join p atreon.com/KeyofStars and become a Sequence 9: Reader for advance chapters | Every 100 powerstones = 1 extra chapter | Report issues @discord.com/GVBdncd9Wr
"Can this count as an achievement?"
Asakura clapped his hands together, then slowly opened them, a flame dancing between his palms.
"Eh? Club President, you can really use magic?"
Yanami looked astonished.
Yuigahama Yui and Yukinoshita Yukino, on the other hand, simultaneously showed expressions of 'Is it really okay to expose something like this here?'
After all, according to various special effects and transformation anime, the protagonist's supernatural powers usually aren't exposed until just before the finale. Exposing superpowers for such a small matter would be far too reckless.
"How could it be magic?"
However, Amakusa Shino glanced at it and then indifferently curled her lips: "This is just very basic magic. It's using a mechanism to ignite a cotton ball soaked in alcohol, and the cotton ball is tied with a thread so thin it's invisible, creating the illusion of 'floating flame.' You see that bit of blue in the fire? That's evidence of alcohol igniting."
"As expected of President Amakusa."
Asakura smiled, noncommittally closing his hands, and in an instant, the small, candle-like flame vanished without a trace.
"Hmph, you can't fool me with that. You must still have that burn-proof dental floss on your fingers."
Amakusa Shino triumphantly grabbed Asakura's hand, trying to find traces of a mechanism, but obviously found nothing.
"Oh... you hide things pretty fast. Maybe you really have a talent for magic tricks. How about changing the Magic Club to the Trick Club? If you show President Nijima a trick, she'll definitely understand and give up her plan to abolish your club."
"Let's not. I'm not very good at magic tricks."
Asakura shook his head, making the girl sigh in regret.
"Um... President Amakusa just said there was 'good news,' right?"
Yuigahama Yui looked at the other party and asked nervously.
"Have you heard of the Founders' Festival?"
Amakusa Shino asked back.
Except for Asakura, who hadn't reacted yet, the three people present all showed subtle expressions, even Yukinoshita Yukino was no exception.
"It's that festival held two weeks before the School Festival..."
Yuigahama Yui seemed to notice Asakura's slow reaction and kindly explained: "Although it's called a festival, there aren't actually any special activities. It's just that every club, every class, and even every person needs to write and submit some articles, and then display them on the day of the festival... Can such a boring thing really be called a festival?"
"After all, the original essence of the Founders' Festival was for students to celebrate the birthday of Soubu High School's founding principal."
Yukinoshita Yukino said coldly: "They completely disregarded the students' feelings and the school's difficulties."
"So what about the Founders' Festival?"
Yanami asked curiously.
"Nothing, it's just that I seized the right to host the Founders' Festival from President Nijima."
Amakusa Shino said triumphantly.
"So we don't have to write all those meaningless articles anymore?"
Yanami asked joyfully, her eyes blinking, looking unexpectedly a little cute.
"Ah, about that, you actually still have to... Sorry."
Amakusa Shino guiltily turned her head away from the girl's gaze.
It seems the Student Council Vice President's power is not unlimited.
"So what are you going to do with the Founders' Festival?"
Asakura asked curiously, "Will the school allow you to mess around?"
"They definitely won't allow it, so the main school building is out of the question. It'll definitely be covered with things written by students, there's absolutely no way to change that."
Amakusa Shino shrugged: "What I really wanted was originally just the more secluded auditorium."
"What do you want the auditorium for? A thimble?"
Asakura asked in confusion.
"What's that?... I want to put on, well, something like an art performance."
Amakusa Shino said: "You see, after the Founders' Festival, isn't it the Culture Festival? Although you, as regular students, might not know, the Student Council receives many application forms every time the Culture Festival approaches."
"Application forms? For opening shops? I remember we had a cafe last year, and it was quite impressive."
Yuigahama Yui recalled, and from the genuine happy smile on her face, she seemed quite satisfied with last year's Culture Festival activities.
"President Amakusa said it was an art performance... so it's probably those kinds of applications. Applications for opening shops are something every class has, it's just normal work, she wouldn't complain about something like that, right?"
Asakura guessed.
"That's right, it's performance-type applications—manzai, bands, choirs, dances, and there are even quite a few who want time allocated for their stage plays."
Amakusa Shino nodded: "However, since there's only one auditorium with proper stage equipment, no matter how strictly the time is arranged, about half of the applications still get rejected and can't perform on stage."
"So you think there's something fishy in the application review process, and you're planning to turn the tables and deliver a heavy blow to that Student Council President with the Founders' Festival?"
Asakura asked.
"How could that be? Although I don't like President Nijima's policies, I greatly admire her character. She wouldn't be someone who engages in favoritism."
Amakusa Shino shook her head and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino: "Even Yukino should agree with this, right?"
"If even that Student Council President is a villain, then in this school, besides me, the only trustworthy entity is probably that little Kuroneko that occasionally appears on campus."
Yukinoshita Yukino commented sharply as if nothing was amiss.
Asakura and Yuigahama Yui exchanged glances.
'She's talking about Ruri, right?'
'It's definitely Ruri!'
'What are you talking about?'
Suddenly, Yanami's big face inserted itself into their eye contact. 'I feel like Yuigahama and Asakura-kun's relationship has become much closer lately, how suspicious~'
Asakura thought for a moment, then delivered a hand chop to the girl's forehead.
"Guh! What are you doing!"
Yanami clutched her forehead, her eyes teary, and glared at him, asking.
"Your face is blocking my sunlight."
"My face isn't that big... Really, really! I even learned facial massage recently... I definitely haven't gained any weight! My weight has even dropped by about 7 grams!"
"That number is purely an error, isn't it?"
"Ugh..."
Yanami clutched her chest and lay motionless on the table.
Yukinoshita Yukino sighed at the boring farce before her and proactively asked Amakusa Shino: "So what's the good news you mentioned?"
Amakusa Shino was silent for a few seconds, allowing her somewhat disconnected brain to reconnect, then said with a bright smile: "That's right, through my unremitting efforts, as long as your two clubs help me prepare for the Founders' Festival, that part of the work can also count as an 'achievement' to prevent your clubs from being abolished!"
join p atreon.com/KeyofStars and become a Sequence 9: Reader for advance chapters | Every 100 powerstones = 1 extra chapter | Report issues @discord.com/GVBdncd9Wr