Chapter 67

Well, it's finally the school festival!

"…The problem is this."

"Yes…"

The two of us examine the school festival pamphlet we made at the student council.

There's a Miss School Contest, and a Miss Contest. Not only that, but there's also a Mister Contest. It's the one where the idiot Picard declared rivalry.

This event was also held last year. If the heroine polishes herself and seriously pursues her target, she will be chosen as Miss School, and the character with the highest affection will be chosen as Mister School, forming the best couple.

If chosen as Miss and Mister, they will dance together on the stage. Last year, it was the student council president, Eleana Stradis, and the drama club president who played the prince in Cinderella. That means the heroine, who was still a first-year at the time, didn't have enough recognition.

I… Since I've had almost no contact with the heroine since entering the school, and I've been avoiding her, I don't think I'll be chosen as Mister. Besides, it's a vote by the students, so even if there's some pressure, it won't affect the entire school.

Well, we should consider the possibility just in case…

The heroine is still in the drama club and will play the lead in this year's school festival play. She's playing the lead for the second year in a row after last year's Cinderella! That's impressive!

This is quite a challenge. With the whole school focusing on the heroine, I think it's possible she could win Miss School.

"Well, there's nothing more we can do. It's a matter of who shows up. Anyway, during the school festival, we should stay as close as possible and be together."

"Okay!"

Sera looks happy. Before any strategy, being together is the most important thing for us.

As for our class's event, we're doing a butler and maid café again this year, just like last year. It was very popular.

"Let me cook too—!"

"Shut up! It's a given that a prince's cooking will be terrible! Stay back!"

I get scolded by the head chef, Jack. Where does this prejudice come from?

"I practiced during the summer, you know?"

I worked part-time at a restaurant for three weeks and received guidance from a professional chef. I can't make pies, but my hamburgers are good enough to sell.

"That's not the point… Our main attraction is you being the butler, so don't disappoint the customers."

"Exactly—!!"

"If you don't do it, the butler café won't work…"

Yes, yes. I also got scolded by the butler café producer, Patricia, and the other girls.

As the student council president, I'm busy, so my shift is only about three hours. In the second half, Jack will take over as the butler. Jack, being a target of affection, is incredibly handsome. Although he usually gets along well with Silfa, there aren't many girls who openly flirt with him. However, when Jack becomes the butler, it's a chance for female customers to approach him. Of course, Sera in her maid outfit is also popular.

Alright, the butler and maid café is open!

"Ah—! Shin-kun!"

"Welcome back, Miss."

I thought you'd come, heroine.

Last year, you didn't come because you were focused on the play, but this year, you're here.

You're wearing an incredible costume… A dancer's role, right? A deep V-neck, a tight-fitting outfit that shows off your figure, a belly-baring, thigh-revealing frilly skirt. It's like a sexy version of a ballerina.

The male students in the café cheer, and the female students give you sharp, murderous glares.

"I heard I can use Shin-kun as a servant here."

"That's a misunderstanding, Miss. I'm a butler, not a servant. Please give orders with proper decorum."

"My family is just a poor baron, so we don't have a butler. I'm really excited!"

Is that so? I heard your family has expanded the Fried Chicken franchise to other territories and started 24-hour convenience stores, making a lot of money.

"Then maybe you shouldn't come here. It will deepen your misunderstanding of butlers. A butler like me doesn't exist in reality."

Patricia's butler café is strange. It's more like a servant café.

"Please show me to a seat."

"All the seats are currently taken. Please come back another day."

The female students, who make up more than half of the customers, are giving intense glares. They're united in not giving up their seats. One of them even grabs the table.

"Only today, come on!"

"Then maybe in the afternoon."

"I have a performance in the afternoon!"

"That's unfortunate. There's nothing we can do."

The heroine, walking into the café, approaches a group of male students sitting at a four-person table with a cute smile.

"Excuse me, can I sit with you?"

"Of course, please do!"

The male students welcome her with joy, staring at her deep V-neck. It can't be helped…

Sera, in her maid outfit, approaches the table and opens the menu.

"Welcome back, Miss. How are you? What would you like to order today?"

"Huh? It's not Shin-kun?"

"The male customer tables are handled by me. Please let me know what you'd like."

Saying this, she lifts her skirt, steps back, and makes a graceful bow.

She gives a charming smile that makes the male students swoon. I'm sweating, thinking a battle between the heroine and Sera might break out. The male students at the table are in a daze. It's like a battle between the adorable heroine and the elegant Sera.

"…I'll have the 'Chef's Whim Carbonara.'"

"Miss, you have a performance soon. I recommend something lighter."

"I need a hearty meal to have energy!"

…As expected of the daughter of a fried chicken restaurant. Her stomach is strong.

"I apologize for being presumptuous. I'll have that. Please prepare it."

In the kitchen, Jack, wearing a white chef's uniform, is cooking spaghetti, tossing it in cream and cheese. Every time the spaghetti flies, the female students cheer. I wonder why.

"Shin! Feed me!"

A female customer at another table is requesting it. The 'feeding service' is continuing this year… I blame the former queen, Eleana Stradis, for setting this precedent.

Actually, I'm quite good at this because I did it a lot at the orphanage with the children. I can feed someone without spilling a single drop.

"Here you go, Miss."

"Ahhh…"

I feel someone with pink hair looking at us enviously, but I ignore it. It's your fault for butting into a male customer's table.

"Hey, what's this?"

"It's an apron, Miss. You don't want to stain your important costume before your performance."

Sera ties an apron around the heroine's neck. There's an event where a villainous noble girl spills food on the heroine's dress, and Sera is preventing that.

I see, the heroine might have planned to make Sera mess up, get her dress dirty, and cry. That's quite a desperate move. But what about the performance afterward? Do you have a spare costume?

"Please call me if you need anything."

The heroine has no choice but to eat what's served. This avoids the event. Please enjoy Jack's cooking.

"Se, Sera-san."

"Please call me Sera, Master."

The male student, glancing at me nervously, makes a request.

"Sera, feed me too."

"Of course, Master."

The male student, blushing, is being fed by Sera.

…You really do anything, don't you? You're reliable.

We finish a bit earlier than last year and quickly eat the staff meal spaghetti with Sera.

"Take over in the second half!"

"I don't like it… Do you want me to do that too?"

Jack changes into a butler uniform. Is it impossible for Jack to do the feeding?

The butler café producer, Patricia, gives us some advice.

"Jack, just do what you want! You can be yourself!"

"What's with the difference? It's not the same as when I did it."

"There are customers who like tsundere butlers too!"

"…Jack is only tsun. There's no dere…"

"You don't understand, Shin. A domineering butler is fine too."

Sorry, Patricia, I don't need to understand that.

More importantly, I feel like the maid outfit you prepared for Silfa, with her large chest, is a bit much. The chest area is covered with soft, fluffy fabric that moves in all directions…

"Good job, Pat."

Well, if Jack gives a thumbs up and smiles, it's fine.

After that, we visit the events of other classes and clubs.

As usual, I'm in a butler uniform, and Sera is in a maid uniform. We get a lot of attention wherever we go. It's become a school festival tradition…

Wearing servant outfits, we stand out a lot. You won't see this outside of the school festival. Please come visit us.

The art club offers to draw portraits.

"Please, please, please be a model!" they ask eagerly.

"Sure, for fifteen minutes."

Sera and I pose for a dance, and all the art club members sketch us, ignoring the other customers. This isn't a portrait anymore. It's a drawing session.

Other classes have started imitating our class's event, but they're selling yakitori, chicken burgers, and fried chicken. It's a direct copy. I warned them to change it when they applied to the student council, but they didn't listen. Ouch…

The fried chicken stand is from the heroine's class. It's popular because the staff from the restaurant is working there. The classmates don't have to do anything…

Even if the food is a bit bad or amateurish, it's fine. The point is for the classmates to work together. That's why you're disliked, heroine. Starting next year, we should ban outside vendors.

The music club will have a performance after the play. They also provide the BGM for the drama club, so we can see it then.

The literature club is the most low-key. The library, where they have their exhibition, is empty.

"We need to think of something to attract more people…"

"You're right…"

Harthys, sitting alone at the reception, looks sad.

Next time: "67. The Noble Prince of the Opera House"