Even Lil, who was a girl, blushed to the point of embarrassment.
“I’m expensive, you know.”
Elena had a slightly dazed expression.
Lil’s eyes widened.
“Pfft.”
Suddenly, a deflated sound escaped Elena’s lips.
“Hahahaha!”
Elena clutched her stomach and laughed.
Lil, seeing Elena laughing to the point of tears, stepped back with a ‘This senior is really strange!’ expression.
“A funny one has joined.”
“Everyone seems to have gathered.”
The fifth-year class representative, Riz, entered the tent.
“Senior Riz! Nice to see you!”
Lil’s eyes sparkled as she stood at attention in front of Riz.
“Yeah, how have you been?”
“Of course! Senior’s great performance! I listen to it every day!”
“Lil, if you could treat me half as well as you treat Senior Riz, that would be great.”
“Long time no see, Elena. How was your mission?”
“It was boring.”
Elena replied with a bored expression.
Riz, who seemed to have expected this, approached Hark, who was snoring on the floor.
“Hey, Hark. How long are you going to sleep?”
“Huh?”
Hark, who had been sprawled out until then, took off his blindfold and opened one eye groggily.
The fourth-year class representative, a small-statured boy, was an incredible pretty boy.
“Hmm. When did you arrive, Senior?”
“Just now.”
Hark yawned widely and got up.
“Senior Hark. How are you?”
“Huh? What’s your name again?”
“It’s Lil.”
“Oh, right. The first-year representative!”
“No, I’m the second-year representative now.”
“Huh? Is that so?”
Hark, either still groggy from sleep or naturally uninterested in others, rubbed his eyes with a dazed expression.
“Alright, then.”
But his face changed dramatically after waking up.
“Let’s have a match, Senior.”
Hark, with a belligerent smile, struck his palm with his fist.
Riz chuckled at the sight.
“I’ll deal with you later.”
“I want to fight now.”
“To start fighting right after waking up, you’re truly barbaric.”
“Haha! I seem better than you, who drags in all sorts of trash into your faction, Elena Jéron.”
“Ah! Seniors! Fighting here would be a disaster! The professors will kill us!”
Lil panicked at the murderous intent Elena and Hark were showing.
Both were strong candidates for the next student council president, so their relationship was very poor.
In fact, their personalities were completely opposite.
Riz asked Leo, who was watching this.
“What do you think of the class representatives?”
“They get along very well.”
“...”
Lil’s mouth dropped open as she looked at Leo.
‘Yeah, Leo is not an ordinary person either!’
Riz, also somewhat taken aback, looked at Leo and said,
“Both of you, stop it. Aren’t you embarrassed to do this in front of your juniors?”
Riz’s mediation made Elena and Hark step back.
“You’re Leo Flaubert, right? I’ve heard a lot about you. I’m Hark Ligard.”
“I’m Leo Flaubert.”
Hark, who had been fierce in front of Elena, had a gentle expression in front of Leo.
“Class representatives, are you all here? If so, change into your formal uniforms.”
A teaching assistant who entered the tent said this and left the room.
“Formal uniforms?”
“You don’t know?”
Leo’s puzzled expression made Lil tilt her head.
“We always wear formal uniforms for school events where all students gather.”
Lil handed Leo a neatly folded formal uniform from a corner of the tent.
“We are class representatives, so we can’t be the same as regular students.”
Hark also took out his formal uniform with familiarity.
Indeed, the tent had two changing rooms.
Leo, Riz, and Hark entered the right changing room.
The class representative formal uniform was a more formal outfit than the regular uniform worn by Lumern students during events.
After changing, they went outside, and a commotion was heard from the women’s changing room.
“S-Senior! What are you touching?”
“That’s the punishment for calling me dangerous in front of the first-year junior!”
“B-But that’s true... Ah! Don’t touch me!”
“No time! Hurry up and get ready!”
Hark shouted.
A moment later, Lil came out with a flushed face, and Elena followed with a mischievous smile.
“Ahem!”
Lil cleared her throat, came to Leo, and adjusted his clothes.
Elena chuckled at Lil, who was fussing over Leo like a big sister.
“You’re so kind. Taking good care of the first-year junior?”
“I’ve been determined to be nice to the new class representative since last year. When I was a first-year, the senior representative only played pranks on me.”
“Oh my. Who would do such a terrible thing.”
Elena put her hand on her cheek and shook her head.
“Hmm! I can feel the dignity of a class representative! Leo.”
Lil nodded, satisfied with her work.
As the five of them left the tent, a grand scene unfolded.
Students in formal uniforms were lined up.
Starting with the small number of fifth-year students, followed by the fourth, third, second, and first-year students, they were lined up by department.
At the front of each year, the department valedictorians stood holding the department flags.
If the valedictorian was also the class representative, the salutatorian stood there.
As Leo was wondering whether to go to the first-year section, Lil said,
“Leo, the class representatives are here.”
Lil pointed to a small platform below the main stage.
At the very front of the students.
It was a spot for the five students representing Lumern.
The class representatives lined up in order.
All the students’ gazes were fixed on the backs of the class representatives.
Some looked admiring, others competitive.
A mix of emotions could be felt.
‘Indeed. Everyone wants the position of class representative.’
Standing here, it was clear.
Among the exceptional students of Lumern, these were the most special.
They were the closest to becoming future heroes.
Those who aimed for this position would do their best to reach it.
Conversely, those who stood here had to defend their position from challengers.
‘Interesting.’
Leo’s lips curled up.
Lil, who had been tense, stuck out her tongue.
‘I still get nervous standing here. To ignore the gazes of all the students and even laugh, he’s on a different level. A different level.’
Meanwhile, Elena also looked at Leo with shining eyes.
Just then, the principal, Kallian, appeared on the stage.
Riz spoke up.
“Attention... Attention!”
Click!
All the Lumern students stood at attention.
“Salute to the principal!”
Thud!
All the students, in unison, struck their left chest with their right fist.
It was a salute to a great hero.
Kallian raised his hand slightly, and everyone returned to their original stance.
“My students. Did you have a good weekend? It’s a sunny day today! I hope you all have a productive week!”
Kallian’s speech began.
“So, a hero is!”
As the boring and meaningless moral education continued, the students looked bewildered.
A school-wide assembly hadn’t happened since the opening ceremony.
To have such a routine speech at an event that only happened for important matters left the students and even the professors puzzled.
“Phew. It’s too much to call students here in the morning.”
Finally, Elena, at the front, yawned and covered her mouth.
Several professors glared at her.
But the girl, known as the queen of the school, didn’t flinch.
Instead, she pointed to the side with her right hand, looking annoyed.
“Snore...”
Nod... Nod...
There, Hark was nodding off.
The professors grabbed their necks in frustration.
‘These guys are really...’
‘How can you be class representatives and act like this!’
‘Show some example as class representatives! You delinquents!’
Despite the class representatives misbehaving right in front of him, Kallian continued his boring speech.
“Elena Jéron, Hark Ligard. Come to the faculty office after the event.”
A cold voice, amplified by a magic speaker, echoed through the venue, freezing the atmosphere.
Elena and Hark flinched and stood at attention.
The voice belonged to Halind, who had taken the microphone from the event coordinator.
Kallian smiled brightly at the sight.
“Oh! Professor Halind. As always, the students listen to you the best...”
“Principal, please get to the point.”
“I will.”
Halind was one of the two professors Kallian feared the most at Lumern.
“Cough. Then I’ll get to the point.”
“Why did you give such a boring speech?”
The coordinator, surprised by the question, asked, and Halind answered bluntly.
“Because the main point is too short, so it feels awkward to just say it.”
Halind was also one of the three professors who understood Kallian the best.
“Of course, the main point is not a light matter.”