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Vol 7 Chapter 5

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Chapter 5 - School Festival Rhapsody III

St. Garrardsworth Academy, Student Council Room.

“──That’s all for today’s reports.”

“Yes, this year looks quite prosperous as well.”

Ernest Fairclough who crossed his fingers on the ebony work desk calmly nodded as he received various reports of the school festival.

“For the moment, there isn’t any conspicuous trouble in particular, so it’s something good I guess.”

Laetitia who was sitting on the sofa also heaved a sigh of relief for the time being.

Garrardsworth always valued order and justice, but because outsiders were involved when it came to school festival, troubles occurring were more or less inevitable.

Speaking on that point, it might be said the school festival was quite peaceful this year.

“However, I am envious of Allekant and Queen Veil only at this time every year.”

Laetitia said so and rubbed her shoulders.

Generally, all the student councils of Asterisk were thought as if they owned a mighty power, but it was substantially Garrardsworth and Seidoukan who managed everything up to administration of school events.

In Allekant where factionalism was prevalent, the student council was no more than a coordinator; and in Queen Veil, the board chairman held real power and the student council could be considered close to decoration. World Dragon varied depending on the period, but if we looked historically, there should be many student councils which entrusted the Integrated Enterprise Foundation with the business side.

It should have originally been the same for Le Wolfe too, but it changed completely after that Dirk Eberwein reached the seat of student council president. That said, because it seemed that most of the members of the student council gathered by Dirk were staff recruited from the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, it would be hard to speak of administration by students purely.

Of course, it was not like the student councils of Garrardsworth and Seidoukan were independent from the Integrated Enterprise Foundation; they also borrowed the IEF’s power, but compared with other academies, it should be said that they did so with great discretion.

“We only carry out our duty, Laetitia. The outside also carries out theirs, and they should also be having different problems of their own.”

“That’s true, but…”

Even so, she still wanted to spill even one idle complaint.

After all, it was already time that you might say that it was midnight, and yet work that they must settle by today was still remaining.

“By the way speaking of Queen Veil, how did the matter of letting Sofia-san participate in the <gryps>turn out?”</gryps>

<gryps>“Who knows? I didn’t hear anything in particular, but… Sofia isn’t a child anymore, so I don’t have the right to interfere in what she decided by herself.”</gryps>

<gryps>“You have a point, but…”</gryps>

<gryps>Sofia Fairclough was Ernest’s younger sister who attended Queen Veil Girl’s Academy.</gryps>

<gryps>Although Sofia was younger, Laetitia was greatly influenced by her.</gryps>

<gryps>That’s why she was worried.</gryps>

<gryps>From a certain accident which occurred in childhood, Sofia bore a fatal trauma which appeared in the <festa>. When Sofia started talking about coming to Asterisk, Laetitia was strongly opposed to it.</festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa>But even though Ernest, her big brother, said this, Laetitia, an outsider, could not afford to interfere.</festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa>“Ah, speaking of which──”</festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa>The student council secretary Percival Gardner who read out the reports said as she recalled something.</festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa>Percival, though dressed in a male uniform, was a full-fledged girl and a true knight ranked #5. In further speaking, she was also the user of a Garrardsworth’s scholarship ogre lux ── <goat>[1], also known as <holy>; the last time it was used before her was twenty years ago.</holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy>“Today, I caught sight of Her Excellency the Student Council President of Queen Veil.”</holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious>It was their first time hearing it. Which meant that she entered incognito.</melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious>“Yes, since she was disguised, it looked like no one else noticed her.”</melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious>“Hmph, how carefree of her.”</melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious>While saying that, Laetitia drank the tea that she newly served.</melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious>Since the site was opened during the period of the school festival, the comings and goings were free even for a student council president of another academy. For example, if this was Le Wolfe student council president, they would have to be careful about what he is plotting; but if the other party was that Sylvia Lyyneheyme, there was no need to be so worried.</melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious>“Also, she was accompanied by one person. He was also in disguise, but I think that it was probably Seidoukan Academy’s <murakumo>.”</murakumo></melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious><murakumo>“Bufuh!?”</murakumo></melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious><murakumo>At these words, Laetitia was about to spurt out tea unintentionally.</murakumo></melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious><murakumo>“ <m-murakumo>and the <melodious>came here together, you said…?”</melodious></m-murakumo></murakumo></melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious><murakumo><m-murakumo><melodious>Percival answered indifferently.</melodious></m-murakumo></murakumo></melodious></holy></goat></festa></gryps>

<gryps><festa><goat><holy><melodious><murakumo><m-murakumo><melodious>Although she had no idea at all about what kind of connection there were between them, the combination of Seidoukan Academy’s rank #1 and