I got into school for nothing - Chapter 231
I got into school for nothing (231)
Lesson 45. Preparation for the Founding Festival - 6
Thursday afternoon, the Student Council office.
Amidst the rustling sounds of papers being flipped everywhere, Ban Yuwon finished his share of the documents and languidly stretched.
"Ugh, haaah, if I had known there was work like this, like a corporate employee, I wouldn't have joined the Student Council!"
"Kyahaha! Thanks to our Planning Department Head, the work is progressing at an incomparable speed compared to last year, I tell you!"
Sharti wore a rotten smile, as if she was about to declare, "Just as planned!"
However, when Ban Yuwon made a face as if he wanted to argue about something, she hastily added an excuse, as if she had anticipated it.
"Don't worry, Planning Department Head. The Student Council is only this busy around the Founding Festival."
"No, it's fine, though."
"Juniorrrrr!"
While Sharti might be one thing, he couldn't play around with Graham.
Ban Yuwon waved his hand dismissively as he replied, when Rika, the Head of External Affairs, rushed over, clutching new documents and with tears welling in her eyes.
"Please help me process this, I don't understand a single thing!"
"Senior, you're a fourth-year, right?"
Ban Yuwon had thought so from the start, and indeed, she seemed to be more like a mascot for the Student Council, not particularly skilled in actual work.
Still, to be honest, he had somewhat yearned for such ordinary Student Council work, the kind that might even exist on Earth, so he didn't feel too bad.
Since anything written in language was Ban Yuwon's area of expertise, he accepted the documents willingly, albeit with a wry smile.
"Thanks, Junior!"
"Ha, anyone would think we brought Yuwon in just for paperwork."
At Sharti's words, Mira snorted and replied instead.
With a soft 'flutter,' the sound of pages being leisurely turned, Ban Yuwon lowered his gaze to his lap.
That is, she was lying with her head on Ban Yuwon's lap.
Because of this woman, Ban Yuwon was currently working, not in his designated seat in the Student Council office, but on a common-use sofa.
If he were to tell this to his past self, back when he first met her, he would never believe it, even to his dying breath...
Ban Yuwon, wearing a somewhat distant expression, said to her.
"So, Mira, how long are you going to stay like that?"
"Until my resentment passes."
The reason Mira was acting so provocatively was simple.
She didn't like that Ban Yuwon had gone on a date with Dokgo Yeon yesterday and strengthened their relationship.
Moreover, he had spent purely personal time with her, who was merely a comrade climbing the Tower and not even officially dating him, without even filming the date, and Mira was showing absurd jealousy over it.
Even now, if Ban Yuwon tried to move away even a little, she would smack his thigh, then cling to him and press her head into him, just like a cat annoyingly clinging only when you're working.
"I can't tolerate flirting at work, Mira?"
To Rika, who spoke with a sidelong glance and a slightly envious expression at the scene, Mira replied firmly.
"I'm doing my work properly. If you're jealous, Rika, just find a boyfriend within the Student Council too."
"A boyfriend? If you consider who's available in our Student Council right now..."
"...Head of External Affairs, what are those eyes for? Surely you're not implying I'm not good enough for you?"
When Rika narrowed her eyes and looked back, Begun Delawalker, the Treasurer, who received her gaze, wore an absurd expression.
Rika, as if re-evaluating him, scanned him up and down, and then made a subtle 'hmm' expression.
"The conditions aren't bad on this side either... But compared to our junior, Yuwon, it's a bit..."
"I also have a choice. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't evaluate me arbitrarily."
"What? I'm dissatisfied?!"
"Of course! Your work performance is terrible to begin with!"
The two began to snarl and fight, but it seemed to be a common occurrence in this Student Council, as even Graham didn't interfere.
The way they spoke informally despite being in different grades, and subtly created an atmosphere just for the two of them, made him wonder if these two would eventually get together on their own... Ban Yuwon thought this, but since it was obvious he'd only get more exhausted if he said it aloud, he decided to let it be.
However, one thing was clear: as long as they kept fighting like that, Begun's work would also drag on.
"The date, I was curious about it too."
At a voice that suddenly came from elsewhere, Ban Yuwon turned his head, and saw Aire, seated in the vice president's seat, staring intently at him.
"It wasn't uploaded to the Rebellion channel."
"Well, of course. It's already noisy enough with me dating Rucell and Mira, I can't just add more fuel to the fire."
"Hmm, I wonder if that's truly the reason."
Because Aire brought it up needlessly, Mira even started her attack!
Ban Yuwon, who indeed had a sore spot on the matter, didn't argue and quietly turned his eyes to the documents.
"If it were the usual Yuwon, he'd eagerly upload an edited version, saying it would get explosive views, wouldn't he?"
"My visibility is already high enough. That kind of thing is a shallow idea from a YouTuber stuck in mannerism."
"Really? Or was it just that you didn't want to show it to anyone?"
Squish, Mira, needlessly sulking, pressed her head down even harder, but her small, light head couldn't exert enough force to actually hurt.
"Don't try to fool me. You treat that woman specially."
"Special treatment... She's certainly a strong woman. Among those of the same age, she's probably the only woman I can't guarantee victory against."
At Mira's words, which accurately pierced Ban Yuwon's true feelings, Aire agreed, but in a strange way.
Ban Yuwon, thinking he might be able to gloss over it like this, was about to agree with Aire, but Mira would not tolerate his escape.
"Even normally, only she is treated with such politeness. It's not just because she's strong, it's something more..."
"It's because she's my master, my master."
In the end, Ban Yuwon decided to reveal some of his true feelings.
"I only had the ability, but I didn't know how to properly fight. But thanks to Yeon, who first taught me a proper form of martial arts, I was able to adapt to a certain extent. She also became the foundation of my current abilities. What you called politeness, yes. It's because I genuinely respect Yeon."
"Yeon..."
"Ah."
This idiot, he just *had* to make a mistake at a time like this!
As if her eyes held enough power to collapse the Tower of Babel, Mira's gaze shone intensely as she placed her hand on his thigh.
He could already guess, from their past interactions, that if he lied even a little, that hand would move past his thigh and towards his groin.
No matter what, he couldn't exactly create an R-rated scene in the Student Council office, so he decided to answer Mira's interrogation honestly.
"...Yeah, she told me to call her by her first name now."
"That ghost-like girl?!"
Before he knew it, even Sharti had approached him, wearing a captivated expression.
Aire sat on the opposite side of the sofa, and Rika subtly squeezed in next to her, so Begun, sensing that work was officially over for the day, began brewing tea on his own accord.
"Wow, I can't believe it. She *personally* told you to call her by her first name?!"
"Yes, well, she said it was cumbersome... No, why is everyone reacting like this? You haven't even had a direct conversation with Yeon."
"What are you talking about? Your every move is uploaded to the Rebellion channel! It's not just us; most of the students attending this Academy know your personalities!"
Indeed, this too was a side effect of the Rebellion channel.
Of course, when he started the channel, there was an aspect where he wanted students to get used to it to some extent... but the effect had been a bit too much.
"Yes, to the point where, if anything, we feel closer to you than to our usual friends in the same grade."
"There are even people who feel like they're indirectly dating by watching Rucell and our junior go on dates."
"Is that, by any chance, about Begun? That's quite disturbing."
"Head of External Affairs, do you really want to fight me?"
Ban Yuwon, accepting the teacup offered by Begun, who had ousted Rika and taken her seat, sighed.
It seemed that Aire and Mira weren't the only ones concerned about the two's date after all.
* * *
"Sigh, life is really hard."
After Student Council work, as he headed to the meeting place, Ban Yuwon let out a deep sigh.
Perhaps accepting this world's unique polygamous system was a mistake?
If he had just focused on deepening his relationship with Rucell, who was the first to allow him, he might not have had to worry about Mira or Dokgo Yeon...
Near Ban Yuwon's neck, as he was thinking such thoughts, a reddish bruise—in other words, a kiss mark—was clinging there.
Mira, annoyed that Ban Yuwon harbored a rather special feeling for Dokgo Yeon, and having heard that he had to go meet 'another woman' after Student Council work, could no longer hold back, and thus tried to leave her mark on him.
And that opponent was Ulrike Prominence, whom Mira currently hated more than anyone.
That woman, knowing full well that he was taken, was still trying to flirt with Ban Yuwon, so even though she knew it wouldn't serve as a warning, she must have done this as a form of provocation.
'I don't feel bad about it, though...'
Ban Yuwon had absolutely no intention of getting along happily with Ulrike Prominence.
From the moment she attacked Earth, she was already his sworn enemy.
Whether her own mind was a field of flowers and she believed she could get along with Ban Yuwon, he didn't know, but at least he had no intention of even pretending to.
'Anyway, they would openly reveal their true intentions at the masked ball soon enough, so there was no need for a pointless act.'
If that woman genuinely misunderstood him, things would only get more troublesome for him.
Her brazen attitude when the Student Council first held the assembly was unforgettable.
He was even a little curious to see how she would react if he showed her the bruise on his neck, which was clearly a trace of physical intimacy with another woman.
'...Is my mind rotten too, perhaps?'
Even while seriously contemplating such thoughts, he ascended the spiral staircase.
Ulrike had said that there were plenty of spaces within the Academy not allowed to regular students, and that she wanted to meet secretly in a place where even full professors couldn't enter without a special approach.
The very idea of wanting to meet secretly was already utterly suspicious, but since he was confident in calmly handling any situation, he decided to grant her request.
...What if she ambushed him naked?
"Ah, this must be it."
Ban Yuwon soon arrived before a room with a small nameplate.
Indeed, just as Ulrike had said that no one could enter without permission, he could see complex, intertwined language concepts flowing around it.
As Ban Yuwon possessed the Myriad Poison Eye and was now the master of Yugi, he could easily dispel the barrier, but...
He obediently raised his hand to knock on the door...
—Come in.
Hm?
Ban Yuwon frowned.
It was a different voice from Ulrike's, whom he knew.
But the door was already opening on its own, so he had no choice... Wait, now that he thought about it, he hadn't even knocked yet.
"It's my first time seeing you in person. Welcome, Ban Yuwon student."
"...Huh?"
The one who appeared from within was Mira.
No, not Mira of the fairy race.
A mummy excavated from a pyramid.
And to add to that.
It wasn't even the first time they were meeting.
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