomiya Kyoya. That's about it."

"Pfft—, the ones before are fine, but what's with that last harem king?"

Kazusa Shinobu's expression grew increasingly strange as she listened to Kasumigaoka recount these famous figures. By the time she heard the last one, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, immediately covering her mouth as her shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

"I don't know the specifics either, you should ask Haruto-kun."

As Kasumigaoka spoke, Kazusa turned her gaze to him.

"Well, it's probably because that guy Shinomiya Kyoya inexplicably joined a GJ club, which was created by the previous president. The specific activities are unknown, but apart from Shinomiya Kyoya, all the members are beautiful girls. Well... although they're not as famous as Ogiso and Yukinoshita."

"GJ Club? Why can that kind of club, with its ambiguous meaning, still exist under your 'impartial' and ruthless student council president? Shouldn't it have been abolished long ago?"

Kazusa finally stopped laughing and looked at Himekoji suspiciously.

"It's because Shinomiya Kyoya is very capable at work. Even though he doesn't appear often, it's thanks to him that I have more opportunities to slack off, or rather, relax."

"You just seemed to have revealed your true thoughts, Himekoji."

Kazusa pouted slightly and gave a soft hum, which was rather adorable.

"Shinomiya-kun is really amazing. Although he only serves as a disciplinary committee member, he does a third of the work of the student council president."

"By the way, there's still a third of the secretary's work left because you keep making mistakes in the meeting minutes due to being too tired, forcing us to re-enter them." Himeko pointed at Kasumigaoka and said, "Don't try to cover up your mistakes with a simple 'don't'!"

"whispering sound."

"You just bastard, didn't you! You just bastard!"

"Alright, you two, I think it's time to get back to studying. What do you think?" Kazusa stretched out her hands to both of them, scanning their faces with her gaze. Seeing their calm silence, she said with surprise, "Don't you two have any reaction? How about we continue slacking off for a while? I don't want to study anyway."

"Still trying to slack off?!" Himekoji tapped Kazusa's head lightly with her notebook, warning her, "Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei, who is in charge of guiding students' lives, told me that starting this year, the summer remedial system for those who fail the final exams will be strictly enforced. If you don't want to have to go to school during the summer vacation, then you'd better study properly!"

"Anyway, I don't know how, so it's a waste of time to learn. Who does she think she is? Does she expect me to go for tutoring? I'll just go abroad and see how she tries to find someone then."

Although Kazusa said that, her eyes were already focused on the book.

"If you do well on the test, your teachers will give you a better evaluation, and you won't have to get scolded every day."

"What does it have to do with you that I got scolded? Come on, explain this problem to me."

Kazusa seemed angry a second ago, but the next second she immediately took the homework to Himekoji and asked him to explain it.

Author's Note:

PS: Eighth update

Chapter 097 Drinking a beverage, [Touma Kazusa] is stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside.

The study was filled with a pleasant atmosphere of learning. Under the joint instruction of a top student and a genius student, Kazusa finally learned how to convert angles to radians in trigonometric functions. However, after learning how to convert radians to angles, she couldn't remember the former again, which caused Kasumigaoka and Himekoji to both lie on the table, almost foaming at the mouth, rolling their eyes, and spitting out transparent souls.

"Um, was what you just taught me really that simple?"

Kazusa asked cautiously.

"Yes...it's the most basic part."

"I feel a little sorry for your math teacher, Touma-kun."

"Well then, shall we rest for a bit?"

"Reconsider."

Kasumigaoka raised her hand, swaying slightly.

"Take a 15-minute break, ah—I'm exhausted, I feel like my brain is about to evaporate."

Ji Xiaolu's eyes were almost like mosquito coils. She leaned back in the ergonomic chair, her mouth wide open, staring at the sky. Her blank face seemed to be writing, "Who am I?" "Where am I?" "Where did I come from?" "Why am I here?"

"Then...then I'll go prepare some drinks. Kasumigaoka, what would you like to drink?"

"Speaking of which, Kazusa, aren't you going to ask me anything?"

"Well then, Mr. Black-hearted, cold-blooded, and idiotic student council president, you should just drink water. It's said that idiots are magical creatures that can survive as long as they have water."

"That strange setting is too subtle. Rejected. Give me a glass of juice."

"As for me... barley tea would be best if it were available, but if not, I'll have fruit juice like Haruto-kun."

"Very good, two cups of barley tea."

"Hey, this is Juice!"

“I haven’t finished yet,” Kazusa said, glancing at Himekoji with annoyance. “Two cups of barley tea and one cup of tap water.”

"..."

Himeko looked at her with great joy, then immediately became dejected.

Well, tap water is actually drinking water, but it doesn't really matter.

But when Kazusa brought out the last thing, it was a glass of juice and two cups of barley tea that he had requested, along with a small jar of white sugar. After Kazusa had them both take their cups, she picked up the jar of white sugar, shook it in front of Kasumigaoka, and asked, "Kasumigaoka, would you like some?"

"No, thank you... By the way, do you need to add sugar to barley tea?"

"Really? If you don't want to add it, then forget it."

Kazusa opened the sugar jar and started adding sugar to the cup with a small teaspoon. After adding four spoonfuls, she finally closed the lid and stirred, much to her satisfaction. Himekoji and Kasumigaoka exchanged a glance and secretly clicked their tongues in amazement.

"That cake before was so delicious...just thinking about it makes my mouth water."

Kazusa sipped the cloyingly sweet barley tea, closing her eyes to savor the flavor.

"You secretly added way too much sugar to it! My mom and I almost couldn't eat it."

"cake?"

Kasumigaoka had a sudden thought and looked at Kazusa.

“Yes, it’s the cake that the idiot sitting on the left ate on his birthday,” Kazusa casually pointed to Himekoji and said, “He’s a year and a few days younger than me, and he just had his birthday a while ago.”

"Haruto-kun's birthday... I didn't even know." Kasumigaoka sighed in surprise. "If you had told me earlier, I definitely would have prepared a gift for you, hmm, I guarantee you'd be satisfied!"

"To be honest, I'm a little worried that you might send a huge gift box to my house and it turns out to be you inside."

"Oh dear, I've seen right through you?"

"...I can basically figure it out even with my white hair."

As the two were talking, Kazusa silently lowered her head and gripped the cup a little tighter.

After the three of them finished their drinks and stretched a bit, the study session resumed, but Kazusa mostly complained.

"Ah... I really want to see musical notes and sheet music, even just black and white piano keys... Pandas would be nice too, since they're all black and white anyway."

Kazusa slumped onto the table like a salted fish, refusing to read anymore no matter what anyone said.

"Sigh, I really can't do anything with you. It seems that we'll have to call it a day."

Himeko knew that Kazusa wasn't good at studying; she couldn't bite off more than she could chew. Learning was something that could only be done little by little. He stretched and stood up, while Kazusa simply buried her face in the pile of books, propped her hands up on the table, and shook them, saying, "Hooray!"

"However, if you really want to graduate smoothly, you'll need to attend many more of these study sessions."

"...Graduation? Forget about it, I really want to play the piano...My fingers are already out of control. Look, these ten adorable children are constantly expressing their desire to touch the piano keys!"

Kazusa straightened up and solemnly gestured with her fingers as if she were playing the piano.

"Let me see what time it is... Tsk, not bad for today, it's already 5:40. No wonder I'm a little hungry."

Even geniuses get hungry.

Kazusa chimed in from the side.

"That's like saying, 'Can an idiot catch a cold?'—it's exactly the same thing!"

"Yes, Himekoji Haruto doesn't catch colds."

"I'm talking to you..."

Himeko sighed twice in frustration, twisted her waist, and her lumbar spine made a cracking sound as if it were under too much pressure. Kasumigaoka also stretched, making her already high chest even more eye-catching.

"Kasumigaoka, what are you going to do now? Go back? Or stay and have dinner together?" Kazusa stretched and yawned, covering her mouth as she said, "If we have dinner together, Himekoji will cook, but with his cooking skills, tsk tsk, it will be terribly awful."

"Huh, really? Haruto-kun, who's practically omnipotent, suffered a Waterloo when it comes to cooking?"

Kasumigaoka glanced at him unexpectedly.

"It's not as bad as you think... so what are you going to do?"

"If I have the chance to taste Haruto-kun's homemade dishes, I will definitely stay. So, I'll be bothering you for a meal, Touma-kun."

"It doesn't matter, it's that idiot who's cooking anyway."

"Phew—I told you not to eat instant noodles and curry rice all the time, but you didn't listen, did you?!"

"Anyway, I'm hopeless at cooking, so I don't care what you say. Or you can come to my house and cook for me every day. Even though it's not very tasty, I'd be happy to do it."