Diary Of Service Club, Helping The Elf Princess

Moreover, she felt that Hachiman probably didn't like Gabriel.

Initially, she had misunderstood that Hachiman liked her and had even thought about how to politely reject him. Later, she realized that as the president of the Service Club, Hachiman was simply warm-hearted toward them and wanted to help them.

Yuina and the others had likely also misunderstood. Gabriel had just transferred to Hachiman's class and happened to sit next to him. With Hachiman's kindness and enthusiasm, he would naturally be very helpful to Gabriel.

The brief hand-holding was not given any special significance; it was merely a simple physical touch and did not leave much of an impression in Vignette's heart.

She followed Hachiman into the Hikigaya household, washed her hands, and then began making breakfast with him.

Both of them were skilled in cooking and had cooked together before. Making breakfast now was no challenge at all, and soon, an enticing aroma began wafting from the kitchen.

A sleepy-eyed Komachi yawned as she walked down from upstairs. Smelling the rich aroma of food, her small nose twitched involuntarily.

"Good morning, onii-chan... You're finally back. I thought you weren't even going to make me breakfast anymore..."

"Hmm? Hmm?..."

Komachi was just about to grumble to her brother about how he had forgotten his real sister after gaining a "little sister," when she suddenly noticed something off about the figure in the kitchen. Her eyes widened in surprise.

What did she see?

Vignette-neesan was making breakfast at her house?

Didn't her brother stay over at Shion's place yesterday?

Seeing the slender and graceful purple figure in the kitchen, the still-drowsy Komachi immediately woke up. She hurried downstairs to the kitchen and rubbed her eyes, confirming that she hadn't seen wrong. It was indeed Vignette-neesan, the kind and amiable woman from the neighboring apartment.

"Good morning, Komachi. Um... I ran into Hachiman when I went out this morning, and he brought me over to help make breakfast."

Upon noticing Komachi, Vignette quickly greeted her and explained her presence. However, halfway through her explanation, she suddenly felt something was off and quickly corrected herself: "No, it's not that Hachiman asked me to help. I came over to make breakfast on my own."

She had come to help make breakfast to repay Hachiman and the others. If her act of repaying kindness was mistaken for helping Hachiman, it would turn her gratitude into a demand for reciprocation.

"I understand, I understand. Vignette-neesan, you don't need to explain so much. I'll pretend I know nothing!"

Seeing Vignette's flushed face and her flustered attempts to explain, Komachi quickly waved her hands, indicating she didn't mind and wouldn't spread any rumors about her and her brother.

What kind of excuse was "running into my brother in the morning"? That was far too far-fetched.

Vignette-neesan was supposed to go to school with them. Unless she left very early, she usually waited until after breakfast to head out with them. There was no way she'd leave so early.

Clearly, Vignette-neesan had spent the night with her brother.

To have stayed with him overnight and now be helping to make breakfast so early in the morning, Vignette-neesan truly was a model of virtuousness.

Could her brother still be content being a househusband like this?

Komachi couldn't help but feel worried about her brother's aspirations.

"Komachi..."

Seeing Komachi's knowing expression, Vignette opened her mouth but didn't know how to continue explaining.

Had Komachi misunderstood something? Why did she have that expression?

Vignette felt something was off.

"Vignette-neesan, where's onii-chan?"

To avoid Vignette's embarrassment, Komachi quickly changed the subject.

"Shion wasn't feeling well, so Hachiman brought her porridge and is taking care of her. He told me to eat breakfast first."

Vignette explained. While making breakfast earlier, she had learned why Hachiman had been at the apartment. It turned out Shion, who had just moved in, wasn't used to living there and had been feeling unwell and restless. So, Hachiman had gone over early in the morning to check on her.

"Shion was there too?"

Thinking back to yesterday when she had misunderstood Shion, Komachi gasped in shock, covering her mouth as she stared at Vignette in disbelief.

Did onii-chan go that far last night? Was Shion too exhausted to even get up?

"???"

Vignette exchanged confused glances with Komachi.

Since earlier, Komachi had been acting strangely. Had she said something wrong?

Hachiman had no idea Komachi was piecing together last night's events and was close to the truth.

He returned after giving easily digestible porridge to Shion and her group, ate breakfast with Vignette and Komachi, packed up his bento, and then headed to school with the Kaede sisters, who arrived just in time.

Yuina and the others left discreetly without greeting anyone else.

Shion, too, managed to attend school. His interactions with them were enjoyable, not burdensome, and he wouldn't force them into discomfort.

Though her body felt somewhat fatigued, unlike him, who could recover quickly after a short nap, Shion still had to face a visibly curious and excited Komachi.

"By the way, Hachiman, don't forget to stop by the student council office at noon," Kaede said suddenly as they approached the school gate after walking in silence for a while.

"The student council? Do you need me to do some heavy lifting again?",Hachiman looked at Kaede with some confusion.

Yesterday, Kaede seemed to have finished handling student council matters. He hadn't stirred up any trouble in the past couple of days, so there shouldn't be any need for manual labor now, right?

The student council was generally busy, being responsible for all student affairs, but it wasn't just Kaede and Suzu who were part of it.

With Hachiman, her childhood friend, being a lazy fish and refusing to join the student council to help her, the former student council president, Meguri Shiromeguri, had found a few exemplary students—high achievers with good conduct—to join.

As far as he knew, they were all pretty, capable girls. However, since he wasn't a member of the student council and rarely visited, he wasn't very familiar with them. He only helped out occasionally when heavy work was needed.

"Nope, just make sure you come. If you don't, I'll cancel your club's budget!",Seeing Hachiman ask so many questions instead of agreeing outright, Kaede glared at him irritably, then grabbed Suzu's small hand and headed off to join Makoto Usui and the other disciplinary committee members on patrol.

Suzu looked back at Hachiman, said nothing, and followed Kaede away.

"Budget? We haven't even gotten that approved yet," Hachiman muttered as he watched their retreating backs. Shaking his head, he greeted Vignette briefly before queuing up for the disciplinary committee's inspection to enter the school.

While he did want to freeload off the school's resources—after all, cracking down on minotaurs (cheaters) technically helped maintain the school's reputation—so far, it had just been wishful thinking. He hadn't actually received any funding approved by the student council.

When they initially established the Service Club, it was on the condition that they wouldn't receive a budget. Suddenly requesting funds now would require a new round of evaluations and approvals.

In simple terms, Kaede wanted to pull strings for him.

With his childhood friend as the student council president, it would be easy to legitimately secure some club activity funds. However, Kaede was a tsundere with a thin skin and an unwillingness to admit defeat. Without proper "training," she wouldn't let her soft side show.

If a tsundere only shows their "tsun" (cold side), they'd end up as a loser, after all...

Hachiman arrived at Class 1-F, took his seat, and was still trying to figure out why Kaede had asked him to go to the student council. The student council had other members, so it couldn't be that the two sisters wanted to do something nefarious and had specially called him over.

With Kaede's personality, if she wanted to do something bad to him, it wouldn't be so calm and without clues.

That said, as his childhood friend, Kaede wouldn't harm him either. He wasn't worried; he'd just visit the student council office at noon.

Of course, before that, he needed to make some arrangements. He still hadn't comforted Saki Hayase as he had intended yesterday, and he also needed to consider the daily assistance for the elf princess, Iris.

Although the Love Life Mode was quite powerful, allowing him to remain undetected by even demons and enabling him to initiate romance-related activities wherever he found the chance, time was still tight—after all, a day only had 24 hours.

Hachiman quietly pondered how to manage his time as more students trickled into the classroom.

When the preparatory bell for class rang, a female teacher in a uniform with a long skirt entered the room, holding a lesson plan.

"Huh? Isn't the first period supposed to be with Mr. Misaki?",Some students were puzzled to see an unfamiliar female teacher walk in.

"Mr. Misaki had to resign due to personal matters. Starting today, I'll be teaching English for Class 1-F.",The new English teacher, seeing the students' confused expressions, wrote her name on the blackboard behind her with chalk and then turned to face the class with a warm smile.

"I'm Tateki Shino. Please take care of me from now on."

[Ding~]

[Character card detected: Tateki Shino]

As the new English teacher entered, the familiar system notification chimed in Hachiman's ear.

However, he ignored it.

This romantic system only displayed names without indicating the works they belonged to. What was the point? Was it mocking him for his lack of brains back when he only cared about "saucy" pursuits?

The deed was already done; the past couldn't be undone. What was the use of mentioning it now?

Schools were places full of students and teachers. It was perfectly normal for other-dimensional characters like teachers to appear here.

Even so, he had resolved to wait until graduation before pursuing someone like the black-haired and sharp-eyed Shizuka Hiratsuka. He wasn't about to break his principles for the unfamiliar Tateki Shino.

As for potential storylines surrounding Shino, they would likely be the usual school-related clichés unless supernatural elements were involved to spice things up.

Now that Tateki Shino's name was on the romance list, the system wouldn't discriminate against her just because of her profession. If she encountered danger in the future, the system would surely notify him, and he'd help out then.

The original English teacher, Misaki, who had intended to threaten Ichinose Ayano, resigned just one night later. It seemed that Ichinose's politician father had intervened.

As expected of a radical member of parliament, his actions were decisive. Hachiman had only sent the message yesterday, and today he saw the delinquent blonde dealt with. Likely, Ayano's former lover would also be taken care of—perhaps not as severely as the blonde, but certainly not lightly.

Of course, it was also possible they faced the same fate. To Mr. Ichinose, both the blonde and Ayano's former lover were mere plebeian teachers lusting after his daughter and wealth, differing only in their methods.

Hachiman noticed Ayano Ichinose, seated in the front row, glancing back at him several times.

Shizuka Hiratsuka was probably too disdainful to report him, but considering Ichinose's father's decisiveness, it was normal for Ayano to suspect him of tipping her father off.

He didn't mind whether she figured it out or not. Ayano was as dumb as Saki Hayase had been before, incapable of pulling off any clever schemes against him.

He had sent the message to Mr. Ichinose merely to earn some money to support himself. As long as Mr. Ichinose paid up, Hachiman wouldn't bother causing him any trouble.

With his current abilities, even without relying on his assassin training, the romantic mode's ability to project him into a mirrored reality made it easy to dig up Ichinose's dirt.

However, there was no need to resort to blackmail. That would only complicate matters by forcing him to eliminate the man afterward.

Buzz~

Just as Hachiman was wondering if Ichinose would try to skip payment, his phone vibrated with a bank notification of the deposit.

At the same time, the system chimed again:

[Ding~]

[Task completed: The Politician's Entangled Heiress]

[Reward: Absolute Taming]

He had unexpectedly completed that troublesome task. Mr. Ichinose turned out to be quite reliable.

Hachiman nodded in satisfaction but didn't immediately check the reward. Instead, he glanced at the bank notification.

'Hmm… one hundred thousand yen?'

Only a million yen? Was Mr. Ichinose this poor?

From his basic investigation, Hachiman had expected at least several million yen.

Although politicians weren't as wealthy as conglomerates, they could openly accept political donations and even run their own businesses.

Even Yukinoshita's family had a construction company. He found it hard to believe that Ichinose would live solely on a government salary.

Either Mr. Ichinose was genuinely strapped for cash, or he thought a million yen was sufficient.

For dealing with a high schooler, a million yen was indeed generous. It would be an arduous task for a typical high school student to save up such a sum through legitimate means.

In fact, Ichinose could have chosen not to pay him and tried to get rid of him instead.

Oh well, while the amount wasn't much, it was enough to tide him over without taking on part-time jobs or relying on the elf princess Iris for handouts. Out of gratitude for completing the task, he'd let Ichinose off the hook.

Hachiman closed his phone silently and turned his attention to the newly acquired task reward—Absolute Taming.

To be honest, he'd always suspected he could rely on others to complete tasks, but he hadn't expected it to be so easy. Now he wondered if the minotaur-hunting task could also be outsourced.

If so, he could lie back and grow stronger without any effort at all.

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