Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu - Chapter 174

Chapter 174

“Yesterday, that Takamichi Wakaba girl caused problems again, I see . ”

The President stopped to enjoy a sip of tea .

“Because of that one girl the entire school has been thrown into chaos and ill-discipline . Don’t you all agree?”

Her allies agreed and their dislike of Wakaba-chan showed in their expressions .

I just smiled and stayed silent .

Since yesterday I had been terrified that she would call me out on defending Wakaba-chan and I could tell the moment was here .

The moment I arrived in the salon after school today, the President called me over for some tea .

My heart hadn’t stopped thumping since . This wasn’t going to be a problem was it?

There was an urban myth that mammals were born with a set number of heartbeats . I hoped I wasn’t using mine up .

“What do you think, Reika-sama?”

I knew it!

“Not much, but I…”

“From what I hear, you stopped a group of girls from confronting Takamichi-san?”

Ueegghh, there were little waves in my teacup from the shaking…

Come on, Reika! You’re an actress right now!

“Yes . I was told that there was a disturbance so I went to investigate, only to hear something that I could not accept and, well…”

“My…”

“Even if Takamichi-san herself has problems, I cannot agree with insulting her family as well . It would hurt me deeply if anybody disparaged my own family…” I said as I placed a hand to my chest and tried my best to look sad .

The people around began to sympathise with me, because “Everybody knows how close Reika-sama is with her family…”

“You’re a kind person, so no wonder you couldn’t overlook that . Insulting family is certainly classless . ”

“Yes…”

“But if we examine the root cause, this was all because Takamichi-san earned the enmity of so many people by failing to understand propriety . If it wasn’t for her lack of consideration, Reika-sama would never have had to have been hurt . ”

“Eh…”

Everybody voiced their agreement .

“Poor Reika-sama . ”

“Why did Reika-sama have to suffer for a girl like that?”

“Without even knowing how it ends up hurting Reika-sama, Takamichi Wakaba continues to have the Student Council President wait on her hand and foot . How very convenient for her . ”

“With the way the Student Council have been spoilt it’s little wonder that that girl has been getting ahead of herself,” complained one of the boys .

“Very true,” agreed the President . “Because the current Student Council has been pushing their luck, that girl has felt no reason to reform . ”

The President took my hands into hers .

“Reika-sama . I know full well how kind you are . But kindness is not enough for the President of the Pivoine . There are times when we must be harsh as well . If not, the Student Council will only grow more impudent . ”

“No, but as I mentioned earlier, I am not capable enough to…”

“The current Student Council is truly an aggravating . It appears that they even harbour ambitions of supplanting the Pivoine . ”

“Umm…”

After that the conversation turned to their latest skirmish with the Student Council .

Aahh, so they still hadn’t given up on making me president…

I quietly left my seat and headed for my usual sofa by the wall .

I suppose I can at least consider having dealt with the repercussions of yesterday? Ahhh…

Around the time that I was on my second cup of tea, Kaburagi and Enjou finally came along .

They had no idea about how other people suffered!

Perhaps my displeasure was oozing from my body because Enjou spoke to me .

“What’s wrong, Kisshouin-san? You seem worn out today . ”

I am!

“The end of the year is a busy time . ”

Recently it was one worry after another .

I was actually checking for white hairs you know .

Well, given all the scalp massages I was getting from both the beauty salon and myself, I think it was in pretty good shape though!

On days like this I just wanted to head to my club and begin knitting already . You can really lose yourself in knitting, after all .

I bade the two of them goodbye and left the salon .

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The Handicrafts Club was heaven!

Everyone happily knitted as we discussed the tea party on the last day of club activities for the year .

Since I was only a (provisional) member last year I didn’t get to participate, but this year I could boldly do so . Wahh, so happy .

“When I mentioned the tea party to Kotou-san she said she wanted to join in . ”

“My, my, that would simply not do, Minami-kun . Tell her that if she wants to participate then she should join the club . ”

Geez, that Ririna is so spoilt . Even a (provisional) member like me wasn’t allowed to . The road to the end-of-year tea party is that tough, you know . Definitely not a party that just any outsider can join in on .

“Are you making a neck warmer, Reika-sama?”

“Uhuhu, that is a secret . ”

I couldn’t admit that it was meant to be a belly warmer yet… If I screwed it up, I could always give it to the tanuki . A nice, cute pink one for him!

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After the conversation between Sakura-chan and Aoi-chan the other day, I was starting to feel anxious about cooking .

Were girls just supposed to know? If so, that was bad news for me…

I casually asked the girls in my group, and a lot of them couldn’t cook either . Plenty of them had employees to do that after all .

It wasn’t enough to set me at ease though . I couldn’t say for certain that I’d never have to cook, after all . Like what if there was some day when I had to cook for a boy I liked!?

In the past I tried teaching myself through experiments a few times, but I got bored straight away . Maybe learning under an expert was the right idea after all?

While I was thinking about it, I suddenly thought of Akimi-san . I thinkshe might have said something about becoming a cooking teacher?

Just between you and me, I actually don’t know a whole lot about cooking . I would probably have to start with the basics of the basics .

I had the feeling that Akimi-san would be a gentle teacher to a clumsy person like me .

In the end I sent her a message about it . Ooh, I hoped that she’d say okay .

She immediately replied that as long as I was fine with her . She even asked me to try her cooking to see if I was okay with her sense of taste first . Yaaay!

Now even I was going to be able to cook for my future boyfriend! Wait for me, my yet unknown love!

Since it wasn’t set in stone yet, I only told Oniisama that I might be learning how to cook . He gave me a strange look . Why? I even told him that I’d be giving him the most of my cooking .