The Service Inn had only one male guest, the Master, and all the other guests were women. As long as they served the Master well, that was enough. It was practically incredibly lucky.
Although this chance to serve the Master still came thanks to Matsumae Ohana. If she didn't seize this opportunity, she might not be so fortunate next time.
Among the several hot spring inns acquired by the Kijou Group, some even had demi-humans, they just hadn't appeared yet. Once they did, how could she possibly compete?
She didn't ask for anything else. She just needed a chance to work seriously.
"Mm, then let's keep it light for now. If you get hungry after soaking in the hot springs, we can have some late-night snacks."
Hachiman saw that Yukino Chitose, the heroine from the other world, was simply immersed in the deliciousness of the sushi, without any "clothes-exploding" special effects. He nodded and stopped teasing the two young hostesses, picking up his own chopsticks as well.
Inui Hinako's cooking was excellent, and he could taste the lingering freshness of the sushi. Unfortunately, there was no clothes-exploding effect on Yukino Chitose.
Still, her tall, supple, youthful body was pressed tightly against his arm through the kimono. Turning his head, he could see her rosy lips occasionally parting, her fair cheeks flushed pink, every bit of her was alluring. He didn't even need a clothes-exploding effect to undo a girl's kimono.
"Um... Master... why did you choose me? I clearly don't know anything..."
Sitting on pins and needles, Matsumae Ohana saw Hachiman start enjoying himself again, exchanging bites of the remaining sushi with Yukino Chitose, and couldn't help asking quietly.
Earlier, she'd thought that being chosen as hostess and called to serve drinks might lead to some awful scene. But the Master had called her over, yet now he was only letting Chitose serve him.
Had he given up on having her serve because he saw she didn't know anything?
Or had he never intended to have her serve in the first place?
When Matsumae Ohana had taken the empty long-distance train to Kissuisou, a kind-looking old lady she'd never met had given her a piece of candy. But after arriving at the hot spring inn Kissuisou, her biological grandmother hadn't given her any "candy." Not only did she not treat her as a granddaughter, she'd made her work as a general helper, telling her to stand on her own two feet and support herself through work.
However, before she could even start the helper work, Kissuisou was quickly acquired by the Kijou Group, and she went from being a general helper to a new hostess. If the Kijou Group hadn't bought it, she probably would have had to work part-time at Kissuisou while going to school.
She didn't resent her grandmother for it. Her own mother had never treated her well her whole life, and now her mother had fled with debt. Her grandmother, whom she'd never even met, naturally had no obligation to take care of her, this granddaughter.
But... judging from her own experiences, Matsumae Ohana truly couldn't understand why the supremely honored Hachiman had given her "candy" the very first time they met.
If he didn't like her, why had he asked her to come serve him?
But if he did like her, why wasn't he doing those things to her?
"Don't you have any confidence in yourself? Couldn't it be that I picked you because you're cute and I wanted you to keep me company?"
Hachiman looked at Matsumae Ohana, who was staring wide-eyed with an expression that screamed "I'm curious, I don't understand," and smiled helplessly.
Even though he didn't like making the first move and was too lazy to, he wouldn't refuse a tasty morsel that came to him.
He hadn't expected that simply not forcing things and letting Matsumae Ohana get used to it for a while would make her misunderstand and think he was weird.
Yukino Chitose leaned limply against Hachiman, using her soft, full body to warm his hands while burying most of her flushed face on his shoulder, her shy eyes fluttering as she looked at Matsumae Ohana on the other side.
She was actually a little confused too, she'd been added later. Wasn't Ohana the one who was really supposed to be serving the Master?
But naturally, she wouldn't interrupt Hachiman's mood at a time like this. She hadn't expected Ohana to ask it herself.
"Master, don't tease me. There are so many pretty and cute girls around you. How could I compare..."
Matsumae Ohana looked at Yukino Chitose, her kimono half-undone, nestled in Hachiman's arms as he savored her, and then glanced at the blonde maid Hayasaka Ai, kneeling by the door, ready at a moment's notice.
Besides this blonde maid named Hayasaka, the two maids who'd washed the Master's face earlier were also very pretty and had great figures too.
If even the maids were better than her, then being chosen to serve the Master certainly wasn't because of her looks.
Hachiman was speechless at that. It was true that Matsumae Ohana hadn't been chosen purely for her looks, but rather because he knew her, and he liked her slightly airheaded yet resilient nature.
But in Matsumae Ohana's own words, her cuteness seemed completely worthless.
"Ohana, tell me about yourself. How did you become Kissuisou's hostess? Where did you live before?"
Hachiman wrapped one arm around Yukino Chitose's waist and used the other to block the last piece of sushi she'd picked up. He pinched it and slowly fed it into her parted cherry lips. After a moment's thought, he decided to change the subject.
Of course, he knew all about Matsumae Ohana's situation, he even knew that in the original story, Ohana would get slapped by her grandmother for many rash actions, get a taste of how harsh the world could be, and then gradually integrate into the hot spring inn Kissuisou.
But since Matsumae Ohana was an ordinary girl who'd only just arrived at Kissuisou not long ago, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to know everything about her. So he used this as a way to start a conversation.
"My story... do you really want to hear it? It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just... it might ruin your mood, Master."
Matsumae Ohana froze, abandoning her cross-examination and hurriedly saying there was nothing worth telling about her story.
Right now, the atmosphere between the Master and Chitose was so intimate, wouldn't talking about this stuff kill the mood?
"How do you know my mood isn't about listening to your story? Go ahead, Ohana."
Hachiman neither confirmed nor denied it, watching Yukino Chitose stick out her pink tongue to slowly lick away the remaining grains of rice, while signaling Matsumae Ohana to speak.
Yukino Chitose, experiencing Hachiman in serious conversation for the first time, looked especially shy. But at a time like this, she could only offer up the tea-milk she'd been saving for so long.
"Alright, I'll talk..."
Matsumae Ohana felt a little strange. Normally, a person would be drinking while enjoying a hostess or a dance performance to accompany the alcohol, right? How had it come to this, listening to her sad stories for entertainment?
Still, telling stories was better than sitting around awkwardly doing nothing. She didn't really mind others knowing her past either. After thinking for a moment about where to start, she began speaking slowly.
"Mm..."
After finishing the sushi, Hachiman sipped the rich, fragrant tea-milk while listening to Matsumae Ohana's story, nodding from time to time.
Matsumae Ohana's life hadn't been smooth. To sum it up simply: a dead father, an unreliable mother, a strict grandmother, and a girl with nowhere to go.
The best days of her life had actually been these past few days at Kissuisou as an apprentice hostess. She had everything she wanted, just waiting to serve the honored master of the Kijou Group.
It sounded very pitiable, but Matsumae Ohana didn't seem aggrieved, just a little lost.
At least on the surface.
"Those days are in the past. Now you're Kissuisou's hostess, Ohana. Work hard from now on, Kissuisou is just a small issue."
Hachiman slowly released Yukino Chitose, whose cheeks were burning red, and looked up at Matsumae Ohana.
He didn't plan to delve deeply into her experiences and make any changes. He simply wanted Ohana to voluntarily tell her story, which would quickly bring them closer.
"Really? I'm just my grandmother's granddaughter, I don't have inheritance rights to the inn. Even though I didn't sell it, can I still redeem it?"
Hearing Hachiman's words directly, Matsumae Ohana still found it hard to believe.
Her grandmother had a son in charge of Kissuisou and hadn't planned to let her, this granddaughter she'd never met who'd suddenly shown up, inherit the inn anyway.
Now that it was sold, they were actually giving her, a newcomer employee, the chance to inherit the inn?
"I'm describing your future life to you, Ohana. What you should say is 'I'll do my best,' not just stare blankly and ask 'Really?'"
Looking at the dazed Matsumae Ohana, Hachiman found it a little amusing. It seemed she still didn't understand the gap between a mere Kissuisou and the Kijou Group.
"Eh, so... were you just joking earlier, Master?"
Matsumae Ohana didn't quite understand Hachiman's teasing. She stared blankly at him, hesitating as she spoke quietly.
"Of course I'm not joking."
Seeing Matsumae Ohana getting tangled up over Kissuisou's inheritance rights because of the Kijou Group's generous redemption terms, Hachiman was a little exasperated and could only remind her.
"But if you redeem Kissuisou, are you planning to sell it off for a pile of money and retire?"
"If you're not planning to sell it, then as its hostess, won't you still be working at Kissuisou anyway?"
"Or do you have some dream you want to pursue? If that dream is something we can help with, we'll do our best to make it happen."
"That's not what I meant, but... dreams..."
Interrogated by Hachiman like that, Matsumae Ohana didn't even know what to say anymore.
Yeah, being Kissuisou's hostess was already a stable job, wasn't it? She didn't even have to commute on a crowded train. It was like she'd already achieved her future dream ten years early.
Compared to the future she'd once imagined, all that was left now was falling in love, getting married, having kids, and finally finding a grave site in a cemetery.
And as for falling in love, getting married, having kids...
Matsumae Ohana instinctively glanced at the only male beside her.
But seeing what Hachiman was doing, she felt her fantasies about the future shatter.
Earlier, the Master had been eating sushi and drinking tea to rinse his mouth. Now he wasn't even pretending anymore, it was no longer just about sipping tea-milk.
He was holding her right in his arms, even kissing her?
Matsumae Ohana watched Yukino Chitose lean down to kiss Hachiman, her full chest practically about to burst out of her kimono. Then she looked down at her own, flattened under layers of kimono fabric, and lowered her head in shame.
Even if she made up her mind to serve the Master alongside Chitose, she probably couldn't do it.
Let alone falling in love, serving the Master alongside Chitose, could that even be called love?
By the door, Hayasaka Ai knelt quietly, watching the three of them out of the corner of her eye.
The Master really had a twisted sense of humor...
He'd specifically called out Matsumae Ohana by name. If anyone said the Master didn't like her, she absolutely wouldn't believe it.
He could have pulled her into his arms and devoured her in one bite, yet he chose to let the innocent, naive girl sit there blushing, her heart racing with all sorts of thoughts.
But that being said, did that mean Kaguya-sama actually had a good chance?
Sure, right now the Yukinoshita sisters were both vice presidents, one for inside the school, one for outside, and seemed highly valued by the Master. But in reality, Yukinoshita Yukino, who'd been the first to contact the Master, hadn't made any progress at all.
Among the long black-haired beauties in the student council office that day, Shiba Miyuki, Saegusa Mayumi, and Yukinoshita Yukino had all sat at the table. Only Kaguya-sama hadn't been at the table.
Mm... Kaguya-sama had also earned herself the same treatment as Yukinoshita Yukino-sama back then.
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While Hachiman was enjoying dinner with the two hostesses, Matsumae Ohana and Yukino Chitose, the various parts of the hot spring inn were unusually busy, especially the kitchen.
That night, the hot spring inn didn't only have Hachiman staying over. There were also Service Club members and provisional members who hadn't gone through the induction ceremony arriving one after another. The total number of people soaking in the hot springs easily exceeded a hundred.
Preparing dinner for that many people at once, with carefully prepared dishes, naturally meant the inn couldn't have just two or three chefs.
Besides Takanashi Tsubaki, poached from an Italian restaurant; the head chef of the Japanese restaurant Kiriya, Inui Hinako; and several students from Totsuki Academy, there were also many other culinary experts with both superb cooking skills and full figures, like the head chef of the Western restaurant Shunkatei, Kikuchi Sonoka, standing by at the inn.
However, most of the chefs were at the other hot spring inns outside the central one. Club members checked into different inns according to their preferred tastes.
Originally, the chefs who would frequently come to cook at the inn in the future would also become club members, and Kijou Suzuka should have had the Preisdent, Hachiman, meet them.
But considering there was plenty of time ahead, putting all the chefs' skills on display on the very first day and letting Preisdent Hachiman enjoy everything at once would leave less to surprise him with later.
Besides, their hot spring inn wasn't just a place to eat. Delicious food was only one accent, it shouldn't steal the Preisdent's attention away completely.
Of course, not presenting all the surprises at once didn't mean they wouldn't present any at all.
At the center of the hot spring inn complex, Service Manor, Service Kitchen.
"Huh? What do you mean by role-playing?"
"I'm just here to cook. What are you trying to do?"
A blonde girl in a white chef's uniform, overseeing the cooking quality across the kitchens, suddenly stopped and stared in disbelief at Kijou Suzuka, who had come up beside her
What did Kijou Suzuka mean?
She suddenly said there would be a role-playing event tomorrow, with all Service Club members participating, and hoped she, as a provisional member, would join too.
As the Tenth Seat of the "Totsuki Elite Ten Council" and the granddaughter of the Totsuki Academy Director, coming here to cook was already enough, now she also had to wear eye-catching special outfits to entertain men?
"Miss Erina, don't rush. Let me explain slowly. Your grandfather, Director Nakiri, is also aware of this. But the final decision is still yours."
Kijou Suzuka looked at Nakiri Erina, whose full figure couldn't be hidden even by her chef's uniform, her chest buttons rising and falling with her breathing as she got angry. She smiled and explained calmly.
Nakiri Erina, not only did she possess culinary skills not to be underestimated, she also had a genius palate called the "God's Tongue." With both beauty and talent, she could cook and she could...
This was the little surprise they were preparing for the Preisdent of the Service Club, their future master.
"The Director knows too..."
Hearing Kijou Suzuka's words, Nakiri Erina paused, and the anger on her face noticeably faded, replaced by confusion.
Knowing full well that there was something questionable about this event, her grandfather had still let her bring Totsuki Academy students here to cook?
Sending pretty girl chefs to entertain men? When had Totsuki Academy fallen to such a level?
This sudden turn of events left Nakiri Erina at a loss for how to express her feelings.
"This role-playing event won't force you to do anything, Miss Erina, so don't worry. Contrary to what you might imagine, actually getting to do anything with the Preisdent would require going through some competition before..."
To avoid misunderstanding, Kijou Suzuka tried to explain further. But before she could finish, her expression shifted slightly and she stopped. Her gaze swept across the kitchen, full of confusion.
Strange... why had she suddenly stopped sensing the energy fluctuations of spatial transit... Was it Miss Lala's doing, or the Preisdent's?
The Kijou Group hadn't bought up and consolidated all the hot spring inns in the same area or the same hot spring street, that would be too lacking in character.
Instead, they took a Kijou Group-owned hot spring inn as the core and renovated hot spring inns in different locations to connect them, forming the current Service Inn.
The center of the Service Inn was Service Manor, which primarily entertained and served Hachiman. By staying at Service Manor, one could travel through it to Kissuisou, Kinhou-rou, Yurigaso and other hot spring inns in different locations.
They'd originally planned to connect all the hot springs together too. But considering that the hot springs they'd already renovated were quite large, connecting even more would expand the area even further. First-time visitors might easily forget this and lose their way in the misty, steaming waters, possibly fainting from soaking too long.
Besides, maintaining this special spatial layout actually consumes quite a lot of energy.
If the Service Club didn't have so many major powers behind it, so many Magical Girls, and even the black technology provided by the alien princess Lala, how could they afford to be this extravagant, going to all this trouble just to soak in hot springs and play a Service Game in a different place?
But who would have thought… this had only just begun, and Service Manor, which was already extravagant enough, had gotten another upgrade.
Ordinary people couldn't sense it, but Kijou Suzuka could clearly feel the huge changes taking place throughout the Service Inn centered around Service Manor.
The hot-spring inns that had originally been scattered across different areas now seemed to have become one. The female attendants and maids moved back and forth between the different hot-spring inns as though they were all in the same space, without any more fluctuations caused by traveling through space.
It was as if their spaces had been connected to each other, yet also as if they had all been placed within a special space. Even though they were actually separated by great distances, they could see each other and make physical contact.
Kijou Suzuka thought about it and quickly ruled out Lala.
If Lala had done it, she would have finished it long ago. She wouldn't have waited until now to get it done. Since it wasn't Lala, then it had to be their Preisdent.
Only Preisdent, who had come to Service Manor for the first time, would bother doing something so troublesome and thankless. And only Preisdent could possess such astonishing ability, effortlessly connecting and completely merging the spaces of different regions.
Kijou Suzuka was secretly amazed by Hachiman's strength, but she had no doubts about him at all. Instead, she admired Hachiman even more.
People outside might think that Hachiman had simply been lucky enough to awaken a special ability, but after truly getting to know him, they would discover that being the Service Club's Preisdent was merely a hobby of Hachiman's. It was nowhere near the limit of his abilities.
It was just that Hachiman didn't seem to have much ambition. He spent his days helping people who ran into trouble and almost never went out looking for trouble himself.
Although the human girls he had helped had all become Magical Girls, and the demi-human girls he had helped had awakened their bloodlines after awakening their magical essence, increasing their strength, all these achievements forced people to repeatedly raise their assessment of Hachiman's abilities.
Kijou Suzuka and her mother, Kijou Yasha, had even wondered whether, one day, their Preisdent would no longer be satisfied with beautiful girls coming to him on their own and instead choose to take the initiative.
Would this world then see the emergence of a Service Empire?
Hmm… If they really ended up fighting, the Kijou family would be the first to surrender.
No, they were on his side. There was no need for them to surrender at all.
Even Origamine Ouka, the strongest exorcist shrine maiden of the demon clan, had already knelt before Preisdent. The other demon-clan exorcist shrine maidens led by the Origamine would naturally do the same, so there was even less need to say anything about the Kijou family.
It was hard to say with the other demi-human races, but their demon clan was absolutely loyal to Preisdent.
"How are we supposed to compete? Miss Suzuka, why did you stop talking?"
Nakiri Erina looked at Kijou Suzuka, who had suddenly fallen silent, a trace of wariness flashing in her eyes.
Could it be that what she had just said about her grandfather knowing the specific circumstances here had actually been a lie?
Was Kijou Suzuka now thinking about how to trick her?
"I suddenly remembered that there are some game rules I can't tell you in advance, but that isn't really an important issue."
Kijou Suzuka stopped dwelling on the various thoughts that had just occurred to her and calmly changed what she was saying.
"Let me repeat this one last time. We won't force you to do anything. If you want to leave, we won't stop you either. But Miss Erina, you can think about it carefully."
"I've already had the clothes for the role-playing prepared and placed in your bedroom by the maids. We've also prepared the relevant materials. If you're willing to participate in our role-playing game, you can inform one of the maids at the inn so that we can arrange the performances in time."
"We probably don't need to continue serving dishes to Preisdent for now. I'll arrange for the other cooks to prepare food when necessary. Miss Erina, you can go rest first, soak in the hot spring, or take some time to properly look over our script."
She understood Nakiri Erina's thoughts because she had once been just as arrogant. But the facts had proven that in front of Hachiman, she simply couldn't maintain that arrogance.
Lord Hikigaya was the legendary person with an awakened magical-essence constitution. He could not only awaken the bloodlines of female demi-humans, but also possessed absolute dominion over female demi-humans like them.
Aoe Mai of the Aoe family, Senga Sally of the dragonkin, including her own mother, Kijou Yasha, none of them had any thought of disobeying Preisdent.
And although his ability to turn people into Magical Girls didn't give him the same absolute control over humans that awakening magical essence gave him over demi-humans, to humans, it was no less attractive than awakening magical essence was to demi-humans like them.
"I'll think about it carefully. I'll go rest for a while first. I'll leave the rest to you, Senior Inui."
Hearing Kijou Suzuka's unquestionable answer, Nakiri Erina fell silent for a moment. She no longer stubbornly refused the invitation to participate in the role-playing event. Instead, she turned to the other female cook in the kitchen, Inui Hinako.
"Erina, go get some rest. I'll be fine entertaining Preisdent by myself."
Inui Hinako's brown hair was tied into a bundle and draped over her right shoulder. Wearing a white apron over her dark-colored kimono, she looked at Nakiri Erina with considerable sympathy, smiled gently, and lightly pushed Nakiri Erina's back to urge her to go rest.
Kijou Suzuka's conversation with Nakiri Erina hadn't been hidden from the others in the kitchen. She had heard everything clearly from the side and even felt quite sympathetic toward Nakiri Erina, who had to face such a difficult choice.
But sympathy was one thing. This was Nakiri Erina's own matter. Even the Director of Totsuki Academy, Nakiri Erina's grandfather, hadn't interfered and had simply left the decision to Nakiri Erina herself. There was even less reason for her to influence Nakiri Erina.
"Miss Hinako, what about you? Do you want to become a Magical Girl?"
Watching Nakiri Erina's back disappear from the kitchen, Kijou Suzuka suddenly spoke again to the woman who hadn't left.
"Me too? I-I'm an old lady, you know!"
Inui Hinako froze and pointed at herself in shock.
She had originally thought that at most, only youthful and lively beautiful girls would be chosen. She hadn't expected that even a cook who had graduated many years ago like herself could become a Magical Girl.
She knew what becoming a Magical Girl meant. Before coming here, she had already been told quite a bit about the Service Club.
It was just that there had been invitations from so many wealthy families, and Nakiri Erina was leading the group. She had also genuinely wanted to see the legendary Magical Girls, which was why she hadn't left halfway through.
"Miss Hinako, you're just a big sister a few years older than me. How could you be an old lady?"
"But Hinako, you don't need to worry. Just like with Miss Erina, we won't force you to do anything. You can participate in the game first and observe."
Kijou Suzuka smiled and gently persuaded Inui Hinako.
"If you're willing to prepare food for Preisdent at Service Manor, we'll find an opportunity to arrange for you to become a Magical Girl."
"After all, Miss Hinako, you have to take care of your own restaurant while also coming here to help. That's a heavy burden on your body. Becoming a Magical Girl and having your body evolve to become younger and more energetic is the only way to ensure you can keep working."
"I can really become a Magical Girl? Then I'll think about it…"
Understanding Kijou Suzuka's hint, Inui Hinako covered her flushed cheeks and lowered her head awkwardly.
What Magical Girl?
She was a Magical Old Lady, wasn't she?
She hadn't intended to get involved in any of this from the beginning. She had only wanted to come and see what it was like. But she hadn't expected that she would also be chosen and could participate in the Service Club's Service Game…
Just now, she had still been quite sympathetic toward Nakiri Erina. Now that it was her turn, she was also so flustered that she didn't know what choice to make.
"Minko, if I remember correctly, you're from Kissuiso. As for Kissuiso, do you have…"
Seeing this, Kijou Suzuka turned toward a young kitchen apprentice who was preparing ingredients in a corner.
"Miss Suzuka, s-sorry! I need to go to the bathroom!"
Before Kijou Suzuka could finish speaking, Minko Tsurugi's body tensed. She tossed out those words, didn't even have time to take off her hat, and immediately stood up and hurried out of the kitchen.
She had just seen two head chefs facing this kind of temptation to become Magical Girls.
Not to mention that she had no thoughts about it. Even if she did, there was no way she could say anything at a time like this.
Kijou Suzuka didn't mind Minko Tsurugi's instinctive reaction. She leisurely walked out of the kitchen and saw a female attendant with a pure and cute face who looked shy and introverted, carrying several warm towels as she passed by. The girl was staring somewhat puzzledly at Minko Tsurugi's hurriedly departing back, so Kijou Suzuka immediately walked over.
"Nako, you're a female attendant from Kissuiso, right? Master will be bathing and soaking in the hot spring later. Go over and serve Master together with Ohana."
"Eh, eeh? Miss Suzuka, um, that… yes… I'll go serve Master together with Ohana…"
The female attendant called Nako let out an instinctive cry when she suddenly received this announcement, almost losing her grip on the several towels in her hands. But when she saw Kijou Suzuka smiling at her, she pursed her lips. The words of refusal reached her mouth but were swallowed back down, and she slowly lowered her flushed, burning face.
"Don't be nervous, Nako. You're so cute, Master will like you. You don't need to be shy when the time comes. Just be honest and straightforward. Oh, right, if Master asks about me, just tell him I went over to Yoiyashiro."
Kijou Suzuka looked at Nako Oshimizu, who had a good figure and delicate features but was especially introverted by nature. She chuckled, shook her head, and turned to leave.
What she didn't say was that she actually felt Nako Oshimizu might take the initiative to throw herself into Hachiman's arms instead.
She had witnessed Preisdent's charm toward troubled girls, especially girls with social anxiety and those who had closed themselves off. In front of Preisdent, no matter how socially anxious or closed-off a girl was, she would open her heart and be unable to resist getting close to Preisdent.
Originally, Kijou Suzuka wasn't in a hurry to arrange any of this. Whether they were proprietesses, female attendants, or cooks, they were already in the hot-spring inn, so it was impossible for them to stay out of it.
The guests staying here were all Service Club members or prospective members, and every member who stayed here in the future would receive Preisdent's assistance.
Under these circumstances, it was naturally impossible to make the proprietesses, female attendants, and cooks who came into contact with the guests at the hot-spring inn exceptions.
Only by making them one of their own could they serve Preisdent wholeheartedly while he was helping them.
If they could frequently serve him from the side, the female attendants at the hot-spring inn might even receive more assistance than ordinary members.
Although the female attendants and proprietesses at these acquired hot-spring inns were all innocent girls who had never experienced the ways of the world, she definitely had to talk to them about this first and give them some mental preparation.
Girls like Nako Oshimizu, who were introverted and shy, lacked determination, and were prone to doubting themselves, needed to receive a little "forcing" to convince themselves quickly. Otherwise, if things progressed too quickly, even if they already had a good impression of Preisdent and couldn't help wanting to get close to him, they would still hesitate over whether they should maintain some restraint.
There was nothing wrong with showing a little restraint under normal circumstances, but this was the Service Club.
Hesitation means defeat. If you don't take the initiative, you'll become food on the table.