"So boring." Seeing that the handsome Uchiha Ryo was ignoring her, Yokoshima Naruko sighed helplessly, then suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, I made a bet with Hiratsuka-sensei from Class A. The bet is on our respective classes' average scores on the end-of-month exam. You'll all do your best, right?"
The students were silent. Yokoshima Naruko cleared her throat.
"Although their class has the first and fourth-ranked students in our year, the second, third, and fifth are in our class! If you win, I have a way to get you half a day off from classes for free activities."
Hearing about getting time off to play, some students' eyes lit up. However, Uchiha Ryo was surprised and scanned the classroom. Sure enough, in the row closest to the wall on the far right, Shijo Maki was sitting there looking bored.
I can't believe I didn't notice her yesterday. Could it be that Shijo isn't a system-designated character? If that's the case, then there's no need to provoke her.
But the fourth-ranked student is also in Kaguya's class... "Who were fourth and fifth place again?"
Uchiha Ryo turned to ask Shirogane Miyuki.
"Come on, don't tell me you didn't look at the ranks below you just because you got third. The fourth-ranked student is quite famous in school, I hear she's the second daughter of the Yukinoshita family. As for fifth place, well... it's Chitanda over there."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "You sure know a lot."
Shirogane Miyuki sighed. "It's not that I wanted to know, it's just that all the guys are talking about it."
What do boys usually talk about after class? The topic of which girl is the prettiest never goes away.
Whenever class ended, Shirogane Miyuki would hear the small cliques of boys in the class start to chat about these things. The Shinomiya family's eldest daughter, Shinomiya Kaguya; the Yukinoshita family's second daughter, Yukinoshita Yukino; the Chitanda family's eldest daughter, Chitanda Eru.
I see. Uchiha Ryo thought. Of the four girls in the top five of our year, Shijo Maki is out of consideration since the system didn't designate her. Kaguya is hard to touch, but Yukino... raising her affinity would also be difficult.
His gaze shifted to Shirogane Miyuki. As I thought, it's easier to raise the affinity of the president and Shirogane's little sister. Should I visit the Shirogane house over the weekend as a friend?
During club time in the afternoon, Uchiha Ryo, the vice president, looked at Amakusa Shino with a very serious expression.
"President Amakusa, I think we should do something."
Amakusa Shino looked shocked. "That's not a good idea, we..."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "If we don't do anything, then what's the point of me coming here?"
"Here?" Amakusa Shino's shocked expression suddenly turned a bit shy.
"But, Chitanda-san and Shirogane-kun are still over there." Amakusa Shino turned her head to look at the two who were reading.
Uchiha Ryo, however, said nonchalantly, "But our Classic Literature Club can't just do nothing. As the president, you have to come up with some club activities."
Amakusa Shino patted her chest. "You scared me. So you were talking about club activities."
"...."
Chitanda Eru put down her book. "Speaking of which, we still don't know what the Classic Literature Club is supposed to do."
Shirogane Miyuki stroked his chin. "Our school has a literary journal, right? The Classic Literature Club should have a spot in it."
Amakusa Shino's eyes lit up. "Then let's come up with content and publish our own club journal! We can't let the Literature Club and the Newspaper Club have all the fun. We need to claim a spot for ourselves."
Uchiha Ryo had some recollection of Shuchiin's school journal. Although they had just enrolled, this week's issue had already been distributed.
Any literary club could occupy a small section. The school's official announcements were also published in each issue, and the remaining space was filled by the Newspaper Club.
Amakusa Shino stood up. "Then leave it to me! As the president, I'll go talk to the Newspaper Club tomorrow about our section."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "Alright. And as the vice president, I'll entrust the task of thinking about the content for our Classic Literature Club's publication to Chitanda-san!"
Chitanda Eru clenched her fists and held them to her chest. "I'll do my best!"
"Uchiha, I actually have a lot of ideas that could be published," Amakusa Shino said with a sly grin, as if she had thought of something interesting.
"No way. Your content would make the journal's readers see things through a perverted lens. So let's have Chitanda be in charge."
Amakusa Shino sat back down helplessly. "But I'm the president..."
Knock— Knock—
"Come in."
Hearing the knock, Amakusa Shino regained her composure and looked towards the three people outside the door.
Uchiha Ryo didn't recognize the person in the lead, but the golden chain-like accessory on his chest already revealed his identity.
"Student Council President, what brings you to our Classic Literature Club?"
Amakusa Shino suddenly became a little nervous, because under most circumstances, the student council president wouldn't personally visit other clubs unless something bad had happened.
"Ah, you probably don't know yet, Amakusa-san. According to the new semester's club regulations, establishing any club requires a faculty advisor and at least five members."
"Therefore, it seems your Classic Literature Club cannot be officially established."
Amakusa Shino looked embarrassed. Ever since the third-year seniors graduated, the Classic Literature Club had been completely empty. If she hadn't actively applied and succeeded in becoming the new president, the club would have been disbanded by the school long ago.
I finally managed to find three new members, only to be told the number isn't enough??
"Um, ahem... we will resolve this matter soon."
The student council president smiled and stepped aside to reveal the two people behind him. "Let me introduce you. This is the homeroom teacher of Class 1-A, Hiratsuka-sensei, and this is Yukinoshita-san, also from Class 1-A."
"I have a method right now that can perfectly solve the problems on both sides."
The student council president pulled up a chair and sat down, gesturing for Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Yukino to come in.
Just today, Yukinoshita Yukino had wanted to establish a club and went to the student council room with an application form. However, the president rejected it for the same reason: a teacher and five members were required for establishment.
Afterwards, Yukinoshita Yukino found Hiratsuka Shizuka. Hiratsuka Shizuka, who already knew the Yukinoshita family through Yukino's older sister, agreed to her request.
However, this was Shuchiin. If it were an ordinary high school, Yukino might have been able to establish her own club through the influence of the Hiratsuka and Yukinoshita families.
But at Shuchiin, no one had that power. Not even Shinomiya Kaguya could forcibly break the school's rules.
Yukino brought Hiratsuka Shizuka to the student council room again. Although the club application was still rejected, the president brought them here.
"The Classic Literature Club is short one faculty advisor and one member. And these two wish to establish a club. I think you can all discuss this."
The student council president's calm voice rang out. He then stood up to leave.
"If you come to an agreement, Hiratsuka-sensei, please come and inform the student council. If not, then you can all report to the go-home club."
"Oh, right... Uchiha-kun, Shirogane-kun, come to the student council room tomorrow at noon."
After speaking, the student council president walked out of the clubroom door, leaving only Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Yukino standing at the entrance.