Black Pawn's Promotion.

Newfangled Occurrences

"Hm"

"Huh"

"hah"

"-Hmmm"

"....hmm??"

From the moment he joined the student council after school, these three statements have been Saji's only vocabulary that he has consistently muttered to himself, as if lost in contemplation.

"Code blond Saji making weird faces again"

At Tsubasa's statement Momo gave only a bored glance being seemingly the only one out of the four in the room to hear due to the pawn being deep in thought and Reya being too far away.

"And what does that have to deal with me?"

Tusbasa let out a gasp that was so fake that it was palpable, "Aren't you worried that your dear fellow peerage is becoming by the day?"

The bishop rolled her eyes as she stacks papers neatly. "I don't know, I guess that is what hanging out with Tomoe does to a person."

Seeing that her fellow piece wasn't humoring her she let out a sigh as she leaned back on her child. "You're no fun."

After another few minutes changing posture Saji then turned to Reya with the most deep look anyone in council has seen.

"Hey Reya?"

She let out a more welcoming glance compared to her counterpart. "Yes?"

"I am... popular?"

In that moment three things happened.

One, Tsubasa started to laugh.

Two, before she could continue she fell off balance on her chair right on her head.

Three, she screamed.

"Fuck!"

Momo, engrossed in her work, glanced at her dispassionately before continuing as if nothing had transpired. Saji, on the other hand, turned to the site, baffled, and swiftly dismissed it from his mind.

When he looked back, Reya's face was the most pensive he had ever seen on a girl. She nervously bit her lip, and after a short pause punctuated by deep breaths, a lump began to form in her throat. Finally, she spoke.

"...Sure. Now if you can excuse me... I need a minute." The words were dragged out of her mouth as if it were full of sand.

Before he could inquire further, Reya stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Saji alone with his thoughts. He wondered what had caused such a sudden shift in her demeanor, but he respected her need for privacy.

As Saji sat there, he couldn't help but feel a sense of unease but discard it to worry about previous action he ignored and turn back towards the other bishop and the rook who is still on the floor trying to stifle her laughter through the pain.

"Is she going to get up?"

Momo shrugs.

"W-what the heck is going on?"

The two properly sitting devils turned towards the door at the sight of their underclass looking at them with worried looks in her eyes hoping this is not going to turn into some big event like it did last time which Saji chose to attempt to lessen her worries.

"Oh nothing Tusbasa just fallen out of her chair and not getting up for some reason, I don't know maybe she's just slow like that"

"Fuck you."

Said comment from the floor was ignored

Ruruko's gaze became exasperated realizing the two were useless and as she turned to what she saw as the most reliable person in the room.