Start with Hayasaka Ai

At this point, Hayasaka Ai seemed to suddenly understand, "I see, Miss Kaguya, you care so much about my confession to Shirogane, it must be because you have some special feelings for Shirogane, right?"

The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

"No, no, no..." Shinomiya Kaguya quickly waved her hands, denying it expressionlessly, "I was only surpassed once, how could I possibly develop romantic feelings for him? Although he's handsome, talented, and has a good demeanor, he's still not good enough as a romantic partner."

She secretly glanced at the mirror beside her. The girl in the mirror had a firm look in her eyes and no expression on her face, just like usual.

"But Ms. Kaguya, I didn't say we were in a romantic relationship. And it was you who ordered me to monitor Shirogane and Longzhu to see what their relationship was."

Hayasaka Ai added, with a hint of teasing in her tone, but generally maintaining the demeanor of a maid.

"That's because..." Shinomiya Kaguya coughed lightly, trying to hide her panic, "That's because we're about to form a new student council, and we need to have a good understanding of the relationships among the members."

She lowered her head slightly, not daring to look directly into Hayasaka Ai's eyes.

"Yeah, I know." Hayasaka Ai nodded obediently, "Then Miss Kaguya, you should rest early. I should also take a bath." After saying that, she turned around and prepared to leave with light steps.

"Hey, you are definitely perfunctory, definitely perfunctory!!" Shinomiya Kaguya looked at Hayasaka Ai's back, her voice echoing in the room with a hint of annoyance.

"Hayasaka, listen to me..."

"Mmmmm~"

In short, today's victory is a great victory for the maid—

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Just when the gossip that "Hayasaka confessed her love to Shirogane but was rejected" was spreading like wildfire among the first-year students, another even more shocking news exploded the Shuchiin forum.

The current student union president is studying abroad, and the election for the next president will be held in a week.

This is a big deal.

This has made many people who lost the last election eager to make another move.

People distributing leaflets and canvassing for votes can be seen everywhere in the courtyard.

"How stupid."

Shinomiya Kaguya saw all of this and said to Shirogane who was staring blankly at the ground not far away.

"Using this leaflet canvassing method is not only inefficient, but also devalues ​​their own image. The leader of the many outstanding students of Xiuzhi Academy must be a respected leader, not a sycophantic clown. Not to mention that these people are all losers in the last election, which already has an unfavorable label."

"I don't think so, Shinomiya-san," Shirogane responded. "As a leader, being approachable is also part of your ability. Besides, when it comes to elections, most voters are blind and willful. Rather than putting in the effort to select the best candidate for president, they're more inclined to vote for someone they know or who looks familiar."

For example, during the U.S. presidential election, using the most popular short video software to push various positive information about a person can gradually influence users.

It’s also a good idea to elect him as president.

This is what so-called democracy is.

What is being competed for is the information gap. If you can monopolize the voters' information channels, you can grasp the ultimate victory.

At this moment, the spring breeze suddenly blew, blowing Kaguya Shinomiya's soft long black hair.

"Mr. Shirogane, if that's what you think, why don't you go out and distribute flyers yourself like them?"

Baiyin shook his head. "That's too much trouble. Besides, didn't you guarantee that I would win? Then this kind of thing should be done by you... But that doesn't seem to work either. Your image is seriously affected."

"Hmm? Are you looking down on me? Do you think the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family is inferior to a group of mediocre people?"

Shinomiya Kaguya's tone grew a bit colder, and even though her expression remained unchanged, one could still hear the girl's anger.

"Or are you deliberately provoking me, using this method to provoke me into leaving?"

"I'm just being honest," Shirogane explained. "You're so cold right now, your face doesn't smile at all, and your eyes are like a pool of dead water. Passersby wouldn't even think of approaching you, so how could I possibly goad you into handing out flyers? If I really want to do that, Shinomiya, you should at least act a little cute."

"cute……?"

Shinomiya Kaguya curled her lips slightly, "Are you questioning the Shinomiya family's aesthetic taste again? A beautiful swan doesn't need any unnecessary decorations."

After saying this, the girl held her head high like a swan and left without saying a word.

Chapter 17: Shinomiya Kaguya Wants to Be Cute

Do you want to wear it?

Kaguya Shinomiya was sitting in front of the dressing table, looking at the newly bought red bow in her hand, and fell into deep thought for a moment.

In the traditional education of the Shinomiya family, the shaping of women is all based on the appearance of "gentle and virtuous", and cuteness is not necessary at all.

So Kaguya Shinomiya doesn't have much knowledge about "how to be cute".

But what makes human beings valuable is imitation and creation.

When the word "cute" was mentioned, the first person that came to her mind was her only friend, Fujiwara Chika.

From the perspective of the general public, she is undoubtedly extremely lively and lovely.

Once you have found a target to imitate, the next step is to extract its characteristic elements and see if you can imitate them yourself.

Cute element 1: pink hair

Pink is a soft, warm color with low saturation and brightness, giving people a comfortable and pleasant visual experience. It is undoubtedly a color associated with "cute girls". If pink cakes are mixed with cakes of other colors, most girls will choose pink.

This point has become a kind of ideological imprint under the continuous reinforcement of social culture, making it easier for girls to feel close to pink as they grow up.

Kaguya Shinomiya twirled her silky black hair with her fingers and briefly imagined what it would look like when it turned pink... pass.

Cute element 2: Ju Ru

Well, just pass it up. Such a big burden will only look cuter on Fujiwara Chika. Even so, from a male perspective, the sexy element should be the majority.

Hayasaka should have a say in this. After all, her actual size is about the same as hers, but she pads it with such thick silicone just to add points to her beauty.

Cuteness factor 3: innocent personality and spontaneous behavior

Kaguya Shinomiya adjusted her breathing in front of the dressing mirror and gently pressed the muscles at the corners of her mouth with her fingertips.

Fujiwara Chika's laughter suddenly emerged in her mind - that crisp sound like a glass wind chime, and the ending tone always had a bit of a coquettish tremor.

“Ha, hahaha~”

She tried to move her facial muscles, but the corners of the girl's lips in the mirror were like a puppet hanging by silk strings, frozen stiffly at a 15-degree upward arc.

"Good morning, Shirogane-kun~?"

"Shirogane-kun you idiot hahaha~?"

Kaguya Shinomiya practiced in front of the mirror what she always thought was a frivolous waving motion, forcing herself to change her perception into something innocent, but she found that her obviously unnatural and deliberate motion was contrary to the relaxed feeling required for "innocence".

Body language habits are hard to change. Having been raised as a lady for over a decade, trying to be as natural and cheerful as Fujiwara Chika is like trying to imitate someone else's beauty. It would be even worse if you not only fail to learn, but also lose your own unique characteristics.

"It seems that this most crucial point cannot be imitated." Kaguya Shinomiya looked at the bow on the dressing table. This was the fourth cute element she extracted from Fujiwara Chika.

Of course, in order to better match her black hair, she chose another color, amber red.

The girl pinned it on her forehead, imitating the way Fujiwara Chika wore a bow.

"..."

The person in the mirror looked stupid.

The kind of person so stupid that his etiquette tutor would commit suicide out of shame after seeing this tragedy.

Kaguya Shinomiya took off the bow and suddenly felt a little depressed.

"As expected, cuteness is something I'm completely insulated from..."

"Ms. Kaguya, how about tying the silk cloth into a bow behind your head?" Hayasaka Ai's voice startled Shinomiya Kaguya.

"Hayasaka? When did you get here?!"

"It's been here for a long time, but you were so lost in your own world that you didn't notice it, Miss Kaguya."

In other words, she saw all my actions just now?

I really want to die...

"Let me help you, Miss Kaguya." Hayasaka Ai came behind the disheartened Kaguya Shinomiya and gently helped her tie her hair, folding it near her head, and finally tied a bow with red silk cloth.

"Eh?!"

Kaguya Shinomiya looked at her own image in the mirror, which had changed drastically, and her eyes widened.

It's just a simple hair tie with silk fabric tied into a bow, but it gives a completely different feeling!

It seems, it seems... It's really a little cute?

"Hey, Hayasaka, am I cute now?"

"Yeah, Miss Kaguya is the cutest girl in the world right now."

“What an obvious read!”

Although Hayasaka Ai's tone was perfunctory, Shinomiya Kaguya still felt happy.

"What? It's just becoming cute. For me, it's as easy as eating and drinking water."

This woman has completely forgotten her discouraging words from a while ago.

"Just wait, Baiyin Yuxing, how dare you speak rudely to me? Tomorrow I will make you drop your jaw!!"

The night passed.

The next morning passed quickly.

Not to mention Baiyin's jaw dropping, the two of them didn't even meet each other.

However, many other students rubbed their eyes frantically in disbelief after seeing Kaguya Shinomiya's changed appearance. Their eyes were bloodshot and red as if they had become Uchiha.

But Kaguya Shinomiya didn't care about other people's reactions. To her, they were just weeds that could be seen everywhere.

Do you marvel at weeds bending in the wind?

"That's suspicious. Even though they're in different classes, I always hang out in the corridor after every class. It shouldn't be like I haven't seen them once... Hayasaka, what do you think?"

That's right, the master and servant met again in a hidden corner during lunch break.

To be honest, Hayasaka Ai really wanted to complain about this way of communicating across the wall, but after doing it so many times now, she has gradually gotten used to it.

She said while playing with her phone, "Miss Kaguya, if you want him to see it so much, why don't you just go to his class and find him?"

"How can that be? Being in different classes and of different genders, it's easy for others to misunderstand, like confessing something!" Shinomiya Kaguya changed the subject, "So this is where you need to step in, Hayasaka. You've already failed to confess once, so it's no big deal if you spread rumors again."

"!!!"

The word "井" appeared on Hayasaka Ai's forehead, and her right hand almost crushed the phone screen.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and said, "...Student Baiyin has asked for leave today. It's a personal matter. It's for today and tomorrow."

"What?! The election is the day after tomorrow. What is he doing? Is he really leaving everything to me and acting like a hands-off boss—"

Shivering and cold.

She, Kaguya Shinomiya, has never been inferior to others in her life. When did she become a part-time worker helping Shirogane?

Chapter 18 New Student Union Established

"Miss Kaguya, calm down. If you speak too loudly, others will notice."

"...Well, I understand."

Kaguya Shinomiya quickly returned to normal, and at the same time she was reflecting on whether she had been caring too much about Shirogane recently.

It's a very scary thing that emotions can be aroused so easily by him.

You should know that humans were able to think rationally only during the Homo sapiens stage more than 20 years ago. For millions of years before that, they relied on biological instincts, that is, emotions, to judge and understand the world.

Once emotions are aroused, primitive instincts will suppress the part of the brain responsible for rational thinking, and people will become more dependent on instinct.

It's not surprising that people do anything incredible under such circumstances.

This is why impulsive crimes often occur in this world, and the widely circulated saying "impulse is the devil" all reflects the power of emotions.

"Miss Kaguya, in a sense, this is also a manifestation of Shirogane-san's trust in you. He believes that you can handle all this."

"It doesn't matter. Whether he trusts me or not, it has nothing to do with me."

Shinomiya Kaguya touched the silk cloth that bound her hair. "I'm just fulfilling my promise. In order to protect the reputation of the Shinomiya family, he will definitely be the president!"