the father have another lover or something?
in the first few chapter, they said "her father and the mistress"
by mistress I only assume a lover/second wife.....because if it's the lady of the house, "the madam" would be more fitting.
Does the student council pay as much as the part-time job? I don't think so, but maybe it does in that particular school. I guess her home is still paying her tuition, though.
Considering it's Japan, it's surprising the man got more than a stern warning. I suppose it must be because the victims included one of the "12 families".
From what I understand, having dealt with a lot of school stuff in Japan, this was a crazy harsh punishment for his actions; sure, he committed theft, assault, and possibly crippled her for life; but she's a woman, and under 19.
In the case of a minor being assaulted, the adult is automatically correct; in the case of theft, the adult is automatically correct.
In the case of them both being adults, the male is automatically correct; and if both are male, the one who conforms to societal norms is automatically correct.
Only when all of those things are equal is a person judged by their income and family standing... and under virtually NO circumstances is the person judged by their actions; actions and/or facts aren't considered to be important in most cases.
This is normal for about 85% of all nations on planet Earth,
which is actually part of why people hate Americans... or hated them, I should say; the people in charge are working as hard as they can to make this normal here, so the whole world can have this value system.
People really despise a big nation like the USA not playing by these rules, but this type of thing should become normal in the USA, soon.