Chapter 5.2

Alina and Asami allowed the students who could move to escort them while Michelle followed behind them, causing Olivia to glare.

"Why are you following, LeBlanc? This doesn't concern you or AEM," she demanded while Michelle turned to stare back at her.

"Just making sure you … Quel est le mot? Ah, yes. Make sure you 'police' don't dépasser your … limits." Michelle replied scathingly causing Olivia to snarl.

"I'll have you know that while you are a member of AEM, you are also a student and, therefore, within our jurisdiction. So I suggest that you watch your mouth," Olivia shot back.

"Your juridiction? You are children, les enfants, supervising other children. You are not les keufs." Michelle said, then gestured at her gun as she continued. " If you were, you would have cette."

"Those two don't get along," Asami quietly explained to Alina. "They've been eternal rivals for cen..tu..ries.."

Asami stopped whispering as she noticed both Olivia and Michelle turning to look at her with a fuming look.

"Hey who was that dumbass back there? I haven't seen him in class before," Alina asked as she yawned, completely nonchalant.

"Markus Jones. He's a classmate and the resident bully who rarely comes to class. Guess he didn't know about you," Asami said, grateful for the change of subject as they reached an office.

Olivia knocked respectfully at the door and opened it after hearing a calm voice telling her to enter, escorting the trio into the office. The room was larger than most, with a sectional sofa and a coffee table on the right and a circular meeting desk on the left. In the center, at the far back, was a desk where a young woman was sitting and signing papers while a tall man in glasses stood behind her respectfully.

Her wavy brown hair had caramel highlights that couldn't hide her stunning features. She had hollow cheeks, a sharp jawline, and a pointy chin that was made more exotic when combined with her cream coffee skin tone. Her large brown eyes had a sly twinkle in them while her slim, petite figure made her look like a high schooler that was trying to dress older than her age, especially since she was wearing a semi-professional outfit. She smiled as she looked up, pausing her hand as she studied all three of them.

"Huh," Alina looked at the nameplate atop the desk that had the girl's name: Melanie Sofia da Pérez - Student President, it read. "Student president? Shouldn't this be handled by, oh I don't know, a disciplinary committee?"

"In normal schools, yes," Melanie replied. "But in Second Academy, student presidents are selected by their strengths in spellcasting and esper abilities, so the board of directors decided to combine the correctional committee with the student council."

"Oh? So if I beat you, do I get to be prez?" asked Alina teasingly.

"Watch your mouth," said the man in glasses as he looked at Alina threateningly.

"Make me, Mr. Secretary," sneered Alina as she gestured at him provokingly.

"You- !" the man lunged towards her while strengthening himself with a spell. "I'm the Vice-President, Enzo Pierce you- "

"Yeah, yeah. You talk too much," interrupted Alina as she blasted him away using an electrical shield. Enzo stumbled as he tried to regain his balance and slow himself down but he ended up crashing into the coffee table. As he stood up to continue the fight, Melanie stopped him by raising her hand.

"Atta boy," said Alina while clicking her tongue as though she were talking to a guard dog.

"Please, can't we be civil about this?" requested Melanie as she massaged her eyebrows. She then gestured to the trio to sit but Michelle shook her head as the other two approached.

"Civil? Sure," replied Alina before sitting on a chair opposite Melanie and raising her legs onto the desk. Melanie raised her eyebrows when she saw this and burst out giggling, surprising everyone in the room.

"Ah, you two really are siblings," she said to Alina while wiping her tears. "Mr. Sage did the exact same thing at the teacher's conference today."

"What's a student doing in a teacher's meeting?" Alina asked curiously.

"Benefits of being president," winked Melanie as she replied. After that, she seemed to contemplate something before raising her own legs onto the desk, imitating Alina who watched her with perplexed eyes. Melanie closed her eyes and leaned back while resting both hands behind her head.

"President …" a shocked Olivia began to say but was ignored by Melanie who seemed to be enjoying herself while Enzo gritted his teeth and looked away.

"Mmm, I see why you both do it though, it really is relaxing," Melanie said before opening her eyes and returning to her normal position. "But let's get down to business."

"Alright," said Alina as she also lowered her legs and sat with her back straight. Alina could see that while Olivia and Enzo were condescending and authoritative, Melanie was the opposite and Alina couldn't help but have a good impression of her.

"I understand why you attacked that student yesterday but it was violent. Excessively violent. Even now, he is suffering from a concussion and that's on top of his broken nose," Melanie said, her voice soft but stern.

"I'll admit, I wasn't thinking properly," Alina confessed. "But frankly, he deserved it."

"Maybe, but that's not for you to decide. A simple punch to knock him out would have sufficed," Melanie counter-argued. "Also, I heard that there was an altercation today as well?"

"She sent a student flying through a door, breaking it in the process," Olivia informed Melanie. "She has no regards for rules and regul-"

"Yes, Olivia, thank you," interrupted Melanie who sighed. "Alina, please don't damage school property. It's more paperwork for me and I have enough as it is."

That's what you're concerned about?! Thought every person in the room.

"Now, Asami," Melanie turned to look at Asami as she spoke. "You … I've been told to warn you about your escapades with your girlfriends. I get that you're young and in process of discovering sex, but please don't make out in discreet places around the school. And please, please, keep your clothes on. That correctional student could barely walk after he found you topless with your ... girl."

"I didn't … you're a les?" asked Alina in shock, turning to at Asami who was sitting beside her.

"Where's your girlfriend? Why didn't you introduce her?"

"Ah well, they're not my girlfriends. They're more like friends with benefits," replied Asami sheepishly.

Plural? Is she trying to make a harem?! Thought Alina.

"Wait, why are you always harping about Jason then?" asked Alina.

"I told you, he's great eye candy. Plus, I'm a bit of a bi so I wouldn't mind having him too."

"Ack," shuddered Alina in horror as she looked away, pretending to not listen.

"Well, that's all I wanted to talk about," Melanie said while chuckling at Alina's response. "Enzo, make some coffee, please."

"If that's all then we'll take our leave," Alina said as she stood up.

"Wait, I'd like to talk to you some more. Alina," said Melanie. "You're not in rush, so why not have some snacks and chat with me?"

"I thought there's nothing else to talk about?" Alina looked at Melanie bemusedly.

"There isn't but with you here, I can stop working," said Melanie gleefully to the exasperation of both Enzo and Olivia.