After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back

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"...Just like the other candidates, I too hold the vision of building the best possible Uka. What sets me apart is my greater ambition and determination to take Uka from the best to even better!—That concludes my speech, thank you, everyone."

In the school auditorium, Kiryu Hina took a step back from the microphone and bowed seriously to the students below.

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience. Discover exclusive tales on empire

This was not the speech of the Student Council President, but that of a 'Student Council President candidate'.

After the summer break ended and Ugao High started, the Student Council elections began.

"We've officially entered a world of competition, where you have to take everything that your opponent has."

That's what Ayakoji Chiyoko had said.

She really was an excessive person.

But as long as she had the drive, Kagura Hikaru was very relieved.

Every year's election followed a set procedure.

First was the most classic part, the campaign speeches in the school auditorium.

Similar to a real political election, the candidates had to express their determination, their advantages, and their core ideas in front of the 'public'.

Core ideas, simply put, were promises and personal stances.

What changes one would bring to the school after becoming Student Council President, what kind of improvements one could seek for the students' campus life, and so on.

For example: proposing renovations for the outdated facilities of the old school buildings, increasing the budget cap for clubs, planting a large cherry blossom tree on campus... all these things, among students, were only likely to be accomplished by the Student Council President.

The Student Council President, elected by everyone's vote, is the student leader whose actions and ideas represent the wishes of the entire student body, and therefore has the right to bargain with the principal.

An excellent Student Council President can bring about many positive changes to the school during their term.

Even to the point of providing a completely different campus life for all the students at the school.

The overall atmosphere being lively or gloomy is, to some extent, related to the choice of Student Council President.

If the wrong person is chosen, allowing an irresponsible person to take charge, mess things up, and then shrug it off nonchalantly upon graduation, the scene becomes exceptionally ugly.

Such incidents have been heard of in other schools.

Therefore, the Student Council election isn't completely unrelated to the broader student body.

In theory, everyone has doubts about every candidate.

Except for the current Student Council President, who already has work experience.

The dense applause from below continued without waning.

From such a scene, one can understand.

Needless to say, everyone was very satisfied with the work Kiryu Hina had done during her term from the second half of last year to the first half of this year.

So satisfied that even though her speech had ended, they were reluctant to allow her to exit the stage for a good while, using applause to keep her bowing.

If one were to describe Kiryu Hina's one-year tenure as Student Council President in a word, it would be impeccable.

Whatever needed to be done, she always did it best, and nearly all student-friendly activities with reasonable content were successfully executed.

If a student got entangled in a dispute, seeking her immediate help would lead to an effective resolution.

In terms of ability, she even exceeded many of the in-school teachers.

Most importantly, she was extremely beautiful with a grace that matched her looks and had always been at the forefront of her studies; she was the very image of the perfect high-achiever you would expect to find only in comics and novels.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her 'the perfect Student Council President'.

A Student Council President who has proven her talent and garnered much attention, intending to run for re-election, one would know that her chances of winning are extremely high.

Yet, including Kiryu Hina, the number of people participating in the election had reached five.

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The students of Yuqiu High School are quite tenacious and won't give up easily at the sight of a strong rival.

Although most of them participate with a half-hearted, half-serious attitude just for the fun of it.

According to the results of the prior draw, Kiryu Hina's speech was scheduled fourth, yet none of the candidates before her had managed to stir up such an enthusiastic atmosphere.

They were just cheerful, average students.

But Kiryu Hina was different; she was one hundred percent serious.

Only when the applause slowly died down did Kiryu Hina finally lift her head, revealing a smile full of charm, and waved to the students calling out her name as she made her way offstage from the side.

She happened to pass right by the next speaker, Ayakoji Chiyoko, going onstage.

"Good luck, Classmate Ayakoji."

"I don't need your well-wishes, President,"

The two of them brushed past each other with smiles plastered on their faces.

When Ayakoji Chiyoko took the stage, a neat and completely different set of sounds immediately erupted.

It was the Discipline Committee members down below, who had gathered together, clapping their hands in a perfectly synchronized rhythm that was arguably louder than the support for Kiryu Hina had been.

Some of the bewildered freshmen, carried by the wave of applause, also began clapping, inadvertently forming expectations for Ayakoji Chiyoko.

The first-year students, having only arrived at Yuqiu for one semester, weren't very familiar with the older candidates on stage, and even if they had any particular leanings, they weren't deep-seated.

They were the most indecisive group in the election.

In other words, naturally neutral.

Having taken advantage of her term's privileges, Kiryu Hina had already successfully established an impression in front of the freshman during the past first semester, but this impression wasn't insurmountable.

Perfection implies covering all bases, but is there a possibility that this is also a form of mediocrity?

The advice Kagura Hikaru gave to Ayakoji Chiyoko was to do the opposite of Kiryu Hina, to create an extraordinary perception.

To even challenge authority publicly, doing what the students had long wanted to do but dared not do.

Below the stage, amidst the Discipline Committee's formation, Kagura Hikaru gazed at Ayakoji Chiyoko, who stood atop the stage adjusting the microphone, "It's all on you now..."

Strangely, after confirming the microphone was working, she didn't speak.

Instead, she stood silently, expressionless, staring at the students below.

After five or six seconds, the crowd gradually became aware that something was off, starting to whisper amongst themselves, wondering why the person on stage hadn't begun.

Each person's speech time was only ten minutes, and the students' patience had its limits.

Every candidate from before was eager to begin their spiel, none had dawdled like Ayakoji Chiyoko now did.

After ten seconds, even the students who weren't interested in the speech became curious because of the prolonged silence and couldn't help but lift their heads to look.

Kiryu Hina, who had just stepped off the stage, looked up and seemed to realize something, her gaze becoming slightly more serious.

Silence has power.

Sometimes, those who don't speak are more attractive than those who do.

Ayakoji Chiyoko truly came prepared.

The silence continued for fifteen seconds.

The noise from below gradually subsided.

It wasn't that they had all collectively realized something, but rather an atmosphere had unconsciously formed, an invisible air that told them it was best to be quiet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you among those who believe in love?" Ayakoji Chiyoko finally spoke.