That’s truly to Xenovia’s style. The students stopped walking, and listened to her speech, whilst occasionally male students would yell out “Yo! Xenovia-san, go for it!” whereas the female students cried out “I’m looking forward to you, Xenovia-chan” and similar words of support or encouragement. Koneko-chan said while watching from afar
“…Xenovia-senpai is considered someone who is well known within the school, so as soon as she starts a speech, she naturally becomes surrounded by a crowd.”
Simply being a foreign girl was enough to catch people’s attention, not to mention the fact that she’s accompanied by Asia and Irina who, like her, are also highly popular people in the school. Not only the male students, even the female students are interested in her. “Her style is completely different to that of Sona-zenkaichou, which has also attracted the attention of a lot of people.”
Ravel added. That was why she had become the centre of attention. The previous President on one hand had a robust working capability, and on the other hand was also able to listen to the opinions of the students, resulting in a flexible response. Naturally the opposite of the Student Council President who gained the students’ trust by producing tangible results, the Sports Clubs type Xenovia was more of an athlete. Of course, the students want to know the reason why she’s a candidate. However, just when Xenovia had attracted everyone’s attention, another candidate for Student Council President, Hanakai-san happened to walk past, and began exchanging greetings with the students. “Hello everyone, how have things been recently?”
Hanakai-san was wearing a calm smile like that of Sona-zenkaichou whilst greeting the students. I heard that she truly respected Sona-zenkaichou, so I think this is naturally reflected in her behaviour and attitude. “Good luck, Hanakai-san, I’m rooting for you.”
“I’ll be voting for you.”
Girls from the same year were cheering for her. I think I’ve heard people say that the people supporting Hanakai-san were mostly honour students. …However, being Sona-zenkaichou’s successor isn’t easy. When I was a new student to the school, Sona-zenkaichou was already the Student Council President. That is to say, she led Kuoh Academy as the Student Council President for two consecutive years. Hanakai-san probably wants to succeed her position. The person who walked up beside Hanakai-san was the candidate for Vice-President — Saji, there were also students who wanted to greet him. “Hey, Saji, I’ll cast a vote for you as Vice-President, but you have to give my extra-curricular activities preferential treatment.”
An energetic looking male student half-jokingly said to him
“They’re two different things, I hope you can make an honest vote.”
Saji muttered something with his eyes half open, the male student then quickly laughed out loud. “Hahaha, just kidding. I’ll vote for you.”
“Seriously, that’s what people from the Sports Clubs are like.”
Saji sighed…but I heard that it was this guy’s serious personality and resourcefulness that was liked, thus receiving great support from the Sports Clubs, especially the male students of the Sports Clubs who trust him. I also heard that a female student who just transferred in, was running in the election for secretary or treasurer. According to the rumours, it was a beautiful foreign girl…but I haven’t even seen her around. Then, I also heard that a famous male honor student from the first year was entering the election. But I didn’t get the details of that guy’s information, so I don’t really know much about it…. “That girl Xenovia, I don’t know if she’ll be able to beat Hanakai-san.”
I quietly whispered. …Xenovia’s opponent was Hanakai-san, she was often accompanying Sona-zenkaichou in the Student Council, and was more concerned about the Student Council than other people. Koneko-chan said
“…I heard from a friend in the News Club, that it’s currently six to four, with Xenovia-senpai in a disadvantaged position. Hanakai-senpai has not only worked alongside Sona-zenkaichou, she’s also produced tangible results, so the support from the students for her is relatively high.”
“Well, that’s fair. But, there’s actually forty percent who support Xenovia.”
Forty percent — that’s not too bad. For a new person as a candidate to have such a level of support at this time, I think that there’s hope for a reversal. If it was only ten or twenty percent…the truth would be that loss was certain. “…She’s a foreigner, an outstanding athlete, able to get along with anyone, so this kind of personality makes her popular amongst both the male and female students. Especially with the first year female students, she’s incredibly popular.”
“It seems that to the first year female students, she’s a very handsome woman, so her popularity is very high.”
Gasper said from behind Koneko-chan. Popularity with the first year female students. “Xenovia-senpai! I’m supporting you!”
“Xenovia-oneesama! I’ll definitely vote for you!”
Seeing this situation, it was evident that she indeed had a lot of female first year students around her. Because Xenovia was slightly boyish, for those of the same gender — especially from the perspective of the junior female students, she should be very handsome. “Thank you, I’ll work hard.”
After Xenovia replied with a smile to them, they sharply cried out “Kyaa—!” in a shrill voice. Ravel suddenly said
“I heard that among Xenovia-sama’s supporters, half of those votes would be unshakable.”
“Oh, why is that?”
To my question, Ravel replied
“Because these people, are all girls from the sports clubs that Xenovia-sama has helped before, or were students that she helped when they experienced difficulties at school. Xenovia-sama was naturally born with this type of personality, she won’t turn her back on anyone who’s having trouble with anything. From the time before she was a candidate to be Student Council President or when she was an ordinary student, she was just quietly concerned about things in the school, that’s the reason for it.”
Perhaps it was also because of Xenovia’s athleticism, as she often helped out the girls’ sports clubs. Although there are some difficulties each time she received invitations to help out, by helping these people, she looked very happy. Her sense of justice is also stronger than most people, so she’ll definitely come to the aid of any student in need. I think that her kindness and deeds have accumulated over time, creating a group of unshakable supporters for her. With this, it feels like the election campaign was really effective. …The students of the school have created a new Kuoh Academy. This time last year, I felt that moving to the second year was very natural. “I’m a third year student now.”
I said to myself. Koneko-chan tugged on my sleeve. Gasper and Ravel were also smiling at me. “In the next year, we’ll be there.”
Koneko-chan said to me. Aahhh, Koneko-sama is really good at reading people’s minds.