Chapter 2 – Student Council President of the Female Knight Academy
On that day, while I was leaving home to buy ingredients for dinner, I was approached by an unfamiliar beautiful girl.
“Excuse me, are you Suzuha-kun’s older brother?”
“Um, yes. And who might you be?”
“My apologies for the delayed introduction. I am Yuzuriha Sakuragi, the student council president of the Strongest Royal Female Knight Academy.”
“Wow, you’re a noble lady, aren’t you?”
The Sakuragi family is one of the country’s three traditional duke families.
Their status and authority are said to be second only to the royal family, making them the top aristocrats among the aristocrats.
Moreover, in this country, it is prohibited to have the same surname for senior aristocrats except in the direct line.
Therefore, as long as the name she introduced herself with is genuine, there is no doubt that the girl in front of me is a genuine high-ranking noble.
“I came to your house to speak with you. Is it okay to do so now?”
“Of course. It’s a messy house, but please come in.”
“Not at all. I apologize for intruding.”
I turned around and invited Yuzuriha-san into the house.
I would never go against a noble’s wishes.
This was the wisdom of my grandmother, a way for commoners to live peacefully.
“I can make some tea for you right now.”
“Oh, no need to trouble yourself.”
Although Yuzuriha-san said so, I can’t really not pay attention to her.
I brewed green tea with the finest tea leaves I had at home and served some senbei crackers I had on hand. Yuzuriha-san took a bite and made a face, as they were harder than she expected.
“So, what did you want to talk about?”
“Ah, I heard about Suzuha-kun’s older brother and I was intrigued.”
“About me, from Suzuha?”
“You seem puzzled. I wonder if you haven’t heard anything from Suzuha-kun? Then let’s start from the beginning—”
I was surprised when I heard her story.
After all, Yuzuriha-san was the one whom Suzuha had said she had lost to in a previous one-on-one fight.
It was only natural that Suzuha would lose in a match against the highest ranked student at Strongest Royal Female Knight Academy, where the president of the student council is the top student with the highest grades.
“Ha-ha-ha. My foolish sister has caused you a great deal of trouble.”
“It’s not like that. Originally, in our academy, nobles and commoners have nothing to do with each other, and I was the one who initiated the match. It is a tradition at our academy to have a one-on-one match with the top student in the entrance examinations in order to see how good a student is as a student council officer candidate.”
“So you’re not here because of that issue?”
“Of course not.”
Yuzuriha-san said she was very much looking forward to fighting my younger sister Suzuha.
The reason for this was that Suzuha had become the second person in history to “pass the entrance exam by defeating the examiner, an active knight”, in a combat test.
Incidentally, the first person to achieve this feat was Yuzuriha-san, who passed the entrance exam two years ago.
“—And even after I enrolled, I’ve never lost a practical or written exam within the school. But then Suzuha-kun came along and did the same things as me, which was a little disappointing. But it also made me hopeful that a worthy newcomer had finally arrived.”
“I see. Then, did she let you down?
“Not at all. She’s even better than I thought she’d be.”
“Oh.”
“Without a doubt, she was stronger than I was two years ago. I put all my pride and determination as the student council president on the line to barely win. Honestly, it could have gone either way, that’s how strong Suzuha-kun was.”
“Thank you. If someone like Yuzuriha-san says that, I’m sure Suzuha would be happy to hear it.”
Although Suzuha has a good outward appearance, she’s basically not very interested in other people.
The exceptions are those whom she recognizes as being equal to or stronger than herself. For example, me and Yuzuriha-san.
Therefore, Yuzuriha-san’s words would surely make Suzuha happy.
“Moreover, something even more interesting happened afterwards.”
Oh, could this be…?
“After the matter was settled, Suzuha-kun said something unexpected.”
