[Vol 2] Chapter 25: Kaguya's Thoughts

"Sigh~" Kaguya immediately covered her mouth out of reflex. Her reflexes were perfected not to show any unsightly behaviours. For a lady like her sighing in public is a major embarrassment.

She calms down, realising there is only Ai Hayasaka with her in the car.

The black velvet car smoothly passes through the streets with ease, as the people just stopped to take a look or let the car take the lead, obviously this is not something that they can even think to afford.

Kaguya didn't care. She continued to look outside the window, absent-mindedly. The faint glow of the sun showed the sadness in her eyes. It was extremely rare to see Kaguya in such a state, she Instinctively tried to hide her emotions and act calm as usual.

(Mistress it's normal for you to be like this.)

But Ai Hayasaka thought it was normal. Rather she didn't think any girl can be as calm as her mistress in her situation.

She wanted to say a few comforting words, but stopped, knowing it would only hurt her mistress's pride.

" Lady Kaguya should I cancel the appointment? It'll be fine if you meet him tomorrow."

" No, I want to finish this as quickly as possible. I am fine. I am just a bit tired from the journey."

( Of course, it's been two days since you have slept.)

" Lady Kaguya just what did you say to the family head?"

Hayasaka knew she was crossing the line in this master-servant relationship. But she still asked.

After getting elected unanimously as the Vice President of the Student Council President Kaguya was unexpectedly invited to the annual dinner party by her father.

Kaguya doesn't have good memories of her father. From Kaguya's point of view, her father didn't care much about her, like "good night". "Be careful on the road", "Well done", and "I love you", Kaguya never remembers hearing her father say to her. She also never travelled with her family.

It was unexpected as her father never attended the dinner party in person.

Despite the cold reception at the Shinomiya house, she craved familial love. A part of her thought it was about her success at the academy.

But as expected, it wasn't about her.

" He told me to take control of the student council and fulfil my duties as a Shinomiya.

A Shinomiya never breaks his promise."

Not only didn't he congratulate her, on the contrary he dropped a bombshell on her that will change her life forever. Though she thought she never processed a heart to begin with, it still broke her heart.

In front of Hayasaka, her carefully built mask started to crack.

" Hayasaka, I tried to tell him, but he didn't listen. My opinion never mattered to him."

Hayasaka didn't say anything. Rather she can't say anything. Though she felt pity for her mistress, she couldn't go against the family head "the monster of Showa" Gan'an Shinomiya.

( This is the price of being a Shinomiya, ha....Well the young master is probably in a happy mood about getting Lady Kaguya out of the competition.)

Hayasaka knew her mistress didn't want this.

Kaguya, who was born into the Shinomiya family, has always wanted to be like an ordinary girl, crying freely, laughing freely, shouting freely, and also wanting to have ordinary love.

But all her wishes were crushed in one go in the last meeting.

Then suddenly the car stopped abruptly, and Kaguya and Hayasaka came out thinking it was an accident.

They saw a similar red car stopping right in front of their car as a pink ball came out shouting,

" Kaguya a big thing happened! I heard from my father, are you all right? "

( So, the Fujiwara already know about this, as expected of the prime minister's family.)

Kaguya thought while calmly explaining to the daughter of the Fujiwara family.

" As the eldest daughter of the family, it was decided long ago. There is no way out of this."

" And u could have just called me, you nearly caused an accident."

" But..but.. it's not fair! why are so calm? How can u be fine with this?

Kaguya, Let's run away together!"

Kaguya finally had a small smile. She knows the person in front of her is generally worried about her. Although she can't completely open herself to her, She didn't think this dumb girl was capable enough to lie to her about this.

Though it won't change anything, Kaguya felt a bit better knowing someone cares about her. The person in front of her is none other than Chika Fujiwara, the only daughter of the prime minister and her best friend.

( Come on Kaguya, you can do this! I will break free from these shackles on my own.)

Seeing her mistress's determined gaze Ai Hayasaka also smiled, she vowed to serve her lady to the best of her abilities.

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On the other side, Rousin came out of the teacher's room idiotically.

" Just what happened? What did I do to make her angry?"

Rousin had no clue. After saying goodbye to his friends and Doremon he dutifully came to Hiratsuka sensei's office. Meanwhile, Hiratsuka sensei came to all the dead of her dutiful student. Although Hiratsuka sensei had some delusions about Rousin, she realized her mistake after talking to him. So, she tagged him "problematic" and kicked him out.

( Come on one still single joke and I got the cold treatment, that's a bit too much, right?)

Rousin kicked the pable on the road, irritated by how he didn't even get to attempt the sensei route.

Then the phone rang, it was his dad.

( Shit! I forgot!)

Rousin realised he never contacted his family after coming here. They must have been worried.

" Hello dad, sorry, I never called. I was a bit busy."

" Yes, I can see that. Congratulations on becoming the President. Though you are a bit too famous for me to brag about." His father said with a chuckle.

Rousin didn't know what to say. It seems his fame spreads far and wide. He was underestimating his position.

"By the way have u met your big sister?"

" Big sister? another one?"

Rousin was shocked, dad just how many adopted daughters do you have?

" What do you mean by another one? Sora might be a bit strict but she's your sister. So be respectful to her, understand?"

" Yes Father, I understand."

Speaking of his sisters, Rousin hasn't completely forgotten about them. While reading the rule book given by Butler Sebastian he found an insane op power.

((The President has the right to enrol 20 students every year without supervision.))

Rousin hit a jackpot. Those Nobel families would gladly throw tens of millions of EFDs at him to get their children into Estat Academy.

He even double-checked it in the reception. Who knew there was such a big hole in the seemingly foolproof meritocratic Estart system?

( I knew it! corruption is the easiest way to make money.)

Though he wanted to make more money, he missed his sisters too. So he decided to admit his sisters first then auction away the 16 positions later.

At first, he didn't want to admit Kei Shirogane, but thinking about what the Shiroganes did for them, he decided to let her in, after all this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He already texted Mikan about this. She agreed and will come within tomorrow. She even sent a bento through the quick drop, and Rousin sent Doremon to pick up the dinner.

" Alright, I have finished writing the Five volumes of the " Overlord" light novel series. I am sending them, now to the Writer's Association headquarters, it's in Estat City. I had a few classmates there, you'll have no problem.

There u might get to see other new authors like you. You better hurry, I already found a few manuscripts based on Sword Art Online. But they are not cohesive, so the market is still open and we should take advantage of this as soon as possible."

" That's great!"

Rousin could already see dollars falling from the sky, it just can't get any better

" Also you will need a mangaka for illustration, try to find someone in the headquarters."

Eromanga sensei's name came to his mind. It's good she'll be here in a few days.

Then after a few casual chats they said goodbye.

" Oh! wait I forgot to tell you the surprise.."

" What is it?"

" Hurry up and go to your room, your fiancée is waiting for you."