122 The Maid Is... the Student Council President! (1/2)
Seiji remained silent for a few moments.
”She definitely shouldn’t stay like this. We need to help her recover her memory. It can’t be helped if we need to take some risks for this… but even so, I still hope that we won’t end up hurting her.”
Natsuya nodded in understanding.
”I’ll try my best.”
There was yet another period of silence.
Finally, Natsuya came up with an unexpected yet reasonable suggestion.
…
The next morning.
Mika had a strange premonition as she received Seiji’s phone call.
”Hey, Seiji, what’s the matter?
”Eh!? Staying… somewhere else overnight!?”
The pigtailed girl was shocked.
That was because he told her over the phone that due to some circumstances, he slept over at a friend’s house last night, and he planned to stay there for an extended period of time! He would be unable to go to school or walk home together with her.
What was going on? What happened!?
”Well… just think of it as… me working on a project together with a friend… Yep.”
In the dining room, Seiji was sitting on a soft chair as he watched a maid lay down breakfast on the table in front of him.
That’s right—a real maid!
She was wearing a black one-piece dress with a white apron and a black hair tie. A white ribbon was tied around her neck—in short, she was wearing stereotypical maid attire.
She had dark grey long hair which cascaded down to the middle of her back. Her face was white and her features exquisite and delicate. Her dark brown eyes had a gentle look to them, and there was a faint smile displayed on her face.
Just about perfect… full marks for being a maid!
When Seiji woke up this morning and saw this beautiful girl in maid attire, he was stunned for several seconds.
Her entire person, appearance, atmosphere, and attitude was perfect. Everything about her was perfect!
After a while, Seiji finally managed to calm down.
When he regained his normal state of mind, he chatted a bit with her.
He discovered the maid was called Mai Houjou.
She was currently a third-year student at Genhana High School… which meant that she was his Senpai!
”As for the truth… I’ll let you know when it’s time. For now… you don’t need to worry about me. After everything is over, I’ll come back to the apartment. See you at school. I’m hanging up.”
When Seiji had ended his call with Mika, the maid… or Houjou-senpai, just finished setting breakfast in front of him.
”Please enjoy, Milady, Shuho-sama, Kirin-sama, and Harano-san.”
The dark grey-haired beauty backed up one step and bowed to everyone seated at the table.
Natsuya and Hitaka nodded slightly at her.
The cat girl, Rana, who was still in her middle school uniform, seemed to be half asleep, as she seemed to unconsciously stuff a dried sardine into her mouth.
Seiji watched Houjou-senpai leaving the room while pushing the food cart.
”Are you feeling that it’s strange how I’ve hired an upperclassman to become my maid?” Natsuya spoke up.
”A little…” Seiji nodded.
”The Houjou family has a deep relationship with my family and has always been in our employ.” Natsuya also took a dried sardine and placed it into her bowl.
”Houjou-san’s father is one of my father’s most skilled subordinates. That’s how I got to meet Houjou-san when I was little.”
”I regard her as a gentle big sister and treat her as a close friend of mine, not a subordinate. However, she herself insists on maintaining a proper relationship.”
”She doesn’t have to be my maid, but when I, Hitaka, and Rana moved here for school and needed to hire someone for the housework, she… volunteered to come here and even resigned from her job as the student council president.”
‘What!?’ Seiji’s eyes bulged in surprise.
”Wait, wait… student council president?”
Natsuya placed the dried sardine into her mouth.
”Yep, Houjou-san is the former student council president before me. She’s my predecessor.”