Mahouka: The Yotsuba Prince (OC x Mayumi)

Part 8

Chapter 8

MAYUMI SAEGUSA

"So, he really is a Yotsuba," her father confirmed, and she nodded as she sat on the sofa in her apartment in Tokyo.

"He is, he told me himself," she confirmed, her internal conflict palpable as she bit her lip, yet did her duty. It felt wrong to betray Inei-kun, but as a Saegusa, she had her own duties to the clan.

"That is troubling. I went through the files and records and have found no trace of him anywhere, even for the Yotsuba, which is very disturbing. There must be a reason for why he was kept hidden for so long,

"And his powers, have you an inkling about just how powerful he is?" he asked, and she hesitated, anguished and weary at what she was being forced to do.

"Mayumi?" her father's voice called her name, breaking her out of her reverie.

"Not yet," she ended up lying, her consciousness having had enough for the day.

"Try to find out. I will be expecting a report next week," he said, and with that, the call went off. She sighed as she put down the phone. In that whole conversation, he had not asked or congratulated her once on becoming the Student Council President.

Though, why was she expecting that?

And now, as she prepared for another day at school, she found her mind drifting to the duel from yesterday and what she had witnessed. Shiba Tatsuya and Shiba Miyuki were literal powerhouses that defied expectations, especially Shiba Tatsuya, who had blown away her expectations and had proven himself to be amongst the elite among the newcomers this year.

Add on to that Inei-kun, this year's class was proving itself to be quite a menace.

Yet today was a big day for First High and herself as the President of the Student Council because today they would be welcoming new members in both the Student Council and the Disciplinary Committee, among which, for the first time since its conception, a Course two student will also be becoming a member.

It was a big step in her own vision for the school where the abhorrent discrimination between the course one and course two students had always sat wrong with her, and though it had come at a cost.

And as she thought about that cost her face heated up.

A Date.

Mayumi had never been on a date with a boy, especially one younger than herself and to call for it so openly.

"You really are a mess, Inei-kun."

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"What?" As she sat in the Student Council room, she found herself getting another headache, the cause of it the very person who had caused her first.

"I said I decline the nomination to be a part of the Disciplinary Committee," he repeated with that bored look as everyone in the Student Council looked at him with an incredulous look.

"Why?" she asked, shocked that he would turn away such an opportunity.

"Because it's too much work," he replied, and Hattori began to splutter at that answer as Mari shook her head.

"I can recommend suitable people if you wish for my own suggestions," he added.

"Hey, Yotsuba-kun, who do you think you are disrespecting the President like that?" Hanzo, her vice president, stepped forward.

"I have done no such thing. I have just told you of my preference. I do not wish to be a part of the Disciplinary Committee," he replied.

"But as the topper of the incumbent class, you must take a position in one of three student administration bodies. And since Miyuki-san has accepted her place as a junior undersecretary in the Student Council, that leaves only the Club Management Group," Isori-san added, and he shrugged.