Just as these words escaped my mouth, the first one to try and object was one of the people who had surprisingly gave me his support, Hattori, he said :
Surely you are jesting, you can't just.... .
" Well actually I can and I already did you see, I had read the school book, if someone were to abdicate his position in the school committee to someone else, then that person who was given the job had the right to abdicate from the said position in 48 hours at max, then he won't be able to do so, I hadn't even been assigned to the position, but I refuse it directly, so what do you mean I can't .
He was about to crash out, thinking that I might be trying to pull some stunts here, but before he do that, another one from those who had voted for me took the lead in interfering and calming the vice president of the student council president, I was able to know that piece of information only now .
Juumonji Katsuto, as a person from one of the Ten Master Clans of course had to back the idea of having another member of the Ten Master Clans in the school committee, for good or worse, this was indeed might have caused a big changes in the doctrine implemented her in the school, he didn't seem to have seen my actions coming .
He wasn't angry, he wasn't giving any sign of feeling anything but a little bit of bewilderment, so he wanting to understand what exactly were my intentions, he said :
You indeed have every right to turn this down, but it was also mentioned that unless there was some strong excuse, you can't refuse the position so bluntly like this, so I want to hear what is your excuse for refusing ? .
Hearing his question, I couldn't help but smile slightly and shift my gaze towards the 5 people who were present yesterday when I turned down the invitation to join the student council, the president was at loss of words and seemed to be quite perplexed at this situation, the other two girls Nakajou Azusa and Ichihara Suzune had bewildered looks on their faces and their cheeks were a bit flushed, one was more intense than the other .
Mari-senpai, this iron maiden now looked to be made of clay, she seemed to have become vulnerable, she was also focusing her gaze on me, wondering what exactly was I'm planning to do, the only person who shared my smile was Miyuki .
She had a faint smile on her face as well, seeing her like this, I had no doubt that she was able to recall what happened yesterday and she already seen my answer coming even before anyone else in the room, most anyone else in the room excluding the guy who was still glaring at me mentally for having him being drawn into all of this, he too was able to tell the answer I was about to give .
" Well, that's a bit bothersome, I had planned in playing my role at the school, but I don't play such a big role, not when I had just entered school, yesterday I believed to have giving the student council president a reason to suspect my competency for such big roles, you could say that it was for the same reason I gave yesterday, I won't be accepting the arrangements made today .
So incompetency will be ? .
" Incompetency it will, but I still have a good contender for the role, sitting right here, I just don't know whether would she accept it or not .
I will surely do my best .
The girl who was sitting behind me suddenly stood up from her seat and I seemed to have influenced her with my formal words, she stood up and put her hand on her chest and made a military salute while saying this .
The atmosphere in the room at her reaction become quite lively, she seemed to have realized that as well and she almost died of embarrassment, seeing that side to her was somewhat fascinating to me, we all looked at the one who should be giving the final judgement on the matter .
I saw that the forced smile had dispersed and in its place there was a relieved kind smile on the student council president face, she gave Mari her approval and today's matters should have come to an end, at least they thought so .
But I once again was about to surprise them by asking if it could be possible for me to still join the Public Morals Committee, when I gave that request all people including Tatsuya were surprised at this sudden request, the student council president was finding herself in quite the tough situation .
Juumonji Katsuto being quite suspicious at the reason to why I came with such a sudden request minutes after I had turned down an even more grand role in the same committee, he said :
Could we know what are your intentions are ? .
" My intentions are quite simple, I'm a member of the Ten Master Clans and need to do my role as one whether me personally liked it or not, since I have refused to take over as the new president of the Public Morals Committee, then some people might start frowning on the way things were being handled, I had no intention in becoming responsible for the whole committee .
" At least for now, I would prefer to take things slowly as possible, so I would like to start as a member of the committee and help solving some of the issues regarding Course 1 and 2 students .
My words made the whole atmosphere sink into a pit again, there was a mix of emotions in the eyes and faces of everyone present, I understood that I had brought some sensitive topic for the discussion but I won't be taking my words back after the damage was already done, so instead I waited for what might be the decision they made .
Once again all the eyes on the room was on the pretty exhausted Saegusa Mayumi, all waiting for her instructions, the latter looked at Mari and saw that she was averting her gaze, but Mayumi-senpai still said :
What do you think about this Mari ? .
Seeing that she was called out by the student council, she leaned on the table and rested her head on her hands and after she seemed to have taken quite a bit of time to consider things, she finally said :
He would be a good addition to the us and at least I would feel more at ease with him being given an authorization to use magic without having to call him every day to the office for having violated the magic use prohibition .
Hearing her say this, I almost couldn't held my laughter back, but luckily another situation on the same subject rose that caught my attention away from the joke she made, it was related to Tatsuya who had been silent all this time and him asking for a permission to leave .
The student council president was suddenly reminded of the conversation she had with Miyuki about this brother of hers, I saw her suddenly stopping him in his tracks and asking him if he too would like to join the student council, but Mari then reminded her of him being recruited to join the school committee .
That guy sent me a ' what a headache ' kind of look then he said that he hadn't agreed to join the Public Morals Committee and he also had no skills that could allow him to be a good member of the students council, his words gave Hattori some satisfaction and the latter even took the chance to say :
It's good that you are clear about your abilities, that I can endorse .
If before Miyuki had entered the room, this Hattori's words wouldn't have caused many scruples, but now that the girl heard his comment, the girl as protective as she was didn't care about them being still in the school, she looked at Hattori with a chilling glare and instantly the temperature in the room began to go down, only after Tatsuya called her for what she was doing, did the temperature returned to normal and she stood and apologized for her sudden outburst just now .
But she still has hadn't forgot about responding to Hattori's words of ridicule, she started to mention the good qualities her brother have as a person and as Magicians too, her tone carried a hint of worship into them that made people doubt whether was she actually telling the truth or was she just being a fan girl to her brother .
She too seemed to have become aware of that, but she seemed to have already had enough from the people on school laughing at her brother, so she issued a challenge on behalf of her brother who had almost choked on the cup of water he was drinking in his hands at that time .
The challenge was for a duel between the two Hattori And Tatsuya, a short one, but a duel nonetheless, Tatsuya finished choking on the water in his hand and still wanting a low-key life in the school he was about to admit defeat already, at least that what I expected him to do knowing him .
But just as he was about to do so, he seemed to look at his sister eyes and he seemed to stop what he was about to do, I too after seeing him like this couldn't help but stare at her as well, I saw hope in her eyes as she looked at her older brother .
Since I was able to see it clearly and I had nothing to do with it, then the person who had lost all other emotions but the brotherly love he had for his sister and whom those eyes were for, of course able to tell that this as well, so in the end he stayed silent and in his silent, the answer had already been given .
Well then, let's go to the training field then, we are in luck, currently there isn't any training classes going on .
For some reason I thought that the student council president seemed to endorse this idea more than anyone present, she seemed to be a person so calm and collected, so it was a bit weird .
Miyuki clinged to Tatsuya's arm as we made our way to the place where the two will be sparring, he still seemed salty about it, but after some talking between the two, he had a faint smile on his face, seeing that smile I couldn't help but turn to Hattori behind us and look at him with pity, this guy doesn't even know what was coming at him .
Yotsuba-san, doesn't need to worry, I will hold myself later, this is just an assessment of his capabilities, so I won't harm him .
Seeing my expression he seemed to have misunderstood something and he said this in a whispering voice, hearing him my only thought was that he will be getting what he deserve later .
After a few more minutes of waking, we have finally reached our destination, I already know what will the result of this duel be, so I tried to get back to my own serious matters, but I was being pulled by the student council president and the president of the Public Morals Committee and bearing with the glare of Juvia, so I thought it was better to get this over with .
We stood on the side and the two of them got in position, the student council president gave them the rules of this duel and the two of them nodded at that, the big guy also warned the two about any violation would endorse a serious consequences .
He also was the one who gave them the signal to start their duel, the two got ready, at least one of them did take this seriously, I heard that Hattori was quite the combat mage and also was proficient with QuickDraw style of releasing magic .
Looking at the sequence he inputted into his CAD, I wanted to call him out for violating the duel rules, but in the end I decided to forget about, he would still lose anyway, turning my head to look at Tatsuya, I saw that he was using the pistol CAD he created as Taurus Silver, he didn't tell me, but I just happened to show some interest in the database of the Four-leaf Technology .
I happened to see him through the camera lenses there and he was able to find me out, but he said nothing and just completely shut of the whole system, I'm glad that he didn't overreact at that time, after he figured that it would be impossible to get rid of me, he gave up on trying to do so, but had me swear an oath not to spread information about what I saw there .
The oath didn't affect my magic, it wasn't even written in a contract, it was just a childish oath, but he seem to understand me quite well, because I did like this kind of arrangements and I had indeed decided to keep this oath, I'm certain that he together with others who knew bits of what I can actually do with my power all are wary of me, but lucky them I suppose, I had yet to find a goal for myself that was in the way of their plans .
Dispersing these useless thoughts for now, I saw that he used a meager amount of magic to create a hole on the Psions that was on Hattori's side, this was similar to the situation with the students after I used my magic yesterday, but Tatsuya currently magnifying this effect using his magic .
Just as Hattori was about to release his magic, Tatsuya pulled the trigger, then Hattori experienced a shock that reached his Magic Calculation Area, that was quite the dangerous move to make if you don't have enough control of magic, this could have fried that guy's mind .
But since Tatsuya was the one who released it, he knew how much should he use to shock the other party without making him suffer a dangerous injury, Hattori collapsed on the floor seconds later, the girls who came here thinking that they would see something interesting, had their faces become pale with shock .
Juumonji Katsuto raised his eyebrows at this slightly, I who had already anticipated this happening and even seeing it from a mile away, just yawned at the poor performance from Hanzo, that's what I will be calling him from here on out, the person who seemed to be flying from happiness was none other than Miyuki, as for the others reaction, collectively they were completely shocked .
" Shouldn't someone declare the winner .
As I said this, the student council president stepped forward and said :
The winner of this duel is Shiba Tatsuya San .