About the Case of Me Being Reincarnated as a Side Character Who Got Kicked Out Immediately Of The Story, but the Heroine, Who’s My Yandere Fiancée, Won't Leave Me Alone - Chapter 41: Arisu is the Joker

Chapter 41: Arisu is the Joker

“By the way, Akito-san…”

“Huh?”

“Do you remember about tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow?”

“… Are you forgetting, by any chance?”

What’s tomorrow about…?

Tomorrow is Saturday… I tilt my head, wondering if there was anything, and Arisu sighs in exasperation.

“You were invited to the Roland house, weren’t you?”

“… Oh, that’s right.”

I remember now.

Tomorrow is Saturday, the day I promised Sophia and the others… in other words, it’s the day of the tea party to which I and Arisu were invited together.

Today, too, when I caught Sophia’s or Filia’s eyes at school in the morning, they waved at me with unusual joy, but… oh, I’m sorry for that.

“Please don’t tell them.”

“I won’t.”

If that’s the case, I’m relieved.

It’s already after school today, and I and Arisu are scheduled to head to the student council room.

It’s to give a reply to the invitation from the president regarding the student council.

“We’re going now, aren’t we?”

“The student council meeting is supposed to be until four o’clock, so we’ll wait a little longer.”

“Got it.”

In the classroom, where the students have already thinned out, Arisu and I kill time together.

Then, at that moment, I noticed something—a vase with flowers that look lifeless and dirty water.

“… …”

The moment I see it, I immediately stand up.

I take action without telling Arisu, which surprises I a little, but if I’m going to do it, I might as well, and I leave the corridor with the vase in hand.

Of course, Arisu quickly follows me.

“What’s wrong?”

“The water hasn’t been changed, so I thought I’d do it.”

“Oh…”

By the way, this school is indeed a high school for the upper class.

However, there are committees like a regular school, and there is also a beautification committee that properly takes care of things like flowers, but it seems that they forgot this time.

“You can stay in the classroom, Arisu. This will be over soon.”

“I’ll come with you.”

“No, it’s okay.”

“Don’t say such cold things. Do I have to say this? I want to watch you, my fiancé, being so kind and wonderful from the side.”

“… This is normal.”

“Is it? For you, it’s probably normal… hehe, I don’t think it’s bad to do this.”

Arisu, with a big smile on her face, seems to be having fun.

She probably doesn’t usually do this… well, I isn’t doing it reluctantly, but I’m not doing it because it’s fun, either.

I go to the unisex washroom in the corridor, take the flowers out of the vase, and pour out the dirty, murky water.

“It looks dirty when you look at it this way.”

“That’s how it is, right? Give me the flowers.”

“Sure.”

I hand the flowers to Arisu and rinse the inside of the vase lightly.

Even in my previous life, I didn’t do this very often, but the task itself is quickly finished as it’s not difficult at all.

The water is clean, and the vase seems to shine a little.

The flowers also seem to have regained their energy… maybe it’s just my imagination, but that’s how it looks to me.

“It’s like the flowers are thanking you.”

“Is it?”

“Yes, I can hear the words ‘thank you’ in my head.”

“… Arisu has a pretty good sense of humor.”

“Do you mean that’s strange?”

I am grabbed tightly by the waist, and it hurts a little.

Arisu puffs out her cheeks, as if she is dissatisfied, and she displays a rare pouting face.

“Mmm…”

“… …”

“?”

I touched Arisu’s cheek with my fingertips, bringing my finger close to her pouting face.

As I slowly push it, Arisu resists by putting strength into her cheek… What are we doing?

It’s like the playful behavior of lovers… since we’re engaged, it’s not weird, but it’s so sweet that it makes me feel embarrassed.

“It’s about time…”

“Yeah… let’s go.”

Why is Arisu, who usually doesn’t show her uneasiness, blushing like me…?!

Well, we quickly get back into the groove, and we head to the student council room.

As we approach the student council room, the student council members come out of the room, but there are still a few people inside.

“Excuse me~”

“Excuse me.”

As Arisu and I enter the room, the gazes that are directed at them are divided into two categories.

The ordinary gaze directed at I and the idol-like gaze directed at Arisu.

“Oh! You both came!”

Then, as expected, the president reacts with an exaggerated gesture.

It’s already fun to watch, but the president’s reaction seems to have softened the atmosphere in the room.

“Izayoi-kun! And Saijo-san! By the way you look… hehe! I take it as a good sign that I can expect a positive answer?”

“Yes. If I am with Arisu.”

“I’ll do it if he’s there.”

At that moment, the president’s face lights up with joy, and he spreads his arms wide.

“You made a good decision! Nagatsubaki, come over here!”

“Yes, yes!”

Ramu, who was organizing the documents, approaches in a flustered manner.

Her huge breasts, which are always too big, shake and quiver, but it seems that only I am drawn to them… why doesn’t anyone else look at such amazing things that are shaking? Is it because they’ve been looking at them for so long that they don’t notice it anymore? You spoiled brats!

“Hmm? What’s wrong? Is there something you don’t like?”

“Nothing.”

“Oh… well, Nagatsubaki. The fact that these two came here means what I told you before.”

“Eh? So you mean they’ll join the student council next year?”

“That’s right!”

It’s a really obvious way to hype it up, but I guess this is normal…

I thought there would be some kind of strict screening process for the student council at this school, but apparently there isn’t, and the current members are also reliable people that the president found.

“I’m glad! Let’s work hard together!”

“Uh, yes.”

“Thank you.”

Ramu shakes my and Arisu’s hands up and down.

“Well… I’m not the student council president yet.”

Ramu laughs awkwardly, and the president says,

“What are you talking about? I said it’s almost decided, didn’t I? There is another candidate, but the students of this academy do not want him to become the student council president.”

“Sumeragi-kun, right…?”

“Yeah. If he becomes the student council president, I don’t know what he’ll do. Besides, I don’t like his idea of discarding what is unnecessary. In that sense, Nagatsubaki, who can support others, should make the academy even better.”

Sumeragi… he’s the male student who appeared in Ramu’s flashback.

He’s the guy who looked at us with dissatisfaction when we were talking about the student council president… but I don’t know much about him.

There was something like him interfering with Ramu’s speech during the student council president election… but Ramu eventually became the student council president, and the academy became even better, as depicted in the original work, so the president’s insight was genuine.

“Um…”

“Akito-san?”

“What’s the matter?”

“What’s up?”

As soon as I speak, everyone’s gaze turns to me.

“When the election gets closer, Nagatsu-senpai should have someone reliable by her side. That Sumeragi-senpai, right… that…”

How should I explain this? Just as I was thinking that, Arisu interjected.

“Miyazaki-kaichō, and Nagatsubaki-senpai, too. I think you should take it seriously when he hesitates like this. It’s difficult to ask for proof, but as his fiancée, I believe in his intuition.”

“Hmm?”

“……….”

Arisu nodded, and I continued.

“I just got the feeling that he might do something really nasty, like interfere with the election campaign.”

“I understand. I’ll be on the lookout, too.”

“Yes… I don’t want to say this, but he’s the kind of person who would do that.”

Hmm… they listened to me so easily.

Arisu’s intervention probably helped, but it also seems that there are bad rumors about that senior.

Once the conversation ended, Arisu and I left the student council room.

However, on the way out, we ran into Sumeragi-senpai.

“Oh, this is…”

“We’re in a hurry, so excuse us.”

… I didn’t have a chance to say anything, and Arisu said that.

She walks away, holding my hand, without paying any attention to the gaze she feels on her back.

“Let’s look into him at our place.”

“Eh?”

“You got the feeling that he might do something. And like I said, I think it’s important to trust your instincts—if something happens, I’m good at crushing it.”

“… You’re too strong.”

“It’s because you’re here—if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be interested in doing something like this.”

It’s exactly the kind of strength that a Joker has.

It’s decided that Arisu and I will join the student council, and then Saturday comes around.