Chapter 392: What If I'm Interested in You, Senpai?
"Is this really okay?"
"No problem. I was just thinking of slacking off for a bit anyway." Shirai Mio leaned close to Isshiki Iroha's ear and whispered.
Feeling the warm breath brush over her ear, Isshiki Iroha's ears took on a faint blush.
Shirai Mio stood up and walked over to the club president. "President, that kouhai is a friend of mine. Would it be okay if I took her around to visit some other clubs?"
"Why are you taking people to other clubs when you're supposed to recruit them here?"
That was what the club president said, but she still waved a hand and let Shirai Mio take the girl away.
After leaving the Art Club with Isshiki Iroha, Shirai Mio headed to the Cooking Club next door.
The Cooking Club was also running trial activities for new students, and quite a few people greeted Shirai Mio enthusiastically when they saw her.
Although Shirai Mio was in the Art Club, she often visited other clubs, and with her exceptionally high level of cooking skill, she was something of a celebrity in the Cooking Club.
The Cooking Club president had always wanted Shirai Mio to leave the Art Club and join the Cooking Club instead, but Shirai Mio had turned her down.
Watching Shirai Mio mingle effortlessly with everyone, Isshiki Iroha's eyes flashed with surprise. She had the strange feeling that Shirai Mio seemed to know people everywhere she went.
After showing Isshiki Iroha around the Cooking Club's activities, Shirai Mio took her toward the Light Music Club.
The Light Music Club president was a third-year senpai. When she saw Shirai Mio, a faint smile appeared on her face. "Shirai-kouhai, what brings you over to visit me today?"
Hearing her senpai's words, Shirai Mio gave a couple of dry laughs. "I'm just bringing a kouhai around to see the club activities, that's all."
Isshiki Iroha noticed that Shirai Mio looked a little tense right now.
Only after they had left the Light Music Club did Isshiki Iroha ask, "Senpai, why did you look so nervous just now?"
"Actually, I turned down Tooyama-senpai's confession before." Shirai Mio glanced to the side. Among the girls who had confessed to her at the end of last term was the Light Music Club president.
It had happened because, on one of her previous visits to the Light Music Club, Shirai Mio had played the piano for a bit. Add in the fact that Tooyama-senpai—the Light Music Club president—was a bona fide lesbian, and she had confessed. After that, well, there was no after that.
Hearing Shirai Mio's explanation, Isshiki Iroha blinked and said somewhat stiffly, "Senpai really is popular."
"Yeah. That's what happens when you're good-looking and have a great personality."
If anyone else had said something like that, Isshiki Iroha might have thought they were shamelessly full of themselves.
But when Shirai Mio said it, somehow it felt perfectly reasonable.
Not wanting to continue the topic, Shirai Mio simply took Isshiki Iroha to the next club.
They kept going like that until five minutes before club activities were due to end.
Shirai Mio had originally planned to stop there, but when she noticed the sign for the "Service Club" at the end of the hallway, she still brought Isshiki Iroha over to the clubroom door.
Then she pulled on the door.
It was not locked, and it slid open at once. Inside the classroom, where desks and chairs had been stacked out of the way, Yukinoshita Yukino sat upright with a book in her hands, quietly reading.
Hearing the door open, Yukinoshita Yukino turned toward the entrance. When she saw Shirai Mio, surprise flashed through her eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I was showing my kouhai around the clubs, and then I spotted this strange-looking club, so I thought I'd come in and see what it was like."
"To put it simply, this club's activity is to extend a helping hand to people who are having difficulties," Yukinoshita Yukino said calmly.
As a transmigrator, Shirai Mio naturally knew exactly what sort of club this was, but she still nodded solemnly as though she had only just understood.
Because of Shirai Mio, the current Yuigahama Yui had already resolved the matter involving Hachiman. In other words, Yuigahama Yui probably would not have any reason to come into contact with the Service Club from here on.
Without Yuigahama Yui, Shirai Mio wondered what kind of effect that would have on the Service Club.
And Hachiman did not seem to have joined yet either.
While Shirai Mio was thinking about that, the System's voice suddenly rang in her ear. "Since Yukinoshita Yukino's club activity is helping people who are in trouble, I'll create some trouble for the host, then~"
"Quit making trouble for me when nothing's wrong!"
"Please find a way to make Yukinoshita Yukino your girlfriend within one week. Whether the relationship is real or fake does not matter. You must then complete one date together while acting as lovers. Success may earn you a Yukinoshita Yukino series deck or item reward. Failure will require you to draw a penalty deck."
"Why don't you go die somewhere!"
Shirai Mio was starting to regret coming in here just because she had been curious.
Making Yukinoshita Yukino her girlfriend? If Yukinoshita Haruno found out, Shirai Mio would probably get banged senseless in no time.
Fortunately, at least she had a whole week to give herself some breathing room.
It was not a very suitable time to bring up something like that right now, so after saying goodbye to Yukinoshita Yukino, Shirai Mio took Isshiki Iroha and left the Service Club.
"Senpai, are you friends with that senpai from just now?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Did that senpai confess to you too and get rejected?" Isshiki Iroha asked in a low voice.
"No, no. We really are just ordinary friends."
"I see. Your expression looked so stiff just now that I thought it was the same situation as with the Light Music Club."
During today's tour alone, she had already run into more than one girl who had confessed to Shirai Mio before, and every single one of them was very attractive.
If Shirai Mio were really a playgirl, she probably would not have rejected all those confessions in the first place.
As for the boys who had confessed to Shirai Mio, needless to say, Shirai Mio did not seem to care about them at all.
From that alone, it was obvious that the rumor about Shirai Mio liking girls had not come out of nowhere.
"Let's stop here for today. If you still want to look around at clubs tomorrow, you can come find me again."
"Senpai, aren't you going to try to pull me into the Art Club?"
Shirai Mio gently shook her head. "You should choose a club based on what you like. If you aren't interested in art, then joining the Art Club would be pointless."
"So think it over carefully. Think about what you're interested in, or what you might become interested in."
"What if I'm interested in you, Senpai?" Isshiki Iroha had originally meant to say it as a joke, but because she was nervous, there was no trace of joking in her voice when the words came out. If anything, it sounded much more like a confession.
"Eh!?"
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