Book 1 Chapter 890

Chloe adjusted her hair a few times in front of the full-length mirror in the room.

Chloe, blinking her lake-like eyes, carefully opened the door.

"Huh? Chloe?"

A female student passing by the door tilted her head.

"Where are you going? Dressed in your school uniform at this hour."

Chloe, who had been silent for a moment at the words, smiled sweetly.

"No. I just put it on to see if my uniform had gotten smaller."

"Suddenly?"

The female student, who had made a puzzled expression, soon shrugged it off and returned to her room.

'It's natural to stand out if I go out in my uniform at this hour.'

Thinking so, Chloe changed into comfortable everyday clothes and put her uniform in her bag.

Then, feigning composure, she left the girls' dormitory area.

In the lounge, students were resting in their own ways.

"Chloe, want to play chess?"

Abad, who was playing chess with other students, asked with a smile.

At his smile, the surrounding female students let out small groans.

"I have something to do today."

As she said that and headed towards the entrance of the magic department dormitory, Abad looked puzzled.

"What? You're leaving now?"

"Yes."

Leaving the dormitory during curfew is a violation of school rules.

However, there are occasional cases of leaving the dormitory despite the violation of school rules.

For example, finding numerous secret passages and places in the clock tower dormitory.

If you discover an undiscovered place first, you can earn bonus points for the dormitory.

Of course, there is a clear risk.

The moment you are caught by the professor on duty, you will not only receive demerit points but also be sent to the detention room.

Therefore, leaving the dormitory during curfew is free, but it can cause harm to the entire department, so it is best not to leave unless absolutely necessary.

Of course, students who have the ability to evade the professors' eyes often went out.

Abad had also gone out during curfew.

However, it was natural for Abad to be puzzled because Chloe, who valued school rules, said she was leaving.

The surrounding students also looked puzzled.

But soon they just accepted it.

They thought it would definitely be beneficial to the magic department if Chloe left.

"Do you need help?"

"I'm fine."

Chloe shook her head at Abad's words and confidently left the dormitory.

'I feel a little guilty.'

She felt sorry for the students in the same department who didn't suspect anything and felt guilty about breaking school rules.

Chloe, walking down the hallway while looking around, stopped by the restroom briefly and changed into her uniform.

Then, looking at her face in the mirror, she took a deep breath and took out a key from her pocket.

She left the restroom, inserted the key into a random door nearby, and turned it.

*Click- Snap-*

As the door opened, the scenery changed.

Before she knew it, Chloe was at the top of the clock tower dormitory, in Leo's room.

Leo, who was sitting on the sofa, looked puzzled as Chloe entered through the door.

"Why the uniform?"

"It's student council work. It's something that needs to be taken seriously, so it should be the uniform, right? You're in uniform too."

He had taken off his tie and unbuttoned a few top buttons, appearing casual, but it was still a uniform.

"I just haven't changed my clothes yet."

"Whatever."

Wearing comfortable clothes made her feel relaxed.

That's why she wore the uniform to approach it seriously.

Seeing Chloe like that, Leo lightly scratched his temple with his pen and said,

"Shall I get you an official leave permit?"

It would be troublesome, but obtaining a leave permit would officially allow Leo to help her.

Then there would be no further restrictions on going out after curfew.

"It's okay. No need to bother the professors on duty."

'Ugh, does it look like I'm making a strange, forced excuse?'

Chloe, sitting on the sofa, feigned composure, but inwardly she was cautiously observing.

After hearing the request to come to her room at curfew, she had asked for help with student council work, so there was no misunderstanding.

Chloe had also thought so when she heard it.

Of course, Leo had a way to go directly to Chloe's room, but he couldn't go to the girls' dormitory area where male students were prohibited, so he received the key.

In fact, it was Chloe who shook her head at Leo's offer to get her a leave permit when he gave her the key.

If she got a permit, more student council members could be added.

Or a professor could be present.

Chloe didn't want to miss this opportunity to spend time alone with Leo.

She was seized by a strange sense of forbidden pleasure in being in a private space with the opposite sex late at night.

Even though she knew it was unlikely, there was a tense anticipation of something happening.

"Ahem! Anyway, I'll hand over the things that happened while you were away."

To shake off her distracting thoughts, Chloe cleared her throat and began looking at student council documents with Leo.

Leo, reading the documents Chloe was explaining, asked,

"By the way, how did you end up handling the student council president's work?"

"Elena-senpai nominated me before she left on her mission."

"Really?"

"Yes. She even asked if I was interested in being vice president?"

"Elena-senpai?"

"Yes."

There are many candidates for vice president.

One notable candidate is Lil, who aims for the vice president position.

'Of course, Lil isn't the type for vice president.'

The vice president is a position that assists the president.

The president doesn't necessarily have to be involved in the actual work.

The representative of overwhelming strength alone is enough.

In that case, the actual work is done by the vice president.

In that sense, Lil would be more suited to be president than vice president.

Of course, with Leo currently being president, that's impossible.

"It's surprising that she chose you with that personality."

Chloe snorted at Leo's words and replied,

"She said I seemed like a typical honor student who wouldn't do anything reckless."

'What does she think of the vice president?'

"What do you think?"

"I'm not too keen on watching Kal work, but still."

Chloe smiled sweetly.

"Leo, if you ask me, I'll consider it positively."

Even though she had only received the handover for a short time, her work was meticulous.

It was exactly like Chloe, Leo thought.

"I'll leave it to you."

"Heh heh."

Chloe burst into laughter.

Then she assisted Leo with his student council work.

"I wanted to finish it today."

Leo's voice, tinged with fatigue, was heard, and Chloe checked the time.

It was already late at night.

She had been so absorbed in her work that she had forgotten the distracting thoughts she had when she first arrived at Leo's room.

"Let's call it a day. You must be tired too."

Chloe said, tidying up the pile of documents.

Leo had returned from his mission less than a day ago.

Whatever had happened, if he had hunted down a piece of Erebus, he would be mentally and physically exhausted.

Even with Leo's superhuman stamina, he was clearly overdoing it.

"I guess so."

Leo nodded and said, rubbing his neck.

"Chloe, I'm sorry, but I can't see you out."

"No need. Go to sleep."

Chloe nudged Leo's back.

"Okay, goodbye."

"Yes. You get some good rest too."

Chloe smiled and headed for the door.

*Thump-*

The sound of Leo lying down on the bed was heard.

Before leaving the room, Chloe looked back at Leo.

Leo, lying on the bed, was breathing evenly.

'He must be really tired.'

Chloe looked a little surprised.

It was strange that Leo, who didn't show signs of exhaustion even with difficult tasks, would fall asleep as soon as he lay down.

As Chloe was about to leave the room, she suddenly stopped and swallowed hard.

Then she carefully approached Leo.

'Wow, he's really tired.'

The usual Leo would have woken up immediately.

But even though Chloe came right in front of the bed, Leo showed no signs of waking up.

'……He must be struggling.'

His face, sleeping so unguardedly, was clearly exhausted, unlike Leo.

'Chelsea definitely said it. This mission was harder for Leo than usual.'

Thinking so, she felt pity.

Unconsciously, she sat on the bed and looked down at Leo's face.

'You worked hard, Leo.'

As Chloe, who had comforted Leo mentally, stood up and turned her head, she almost screamed.

However, the other person was faster and covered Chloe's mouth.

"Hmm?"

Her pink eyes narrowed.

As her beautiful face tilted askew, her brilliant blonde hair poured down.

Elena, showing a very displeased expression, smiled sweetly.

"Chloe, do you know how I feel right now?"

Seeing Chloe frozen, Elena continued,

"I feel betrayed by the person I trusted. Do I have to show the person I trusted that the impeccable honor student Chloe Müller came to a boy's room late at night and is in the same bed with him?"

"L-Leo asked me to come…"

"Were you such a fickle person that you'd go just because a boy asked you to his room?"

"Don't say things that can be misinterpreted! I was just helping with student council work!"

"Yes, don't tease your juniors for no reason," Leo said, scratching his head as if he had just woken up.

"By the way, how did you get into my room?"

"I deciphered the formula for the student council president's room coordinates during the summer break."

Elena looked back and forth between Leo and Chloe.

"So? What is this situation? Were you someone who laid hands on a female student under the guise of student council work?"

Malice dripped from Elena's eyes.

Leo grabbed Elena by the scruff of her neck and dragged her out of the room.

Chloe followed, flustered.

"Good night to both of you."

Leo, dragging Elena out of the room, left those words and closed the door.

Elena, staring at the door with a sullen face, clicked her tongue.

"She changed the formula."

Her efforts for more than a semester had been in vain.

"So?"

Elena looked at Chloe.

Seeing Elena looking at her with very serious eyes, Chloe looked puzzled.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I'm considering whether I can entrust the position of vice president to you."

At those words, Chloe let out a small sigh.