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The Opposing Candidate - 'The Prince'
Chapter Eight
written by Akira
>>student council room



Mitsuru: Hey, welcome back.

That was pretty fast. Are you already done with the lineup and the opposing candidates thing?

Himari: Hmm, Micchi. I haven’t done much, but I’m still beat…



Mitsuru: Those opposing candidates have pretty unique personalities, right? Good work, Himari. Let me pet your head.

Before you sit down over there and rest a little — come on and drink a little tea.

Tomoko has already headed out for club activities, so my tea might not measure up to hers, but…

Natsumi: Ah, senpai. I can do that for you.

Mitsuru: You’re my guests, so you just sit back and relax.

Natsumi: That’s okay, I like this kind of thing — serving tea. Wooow! This tea set and leaves are so luxurious~♪

Mitsuru: You’re quite hardworking; you’ll make a great wife one day. If I was a boy, I’m not sure I’d be able to resist.

Himari: Hey, c'mon! If you say that kinda stuff so nonchalantly, those weird, mistaken fans of yours are gonna add up, y’know?

Mitsuru: Is that so? But I do intend to keep my responses rather ordinary.

Himari: Ugh, you natural prince. Even you’ve been chosen as one of the opposing candidates because of that.

Natsumi: Senpai, are you also an opposing candidate?

Himari: That’s right!! She’s an unbelievable traitor with a pretty face! Et tu, Brute?!

Mitsuru: It’s a historical fact, but isn’t it said that Brutus was actually forced to betray Caesar due to the circumstances around him, although he didn’t want to?

Well, for some reason, I’m pretty popular with girls — Which is why I ended up becoming one of the opposing candidates.

You should relax a little, Himari. Even if I did, by some chance, end up participating in the Student Council President Re-election, and somehow win,

I plan on conceding the seat of student council president to Himari without hesitation anyways, so…

Himari: Ughh, there’s no point in having that position if it was just given to me out of pityyyy!!!

Mitsuru: And… Thinking realistically here, it’s not unlikely that I would win the Student Council President Re-election, hm…

If we’re going by the Newspaper Club’s popularity poll, those above Himari’s 6th place ranking are her opposing candidates, right?

Of course, I’m 4th place, so you definitely can’t say I’m the favorite here.

Natsumi: I haven’t seen it personally, so I don’t know much about it, but… The other opposing candidates, what are their rankings, again?

Himari: Hmm… The Living God, Kodama Hajime, is 2nd place; the Devil, Kusaka Ayame, is 3rd.

And then Micchi over there, the Prince, Yomo Mitsuru, is 4th place, and the Fallen Angel, Kuromori Suzu, is 5th.

Natsumi: Huh? Then… who’s in 1st place?

Mitsuru: The person in 1st place is a little unique —

She was voted most popular by a landslide, so it’s not like it’d be a long shot for her to be elected student council president..?

That girl… I bet she, from the bottom of her heart, would be completely fed up with how chaotic things are here…

Natsumi: …?

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