When I made my way up to the board, I saw a news article about Haiko offering me the role of student council president and how she believed I was the right choice.

  Several students wanted to believe it was fake, but because she probably didn’t want to lie, Haiko admitted that she had indeed considered me for the role.

  This caused an uproar among the students who couldn’t understand what she was thinking. Some even wondered if I used some kind of brainwashing magic to make her think that way. The whole thing had turned into a real fiasco.

  Now, the two of us were meeting in the student council office and talking about the issue.

  “I honestly don’t know how the information slipped. In fact, the whole reason I talked to you so early in the morning was because I believed no one else would be around that time," said Haiko.

  “Well someone heard our conversation. Maybe for now, we should focus on who that was,” I said.

  Haiko nodded in agreement.

  Honestly, I’m surprised at how fast the information was spread. Normally, at least in my world, information would take at least two to four hours to get out there. That is unless it’s some massive world event like some decision the president made or some world-awareness news.

  For something like this, I would’ve expected it to come out tomorrow or the day after. Not literally the next morning.

  Leaving the student council room, I found myself running into Flynn.

  “Hey, is it true-?”

  “Yes. I was offered the role of student council president,” I responded before he could finish his question.

  “Really? That’s quite surprising. Did you do something to the president?” Flynn asked.

  “Why does everyone think that?”

  Rubbing my eyes, I let out a sigh.

  “It appears you have it rough," said Flynn gently patting me on the shoulder.

  “This is just how it is for me. Things finally calm down, but then something else happens and I have to get involved in some way. Geez. The things I do for these jerkwads.”

  With all the stuff I’ve been through, I think I finally understand what it’s like to be the main protagonist. And honestly, it kinda sucks.

  Letting Flynn leave to get to class, I made my way over to the disciplinary committee office.

  Since I really didn’t want to deal with Talia so early in the morning, I ended up skipping my morning duties. That meant I’d have to take care of them in the evening instead.

  Cautiously, I opened up the door.

  “Fireball!”

  Sensing an attack coming, I cast a shield of wind that stopped a fireball from nailing me in the face.

  The windshield vanished as I glared at the one who cast the spell.

  “What the hell Princess Jackass!?”

  Talia’s gaze bore into me. Clearly filled with malice, she began chanting and another fireball appeared in her hand.

  “Just what did you do to Haiko, you filthy man commoner!”

  Knowing this was what had been in store for me, I formed a ball of water and shot it just as Talia was shooting her fireball.

  As the two balls hit one another, the fireball vanished from sight and my waterball grazed Talia’s shoulder before slamming into the wall behind her.

  Clearly still fuming, Talia tried jumping at me.

  Dodging out of the way, I let out a groan as I faced her.

  “As I’ve said to literally everyone else, I didn’t do anything. I’m honestly getting sick of these annoying accusations.”

  “Liar! There’s no way Haiko would ever consider someone like you worthy of a role as important as student council president! You clearly brainwashed her somehow!”

  Growing tired of this irritating assumption, I cast wind magic that pushed Talia to the ground.

  Once she was down, I used earth magic to bind Talia’s arms and legs.

  “I’m sick of these stupid accusations. Now listen here and listen well you idiot!”

  Looking down at Talia, who was glaring back at me, I made myself clear.

  “I. Didn’t. Do. Anything. You got that?”

  “Liar! You brainwashed her somehow!”

  “Think logically here for a second. If I really had a power like that, don’t you think I would’ve used it already to improve my standing at this school?”

  “Well…maybe. But you could just be using that as an excuse to trick me!”

  What a pain.

  “If you seriously believe that, you’re probably one of the dumbest people in the world.”

  “Huh!?”

  My words clearly irritated her.

  “Just think! Do you, without a doubt, seriously believe someone would want to deal with the type of hellish stuff I’ve been through just to brainwash a single person at this school? I’m gonna be honest, if I really did have a power like that, I sure as hell wouldn’t use it to become student council president.”

  Talia was about to protest again but closed her mouth and started to think.

  Hoping she wouldn’t attack me again, I released her from the ground and tried my best to clean up the mess we made during this small scuffle.

  Once I was done, I made my way over to my desk and began working on the day's papers.

  While I worked, Talia sat back down at her desk. She appeared to be lost in thought. Probably trying to consider if my words were true or not.

  Once my work was complete, I got up and was about to leave.

  “Wait a moment.”

  Hearing Talia’s voice, I rolled my eyes and turned around.

  “What now?”

  “Is that any tone to take with your commanding officer?”

  “I’m a part-timer. Don’t go expecting my respect.”

  Slightly irritated by my words, Talia took in a deep breath before continuing with what she was trying to say.

  “After careful consideration, I’ve decided to believe your words for now. However, should you ever slip up, I will not hesitate to deal with you once and for all. Understood?”

  I mean, she probably couldn’t beat me even if she tried, but if she wanted to sound threatening, I guess I could humor her for now.

  “Got it. Later Princess Jackass.”

  “Wah-! Hey!”

  Not letting her get in another word, I slipped out of the room and made my way back to my dorm.

  Arriving at my dorm, I walked inside to find it a complete mess.

  Sirin appeared next to me.

  “Master. Several students came to your dorm earlier and trashed the place during your absence.”

  “I can see that.”

  “Should I dispose of them?”

  “Meh. I’ll take care of them myself later. For now, lets just get this place cleaned up.”

  "Understood."

  And so, Nia, Vey, and I spent two hours cleaning up the mess the other students had made.

  Once we were done, I glanced at my door handle which was completely destroyed. "

  Geez. For a bunch of self-entitled nobles, they sure act like savages sometimes," I muttered.

  With a little help from Sirin, I fixed up the door before closing it shut and heading to my freshly cleaned bed.

  I wanted to spend some time reading, but the guys who trashed my room had torn all my books apart. And I was in the middle of reading one of them too so that sucked.

  Tucking myself under the covers, I tried my best to keep on a brave face. However, I found myself being really pissed on the inside. Rich kids really were a bunch of assholes.

  After some people who work under the Wizardly Six came to the school and confirmed that Haiko wasn’t under any type of brainwashing spell, people's concern for her turned into hatred.

  Meaning more and more people were talking about her behind her back.

  “Does she seriously think that commoner is worth anything?”

  “I always thought she was really smart, but now I’m starting to second guess her choices.”

  “What could she possibly see in that commoner?”

  Their words were directed at me as much as Haiko, but it was still clear as day that these people were starting to lose faith in Haiko's decision-making.

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  I’m actually kinda surprised how quickly they flipped on her. It just goes to show that even if you have the best reputation in the world, one mistake could ruin it all. Although, this wasn’t really her fault. It was whoever informed everyone about her decision who was causing issues.

  Walking into the disciplinary committee office for my shift, I was met with angry glares. I couldn’t help but sigh at the sight. It feels like all people do at me nowadays is glare.

  Ignoring them, I sat down at my desk and was about to get some paperwork done when someone stepped up in front of me.

  I looked up to find a girl with long black hair looking down at me.

  “I’m amazed you have the gall to show up here. Especially after brainwashing the president like you did.”

  I gave the girl an annoyed look. If I recall, this was the girl Talia referred to as Katlyn I heard talking smack about me a couple of weeks back. I didn’t get that great a look at her before since I was watching her from above, but she actually isn’t that bad-looking. Though, with that attitude of hers, she’d be a hard pass in terms of girlfriend material.

  “It’s already been proven I didn’t do anything. So are you gonna continue these idiotic accusations, or are you gonna start growing some brain cells?”

  A vein popped on to Katlyn’s forehead as her hands curled into fists.

  “Why you…!”

  Returning to my work, I grabbed a paper and was about to start filling it out when Katlyn yanked the paper from my hands.

  “Filth like you don’t deserve to touch the committee's paper.”

  “How is the committee paper any different from normal paper?”

  “Because…because it’s the committee’s paper!”

  “Huh?”

  The girl made less and less sense by the minute.

  With a sigh, I used some wind magic to slip Katlyn off her feet.

  As she fell, I grabbed the paper from her hand and went back to work as she landed on the ground with a loud thud.

  “Owww…”

  That’s what you get. Though, you’re probably just gonna make up some excuse about how my being here caused you to slip or something.

  As she got off the ground, Katlyn growled at me.

  “I knew it. You just being here caused me to slip. You need to leave the committee right this instant!”

  Really!? I was just kidding before but she actually blamed me. Well, I was the one who made her slip, but my joining the committee wouldn't have made her do that. In fact, had I not been here and she slipped, she would’ve just said it was her fault and moved on. The lack of respect really grinds on my gears.

  Not wanting to bother with listening to this crap anymore, I went through the rest of my work while Katlyn blabbed on for another fifteen minutes.

  Had Tailia been here, she probably would’ve said something. But as she was busy with some other committee business, she wasn’t here.

  After another ten minutes, I finished my work and was on my way out to head on patrol when Katlyn screamed after me.

  “Where do you think you’re going, commoner!?”

  Way too irritated to deal with these, I forced a smile on my face while I cranked my head around to look in her direction.

  “I’m going out on patrol. Is there a problem with that?”

  In response, Katlyn went on to try and talk about how I should take care of all my paperwork before going on patrol. As mentioned before, I’d already taken care of my paperwork. Since she was rambling on for so long, Katlyn probably hadn’t noticed.

  Not wanting to deal with this, I slowly crept out of the room during Katlyn’s rambling and closed the door behind me before dashing off. Hoping it'd be a while until she noticed my absence.

  Once I was in the clear, I let out a frustrated sigh.

  “The school really is full of assholes,” I mumbled.

  Weirdly enough, Talia was probably the nicest among them. I mean, we don’t get along at all, but at least she still treats me somewhat like a person. She still mentions me being a commoner at times, but she mostly just insults me for other reasons.

  But moving past that for now, I decided to get some patrol done.

  Walking through the quiet halls, I whistled to myself while taking a look around. Most of the important patrol problems happened during the noon shift, so I was rarely needed for anything.

  Letting out a relaxed sigh, I felt the stress and frustration from earlier melt away. This peaceful and quiet atmosphere really helped clear my head.

  Continuing to make my way down the hall, I was jumped by the sound of someone screaming.

  “Help! Someone help!”

  Rushing to where the voice was coming from, I found myself standing in front of a burning classroom.

  Several students stood outside and were staring at the fire.

  I noticed a teacher among the students and ran over to him.

  “What’s going on here?”

  Not bothering to look at me, the teacher pointed at the room.

  “A student accidentally lit a fire inside. The flames are too strong for my magic to put out.”

  “Are there still any students in there?”

  “Yes. But it’s impossible to get them out. Let's just hope they can hang on until teachers with more advanced water magic get here. If I’m correct, they should be here in about five minutes.”

  Looking at the fire, I could tell it was only going to get worse the longer we let it sit.

  “That’s too long,” I mumbled.

  Forming balls of water, I rushed inside.

  “Hey-!”

  Ignoring the teacher who was clearly surprised by my actions, I dove into the fire as a shield of wind protected me from the flames.

  Once inside, I looked around the large classroom and noticed several people either too scared to move or trapped by debris.

  “Nia!”

  “On it!”

  The balls of water in my hands grew larger as I shot them out onto the flames.

  Sadly, they were instantly engulfed and did little to weaken the fire.

  Frustrated, I tried shooting continuous streams of water out to take down the flames, but it caused very little effect.

  “Dammit.”

  It’s times like these that made me angry at how weak I was when it came to magic outside of the wind element.

  I may be able to handle a single fireball, create balls of water to drop on people, as well as make a thin barrier of water around myself, but I wasn’t exactly suited for anything outside of wind magic. I’m fine at earth and fire, but wind is definitely my strong point. But when it comes to water in particular...

  “Gah. Alright Nia, teach me the best water spell you know!”

  “Roger!”

  My body was instantly enveloped by an overwhelming amount of pain.

  The information was slowly imprinted on my brain. Learning this didn’t hurt me as much as some of the other spells I’ve learned, but it still hurt like hell.

  Ten seconds later, it was done.

  Not stopping to think things through, I cast the spell.

  “Rain Haven!”

  Clouds formed above me.

  Feeling a drop of water next to me, I looked around and saw a cloud of rain pour down onto the room.

  The flames slowly started to diminish little by little.

  Taking this as a chance to help, I ran over to a nearby student and helped him to his feet.

  I quickly guided him toward the exit.

  Not giving him a second to thank me, I dove back in.

  With the rain’s help, the fire was much smaller now. It hadn’t vanished completely, but it was a lot easier to reach the trapped students.

  One by one, I guided everyone out until there was only one remaining.

  However, as I headed back in to rescue them, the roof collapsed and trapped me inside the room.

  “Gah! What a pain!” I shouted in frustration before turning around and spotting the last student.

  It appeared to be a girl. Her legs looked like they were completely crushed by the rocks, and one of her arms was pinned down by a chunk of the roof.

  Running over to her, I quickly reinforced my hand with magic before I lifted the rocks off her and picking the girl up into my arms.

  “Who’s…there…?”

  The girl's eyes fluttered slightly.

  “Just close your eyes. I’ll make sure to get you out of here as soon as I can!”

  After saying that, I pointed my hand at the wall.

  Casting some earth magic, I had the wall crumble and without a second thought, I jumped out of the opening.

  Looking down, I saw we were on the school’s second floor and were quickly plummeting toward the ground.

  Pushing some wind magic into my feet, the speed at which we were falling had started to decline little by little. And another moment later, we landed safely on the ground.

  I let out a relieved sigh and looked the girl in the face.

  “Hey, are you alright?”

  Struggling to stay conscious, the girl nodded before passing out.

  Once I finished dropping off the girl at the nurse's office, I ran back to the scene and saw the students saved before relaxing on the ground. More than likely they were still shaken by the event and needed to collect themselves.

  When several of those students saw me, they instantly began thanking me for my help.

  This continued for several minutes until I started feeling embarrassed. Though it was better than what I'd been dealing with up to this point.

  Taking my leave, I waved goodbye and started making my way back to the disciplinary office to give a report on the incident.

  As I walked back, a realization came to me. The class that I’d just helped was one of the classes belonging to the demi-humans and other monsters.

  To explain, this school tries its best to be as indiscriminate as possible. That’s why creatures such as Xara who is a succubus are allowed to attend normal classes like humans.

  However, some monsters don’t feel safe around us humans and so they have a classroom to themselves.

  Now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure the girl I saved was Valentina. A member of the dragon clan. The dragon clan is a species of dragons that have the ability to take on human form. They’re also a clan that believes that building you’re own kingdom is the ultimate sign of maturity.

  But moving past that, I continued walking forward. Glad I could be some help to those students.

  While Axel was making his way back to the disciplinary committee office, Xara was hurrying over to the nurse's office.

  Bursting through the door, she ran over to the bed where Valentina was relaxing.

  “Are you okay Valentina!?”

  Valentina Dragorth, the girl Xara was referring to, looked at her with an awkward smile.

  “Hey there Xara. How’s it going?”

  Valentina was normally filled with so much energy that seeing her so quiet right now was almost unnerving for Xara.

  Xara hadn't been in the clubroom when it had caught fire, but when Xara heard about Valentina’s injuries, she immediately rushed here as fast as she could.

  “It’s not too bad is it?”

  Xara was referring to Valentina’s arms and legs.

  “Well, it appears my right arm was broken, so I won’t be able to do as much during club activities for a while, but the doctor that came earlier said my legs should heal after a few days as long as I take the healing potions they recommended me.”

  “I see. Well, I hope you’re healed up quickly.”

  “You and me both.”

  An awkward silence hung over them for a second before Valentina spoke up again.

  “Say, do you know who saved me?”

  “Hm?”

  “Well, you see, normally when I’m around, everyone always relies on me. But during the fire, I was completely helpless. But then, someone showed up and saved me. If possible, I’d like to meet them.”

  While she said this, Valentina gently clasped her hands together as a light shade of pink appeared on her face.

  Xara shook her head.

  “Sorry. I don’t know who saved you. I just heard you’d gotten hurt and rushed over.”

  Valentina looked a little disappointed.

  “I see. Well, I hope I meet whoever it was again someday. If I do, I’ll be sure to thank them properly.”

  Xara smiled.

  “I’m sure they’d like that.”

  Getting up, Xara began turning to leave before looking back.

  “Well get well soon. Who knows how hard things will be at the club while you’re gone.”

  Valentina chuckled.

  “You got it. Bye, Xara.”

  With that, Xara began making her way out of the room. However, just as she reached for the doorknob, the door flung open and a crowd of students burst into the room.

  “Club President!”

  “Are you alright President Valentina!?”

  “President Valentina!”

  Apparently, the entire cooking club had come to check on her. It showed just how important she was to all of them.

  After having nearly been trampled, Xara turned to look at the sight and smiled awkwardly before leaving the room.

  As she closed the door behind her, Xara heard a voice.

  “Hey there Xara.”

  Turning her head, she saw Axel standing there waving at her.

  She waved back and walked over to him.

  After that, the two began making their way to their next class.