Chapter 226: Chapter 226: Hachiman is Not Worried
In the current harmonious school atmosphere, the emergence of the troublemaker Hachiman necessitated disciplinary action from them. They had to punish Hachiman to prevent other boys from imitating him and disrupting the school order.
Especially now that the highly famous cultural exchange ambassador among demi-humans, Elf Princess Iris, and the super popular national idol group's mermaid diva Elio, were all studying at Sobu High. If anything happened, it would instantly become the hottest trending social event.
Whether considered from a broad or narrow perspective, they could not afford to leave the rule-breaking Hachiman unchecked.
However, though they agreed to punish Hachiman, they had different opinions on how to carry out the punishment.
So far, all the girls who interacted with Hachiman had a good attitude toward him, with no unfriendly relationships involving threats or coercion. They couldn't just outright forbid Hachiman from talking to girls.
Hachiman was not only Student Council President Kaede's childhood friend but also had a close relationship with Elf Princess Iris. They couldn't resort to hard tactics even if they wanted to.
Therefore… even though some opposed it, the Disciplinary Committee ultimately passed the decision to carry out a "custom activity" against Hachiman.
Theoretically, any Disciplinary Committee member could perform the custom activity punishment against Hachiman as long as they avoided ordinary students and did not affect the school order.
But since Disciplinary Committee members had always been tasked with maintaining order, suddenly involving them in a "custom activity" made most of them fall silent. Only a few accepted the task, while the others decided to provide cover depending on the situation.
These few were first-year student Sakurai Hana, second-year students Kitamura Chika and Asai Saki, and third-year student Ryuuzaki Hina.
Coincidentally, they had to conduct physical measurements together in the gymnasium, so they used this opportunity to gather and discuss how to carry out the custom activity against Hachiman.
Initially, they had considered inviting Usui Makoto, who often checked Hachiman at the school gate and knew more about him.
However, considering Usui Makoto was a good friend of Student Council President Kaede, and her personality was just as serious and rigid as Kotekawa Yui, they chose not to ask her for help.
Who would have thought, even without inviting Usui Makoto, the hardest-to-handle Disciplinary Committee member in the entire school, the one even they found difficult to get along with, Kotekawa Yui, would actually come forward on her own and say she wanted to participate in the custom activity?
"Does Kotekawa really know what we're doing? Could she be misunderstanding something?"
Looking at Kotekawa Yui's dignified and upright black straight-haired figure, Sakurai Hana, sporting a short pink ponytail and quite an "H" bust, couldn't help but feel uncertain.
Girls who looked serious on the outside but were secretly pervy weren't rare. Kotekawa Yui's pure and stern image didn't mean much, but judging from her behavior at school and how others talked about her, she obviously didn't seem like a girl who would enjoy naughty things.
Kotekawa Yui, someone who wouldn't forgive violations of school rules, who would strictly carry out full-body searches and confiscate prohibited items, a rigid girl, actually wanted to join them in a custom activity.
No matter how she thought about it, Sakurai Hana still found it strange.
"What's there to misunderstand? Hina-senpai is participating in the custom activity with us too, so why can't Kotekawa?"
Seeing Sakurai Hana worrying unnecessarily, Kitamura Chika, also with a quite "H" bust, tanned skin from tennis club training, and neat short brown hair, waved her hand cheerfully and looked at their third-year senior Ryuuzaki Hina.
From appearances alone, Kotekawa Yui was certainly a proper beautiful girl, but Ryuuzaki Hina, long hair flowing, full of dignity, admired by many juniors, was also a very proper and serious big beauty.
Kotekawa Yui being strict and unfeeling when enforcing rules didn't mean anything. Thinking from another angle, they had accumulated a lot of pressure recently from tennis club training. Just recently, she heard from Shionatsu Sayuri of the girls' swimming club that Hachiman had become a temporary manager, so she half-heartedly joined this custom activity.
Maybe Kotekawa Yui had also accumulated too much pressure and wanted to lead by example.
This custom activity could be used as a justified way to engage in impure mixed-gender interaction. The fact that other Disciplinary Committee members were even providing cover made it all the more exciting.
"Kotekawa's willingness to help is a good thing. If she's unwilling, that's fine too. After all, she's not one of the designated Disciplinary Committee members, and this custom activity isn't mandatory. But there are a lot of backlog files in the Disciplinary Committee. I also have to coordinate with the Student Council often, so I won't be free. This custom activity will mainly depend on you, Hana and Chika. Right, Saki?"
As the juniors looked toward her again, Ryuuzaki Hina, with beige long hair draped over her shoulders, and a bust even bigger than Sakurai Hana and Kitamura Chika's, forced a smile and shifted the topic as if nothing was wrong, looking at the last member among them.
Ahaha… Could she say that she actually wasn't all that willing?
She wasn't entirely uninterested in that kind of thing, but she thought it was something that should be done after mutual feelings developed. Now, everyone was doing it together.
But at this point, no matter how absurd the custom activity was, it couldn't be stopped. She could only hope her juniors could handle it smoothly; otherwise, she'd really have to step in personally.
"If Hina-senpai is busy, it's fine. I'll give it my all for Hina-senpai too! I'll do my best to eliminate Hikigaya-kun's desires!"
The black-haired, straight-haired Disciplinary Committee member Asai Saki, also a second-year like Kitamura Chika, nodded vigorously upon hearing Ryuuzaki Hina's emphasis, her eyes full of determination.
"Uh… Saki-senpai, be careful. Our goal is just to remove Hachiman's motivation to disrupt the school order. Use simpler methods, don't go overboard…"
"Hehe, it's fine. As long as it works, any method is okay."
"…"
Seeing the fired-up Asai Saki, Sakurai Hana felt a bit pressured. Kitamura Chika cheerfully encouraged from the side, while Ryuuzaki Hina blushed slightly, too timid to speak, fearing attention would fall on her again.
Originally, the number of people designated for the custom activity punishment against Hachiman was just three, one from each grade.
First-year: sociable and popular in her class, Sakurai Hana.
Second-year: tennis club, physically strong, cheerful and a bit rough, Kitamura Chika.
Third-year: quiet, clear-headed, meticulous and serious, Ryuuzaki Hina.
Only Asai Saki, also a second-year like Kitamura Chika, volunteered to participate.
This girl, usually quiet and dignified like a Yamato Nadeshiko, surprised them when she said she applied voluntarily. They almost thought the Disciplinary Committee president had forced her to join.
These three weren't particularly opposed to the custom activity; otherwise, they wouldn't be here discussing strategies.
Even if they'd considered falling in love and Hachiman was indeed handsome, with a great reputation among the girls around him.
They wouldn't have proactively applied for this if not assigned to it. It was hard to understand why both Kotekawa Yui and Asai Saki were so eager.
But since everyone was participating now, the more proactive Asai Saki and Kotekawa Yui were, the less pressure the others felt. They weren't planning to dig too deep, just whispering while waiting in line for the physical test, discussing when to find Hachiman.
With the custom activity approved, even if they skipped class to engage in it, other Disciplinary Committee members could only provide cover and not reprimand them. Still, the purpose was to maintain order, not disrupt it. They needed to avoid being discovered by regular students.
However, while this custom activity was only known among Disciplinary Committee members, Student Council President Kaede's friend Usui Makoto was also a committee member and knew about the plan against Hachiman.
Otherwise, the Student Council President wouldn't have approached the committee leader to try canceling the activity today.
Of course, the result was that it couldn't be canceled. The Disciplinary Committee would not be intimidated by the Student Council.
After all, they were only engaging in this custom activity against Hachiman because Student Council President Kaede failed to properly watch over him, allowing him to get close to so many girls, even showing signs of making a move on Elf Princess Iris.
They were cleaning up after the President's negligence. If the President wasn't grateful, she certainly had no right to stop them from maintaining order.
Hmm… The Student Council usually had a lot to handle during lunch. All members would be in their office for work or rest, and only after school would they patrol like the Disciplinary Committee. They could try finding Hachiman during lunch.
They weren't afraid of President Kaede. The Student Council, aside from approving a bit of club funding, had no control over the Disciplinary Committee, who generally didn't need funds anyway.
Still, they didn't want to stir up unnecessary trouble. If they could avoid clashing with the President, they would.
After all, if President Kaede had personally handled the custom activity to eliminate Hachiman's desire to befriend other girls, they wouldn't need to be scheming against him.
"That… I'll go stall the Student Council President for you. Chika, Hana, Saki, do your best! I'm off!"
As the physical exam ended and lunchtime approached, third-year Ryuuzaki Hina, upon hearing that they were about to go find Hachiman, panicked slightly and found an excuse to leave.
She wasn't mentally prepared yet and couldn't suddenly go engage in a custom activity with her juniors.
"Tennis club has a lot of training lately, so I'll leave it to you, Hana and Saki, for today."
Seeing Ryuuzaki Hina fleeing, Kitamura Chika shrugged, waved with a smile, and turned to leave.
She wasn't panicking or needing mental prep like Hina. She genuinely had to train.
Like the girls' swimming team, the tennis club was competitive. Captain Hayakawa led training daily, and her cousin Kitamura Kae was extremely strong, a guaranteed ace if nothing went wrong. If she, the older sister, couldn't even make the main roster, it would be embarrassing.
"…"
Seeing the once-united group halve in an instant, Sakurai Hana opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
"Saki-senpai…"
Sakurai Hana quietly turned to the black-haired Asai Saki beside her and suddenly realized that the seemingly least reliable Saki was now her only support.
"I'll work hard for both Chika and Hina-senpai's share! Hana, let's do our best together! Let's go find Hikigaya-kun right now!"
Asai Saki didn't hesitate at all and encouraged the slightly shaken Sakurai Hana.
"…"
Watching the overwhelmingly eager and excited Asai Saki, Sakurai Hana opened her mouth, on the verge of tears.
That's not what she meant.
'If you're already covering for Chika and Hina-senpai, can you finish my share too?'
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The disciplinary committee members who were to carry out the Custom activities punishment on Hachiman were either making excuses to avoid the Custom Activity or leaving the gym to find Hachiman.
But they didn't know that the very Hachiman they wanted to punish was actually not far from them, watching them.
"President, haven't we been playing a bit too much lately? It seems like we're being targeted by the disciplinary committee members."
Iris's pure and flawless, delicate white arms hugged Hachiman's neck from behind, her smooth and soft cheek rubbing against Hachiman's neck. She followed Hachiman's gaze and looked at Asai Saki pulling Sakurai Hana to go look for Hachiman, and couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Really a bit too hard for those disciplinary committee members. The one they're trying to protect, herself, had long since fallen for the President, engaging daily in impure inter-gender interactions with the President. Most of the girls in the Service Club had also requested assistance from the President.
The President had never forced them; rather, he helped them in many ways. If the disciplinary committee members truly wanted to maintain school morals, the ones who should be punished were likely themselves. Sacrificing themselves to oppose the President made no sense at all.
However, the approval of the Custom Activity wasn't just about protecting the demi-humans in school.
She and Aegis, Lumilia, and the others didn't come to this world out of blind optimism; they had strong self-protection capabilities. Even the relatively weaker mermaid songstress possessed a powerful voice of charm capable of easily controlling ordinary people.
Outsiders didn't know how formidable the President was. Sacrificing so many beautiful and pure disciplinary committee members just to protect her and Elio and others out of concern, no matter how one looked at it, it reeked of ulterior motives. Far more ambitious than Councilor Ichinose, who sent Ichinose Honami to the President's side.
This Custom Activity was highly likely to be tied to her current role as an ambassador of goodwill.
The mana concentration here was higher than in their world, and the elves could exert greater power here. They could consider migrating some of their people to live here.
If the elves were to live and reproduce here, they would surely consider marrying and having children with humans of this world. This government likely wanted to make the President's polygamous relationships with demi-humans and human girls a typical example to promote integration between elves and other demi-human races with humans, and raise the birth rate on both sides.
But giving birth for elves wasn't that simple.
Knowing the President could not only assist in the birth of highly talented newborns but also enhance their own strength, she could never allow promising elven girls to throw away a bright future to reproduce with ordinary humans.
The human government's plans were likely to fall apart. The President's uniqueness couldn't be replicated.
Still, she had no plans to explain all that to the human government. If she did, they wouldn't have arranged so many extremely beautiful and well-proportioned human girls into Sobu High.
While the human government plotted to assimilate the elves, she was also planning to recruit those human girls into the elf tribe.
The President was the savior of their elf tribe. Why couldn't his harem also include members of the elf tribe?
"Being targeted is fine. What can they even do to us? With invisibility magic and soundproofing magic, even if we do it right in front of them, they can't bother us."
Hachiman withdrew his gaze from the receding figures of Asai Saki and Sakurai Hana, loosened his grip on the panting Sakurase Shino in front of him, and let her lie down next to Aegis and Lumilia to rest. Noticing the slyness in Iris's smile, he helplessly smiled back and gave her soft and delicious cheek a playful bite.
Originally, he hadn't noticed what Asai Saki and the others were discussing. There were so many girls in the gym, and he had Iris and the others around him, so he had no way to focus on a few disciplinary committee members talking in a corner.
However, while he didn't pay attention to Sakurai Hana and Asai Saki eagerly discussing how to carry out the Custom Activity on him, the system had noticed.
When Ichinose Suzuno and Karuizawa Kei displayed extraordinary athletic data in front of many people, their faces flushed and nearly collapsing in excitement, the system's task notification sounded in his ears.
["Character Task Triggered — The Disciplinary Committee's Exclusive Blacklist."]
["At Sobu High, where school discipline is strict, impure inter-gender interactions are not allowed on campus. Normally, disciplinary committee members can issue warnings or punishments to students violating the rules. In severe cases, they can even enforce expulsion."]
["However, a problematic student has appeared, someone they cannot take any hard measures against. Now, the disciplinary committee members face a serious challenge."]
["To prevent this student from disrupting the school order they've worked hard to maintain, the disciplinary committee members have created a blacklist with only one boy on it, using a special and secret method to uphold school discipline."]
Seeing this so-called "Disciplinary Committee's Exclusive Blacklist" task, Hachiman really didn't know what to say.
Character tasks generally didn't instruct him on how to complete them. Different methods of completion seemed to yield different rewards. He was used to completing tasks based on his own understanding.
But this task... the enemy, or boss, of the disciplinary committee members, was himself.
Asking him to distance himself from Iris and the others to complete this task was impossible. The disciplinary committee couldn't control him either.
Hmm... so how should he complete this task then...
"That girl just now, she looked pretty excited!"
Seeing Hachiman finish checking Sakurase Shino, Lala immediately sat in the spot Sakurase Shino had just occupied and hugged Hachiman. While hugging him, she excitedly said to Hachiman and Iris.
She had also heard the whispers of those disciplinary committee members, though she didn't quite understand what violating discipline meant. She just felt that Hachiman was really popular here, everyone seemed to want to be close to him.
"Yeah, that girl's name is Asai Saki. The girl beside her named Sakurai Hana doesn't seem to resist the President much either."
Iris, hugging Hachiman from behind Lala, rested her chin on Hachiman's shoulder and nodded with a smile.
"It would've been nice if we called them over earlier, just let them start the punishment on the President right away."
Although this punishment was just something imagined by the disciplinary committee members. Elves, mermaids, dragons, even combined, none could punish the President. Even Lala, who was now stronger, couldn't. A few disciplinary committee members couldn't possibly stop them from being with the President, at most, they could help buy them some rest time.
Ever since being loved by the President, their strength had greatly increased, and their physical constitution had also significantly improved. However, whether it was a side effect or not, they always felt the stronger they became, the more susceptible they were to the President's affection. The stronger their physique, the less they could resist the President's intimacy. Even just holding and kissing her face-to-face felt thrilling.
"...Later I still have to help Kei settle the disciplinary committee's situation. I can't keep playing."
Seeing Iris's adorably mischievous smile, Hachiman grumpily gave Iris a firm pat. Amid her surprised cry, he picked up the Lala in his arms, used a cleaning spell to tidy up Lala and Sakurase Shino's bodies, and affectionately helped them change into clean clothes.
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