[Vol 2] Chapter 24: First day as The Student Council President

" Pew~ this bundle is finally over. " Rousin sighed and looked at the other two bundles of papers on the table that has to sign, his face darkened.

From the moment he came here he was doing this paperwork all this time, he even scripted lunch.. Now it was afternoon, the college is over but he was still stuck here.

Rousin glanced at Kaguya, elegantly sipping the tea. Similarly, she also had a few bundles of paperwork, but unlike him, it took her half an hour to finish it.

Under the dim glow of the sunlight, she looked unreal. Her long hair and cold calculating aurora make her truly worthy of the title " The Ice Princess." But Rousin was in no mood to appreciate her beauty.

All his enthusiasm has been crushed under paperwork. But he can't just leave, if he left without finishing this, he would get a penalty. He didn't want to throw away the money that was delivered to his door. Rousin was thinking of ways to get out of there.

After finishing the tea Kaguya came towards him and showed him a document. " Please sign it," she spoke as if ordering a drink in front of a soda machine.

( Okay this is the ninth time.)

Oddly from time to time, she showed him a bunch of documents telling him to sign them. As if building up mental pressure.

When Rousin asked about it she gave him an extremely detailed explanation that went over his head. Also, she used phrases like,

" The President must have known this..." " As the President, you know.. " " As a top student..."

According to her, The President has to be someone extraordinary and if he fails to be someone like that kicking him out is justified.

As the President, he must be knowledgeable enough to know what's in the documents. If he fails to take the right decision then he's a failure as a President.

So he signed the documents.

Rousin's intuitions were telling him something was wrong. He felt he was signing the divorce paper without checking the clauses. But he can't find anything that is wrong here. Also, he didn't want to appear weak in front of Kaguya.

Among all the anime characters Rousin met so far he has the most complicated feelings for Kaguya Shinomiya.

When he used {info glasses} on her, she had mind-blowing stats of,

99 (ambition),

99 (intelligence)

79 (EQ), with overall stats of 95.

But the most eye-catching one is here

{Dot favour} is -59.

Just 20 points away from murdering him.

( What the hell did I do? )

She had a violet dot over her and it never changed for a moment.

When he first met her it was lust and awe evil plans started brewing in his head on how to capture her. But as time passed she showed her current personality, and Rousin gained some sanity about his dream girlfriend.

Despite looking like a delicate flower she had an intimidating presence. She was cold, absolutely logical and calculating, incredibly blunt yet can't be considered rude. Her confidant Aurora completely overwhelms him.

Rousin wasn't some dense guy. He realised Kaguya doesn't even acknowledge his existence. She looks down on him and treats him as a tool or a bothersome worm, though she did try to conceal her contempt a bit.

Rousin was in Shirogane's position. So obviously he thought something good would happen.

But because of her incredibly dismissive attitude, even Rousin doubted whether or not he'll ever have a chance with Kaguya.

Rousin didn't have the good looks, determination or academic performance of Shirogane. After all, when did the harem protagonist have tangible talent?

Despite this, Rousin never felt so obsessive about a Waifu until now. If there is love at first sight then this is it.

( She's so beautiful! I want to be with her, I will do anything to make her smile. I must have her, she's mine!)

One can say this is not love but possessiveness and Rousin would agree with that.

Rousin realized getting Kaguya to fall for him straightforwardly is impossible. So he needs to think of ways to make her fall in love with him.

(But at first, I need to get out of this trap, she's using me.)

Rousin picked up the document. The moment he saw a name he asked Kaguya immediately, " Miss Shinomiya is this about the student council budget?"

" Yes."

" Then please call him to the office, I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough in this, I need to discuss this with him."

She paused for a moment. " All right."

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A while later a boy with chin-length black hair came in front of him. He has bangs covering the left side of his face and black eyes. He has a rather gloomy but, dull expression on his face.

" Hello, I am Yu Ishigami. " He sat down. Rousin observed him, after all, he was one of the characters he admired.

" So classmate Isigami are you the treasurer?"

" yes and no."

" Which class are you in?"

" 2B."

" Are you the one who wrote this proposal?"

"No."

Rousin saw Isigami wasn't paying attention to him but he seemed far more concerned about Kaguya beside him. So he spoke out boldly,

" Miss Shinomiya, it seems student Isigami isn't comfortable with you, so can you please take a leave for a while?"

Ishigami looked at him with wide eyes, filled with horror. For the first time, there was a slight movement on Kaguya's poker face. After a minute that felt like a century,

" All right, if the President says so."

Then she turned around and walked out of the room.

" Pew~ " they both sighed as the heavy atmosphere in the room loosened immediately.

" Man, that was dangerous. " Isigami spoke.

" Ya, so Isigami what is this situation?"

" What do you mean?"

" You know exactly what I mean don't you?"

Isigami didn't answer. Rousin waited patiently. He didn't call Isigami just because he knew him in the anime but it's because of his cynical personality and the fact that though he's the second son of the president of a small toy company he's a commoner.

" Look I don't want to associate with someone who will get overthrown in a few days. Rather I am surprised that you are still in the position." Isigami bluntly spoke.

" I take it as a compliment. You better answer me or something bad might happen to you."

" Oh, what can you do to me?" Isigami asked, curious.

" I'll approve the application for you to join the cheer club."

" Wait! Don't do that! I didn't apply to join anything. It's probably my father, I swear! I'll answer your questions. please don't let me go there." Isigami surrendered immediately.

"Uham.. do you know anything about this document?" Isigami pointed at the paper.

" Ua.. it's accounting for the budget management."

" I figured." Isigami seemed to understand something. He continued,

" Aren't you curious why in this age of the internet why do you have to sign papers like in the mediaeval times?"

Rousin paused, " Because... there is something else within it?"

" Yes."

Isigami explained,

" The moment you signed a document you officially approved the official.

The President's office has nine departments and 129 officialdom directly under him, who would be appointed by the President. When the new President will get elected these positions need to be approved or would be replaced by the new President. "

" Why is that? Is it important?"

" Yes, very. All these positions have voting rights in the student council. Now don't tell me you don't even know what a student council is."

Seeing Rousin's blank face he continued,

" The Student Council is composed of the officials and class representatives. It's like a parliament. Any resolution needs to be approved by the Student Council to be in effect.

It will be fine if you signed the officials but don't tell me you also signed the department heads. If you do then you'll be in trouble cause they have the veto rights, if in majority."

Rousin just realised the documents Kaguya brought him were probably those.

( F***! What is this? bureaucracy? in school? is this House of Cards of high school or something?)

Seeing Rousin's unpleasant face, Isigami murmured, " Is the Shinomiya family trying to make the President a puppet? no wonder why he is still here."

(F*** ! This is House of Cards!)

After calming down, he spoke out his thoughts, " Maybe I shouldn't have let Butler Sebastian leave in the first place."

" Butler Sebastian? Do you know Sebastian sensei?"

"yes " Rousin explained the entire scene.

" Hmm.. looks like all hope is not lost, the civilian faction is backing you."

" Civilian faction? "

" The university is dominated by powerful aristocratic factions but there is a growing civilian faction too. Sebastian Sensei is himself a civilian and the Locke family is sympathetic to the commoners.

As the first civilian President of the university, they want to help you to be in power." Isigami reassured him. Then he picked up the paper and said,

" Just put the red seal on it. I didn't want to be the treasurer anyway. It's probably my father who called in a favour to appoint me to the student council. Appoint one of your friends, you'll need your loyalist in the council."

Rousin paused, took the document and signed it immediately.

" Hey! Do you know what you just did?" Isigami screamed.

" I know what I am doing." Rousin turned his back. He spoke abruptly,

" Isigami are you a hated person? do you think others around you hate you?"

Isigami stopped moving, and after a while, he said, "Yes."

" It turns out I am also a public enemy too."

He turned around.

" Shouldn't public enemies help others? If nothing else is just to feel good about ourselves."

Outwardly Isigami didn't show any emotions, " He! Do you think your words would convince me to support you?"

" No, but my threats will," Rousin said with a smile.

" Hey!"

Seeing Ishigami's distressed look Rousin laughed out loud.

Rousin did it on a whim, not knowing he made a tall image of himself in Isigami's mind.

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Unknown to both of them Kaguya was listening to the entire conversation from behind the door. She didn't go anywhere.

" It seems I have to change my opinion of him, he isn't an idiot. I have to change my plans a bit." Kaguya murmured. She wasn't much concerned, she needs to modify her plans a little bit. Also, she didn't think a bunch of commoners could stand up to her, the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family.

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" Hey, Isigami can you deal with those papers? you are good with analysis, right?"

" Ya, but what will I get in return?"

"How about a pclc10 ?"

" Are you serious? How can you have one?" Isigami was surprised.

" I have my means, I was able to climb so far do you think it's just a coincidence?" Rousin smacked, showing a confident persona.

"Ok, it's a deal."

(A gamer is always a gamer.) Rousin smiled, as a fellow gamer he knew how Isigami thought.

pclc10 is the code name of the latest version of the massively popular VR MMO RPG game " Sword Art Online". Yes, the Kirito one.

Rousin didn't know whether or not it would play out like in the anime.

But it didn't stop him from using it as bait.

What is the most important ability needed to be superior?

Is it leadership? charisma? talent?.. no!

The most ability of a superior is the ability to dump your responsibility on others and make them happily clean up your mess for you.

So in Rousin's mind, he didn't lie, he just took an important step to develop his leadership skill.

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As Rousin came out he was confronted by Kaguya.

Before she can say anything a voice called her from behind.

" Miss, it's about time to go. We shouldn't be late."

The girl behind him was a beautiful, young girl with blonde hair that is tied up at the left side of her head.

Kaguya turned around. " Yes, let's go."

" And Mr President, we'll see you soon." Then she walked out without looking back.

Rousin wasn't surprised to see Ai Hayasaka. They looked at each other for a moment, and then Hayasaka followed Kaguya.

Rousin didn't think much, he wasn't a Hayasaka fan anyway. He was tired and wanted to go home. So, he started walking in the opposite direction not knowing he just met the greatest enemy in his life.

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