After all, the Disciplinary Committee has always been maintaining school discipline. If other people found out that they were doing something that clearly disrupts discipline, then it would probably be hard to maintain school discipline in the future.
On Hachiman's side, he couldn't handle it forcefully either. On one hand, Hachiman seemed to be quite familiar with the Elven Princess, the Mermaid Songstress, and the Politician's Daughter. On the other hand, he was the student council president's childhood friend. The Disciplinary Committee members found that following the school board's instruction to conduct fuzoku activities on Hachiman was the easiest method to handle things.
However, this method required someone to volunteer and take initiative.
"The list for conducting fuzoku activities on Hachiman isn't finalized yet, huh..."
Hearing that the list of personnel for the trial fuzoku activity hadn't been decided yet, Kaede pondered for a moment and said to Usui Makoto, "Then Makoto-chan, can you volunteer?"
"Ah???", Usui Makoto's eyes widened, looking at Kaede in disbelief.
'T-this isn't good!'
'Even if Kaede is my good friend, and doesn't mind my stiff seriousness and became super-super close friends with me, asking me to do that kind of thing with Hikigaya-kun is way too outrageous!'
Rurikawa Tsubaki also widened her eyes, suspecting her ears or eyes were malfunctioning, 'Could it be that the pressure from the Elven Princess is really that strong?'
Jealous Kaede actually took the initiative to let Usui Makoto accompany Hikigaya, then what about her own matter.
Her younger sister Suzu was calm, still silent.
She didn't believe her elder sister was that good-hearted to voluntarily push Hachiman to someone else.
Now, that idiot Kaede hadn't even given up seeing the Elven Princess trying to snatch Hachiman. How could she possibly hand Hachiman over to her good friend on her own?
"You misunderstood! What I mean is Makoto-chan you take on the task from the Disciplinary Committee, and I'll help you carry it out," Seeing everyone looking at her in utter shock, Kaede blushed deeply and hurriedly explained.
"Anyway, the Disciplinary Committee just wants to make sure Hachiman doesn't cause trouble for the Elven Princess. If I watch over him and make sure he doesn't lay hands on the Elven Princess, isn't that enough?"
"It's just to avoid other Disciplinary Committee members having to conduct fuzoku activities on Hachiman, so I wanted Makoto-chan to take on the task," Kaede had gone all in, saying right in front of everyone that she would handle Hachiman herself, in other words, drain him every day.
She, as the student council president, couldn't directly interfere with the Disciplinary Committee's matters, so she simply let Makoto accept the task, and she would take care of Hachiman's desires.
She knew the actual situation was different from the school's perception, it wasn't Hachiman harassing the Elven Princess, but the Elven Princess pursuing Hachiman. But wouldn't it be good to rightfully reduce the time Hachiman spent with the Elven Princess Iris?
Otherwise, who knows what the Elven Princess Iris, who had even chased Hachiman to his home, would do to him when she was busy with student council work.
That guy Hachiman had such abundant energy, and was always thinking about forming a harem, there was no way he could resist Iris's harassment.
"Oh, then that's good... I'll go inform the others after lunch break that I'll be the one to conduct fuzoku activities on Hikigaya-kun," Hearing Kaede's explanation, Usui Makoto instantly let out a huge sigh of relief. She had really thought her good friend Kaede was going to help Hikigaya build a harem and drag her into it.
Since Kaede would handle it, and if she couldn't manage, Suzu would help, both girls liked Hikigaya. If they took turns, that should be enough to deal with Hikigaya's danger.
"Mm...", Rurikawa Tsubaki looked at the oddly confident Kaede and the trusting Usui Makoto with a strange expression, not knowing what to say.
Leaving aside Hikigaya and Iris the Elven Princess's relationship, this fuzoku activity was supposed to truly eliminate Hikigaya's desires, right? That is, to drain him until he entered sage mode?
To be honest, having once witnessed Hachiman face Urusura, Aegis, and Iris all at once, Rurikawa Tsubaki seriously doubted Kaede's capability.
Even the Dragon Clan Chief and the Elven Princess together weren't enough. Kaede and Suzu were just ordinary people, needless to say, they'd never win against Hikigaya. If the two sisters couldn't handle him, they might really drag Usui Makoto into it.
But she couldn't just come out and say that.
After all, she couldn't explain how she knew that Kaede and Suzu couldn't win against Hikigaya alone...
"Ahem, I think you all should at least ask the person involved first," Seeing Kaede and Usui Makoto "abusing public power for private gain," using the name of fuzoku activities to personally exploit him, Hachiman lightly coughed to express that he was still here.
"What's your opinion? Or are you trying to pick which Disciplinary Committee member you want for the fuzoku activity?", Kaede raised her brows, her eyes staring fixedly at her childhood friend and future husband, Hachiman.
Was this guy really not afraid of death? Still thinking about building a harem at this moment?
Indeed, she had seen Hachiman's strength firsthand and felt that she and Suzu would barely be able to manage draining his desires, but with so many Disciplinary Committee members at school, who knew how many might want to go wild using this as an excuse? If Hachiman came begging her for help, she might not even be able to stop them.
"I didn't mean that. I'm saying this might affect Usui-san's reputation," Hachiman explained with a helpless tone, seeing Kaede immediately assume he wanted to hit on every Disciplinary Committee member.
If he wanted girls, would he need this kind of fuzoku activity? Iris could just bring over elf girls in estrus, he could pick as he pleased and help as needed.
Even if the elves were becoming scarce, there were still more girls in heat than there were Disciplinary Committee members.
With the elves' fair skin, beauty, and long legs, even if not every elf was as beautiful as Iris and Aegis, they were still more attractive than the average pretty girl.
He raised this concern because he thought Kaede's approach lacked consideration.
Although Usui Makoto, Kaede, Suzu, Rurikawa Tsubaki, and the ever-silent maid Shion weren't typical main heroines from a proper anime, they were all quite decent people. Usui Makoto agreeing so hastily to join the fuzoku activity on Kaede's behalf would definitely affect her reputation.
"Mm, Hikigaya-kun makes a good point," Rurikawa Tsubaki nodded in agreement at Hachiman's words.
If all the Disciplinary Committee members participated in the fuzoku activity, the risk of one person being singled out would be greatly reduced. It wouldn't matter if Usui Makoto faked her application.
But clearly, Kaede didn't want the other Disciplinary Committee members involved. That's why she had Usui Makoto fake a sign-up and handle Hikigaya's desires alone.
Even if that wasn't the case, in the eyes of the other Disciplinary Committee members, only Usui Makoto would be seen as handling the fuzoku activity for Hikigaya-kun.
"This... was my oversight... Sorry, Makoto-chan," After hearing Hachiman and Rurikawa Tsubaki's reminders, Kaede froze for a moment, then quickly turned to Usui Makoto to apologize.
She had only thought of how close she was with Makoto and that Makoto had no feelings for Hachiman. That's why she asked Makoto to help. She hadn't thought carefully about how this would impact Makoto's reputation.
Makoto had always been stiff and stubborn, and her reputation as a Disciplinary Committee member wasn't great to begin with, almost as bad as the notorious Kotegawa Yui from Sobu High.
Otherwise, Makoto wouldn't have been close to Kotegawa Yui, always on duty together. Few Disciplinary Committee members were willing to partner with Makoto.
Of course, the same went for Kotegawa Yui. Besides Makoto, few wanted to work with her either.
If Makoto now got a special label because of her, ending up in an even more awkward position than Kotegawa Yui, Kaede would feel she owed her too much.
"You don't have to do this. I didn't think that far. My reputation isn't great anyway. Doing the fuzoku activity with Hikigaya-kun for the sake of discipline enforcement still fits my character, I suppose," Seeing Kaede, Hachiman, and Rurikawa Tsubaki all worried about her reputation, Usui Makoto felt a warm feeling in her heart but still smiled and shook her head.
"However, I'm good friends with Kaede, so doing this... is indeed a bit problematic...", By the end, Usui Makoto's delicate earlobes and pale neck were slightly red.
She understood Kaede's intentions, and didn't mind being misunderstood. She wasn't thinking of dating anyway, so reputation didn't matter. As long as Kaede remained her friend, that was enough.
But in everyone's eyes, Hikigaya was Kaede's childhood friend and the student council president. Even if they didn't interact much at school, everyone knew their relationship.
In this context, her conducting fuzoku activities with Hikigaya as Kaede's close friend, she wouldn't mind being labeled a bad girl stealing her friend's boyfriend. But if Kaede was seen as the victim whose boyfriend was stolen by her friend, that would be too pitiful.
Even the Disciplinary Committee couldn't stop people from gossiping in private. In this atmosphere of rumor-spreading, there was a real chance that gossip would arise about the three of them having an improper relationship with Hikigaya...
Just thinking about walking with Kaede, Suzu, and Hikigaya and being seen as part of his harem made Usui Makoto's cheeks flush, her feelings a complex tangle.
She just wanted to help Kaede, not destroy her and Hikigaya's relationship. But with that harem bet between Kaede and Hikigaya, she was genuinely worried he might drag her in for the sake of the harem. Then she really wouldn't be able to face Kaede.
"Ahem, in that case, let's put the suggestion of Makoto-chan signing up for the fuzoku activity on hold for now. Makoto-chan, you just check which Disciplinary Committee members might be interested in this fuzoku activity," Kaede clenched her fist and coughed heavily into it to break the awkward atmosphere.
After everyone's reminders, she realized she should pay extra attention to a certain Elven Princess scheming against Hachiman.
Although Iris couldn't become a Disciplinary Committee member to conduct fuzoku activities on Hachiman in order to protect herself from his harassment, she could send Aegis, her bodyguard, to join and do such things.
Thinking from her own perspective, Kaede figured Iris might use the same tactic.
The only difference was Kaede had Makoto fake-sign up while she herself handled it. Iris would likely have Aegis join her instead.
Then Iris could approach Hachiman legitimately. With Hachiman's goal of a harem and his long-standing interest in Iris, he definitely wouldn't resist her advances.
No, more accurately, Hachiman wouldn't even try to resist.
"Kaede, what are you doing now?", Hachiman noticed Kaede suddenly reaching toward his waist.
"Nothing, hehe, let's eat," Kaede, seeing her twist of Hachiman's waist fat didn't make him show any sign of pain, looked a bit frustrated and waved her hand.
It was clearly soft when she pinched it, unlike something too hard to bite, so how come it had no effect?
Could it be that Hachiman had always been faking before? Crying out in pain while taking advantage of her.
"Mm-hmm, let's hurry and eat. After lunch, we can discuss how to recruit new members," Rurikawa Tsubaki saw Kaede and Hachiman bickering sweetly and no longer talking about the previous topic, so she quickly chimed in to change the subject.
Even though the fuzoku activity had nothing to do with her, once she saw the possibility of Usui Makoto being dragged into the mess by Kaede, she couldn't help thinking of herself.
She was good friends with Kaede, and so was Usui Makoto. She had already wronged Kaede once in an accident and felt deeply guilty and uneasy. She couldn't let Usui Makoto end up like her.
"Recruiting new members? Is the student council that busy now? The four of you alone can't handle it?", Hachiman picked up Kaede's chopsticks, grabbed a fried shrimp from her bento box, and looked at Rurikawa Tsubaki with a puzzled expression.
"Hachiman, eat mine," Suzu, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke, placing her bento box in front of Hachiman.
"Thanks, Suzu. No need to hold it up, I'll grab some when I want it," Seeing Suzu so proactive, Hachiman reached out to ruffle her hair, smiling as he nodded and fed the half-eaten fried shrimp to her.
As long as it was just Kaede and Suzu sisters, plus Rurikawa Tsubaki and Shion, he could shamelessly freeload their meals with his takoyaki, hash browns, and drinks.
But with Usui Makoto here, his relationship with her was only so-so, no special ties. Freeloading off her food wouldn't be appropriate. If he only ate from the others and not her, it'd feel like bullying. Better to just stick with the Kaede-Suzu twins' bentos.
"Mm...", Suzu glanced at her sister Kaede while chewing the food Hachiman had taken from her.
"It's all because the school board old geezers are irresponsible. Otherwise, we wouldn't be this overwhelmed," Kaede rolled her eyes at Hachiman, who was eating her lunch without restraint and being affectionate with Suzu right in front of her. But she didn't quarrel with him anymore. At this moment, not letting Hachiman eat her and Suzu's bento, was he supposed to eat from Tsubaki and Makoto's?
It wasn't just that she was unwilling. Even if she were willing, Tsubaki and Makoto wouldn't be.
But right now, she had no way to deal with Hachiman, so she could only redirect her pent-up frustration at the school board.
"Sōbu High is clearly the top high school in Chiba in terms of deviation score, and yet we keep getting waves of transfer students. Not only has the student council's workload increased, but even the disciplinary committee is a bit understaffed."
"As if things aren't messy enough already, now they want to hold some sort of cultural events, what the hell is wrong with those guys? Our Sōbu High isn't some kind of pilot school, stop messing around."
Now Kaede could understand why the student guidance teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka often complained about those old geezers exploiting the youth, those guys really didn't do their jobs.
"Leaving aside the cultural events, the transfer students coming to our school all have their reasons. You can't exactly say this is all the school board's doing. You could even say the otherworldly demi-humans coming here is a kind of recognition of Sōbu High."
Hachiman looked at Kaede's resentful expression and couldn't help but smile, as if he were seeing the spinster-aged Hiratsuka Shizuka.
The student council was both busy and not busy. Since they were only responsible for student matters inside the school, not external sponsorships or dealing with businesses except in special cases, there actually wasn't much daily work.
However, because they had to balance it with schoolwork, student council duties were done during off-class hours. Running back and forth to the office between classes was a waste of time and didn't accomplish much. They had to handle student council matters during lunch break or after-school club hours.
Normally, when all the clubs were functioning well, the student council had a lot of free time. Just approving budget applications, gathering student opinions, and so on.
But recently, with incidents like student assaults, school bullying, demi-human transfer students, and redistributed students from other high schools that had been shut down, all of it was quite a hassle to handle. No wonder Kaede had become full of resentment toward the school board like Hiratsuka Shizuka.
"But for us, this just adds more workload, alright? Transfer students and disciplinary committee matters are still manageable. We can just recruit a new disciplinary committee member from the students transferring in from the Advanced Nurturing High School."
"But the demi-human side is very troublesome. Considering the occasional appearance of demi-human transfer students, we not only need to recruit a disciplinary committee member, we also need to bring at least one demi-human into the student council to handle demi-human affairs. Otherwise, it's completely inconvenient to manage those whose values differ from ours."
Kaede was truly filled with resentment. After all, the prestigious reputation of being favored by the elf princess fell on Sōbu High, not on her personally. You could say it brought her no benefit, only trouble.
"That's true. So, have you all decided who to recruit? Don't tell me you're planning to let Iris join the student council?", Hachiman nodded in agreement, then asked in confusion.
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