"When school just started, my friends and I went around checking out the clubs in the school." Anna raised her right hand, her slender jade finger lightly tapping her lips, a reminiscent look appearing on her pretty face.
"I visited the Literature Club back then."
"Hmm, let me think..."
"I remember there was a super big bookshelf in there. Besides classic literature, there were also a lot of manga and light novels. I feel like I couldn't finish reading them all even if I read until graduation. There were very few club members, and it seemed like they were on the verge of being disbanded."
"With so few people, there definitely wouldn't be much to do. That should perfectly fit Elf's requirements, right?"
Yamada Elf put her hands on her hips and asked curiously:
"The club name sounds so ordinary... What exactly does the Literature Club do?"
"..."
The air suddenly fell silent.
"Ahaha..."
Anna playfully stuck out her delicate pink tongue, knocked her forehead lightly with a fist, and closed one eye:
"If I said I forgot, would Elf believe me?"
To forget so quickly, the Literature Club's presence is way too low!
Sora suggested: "The general building isn't far, we can just go over and ask."
"Then let's go check it out." Yamada Elf lifted her chin, her voice crisp. "Sora, lead the way."
"..."
A moment later.
The three arrived outside the door of the Literature Club room.
"I'll knock."
Anna volunteered, stepping forward to knock first.
Knock knock knock.
However, after waiting for several seconds, the club room remained perfectly quiet, with no response.
"Eh, is no one inside?"
Anna tilted her head in confusion. She reached out her right hand and tried to gently pull the door.
Slide.
The wooden door of the club room opened easily.
The next second.
A petite girl hiding in the corner came into view. She had short red hair and looked to be under 1.5 meters tall.
Seeing that she had been exposed, the red-haired girl's body visibly trembled. She flusteredly lowered her head to look at her toes.
"Hello, we knocked earlier."
Anna raised a hand in greeting.
"..."
Hearing 'Inmate Eight's' "questioning," the red-haired girl's body trembled slightly. Like a little quail with nowhere to hide, she frantically bowed a full ninety degrees:
"I-I'm s-sorry..."
The red-haired girl's voice stuttered and was super quiet, almost inaudible.
"Sorry, could you speak a little louder?"
Anna stepped into the club room, intending to get closer to hear what she was saying clearly.
"S-s-sorry..."
Seeing Anna approach, the red-haired girl began to tremble all over.
Sora observed this and quickly understood. The other party was likely a super socially awkward and introverted girl.
She didn't dare to make eye contact with strangers, didn't dare to talk to strangers. No wonder she didn't respond when they knocked earlier; she probably intended to let everyone mistakenly think the club room was empty. She just didn't expect Anna to be curious enough to open the door.
"Excuse me, is this the Literature Club room?"
Anna asked softly.
"Y-Y-Yes..."
The red-haired girl nodded hurriedly.
"Hello, I am Yanami Anna, a first-year student from Class C." 'Inmate Eight' raised her hand to greet her. Her smile was bright and radiant, her approachability maxed out.
"This is my friend. She just transferred today and wants to experience high school club life. I recommended the Literature Club, so we came to take a look."
Hearing this, the red-haired girl breathed a sigh of relief and stuttered:
"W-W-W..."
Sora acted as her spokesperson: "Welcome, right?"
"Mhm, mhm."
The red-haired girl hurriedly nodded. She cast a glance at Sora, then frantically averted her gaze.
"If you're not good at talking to strangers, you don't have to force yourself." Sora suggested.
"You can write what you want to say on paper."
Hearing this, the red-haired girl's eyes lit up. She hurriedly trotted over to the desk, opened her schoolbag, took out a pen and paper, and began writing furiously:
"I am Komari Chika, a member of the Literature Club. Nice to meet you, please take care of me!"
"This is the Literature Club room, please feel free to look around!"
"Umm... the President and Vice President haven't arrived yet, you might have to wait a little while..."
"Would you like some tea?"
"If you'd like tea, I can brew some for you."
"..."
To write so much in one breath, your hand speed is way too exaggerated!
"No need to trouble yourself." Anna's voice was crisp, her smile bright and sunny, her approachability MAX.
"Don't be so nervous, Chika, we're just here to take a look around."
"Eh?"
Komari Chika surprisingly lifted her small face, looking blankly at Anna.
"What's wrong?"
Anna tilted her head in confusion.
"N-N-Nothing..."
Komari Chika frantically lowered her small head, her heart full of envy and amazement.
(Yanami-san is amazing...)
(Even though it's only our first time meeting, she can directly call me by my first name, and it doesn't feel presumptuous at all.)
(If only I could be that amazing...)
(But a paramecium like me could never be that cheerful in this lifetime, right?)
While they were talking, Yamada Elf had already put her hands on her hips, walked up to the bookshelf, and looked around with her small face tilted up:
"As expected, there are a lot of manga and light novels. There are even works newly released last month..."
Before she finished speaking, the blonde loli's eyes suddenly lit up. She hurriedly reached out and tugged at the hem of Sora's shirt:
"Sora, look!"
"Look at what?"
"There, there." Yamada Elf pointed a finger, proudly lifting her chin, her voice sweet and smug.
"My work is on the bookshelf."
Sora looked up and indeed saw Explosion of the Dark Elf on the shelf. He turned his head to glance at Yamada Elf and saw the blonde loli with her small face tilted up, looking back smugly. Her expression was super easy to read:
"Idiot Servant, hurry up and praise me!"
"I'm sorry, I can't tell humans from animals beyond one meter." Sora averted his gaze.
"I didn't see anything."
"Ugh—"
Yamada Elf's pink cheeks puffed up quickly, and her small hand pinched Sora's waist:
"Servant is so mean. How come you saw me perfectly clearly when I wasn't wearing any clothes?"
Anna, who was chatting with Komari Chika, suddenly twitched her ears. Like teleporting, she swiftly appeared beside the two of them, her tone dark:
"Did I just hear that Elf wasn't wearing clothes?"
"I-It was an accident." Yamada Elf's small face flushed slightly, and she averted her gaze. "Anyway, it's in the past, Anna don't ask so many questions."
Sora silently changed the subject:
"So, does Elf want to join the Literature Club?"
"The Literature Club has my work, it seems like a club with very good taste." Yamada Elf put her hands on her hips, shamelessly praising herself, but soon began to hesitate again.
"But if I join all by myself, it'll definitely be boring, right? Sora, join with me, okay?"
"I refuse."
Sora played a refusal card without a second word.
The Sports Festival was approaching, he had to go night running with Mahiru every night, he needed to guide Anna's Newcomer Award submission, occasionally go do bounty quests with Kuroneko, plus his almost-finished game, and in his remaining free time, he still had to strive towards his goal of becoming a Tokyo Literary Master…
He had a super large amount of things to do, and absolutely no energy left to participate in a club.
Yamada Elf tugged at the hem of Sora's shirt: "Servant, crouch down."
"Hmm?"
"Hurry up and crouch down."
"..."
As Sora half-crouched down, the blonde loli quickly stood on her tiptoes, leaned close to the boy's ear, her warm, sweet breath gently puffing:
"If Servant joins the club with me, I can give Servant one hundred reward points... you can redeem a kiss then, you know."