After deciding to give up, I became popular

After saving the beauty, Yu Ishigami was greeted with a delightful romantic comedy.

Meanwhile, Kanade Natsukawa... could only watch as she rolled five consecutive 'unrequited love' events, finally staring with numb eyes at Chika Fujiwara, who had almost produced a football team's worth of children but earned no money.

As expected of you, pink octopus head!

034. Yukino Yukinoshita

Playing games is just a way to enhance everyone's feelings; ultimately, the student council must return to its original path and focus on serious matters.

"The student council's reelection is coming up soon. I heard there's a hotshot first-year who's been making waves lately. Should we gather some intel, President?"

"No need. We'll face them head-on. We'll meet soldiers with generals, and water with earth. If I can be defeated by her, it just proves my abilities are lacking." Kanade Natsukawa shook his head, but his hands didn't stop moving.

He had wanted to resign before, partly for this reason, holding the idea of "stepping down to make way for the capable," refusing to run in the next student council election, but he didn't expect to regret it.

It was during the time of new student enrollment, and things were busy. Although Kaguya and Shirogane helped, it only relieved some of the pressure. There were still many things to deal with at the moment.

Instead of worrying about someone stealing the student council president's position and scheming, it's better to do things steadily and practically. After all, in the democratic Shuchiin Academy, the eyes of the masses are sharp.

"Doo-doo-doo..." A rhythmic knock sounded.

"Please come in."

"Excuse me, I'm Yukino Yukinoshita from Class 3 of the second year."

Announcing oneself before visiting the student council is indeed a good habit, but this alone is not enough for Kanade Natsukawa to pay attention.

It's just that the person who came was that Yukinoshita.

"Yukinoshita... This is the student council. Please state your purpose." Kanade Natsukawa put down the report in his hand and replied with a serious face.

In the morning, he had received a message from Hachiman, saying that Yukinoshita might come to find "trouble" with him in the next few days, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

It can be said that her action is quite amazing.

"Regarding this... I would like to ask why our club's application for activity funds was not approved."

Cold, calm, even when facing Kanade Natsukawa, a former rejected club member and now the esteemed student council president, Yukino Yukinoshita had no intention of exchanging pleasantries; her words were all about official business.

"I clearly stated the destination and purpose of the funds on the application form. In any case, my department's application should not have been rejected without a single reply."

"..." Kanade Natsukawa didn't reply but looked at Kaguya Shinomiya.

He had no memory of this matter, so it must have happened during his time out of office.

"Shinomiya?"

"I have some impression. It seems... is your club called 'Service Club'?"

"Yes."

"Is the file still there? Show it to me."

"Yes, President." Kaguya Shinomiya handed over a stack of paper.

Kanade Natsukawa quickly found the application form from the Service Club.

--In order to promote the spirit of assistance, our department decided...

The redundant words in the middle are not important; the key is that the final comment says the two big red characters of 'Rejected,' with the student council president's seal next to it.

Confirmed, it wasn't a document that went through his hands, but since it was stamped with the student council president's seal, he had to come forward to explain.

Fortunately, he understood Kaguya Shinomiya well enough to know some of her thoughts.

"Before explaining the reason, I would like to ask Minister Yukinoshita if you are aware of the mandatory regulations for the establishment of clubs at our school?"

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita frowned, but still replied truthfully, "Although the number of people in the club is indeed less than five, the achievements made by our department are real..."

"Regarding the insufficient number of people, this is already enough to reject your club's funding application." Kanade Natsukawa immediately interrupted.

"But previous funding has been approved..."

"That's because your 'club' has made certain contributions to the students of our school, so a certain amount of funding subsidies will be given, but that is not the so-called 'club activity funding.' I hope you can understand this." Kanade Natsukawa shook his head.

The previous activity funds were actually approved by Kanade Natsukawa. After all, he was once a member of this club, knew enough about it, and was willing to open the back door for it.

As for now... he can't be said to be wrong in handling affairs according to the rules, right?

Kaguya Shinomiya nodded, very agreeing with Kanade Natsukawa's judgment. Although she felt that the president's kindness was a bit superfluous, and that clubs that came to cheat funding should be sent away directly, she also liked the characteristic of "willing to be close to people."

"Of course, if you can gather the minimum number of people to establish a club before the next distribution of club funds, I will recognize the existence of the 'Service Club' and am willing to approve some extra activity funds outside of your application plan."

"President, wouldn't this be a bit..." Kaguya Shinomiya reminded.

"Shinomiya, I used to be in that club for a while." Kanade Natsukawa shook his head and explained, "So I know very well that the club's activities have not deviated from its original purpose when it was established."

Kaguya Shinomiya widened her eyes as if she had discovered a new world. She suddenly turned her head to look at Yukinoshita, with a strong sense of vigilance in her eyes.

This woman is very dangerous!

No wonder she felt that the other party was unkind when they first met. It turned out that she was here to show her presence in front of the president!

Kanade Natsukawa didn't think so much and continued to say to himself:

"Solving confusion, providing support... Its help to the students of our school is real. I personally think that such a club is much more valuable than clubs like 'Table Game Club' and 'Nap Club.'"

"If so, why can't you be more tolerant of such clubs?"

Kanade Natsukawa still had a trace of resentment towards the table game club. If Chika Fujiwara hadn't been obstructing him, he would have found various reasons to deduct their slightly redundant funds.

If you have money to develop that kind of strange game, you might as well learn from the 'Afternoon Tea Club' next door, and play music and hold concerts when you have nothing to do!

"...I understand." Yukinoshita nodded slightly, then took a deep look at Kanade Natsukawa, closed the door and left this place.

The initial goal was not achieved, but it was not without gains. At least... she saw through some of Kanade Natsukawa's thoughts and his attitude.

This made Yukinoshita a little strange, thinking to herself whether she had misunderstood him at the time, otherwise why would she be so calm and composed when she saw her, the woman who had rejected his confession? There was no behavior that conformed to his 'scumbag' image.

Was he pretending in front of her? No, it felt more like... the consistent style that conformed to his nature.

But she was not particularly sure, after all, the other party had never appeared in front of her since the day the confession failed, and she had no way to judge based on the previous fabricated impression.

It seemed that she needed to check with that woman again, maybe she did misunderstand the other party at the beginning...

For some reason, when she thought of this, Yukinoshita felt inexplicably irritable, feeling as if she had missed something very important, and a void seemed to appear in her heart, and a sense of loss arose spontaneously.

035. Then trouble you, Kaguya

"Finally finished processing everything..." Kanade Natsukawa breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his waist.

All day long, he spent almost all of his spare time in the student council, and finally finished all the affairs before the end of club activities.

"There are so many things to do on Monday. It was really hard for you before..."

"It's okay, all the things we can handle have been filtered out, and the rest are all affairs that need to be decided by the president." Kaguya Shinomiya took away the teacup and refilled a cup for Kanade Natsukawa.

"Things for a whole week?"

"Yes."

"..." Kanade Natsukawa had nothing to say now.

No wonder he felt that there were so many things to do, it turned out that they were basically left over from last week.

"To be honest, with your abilities, Shinomiya, you can make your own judgments, right? Why haven't you been in charge all the time?"

In the few days after his resignation, when handing over work to Shirogane, he asked Shirogane to make his own judgments, but the other party still often sent messages asking him what to do, looking like he was just a worker.

This made his mood very subtle, feeling like he was just finding an excuse to give himself a vacation and then throwing all the work to his subordinates like a black-hearted boss.

At that time, he was just thinking about it casually, but now that he has returned to work, he found that the fact is just like this.

"Because we have always believed that President, you will come back to lead us, so we have never overstepped our authority to handle it."

Kanade Natsukawa: "..."

Oops, there is a feeling of conscience stabbing...

If there was only Chika Fujiwara, he might still suspect that it was a saying to be lazy, but from Kaguya Shinomiya's mouth, it was indeed everyone's idea.

The funny thing is that the affairs left behind are ultimately piled up and still need to be handled by him, which can be said to be asking for trouble.

However, if he can return to the student council to continue to get along with everyone, this little thing is really nothing.

"Shinomiya, do you have anything else to do later?" Kanade Natsukawa took the teacup that Kaguya Shinomiya handed over and took a sip gently.

Kaguya Shinomiya's delicate body trembled, and an incredible feeling surged in her heart.

President, is this... inviting her to go out to play?!

!!! What a lucky thing! This is the first time the president has issued such an invitation to her! Take a walk together? Or go home together? Or have dinner together...

Hayasaka? Little Ai? Come and save me! At least hold back the people from the main family...

Her emotions fluctuated so much that she couldn't even complete the plan she had originally prepared to "pretend to hand tea, but actually to create a chance to touch her hand."

"Shinomiya?"

"Yes! Of course I'm free!"

"Okay, then I'll trouble you to stay in the student council for a while. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I'll leave the key with you for safekeeping." Kanade Natsukawa nodded, then picked up his things and turned to leave.

Until he closed the door of the student council room, he didn't look back at Kaguya Shinomiya.

Kaguya Shinomiya: "..."

This is completely different from what she thought, woo woo!

However, Kanade Natsukawa, who had already moved far away, naturally couldn't hear the miserable wailing from the student council room. He was heading to the school's breeding garden alone.

It should be said that it was because he met Yukino Yukinoshita today that reminded him of an existence that he had almost forgotten--

"Good, good, little Yuki..."

Squatting down, then extending his fingers, rubbing the little guy's chin back and forth, causing it to make cute "meow meow" sounds.

Little Yuki--the kitten that Yukino Yukinoshita once jointly raised and cared for.

It's not right to say that it was raised jointly, but Kanade Natsukawa thought so at the time, which made him feel a sense of connection with Yukinoshita.

When he first saw Little Yuki, it was lying in the grass shivering, with blood still flowing from its legs and scars all over its body.

As a heavy cat lover, Yukinoshita would naturally not let it go, so the two rescued it, took care of it carefully, and sent it to the school's breeding garden at Kanade Natsukawa's suggestion.

Not only was there a dedicated person to take care of it, but it was also convenient for the two to visit often.

It happened that the old woman who managed the breeding garden was a very kind person and gladly accepted it.

So since then, Kanade Natsukawa often used the excuse of "seeing Little Yuki" to invite Yukinoshita together, until later his confession was rejected...

"Sorry, I've been a little busy lately and haven't come to see you much."

"Meow?"

"You've gotten fat after not seeing you for a while. It seems that the food here is good."

"Meow!"

"Not bad, not bad, very energetic..." Kanade Natsukawa smiled knowingly, then lifted the cat with both hands, just wanting to be intimate, but was interrupted by someone next to him.

"Kanade?" A cold voice came into his ears. Turning his head to look, he found that it was the Second Miss.

"...It's really unlucky." Kanade Natsukawa sighed, then put down the cat in his hand and gently stroked its head instead.

"I come here at this time every day."

"Okay, I'll avoid it in the future."

"..." Yukinoshita shook her head, but didn't say anything else.

She didn't not want to meet Kanade Natsukawa, she was just explaining that sentence "unlucky."

Slowly walking to Kanade Natsukawa's side, the Second Miss covered her skirt and squatted down.

"Are you eating well? Don't cause trouble for Grandma."

Yukino's smile is indeed beautiful, but it has never bloomed for him.