Not a Villainess but a Maid

#022 Taming the Student Council President (3)

Just once, Lady Ruby, who had always been healthy, suffered from a high fever.

Even though it had been two years since she had worked so hard to care for the sick, her memories were still vivid.

It was her first time seeing the young lady lying down sick, and she was so upset that she cried.

As she looked at Citrine lying on the white bed in the nurse’s office, she remembered her memories.

The nurse who was checking the condition of Citrine, who was lying down, looked at me and said.

“The fever has gone down even more than before. Please tell me to lie here until I feel better.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Fortunately, she said it was not a serious problem and was just a simple feeling of body aches.

She was told that her symptoms were likely to have lasted for several days because her immune system was low.

‘Until this happens, I never once said I was in pain…’

Citrine, lying down with her hair down, looked like an ordinary cute noblewoman.

I don’t know if it was because she didn’t have the pigtails she usually wore, or because she had no energy, but it gave her a more limited look than expected.

After about two hours had passed, she quietly rustled her body and opened her eyes, and I said…

“Sleep more. The fever hasn’t gone down yet.”

“···Ah, commoner. It’s you.”

The first thing I say to the person who took care of me as soon as I wake up is, ‘Ah, a commoner.’

With her confused eyes she looked at where she was lying, and she asked:

“···What, why am I here?”

“He collapsed in front of me.”

When I explained her situation at the time, Citrine looked troubled.

“···I was a poor person.”

Now she even uses the word “Sloppy” To herself, which was just a wonder of her.

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“Thank you anyway. I’ll go back to work now.”

“Where are you going?”

I quickly caught Citrine who was trying to get up and sat her down on the bed again.

“···Why?”

“You can’t do it until the fever goes away. Are you going to faint again?”

“Still, I have to go. Because I have a lot of things to do by today…”

Citrine tried to force herself to stand up, but stumbled again and was caught by me.

“···!”

“···Look. I said you should rest, right?”

“···Yes.”

I thought she was going to be a bit more picky, but her body touched and she quickly became obedient.

She lay down looking at her ceiling with a liberated expression, as if she had no energy to worry anymore.

Unlike usual, her voice had no strength at all, to the point where it was doubtful whether she was really the same person.

“Chairman.”

“···Huh?”

“···Why are you working so hard?”

“…”

Citrine stared at her ceiling with a complicated expression, and then she finally opened her mouth.

“···When I first joined the student council, everyone got along very well with each other. Everyone tried to take the lead in their work and was very motivated.”

“Yes, but why now…?”

She was silent for a while and then spoke with a heavy expression.

“···Everyone was cut. Except me.”

“What do you mean, cut off?”

“Executive positions are not permanent. If you do not continue to maintain top grades, you will soon be disqualified.”

‘Being deprived…?’

This was a fact that I had no idea about since it usually doesn’t happen that your performance goes down in games.

“The kids coming in now are all new kids.”

The executives who currently make up the student council say that, with the exception of Citrine, this is the result of several changes.

“I’m good at memorizing things so it wasn’t difficult, but I think it was a little difficult for those kids.”

Even though most students found it difficult to become an executive, their grades inevitably went down due to the workload of the student council, which was as much as any other workplace, along with their studies.

Surprisingly, Citrine had the highest intelligence stat among all the heroines.

Although his physical abilities and speaking skills are poor, he has the memorization ability to be called a genius.

“···I had no idea that an executive position was so difficult to maintain.”

“Even if the seat in front of you changes, someone will immediately come up to you. So, those kids will have to risk their lives to study.”

It was said that it was surprisingly common for student council executives to change frequently.

The problem was that Citrine had to keep the same position alone.

“Me. I’ve finally become friends with the kids in the student council. We’ve become friends at best, but I don’t want to let things go like that again.”

“···So, you took on all that work by yourself?”

“···Yes. I was stubborn about wanting to do that.”

That said, her executives were also surprised and impressed by Citrine’s ability to pull off such a reckless act.

As a result, Citrine’s actions ended up increasing the distance between them.

It must have been something she did in her own way to get closer to them.

“Chairman. Even a little bit is good, so please share the work with the executives.”

“It’s impossible. If I don’t take it on, someone else will…”

As I was quietly listening to her words, I spoke to her with an upset expression on her face.

“···I don’t like it when only the chairman has a hard time.”

“···Huh?”

“You keep pushing yourself too hard, and it’s painful for the people watching.”

She had a slightly shocked look on her face, then lowered her head and answered.

“···Sorry.”

I didn’t say this hoping for an apology.

She did what she did when she knew that what she did out of kindness did not necessarily come back with good results.

“Anyone would hate it if someone they care about was treated like this.”

“Do you cherish…?”

Citrine repeated my words in silence, then sat down, pulled her blanket up to her face, and asked:

“···I just thought Amber would hate me…”

“Huh? There’s no way you could hate such a kind person.”

“I always treated you badly, looked down on you for being a commoner, and called you a loser…”

“You say that to other people too. No one thinks that’s sincere.”

“···.”

Hansi Trinh, who had almost covered her face with the blanket, spoke in a voice that sounded like she was about to crawl away.

“···I don’t hate Amber either.”

“Really? I’m glad.”

When I said that and touched her forehead, Citrine was startled.

“What, what is it?”

“Stay still. I’m trying to measure the temperature.”

“Ah…Yes.”

Citrin’s gaze strangely could not remain still.

“That’s strange. I think it’s lower than before?”

When I got closer to her body to get a good look, she closed her eyes.

“···.”

Looking at it like this, her face is also really small.

The way it was sitting somewhat reminded me of a doll.

She stroked her forehead, brushing away her bangs, then brought her hands to her new red ears.

“···Huh···.”

“···Was it cold?”

Because my ears were so hot, my hands might have felt cold.

“···Oh, no. You can continue.”

In fact, I confirmed that her body temperature had dropped to some extent, but I did not take my hand away from her as if I was possessed by something.

I guess it was because Citrine’s reaction of twitching every time I nuzzled her little ear somehow became a little funny.

I used my fingers to stroke the inside, and gently touched my earlobe.

“That’s enough. It’s gone down quite a bit.”

Eventually, I took her hand away, and she responded with a slightly questioning expression.

“···You just measured that temperature, right?”

“Of course.”

“It looks a little suspicious.”

The sight of her looking at me bluntly was somehow funny, so I held back the laughter that was about to escape.

The nurse’s room door burst open, and the sound of several people’s footsteps was heard.

When I faced them, I spoke with a slightly surprised expression.

“Student council members…?”

The women who were looking at Citrine with gloomy expressions lowered their heads and shouted.

“Sorry, Citrine…!”

“I’m sorry, Chairman!”

Not only I but also Citrine was taken aback by the sudden apology.

“I heard from a former student council member. Citrine was taking care of the work alone because of us.”

Everyone kept their heads down.

“We didn’t even know that, and we just took it for granted that only the chairman would suffer…”

To the girls who looked like they were about to burst into tears, Citrine smiled and spoke.

“It’s okay. If you understand, that’s okay.”

I looked at Citrine and said with a slight smile.

“From now on, you won’t be able to do it alone even if you want to, Chairman.”

Citrine, who was looking at me and the girls alternately, made a subtle expression and asked me.

“···Amber. Are you really okay with this?”

“Are you worried that the executives’ performance will decline?”

“···Yes. They all seem like stone-headed people to me.”

I used abusive language without any reason, but no one pointed it out.

After thinking about it carefully, I presented an opinion based on the information I had gained while observing citrine.

“Then, would you like to try it like this?”

“How?”

***

After that, the student council returned to its normal state.

Everyone is busy working and helping each other, with no one left out.

“Chairman, you have been solving this amount of problems all by yourself…”

“We were the absolute worst members…”

They also seemed to have quite reflected on this incident.

And Citrine remained locked in her room. It’s just that I naturally like to be in dark rooms or something.

Still, I was glad to see that he was more interactive with his club members than before.

The biggest difference was after all student council work was over.

“It’s over…”

It’s already 5:30. After everyone finished their work and felt the joy of being liberated, the office door slammed open and Citrine, looking energetic, came out and said.

“I can’t leave today until I memorize everything, so do your best, you idiots.”

What she brought out was a killer amount of homework, and she had prepared it in her own way to help them with their grades.

One of them frowned and pulled out her hair.

“···I don’t remember. “What was this…?”

Then Citrine’s harsh words struck me without mercy.

“What kind of sea anemone is your brain made of? “Can’t you memorize that one thing?”

“Chairman, I need to go to the bathroom…”

“How are you going to take the test with such a crappy bladder? Hang in there.”

Citrine monitored them and criticized them with sincerity every day, and it is said that everyone’s grades improved significantly compared to before.

Is this a good result?

At least one person was noticeably happier than before, so let’s just say it ended well.