After deciding to give up, I became popular

The magic of love, huh? Natsukawa Kanade thought, he had experienced it himself, but that was something he had deliberately changed, so it might be different.

Speaking of which, the reason he chose to return to his post, besides wanting to continue being friends with everyone in the student council, was also because he held the idea of "wanting to atone."

Perhaps it's a bit of an exaggeration to say it that way, but the core idea remains the same—if he were to be the president, Shirogane Miyuki would have a lot more free time, which would be perfect for spending time with the girl he likes.

He just didn't know why Shinomiya Kaguya hadn't actively launched an offensive against Shirogane, and instead often helped him with his affairs.

Could it be that he misunderstood? Shinomiya Kaguya doesn't actually like Shirogane Miyuki?

But this contradicts his previous reasoning... Forget it, he shouldn't think about it too much; it's other people's business and there's no need to worry about them too much.

Thinking too deeply about everything will only damage his hair.

Anyway, he had already created opportunities for them; how things develop after that is none of his business.

Let go of the need to help, and respect others' choices.

It's good enough for him to be an audience member.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Shirogane Miyuki, just as he was about to get up to go to the restroom, a commotion in the front row caught his attention.

"Shiina-san, next class is swimming, would you like to join us?"

As a student in the same class, Natsukawa Kanade was very popular, but in reality, not many people would come up to greet him, basically only some male friends.

But the angel-sama was different; she was a person with truly angelic affability.

Regardless of gender or age, no one could resist her gentle smile, and everyone hoped to be close to her, truly highlighting her appeal to all.

"Eh? That would be a little..." Shiina Mahiru seemed a little at a loss.

"Are you worried about being peeked at by the boys? It's okay, we'll protect you."

The leading girl in the front row held Shiina Mahiru's hand and said expectantly, "Come on, let's go to class together? Shiina-san refused last time, so please accept our invitation this time!"

"Ugh..." Seeing the other party's expectant look, Shiina Mahiru's heart wavered.

She actually didn't want to go to swimming class and wanted to find a reason to ask for leave as usual, but this time she was surrounded in her seat and couldn't leave at all...

"I'm actually not very good at swimming..."

"It's okay, it's okay, we'll teach you, or Shiina-san can just stand aside and smile."

Shiina Mahiru: "..."

Was she some kind of healing robot?

But now that things have been said to this extent, it would be a little tactless if she didn't agree.

As a student, you must be able to read the atmosphere.

"Okay, thank you."

"That's great! Let's go to the locker room now before it's too late."

So, the group escorted the angel-sama away.

Natsukawa Kanade, who had been silently watching all of this, pondered for a moment, then also left the classroom.

...

In the blink of an eye, it was time for class, and the students in the class had already changed into their swimsuits and gathered in place.

The teacher first led the students through a few sets of warm-up exercises before allowing them to move freely and get into the water.

"Shiina-san, let's go over there."

"..." Shiina Mahiru couldn't refuse at all, so she had no choice but to be dragged along.

"Xiao Shi, keep an eye on that side, Xiao Ling, keep an eye on this side, and absolutely don't let any boys come over."

"Leave it to us." X2

Shuchoin Academy's swimming lessons are taught in groups. Although they are in the same swimming pool, the boys are all on one side and the girls are all on the other side, with a wall in between.

The reason they are so vigilant is because at the beginning of the school year, there were a few boys who sneaked into the girls' hall to peep during swimming class.

Although the purpose was just to see the girls' swimsuits and swimming postures, this peeping behavior still affected the girls, and they began to take strict precautions afterward.

Shiina Mahiru was naturally one of the protagonists of that incident. As a famous beautiful girl in the academy, many boys wanted to catch a glimpse of her swimsuit appearance.

"Shiina-san, don't worry, we will protect you."

"Thank you..." Shiina Mahiru nodded lightly, but wondered if they were going a bit too far.

Honestly, Shiina Mahiru really couldn't understand why the boys were so interested in her swimsuit appearance, when it was just a very ordinary school swimsuit.

But regardless of whether she understood or not, this overly abnormal behavior naturally caused her discomfort, so after that incident, she would choose to ask for leave and skip swimming class every time, but this time she was forced to come along.

Could it be that someone will come to peep again this time? What's so good about it...

For some reason, Shiina Mahiru thought of the person she cared about very much.

Would Kanade... be interested too? If it was him, even in private... no, that shouldn't be possible, he probably wouldn't want to see her again now...

Shiina Mahiru's eyes were a little dim, and she couldn't muster any interest in swimming, just mechanically responding to the words of the people around her.

The girl next to her saw that she was not in a good mood and wanted to ask, but the next moment, she spotted a suspicious figure flashing past in a corner.

"Over there! Those guys really came after all!"

Then she called two companions over, preparing to investigate.

"Shiina-san, continue swimming here, we'll go over there and teach those boys a lesson."

"Then, be careful..."

...

In a dark corner, two heads were stacked on top of each other.

"Hey, I said, did you get a shot? Can you do it? If not, let me do it."

"Don't make noise, don't make noise, I'm looking for it, why are you in such a hurry?"

Two boys wearing only swim trunks sneaked past the teacher's eyes and crossed over to the girls' side.

They came for the so-called "trust of the organization," and for this purpose they had prepared a full set of tools—a high-definition camera.

The purpose was naturally to record the elegant posture of that angel-sama for them to admire.

As for the other girls... what's there to see, they have nothing, they can't compare to their faith—angel-sama.

"To the left? Look again."

"Okay, I'll take a look..."

"Hey, what are you doing over there!" An angry voice suddenly sounded, and the two boys were startled, almost dropping the camera in their hands.

The one who came was naturally the trio of girls.

The leading girl walked over slowly, with a look of contempt on her face: "What dirty and vile thoughts, this time you even prepared a camera."

"Tsk, hand over the camera quickly."

"Eh, I'm sorr..." One of the slightly flustered boys was a little scared and subconsciously wanted to apologize and hand over the camera, but was interrupted by the other boy.

"Are you stupid? Isn't this an admission of guilt?!"

Then he looked at the group of girls, with a look of disdain on his face: "What? You want someone else's camera as soon as you come up, is this robbery?"

"Robbery?" The leading girl laughed in anger, "You peeping Toms still have the nerve to make false accusations?"

"What peeping? Which eye saw me peeping? We just got lost and accidentally came here." The boy next to him also reacted and quickly nodded in agreement.

"Lost? With a camera? Are you trying to fool an idiot? Hand over the things quickly, or I'll be rude."

"Do you think I'm afraid of you? If you're going to be rude, then be rude, I'd like to see what you can do to me."

"She can't do anything to you, what about me?" A low voice suddenly sounded, and the few people who were still arguing immediately looked over.

"Student council president?"

"President?"

Natsukawa Kanade walked over expressionlessly and came to the boy's front: "Give me the camera, I'll check it."

"Yes..." The guy who had been arrogant immediately pretended to be a wimp as soon as he saw Natsukawa Kanade.

He might dare to confront the girls who caught them, but he didn't dare to disobey the student council president at all; the two were not on the same level at all.

Natsukawa Kanade took the camera, opened the photo library and flipped through it, but didn't find any strange pictures, so he put it away again.

"Three sets of 200-meter round trips for each person; in addition, submit a 1000-word reflection to the student council room before this weekend, any questions?"

"No!"

"Okay, you guys go."

"But President, this camera..."

"I'll return it to you when you submit your reflections, anything else?"

"No, nothing..."

"Then hurry up and practice, don't blame me for being ruthless if you don't finish before the end of class."

"Yes!" So the two boys ran away as if fleeing.

Only then did Natsukawa Kanade turn to the trio of girls and apologize to them slightly.

"Sorry, they caused you trouble."

As the student council president, he naturally had to make a statement when such people appeared among the students he led.

"No, President, you've worked hard..."

Natsukawa Kanade nodded and was about to leave when he was suddenly stopped again.

"President, can you show us the contents of the camera?"

Natsukawa Kanade shook his head: "Sorry, I can't do that, I can't expose other people's privacy at will."

He had indeed checked it and there was nothing prohibited, but that didn't mean that other private pictures could be viewed by these girls in front of him.

"Why? I have reason to believe that Natsukawa President and them..." The leading girl looked at Natsukawa Kanade with a suspicious look. Although she didn't finish her words, she believed that the other party could understand.

It wasn't that she was making wild accusations, but the timing of Natsukawa Kanade's appearance was too coincidental, and normally no one would come to this kind of place.

"..." Natsukawa Kanade frowned.

Being suspected was fine, anyway, his conscience was clear, but the important thing was how to get rid of the other party's entanglement without damaging his prestige.

It was the time of the student council's change of term, and even the slightest disturbance would be infinitely amplified, and it might affect his election...

Just as a new storm was about to brew, a gentle voice rang out.

"It's okay, I believe in Natsukawa... President's character and judgment."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found an angel-sama.

It was still the angel-sama wearing a school swimsuit and dripping wet, her slender but not lacking sexy figure exposed without a doubt.

"..."

So Natsukawa Kanade took a few more glances without leaving a trace before retracting his gaze, looking serious.

"Ahem... Thank you for your recognition, Shiina-san..."

"Ah, no, I should be the one thanking Natsukawa-san..."

"..."

"..."

The trio of girls next to them looked at the two people's strange interaction pattern, looked at each other, but the next moment they came back to their senses and showed subtle gazes.

"Oh, I remembered that I haven't finished my warm-up exercises yet, let's go back."