Chapter 50 - . New Semester and First-Year War [2] (1/2)

50. New Semester and First-Year War [2]

For the time being, I decided to sit the president in her chair, and listen to her story once she calms down.

「Well… So what happened, president?」

「Nee… will you help me?」

The president looked at me with upturned eyes and her head slightly tilted, but I can’t just immediately reply,「Sure.」

「It depends on the kind of help.」

「…Stingy」

「I’m not stingy …Just tell me what happened? I won’t know if you don’t tell me.」

The president then pointed to a section of the student council room.

「…I can only see a mountain of documents.」

「That’s right.」

A mountain of documents was piled up on the vice president’s desk, and Lilim-senpai said「It’s in the way!」and moved it to the corner of the room.

「Unfortunately, the vice president did not come back even after the summer vacation.」

「It looks like that.」

The vice president went to the Holy Ronelia Empire, a country banned from travel, to mine the rare blood diamond.

The work of the student council seems to have been cleaned up by the vice president for a long time, and now that he was gone, the work had accumulated.

「Lilim and Ferris, who have a keen intuition, didn’t even come to the regular meeting – that is, they ran away.」

「…I see.」

「Even if I do my best alone, such a quantity… There’s no way I can finish it all up…」

I suddenly became exhausted when I understood what kind of help the president wanted from me.

「That’s why I ask. Allen-kun… Please help me organize the documents.」

Saying that, she brought her hands together in front of her face and bowed.

「……Excuse me, president. I remember the prerequisite for us to join the student council was that,『we don’t have to do a single piece of work』?」

「That was then! This is now! Unforeseen things happen all the time, right? Ria-san and Rose-san think so too, right…? Right…!?」

The president looked at Ria and Rose, asking for support,

「U-Umm…」

「This is called reap what you sow…」

Their responses were lackluster.

Well, this is entirely due to the president’s negligence, so it was only natural.

「N-No way…!?」

The isolated and unassisted president,

「P-Please Allen-kun…! This time, it’s really really bad…!」

Without using cheap tricks, she was requesting earnestly.

「Even if you say that… A promise is a promise…」

Then when I refused gently,

「E-Even though onee-chan is requesting your help so seriously…! Don’t you have even the slightest humanity!? Demon! Devil! Allen!」

The president stared at us and began to whine like a child.

「Please calm down, president. And『Allen』is not an insult…」

In order to calm down the president, I decided to mention an alternative.

「If you don’t have enough manpower… Why don’t you take your work home and get the help of your retainers?」

President’s House – House Arcstria is a famous house who inherited top government positions from generation to generation.

There was a person who seemed to be a butler in the summer training camp, so she will be able to get it done even without our help.

「That’s no good. All materials submitted to the student council are strictly prohibited from being taken out.」

「You’re being upright at a strange place…」

The president who calmly cheats all the time, is being upright in a place where it doesn’t make sense.

「So please, Allen-kun…! Help your onee-san…! Oh, yes! I’ll treat you to ice cream next time…!」

Saying that, the president shook my shoulders.

(No, I’m not a small child… You can’t entice me with ice cream…)

At best, you can entice Ria with the prospect of food.

(But if I refuse here …)

Last time – as in the case of the Club Budget War, I will receive calls from the in-house broadcasts again.

(If it’s going to be a hassle anyway, should I get the job done…)

I’m also a member of the student council, although just in name.

And most of all, she’s been asking so desperately… I don’t have the heart to turn her down.

「Haa… Understood. I’ll do my best to help you.」

「R-Really!?」

「Yeah. However… there is no next time.」

I reminded her just in case.

「T-Thank you! Allen-kun! I’m going to treat you to a delicious ice cream next time!」

It seems that it did not reach the ears of the ecstatic president.

(Haa… By the look of things, it seems that I’ll be working again…)

As I heave a sigh,

「Mou… I’ll lend a hand too.」

「It can’t be helped…」

Ria and Rose, who were reluctant, decided to help the president.

「Yay! If it’s four people, I’m sure we’ll manage it somehow!」

On the other hand, the president who regained her motivation and vitality took out her lunch box from the bag in a good mood.

「Come on, guys! After you have lunch, let’s start right away!」

After that, we had lunch and divided the piles of documents into four portions.

Replying to written opinion statements raised from the activities of each club.

Replying to requests from the staff room.

Replying to the proposal for a crackdown on morals issued by the Public Morals Committee.

Certainly it would not be realistic to do this alone.

「Yes, president. All of these documents are over. 」

「Thank you. But there are still mountains of them left, so take more with you.」

「Roger.」

Even while saying that, she proceeded to deal with the large amount of documents that she had collected before anyone else.

Even with the way she is, she is still the student council president – the basic specs are very high.

(If we continue to do our best at this pace, it should be over by after school tomorrow…)

While thinking about that, carrying a pile of documents from the vice-president’s desk,

「Nn?」