People bring their own maids to the training camp

"See, that solves it! Nobody hates being praised!"

"Hayasaka-san, you're amazing!" Upon hearing this, Netkura immediately praised Hayasaka.

"Thank you, Netkura-kun." Hayasaka accepted Netkura's praise generously, without being shy at all.

Hayasaka then winked at Ichinose, as if to say, "See? I wasn't wrong."

Ichinose was both amused and exasperated.

"Speaking of which, girls also do these kinds of polls, like ranking men by looks or asking which men they most want to date," said Asako Netakura, continuing to scroll through her phone. "Handsome guys are a shared resource across the entire universe."

"Did everyone vote?" Netkura asked, but her gaze was fixed on Chihaya. She was quite curious about this "older sister's" criteria for choosing a partner.

“No,” Chihaya replied immediately.

Not to mention that he doesn't really know the boys in the three classes A, C, and D, even if he did, he would refuse to vote—what boy would vote for a post about the guy he most wants to date! It's not like the poll was started in Amsterdam.

"Ah, I'm not interested at all either." Hayasaka waved his hand dismissively.

"That Ichinose-san..."

"I'm so sorry, NetWarehouse, um, I also..."

"How tragic! Why are the three most popular guys in our class not interested in handsome guys?!" Wang Cang exclaimed indignantly, "Where is justice?!"

“Boys like pretty girls, and girls like pretty girls too~” Hayasaka grabbed Chihaya’s arm. “Right, Chihaya?”

“Ai is right about everything,” Chihaya said helplessly.

"I think I've discovered something amazing!" Netkura's eyes lit up. "Hayasaka-san is right! Girls sticking together is so cute!"

"Yes, yes, I think so too!" After being silent for a long time without being able to get a word in edgewise, Chihiro Shiraha suddenly became excited.

"...Wangcang, weren't you just saying 'handsome guys are a shared resource across the entire universe'?"

"Now I've finally realized it, hehe~" Net Warehouse tapped his head and started to play dumb.

"What does hey mean?"

"do not mind the details."

Chihaya appeared calm and collected on the surface, but was actually a little flustered. While her cross-dressing was perfect, fully integrating into the casual conversations of high school girls wasn't something she could adapt to quickly.

Therefore, Chihaya is not in a hurry to express her own views and spends most of her time participating in the topic rather passively.

Fortunately, Hayasaka's presence made up for this. Although the content of the conversation was whimsical and could change at any time, Hayasaka firmly controlled the rhythm.

The girls didn't notice Chihaya's slight awkwardness. Instead, they took it as the reserved demeanor typical of a young lady from a prestigious girls' school. After all, it had only been a week since the start of the semester, so it was hard to say that they had formed any unbreakable friendships. Chihaya hadn't even memorized all the names of her classmates, and she had had little contact with other first-year students. All the new students were still in a state of gradual adaptation.

Chihaya and Hayasaka, being "beautiful girls" with exceptionally high looks, are naturally the most popular in the class. As a result, almost everyone treats Chihaya with kindness, which makes her very uncomfortable.

After all, in Chihaya's mind, there is no such thing as kindness without a reason—and then Hayasaka retorted that he didn't understand beautiful girls at all.

"If I understood what a beautiful girl is like, I wouldn't be so anxious about dressing up as a girl now," Chihaya thought to herself.

14. Class Monitor

It's now the second week of school.

On this day, Class B of Grade 1 spontaneously elected class officers.

Since the homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya-sensei, showed no intention of selecting class officers after the start of the school year, Ichinose held the first class meeting for Class B after inquiring with and consulting all the members of Class B.

The first person naturally chosen was the class monitor.

With Chihaya having no intention of running for office, Ichinose Honami, who volunteered herself, was unanimously elected as the class representative of Class B.

After the class monitor election, a vice class monitor was naturally chosen to help the class monitor share the workload—Kansaki Ryuji became the representative from the boys' side, and Chihaya was also recommended.

She originally wanted to refuse, since in his opinion, setting up a vice class monitor when there was already a class monitor was a very stupid thing to do, let alone setting up two – even the student council would not set up two vice presidents.

Furthermore, the vice president is likely to succeed the president, existing as an heir. So what is the role of the vice class monitor? As a classmate, they basically have no role as an heir; they are more like a substitute.

Chihaya thought to herself, "Instead of appointing two vice class monitors, it would be better to select one subject representative for each subject."

"Huh? Me, the vice class monitor? That's not a good idea, is it? I don't have any relevant experience." He thought to himself, but he still had to put on an act.

"I think Princess Himeko's strength is indispensable, you know?" Ichinose continued to persuade, "Your presence is worth the strength of a thousand people!"

"Ichinose-san, isn't that a bit too much? A thousand people and all that..."

"Hime-kun is excellent in both character and academics, and she's always willing to help others. I think she's very suitable for this position. Besides..." Ichinose revealed a mischievous smile, "Hime-kun is the face of our Class B, don't you all agree?"

"really!"

"That's right!"

"Recently, boys from other classes have been asking me about Princess Consort a lot!"

"Some girls have also come to ask about Princess Consort, haven't they?"

Ichinose's question seemed to ignite a fuse in the classroom, causing a complete uproar among the students below the podium, with most of the discussion revolving around how popular Chihaya was.

Oh no! Chihaya's heart skipped a beat. He probably couldn't refuse the position of deputy squad leader because of his lack of popular support.

Chihaya then noticed Hayasaka's gloating expression, who even winked at him mischievously, as if to say, "Are you stupid, bro?"

"..." Chihaya remained silent, because she knew that as soon as the girl on the podium made a move, the whole class would immediately quiet down, and when that moment came, it would mean that it was time for him to express his opinion.

Honestly, Chihaya had planned to live a leisurely life until she understood why her mother had arranged for her to come to this school, but now she was forced to do something.

"Class, put it away!" Ichinose made a gesture of spreading and then closing his five fingers on the podium.

As soon as she made this move, the entire Class B of Grade 1 immediately fell silent.

Ichinose gazed expectantly at Chihaya.

"What do you think, Himegami-san? I won't force you if you don't want to," Ichinose said. "After all, Himegami-san is involved in two clubs, so she's probably quite busy, right?"

"Well, if it's just about being the vice class representative, then I'll ask Ichinose-san and Kanzaki-san to take care of me from now on?" Chihaya agreed with a smile. "And to everyone in Class B, please take care of me too!"

"Yay!" The students in Class B celebrated, as if Chihaya becoming the vice class president was a major event comparable to a holiday.

For students, having a holiday is something to be even happier than getting first place in an exam.

Chihaya was somewhat helpless about his popularity. He didn't understand why he was so popular, since he was completely unpopular and even ostracized at school.

In the previous chapter, Hayasaka said that he didn't understand beautiful girls, but he had also seen beautiful girls being ostracized and bullied at school. In other words, having good looks is not everything, and people with good looks may also be ostracized or even bullied.

Chihaya didn't understand, but he didn't intend to.

......

Class B was like a sea of ​​joy; even after school, everyone chatted and laughed as they left together.

Chihaya declined Ichinose's invitation to go shopping, citing club activities as the reason, and then left the classroom with Hayasaka.

"..." Chihaya remained silent the entire way, only responding when someone she knew greeted her.

The two of them walked to a blind spot in the surveillance cameras, and there were no other students around.

"Ai," Chihaya whispered, calling the maid's name.

"Miss Chihaya, I'm here." As Hayasaka herself said, in order to make it a habit, she used the false form of address even when there was no third party.

"Don't you think those people are being too naive?"

"If we follow your line of thinking, that's certainly true." Even without Chihaya's explanation, Hayasaka knew that the people his master was referring to were the students of Class B.

"Then...why?"

“Because they are all naive and overly kind-hearted,” Hayasaka replied casually. “They are sincere, without any guile, and no matter how you look at it, they are an easily controllable group that is also easy to incite.”

"Is that how you think about love?"

"Judging from your perspective." Hayasaka emphasized the word "you."

"What if you're thinking from the perspective of loving yourself?"

"My thinking is that everything is for Chihaya-sama and for everything related to Chihaya-sama."

"...Suddenly he started saying something."

“Miss Chihaya, I was not lying.”

"Should I pull out a gun next?" Chihaya joked. "Alright, come with me to the cooking club, we can make dinner there."

"Yes."

"By the way, although we don't know Mother's purpose yet, let's set a small goal for the present stage."

"You already have an idea?"

"Points."

"And what about the quantity?"

"The more the merrier. If you have any ideas about loving me, you can just do it."

"Okay, please leave it to me. I already have a plan."

"Really? Then I'll leave it to you?"

"Fill your wardrobe with all kinds of dresses within a month."

Chihaya: ...Is it too late to back out now?

15. Small activities

That concludes today's lesson. Don't forget to do your homework!

In Class 1-B, Ms. Hoshinomiya quickly closed her textbook after the bell rang, showing no intention of going overtime.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing." Ms. Hoshinomiya, who was about to step down from the podium, seemed to suddenly remember something and came back. "Actually, in a few days, the school will be holding a knowledge quiz competition for first-year students. There will be a preliminary round and a final round. Those who get good rankings will receive points and a mystery prize."

This piqued the interest of the students in Class 1-B, as it was their first school-organized event since enrolling.

Are there any students who want to participate?

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"I attended!"

The students were enthusiastic and raised their hands one after another. They were just killing time anyway, so why not participate in an activity, especially since they would get paid?