"Sister Nozomi, is there anything else that needs help at the student council?"
It had been some time since Muse's first live performance ended.
A few days ago, Yoshino was brought to the student council room by Toujou Nozomi and joined the student council as a secretary.
Of course, this was done without asking Yoshino. For this, Shiina and Toujou Nozomi at home argued for a long time.
'How can you put pressure on Yoshino?' 'What on earth are you doing?' 'Don't you love Yoshino at all?' and similar words.
As the human and the puppet argued more and more fiercely, Yoshino intervened to stop them.
Finally, at Toujou Nozomi's request, Yoshino, soft-hearted, agreed to Toujou Nozomi's plea.
This left Shiina in a very bad mood these past few days.
"Uh, you should ask Eri-ri about that? I don't know."
Wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, Toujou Nozomi looked at the stack of documents piled high next to Yoshino, thinking, 'You've truly ascended to god-like status.' She had finished all those tasks in less than an hour.
She turned her head to look at Ayase Eli, who had a similarly bewildered expression.
Initially, when she learned that Toujou Nozomi wanted Yoshino to join the student council, she had refused.
However, she couldn't resist Toujou Nozomi's pleading, so she could only agree. Now, seeing Yoshino help her complete the tasks she had planned to finish today, she thought, 'Great one, I bow before you! Take my knees!'
"No, there's nothing else. Yoshino has helped me with a lot of trouble. Now, leave the rest to me; after all, I am the student council president. If Yoshino surpasses me, I'll feel a bit bad."
The combat nation does not allow itself to fail, so Ayase Eli cannot be defeated.
"You and Sister Nozomi go look around the school to see if there's anything else to do. That's all. Yoshino."
She habitually patted Yoshino's head. During the time she had spent with Yoshino, Ayase Eli had grown accustomed to this gesture. And watching Shiina go from blushing at first to enjoying it now was also a satisfying achievement.
"Then let's go for a walk, Yoshino. I'll make up for not taking you around the academy before." Toujou Nozomi took Yoshino's small hand and walked out of the student council office.
"Oh, right! Don't forget your task! Patrolling is very important!"
Ayase Eli suddenly remembered the patrol duty and reminded them loudly. She didn't know if Toujou Nozomi would get distracted and forget what they were supposed to do.
"Got it~" Toujou Nozomi responded perfunctorily and then closed the door.
"Honestly, I'm really not good at dealing with Sister Nozomi."
Ayase Eli shook her head with a wry smile. As she prepared to process the student council documents, she paused, then pulled out a new 'Muse' promotional poster from a drawer.
This was a new poster that Yoshino had drawn at the request of Kousaka Honoka and the other two. The three figures on it were Kousaka Honoka and her two friends, wearing their performance outfits from that time.
"If I don't act, will there be no chance at all? Then, my constant attempts to stop them must have been wrong, right? You really don't give people a break, Yoshino. You've made me a little troubled."
What should she do now?
"So, why did you bring me here all of a sudden, Yoshino? Do you really like the school's Alpacas?"
Seeing Yoshino affectionately hugging an Alpaca, Toujou Nozomi wiped her cold sweat and said with a twitching mouth.
"Because they're soft and fluffy, it feels so good. And they're all good children."
Even the usually short-tempered brown Alpaca had now befriended Yoshino, constantly rubbing its face against her.
"Eh! Is Yoshino here too?" Hearing the voice, Toujou Nozomi turned around and saw Kousaka Honoka and her two friends approaching.
"Oh my, it's you all. Why are you here?"
Toujou Nozomi asked curiously. Judging by their actions these past few days, they should be handing out flyers right now.
"I don't know either, Koto brought us here." Sonoda Umi was also unclear about the situation.
"Actually, I came to see the Alpacas. Yoshino also thinks Alpacas are cute, don't you?"
Minami Kotori stroked the white Alpaca with a blissful expression.
"Kotori comes every day recently. Are they cute?"
Kousaka Honoka looked at the brown Alpaca, which was rubbing against Yoshino, with a hint of doubt, only to be roared at by it.
"Hey, Kotori, we need to go hand out flyers now. If we don't gather five members, we won't be allowed to form a club, and we won't be able to hold official club activities," Sonoda Umi said.
"That's true." Although she said this, Minami Kotori's eyes remained fixed on the Alpaca.
At this moment, Kousaka Honoka saw Koizumi Hanayo walking over in her tracksuit.
"Hanayo! You're here too?"
"Mhm, hello." Koizumi Hanayo habitually glanced at Yoshino, who was still hugging the brown Alpaca.
Then she went to change the Alpaca's water bottle nearby. She had forgotten to change it when she came to school this morning, but she noticed that only a little water was gone.
"If it's water, then Yoshino already changed it. When she first arrived, she saw that the water was gone, so she helped change it," Toujou Nozomi explained, seeing Koizumi Hanayo's questioning look.
"Aren't you the first-year student who specifically came to watch our performance?"
"Yes." Koizumi Hanayo lowered her head and said softly.
"Hey, let me ask you!" Suddenly, Kousaka Honoka grabbed her shoulder.
"Ah, ah!" Koizumi Hanayo, startled, said nervously.
"Do you want to be an idol?"
"Honoka, you're too sudden." Minami Kotori looked at Kousaka Honoka helplessly.
"I see you shining now, it's okay! We won't do anything bad to you."
Kousaka Honoka slowly approached Koizumi Hanayo, a dark expression on her face.
"She really looks like a bad guy," Sonoda Umi complained. There were too many things to comment on.
At this moment, Yoshino was led away by Toujou Nozomi, hand in hand. She didn't disturb Kousaka Honoka, who was currently in the middle of her 'abduction'.
"Sister Nozomi, what's wrong?" Yoshino looked at Toujou Nozomi with a hint of confusion. Why was she suddenly pulling her away?
"It's not our time to shine yet, Yoshino. The tarot cards tell me that the six goddesses of Muse are slowly gathering. That day will come very soon."
"I see."
No matter how she thought about it, it felt magical. This was supposed to be a normal world, so why was Toujou Nozomi's fortune-telling so abnormal?
"Will Sister Nozomi also participate then? Sister Nozomi is also a goddess, in Yoshino's heart." The goddess who created 'Muse'.
"Thank you, Yoshino. But I'm waiting for Eri-ri."
She patted Yoshino and led her to watch Kousaka Honoka and the others from a distance.
'Indeed, is the trajectory of fate still the same as before?'
Yoshino thought to herself. Tomorrow would probably be the day the six goddesses of Muse gathered.