Chapter 1698
The Student Council's Troubles!
Chapter 1698 The Student Council's Troubles!
Let's go back a little earlier.
Ashford Academy, Student Council.
Millie Ashford, who had gathered all the members in the student council meeting room, announced some news that was neither bad nor good.
"What? Earth, Earth, a high-ranking figure from the Earth Federation Forces is coming here?"
Rival exclaimed, putting his legs up on the chair and holding his notebook.
Millie Ashford looked regretful.
"Yes. This news is true. The headmaster personally received the report from His Highness Clovis."
"Your Highness Clovis?"
Shirley, sitting next to Lelouch, blinked and pondered.
"Isn't that the third prince who gave the public speech before, deciding to launch an attack on the empire's homeland?"
"I'm sorry! It's all true."
Millie Ashford nodded repeatedly.
"So, what do you think our student council should do next?"
For a moment, everyone fell silent, exchanging glances. Finally, apart from Nina Einstein, who was sitting in the corner engrossed in calculations, everyone focused their attention on Lelouch, who was holding a pen but with a slightly vacant look in his eyes, seemingly deep in thought.
After a while, Lelouch, sensing something was wrong, suddenly woke up and was startled by the stares around him.
"President, Rival, Shirley, why are you all looking at me like that?"
Mirei weighed the flyer in her hand and said with a smile.
"Lelouch, you're the smartest one among us, so what do you think we should do?"
"What do you mean?"
Lelouch was taken aback, which drew the ire of others.
"Lelouch, didn't you hear what the president said? A high-ranking official from the Earth Federation Forces is coming to visit our academy."
"Huh? A high-ranking figure from the Earth Federation Forces?"
Clearly, Lelouch had been distracted and hadn't heard what Mirei said at all.
Mirei sighed and shook her head repeatedly.
"It seems I've really failed as student council president. Even the student council members don't listen to me anymore. How about I let Lelouch take over as student council president?"
"Wait!! Wait a minute!! President! I was wrong!! Please don't say that!"
When Lelouch saw Millie's self-pitying appearance, he immediately knew something was wrong and quickly apologized and offered a solution.
"President, everyone. Actually, we don't need to panic. The bigwigs from the Earth Federation Forces may have come to Ashford Academy out of curiosity. Or perhaps, it's because His Highness the Third Prince personally recommended them, hoping that the bigwigs from the Earth Federation Forces would come here, to show the world the close relationship between the Earth Federation Forces and His Highness the Third Prince Clovis."
Lelouch said a lot, but apart from Mireille, everyone else had a different level of understanding of it.
"Is this a way for Ashford Academy to act as a bridge to exert pressure on the outside world?"
Shirley's gaze shifted slightly upwards, looking at the ceiling, and she began to ponder Lelouch's words.
Rival scratched his head in exasperation.
"The world of big shots is indeed terrifying."
Nina, sitting in the corner, gave a vague, ambiguous reply.
"If that's the case..."
Seeing this, Mirei spread her hands and looked at Lelouch.
"So, in that case, we can just continue as usual?"
"It doesn't have to be the same as always. We can just follow the highest level of hospitality for welcoming guests. At least that will show our student union's attitude and prevent us from overshadowing the guests. Let the council handle the troublesome matters!"
Lelouch nodded firmly.
"very good!"
Mireille slammed the flyer she was holding onto the table.
"Then, let's do as Lelouch says! Today's meeting is adjourned!" Afterwards, He Ming and C.C., who had just arrived at Ashford Academy, were startled by the scene inside the academy as soon as they got out of the car.
"Oh? Is this the ceremony the academy uses to welcome Colonel Ming?"
CC looked with great interest at the scene where the passageway from the main gate to the main building was lined with stalls selling all sorts of snacks, small gifts, and even some strange books.
Meanwhile, behind these stalls, groups of students dressed in various "uniforms" were performing activities such as horseback riding, dancing, and acrobatics.
After looking around, CC turned her gaze back to He Ming's mask, as if she wanted to see how surprised the face behind the mask would be when it saw such a sight.
"It seems that this must be the student council president's ingenious idea."
"A brilliant idea? Hmm? You knew about it too?"
During the time CC spent with He Ming, she increasingly felt that He Ming seemed to have an incomprehensible precognitive ability regarding her and everything in the Holy Britannian Empire.
Whether it's Kage Island, the world of C, or even the people in this seemingly ordinary imperial colony academy located at the corner of the world, they all know it very well.
"It's just that my vision was a little too far ahead."
He Ming said calmly.
"Tsk! Playing the mystic. Sometimes I think you'd be a good priest."
CC rolled her eyes and casually joked.
"I'm sorry! I have no faith in any gods."
Faced with He Ming's denial, CC shrugged, took two steps, and looked back at the sky.
"Your guards won't fly into the academy too, will they?"
"No. They will stay outside the academy. After all, it is a pure place."
Beneath the mask, He Ming glanced at the bustling scene on one side, smiled slightly, and then walked into the academy with CC.
All the guards, including Jim II, remained outside the academy.
This scene shocked the student council members standing on the main building's terrace.
"My God! President, Lelouch, Shirley, look! Isn't that...that masked man Colonel Akira who led the army to recapture the Second Tokyo metropolitan area a while ago?!"
"What?! Let me see!"
Upon hearing this, Mireille immediately snatched the binoculars from Rival's hands.
The next second, Mirei's expression changed drastically, and her voice seemed to tremble.
"Yes, yes, it's true!! Shirley! Shirley!! Come and see!"
Before Shirley could react, Millie grabbed her and forced her to look through the binoculars at the school gate.
"Huh?! This...it seems to be real!"
"No. It's not just a 'seem'! Chairman, it's real. It's Colonel Ming himself!"
Lelouch, who was standing next to him, put down his binoculars and couldn't help but sigh.
"President, while I suggest you greet this important figure with the highest level of courtesy, your current appearance is perhaps somewhat inadequate..."
Lelouch was speaking when he suddenly realized that Mireille, Shirley, and even Nina, who had been sitting quietly to the side pressing buttons on her microcomputer, were all gone.
"They went back to change their clothes."
Lival said with a helpless expression.
"Huh? Change clothes?"
Lelouch was completely stunned.
What on earth is going on here?
Meanwhile, it wasn't just the student council members who recognized He Ming.
The MS flying overhead, the convoy arriving from afar, the masked man in the uniform of an Earth Federation military academy officer—the combination of these elements made the answer obvious, instantly igniting a frenzy among the students on both sides of the gate.
As the students surged toward them, CC silently stepped back a few paces and looked at He Ming with a mocking expression.
"Looks like you're quite popular. You're the great hero who saved the second Tokyo metropolitan area."
(End of this chapter)