Paradise, written by Xin Haiyouxiang.

The lost sky poured with pouring rain, and only the girl in this seemingly never-ending rainy season knew where its end was.

"There will surely be a rainbow after the rain. Will my little brother be waiting for us there?"

The girl's figure still remained so desolate and miserable, even the dark clouds couldn't make her any darker.

But her heart remained bright as ever. She firmly believed that one day, she would meet the person she loved at the end of the world.

She tightly held the only tangible thing here, a brown teddy bear, and confided in it with an incredibly tender voice.

"Boogie, do you think we will have that fateful encounter one day?"

"... " (Said nothing)

"Is that so... Thank you, Boogie. We will meet soon and be inseparable forever, right?"

The girl excitedly waved her arms in front of the doll, what wonderful news!

"... " (Still said nothing)

"Thank you so much, Boogie!"

Her weak and fragile hands embraced the teddy bear over her shoulder, and a smile of happiness filled her little face.

At times like this, anything would regain the girl's confidence and continue her struggle with this lonely and desolate planet.

She believed that as long as she had an unbreakable heart, she could persist until hope arrived.

"Let's go, Boogie!"

She finally gave up the meaningless footsteps and embarked on the magical journey of herself and the doll.

"Boogie, what you need is fragments of the soul, you understand?"

How could a lifeless doll understand the girl's words? But the girl didn't mind at all, she still tirelessly talked to the doll.

They sang and laughed along the way, even when the scenery became monotonous, even in endless desolate snow, they never got discouraged and continued towards the unknown paradise.

"It's so cold, Boogie! Aren't you cold?"

"..." (Said nothing)

The girl shrank in the snow, hugging Boogie tightly in her arms, her frozen little hands rubbing against the icy ground.

"We can't end here... My little brother is still waiting for me... waiting for me..."

Boogie fell from the girl's arm and fell together with her on the vast snowfield.

In this desperate moment, Boogie miraculously stood up and carried the girl's fragile body, continuing to run forward.

"Boogie...?"

"..."

Although the stuffed bear Boogie still couldn't speak, the girl's dreams had already reached its heart.

"Will we reach the place we want to go?"

"We definitely will!"

The girl, whose faith hadn't completely faded, answered with certainty. She used her last bit of strength to shake off the thick snow on her hair, just to lighten Boogie's burden.

"I once made a wish to the night sky with my own hands, and now it has taken away my hands. It will definitely grant my wish!"

Her calmness also gave Boogie a sense of belief, and their figures separated into a pair, hand in hand disappearing into the vast snow.

"That concludes my speech. Thank you all for your applause!"

Clap, clap, clap...

Except for me, who was squatting among the piles of documents in the student council office, the other two people were applauding the president's story.

"Cough, cough!"

The president purposefully coughed twice, but I was busy organizing the materials I needed for tomorrow, so naturally I had no time to listen to their poetry and flattery.

"Cough, does the newcomer over there not understand the rules?"

"Rules... What rules?!"

The president grabbed my shoulder joint and forced my back against the wall, pressing intimidatingly.

"I'm giving you a chance to evaluate my article. Don't disappoint me.""Article? What article..."

Before I could finish my sentence, the girl with crystal-colored hair sitting in the chair on the right kept gesturing at me, signaling not to go down a dead-end path!

"What, what, tell me!"

"Well...it's very charming, written really well! Ahaha~"

I quickly put on an pretentious act to show my satisfaction with the President's work, applauding so much that my hands turned red.

"Hahaha, very good!"

After the President had satisfied herself for a few seconds, she finally let me go, then she sat back in her swivel chair, crossed her legs and began instructing me.

"Newcomer, this is the first lesson of our Sakura Sea taught by me in place of the teacher - Shunjie, the Practical Genius!"

Uh, what a name for a practical genius.

"Well then, President, I'll go busy myself now, bye."

I had a black line on my face while anxiously wanting to leave, but unexpectedly, the President blocked my way with her hand.

"President, we still haven't delivered the class planning documents for Class One and Two, so maybe you should let me..."

"No way!"

The President stood up like a brave warrior with her surging chest, and said with a determined expression.

"Don't you have something more important to do?"

"What else could I have? Isn't an errand boy just..."

"You have to do everything that needs to be done!"

And just like that, she forcefully sent me back to my seat, then she put on a serious attitude and announced the upcoming activities.

"Now, let him introduce himself to us, and of course, in return, we have to introduce ourselves to him."

"Well, let's officially begin now, starting with me! Yukari Arashi, 17 years old, second year class A, proficient in martial arts, likes literature, and is the popular beauty of the class and school - that's it!"

"It seems like you said something unnecessary."

"I didn't hear it, did you grow a backbone?"

"Uh..uh...that was, talking to myself, just talking to myself!"

"Oh, then do you dare to say it again?"

Looking at the two sitting on either side of me, both of them raised their hands indicating they couldn't help me.

"No...no, absolutely won't happen again."

It has been a day and a half since I started interacting with the President and the others, and these kinds of things happen frequently, so it's not surprising.

What can I say deep in my heart? She truly deserves to be the Student Council President of Sakura Sea, she acts straightforwardly and decisively, though sometimes when her mind races, she tends to do reckless things.

Next is the President's sidekick from yesterday, the silver star-like young girl.

"Hello, I'm Shinobu Arima from class A in second year, you..."

Somehow, her face suddenly blushed, she said, "Only the President can call me Shinobi, you can just call me Shinobu."

"Hehe..."

For some reason, her behavior seemed a bit off.

Next is the girl who kindly reminded me earlier, but the President and Shinobu seemed very dissatisfied with her...full...those two in front of her chest...

The President and Shinobu glared at her with extremely fierce eyes, the kind that wished for a thousand cuts!

"I'm Rie Chiba from class A in the second year, nice to meet you."

"Not at all, I'm the one who needs to ask you to take care of me!"

Finally, there is a normal person, my first impression of this girl named Rie Chiba, with her short hair resembling a blue crystal, is that she is a well-behaved and refined girl with a gentle demeanor.

And her cute smile with narrowed eyes always gives a strange feeling...

There's a inexplicable gaze stabbing at me, I turned my head to see the two who were already burning with anger, so I quickly apologized with an embarrassed smile.

"I guess I'll go do some manual labor first."

Discretion is the better part of valor, if the situation isn't good, it's best to leave.

"Sigh, there's still so much miscellaneous work that can't be finished, have those girls been working this hard before I came?"I suddenly had a sense of guilt. How can I be worse than three girls combined?

"What's so difficult? The student council is just a useless decoration."

Just as I regained my confidence, a blond foreign student passing by couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing my words.

"..."

"... Haha, what nonsense are you talking about? The discipline in this school is always managed by the disciplinary committee. Those three in the student council are just three lazy brats!"

"Then the disciplinary committee in this school is really pitiful."

Just as I had reasons to like them, those three turned out to be completely worthless, pretending to be something under the guise of the student council?

"Please wait a moment!"

The foreign student quickly stopped me and asked worriedly.

"You haven't been caught by them with any evidence, have you?"

"Um... maybe?"

"Well, you're in trouble!"

The foreign student acted as if he had offended a god, clasping his hands together in front of his chest, looking devastated as he prayed for me.

"The disciplinary committee filed a complaint against the student council a few days ago and they didn't do anything. At a time like this, you should have made some big mistakes, giving them a chance to attack you, right?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you think, right?"

I chuckled, saying that he was joking. That's how foreigners are, always showing... wait, why do I feel like I've been played by the student council president?

"Well, good luck to you. Until we meet again!"

Watching the boy walk away and the stack of documents piled in front of me, I suddenly had an image in my mind - a stupid donkey!!

Those guys were too much. They handed me so many anti-human tasks by myself, and told me to stay away from bothering them by saying I needed to review something in the student council office.

"I knew their panicked expressions at that time were so unusual. It turns out they were hiding a dirty little secret."

I tried to stay calm, filled with resentment, and pushed open the door of the student council office.

"Divide it for me..."

"No, this is the last one, let me..."

"Enough!"

As soon as I entered the room, it immediately fell silent. Kanzaki hurriedly stuffed most of the remaining oden into her mouth, trying to act calm, while only the president still wore a radiant smile.

"Are the leaflets all distributed? Huh..."

However, when she saw the thick stack of documents in my hand, she immediately pretended to be strict and pointed outside with arrogance, shouting, "You dare to come back without distributing them all... um, that thing?"

The exhausted president's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and her bewildered eyes glanced around.

"..."

In a desperate situation, she actually made a move that insulted my intelligence, turning to Kanzaki, who still had half an oden in her mouth, for help.

"President, if you can't finish it, report your wall-climbing action to the school and get expelled!"

"Well said! I'll reward you later!"

"You and your rewards!"

Unable to contain my anger, I threw all the documents on the floor and turned to leave.

"Go ahead and do whatever you want, including expulsion!"