253 – Entertainment Agency
“Wow! You emptied the lunch box! Was it that good?”
“…No, of course.”
Because of the oversupply of sugar, I lied, ignoring my brain’s desperate signals to eat just a piece of kimchi.
“hehehe, I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
Fortunately, Rika, who is insensitive at this point, didn’t seem to notice my lie, so I changed the subject and asked Rika, who hadn’t eaten anything yet.
“By the way Rika, where is your lunch box?”
Then Rika avoided her gaze with her awkward smile.
“To be honest, I didn’t have enough side dishes to make two bento boxes. So I didn’t make mine.”
“…….”
I never thought there would be such a backstory.
I handed out the lunch I made this morning to Rika, who said that she could buy it at the store and eat it.
“Eat this.”
“Huh? No, it’s okay. Ryu-chan’s lunch box isn’t enough.”
“It’s okay, so take it quickly. Your arm is falling.”
When I said that and forcibly handed it over, Rika accepted the lunchbox with a reluctant expression.
“Then let’s share, Ryu-chan. It’s too much for me to eat alone.”
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It seemed that Rika would really stop eating if she refused even this, so I had no choice but to accept her offer.
“Okay. Then I’ll help you a little bit.”
Now that this has happened, we will focus on kimchi.
***
Rika said while eating lunch together.
“Oh, come to think of it, Ryu-chan, Papa said he wanted to see it.”
“…Suddenly?”
“Yes. I heard you have something to say?”
The moment I heard that, I naturally thought of a scene from an American cartoon.
‘Ha! You’re trying to take my daughter! A million years too early! Taste this shotgun!’
… No, I don’t think I called for that.
In the first place, the Musashi-sensei I know is a very common sense person.
Still, I asked just in case.
“Did you tell Musashi-sensei that you were dating me?”
Then Rika tilted her head cutely and said.
“Yeah. Did I tell you?”
“…….”
“So when is a good time? Papa just asked me to tell you the time in advance.”
“Then… I’ll go after the final exams. There’s plenty of time then.”
“Okay. I’ll tell Papa that.”
I seriously pondered whether I should buy a bulletproof vest, and started searching for gifts that adults would love on my smartphone.
***
“Then, this will end the 78th Student Council.”
Clap clap clap clap!
When the president returned the wisteria-shaped badge, the symbol of the student council president, in front of the principal, loud applause was heard from all directions.
Chairman, who came down from the podium in a disciplined manner until the end, looked around at me, the vice-president, and Minami, who were waiting below, and said.
“Everyone has worked hard. I lacked in many ways, but I really wanted to say thank you for trusting me and following me for the past two years.”
Then the vice-chairman answered with tears in his eyes with a thrilled face.
“Bulcho Shinjiro, I will continue to serve the young lady faithfully.”
This time, the chairman looked at me and said.
“Yooseong-kun has worked hard, too. Due to my insistence, I joined as a midterm clerk, but I think the student council was able to go back without much trouble thanks to his sincerity in his duties.”
“It’s too much praise, Chairman. What did I do? Rather, Minami suffered more than me.”
As I said that and gave credit to Minami who was next to her, the chairman naturally said thank you to Minami.
Then, Minami, who is usually not very agitated, made a startled expression for the first time, and she replied.
“Yes? Uh, yes. Thank you?”
Then she blushed and bowed her head, perhaps thinking that she was strange even to her own mind.
After the situation was settled like this, the president looked at me and said.
“Rather than that, Yuseong-kun, how long are you going to call me Chairman? Isn’t it about time you call me by a different title?”
“Oh, I did.”
It must have become a habit to call him Chairman without even realizing it.
“Should I call you Saionji-senpai from now on?”
But after hearing my words, the chairman shook his head.
“If you call it that way, it sounds too formal. Please call it more affectionately.”
“…Then Kumiko-senpai?”
“Hmm. That sounds just right.”
It seems that the answer has already been decided from the beginning.
I looked at the vice president next to me with a wry smile.
“Then, should I call the vice president by his first name, like the president, no, Kumiko-senpai?”
“Do it on your own. Now, it doesn’t matter what the title is.”
Huh! The vice-president turned his head.
The male tsundere is a disciple, but because of the friendship I have built up over the years, I decided to call the vice president Kujo-senpai from now on.
“Minami is ok as Minami, right?”
Then Minami looked at her with a cold expression.
“Why am I the only one with the same title?”
“If you call me by your last name, you’ll confuse me with Kujo-senpai.”
Then Minami nodded her head, disapprovingly.
“Then, now that the titles have been sorted out, it’s time to go have a party…”
“I want to?”
“I have a schedule today, so I think it will be difficult right away. Instead, I’ll rent my mother’s store for a day next time.”
Kumiko-senpai gives a cute wink while saying that.
I promised to pass on the proposal to my parents.
***
There were a lot of things going on in the morning, but I was able to solve most of them before school was over.
After school, dismissal time.
“Ryu-chan! Then I’ll go first!”
“Okay, go inside carefully.”
After sending Rika, who said she was going to the mall with Maria, I packed my bag and left the classroom.
‘The second semester is just around the corner.’
It’s already December next week.
With most schools going into winter break around Christmas, the second semester is only about a month away.
After the short winter vacation, the third semester begins, and when the third semester is over, spring break begins again.
And when that time comes, Chairman… No, Kumiko-senpai will leave after graduating from school.
I thought it was a long time ago just a while ago, but watching the student council activities end like this today, it seemed a little bit realistic.
‘… It was fun.’
The life of the student council was long and short, about a year and a half.
At first, it all started because of Kumiko-senpai’s coercion, but as I gradually got used to it, I was able to become a perfect member of the student council.
When I think about it now, it was really impressive.
Jumping!
After changing from indoor shoes to sneakers at the shoe closet, they leave the school building.
Perhaps because it was winter and the days were getting shorter, some students could be seen rushing home on the school road that was covered in thick orange light.
I walk across the school grounds alone, feeling a sense of seclusion that I haven’t felt in a long time.
Rika’s unique energizer-like liveliness is good, but the quiet contemplation that can only be felt when walking alone like this isn’t bad either.
That was when I was walking in a straight line toward the school gate.
“Hey…”
Someone suddenly started talking to me.
“What’s up?”
Then, a man in a suit who seemed slightly intimidated gave me a business card and said.
“You don’t need an agency?!”
“…The agency?”
“Yes!”
I looked at the person in front of me with an absurd gaze, asking endlessly if I needed an agency, and then, perhaps realizing his mistake, the man hurriedly added an afterword.
“I’m not a suspicious person! Should I just say I’m an ordinary office worker!”
He looked really flustered, but his name, rank, and department were clearly written on the business card.
I asked while receiving the business card in his hand.
“By the way, how did you get into this place? As a rule, outsiders and merchants are not allowed on campus.”
“Yes? I just walked in… Ah.”
A man whose expression turns pale, perhaps realizing his mistake belatedly.
As a former secretary of the student council, I kindly pointed out his mistake, and I voluntarily reported it to the school security guard.
“Mister, I am a stranger.”
This was enough for the answer.
After that, the security guard will take care of it.
“I will contact you separately if you are interested. Thank you for your hard work.”
“No, sleep! Student! Save me and go! Please!”
I pretended not to hear, plugged my earphones into my ears, and headed straight across the campus to the subway station.
Because I didn’t want to get involved in troublesome things.
***
It was because of the minor changes in my daily life that I realized that I felt like a bit of a celebrity.
For example, in the past, people often looked at me in awe, but now more and more people talk to me as if they are happy.
Of course, I don’t respond in most cases, but I’m a human after all, so I had no choice but to spend time when young children or elderly people started talking to me.
But I never really felt tired of this, so I wasn’t even thinking about an agency.
In the meantime, he suddenly contacted me.
“So what do you think? This company.”
To my question, the other person over the receiver, Ayase, the class president, answered.
「What the heck, it’s hard to make a decision based on the information I’ve just heard. When I searched it, it’s not a particularly famous company.”
“Then hold off for now.”
「If you’re interested, why don’t we meet again? The fact that the other party gave you the business card first means that you should contact me if it’s okay.”
Hmm, I guess that’s how the story goes.
I thought about it for a bit, then asked Ayase indirectly.
“Hey, Ayase, if it’s okay with you, I’d like to ask you something.”
「What? What are you asking?」
Embarrassment felt even through the handset.
But I didn’t care and screamed.
“If you don’t mind, why don’t you take a tour of this company with me?”