After leaving the club, it felt a bit lonely without those two around, it was still quite unbelievable. “…Those two said that they might come over if they’re interested. Like Sona-zenkaichou and Shinra-san, they went to visit the third year classrooms to chat.”
Koneko-chan told me. Four third year students chatting in the classroom. Perhaps they were talking about their memories of the past three years. After all, these four people, each of them would have their own memories of the past three years…. Kiba began speaking
“Rias-zenbouchou, has basically handed everything over to us. She said that if she comes here, then it would easily affect the new arrangement, so she would wait until we settled down to decide when she would come back.”
So, for the first week, she wants to see how we go. If Rias were here, she would probably be asked all sorts of questions. In that case, the new arrangement would be meaningless. However, their graduation is only around two months away, so I hope that they’ll be able to come before then. Suddenly, Gasper appeared lonely and said
“…So that means Rias-buchou and Akeno-san will hardly ever come, and then they’ll graduate…”
Gasper seemed down. Koneko-chan lightly patted Gya-suke’s head. “…Gya-kun, you’re too pessimistic.”
“But, it is very lonely. Normally, Rias-buchou and Akeno-san would be here.”
Indeed. No matter what, those two would always have greeted me with a smile here. Ravel took a sip of red tea, then said
“However, they said that Kuoh Academy’s university division was quite close to the high school division, so will they come back after graduation?”
As she said, Kuoh Academy’s university and high school were extremely close. It would only take a little while to walk. Basically, during lunch break, it would be possible to get here if you wanted. Asia stared at the seat reserved for the President that Rias usually sat in, and sincerely said
“Rias-oneesama’s graduation is one thing, the new first year students who have joined us are another thing, and both will be happening soon…. I feel that, one year passes by very quickly. I came here in the spring of last year…”
That’s right, Asia met me in the spring of last year, at the end of April. In a few months’ time, that season will be here again…it felt like a very long, yet also short time. Asia gazed at the ‘President’s’ seat…but was not mentally prepared to sit there. Even I understood Asia’s personality, so I didn’t tell her to ‘sit there’, so I decided to silently wait until she recognised herself as the new President, until she would sit in that spot of her own will. “Then, in a few months, I’ll also become a third year student, and the new first year students — will also be starting. So shouldn’t we confirm our new members?”
Hearing what I suddenly said, Koneko-chan raised two fingers. “There are two members.”
“Eh? Who?”
Ravel was the one who answered me. “They are Le Fay-san and Bennia-san.”
—! I see. Le Fay had mentioned that she would transfer here. After all, she is my contracted magician and we live together as well. Rias and Azazel-sensei often said that, a girl of this age staying at home wasn’t healthy or something along those lines. I also heard that her brother Arthur was secretly hoping for her to transfer into Kuoh Academy. I also heard about Bennia’s situation from some rumours. Whilst training with Saji, he had mentioned
“We’ve got a new person who’s quite interested in joining Kuoh Academy, they might join.”
Kiba then said
“This morning I heard from the Student Council members that, Le Fay-san and Bennia-san will be taking this year’s normal entrance exam. If they pass the exam, then they’ll become students here starting in spring.”
Ah—, things are really moving forward. Le Fay’s appearance in uniform…would look great! Another thing to look forward to in spring! Bennia in uniform…was unimaginable! Well anyway, she’s really cute so it should look good! “Le Fay-san had said that she wanted to join us. Bennia-san never had a chance to speak to us, so it’s not certain…”
“Maybe, there might also be new members we’ve never seen before joining, so we don’t know what will happen.”
Ravel and Gasper said. Indeed, until spring is actually here, we certainly won’t know about these things. Even if we’re discussing these things, they’re irrelevant right now. Kiba seemed to have the same thoughts as me, so he then stood up and said
“In short, we need to decide on our initial direction. Although I think that maintaining things as they were last year is very feasible, we’re the first new arrangement since Rias-zenbouchou was President for the past three years, so we should first—”
Like this, the discussion on being the first new arrangement began. After talking for a few hours, our new Occult Research Club took a break for the time being. Our final plans were “There would be no sudden changes, and if there were any other changes we would discuss it again.”
This was simply maintaining the status quo, the same as Rias and Akeno-san’s arrangement, any new situations which arose would be handled by a discussion between us. We got a decent outcome from that discussion. There was no other way. The previous administrators had left, and the new President Asia didn’t have any confidence, as all she could say to our opinions were things like ‘Y-Yes’ and ‘I-I understand’ to show her agreement. So, we decided that we couldn’t unreasonably force things onto her. After all, it wasn’t possible to gain enough self-confidence on the first day. We first needed to support Asia, then allow her to develop her own confidence and awareness. For Buchou, I need to try my best! Mmm!Even if the leadership has changed, my feelings towards the Occult Research Club have not changed since last year. Rias, Akeno-san, were truly amazing. I really feel that right now, as long as it’s for Asia-buchou, I could do anything! —Mmm, the matters relating to the club were put aside for now, as there was another worrying matter. I looked at the sofa where Xenovia and Irina usually sat. Today, both of them were not here. The reason was due to election activities. Xenovia had already started her campaign, and she was together with Irina in another room of the Old School Building currently discussing matters related to the election. This time, Irina was Xenovia’s assistant. As a friend, Asia also wanted to join them, but she had just been promoted to the position of President, so she couldn’t possibly leave her spot empty. Kiryuu from her class also became her helper. Kiryuu probably joined the discussion in a classroom of the Old School Building as well. “Hmm, Xenovia and Irina, I wonder if they’ll be alright for tomorrow’s election activities.”
As I just finished speaking, the doors to the clubroom went ‘bang’ and were opened. The ones who appeared before us were, Xenovia in front, as well as Irina and Kiryuu.