Loop Mob – A Mob’s Interdimensional Travel Caught in a Loop

Chapter 78: Noble Academy Student Council

Reluctantly, we were roped into the student council. But I think it’s a good chance for Luca-sama. Under the guidance of the third prince of the Earth attribute, it could lead to a favorable trend for the elevation of the Earth attribute’s status. It will surely be a plus for his future life.

And above all, it’s convenient for me. After all, the student council of the noble academy smells strongly of gaming. I still don’t know how to end the loop, but for now, would it end if I just paired someone with someone else? Or do we have to defeat a demon king or something? Yikes. The end of the loop is starting to feel more real.

“We promised to go to Marol during spring break.”

Luca-sama is still sulking as usual. However, the term of office for the student council is one year. Including the six-month probationary period for this year, it’s another year and a half to go. The work itself isn’t that big of a deal, so let’s just level up leisurely on weekends.

“In a long life, you never know what will be useful. You don’t mind this kind of work, do you?”

Somehow, when faced with documents, we can’t help but get to work. The Earth attribute is fundamentally suited for office work. We feel a sense of fulfillment even in the stack of documents that are swiftly dealt with.

“You guys are really outstanding. It was worth scouting you.”

His Highness Richard is pleased. But on the other hand, there are those who are not pleased.

“Your Highness, allowing two outsiders to join the student council is too much of a joke.”

The current student council president, the second son of Count Sorrel, Severin-sama, is in his second year of high school, Class A. Among the second-year high school students, he has the highest status, and despite being of the wind attribute, he was the representative of Class A in the recent mock battle.

“There are also inappropriate documents that should not be allowed for general students to access. Please reconsider.”

The secretary, Thibault Taleran. Although he comes from a baronial family, he is the leader of Class B in the second year of high school due to him being the eldest son, and he is also of the fire attribute. He was also the representative of Class B in the recent mock battle. Both of them are quite harsh on me because I surpassed them. However,

“Oh? It’s next year’s representative from the middle school section, Luca-kun, and his attendant. There shouldn’t be any problems, right?”

His Highness is smiling as if nothing happened. Well, I understand his feelings. Apart from him, there are no Earth attributes in this student council. Although no one openly disrespects him, in reality, they may have looked down on him. The Earth attribute is also the weakest faction in terms of factions. However, the first place in the second year of high school and the winner of the mock battle joined. It must be reassuring for him.

Moreover, the Earth attribute doesn’t mind mundane tasks. The mundane tasks that have been neglected so far, such as half-hearted documents, are being thoroughly reviewed, confirmed, and corrected by the three of us.

“Your Highness, the basis here is unclear. According to the student council rules, this reason should not be accepted.”

“That’s right. Luca-kun, you’re outstanding even though you’re in your first year.”

“Well, why has this been allowed to pass until now?”

Luca-sama is sarcastic towards the other members. Well, even without personal feelings, there’s no helping it. Although Severin-sama has leadership skills, he’s a rough fire attribute. Although he has a light foot, he’s bad at boring tasks like paperwork. And if he’s appealed to emotionally, he can’t say no to the water attribute. So far, the student council has been composed of these attributes. However, the mundane tasks they’re bad at are what the Earth attribute is best at. This world is balanced with all four attributes. They just have to do well in their areas of expertise. But because they’ve been disregarding the Earth attribute and mundane tasks, it’s time for them to understand why things are falling apart like this.

The current tasks of the student council are the school festival in May, which is the major event of the second semester, and the graduation ceremony and party in September. There are mountains of budget requests coming from various places, but it’s full of holes to the point where I don’t know where to start. Especially when it comes to payments to the food and beverage industry, there are many cases where the budget and reality are greatly divergent.

Why do I know this? Well, I used to work at the “Tower” in the second loop, so I’m somewhat familiar with the dining situation in the capital. There’s no way this content matches this amount. There’s too much skimming going on. Are the students pocketing it, or are the restaurants overcharging?

“The graduation souvenirs don’t match the price and grade. Please leave this matter to me.”

“As expected of a merchant. I’ll leave it to you, Alexi-kun.”

The other members are glaring at us as if we’re the ones in control.

Even though we joined the student council, every day is like this. We can’t even grasp the reality of the loop and how to solve it.

However, there are several things I’ve learned.

Firstly, let’s address the first point. The number of students in Class A is small. Naturally so. This country is a large nation that will soon celebrate its 360th year of founding, boasting the scale of a major power. However, even if you gather the children of all noble families, it’s not like hundreds of them come together every year. Especially for the upper nobility. They never exceed ten, and sometimes there are even years with zero students. The same goes for Class B, comprised of lower nobility; having 20 students is considered a lot. And most of the children of knights, who are the most numerous, attend the Knight Academy.

Class C, which consists of the sons of wealthy merchants and scholarship students, also has around 20 students. Especially for the wealthy merchant slot, the entrance fee, tuition, and donations are ridiculously high, and the screening process is strict. In reality, this academy is quite small and exclusive.

Secondly, there are no villainous daughters or free love scenarios. In the first place, there are hardly any female students. The ones attending here are the eldest sons of nobles and male students aiming for independence, such as the second sons and below. There are a few female students who need to inherit a title as the eldest child. Other noble girls apparently attend a separate girls’ academy and receive bridal training there. Come to think of it, there were also students from the girls’ academy who entered the “Tower.” It’s rare for them to attend here.

Thirdly, there are no students with the dark or light attributes. Even though they are rare, it’s understandable since there isn’t a single one among the current students. Unless they’re like Bruno, who faked his attribute.

I understand why they would fake it. The dark attribute is disliked for various reasons, and if it’s the light attribute, they would likely be scouted intensely by the church. And faking attributes isn’t that difficult. Especially for the Earth attribute, it’s not uncommon for them to choose martial arts skills because they think “Earth attribute skills won’t be useful anyway.” In Marol, most of the Earth attribute students were like that. Here, too, for the same reasons, there are other students besides me who challenged the mock battle with swordsmanship. However, it’s almost impossible for commoner Class C to sneak in because the status screening is strict, and faking attributes. Also, among the high-ranking nobles, there might be those who need to disguise themselves for unavoidable reasons, but so far, there hasn’t been anyone caught by my appraisal.

What I’m trying to say is that it’s almost impossible to trigger a romance event here, and there are no characters who seem likely to do so.

In that case, should we form a party and fight against evil? That’s also debatable. That was made clear in the mock battle the other day. In a mock battle, I expected the main characters to rise to prominence and stand out, but it turned out that only Luca-sama and I overwhelmed the others with overwhelming force. Among the others, only Louis, who reached a level in the double digits, fell down last. He was apparently a charismatic figure in the third year of high school. The person in the first year of high school who I thought was the main culprit of the loop won the favoritism of His Highness Richard.

I don’t understand. I have no idea where the loop is occurring and what I need to do to end it.

Well, there’s no use stewing over it at my desk. This is the time for a change of mood. Just in time, I received a letter from Bruno. I decided to go meet Bruno, who came to the capital during spring break to investigate irregular accounting in the student council.

“If he’s Alexi’s friend, I have to greet him too.”

Luca-sama is also eager to go. I wonder why.