Pastel is at an age full of interest in love~.
“Since the acting president was also elected by student votes, there are claims that the Student Council members should be elected by student votes as well? Who has such a reactionary thought? The composition of the Student Council executives is the exclusive authority of the powerful Pastel.”
Let’s check out the engagement portrait~.
“I, Pastel, solemnly declare that as the Vice Student Council President, General Affairs Director, Planning Director, Promotion Director, Volunteer Director, and Student Guidance Director, I will follow President Horace and act for the students!”
“Wooow!”
“Since Pastel is bound to win in a student vote anyway because she’s popular, to avoid wasting the budget, we will not hold a Student Council election!”
“Wooow?”
“Instead, I will distribute gold coins to everyone with that budget!”
“Wooowww!”
An age when one pricks up their ears to listen for news of a classmate’s love~.
“Hello, friend! What?! There’s a secret report that Ellie is abusing her Student Council authority?”
“Could she be a spy from the Demon Realm, even if not a radical?”
“That statement, is it a challenge to the Student Council? No! Kind Ellie can’t possibly be a spy! Regardless of whether she’s a demon spy or not, it’s not that I stopped thinking about it, but it’s a judgment based on her character! Look at this fountain pen! It was a gift from Ellie! She couldn’t be a spy with such a sincere gift!”
“Isn’t that a bribe…?”
“Huh?”
Every day fluttering with love~.
“Are all my friends gathered? Through this election for the president, it seems many have realized we need to listen to the hearts of students! Totally agree! So, for the sake of the students, Pastel has decided to establish a Supervisory Department! This is not under the Student Council but is a private gathering that won’t be recorded in administrative reports! The supervisory authority is a bonus! Let’s all serve the students! Raise your hands if you want to join! Hands!”
“Calling this a secret police for an information agency is just ridiculous.”
“Leonard, raising your hand first doesn’t make it persuasive.”
“Disgusting.”
Pink love won’t leave my head~.
“Guild Master Grace! The Knight Corps has completed its restructuring smoothly and the academy has shown unity, so I think we can now withdraw our private soldiers! Hooray! Hooray!”
“Finally, we can engage in smuggling. Viscount, I have good news. As the occupation situation has prolonged and non-operating costs have increased, it was a crisis where we needed to reduce the scale of smuggling, right?”
“Right! Ah! My 100% cash pipeline for welfare…!”
“Actually, a lot of funding has been coming in from the Demon Realm over the past few days, and we might be able to operate on an even larger scale.”
“Gasp! The Demon Realm! Good things come from doing good deeds!”
“We’ve been preparing for the upper trade itself, so we’ll set sail as soon as the military returns.”
“Ah, but please take a look at these personnel first. They are valuable resources classified from those restructured in the Knight Corps. Let’s employ them in Craft’s guild.”
“What’s this? Interesting. They might fall short as military group members of Sky Island, but they are indeed talents too good for a mere guild to employ. However, employing them is not cost-effective.”
“That’s fine! It’s difficult to say this to an outsider like you, but they are all at risk of retiring for dishonorable reasons. So, after consulting personally with the powerful Pastel, they’ve decided to honorably belong to Your Guild while serving Sky Island! This level of cost… Wow! Such good people!”
“Such a low employment fee? If I can employ former Knight Corps members like this, our guild’s credit rating would increase, allowing us to take on more loans. Viscount, you’re exceptional.”
“That’s basic!”
Who will I fall in love with~?
My heart is pounding~.
“Goodbye!”
Pastel waved both hands at the countless smuggling airships leaving the docking station. The soldiers on the deck and former Knight Corps members saluted the Viscount.
The airships, resembling whales, faded away into the distance. She lowered her excited hands.
“Something, something just whizzed by.”
Her pink eyes became hazy.
Lyrics flowed through her mind.
Who will I fall in love with~?
“It feels like I’m just working.”
My heart is pounding~.
Suddenly, the pink-eyed girl realized something.
“I’m really just working! Waaah!”
She grasped her head.
“I’m in a relationship with work…!”
Not living as Pastel, the pink cherry blossom, nor as Pastel, who loves all things purple and romantic, but living as Pastel, who loves yellow and gold coins!
“It’s so annoying!”
She clung to the demon who still seemed sour because of past stories tied to the Craft family.
“The world is getting in the way of my love life!”
The demon clicked his tongue slightly.
“The world that encourages dating at your age is the bigger problem.”
“Ugh. That sounds like an old-fashioned statement.”
“What did you say…?”
She buried her face in the firm embrace of the demon.
The scent of suit.
“I shouldn’t think this, but it’d be nice to have a convenient romantic partner. Someone who disappears when I’m working but shows up when I want them. Plus, if they always bring me delicious food, that would be the cherry on top.”
“What kind of unconscionable ideal is that?”
All workaholics probably dream of that type at least once.
“If I had such a partner, I could even gift them homemade cookies!”
“Don’t gift those to others. They might refuse them because of your appearance, which would be very embarrassing.”
“Ugh.”
Pastel lifted her buried face and looked up at the demon. A subtle gaze shimmered in her pink eyes.
“Isn’t that a bit overprotective? If I like someone, I have the right to make a move.”
No matter how powerful the demon is, it’s a just right I can’t be stopped from claiming.
The demon appeared a little dizzy, as if he had imagined something.
“You may not know it, but not everything is as it appears. Especially in dating and marriage, true nature tends to be revealed. It happens once in each case. So, it’s better to consider this kind of thing only after you’ve completed your studies and built up the capacity to make your own judgments.”
Looking at the red eyes looking down on her, Pastel felt a strange sentiment.
What do I make of this advice from a man who failed at his one-sided love for his mother?
It would probably be best to ignore it.
But the allure of guilt in her subconscious took precedence.
“Did you also nag like that to your mother?”
The demon became stunned.
After a moment of silence, he brushed his face with his hand.
“Ha.”
A sigh from a defeated man.
Wow, really?
Pastel’s body trembled with the desire to tease him. But it seemed a bit too cruel, so she held it back.
Failing at a one-sided love is not a crime!
Phew, phew.
She took a deep breath mentally to calm her rebellious spirit. She gently fell from the firm embrace.
“Let’s go back to school!”
Acting oblivious, feeling completely innocent.
“Ha.”
The demon sighed deeply.
Is this the deep sigh of a loser?
Pure Pastel wouldn’t know.
She left the follow-up work to Guild Master Grace and headed back.
She had parted ways with the demon. The demon was still trying to kill time at the library, feeling regret over not having gathered enough information during the time Pastel hadn’t visited.
Upon arriving at the Student Council room, Pastel burst through the door without knocking like a homeowner.
“Hooray! The popular one has arrived!”
It’s Pastel, the one you all love!
Ellie and Dustyn, having spent so much time together, seemed somewhat tired of being handed off paperwork, but today was different!
She was planning to diligently help with paperwork using Ellie’s super fountain pen!
Additionally, she aimed to regain her popularity in the Student Council!
Eyes turned to the pink-toned popular girl. Dustyn was away on errands. Ellie, pouring black tea, and a senior sitting on the sofa turned to look back.
“Huh?”
The expression of the senior who was slightly trembling and sweating suddenly brightened.
“Craft Viscount! No, Craft junior? Um, how should I address you?”
“Whatever you like, senior!”
Pastel walked sprightly and sat across from him on the sofa. Ellie handed over the black tea loaded with sugar.
The senior seemed to be in great distress, as if he had just heard an embarrassing remark from a superior. After a moment, he cautiously opened his mouth.
“Viscount…?”
Pastel beamed with a smile.
“Wow! What a pleasant title!”
“Phew.”
The senior wiped his cold sweat with a handkerchief.
Pastel took a sip of her black tea. Sugar that hadn’t dissolved properly floated slightly.
So sweet!
So delicious!
“What brings you here, senior? The Student Council is open to all students, so feel free to speak candidly!”
The senior quietly stood from the sofa. He then walked to the side with some space and knelt down.
Ugh.
“Please save our Pure Engineering Department!”
Ughhh!
If the senior suddenly kneels down!
If he kneels…!
Pastel squeezed her eyes shut.
Maybe it will feel unexpectedly good…!
Is this the taste of power?
It’s going to turn purple!
“I’ve always had my eye on the Pure Engineering Department. It’s the place that Professor Carlow, who’s now missing, mentioned a few times. I heard you received investment from a guild during the first semester’s industry-academy cooperation festival, right?”
“You weren’t normally interested.”
Caught.
But then again.
Pink Pastel isn’t that into engineering.
A life spent pouring over blueprints in a tiny room wouldn’t suit a popular girl.
“As you know, we got involved with a major guild.”
The senior’s expression grew reminiscent, as if recalling a distant past.
“Through various collaborations, we were able to participate in constructing the railways in the Demon Realm. Thanks to that, we received some shares and our funding increased, which was good. Until that guild went bankrupt, that is…”
The senior had the look of an investor who had put all his savings into an opportunity he had encountered for the first time, only to face bankruptcy.
Railways.
Trains.
Train cloud puff puff~!
Gasp, it’s really puffing!
Suddenly, Pastel had a huge interest in engineering.
Reflecting back, it seemed to have fit her aptitude!
